UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. C. MENDENHALL, Director

Water-Supply Paper 893

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY 

of the UNITED STA'ES

1940

PART 3 

OHIO RIVER BASIN

Prepared under the direction of 

GLENN L. PARKER, Chief Hydraulic

AND OF E. D. BURCHARD, J. J. DIRZULAITIS, H. E. GROSBACH,, 

A. H. HORTON, WILLIAM KESSLER, J. W. MANGAN, C. E. McC 

D. S. WALLACE, J. V. B. WELLS, AND C. V. YOUNGQUIST,

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In cooperation with the States of ^^ . 

ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND^I^EWATORK 

NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE ^ 

VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA Cj> o in 

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CONTENTS

Page

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

Definition of terms................................................................. 1

Explanation of data................................................................. 1

Accuracy of field data and computed results......................................... 3

Publications........................................................................ 4

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than tire Geological Survey;........ 9

Cooperation......................................................................... 10

Division of work.................................................................... 11

Gaglng-statlon records.............................................................. 11

Ohio River main stem.............................................................. 11

Allegheny River at Eldred, Pa............................. i..................... 12

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y............................................... 13

Allegheny River near Klnzua, Pa................................................. 14

Allegheny River at Franklin/ Pa................................................. 15

Allegheny River at Parkers Landing, Pa.......................................... 16

Allegheny River near Rimer, Pa.................................................. 17

Allegheny River at Klttannlng, Pa............................................... 19

Allegheny River at Natrona, Pa.................................................. 24

Ohio River at Sewlckley, Pa..................................................... 25

Ohio River at Bellalre, Ohio.................................................... 26

Ohio River at St. Marys, W. Va.................................................. 28

Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio..................................................... 31

Ohio River at Huntlngton, W. Va................................................. 02

Ohio River at Ashland, Ky....................................................... 33

Ohio River near Maysvllle, Ky................................................... 34

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio.................................................. 35

Ohio River at Madison, Ind...................................................... 36

Ohio River at Louisville, Ky.................................................... 38

Ohio River at Evansvllle, Ind................................................... 39

Ohio River at Golconda, 111..................................................... 40

Ohio River at Metropolis, 111................................................... 41

Allegheny River tributaries....................................................... 42

Conewango Creek at Waterboro, N. Y.............................................. 42

Conewango Creek at Russell, Pa.................................................. 43

Chadakoln River at Falconer, N. Y............................................... 44

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngsvllle, Pa............................................ 45

Tlonesta Creek at Lynch, Pa..................................................... 46

Tiohesta Creek at Nebraska, Pa.................................................. 47

Oil Creek at Rousevllle, Pa..................................................... 48

French Creek at Carters Corners, Pa............................................. 49

French Creek at Venango, Pa......~............................................... 50

French Creek at Utlca, Pa....................................................... 51

Sugar Creek at Sugarcreek, Pa................................................... 52

Clarion River at Cooksburg, Pa.................................................. 53

Clarion River near Plney, Pa.................................................... 54

Redbank Creek at Mayport, Pa.................................................... 55

Red-bank Creek at St. Charles, Pa................................................ 56

Mahonlng Creek at Punxsutawney, Pa..I........................................... 57

Mahoning Creek near Dayton, Pa.................................................. 58

Mahonlng Creek at Mahonlng Creek Dam, Pa....................................... '. 59

Little Mahoning Creek at McCormlck, Pa..................................::::.... 60

Crooked Creek at Idaho, Pa...........................................;:..:...... 61

Crooked Creek Reservoir at Crooked Creek Dam; Pa...................::::::....... 62

Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam, Pa.............................::........... 63

Stony Creek at Hollsopple, Pa.......................................;:::........ 64

Stony Creek at Ferndale, Pa..............; :. ........................:.:;........ 65

Conemaugh River at Seward, Pa............:..........................:........... 66

Conenaugh River at Tunnelton, Pa..........:.............-..............:......... 67

Klsklralnetas River at Vandergrlft, Pa. .......................................... 68

Little Conemaugh River at East Coneroaughi Pa...........................:i....... 69

Blackllck Creek at Blackllck, Pa........................................:....... 70

Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, Pa..........................................:....... 71

Loyalhanna Creek at New Alexandria, Pa....;..................................... 72

Loyalhanna Creek at Loyalhanna Creek Dam, Pa.................................... 73

Monongahela River Basin............................................................ 74

Tygart River near Dalley, W. Va................................................. 74

Tygart River at Bellngton, W. Va................................................ 75

Tygart River at Phlllppl, w. Va................................................. 76

Tygart River at Arden, w. Va.................................................... 77

Tygart Reservoir near Grafton, W. Va............................................ 79

Tygart River at Tygart Dam, near Grafton, w. Va.................................. 80

Tygart River at colfax, W. Va................................................... 82

Monongahela River at lock 15, Hoult, w. Va...................................... 83

Monongahela River at Greensboro, Pa............................................. 85

Monongahela River at Charlerol, Pa.............................................. S6 '

Monongahela River at Braddock, Pa............................................... 87

Middle Fork at Mldvale, w. Va................................................... 88

III
1V CONTENTS

Gaglng-statlon records Continued.

Monongahela River Basin Continued. Page

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va................................................. 89

West Fork River at Butchervllle, W. Va.......................................... 90

West Fork River at Clarksburg, W. Va............................................ 91

West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va............................................ 92

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W, Va............................................ 93

Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va................................................. 94

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va................................................ 95

Cheat River near Plsgah, W. Va.................................................. 99

Blackwater River at Davls, W. Va................................................ 100

South Fork of Tenmlle Creek at Jefferson, Pa.................................... 101

Youghlogheny River at.Youghlogheny River Dam, Pa................................ 102

Youghlogheny River below Confluence, Pa......................................... 103

Youghlogheny River at Connellsvllle, Pa......................................... 104

Youghlogheny River at Sutersvllle, Pa........................................... 105

Casselman River at Markleton, Pa................................................ 106

Big Plney Run near Salisbury, Pa................................................ 107

Laurel Hill Creek at Urslna, Pa................................................. 108

Turtle Creek at Trafford, Pa.................................................... 114

Beaver River Basin................................................................ 115

Mahonlng River near Berlin Center, Ohio......................................... 115

Mahonlng River at Prlcetown, Ohio.................. .-. ........................... 116

Mahonlng River at Youngstown, Ohio.............................................. 117

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa...................................................... 118

Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa................................................ 119

West Branch of Mahonlng River near Newton Falls, Ohio........................... 123

Eagle Creek at Phalanx Station, Ohio............................................ 124

Mosquito Creek at Niles, Ohio.............................. 1.................... 125

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio............................................ 126

Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatunlng Dam, Pa...................................... 127

Shenango River at Pymatunlng Dam, Pa............................................ 128

Shenango River at Sharpsville, Pa............................................... 129

Sugar Run at Pymatuning Dam, Pa................................................. 130

Little Shenango River at Greenville, Pa......................................... 131

Pymatunlng Creek near Orangeville, Pa........................................... 132

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa.............................................. 133

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa........................................... 135

Little Beaver Creek Basin......................................................... 136

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio................................... 136

Middle Island Creek Basin......................................................... 137

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va............................................ 137

Musklngum River Basin............................................................. 138

Tuscarawas River at Clinton, Ohio............................................... 138

Tuscarawas River at Massillon, Ohio............................................. 139

Tuscarawas River below Dover Dam, near Dover, Ohio.............................. 140

Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown, Ohio......................................... 141

Musklngum River near Coshocton, Ohio............................................ 142

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio................................................ 143

Muskingum River at Zanesvllle, Ohio............................................. 144

Muskingutn River at McConnelsvllle, Ohio.:....................................... 145

Reservoirs in Muskingum River Basin............................................. 146

Sandy Creek at Waynesburg, Ohio................................................. 150

Sandy Creek at Sandyville, Ohio................................................. 151

Nimishillen Cr-jek at North Industry, Ohio....................................... 152

McGuire Creek "jelow Leesvllle Dam, near Leesville, Ohio......................... 153

Indian Fork below Atvrood Dam, near New Cumberland, Ohio......................... 154

Sugar Creek below Beach City Dam, near Beach City, Ohio......................... 155

Hone Creek near New Philadelphia, Ohio........................................... 156

Stlllwater Creek at Piedmont, Ohio.............................................. 157

Stillwater Creek at Tlppecanoe, Ohio............................................ 158

Stillwater Creek at Uhrichsville, Ohio.........................................'. 159

Little Stillwater Creek below Tappan Dam, at Tappan, Ohio....................... 160

Black Fork below Charles Mill Dam, near Mifflin, Ohio........................... 161

Black Fork at Loudonvllle, Ohio................................................. 162

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio.................................................... 163

Walhonding River below Mohawk Dan, at Nellie, Ohio.............................. 164

Clear Fork below Pleasant Hill Dam, near Perrysvllle, Ohio...................... 165

Jerome Fork at Jeromeville, Ohio................................................ 166

Lake Fork below Mohicanville Dam, near Mohlcanville, Ohio....................... 171

Kokoslng River at Mlllwood, Ohio................................................ 172

Killbuck Creek at Klllbuck, Ohio................................................ 173

Mill Creek near Coshocton, Ohio................................................. 174

Seneca Fork below Senecaville Dam, near Senecaville, Ohio........................ 175

Wills Creek at Cambridge, Ohio.................................................. 176

Wills Creek below Wills Creek Dam, near Wills Creek, Ohio....................... 177

Wakatomika Creek near Frazeysburg, Ohio......................................... 178

South Fork of Licking River near Hebron, Ohio................................... 179

Licking River near Newark, Ohio................................................. 180

Licking River at Toboso, Ohio................................................... 181

Licking River at Dillon, Ohio...........*....................................... 182

Raccoon Creek at Granvllle, Ohio................................................ 183

North Fork of Licking River at Utlca, Ohio ...................................... 184

Salt Creek near Chandlersvllle, Ohio............................................ 185

Little Kanawha River Basin........................................................ 186

Little Kanawha River near Burnsville, W. Va..................................... 186

Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va........................................ 189

Little Kanawha River at Grantsvllle, W. Va...................................... 190

West Fork of Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, W. Va........................... 191

South Fork of Hughes River at Macfarlan, W. Va.................................. 194

Hughes River at Clsko, W. Va.................................................... 197
CONTENTS v

Gaging-station records Continued. Page

Hocking River Basin............................................................... 199

Hocking River at Enterprise, Ohio............................................... 199

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio................................................... 200

Clear Creek near Rockbridge, Ohio............................................... 201

Kanawha River Basin............................................................... 202

South Fork of New River near Jefferson, N. C.................................... 202

New River near Galax, Va........................................................ 203

New Ri ver at Ivanhoe, Va........................................................ 204

New River at Allisonia, Va...................................................... 205

New River at Radford, Va......................................................... 206

New River at Eggleston, Va...................................................... 207

New River at Glenlyn, Va........................................................ 208

New Ri ver near Hintori, W. Va..................................................... 209

New River at Caperton, W. Va.................................................... 211

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.......................................... 212

Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.............................................. 213

North Fork of New River at Grumpier, N. C....................................... 214

Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Va................................................. 215

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va........................................ 216

Little River at Graysonton, Va.................................................. 218

Walker Creek at Bane, Va........................................................ 219

Wolf Creek near Narrows, Va..................................................... 220

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va................................................. 221

Greenbrier River at Buckeye, W. Va.............................................. 222

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va............................................. 223

Greenbrier River at Hilldale, W. Va............................................. 224

Gauley River at Camden on Gauley, W. Va......................................... 228

Gauley River near Summersvilie, W. Va........................................... 229

Gauley River above Belva, W. Va................................................. 230

Williams River at Dyer, W. Va.................... .............................. 231

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va.................................................. 232-

Meadow River at Nallen, W. Va................................................... 233

Elk River at Centralia, W. Va................................................... 234

Elk River at Sutton, W. Va...................................................... 235

Elk River at Queen Shoals, W. Va................................................ 236

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va.................................................... 237

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va............................................. 238

Pocatalico River at Sissonville, W. Va.......................................... 239

Raccoon Creek Basin............................................................... 243

Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, Ohio............................................... 243

Guyandot River Basin.............................................................. 244

Guyandot River at Man, W. Va.................................................... 244

Guyandot River at Branchland, W. Va............................................. 245

Big Sandy River Basin............................................................. 246

Levisa Fork at Fishtrap, Ky..................................................... 246

Levisa Fork at Pikeville, Ky.................................................... 247

Levisa Fork at Paintsville, Ky.................................................. 248

Big Sandy River at Louisa, Ky................................................... 249

Russell Fork at Haysi, Va....................................................... 250

Pound River near Haysi, Va....................'.................................. 251

Johns Creek near Prestonsburg, Ky............................................... 252

Tug Fork at Litwar, W. Va....................................................... 253

Tug Fork near Kennit, W. Va..................................................... 254

Blaine Creek at Yatesville, Ky.................................................. 255

Little Sandy River Basin.......................................................... 256

Little Sandy River near Grayson, Ky............................................. 256

Scioto River Basin................................................................ 257

Scioto River at La Rue, Ohio.................................................... 257

Scioto River near Prospect, Ohio................................................ 258

Scioto River near Dublin, Ohio.................................................. 259

Scioto River at Columbus, Ohio.................................................. 260

Scioto River near Circleville, Ohio............................................. 261

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio............................ i................... 262

Scioto River at Higby, Ohio..................................................... 263

Little Scioto River above Marion, Ohio.......................................... 264

Olentangy River at Stratford, Ohio. .............................................. 265

Big Walnut Creek at Central College, Ohio....................................... 266

Big Walnut Creek at Rees, Ohio.................................................. 267

Alum Creek at Columbus, Ohio.................................................... 268

Darby Creek at Darbyville, Ohio................................................. 269

Deer Creek at Williamsport, Ohio................................................ 270

Paint Creek near Greenfield, Ohio............................................... 271

Paint Creek near Bainbridge, Ohio............................................... 272

Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio.............................................. 273

Rocky Fork near Barretts Mills, Ohio............................................. 276

Whiteoak Creek Basin.............................................................. 277

Wlii teoak Creek near Georgetown, Ohio....................... i.................... 277

Little Miami River Basin.......................................................... 278

Little Miarii River at Spring Valley, Ohio....................................... 278

Little Miani River near Fort Ancient, Ohio...................................... 279

Little Miami River at Milford, Ohio............................................. 280

East Fork of Little Miami River at Perintown, Ohio.............................. 281

Licking River Basin............................................................... 282

Li eking River near Salyersville, Ky............................................. 282

Licking River at Yale, Ky....................................................... 283

Libking River at Farmers, Ky.................................................... 284

Licking River at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.......................................... 285

Licking River at McKinneysburg, Ky.............................................. 286

Licking River at Catawba, Ky.................................................... 287

Licking River at Butler, Ky..................................................... 288

South Fork of Licking River at Cynthiana, Ky.................................... 289
VI CONTENTS

Gaglng-station records Continued. Page

Mill Creek Basin.................................................................. 290

Mill Creek at Reading, Ohio..................................................... 290

West Fork of Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio.............................. 291

Miami River Basin................................................................. 292

Miami River at Sidney, Ohio..................................................... 292

Miami River at Taylorsvllle, Ohio............................................... 293

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio..................................................... 294

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio................................................... 295

Loramie Creek at Locklngton, Ohio............................................... 296

Stillwater River at Pleasant Hill, Ohio......................................... 297

Stlllwater River at Englewood, Ohio............................................. 298

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio............................................ 299

Mad River near Urbana, Ohio..................................................... 300

Mad River near Springfield, Ohio................................................ 301

Mad River near Dayton, Ohio..................................................... 302

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio................................................. 303

Twin Creek near Qermantown, Ohio................................................ 304

Whitewater River near Alpine, Ind............................................... 305

Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind............................................. 306

Kentucky River Basin.............................................................. 307

North Fork of Kentucky River at Hazard, Ky....................................... 307

North Fork of Kentucky River at Jackson, Ky..................................... 308

North Fork of Kentucky River near Airdale, Ky.:................................. 309

Kentucky River at lock 14, at Heidelberg, Ky.................................... 310

Kentucky River at lock 10, near Winchester, Ky.................................. 311

Kentucky River at lock S, near Camp Nelson, Ky.................................. 312

Kentucky River at lock 6, at Warwick, Ky......................^................. 313

Kentucky River at lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky......;............................... 314

Kentucky River at lock 2, at Lockport, Ky....................................... 315

Middle Fork of Kentucky River at Tallega, Ky.................................... 317

South Fork of Kentucky River at Boonevllle, Ky.................................. 318

Red River at Clay City, Ky...................................................... 319

Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, Ky................................................ 320

Eagle Creek at Glencoe, Ky...................................................... 321

Beargrass Creek Basin............................................................. 322

South Fork of Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky................................. 322

Middle Fork of Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky................................ 323

Salt River Basin.................................................................. 325

Salt River near Van Buren, Ky................................................... 325

Salt River at Shepherdsvllie, Ky................................................ 326

Rolling Fork near Lebanon, Ky................................................... 327

Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky.................................................... 328

Beech Fork at Bardstown, Ky..................................................... 329

Blue River Basin.................................................................. 330

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind................................................ 330

Green-River Basin.................................................................. 331

Green River at Greensburg, Ky................................................... 331

Oreen River at Munfordville, Ky......................................... '. ....... 332

Green River at Mammoth Cave, Ky................................................. 333

Green River at lock 6, at Brownsville, Ky....................................... 334

Green River at lock 4, at Woodbury, Ky ................................... .^..... 335

Green River at Green River, Ky.................................................. 336

Green River at Livermore, Ky.................................................... 337

Russell Creek near Columbia, Ky................................................. 339

NDlin River at Wax, Ky.......................................................... 340

Nolin River near Kyrock, Ky..................................................... 341

Barren River near Pageville, Ky................................................. 342

Barren River at Bowling Green, Ky............................................... 343

Drakes Creek near Alvaton, Ky................................................... 344

Mud River near Lewisburg, Ky.................................................... 345

Rough River near Madrid, Ky..................................................... 346

Rough River near Falls of Rough, Ky............................................. 347

Rough River at Dundee, Ky....................................................... 348

Pond River near White Plains, Ky................................................ 349

Wabash River Besln...................;............................................ 351

Wabash River at Blufftori, Ind................................................... 351

Wabash River at Wabash, Ind..................................................... 352

Wabash River at Logansport, Ind................................................. 353

Wabash River at Delphi, Ind..................................................... 354

Wabash River at Lafayette, Ind.................................................. 355

Wabash River at Covington, Ind.................................................. 356

Wabash River at Montezuma, Ind.................................................. 357

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Ind................................................ 358

Wabash River at Rlverton, Ind................................................... 359

Wabash River at Vincennes, Ind.................................................. 360

Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111............................................... 361

Wabash River at New Harmony, Ind................................................ 362

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind.................................................... 364

Mississinewa River at Marion, Ind............................................... 365

Eel River at North Manchester, Ind.............................................. 366

Tippecanoe River near Monticello, Ind........................................... 367

Tippecanoe River near Delphi, Ind............................................... 368

Vermilion River near Danville, 111.............................................. 369

West Branch of Salt Fork at Urbana, 111......................................... 370

Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville, Ind.............................................. 371

Raccoon Creek at Mansfield, Ind................................................. 372

Embarrass River near Diona, 111................................................. 373

Embarrass River at Newton, 111.................................................. 375

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111.............................................. 377

West Fork of White River at Muncie, Ind......................................... 378
CONTENTS VII

Gaglng-station records Continued.

Wabash River Basin Continued. Page

West Fork of White River at Anderson, Ind....................................... 379

West Fork of White River near Noblesvllle, Ind.................................. 380

West Fork of White River near Nora, Ind......................................... 381

West Fork of White River at Indianapolis, Ind................................... 382

West Fork of White River at Spencer, Ind........................................ 383

West Fork of White River at Newberry, Ind....................................... 384

White River at Petersburg, Ind.................................................. 385

Fall Creek at Millersvllle, Ind................................................. 386

Eagle Creek at Indianapolis, Ind................................................ 387

Eel River at Bowling Green, Ind................................................. 388

Mill Creek near Manhattan, Ind.................................................. 390

East Fork of Whlte River at Seymour, Ind........................................ 391

East Fork of White River near Bedford, Ind...................................... 392

East Fork of White River at Shoals, Ind.............................:........... 393

Flatrock Creek at St. Paul, Ind................................................. 394

Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind.............................................. 395

Vemon Fork of Muscatatuck River at Vernon, Ind................................. 396

Salt Creek near Peerless, Ind................................................... 397

Patoka River near Princeton, Ind................................................ 398

Patoka River at Patoka, Ind..................................................... 399

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111.............................................. 400

Little Wabash River at Carml, 111............................................... 401

Skillet Fork at Wayne City, 111................................................. 402

Saline River Basin................................................................ 403

Saline River near Junction, 111.................................................. 403

Tradewater River Basin............................................................ 404

Tradewatec River at Olney, Ky................................................... 404

Tradewater River near Dalton, Ky................................................ 405

Cumberland River Basin............................................................ 406

Poor Fork at Cumberland, Ky..................................................... 406

Cumberland River near Harlan, Ky................................................ 407

Cumberland River near Plnevllle, Ky............................................. 408

Cumberland River at Cumberland Falls, Ky........................................ 409

Cumberland River at Burnslde, Ky................................................ 410

Cumberland River near Jamestown, Ky............................................. 411

Cumberland River near Rowena, Ky................................................ 412

Cumberland River at Cellna, Tenn................................................ 413

Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn.............................................. 427

Cumberland River at dam 3, near Old Hickory, Tenn............................... 440

Cumberland River at Nashville, Tenn............................................. 441

Cumberland River at Clarksvllle, Tenn........................................... 442

Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn................................................. 443

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky................................................. 444

New River at New River, Tenn.................................................... 445

South Fork of Cumberland River at Nevelsvllle, Ky............................... 446

Clear Fork near Robbins, Tenn................................................... 447

Obey River near Byrdstown, Tenn................................................. 448

Obey River near Celina, Tenn.................................................... 449

Roaring River near Hilham, Tenn................................................. 450

Caney Fork at Clifty, Tenn...................................................... 451

Great Falls Reservoir near Rock Island, Tenn.................................... 452

Caney Fork near Rock Island, Tenn............................................... 458

Caney Fork near 81Ivor Point, Tenn.............................................. 459

Calfklller River at Sparta, Tenn................................................ 460

Collins River near McMlnnvllle, Tenn............................................ 461

Barren Fork near Trousdale, Tenn................................................ 462

Falling Water River near Cookevllie, Tenn....................................... 463

Stone River near Smyrna, Tenn................................................... 464

Stone River above Donelson, Tenn................................................ 465

Stone River near Donelson, Tenn................................................. 466

West Fork of Stone River near Murfreesboro, Tenn................................ 467

Harpeth River at Bellevlew, Tenn................................................ 468

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, Tenn....................................... 469

Red River near Adams, Tenn...................................................... 470

Sulphur Fork of Red River near Adams, Tenn...................................... 471

Little River near Cadiz, Ky..................................................... 472

Tennessee River Basin.............................................................. 473

French Broad River at Rosman, N. C.............................................. 473

French Broad River at Calvert, N. C............................................. 474

French Broad River at Blantyre, N. C............................................ 475

French Broad River at Bent Creek, N. C.......................................... 476

French Broad River at Ashevllle, N. C........................................... 477

French Broad River at Hot Springs, N. C......................................... 478

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn........................................... 479

French Broad River at Dandrldge, Tenn........................................... 480

Tennessee River at Knoxvllle, Tenn.............................................. 481

Tennessee River at Loudon, Tenn................................................. 482

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Tenn............................................. 483

Chlckamauga Reservoir" near Chattanooga, Tenn.................................... 484

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tenn............................................ 485

Hales Bar Reservoir near Chattanooga, Tenn...................................... 486

Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenn............................ 492

Tennessee River at Shellmound, Tenn............................................. 493

Tennessee River at Widows Bar, near Bridgeport, Ala............................. 494

Tennessee River near Scottsboro, Ala............................................ 495

Guntersville Reservoir near Guntersville, Ala................................... 496

Tennessee River at Whltesburg, Ala.............................................. 497

Tennessee River at Decatur, Ala................................................. 501

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala............................................ 502
VIII CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued.

Tennessee River Basin Continued. Page

Wilson Reservoir near Florence, Ala............................................. 504

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala................................................ 507

Tennessee River at Waterloo, Ala................................................ 508

Pickwick Landing Reservoir near Pickwick, Tenn.................................. 509

Tennessee River at Savannah, Tenn............................................... 511

Tennessee River near Johnsonvllle, Tenn......................................... 512

Tennessee River near Buchanan, Tenn............................................. 513

Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky................................................ 514

Davidson River near Brevard, N. C............................................... 515

South Fork of Mills River at The Pink Beds, N. C................................ 516

Mills River near Mills River, N. C.............................................. 517

Mud Creek at Naples, N. C....................................................... 518

Swannanoa River at Biltmore, N. C............................................... 519

North Fork of Swannanoa River near Black Mountain, N. C......................... 520

Beetree Creek near Swannanoa N. C.............................................. 521

Ivy River near Marshall, N% C.................................................. 522

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse, N. C.......................................... 523

Pigeon River at Canton, H. C.................................................... 524

Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C................................................... 525

Pigeon River at Hartford, Tenn.................................................. 530

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, N. C............................................ 531

Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, N. C........................................ 532

North Toe River at Altapass, H. C............................................... 533

Nolichucky River at Poplar, N. C-............................................... 534

Nolichucky River at Embreevllle, Tenn........................................... 535

Nolichucky River near Morristown, Tenn.......................................... 536

South Toe River at Newdale, N. C................................................. 538

Cane River near Sioux, N. C..................................................... 539

Little Pigeon River at Sevlerville, Tenn........................................ 540

South Fork of Holston River at Vestal, Va....................................... 541

South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City, Tenn................................. 542

South Fork of Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn.................................. 543

Holston River near Rogersvllle, Tenn............................................ 544

Holston River near Morristown, Tenn............................................. 545

Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn......................................... 546

Holston River at Strawberry Plains, Tenn........................................ 547

Middle Fork of Holston River near Meadowview, Va................................ 548

Watauga River at Stump Knob, Tenn............................................... 549

Watauga River at Butler, Tenn................................................... 550

Watauga River at Elizabethton, Tenn............................................. 551

Elk Creek near Banner Elk, N. C................................................. 552

Elk Creek near Elk Park, N. C................................................... 554

Roan Creek at Butler, Tenn...................................................... 555

Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn.................................................. 556

North Fork of Holston River near Saltvllle, Va.................................. 557

North Fork of Holston River near Gate City, Va.................................. 558

Little River near Walland, Tenn................................................. 559

Little Tennessee River at lotla, N. C........................................... 560

Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C.......................................... 561

Little Tennessee River'near Fontana, N. C....................................... 562

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn...................................... 563

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn.......................................... 564

Cullasaja Creek at Highlands, N. C.............................................. 565

Cullasaja Creek at Cullasaja, N. C.............................................. 566

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C................................................. 567

Tuckasegee River at- Tuckaseigee, N. C........................................... 568

Tuckasegee River at Dillsboro, N. C................................. ........... 569

Tuckasegee River at Bryson, N. C................................................ 570

Scott Creek at Sylva, N. C...................................................... 571

Oconalufty River at Cherokee, N. C.............................................. 575

No land Creek near Bryson, N. C.................................................. 576

Tellico River at Telllco Plains, Tenn........................................... 577

Clinch River at Cleveland, Va................................................... 578

Clinch River at Speer Ferry, Va................................................. 579

Clinch River above Tazewell, Tenn............................................... 580

Clinch River near Tazewell, Tenn................................................ 581

Norris Reservoir at Morris Dam, Tenn........................................... 582

Clinch River below Norris Dan, Tenn............................................. 584

Clinch River near Lake City, Tenn............................................... 585

Clinch River near Wheat, Tenn................................................... 586

Powell River near Jonesville, Va................................................ 587

Powell River near Arthur, Tenn.................................................. 588

Emory River near Wartburg, Tenn.......................... ...................... 589

Enory River at Oakdale, Tenn.................................................... 590

Daddy Creek near Crab Orchard, Tenn............................................. 591

White Creek near Glen Allce, Tenn............................................... 592

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Tenn.................................................. 593

Richland Creek near Dayton, Tenn................................................ 594

Hiwassee River below Hayesville, N. C.......... .^................................ 595

Hiwassee River above Murphy, N. C............................................... 596

Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.................................................. 597

Hiwassee Reservoir at Hiwassee Dam, N. C........................................ 598

Hiwassee River at Hiwassee Dam, N. C............................................ 599

Hiwassee River near Reliance, Tenn.............................................. 600

Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tenn.............................................. 601

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C................................................... 603

Nottely River near Ivylog, Ga................................................... 604

Nottely River near Ranger, N. C................................................. 605

Turtletown Creek at Turtlstown, Tenn............................................ 606
CONTENTS IX

Gaging-statlon records Continued.

Tennessee River Basin Continued. Page

Toccoa River near Dial, Ga...................................................... 607

Blue Ridge Reservoir near Blue Ridge, Ga...........................'............. 608

Toccoa River near Blue Ridge, Ga................................................ 611

Ocoee River at McHarg, Tenn..................................................... 612

Ocoee River at Emf, Tenn........................................................ 613

Parksvllle Reservoir at Parksville, Tenn........................................ 614

Ocoee River at Parksvllle, Tenn................................................. 621

Mill Creek at Copperhill, Tenn.................................................. 622

Potato Creek near Ducktown, Tenn................................................ 623

Brush Creek near Ducktown, Tenn................................................. 624

South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, Tenn.................................. 625

Sequatchle River near Whitwell, Tenn............................................ 626

Paint Rock River near Woodvllle, Ala............................................ 627

Flint River near Chase, Ala..................................................... 628

Elk River at Estill Springs, Tenn............................................... 629

Elk River above Fayetteville, Tenn.............................................. 630

Elk River near Prospect, Tenn............................................."...... 631

Rl chland Creek near Pulaskl, Tenn............................................... 632

Big Nance Creek at Courtland, Ala............................................... 633

Big Nance Creek at Red Bank, Ala................................................ 634

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Tenn.................................................. 635

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala................................................ 636

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala....................................................... 637,

Duck River below Manchester, Tenn............................................... 638

Duck River near Shelbyvllle, Tenn.-.............................................. 639

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn.................................................... 640

Duck River at Centerville, Tenn................................................. 641

Duck River near Hurricane Mills, Tenn........................................... 642

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn..................................................... 643

Buffalo River near Flat VJoods, Tenn............................................. 644

Buffalo River near Lobelville, Tenn............................................. 645

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Tenn............................................... 646

Big Sandy River at Big Sandy, Tenn.............................................. 647

East Fork of Clarks River near Benton, Ky....................................... 648

Cache River Basin................................................................. 649

Cache River at Forman, I11...................................................... 649

Miscellaneous discharge measurements................................................ 650

Index............................................................................... 655

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

Plate 1. Gaging-station structures: A, New River at Allisonia, Va.; B, Tug FTk

near Kermit, W. Va....................................................... 2

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF OHIO RIVER BASIN, 1940

SCOPE OF WORK

This volume Is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results of measurements of stage 

and flow made on streams, lakes, and reservoirs In the United States during the water year 

ending September 30, 1940. The work was begun In 1888 In connection with special studies 

relating to Irrigation. Measurements of the flow of streams and of the stage and contents 

of lakes and reservoirs have been made at about 8,800 gaging stations In the United States 

and also a1> many gaging stations In Alaska and Hawaii. In July 1940, 4,760 gag'ng stations 

were being maintained by the Geological Survey and cooperating organizations. Miscellaneous discharge measurements were made at many other points.

In the execution of the work many State and private organizations have cooperated, 

either by furnishing data or by assisting In collecting data. Cooperation of the first 

kind Is acknowledged In connection with the description of each station affected; cooperation of the second kind Is acknowledged on page 10.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The units In which stream-flow data are presented In this report and other tunns used 

herein are defined as follows:

"Second-feet" Is an abbreviation for "cubic feet per second." A second-foot Is the 

rate of discharge of a stream whose channel Is 1 square foot In cross-sectional area and 

whose average velocity Is 1 foot per second.

"Second-feet per square mile" Is the average number of cubic feet of water f? owing per 

second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-of:* Is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area.

"Run-off In Inches" Is the depth to which an area would be covered If all thf> water 

draining from It In a e^ven period were uniformly distributed on Its surface. It is used 

for comparing run-off with rainfall, which Is usually, expressed In Inches.

An "acre-foot" Is the quantity of water required to cover an acre to the dep*;h of 1 

foot and Is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. The term Is commonly used In connection with 

storage for Irrigation.

"Second-foot-day" Is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 second-foot for 24 

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

represents a run-off of 0.0372 Inch from one square mile.

"Stage-discharge relation" Is an abbreviation for the term "relation of gage height to 

discharge."

"Control" Is a term used to designate a feature below the gage that defines the stagedischarge relation at the gage. This feature may be a natural section, a reach of the 

channel, or an artificial structure.

EXPLANATION OF DATA

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

discharge, and general Information used to supplement the records of stage and discharge

1
2 EXPLANATION OF DATA

measurements In determining the dally flow. The records of stage are ottalned either from 

direct readings on a nonrecordlng gage or from a water-stage recorder Uat gives a continuous record of the fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current 

meter by the general methods outlined In standard textbooks on the measrrement of river 

discharge. Typical structures In use at gaging stations are shown on plate 1,

Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from tte discharge measurements. The application of the mean dally gage height to these ratlnr tables gives the 

mean daily discharge, from which the monthly and yearly mean discharge ere computed.

For most of the gaging stations In the area covered by this report tt«» data presented 

comprise a description of the station, a table showing the dally discharge of the stream, 

and a table of monthly and yearly discharge and run-off. Skeleton ratlrg tables are published except for those stations whose dally discharge for the greater pnrt of the year 

was determined by the shifting-control method, the slope method, or other special methods.

The description of the station gives the type of gage, Its latitude rnd longitude 

determined from the best available maps, and Information In regard to diversions that 

decrease the flow at the gage, artificial regulation from pondage or storage, and the 

accuracy of the records. Under "Average discharge" Is given the average discharge for the 

number of years Indicated. It Is given only for stations for which there are 10 or more 

complete years of record. Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage 

height; the minimum discharge If there Is little or no regulation; the minimum dally 

discharge If there Is extensive regulation (also the minimum discharge If useful); and the 

minimum gage height (unless It Is of no Importance). Unless otherwise ouallfled, the 

maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage, obtained by use of a rater-stage recorder or a nonrecordlng gage read at the time of the crest. Likewise the minimum discharge represents the lowest stage, unless otherwise qualified. The perk discharge for 

the year with the time of Its occurrence Is given below the table of morthly discharge for 

some stations. Selected lower peaks are also given If the peak discharge exceeded the 

mean discharge for that day by more than 10 percent. This supplementary Information Is 

generally not given for stations having drainage areas of less than 10 square miles or 

more than 10,000 square miles.

The table of dally discharge gives, for stations equipped with nonrecordlng gages, the 

discharge in second-feet corresponding to once-daily readings of the gage or the mean of 

twice-daily readings. For flashy floods the mean dally discharge Is determined from gageheight graphs based on gage readings made once or twice daily or oftener, as stated In the 

station description. For stations equipped with water-stage recorders, except those on 

etreams subject to sudden or rapid fluctuation, the table gives the discharge corresponding to the mean dally gage height. For stations subject to such fluctuation the mean 

dally gage height may not Indicate the true mean dally discharge, which must be obtained 

by averaging the discharge for intervals of the day or by using the discharge integrator, 

an Instrument for obtaining the mean dally discharge from a continuous gage-height graph 

and containing as an essential element the rating curve of the station.

At some gaging statione the stage-discharge relation is affected by backwater from 

reservoirs, tributary streams, or other sources, which necessitates the use of the slope 

or fall In a reach of the stream as a factor in the determination of discharge. Information requisite for determining the slope or fall is obtained by means of an auxiliary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATEE-STIPPLY PAPER 893 PLATE 1

A. NE\* RIVER AT ALLISON1A, VA.

B. TUG FORK IN EAR KERMTT, W. VA.

STRUCTURES.

EXPLANATION OF DATA 3

gage set at some distance from the base gage. The auxiliary gage, If one Is ured, is 

described under "Location." At some stations the stage-discharge relation Is effected by 

changing stage, and for them the rate of change of stage Is used as a factor Ir the determination of discharge.

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

mountainous regions of other parts the stage-discharge relation Is affected by Ice during 

the winter, which makes it Impossible to compute the discharge In the usual marner. Discharge for periods of Ice effect Is computed on the basis of occasional winter discharge 

measurements and gage heights, consideration being given to the available Information on 

temperature and precipitation, notes by gage observers and engineers, and comparable 

records of discharge for stations In the same or nearby basins. The days Included In the 

periods of Ice effect and the days during the winter period on which discharge measurements were made are Indicated In the table by symbols referring to footnotes.

In thte table of monthly discharge the column headed "Second-foot-days" gives the sum 

for each month of the figures for that month given In the table pf dally discharge. The 

column headed "Maximum" gives the maximum dally discharge and not the Instantaneous discharge when the water surface was at crest stage. Likewise, in the column head<?d "Minimum" 

the quantity given Is the minimum daily discharge. The column headed "Mean" gives the 

average flow In cubic feet per second during the month.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESUUS

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends primarily on (1) the permanency of the stagedischarge relation and (2) the accuracy of observation of stage, measurements o* flow, and 

Interpretation of records.

The station description gives a statement in regard to the general accuracy of the 

records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the dally records are accurate within 

5 percent; "good," within 10 percent; "fair," within 15 percent; arid "poor," within 20 or 

a higher percent.

Yield at some stations as Indicated by monthly means may vary widely from natural yield, 

owing to diversion, consumption, regulation by storage, increase or decrease In evaporation 

due to artificial causes, or other factors. For such stations figures of "second-feet per 

square mile" and "run-off In Inches" are not published unless storage or diversion records 

are Included Indicating the extent of the regulation or diversion or unless satisfactory 

adjustments can be made for changes In contents of reservoirs or for other changes Incident to use and control. Figures of second-feet per square mile and run-off in Inches 

are also omitted If the drainage area Includes large noncontributing areas or if the 

average annual rainfall over the drainage area Is less than 20 Inches.

Many gaging stations on streams In the Irrigated areas of the United States are situated above most of the diversions from those streams, and therefore the discharge recorded 

does not show the water supply available for further development, as prior appropriations 

below the station must first be satisfied.

The table of monthly discharge gives a general Idea of the flow at the station. The 

table of dally discharge allows more detailed studies of the variation In flow. It should 

be borne In mind, however, that the observations In each succeeding year may be expected
4 ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED {RESULTS

to throw new light on data previously published, and that greater degrees of refinement 

In computations and records nay be warranted with the Increase In data ard the use of 

improved equipment.

PUBLICATIONS

The results of stream-flow measurements are now published annually In 14 parts, each 

part covering an area whose boundaries coincide with natural drainage features as Indicated 

below:

Part 1. North Atlantic slope basins (St. John River to York River).

8. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins (James R'ver to 

	Mississippi River).

3. Ohio River Basin.

4. St. Lawrence River Basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River Basins.

6. Missouri River Basin.

7. Lower Mississippi River Basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

9. Colorado River Basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins In California.

12. Pacific slope basins In Washington and upper Columbia River Bas'n.

13. Snake River Basin.

14. Pacific slope basins In Oregon and lower Columbia River Basin.

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

regard to the water resources of the United States may be obtained or consulted as 

explained below.

1. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent o* Documents, 

Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists 

giving prices.

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

the United States.

3. Sets are available for consultation In the local offices of the mter-resources 

branch of the Geological Survey as follows:

East of the Mississippi River:

Albany, N. Y., 526 Federal Building.

Ashevllle, N. C., 220 Post Office Building.

Atlanta, Ga., 5 North Rhodes Center.

Augusta, Maine, Statehouse.

Baton Rouge, La., 124 Geology Building, Louisiana state University.

Boston, Mass., 945 Post Office Building.

Charleston, W. Va., 408 Union Building.

Charlottesville, Va., House G, Dawson Row, University of Virginia.

Chattanooga, Term., 442 Post Office Building.

College Park, Md., Engineering Building, University of Maryland.

Columbia, S. C., 119 United States Courthouse.

Columbus, Ohio, 404 Engineering Experiment Station, Ohio State University.

Harrlsburg, Pa., 490 Education Building.

Hartford, Conn., 225 Capitol Building, 410 Asylum Street.

Indianapolis, Ind., 511 Board of Trade Building.

Jackson, Miss., 208 Mlllsaps Building.

Louisville, Ky., 652 Federal Building.

Madison, Wls., 666 State Office Building.

Montgomery, Ala., 507 Post Office Building.

Ocala, Fla., 302 Post Office Building.

St. Paul, Mlnn., 808 New Post Office Building.

Trenton, N. J., 22S Federal Building.

Urbana, 111., 14 Post Office Annex, Elm Street.

West of the Mississippi River:

Austin, Tex., 302 west 15th Street.

Boise, Idaho, 429 Federal Building.

Denver, Colo., 230 Customhouse.

Fort Smith, Ark., 6 Post Office Building.

Helena, Mont., 408 Federal Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, 225 Federal Building.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, 204 Federal Building.

Iowa City, lorn, 508 Hydraulic Laboratory, university of Iowa.

Lincoln, Nebr., 1404 Statehouse.

Los Angeles, Calif., G-31 United States Post Office and Courthouse.

Oklahoma City, Okla., 303 Capitol Office Building.

PorUand, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building.
PUBLICATIONS

Rolla, Mo., Missouri Geological Survey Building, Missouri School of Mines

and Metallurgy.

St. Louis, Mo., 926 New Federal Building. 

Salt Lake City, Utah, 303 Federal Building. 

San Francisco, Calif., 625 Market Street Building. 

Santa Fe, N. Mex., 204 United States Courthouse. 

Tacoma, Wash., 1100 Washington Building. 

Topeka, Kans., 305 Federal Building. 

Tucson, Arlz., 210 Post. Office Building.

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

Director, Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

Records of flow of streams In the United States have been published in the reports 

tabulated as follows:

Stream-flow data in reports of the Geological Survey 

(A = Annual Report; B = Bulletin; W = Water-Supply Paper)

Report Character of data Year

10th A, pt. 2 

llth A, pt. 2 

12th A, pt. 2 

13th A, pt. 3 

14th A, pt. 2 

B 131........

16th A, pt. 2 

B 140........

W 11.........

18th A, pt. 4

Descriptive Information only.

Monthly discharge and descriptive information...

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

.do.

W 15.

W 16.

19th A, pt. 4 

W 27.........

W 28.

20th A, pt. 4 

W 35 to 39...

21st A, pt. 4 

W 47 to 52...

22d A, pt. 4 

W 65, 66.....

W 75.........

Monthly discharge (long-time records, 1871-93).. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage- heights, and '

ratings.

Descriptive information only. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights,

ratings, and monthly discharge (also many

data covering earlier years). 

Gage heights (also gage heights for earlier

years). 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly

discharge (also similar data for some earlier

years). 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of

streams east of the Mississippi River and

Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas

River. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of

streams west of the Mississippi River except

Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas

River. 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly

discharge (also some long-time records). 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of

streams east of the Mississippi River and

Missouri River and tributaries. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of

streams west of the Mississippi River except

Missouri River and tributaries. 

Monthly discharge (also for many earlier years). 

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

Monthly discharge-...............................

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

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

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

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

18S4 to Sept. 1890. 

1S84 to June 30, 1891. 

18S4 to Dec. 31, 1S92. 

1888 to Dec. 31, 1S93. 

1893-94.

1895.

1896. 

1895-96.

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898.

1898

1899.

1899.

1900.

1900.

1901.

1901.

Note.- Reports containing records for years after 1901 are given in table on page 6.

The table on the following page gives, by years and drainage basins, the nrmbers of 

the papers on surface water supply published from 1899 to 1940. The data for any particular station will, In general,- be found in the reports covering the years during which 

the station was maintained. For example, the data for 1910 to 1920 for any station in the 

area covered by part 3 are published in Water-supply Papers 283, 303, 323, 35r. 403, 433, 

453, 473, 503, which contain records for the Ohio River Basin for those years.

The records at most of the stations discussed in these reports extend over a series of 

years. Miscellaneous measurements at many points other than regular gaging stations have 

been made each year and are published under "Miscellaneous discharge measurements" at the 

end of each report, the streams and points of measurement listed appearing in the same 

relative order as the streams and gaging stations in the body of the report. An Index of 

the records obtained prior to 1904 has been published In Water-Supply Paper 119.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream me

(For basins included see p. 4)

Year

1899 a... 

1900 g... 

1901 ..... 

1902 ..... 

19J33_,.^jj

1904..... 

1905 ..... 

1906..... 

1907-8... 

1909.....

1910.....

1911..... 

1912.. , 

1913.. . 

1914.....

1915..... 

1916 ..... 

1917..... 

1918..... 

1919-20..

1921..... 

1922 ..... 

1923..... 

1924..... 

1925 .....

1926..... 

1927 ..... 

1928..... 

1929 ..... 

1930. ....

1931 ..... 

1932 ..... 

1933..... 

1934..... 

1935.....

1936..... 

1937..... 

1938..... 

1939 ..... 

1940.....

1

35 

47, h48 

65, 75 

82 

97

o!24, p!S5, q!26 

o!65, p!66, q!67 

0201, p202, q203 

241 

261

281 

301 

321 

351 

381

401 

431 

451 

471 

501

521

541 

561 

581 

601

621 

641 

661 

681 

696

711 

726 

741 

756

781

801

821 

851 

871 

891

2

b35, 36 

48 

65, 75 

b82, 83 

b97. 98

q!26, 127 

q!67, 168 

q203, 204 

242 

262

288 

302 

322 

352 

382

402 

432 

452 

472 

502

522 

542 

562 

582 

602

622 

642 

662 

682 

697

712 

727 

742 

757 

782

802 

822 

852 

872 

892

3

36 

48, 149 

65, 75 

83 

98

128 

169 

205 

243 

263

283 

303 

323 

353 

383

403 

433 

453 

473 

503

523 

543 

563 

583 

603

623 

643 

663 

683 

698

713 

728 

743 

758 

783

803 

823 

853 

873 

893

4

36 

49 

65, 75 

m82, 83 

97

129 

170 

206 

244 

264

284 

304 

324 

354 

384

404 

434 

454 

474 

504

524 

544 

564 

584 

604

624 

644 

664 

684 

699

714 

729 

744 

759 

784

804 

824 

854 

874 

894

5

36 

49 

k65, 66, 75 

kS3, 85 

k98. 99. nlOO

kl£8, 130 

171 

207 

245 

265

285 

305 

325 

355 

385

405 

435 

455 

475 

505

525 

545 

565 

585 

605

625 

645 

665 

685 

700

715 

730 

745 

760 

785

805 

825 

855 

875 

895

6

036, 37 

49, J50 

66, 75 

84 

99

130, rl31 

172 

208 

246 

266

286 

306 

326 

356 

386

406 

436 

456 

476 

506

526 

546 

566 

586 

606

626 

646 

666 

686 

701

716 

731 

746 

761 

786

806 

826 

856 

876 

896

7

37 

50 

k65, 66, 75 

k83, 84 

k98. 99

k!28, 133. 

k!69, 173 

k205, 209 

247 

267

287 

307 

327 

357 

387

407 

437 

457 

477 

507

527 

547 

567 

587 

607

627 

647 

667 

687 

702

717 

732 

747 

762

787

807 

827 

857 

877 

897

8

66, 

a Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 35-39contains'! in Wat9T--SnpplTr 

Paper 39. Tables of monthly discharge for 1899 in 21st Annual Report, part 4.

b James River only.

c Oallatin River.

d Green and Ounnison Rivers and Colorado River above Gunnlson River.

e Mojave River only.

f Kings and Kern Rivers and south Pacific slope basins.

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

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

Monthly discharge for 1900 in 22d Annual Report, part 4.

h Wissahickon and Schuylkill Rivers to James River.

i Scioto River.

1 Loun, 

k Tribut

m Lake O

n Hudson 

o New En

p Hudson 

q Susque

r Platte 

s The Gr

Basins.

t Below 

u Rogue, 
PUBLICATIONS 7

From time to time reports have been published that are compilations of records for 

various areas, usually a single State or drainage basin. These reports contain records 

previously published (some of which have been revised), as well as some records not contained in the annual series of water-supply papers. The following table gives the numbers' 

and titles of these reports, arranged in alphabetical order by States and drainage basins.

Reports containing compilation of discharge by States and drainage basins

Water-Supply 

Paper

107

298

299

300

447

597-E

636-D

636-E

637-A

74

197

415

230

370

S50

424

492

870

469

395

617

517

61S

198

491

536

279

192

358

491

109

Year 

ending

1903

1912

1912

1912

1918

1987

1927

1927

1927

1900

1905

1915

1906

1910

1937

1916

1919

1935

1981

1914

1927

1920

1926

1906

1917

1920

1909

1906

1913

1917

1904

State or drainage basin and title

STATE

Alabama, Water powers of, with an appendix on stream measurements

in Mississippi.

California, Water resources of, part 1, Stream measurements 

Sacramento River Basin,

California, Water resources of, part 2, Stream measurements

Joaquin River Basin.

California, Water resources of, part 3, Stream measurements

Great Basin and Pacific coast river basins.

California, southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope

California, Surface water supply of Sacramento River Ba<?in.

California, Surface water supply of San Joaquin River Basin

California, southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope

in.

California, Surface water supply of minor San Francisco Bay

era Pacific, and Great basins in.

Colorado, Water resources of.

Georgia, Water resources of.

Massachusetts, Surface waters of.

Nebraska, Surface water supply of.

Oregon, Surface water supply of.

Texas, Summary of records of surface waters of.

Vermont, Surface waters of.

Washington, Summary of hydrometrlc data In.

Washington, Summary of records of surface waters of.

Wyoming, Surface waters of, and their utilization.

DRAINAGE BASIN

Colorado River (Ariz., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Wyo.) and its

utilization.

Colorado River, upper (Colo., Utah), and its utilization.

Great Salt Lake Basin, Water powers of.

Green River (Utah, Wyo.) and Its utilization.

Kennebec River Basin (Maine), Water resources of.

Milk River. (See St. Mary and Milk Rivers.)

New-Kanawha River Basin (N. C., Va., W. Va.), Surface vater

of.

Penobscot River Basin (Maine), Water resources of.

Potomac River Basin (D. C., Md., W. Va.)

Rio Grande Basin (Colo., N. Mex., Tex.), Water resources of

1913.

St. Mary and Milk Rivers (Mont., Canada), Water supply of.

Susquehanna River Basin (Pa., Md.), Hydrography of.

in

in San

in the

of.

basins

, northsupply

, 188SRecords of discharge have been published also in State reports. Some of tt^se are not 

contained In the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records previously published in its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list of 

bhese reports.

State reports containing compilation of records of discharge

State Year 

ending Report Issued by

Alabama..... 

Arkansas.... 

Connecticut:

Do.

1915

1928

1926

1933a

Bull. 17, Water powers of Alabama. 

Stream-gagi ng report 1............

Bull. 44, Water resources of

Connecticut. 

5th biennial report...............

Georgia..... 1907 Bull. 16, Water powers of Georgia..

Do....... 1920° Bull. 38, Water powers of Georgia..

a Includes records of monthly discharge In second-feet

b Includes records for years 1907-18.

461679 O - 42 - 2

Geological Survey of Alabama. 

Arkansas Geological Survey. 

State Geological and Natural

History Survey. 

Connecticut State Water

Commission. 

Geological Surve;' of Georgia.

Do. 

per square mile for years 1912-33.
PUBLICATIONS

State reports containing compilation of records of discharge Continued

State

Illinois.... 

Do.......

Do.......

Do.......

On

On

Do.......

Kentucky .... 

Minnesota.. .

Missouri .... 

Do.......

Nebraska .... 

Do.......

New Jersey. . 

Do.......

New Mexl co . . 

North Carolina. 

Do.......

Do.......

Do.......

Do.......

Do.......

Pennsylvania 

Do.......

Tennessee. . . 

Do.......

Utah........

Virginia.... 

Washington.. 

Wisconsin. . .

Do.......

Year 

ending

1911 

1934 

1927

1930C

1932 

1919J 1924d 

1928e

1935 r 

19396 

1920 

1912

1926 

1939" 

1914

19281 

1928

1934J

1925 

1923

1936k 

19211 

1939111

1914 

1924" 

1930° 

1936P 

1911 

1932°. 

1924 

1930r

1905 

1927

1933 

1914

1923s

Report

Pub. 72, Surface water supply of 

Indiana. 

Pub. 112, Surface water supply of 

Indiana.

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

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

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

Water-resources Investigation of 

Minnesota. 

Vol. 20, 2d series, Water Resources 

of Missouri. 

Vol. 26, 2d series, Surface waters 

of Missouri .

Bull. 33, Surface water supply of 

New Jersey. 

Special Report 5, Surlace Water 

Supply of New Jersey. 

Surface water supply of New Mexico... 

Bull. 34, Discharge records of North 

Carolina Streams. 

Bull. 39, Discharge records of North 

Carolina streams.

Bull. 200, Compilation of stream-flow 

records of Ohio.

Bull. 4, water resources of the State 

of Oregon. 

Bull. 7, Water resources of the State 

of Oregon. 

Bull. 8, Water resources of the State 

of Oregon. 

Bull. 9, Water resources of the State 

of Oregon. 

Report of the Water Supply Commission 

of Pennsylvania. 

Stream-flow records of Pennsylvania..

Bull. 34, Water resources of 

Tennessee . 

Bull. 40, Surface waters of 

Tennessee . 

5th biennial report, State Engineer.. 

Bull. 31, Water resources of 

Virginia. 

Bull. 5, Monthly and yearly summaries 

of hydrometrlc data. 

1st report of Railroad Commission of 

Wisconsin to Legislature on water 

powers. 

2d report of Railroad Commission of 

Wisconsin to Legislature on water 

powers .

Issued by

Rivers and Lakes Commission. 

Division of Waterways. 

Department of Conservation.

Do.

Iowa State Planning Board. 

Kansas Water Commission. 

Do. 

Kansas State Board of 

Agriculture. 

Do. 

Do. 

Kentucky Geological Survey. 

State Drainage Commission.

Missouri Geological Survey 

and Water Resources. 

Do.

Bureau of Water Power, Irrigation, and Drainage. 

Do. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

State Water Pillcy 

Commission. 

Office of the State Engineer. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

Do.

Engineering E'tjerlment Station, Ohio state University 

Department of Agriculture, 

Division of Conservation 

and Natural Resources. 

Office of the State Engineer.

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

Water Supply Commission of 

Pennsylvania . 

Department of Forests and 

Waters . 

Department of Education.

Do.

Office of the state Engineer. 

Conservation and Development 

Commission. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

Railroad Coamlsslon of 

Wisconsin.

Do.

c Includes records for years 1927-30.

d Includes records for years 1919-24.

e Includes records for years 1924-28.

f Includes records for years 1928-35.

g Includes records for years 1935-39.

h Includes records for years 1927-39.

1 Includes records for years 1914-28.

J Includes- records for years 1928-34.

k Includes records for years 1889-1936: 

records of dally and monthly discharge are not Included.

1 Includes all available records prior to 1921.

m Includes records for years 1902-39.

n Includes records for years 1914-24.

o Includes records for years 1924-30.

p Includes records for years 1930-36.

q Includes records for years 1928-32.

r Includes average weekly diecharge for years

1920-30. 

s Includes records for years 1914-23.

Note.- In addition to the records contained In the reports listed above, the following 

States have Issued annual or biennial reports In which are contained records of discharge: 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, 

New York (also New York City Board of Water Supply), North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 

Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
PUBLICATIONS 9

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

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

the stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been Include? in special 

reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these 

reports also contain other pertinent hydrologic Information and analyses and compilations 

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

titles of these reports.

Water-Supply Title 

Paper

88 The Passalc flood of 1902.

92 The Passalc flood of 1903.

96 Destructive floods in the United States in 1903.

147 Destructive floods In the United States In 1904.

162 Destructive floods in the United States In 1905.

334 The Ohio Valley flood of March-April 1913.

426 Southern California floods of January 1916.

487 The Arkansas River flood of June 3-5, 1921.

488 The floods In central Texas in September 1921.

520-G Some floods In the Rocky Mountain region.

636-C The New England flood of November 1927.

771 Floods in the United States, magnitude and frequency.

773-E The New York State flood of July 1935.

796-B Flood on Republican and Kansas Rivers, May and June 1935.

796-C Flood In La Canada Valley, California, January 1, 1934.

798 The floods of March 1936, Part 1, New England Rivers.

799 The floods of March 1936, Part 2, Hudson River to Susquehanna River region.

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

816 Major Texas floods of 1936.

S36-A Stages and flood discharges of the Connecticut River at Hartford, Conn.

S38 Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, January-February 1937.

842 Floods In Canadian and Pecos River Basins of New Mexico, May and June 1937.

843 Floods of December 1937 in northern California.

847 Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through Septenber 1938.

867 Hurricane floods of September 1938.

869 Flood of August 1935 In Musklngum River Basin, Ohio.

RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES CITHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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

at which records of dally discharge were collected during the water year October 1939 to 

September 1940 by agencies other than the Geological Survey. The records for these stations are not contained in publications of the Geological Survey, nor have they been published elsewhere.

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Surrey

Stream

Big Barren Creek...

Coweeta Creek 

Basin. t 

Oreen'Lick Run.....

Creek. 

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

Creek. 

Whit* Creek.. ...... 

Yellow Creek. ......

Location

near Asheville, N. C. 

Near New Tazewell, Term. .......

Coweeta Experimental Forest 

near Franklin, N. C. 

Near Scotdale, Fa., above Green 

Lick Reservoir.

Upper Mill, Tenn. ..............

Sharps Chapel , Tenn. ...........

Feriod

1934-40

1930-40 

1939 40

1937-40 

1940

1934-40 

193S-40

Collected by

Tennessee Valley Authority.

U. S. Forest Service. 

Citizens Water Co., Scotdale, Fa.

Do.

00.

Do.

t Appalachian Forest Nxperiment Station of U. S. Forest Service operates 4 stations on small 

areas in Bent Creek Basin and 26 stations on small areas in Coweeta Creek Basin.

Note.- The Soil Conservation Service is making studies of run-off from 4 areaa of from 5,000 to 

30,OOO acres each, 4 areas of from 2,000 to 5,000 acres each, 3 areas of from 500 to 2,000 acres 

each, 7 areas of from 200 to 500 acrea each, 2 areas of from 50 to 200 acres each, and 21 areas of 

leaa than SO acres in the vicinity of Coahocton, Ohio (started in 1937); 4 areas of leas than 200 

acrea each in the vicinity of Hamilton, Ohio (started in 193S); 20 areaa of less than 10 acres each 

in the vicinity of Lafayette, Ind. (started in 1939); arid 3 areas of less than 5 acros each in the 

vicinity of Zauesville, Ohio (started In 1933).
10 COOPERATION

The work in the several States was done under cooperative agreements with the organizations listed below.

Illinois: Department of Registration and Education, J. J. Hallihan, director, 

through the Division of Water Survey, Dr. A. M. Buswell, chief; Department of 

Public Works and Buildings, F. L. Smith, director, through the Division of Waterways, Carter Jenklns, chief engineer.

Indiana: Department of Public Works, V. M. Slmmons, administrative officer; 

city of Indianapolis, Board of Public Works and Sanitation, L. C. Brant, president. 

Kentucky: Department of Highways, J. L. Donaldson, commissioner. 

Maryland (for the station on Big Plney Run near Salisbury, Pa., near the Pennsylvania-Maryland State line): Maryland Geological Survey, E. B. Mathews, State 

geologist.

New York: State Water Power and Control Commission, Lithgow Osborne, chairman. 

North Carolina: Department of Conservation and Development, R. B. Etheridge, 

director.

Ohio: State Cooperative Topographic Survey, W. E. Owens, inspector-director; 

Miami Conservancy District, C. H. Eiffert, chief engineer; city of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Llewelyn Lewis, director.

Pennsylvania (except for the station on Big Piney Run near Salisbury): Department of Forests and Waters, J. A. Stewart, secretary, through the Water and Power 

Resources Board, C. E. Ryder, chief engineer.

Tennessee: Department of Conservation, J. C. Pos, commissioner, through the 

Division of Geology, W. F. Pond, State geologist; Department of Public Health, 

Dr. W. C. Williams, commissioner, through the Division of Sanitary Engineering, 

Howard D. Schmldt, director.

Virginia: Virginia Conservation Commission, N. C. Smith, chairman. 

West Virginia: Public Service Commission, J. J. D. Preston, chairman; West 

Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, P. H. Price, State geologist. 

Work at all stations in the Tennessee River Basin was done under a formal cooperative 

agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Financial assistance was furnished by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in 

the operation of 291 gaging stations, of which 8 were in Illinois, 23 In Indiana, 55 In 

Kentucky, 1 in Maryland, 74 in Ohio, 3 In New York, 45 in Pennsylvania, 16 in Tennessee, 

14 in Virginia, and 52 in West Virginia.

Financial assistance was also furnished by the National Park Service and the United 

States Weather Bureau.

Assistance in collecting records was rendered also by the following agencies, municipalities, organizations, corporations, and individuals:

Kentucky: Kentucky Utilities Co; Mammoth Cave Park Authority. 

New York: City of Jamestown.

North Carolina: Appalachian Electric Power Co.; Carolina Power ami Light Co.; 

Champion Fibre Co.; city of Ashevllle; Sylva Paperboard Co.; town of Highlands; 

and Philip G. Rust.
COOPERATION 11

Ohio: City of Masslllon.

Pennsylvania: Clarion River Power Co.; United Engineering & Foundry Co.; West 

Penn Power Co.; Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

Tennessee: Aluminum Co. of America, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; Tennessee 

Copper Co.; and Rutherford County Health Department.

Virginia: Appalachian Electric Power Co.

West Virginia: Kanawha Valley Power Co.; West Virginia Power Co.; West Virginia 

Service Co.; and H. W. Spelden.

DIVISION OF WORK

The stream-gaging work was conducted by the water resourcee branch of the Geological 

Survey Glenn L. Parker, chief hydraulic engineer, Carl G. Paulsen, assistant chief 

hydraulic engineer, and Rudolph G. Kasel, chief of the division of surface weters.

The data for stations in the several States were collected and prepared fcr publication under the supervision of district engineers as follows: In Illinois (except for 

Ohio River at Golconda and Metropolis), J. H. Morgan; in Indiana (except for Ohio River 

at Madison and Evansvllle), H. E. Grosbach; In Kentucky (except for Tennessee River at 

Paducah) and for Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, at Golconda and Metropolis, 111., and 

at Madison and Evansville, Ind., J. V. B. Wells; In New York, A. W. Harrlngtcn; In North 

Carolina and for Nottely River near Ivylog, Ga., E. D. Burchard; In Ohio (except for Ohio 

River at Cincinnati), C. V. Youngquist; In Pennsylvania (except for Big Plney Run near 

Salisbury), J. W. Mangan, and for the station just named, A. H. Horton; in Tennessee, for 

the Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky., and in the Tennessee River Basin In Alabama and 

Georgia (except for Nottely River near Ivylog, Ga.), C'. E. McCashln; in West Virginia, 

William Kessler. The data for stations In Virginia were collected under the direction 

of J. J. Dlrzulaitis, district engineer (until Aug. 20, 1940), succeeded by F. F. Schrader, 

acting district engineer; and prepared for publication under the direction of F. F. 

Schrader, succeeded by D. S. Wallace as district engineer on June 6, 1941.

The records were reviewed and the manuscript prepared for publication under the direction of B. J. Peterson, engineer in charge, and M. C. Boyer, associate engineer, section of reports.
12 GAOINO-STATION RECORDS

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Allegheny River at Eldred, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41 057'50", long. 78°23'10", at site of former 

highway bridge, 1,000 feet upstream from Knapp Creek and half a mile north of Eldred, 

McKean County. Datum of gage Is 1,416.20 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 550 square miles.

Records available.- July 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,900 second-feet Apr. 5 (gag<-> height, 18.48 

feet); minimum, 44 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 1.67 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 5, 1940; minimum, 30 second-feet Sept. 

25, 26, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, or no or fragmentary 

gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 81 Bar. 22 to Sept. 30

2.3

2.5

2.6 

3.1 

3.5

94

119

167

227

307

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

430

560

710

1,030

Note.- Same aa following 

table above 6.2 feet.

1.6 

1.8 

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.1

39

53

80

116

164

240

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.5

326

450

590

740

1,040

1,580

9.0

10.5

12.0

14.0

16.0

16.0

2,230 

3,050 

4,050 

5,S20 

8,350 

11,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

15

17

IS

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

480

265

162

122

101

94

115

1S3

58S

480

418

380

283

235

207

179

156

141

127

126

132

144

177

183

158

252

518

980

1,030

740

605

Nov.

590

505

.442

360

368

f392

f430

830

1,200

995

960

925

845

800

725

6SO

660

620

560

505

468

442

418

380

355

318

291

299

287

275

-

Dec.

263

277

520

1,260

995

815

725

785

740

740

1,190

*1,170

1,100

1,200

1,030

890

860

830

755

1,320

1,860

1,620

1,420

1,200

1,020

960

700

580

520

460

420

Jan.

400

380

360

360

350

«350

340

330

320

310

300

300

310

330

1,020

1,100

700

530

450

400

380

370

350

330

305

290

275

245

225

215

205

Month

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

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

 arch. ..........................

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

 ay.............................

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

Water year 1939-4

Feb.

200

200

195

*195

195

205

230

300

270

250

390

560

880

650

530

480

440

420

450

440

420

380

330

300

285

270

255

245

240

_

-

liar.

230

225

230

350

770

710

650

590

530

#485

450

430

450

460

430

400

400

450

al,000

a3,900

f3,770

a3,200

a2,500

a2,100

al,800

1,500

f 1,170

f920

f 1,290

*f2,810

*f4,210

Secondfoot-days

9,761

16,965 

28,245

12,130 

10,205

38,410

159,420

30,250

13,621

7,538

2 449 sjosi

334,075

Apr.

f7,760

f8,660

f7,080

f8,820

f 12, 500

f 11, 300

f8,500

f6,950

f7,210

7,900

f6,460

f5,920

f6,820

fS,920

4,720

3,490

2,530

2,640

3,420

3,980

4,370

4,540

4,050

3,230

2,530

2,180

1,860

1,540

1,340

1,200

-

Maximum

1,030

1,200 

1,860

1,100 

8SO

4,210

12,500

2,040 

815

710

294

710

12,500

May

1,100

1,240

1,170

1,140

1,040

920

920

830

860

735

710

665

665

f650

620

f665

f665

605

590

1,280

2,040

1,860

1,580

1,310

1,170

1,140

980

860

815

710

665

Minimum

94

275

263

205

3.95

225

1,200 

590

234

78

45

59

45

June

705

815

665

545

475

425

f375

f375

f388

f350

311

723

700

f488

f388

f350

f304

f276

f400

f368

f286

f256

f234

f313

f579

f425

f388

f362

f725

f605

-

Jul-'

f575

f4°8

f47e

f710

f530

f4<?5

f3«2

317

fS91

fS82

f250

f264

f244

f!96

f!73

f!62

f!91

f!57 fise

f!33

mo

fl->2 f<?7

fl?2

133

flU

f!32

f!35

fl!3

f«9

f78

Mean

315

566

<n vxxT 

391

352

1,239

5,314 

976

454

243

79.0

169

913

Aug.

f75

f6S

f63

f60

f58

f63

fS9

flOl

f76

f65

f58

f53

f50

50

50

50

47

47

56

84

77

59

51

46

45

47

64

294

246

138

119

Per* square 

mile

0.673

1.03

1.66

.711

.640

2*25

9.66

1.77

 825

^442

.144

.307

1.66

Sept.

188

181

119

93

79

6S

61

59

139

186

124

99

88

82

80

98

146

116

92

60

87

153

153

115

596

710

388

282

228

191

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.66

1.15

1 Q1 VJL

oo OK

 69

2 »59

in xu» "7n to 

2 »04

 92

.51

.17

.34

22.58

* Winter discharge measurement made on thla day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Red Bouse, 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 25 to Mar. 18.
OHIO RIVER M/LIN STEM 13

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 42°06'50", long. 78°48'15", at site of old highway 

Bridge In town of Red House, Cattaraugus County. Datum of gage Is 1,327.68 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,690 square miles.

Records available.- September 1903 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 35 years (1905-40), 2,733 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 30,400 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 11.99 

feet); minimum, 176 second-feet Aug. 25, 26 (gage height, 3.27 feet).

1903-40: Maximum discharge observed, 41,000 second-feet Mar. 2, 1910, from rating 

curve extended above 28,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; maximum gage height, 

13.78 feet Mar. 4, 1934 (ice Jam); minimum discharge, 84 second-feet Sept. 7, 1934 

(gage height, 2.82 feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, which are good.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

3.4 

3.6

3.8 

4.1 

4.5

365

569

806

1,210

1,870

Oct. 1 to Apr. 4

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

2,860 7.5

4,010 S.O

5,310 9.0

6,750 10.0

8,300 11.5

9,960

11,800

15,700

20,100

27,600

3.2

3.3

3.4 

3.6

3.9

132

195

267

437

749

Apr. 5 to Sept. 30

4.2 

4.7 

5.3 

6.0 

7.0

1,140

1,940

3,130

4,820

7,710

P.O

P.O

1C.O

11.0

If .0

11,200

15,300

20,100

25,100

30,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

83

84

35

26

27

28

29

30

SL

Oct.

1,000

922

615

5.43

483

433

433 533

2, S30

2,040

1,590

1,390

1,080

845

769

672

558

505

443

394

404

414

433

516

558

592

1,270

5,430

5,540

3,410

2,490

Nor.

2,210

1,960

1,640

1,420

1,320

1,330

1,550

2,750

4,280

3,670

3,480

3,230

2,710

2,430

2,190

2,040

1,960

1,850

1,660

1,470

1,330

1,220

1,150

1,060

989

922

832

806

782

745

-

Dec.

696

733

2,990

6,750

4,960

3,480

2,840

2,990

2,840

2,750

*4,640

4,280

3,940

4,180

3,480

2,970

2,930

2,970

2,690

4,590

6,990

5,390

4,510

3,840

3,300

2,800

2,350

1,750

1,550

1,400

1,300

Jan.

1,220

1,180

1,140

1,120

1,100

1,080

1,060

1,040

1,020

*1,000

980

960

940

976

2,280

3,400

2,700

2,200

1,950

1,750

1,600

1,450

1,350

1,240

1,160

1,080

1,000

920

860

800

760

Month

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

740

720

700

700

680

700

BOO

940

«980

1,100

1,850

2,900

3,700

3,200

2,800

2,600

2,400

2,200

2,300

2,200

2,OOQ

1,750

1,600

1,450

1,340

1,240

1,200

1,140

f 1,100

_

-

Mar/

1,080

1,100

1,220

2,350

3,890

3,580

2,970

2,550

2,200

1,950

1,700

1,550

1,650

1,700

1,600

1,470

1,450

1,580

6,880

9,590

8,560

7,240

5,340

3,820

3,300

3,100

2,930

2,650

3,770

10,100

18,800

Seeondfoot-daya

38,630

54,986

102,879

866,402

41,316

47,030

121,670

466,300

83,490

60,105

28,334

8 net r DJ. 

1 O Oft*7 J.V, VO I

1,073,478

Apr.

24,200

«23,800

22,300

27,600

30,300

28,600

25,000

22,200

25,300

22,200

18,300

19,800

19,400

16,000

12,700

10,200

8,160

8,420

10,700

11,200

14,700

13,500

10,900

9,020

7,310

6,550

5,600

4,720

4,040

3,580

-

Maximum

5,540

4,280

6,990

23,600

3,400

3,700 

18 800

So! 300

4,640

5,120

2,310 

834

3,250

30,300

May

3,230

3,600

3,490

3,350

3,090

2,760

2,560

2,370

2,330

2,200

1,980

1,820

1,790

1,740

1,630

1,680

1,800

1,700

1,670

2,540

4,110

4,140

3,840

4,640

3,890

3,420

3,110

2,660

2,330

2,080

1,890

Minimum

394

745

696

103

760

680

1,080

3,580

1

0 ft/I ,oou

pop 000

348

182

260

182

June .

1,920

2,290

2,100

1,770

1,500

1,320

1,180

1,170

1,080

1,090

3,330

3,040

2,750

1,860

1,400

1,140

974

965

1,820

1,630

1,220

948

888

4,980

5,120

3,130

2,250

1,920

2,820

2,500

-

July

2,310

2,030

1,680

2,030

1,990

1,550

1,280

1,080

987

1,140

1,000

922

846

773

659

682

704

627

543

495

456

419

410

573

654

523

437

401

410

375

348

Mean

I

nAa f&**O

1.833

3,319

2,374

1,333

1,622

3,925

15,540

2,693

2,004 

914

GOG &O&

666

2,933

A-ig.

316

283

267

253

245

245

260

275

275

253

224

209

202

202

209

209

202

195

217

260

253

245

224

195

182

182

195

443

334

702

495

Per square 

mile

0.737

1.08

1*96

1.40

e rtp^ f O "* 

 96")

2.32

9 Of) &U

1.59

1.19 

.541

.167

 JtQ J oy >

1.74-

Sept.

587

575

514

410

340

291

260

260

384

428

533

447

392

357

379

518

533

475

410

357

324

366

392

419

2,110

3,250

1,840

1,200

909

727

-

Run-off In 

lnc*b,6s

0.85

1.20

2 .26

1 O Aft XV. VO

*vx 01

1.04

g ,68

10*26

1.85

1.33 

 62

 19

44

23.61

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

~'te.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Sec. 26 to Jan. 13, Jan. 16 to Mar. 4, Mar. 9-15,
14 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

Allegheny River near Kiiizua, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°50'50", long. 78°59'30", at Penisylvania R. R. 

bridge, half a mile upstream from Bent Run, 2 miles southwest of Klnz'ia, Warren 

County, and 2.3 miles downstream from Klnzua Creek. Datum of gage is 1,200.00 feet 

above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 2,179 square miles.

Records available.- October 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 41,900 second-feet Apr. 5 (gag? height, 16.46 

feet); minimum, 266 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 4.83 feet).

1935-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 5, 1940; minimum, 135 se-.ond-feet Sept. 

15, 1936 (gage height, 4.57 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect and no gag<3-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect 

discharge, in second-feet)

4.8 

5.0 

5.2 

5.4 

5.7 

6.0

256 

326 

419 

544 

79S 

1,130

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

S.O 

9.0 

10.0

1,910

2,360

3,930

5,260

8,300

11,800

11.5

13.0

14.5

16.0

ge height, in feet, and

17,900

24,800

31,700

39,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,110 

1,230 

892 

696 

645

590 

552 

584 

1,980 

2,720

2,290 

1,910 

1,500 

1,170 

938

869 

789 

637 

612 

590

567 

532 

605 

628 

670

880 

1,100 

5,370 

7,180 

4,470 

3,130

NOT.

2,700 

2,480 

2,160 

1,360 

1,690

1,660 

1,360 

2,920 

4,990 

4,600

4,340 

4,100 

3,510 

3,070 

2,820

2,630 

2,720 

2,520 

2,290 

2,050

1,360 

1,710 

1,610 

1,430 

1,330

1,240 

1,130 

1,030 

1,050 

1,020

Dec.

977 

1,020 

4,640 

9,640 

7,180

4,S60 

3,860 

3,860 

3,740 

3,510

5,630 

«5,680 

5,120 

5,540 

4,730

3,980 

3,860 

3,360 

3,620 

7,450

9,640 

7,310 

6,110 

5,260 

4,470

3,360 

3,400 

2,640 

2,200 

1,900 

1,700

Jan.

1,500 

1,450 

1,420 

1,400 

1,330

1,360 

*1,340 

1,320 

1,300 

1,280

1,260 

1,240 

1,240 

1,400 

2,3OO

3,SOO 

3,500 

3,100 

2,600 

2,350

2,150 

2,000 

1,900 

1,750 

1,580

1,400 

1,280 

1,190 

1,100 

1,040 

930

Month

OCt

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 193 3 ...........

ater year 1939-4<

Feb.

950 

940 

930 

920 

«910

950 

1,070 

1,200 

1,250 

1,500

2,200 

3,300 

4,600 

4,200 

3,600

3,200 

' 2,900 

2,800 

2,900 

2,650

2,450 

2,250 

2,050 

1,300 

1,700

1,600 

1,500 

1,450 

1,400

Mar.

1,350 

1,400 

1,800 

2,900 

4,300

4,800 

4,100 

3,400 

2,900 

*2,650

2,400 

2,300 

2,350 

2,400 

2,200

2,100 

2,100 

2,250 

7,500 

14,000

a!3,000 

all,OOO 

as, 600 

a6,800 

a5,400

4,360 

4,730 

4,100 

5,290 

13,400 

23,600

Second - 

foot-days

47,636 

70,530 

141,797

1,165,112

52, 910 

59,170 

169,980 

610,000 

121,240 

84,300 

39,839 

12,318 

26,345

1,436,115

Apr.

«B9,700 

28,700 

27,800 

33,300 

39,800

36,800 

32,200 

29,200 

34, TOO 

28,700

23,200 

25,400 

24,500 

20,100 

16,600

13,300 

11,400 

11,800 

14,600 

15,000

20,100 

18,400 

15,000 

12,200 

9,990

8,630 

7,490 

6,260 

5,400 

4,730

Maximum

7,180 

4,990 

9,640

30,300

3,300 

4,600 

23,600 

39,800 

9,000 

6,360 

3,290 

1,030 

3,620

39,800

May

4,470 

4,360 

4,360 

4,600 

4,220

3,360 

3,510 

3,290 

3,180 

3,070

2,760 

2,520 

2,430 

2,420 

2,290

2,350 

2,480 

2,420 

2,330 

3,580

4,860 

5,260 

4,990 

9,000 

6,710

5,400 

5,260 

4,470 

3,740 

3,130 

2,820

Minimum

552 

1,020 

977

165

980 

910 

1,350 

4,730 

2,290 

1,260 

484 

269 

379

269

June

2,740 

3,130 

2,960 

2,500 

2,110

1,S20 

1,640 

1,630 

1,470 

1,380

4,320 

5,400 

4,100 

2,960 

2,140

1,710 

1,440 

1,370 

2,460 

2,420

1,910 

1,470 

1,260 

4,160 

6,860

4,610 

3,180 

2,880 

3,930 

3,740

'JU3-"

3,290 

2,960 

2,440 

2,360 

2,640

2,140 

1,760 

1,580 

1,470 

1,880

1,480 

1,320 

1,210 

1,080 

966

1,030 

977 

890 

793 

713

645 

605 

582 

637 

854

751 

783 

590 

537 

567 

484

Mean

1,537 

2,353 

4,574

3,192

1,707 

2,040 

5,483 

20,330 

3,911 

2,310 

1,285 

397 

873

3,924

Aug.

442 

404 

379 

356 

339

390 

419 

379 

369 

360

339 

311 

308 

311 

296

239 

300 

239 

330 

330

339 

322 

311 

293 

269

293 

326 

612 

765 

1,030 

818

Pe square 

mile

0.705 

1.08 

2.10

1.46

.783 

.936 

2.52 

9.33 

1.79 

1.29 

.590 

.182 

.403

1.30

Sept.

800

798 

723 

612 

497

425 

378 

527 

637 

662

670 

679 

597 

537 

484

629 

723 

662 

574 

504

454 

454 

484 

524 

1,900

3,620 

2,700 

1,710 

1,230 

1,050

Run-off in 

Inches

0.31 

1.20 

2.42

19.89

.90 

1.01 

2.90 

10.41 

2.06 

1.44 

. .63 

.21 

.45

24.49

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Redhouse, H. Y., 

and Franklin, Pa.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 29 to Mar. 20.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 15

Allegheny River at Franklin, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°23'25", long. 79°49'10", at Eighth Street

bridge in Franklin, Venango County, 1,000 feet downstream from French Cresk. Datura

of gage is 955.92 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted). 

Drainage area.- 5,982 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September, 1940

in reports of U. S. Geological Survey; April 1905 to September 1940 in reports of

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. 

Average discharge.- 22 years (1918-40), 9,746 second-feet, 

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 99,000 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage height, 16.98

feet); minimum, 898 second-feet Aug. 18, 25 (gage height, 2.11 feet).

1905-40: Maximum discharge, 191,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913, from rating curve

extended above 110,000 second-feet; maximum gage height, 26.0 feet, present datum,

Feb. 27, 1917 (ice jam); minimum discharge, 334 second-feet July 30, 1934 (gage height,

1.63 feet).

Maximum free-flow stage known, 25.0 feet, present datum, Mar. 17, 1865 (discharge,

196,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 110,000 second-feet). 

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

whi en are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect 

discharge, in second-feet)

gage height, in feet, and

Oct. 1 to Pet. 12 Feb. 13 to Sept. 30

2.2 

2.5

3.5 

4.2

990

1,390

2,090

3,420

5,330

6.5

8.5

10.5

8,090

14,700

25,700

38,700

2.2 

2.6 

3.2 

3.S 

4.3 

5.5

1,010

1,615

2,720

4,030

5,680

10,410

7.0

8.5

10.5

13.0

17.0

17,700

26,550

40,150

60,000

99,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,960 

2,170 

2,190 

1,900 

1,500

1,300 

1,190 

1,580 

2,190 

3,930

5,030 

4,740 

4,190 

3,230 

2,630

2,290 

2,010 

1,330 

1,650 

1,550

1,470 

1,440 

1,440 

1,490 

1,620

1,720 

2,690 

6,680 

15,000 

13,700 

9-, 080

Nov.

6,630 

5,480 

4,380 

4,SSO 

4,600

4,190 

3,930 

4,060 

6,100 

9,080

8,430 

8,280 

7,710 

6, 6 j u 

5,960

5,480 

5,330 

5,330 

5,030 

4,600

4,190 

3,300 

3,540 

3,370 

3,200

3,000 

2,770 

2,650 

2,590 

2,500

Dec.

2,480 

2,500 

2,950 

14,400 

20,500

16,200 

12,400 

9,920 

9,290 

8,680

11,300 

17,200 

15,200 

15,200 

14,200

11,900 

10,600 

10, 600 

10,600 

15,500

26,900 

23,900 

17, 800 

13,700 

11,000

10,100 

8,280 

6,980 

5,960 

5,480 

4,740

Jan.

3,540 

2,720 

2,540 

b2,550 

b2,650

b2,750 

b2,850 

b3,000 

b3,050 

*b3,100

b3,350 

b3,600 

b4,200 

6,370 

12,100

13,200 

11,400 

9,500 

a8,100 

a7,300

a6,600 

a5,900 

5,330 

4,880 

4,740

4,320 

4,060 

3,800 

b3,600 

b3,350 

b3,200

Month

Qct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1939

ater year 1939-41

Feb.

b3,000 

b2, 900 

b2,800 

b2,750 

b2,700

b2,S50 

b3,300 

b3,800 

#b4,650 

b6,000

b!2,000 

b!7,000 

21,700 

22,300 

17,700

14,000 

11,500 

11,000 

10,400 

11,000

11,000 

10,200 

3,960 

3,160 

7,180

6,420 

5,680 

5,320 

5,320

Mar.

5,150 

5,150 

5,360 

10,300 

15,500

17,700 

16,600 

14,000 

12,400 

10,600

8,960 

7,180 

6,800 

7,330 

3,160

6,990 

6,050 

6,710 

23,300 

35,200

31,100 

27,200 

20,500 

14,500 

11,700

10, 800 

10, 300 

10,600 

16,500 

40,700 

69,000

Secondfoot-days

105,490 

148,270 

366,960

3,280,578

157,650 

251,590 

493,890 

1,497,700 

353,010 

308,380 

113,720 

39,457 

70,760

3,906,377

Apr.

83,000 

79,000 

72,000 

96,000 

95,000

35,000 

71,000 

60,000 

72,000 

66,300

53,300 

55,300 

56,600 

48,500 

40, 200

34,500 

31,800 

32,400 

33,700 

42,400

54,100 

50, 100 

40, 900 

32,400 

26,600

21, 700 

18,200 

15, 500 

13,000 

11,700

Maximum

15,000 

9,080 

26,900

76,000

13,200 

22,300 

69,000 

96,000 

27,200 

19, 900 

11,300 

2,460 

6,610

96,000

May

10,800 

11,900 

13,000 

13,000 

11,700

10,600 

9,730 

8,960 

8,360 

3,160

7,560 

6,610 

6,050 

6,050 

5,860

6,240 

6,300 

6,610 

6,240 

6,420

8,360 

9,170 

9,380 

18,900 

27,200

22,300 

22,300 

21,100 

16,000 

13,000 

14,600

Minimum

1,190 

2,500 

2,480

537

2,540 

2,700 

5,150 

11,700 

5,360 

4,980 

1,620 

910 

1,220

910

June

16,600 

16,600 

15,000 

11,900 

9,170

7,570 

6,420 

6,240 

6,240 

5,150

6,230 

19,900 

17,200 

14,000 

11,500

9,780 

7,760 

5,860 

3,160 

10, 400

9,380 

7,380 

5,500 

4,980 

11,200

13,500 

10,800 

8,760 

12,800 

12,400

July

11,300 

9,170 

7,570 

6,050 

5,320

5,150 

4,360 

3,820 

3,470 

3,580

4,360 

4,030 

3,470 

2,970 

2,700

3,470 

3,120 

2,890 

2,620 

2,390

2,140 

1,960 

1,860 

1,300 

1,960

1,890 

2,500 

2,420 

1,930 

1,730 

1,620

Mean

3,403 

4,942 

11,840

8,988

5,035 

8,676 

15,930 

49,920 

11,390 

10,280 

3,668 

1,273 

2,359

10,670

Aug.

1.500 

1,330 

1,240 

1,150 

1,140

1,150 

1,500 

1,630 

1,520 

1,280

1,140 

1,040 

960 

1,080 

1,040

1,020 

972 

935

1,150 

1,140

1,260 

1,200 

1,080 

960 

910

1,150 

1,300 

1,520 

1,600 

2,050 

2,460

Per sq'iare 

mile

0.569 

.326 

1.98

1.50

.850 

1.45 

2.66 

8.35 

1.90 

1.72 

.613 

.213 

.394

1.7S

Sept.

2,300 

2,720 

2,350 

2,100

1,870

1,580 

1,360 

1,220 

1,320 

3,030

2,330 

2,030 

1,920 

1,340 

1,370

1,340 

1,370 

2,000 

1,890 

1,730

1,620 

1,520 

1,470 

1,550 

2,410

4,530 

6,610 

4,930 

3,580 

2,820

Run-off in 

Inches

0.66 

.92 

2.28

20.41

.98 

1.56 

3.07 

9.32 

2.19 

1.92 

.71 

.25 

.44

24.30

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
16 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Allegheny River at Parkers Landing, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°06'05", long. 79°40'45", at highway bridge at 

Parkers Landing, Armstrong County, 1.1 miles downstream from Clarion River. Datum 

of gage is 845.14 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 7,671 square miles.

Records avaiiaple.- October 1932 to September 1940. ,

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 115,000 second-feet Apr. 4; maximum gage 

height, 24.95 feet Mar. 20 (ice Jam); minimum discharge, 1,190 second-feet Aug. 25 

(gage height, 1.18 feet).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 149,000 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 21.20 

feet, from floodmark in well); maximum gage height, 27.85 feet Mar. 5, 1934 (ice 

Jam); minimum discharge, 409 second-feet July 30, 1934 (gage height, 0.67 foot).

Maximum stage known, 29.0 feet Mar. 17, 1865 (discharge, 250,000 second-feet, from 

rating curve extended above 125,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Some 

regulation at low stages by hydroelectric plant on Clarion River.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

1.2

1.5

1.6 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

Oct. 1 to Mar. 30

1,210

1,840

2,540

3,300

4,360

5,330

9,450

5.0

6.5

S.O

10.0

12.0

15.0

18.0

13,800

21.600

30,300

43,800

69,300

85,800

115,000

Mar. 31 to Sept. 30

1.2 1,230

1.5 1,880

1.8 2,560

2.1 3,300

Note-- Same as 

preceding table 

above 2.1 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194")

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

og

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

2,860 

2,740 

2,940 

2,790 

2,350

1,820 

1,540 

1,430 

2,510 

5,250

5,830 

5,680 

5,220 

4,360 

3,510

2,940 

3,040 

2,690 

2,260 

2,070

'l,980 

1,910 

1,710 

1,930 

2,020

2,300 

5,350 

15,800 

17,300 ie,eoo

13,600

Nov.

9,460 

S,110 

7,020 

6,320 

5,680

5,680 

5,620 

5,520 

6,320 

10,200

10,200 

9,650 

9,050 

8,470 

7,S50

7,000 

7,000 

6,940 

5,990 

5,520

5,370 

5,080 

4,930 

4,120 

4,250

3,690 

3,380 

3,460 

3,350 

3,170

Dec.

3,170 

3,200 

3,270 

8,040 

21,600

16,800 

14,300 

12,000 

10,900 

9,850

10,700 

17,800 

17,800 

16,300 

*17,300

14,800 

12,000 

11,300 

12,400 

16,100

30,300 

29,100 

23,800 

17/000 

13,800

12,400 

10,900 

9,000 

8,400 

7,400 

8,000

Jan.

3,500 

3,250 

3,000 

«2,900 

3,200

3,600 

4,000 

4,000 

4,000 

4,200

4,000 

4,600 

4,900 

5,000 

11,000

15,000 

14,500 

12,000 

8,200 

7,700

6,800 

6,100 

5,900 

6,000 

6,100

5,900 

5,600 

5,100 

4,400 

4,400 

4,600

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19

ater year 1939.

Feb.

4,600 

4,800 

4,700 

4,300 

3,900

4,100 

4,300 

4,600 

5,500 

7,300

12,000 

18,000 

27,000 

27,500 

23,500

18,000 

15,000 

13,500 

12,800 

14,000

14,000 

13,500 

12,000 

11,200 

11,000

8,000 

7,200 

6,900 

7,000

Mar.

7,300 

7,200 

7,800 

16,000 

21,000

23,500 

23,000 

20,000 

17,000 

14,500

12,500 

10,500 

9,500 

9,500 

11,000

10,500 

9,200 

9,800 

28,500 

41,000

42,500 

36,000 

30,000 

20,000 

16,500

14,500 

15,500 

17,500 

21,000 

51,700 

84,500

Seeondfoot-days

146,550 

187,900 

419,730

3,974,235

183,450 

320,200 

658,400 

1,743,300 

431,800 

377,780 

158,370 

49,930 

95,940

4,773,350

Apr.

101,000 

91,500 

SO, 300 

102,000 

109,000

96,200 

79,400 

65,200 

80,300 

76,700

61,000 

61,800 

65,200 

55,300 

44,600

38,200 

34,800 

37,500 

46,800 

59,600

70,400 

64,400 

51,000 

39,600 

32,200

26,700 

22,100 

18,900 

16,800 

14,800

Maximum

18,800 

10,200 

30,300

82,100

15,000 

27,500 

84,500 

109,000 

29,700 

22,600 

17,300 

2,920 

7,140

109,000

May

13,400 

14,800 

j.5,300 

15,800 

13,600

13,400 

12,400 

11,300 

10,600 

10,400

9,850 

8,660 

7,900 

8,280 

8,090

8,470 

8,860 

8,470 

7,720 

7,900

10,200 

11,600 

11,900 

17,900 

29,700

25,500 

25,500 

26,100 

21,000 

16,300 

20,700

Minimum

1,430 

3,170 

3,170

654

2,900 

3,900 

7,200 

14,800 

7,720 

6,480 

2,380 

1,210 

1,770

1,210

June

22,600 

21,000 

16,500 

15,800 

12,400

10,000 

8,470 

S,090 

9,250 

8,090

7,530 

18,700 

20,000 

16,800 

13,400

11,500 

9,250 

9,110 

10,400 

11,600

11,300 

9,450 

7,530 

6,480 

8,930

17,800 

14,300 

11,100 

12,600 

15,800

July

17,300 

12,900 

11,300 

8,700 

7,000

6,620 

5,990 

5,220 

4,730 

4,500

5,220 

5,680 

5,220 

4,500 

3,640

4,280 

4,590 

4,090 

3,660 

3,180

2,750 

2,540 

2,440 

2,440 

2,380

2,560 

2,900 

3,150 

2,730 

2,980 

2,850

Mean

4,727 

6,263 

13,540

10,890

5,918 

11,040 

21,240 

58,110 

13,930 

12,590 

5,109 

1,611 

3,198

13,040

Aug.

2,060 

2,060 

1,510 

1,400 

1,340

1,440 

1,620 

1,750 

1,680 

1,730

1,510 

1,290 

1,290 

1,290 

1,380

1,320 

1,290 

1,340 

1,290 

1,750

1,650 

1,530 

1,440 

1,320 

1,210

1,320 

1,680 

2,030 

1,970 

2,100 

2,920'

Per square 

vile

0.616 

.816 

 1.77

1.42

.771 

1.44 

2.77 

7.58 

1.82 

1.64 

.666 

.210 

.417

1.70

Sept.

3,460 

3,690 

3,640 

3,080 

2,440

2,310 

2,170 

1,770 

3,110 

4,680

4,000 

2,980 

2,850 

2,780 

2,190

2,470 

2,490 

2,470 

2,560 

2,610

2,350 

1,950 

1,790 

1,950 

3,080

4,040 

7,140 

7,110 

4,930 

3,850

Run-off In 

Inches

0.71 

.91 

2.04

19.25

.89 

1.55 

3.19 

6.46 

2.10 

1.83 

.77 

.24 

.47

23.16

# Winter discharge measurement 

Note Stage-discharge relation

ids. on this day.

effected by Ice Dec. 28 to Mar. 29.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 17

Allegheny River near Rimer, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°57'30", long. 79°32'50", 800 feet rpstream from 

IOCK 9, 1.7 miles downstream from Redbank Creek, 2.0 miles upstream from Rimer, Armstrong County, and 6.8 miles upstream from Mahonlng Creek. Dam.at lock ? Is control. 

Datum of gage Is 810.75 feet above mean sea level (Corpa of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

bench mark).

Drainage area.- 8,389 square'miles.

Records available.- February 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1939: Maximum discharge during period February to September, 88,700 second-feet 

Fee. al (gage height, 18.94 feet); minimum, 738 sscond-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 11.59 

feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 116,000 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage 

height, 20.30 feet); minimum, 1,240 second-feet Aug. 17, 25 (gage height, 11.79 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 4, 1940; minimum, that of S«^t. 3, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtful gage-height 

record, which are fair. Some regulation at low stages by hydroelectric plant on 

Clarion River.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 21 discharge measurements furnished by 

corps or Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Feb. 11, 1939, to Sept. So, 1040, except periods of ice effect (gate height, 

in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

11.6

11.7

11.8

12.0

12.2

12.4

12.6

770

990

1,270

1,980

2,860

3,820

4,890

12.9 

13.2 

13. S 

14.0 

14.5 

15.0 

15.5

6,700

8,750

11,200

16,000

21,300

27,000

33,300

16

17

18

19

20

40,000 

55,300 

72,50O 

90,500 

110,000

Discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40

 

1939

DT

i

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

SI

22

89

24

26

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. HOT. Dee. Jan. Feb.

_

_

_

..

-

_

.

_

..

-

38,600

34,600

29,400

25,800

31,300

45,800

37,200

30,700

27,600

44,800

85,100

77,900

5B,70O

44,300

34,600

30,000

30,700

35,900

M

.

-

Mar.

52,100

46,900

42,800

34,800

31,400

34,600

37,200

34,600

29,400

27,600

24,000

28,300

50,500

45,800

40,000

37,200

34,600

30,000

23,000

19,100

ie,ooo

16,000

14,500

13,600

14,100

19,100

27,600

40,000

40,000

35,900

47,300

Apr.

47,300

44,300

40,000

32,600

27,000

24,000

26,400

25,200

21,800

19,100

20,200

25,200

27,000

25,200

29,400

46,900

44,300

37,200

33,300

31,400

28,800

25,200

20,800

17,500

15,800

14,100

13,200

11,900

11,000

10,200

-

XT

9,350

9,350

8,610

7,420

6,700

6,330

5,550

5,190

5,370

5,670

6,330

6,150

5,610

4,500

4,290

4,400

4,240

4,030

3,870

3,620

3,330

4,560

6,640

6,640

5,550

5,250

4,840

3,770

3,380

3,9SO

3,720

June

3,770

3,530

3,240

3,330

3,580

3,670

3,330

2,860

3,050

2,640

2,590

2,640

2,860

3,050

2,820

2,680

2,640

2,460

2,410

2,540

2,410

2,500

2,320

2,650

3,920

3,140

2,640

2,640

2,200

1,980

-

July

2,200

2,950

2,680.

2,200

1,980

1,900

1,790

1,940

1,900

2,410

2,500

1,940

1,790

1,710

2,660

2,720

2,460

2,370

1,940

1,570

1,370

1,190

1,130

1,070

1,020

990

1,020

990

1,050

1,840

5,060

Aug.

6,330

5,850

4,780

3,870

5,070

4,180

2,910

2,370

2,150

2,020

2,070

1,900

1,830

1,680

1,570

1,600

1,470

1,300

1,210

1,270

1,240

1,270

1,240

1,190

1,050

1,020

990

946

924

880

858

sept.

858

836

814

880

968

1,130

1,020

990

1,130

1,270

1,270

dl 200

dl,170

dl,150

dl,150

01,100

dl,070

01,030

d990

d940

d900

d870

d830

0810

0800

0800

0940

1,340

1,750

2,310

-

d Doubtful gage-height reoordj discharge computed on basis of records for stations st Farkers 

Tj^i^f ng and Klttanning.
18 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, In second-feet, of Allegheny River near Rimer, Pa., 1939-40' Continued

1939-40

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

88

29

30

31

Oct.

2,860

2,640

3,050

2,860

2,500

1,900

1,600

1,470

1,890

4,660

5,790

5,850

5,310

4,620

3,620

3,000

3,000

2,680

2,320

2,070

1,980

1.900

1,750

1,830

1,980

2,320

3/060

15, 500

18,000

20,200

14,800

Hov.

10,800

8,330

7,350

6,760

5,670

5,790

5,850

5,490

6,210

9,110

11,100

9,820

8,820

8,750

7,840

7,090

6,960

7,090

6,090

5,610

5,730

5,370

5,130

4,180

4,290

3,770

3,330

3,530

3,330

3,190

-

Dee.

3,100

3,140

3,240

4,640

20,500

20,209

15,400

12,600

11,300

10,100

10,400

17,500

18,600

17,000

18,000

16,000

13,200

11,700

12, 700

16,100

32,600

32,600

26,400

19,100

15,200

13,300

12,000

t>9,100

t>8,500

1)7,500

b6,000

Jan.

1)4,100

b3,500

b3,100

1)3,050

b3,350

1)3,700

1)4,300

1)4,200

1)4,100

1)4,400

1)4,200

1)4,200

1)5,100

1)5,100

10,100

15,700

14,700

12,500

8,680

7,910

7,090

6,330

d6,100

6,330

6,400

6,090

5,730

5,310

4,620

4,620

4,890

Pel).

4,890

5,190

4,890

4,450

d4,000

4,340

4,500

4,890

5,610

7,350

11,000

18,000

28,200

28,800

24,600

19,600

16,000

15, 400

13,100

14,800

015,000

14,500

12,400

11. 700

11,600

8,540

7,770

7,160

7,490

-

-

Mar.

7,770

7,630

8,400

14,400

22,400

24,600

24,000

21,300

18,600

15,200

13,000

11,000

9,660

9,900

11,500

11,200

9,420

9,660

28,600

42,800

44,300

40,000

32,600

22,400

18,000

15,700

16, 500

18,600

24,000

55,800

94,300

Apr.

108,000

98,100

85,100

104,000

110,000

100,000

83,300

70,700

83,300

83,300

67,200

67,200

70,700

62,100

50,500

42,800

38,600

41,400

53,700

68,900

81,500

74,300

58,700

45,800

37,200

30,700

25,200

21,300

18,000

16,000

May

14,400

15,700

17,000

17,000

15,400

14,500

13,200

12,200

11,400

11,200

10,700

9,350

8,050

8,680

8,610

8,900

9,420

9,050

8,260

7,910

10,900

12,600

12,700

18,600

31,400

28,200

28,200

30,000

24,000

18,600

23,000

June

25,800

24,000

21,300

18,000

14,100

11,500

9,500

8,680

9,580

8,900

8,050

16,500

21,800

18,000

14,200

12,100

9,740

9,200

13,600

13,400

12,600

10, 500

8,330

7,160

7,760

18,000

15,500

12,100

12,800

17,500

-

July

20,200

15,000

12,600

10,100

7,490

7,220

6,760

5,670

5,250

4,840

5,490

6,830

6,330

5,490

4,080

4,340

5,250

4,450

3,980

3,580

3,000

2,680

2,640

2,680

2,540

2,770

3,240

3,480

3,100

3,240

3,140

Aug.

2,320

2,280

1,680

1,530

1,470

1,600

1,790

1,790

1,980

1,870

1,600

1,470

1,440

1,440

1,370

1,340

1,300

1,340

1,400

1,710

1,710

1,500

1,530

1,440

1,270

1,400

1,940

2,110

2,110

2,110

3,000

Sept._

3,580

3,920

3,870

3,330

2,590

2,410

2,110

1,900

2,730

4,620

-,160

£,380

3,050

d2,900

d2,400

d2,450

d2,550

d2,550

d2,600

d2,700

d2,500

2,110

1,870

1,790

2,420

3,780

5,780

7,490

5,550

4,180

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis 

Landing and Kittanning.

of records for stations at Parkers

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1939-40

Month

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Seoondfoot-days

743,000 

991,800 

798,300 

168,240 

86,090 

60,340 

67,038 

32,316

-

147,010 

192,380 

437,720

_

189,500 

335,770 

703,240 

1,897,600 

469,130 

410,200 

177,460 

52,840 

98,270

5,111,120

Maximum

85,100 

52,100 

48,900 

9,350 

3,920 

5,060 

6,330 

2,310

-

20,200 

11,100 

32,600

_

15,700 

28,800 

94,300 

110,000 

31,400 

25,800 

20,200 

3,000 

7,490

110,000

Minimum

25,800 

13,600 

10,200 

3,330 

1,980 

990 

858 

800

-

1,470 

3,190 

3,100

_

3,050 

4,000 

7,630 

16,000 

7,910 

7,160 

2,540 

1,270 

1,790

1,270

Mean

41,280 

31, 990 

26,610 

5,427 

2,870 

1,946 

2,163 

1,077

-

4,742 

6,413 

14,120

-

6,113 

11,580 

22,690 

63,250 

15,130 

13,670 

5,725 

1,705 

3,276

13,960

Per square 

mile

4.92 

3.81 

3.17 

.647 

.342 

.232 

.258 

.128

-

.565 

.764 

1.68

-

.729 

1.38 

2.70 

7.54 

1.80 

1.63 

.682 

.203 

.391

1.66

Run-off In 

inches

3.29 

4.39 

3.54 

.75 

.38 

.27 

.30 

.14

-

.65 

.85 

1.94

-

.84 

1.49 

3.11 

8.41 

2.08 

1«8S !TO

.23 

.44

22.65
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 19

Allegheny River at Klttannlng, Pa,

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°49'15", long. 79°31'55", at Klttannlng, Armstrong 

County, 600 feet upstream from dam at lock 7, 5j miles upstream from Crooked Creek, and 

10 miles downstream from Mahoning Creek. Datum of gage Is 771.33 feet abcve mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912). Oct. 1, 1934, to Apr. 19, 1939, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Drainage area.- 8,973 square miles.

Records available.- August 1904 to September 1913, October 1918 to September 1921 (at 

highway bridge, 4,000 feet downstream) and October 1934 to September 1940 In reports 

of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1904 to September 1928 (at highway bridge) and 

October 19S4 to September 1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and 

Waters.

Average discharge.- 28 years (1905-21, 1922-28, 1934-40), 16,060 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum discharges for water years 1935 to 1940 are contained In 

the following table:

Water 

year

1934-35 

1935-36 

1936-37 

1937-38 

1938-39 

1939-40

Maximum

Date

Jan. 10 

Mar. 18 

Jan. 25 

Dec. 18 

Feb. 21 

Apr. 5

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

75,700 

179,000 

164,000 

110,000 

91,500 

119,000

Gage height 

(feet)

1-18.5 

26.0 

24.7 

20.7 

ttl9.5 

21.05

Minimum

Date

Oct. 17-20, 23 

July 13-23 

Oct. 6-9 

Oct. 1 

Sept. 4 

Aug. 15, 25

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

876 

746 

1,140 

620 

928 

1,420

Gage height 

(feet)

(t) 

11.16 

11.36 

11.16 

11.18 

11.36

, Maximum gage height, 19.0 feet Jan. 9. 

t Minimum gage height, 11.46 feet Aug. 28, Sept. 17, 18, 28-30. 

tt Observed at peak.

1904-28, 1934-40: Maximum discharge, 296,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (gage 

height, 30.7 feet, from floodmark, site and datum then in use; minimum observed, 

570 second-feet Sept. 15-17, 1913.

Remarks.- Records for 1934-38 good above and fair below 5,000 second-feet. Gage read 

 three times dally Oct. 1, 1934, to Apr. 16, 1937, and eight times dally Apr. 16, 

1937, to Sept. 30, 1938, except during high stages when It was read hourly. Records 

for 1939-40 good. Some regulation at low stages by hydroelectric plant or Clarion 

River.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record 1934-38 and results of 17 discharge measurements rurnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1938, and Oct. 1, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods 

of abnormal conditions at control (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1938 Oct. 1, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940

11.0

11.2

11.4

11.7

12.0

12.5

13.0

470

980

1,530

2,520

3,790

6,500

9,700

13.5

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

18.0

19.0

13,600

18,400

29,100

41,100

54,100

68,200

83,400

20

21

22

23

24

25

99,400

115,000

130,000

143,000

156,000

168,000

16

17 

IS

41,100

54,300

69,600

19 67,300

20 104,000

21 119,000

Note.- Same as preceding 

table below 16.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1934-40 

1934-35

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

^32

nt. &O

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,300

3,790

4,040

2,990

2,600

2,380

2,160

1,650

1,310

1,220

1,140

1,170

1.010

1,010

1,010

954

676 

876

876

876

1,060

902

876

1,010

1,010

1,220 

1,390

1,930

2,4SO

2,560

2,870

Hov.

2,950

2,950

3,250

4,850

6,800

11,200

12,800

12,000

10,400

10,400

9,700

7,700

7,400

7,400

7,400

7,100

6,500 

7,400

10,400

16,400

17,400

14, 500

14,500

22,500

24,700

20,400 

17,400

14,500

13,600

10,400

~

Dec.

12,000

17,400

20,400

21,400

17,400

13,600

11,200

9,700

8,350

6,500

5,120

3,790

3,610

4,040

4,580

5,400

6,220 

6,220

6,220

7,100

9,000

11, 200

10,400

10,400

9,350

9,000 

12,000

10,400

12,000

13, 600

11,200

Jan.

14,500

14,500

10,400

9,000

7,400

6,800

8,020

12,800

33,900

68,200

68,200

55,500

41,100

31,500

28,000

21,400

19,400 

20,400

IS, 400

15,400

21,900

48,900

55,500

43,700

29,100

21,400 

17,500

9,000

8,350

8,020

8,350

Pel).

7,700

7,100

7,400

7,700

7,400

5,950

5,120

4,850

5,400

7,100

6,220

6,220

5,680

5,950

7,900

17,200

29,100 

29,100

25,800

20,400

16,400

12,000

10,400

8,680

8,350

15,600 

29,100

30,300

-

-

-

Mar.

26,900

25,800

28,000

33,900

38,700

46,300

56,900

58,300

45,000

33,900

36,300

54,100

62,500

52,800

39,900

32,700

30,300 

30,300

29,100

28,000

25,800

30,300

32,700

Apr.

14,500

16,400

15,400

14,500

12,800

12,800

9,700

9,350

9,350

9,350

9,700

11,200

14,500

15,400

15,400

14,500

13,600 

12,800

12,000

11,200

10,400

9,000

8,680

30,300 j 8^350

26, 900

23,600 

20,400

17,400

16,400

15,400

13,600

7,400

6,500 

6,220

5,950

5,680

6,220

-

May

7,100

9,350

14,500

20,400

23,600

23,600

38,400

59,700

51,500

51,500

54,100

43,700

33,900

28,000

23,600

18,400

15,400 

12,800

11,200

9,000

8,680

8,350

7,400

6,800

6,220

5,950 

5,400

5,400

5,120

4,850

3,790

June

3,330

2,920

2,990

3,610

4,580

5,400

6,220

6,220

4,850

4,300

4,300

4,300

3,700

2,600

2,450

2,750

2,520 

2,600

3,960

6,500

7,700

8,350

18,500

22,500

18,400

13,600 

10,400

8,350

7,400

5,120

July

4,300

4,040

3,790

3,610

3,080

2,750

3,080

3,250

4,710

7,100

7,100

6,800

6,800

5,400

4,580

5,400

5,120 

4,040

3,250

2,950

2,450

2,300

2,380

4,250

20,600

30,300 

25,800

16,400

14,500

14,500

12,000

Aug.

9,000

9,700

11,200

11,200

7,400

6.500

7,400

6,020

6,500

6,500

7,700

6,800

6.800

7,400

6,500

6,220

6,500 

5,400

4,300

3,610

3,470

3,290

3,040

2,950

2,950

2,750 

2,560

2,300

2,950

2,750

2,860

Sept.

4,040

2,950

2,680

2,950

3,700

3,700

3,790

3,610

2,750

2,750

2,750

3,080

3,160

2,950

2,680

2,090

1,960 

2,090

2,300

2,380

2,090

2,200

2,750

2,450

2,380

2,090 

2,030

1,770

1,710

1,960

Hbte.- Discharge for period of backwater from flashboards, Oct. 1 to Jan. 

abnormal conditions at dam, Aug. 20 to Sept. 3, completed on basis of records

.and period of apparent 

for nearby stations.
20 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, In second-feet, of Allegheny River at Klttanning, Pa., 1934-40--C ^Jtlrrued

1935-56

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

87

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,200

2,950

3,080

2,750

2,560

2,450

2,560

2,380

2,380

2,090

2,030

2,030

1,960

2,030

el, 850

el, 700

1,520

1,420

1,560

el, 700

el, 600

el, 500

el, 500

1,710

1,860

2,300

2,450

2,090

1,860

2,030

2,200

HOT.

2,950

3,610

3,790

3,250

2,830

2,750

3,380

3,700

4,300

4,850

4,300

4,300

7,040

10,400

11,200

11,200

10,400

8,020

7,400

6,220

6,220

5,950

5,680

5,680

4,850

4,580

4,580

4,300

5,400

7,700

-

Dec.

8,680

7,700

7,400

6,500

4,850

4,040

4,580

6,220

11,600

26,600

31,500

25,800

22,500

21,400

21,400

30,300

37,500

51,500

85,800

20,400

16,400

12,000

8,020

8,680

8,680

6,800

5,680

5,400

4,300

4,040

4,850

Jan.

5,680

5,950

8,020

12,800

14,500

15,400

15,400

14,500

15,400

22,500

21,400

19,400

17,4OO

19,400

18,400

18,400

16,400

15,400

13,600

9,700

9,000

8,020

7,700

5,680

4,850

5,120

5,400

5,680

5,950

6,220

5,950

Feb.

5,680

5,400

5,120

5,120

4,850

4,580

4,850

5,120

5,120

4,580

4,040

3,700

3,610

3,700

4,040

4,040

4,040

4,040

4,040

3,790

3,610

3,610

3,610

3,510

5,060

23,800

49.300

72,700

58,300

-

Mar.

50,200

59,900

33,900

30,300

38,700

43r700

39,900

35,100

35,100

52,800

65,300

L07iOOO

109,000

81,800

68,200

66,700

113,000

171,000

104,000

69,700

63,900

56,900

48,900

56,900

85,000

107,000

110,000

125,000

110,000

88,200

74,200

Apr.

65,300

58,300

52,800

45,OOO

36,300

36,300

48,900

47,600

41.1OO

37,500

35,100

32,700

30,300

32,700

30,300

26,900

24,700

21,400

18,400

16,400

16,400

17,4OO

21,4OO

20,400

17,4OO

14,500

12,000

12,000

11,200

14,500

-

May

16,400

15,400

16,400

20,400

18,400

14,500

12,800

11,800

9,700

9,000

7,700

7,400

7,400

7,400

6,800

6,800

6,800

6,220

6,500

8,680

9,700

9,000

8,020

6,500

5,950

5,680

5,400

5,120

5,120

5,400

4,300

June

3,790

3,610

3,610

3,250

3,160

3,160

2,750

2,450

2,450

3,250

4,040

4,580

4,580

4,580

4,040

3,250

2,830

2,380

2,680

2,680

8,680

2,300

2,030

2,030

2,030

1,770

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

-

July

2,090

2,450

3,080

3,160

2,450

1,770

1,710

el, 560

el, 500

el, 280

el,280

el, 280

el, 220

el, 060

el, 010

el, 010

e876

6876

e798

e746

e746

e746

6746

1,090

1,830

2,030

2,090

2,680

2,450

1,960

1,650

Aug.

1,420

1,420

1,280

1,140

1,280

1,650

2,440

2,950

2,380

1,860

1,470

1,420

el, 280

el, 140

el, 140

el, 140

el, 140

el, 140

el, 280

el, 420

1,650

1,710

1,860

1,770

1,710

1,960

2,300

1,770

1,960

2,560

2,830

Sept.

2,680

2,560

2,090

1,860

1,710

el, 560

el, 280

el, 060

6954

e876

e876

el, 010

el, 010

e876

e876

e876

e876

e876

el, 010

e876

e876

6876

6876

e,876

6876

e876

e876

e876

el, 090

el, 470

-

e Stage-discharge relation apparently affected by abnormal conditions at dam; discharge computed 

on basis of records for nearby stations.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

el,710

el, 360

el, 360

el, 420

el, 200

el, 140

el, 140

el, 140

el, 140

2,880

5,680

4,040

3,160

2,560

2,300

2,030

2,450

4,580

5,120

4,300

3,790

3,510

3,160

2,950

2,750

2,750

4,300

5,950

5,680

4,850

4,040

HOT.

4,040

3,700

4,850

12,500

41,100

37,500

29,100

23,600

19,400

17,400

15,400

12,000

10,400

9,350

8,020

7,700

9,350

9,350

9,700

9,350

9,000

7,700

7,400

8,020

7,700

7,100

6,220

5,950

5,120

4,040

-

Dec.

3,610

3,160

3,250

4,040

5,680

5,950

9,700

13,600

17,400

14,500

16,400 /

22,5017

23,600

18,400

16,400

13,600

12,800

12,OOO

10,400

11,200

14,500

14,500

13,600

12,800

12,800

13,600

22,500

39,900

47,600

43,700

47,600

Jan.

54,100

48,900

43,700

37,500

30,300

23,600

20,400

25,800

41,100

42,400

41,100

35,100

28,000

26,900

78,200

99,400

78,700

74,200

81,800

65,300

75,700

121,000

109,000

80,200

140,000

141,000

96,200

69,700

52,800

39,900

33,900

Feb.

29,100

24,700

18,400

14,500

12,80*

12,800

12,000

11,200

17,400

30,300

31,500

23,600

20,400

18,400

16,400

16.4OO

14,500

12,800

12,000

11,200

11,200

14,500

20,400

20,400

17,400

14,500

12,000

11,200

_

_

-

Mar.

8,680

8,350

9,350

9,000

9,700

14,500

16,400

13,600

13,600

13,600

11,200

8,680

8,680

9,000

8,020

8,020

7,700

6,800

7,700

8,020

15,000

20,400

19,400

17,400

19,400

25,800

24,700

19,400

15,400

13,600

12,800

Apr.

11,200

10,4OO

12,000

12,800

14,500

15,400

21,400

24,700

22,500

22,500

21,400

18,400

17,400

16,400

16,400

28,800

39,900

33,900

26,900

24,700

22,500

31,500

45,000

45,000

39,900

97,500

125,000

104,000

104,000

89,800

-

"ay

66,700

51,500

39,900

32,700

28,000

30,300

33,900

32,700

26,900

21,400

20,400

17,400

17,400

29,100

29,100

25,800

22,500

20,400

21,400

21,4OO

18,400

16,400

14,500

12,800

14,500

12,000

12,000

17,400

19,400

17,400

12,000

June

9,700

9,350

8,350

7,4OO

7,4OO

6,500

5,950

5,680

5,680

5,120

7,100

9,000

9,000

7,100

25,400

26,900

20,400

17,400

31,000

43,700

36,300

50,200

65,300

51,500

36,300

26,900

19,400

13,600

12,800

11,200

-

July

9,350

8,350

8,680

8,350

8,020

7,700

7,100

6,220

5,120

4,580

7,700

12,000

12,800

11,200

11,200

15,400

35,100

24,700

15,400

12,000

9,000

8,020

6,500

6,220

5,680

4,850

5,950

5,4OO

4,850

4,300

3,650

Aug.'

3,560

3,160

2,790

2,750

2,750

2,380

2,910

5,120

8,680

10,400

14,600

30,300

28,000

22,500

16,400

11,200

9,000

7,700

7,400

6,800

7,100

8,350

9,000

9,350

8,020

8,020

7,100

6,800

5,680

4,580

3,790

Sept.

5,560

3,160

3,160

3,510

5,680

10,400

8,680

7,100

5,950

4,850

4,040

63,740

e3,380

63,200

62,950

e2,870

e2,480

e2,560

e2,410

62,030

el, 960

e2,030

02.030

el, 860

el, 710

el, 710

el, 710

el, 420

el, 530

61,590

-

e Stage-discharge relation apparently affected by abnormal conditions at dam; discharge computed

on basis of records for nearby stations .
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEW 21

Discharge, In second-feet, of Allegheny Elver at Klttannlng, Pa., 1954-40--Con*.lnued

1937-38

Day

1

S

z

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

IB

14

15

16

17

IS

19

SO

21

22

25

24

25

26

87

2B

29

SO

51

Oct.

el,560

el,310

el, 560

el, 560

el, 560

el.800

el. 860

el. 860 

e2,000

e2,230

el,950

el. 860

el, 860

el. 860

el, 860

e2,030

e2,000

el, 860

2,790

7,600

11,200

9,700

10,400

14,500

17,400

16,400

14,500

17,400

28,000

26,900

23,600

Nov.

18,400

15,400

12,800

10,400

9,350

9,000

8,020

7,100 

7,700

8,020

8,020

7,700

8,660

12,800

15,400

18,400

18,400

19,400

18,400

17,400

14,500

12.000

11,200

10,400

9,350

9,000

11,200

14,500

18,400

21,400

-

Dec.

20,400

16,400

12,000

10,400

9,700

9,000

9,000

8,350 

5,030

3,790

,300

,300

,300

,680

,580

6,950

18,600

82,100

99,400

69,700

51,500

41,100

35,100

30,300

24,700

21,400

20,400

18,400

16,400

14,500

13,600

Jan.

20,000

38,700

48,400

35,100

26,900

20,400

17,400

15,400 

18,000

8,680

7,400

8,020

8,680

8,350

7,700

7,100

6,800

6,500

6,680

4^580

4,040

5,760

6,220

7,100

17,300

36,300

88,000

22,500

17,400

15,400

18,400

Feb.

22,500

88,500

20,400

88,500

85,800

28,000

46,600

58,300 

47,600

65,300

65,300

52,800

42,400

65,300

75,700

63,900

48,900

37,500

45,700

68,800

63,900

48,900

41,100

55,100

29,100

25.800

81,400

17,400

_

-

Mar.

16,400

14,500

16,400

17,400

16,400

58,600

81,800

65,500 

48,900

57,500

50,500

24,700

20,400

28,100

43,700

56,500

57,500

47,600

42,400

56,500

89,100

85,800

22,500

20,400

23,500

25,600

22,500

19,400

17,400

16,400

16,400

Apr.

19,400

19,400

18,400

14,500

13,600

18,800

14,500

17,400 

58,700

55,500

50,800

51,500

55,500

58,800

46,500

88,700

51,500

28,000

32,700

55,100

50,500

26,900

25,600

21,400

18,400

16,400

13,600

12,800

12,000

11,200

May

10,400

9,550

9,550

8,680

9,700

11,200

10,400

8,020 

7,100

6,500

5,950

6,500

6,500

7,100

6,220

6,500

6,500

6,880

6,800

8,680

9,550

18,000

18,800

14,500

16,400

15,400

13,600

18,800

10,400

8,680

8,020

June

7,700

6,800

6,800

6,820

5,680

5,400

5,120

5,120 

5,120

4,580

4,850

5,680

6,500

7,100

6,220

5,680

5,400

5,120

4,300

5,610

5,160

5,160

5,160

5,160

5,250

5,610

14,100

51,500

22,500

16,400

-

July

12,800

15,600

12,000

8,680

7,100

6,500

5,400

5.40O 

4,850

6,220

5,400

6,500

5,680

5,400

5,950

5,950

5,400

4,500

4,500

5,790

5,610

5,610

5,610

4,500

6,220

8,680

8,020

6,800*

6,220

9,550

8,680

Aug.

6,820

6,800

6,800

7,1OO

5,950

5,950

8,020

11, SOO 

9.550

7,400

6,220

5,950

7,100

8,020

6,280

5,120

4,500

4,040

4,040

5,790

2,910

2,750

2,750

2,450

2,580

2,580

2,050

1,740

pi. 600

el, 550

el, 450

Sept.

el,400

el,380

el, 340

el,300

el, 250

1,560

1,140

el,150 

el,160

el,200

el, 500

1,470

2,030

2,030

2,300

11,700

21,400

18,400

18,000

9,700

8,680

7,700

7,400

18,400

16,400

15,400

11,200

9,700

7,700

6,220

-

e Stage-discharge relation apparently affected by abnormal conditions at dam; discharge computed 

on basis of records for nearby stations.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,120

4,580

4,500

5,610

5,160

2,750

2,950

5,160

5,160

5,420

5,610

5,510

2,990

2,750

2,600

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,720

2,580

2,380

2,580

2,580

2,520

2,520

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,950

5,160

Nov.

5,160

2,750

2,750

. 2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,750

5,080

5,160

3,250

4,500

6,500

6,800

6,220

7,820

22,200

51,500

24,700

18,400

13,600

12,000

9,700

8,550

7,520

6,500

6,060

-

Dec.

7,700

8,550

8,020

9,550

20,800

28,000

24,700

21,400

18,400

16,400

15,400

15,400

14,500

12,800

9,700

8,680

8,020

7,100

7,100

7,100

6,800

6,800

5,950

5,400

5,400

5,400

5,400

4,580

5,250

5,160

5,160

Jan.

5,790

5,120

5,120

6,500

10,500

24,800

41,100

58,700

30,300

23,600

21,400

22,500

19,400

16,400

12,000

9,700

9,700

9,700

fl,700

8,020

7,700

7,400

7,400

6,800

6,220

4,500

5,080

3,250

4,580

12,600

45,500

Feb.

51,500

24,700

56,300

55,100

24,700

20,400

21,400

21,400

20,400

24,700

43,700

41,100

52,700

28,000

54,000

51,500

42,400

35,100

50,500

45,200

85,000

81,700

62,-SOO

47,600

56,500

52,700

35,900

40,000

w

_

-

Mar.

56,700

54,100

46,500

57,500

55,900

56,500

58,700

56,500

51,500

29,100

26,900

50,500

56,700

52,800

43,700

41,100

58,700

55,900

25,800

21,400

19,400

17,400

15,400

14,500

14,500

18,400

26,900

59,900

42,400

57,500

51,500

Apr.

 52,800

48,900

45,000

56,500'

50,500

25,800

29,100

28,000

24,700

20,400

21,400

25,800

29,700

26,900

29,100

50,200

47,600

41,100

55,100

52,700

50,300

26,400

22,000

17,900

16,400

15,000

13,600

12,400

11,600

10,800

-

Mar

9,700

10,000

9,210

7,960

7,160

6,860

6,000

5,620

5,730

6,060

6,680

6,560

6,000

4,850

4,520

4,740

4,620

4,500

4,100

5,990

5,650

5,220

7,900

7,960

6,440

5,900

5,560

4,500

5,790

4,150

5,940

June

4,040

5,790

5,470

5,420

5,700

5,790

5,510

5,200

5,530

5,040

2,790

2,950

5,160

5,290

5,120

2,950

2,950

2,830

5,180

5,120

2,950

5,520

4,250

5,420

4,460

5,700

2,990

2,950

2,600

2,480

-

July

2,600

5,530

5,080

2,600

2,540

2,230

2,160

2,270

2,640

2,720

2,750

2,340"

2,050

2,090

2,910

5,040

2,790

2,640

2,270

1,950

1,680

1,550

1,590

1,560

1,510

1,250

1,310

1,250

1,550

2,010

4,840

Aug.

6,680

6,220

5,290

4,040

5,140

4,620

5,200

2,680

2,580

2,250

2,160

2,090

2,000

1,950

1,770

1,770

1,710

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,450

1,330

1,250

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,140

1,060

Sept.

1,060

1,060

980

1,010

1,170

1,360

1,560

1,510

1,560

1,530

1,470

1,460

1,460

1,450

1,390

1,560

1,280

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,090

1,060

1,030

1,030

1,060

1,090

1,360

1,930

2,300

-

Mote.- Previously published In Water-Supply Paper 873.
22 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, in second-feet, of Allegheny Elver at Kittannlng, Pa., 1934-40 Continued

1839-40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,790

2,640

2,990

2,910

2,680

2,200

1,860

1,680

1,800

4,160

5,840

5,900

5,460

4,850

3,790

3,800

3,080

2,790

2,450

2,270

2,200

2,130

2,030

1,960

2,200

2,450

3,130

14,000

17,900

20,400

15,300

Nov.

11,000

8,540

7,580

6,980

5,840

6,000

6,060

5,680

6,390

8,830

11,200

9,700

9,OOO

8,940

7,960

7,280

7,160

7,320

6,S80

5,780

5,900

5,460

5,290

4,410

4,460

3,890

3,470

3,650

3,420

3,290

-

Dec.

3,250

3,330

3,380

4,480

19,900

19,900

15,400

12,800

11,200

10,000

10,OOO

16,200

18,400

16,900

17,400

15,900

13,200

11,600

12,400

14,400

31,600

33,900

27,400

19,9OO

15,000

13,200

12,200

9,700

9,420

8,090

7,300

Jan.

4,580

3,700

3,250

3,080

3,470

3,990

4,580

4,300

4,250

4,520

4,300

5,070

5,340

5,240

10,900

16,400

15,400

13,600

10,800

8,420

7,830

6,620

6,280

6,280

7,220

6,920

6,340

5,680

5,180

4,850

5,180

Feb.

5,180

5,180

5,180

4,900

4,100

4,580

5,120

5,680

6,220

7,960

12,800

19,900

30,300

31,500

27,400

22,000

17,400

16,900

14,500

15,900

15, 900

15,000

13,200

12,400

12,400

9,490

8,540

7,960

8,350

-

Her.

8,480

8,350

9,420

17,000

25,800

26,900

25,200

22,500

18,900

16,900

13,600

12,400

10,800

10,800

12,000

12,OOO

10,400

10,800

34,000

47,600

47,600

41,100

33,900

22,500

18,400

15,000

16,400

18,400

24,200

54,500

104,000

Apr.

116,000

104,000

91,500

104,000

113,000

103,000

85,900

71,300

87,800

87,800

69,600

66,300

73,000

61,600

51,500

43,700

38,700

42,400

57,100

76,600

91,500

80,200

63,100

48, 900

38,700

32,700

26,400

22,000

18,900

16,900

-

May

15,000

15,900

17,400

17,400

15,900

14,500

13,600

12,400

11,600

11,600

11,200

9,420

7,960

8,680

8,870

8,870

9,420

9,210

8,350

8,160

12,000

13,260

12,800

16,900

29,100

29,100

29,100

32,700

25,800

19,900

23,600

June

27,400

25,800

22,500

19,400

15,000

12,400

10,000

9,070

10,000

9,700

9,140

12,700

23,000

18,400

14, 500

12,400

10,000

9,210

13,600

14,500

13,200

1O,800

8,800

7,580

7,640

16,800

15,900

12,800

12,800

17,900

-

July

21,400

16,900

13,603

11,200

8,280

7.7OO

7,220

6,060

5,680

5,120

5,680

7,580

7,460

6,170

4,580

4,630

5,730

4,850

4,300

3,890

3,2FO

2,830

2,830

2,870

2,820

2,870

3,2EO

3,560

3,4fO

3,470

3,3fO

Aug.

2,600

2,340

1,960

1,740

1,650

1,770

2,000

1,860

2,060

2,030

1,770

1,650

1,560

1,560

1,530

1,560

1,500

1,500

1,650

1,830

2,000

1,740

1,710

1,590

1,500

1,560

1,960

2,270

2,230

2,300

2,950

Sept.

3,510

4,040

3,990

3,470

2,790

2,520

2,270

2,090

2,370

4,520

5,800

3,890

3,290

3,120

2,560

2,480

2,790

2,640

2,680

2,790

2,600

2,'230

2,060

2,000

2,680

4,070

5,990

7,640

5,780

4,410

-

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1934-40

Month

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

Water year 1934-35 ...........

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

Water year 1936-37 ...........

Secondfoot-days

53,546 

334,900 

308,800

-

776,540 

350,120 

1,042,500 

328,850 

617,710 

200,420 

236,630 

176,520 

79,790

4,506,326

64,300 

170,830 

441,120

4,485,330

369,220 

: 312,960 

2,281,300 

895,200 

286,090 

86,800 

49,224 

52,470 

35,360

5,044,874

94,440 

362,060 

521,290

5,346,414

1,935,900 

482,000 

403,900 

1,115,800 

755,700 

591,630 

295,390 

276,190 

103,260

6,937,560

Maximum

4,300 

24,700 

21,400

-

68,200 

30,300 

62,500 

16,400 

59,700 

22,500 

30,300 

11,200 

4,040

68,200

3,080 

11,200 

37,500

68,200

22,5OO 

72,700 

171,000 

65,300 

20,400 

4,580 

3,160 

2,950 

2,680

171,000

5,950 

41,100 

47,600

171,000

141,000 

31,500 

25,800 

125,000 

66,700 

65,300 

35,100 

30,300 

10,400

141,000

Minimum

876 

2,950 

3,610

-

6,800 

4,850 

13,600 

5,680 

3,790 

2,450 

2,300 

2,300 

l.W

876

1,420 

2,750 

4,040

1,420

4,850 

3,510 

30,300 

11,200 

4,300 

1,710 

746 

1,140 

876

746

1,140 

3,700 

3,160

746

20,400 

11,200 

6,800 

10,400 

12,000 

5,120 

3,650 

2,380 

1,420

1,140

Mean

1,727 

11,160 

9,961

.

25,050 

12,500 

33,630 

10,960 

19,930 

6,681 

7,633 

5,694 

2,660

12,350

2,074 

5,694 

14,230

12,290

11,910 

10,790 

73,590 

29,840 

9,229 

2,893 

1,588 

1,693 

1,179

13,780

3,046 

12,070 

16,820

14,610

62,450 

17,210 

13,030 

37,190 

24,380 

19,720 

9,529 

8,909 

3,442

19,000

Per square 

mile

0.192 

1.24 

1.11

_

2.79 

1*39 3)75 1.22 

2.22 

.745 

.851 

.635 

.296

1.38

.231 

.635 

1.59

1.37

1.33 

1.20 

8.20 

3.33 

1.03 

.322 

.177 

.189 

.131

1.54

.339 

1.35 

1.87

1.63

6.96 

1.92 

1.45 

4.14 

2.72 

2.20 

1.06 

.993 

.384

2.12

Run-off in 

inches

0.22 

1.38 

1.28

_

3.22

1.45 

4.32 

1.36 

2.56 

.83 

.98 

.73 

.33

18.66

.27 

.71 

1.83

18.59

1.53 

1.29 

9.45 

3.72 

1.19 

.36 

.20 

.22 

.15

20.92

.39 

-1.51 

2.16

22.1V

8.02 

2.00 

1.67 

4.62 

3.14 

2.45 

1.22 

1.14 

.43

28.76
OHIO RIVER MMN STEM

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, of Allegheny River at Kittanning, Pa., 1954-40--ContInued

Month

Water year 1957-38 ...........

Water year 1958-59 ...........

Secondfoot-days

252,750 

582,740 

689,280

7,264,540

486,210 

1,205,900 

956,500 

833, 100 

291,620 

217,000 

204,320 

153,580 

197,800

5,850,800

94,510 

252,520 

324,220

5,196,880

456,480 

1,064,100 

1,069,500 

857,500 

185,570 

98,690 

70,220 

74,470 

58,740

4,543,720

149,040 

196,660 

457,750

4,676,520.

203,570 

565,940 

749,850 

1,984,100 

479,640 

422,940 

192,620 

57,950 

105,070

5,543,110

Maximum

28,000 

21,400 

99,400

141,000

42,400 

75,700 

81,800 

55,500 

16,400 

51,500 

15,600 

11,200 

21,400

99,400

5,120 

51,500 

28,000

81,800

45,500 

85,000 

56,700 

52,800 

10,000 

4,460 

4,840 

6,680 

2,500

85,000

20,400 

11,200 

53,900

85,000

16,400 

31,500 

104,000 

116,000 

32,700 

27,400 

21,400 

2,950 

7,640

116,000

Minimum

1,510 

7.100 

5,790

1,510

4,040 

17.400 

14,500 

ll,200i 

5,950 

5,160 

5,610 

1,450 

1,140

1,140

2,580 

2,750 

5,160

1,140

3,080 

20,400 

14,500 

10,800 

3,650 

2,480 

1,250 

1,060 

980

980

1,680 

5,290 

3,250

980

3,080 

4,100 

8,550 

16,900 

7,960 

7,580 

2,850 

1,500 

2,000

1,500

Mean

7,508 

12,760 

22,250

19,900

15,680 

45,070 

50,850 

27,770 

9,407 

7,233 

6>591 

4,954 

6,593

16,030

3,042 

7,744 

10,460

14,240

14,080 

58,000 

54,500 

28,580 

5,915 

5,290 

2,265 

2,402 

1,291

12,450

4,808 

6,555 

14,120

12,810

6,567 

12,620 

24,190 

66,140 

15,470 

14,100 

6,214 

1,869 

5,436

14,600

Per square 

mile

0.837 

1.42 

2.48

2.22

1.75 

4.80 

5.44 

5.09 

1.05 

.806 

.75-= 

.55? 

.75-!

1.79

.337 

.865 

1.17

1.59

1.57 

4.23 

3.84 

5.19 

.659 

.567 

.25? 

.26-3 

.144

1.59

.551 

.751 

1.57

1.45

.753 

1.41 

2.70 

7.57 

1.72 

1.57 

.691 

.203 

.383

1.63

Run-off In 

Inches

0.96 

1.58 

2.86

30.09

2.02 

5.00 

5.97 

5.45 

1.21 

.90 

.85 

.64 

.82

24.26

.39 

.96 

1.35

21.56

1.81 

4.40 

4.43 

3.56 

.76 

.41 

.29 

.31 

.16

18.85

.62 

.82 

1.81

19.58

.84 

1.52 

5.U 

8.22 

1.98 

1.75 

.80 

.24 

.43

22.14

Hote>- Table of monthly discharge for water year 1958-59 previously published In Water-Supply

Paper 87-5.

461679 O - 42 - 3
24 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Allegheny River at Natrona, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°36' 55", (revised), long. 79°43'10", at Natrona, 

Allegheny County, 550 feet upstream from lock 4, 6 miles downstream frcm Klsklmlnetas 

River, and 24.2 miles upstream from confluence with Monongahela River at Pittsburgh. 

Dam at lock 4 is control. Datum of gage is 736.74 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912; Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark). Prior to Apr. 14,

Drai1940, staff gage at same site and datum. 

e area.- .-11,1,410 square miles. 

Hflooras available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

EbctrMes.- HaxlnM discharge during year, 187,000 second-feet Mar. 31 (gag-e height, 23.6

reet, observed at peak); minimum, 1,410 eecond-feet Aug. 23 (gage helglrt, 9.05 feet);

minimum dally, 1,690 second-feet Aug. 25.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum discharge observed,

1,270 second-feet Sept. 27, 28, 1939 (gage height, 8.9 feet).

Maximum stage known, 32.06 feet Mar. 18, 1936 (discharge, 365,000 second-feet,

determined by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army). 

Remarks.- Records good except thoee below 5,000 second-feet, which are fair. Prior to

Apr. 14, staff gage read four times daily during medium and low stages, and hourly during high stages. Slight regulation at low stages by power plants, navigation operations, and storage reservoirs above station. Cooperation.- Gage-height records prior to Apr. 14 and resulte of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in sicond-feet)

9.1

9.2 

9.4 

9.6 

9.9 

10.3

1,560

1,890

2,630

3,480

4,990

7,460

10.6

11.0

11.5

12

13

14

9,650

12,800

17,200

22,150

33,300

46,100

15le

17

19

21

23

60,900

77,400

93,800

123,500

151,500

176,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194-0

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17ie

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

99 

30 

31

Oet.

2,640 

3,040 

3,480 

3,480 

3,480

2,840 

2,550 

2,260 

1,890 

3,480

6,140 

6,140 

5,540 

4,980 

4,450

3,720 

3,040 

3,040 

2,710 

2,630

2,630 

2,650 

2,440 

2,250 

2,250

2,840 

3,480 

13,600 

20, 100 

22,200 

IS, 200

Hov.

18,600 

10,000 e,90o

7,460 

6,760

6,780 

3,730 

6,460 

7,120 

9,650

12,800 

11,200 

10,400 

10,400 

9,650

3,170 

8,170 

8,170 

7,120 

6,140

6,140 

6,140 

5,540 

5,260 

4,450

4,450 

3,950 

3,950 

3,950 

3,950

Dee.

3,720 

3,480 

3,950 

3,950 

17,000

22,200 

17,200 

14,500 

12,900 

10,800

11,200 

15,400 

20,100 

18,200 

18,200

19,200 

15,400 

12,800 

13,600 

15,400

30,500 

36,900 

31,000 

22,200 

17,200

15,400 

14,500 

11,200 

11,200 

9,650 

9,900

Jan.

6,460 

3,950 

3,480 

3,480 

3,480

4,200 

4,450 

5,260 

4,990 

4,980

4,980 

5,540 

5,540 

6,140 

13,000

21,100 

19,100 

16,300 

13,600 

10,400

9,290 

7,620 

6,730 

7,460 

7,820

7,460 

7,120 

6,140 

5,540 

4,980 

5,540

Month

Oet 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr

n«y

Jun 

Jul 

Aug

Sep

«

alendar year 19!

u.i::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

5,540 

5,540 

5,540 

5,540 

4,450

4,720 

5,540 

7,120 

6,170 

10,400

20,100 

29,800 

39,400 

36,200 

53,300

27,600 

22,200 

20, 100 

16,200 

20,100

21,100 

20,100 

17,200 

16,300 

16,300

18,800 

11,200 

10,400 

11,200

liar.

11,200 

12,000 

16,600 

35,700 

40,700

36,900 

53,300 

28,700 

24,200 

21,100

17,200 

15,400 

14,500 

14,500 

16,300

16,300 

14,500 

15,400 

49,600 

68,900

60,900 

51,800 

48,000 

29,600 

23,200

20,100 

20,100 

23,200 

34,500 

71,800 

168,000

Secondroot-days

164,340 

222,730 

476,750

5,730,590

236,360 

466,160 

1,048,600 

2,513,400 

586,200 

550,830 

259,580 

76,200 

124,770

6,729,920

Apr.

165,000 

133,000 

110,000 

135,000 

143,000

125,000 

100,000 

62,500 

109,000 

108,000

84,200 

79,100 

35,800 

74,000 

60,900

50,400 

46,100 

51,800 

74,000 

121,000

132,000 

112,000 

82,500 

60,900 

47,500

36,200 

32,200 

27,000 

22,700 

20,600

Maximum

22,200 

12,600 

36,900

90,600

21,100 

39,400 

166,000 

165,000 

40,700 

38,200 

26,400 

4,100 

8,610

168,000

May

13,600 

16,600 

20,100 

20,100 

19,100

16,800 

16,300 

15,000 

14,100 

13,600

13,200 

11,700 

10,100 

10,600 

11,000

10,900 

11,400 

11,500 

10,300 

10,500

17,200 

17,700 

16,300 

19,100 

30,500

33,300 

36,800 

40,700 

31,600 

25,400 

34,100

Mlnlnum

1,690 

3,950 

3,480

1,270

3,480 

4,450 

11,200 

20,600 

10,100 

9,580 

3,620 

1,690 

2,360

1,690

June

38,200 

35,700 

30,400 

25,900 

20,600

16,300 

13,600 

12,000 

13,200 

14,500

14,100 

18,000 

27,600 

28,200 

18,200

15,400 

13,200 

11,600 

15,400 

19,600

17,200 

14,100 

11,700 

9,950 

9,580

16,600 

18,600 

15,800 

17,700 

23,700

July

26,400 

24,200 

19,100 

16,800 

11,800

10,300 

9,500 

7,9^0, 

7,3-JO 

6,730

6,9?0 

9,500 

10,400 e,2\o

6,270

5,900 

6,9"«0 

6,410 

5,6^0 

4,9^0

4,300 

3,730 

3,610 

4,200 

4,150

4.350 

4,7-30 

4,770 

5,430 

5,200 

4,730

Mean

5,301 

7,424 

15,380

15,700

7,625 

16,140 

33,830 

63,780 

18,910 

13,360 

3,374 

2,523 

4,169

16,390

Aug.

3,950 

3,130 

2,840 

2,330 

2,180

2,250 

3,170 

2,750 

2,630 

2,630

2,330 

2,110 

1,960 

1,930 

1,930

2,710 

2,140 

1,820 

2,110 

2,140

2,440 

2,250 

1,820 

1,890 

1,690

2,000 

2,480 

3,480 

3,530 

3,480 

4,100

Pei* square 

oile

0.465 

.651 

1.35

1.38

.666 

1.41 

2.96 

7.34 

1.66 

1.61 

.734 

.221 

.365

1.61

Sept.

5,040 

5,090 

5,040 

4,500 

3,720

3,170 

2,330 

2,750 

3,040 

4,900

7,050 

5,380 

4,300 

3,860 

3,440

3,000 

3,220 

3,130 

3,080 

3,170

3,080 

2,640 

2,440 

2,360 

3,170

4,470 

6,040 

8,610 

6,860 

5,150

Run-off in 

Inches

0.54 

.73 

1.56

18.66

.77 

1.68 

3.41 

9.19 

1.91 

1.80 

.86 

.SB 

.41

21.94
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 25

Ohio River at Sewlckley, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°31'50", long. 80°11'20", 200 feet upstream froin 

highway bridge at Sewickley, Allegheny County, 0.5 miles upstream from Narrows Run,

I.5 miles upstream from Dashields Dam which is control at low and medium stages, and

II.8 miles downstream from confluence of Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. Datum of 

gage is 690.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 19,500 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year,- 262,000 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 18.73 

reet); minimum, 2,450 second-feet Aug. 12 (gage height, 2.60 feet); minimum daily, 

3,340 second-feet Aug. 18.

1933-40: Maximum discharge, 574,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 34.75 

feet, from floodmarlc in gage house); minimum, about 2,000 second-feet July 25, 1934; 

minimum daily, 2,150 second-feet July 25, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good, 

aoove station.

Flow partly regulated at low stages by locks and reservoirs

Coot aration.- Results of three discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

. s. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.7 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

2,950

4,760

7,000

10,000

4.0 

4.5

5

6

14,800

21,700

29,800

48,900

70,000

98,000

113,500

134,000

12 

14 

16 

IS

170,000

201,000

829,000

254,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

i

2 

S

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

80

21 

22 

23 

84 

85

86 

87 

SB

29 

30 

33.

Oct.

4.620 

5,100 

4,680 

5,820 

5,820

5,450 

4,890 

4,230 

3,620 

4,020

7,000 

7,460 

7,000 

6,280 

5,900

4,960 

4,490 

5,170 

4,620 

4,360

3,980 

4,040 

3,800 

3,920 

4,440

5,580 

6,960 

14,900 

31,600 

32,500 

25,600

HOT.

17,700 

13,500 

12,600 

12,100 

10,000

3,800 

8,900 

9,230 

10,000 

13,100

17,300 

14,200 

13,100 

13,100 

11,700

10.800 

10,000 

10,300 

9,230 

8,200

8,500 

8,600 

8,100 

7,630 

6,840

 6,840 

6,520 

5,680 

6,520 

6,120

Dec.

5,580 

6,200 

5,620 

5,900 

16,100

24,800 

21,000 

13,200 

16,900 

17,300

15,300 

18,000 

24,800 

24,000 

24,300

24,800 

19,500 

17,100 

19,900 

23,200

37,400 

52,000 

44,900 

35,200 

24,800

20,100 

18,800 

16,800 

15,300 

15,100 

11,900

Jan.

9,540 

6,440 

5,900 

5,450 

5,520

6,280 

6,630 

7,090 

6,440 

6,360

7,000 

7,900 

9,450 

9,340 

21,100

43,900 

35,200 

29,000 

21,200 

14,900

13,100 

11,800 

11,800 

12,300 

18,800

18,400 

11,500 

9,450 

7,900 

7,450 

7,630

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

F»b 

M*r 

Apr

May

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

S«p

11

 lender year 192

Li:::::::::::::::::::::::::: tenber . .........-------------

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

7,900 

7,810 

8,400 

7,900 

6,340

7,810 

11,100 

22,800 

30,700 

29,800

55,200 

37,600 

78,800 

78,800 

76,600

61,500 

48,900 

45,900 

40,000 

56,200

61,500 

51,000 

40,000 

32,500 

28,100

24,000 

21,200 

21,400 

25,600

Mar.

31,600 

33,400 

52,200 

92,000 

107,000

89,800 

70,400 

58,400 

46,900 

37,100

29,000 

24,000 

23,200 

24,800 

29,000

30,700 

27,200 

29,000 

72,900 

109,000

98,600 

83,200 

67,800 

45,900 

34,300

29,800 

29,000 

33,400 

45,900 

e82,000 

(613,000

Sfteondfoot-days

242,800 

305,310 

641,440

10,079,130

383,120 

1,075,860 

1,780,500 

3,735,400 

982,000 

1,119,400 

561,780 

210,810 

294,290

11,332,710

Apr.

£43,000 

9187,000 

140,000 

9166,000 

190,000

150,000 

122,000 

98,600 

122,000 

136,000

111,000 

103,000 

111,000 

98,600 

81,000

81,000 

101,000 

122,000 

134,000 

8228,000

249,000 

8198,000 

136,000 

105,000 

85,400

67,800 

56,200 

44,900 

34,300 

31,600

Maximum

32,500 

17,700 

52,000

207,000

43,900 

87,600 

213,000 

249,000 

91,500 

120,000 

, 76,600 

26,400 

25,600

249,000

May

29,000 

29,000 

29,800 

23,100 

27,200

23,200 

23,200 

22,400 

21,600 

19,900

19,500 

16,400 

14,300 

15,600 

16,100

17,100 

18,000 

18,000 

14,400 

14,000

29,800 

34,300 

29,800 

30.70Q 

44,400

63,600 

67,800 

78,200 

56,200 

44,900 

91,500

Hlnlmm

3,620 

5,680 

5,520

2,550

5,450 

6,840 

.23,200 

31,600 

14,000 

17,800 

6,680 

3,340 

4,360

3,340

June

120,000 

82,100 

63,600 

51,000 

40,000

30,700 

26,400 

22,400 

21,200 

24,600

28,100 

30,100 

47,500 

42,900 

35,200

29,800 

25,600 

21,400 

34,400 

55(200

46,900 

34,600 

24,400 

19,200 

17,800

24,400 

29,000 

26,500 

29,800 

35,200

July

47,500 

76,600 

48,900 

38,000 

26,400

25,600 

21,200 

16,200 

15,200 

14,300

18,700 

15,800 

16,300 

13,300 

10,900

10,600 

10,900 

10,900 

9,230 

9,340

7,900 

6,680 

6,830 

3,150 

12,900

14,700 

14,000 

11,600 

10,600 

8,800 

6,750

Mean

7,832 

10,180 

20,690

27,610

12,360 

37,000 

57,440 

124,500 

31,680 

37,310 

18,120 

6,300 

 9,810

30,960

*W5.>

7,630 

6,520 

6,200 

£,030 

S.770

4,300 

6,980 

6,310 

4,820 

4,750

4,750 

3,370 

3,360 

3.560 

3,980

3.740 

4.300 

3.-340 

4,730 

3-740

4,100 

4,360 

3,800 

3.440 

3,500

f3,860 

f8,170 

f 25- 300

26.400 

19,600 

15.100

Sept.

14,300 

12,800 

11,300 

9,780 

8,200

6,920 

6,680 

8,320 

10,800 

11,400

13,500 

11,300 

8,900 

8,100 

7,000

5,520 

5,980 

5,980 

6,050 

5,330

5,450 

5,310 

4,360 

4,420 

6,840

15,300 

25,600 

21,400 

16,500 

10,400

Per squar^l Run-off la 

mile Inches

0.401? 0.46 

.528 .58 

1.06 1.22

1.42 19.21

.634 .73 

1.90 2.05 

2.95 3.40 

6.38 7.18 

1.62 1.87 

1.91 2.13 

.929 1.07 

.34? .40 

.503 .56

1.59 21.59

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

f Computed on basis cf gage heights at Dashielda Dam.
26 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Bellalre, Ohio

Location. Staff gage, lat. 39°59'20", long. 80°43'50", in sec. 28, T. 2 N., R. 2 W., at 

loctrls, at river mile 96.1, 1.6 miles dovmstream from Baltimore & Ohio R. R. bridge 

at Bellaire. Datum of gage is 602.8 feet above mean sea level (unadjisted). Auxiliary 

staff gage, 4.0 miles downstream, at datum 5.2 feet higher.

Drainage area.- 25,170 square miles.

Records available.- March 1939 to September 1940 (fragmentary).

Extremes.- 1939: Maximum discharge during period, 195,000 second-feet Aor. 18 (gage 

height, 33.2 feet); minimum not determined.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 321,000 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage 

height^, 45.8 feet); minimum not determined.

Remarks.- Records good. Base gage read hourly. Discharge computed by uiing fall as

determined by once-daily readings of auxiliary staff gage as a factor. Discharge less 

than 30,000 second-feet on days when no figures are given. Flow partly regulated at 

low stages by locks, dams, and reservoirs above station.

Cooperation.- Gage readings at lock 13 and 77 discharge measurements furnished by Corps 

oTEnglneers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1959-40 

1939

D«y

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct. Nov. Deo. Jan. Feb. Har.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

32,100

27,900

30,800

53,400

32,600

57,800

68,800

70,700

95,000

AjHf.

115,000

101,000

93,50O

85,800

75,500

60,500

69,400

79,900

75,700

62,100

53,900

66,500

74,100

77,400

84,200

88,200

155,000

185,000

150,000

124,000

102,000

89,100

79,500

62,200

54,500

46,600

51,800

51,600

30,500

29,200

*«T

28,600

30.8OO

52,200

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

June

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

50,100

_

23,500

44,800

26,300

_

_

_

27,000

_

-

July

4O.SOO

57,200

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

Aug. Sept.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 27

Discharge, In second-feet, of Ohio Elver at Bellalre, Ohio, 1959-40 Continued

1959-40

D«y

i

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

28

23

24

85

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

.

-

_

-

32,000

35,400

29,700

HOT. Dee.

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

31,400

56,900

54,300

29,300

24,400

_

-

..

_

_

-

Jan.

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

42,400

49,900

38,900

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

Feb.

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

54,200

49,600

91,200

92,700

87,500

83,900

78,500

64,900

49,000

45,800

58,100

72,500

68,700

54,200

54,900

31,200

26,500

26,500

25,500

26,100

-

-

Mar.

55,500

42,700

65,400

127,000

146,000

152,000

104,000

84,700

66,900

62,300

36 , 400

37,500

29,400

30,900

38,500

40,500

55,500

40,600

72,000

122,000

126,000

106,000

86,900

69,900

45,700

32,700

33,700

35,800

55,800

67,300

143,000

Apr.

267,000

249,000

189,000

162,000

210,000

196,000

157,000

126,000

118,000

147,000

141,000

128,000

155,000

128,000

111,000

91,000

101,000

127,000

148,000

239,000

311,000

284,000

205,000

155,000

110,000

93,100

76,500

55,900

40,800

58,600

May

58,600

56,700

54,200

30,000

50,000

25,900

_

50,100

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

27,600

37,500

28,100

34,500

54,200

64,700

78,200

79,400

74,900

65,400

81,100

June

140,000

120,000

88,500

74,700

55,500

50,800

28,500

_

56,500

59,500

42,000

59,500

55,200

55,700

59,800

52,900

40,700

57,300

56,800

56,000

_

_

-

25,200

52,100

55,200

55,800

38,600

July

65,500

75,900

75,500

52,800

28,600

28,800

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

Av-ft. Sept.

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1939-40

Month

May,... .........................

Secondfoot-days

_

-

Maximum

_

92 YOO

75 ' 900

-

Minimum

20 9 200

-

29 400

-

Mean

80 * 320

_

-

Per squar3 

mile

_

2 7f>

-

Run-off In 

Inches

.

-
28 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Saint Marys, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°23'25", long. Sl'l^'SO", at bridge on U. 3. 

Highway 50 (alternate) at Saint Marys, Pleasants County, 0.9 mile dorastream from 

Middle Fork Creek and 12.5 miles upstream from lock 17. Prior to Nov. 28, 1939, 

wire-weight gage at same site and datum. Datum of gage Is 577.30 feet above mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook datum). Auxiliary gage Is water-stage recorder, lat. 39°22'00", 

long. 81°23'55", at lock 17, 0.7 mile upstream from Little Musklngum River. Prior to 

Apr. 25, 1939, staff gage at same site and datum. Datum of gage Is 570.94 feet above 

mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 26,850 square miles.

Records available.- January 1938 to September 1940 (fragmentary prior to November 1939).

Extremes.- 1938: Maximum dally discharge during period January to September, 177,000 

second-feet Apr. 11 (gage height, 27.09 feet).

1938-39: Maximum dally discharge during water year, 214,000 secorrt-feet Feb. 5 

(gage height, 30.04 feet).

1939-40: Maximum dally discharge during water year, 320,000 secord-feet Apr. 22 

(gage height, 40^73 feet); minimum dally recorded, 2,950 second-feet Aug. 9 (gage 

height, 9.39 feet); minimum dally gage height, 3.68 feet Feb. 5.

1938-40: Maximum dally discharge, 320,000 second-feet Apr. 22, 1940 (gage height, 

40.73 feet); minimum dally discharge recorded, 2,950 second-feet Aug. 9, 1940 (gage 

height, 9.39 feet); minimum dally gage height recorded, 3.68 feet Feb. 5, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 54.2 feet at Saint Marys March 1913. Flood of January 1937 

reached a stage of 50.0 feet at Saint Marys.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 15,000 second-feet, which are fair, and those 

ror periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which are poor. Discharge determined 

by using fall between gages at Saint Marys and lock 17 as a factor.

Cooperation.- Oage-helght records and results of discharge measurements furnished by 

corps or Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, 19S7-40 

19S7-S8

D«y

1

8

S

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

28

23

84

85

86

27

88

29

SO

SI

OOt. HOT.

t24,400

Dec.

_

_

.

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

.,

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

rsoo.ooo

t 143, 000

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

Jan.

_

_

_

-

_

.

.

-

-

_

_

-

~ ,

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

103,000

118, 000

108,000

88,800

_

-

Feb.

68,600

67,800

_

_

76,400

74, 400

89,800

106.000

148,000

128,000

188,000

148,000

139,000

129,000

181,000

187.000

105,000

75,900

70, 400

99,200

184, 000

152,000

116,000

94.700

79,200

68, 500

61,700

_

.

_

-

lUr.

.

_

_

_

61,600

69,800

99,000

147,000

138,000

110,000

81,400

66,700

-

68,100

93,600

120,000

147,000

138,000

127,000

108,000

94,600

67,400

87,500

51,500

-

_

_

t37, 900

_

t59, 400

Apr.

66,700

77,200

74,500

_

-

_

-

59,600

87,500

154,000

177,000

178,000

121,000

110,000

100,000

88,200

76,900

62,200

60,800

69,100

77,500

74,500

64,000

58,600

-

_

»

_

_

_

-

*«T

_

.

-

^

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

100,000

117,000

130,000

140,000

117,000

98,000

76,400

_

_

.

-

June

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

67,800

63,900

_

-

July Aug.

.'

Sept.

t2,990

t Result of discharge measurement.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 29

Discharge, la second-feet, of Ohio Hirer at Saint Marys, W. Va., 19S7-40 Continued

1998-39

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

83

24

25

26

27

Oft fiO

29

30 

31

Oct. HOT.

t4,000

Dec.

t5,660

Jan.

_

_

.

_

-

_

68,900

-

_

_

_

-

_

tie, 300

.

_

-

_

.

H

_

-

.

-

_

_

97,600

FaU.

166,000

170,000

138,000

168,000

214,000

181,000

126,000

114,000

121,000

116,000

131,000

148,000

151,000

123,000

106,000

111,000

124,000

115,000

95,900

86,600

93,700

123,000

136,000

117,000

95,100

83,300

86,400

96,900

-

Mar.

122,000

160,000

153,000

116,000

98,500

101,000

105,000

117,000

101.000

87,600

78,300

73,200

107,000

166,000

170,000

128,000

107,000

95,000

82,200

-

_

_

.

.

-

_

-

«

64,600

73,800 

B6,30C

Apr.

112,000

119,000

127,000

99,100

86,200

7S, 100

76,400

80,000

85,600

74,600

68,600

64,800

76,800

83,400

81,700

94,700

131,000

179,000

187,000

166,000

124,000

102,000

88,300

76,400

-

-

-

w

-

-

Hay

_

_

-

t29,800

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

>.

.

t!3,000

.

-

_

-

-

-

 

-

-

June

_

_

-

_

-

_

.

til, 100

-

_

_

-

.

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

t 22, 400

_

.

:

July

_

«

-

-

_

.

-

-

t!6,800

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

t6,200

.

-

-

-

.

-

 

-

-

Aug.

_

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

.

-

-

 r-iio

.

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

t3,830

-

Sapt.

t3,030

t Result of dlsebarga measurement.

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

Oet.

_

.

_

.

-

_

_

.

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

re, 310

.

-

_

.

_

_

t3,120

_

.

.

.

t 29, 900

NOT.

_

_

.

.

-

_

_

.

_

-

^

.

.

.

-

_

H

.

.

-

.

_

_

-

H

.

5,000

7,160

-

Dee.

6,780

7,600

8,780

7,910

10,300

25,000

25,400

19,700

18,300

18,900

16,900

14,700

26,700

26,800

24,100

25,400

23,600

18,000

20,400

27,600

33,300

68,700

58,200

33,900

29,900

80,900

20,600

18,700

15,800

15,800

16,000

,Jan.

11,300

9,000

8,140

11,200

21,700

31,800

19,600

alO,900

a9,SOO

a9,300

«9,400

a9,600

a9,700

a9,800

23,200

a!5,000

50,300

44,200

33,300

25,500

23,800

16,600

12,300

12,000

11,600

10,000

12,800

14,000

14,400

14,100

12,800

Feb.

11,600

11,200

11,600

10,400

9,980

12,400

20,200

30,800

33,100

66,200

63,600

68,600

96,000

93,300

92, 100

86, 600

74,400

63,500

63,500

69,800

76,900

78,100

69.200

42,000

36,200

34,200

28,700

33,300

33,300

-

Mar.

39,200

45,000

70,600

123,000

155,000

152,000

127,000

101,000

81,000

66,300

37, 100

32,800

26,400

34,600

39,300

42,400

88,600

39,700

62,800

96, 100

132,000

122,000

104,000

84,600

59,600

31,500

35,600

38,400

51,000

66,100

122,000

Apr.

228,000

262,000

225, 000

190,000

196,000

206,000

179,000

149,000

129,000

140,000

154,000

149,000

145,000

146,000

132,000

118,000

114,000

131,000

167,000

224,000

296,000

320,000

280,000

211,000

167,000

118,000

91,600

73,600

49,900

37,400

-

Hay

36,700

34,300

34,700

35,100

33,300

22,700

24,900

28,900

26,100

23, 100

21,200

21,700

17,400

19,200

22, 100

19,600

22,300

20, 600

19,700

19,600

24,200

35,400

36,600

37,200

48,700

61,000

73,800

77,000

80,700

70,600

77,000

Juno

117,000

148,000

122,000

93,400

69,900

41,000

25,800

90,500

29,500

98,200

40,200

43,700

61,200

61,000

39,300

40,600

37,200

34,500

40,200

67,300

59,100

40,200

31,700

24,400

21,100

25,300

35,000

31,400

39,700

39,700

-

July

61,700

72,400

84,700

54,300

33,800

26,400

25,700

19,700

13,700

20,700

12,800

21,500

17,600

17,400

11,900

12,500

10,500

13,700

10,200

9,770

8,770

7,810

10,100

12,300

"16,100

16,700

13,600

12,300

13,400

11,000

7,700

*X5.

7,260

7,060

4,160

4,220

3,740

2,960

8,770

7,080

3,330

4,770

4,280

4,280

3,860

3,850

3,850

4,770

4,280

4,710

10,800

5,860

4,640

6,200

4,340

4,220

3,740

6,720

2'V700

3P.800

ar 500 2P-400

17,100

Sapt.

18,900

12,300

16,000

11,700

7,810

7,060

4,770

9,020

16,600

12,400

12,200

16,800

11,600

7,360

7,160

6,210

4,710

4,910

4,910

6.49C

4.98C

4,46C

5,480

5,860

14,300

12,800

26,000

22,300

19,000

13,700

~

t Result of discharge measurement.

a Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partially estimated gaga heights.
30 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

,_Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Ohio River at St. Marys, W. Va., 1939-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off in 

Inches

October ..

November...

December........................ I 684,870

Calendar year

January ........................ 526,640

February......................... 1.408,880

March........................... 2,256,300

April........................... 5,017,500

1,124,300 i.eia,100 680,150 

September... 

Water year

58,200 5,780 22,090

50,300

96,000

155,000

320,000

80,700

148,000

84,700

36,500

25,000

8,140

9,380

26,400

37,400

17,400

21,100

7,700

2,950

4,710

16,990

48,580

72,780

167,300

36,270

50,600

21,940

8,715

10,820

.633

1.81

2.71

6.23

1.35

1.88

.817

.325

.403

.73

1.95

3.12

6.95

1.56

2.10

.94

.37

.45
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 31

Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°50'50", long. 82°08'30", at bridge 0" U. S. 

Highway 35 at Point Pleasant, W. Va., 0.6 mile upstream from Kanawha River and 14.1 

miles upstream from Gallipolis lock and dam. Datum of gage is 514.10 feet above 

mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). Auxiliary gage is a water-stage recorder, lat. 

39°00'48", long. 82°02'30", at bridge on U. S. Highway 33, at Pomeroy, Ohio, 13.8 

miles upstream from the base gage at Point Pleasant. Datum of gage is 517.50 feet 

above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 40,500 square miles.

Records available.- February to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum daily discharge during period, 395,000 second-feet Apr. 23; maximum 

gage height, 51.38 feet, Apr. 23; minimum daily discharge, 5,880 second-feet Aug. 24; 

minimum gage height, 22.70 feet June 28.

Maximum discharge known, 633,000 second-feet Mar. 30, 1913.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 20,000 second-feet, which are fair. Discharge 

computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. NOT. Dec. Jan.

Month

Ootc 

NOT« 

Deee

CE

Jam 

Pebi 

Marc 

Apr) 

May

Jum 

Julj 

Aug 

Sep

We

ilendar year

 uary 7-

j^

29

iter year

Feb.

32,700 

38,600 

54,200 

57,900

115,000 

120,000 

122,000 

126,000 

127,000

119,000 

104,000 

93,400 

108,000 

139,000

144,000 

129,000 

110,000 

105,000 

63,600

49,100 

31,300 

61,600 

61,900

Mar.

65,400 

63,000 

85,000 

150,000 

216,000

232,000 

319,000 

186,000 

155,000 

127,000

105,000 

71,000 

46,1'00 

43,600 

55,700

61,600 

56,900 

53,300 

74.8OO 

93,200

132,000 

151,000 

137,000 

116,000 

95,300

56,900 

42,200 

48,500 

61,200 

75,100 

135,000

Secondfoot-days

2,102,800 

3,209,800 

6,617,100 

1,572,400 

2,235,600 

936,300 

476,080 

471,160

-

Apr.

203,000 

259,000 

277,000 

256,000 

226,000

225,000 

223,000 

199,000 

168,000 

153,000

165,000 

174,000 

183,000 

18S, 000 

131,000

171,000 

171,000 

166,000 

216,000 

234,000

345,000 

382,000 

395,000 

358,000 

296,000

237,000 

171,000 

133,000 

108,000 

34,100

Maximum

144,000 

232,000 

395,000 

98,700 

177,000 

98,300 

60,000 

35,900

-

May

68,700 

70,600 

63,200 

54,200 

62,200

46,300 

37,600 

38,100 

36,900 

34,000

26,800 

32,300 

20,600 

28,300 

36,700

27,800 

29,600 

26,800 

28,800 

18,500

26,800 

43,400 

48,300 

50,400 

70,200

76,600 

84,300 

93,300 

96,700 

94,200 

98,700

Minimum

22,700 

42,200 

84,100 

IS, 500 

33,100 

12,800 

5,8SO 

7,020

-

June

123,000 

166,000 

177,000 

145,000 

106,000

78,200 

37,600 

49,600 

40,100 

51,200

64,200 

76,400 

80,300 

36,200 

30,800

58,100 

63,800 

70,000 

75,000 

30,000

30,400 

72,500 

39,600 

41,100 

33,100

41,500 

48,600 

49,900 

59,000 

61,400

July

64,300 

86,000 

95,800 

98,300 

61,600

36,700 

39,000 

31,600 

34,800 

28,600

22,700 

26,800 

21,900 

21,900 

20,700

17,400 

16,200 

17,500 

16,300 

15,000

12,800 

15,000 

12,800 

22,700 

30,900

32,300 

19,600 

22,700 

24,900 

16,200 

12,800

Mean

91,430 

103,500 

220,600 

50,720 

74,520 

31,320 

15,360 

15,710

-

Aug.

12,800 

11,700 

10,500 

10,500

e.oso

9,260 

15,000 

10,500 

8,160 

9,320

9,320 

S,160 

9,260 

8,120 

10,200

10,300 

10,500 

12,800 

12,800 

10,500

10,500 

11,600 

10,500 

5,S80 

7,020

10,500 

20,800 

60,000 

44,600 

43,900 

43,000

Per squrvre 

mile

2.26 

2.56 

5.45 

1.25 

1.84 

.786 

.379 

.388

-

Sept.

35,700 

24,800 

21,600 

17,500 

15,100

10,500 

10,500 

12,600 

23,700 

12,600

15,000 

20,700 

10, 500 

13,900 

12,700

10,500 

9,260 

10,400 

9,320 

10,500

10,500 

9,260 

7,020 

11,700 

17,500

10,500 

35,900 

25,500 

20,700 

15,000

Run-off in 

inches

1.93 

2.95 

6.08 

1.44 

2.05 

.91 

.44 

.43

-
32 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Huntlngton, W. Va.

Location.- Upper water-stage recorder, lat. 3S U25'56", long. 82°25'03", e.t foot of 24th 

Street, Huntlngton, Cabell County, 14 miles downstream from Guyandot Fiver and 4.7 

miles upstream from lock 23. Lower water-stage recorder, at lock 28, 0.1 mile upstream from Fourpole Creek and 3.0 miles downstream from Symmes Creek. Datum of each 

gage is 492. 00 feet above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum.

Drainage area.- 55,900 (revised) square miles, derived from that at lock 27 as determined 

by the weather Bureau.

Records available.- August 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 506,000 second-feet Apr. 23; ms-ximum gage height, 

55.5 feet (gage at lock 28) Apr. 23; minimum daily discharge, 4,880 second-feet Oct. 24.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 654,000 second-feet Jan. 28, 1937; maximum gage height, 

67.71 feet (gage at lock 28) Jan. 27, 1937: minimum daily, 3,200 secord-feet Sept. 6, 

13, Nov. 2, 1934, Oct. 3, 1935, Oct. 1, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge computed on the basis of fall-stage-dlscharge relationsnip between gages at 24th Street and at lock 28 and adjusted on basis- of a comprehensive study of records for Ohio River gaging stations and tributary inflow. Adjustments 

were applied as follows: below 50,000 second-feet, minus 5%; 50,000 to 110,000 secondfeet, minus 4=%; 111,000 to 250,000 second-feet, minus 3%; above 250,000 second-feet, 

minus 2%.

Cooperation.- Results of 30 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 19V

Day

1 

S 

3 

4 

6

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

22 

23

24 

26

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

11,900 

3,930 

8,960 

10,700 

8,630

11,500 

10,600 

4,920 

7,220 

8,260

h!4,200 

hlO,500 

nil, 000 

6,710 

9,070

3,610 

11,200 

9,500 

6,780 

7,280

8,510 

10,500 

6,580 

4,880 

6,230

12,700 

14, 400 

36, 800 

36, 800 

44,400 

39,900

NOT.

34.800 

19,100 

15, 200 

17.400 

17,500

16,500 

11,100 

15,100 

11,900 

14,900

21,600 

20,300 

16,200 

16,400 

IS, 400

12,200 

14,600 

15,300 

9,430 

12,600

10,400 

14,900 

10,400 

12,300 

9,010

9,160 

10,900 

9,690 

7,870 

6,610

Dec.

10,100 

9,090 

13, 100 

14,000 

15,300

29,400 

31,600 

22,800 

26,900 

23, 800

27,900 

17, 400 

29,100 

37, 100 

29, 300

31,100 

35, 200 

29, 100 

26,300 

36,900

40, 100 

60,300 

77,700 

63, 100 

31,400

31,400 

29,900 

27, 400 

25, 600 

22,800 

24, 000

Jan.

20,500 

18,600 

13,700 

10,600 

20, 400

32, 800 

37, 000 

29,800 

21,600 

16,200

18,600 

17, 40C 

14,600 

22,300 

46,300

63,000 

42,400 

72,000 

70,600 

47, 000

43,000 

36,700 

h23,800 

bhSl, 000 

bhlS, 000

bh!5, OOG 

bh!4, 000 

bh!3,OOC 

bh!3, OOC 

h!3,70C 

h!4, 600

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Cc

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

AprJ 

Mav.

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

hl6,000 

h!5, 200 

h!3,500 

h!3,300 

nil, 400

hlO, 400 

h!6, 400 

h25, 300 

h41, 000 

h45, 600

h64,100 

1150,000 

1156, 000 

1161,000 

1166,000

1164,000 

143,000 

128,000 

147,000 

1S3.00C

206,000 

192,000 

161,000 

129,000 

94,000

76, 700 

51,000 

84, 600 

92,500

Secondfoot-days

411,29C 

431, 97C 

929, 39C

26,360,73(

861, 60C 

2, 759, OOC 

3,963, 10C 

8, 123, OOC 

2,030,30C 

3,319,80( 

1,493, 10( 

1.220.70C 

833, 49C

26.376.74C

Mar.

92,900 

89,400 

100,000 

165, 000 

252,000

295,000 

284, 000 

251,000 

209,000 

155, 000

127,000 

94,700 

63,200 

49,200 

72, 400

78, 600 

74,200 

63,200 

89,400 

105,000

142,000 

175, 000 

164,000 

140,000 

114,000

62,300 

42,900 

54,300 

70, 600 

86, 800 

179,000

Apr.

238, 000 

282, 000 

305, 000 

315,000 

306,000

275, 000 

263,000 

260,000 

225,000 

192,000

190,000 

195, 000 

201,000 

210,000 

219, 000

210,000 

197,000 

198, 000 

226,000 

311,000

385,000 

466,000 

493,000 

485,000 

441,000

354,000 

255, 000 

166, 000 

134,000 

106,000

Maximum

44,400 

34,800 

77, 700

) 463,000

72,000 

206,000 

295, 000 

493,000 

142,000 

) 224,000 

5 114,000 

> 151,000 

) 87, 600

493,000

Hay

hS4, 500 

h82,70G 

h76, 20C 

h66, 40C 

h67,40G

h56, 80G 

h61,40G 

h44,90G 

h47, 30C 

h41,40C

39,30C 

39, OOC 

33, OOC 

30.SOG 

40, OOC

36,70C 

35.20C 

36,10G 

34.60G 

32, 10G

37, 40G 

52, 30C 

60.90G 

55.50G 

66,700

140, OOG 

142,000 

124,000 

120, OOC 

113,000 

123,000

Minimum

4,880 

6,610 

9,090

4,880

10, 600 

10,400 

42,900 

106,000 

30,500 

49,900 

19,600 

10,200 

9,690

4,860

June

165, 000 

210,000 

224,000 

194,000 

139,000

111,000 

63, 500 

67, 500 

50,900 

66,600

86, 600 

93,700 

113,000 

123,000 

115,000

90,800 

67, 400 

77,900 

101,000 

131,000

126,000 

105,000 

65,900 

54,800 

49,900

52,600 

95,500 

181,000 

142,000 

114,000 

Ji g.

91, 

95, SOU 

108,000 

114,010 

112,010

75,010 

57,910 

45,310 

36,010 

33,600

34,300 

33,200 

42,700 

44,400 

39,100

32, 400 

30,900 

34,900 

41,000 

36,300

24,300 

27, 400 

19,800 

26,800 

47,300

47,000 

35,300 

33,300 

29,400 

32,000 

28,800

Mean

13,270 

14,400 

29,980

72, 220

27,790 

95,140 

127,800 

270,800 

65,490 

110,700 

48, 160 

39,380 

27,780

72, 070

,000 

06,500 

30,300 

21,800 

IS, 300

15,300 

25,300 

21,500 

17,800 

19,800

16,200 

10,200 

11,900 

16,200 

61,100

151,000 

97,000 

63,600 

44,200 

32,600

30,500 

24,900 

23,700 

21,300 

17,000

23,300 

40,800 

84,500 

69,800 

71,600 

71,500

Per square 

mile

0.237 

.258 

.536

1.29

.497 

1.70 

o go

4! 84 

1.17 

1.98 

.662 

.704 

.497

1.29

Sept.

37,800 

86,000 

53,000 

40,600 

29,400

23,400 

20,100 

22, 100 

30,900 

21,900

22,100 

29,100 

IS, 100 

19,000 

19,000

17,100 

13,000 

9,690 

12,000 

15,300

14,600 

14,200 

11,100 

15,600 

24,300

26,000 

45,600 

36, 600 

28,900 

24,600

Run-off In 

Inches

0.27 

.29 

.62

17.76

.57 

1.84 

2.64 

5.40 

1.35 

2.21 

.99 

.81 

.55

17.54

b Fall-stage-dlscharge relation affected by Ice.

h Sage height at one of the gages baaed on staff gage readings.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

Ohio River at Ashland, Ky.

33

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38 027'20% long. 82036'30", at dam 29 at Ashland, Foyd County,

 and 5.8 miles downstream from Big Sandy River. Datum of gage is 483.12 feet above mean 

sea level (Ohio River datum). Auxiliary staff gage at dam 30, 19.5 miles downstream. 

Datum of auxiliary gage Is 475.1 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 60,750 square miles at dam 29 (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau).

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1939 (fragmentary), October 1939 to 

September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 510,000 second-feet Apr. 23 (gage

 height, 60.4 feet); minimum daily, 4,300 second-feet Oct. 19. _ . _ 10_n , ., , ^ 

1938-40: Maximum discharge observed, 544,000 second-feet Feb. 5, 1939 (gage height, 

60.6 feet); minimum daily, that of Oct. 19, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 73.6 feet (revised) Jan. 27, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect which are fair. records were

 computed by slope method on basis of the field data at the station, but after comparison with records for other stations on Ohio River and tributary Inflow the figures of 

daily discharge for the following periods were increased by 4i percent: Slack-water periods 

Oct. 1 to Jan. 14, May 11-14, July 9 to Aug. 14, Aug. 20-27, and Sept. 5-30; open-river 

period Dec 22-25. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by four readings 

daily of auxiliary staff gage during open-river perlode, and hourly readings- during 

slack-water periods. Base gage read four times daily during open-river periods, and 

hourly during slack-water periods.

Cooperation.- Records collected and prepared in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, 

u.s. ArSy.

Discharge, In second-feet, water Tear October 1940 to September 1941

Day

1 

S 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

io9

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

SO

21 

22 

S3 

24 

85

28 

27 

83 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

11,000 

6,900 

8,400 

8,400 

7,000

11,900 

10,100 

5,600 

6,900 

6,900

11,000 

11,900 

11,000 

8,300 

10,100

7,000 

10,100 

9,200 

4,300 

9,200

8,300 

11,000 

5,500 

8,300 

5,600

13,700 

12,700 

37,700 

38,800 

42,700 

39,500

Nov.

34,300 

21,100 

, 14,600 

IS, 800 

IS, 800

17,100 

10,900 

9,200 

13,700 

17,100

24,000 

20,400 

15,400 

20,500 

18,700

14,500 

14,500 

16,200 

11,000 

15,500

11,800 

14,000 

12,700 

14,500 

11,000

11,800 

11,800 

11,000 

10,000 

9,100

Dec.

9,100 

9,200 

10,100 

13,800 

12,700

23,700 

30,300 

24,200 

25,700 

22,800

28,200 

24,300 

27,100 

35,000 

29,200

31,600 

33, 500 

29,200 

25,300 

34,600

38,100 

61,200 

78,000 

68,400 

32,700

31,400 

30,500 

27,600 

25,400 

23,100 

24,600

Jan.

20,900 

16,900 

12,600 

13,400 

21,800

31,800 

35,500 

30,800 

26,400 

17,100

19,800 

16,700 

15,400 

16,800 

41,100

65,600 

47,600 

67,300 

71,100 

48,500

b40,000 

b32,000 

b26,000 

b21,000 

blB.OOO

b!6,000 

W.4,000 

t>14,000 

b!4,000 

«b!5,000 

KblB.OOO

Month

Oetc 

Hove

Deee

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr) 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

tlendar year

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

 tas.ooo

«xL6,000 

(014,000 

blS, 000 

(bie.OOO

Ktfl.7,000 

*bL9,000 

*b26,000 

*b4 0,000 

*b47,000

77,200 

161,000 

162,000 

166,000 

170,000

170,000 

152,000 

137,000 

156,000 

184,000

208,000 

201,000 

173,000 

140,000 

104,000

80,100 

56,400 

83,600 

101,000

Mar.

97,800 

94,000 

92,100 

167,000 

244,000

287,000 

266,000 

263,000 

217,000 

166,000

136,000 

105,000 

63,000 

54,600 

70,500

79,300 

73,100 

66,800 

90,700 

111,000

145,000 

180,000 

174,000 

151,000 

126,000

95,100 

49,400 

59,200 

68,000 

89,100 

182,000

Secondfoot -days

399,000 

464,000 

925,600

-

869,100 

2,912,300 

4,092,700 

8,457,000 

2,070, 400 

3,413,000 

1,556,600 

1,276,000 

383,100

27,323,800

Apr.

254,000 

304,000 

329,000 

324,000 

296,000

272,000 

263,000 

249,000 

226,000 

195,000

196,000 

200,000 

206,000 

215,000 

213,000

207,000 

199,000 

211,000 

245,000 

330,000

427,000 

435,000 

507,000 

494,000 

455,000

376,000 

290,000 

213,000 

152,000 

119,000

Maximum

42,700 

34,300 

78,000

-

71,100 

208,000 

287,000 

507,000 

14 S, 000 

222,000 

119,000 

166,000 

93,400

507,000

May

90,800 

83,600 

78,800 

68,400 

72,600

59,800 

53,100 

44,000 

55,400 

42,800

36,900 

38,100 

33,400 

30,100 

37,300

36,700 

33,400 

35,500 

34,400 

31,700

35,400 

50,200 

63,800 

56,900 

84,300

136,000 

148,000 

128,000 

123,000 

118,000 

121,000

Minimum

4,300 

9,100 

9,100

-

12,600 

14,000 

49/400 

119,000 

30,100 

55,400 

23,300 

10,000 

9,900

4,300

June

178,000 

205,000 

222,000 

200,000 

150,000

116,000 

72,900 

64,700 

56,000 

66,200

83,800 

93,200 

116,000 

126,000 

121,000

95,500 

88,200 

76,100 

104,000 

137,000

137,000 

117,000 

76,900 

53,200 

55,400

57,500 

96,400 

170,000 

153,000 

125,000

July

95,300 

95,300 

109,000 

117,000 

119,000

83,400 

61,500 

53,700 

37,800 

32,100

36,300 

32,100 

40,500 

44,100 

42,300

36,400 

34,700 

33,500 

42,000 

41,300

29,800 

28,200 

23,400 

29,600 

44,700

48,300 

38,100 

33,400 

30,600 

31,900 

31,100

Mean

12,870 

15,470 

29,360

-

28,040 

100,400 

132,000 

281,900 

66,790 

113,900 

50,210 

41,160 

29,440

74,650

Aug.

33,800 

3«.500 

31,400 

23,100 

17,100

11,800 

So. 000 

21,200 

16,000 

17,300

14,700 

10,900 

10,000 

13,600 

5^,400

16<VOOO 

12.1,000 

77,200 

53,500 

3.7,400

32,500 

23,600 

23,100 

23.900 

14,600

23,800 

38,200 

80,900 

72,400 

7r, 800 

71,300

Per square 

mile

0.212 

.265 

.4£2

-

.462 

1.6E 

2.17 

4.64 

1.1C 

1.87 

.BE7 

.678 

.4£5

1.23

Sept.

85,600 

93,400 

64,500 

49,400 

35,700

27,700 

21,300 

22,100 

28,200 

23,600

2i,a|p

29,900 

22,100 

20,500 

17,100

16,300 

14,500 

9,900 

11,900 

13,700

13,700 

12,900 

11,900 

12,900 

26,600

31,500 

45,700 

41,100 

31,000 

27,100

Run-off In 

inches

0.24 

.28 

.57

-

.53 

1.7S 

2.51 

5.18 

1.27 

2.09 

.95 

.78 

.54

16.72

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
34 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River near Maysville, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38 038'10", long. 83°42'15n , at lock and dam 33, 2.2 miles

downstream from Cabin Creek and 3.5 miles upstream from Maysville, Mason County. Datum 

of gage is 452.57 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum). Auxiliary staff gage 

at lock and dam 34, 29.0 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 445.6 feet 

above mean sea level (Ohio River datum). Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, auxiliary staff gage, 

110 feet upstream from Broadway Street in Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, and 7.8 miles 

upstream from dam 33, datum of which gage was 452.57 feet above mean sea level (Ohio 

River datum).

Drainage area.- 70,130 square miles at dam 33 (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau). 

Records available.- January 1939 to September 1940 (fragmentary).

extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 556,000 second-feet Apr. 23; maximum 

gage height observed, 59.5 feet Apr. 24.

1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, that of Apr. 25, 1940; maximum gage height 

observed, that of Apr. 24, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 75.3 feet Jan. 27, 1937; (discharge, 820,000 second-feet, 

estimated).

Remarks.- Records good. Records were computed by slope method on basis of the field data 

at the station, but after comparison with records for stations on Ohio River and 

tributary inflow the figures of daily discharge were decreased 3 percent. Discharge 

computed by using fall as determined by readings of auxiliary staff gage as a factor. 

Both gages read four times dally. Flow not computed for slack-water periods.

Cooperation.- Records collected and prepared In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

 12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

t6,930

Nov. Dec.

50,600 

58,500 

67 ,600

Jan.

35,400

56,000 

63,800 

55,400 

68,500 

71,100

56,800 

M5.0OC 

b35,OOC 

b25,OOO 

bSO.OOO

bl6,OOC 

bl4,000 

b!4,OOO 

b!4,000 

»bl5,000 

fbl6,000

Month

Octc 

Nove

Decs

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc

Apr] 

May.

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

lendar 3 

iary!5-3

rear 

i

ter year

Feb.

*b!7 ,OOC 

*b!7,000 

*b!7,OOC 

*bl8,OOC 

b!8,50C

b!9,OOC 

b22,OOC 

b27 ,OOC 

b33.DOC 

b4o,OOC

b59,OOC 

105, OOC 

173 ,OC< 

173,000 

179 ,OOC

180,000 

173, OOC 

158, OOC 

172,000 

195,000

225, OOC 

235,000 

214,000 

180, OOC 

147,000

113,000 

89,300 

72,800 

90,700

Secondfoot-days

621,000 

3,162,300 

4,492,400 

9,332,000

3,767,900 

834,200

-

Mar.

108,000 

106,000 

126,000 

165,000 

231,000

891,000 

320,000 

312,000 

276,000 

229,000

180,000 

144,000 

110,000 

78,700 

61,700

72,SOO 

82,400 

81,400 

79.OOO 

100,000

120,000 

155,000 

178 ,OOO 

170,000 

147,000

125,000 

93,700 

63,300 

59,800 

79,600 

147,000

Apr.

288,000 

877,000 

309,000 

323,000 

319,000

S98.000 

S79.000 

369 ,000 

350,000 

225,000

206.000 

211,000 

222,000 

233,000 

237,000

232,000 

221,000 

234,000 

257,000 

317,000

106,000 

504,000 

>48,OOO 

549,000 

525,000

179,000 

110,000 

330,000 

352,000 

182,000

Maximum

71,100 

235,000 

320,000 

549,000

231,000 

125,000

-

May

134,000 

105,000 

93,400 

86,300 

76,800

72,800 

67,2OO 

61,200

59,000 

66,800 

74,700

105,000 

143,000 

145,000 

132,000 

134,000 

157,000

Minimum

14,000 

17 ,OOO 

59,800 

182,000

63 ,100 

68,900

-

June

180,000 

214,000 

230,000 

831,000 

198,000

156,000 

123,000 

91,200 

76,300 

67,500

73,800 

89,600 

103,000 

122,000 

132,000

125,000 

108,000 

100,000 

90,800 

L12,OOO

1.37,000 

L34,OOO 

116,000 

86,500 

68,100

63,100 

73,000 

134,000 

L80,000 

153,000

July

125,000 

103,000 

104,000 

112,000 

119,000

114,000 

88,300 

68,900

Mean

36,530 

109 ,000 

144,900 

311,100

125,600 

104,300

-

Aug.

t40,000

80,900 

142,000 

108,000 

76,700

f42,400

72,900 

74,700 

75,600

Per square 

nlle

0.521 

1.55 

2.07 

4.44

1.79 

1.49

-

Sept.

75.2OO 

86,500 

88,200 

69,700 

t42,400

t33 ,800

t-14,300 

tl7,200

t9,760

Run-off In 

Inches

0.33 

1.68 

2.38 

4.95

2.00 

.44

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Result of discharge measurement.

| Average of two discharge measurements.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by loe.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 35

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°05'35'1 , long. 84°31'25'1 , at Front and Rise 

Streets, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, 1.0 mile downstream from Licking River and 1.2 

miles upstream from Mill Creek. Datum of gage is 428.8 feet above mean sea level (Ohio 

River datum). Auxiliary staff gage at dam 37, 12.0 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 425.3 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum). During slacV-water 

periods discharge determined from water-stage recorder at Southern Ry. bridge, 1.1 

miles downstream from upper gage, with auxiliary water-stage recorder 10.6 miles downstream, 0.3 mile upstream from dam 37. Datum of each gage is 425.30 feet above mean 

sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 76,580 square miles, at Cincinnati (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau).

Records available.- December 1936 to March 1937 (in Water-supply Paper 838), October 1937 

to September 1939 (fragmentary), October 1939 to September 1940.

Elxtrernes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 568,000 second-feet Apr. 24; maximum 

gage height observed, 60.04 feet Apr. 24; minimum daily discharge, 5,890 seco"d-feet, 

Oct. 2.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 894,000 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937; maximum gage height, 

78.8 feet, Jan. 25, 26, 1937, site and datum then in use; minimum daily discharge, that 

of Oct. 2, 1939.

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

which are fair. Records were computed by slope method on basis of the field data obtained at the station, but after comparison with records for other stations en Ohio 

River and tributary inflow the figures of daily discharges for the following periods 

were increased by the amounts indicated: Slack-water periods July 10 to Aug. 15 and 

Aug. 21-27, 5 percent; open-river periods May 23 to July 9, Aug. 16-20, and .Pug. 28 

to Sept. 30, 3 percent. Discharge above 50,000 second-feet computed by using- fall as 

determined by auxiliary staff gage read four times a day as a factor. Dischsrge for 

slack-water periods (below 50,000 second-feet) computed from gage heights frcm the 

water-stage recorder at Southern Ry. bridge by using fall as determined by tre 

auxiliary water-stage recorder, 0.3 mile upstream from lock 37, as a factor.

Cooperation.- Records collected and prepared in cooperation with the Corps of Ergineers, 

U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

3O 

31

oot.

20,300 

5,890 

10,000 

12,500 

13,100

17,600 

16,SOO 

9,070 

11,000 

12,500

15,400 

13,200 

11,800 

e8,800 

10,100

67,700 

11,000 

68,300 

5,930 

9,090

10,100 

13,200 

e7,000 

e6,000 

e6,000

14,400 

18,700 

34,900 

34,200 

37,90(5 

39,800

Nov.

37,100 

25,200 

21, 900 

19,600 

14,400

15,900 

17,300 

14,400 

9,060 

15,300

23,200 

19,200 

16,300 

19,900 

14,900

15,900 

13,200 

14,900 

15,800 

16,800

13,200 

13,200 

16,800 

10,100 

12,500

11, 900 

12,500 

11,800 

11,000 

10,100

Dec.

7,900 

12,500 

12,500 

14,800 

13,200

21,900 

29,900 

26,200 

24,100 

23,400

27,600 

19,800 

26,400 

32,600 

27,700

26,800 

31,900 

25,100 

27,600 

33,000

32,600 

39,500 

55,500 

60,400 

66,600

25,000 

31,300 

23,400 

22,400 

23,200 

21,80O

Jan.

a21,000 

a21,000 

a22,000 

a21,000 

a25,000

36,200 

42,800 

44,600 

42,900 

40,600

29,900 

31,400 

22,900 

34,900 

43,400

55,200 

63,500 

64,000 

60,700 

70,000

66,200 

54,600 

b43, 500 

b32,000 

b23,000

*18,500 

b!7,000 

b!6,000 

*15,500 

b!7,500 

b!9,000

Month

Oot< 

Nov< 

Deo<

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

liar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul; 

Augi 

Sep1

Wi

ilendar year

iter year 1939-4

Feb.

b!9,500 

8320,000 

*21,500 

b22,000 

*>21,000

»23,000 

*31,000 

*32,000 

*32, 000 

*3S,000

b56,000 

105,000 

143,000 

172,000 

173,000

17.9, OOO 

177,000 

178,000 

210,000 

222,000

236,000 

246,000 

239,000 

206,000 

175,000

141,000 

112,000 

95,700 

90,200

liar.

104,000 

117,000 

195,000 

235,000 

253,000

290,000 

319,000 

331,000 

314,000 

273,000

220,000 

176,000 

140,000 

108,000 

83,000

74,100 

80,200 

86,700 

85,100 

89,600

105,000 

128,000 

158,000 

171,000 

163,000

141,000 

118,000 

90,200 

69,600 

71, 700 

121,000

Secondfoot-days

452,280 

483,360 

866,600

-

1,115,800 

3,415,900 

4,910,200 

10,198,000 

2,447,800 

4,024,400 

1,824,400 

1,238,900 

964,400

31,942,040

Apr.

195,000 

256,000 

301,000 

326,000 

332,000

319,000 

298,000 

284,000 

270,000 

247,000

227,000 

254,000 

246,000 

238,000 

240,000

239,000 

237,000 

264,000 

316,000 

422,000

471,000 

502,000 

544,000 

566,000 

561, 000

535,000 

486,000 

420,000 

343,000 

259,000

Maximum

39,800. 

37,100 

66,600

-

70,000 

246,000 

331,000 

566,000 

184,000 

242,000 

149,000 

118,000 

88,000

566,000

May

184,000 

136,000 

109,000 

97,800 

89,500

81,600 

76,700 

72,100 

64,100 

58,800

47, 500 

44,500 

47,000 

33,200 

39,700

45,400 

41, 600 

38,500 

41,400 

40,900

35,100 

47,800 

62,800 

65,600 

73,300

86,900 

118,000 

141,000 

141,000 

137,000 

150,000

Minimum

5,890 

9,060 

7,900

-

15,500 

19,500 

69,600 

195,000 

33,200 

76,400 

23,600 

10,500 

11 , 600

5,890

June

183,000 

208 , 000 

231,000 

242,000 

230,000

194,000 

153,000 

126,000 

100,000 

84,400

76,400 

84,600 

97,000 

112,000 

128,000

131,000 

129,000 

115,000 

103,000 

107,000

127,000 

142,000 

132,000 

114,000 

92,900

78,300 

77,600 

101,000 

152,000 

173,000

July

149,000 

121,000 

107,000 

108,000 

115,000

121.00O 

109,000 

85,300 

63,900 

39,500

38,200 

35,300 

34,900 

41,900 

44,300

43,9OO 

41,900 

35,300 

43,300 

47,200

43,90O 

29,600 

26,400 

23,600 

34,400

45,600 

48,300 

52,80O 

32,000 

31,300 

31,600

Mean

14,590 

16,110 

27,950

-

35,990 

117,800 

158,400 

339 , 900 

78,960 

134,100 

58,850 

39,960 

32,150

87,270

Aug.

28,900 

3C,200 

3£,300 

24,300 

2C,20O

ie,7oo

2C , 600 

17,400 

18,200 

1E.100

11 , 600 

16,200 

1C, 500 

17,100 

37,700

64,500 

61,600 

118,000 

107,000 

83,900

38,300 

26,200 

27,800 

24,000 

23,400

24,600 

32,800 

55,400 

61,300 

73,100 

76,000

Per square 

mile

0.191 

.210 

.363

-

.470 

1.54 

2.07 

4.44 

1.03 

1.75 

.768 

.522 

.420

1.14

Sept.

76,900 

79,500 

88,000 

84,300 

61,900

27,900 

21,100 

25,700 

24,300 

34,000

17,600 

27,600 

33,700 

15,500 

16,100

18,500 

17,700 

17,200 

12,400 

11,600

16,700 

14,500 

16,700 

15,100 

23,600

26,600 

34,900 

40,400 

37,500 

26,900

Run-off in 

inches

0.22 

.23 

.42

-

.54 

1.66 

2.36 

4.95 

1.19 

1.95 

.89 

.60 

.47

15.50

» Winter-discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of record for station at Ashland and former 

rating of discharge through dam 37.

b Stage-discharge relation.affected by ice.

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; discharge computed on basis of records for other Ohio River 

stations.
36 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Madison, Ind.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°43'55", long. 85°22'45", at Mulberry Street, Madison, 

Jerrerson County, 2.1 miles upstream from Crooked Creek. Datum of gag« Is 403.20 

feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 90,580 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers, U. 3. Army). 

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940 (fragmentary).

Extremes.- 1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 585,000 second-feet Feb. 8 

(gage height, 50.1 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1939-40: J.9O& 1*\j. Maximum rioAiuiuiu discharge uj-ouiiaa^Q during UUI.LIJ& water naut3i year, jroai, 596.000 wvt\j\ second-feet Apr. 25 (gage

height, 50.7 feet, from graph based on gage readings). 

Maximum stage known, 72.3 feet Jan. 26, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good above 200,000 second-feet, fair below. Discharge computed for 

open-river condition only (generally above 150,000 second-feet), except for periods 

Just preceding or following this condition when discharges above 12,OCO second-feet 

were computed. Gage read twice dally.

Coops ration.- Gage-height record and results of 63 discharge measurements furnished by 

corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1958-40 

1958-39

D«jr

i

2

5

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

22

as

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

I

HOT. Doc. Jan.

_

_

_

_

-

_

..

-

..

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

H

6162,000

0249,000

Feb.

3304,000

9345,000

3407,000

9464,000

3498,000

6640,000

550,000

578,000

574,000

565,000

527,000

494,000

462,000

447,000

455,000

463,000

466,000

454,000

434,000

409,000

9343,000

326,000

280,000

269,000

254,000

258,000

268,000

280,000

_

_

-

Mar.

308,000

313,000

308,000

300,000

9404,000

412,000

434,000

447,000

449,000

431,000

414,000

436,000

425,000

409,000

394,000

380,000

369,000

358,000

334,000

3880,000

260,000

9203,000

3163,000

155,000

 .

-

_

_

0141,000

6191,000

Apr.

209,000

238,000

256,000

260,000

259,000

 693,000

297,000

274,000

262,000

253,000

238,000

223,000

218,000

240,000

£28,000

9470,000

0531,000

538,000

560,000

576,000

570,000

538,000

9460,000

9416,000

8335,000

0255,000

8204,000

0163,000

139,000

123,000

*«T

1102,000

June

_

_

_

..

-

_

.

-

H

-

__

__

-

.

-

__

__

__

__

-

__

H

__

t!34,000

tl29,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

JUl-r

_

_

_

 .

-

t87,200

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

..

tso.ooo

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

^

_

-

Aug.

_

_

_

_

-

_

 .

_

 .

-

_

_

t21,100

-

_

t28,700

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

..

w

_

-

Sept.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

M

-

_

t9,590

 .

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

t8,950

-

t Result of discharge measurement.

e Rate of change of stage of 0.1 foot per hour or groaterj discharge computed by using rate of 

change of stage aa a factor.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 37

Discharge, In second-feet, of Ohio River at Madison, Ind., 1938-40 Continued

1939-40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

SB

SO

31

Oet.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

..

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

16,560

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

140,600

HOT.

t!4,800

Dee. Jan.

t31,500

Pet.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

6128,000

175,000

187,000

188,000

188,000

e216,000

248,000

264,000

264,000

266,000

266,000

263,000

223,000

187,000

6139,000

124,000

1110,000

_

-

Her.

6182,000

8278,000

313,000

313,000

319,000

319,000

332,000

340,000

330,000

310,000

8259,000

8214,000

8176,000

151,000

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

127,000

160,000

175,000

182,000

172,000

150,000

121,000

_

_

-

Apr.

e204,000

eE79,000

305,000

329,000

338,000

330,000

319,000

308,000

297,000

285,000

270,000

'285,000

282,000

266,000

262,000

262,000

265,000

e316, OOC

e39S,000

6524,000

e534,OOC

543,000

665,000

687, OOC

594,000

585,000

563, OOC

e489, OOC

6414, OOC

e310,000

-

*«y

6247,000

6177,000

148,000

121,000

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

147,000

148, OOC

155,000

June

185,000

217,000

258,000

250,000

253,000

232,000

199,000

166,000

6124,000

-

_

_

t94,600

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

i

9160,000

-

July

166,000

6126,000

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

135,700

_

-

Aug.

tC8,600

Sept.

130,800

t Result of discharge measurement.

e Rate of change of stage of 0.1 foot per hour or greater; discharge computed by using rate of 

change of.stage as a factor.

Honthly discharge. In second-fe.et, 1938-40

Month

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

Secondf oot-daj s

_

-

11,689,000

9,731,000

^

»

 _

_

-

-

-

Maximum

_

_

_

-

578,000

576,000

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

Minimum

_

_

_

-

254,000

123,000

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

Mean

_

_

_

-

417,500

324,400

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

Per square 

mile

_,

_

_,

-

4.61

3.58

_

_,

_

_,

-

^

v

-

o go

-

Run-off In 

Inches

_

_

_

 -

4.80

4.00

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-
38 OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Louisville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°14'5511 , long. 85°50'00", at Louisville, Jefferson County, 9.0 miles downstream from Beargrass Creek. Datum of gage is 374.00 feet 

above mean sea level (Ohio River datum). Oct. 1, 1939, to Sept. 23, 1940, staff gage 

at same site and datum. Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, staff gage at lock 41, 4.0 miles upstream at same datum. Auxiliary gage is water-stage recorder at Kosmorcdale, 16.1 

miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 374.00 feet above mean s<3a level (Ohio 

River datum). Oct. 1, 1939, to Mar. 26, 1940, auxiliary staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area (revised).- 91,170 square miles, at lock 41 (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau).

Recoras available.- ocfober 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 598,000 second-feet Apr. 25; maximum gage height, 

61.03 feet Apr. 25, from graph based on gage readings; minimum daily discharge, 6,380 second-feet Oct. 17.

1935-40: Maximum discharge, 1,110,000 second-feet Jan. 26, 27, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 85.44 feet Jan. 27, 1937; minimum daily discharge, 4,090 second-feet Sept. 30. 

1937.

Remarks.- Records good above 70,000 second-feet, fair below, except those for periods of 

ice effect, or of no or doubtful gage-height record, which are poor. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by once-daily readings of auxiliary staff gage Oct. 

1 to Mar. 25, and by auxiliary water-stage recorder Mar. 26 to Sept. 30, as t£ factor. 

Gage read twice dally Oct. 1 to Sept. 22.

Revisions.- The discharge for Mar. 13, 1939, has been revised to 449,000 second-feet, 

superseding figure published in Water-Supply Paper 873.

Month

Maron 1939.. .........

Water year 1938-39.

Maximum

449,000

622,000

Minimum

103,000

5,200

Mean

304,700

122,400

Per square 

mile

3.34

1.34

Run- off In 

Inches

3.85

18.82

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 29 discharge measurements furnished by 

Corps or engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September If40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

16,600 

32 , 100 

9,810 

9,310 

9,990

15,400 

11,200 

14,100 

25,400 

10,900

6,980 

11,100 

al4,800 

il,500 

10,500

7,910 

6,380 

10,500 

10,500 

d6 , 550

8,670 

11,200 

9,880 

12,000 

11,000

10,600 

17,900 

15,500 

35,600 

33,500 

35,600

Nov.

46,000 

43,200 

17,100 

17,700 

17,400

13,600 

15,100 

14,600 

7,520 

25,200

10,400 

25,500 

10,300 

33/500 

16,600

12,400 

7,690 

14»900 

17,400 

10,200

17,700 

13,400 

14,200 

11,700 

d!3,200

14,900 

13,900 

13,800 

23,000 

15,600

Dec.

16,000 

13,400 

11,100 

9,030 

10,400

6,750 

32,300 

32,000 

29 , 400 

21,800

24,200 

27,400 

15,000 

37,100 

40,900

33,100 

27,700 

35,800 

32,000 

25,000

37,400 

37,100 

57,300 

59,500 

63,400

57,100 

dl6,OOO 

32,100 

21,400 

d9 , 000 

41,000

Jan.

23,100 

23,900 

d22,500 

21,200 

18,700

23,700 

40,500 

25,700 

35,800 

34,700

d22,000 

16 , 300 

18,400 

26,900 

61,200

67,800 

70,100 

74,700 

87,500 

d88,000

b94,000 

b74,000 

b58,000 

b46,000 

b38,000

b32,000 

*b26,000 

#b22,500 

b20,500 

b21,500 

 at>22,500

Month

Oct( 

Novf 

Decf

Ct

Jam 

Feb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Junt 

Juli 

Augi 

Sep1

W

ilendar year 193S

jj

»ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

*20,500 

b21,500 

b23,500 

b24,000 

b24,000

b28,000 

b33,000 

38,900 

46,200 

47,100

60,400 

133,000 

163,000 

170,000 

184,000

164,000 

182,000 

189,000 

249,000 

269,000

266,000 

266,000 

'263,000 

252,000 

217,000

191,000 

157,000 

134,000 

115,000

Mar.

114,000 

124,000 

264,000 

318,000 

325,000

320,000 

333,000 

345,000 

347,000 

314,000

278,000 

234,000 

197,000 

161,000 

129,000

105,000 

96,500 

105,000 

102,000 

105,000

107,000 

124,000 

138,000 

161,000 

170,000

165,000 

151,000 

132,000 

103,000 

90, 500 

96,500

Secondfoot-days

453,180 

532,710 

913,680

43,306,190

1,262,700 

3,951,100 

5,754,500 

11,294,000 

2,847,900 

4,299,200 

2,076,900 

1,306,500 

1,030,580

35,712,950

Apr.

162,000 

258,000 

297,000 

330,000 

343,000

344,000 

331,000 

321,000 

288,000 

283,000

263,000 

289,000 

282,000 

262,000 

255,000

255,000 

263,000 

295,000 

361,000 

451, 000

513,000 

530,000 

564,000 

584,000 

597,000

589,000 

570,000 

537,000 

477.000 

400,000

Maximum

35,600 

46,000 

63,400

622,000

94,000 

269,000 

347,000 

597,000 

312,000 

250,000 

163,000 

120,000 

92,200

597,000

M»y

312,000 

225,000 

173,000 

132,000 

111,000

99,300 

82,800 

83,200 

81,400 

66,100

63,500 

46,400 

47,900 

50,100 

43,400

43,000 

49,800 

49,000 

44,800 

41,700

40JOOO 

40,300 

46,200 

61,700 

73,100

80,700 

96,500 

121,000 

143,000 

150,000 

150,000

Minimum

6,380 

7,520 

8,750

5,EOO

16,300 

20, 500 

90,500 

162,000 

40,000 

85,100 

29,300 

14,300 

9,860

6,380

June

168,000 

191,000 

231,000 

242,000 

250,000

235,000 

199,000 

168,000 

140,000 

116,000

95,600 

91,200 

92,500 

101,000 

116,000

130,000 

136,000 

139,000 

129,000 

116,000

117,000 

134,000 

145,000 

142,000 

124,000

105,000 

85,100 

93,800 

108,000 

149,000

July

163,0"X) 

153,000 

130,000 

114,000 

108, 000

113,000 

118,000 

116,000 

95, 600 

58,1-X)

36,700 

37,800 

38,600 

35,200 

44,800

51,500 

55,500 

52,770 

41,600 

56,700

56,600 

48,900 

36, 400 

29,300 

33,000

46,300 

48,800 

53,700 

33,200 

35,700 

35,200

Mean

14,620 

17,760 

29,470

118,600

40,730 

136,200 

185,600 

376,500 

91,870 

143,000 

67,000 

42,100 

34,350

97, 530

Aug.

33,100 

37,100 

36,400 

37,600 

30,300

20,500 

24,800 

23,200 

16, 600 

19,300

17,100 

23,200 

19,600 

14,300 

22,300

58,800 

60,700 

99,300 

120,000 

106,000

68,000 

28,000 

23,400 

27,100 

24,800

18, 900 

28,900 

54,400 

64,400 

64,200 

84,000

Per square 

mile

0.160 

.195 

.323

1.30

.447 

1.49 

2.04 

4.13 

1.01 

1.57 

.735 

.462 

.377

1.07

Sept.

83,600 

82,400 

84,400 

92,200 

87,700

65,700 

24,300 

13,300 

22,500 

26,100

29,300 

17,900 

31,100 

29,700 

15,300

25,800 

14,500 

14,100 

15,900 

10,800

10,900 

9,860 

9,920 

13,300 

23,800

26,600 

25,700 

44,400 

44,400 

35,100

Run-off In 

Inches

0.18 

.22 

.37

17.65

.52 

1.61 

2.35 

4.61 

1.16 

1.75 

.85 

.53 

.42

14.57

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Cincinnati, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Mayavllle 

and Cincinnati.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 39

Ohio River at Evansville, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°58'2011 , long. 87°34'3511 , at Riverside Drive and 

(jourt Street in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, three-quarters of a mile upstream 

from Pigeon Creek. Datum of gage is 329.18 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River 

datum).

Drainage area.- 107,000 square miles (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau).

Records available.- December 1936 to March 1937 (in Water-Supply Paper 838); October 1937 

to September 1940 (fragmentary).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 613,000 second-feet Apr. 28 (gage height, 43/81

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 1,410,000 second-feet Jan. 29, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 53.75 feet Jan. 31, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge computed for open-river conditions only (generally 

above 85,000 second-feet).

Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau. Results of 31 dis- 

 charge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, January to September 1940

Pay

1

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

J.6 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

2« 

30 

31

Jan.

85,900 

85,000 

85,900 

86,800

90,400 

i35,800

Feb.

693,300 

el38,QOO 

e!81,000 

e!98 ,000

205 ,000 

214,000 

221,000 

e249,000 

e283,000

e309,000 

312,000 

316,000 

312,000 

301 ,000

e261,000 

6229,000 

e!98,000 

e!74,000

Mar.

elB3,000 

148,000 

e!69,000 

e243,000 

e318,000

6354,000 

357,000 

367,000 

370,000 

370,000

363,000 

6331,000 

e297,000 

6257,000 

6221,000

e!91,000 

e!6S,000 

e!44,000 

141,000 

139,000

139,000 

138,000 

140,000 

146,000 

e!66,000

175,000 

130,000 

176,000 

e!54,000 

6134,000 

e!21,000

Month

Octob 

Novem 

Deoem

Gal

Janua 

Febru 

March 

April 

Hay

ber.... ...,----.- ........

endar year 

ry 17-21

July ' 

Augus 

Septe

Water year 193

Apr.

123,000 

e!66,000 . 

e231,000 

6281 ,000 

6312,000

6329,000 

333,000 

336,000 

331,000 

319,000

306,000 

304,000 

306,000 

310,000 

304,000

291,000 

280,000 

e294,000 

6340,000 

e391,000

6436,000 

6479,000 

6523,000 

544 ,000 

570,000

594,000 

606,000 

613,000 

606,000 

594,000

Secondfoot-days

-

-

434,000 

4,194,300 

6,765,000 

11,462,000

4,384,500 

1,406,900

517,300

-

May

554,000 

6480,000 

6399,000 

6321,000 

6260,000

e 209, 000 

6172,000 

6139,000

ens ,000

6101,000

95,800 

t69,600

94,900 

104,000 

e!13,000 

6138,000 

6153,000

Maximum

_

679,000

90,400 

316,000 

370,000 

613,000

226,000 

162,000

89,500

613,000

June

156 ,000 

163,000 

e 186,000 

6204,000 

6218,000

222,000 

226,000 

6209,000 

6187,000 

6165,000

6139,000 

6119,000 

6107,000 

102,000 

100,000

107,000 

6123,000 

131,000 

138,000 

140 ,000

134,000 

127,000 

128,000 

133,000 

145,000

142,000 

6124,000 

6110,000 

101,000 

96,500

Minimum

-

-

85,000 

93,300 

121 ,000 

123,000

98,500 

64,900

82,400

-

July

el24,000 

e!56,000 

162,000 

6149,000 

6131,000

125,000 

118,000 

119,000 

121,000 

117,000

e84,900

' Mean

~-

-

86,800 

233,000 

218,200 

381,700

146,200 

127,900

86,220

-

Avg.

eF5,200 

105,000

112,000

Per aquare 

mile

:

-

0.811 

2.18 

2.C4 

3.57

1.37 

1.20

. 06

-

Sept.

82,400 

85,900 

86,800 

86,900 

86,800

89,500

Run-off in 

Inches

-

-

0.15 

1.46 

2.35 

3.98

1.52 

.49

.18

-

t Result of discharge measurement.

J Average of two discharge measurements.

e Rate of change of stage of 0.05 foot per hour or greater; discharge computed lay using rate of 

change of stage as a factor.

Note.- Recorder not operating Oct. 1 to Feb. 12; discharge computed on basis of once-daily reading 

of staff gage. 

461679 O - 42 - 4
40 OHIO RIVER MfcJN STEM 

Ohio River at Golconda, 111.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°21', long. 88°29', at lock and dam 51, at Golconda, Pope 

county, half a mile upstream from Long Branch and 1 mils downstream from Loves Branch. 

Datum of gage Is 294.6 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum). Auxiliary staff 

gage at lock and dam 50, 26.3 miles upstream. Datum of auxiliary gage. Is 301.1 feet 

above mean sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 143,900 square miles at dam 51 (authority, Corps of Englreers, U. S.

nRecords available.- October 1937 to September 1940 (fragmentary).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 714,000 second-feet May 1; maximum gage height, 

45.71 feet May 1, from graph based on gage readings. '

1937-40: Maximum discharge, 733,000 second-feet Apr. 27, 1939; marlmum gage height, 

48.4 feet Feb. 15, 16, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 62.6 feet Feb. 1-3, 1937; maximum discharge, 1,470,000 secondfeet Feb. 2, 3, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge computed by using fall as determined f" auxiliary staff 

gage, read six times dally or oftener, as a factor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 41 discharge measurements* furnished by 

corps or engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September IS40

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

6

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

tiolsoo 

tso.ioo

Hov. Bee.

t!7,700

Jan.

t41,400

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ruary 15 

ch

29

ater year

Feb.

101,000 

144,000 

185,000

80S ,OOO 

223,000 

247,000 

266,000 

290,000

516,000 

340,000 

552,000 

559,000 

557,000

548,000 

328,000 

299,000 

266,000

Mar.

229,000 

201,000 

187,000 

199,000 

262,000

523,000 

564,000 

588,000 

408,000 

416,000

421,000 

423,000 

411,000 

362,000 

341,000

299,000 

258,000 

221,000 

198,000 

181,000

173,000 

168,000 

164,000 

165,000 

166,000

177,000 

191,000 

197,000 

193,000 

179,000 

161,000

Secondroot-days

4,629,000 

S, 044 ,000 

12,055,000

5,004,000 

1,555,000

-

Apr.

145,000 

142,000 

172,000 

226,000 

278 ,000

510,000 

533,000 

346,000 

355,000 

351,000

347,000 

347,000 

545,000 

550,000 

553,000

352,000 

546,000 

346,000 

359 ,000 

599,000

435,000 

471,000 

504,000 

544,000 

578,000

616,000 

641,000 

665,000 

682,000 

697,000

Maximum

369,000 

423,000 

697,000

249,000 

162,000

-

May

708,000 

701,000 

680,000 

642,000 

589,000

518,000 

434,000 

346,000 

274,000 

221 ,000

180,000 

155,000

106,000 

107,000 

110,000 

114,000 

122,000 

143,000

Minimum

101,000 

161,000 

142,000

108,000 

102,000

-

June

162,000 

172,000 

179,000 

195,000 

214,000

231,000 

245,000 

249,000 

239,000 

820,000

197,000 

175,000 

153,000 

136,000 

125,000

122,000 

130,000 

142,000 

153,000 

157,000

156,000 

149,000 

141,000 

140,000 

147,000

164,000 

161,000 

139,000 

183,000 

108,000

July

102,000 

118,0X1 

149,000 

162,000 

169,000

146,010 

152,000 

124,000 

121,000 

122,000

Mean

272,500 

259,500 

401,200

166,800 

155,500

-

Aug.

t 40, 200

Per square

mile

1.89 

l.SO 

2.79

1.16 

.928

-

Sept.

$35,600 

132,800

Run-off In 

Inches

1.20 

2.08 

5.11

1.29 

.55

-

: Result of discharge measurement. Average of two discharge measurements.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 41

Ohio River at Metropolis, 111.

\

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°08'51", long. 88°44'27", at Paducah & Illinois 

R. R. orldge, at Metropolis, Massac County, 94 miles downstream from Tennessee River 

and 37 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 276.27 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary water-stage recorder, lat. S?0 !^ 1 ^", long. 

88 002'08", 0.5 mile upstream from dam 53, 3 miles southwest of Grand Chain, Pulaskl 

County, and 18 miles downstream from base gage. Datum of auxiliary gage is 276.30 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 203,000 square miles at Metropolis [authority, Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army;.

Records available.- January 1934 to September 1940. Since December 1881 (occasional 

discharge measurements at Paducah or Metropolis), in reports of Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army and of Mississippi River Commission.

Extremes.- Maximum dally discharge during year, 846,000 second-feet May 2; maximum gage 

neignt, 48.89 feet May 2; minimum dally discharge, 25,200 second-feet Oct. 7.

1934-39: Maximum discharge, 1,780,000 second-feet Feb. 1, 1937 (total discharge. 

Including overflow through Bay Creek and Cache River Valleys, 1,850,000 second-feet); 

maximum gage height, 66.60 feet Feb. 2, 1937; minimum dally discharge, 23,700 secondfeet Nov. 3, 1938.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of slack water affected by dam operations and those based on staff-gage readings, which are good. Discharge computed by 

using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. Flow controlled 

by operation of navlagatlon dams above and below Metropolis except during periods of 

high water when dams are lowered and open-river conditions prevail.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with, and results of 31 discharge 

measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

io9

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

22 

S3 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

dot.

28,900 

43,900 

39,000 

28,400 

25,700

30,400 

25,200 

29,200 

27,600 

32,300

32,800 

37,500 

39,000 

37,300 

26,300

25,900 

28,700 

27,200 

27,700 

26,800

23,700 

30,200 

28,400 

30,800 

27,300

31,700 

44,700 

50,000 

62,200 

69,800 

68,500

HOT.

62,9OO 

63,900 

66,800 

42,000 

36,800

37,900 

40,600 

39,000 

33,600 

38,500

36,400 

37,400 

36,400 

43,700 

43,500

38,000 

36,900 

40,700 

36,900 

40,700

45,200 

39,600 

38,500 

39,600 

39,100

38,500 

38,500 

36,900 

35,900 

34,800

Dec.

35,300 

42,300 

37,800 

33,800 

34,300

33,300 

35,200 

37,900 

52,600 

56,000

50,200 

45,800 

51,200 

50,500 

48,100

52,900 

53,000 

52,500 

55,200 

58,000

55,500 

64,100 

76,100 

81,000 

77,500

78,600 

84,900 

77,900 

62,800 

43,000 

60,800

Jan.

60,100 

50,600 

45,100 

46,100 

47,100

50,7.00 

63,000 

60,100 

56,600 

61,600

68,600 

59,300 

48,600 

71,600 

68,000

73,600 

104,000 

111,000 

116,000 

108,000

102,000 

103,000 

97,900 

88,000 

74,000

73,700 

66,700 

63,400 

58,800 

60,600 

63,300

Month

Oetc 

Nore 

Deoe

08

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

63,700 

63,100 

63,600 

62,400 

61,300

60,100 

60,100 

58,400 

62,200 

68,200

78,600 

136,000 

161,000 

193,000 

232,000

266,000 

236,000 

331,000 

383,000 

436,000

488,000 

515,000 

528,000 

529,000 

517,000

490,000 

460,000 

419,000 

375,000

Mar.

342,000 

320,000 

326,000 

340,000 

366,000

420,000 

473,000 

509,000 

519,000 

522,000

522,000 

526,000 

538,000 

555,000 

562,000

545,000 

508,000 

457,000 

421,000 

387,000

361,000 

334,000 

310,000 

284,000 

259,000

249,000 

244,000 

250,000 

250,000 

254,000 

271,000

Secondfoot -days

1,097,100 

1,249,100 

1,668,100

101,490,400

2,221,100 

7,446,900 

12,224,000 

16,063,000 

9,990,000 

6,056,000 

4,051,100 

2,603,000 

2,377,600

67,047,000

Apr.

293,000 

308,000 

324,000 

361,000 

410,000

459,000 

493,000 

515,000 

524,000 

508,000

492,000 

480,000 

448,000 

432,000 

419,000

418,000 

416,000 

430,000 

449,000 

540,000

603,000 

652,000 

687,000 

713,000 

730,000

754,000 

779,000 

796,000 

811,000 

819,000

Maximum

69,800 

68,900 

84,900

1,130,000

116,000 

529,000 

562,000 

819,000 

846,000 

273,000 

190,000 

158,000 

174,000

846,000

Haj

844,000 

846,000 

841,000 

820,000 

776,000

720,000 

646,000 

542,000 

453,000 

365,000

295,000 

243,000 

214,000 

180,000 

140,000

109,000 

116,000 

128,000 

110,000 

114,000

109,000 

106,000 

104,000 

108,000 

126,000

135,000 

142,000 

158,000 

166,000 

162,000 

172,000

Minimum

25,200 

34,800 

33,300

25,200

45,100 

58,400 

244,000 

293,000 

104,000 

157,000 

65,000 

50,700 

37,500

25,200

June

190,000 

204,000 

211,000 

217,000 

231,000

246,000 

261,000 

273,000 

273,000 

260,000

248,000 

226,000 

204,000 

185,000 

173,000

162,000 

160,000 

167,000 

176,000 

184,000

184,000 

184,000 

182,000 

180,000 

183,000

189,000 

189,000 

183,000 

174,000 

157,000

July

144,000 

144,000 

159,000 

179,000 

190,000

187,000 

177,000 

161,000 

158,000 

157,000

166,000 

174,000 

120,000 

101,000 

119,000

126,000 

135,000 

137,000 

139,000 

138,000

128,000 

112,000 

107,000 

95,400 

93,200

75,200 

98,800 

95,900 

87,600 

82,000 

65,000

Mean

35,390 

41,640 

53,810

278,100

71,650 

256,800 

394r300 

535,400 

322,300 

201,900 

130,700 

83,970 

79,250

183,200

Aug.

69,900 

6"j,700 

6-5,000 

63,100 

63,900

7'>,600 

67,500 

59,500 

6<?,SOO 

54,800

51,700 

51,400 

53,600 

57,200 

50,700

65,700 

97,400 

11^.000 

123,000 

137,000

149,000 

158,000 

154,000 

77,800 

6"5,600

80,300 

87,300 

87,700 

101,000 

100,000 

93,800

Per square 

mile

0.174 

.215 

.265

1.37

.S^S 

1.27 

1.9< 

2.64 

1.5") 

.9")8 

.6*4 

.414 

.3TO

.902

Sept.

115,000 

124,000 

146,000 

174,000 

161,000

136,000 

128,000 

105,000 

83,000 

82,000

79,600 

71,100 

55,300 

52,700 

69,500

60,100 

53,000 

44,000 

39,400 

41,000

41,700 

42,400 

37,500 

45,600 

53,000

60,800 

55,900 

65,800 

76,000 

78,700

Run-off In 

Inches

0.20 

.23 

.31

18.59

.41 

1.36 

2.24 

2.94 

1.83 

1.11 

.74 

.48 

.44

12.29

Note.- Discharge computed from twice-daily readings of wire-weight gage at Metropolis Jan. 25 to 

Feb. 3; and from hourly readings of staff gages at dam 53 Dec. 29 to Jan. 4; Jan 16 ti Feb. 13; 

Apr. 3 to Hay 3; May 29-31; July 13 to Aug. 10; Aug. 18 to Sept. IS.
42 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Conewango Creek at Waterboro, N. Y.

/

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 42°10'20", long. 79°03'50", 250 feet upstrean from Davls 

Brook, 800 feet upstream from new highway bridge at Waterboro, Chautauqua County, and 

2.7 miles upstream from Kennedy. Datum of gage Is 1,256.09 feet above mean sea level 

(Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 290 square miles (Including that of Davls Brook). 

Records available.- September 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 4,160 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 

 9.75 feet); minimum observed, 22 second-feet Aug. 18 (gage height, 2.19 feet); minimum 

gage height observed, 1.18 feet Oct. 7, 8.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 5, 1940; minimum, that of Aug. 18, 1940.

Remarks.- Records fair. Oage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Results of three discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

u. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year OctoT>er 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

70 

73 

61 

53 

50

48 

44 

57 

160 

232

203 

194 

144 

116 

102

96 

84 

73 

70 

69

66 

65 

68 

67 

65

73 

360 

1,240 

929 

552 

327

Hov.

241 

293 

400 

160 

222

293 

304 

426 

510 

453

400 

375 

351 

293

251

282

304 

251 

212 

194

16S 

152 

144 

137 

130

116 

109 

109 

109 

109

Dec.

109 

152 

1,030 

1,760 

1,760

1,320 

6S6 

665 

602 

510

*1,010 

S97 

S57 

1,070 

839

632

698 

767 

632 

1,630

1,710 

1,450 

SOS 

665 

600

539 

426 

375 

316 

260 

220

Jan.

200 

200 

190 

180 

170

170 

160 

160 

160 

150

*150 

150 

160 

190 

S19

952

303 

700 

600 

500

460 

400 

340 

300 

260

240 

220 

200 

180 

170 

160

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

150 

140 

130 

130 

120

130 

140 

160 

170 

220

800 

1,240 

1,280 

1,000 

800

700 

650 

600 

*569 

569

539 

500 

440 

400 

360

320 

2SO 

260 

240

Mar.

220 

220 

2SO 

90S 

1,150

1,070 

S76 

732 

650 

550

500 

440 

400 

375 

375

327 

316 

350 

1,320 

1,370

1,190 

991 

SOS 

632 

569

453 

426 

400 

824 

2,230 

«3,210

Secondfoot-days

5,811 

7,49S 

24,990

155,915

9,694 

13,037 

24,157 

64,989 

14,057 

29,992 

5,370 

2,279 

5,645

207,519

Apr.

3,840 

4,020 

4,020 

4,110 

4,110

3,750 

3,210 

2,920 

2,920 

2,710

2,250 

2,500 

2,330 

2,130 

1,730

1,520 

1,820 

1,420 

1,470 

1,620

2,130 

2,250 

1,840 

1,370 

955

710 

592 

477 

401 

364

Maximum

1,240 

510 

1,760

3,400

952 

1,230 

3,210 

4,110 

3., 270 

2,920 

480 

240 

78S

4,110

May

401 

710 

670 

631 

553

477 

401 

346 

SOS 

272

231 

223 

227 

19S 

173

205 

272 

234 

253 

303

249 

173 

184 

1,200 

1,270

955 

830 

710 

553 

439 

401

Minimum

44 

109 

109

36

150 

120 

220 

364 

173 

122 

SI 

24 

66

24

June

458 

553 

458 

346 

45S

212 

169 

122 

212 

ISO

2,480 

2,920 

2,680 

2,310 

1,730

S50 

480 

524 

1,450 

1,450

970 

430 

525 

1,940 

1,800

1,520 

910 

550 

6SO 

575

July

480 

374 

3Z5 

2EO 

217

ISO 

165 

163 

Ifo 

264

217 

166 

1*4 

134

ire

1PO 

23.7 

1P5 

IPS in

112 

108 

110 

117 

108

104 

97 

89 

86 

S4 

81

Mean

1S7 

250 

S06

427

313

450 

779 

2,166 

453 

1,000 

173 

73.5 

18S

567

Aug.

79 

76 

72 

69 

67

74 

74 

57 

50 

45

42 

38 

40 

69 

61

46 

34 

24 

71 

91

71 

60 

56 

49 

45

60 

66 

240 

158 

142 

153

Per square 

mile

0.645 

.362 

2.73

1.47

1.08 

1.55 

2.69 

7.47 

1.56 

3.45 

.597 

.253 

.648

1.96

Sept.

164 

156 

121 

101 

36

73 

66 

S2 

240 

190

145 

113 

116 

IDS 

116

OOg

173 

145 

121 

103

98 

113 

106 

101 

613

788 

509 

315 

200 

156

Run-off In 

Inches

0.74 

.96 

3.20

19.99

1.24 

1.67 

3.10 

S.33 

1.80 

3.85 

.69 

.29 

.72

26.59

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 

Feb. 22 to Mar. 3, Bar. 9-13.

30 to Jan. 14, Jan. 18 to Feb. 11, Feb. 14-18,
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Conewango Creek at Russell, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 41°56'20", long. 79°07'55", at highway bridge In Russell,

Warren County, 0.4 mile upstream from Ackley Run and 8.0 miles upstream from mouth.

Datum of gage Is 1,222.18 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted). 

Drainage area.- 816 square miles. 

Records available.- November 1939 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 10,700 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage height,

9.44 reet, observed at peak); minimum observed, 159 second-feet Aug. 11, 18 (gage

height, 2.18 feet)-. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage

read twice dally. Flow regulated by Chautauqua Lake; some diurnal fluctuation

caused, by mills above station. 

Cooperation.- Record of change In contents In Chautauqua Lake furnished by Department

of Public Works, city of Jamestown, N. Y.

Rating table, November 1939 to September 1940, except periods of ice effect (gage height, 

in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 

2.3

2.5

2.6 

3.1

135

195

270

410

605

3.5 920

4.0 1,330

4.5 1,900

5.0 2,490

6.0 3,600

7.0 6,460

S.O 7,540

9.5 10,910

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

s

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2V

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov.

_

_

_

-

-

_

<.

.

_

1,010

1,010

965

678

795

755

835

678

678

755

680

605

670

535

535

535

502

470

470

470

47O

-

Dec.

470

502

1,830

3,38O

3,240

3,240

2,610

1,900

1,680

1,480

2,250

*2,130

2,010

2,370

2,130

1,790

1,680

1,790

1,670

3,630

3,66O

3,380

2,490

1,900

1,580

1,480

1,260

1,130

i;020

980

920

Month

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

Calendar year

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

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

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

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

Mater year

Jan.

900

860

830

820

810

800

«80O

780

760

740

720

700

700

760

1,800

1,650

1,500

1,350

1,200

1,040

960

900

640

610

780

760

730

700

680

670

650

Feb.

640

630

630

630

«630

630

640

760

690

910

1,800

2,730

3,380

2,650

2,250

2,000

1,750

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,420

1,320

1,250

1,150

1,080

1,000

970

940

.

-

Mar900

S90

960

2,040

2,650

2,610

2,370

1,900

*1,790

1,580

1,380

1,280

1,240

1,190

1,140

1,100

1,100

1,150

3,220

3,660

3,240

2,730

2,250

1,680

1,5SO

1,480

1,380

1,280

2,420

5,100

6,240

Apr.

7,980

9,080

9,300

10,700

10,700

10,200

9,080

7,980

7,980

7,540

6,660

6,880

6,460

6,240

5,650

5,270

4,410

4,260

4,100

4,410

5,27O

5,090

4,910

4,670

3,800

2,860

2,250

2,010

1,790

1,680

-

Observed

Seoondf cot-days

14,601

61,582

-

27 990

39*OOO

63,730

178,980

39*893

67,085

"1 A nop

JL*>JL!7C

69655

18,376

-

Maximum

1,010

3,660

-

1,600

3,380

6,240

10,700

2,130

5,460

1,240

44f) **y

1,480

-

mniaimti

470

470

-

650

630

690

1,58O

518

195

X59

198

-

Mean

695

1,987

-

903

1,345

2,056

5*966

1*287

2,256

458

215

613

-

May

1,430

1,680

1,790,

1,790

1,680

1,580

1,480

1,330

1,280

1,240

1,100

920

920

S7S

795

795

835

795

795

S35

795

642

516

1,600

2,130

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,790

1,480

1,240

June

1,190

1,480

1,380

1,100

965

87S

835

68O

642

605

4,030

5,090

5,460

6,270

4,740

3.66O

1,900

1,360

2,610

2,980

2,610

1,680

1,280

1,280

2,800

3,110

2,610

1,900

1,580

1,380

-

Change in 

contents

(mean secondfeet )t

+113

_

-115

+2Y.9

+276

+20 2

-76.3

 76 4

 76 £

~S7«O

-67.4

-

July

1

1

240

060

920

795

680

605

570

535

642

676

670

440

335

310

29O

335

365

386

310

290

262

242

260

270

266

266

246

216

202

202

196

Aug.

169

183

177

174

166

206

254

216

169

177

162

165

166

246

216

195

171

159

242

266

226

19S

180

166

166

171

206

360

440

360

258

Sept.

290

310

335

270

246

216

198

763

1,240

680

535

440

470

605

642

718

680

605

535

502

502

502

502

502

1,350

1,480

1,140

796

716

605

-

Adjusted for change 

in reservoir contents

Mean

2,100

-

788

I

vnv fO 1 0

2 j332

5*986

1,209 

2,160

382

178

546

-

Per square 

mil* 1

2^57

-

 966

X>»68

8*86

7.34

1

AO

»*O

8.65

 466

 23.6

.669

-

Run-off 

n inches

_

2.96

-

1.11

X*S1

3.30

6.19

1.71

2.96

.54

.25

.76

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents in Chautauqua Lake.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 27 to Feb. 11, Feb. 16, 17, Feb. 22 to Mar. 3.
44 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Chadakoin River at Falconer, N. Y.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 42°06'45", Icng. 79°12'15",

at south Dow Street Bridge, In Falconer, Chautauqua County. Datum of gage la 1,256.64

feet above mean sea level (city of Jamestown bench mark). 

Drainage area.- 194 square miles. 

records available.- October 1934 to September 1940. 

Extremes ( regulated).- MsLxlmum discharge during year, 1,570 second-feet Apr. 11 (gage

height, 3791 feet); minimum, 12 second-feet Oct. 26, 27 (gage height, 0.41 foot);

minimum dally, 13 second-feet Oct. 25, 26.

1934-40: raxlmum discharge, 2,030 second-feet Apr. 1, 1936 (gage height, 4.41

feet); minimum, 6.2 second-feet Sept. 14, 1935 (gage height, 0.28 foot); minimum

dally, 8 second-feet Dec. 10, 1934. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Flow regulated by Chautauqua Lake; diurnal fluctuation caused by mills above station. 

Cooperation.- Record of change In contents In Chautauqua Lake furnished by Department of

PUDJ.IC works, city of Jamestown, N. Y.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

.5 

.6 

.7 

.3

11.6

17.8

27

40

57

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

l.S 

2.0

77

100

157

259

452

2.5 

3.0 

3.2 

3.5 

3.9

673

920

1,040

1,240

1,560

Discharge, in second-fast, water year October 1939 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

80

81

22

25

84

86

86

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

26

24

22

22

23

25

22

29

21

24

73

66

72

79

67

54

59

63

67

53

60

64

50

17

13

13

24

24

IS

14

14

NOV.

16

16

17

17

17

16

15

41

175

231

232

223

227

223

219

215

218

a225

0226

a225

a210

a216

a210

a210

a210

207

205

204

202

203

-

Dec.

195

199

221

249

304

304

317

319

306

321

322

311

545

395

386

382

331

377

337

456

555

538

473

466

439

444

336

450

443

443

446

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

Bay..................

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

443

4

4

4

166

196

192

437

479

!

S

£

183

!65

.59

25S

257

£

£

I

£5

!7S

37

436

377

I

I

I

58

.63

67

367

360

I

Z

;

59

48

J4S

347

348

Z

Z

Z

Z

44

141

35

33

329

Seoondfoot-daye

1,197

4 caeca ,DQD

11,565

101,423

11,265

10,266

12 804

36 » 609

13,375

13 , 735

3,187

1 fJLJUS 119

6,521

126,504

Feb.

321

322

324

322

316

314

316

311

313

336

34S

353

361

375

390

337

331

375

335

384

330

37S

330

373

370

367

364

364

361

_

-

Mar362

aS50

aS60

a360

aS80

aSSO

aSSO

aSSO

a375

376

372

365

353

360

362

362

365

402

404

412

443

453

447

447

440

436

433

446

490

575

724

Apr.

353

966

1,120

1,300

1,390

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,410

1,370

1,370

1,510

1,450

1,420

1,330

1,290

1,260

1,280

1,260

1,300

1,330

1,290

1,240

1,160

1,110

1,060

1,010

961

876

323

Observed

Maximum

79

232 

555

1,000

496

390

724

1,510

821

712

300

70

348

1,510

Minimum

13

15 

195

13

255

Sll

a350

323

50

261<io

O<5

25

22

13

Mean

3S .6

162 

373

273

363

354

413

1,227

431

456

103

35*9

211

346

Hay

821

807

798

779

757

705

667

652

647

567

456

444

429

336

314

316

317

315

314

307

160

50

57

74

58

53

307

506

490

438

449

June

470

534

397

392

453

442

346

272

261

263

604

694

712

663

649

573

440

437

590

539

527

600

417

426

423

372

366

341

308

310

Change in 

contents

(mean seoondfeet)t

+60.9

-20.2 

+113.1

+5.5

-115.3

+27.9

+276.3 

+20.2

-73,3

-76.4 

-76.2

-37.0

-67.4

+2.6

July

310

2T8 2->9

2^0

2^0

2^2-53

2<9

154

77

40

36

33

32

35

43

34

33

35

35

.34

36

37

34

79

43

40

39

40

37

39

Aug.

39

37

37

37

68

70

37

34

33

33

32

33

42

34

32

32

32

39

46

30

25

25

26

26

27

27

36

48

29

30

36

Sept.

37

33

29

27

26

24

22

83

90

153

165

217

343

339

334

310

304

304

302

299

301

300

297

315

305

272

272

280

278

265

Adjusted for change 

in reservoir contents}

Mean

99.5

142 

486

283

248

382

Ana ooy 

1,247

353

331

26 *6 -1.1

143

348

Pur square 

mile

0.513

.732 

2.51

1.46

1 28

ll97

3.55

6.43

1*82

1*96

 137

 O06

rjign to f

1.79

Run- of f . 

in Inches

0.59

an

 a<£

2.89

19.82

1.48

2.12

4.09

7.17

2.10

2.19

.16

-.01

QO

 O<5

24.42

Peak discharge.- Apr. S (S p.m.) 1,490 sec.-ft.; Apr. 11 (11:30 p.m.) 1,570 sec.-ft.

t Change in contents in Chautauqua Lake.

J Negative figures indicate that evaporation from Chautauqua Lake and elsewhere exceeded the 

inflow.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of elevations of Chautauqva Lake.

Mote.- Increase in contents in Chautauqua Lake during calendar year 1939, 174,300,000 cubic feet; 

increase in elevation, 0.30 foot. Increase in contents during water year 1939-40, about 81,600,000 

cubic feet; increase in elevation, 0.14 foot.
ALLEGHENY RIVfiR TRIBUTARIES 

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngsvllle, Pa.

45

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41"SI 1 10", long. 79 0 19'05", 150 feet dovnstream

rrom Highway bridge at Youngsville, Warren County, 500 feet upstream from ixthews Run,

and 3.7 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1,187.92 feet above mpan sea

level (adjustment of 1907). 

Drainage area.- 321 square miles, including that of Mathews Run. Prior to Oct. 1, 1938,

BO* square miles excluding that of Mathews Run. 

Records available.- October 1919 to September 1921 and October 1931 to Septemlar 1940 in

reports or u. s. Geological Survey. October 1909 to September 1940 in reports of

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters (include flow of Mathews Run since

October 1938).

Average discharge.- 26 years (1910-15, 1919-40), 544 second-feet. 

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 8,390 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 8.55

reetj; minimum, 52 second-feet Aug. 4.

1909-40: Maximum discharge observed, 14,300 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913 (gage height,

13.2 feet, present datum), from rating curve extended above 7,COO second-feet; minimum

observed, 19 second-feet Oct. 14, 1934. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Records

include discharge of Mathews Run.

Oct. 1 to June 28

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect or backwater from debris 

(gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

June 29 to Sept. 30

0.2 52 1.2 

.4 106 1.5 

.6 1(5 2.0 

.9 263 

Note.- Same as preoedIng table above 2.0 feet.

0.2 59

.4 112

.6 169

.9 866

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

389

5S8

625

1,155

1,510

2,290

3,220

4,400

7 5,600

6 7,360

387

537

Discharge, In second-feet, water Tear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

Z

a

4 

5

6 

7 

5 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

88 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

88 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

172 

157 

98 

77 

69

59 

67 

88 

461

329

632 

398 

248 

190 

175

157 

157 

123 

112 

US

120 

180 

140 

149 

140

199 

322 

938 

S13 

648 

371

NOT.

886 

258 

281 

259 

225

209 

199 

306 

528

417

436

417 

341 

318 

308

896 

886 

858

831 

818

190 

184 

178 

169

160

149 

143

140 

140 

140

Dec.

143

169 

887 

1,510 

1,300

771 

517 

538 

588

471

1,800 

1,160 

908 

1,080 

795

614 

648 

700 

686 

8,040

1,700 

1,060 

683 

598 

481

451 

304

270 

840 

880 

. 800

Jan.

190 

186 

186 

190 

190

195 

*195 

190 

190 

136

180 

160 

193 

899 

1,190

918 

789 

650 

550 

470

395 

385 

890 

865 

245

830 

815 

805 

195 

186 

160

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar

Apr *«y

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

tember. .........------------

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

175 

170 

170 

165 

165

*160 

880 

880 

318 

403

1,400 

1,510 

1,770 

1,480 

988

801 

689 

581 

588 

631

576 

476 

 410 

360 

330

300 

890 

295 

280

Mar.

270 

874

365 

970 

1,160

1,080 

865 Tie

609

470

*370 

340 

360 

340 

330

380 

380 

540 

8,060 

1,510

1,510 

1,840 

801 

631 

528

466 

451 

459 

1,470 

4,030 

6,550

Secondfoot-dayB

7,591 

7,636 

28,734

198,645

10,044 

16,649 

31,630 

75,844 

15,964 

17,788 

5,071 

2,614 

3,543

216,844

Apr.

6,800 

4,760 

4,700 

7,030 

5,480

3,140 

8,210 

8,580 

3,540 

2,940

1,690 

3,080 

8,640 

1,970 

1,360

1,700 

1,680 

8,380 

8,260 

8,560

3,090 

2,860 

1,440 

1,080 

819

654 

491 

488 

385 

363

Xaxijnum

938 

588 

8,040

5,650

1,190 

1,770 

6,550 

7,030 

1,330 

8,380 

580 

818 

348

7,030

May

386 

565 

587 

665 

307

431 

380 

346 

371 

337

300 

274 

274 

866 

269

355 

363 

333

380 

346

316 

865 

308 

1,070 

1,060

771 

1,330 

1,880 

777 

565 

706

Minimum

57

140 

143

39

160 

160 

870 

363 

859 

190 

70 

57 

65

57

June

866 

1,060 

765 

549 

441

371 

384 

896 

289 

894

1,560 

02,320 

01,110 

0450 

c308

c838 

e!90 

0254 

0819 

066!

c346 

c848 

0199 

c299 

c486

c368 

0868 

0710 

1,100 

676

July

580 

430 

388 

863 

888

190 

174 

168 

166 

169

159 

168 

141 

189 

186

177 

168 

155 

189 lie

109 

103 

100 

100 

89

86 

89 

84 

. 78 

73 

70

Mean

845 

856 

733

586

384 

547 

1,080 

8,508 

515 

691 

164 

90.6 

118

590

Aug.

66 

68 

60 

60 

57

91 

138 

98 

75 

68

65 

68 

68 

84 

89

69 

78 

70 

155

115

98 

78 

65

66 

60

78 

86 

800

218 

147 

180

Per square

0.765 

.79* 

8.88

1.64

1.01 

1.70 

3.16 

7.B1 

1.60 

1.64 

.511 

.28? 

.£68

1.84

Sept.

152 

136 

US 

96 

81

73 

65 

73 

151 

106

98 

98 

98 

103 

106

186

11B 

100 

86 

78

76 

84 

89 

84 

800

342 

246 

168 

152 

109

Run-off In 

Inches

0.88 

.59 

2.63

88.32

1.16 

1.63 

3.67 

8.71 

1.84 

2.05 

.59 

.33 

.41

24.99

Peak dlachargp.- Apr. 1 (1 a.m.) 6,390 seo.-ft.j Apr. 4 (12s30 a.m.) 7,860 sec.-ft.; Apr. 9 (2 

a.m.) 4,140 seo.-ft.; Apr. 21 (2 a.m.) 3,430 seo.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

e Backwater from debris on controlj discharge computed on basis of gage heights and one discharge 

measurement. , °

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 88 to Jan. 12, Jan. 18 to Feb. 6, Feb. 23 to 

Mar. 1, Mar. 10-17.
46 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Tionesta Creek at Lynch, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°36'05", long. 79°03'00", at highway bridge at 

Lynch, Forest County, 500 feet upstream from Bluejay Creek and 7 miles south of 

Sheffield, Datum of gage is 1,252.43 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 233 square miles.

Records available.- March 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,250 second-feet Apr. 4 (gag3 height, 8.30 

reet); minimum, 31 second-feet Aug. 25.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 4, 1940; minimum, 11 second-feet Sept. 

24, 25, 1939 (gage height, 0.70 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage heigh*., In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 16

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

l.S

24

65

113

200

311

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

448

656

966

1,506

1,720

0.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.8

Mar. 19 to Sept. 30

34

76

128

192

505

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4

440

645

1,250

1,650

2,500

3,610

4,630

5,660

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

187 

92 

61 

48 

42

38 

SS 

86 

696 

852

238

leo

152

110 

98

86 

76 

70 

65 

67

67 

79 

96 

90 

81

218 

571 

924 

591 

410 

552

Nov.

296 

245 

214 

188 

181

197 

214 

f566 

f429 

f554

572 

557 

299 

291 

271

260 

262 

258 

220 

205

194 

184 

175 

165 

154

137 

155 

145 

129 

124

Dec.

121 

158 

779 

1,020 

656

629 

458 

465 

595 

591

758 

554 

581 

607 

495

455 

468 

478 

443 

1,790

1,600 

1,090 

849 

678 

615

495 

424 

570 

520 

280 

260

Jan.

230 

210 

200 

200 

190

«180 

170 

166 

160 

155

155 

150 

145 

550 

580

570 

270 

230 

200 

180

165 

150 

140 

155 

125

120 

115 

110 

105 

105 

105

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

IS

alendar year 195

ater year 1939-4Q

Feb.

100 

100 

*100 

100 

105

no

150 

200 

180 

210

550 

680 

830 

750 

650

550 

480 

450 

490 

520

470 

400 

540 

500 

270

240 

225 

215 

210

Mar.

200 

200 

250 

360 

860

640 

490 

«415 

S8O 

550

550 

510 

540 

510 

290

280 

270 

460 

2,140 

1,540

960 

78S 

618 

515 

440

440 

586 

598 

754 

1,500 

«5,100

Seeondfoot-days

5,921 

6,964 

18,562

141,104

5,865 

9,975 

20,068 

58,101 

19,129 

9,655 

5,566 

2,281 

4,907

166,974

Apr.

3,620 

2,600 

2,790 

5,600 

4,280

2,800 

2,140 

2,580 

5,510 

2-.180

1,650 

2,490 

1,840 

1,110 

1,050

960 

799 

1,860 

1,670 

1,960

2,560 

1,920 

1,450 

1,140 

924

772 

640 

540 

475 

451

Maximum

924 

429 

1,790

2,810

580 

830 

5,100 

5,600 

2,100 

667 

440 

190 

798

5,600

May

456 

694 

560 

555 

486

450 

418 

596 

404 

554

528 

301 

3O5 

2S5 

275

528 

505 

281 

275 

598

465 

422 

475 

2,100 

1,560

1,080 

1,500 

1,220 

960 

111 

722

Minimum

38 

124 

121

11

106 

100 

200 

431 

275 

156 

71 

58 

53

52

June

667 

634 

490 

418 

359

501 

281 

528 

510 

250

261 

366 

265 

2SO 

199

179 

166 

227 

468 

261

224 

185 

172 

507 

421

297 

261 

289 

480 

559

Jul-r

440 

532 

289 

257 

213

186 

159 

147 

157 

163

162 

216 

150 

117 

106

195

155 

103 

92 

85

75 

71 

91 

153 

100

274 

409 

220 

176 

169 

137

Mean

191 

232 

599

587

189 

544 

647 

1,957 

617 

521 

180 

75.6 

164

466

Aug.

Ill 

92 

85 

75 

71

99 

131 

85 

66 

60

53 

47 

69 

88 

58

45 

44

44 

96 

77

62 

44 

56 

54 

52

68 

77 

117 

78 

57 

190

Per square 

mile

0.820 

.996 

2.57

1.66

.811 

1.48 

2.78 

8.31 

2.66 

1.58 

.775 

.516 

.704

1.96

Sept.

285 

128 

103 

82 

71

62 

55 

224 

406 

224

176 

140 

128 

111 

98

95 

82 

76 

66 

62

68 

92 

68 

72 

798

575 

250 

199 

169 

147

Run-off In 

Inches

0.96 

1.11 

2.96

22.62

.95 

1.60 

5.21 

9.27 

5.06 

1.54 

.89 

.56 

.79

26.67

Peak discharge.- Apr. 1 (4 a.m.) 4,590 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (6 a.m.) 6,250 sec.-ft.; Apr. 9 

4,060 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 28 to Mar. 18.

a.m.)
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 47

Tionesta Creek at Nebraska, Pa.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 41°28'25", long. 79 023'05", 500 feet downstream from highway 

bridge at Nebraska, Forest County, and a third of a mile downstream from Coon Creek. 

Datum of gage is 1,079.00 feet above mean sea level (Pennsylvania State highway bench mark).

Drainage area.- 469 square miles.

itecords available.- October 1931 to September 1940 (discontinued) in reports of U. S 

oeoiogical Survey. October 1909 to September 1911 in reports of Flood Commission of 

Pittsburgh, 1911. August 1923 to September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department 

of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1925-40), 842 second-feet.

Extremes.- naxlmum discharge during year, 12,000 second-feet Apr. 4, from stuc"y of outrj-ow and change in contents of Tionesta Creek Reservoir and comparison witt records 

for station at Lynch; maximum gage height, 12.0 feet Apr. 5, from graph bared on gage 

readings, affected by backwater from Tionesta Creek Dam: minimum discharge observed 

62 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 0.38 foot).

1909-11, 1923-40: Maximum discharge, 21,900 second-feet Mar. 4, 1934 (rage height, 

11.4 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended e.bove 15,500 

second-feet; minimum observed, 25 second-feet Sept. 7-10, 25, 1927.

Remarks.- Records-good except those for periods of ice effect or backwater frr"i Tionesta 

Creek Dam, which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, mater year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and of backwater frrar Tionesta 

Creek Dam (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

.6

1.0 

1.4

67

121

187

267

460

l.S 

2.2 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

940

1,260

1,620

2.130

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

2,710 

4,070 

§,860 

S,010 

10,560

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

410

206

124

93

SO

75

70

276

1,350

600

360

336

233

184

156

136

121

113

104

104

107

113

133

143

127

331

S10

1,920

1,350

835

650

NOT.

565

485

410

360

312

336

3S5

565

740

620

650

620

538

510

4S5

460

435

410

385

360

312

290

290

267

242

214

195

242

202

195

-

Dec.

187

271

1,020

1,720

1,130

905

770

770

680

*620

1,420

1,130

1,050

1,170

940

835

835

S35

770

2,840

2,960

2,020

1,530

1,260

1,050

905

800

620

530

450

410

Jan.

380

370

360

350

«340

320

310

295

2SO

270

*265

265

270

450

1,400

1,150

soo

580

480

400

330

290

260

240

220.

210

195

1S5

180

170

165

Month

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

160

160

*155

150

150

170

200

250

230

370

1,100

1,200

1,500

1,250

1,000

870

780

760

800

S50

SOO

650

550

500

430

3SO

360

340

330

_

-

Mar.

310

300

510

900

1,350

1,200

1,000

*880

800

730

640

560

640

*550

500

480

460

540

4,000

4,700

2,020

1,620

1,260

1,050

900

S20

800

850

2,670

3,350

6,680

Secondfoot-daya

11,650

12,080

32,433

252,887

11,780

16,445

43,070

114,135

39,596

18,247

9,412

3,491

6,333

318,672

Apr.

8,480

5,090

4,560

010,200

c7,680

c5,2SO

3,770

4,070

7,330

4,230

2,960

5,090

3,490

2,710

2,130

*1,820

1,530

3,790

3,920

4,070

5,090

4,070

2,960

2,350

1,920

1,530

1,260

1,050

905

800

" 

Maximum

1,920

740

2,960

4,770

1,400

1,500

6,680

10,200

4,370

1,440

800

198

681

10,200

Hay

S35

1,440

1,130

1,130

975

905

835

770

770

680

620

565

592

565

510

592

592

538

510

905

S70

740

877

4,370

2,960

2,350

3,770

2,830

2,130

1,620

1,620

Minimum

70

195

187

27

165

150

300

800

510

267

127

65

90

65

June

1,440

1,440

1,090

905

770

650

620

SOO

650

53S

485

740

592

460

410

360

312

336

620

485

3S5

290

267

360

592

510

410

385

725

620

-

July

SOO

620

510

4S5

360

312

263

238

214

312

410

485

360

233

195

360

312

210

180

159

146

133

127

187

166

163

482

350

242

246

202

Mean

376

403

1,046

693

380

567

1,389

3,804

1,277

608

304

113

211

871

Aug.

156

133

121

113

107

110

198

152

110

93

88

SO

77

124

110

S3

72

77

115

152

104

77

70

67

65

104

146

180

152

115

140

Per squrre 

mile

0.872

.839

2.2?

1.43

.8X0

1.21

2.9)

8.11

2.72

1.30

.648 .2<4

.450

1.83

Sept.

515

266

173

140

115

99

90

90

344

315

242

1S7

166

136

133

121

115

110

96

93

90

99

113

93

6S1

668

360

267

221

195

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.92

.96

2.57

20.02

.93

1.30

3.41

9.05

3.14

1.45

.75

.28

.50

25.26

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

c Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from Tionesta Creek Dam; discharge determined 

from study of outflow and change in contents of Tionesta Creek Reservoir, and by comparison with 

records for station at Lynch.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 29 to Mar. 19, Mar. 24-28.
48 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Oil Creek at Rousevllle, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 41°28 1 55", long. 79°41'40", at highway bridge 400 feet upstream from Cherrytree Run and 1 mile upstream from Rousevllle, Venango County. 

Datum of gage Is 1,038.33 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 300 square miles, Including that of Cherrytree Run.

Records available.- June 1933 to September 1940 (Include flow of Cherrytree Run).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,030 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage 1 eight, 8.30 

feet, observed at peak); minimum observed, 44 second-feet Sept. 23 (gape height, 3.01 

feet).

1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 11,300 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 

9.85 feet); minimum obeerved, 22 second-feet July 29, Sept. 5, 7, 1934 (gage height, 

1.76 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage read 

twice dally. Some regulation at low stages by mills above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.8

42

79

123

178

245

3.0 

3.3 

3.7 

4.0

324

465

695

S90

1,260

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O

1,790

3,100

4,680

6,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

152

105

79

71

66

62

58

90

350

239

349

310

175

139

121

114

107

93

90

90

94

96

107

144

131

161

413

1,100

731

415

304

Nov.

245

214

217

210

184

164

152

200

415

324

346

346

256

260

256

242

220

200

184

178

164

164

158

146

149

131

109

139

123

116

-

Dec.

141

136

271

760

SIS

346

233

316

*316

342

1,410

S28

664

890

574

465

518

516

440

1,450

1,100

723

518

415

368

346

260

240

230

210

190

Jan.

180

170

165

160

150

145

145

145

150

155

*160

160

270

5S9

1,620

946

574

370

340

310

290

270

250

230

210

190

ISO

170

160

150

140

Month

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

130

125

120

115

110

110

125

150

ISO

*275

1,290

1,560

1,790

1,100

633

490

450

430

465

664

604

440

415

368

346

275

308

308

268

-

liar.

260

287

375

1,090

1,350

960

t 695

574

518

440

368

304

392

 346

368

346

324

451

2,380

1,360

1,030

S90

518

450

380

360

360

443

1,580

4,510

5,990

Second - 

foot-days

6,561

6,212

15,791

168,013

9,164

13,644

30,199

58,749

17,993

15,910

5,381

2,585

2,221

134,415

Apr.

5,600

2,820

2,660

5,800

3,100

1,790

1,260

1,330

4,020

1,980

1,130

3,360

2,040

1,350

1,100

1,460

1,030

1,980

1,920

2,340

3,480

1,800

1,180

690

728

633

546

492

416

415

-

Maximum

1,100

415

1,450

5,340

1,620

1,790

5,990

5,300

1,670

1,670

633

156

211

5,990

May

415

664

546

546

465

415

415

368

368

346

320

299

287

267

279

440

440

392

346

415

368

316

354

1,670

1,260

909

1,610

1,030

664

604

1,160

Minimum

58

109

136

35

140

110

260

415

279

191

75

58

44

44

June

1,260

1,670

358

633

492

392

346

312

295

256

606

653

346

268

228

214

191

251

1,100

536

346

272

242

392

728

440

324

364

1,300

695

-

JUI^

633

415

324

268

ogg

194

181

166

166

178

210

224

158

141

131

228

175

128

116

112

100

102

94

90

90

90

112

90

85

77

75

Mean

212

207

509

460

296

470

974

1,958

581

530

174

83.4

74.0

604

Aug.

71

66

62

64

66

85

136

100

77

70

64

58

62

112

85

64

58

58

126

107

77

70

64

62

60

116

126

133

107

81

98

Pe"> square 

mile

0.707

.690

1.70

1.53

. .987

1.57

3.25

6.53

1.94

1.77

.580

.278

.247

1.68

Sept.

116

94

92

63

73

66

58

66

62

77

70

66

62

64

64

58

58

55

49

53

53

49

44

49

211

133

90

73

73

70

~

Run-off in 

inches

O.S2

.77

1.96

20.83

1.14

1.69

3.75

7.29

2.24

1.97

.67

.32

.28

22.90

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28 to Jan. 13, Jan. 18 to Feb. 10, Feb. 16-18, 

Har. 34-27.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 49

French Creek at Carters Corners, Pa.

Looatlon.- Chain gage, lat. 41°57'20", long. 79°52'40", at highway bridge at Carters 

 corners, Erie County, 4 miles northwest of Union City and 5 miles upstream from South 

Branch of French Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,235.7 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 208 square miles.

Records available.- October 1919 to September 1920 and October 1932 to September 1940 In 

reports or u. s. Geological Survey. May 1910 to September 1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 24 years (1910-16, 1919-29, 1938-40), 411 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,420 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage height, 9.2 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 13 second-feet Aug. 15, 

17 (gage height, 0.65 foot).

1910-40: Maximum discharge observed, 11,700 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, from rating 

curve extended above 7,000 second-feet; maximum gage height, about 15.2 feet Mar. 12, 

1920 (ice Jam); minimum discharge not determined.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor, 

twice dally. Some regulation at low stages.

Gage read

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-7)

O.S 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

23

47

74

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11 

1.7 184 4.0 

2.0 274 5.0

464 6.0

700

2.5 

3.0

1,230

1,880

2,640

0.6 

.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

10

23

43

72

112

Feb. 12 to Sept. 30

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

184 

274 

464 

70C 

1,860

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

1,990

2,830

3,800

4,920

Discharge, in second-feet, water year- October 1989 to September 1940

D«T

1

S

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

60

116

110

74

46

35

30

52

236

344

268

185

d!40

dlSO

d96

d88

d82

d?6

d72

d70

74

71

68

78.

64

79

162

809

787

464

268

Hov.

209

166

166

156

268

224

209

274

382

308

308

233

230

198

209

204

192

1,61

136

127

130

123

116

112

110

104

92

98

98

100

-

Dec.

96

292

680

1,300

982

626

464

626

578

573

1,260

956

 750

760

700

76O

800

760

531

443

402

382

344

291

310

290

270

250

260

250

220

Jan.

200

190

185

180

180

180

175

*170

170

170

180

200

250

660

1,490

1,120

800

620

510

450

400

360

330

310

290

270

260

240

230

215

206

Month

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

Hovember . .......................

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

195

185

175

170

160

*155

ISO

270

380

660

2,050

2,830

3,010

2,740

2,310

1,600

1,200

900

970

1,020

920

600

480

380

320

270

240

225

220

M

-

Mar.

220

310

500

1,300

1,680

1,840

1,060

650

578

422

 295

310

290

260

240

240

245

308

1,120

1,260

1,140

720

50O

420

330

290

280

464

1,290

3,300

4,460

Secondfoot-days

5,226

5,433

17,176

132,132

11,070

24,605

26,322

49,847

10,186

4,795

1,579

975

2,405

159,819

Apr.

4,840

3,060

2,990

5,330

«3,550

3,980

2,800

2,110

2,830

1,950

964

1,020

1,080

964

.776

941

1,080

1,330

1,400

1,610

1,840

1,080

802

486

382

344

274

252

227

215

Maximum

809

382

1,300

6,470

1,490

3,010

4,460

5,330

964

531

171

130

218

5,330

May

252

308

363

344

274

227

201

818

806

187

148

132

139

134

146

156

146

166

209

233

215

230

239

375

731

657

660

839

964

675

482

KtTli.TlTOW

30

92

96

14

170

155

220

215

132

69

19

14

40

14

June

531

486

428

252

206

168

132

112

114

99

102

110

106

93

83

69

76

78

69

93

127

108

97

125

146

161

144

151

166

179

July

171

151

106

S9

106

95

83

62

50

46

46

46

40

35

28

28

27

25

28

35

35

33

27

26

25

25

26

23

22

d21

d!9

Mean

169

181

554

362

357

865

849

1,662

 XOQ G<Sv

160

50.9

31.5

80*2

437

Jug.

die die die

d!9

d23

27

40

29

26

21

15

16

18

20

15

14

15

26

52

35

30

24

20

19

20

26

36

89

68

56

130

Per squa«e 

mile

o.s:,2

.6-70

2.6C

1.74

1.72

4.11

4.0^

7.99

1 5fl

 nan f Otr

.245

.151

 3B6

2.10

Sept.

161

116

S7

59

42

41

40

43

48

59

62

70

95

al!2

a95

a74

59

51

46

50

48

48

59

SI

214

218

158

100

56

53

Run-off in 

inches

0.94

.97

3.07

23.62

1 * QAV0

4.43

4.70

8 OT . WJt 

1A9moK

.86

.28

.17

.43

28.56

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day

a Ho gage he

icnarge raeaaurement maae on cnis aay.

_ 0_0_ tight record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations downstream, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations downstream. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 25 to Jan. 14, Jan. 18 to Feb. 10. Feb. 16 

o Mar. 4. Mar. 11-16. 22-27.
50 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

French Creek at Venango, Pa.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 41°46'35", long. 80°06'30", at highway bridge at

Venango, Crawford County, 1.5 miles upstream from Gravel Run and 2.0 nlles downstream 

from Boles Run. Datum of gage Is 1,117.18 feet above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 597 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,300 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 11.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 59 second-feet Aug. 18, 

24, 25 (gage height, 1.22 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 12,500 second-feet Feb. 21, 1939 (gage height, 11.70 

feet) by discharge measurement at peak; minimum observed, 49 second-feet Sept. 2, 3, 

1939 (gage height, 1.11 feet).

Remarks,.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair, 

twice daily. Slight regulation at low stages by small mills above station.

Gage read

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.9 

2.2 

2.6

57

34

119

182

260

420

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

610

390

1,250

1,670

2,150

3,230

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

11.0

4,580

6,030

7,600

9,300

11,130

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1E40

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 

51

Oct.

132 

213 

194 

156 

123

103 

94 

94 

106 

605

504 

560 

420 

315 

260

230 

218 

191 

180 

173

167 

160 

173 

203 

194

200 

295 

1,090 

1,670 

1,100 

740

Wov.

560 

560 

890 

960 

770

610 

535 

535 

S30 

740

660 

685 

585 

510 

510

488 

442 

420 

375 

335

315 

295 

295 

295 

278

260 

245 

230 

230 

230

Dec.

230 

260 

472 

1,680 

2,050

1,330 

360 

740 

1,060 

345

2,530 

2,5SO 

*1,670 

1,760 

1,460

860 

1,170 

1,330 

1,250 

1,500

2,300 

1,760 

1,410 

890 

390

710 

620 

560 

580 

430 

420

Jan.

380 

340 

340 

350 

360

380 

400 

*410 

420 

420

420 

430 

500 

948 

3,120

3,400 

2,470 

1,650 

1,500 

1,300

1,100 

930 

310 

720 

650

590 

550 

510 

480 

450 

420

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193 9 ...........

ater year 1939-

Feb.

400 

330 

360 

340 

320

330 

«460 

610 

960 

1,630

3,590 

5,230 

5,430 

4,860 

4,040

2,690 

2,150 

1,490 

1,580 

2,050

2,250 

1,760 

1,410 

1,100 

890

740 

660 

620 

600

Mar.

6OO 

710 

970 

3,150 

4,100

2.SOO 

2,050 

1,760 

1,410 

1,100

*960 

1,030 

300 

740 

710

710 

740 

995 

3,060 

4,240

2,920 

2,250 

1,410 

1,250 

390

300 

890 

830 

2,710 

6,930 

9,400

Secondfoot-days

10,918 

14,673 

36,257

333,227

26,743 

43,930 

62,965 

113,625 

26,487 

20,581 

5,951 

3,749 

5,948

331,332

Apr.

11,000 

9,400 

7,2SO 

3,270 

9,4SO

6,330 

3,520 

2,SOO 

4,300 

5,000

2,800 

3,910 

4,720 

3,160 

2,580

3,040 

3,400 

3,160 

3,520 

3,230

5,000 

3,910 

2,250 

1,490 

1,170

960 

360 

740 

685 

610

Maximum

1,670 

960 

2,530

11,800

3,400 

5,430 

9,400 

11,000 

3,230 

2,800 

560 

465 

420

11,000

May

5S5 

300 

390 

830 

740

660 

610 

535 

585 

560

465 

393 

398 

398 

398

465 

510 

483 

465 

535

535 

442 

375 

1,840 

3,230

1,350 

1,330 

1,330 

360 

300 

2,530

Minimum

94 

230 

230

50

340 

320 

600 

610 

375 

213 

76 

63 

110

63

June

2,300 

2,470 

1,530 

1,030 

740

585 

560 

610 

442 

375

398 

398 

375 

295 

260

230 

213 

295 

390 

770

535 

375 

295 

295 

420

488 

375 

692 

1,100 

685

July

530 

438 

375 

2?5 

230

230 

Z13 

194 

205 

205

196 

194 

139 

162 

152

198 

230 

134 

173 

145

129 

119 

110 

106 

96

103 

99 

96 

92 

87 

76

Mean

352 

489 

1,170

927

863 

1,639 

2,031 

3,954 

S54 

636 

192 

121 

193

1,043

Aug.

72 

64 

68 

63 

74

127 

205 

162 

119 

92

76 

74 

68 

63 

81

75 

63 

65 

114 

169

133 

106 

84 

65 

63

99 

129 

134 

230 

297 

465

Per square

mile

0.590 

.819 

1.96

1.55

1.45 

2.83 

3.40 

6.62 

1.43 

1.15 

.322 

.203 

.332

1.75

Sept.

420 

355 

295 

230 

1S9

154 

137 

125 

110 

154

160 

196 

218 

205 

194

191 

ISO 

145 

129 

121

117 

115 

121 

129 

250

398 

315 

230 

194 

171

Run-off in 

Inches

0.68 

.91 

2.26

21.08

1.67 

3.05 

3.92 

7.39 

1.65 

1.23 

.37 

.23 

.37

23.78

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 27 to 

a*, i.

Jan. 13, Jan. IS to Peb. 9, Peb. 26 to
ALLEXJHENY RiyER TRIBUTARIES 

French Creek >at Utlca, Pa.

51

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°26'15", long. 79°57'20", at highway trldge at 

Utlca, Venango County, a third of a mile upstream from Mill Creek. Datum of gage Is 

1,019.54 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 1,028 square miles.

Records available.- August 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 10.00 

reet); minimum, 95 second-feet Aug. 15, 16, 18 (gage height, 1.40 feet).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 19,200 second-feet Mar. 27, 1936 (gage height, 11.57 

feet), from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet; minimum, 43 second-feet 

July 30, 1934 (gage height, 1.03 feet).

Maximum stage known, 15.7 feet during flood of March 1913 (discharge, 3f.600 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair.

1.5 

1.7

g.o

2.4 

2.8

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 13

135

190

300

480

710

3.4 

4.0 

5.0

G-0 

7.0

1,160

1,740

2,950

4,500

6,300

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

95

142

201

272

Feb. 14 to Sept

2.3 400 4.0

2.6 545 4.5

3.0 790 5.0

3.5 1,260 6.0

30

1.8OO 

2,400 

3,090 

4,710

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

6,590

6,660

11,050

13,9OO

Discharge, in second-feet, wat . ,ar October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

220 

234 

272 

245 

203

173 

148 

179 

191 

270

552

656 

656 

486 

380

324 

292 

260 

238 

225

210 

206 

200 

200

242

264

310 

692 

1,930 

1,740 

1,230

Hov.

882 

710 

723 

1,090 

1,030

852 

736 

686 

782 

1,030

912 

860 

817 

710 

626

614 

590 

562 

518 

465

440 

412 

394 

385 

390

372 

349 

332 

320 

316

Dec.

316 

3S2 

418 

962 

2,410

2,120 

1,480 

1.O80 

*1,240 

1,190

1,840 

3,300 

2,840 

2,670 

2,410

1,790 

1,580 

1,740 

1,900 

2,120

2,950 

2,480 

1,630 

1,290 

1,110

1,090 

882 

640 

660 

580 

520

Jan.

480 

460 

440 

440 

450

460 

480 

500 

510 

530

*550 

600 

700 

1,180 

3,120

3,380 

3,160 

2,670 

2,000 

1,750

1,650 

1,450 

1,300 

*1,100 

1,000

890 

800 

730 

670 

620 

580

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

tember. ....... -------------

ater year 1959-413 ...........

Feb.

540 

500 

470 

450 

430

420 

600 

820 

*1,130 

1,520

3,910 

4,670 

5,550 

5,800 

4,880

4,040 

3,320 

2,730 

3,090 

2,600

2,940 

2,870 

2,340 

2,030 

1,640

1,420 

1,240 

1,170 

1,110

Mar.

1,010 

1,020 

1,530 

3,990 

5,240

5,060 

4,370 

3,560 

2,940 

2,400

1,860 

1,580 

*1,470 

1,470 

1,360

1,310 

1,220 

1,640 

5,230 

6,590

5,990 

5,060 

3,800 

2,730 

2,150

1,740 

1,640 

1,650 

3,900 

8,660 

12,100

Secondfoot-days

13,426 

18,905 

47,570

533,190

34,650 

64,230 

104,270 

193,63(5 

42,124 

44,484 

13,719 

5,718 

8,991

591,717

Apr.

13,600 

13,900 

12,400 

12,700 

12,400

11,800 

8,360 

5,800 

5,800 

6,590

5,800 

5,990 

6,590 

6,190 

4,880

4,460 

5,24O 

5,060 

5,240 

6,390

7,600 

7,190 

5,420 

3,640 

2,660

2,150 

1,800 

1,520 

1,310 

1,150

Maximum

1,930 

1,090 

3,300

12,400

3,380 

5,800 

12,100 

13,900 

4,280 

5,240 

1,800 

661 

769

13,900

May

1.O90 

1,200 

1,470 

1,420 

1,260

1,140 

1,010 

879 

830 

846

776 

672 

606 

606 

630

798 

879 

862 

790 

762

798 

734 

636 

1,260 

4,280

4,040 

2,940 

2,400 

1,910 

1,420 

3,180

MlnljBUm

148 

316 

316

78

440 

420 

1,010 

1,150 

606 

475 

145 

95 

150

95

June

5,240 

5,060 

4,120 

2,730 

1,860

1,360 

1,130 

1,310 

1,310 

1,010

888 

924 

846 

727 

630

545 

475 

573 

1,130 

1,690

1,470 

1,000 

660 

612 

666

806 

790 

862 

1,970 

2,090

July

1,80O 

1,310 

942 

720 

600

520 

460 

414 

409 

427

418 

455 

400 

342 

305

565 

440 

418 

351 

296

257 

225 

204 

195 

179

186 

221 

186 

170 

159 

145

Mean

433 

630 

1,535

1,461

1,118 

2,215 

3,364 

6,454 

1,359 

1,483 

443 

185 

300

1,617

Aug.

132 

117 

110 

104 

106

136 

246 

300 

257 

189

150 

132 

117 

106 

99

95 

108 

106 

156 

162

208 

182 

148 

124 

117

189 

232 

276 

284 

369 

661

Per square 

Bile

0.491 

.613 

1.49

1.48

1.C9 

2.15 

3.27 

6.E<? 

1.2" 

1.44 

.431 

.190 

.292

1.E7

Sept.

769 

672 

545 

455 

368

292 

239 

218 

201 

195

198 

204 

215 

228 

250

257 

242 

228 

201 

179

167 

159 

150 

178 

316

360 

505 

422 

321

257

Run-off in 

inches

0.49 

.68 

1.72

19.30

1.26 

2.32 

3.77 

7.01 

1.52 

1.61 

.50 

.21 

.33

21.42

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28 to Jan. 13, Jan. 19 to Feb. 9.
68 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Sugar Creek at Sugarcreek, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°25'45", long. 79°52'45", at highway bridge threequarters or a mile north or Sugarcreek, Venango County, three-quarters or a mile upstream from mouth, and 3 miles northwest or Franklin. Datum of gage is 1,016.03 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Dec. 9, 1939, chain gage 

at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 166 square miles.

Records available.- August 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,070 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 6.47 

feet); minimum, 23 second-feet Sept. 18, 19, 21; minimum daily, 27 second-feet Sept. 

21, 22.

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 8,690 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 8.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 9.2 second-feet Oct. 22, 

1935; minimum dally, 10 second-reet Oct. 14, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice errect or doubtful gage-height 

record, which are fair. Gage read twice dally prior to Dec. 9. Some regulation at 

low stages by mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 20 to Sept. 30} 

Oct. 1 to Bar. 30 Har. 31 to Sept. 30

1.2 33 2.5 324 4.5 1,530 1.2 28 2.5 311 

1.4 64 3.0 519 5.0 1,970 1.4 60 3.0 499 

1.7 118 3.5 774 6.0 3,210 1.7 119 3.6 775 

2.0 182 4.0 1,120 S.Q 185

Hote.- Same as preceding 

table above 3.6 feet.

Slycharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

IS

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

56 

45 

36 

33 

30

30 

39 

154 

14S 

71

66

64 

58 

58 

59

42 

39 

38 

36 

36

36 

34 

36 

36

48

172 

416 

416 

296 

164 

122

Kov.

110 

94 

88 

81 

67

69 

67 

78 

95 

92

99 

99 

95 

81 

76

69 

64 

62

62 

64

59 

54 

58 

54 

54

56 

51 

51 

53 

48

Dec.

45 

53 

66 

135 

99

101 

76 

74 

*72 

78

283

180 

212 

247 

182

164 

180 

164 

151 

496

326 

241 

1S4 

153 

134

128 

94 

85 

85

75 

70

Jan.

66 

63 

61 

59 

58

57 

56 

56 

57 

«58

58 

69 

SS 

2S1 

595

300

239 

204 

177 

0162

d!55 

d!50 

d!40 

«d!30 

110

100 

90 

84 

78 

72 

68

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Kar 

Apr

Jux 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

64

59 

57 

55 

53

52 

57 

70 

90 

«140

984 

730 

8S4 

510 

381

307 

264 

241 

264 

345

285 

231 

223 

200

ISO

155 

142 

159 

138

Har.

136 

140 

276 

757 

593

485 

404 

334 

28S 

244

209 

185 

»197 

220 

233

217 

197 

455 

1,430 

935

668

537 

390 

315 

264

234 

233 

343 

1,300 

fl,980 

2,570

Seoondfoot-days

2,914 

2,150 

4,633

85,151

3,941 

7,320 

16,769 

26,594 

8,930 

8,825 

3,538 

1,510 

1,307

88,431

Apr.

1,730

1,045 

1,360 

2,070 

1,090

709 

533 

1,040 

1,880 

935

722 

1,740 

1,045 

775 

622

519 

434 

838

673 

1,570

1,470 

900 

628 

490 

398

3*2 

897 

265 

244 

230

Haxinum

416 

110 

496

2,280

595 

984 

2,570 

2,070 

1,140 

986 

390 

98 

183

2,570

May

249 

311 

2S3 

270 

234

22E

210 

196 

192 

174

16C

151 

14S 

14S 

141

220 

22C 

192 

18C

196

167 

158 

19C 

844 

69E

42E 

456 

S2C 

S57 

, 875 

1.14C

Minimum

30 

48 

45

20

56 

52 

136 

230 

147 

130 

52 

32 

27

27

June

986 

S54 

548 

398

311

265 

237 

262 

257 

206

338 

268

208 

176 

162

144 

-130 

156 

378 

210

171 

144 

136 

317 

215

190

162 

277 

37S 

341

-

Jul'

390 

252 

208 

17S 

151

130 

115 

104 

109 

116

121 

123 

90 

S2 

81

247 

117 

92 

82 

74

71 

65 

64 

62 

58

65 

74

J52 

52

ttSkn

94.0 

71.7 

149

233

127 

252 

541 

886 

288 

294 

114 

4S.7 

43.6

242

Aug.

46 

45 

43 

43 

42

52 

70 

46 

42 

40

38

37 

37 

40 

36

36 

36 

38 

98 

46

58 

34 

34

32 

34

81 

83

9fc

S3 

53 

71

pe- gquare

mile

0.566 

i432 

i898

1.40

.768 

1.52 

3.26 

5.34 

1.73 

1.77 

.687 

.293 

.263

1.46

Sept.

58 

53 

53 

48 

43

40 

38 

38 

40 

37

37 

36 

36 

52 

32

31 

30 

31 

28 

28

87 

87a183

B7 

48 

42 

58 

;87

Run-off in 

inches

0.65 

.48

1.04

19.09

.88 

1.64 

3.76 

5.96 

1.99 

1.97 

.79 

.34 

.89

19.79

Peak discharge.- Har. 30 (11 S 30 p.m.) 4,070 nee.-ft.j Apr. 4 (12s30 a.m.) 3,7"0 seo.-ft.: Apr. 

(la.m.J 3,570 aeo.-ft.; Apr. 12 (5s30 a.m.) 2,490 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 8 30 p.m.) 8,370 s«e.-ft. 

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

d Doubtful gage-4>*ight record; discharge computed on basis of reoorda for nearby stations, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, 

gote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28 to Jan. 9, Jan. 25 to Feb. 10.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 53

Clarion River at Cooksburg, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°19'50", long. 79°18'35", at highway bridge at 

CooKSDurg, Forest County, 300 feet downstream from Toms Run and 5 miles upstream 

from Canther Run. Datum of gage is 1,146.48 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 807 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,800 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 11.34 

reet); minimum, 105 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 1.52 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 1, 1940; minimum, 41 second-feet Aug. 30, 

1939 (gage height, 1.22 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 19 feet Mar. 17, 1936, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Slight 

regulation by industrial plants above station.

Rating tables, water Tear 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31

1.6 

l.S 

2.1

2.4

2.5

133

190

886

404

631

Apr. 1 to aept. 30

3.4 

4.0 

4.6 

5.8 

6.0

1,080

1,600

2,180

2,870

4,000

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

5.SOO

e.ooo

10,520

13,400

16,700

1.5 

1.7 

8.0

100 

ISO 

241

2.3 

2.6

3.0

364

496

750

3.5 1,140

4.0 1,580

4.5 2,080

Mote.- Same as preceding table above 4.6

Discharge, In aeoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

i»y

i

2 

S

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

18

IS 

14ie

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

S3. en

23

24 

25

86 

27 

28 

29 

30 

91

Oet.

. 709 

533 

307

214 

173

161 

150 

178 

1,440 

1,630

750 

512 

400 

322 

272

242

217 

196 

181 

181

181 

206 

276 

311 

283

366 

2,410 

7,680 

3,830 

2,610 

1,930

Nor.

1,690 

1,460 

1,810 

1,050 

924

S93 

932 

1,220 

1,740 

1,460

1.360 

 1,480 

1,250 

1,140 

1,080

1,000 

956 

SS6 

S17 

743

672 

684 

598 

554 

506

463 

41S 

404 

4O4 

382

Dec.

378 

387 

730 

1,380 

1,380

1,080 

964 

966 

964 

S93

1,320 

1,640 

1,340 

1,610 

1,380

1,210 

1,250 

1,290 

1,210 

 8,960

5,030 

3,470 

2,750 

2,180 

1,880

1,690 

1,460 

1,290 

1,100 

980 

640

Jan.

720 

580 

700 

660 

 620

580 

540 

620 

500 

470

460 

450 

450 

640 

1,400

2,100 

1,500 

1,150 

960 

740

620 

540 

480 

440

410

390 

360 

340 

330 

310 

300

Month

Oet 

Nor

Doc

C

Jan 

F*b 

Kar 

Apr

««y

Jim 

Jul 

Aus 

Sep

*

alendar Tear 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

290 

*2SO 

276 

270 

270

30O 

340 

386 

360 

450

840 

1,500 

2,560 

1,800 

1,450

1,250 

1,100 

1,000 

1,060 

1,100

950 

SSO 

840 

780 

740

690 

650 

640 

62O

liar.

600 

600 

660 

1,100 

2,240

2,080 

*1,740 

1,600 

1,510 

1,340

1,250 

1,160 

1,050 

1,000 

960

920 

880 

901 

4,800 

 4,850

3,620 

3,000 

2,400 

2,080 

1,830

1,600 

1,510 

1,460 

2,400 

7,260 

14,600

Seeondfoot-daya

28,680 

28,276 

46,892

428,774

20,260 

23,650 

72,991 

188,650 

45,922 

86,947 

15,962 

5,118 

14,279

617,617

Apr.

15,600 

10,300 

6,720 

14,800 

13,300

8,960 

6,640 

5,800 

8,960 

6,640

4,850 

6,360 

5,800 

4,600 

3,690

3,130 

2,630 

3,770 

7,080 

6,860

6,720 

7,580 

5,400 

4,240 

3,470

2,870 

2,460 

2,130 

1,820 

1,630

Maximum

7,620 

1,740 

5,030

7,620

2,100 

2,550 

14,600 

16,600 

2,660 

1,660 

1,240 

276 

2,530

15,600

May

1,540 

1,820 

1,820 

1,720 

1,580

1,440 

1,310 

1,220 

1,270 

1,270

1,090 

1,010 

980 

996 

966

940 

1,000 

900 

840 

1,510

2,290 

1,770 

1,580 

1,770 

1,680

1,770 

2,660 

2,340 

1,820 

1,540 

1,490

Minimum

150 

382 

378

* 43

300 

270 

600 

1,630 

840 

393 

218 

107 

140

107

June

1,490 

1,540 

1,310 

1,090 

916

780 

667 

1,800 

1,310 

980

788 

1,400 

1,660 

1,130 

878

758 

641 

559 

648 

716

524 

454

393 

406 

711

848 

722 

654 

779 

996

July

1,240 

1,220 

870 

743 

743

576 

460 

425 

393 

449

490 

916 

774 

512 

397

449 

519 

406 

326 

284

258 

828 

224

218 

308

269 

266 

558 

709 

384 

322

Mean

926 

943

1,513

1,175

654 

816 

2,355 

6,288 

1,481 

898 

615 

166 

476

1,414

Al'K.

£55 

815 

190 

175 

164

150 

153 

176 

170 

145

129 

122 

119 

158 

161

145 

124 

117 

161 

164

184 

145 

119 

112 

107

129 

158 

238 

276 

228 

230

Per aquari 

mile

1.15 

1.17 

1.67

1.46

.810 

1.01 

2.92 

7.79 

1.84 

1.11 

.63F 

.804 

.690

1.76

Sept.

374 

511 

316 

288 

167

158 

140 

140 

2,530 

1,580

892 

590 

460 

388 

334

322 

393 

322 

272 

841

284 

211 

224 

215 

274

1,060 

616 

425 

350 

303

Run-off in 

Inches

1.33 

1.31 

2.16

19.77

.93 

1.09 

3.37 

8.69 

2.12 

1.24 

.74 

.84 

.66

23.88

Petit dlaoharge.- Apr. 1 (6 a a.m.) 10~=__ ) 17,600 sec.-ft.j Apr. 4 (11 a.m.) 16,700 sec.-tt.f Apr. 9 (11 

.000 aeo.-ft.

 Winter discharge measurement maoe on this day. 

Kote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dee. 29 to Mar. 4, Mar. 11-17.
54 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 

Clarion River near Plney, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41 0 ll'30n , long. 79°26'00", at hydroelectric plant of Clerlon River 

Power Co., 2i miles upstream from Plney, Clarion County, and 3 miles routhwest of 

Clarion.

Drainage area.- 951 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

October 1924 to September 1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and 

Waters.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 1,540 second-feet (adjusted).

Remarks.- Discharge computed from powerhouse records. Flow regulated by hydroelectric 

plant at Plney Dam (reservoir capacity, 1,474 million cubic feet).

Cooperation.- Records collected by the Clarion River Power Co., under ger«ral supervision 

or tne «eological Survey, In connection with a Federal Power Conmission project.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September If40

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct.

166

412

317

260

109

63

63

74

1,420

1,910

640

326

338

142

73

535

427

241

165

176

189

61

282

267

366

730

2,200

5,440

3,930

2,950

1,890

Nor.

1,320

1,470

1,430

260

764

1,260

956

1,440

1,610

1,710

1,070

321

1,110

1,040

920

1,060

1,430

409

303

853

814

949

324

673

263

63

549

453

352

403

-

Deo.

374

324

571

1,640

1,180

S28

978

1,310

353

730

1,540

1,490

1,680

1,200

1,910

1,210

345

1,060

1,270

3,040

4,610

4,060

3,840

1,620

1,060

1,790

1,220

2,160

1,680

1,230

57

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

59

288

383

261

379

764

62

476

441

413

1,OSO

967

146

809

1,430

1,330

1,060

988

883

540

233

566

540

594

1,030

747

62

63

535

387

341

Feb.

1,080

618

61

62

316

549

511

1,010

1,640

404

1,060

2,360

2,630

2,860

2,030

1,440

2,840

856

1,700

1,520

1,330

1,100

1,050

2,190

88

448

759

748

963

_

-

Mar.

946

1,220

186

2,150

2,440

2,200

2,000

1,350

1,980

1,040

1,360

1,080

1,060

1,330

1,270

648

994

1,690

4,420

4,860

4,100

3,920

3,150

1,590

1,590

1,460

8,360

8,350

2,850

6,000

13,900

Apr.

14,900

10,800

S,860

10,700

18,900

8,540

6,060

6,030

9,490

6,690

5,430

6,660

6,360

4,700

4,080

3,780

3,380

3,830

7,640

S,530

10,000

7,900

5,870

4,500

3,960

3,590

8,760

1,4SO

2,360

1,450

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

26,162

25,579

46,360

448,926

17,197

33,607

77 493

193*170

49,565

37,592

16,750

4,865

14,188

542,528

Maximum

5,440

1,710

4,610

7,070

1,430

13^900

14,900

3,250

9,560

1,690

517

2,490

14,900

Minimum

61

63

57

57

59

61

IS 5

1,450

126

135

62

61

63

57

Mean

844

853

1,495

1,230

565

1, 159

2,500

6^439

1 599

1^253

540

157

473

1,482

Bay

1,780

2,060

2,020

1,890

1,080

1,500

1,520

1,300

1,450

1,620

1,080

1S9

1,140

1,380

1,880

1,330

1,130

470

186

1,330

8,570

1,610

1,730

1,500

8,780

1,100

3,250

3,060

8,380

1,560

2,470

Jane

2,450

6S5

1,480

1,220

1,100

868

617

1,220

1,510

1,100

815

2,260

1,550

9,560

440

135

678

S83

688

690

479

392

452

457

862

1,850

805

687

793

1,560

-

Change in 

contents

(mean 

second-f eet ) t

+7

+6

-49

-1

+62

-e

+13

 18

-17

+12

-1

+19

-5

+2

Jill1,

1,

1,

090

£20

690

62

615

684

T92

499

?30

476

635

F52

ese

?93

405

617

535

483

434

F09

194

310

359

334

408

521

355

102

654

P21

287

Aug.

517

61

62

62

15S

325

61

62

62

104

65

112

171

113

114

65

160

77

861

301

62

62

63

63

63

306

347

203

241

357

189

Sept.

414

476

446

63

220

376

120

314

2,490

1,770

586

495

666

63

263

459

284

2S3

488

397

109

65

259

477

1,010

689

610

122

156

240

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

851

859

1,446

1,829

ftl "1 OJ. (

1,151

8,513

6,421

1,582

1,865

539

176

468

1,484

Per square 

mile ]

0.895

.905

1.52

1.89

.649

1.21

2.64

6.75

1.66

1.33

 567

.185

.492

1.56

Run-off 

n inches

1.05

1.01

1.75

17.53

.75

1.30

3.04

7.55

1.91

1.48

.65 .'55 21

21.21

t Change in contents in Piney Reservoir.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 55

Redbank Creek at Mayport, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 41°02'00", long. 79°15'05" J at highway bridge at Mayport,

Clarion County, 0.7 mile upstream from Pine Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from Little 

/ Sandy Creek, and 14 miles northeast of Hawthorn. Datum of gage is 1,073.41 feet above 

mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 458 square miles.

Records available.- July 1938 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,800 second-feet Mar. 31; maximum gage height 

observed, 13.1 feet Feb. 13, 14 (ice Jam); minimum daily discharge, 21 second-feet 

Oct. 17-19.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; maximum gage height observed, 

that of Feb. 13, 14; minimum daily discharge, 17 second-feet Sept. 2, 3, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 17.7 feet, from floodmark, In March 1936 (discharge 30,500 

second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage-height 

record, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 

1.6 

l.S 

2.0 

2.3

25

54

99

165

294

2.7 

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

495

735

1,040

1,490

2,620

6.0 

7.0 

S.O 

9.0 

10.0

4,040 

5,700 

7,600 

9,SOO 

12,290

Discharge, In second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

74

72

58

49

44

41

35

d32

d27

d25

d26

d27

d26

d24

022

d22

d21

d21

d21

d22

d24

d26

dSO

58

54

60

122

1,170

670

360

253

Hov.

21S

1S1

158

123

123

136

154

dSOO

3220

3215

1S5

154

165

151

140

123

117

105

105

99

92

B9

94

S6

74

76

92

68

76

54

Dec.

66

74

108

193

1S1

158

«129

99

92

96

105

136

1S1

173

239

21S

222

239

205

fl,100

1,740

1,080

735

550

400

300

260

220

200

ISO

160

Jan.

150

145

140

135

«135

130

120

115

110

105

100

95

95

200

1,000

880

700

500

350

270

220

ISO

150

130

115

«105

100

95

90

S6

S2

Month

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

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

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

Jtllir- . . . ... ...... ...........

Aug 

Sep

Water year 1939-^to ...........

Feb.

SO

7S

75

74

74

95

105

110

100

250

1,500

1,350

1,500

1,400

1,100

1,000

900

7SO

650

700

620

550

520

4SO

390

340

320

320

320

-

liar.

330

360

540

1,850

2,300

1,500

*1,000

850

720

620

510

470

500

540

520

480

450

955

4,200

2,SSO

2,370

1,790

1,390

1,000

735

610

640

1,280

2,420

7,590

10,300

Secondfoot-days

3,517

3,S73

9.S39

197,396

6,B2S

15,781

52,220

SO, 345

19,429

16,839

10,789

2,469 

4,571

226,500

Apr.

6,010

4,350

3,440

3,300

3,300

2,250

*1,690

1,690

2,960

2,490

2,010

3,020

2,370

1,900

1,440

1,120

1,490

2,130

3,160

5,500

6,060

4,680

3,300

2,250

1,590

1,260

1,000

60S

670

610

Maximum

1,170

220

1,740

4,360

1,000

1,500

10,300

S,010

1,790

2,130

1,690

136 

555

10,300

May

580

735

670

610

522

495

440

390

390

390

345

303

294

331

235

312

340

308

294

SIS

1,260

960

702

580

550

S93

1,790

1,160

880

S42

96C

Minimum

21

54

66

17

82

74

330

610

294

151

105

49 

64

21

June

1,160

1,120

S42

670

550

415

375

350

390

340

271

248

226

169

158

161

151

792

2,130

1,220

610

415

331

345

326

317

415

370

B92

1,080

-

July

1,690

1,080

735

610

468

370

308

257

226

201

f231

f365

702

415

308

340

239

222

131

143

136

105

108

205

143

126

139

1S1

154

165

136

Mean

113

129

317

541

220

544

1,685

2,676

627

561

348

79.6 

152

619

Aug.

105

S4

74

66

64

106

96

99

.79

66

60

54

49

54

51

52

56

52

111

96

76

66

52

51

49

102

99

136

136

114

114

Per square 

mile

O.f*7

,f92

.692

1.19

.480

1.19

3.68

5.85

1.27

1.22

.760

.174 

,332

i.af

Sept.

222

205

143

108

92

92

92

114

114

303

555

335

21S

161

154

133

117

99

S9

S2

76

70

66

64

14O

222

1S5

126

102

92

~

Run-off In 

Inches

0.28

.31

.60

16.02

.55

1.2S

4.24

6.53

1.58

1.36

.68

.20 

.37

1S.3S

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at St. Charles.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 25 to Har. 17.

451679 0-42-5
56 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Redbank Creek at St. Charles, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°59'40", long. 79°83'40", 500 feet downstream from 

industrial railroad bridge at St. Charles, Clarion County, 0.3 mile downstream from 

Leatherwood Creek, and 3 miles west of New Bethlehem. Datum of gage is 973.14 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1907). Prior to July 10, 1940, chain gage 

at site 500 feet upstream. Datum of gage was 976.24 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 528 square miles.

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 in 

reports of u. S. Geological Survey; October 1909 to September 1940 in reports of 

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 27 years (1910-14, 1915-16, 1918-40), 879 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 9.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 3,000 

second-feet on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 18.60 feet; minimum 

observed, S3 second-feet Oct. 18 (gage height, 0.11 foot).

1909-40: Maximum discharge, 35,200 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 18.60 

feet, from floodmarks, site and datum then in use), by slope-area method; minimum 

observed, 10 second-feet Aug. 9, 1910.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Gage 

read twice daily prior to July 10. Some regulation at low stages by mills above sta 

tion.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194?

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

IS 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

72 

85 

65 

53 

46

41 

36 

36 

31 

28

29 

30 

28 

27 

25

26 

25 

23 

25 

25

28 

28 

34 

64 

67

72 

152 

1,420 

890 

480 

358

Hov.

255

213 

178 

163 

145

151 

17S 

213 

226 

226

213 

201 

189 

167 

163

155

139 

128 

121 

121

110 

105 

99 

92 

89

85 

75 

85 

82 

75

Dec.

85 

92 

128 

178 

201

189 

*167 

147 

139 

128

155 

189 

155 

201 

213

213 

226 

255 

255 

f934

fl,860 

1,340 

855 

705 

520

430 

300 

250 

220 

200 

180

Jan.

170 

160 

160 

150 

*150

145 

135 

130 

130 

125

120 

120 

130 

200 

1,210

1,050 

800 

540 

400 

330

280 

250 

220 

190 

170

160 

145 

134 

130 

120 

115

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

110 

*110 

105 

105 

105

125 

150 

170 

150 

280

1,800 

2,020 

2,390 

1,700 

1,260

1,120 

1,050 

920 

705 

795

735 

592 

565 

540 

465

378 

*358 

321 

399

Mar.

35S 

465 

674 

2,060 

2,590

1,760 

1,340 

1,190 

1,050 

765

620 

592 

675 

648 

648

648 

620 

680 

4,680 

3,690

2,660 

2,200 

1,340 

1,120 

795

765 

795 

1,530 

2,660 

4,800 

11,100

Second - 

foot-days

4,349 

4,442 

11,110

231,142

8,270 

19,523 

55,518 

100,115 

23,072 

21,684 

14,981 

3,388 

6,028

272,480

Apr.

S,SSO 

6,180 

4,240 

4,750 

4,000

2,800 

2,140 

1,800 

3,860 

2,940

2,140 

3,400 

2,800 

2,140 

1,700

1,510 

1,260 

2,750 

4,490 

7,680

8,550 

6,180 

4,160 

2,600 

1,910

1,420 

1,260 

985 

855 

735

Maximum

1,420 

255

1,660

6,070

1,210 

2,390 

11,100 

S,SSO 

1,960 

2,390 

2,200 

199 

685

11,100

May

675 

855 

S55 

765 

675

565 

540 

490 

465 

465

420 

37S 

358 

358 

399

399 

399 

378 

339 

524

1,300 

1,120 

795 

735 

675

735 

1,960 

l.SOO 

1,260 

1,050 

1,340

Minijoum

23 

75 

85

18

115 

105 

358 

735 

339 

201 

155 

57 

72

23

June

1,260 

1,420 

1,120 

S55 

705

592 

490 

442 

515 

420

339 

339 

270 

240 

213

240 

201 

1,210 

2,390 

1,620

920 

648 

515 

515 

490

465 

465 

465 

9SO 

1,340

July

2.20C 

1.42C

gse

73? 

62C

46E 

35f 

30? 

27C 

27C

31f 

1,23C 

83f 

54f 

38*

40? 

35T 

296 

24F 

20C

176 

16fi 

15R 

25E 

21S

24* 

35^ 

28' 

23- 2&" 

20'

Mean

140 

14S 

358

633

267 

673 

1,791 

3,337 

744 

723 

483 

109 

201

744

Aug.

159 

132 

111 

98 

87

109 

159 

129 

118 

101

82 

71 

68 

68 

64

61 

68 

68 

124 

121

106 

93 

75 

63 

57

98 

142 

195 

190 

172 

199

Per square

mile

0.265 

.280 

.678

1.20

.506 

1.27 

3.39 

6.32 

1.41 

1.37 

.915 

.206 

.381

1.41

Sept.

264 

261 

229 

166 

132

97 

72 

119 

176 

636

685 

409 

275 

212 

178

170 

149 

134 

118 

110

104 

93 

87 

81 

138

227 

261 

1S3 

142 

120

Run-off In 

inches

0.31 

.31

.78

16.27

.58

1.37 

3.91 

7.05 

1.63 

1.53 

1.05 

.24 

.42

19.18

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 25 to Jan. 14, Jan. 17 to Feb. 10.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 57

Mahonlng Creek at Punxsutawney, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°56'25", long. 78°58'20", 500 feet upstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 119 In Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, and 1 mile upstream 

from Sawmill Run. Datum of gage Is 1,219.44 feet above mean sea level (C~rps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 149 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,030 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 8.86 

reet); minimum, 8.2 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage height, 0.63 foot); minimum dally, 12 

second-feet Oct. 19.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum, 2.6 seconl-feet Sept. 

26, 1939 (gage height, 0.50 foot); minimum daily, that of Oct. 19, 1939. 

Maximum stage known, 15.6 feet, from floodmark, Mar. 18,. 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Considerable regulation at low stages from operation of pumps at mines three-quarters 

of a mile above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of backwater from debris (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

1 to Feb. 10

O.S

Oct.

0.7 12.3 

.8 23 

41 

6S

Feb. 11 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

132

216

326

464

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

25

45

71

139

284

l.S 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

487

717

940

1,145

1,375

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O

1,630

2,200

2,820

3,520

4,310

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

27 

20 

18 

IS 

17

a!6 

a!5 

a!6 

a!6 

al5

a!5 

a!5 

15 

14 

13

13 

14 

13 

12 

14

16 

23 

16 

15 

14

46 

115 

200 

100 

65 

52

Hov.

 54 

44 

37 

33 

37

46 

57 

72 

71 

57

57 

46 

44 

41 

37

35 

35 

33 

31 

29

29 

28 

SI 

29 

26

24 

23 

25 

21 

24

Doc.

25 

29 

37 

41 

39

35

31 

31 

31 

31

49 

40 

49 

60 

49

49 

54 

52 

49 

31S

330 

212 

155 

124 

115

105 

S7 

90 

S3

eo

72

Jan.

63 

71 

65 

66 

57

61 

53 

54 

52 

46

45 

44 

46 

115 

370

230 

179 

143 

119 

131

103 

9S 

84 

77 

75

71 

71 

64 

59 

59 

52

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

*eb 

Her 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19!

ater year 1989-4

Feb.

50 

54 

54 

52 

49

58 

142 

148 

120 

144

596 

467 

602 

390 

313

248 

219 

211 

206 

206

182 

154 

152 

142 

143

117 

US 

124 

113

.Mar.

109 

113 

169 

531 

546

386 

308 

258 

230 

201

176 

161 

177 

182 

178

165 

162 

449 

2,470 

1,210

S31 

612 

420 

326 

265

232 

257 

641 

1,070 

3,530 

4,170

Second - 

foot-days

97S 

1,156 

2,552

67,856

2,823 

5,574 

20,545 

25,436 

6,247 

5,016 

5,632 

1,620 

2,291

81,870

Apr.

2,190 

1,240 

962 

1,140 

S50

612 

487 

692 

1,110 

606

635 

609 

643 

542 

450

413 

372 

892 

1,040 

2,210

2,070 

1,420 

985 

734 

549

435 

345 

296 

257 

230

Maximum

200 

7E 

330

1.4SO370 

602 

4,170 

2,210 

1,070 

577 

762 

100 

165

4,170

Hay

225 

230 

206 

192 

169

156 

a!4S 

a!39 

135 

124

120 

109 

109 

124 

120

124 

116 

113 

134 

1,070

590 

386 

296 

252 

262

258 

908 

522 

352 

279 

279

Minimum

12 

21 

25

12

44 

49 

109 

230 

109 

71 

69 

34 

41

12

June

257 

230 

192 

165 

143

128 

120 

139 

135 

109

106 

106 

93 

S4 

S5

86 

71 

117 

577 

275

169 

139 

124 

143 

139

143 

132 

161 

302 

346

July

762 

426 

302 

252 

192

156 

139 

124 

113 

112

136 

606 

271 

182 

14S

210 

14S 

124 

106 

96

93 

a93 

a!06 

117 

102

90 

100 

103 

80 

74 

69

Mean

31.5 

3S.5 

82.3

1S6

91.1 

192 

663 

84S 

266 

167 

1S2 

52.3 

76.4

224

Aug.

63 

60 

58 

53 

49

51 

65 

53 

50 

45

42 

43 

43 

46 

40

40 

40 

37 

96 

54

41 

37 

38 

35 

34

70 

65 

68 

55 

49 

100

Per square 

mile

0,811 

.258 

.562

1.25 .

.611 

1.29 

4.45 

5.69 

1.79 

1.12 

1.22 

.351 

.513

1.50

Sept.

171 

90 

66 

58 

50

46 

41 

67 

1S5 

115

96 

77 

66 

5S 

65

99 

71 

63 

55 

a51

a48 

53 

48 

48 

120

104 

74 

66 

69 

71

Run-off In 

Inches

0.24 

.29 

.64

16.93

.70 

1.39 

5.13 

6.35 

2.06 

1.25 

1.41 

.40 

.57

20.43

Peak dischargj.- K*T, 18 <6j-30 a.m.) 3.170 sec. -ft.? Mar. 31 (3:30 a.m.) 5.030 sec. -ft.: Apr. 20

(10:30 a.m.] 2,600 see.-ft,

a Ho gage-height record} discharge computed on liasls of records for stations downstream.

Hote.- Backwater from debris on control Apr. 27 to June 30; discharge computed on basis of two 

discharge measurements, gage heights, and records for stations downstream.
58 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Mahonlng Creek near Dayton, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°54'05', long. 79°13'35', at Independence BrWge, threequarters of a mile upstream from Foundry Run and If miles northeast of Dayton, 

Armstrong County. Datum of gage is 1,095.24 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 321 square miles. *

Records available.- October 1920 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 

(discontinued) In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1916 to September 1940 

In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1920-40), 556 second-feet.

Extremes.- mximum discharge during year, 8,570 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 8.4 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 15 second-fe^t Oct. 18, 19 

(gage height, 1.57 feet).

1916-40: Maximum discharge observed, 22,800 second-feet Mar. 18, 193^ (gage height, 

14.53 feet), by slope-area method; minimum observed, 8.0 second-feet Oct. 17, 1928 

(gage height, 1.40 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 50 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

errect or doubtful gage-height record, which are fair. Gage read twice dally. 

Slight regulation at low stages by mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect and of backwater' from leaves

(gage height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11 Feb. 1'2 to Sept. SO 

1.5 11 2.5 284 1.8 43 S.I 630 6.O 

1.7 35 2.8 465 2.O 93 3.5 950 7.O 

1.9 71 S.2 750 2.2 157 4.0 1,450 S.5 

2.1 121 S.6 1.1OO 2.4 237 4.5 2,060 

2.S 189 4.2 1,750 2.7 383 5.0 2,760

4,290

5,950

3,770

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 19S9 to September 1940

our

i

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

51

Oct.

65 

52 

4O 

24 

21

21 

19 

20 

20 

IS

17 

17 

16 

15 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

17

22 

34 

31 

28 

31

58 

202 

568 

258 

224 

159

HOT.

94 

82 

76 

71 

67

65 

73 

99 

94 

92

89 

85 

76 

71 

67

63 

62 

62 

d58 

d50

d45 

d43 

d42 

d40 

40

29 

26 

35 

26 

27

Dee.

35 

50 

80 

92 

85

«8O 

71 

71 

71 

76

85 

94 

105 

118 

116

110 

110 

121 

162 

488

544 

465 

a33O 

22O 

160

140 

130 

125 

120 

115 

110

Jan.

105 

105 

100 

«96 

92

88 

84 

80 

76 

74

72 

70 

110 

EDO 

7OO

450 

350 

290 

250 

22O

2OO 

180 

160 

150 

1S5

 125 

120 

115

no

105 

1OO

Month

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb MarApr 

»ay

JUDD

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

V

alendar year 19:(9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

95 

90 

90 

88 

88

95 

2OO 

350 

320 

370

1,400 

1,500 

1.5OO 

1,240 

780

595 

500 

520 

420 

450

410 

360 

330 

310 

310

 270 

240 

250 

250

Mar.

230 

240 

S98 

1,940 

1,930

 1,140 

360 

700 

v 595 

488

412 

S53 

446 

429 

446

383 

363 

1,020 

5,320 

3,140

1,930 

1,450 

995 

700 

630

595 

560 

1,200 

2,080 

5,650 

8,080

Seeondfoot-daya

2.O56 

1,849 

4,679

161,633

5,ll2 

15,421 

44,703 

58,009 

17,071 

12,440 

10,091 

2,250 

3,529

175,210

Apr.

4,770 

2.620 

2,200 

2,910 

1.8OO

1,290 

1,090 

1,380 

3,060 

2,200

1,450 

1,560 

1,400 

1,190 

995

860 

950 

1,580 

3,280 

5,440

4,860 

3,360 

2,200 

1,450 

1,090

860 

7OO 

560 

470 

434

Hfcy*'*""

568 

99 

544

4.1OO

7OO 

1,500 

8,08O 

5,440 

2,320 

995 

1,760 

147 

274

8,080

May

429 

464 

423 

S8S 

S2S

288 

29S 

255 

265 

246

229 

212 

195 

229 

251

203 

203 

180 

252 

1,340

1,190 

740 

595 

506 

470

662 

2,320 

1,450 

950 

665 

860

m^frnp15 

26 

35

15

70 

88 

230 

434 

180 

137 

99 

43 

64

15

June

820 

740 

595 

482 

389

S2S 

283 

333 

417 

274

333 

333 

242 

187 

176

199 

137 

dl50 

0800 

868

429 

318 

265 

246 

313

323 

SOS 

387 

995 

780

July Aug.

1,760 82 

1,140 77 

780 71 

595 66 

452 61

348 61 

283 77 

246 74 

212 66 

191 d60

187 d52 

421 d50 

535 d48 

SOS d52 

237 d54

313 d55 

255 d50 

195 d50 

165 147 

140 123

123 85 

111 66 

117 d50 

126 d46 

143 d43

114 66 

130 88 

120 1O5 

120 93 

130 88 

99 144

Mean

66.S 

61.6 

151

443

165 

463 

1,442 

1,934 

551 

415 

S26 

72.6 

118

479

Per B<nure 

 lie

0.207 

.192 

.470

1.38

.514 

1.44 

4.49 

6.02 

1.72 

1.29 

1.02 

.226 

.368

1.49

Sept.

246 

208 

123 

93 

80

71 

66 

64 

118 

216

180 

137 

1O5 

85 

1O2

99 

123 

93 

74 

66

64 

74 

71 

69 

150

274 

154 

126 

105 

93

Rim-off in 

Inches

0.24 

.21 

.54

18.70

.59 

1.55 

5.18 

6.72 

1.98 

1.44 

1.18 

.26 

.41

20.3O

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records at Hahonlng CreeV Dam. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations nearby. 

Hote.- Backwater from leaves Oct. 8-26; discharge computed on basis of records fir stations nearby. 

Stage-discharge relation affected by ice HOT. 27 to Dec. 1, Dec. 24 to Feb. IS, Fe^. 17 to Bar. 2.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 59

Mahonlng Creek at Mahonlng Creek-Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°55'40", long. 79°17'30", at highway bridge at 

nccrea Furnace, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Mahonlng Creek Dim, Armstrong 

County, 1 mile southwest of Eddyvllle, and 2 miles upstream from Pine Run, Datum of 

gage Is 1,003.39 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench 

mark). Prior to Feb. 1, 1940, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 344 square miles.

Records available.- August 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,300 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 7.83 

feet); minimum observed, 16 second-feet Oct. 15-17.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum obeerved, that of Oct. 

15-17, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage read 

twice dally prior to Feb. 1. some regulation caused by construction operations at 

Mahonlng Creek Dam.

Cooperation.- Results of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect, (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet) - - - 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

16

30

53

85

Oct. 1 to Jan. 31

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9

126

216

341

495

3.2 

3.6 

4.0

980

1,350

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.3

53

65

129

222

2.6

2.9

3.2 

3.6

Feb. 1 to Sept. 

348 4.0 

502 4.5 

685 5.0 

980 5.5

1,350

1,890

2,550

3,360

6.0 4,300

6.5 5,450

7.0 6,800

7.5 8,310

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

49 

46 

33 

31 

28

27 

24 

21 

19

18

18 

17 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 17' 

17 

17

20 

28 

33 

32 

27

43

eo

407 

296 

170 

117

Nov.

104 

85 

76 

68 

68

75 

83 

100 

115 

113

104 

91 

75 

78 

71

66 

62 

59 

59 

52

46 

45 

43 

40 

39

32 

27 

33 

27 

28

Dec.

40 

43 

68 

91 

91

*7S 

75 

76 

71 

71

eo

98 

108 

122 

122

117 

117 

122 

131 

439

1,160 

715 

468 

296 

185

160 

140 

135 

125 

120 

115

Jan.

110 

105 

105 

100 

#98

94 

90 

86 

82 

73

76 

74 

74 

130 

788

680 

389 

330 

290 

260

230 

210 

190 

170 

160

150 

140 

130 

125 

120 

115

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19:rg

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

*110 

105 

105 

100 

100

120 

230 

400 

370 

420

1,500 

1,550 

1,600 

1,190 

755

652 

548 

560 

469 

514

458 

332 

348 

321 

321

«269 

242 

261 

274

Mar.

242 

245 

39S 

1,820 

1,390

1,270 

940 

755 

633 

531

432 

336

437 

447 

469

411 

377 

759 

5,470 

3,190

2,010 

1,500 

1,090 

811 

676

564 

566 

1,220 

1,860 

5,780 

8,630

Secondfoot-daya

1,717 

1,969 

5,779

164,021

5,779 

14,274 

45,301 

58,246 

17,300 

13,267 

11,177 

2,283 

3,536

1S1.12S

Apr.

4,860 

2.64O 

1,95O 

2,540 

1,390

1,400 

1,080 

1,240 

2,700 

1,950

1,500 

1,770 

1,550 

1,290 

1,070

956 

900 

1,950 

2,860 

4,960

4,960 

3,540 

2,340 

1,660 

1,250

972 

783 

646 

548 

491

Maximum

407 

115 

1,160

4,170

786 

1,600 

8,630 

4,960 

1,900 

900 

1,680 

151 

268

3,630

May

458 

514 

452 

416 

367

330 

306 

274 

269 

261

238 

222 

212 

222 

245

238 

238 

215 

201 

1,250

1,240 

318 

626 

525 

508

590 

1,900 

1,520 

1,010 

755 

378

Minimum

16 

27 

40

16

74 

100 

242 

491 

201 

14S 

110 

45 

62

16

June

900 

678 

713 

560 

458

377 

326 

326 

420 

312

340 

367 

276 

222 

187

167 

162 

148 

838 

913

474 

348 

286 

278 

294

339 

321 

289 

S86 

840

July

1,680 

1,300 

355 

666 

508

336 

316 

274 

233 

208

232 

519 

642 

353 

261

313 

317 

218 

184 

159

142 

129 

122 

170 

174

134 

142 

153 

132 

140 

110

Mean

55.4 

65.6 

186

449

186 

492 

1,477 

1,942 

558 

442 

361 

73.6 

118

495

Aug.

92 

32 

76 

71 

68

68 

73 

80 

70 

65

59 

53 

51 

56 

56

58 

51 

51 

108 

151

86 

63 

52 

46 

45

53 

69 

112 

99 

78 

119

Per aqTiare 

mile

0.161 

.191 

.541

1.31

.541 

1.43 

4.29 

5.65 

1.62 

1.28 

1.05 

.214 

.343

1.44

Sept.

268 

232 

134 

99 

33

72

6S 

64 

147

ggg

184 

142 

110 

93 

91

95 

124 

93 

76 

70

65 

69 

66 

64 

108

248 

157 

115 

97 

87

Run-off In 

Inches

0.19 

.21 

.62

17.73

.62

1.54 

4.95 

6.30 

1.67 

1.43 

1.21 

.25 

.38

19.57

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (2 p.m.) 6,660 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (S a.m.) 3,100 sec.-ft.j Apr. 9 (S a.m.) 

5,19O sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (6 p.m.) 5,960 aeo.-ft. 

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 26 to Jan. 14, Jan. 18 to Feb. 11.
60 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 

Little Mahoning-Creek at McCormlck, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°50 I 10", long. 79°06'35", 200 feet downstream

 TromTIighway bridge at McCormick, Indiana County, 1 mile west of Georgeville, -1.7 

miles upstream from Ross Run, and 4 miles southeast of Smicksburg. Datun of gage is 

1,164.88 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, benrt mark). 

Prior to May 10, 1940, chain gage at site 200 feet upstream at same datum.

Drainage area.- 87.4 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September,1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,480 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 10.1

 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 2,000 

second-feet; minimum observed, 1.8 second-feet Nov. 25 (gage height, 1.75 feet), but 

may have been less during period of no gage-height record.

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

 which are fair. Gage read twice dally prior to May 10.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

l.S 

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.7

2.5

7.S

15.5

27.2

53

Oct. 1 to May 9

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

87 

15S 

256 

520 

SSO

7.0 

S.O

1,340

1,920

2,600

1.6 

l.S 

2.0 

2 2

May 10 to Sept. 30

1.5

5.0

13

24

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

43

S3

129

227

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

350

702

1,170

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a8.0 

a5.5 

a3.5 

a3.5 

a3.5

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5 

a3.5 

a2.5

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.0 

a2.0

a2.0 

a2.0 

a2.0 

a.2.0 

a2.0

a2.5 

a5.0 

3.5 

2.0 

3.8

13.5 

37 

114 

46 

25 

20

Nov.

20 

15.0 

9.6 

9 2 9)9

15.5 

16.5 

25 

26 

23

17.5 

15.5 

14.0 

12.5 

9.6

9.2 

9.6 

7.2 

7.2 

6.1

6.4 

6.1 

6.6 

3.2 

2.5

4.9 

3.0 

4.2 

4.4 

3.9

Dec.

5.S 

S.S 

12.0 

15.5 

16.5

*16.0 

15.5 

17.5 

IS. 5 

15.5

14.5 

19.5 

27 

35 

35

33 

30 

27 

29 

203

206 

150 

100 

75 

62

52 

45 

37 

32 

28 

24

Jan.

21 

19 

17 

16 

14

*13 

12 

12 

11 

11

11 

10 

13 

60 

150

95 

60 

40 

32 

26

23 

20 

IS 

16 

*15

14 

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

0

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

14 

32 

3S 

35 

40

250 

270 

300 

210 

150

130 

110 

100 

105 

105

95 

80 

70 

65 

60

56 

54 

52 

50

Mar.

50 

56 

SO 

450 

«47S

289 

236 

167 

134 

100

60 

70 

75 

, 80 

70

65 

60 

335 

*1,910 

945

374 

312 

256 

167 

134

120 

127 

336 

409 

1,660 

2,400

Secondfoot-days

329.7 

323.3 

1,405.6

-

811 

2,527 

12,025 

13,179 

4,549 

3,713 

2,813.0 

847.5 

548.4

41,871.5

Apr.

1,040 

520 

372 

695 

400

267 

206 

336 

732 

428

300 

368 

312 

246 

196

1S6 

176 

622 

642 

1,530

1,190 

SOO 

487 

300 

236

176 

134 

106 

94 

82

VaxlsKos

114 

26 

206

-

150 

300 

2,400 

1,530 

1,150 

455 

650 

35 

67

2,400

May

79 

100 

S2 

74 

62

57 

54 

47 

57 

56

48 

44 

42 

41 

40

48 

42 

3S 

42 

350

201 

145 

116 

99 

116

160 

1,150 

457 

268 

195 

245

Minimum

2.0 

2.5 

S.S

-

10 

11 

50 

S2 

38 

30 

S.O 

2.6 

5.0

2.0

June

225 

203 

163 

129 

103

S6 

76 

84 

104 

66

72 

77 

56 

43 

34

34 

30 

71 

455 

194

116 

84 

73 

70 

77

105 

79 

89 

454 

259

July

650 

322 

201 

151 

107

77 

58 

49 

40 

33

31 

119 

63 

36 

26

39 

31 

22 

18.0 

15.5

13.0 

10.5 

10.0 

18.0 

12.0

9.5 

6.0 

10.0 

15.5 

15.5 

8.5

He an

10.6 

10.8 

45.3

-

26.2 

67.1 

38S 

439 

147 

124 

71.4 

7.96 

18.3

114

Aug.

6.5 

4.8 

4.4 

3.4 

2.S

3.0 

4.9 

6.2 

4.4 

3.4

2.S 

2.6 

2.6 

11.5 

10.0

4.S 

3.6 

3.3 

28 

19.0

6.0 

5.0 

3.6 

3.4 

3.4

5.4 

12.5 

17.5 

12.5 

9.0 

35

Per square 

mile

0.121 

.124 

.516

-

.300 

.997 

4.44 

5.02 

1.66 

1.42 

.817 

.091 

.209

1.30

Sept.

67 

30 

16.5 

14.5 

10.5

7.4 

6.5 

6.7 

22 

27

31 

17.0 

14.0 

10.5 

10.5

10.5 

9.5 

7.1 

5.9 

5.0

5.3 

11.5 

9.0 

6.5 

52

53 

27 

21 

17.0 

14.5

Run-off In 

Inches

0.14 

.14 

.60

-

.35 

1.08 

5.12 

5.60 

1.94 

1.58 

.94 

.10 

.23

17.82

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on Mahoning Oreek at 

Punxsutavmey and near Dayton.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 22 to Mar. 4, Mar. 11-17.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 61

Crooked Creek at Idaho, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°39'15", long. 79°21'00", at highway bridge at

 Idaho, Armstrong County, li miles downstream, from Plum Creek and 2i mller west of 

Shelocta. Datum of gage Is 961.04 feet above mean sea level (Buffalo, Rochester & 

Pittsburgh Ry. bench mark).

Drainage area.- 191 square miles.

Records available.- February 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,240 secondrfeet Apr. 20 (gage height, 9.61

 feet); minimum, 2.4 second-feet Oct. 8; minimum daily, 2.8 second-feet Oct. 8.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 7,170 second-feet June 22, 1939 (gage height, 11.40 

feet); minimum, that of Oct. 8, 1939; minimum daily, that of Oct. 8, 193P, 

Maximum stage known, 18.6 feet, from floodmark, in March 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and backwater from debris 

(gage Height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

.5

.3 

1.0

0.8

4.9

11.4

35

75

Oct. 1 td Apr. 2 

1.2 123 

1.5 202

2 355

3 730

4 1,225

Apr. 21 to Sept,- 30

1,775

2,390

3,090

3,360

4,700

0.5 

.6 

.8

1.0

7.6

14.5

43

37

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

137

216

360

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 2.3 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11.0

11.5

S.S

7.5

6.3

4.1

4.1

2.3

7.7

5.6

4.9

4.9

4.1

4.9

4.9

6.2

4.9

4.9

6.3

7.5

3.2

8.3

8.2

9.4

11.0

34

104

227

87

55

40

Nov.

35

32

25

21

23

35

42

46

44

37

32

32

31

24

23

21

20

13.5

19.5

19.5

17.5

18.5

19.5

18.5

16.5

12.5

15.0

16.5

14.0

17.0

-

Dec.

17.5

18.5

47

60

55

*49

46

44

37

37

49

40

48

62

55

55

62

55

49

407

505

304

180

130

99

85

65

55

50

46

43

Jan.

40

37

35

32

30

#28

26

25

24

24

24

*30

40

250

900

407

255

161

110

90

SO

70

64

58

54

50

45

42

40

38

36

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

*34

33

31

30

29

32

45

85

eo

170

1,200

798

605

42S

294

233

211

214

202

*261

289

249

219

185

202

164

14S

171

148

-

-

Mar.

156

295

1,190

2,310

1,620

887

565

42S

333

255

194

177

214

25S

317

258

228

743

3,000

1,330

762

525

362

267

205

169

169

548

711

2,440

3,330

Second - 

foot-days

716.5

746.0

2,855.0

90,258.9

3,145

6,790

25,246

31,574

6,026

9,620

3,535

660.5

1,098.0

92,012.0

Apr.

1,600

970

793

1,890

1,050

625

446

309

1,860

1,050

685

970

752

605

472

411

368

1,370

1,590

4,620

3,280

1,350

1,020

645

452

339

265

213

184

163

-

Maximum

227

46

505

3,270

900

1,200

3,S30

4,620

1,120

302

545

108

140

4,620

May

163

136

153

142

122

107

100

85

97

87

76

71

71

71

73

78

71

66

62

231

179

134

112

110

130

134

1,120

575

351

260

809

Minimum

2.8

12.5

17.5

2.3

24

29

156

163

62

87

26

10.5

10.5

2.S

June

775

685

483

345

249

186

153

190

424

362

747

802

422

265

SOS

179

130

126

334

134

132

110

97

120

107

107

37

340

752

525

-

July

545

360

257

200

142

110

90

78

69

64

36

375

140

94

76

114

SO

60

49

43

34

33

31

33

33

26

50

56

80

82

45

Mean

23.1

24.9

92.1

247

101

234

814

1,052

194>

323.

114

21.3

36.6

251

Aug.

29

25

20

17.0

14.5

13.0

23

20

14.5

14.0

13.0

12.5

11.5

11.0

12.5

12.5

10.5

10.5

33

24

17.0

13.0

11.5

11.0

11.0

19.0

42

34

24

24

108

Per square 

mile

0^121

.130

.482

1 £9

529

X 23

4»26

5.51

1.02

X*68

.597

.112

.192

1.31

Sept.

140

73

47

33

25

13.0

15.5

24

74

7J.

66

45

34

26

24

25

21

18.0

14.5

14.5

13.0

11.5

11.5

10.5

73

66

36

25

23

20

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.14

.15

.56

17.60

.61

1.33

4.91

6.15 

1*18

1.37

*oyRQ

.13

.21

17.93

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (7 a.m.) 3,620 sec.-ft.; Har. 31 (5 a.m.) 4,520 sec.-ft.- Apr. 20 (1 

p.m.; 5,340 sec.-ft. '

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 26 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19 to Feb. 11. Backwater from debris on control, Oct. 1-10, Dec. 2-6, Sept. 24-30j discharge computed on basis of gage 

heights and three discharge measurements.
62 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 

Crooked Creek Reservoir at Crooked Creek Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40042 I 50", long. 79°30'3011 , at control tower at 

CrooTced Creek Dam, Armstrong County, 4 miles south of Ford City and 7 miles upstream 

from mouth. Datum of gage is mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, datum, 

which is 2.07 feet below that of general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 278 square miles.

Records available.- May to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum contents during period, 8,310 acre-feet June 12 (elevation, 848.85 

reet); minimum, 1,728 acre-feet Aug. 17 (elevation, 830.39 feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by an earth-fill dam, rock faced. Storage be^n In May 

15307 Controlled capacity, 90,060 acre-feet between elevations 809.00 (sill of outlet) 

and 918.00 feet (crest of spillway). Ordinary minimum (conservation) poll elevation, 

840 feet. Reservoir is used for flood-control. Figures given herein ar? of total 

capacity or contents for level pool.

Cooperation.- Records furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

813

sis

82O

Capacity table (elevation, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet)

(Prepared by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, from surreys and

maps of that organization)

SO S3S

150 840

460 845

9OO 8SO

1,650 855

2,850 

4,510 

6,450 

S,940 

12,050

865 

870 

S75 

880

15,570

19,250

23,350

28,200

33,480

885

890

900

905

39,150

45,310

52,150

59,490

67,250

910

915

920

925

930

75,550

84,450

93,9OO

103,850

114,400

Monthly elevation and contents. May to September 1940

Date Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

Note.- Contents as given herein are computed from elevations at midnleht.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 63

Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam, Pa. 

(Formerly published as Crooked Creek near Ford City, Pa.)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°43'10", long. 79°30'45", a quarter of a mile 

downstream from Crooked Creek Dam, Armstrong County, 3i miles south of For1 City, 

Armstrong County, and 6& miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 801.58 feet 

above mean sea level (Crooked Creek Reservoir datum; Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

benchmark). Prior to Jan. 1, 1940, chain gage at highway bridge li miles downstream. 

Datum of gage was 786.12 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 278 square miles.

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 in 

reports of U. s. Geological Survey; October 1909 to September 1940 in reports of 

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 29 years (1910-13, 1914-40), 433 second-feet (adjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,160 second-feet (regulated) Apr. 21 (gage 

height, 8.47 feet); minimum observed, 1.0 second-foot Oct. 11, 19 (gage height, 

1.20 feet, site and datum then in use).

1909-40: Maximum discharge, 21,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 17.86 

feet, from floodmark, site and datum then in use), by contracted-opening mothod; 

minimum observed, 0.1 second-foot Sept. 11, 25, 26, 1932.

Remarks._- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or fragmentary gage-height 

record and those below 10 second-feet, which are fair. Gage read twice dally prior 

to Jan. 1, 1940. Flow regulated by Crooked Creek Reservoir (capacity, 90,060 acrefeet ).

Cooperation.- Results of three discharge measurements and records of contents of Crooked 

Creek Reservoir furnished, by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

7.S

10

8.4

9.1

9.1

9.1

6.5

5.4

6.0

5.4

1.6

2.6

3.8

3.2

3.S

3.8

2.6

2.1

1.0

2.6

3.2

9.1

8.4

6.0

7.2

21

125

283

212

94

60

HOT.

49

44

31

26

30

23

31

46

52

52

53

42

32

30

26

21

22

21

24

19

19

15

22

19

17

19

17

12

13

17

-

Dec.

24

25

29

59

«80

66

61

55

50

44

'43

54

52

68

73

76

78

70

30

204

678

525

412

250

148

138

108

76

68

64

60

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

56

54

51

*48

44

41

3S

36

34

33

33

*38

45

150

1,050

692

454

310

210

140

110

90

eo

70

65

60

55

51

48

44

42

Feb.

39

37

35

34

*32

35

60

100

90

250

1,600

1,400

1,000

648

3S6

320

250

230

230

*272

464

320

270

250

270

230

2OO

190

210

_

-

Mar190

400

1,080

*3,900

e2,TOO

el, 300

e9OO

e600

214

236

293

24S

285

326

477

386

327

543

3,2SO

2,460

1,230

792

537

399

423

351

27S

512

841

2,280

4,960

Apr.

3,910

1,920

1,010

2,040

2,130

1,230

576

S5V

2,580

1,820

1,060

1,300

1,140

902

695

576

51S

1,340

2,260

4,620

5,800

4,680

2,270

1,040

674

500

391

316

219

209

Observed

£35. ""^

932. 8 283

844 53

3,822 67S

126,917-S 7,130

4,274 1,050

9, 452 1, 600

32,770 4,960

48,583 5,800

4,514 1,310

16,654 2,39O

5,553 767

2,239 78X

490 25

130,127.8 5,800

Minimum

1.0

JO

24

1.0

33

S2

190

209

35Q-l

oX

40

11

13

1.0

Mean

30.1

28 !

123

348

133

 zna O&v

1,057

1,619

146

555

179

72 >2

16.3

356

May

216

256

291

183

104

S6

64

44

35

SO

66

70

59

45

46

64

64

64

64

52

45

46

48

49

49

49

55

65

312

533

1,310

June

1,OOO

2,390

1,520

927

574

403

297

256

263

274

634

1,350

1,330

621

420

420

42S

263

302

354

267

216

212

125

82

81

90

99

586

870

Change in 

contents

(mean 

seeond-feet)t

0

0

0

0

0

+2.6

+60.3

 59.9

+115*

 12 «9

 23 »8

-47.1

+39 .O

+6.3

July

767

642

637

502

2S7

223

177

113

113

113

115

115

115

115

113

113

113

113

110

104

104

152

143

66

66

66

40

45

57

57

57

Aug.

57

57

55

55

55

57

57

57

57

55

55

29

15

15

539

761

36

11

16

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

16

15

15

15

17

Sept.

16

16

16

17

19

20

21

20

17

IS

IS

18

IS

15

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

26

20

23

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

>xn -i OU. J.

po 1

iCo. X

123

346

138

329

1,117

1,559

261

542

155

25.1

55.3

362

Per squire 

mile 1

0.108

.171

.442

1.2S

.496

1.13

4.0?

5.61

>9'59

1.9*5

 5")8

.'l39

1.30

Run- off 

n inches

0.12

.11

.51

16.84

.57

1.27

4.63

6 »26

1 *08

2

-1 Q

 XD 

.64

.10

 22

17.68

Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents in Crooked Creek Reservoir.

e Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights, gate 

openings at Crooked Creek Dam, and records for nearby stations.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 29 to Jan. 14, Jan. 16 to Feb. 11, Feb. 

16-19, Feb. 22 to Mar. 2. Change in reservoir contents estimated October to January, April.
64 ALLEGHENY RIVER_ TRIBUTARIES 

Stony Creek at Hollsopple, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°12'35", long. 78°55'40", at highway bridge In Hollsopple, 

Somerset County, 1.2 miles downstream from Quemahonlng Creek. Datum of gage Is 

1,514.69 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 244 square miles.

Records available.- August 1937 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes"^Maximum discharge during year, 12,800 second-feet Mar. 31 (ga^e height, 10.3

 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 5,000

second-leet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 10 second-feet Oct. 15, 16, 18, 

19, 21 (gage height, 1.78 feet).

1937-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum observed, 5.2 secondfeet Aug. 31, 1938 (gage height, 1.73 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice dally. Some regulation by mine pumpage and by

 Quemahoning Reservoir (capacity, 21,000,000,000 gallons). Figures of daily discharge 

do not Include diversion from Quemahonlng Reservoir to Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel 

Co.

Cooperation.- Records of diversion and change In reservoir contents furnished by Cambria 

Steel Co.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect and of backwater from debris on 

control (gage height, in feet, and discliarge, in second-feet)

1.7 

1.9 

2.3 

2.5 

2.8

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31

22

79

192

325

3.2 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

545

SOO

1,085

1,470

1,920

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

2,460

3,100

4,820

7,090

9,520

1.7 

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

2.S

Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

11.2 

25.5 

SS

190

340

3.2 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

595

870

1,165

1,540

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

1,970

2,490

3,110

3,870

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194")

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

ZZ

23

34

25

86

37

28

29

30

31

Oct.

43

39

82

52

34

26

22

18

16

17

15

12

12

12

10

10

11

10

10

11

10

12

12

12

17

20

70

544

2SS

122

S6

Nov.

188

137

76

60

57

66

71

174

221

141

122

93

74

60

55

50

47

45

43

39

34

34

39

36

34

33

30

32

36

34

-

Dec.

29

30

45

71

47

39

33

41

41

39

45

*45

50

57

50

47

6S

S6

63

90

188

176

140

91

66

89

77

70

74

65

59

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

56

53

51

49

*4S

]

46

45

44

43

42

43

46

50

LOO

300

240

]

]

]

Seoondfoot-days

1,655

2> 161

2,111

87,772

2,3S8

7,936

28,269

35,452

5,036

8,027

4,045

1 1 f>06

1.S47

100,433

L70

L20

LOO

90

81

75

70

65

61

57

54

51

48

46

44

Feb.

*42

11

11

10

44

57

1

2

36

35

30

500

1,060

7<

8(

6

52

38

35

355

330

3(

2

2!

56

32

37

269

243

2(

2(

1£

55

50

3S

ISO

165 1'

1

»!'

C5

35

15

Mar.

130

176

408

702

*702

545

458

355

306

23S

196

221

274

269

278

260

247

555

2,100

1,470

1,160

S70

63S

458

408

370

330

605

1,030

4,670

7,790

Apr.

3,100

1,700

1,230

2,790

1,700

1,120

S35

905

1,620

1,120

835

835

595

400

400

945

1,010

1,160

1,380

3,580

2,490

1,700

1,160

660

498

452

406

340

260

226

Observed

Maximum

544

188

2,490

300

1,060

7 790

3^580

456

785

416

270

200

7,790

Minimum

10

30

29

10

42

40

130

226

85

94

36

16

24

10

Mean

53 4

r,n* (\

68!l

240

77,0

274

913

1 1 ftp

163

268

130

48* 6

61 6

274

May

204

250

208

174

141

131

128

125

151

138

115

103

100

100

94

103

109

97

S5

456

2SO

170

148

134

199

208

178

159

128

118

302

June

465

302

296

245

1S2

125

106

522

7S5

69S

376

595

376

217

17S

167

141

118

346

255

14S

112

100

103

94

106

94

124

376

275

Diversion

and change

In contents 

(equivalent 

mean)t

+40.6

+39 5

+ 68)7

+95.8

+65.4

+190

+432

+96.1

+99 2

-(-149*

4-21 *7

4-P1 T « * * P

+108

July

Mean

94. 0

112

137

336

142

464

1,344

1^278

261

417

207

82. 8

3S2

416

413

2*5

174

134

106

88

SO

72

66

61

172

US

83

59

94

94

74

56

43

40

36

64

104

254

141

85

91

368

134

SO

Aug.

56

40

30

30

28

26

30

2S

26

24

25

23

22

26

22

22

22

24

30

2S

24

22

20

18

16

36

143

270

212

109

74

Sept.

91

85

54

36

34

28

26

51

128

141

151

103

64

47

38

35

34

28

26

26

24

25

26

24

48

200

148

52

40

34

-

Adjusted

Per square 

mile

0.385

.459

.561

1.38

 532

1^90

5.51

5.24

1.07

1.71

.348

233

 339

1.57

Run-off 

In Inches

0.44

.51

.65

18.73

.67

2.05

6.35

5.85

1.23

1.91

 93

 33

 33

21.35

*Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion to Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel Co. and change in contents in Quemahonlng 

Reservoir.

Note.- Stage discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 23 to Feb. 10, Feb. 26 to Mar. 1. Backwater from debris on control Oct. 10-26} discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement 

gage heights, and records for station at Ferndale.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 65

Stony Creek at Ferndale, Pa.

Location.- water-stage recorder, lat. 40°17'10n , long. 78°55'10n , at highway bridge at 

Fertidaie, Cambria County, 0.4 mile downstream from Bens Creek, 1.2 miles upstream 

from Johnstown city limit, and 5.2 miles upstream from confluence with Ltttle 

Conemaugh River. Datum of gage is 1,183.84 feet above mean sea level (city of 

Johnstown datum). Prior to Feb. 1, 1940, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 451 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,900 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 13.3 

feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 12.000 second-feet; 

minimum observed, 13 second-feet Oct. 15 (gage height, 1.56 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum observed, 12 secondfeet Sept. 24, 1939 (gage height, 1.55 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 58,600 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936, by slope-area and contracted opening methods.

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

which are fair. Chain gage read twice dally Oct. 1 to Jan. 5, and once daily Jan. 6- 

14, 16-30. Regulation by mine pumpage and by reservoirs above station, the five 

largest of which have a combined capacity of 1,788,000,000 cubic feet. Figures of 

dally discharge do not Include diversion from Quemahoning Reservoir to Cambria plant 

of Bethlehem Steel Co., and from Mill Creek, Dalton Run, and North Fork of Bens Creek 

Reservoirs for water supply of city of Johnetown.

Cooperation.- Results of five discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army. Records of diversion and change In reservoir contents furnished by 

Bethlehem Steel Co. and Johnstown Water Co.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

S3. 22

23

24

26

86

87

2S

89

30

31

Oct.

93

88

193

108

58

38

89

34

19

IS

IS16

16

16

14

IS

33

17

16

17

86

17

17

16

84

49

170

1,040

618

830

83S

HOT.

337

854

136

109

109

180

135

347

518

2S6

196

178

161

183

104

96

84

76

76

74

70

68

68

70

68

66

43

66

44

46

-

Dec.

60

60

84

186

98

84

74

104

114

100

183

118

118

138

100

183

166

193

168

318

604

38S

868

170

180

170

*140

130

140

130

180

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

 116

]

3

1

16

10

10

*110

110

1

]

1

05

06

00

100

]

1

£

98

06

10

00

660

600

4;

I

60

80

50

300

ISO

:

i

i

66

55

40

136

*130

1

1

]

*

Seoondfoot-days

3,177

4,061

4,748

188,674

6,615

16,107

57,669

7S, 026

14,173

18,573

9 224

2pS3l

o 1740 * *

816,840

80

10

06

>98

94

Feb.

98

£

£

£

0

P

0

100

136 lr

se

3t

5

>0

0-

600

1 830

1,3£

1,6]

1,8£

0

0

0

850

770

6C

7C

6!

S8

X)

5

635

678

6]

4£

41

8

8

4

434

368

21

3S

3E

8

7

8

Mar383

468

S90

1,390

1,890

1,010

810

700

604

612

488

618

635

604

678

618

628

1,610

6,880

3,800

8,360

1,780

1,890

930

810

735

668

1,860

8,360

9,880

13,800

Apr,

6,980

3,960

8,980

6,640

3,980

8,500

1,860

8,410

3,650

8,500

1,800

1,680

1,880

1,000

1,000

1,980

1,S60

8,370

2,630

6,840

4,880

3,350

8,600

1,860

1,440

1,160

966

778

668

677

Observed

Maximum

1,040

618

604

6,180

660

1 830 isisoo

6,986

1,110

1,390

1,080

368

848

13,SOO

Minimum

14

43

60

13

94

90

323

577

226

QOO «ffO<£

96

34

36

14

Mean

108

136

153

500

17S

665

1, 360

8,601

457

619

898

91.3

91.4

592

May

541

668

641

476

404

366

388

356

410

355

305

873

873

883

888

316

878

846

886

1,110

786

490

417

384

608

649

706

583

464

417

854

June

1,060

866

789

618

490

396

338

568

1,390

1,300

6S1

949

666

477

406

389

374

383

1,140

S49

60S

400

358

337

309

896

888

409

888

754

Diversion

and change 

In contents

(eqlvalent 

meanjt

+45.0

+49.3

+86.3

+108

+77.4

+807

+440

+1O3

+106

+156

+86*6

+29*0

+27 * 2

+117

July

1

Mean

147

1S4

839

602

255

17 co * Oi.

£,300

2,704

663

776

586

180

119

7C9

,080

SS8

698

458

35S

886

248

218

801

178

800

417

279

194

150

813

810

164

138

111

96

95

808

388

376

837

182

131

579

899

1S9

Aug.

137

108

98

76

73

66

76

70

58

61

46

48

40

S3

67

40

46

53

87

68

60

40

36

34

35

74

801

368

318

ISO

134

Sept.

158

137

99

73

69

58

46

54

139

804

848

149

104

SI

66

68

64

64

56

49

39

36

35

36

60

889

153

83

69

50

Adjusted

Per scuare 

miie

0.386

.408

.630

1.33

.666

1.69

6 10

6.00

1.86

1.72

.854

.866

. S64wx

1.57

Run-off 

In Inches

0 OO«a 

.46

.61

18.13

.66

I Ocart 

6*33

6*69

1*44

1

AO ass

 98

.31

.29

81.43

 Winter discharge measurement.* made on this day.

tDlverslon to Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel Co. and to city of Johnstown and 0'iange In contents In Quemahoning, North Pork of Ben's Creek, Dalton Run, Mill Creek Ho. 1, and M'.ll Creek Ho. 8 

Reservoirs.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 84 to Feb. 9. Ho gage-helgh1-. record Jan. 16, 

Mar. 18-31; discharge computed on basis of 4 discharge measurements and records for station at Hollsopple. Twice-daily readings of chain gage used Apr. 1 to May 17.
66 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 

Conemaugh River at Seward, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°25'10", long. 79001'40", at highway bridge at 

Seward, Westmoreland County, 2 miles downstream from Findley Run and 9 miles northwest of Johnstown. Datum of gage is 1,075.64 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 715 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes"^Maximum discharge during year, 35,000 second-feet Mar. 31 (gare height, 15.22 

teet); minimum, 164 second-feet Oct. 15 (gage height, 2.55 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31, 1940; minimum daily, 105 second-feet 

Dec. 28, 29, 31, 1938 (affected by ice).

Maximum stage known, 26.4 feet, from floodmarks, Mar.18, 1936 (discharge, about 

90,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Regulation by steel mills and reservoirs above station, the

 eight largest of which have a combined capacity of 2,060,170,000 cubic feet.

Cooperation.- Records of reservoir contents furnished by Bethlehem Steel Co. and 

Johnstown Water Co.

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Hw. 29 Bar. 30 to Sept. 3*

145

184

3.0 

3.2 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0

420

608

840

1,250

1,730

4.5 

5.0 

S.5 

6.0 

7.0

2,710

3,850

5,140

6,540

9,340

2.6 207

2.8 314

3.0 455

3.2 640

3.4 S70

3.7 1,290

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

1,800

2,770

3,840

6,420

9,160

8.0

9.0 ic.o 11.0 12.0

12,000

14,900

17,900

21,000

24,200

Discharge, In second-feet, rater year October 1939 to September

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

271

326

414

348

271

240

224

198

193

198

206

202

193

184

176

180

188

198

188

198

198

184

184

193

206

291

518

1,570

1,040

564

420

Kov.

555

558

405

332

320

345

360

566

892

632

518

446

390

360

345

314

3O7

295

282

282

271

271

271

271

271

250

245

245

245

229

-

Dec.

220

234

282

326

307

288

277

314

345

332

360

368

360

390

346

339

382

464

438

534

1,200

846

630

558

394

417

440 -382

446

420

368

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

Hay. .................

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

Water year 1939-4O

Jan.

296

295

532

314

326

295

!

.

,

388

507

501

271

282

S

,

'

295

501

108

1,150

919

(

.

'

575

563

182

405

429

'

^

;

120

112

598

390

368

!

;

;

;

S39

520

S20

20

314

Seoondfoot-daya

9,964

11,073

13,006

375,990

12 540

30,851

104,108

151,670

30,22V

35,505

21 544

11*. 777

9,893

422,156

Feb.

301

301

301

282

295

332

452

622

664

919

2,830

2.3OO

3,380

2,460

1,590

1,370

1,220

1,280

1,130

1,180

1,100

944

918

840

840

719

743

780

7O8

-

Mar652

836

1,350

2.5OO

2,540

1,970

1,610

1,370

1,210

1.04O

918

954

1,250

1,140

1,140

998

970

1,910

3,870

6,500

4,360

3,500

2,580

2,060

1,750

1,480

1,510

2,910

4,930

15,400

23,900

Apr.

13,100

6,900

5,140

12,300

6,560

4,080

3,080

3,780

5,610

3,960

3,080

2,980

2,570

2,170

1,960

2,520

2,710

3,400

4,070

11,200

7,770

5,340

3,960

3,080

2,510

2,020

1,750

1,500

1,350

1,220

-

Observed

Maxima.

1,570

892

1,200

8,720

1,15O

5,380

13*100

1,740

2,670

1,730

834

570

23.9OO

Minimum

176

229

220

110

271

282

652

1,220

con OOU

695

375

262

236

176

Mean

321

369

420

1,030

405

1 064

3*358

4,389

975

1,183

695

380

330

1,153

Hay

1,140

1,230

1,130

1,010

935

870

370

822

S70

774

684

640

620

662

640

673

684

620

580

1,740

1,600

1,170

1,000

935

1,060

1,160

1,450

1,280

1,060

948

1,370

June

1,820

1,620

1,370

1,220

1,040

396

7S6

BOO

2,670

2,060

1,310

1,45O

1,200

948

846

846

774

750

1,660

1,310

1,100

883

786

810

774

717

695

842

1,570

1,450

-

Change In 

contents

(equivalent 

mean)t

-64.9

+13! 5

-2.0

-16.1

+1O8

+348

 38 0

-2s!s

+20.2

-60.4

-117

-99.2

+ .5

July

1.73C

1.60C

1.22C

974

S22

7O 

630

590

550

532

669

950

747

550

48S

570

580

48G

440

4O2

373

388

464

714

81G

615

540

440

808

663

498

Aug.

425

373

347

327

321

352

367

327

302

291

285

285

291

357

354

297

285

297

394

334

302

285

273

262

262

438

7S1

834

756

533

440

Sept.

432

425

373

334

314

297

285

285

346

501

570

455

380

321

291

285

285

273

262

256

251

236

236

246

302

433

410

302

256

251

-

Adjusted

Mean

256

311

434

1,028

389

1,172

5,706

4,351

947

1,203

635

263

231

1,154

Per square 

mile 1

0.358

.435

.607

1.44

 544

1.64

5.18

6.O9

1.32

1.68

.888

.368

.323

1.61

Run-off 

n Inches

0.41

.49

.TO

19.51

.63

1.77

5.97

6.79

1*52

1*87

1.02

.42

.36

21.95

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (3:30 a.m.) 10,500 sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (1 a.m.) 35.OOO a<»o.-ft.; Apr. 4 

(4 a.m.) 15,500 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (9 a.m.) 13.2OO sec.-ft.

tChange In contents In Quemahoning, Korth Fork of Bens Creek, Dalton Run, Hill Creek Ho. 1, 

Hill Creek Ho. 2, Hlnkaton, Saltlick, and Laurel Run Reservoirs.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 67

Conemaugh River at Tunnelton, Pa.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°27'15", long. 79°23'30", at highway b-ldge at 

Tunnelton, Indiana County, 0.9 mile downstream from Boatyard Run, 3f miles southeast of Saltsburg, and 5i miles upstream from confluence with Loyalhanna Creek. 

Datum of gage is 844.64 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,358 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes"^raxlmum discharge during year, 55,600 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 20.18

 feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 220 second-feet Oct. 18, 20 (gage height, 

1.94 feet).

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

which are fair. Gage read twice dally. Flow regulated by steel mills and reservoirs 

above station, the eight largest of which have a combined capacity of 2,060,170,000 

cubic feet.

Cooperation.- Records of reservoir contents furnished by Bethlehem Steel Co. and Johnstown Water Co.

Rating table, water year 1939-4O, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.9 

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

20O 

510 

520 

SO5 

1,175

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

1,S50 

2,580 

5,400 

4,340 

6,560

8.0 

10.0 

13.O 

16.0 

18.0

11,720

17,600

27,700

38,900

46,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

10

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

tsio

t368

t490

t452

t362

t368

t342

t29S

t256

t262

t250

t245

250

25O

235

230

240

225

256

235

250

250

240

24O

268

349

792

1,710

1,850

1,060

652

Nov.

596

752

652

482

431

438

468

528

974

9S2

752

605

554

475

452

431

3S9

3S9

389

375

3S9

362

362

349

349

336

349

336

342

336

Dec.

323

330

362

460

520

4S2

452

431

49O

554

537

571

*58S

652

652

605

554

605

700

Sll

1.9OO

1,710

1.1SO

9OO

700

62O

520

560

550

590

56O

Month

Calendar year

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

510

t

i

*<

160

70

190

49O

49O

4

4

4

ISO

70

170

450

440

4

4

£

40

SO

00

1,400

1,990

1.4

1,3

£

40

00

!SO

S7O

860

£

r

r

20

80

40

700

660

e

e

f

f.

30

>10

>80

60

540

Seoondfoot-days

13,585

14,624

2O, 469

-

21 90O

59)5SO

188,590

242 670

52^874

60,452

37, 876 

15, 736

13,562

751,968

Feb.

530

52O

510

500

500

540

660

950

1,400

2,150

5,4OO

5.O4O

6,760

4,750

3,O6O

2.43O

1,990

1,990

2,14O

2,580

«2,430

1,990

1,850

1,710

1,510

1,440

1,370

1.44O

1,440

-

Har1,3OO

1,580

5,08O

7,280

6,800

4,750

3,580

2,740

2,430

1,990

1,640

1,710

1,S5O

1,990

1,990

1,780

1,710

2,430

15,600

12,200

8,000

6,090

4,340

3,4OO

2,900

2,430

2,430

4,720

8,250

21,900

45,700

Apr.

25.5OO

12,900

8,250

1S,50O

11,700

7,2SO

5,180

7,320

12,3OO

8,000

5,180

5.63O

5,180

3,580

3,580

3,580

4,340

6,32O

S,25O

20,400

17,000

11,400

7.76O

5,860

4,540

3.5SO

3,060

2,43O

2,280

1,990

-

Observed

Maximum

1,S50

9S2

1,900

-

1 99O

6)760

45,700

25.5OO 

6, 680

3,950

3,530

1,180 

7OO

45.7OO

Minimum

225

536

323

-

440

50O

1 3OO

1 99O

982 

537

323

316

225

Mean

438

4S7

66O

-

706

2,O54

6,084

8,089

2,O2S

2,015

1,222 

509

452

2,055

Hay

1.S5O

1,990

1.99O

1,780

1,580

1,44O

1,370

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,110

1,040

982

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,180

1,110

9S2

2,9SO

3,580

2,43O

1,99O

1.S50

1,85O

2,140

6,680

4,340

3,06O

2,58O

3,760

June

5,760

5,950

3,060

2,580

2,140

1,710

1,510

1,510

1,580

2,740

1,S5O

2,280

1,S50

1,510

1,3OO

1,440

1,240

982

1,380

3,460

1,990

1,58O

1,300

1,300

1,44O

1,300

1,240

1,660

3,5SO

3,230

-

Change In 

contents

(equivalent 

mean ) t

 64.9

 OO..L CO -l

+13.5

-

-16.1

+108 

+348

-38.0 

-28.3

 f SO* 2 -60 .'4

-117 

-99.2

+0.51

July

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

,580

,230

,430

,S5O

,510

,300

,110

92O

S62

862

920

,30O

,370

,O40

752

SO5

f962

805

700

605

537

554

700

,040

,300

,1SO

,240

,240

S62

,370

920

Aug.

7OO

562

512

482

396

424

537

403

417

417

356

349

349

382

375

3S2

362

323

424

438

403

369

349

342

342

445

862

1.1SO

9S2

9S2

920

Sept.

700

652

580

52S

438

403

368

356

424

482

700

700

482

460

424

3S2

389

366

342

336

330

323

316

336

339

562

605

475

382

342

-

Adjusted

Mean

373

429

674

-

690

2, 162

8,*051

2, OOO

2,035

1,162

39S 

353

2,056

Per square 

mile 1

0.275

.316

.496

-

.508

1 59

4.74

5.93

1.47

1.50

.856

 £39 

. 26O

1.61

Run-off 

n inches

O.32

.36

.67

.

.59

1.71

5.46

6*63

1.69

1.6V

.99

.33 

.29

20.59

KWlnter discharge measurement made on this day.

tChange In contents In Quemahoning, North Pork of Bens Creek, Dalton Run, Mill Cree'' Ho. 1, Mill 

Creek No. 3, Hinkston, Saltlick, and Laurel Run Reservoirs.

Note.- stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 24 to Jan. 14, Jan. IS to Feb. 10. Computed 

on basis of gage readings and relationship curve at Box dain site.
68 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Kisklmlnetas River at Vandergrlft, Pa.

Location.- Water-state recorder, lat. 40°36'20", long. 79°33'15", a third of a mile upstreara from highway bridge at Vandergrift, Westmoreland County and 2 miles upstream

from Pine Run. Datum of gage Is 769.40 feet above mean sea level (Cons of Engineers.

U. S. Army, bench mark). 

Drainage area.- 1,825 square miles. 

Re COMB aval lable. - August 1937 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Osologlcal Survey,

November 1915 to September 1940 (prior to 1937, gage heights only) In reports of

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 71,900 second-feet Mar. 31 (ga^e height, 25.70

rest); minimum, 263 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 2.89 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 185,'000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gag3 height, 41.64

feet, from floodmark at present site), by slope-area method. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, whico. are fair.

Flow regulated by steel mills and reservoirs above station, the eight largest of which

have a combined capacity of 2,108,300,000 cubic feet. 

Cooperation.- Records of reservoir contents furnished by Bethlehem Steel Co., Johnstown

water Co., and Latrobe Water Co.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

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

2.9 

3.1 

3.4 

3". 7 

4.1 

4.5

265 

310 

405 

540 

SOO 

1,110

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0

1,550

2,090

2,770

4,390

8,160

11.0

14.0

17.0

20.0

24.0

12,840

21,600

31,900

43,480

62,600

3.3 

3.7 

4.1 

4.5 

5.0

380

580

830

1,170

1,680

5.5 2,270

6.0

7.0

9.0

11.0

14.0

17.0

2,960

4,650

8,650

13,240

21,600

31,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

'367

370

394

486

486

402

364

337

319

295

292

288

288

281

277

271

271

275

281

2S5

288

290

S88

279

S95

352

625

1,700

2,520

1,460

930

NOT.

730

765

849

648

570

540

588

624

815

1,240

966

800

695

612

564

525

4S6

463

454

441

421

421

425

425

425

409

394

374

384

384

-

Dec.

380

374

405

464

642

*648

594

570

630

716

702

765

765

821

950

835

800

614

886

1,030

2,100

2,410

1,680

1,320

1,000

840

730

780

720

770

710

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

630

»E

j

«

50

60

10

640

610 i

£

f

90

80

70

550

530

I

E

£

20

60

00

3,490

3,150

1,'

1,2

1,1

10

20

00

1,000

980

S

S

9

60

30

00

850

810

7

7

1

6

80

50

20

90

660

Seoondfoot-days

15, 656

26)s51

859,045

29,100

83,390

243,600

342,490

92 770 as) 500

54,158

19J992

1,035,969

Feb.

»640

620

610

600

610

700

800

1,400

1,950

3,100

3,100

9,290

7,230

6,400

4,480

3,390

2,920

2,770

2,700

3,630

3,880

3,830

2,480

2,210

2,210

1,920

1,750

1,800

1,970

-

-

Har.

1,800

*2,4SO

5,000

11,400

10,600

7,180

5,470

4,300

3,550

2,920

2,340

2,090

2,810

2,550

2,840

2,550

2,150

3,150

17,700

16,800

10,800

7,760

6,120

4,660

3,960

3,230

3,070

5,040

9,880

20,800

60,400

Apr.

34,200

16,600

11,800

25,400

16,800

10,400

7,600

7,260

15,500

11,600

8,440

8,230

7,810

6,330

5,680

5,390

6,180

8,380

11,800

30,000

25,000

16,100

11,300

8,440

6,580

5,390

4,380

3,680

3,190

2,880

-

Observed

Maximum

2,520

1,240

2,410

24,800

3,490

60 ',400

lo)lOO

7,390

5,010

1,490

1,360

60,400

Minimum

271

374

374

253

600

1,800

2,880

1, 390

1,540

734

394

368

271

Mean

505

EOT

OOJ.

866

2,354

939

2,S76 

7,S58

11,420

SQ^O

1^747

710

666

2,831

Hay

2,670

2,740

2,740

2,460

2,870

2,090

1,910

1,850

1,790

1,850

1,650

1,600

1,440

1,490

1,550

1,530

1,550

1,510

1,390

2,860

5,390

3,430

2,670

2,530

2,530

2,880

10,100

7,400

4,830

3,680

8,490

June

7,390

6,780

5,140

4,020

3,190

2,600

2,810

1,970

2,430

3,520

2,810

2,910

2,530

2,030

1,790

1,910

1,910

1,540

1,900

4,830

2,880

2,090

1,790

1,660

1,790

1,740

1,670

1,990

4., 650

4,830

-

Change in 

contents

(equivalent 

mean)t

 67 .8

-61.2 

+13.2

-1.95

 18 .1

+118

+354

-38.0 28 .3

 60.9

-120

-100

+0.81

July

4

5

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Mean

520 

879

2,352

921

S, 212

11,380

2,965

1, 686

590 

566

2,832

,470

,010

,600

,810

,270

,910

,600

,400

,290

,200

,270

,00")

,150

,530

,150

,130

,390

,250

,030

93*

Aug.

1,060

862

760

695

630

722

1,330

840

647

580

525

495

465

450

460

520

480

440

475

647

S3' 562

74' 480

73 * 445

,510 407

, 35'' 394

,650 510

, 55r> 914

,400 1,490

,84"i 1,370

,79"i 1,170

,370 1,320

Sept.

1,360

1,060

910

714

624

552

490

515

662

797

1,300

1,130

854

702

596

530

49O

480

455

425

416

394

380

368

578

747

747

708

558

450

-

Adjusted

Per square

mile

0.239

 285 

.482

1.29

.505

1.64 

4.50

6.24

1.62 

1.63

.924

.323 

.310

1.55

Run- off 

In Inches

0.28

 32 

.56

17.51

. 58

1.77

5.19

6>9&

1 87

l'.07

 37 

.35

21.14

Peak dlacharge.- Har. 19 (4:30 p.m.) 26,300 second-feet; Har. 31 (12m.) 71,900 second-feet; Apr. 4 

,J p.m.) 32,600 second-feet; Apr. 9 (10:30 a.m.) 17,500 second-feet; Apr. 20 (6 p.m.) 36,400 secondfeet; May 27 (12 m.) 15,000 second-feet.

 Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

tChange in contents in Quemahoning, North Fork of Bens Creek, Dalton Run, Hill Creek Ho. 1, Hill 

Creek No. 2, Hinkston, Saltlick, Laurel Run, and Trout Run Reaervoira.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 85 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19 to Feb. 11.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 69 

Little Conemaugh River at East Conemaugh, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°20 I 35", long. 7Q°53'Q5V , at highway bridge at 

East Conamaugh, Cambria County, 0.3 mile dovmstream from Clapboard Run and 2.5 miles 

upstream from confluence with Stony Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,207.92 feet above mean 

sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark). Prior to Feb. 1, 1940, chain 

gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 183 square miles.

Records available.- April 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,800 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 8.80 

feet), from rating curve extended above 5,100 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum observed, 6.8 second-feet Oct. 24.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 30, 1940; minimum observed, 3.6 secondfeet Sept. 24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage^height 

record, which are fair. Gage read twice daily prior to Feb. 1. Flow partly regulated 

by reservoirs and diversion works above station. Figures of daily discharge do not 

include diversion at South Fork intake to Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel Co.. from 

Salt Lick and Laurel Run Reservoirs (combined capacity, 122,000,000 cubic feet) to 

city of Johnstown, and fr"om Wilmore Reservoir (capacity, 137,000,000 cubic feet; 

average diversion, about 2.6 second-feet) to Pennsylvania R. R.

Cooperation.- Records of diversion and change in reservoir contents/ furnished by

Bethlehem Steel Co. and Johnstown Water Co. Results of four discharge measurements 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in. second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

8

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

18

13

14

16

16

17

IB

19

20

81 

22

23

24 

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

19.0

23

57

29

17.5

15.5

12.5

10.5

15.5

14.5

11.6

9.9

s.e

9.9

10.6

9.5

9.5

10.5

9.5

3.7

S.O 

7.6

7.3

6.8 

9.5

22

37

124

10S

57

71

Nov.

65

50

34

21

16.0

d!7

d20

d35

d52

d47

345

d39

d35

332

29

26

25

22

21

22

21 

19.5

22

18.5 

15.5

14.5

13.0

13.5

13.0

14.0

Dec.

16.5

' 16.0

20

40

29

26

20

32

35

39

45

 43

49

47

57

35

51

68

59

92

242

166

114

57 

44

100

72

S3

SI

64

46

Month

Calendar year

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

b35

b

t

b

31

27

34

b31

*b2S

b

d

t

27

126

25

b25

b24

I

I

1

23

23

00

380

221

1

1

Seoondfoot-daya

769.7*

317. 5

1,883.5

-

2,047

6,606

28,669

30,666

6,479

3,263

3,699

1,677

1,102.0

92,683.7

70

06

97

39

77 

63

61

55 

49

44

40

36

35

32

2S

Feb.

*2S

29

28

25

26

27

43

61

74

176

665

798

900

566

375

316

292

271

251

213 

170

162

152

155

127

130

141

121

-

Hap.

116

170

311

617

573

424

335

292

246

204

1S6

202

276

242

232

200

205

741

2,700

1,460

1,020 

848

609

510 

399

336

335

1,150

1,690

5,600

6,440

Apr.

3,140

1,560

1,390

3,520

1,520

994

69S

91S

1,1SO

816

645

682

536

480

439

492

434

677

733

2,730

1,860 

1,250

S9S

69S 

562

462

395

335

295

277

-

Observed

Maximum

124

65

242

-

380

900

6,440

3,520

595

1,060

408

262

78

6,440

Minimum

6.S

13.0

16.0

-

23

25

116

277

100

132

42

20

17.5

6.8

Mean

24. S

27.2

60.9

-

66.0

223

925

1,022

209

275

119

54.1

36.7

253

Hay

268

290

255

238

220

200

191

179

176

127

114

108

103

112

104

129

110

100

102

595

400 

308

264

238 

268

250

230

192

160

149

299

June

330

380

251

204

172

149

132

232

1,060

416

289

261

204

159

154

192

132

143

606

435

2S7 

230

202

219 

194

151

141

201

386

306

~

Diversion and 

change In

contents 

( equivalent 

mean)t

+32.1

+33.7

+38.8

-

+35.6

+43.7

+56.4

+37.7

+39.2

+36.4

+37.2

+32.3

+29.9

+37.2

July

408

293

222

191

168

131

113

104

94

103

162

245

144

96

79

102

93

73

59

55

49 

62

4S

138 

115

68

71

52

70

49

42

Aug.

35

32

30

23

88

30

49

33

23

24

25

25

22

32

48

27

26

30

56

4C

SB 

22

21

22 

2C

9E

262

20!

142ei

72

Sept.

7S

61

57

47

41

34

30

32

51

69

76

47

40

34

31

30

27

25

23

20

22 

19.0

20

21 

33

50

27

21

13.5

17.5

Adjusted

 Per aquare Mean mile 1

56.9 0.311

60.9 .333

99.7 .546

-

102 .557

272 1.49

981 5,36

1,060 5.79

243 1.36

311 1.70

156 .852

S6.9 .475

66.6 .364

290 1.58

Run-off 

.n inches

0.36

.37

.63

-

.64

1.61

6.13

6.46

1.57

1.90

.93

.55

.41

21.66

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (3:30 a.m.) 3,540 aeo.-ft.; Mar. 30 (11 p.m.) 11,800 aec.-ft.j Mar. 31 

(9 p.m. ) 5,910 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (3:30 a.m.) 5,580 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion to Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel Co., city of Johnstown and Pennsylvania R. R., 

and change in contents in Salt Lick and Laurel Run Reservoirs (combined capacity 122,000,000 cubic 

feet).

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
70 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°28'25", long. 79°12'1511 , at highway bridge at Gratton,

a quarter of a mile northwest of Blacklick, Indiana County, and three-ouarters of

a mile downstream from Two Lick Creek. Datum of gage is 945.94 feet atove mean sea

level (Pennsylvania State highway bench mark). 

Drainage area.- 390 square miles. 

Records available.- August 1904 to September 1913, October 1918 to September 1921, and

October 1931 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1904 to

December 1905 and January 1907 to September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department

of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 33 years (1907-40), 667 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 20,800 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 11.5

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 24 second-feet Oct. 21

(gage height, 2.50 feet).

1904-40: Maximum discharge, 51,700 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 15.88

feet, from floodmark), by slope-area method; minimum discharge observed, 6 secondfeet Sept. 12, 16-27, 1908 (gage height, 1.88 feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Gage

read twice daily. Some regulation at low stages by mills above statior.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

2.5 

2.7 

2.9 

3.2 

3.5

24

53

97

190

319

Oct. 1 to Mar. 19

3.S 

4.2 

4.6 

5.0 

5.5

490

SOO

1,200

1,670

2,360

3,170

5,170

7,670

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

Mar. 20 to Sept. 30

35 4.0

81 4.5

142 5.0

263 5.5

433 6.0

725

1,190

1,770

2,450

3,220

5,010

7,280

10,340

14,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61 

59 

61 

42 

37

40 

40 

34 

34 

36

32 

30 

33 

32 

30

30 

32 

28 

29 

28

24 

34 

36 

40 

39

61 

144 

486 

256 

146 

105

Hov.

105 

95 

87 

78 

92

35 

97 

121 

202 

143

119 

92 

100 

78 

78

69 

69 

67 

57 

53

55 

57 

55 

51 

47

37 

57 

61 

53 

45

Dec.

45 

53 

63 

100 

130

74 

80 

130 

143 

133

155 

*146 

143 

210 

169

172 

166 

198 

162 

361

676 

438 

296 

195 

145

155 

135 

145 

125 

122 

119

Jan.

118 

121 

126 

120 

*115

110 

105 

105 

100 

100

98 

105 

120 

150 

891

545 

410 

290 

210 

195

190 

180 

170 

160 

*155

145 

140 

135 

130 

125 

120

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19: Q

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

119 

116 

113 

112 

112

130 

190 

300 

450 

883

1,860 

1,440 

1,630 

1,080 

1,060

630 

490 

564 

517 

«601

557 

394 

411 

371 

388

272 

255 

319 

305

Mar.

296 

402 

980 

2,850 

2,410

1,520 

1,040 

845 

670 

524

490 

350 

484 

471 

484

453 

453 

1,080 

6,850 

3,280

2,030 

1,650 

1,190 

980 

765

578 

669 

2,150 

2,680 

8,230 

12,600

Second - 

foot-days

2,119 

2,405 

5,384

180,030

5,784 

15,669 

59,454 

62,896 

19,274 

15,567 

9,490 

2,365 

1,924

202,331

Apr.

5,120 

2,760 

1,960 

3,860 

2,310

1,590 

1,190 

1,780 

3,530 

2,030

1,530 

1,900 

1,530 

1,240 

1,080

1,030 

890 

2,300 

2,600 

6,760

4,620 

3,220 

2,030 

1,530 

1,190

935 

765 

615 

528 

473

HaxlfflUB

486 

202 

676

5,950

891 

1,860 

12,600 

6,760 

3,140 

1,410 

1,360 

149 

116

12,600

May

421 

514 

480 

440 

365

337 

283 

268 

288 

273

254 

236 

227 

245 

263

263 

268 

245 

245 

1,480

1,020 

677 

514 

466 

585

862 

3,140 

1,"530 

980 

805 

1,300

Minimum.

24 

37 

45

23

98 

112 

296 

473 

227 

222 

81 

45 

37

24

Jane

935 

1,080 

805 

622 

493

390 

337 

299 

273 

268

415 

587 

325 

254 

324

360 

236 

222 

814 

852

460 

360 

294 

320 

354

421 

325 

752 

1,410 

980

July

1,360 

848 

615 

4PV 

383

304 

258 

2J.4 

202 

1PO

250 

616 

299 

206 

167

245 

227 

160 

142 

120

107 

81 

126 

202 

498

222 

300 

202 

167 

156 

136

Mean

68.4 

80.2 

174

493

187 

540 

1,918 

2,097 

622 

519 

306 

76.3 

64.1

553

Aug.

116 

90 

78 

6S 

65

63 

96 

78 

58 

58

74 

90 

51 

53 

49

66 

48 

47 

63 

63

55 

49 

45 

45 

47

128 

149 

139 

110 

78 

146

Per square 

 lie

0.175 

.206 

.446

1.26

.479 

1.38 

4.92 

5.38 

1.59 

1.33 

.785 

.196 

.164

1.42

Sept.

110

87 

90 

68 

53

41 

45 

45 

78 

110

110 

81 

58 

47 

53

45 

47 

43 

49 

41

45 

43 

37 

47 

82

116 

78 

55 

73 

47

Run-off in 

inches

0.20 

.23 

.51

17.16

.55 

1.49 

5.67 

6.00 

1.83 

1.48 

.91 

.23 

.18

19.28

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote.-- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 4-6, Dec. 24 to Jan. 14, Jan. 17 to Feb. 9.
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 71

Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°17'35", long. 79°20'25", 60 feet downstream 

from highway bridge at Kingston, Westmoreland County, 150 feet upstream from Millers 

Run, 1.9 miles upstream from Nlnernlle Run, and 3 miles southeast of Latrobe. Datum 

of gage Is 1,014.16 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1989, Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 168 square miles.

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 9,170 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 9.83 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; minimum, 9.1 secind-feet 

Aug. 16 (gage height, 1.12 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 14.5 feet In March 1936, from Information furnished by 

local residents.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by Trout Run Reservoir (capacity, 48,130,000 cubic feet). Figures of 

dally discharge do not Include diversion from reservoir to borough of Latrobe.

Cooperation.- Records of diversion and reservoir contents furnished by Latrobe Water Co.

Rating table, December 1939 to September 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height,

In feet, and discharge, la second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 27 to May 25)

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

8.1

12.9

27.1

49

1.8 

2.O 

2.4 

2.8

51 

181 

28O 

348

3.2 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

515

720

97O

1,350

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

1,790 

2,880 

4,190 

5,71O

Discharge, In aeoond-feet, water year October 1939to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

25

84

25

26

27

88

29

30

SI

Oct. Nov.

+43

Dec.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

t65

-

_

-

87

89

79

67

*188

258

173

135

112

108

110

1O8

flOO

92

76

62

Month

December 16-31 . . . 

Calendar year

Mar oh. ...............

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

Hay..................

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

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

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

Water year 

Jan.

 »

53

47

43

40

38

36

35

33

38

31

31

32

39

70

632

257

1

I

Seoondfoot-days

_

1,844

-

2,450

10,646

24,871

30,206

11,533

7,278

4,089

899

1,609

-

85

00

82

74

72

68

63

56

51

48

44

42

40

39

37

Feb.

37

*36

36

36

39

50

76

185

370

92O

2,000

876

762

605

416

319

272

293

372

551

492

«362

280

243

255

189

171

215

188

-

Mar211

363

1,140

1,520

1,O6O

690

492

385

31O

252

213

198

217

232

249

226

251

658

2,230

1,140

744

560

425

327

270

239

237

708

8O4

3,660

4,840

Apr.

2,080

1,090

1,100

3,230

1,300

774

538

964

1,420

864

635

756

585

524

474

776

660

1,140

1,480

3,380

1,90O

1,23O

640

6 2O

479

378

310

258

223

198

-

Observed

Maximum

_

258

-

632

2,000

4,840

3,380

2,78O

97O

637

136

282

-

Minimum

_

62

-

31

36

198

198

74

 102

42

10

13

-

Mean

_

115

-

79.0

367

8O2

1,007

372

243

132

29.0

53.6

-

Hay

193

19S

170

156

132

115

108

98

113

10O

92

90

87

90

87

98

87

81

74

747

374

271

229

293

290

633

2,780

1,030

596

521

1,600

June

970

798

520

37O

283

23S

188

158

151

153

170

146

142

106

106

271

144

186

371

211

156

132

119

121

106

102

110

186

296

274

-

Diversion and 

change In

contents 

( equivalent 

mean)t

^

-

-

+1,79

+13.7

+10.0

+3,34

+3.38

+3.48

+3.07

+1.44

+2.60

-

July

Mean

_

-

-

8O.8

381

812

1,010

375

246

135

30.4

£6.2

-

637

391

274

220

170

139

113

100

85

78

165

262

130

87

71

199

117

87

66

52

45

42

59

62

71

52

68

67

68

56

56

Ajg.

3S

31

2E

2E

IS

24

39

24

19

I1?

IE

12

1£

11

1C

1C

1C

11

21

26

lr

14

11

13

1C

2C

136 lie

49

34

86

Sept.

90

46

31

25

81

17

15

53

148

282

205

106

66

45

35

29

86

23

21

19

17

16

13

13

7S

78

31

23

19

18

Adjusted

Per sqvare 

mile ]

_

-

-

0.481

2.27 '

4.83

6.01

2.23

1.46

.804

.181

.335

-

Run- off 

n Inches

_

_

-

-

0,55

2. 45

5.57

6.71

2.57

1.63

.93

.21

.37

-

' Peak discharge.- Mar. 30 (11:30 p.m.) 9,170 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (3:30 a.m.) 5,55O sec.-ft.; Apr. 2O 

(7 a.m.) 4,330 seo_.-ft.j May 27 (2 a.m.) 5,230 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Result of discharge measurement,

$ Diversion from and change In contents In Trout Run Reservoir.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 25 to Jan. 14, Jan. 17 to Feb. 10.

461679 O - 42 - 6
72 ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Loyalhanna Creek at New Alexandria, Pa.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°23'40", long. 79°25'55", at highway bridge at New

 Alexandria, Westmoreland County, If miles downstream from Crabtree Cipek. Datum or

gage Is 917.26 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 265 square miles. ^ , _ 

Records available,.,- October 1919 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940

 (discontinued }"in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1913 to July 1923 and 

November 1925 to September 1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and 

Waters 

Average discharge,.- 17 years (1919-22, 1926-40), 442 second-feet (adjusted for 1940 water 

year only) .

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,400 second-feet Mar. 31 (gate height, 12.9

 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve, extended above 3,000 

second-feet on basis of slope-area and contracted-opening determinations at gage 

height 20.96 feet; minimum observed, 15 second-feet Aug. U; -minimum dally, 18 second1913-23, 1925-40: Maximum discharge, 31,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage 

height, 20.96 feet, from floodmark), by slope-area and contracted-opeiing methods; 

minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Oct. 3, 1927 (gage height, 1.46 fee":). 

 

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice dally. Flow regulated at low stages by power

Cooperation

. .

mine pumpage, and Trout Run Reservoir (capacity, 48,130,.000 c-iblc feet). 

.- Records of reservoir contents furnished by Latrobe Water C%

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect or baetanrter from 

leaves (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

o~ 20 to Sept. SO

2.0

2.1 

2.8

2.3

2.4

19 

32 

49 

71 

9S

Oct. 1 to Mar. 19

2.6 

2.6 

3.1 

3.5 

4.0

165

250

405

640

950

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

1,275

1,620

2,360

3,300

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

15 

2S 

45 

67 

98

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

176

356

615

900

1,595

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

2,360

4,330

6,770

9,780

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Oct.

20

23

27

29

26

26

20

26

23

22

IS

18

18

19

26

23

22

28

28

26

28

26

27

2S

32

56

156

378

158

S7

71

Mov.

71

82

60

46

67

71

82

82

98

82

74

62

53

62

62

58

51

49

56

53

56

53

67

60

53

56

53

53

49

53

Dec.

51

58

58

94

98

93

93

104

129

114

117

*117

110

161

143

133

117

129

120

114

570

536

151

165

165

15S

133

124

115

105

96

Month

Calendar year 1939

Jan 

Feb 

Mar

nary. .............

rfa. ...............

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

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

Jill1"- -----------

Aug

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

88

31

75

70

66

«64

(

(

52

51

;o

59

56

1

59

36

30

875

449

2

1

1

56

30

30

100

95

V

32

36

32

74

69

36

33

50

56

56

Seoondfoot-days

1,517

1*876

4,471

119,010

3,710 

14,970 

34,443

45,011

17,084

12,021

7,260

2,115 

2,496

146,974

Feb.

55

54

53

53

5S

75

1

li

3(

15

35

90

990

2,580

1,6

1,0

S

50

30

35

610

432

3

4

4

35

32

78

820

640

*5

4

4

30

JO

30

405

260

2

3

3

75

30

30

Mar282

314

1,410

2,000

1,550

1,020

700

550

460

378

350

330

320

378

37S

330

522

S90

2,790

1,490

965

752

560

431

347

315

431 eio

1,160

3,900

8,330

Apr.

2,860

1,600

1,830

5,200

1,750

1,160

640

1,320

2,020

1,240

1,030

1,240

1,030

840

752

1,030

965

1,630

1,910

5,080

2,700

1,740

1,240

965

725

615

506

456

381

356

-

Observed

Maximum

37S

98

570

4,3SO

S75 

2,5SO 

S,330

5,200

3,490

1,630

768

322 

292

8,330

Minimum

18

46

51

15

56 

53 

282

356

160

168

32

25 

27

18

Mean

48.9

62.5

144

326

120 

516 

1,111

1,500

551

401

234

68.2 

63.2

402

May

333

347

324

292

255

258

224

211

216

202

164

176

185

168

180

172

16S

160

166

660

533

3S1

338

406

406

1,000

3,490

1,460

840

719

2,670

June

1,630

1,300

S70

642

4S1

406

33S

282

255

229

305

242

211

194

16S

385

233

222

639

310

229

194

176

202

207

194

194

264

58S

431

-

Change In 

contents

(equivalent 

mean)t

-2.99

-3.09

-0.25

-

-2.00 

+9.87 

+6.49

0

0

0

-0.50

-2.50 

-1.03

+0.30

Jul-»-

Mean

45,9

59.4

144

-

US 

526 

1,117

1,500

551

401

234

65.7 

82.2

402

768

560

431

338

273

220

168

160

143

120

160

536

269

ISO

139

?3S

202

147

116

102

82

62

J54

175

116

115

194

372

£47

154

139

Aug.

10E

67

6V

6C

54

58

12C

866r

54

2J

4E

42

SE

SI

45

3C

4£4P

56

47

35

36

3E

42

4£

12C

120

9E

6E

322

Sept.

216

113

86

58

47

45

43

73

ISO

194

> 292

151

120

89

70

63

63

54

49

49

49

45

45

35

27

SS

42

35

35

40

Adjusted

Per square 

mile 1

0.173

.224

.543

Jl.23

.445 

1.96 

4.22

5.66

2.08

1.51

.883

.248 

.310

1.52

Run-off 

n inches

0.20

.25

.63

J16. 69

.51

2.14 

4.67

6.31

2.40

1.6S

1.02

.29 

.35

20.65

 it Winter discharge measurement made on thla day.

t Change In contents In Trout Ron Reservoir.

I Unadjusted.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 28 to Jan. 14, Jan. 18 to Feb. 10. Backwater from leaves Oct. 2-27 ; discharge computed on basis of gage heights and one discharge measurement.
ALLEGHENY RiyER TRIBUTARIES 73

Loyalhanna Creek at Loyalhanna Creek Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°27'50", long. 79°Q7 1 05", at highway b-idge 1 

mile downstream from Loyalhanna Creek Dam, Westmoreland.County, 2 miles south of 

Saltsburg, and 3.8 miles upstream from confluence with Conemaugh River. Datum of gage 

is 861.15 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929; Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 292 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 9.90 

feet;; minimum, 43 second-feet (regulated) Aug. 25 (gage height, 0.60 foot); minimum 

daily, 48 second-feet Aug. 25.

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

which are fair. Some regulation from mine pumpage and Trout Run Reservoir (capacity. 

48,130,000 cubic feet).

Cooperation.- Records of reservoir contents furnished by Latrobe Water Co.

Rating table, March to September 1940 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in

second-feet)

0.6 43 1.9 450 4.0 1,800 7.0 4,640

.8 73 Z.Z 605 4.5 2,200 6.0 6,600

1.0 119 2.5 780 5.0 2,600 9.0 8,600

1.3 212 3.0 1,100 5.5 3,040

1.6 320 3.5 1,460 6.0 3,640

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

83

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct.

t26

HOT.

tl!9

Dec.

tioo

Month

Calendar year

Harch 21-31. ........

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

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

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

Water year

Jan.

t75

Feb.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

m

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

t957

_

_

-

_

_

f343

_

-

Har-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

t8<

t2,6'

50

JO

1,280 9'

7

5

JO

30

50

460

346

3

8

1,1'

3,4(

39

}9

ro

50

8,120

Observed

f oo?Says « * Hlnl 

......

18 »£76 8>1SO 348

63,475 5,930 394

18,086 3,210 164

13 > 776 1 »96Q 169

8 090 774 92

2 884 ^390 48

3,266 410 50

-

Apr.

3,850

2,200

1,670

5,350

2,330

r i,i4o

r 1,070

1,320

2,76O

1,700

1,240

1,360

1,170

1,040

938

1,140

1,170

1,830

2,390

5,930

3,360

2,140

1,520

1,170

905

732

600

500

436

394

Mean

_

1,661

1,782

583

459

261

109* 93 0

-

Hay

373

394

352

332

297

268

257

236

239

232

209

196

186

186

186

189

186

17,3

164

764

679

436

340

417

422

445

3,210

t 1,670

f970

f888

f3,190

June

t 1,960

r 1,520

t 1,040 f756

572

450

377

315

312

264

301

260

229

212

199

341

285

219

553

442

S76

229

202

209

219

189

209

393

702

540

-

Change In 

contents

(equivalent 

mean)*

_

_

_

0

0

0

-0.50

-2.50

-1.03

-

July

762

774

500

382

301

243

202

176

164

14S

172

570

293

189

145

189

248

160

134

114

94

92

164

251

131

134

238

337

385

234

164

Aug.

12E

10J

84

73

73

92

25£

ItM

7t

7C

6]

56

56

5£

5:

51

52

5C

5£

ee

63

K

53

5C

4£

5£

124

21!

a!2C

a96

a39C

Sept.

a215

a!50

a!05

aSO

a60

a52

a56

al20

a200

a245

410

196

134

106

88

73

71

66

a61

a58

a54

a52

a51

a50

a80

a!50

alOO

70

53

60

-

Adjusted

 Per square 

H8an mll8 1

_

 

_ _

1,782 6.10

583 S.OO

459 1.57

260 .890

90. S .310

108 .370

-

Run- off 

n Inches

_

6,81

2.31

1.75

1.03

.36

.41

-

Peak discharge.- Mar. 31 (7j30 a.m.) 10,700 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (10 a.m.) 7,400 sec.--ft.5 Apr. 20 

(11:30 a.m.) vToOO sec.-ft. 

t Result of discharge measurement. 

J Change In contents In Trout Run Reservoir.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement and records 

for nearby stations, 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
74 MOHONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River near Dailey, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°48'35", long. 79°52'55", at highway bridge 1,000 

feet upstream from Stalnaker Run, 1 mile northeast of Dailey, Randolpt County, and 

2i miles south of Beverly. Datum of gage is 1,940.09 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Dec. 3, 1939, chain gage at srrae site and 

datum.

Drainage area.- 187 square miles.

Records available.- April 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 25 years, 358 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,920 second-feet June 19 (gage height, 10.0 

feet, from graph based on gage readings): minimum, 2.5 second-feet Oct. 23, 24 (gage 

height, 0.50 foot).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 13,100 second-feet Feb. 4, 1932 (gage height, 17.2 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet: no flow 

Sept. 12 to Nov. 30, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Which are poor. Gage 

read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

0.5

.6

.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

2.5 

5.6

16

32

55

S5

1.6 

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

120

179

250

335

500

690

890

1,320

1,820

2,470

3,200

4,020

Discharge, In second-fret, water year October 1939 to September l£4Q

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4.0 

7.4 

20 

24 

20

13 

9.6 

7.4 

6.0 

5.6

4.7 

4.0 

3.4 

4.0 

4.0

4.0 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.1

2.8 

5.4 

2.8 

2.5 

4.7

5.3 

6.0 

188 

142 

71 

52

Nov.

79 

68 

58 

41 

39

41 

48 

52 

SO 

71

51 

54 

39 

29 

26

22 

21 

19 

18 

20

17 

18 

22 

22 

22

20 

17 

15 

15 

14

Dec.

14 

14 

22 

40 

42

45 

50 

71 

88 

72

116 

154 

124 

124 

«99

88 

102 

124 

111 

350

535 

275 

179 

158 

107

100 

90 

32 

68 

58 

b50

Jan.

b42 

b35 

b32 

b30 

b28

b27 

b26 

«b26 

b26 

b26

b27 

b30 

b45 

blOO 

b250

350 

225 

156 

bllS 

b90

b70 

b60 

b55 

b52 

b50

*b50 

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19*

ater year 1939-^IQ

Feb.

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50

b80 

b500 

610 

448 

1,270

3,280 

1,180 

,*690 

1,140 

890

570 

430 

380 

500 

890

650 

465 

335 

262 

238

175 

192 

850 

650

Mar.

430 

465 

730 

1,820 

1,140

690 

448 

335 

250 

201

166 

144 

140 

146 

238

213 

238 

290 

535 

570

412 

320 

238 

186 

173

116 

158 

 150 

158 

305 

1,880

Secondfoot-days

634.9 

1,058 

3,552

116,566.7

2,273 

16,925 

13,285 

19,880 

12,329 

16,931 

5,775 

1,162.2 

1,653.2

95,458.3

Apr.

1,180 

850 

610 

482 

365

275 

225 

262 

570 

570

465 

395 

335 

305 

335

730 

1,720 

1,220 

1,180 

2,060

1,570 

1,010 

650 

570 

535

430 

335 

250 

213 

183

M&xlmum

188 

79 

535

5,460

350 

3,280 

1,880 

2,060 

2,820 

2,680 

1,520 

190 

350

3,280

May

171 

275 

262 

225 

201

197 

188 

171 

162 

148

131 

116 

109 

201 

201

192 

166 

148 

131 

730

690 

412 

275 

250 

2,820

1,370 

650 

412 

290 

225 

810

Minimum

2.5 

14 

14

1.8

26 

50 

116 

183 

109 

102 

26 

9,6 

9.1

2.5

June

730 

365 

262 

199 

225

175 

134 

164 

810 

730

730 

810 

730 

535 

650

395 

1,520 

2,000 

2,680 

770

395 

250 

188 

188 

188

131 

102 

250 

320 

305

July

£50 

192 

£90 

1,520 

730

365 

225 1*6 

131 

106

176 

109 

134 

92 

66

58 

85 

116 

72 

51

40 

36 

134 

188 

181

116 

72 

50 

38 

30 

26

Mean

20.5 

35.3 

115

319

73.3 

584 

429 

663 

398 

564 

186 

37.5 

55.1

261

Aug.

22 

38 

25 

19 

16

15 

15 

14 

14 

14

12 

11 

9.6 

10 

9.6

20 

27 

25 

23 

15

14 

12 

12 

11 

10

41 

186 

190 

131 

79 

122

Per square 

mile

0.110 

.139 

.615

1.71

.392 

3.12 

2.29 

3.55 

2.13 

3.02 

.995 

.201 

.295

1.40

Sept.

162 

95 

63 

47 

37

29 

24 

23 

25 

27

28 

30 

24 

20 

17

15 

13 

12 

12 

11

10 

10 

9.1 

9.1 

250

350 

127 

79 

55 

40

Run-off In 

Inches

0.13 

.21 

.71

23.19

.45 

3.37 

2.64 

3.95 

2.45 

3.37 

1.15 

.23 

.33

18.99

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
MONONGAHELA. RIVER BASIN 75

Tygart River at Belington, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39 001 I 45n , long. 79°56'10", opposite mouth of

mil Creek, a quarter of a mile downstream from highway bridge at Belington, Barbour

County. Datum of gage is 1,679.49 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of

1913).

Drainage area.- 408 square miles, excluding that of Mill Creek.

Records available.- June 1907 to September 1940 (do not include flow of Mill Creek). 

Average discharge"!- 33 years, 819 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,070 second-feet Feb. 11 and Apr. 17: maximum

gage height, 11.91 feet Feb. 11; minimum discharge, 5.1 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage

height, 1.81 feet).

1907-40: Maximum discharge observed, 24,400 second-feet Mar. 14, 1917 (gage height,

22.6 feet), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet; minimum

0.1 second-foot Sept. 13, 1930 (gage height, 1.56 feet). 

Remarks^- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods cf ice effect (gage height, in foot, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.6

4.8

8.0

15

36

69

118

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

279

561

861

1,160

1,490

2,180

7

8

9

10

11

12

2,920 

3,740 

4,680 

5,730 

6.9OO 

8,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1930 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

2O

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7.4 

15 

17 

14 

25

3O 

29 

23 

19 

15

14 

12 

11 

8.7 

7.7

6.7 

6.1 

5.8 

5.4 

6.1

5.8 

5.4 

5.8 

6.4 

6.7

10 

19 

295 

544 

265 

161

Hov.

180 

241 

188 

137 

115

115 

128 

184 

274 

222

173 

137 

113 

94 

82

71 

62 

56 

55 

55

55 

53 

53 

55 

56

53 

48

45 

42 

42

Dec.

40 

42 

67 

110 

131

177 

300 

289 

265 

241

231 

269 

30O 

«S10 

289

265 

279 

326 

326 

951

1,970 

1,010 

579 

451 

279

315 

250 

250 

201 

158 

b!30

Jan.

bl!5 

blOO 

b90 

085 

b80

b75 

bTO 

*b70 

b70 

b70

b70 

b75 

b!20 

b200 

bl,000

1,330 

747 

462 

bSSO 

b270

b250 

b230 

b220 

0210 

b20O

«b!95 

b!9O bias

bl80 

b!80 

b!80

Month

Oct 

Kov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr

"«y

fan 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

alendar year 193

vat...... ....................

tember . .........---.---------

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b!80 

blBO 

b!80 

b!80 

b!80

b250 

b2,000 

2.110 

1,490 

3,060

7,550 

4,280 

*1,970 

2,250 

2,540

1,560 

1,160 

1,040 

1,300 

2,470

2,180 

1,460 

981 

741 

633

503 

5X5 

1,900 

2,250

Mar.

1,39O 

1,130 

1,720 

3,740 

3,560

2,040 

1,330 

951 

723 

561

462 

387 

365 

387 

831

861 

795 

825 

1,900 

1,900

1,260 

921 

699 

509 

428

331 

376 

376 

370 

445 

3,290

Secondfoot-days

1,602.0 

3,184 

10,801

270.O7R.6

7,669 

47,093 

34,863 

55,171 

31,974 

31,813 

13,794 

2,862 

7,933

248,759.0

Apr.

3,320 

2,040 

1,420 

1,100 

843

645 

520 

520 

1,070 

1,520

1,300 

1,130 

1,160 

1,040 

1,130

3,240 

6,060 

5,080 

3,400 

4,480

3,920 

2,770 

1,830 

1,330 

1,130

921 

747 

591 

486 

428

Maxima,

544 

274 

1,970

13.8OO

1,330 

7,550 

3,740 

6,060 

4,570 

5,400 

1,760 

681 

2,470

7,550

May

393 

503 

615 

597 

579

549 

526 

474 

433 

393

348 

305 

279 

765 

861

669 

549 

468 

404 

1,260

1,830 

1,130 

759 

663 

3,790

4,570 

2,320 

1,360 

891 

771 

2,920

Minima

5.4 

42 

40

4.4

70 

180 

331 

428 

279 

260 

96 

14 

18

5.4

June /

2,180 

1,300 

849 

591 

468

445 

331 

260 

503 

837

981 

1,200 

1,970 

1,230 

1,070

843 

1,160 

3,O80 

5,400 

2,180

1,040 

633 

451 

428 

491

370 

289 

279 

399 

555

July

861 

1,010 

486 

1,760 

1,660

831 

503 

365 

284 

222

180 

222 

245 

218 

158

137 

205 

342 

255 

165

121 

96 

147 

573 

1,100

705 

342 

214 

150 

124 

113

Mean

51.7 

106 

348

740

247 

1,624 

1,125 

1,839 

1,031 

1,060 

445 

92.3 

264

680

AT*;.

87 

69 

56 

60 

48

44

60 

58 

40 

34

29 

26 

22 

2O 

19

17 

15 

14 

17 

28

26 

23 

21 

19 

17

48 

274 

681 

428 

241 

321

Per square

 lie

0.127 

.260 

.85T

1.81

.60* 

3.98 

2.76 

4.51 

2.53 

2.60 

1.09 

.22T 

.647

1.57

' Sept.

567 

348 

205 

137 

96

76 

60 

61 

51 

62

65 

67 

62 

56 

45

38 

31 

28 

25 

23

21 

2O 

18 

19 

1,940

2,470 

657 

331 

214 

150

Rim-off In 

Inches

0.15 

.29 

.98

24.60

.70 

4.29 

3.18 

5.03 

2.91 

2.90 

1.26 

.26 

.72

22.67

Peak discharge Feb. 11 (1 p.m.) 8,070 aac.-ft.; Apr. 17 (8 p.m.) 8,070 sec.-ft.; Hry 26 (2 a.m.) 

5,U6O aec.-ft.

J Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
76 MONONOAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River at Phillppl, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°09 l OOlt , long. 80002'25" > at Phlllppl, Barbour 

County, 0.2 mile dovmstream from Angllns Run and 5 miles dovmstream from Buckhannon 

River. Prior to May 23 staff gage at same site and datum. Datum Of gage Is 1,280.55 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 916 square miles.

Records available.- April to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 15,700 second-feet Apr. 18 (gage height, 14.00 

feet from graph based on gage readings): minimum, 18 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 

1.31 feet).

Maximum stage known, 27.3 feet July 25, 1912, read on U. S. Weather Bureau gage, a 

quarter of a mile dovmstream, or about 26 feet present site and datum.

Remarks.- Records good. Staff gage, used prior to May 23, read 3 times dally.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6

7 

8

io9

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

86 

29

30 

31

Oct. . NOT. Dec. Jan.

Month

Oeto 

Hove 

Decs

Cs

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year

ter year

Feb.

Secondfoot -days

139,73 

SO, 25 

70,65 

35.28S 

5,56! 

20,89<

-

Mar. Apr.

8,020 

4,520 

3,280 

2,690 

2,120

1,760 

1,470 

1,410 

2,240 

3,080

2,950 

2,820 

3,340 

3,080 

2,380

6,900 

13,300 

13,000 

11,200 

13,000

10,900 

7,600 

4,520 

3,810 

2,620

2,180 

1,820 

1,470 

1,250 

1,100

Maximum

) 13,300 

L 11,200 

3 10,300 

J 2,880 

) 1,030 

) 6,920

-

May

985 

1,060 

1,320 

1,280 

1,280

1,270 

1,260 

1,180 

1,080 

1,000

878 

770 

698 

1,310 

1,820

1,490 

1,290 

1,130 

1,000 

3,990

4,380 

2,500 

1,880 

2,060 

10,400

11,200 

5,640 

3,470 

8,430 

2,180 

8,020

Minimum

1,100 

698 

802 

340 

19 

23

"

June

6,340 

3,400 

2,430 

1,760 

1,360

1,160 

913 

802 

985 

1,450

1,430 

2,560 

3,280 

2,430 

1,940

1,880 

1,660 

5,360 

10,300 

5,220

2,560 

1,710 

1,240 

1,290 

1,490

1,290 

967 

931 

1,060 

1,410

July

2,120 

2,360 

1,400 

2,180 

2,330

1,760 

1,220 

878 

682 

533

416 

540 

1,030 

746 

519

402 

612 

1,330 

1,360 

794

526 

370 

1,230 

2,000 

2,500

1,940 

1,050 

666 

456 

442 

340

Mean

4,658 

2,589 

2,355 

1,138 

180 

697

~

Aug.

266 

197 

152 

126 

109

89 

35 

103 

91 

74

58 

48 

38 

34 

28

25 

22 

19 

19 

19

21 

25 

23 

20 

19

31 

294 

904 

1,010 

590 

1,030

Per square 

mile

5.09 

2.83 

2.57 

1.84 

.197 

.761

Sept.

1,600 

1,040 

590 

352 

219

162 

130 

109 

99 

113

124 

115 

111 

99 

89

72 

56 

48 

41 

35

31 

88 

24 

23 

4,620

6,920 

2,050 

963 

600 

436

Run-off In 

Inches

5.67 

3.26 

2.87 

1.43 

.23 

.85

"
MDNONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 77

Tygart River at Arden, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°12'40", long. 79°58'40", 0.9 mile east of Arden, 

Barbour County, 0.1 mile upstream from Laurel Run, and 2.7 miles upstream f-om Raccoon 

Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,220.00 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corp? of Engineers," U. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 945 square miles.

Records available.- December 1936 to February 1937 and October 1938 to March 1940 

(discontinued;.

Extremes.- 1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 27,900 second-feet Fib. 3 (gage 

height, 19,66 feet), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet; minimum, 10 

second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 3.42 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during period October to March, 15,400 seconl-feet Feb. 

11 (gage height, 15.16 feet); minimum, 8.0 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 3.38 

feet;.

1936-37, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 3, 1939; minimum, that of Oct. 

25, 1939.

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

which are poor.

Cooperation.- Records from October 1938 to February 1939 collected and prepared In cooperatlon with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Results of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, since February 1939.

Rating table, for period October 1938 to Harch 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

3.3S

3.4

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5

S.O 

9.0

16

35

67 

137

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O 

9.0

235

375

555

1,060

1,7SO

2,790

10.0 

12.0 

14.0 

16.0 

1S.O 

20.0

4,080

7,500

12,300

17,600

23,100

28,700

Discharge, In second-feet, 193S-40

193S-39

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

84

26

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct.

86

87

S4

75

83

80

72

66

59

66

50

47

45

41

41

38

36

33

31

2S

33

33

49

83

99

95

82

69

66

60

5S

Nov.

57

54

54

53

58

60

313

433

303

235

217

217

204

202

260

390

339

280

339

4,280

3,670

1.S6O

1,190

910

855

780

730

7SO

830

1,120

-

Dec.

1,540

1,700

1,580

2,620

3,280

2,600

2,190

1,780

1,500

1,470

1,S60

a2,000

a2,000

1,S60

1,660

1,220

1,000

880

755

595

551

495

440

433

830

1,090

1,260

1,950

1,700

1,620

1,220

Jan.

1,030

880

755

662

618

662

755

708

a700

a650

a 600

a6OO

a700

a900

1,400

1,160

1,030

940

1,440

1,900

1,780

3,660

7,940

4,500

3,220

2,290

1,900

1,400

1,620

11,000

20,000

Feb.

12,700

5,280

14,800

23,900

13,100

5,120

4,080

5,280

3,940

3,800

3,600

8,840

4,960

3,280

3,030

5,280

4,'360

3,230

2,620

2,290

2,4QO

2,340

2,040

1,780

1,660

2,040

3,800

4,080

_

_

-

Mar.

4,220

3,280

2,340

1,860

4,310

11,600

3,840

4,960

3,150

2,240

1,780

3,530

3,380

6,500

4,500

3,540

2,850

2,240

1,820

1,500

1,500

1,090

940

805

730

662

618

1,440

2,240

1,820

1,900

Apr.

1,950

2,090

2,290

2,140

2,140

2,090

4,030

4,360

2,910

2,500

2,240

3,670

4,800

3,540

3,300

IS, 400

23,100

11,800

4,950

3,220

2,340

1,820

1,500

1,190

1,030

970

1,160

1,470

1,740

1,580

«»T

1,580

1,700

1,440

1,220

1,030

SSO

780

685

640

595

547

475

426

426

523

547

483

440

393

357

363

970

305

S55

640

464

357

403

461

426

339

Juno

2S2

309

444

708

1,050

708

468

361

2 SO

210

170

147

137

139

258

312

27S

214

475

2,340

1,540

1,090

2,240

1,740

1,090

640

416

483

1,540

2,350

July

2,730

2,450

1,330

830

2,160

2,340

1,330

1,190

1,500

1,160

1,000

805

575

503

575

464

345

260

248

708

2,380

5,600

3,280

2,400

1,620

1,190

S55

780

755

3,670

3,300

Ai'S.

2,290

1.440

1,160

1..740

If 220

755

623

405

327

286

SSO

204

183

172

163

132

114

118

172

176

149

144

139

a!20

alOO

a90

a 80

aS5

a80

a76

a70

Sept.

66

62

56

57

79

83

151

158

116

108

79

66

57

54

47

44

36

33

28

25

24

23

19

17

16

16

12

11

13

14

Peak discharge.- Feb. 3 (11 p.m.) 27,900 sec.-ft.} Feb. U (10 p.m.) 10,800 sec.-ft.; Apr. 16 

(lo p.m.) 27,OOO sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

at Bellngton.
78 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Tygart River at Arden, W- Va., 1938-40 Continued

1939-40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21

48

69

65

57

55

54

62

59

50

45

41

35

29

25

22

18

16

15

12

11

10

8.5

8.5

8.5

12

16

4V6

1,680

1,050

575

Hov.

440

447

461

375

309

278

262

265

315

372

321

272

228

197

174

158

142

132

124

121

124

124

121

120

118

115

allO

a!05

alOO

a95

-

Dec.

91

95

132

S33

402

454

640

855

780

708

685

730

780

880

970

880

780

855

880

1,490

4,640

3,030

a2,500

al,600

al,200

al,000

662

aSOO

a400

a350

s.320

Jan.

285

b250

b220

b210

b200

b!90

W.90

b!90

b!90

b!90

b!90

b200

b400

bl.OOO

b2,500

3,340

2,000

1,360

755

b600

b520

b430

b380

b350

b320

b300

b280

b270

b260

b250

b240

Pet).

b230

b230

b230

b230

b230

408

b5,000

5,600

3,670

4,880

13,600

10,700

5,280

5,600

6,140

4,220

3,090

2,730

3,340

5,960

5,780

4,080

2,790

2,040

1,700

1,440

1,260

3,560

5,600

-

Mar.

3,800

2,790

3,220

6,930

8,840

5,780

3,800

2,670

2,000

1,580

1,260

1,030

910

910

1,400

1,950

1,900

1,950

3,410

4,640

3,340

2,450

1,900

1,440

1,160

880

855

910

880

1,740

8,160

Apr. May June Jul" Aug. Sept.

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (3 D.m.) 15.400 sec. -ft.; Mar. 5 (3 a-m.) 9,560 sec. -ft. j Mar. 31 CIO

p.m.; io,euo sec. -ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records, record^ range in stage.

and records for station at Belington.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40

Month

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

Water year 1938-39 ...........

Secondfoot-days

1,864

21,063

45,629

-

120 880

1

c.fl

630,540

29 * 522

602,664.5

84 485 *

-

Maximum

99

4,280

3,280

-

g 350

2 290

23,900

23,900

-

Minimum

28

53

440

-

339

T zn

248

11

91

8.5

"1 Qf\

-

Mean

60.1

702

1,472

-

2,497

3,146

4,029

686

52.4

1,728

218

1,651

-

Pe- square 

mile

0.064

.743

1.56

-

2.64

3.33

4.26

.726

.055

1.83

.231

1.75

.617

_

_

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.07

.83

1.80

-

3.05

3.84

4.76

.84

.90

1.92

.51

.06

24.82

.18

.26

1.16

23.72

.71

4.31

3.32

_

_

_

-
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 79

Tygart Reservoir near Grafton, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°18'50", long. 80°02'00", at dam on Tygart River 

2.4 miles upstream from Grafton, Taylor County, and 2.2 miles upstream from Threefork 

Creek. Datum of gage is mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,184 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum contents during year, 152,600 acre-feet June 1 (elevation, 1,115.72 

feet); minimum, 8,330 acre-feet Jan. 25 (elevation, 1,005.15 feet).

Maximum contents since storage began, 221,100 acre-feet Apr. 18, 1939 (elevation, 

1,144.75 feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir formed by concrete gravity dam; dam completed in February 1938; 

storage began May 15, 1938. Capacity, 286,600 acre-feet between elevations 991.5 

feet (sill of valves) and 1,167.0 feet (crest of spillway) above mean sea level. 

Dead storage, 2,950 acre-feet. Figures given herein represent total contents. Conservation pool elevation is 1,010.0 feet and water below elevation 991.5 feet cannot 

be withdrawn. Reservoir is used for flood control and supplemental supply for navigation on Monongahela River during periods of low flow. Contents as herein given are 

computed from elevations at midnight.

Cooperation.- Records furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Capacity table (elevation, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet) 

(Prepared by Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army, using surveys made by that department)

991.5

1,000

1,010

1,020

1,030

2,950

5,900

11,200

18,450

27,000

1,040

1,050

1,060

1,070

1,080

36,700

47,700

60,000

73,500

88,300

1,090

1,100

1,110

1,120

1,130

104,400

122,000

141,100

161,600

183,900

1,140

1,150

1,160

1,170

1,190

208 400 

235-700 

266,200 

300,000 

377,400

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Date Elevation 

(feet)

1 012 07

1 094 27

Contents 

(acre-feet)

67,730

Change in contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

+26,570
80 MQNONOAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River at Tygart Dam, near Orafton, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°18'50", long. 80°02'00", at Tygart Dam, 2.4 miles upstream from Grafton, 

Taylor County, and 2.2 miles upstream from Threefork creek.

Drainage area.- 1,184- square miles.

Records available.- June 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1938: Maximum daily discharge during period June to September, 3,380 secondfeet July 31; no flow Aug. 2.

1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 20,000 second-feet Feb. 2; minimum 

daily, 190 second-feet Dec. 3.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 12,100 second-feet Apr. 22; minimum 

daily, 117 second-feet Jan. 26.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Feb. 2, 1939; no flow Aug. 2, 1938.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge computed by measuring flow through gates and valves in 

dam. Flow regulated by Tygart Reservoir since October 1937 (see p 79 ).

Cooperation.- Records collected and prepared in cooperation with- the Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40 

1938

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

June

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

.

_

July

125

125

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

130

135

135

135

135

Aug.

1,280

0

645

1,400

1,400

1,410

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,160

1,040

690

690

525

425

Sept.

415

725

875

410

410

270

285

450

495

520

490

485

485

480

480

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

June

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

_

1,140

115

120

125

-

July

135

135

135

140

140

145

145

155

165

170

430

690

690

590

2,120

3,380

Aug.

425

425

425

425

425

425

425

420

420

420

420

420

420

325

210

415

Sept.

480

480

480

480

480

385

480

480

475

475

475

475

475

475

370

-

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

1

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

1920

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

470

470

465

465

465

460

460

460

455

405

455

455

450

450

445

445

370

440

440

435

435

435

430

340

450

495

495

490

490

485

355

Hov.

490

500

500

390

490

490

505

535

535

530

530

525

550

520

500

750

750

735

745

1,740

2,730

2,740

1,680

475

475

480

480

485

485

490

-

Dec.

565

410

190

195

1,920

5,420

6,180

6,190

6,330

6,540

6,580

5,920

5,350

4,040

2,380

1,760

1,540

1,350

645

295

430

400

520

565

605

1,170

1,800

1,990

2,040

2,040

1,960

Jan.

1,850

1,740

1,120

590

599

606

617

626

993

1,610

1,210

763

284

498

1,050

1,500

1,800

1,660

1,670

1,900

2,510

3,330

5,220

7,050

6,820

5,550

2,510

1,620

1,620

4,970

7,560

Feb.

15,400

18,000

10,000

8,060

11,200

17,600

18,200

18, 800

17,900

8,520

5,820

10,500

11,100

5,460

2,420

2,250

3,960

5,030

5,900

5,430

4,550

3,550

2,890

2,506

2,190

2,320

4,410

2,770

_

-

liar.

1,820

3,990

4,850

4,100

2,790

2,080

4,620

9,240

5,900

8,760

6,710

4,620

3,320

3,920

6,730

7,110

6,550

5,780

4,810

3,770

2,370

1,740

1,500

1,300

1,380

715

780

590

652

731

794

Apr.

610

445

475

495

515

525

555

585

610

620

635

650

675

1,030

2,520

3,890

5,560

15,300

18,000

17,300

16,300

13,400

8,310

6,940

4,060

1,290

1,290

970

655

660

-

Hay

890

640

675

680

680

680

680

680

435

420

425

425

. 425

425

425

340

255

255

255

255

255

420

475

260

260

260

345

435

435

435

435

June

435

435

440

440

575

715

710

710

915

1,120

1,120

880

705

570

345

260

260

260

250

955

1,430

2,180

3,680

3,660

3,660

1,680

705

705

705

1,130

-

July

1,450

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

2,620

3,750

3,700

3,670

2,360

1,430

1,430

1,430

947

710

710

705

705

740

545

1,080

2,730

3,670

3,670

3,660

2,540

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

2,920

Aug.

3,660

2,540

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,470

975

730

730

728

588

450

450

448

448

446

445

445

445

445

443

442

441

440

440

438

437

436

435

434

Sept.

433

431

429

428

428

428

427

427

425

425

424

422

550

678

674

670

668

664

661

658

654

650

646

644

640

637

634

630

627

625

-
MONONOAHELA RIVER BASIN 81

Discharge, in second feet, of Tygart Elver, at Tygart Dan, near Grafton, W. Va., 1938-40 Continued

1939-40

D«y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

560

382

382

380

380

378

376

375

374

373

372

485

590

588

588

585

579

573

568

£64

558

555

480

340

338

337

335

440

551

562

665

HOT.

566

566

567

567

565

563

562

561

560

745

1,110

1,100

713

540

539

537

534

817

1,040

663

513

510

507

504

751

989

630

485

482

478

-

Dee.

473

470

466

465

466

469

475

723

966

966

965

1,420

2,150

2,060

1,980

1,900

1,800

1,990

2., 340

2,410

3,200

4,170

4,720

3,220

1,780

1,010

995

970

840

606

607

Jan.

602

495

299

301

303

304

304

304

305

305

304

306

310

1,020

3,480

4,500

3,200

1,980

1,130

1,060

1,010

965

1,260

1,650

953

117

127

133

137

139

255

Pel).

314

315

492

618

605

538

3,230

7,740

5,980

5,320

6,070

7,780

9,950

7,890

8,080

8,670

7,200

5,570

4,400

5,020

5,980

5,740

4,400

2,600

2,020

1,590

1,320

3,060

5,200

-

Mar.

5,200

4,330

3,770

4,790

7,180

7,710

6,830

5,390

3,410

1,510

968

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,090

1,770

2,520

2,480

3,150

5,460

4,820

3,880

2,210

2,050

1,390

948

1,150

1,150

1,160

1,200

1,880

Apr.

3,820

5,300

4,350

2,630

2,640

1,740

1,100

1,110

1,130

1,160

1,200

1,230

1,260

1,290

1,320

3,700

8,430

11,300

11,600

11,800

11,600

9,660

11,800

11,400

9,140

7,040

5,110

2,450

1,340

1,340

May

992

672

674

677

680

563

426

429

432

433

434

436

437

438

441

443

446

448

450

1,140

2,410

2,960

1,520

2,670

6,330

8,010

8,060

7,960

4,910

3,900

3,950

June

6,450

8,030

7,890

5,200

3,830

2,310

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,490

1,490

1,490

2,340

3,820

3,790

2,440

1,500

2,880

5,850

7,850

6,460

3,820

2,270

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,490

July

1,500

2,680

3,810

3,760

3,740

3,710

1,710

733

734

733

670

607

607

607

608

607

607

607

611

613

613

612

613

1,050

2,630

3,760

2,500

1,480

1,470

673

733

Aug.

733

731

637

452

452

450

448

448

447

446

445

443

443

442

441

275

439

438

437

435

434

433

432

430

429

428

428

429

431

438

433

Sept.

436

579

709

709

707

705

703

700

698

695

693

690

687

685

682

679

676

674

447

404

495

664

441

371

1,250

3,490

3,540

2,180

1,520

1,510

-

Bbnthly discharge. In second-feet, 1838-40

Month

Water year

Calendar year

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

Water year 1938-39

Calendar year 1939

Bay..................

Water year 1939-40

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

11,325 

21,310 

14,240

-

13,860 

22,830 

77,320

-

71,446 

226,730 

114,022 

124,870 

13,960 

31,635 

58,692 

25,749 

16,737

797,851

14,513 

19,264 

47,072

764,690

27,557 

127,692 

92,426 

148,990 

63,771 

96,190 

45,388 

14,221 

28,419

725,503

Maximum

3,38P 

1,400 

875

-

495 

2,740 

6,580

-

7,560 

18,800 

9,240 

16,000 

890 

3'i 680 

3,750 

3,660 

678

18,800

59O 

1,110 

4,720

18,800

4,500 

9,950 

7,710 

11,800 

8,060 

8,030 

3,810 

733 

3,540

11,800

Minimum

125' 

0 

270

-

340 

390 

190

-

284 

2,190 

590 

445 

255 

250 

545 

434 

432

190

335 

478 

465

250

117 

314 

948 

1,100 

426 

1,490 

607 

275 

371

117

Hean

365 

687 

475

-

447 

761 

2,494

-

2,305 

8,098 

3,678 

4,162 

450 

1,054 

1,893 

831 

558

2,186

468 

642 

1,518

2,095

889 

4,403 

2,981 

4,966 

2,057 

3,206 

1,464 

459 

947

1,982

.Change In 

contents In 

Tygart Reservoir (mean 

second-feet)

~

-

:

-

:

-

-259 

-327 

-335

-

+ 13 

+70 

+303 

+842 

+1,013 

-494 

-106 

-242 

-43

+37

Adjusted for charge In contents In Tygart Reservoir

Hean

^

-

:

-

-

-

209 

315 

1,183

-

902 

4,473 

3,284 

5,808 

3,070 

2,712 

1,358 

217 

904

2,019

Per square Run-off 

mile In Inches

~

-

~

-

:

tl.86

0.177 

.266 

.999

tl-77

.76E 

3.78 

2.77 

4.91 

2.59 

2.29 

1.15 

.182 

.764

1.71

""

-

\

t25.06

0.20 

.30 

1.15

+24.02

.88 

4.08 

3.19 

5.48 

2.99 

2.56 

1.33 

.21 

.85

23.22

t Computed on the basis of observed discharge.
82 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River at Colfax, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°26'15", long. 80°07'50", on highway bridge at 

coirax, Marion County, 300 feet upstream from Guyses Run and 6 miles upstream from the 

confluence with West Fork River. Datum of gage Is 858.26 feet above mean sea level 

(Baltimore and Ohio R.R. datum).

Drainage area.- 1,366 square miles.

Records available.- May 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum dally discharge during year, 14,400 second-feet Apr. 18; maximum gage 

neignt, 16.56 feet Feb. 8, affected by backwater from Ice; minimum discharge, 154 

second-feet Sept. 21 (gage height, 3.28 feet); minimum dally, 165 second-feet Jan. 27. 

1939-40: Maximum dally discharge, that of Apr. 19, 1940; maximum gage height, that 

of Feb. 8, 1940; minimum discharge, that of Sept. 21, 1940; minimum dally, that of Jan. 

27, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or backwater from West Fork 

River, which are poor. Flow completely regulated since October 1937 by Tygart Reservoir 

near Grafton(see p. 79 ), 17 miles above station.

Rating table, mater year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

3.3

3.4

3.5

160

190

230

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

4SO 

830 

1,250

5.5 1,730

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

2,270

2,870

3,530

8.0

9.0

10.0

7.5 4,250

5,000

6,570

3,300

12.0

13.0

11.0 10,400

12,700

15,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

659

468

415

405

400

410

405

405

405

405

400

405

596

596

596

589

589

582

575

575

568

561

554

355

320

345

360

902

870

680

645

Nor.

624

617

610

596

596

596

596

596

603

610

1,130

1,160

934

554

547

540

516

603

1,060

S78

504

498

492

486

528

1,010

822

462

450

450

-

Dec,

450

456

486

554

547

540

568

645

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,120

2,380

2,320

2,270

2,160

2,100

2,050

2,500

2,560

3,460

3.810

5,000

3,950

2,440

1,300

1,210

1,180

1,110

673

652

Month

Calendar year

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

b650

b£

bJ

W

50

30

30

b330

b330

b2

b2

b2

30

30

30

330

350

3

4

i.c

50

26

70

5,160

5,460

4,4

3,1

bl,2

00

30

00

bl,150

bl.100

bl,C

bl,4

bl,E

50

00

too

bl.100

blSO

bl

bl

bl

bl

65

70

75

75

bSOO

Feb.

b350

b350

b540

b680

b680

bSOO

b3,800

b8,500

b6,600

b6,200

9,120

7,940

11,100

12,000

10,400

12,000

9,120

6,900

6,250

7,410

7,580

6,900

5,620

3,530

2,620

2,440

1,480

3,130

5,930

-

Mar6,090

5,460

5,000

6,570

8,500

8,900

7,940

6,730

4,350

2,560

1,250

1,300

1,300

1,340

1,680

2,000

3,130

3,130

3,460

5,620

6,090

4,250

2,800

2,620

2,100

1,190

1,200

1,190

1,210

2,180

7,070

Apr.

5,160

6,250

5,780

3,460

3,390

2,620

1,380

1,530

2,380

2,050

1,880

2,000

2,270

2,100

2,220

5,460

13,200

14,400

C13.000

Cl4,000

c!3,000

11,300

13,400

12,700

10,700

7,580

6,090

3,320

1,530

1,530

-

Obs erred

Seoondf oot-days

16,040

19,668

51,641

-

34,151

159,970

118,710

185,680

77, 112

107,320

51,997

17,105

31,689

871,083

Maximum

902

1,160

5,000

-

5,460

12,000

8,900

14,400

9,560

8,700

4,400

1,230

4,400

14,400

Minimum

320

450

450

-

165

350

1,190

1,380

462

1,530

589

305

370

165

Haan

517

656

1,666

-

1,102

5,516

3,829

6,189

2,487

3,577

1,677

552

1,056

2,330

May

1,380

846

838

830

830

798

516

510

504

504

468

462

462

474

492

504

504

498

492

1,790

2,500

4,100

1,780

2,440

8,500

9,560

8,700

8,500

5,780

4,550

C7.000

June

c7,000

8,700

8,120

6,090

3,950

3,030

1,630

1,730

1,730

1,630

1,630

1,680

2,300

4,250

4,100

3,200

1,730

3,190

7,070

8,700

7,410

4,250

2,940

1,630

1,630

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,630

1,630

-

Change In 

contents In

Tygart 

Reservoir 

{mean sec. -ft.!

-259

-327

-335

-

+13

+70

+303

+S42

+1,013

-494

-106

-242

-43

+37

July

03

3

4

4

4

4

2

2

4

3

1

1

1

,200

,000

,400

,250

,250

,100

,810

798

782

766

750

694

680

659

652

645

680

736

680

659

652

659

680

846

,160

,100

,000

,530

,480

,110

589

Aug.

894

S22

790

554

474

474

480

474

462

450

450

444

438

438

450

410

305

438

456

456

456

450

450

444

444

468

561

1,230

990

766

687

Sept.

673

687

722

750

766

766

766

766

766

766

758

750

750

743

736

736

736

729

652

380

370

547

589

395

840

4,400

4,100

2,940

1,580

1,530

-

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

258

329

1,331

-

1,115

5,586

4,132

7,031

3,500

3,083

1,571

310

1,013

2,417

Per square 

mile 1

0.189

.241

.974

-

.816

4.09

3.02

5.15

2.56

l!l5

.227

.742

1.77

Run-off 

n Inches

0.22

.27

1.12

-

.94

4.41

3.48

5.75

2.95

2.52

1.33

.26

.83

24.08

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

o Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from ffest Fork Riverj disci urge computed on 

basis of two discharge measurements, weather records, and records for Tygart River below Tygart 

Reservoir near Grafton and ffest Fork River at Enterprise.

Note.- Figures of discharge In second-feet per square mile and run-off In Irenes published In 

previous water-supply papers were computed on the basis of unadjusted figures and may vary widely 

from natural yield.
M3NONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 83

Monongahela River at lock 15, Hoult, W. Va.

Location.- Mater-stage recorder above spillway of dam at lock 15, lat. 39°30'25r , long. 

80"07*50", at Hoult, Marion County, three-quarters of a mile dovmstream from Buffalo 

Creek, 2i miles dovmstream from Fairmont, and 4 miles dovmstream from confluence 

of Tygart and West Kork Rivers.

Drainage area.- 2,388 square miles (revised).

Records available.- April 1915 to September 1926, October 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 4,093 second-feet.

Extremes.- 1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 41,500 second-feet Fel , 3 (gage 

 height, 15.40 feet); minimum daily, 259 second-feet May 27; minimum gage height, 7.36 

feet my 27.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 35,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage 

height, 14.60 feet); minimum daily, 195 second-feet Jan. 27; minimum gage height, 7.17 

feet Jan. 28.

1915-26, 1938-40: Maximum discharge observed, 91,500 second-feet Jan. 2,1919 

(gage height, 21.2 feet), from rating curve extended above 50,000 second-feet; minimum 

dally, 33 second-feet Sept. 27, 1917.

Flood of 1888, before lock 15 was built, reached a stage of about 26 feet.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Records 

are for flow over dam only and do not include leakage through valves on lock gates. 

Flow partly regulated by Tygart Reservoir (see p. 79 ).

Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

Rating table, water years 1939 and 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gags height. 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

7.3 185

7.4 29S

7.5 420

7.6 560

7.8 

8.0 

8.3 

8.6

880

1,280

2,000

2,310

9.0

9.S

1O.O

11.0

3,970

5,580

7,380

11,800

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

17.4OO 

23,700 

30,600 

38,200

Discharge, In second-feet, 1938-40 

1938-39

Or

1

8

3

4

5

6

1

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

80

81

88

83

84

86

86

87

88

89

30

31

Oct.

4O7

448

434

407

434

420

420

448

448

448

381

420

4O7

434

448

462

434

381

381

448

448

462

448

420

355

462

490

490

490

490

448

HOT.

420

490

462

462

420

546

575

560

575

575

575

60S

620

635

590

778

899

880

699

2,950

4,760

3.64O

2.950

937

710

695

727

863

975

1,110

-

Dee.

1,610

2,050

1,330

2,780

3.64O

6,100

7,380

7,000

7,190

7,580

3,380

7,380

6,820

5,750

3,730

2,160

1,880

1,610

1.26O

532

420

343

618

635

744

880

2,450

3,820

3,320

3.O60

2,730

Jan.

2,480

2,180

1,850

916

795

778

795

795

795

1,460

1,560

1,010

620

1.O30

3,210

3,090

2.92O

2,73O

2.S1O

3,320

3.7OO

5,420

8,580

9,000

7.97O

8,380

3,670

2,870

2,130

18,600

24,400

Feb.

19,90O

22,400

33,500

32,000

19,900

20,500

22,400

22,400

21,100

17,400

17,400

17,400

16.2OO

9,430

7,000

3,380

7,970

7,580

7,770

7,970

7,190

5,420

4,440

3,640

3,580

5.920

12,800

10,100

_

-

Mar.

8,170

7,770

7,770

6,63O

7,770

14.5OO

9,660

11,600

11,100

7,970

9,000

9,880

19,200

12.6OO

10,300

10,300

S.79D

7,770

6,630

5,420

4.28O

2,750

2,370

2,000

1,880

1,460

1,010

1,610

2,980

3,640

6,630

Apr.

5,250

5,750

5,420

3,610

2,450

2,480

6,380

6,100

3.S2O

3,440

3.5OO

7,380

6,450

7,770

6,630

27,700

35,000

26,400

22,400

20.5OO

18.6OO

16,800

11,100

6,380

7,190

2,450

2,730

3,970

2,370

1,880

-

MT

1,680

1,750

1,260

1.2OO

1,070

1.O30

1,010

956

863

635

620

590

56O

560

546

546

448

407

381

368

356

343

635

490

331

283

259

381

42O

420

394

June

462

880

1,130

2,500

1,800

1,150

956

863

1,400

1.S50

1,580

1,400

829

S12

560

407

381

550

9,910

7,190

3,580

3,240

12,300

6,450

5,080

3,910

1,180

1,300

1.S50

3,700

-

July

6,270

3,730

2,700

2,310

5,360

4,60O

5,250

4,760

4.6OO

3,910

2.O30

1,820

1,730

1,530

956

994

899

846

846

863

1,040

3.26O

4,120

4,280

4,120

3.52O

2,340

2,480

2,100

3,150

3,180

Aug.

4,9ro

4,440

1.9TO

1,750

1.6TO

1,650

1,0.0

1.6PO

918

829

7f5

7T8

5V5

6TO

71.0

7P1.

60S

6TB

5V5

50*

4ro

4P2

4FS

4T4

4J-A

4ff>

SF1.

3fH

3ffi

319

Sept.

319

319

319

331

394

381

355

355

356

448

381

355

343

518

575

575

660

546

532

546

546

490

56O

546

546

532

532

618

590

650

Peak dlacnarcce.- Jan. 30 (5 u.m.r 29.1OO sec. -ft.: Feb. a fa r>.m.\ 4i.soo B»r..-ft.. n«*. is

(2 p.n.j 23,000 sec. -ft.; Apr. 17 (5 a.m.) 39.8OO sec. -ft.; June 23 (7 a.m.) 16,800 sec.-ft.
84 MDIIOIJOAHEU RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In seoond-feet, of Monongahela River at look 15, Hoult, W. Va., 1938-40~Contlnued

1939-40 '

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Q

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

03

24

25

26

37

28

29

30

31

Oct.

650

546

490

490

448

420

434

394

366

355

355

343

462

518

518

518

518

504

490

490

518

518

504

381

307

331

490

3,150

3,880

1,820

1,150

Nov.

880

795

710

695

665

620

605

590

560

560

899

1,110

975

560

518

490

476

490

880

899

518

462

462

448

462

829

846

476

394

394

~

Dec.

394

434

490

761

1,220

1,180

1,130

1,030

1,370

1,330

1,220

1,200

2,450

2,610

2,980

2,950

2,730

2,500

2,780

2,890

5,750

5,920

6,100

4,920

3,180

1,800

1,490

1,440

1,350

937

795

Jan.

665

620

420

307

331

283

283

271

259

259

259

307

560

3,060

9,000

7,970

5,750

3,580

1,730

1,490

al, 200

bl,150

bl,500

bl, 850

til, 200

226

195

b200

b200

l>200

331

Feb.

343

381

b600

b700

695

778

5,400

13,600

10,300

8,1TO

15,600

12,800

13,900

18, 600

18,600

13,900

11,100

9,660

12,900

17,400

15,000

11,300

8,380

5,750

4,280

3,880

8,700

4,920

10,100

-

-

Mar.

9,220

7,580

7,970

15,600

15,600

13,100

10,600

8,580

6,450

3,970

2,100

1,900

1,850

1,850

2,810

3,700

5,080

5,080

5,920

8,580

8,380

5,920

4,120

3,640

3,060

1,800

1,680

1,630

1,61O

3,750

22,400

Apr.

15,600

10,100

8,170

6,820

5,580

4,440

2,560

2,670

7,000

5,920

4,280

4,920

6,270

5,250

4,920

13,400

22,4OO

22,400

26,400

32,000

27,000

19,200

16,800

15,000

12,600

8,790

7,580

4,600

2,400

' 2,080

May

2,000

1,370

1,240

1,180

1,180

1,130

937

863

744

660

660

B35

635

1,110

1,370

1,090

918

863

778

3,050

6,820

6,100

2,980

3,010

11,800

15,600

11,300

9,880

7,190

5,580

27,000

June

16,800

12,300

10,600

8,170

5,250

4,280

2,290

2,780

3,500

3,090

2,870

2,840

6,630

6,450

5,260

5,250

2,870

4,680

13,600

12,300

9,880

5,580

4,120

2,260

2,570

2,450

2,100

2,130

2,450

2,500

July

8,230

6,100

5,920

5,250

4,760

4,600

3,640

1,070

956

899

899

1,460

1,050

918

899

846

880

1,180

1,400

1,180

994

918

1,030

2,640

3,700

5,080

4,280

2,030

1,800

1,490

1,090

Aug.

1,370

1,110

956

695

590

560

560

560

546

646

532

532

518

604

490

504

434

490

560

546

532

504

504

476

476

560

812

2,700

1,920

1,150

975

Sept.

1,630

1,050

975

918

863

795

778

812

812

829

829

812

778

795

778

761

761

727

680

490

448

590

665

,462

1,390

8,170

6,270

4,120

2,050

1,820

Peak discharge.- Jan. 15 (8 a.m.)'lO.SOO sec.-ft.; May 30 (10 a.m.) 32,700 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and1 records for stations 

at lock 8, near Pt, Marion, Pa., Tygart River at Colfax, and West Fork River at Enterprise, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Konthly discharge, In second-feet, 1938-40

Month

Calendar year

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

Water year 1938-39

Calendar year 1939

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

Water year 1939-40

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

13,513 

31,883 

104,982

-

129,866 

391,690 

223,440 

285,900 

20,791 

79,200 

89,594 

32,528 

14,017

1,417,404

22,360 

19,268 

67,331

1,375,985

45,656 

251,737 

195,530 

327,150 

129,653 

167,940 

77,189 

23,212 

42,858

1,369,884

Maximum

490 

4,760 

8,380

-

24,400 

33,500 

19,200 

35,000 

1,750 

12,300 

6,270 

4,920 

650

35,000

3,880 

1,110 

6,100

35,OOO

9,000 

18,600 

22,400 

32,000 

27,000 

16,800 

8,230 

2,700 

8,170

32,000

Minimum

355 

420 

343

-

620 

3,580 

1,010 

1,880 

259 

381 

846 

319 

319

259

307 

 394 

394

259

195 

343 

1,610 

2,080 

635 

2,100 

846 

434 

448

195

Mean

436 

1,063 

3,387

-

4,189 

13,990 

7,208 

9,530 

671 

2,640 

2,890 

1,049 

467

3,883

721 

642 

2,172

3,770

1,473 

8,681 

6,307 

10,900 

4,182 

5,598 

2,490 

749 

1,429

3,743

Change In 

contents In 

Tygart 

Reservoir 

(mean see. -ft.]

:

- .

:

-

-259 

-327 

-335

-

 MS 

+70 

+303 

+842 

+1,013 

-494 

-106 

-242 

-43

+37

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

_

-

'-

-

46F 

316 

1,83V

-

1,486 

8,751 

6,610 

11,740 

5,195 

5,104 

2,384 

507 

1,386

3,780

Per square 

mile

:

-

~-

ti.es

0.193 

.132 

.769

tl.58

.622 

3.66 

2.77 

4.92 

2.18 

2.14 

.998 

.212 

.580

1.58

Run- off 

In Inches

:

-

-

+22.07

0.22 

.15 

.89

t21.43

.72 

3.95 

3.19 

5.49 

2.51 

2.39 

1.15 

.24 

.65

21.55

t Computed on the basis of observed discharge.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 85

Monongahela River at Greensboro, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°47'15", long. 79°55'15", 0.1 mile upstream from 

George Creek, 750 feet upstream from dam at lock 7 in Greensboro, Greene County, 2.2 

miles downstream from Dunkard creek, and 4.3 miles downstream from Cheat River. Datum 

of gage is 767.55 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 4,407 square miles.

Records available.- January 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 79,400 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 20.30 

reet); minimum, 386 second-feet (regulated) Jan. 7 (gage height, 10.79 feet); minimum 

daily, 432 second-feet Jan. 7.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 125,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 25,72 

feet), from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet; minimum, 342 secord-feet 

(regulated) May 28, 1939 (gage height, 10.72 feet); minimum daily, that of Jan. 7, 1940. 

Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of 28.4 feet.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and thore below 

5,000 second-feet, all of which are fair. Flow regulated by Tygart and Lake lyrm 

Reservoirs (combined capacity, 551,300 acre-feet).

Cooperation.- Record of Tygart Reservoir contents furnished by Corps of Engineers1 . U. S. 

Army.Record of Lake Lynn Reservoir contents furnished by West Perm Power Co.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

10.8

11.0

11.3

11.6

400

740

1,400

2,240

12.0

12.5

13.0

13.3

3,610

5,710

8,150

11,000

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

14,400

22,000

30,600

40,900

18.0

19.0

52,700

65,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

31

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,050

1,180

2,020

1,700

1,690

HOT.

2,510

2,530

3,240

1,560

1,090

1,420 1,500

686 1.760

632

614

1,510

632

544

596

686

760

740

1,560

780

760

740

760

820

820

1,620

632

596

1,650

7,690

9,230

5,150

3,290

1,970

3,040

3,820

1,600

1,430

2,610

1,790

1,700

1,780

1,660

840

1,040

2,220

1,310

2,040

830

1,910

1,400

880

1,390

1,S80

1,010

725

Dec.

1,620

690

722

1,870

2,570

2,650

2,680

3,920

4,370

2,550

3,370

3,800

4,830

5,360

5,230

3,460

3,240

5,270

6,230

7,530

10,700

12,200

S,770

5,840

3,570

3,340

4,150

2,960

3,610

1,300

940

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

820

1,C

1,3

e

130

00

25

640

512

4

£

1,J

32

51

60

536

2,000

l,£i.c

3,£

70

00

90

17,600

13,600

9,S

S.E

3,E

90

30

00

2,200

1,900

2,!

2,4 2,'S

50

50

00

2,800

2,100 i,s

£

£

6

00

00

90

20

660

Secondfoot-days

52,558

53,065

130,242

2,863,485

87,556

449,110

695 420

381*210

331,180

172,540

69, 130

92,425

2,852,306

Feb.

1,200

1,180

1,230

720

890

4,980

10,400

20,000

16,200

15,000

43,100

31,800

26,200

32,500

30,600

24,400

20,000

17,500

15,500

28,000

26,000

18,000

13,000

8,600

5,760

6,180

6,350

8,520

15,300

-

Mar.

15,600

15,200

19,100

38,500

38,800

27,000

21,600

18,300

11,000

5,720

4,380

5,430

4,760

5.9SO

8,720

7,410

6,470

10,800

17,000

22,100

19,700

15,800

8,830

4,730

5,930

4,420

5,290

5,610

5,990

11,100

46,600

Apr.

35,800

23,500

18, 800

21,300

17,200

11,800

4,940

9,300

18,200

14,900

13,400

14,500

13,700

7,940

11,100

31,000

52,000

49,900

51,000

67,800

52,700

35,500

28,800

26,200

22,100

15,400

10,700

6,080

5,160

4,700

 -

Observed

Maximum

9,230

3,820

12,200

93,000

17,600

43,100

46,600

67 1 800

60,000

38,000

S9 200 14)000

17,300

67, 800

Minima*

544

725

690

544

432

720

4,380

4,700

1,160

3, 860

1,240

520

57S

432

Mean

1,695

1,769

4,201

7,845

2 824 15)490

14,120

23,180

9 071

11 ) 040

5,566

£,230

3,081

7,793

May

5,170

4,580

4,060

3,630

1,960

3,330

3,670

3,420

3,170

3,700

1,'560

1,200

2,470

2,540

3,640

4,490

4,220

 I, 420

1,160

7,560

13,100

11,000

7,900

8,460

20,500

27,000

20,800

19,600

15,200

10,700

60,000

June

38,000

24,400

19,600

14,400

9,620

9,000

7,000

4,820

5,950

7,520

6,750

S,390

13,200

13,800

7,440

6,540

6,180

10,200

26,200

23,600

17,900

9,740

5,220

4,800

5,450

5,880

3,860

5,920

5,340

4,460

-

Change In

contents

(equivalent 

mean)t

-265

-316

-431

-

+104

-23.5 403

 805

+1,048

-535

~81» 0

~358

+83.4

+36.9

July

29

22

15

9

11

8

4

3

3

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

2

3

1

1

1

1

4

8

7

5

2

2

2

2

Mean

1,430

1,453

3,770

-

2,928

15,470

14,520

23,980

10,120

10,506

5,485

1, 872

3,164

7,830

,200

,200

,800

,060

,200

,600

,940

,170

,320

,520

,110

,560

,140

,510

,840

,840

,520

,260

,260

,780

,240

,480

,980

,930

,870

,910

,000

,790

,300

,710

,500

Aug.

2,080

2,2*0

1,260

1.1FO

1,040

1,620

8T5

780

1,5?0

760

704

7F2

1,4*0

740

704

704

596 5"8

7T5

l,5fO

1.3FO

era

560

5fO

900

1,600

5,000

14,000

11,000

7,400

4,500

Sept.

4,400

3,800

2,700

3,200

2,200

2,500

1,SOO

1,250

1,800

1,800

1,840

1,900

1,860

1,190

880

1,240

1,580

981

840

1,260

776

57S

800

1,530

6,720

17,300

12,200

8,010

2,860

2,630

-

Adjusted

Per square 

mile

0.324

.330

.855

nl.78

.664

3.51

3

nn 

 tiy

5.44

2.30

2.38

1.24

.425

.718

1.7S

Kun-off 

in inches

0.37

.37

.99

n23.9S

.77

3.80

3.79

6.07

2.65

2.66

1.43

.49

.80

24.19

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (4 p.m.) 56,300 sec.-ft.j Mar. 4 (5 p.m.) 50,300 sec.-ft.; Msr. 31 

(3 p.m.) 55,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 17 (5:30 p.m.) 60,200 sec.-ft.; May 31 (1 p.m.) 79,400 sec.-ft.; 

July 1 (6:30 p.m.) 43,100 aec.-ft.

t Change In contents In Tygart and Lake Lynn Reservoirs.

n Adjusted for period Oct. 1 to Dec, 31 only.

Note.- Discharge for periods of no gage-height record, Jan. 20 to Feb. 5, Feb. 17-24, Aug. 24 to 

Sept. 10, computed on basis of gage readings at lock 7 and records for station at ChSEleroi.
86 MONONOAHELA RIVER BASIN

Monongahela River at Charleroi, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40008'30", long. 79°53'35", at Charleroi, Washington County, 1,100 feet upstream from dam at lock 4 and half a mile downstream 

from Maple Creek. Datum of gage Is 735.33 feet above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 5,313 square miles.

Records available.- March 1886 to March 1905 (high-water periods only), October 1933 to 

September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 93,600 second-feet Apr. 30 (ga?:e height, 15.06 

feet); minimum, 560 second-feet Jan. 39, during period of ice effect; minimum daily, 

636 second-feet Oct. 14.

1886-1905, 1933-40: Maximum discharge, about 156,000 second-feet July 11, 1888 

(gage height. 42.0 feet on lower gage, at old lock downstream, or about 36.1 feet on 

present gage); minimum not determined.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5,000 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regulated by locks upstream and by Lake Lynn and Tygart Reservoirs (combined capacity, 

351,300 acre-feet).

Cooperation.- Record of Tygart Reservoir contents and results of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Record of contents of Lake Lynn 

Reservoir furnished by West Perm Power Co.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and of backwater from flashboards (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.3

2.4 

2.6 

2.S 

3.0

540

660

960

1,340

1,800

3.4 

4.0 

4.6 

5.4 

6.2

2,900

5,000

7,800

12,250

17,500

7.0

9.0

12.0

14.5

23,200

40,500

68,000

88,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1740

Day

1

S

5

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

IS

13

14

16

10

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

20

SO

31

Oct.

cl.140

cl,200

cl,600

02,010

cl,960

cl,880

cl,440

0944

cSOO

c949

ol,260

c880

0674

0636

C674

CS64

C991

cl.320

0928

c816

c816

C772

0772

0966

1,320

1,010

965

4,020

9,080

6,660

4,100

Nov.

3,020

2,630

2,930

2,960

1,SSO

1,490

1,660

1,800

2,030

3,260

3,120

1,700

1,660

2,190

1,6SO

1,610

1,610

1,500

978

1,150

1,880

1,470

1,700

1,160

1,750

1,380

1,100

1,600

1,000

1,080

-

Dec.

1,100

1,570

996

1,160

1,900

2,630

2,600

2,840

3,970

3,740

2,690

3,230

3,920

5,080

5,040

4,800

3,360

3,870

5,730

6,770

8,990

12,200

9,820

S.430

4,900

3,490

3,780

4,080

3,420

3,3SO

1,650

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

1,320

1,300

1,360

1,340

1,070

996

928

758

992

1,300

1,130

2,380

2,130

2,890

13,900

16,400

11,600

8,320

4,900

2,660

2,540

2,660

2,S70

2,900

3,170

3,120

2,050

1,100

b680

b700

b750

Feb.

bl,130

bl,300

bl,280

bl,3OO

b950

1,780

7,060

17,800

17,500

14,800

37,900

40,200

27,200

29,700

34,200

26,400

21,700

19,200

16,600

33,300

29,700

21,700

15,800

10,400

8,300

6,520

6,800

7,820

13,800

.

-

Mar16,400

17,200

23,200

41,000

47,200

32,400

24,000

19,600

14,200

8,520

5,210

4,760

5,640

5,210

8,800

8,300

8,050

10,300

17,800

22,400

21,000

17,500

11,600

6,990

5,290

5,640

5,080

5,950

6,560

10,600

49,900

Apr.

45,200

27,200

21,000

28,000

20,300

14,500

9,450

7,270

19,600

17,800

15,400

15,800

16,400

12,200

10,100

26,400

47,500

56,300

51,400

87,400

67,800

45,300

31,500

28,000

24,000

17,200

13,800

8,550

5,550

5,210

-

Observed

Secondfoot -days

53,447

55,578

131,136

3,184,425

100,214

472,140

486,300

795 130

282, 460

368,650

191,710

78 249

93)817

3,108,831

Maximum

9 080

3J260

12,200

109,000

16,400

40 200

49 900

87^400

59 500 cb orwi O<5, V\tV

32 f 200 

15,100

13,800

87,400

Minimum

636

978

996

636

680

4,760

5,210

1,780 

4 830

1^470

674

Sl6

636

Mean

1 724

1,853

4,230

8,724

3 233

16 , 280

15,690

26,500

9 112 TO 090

6^184

2,524

3,127

8,494

May

5,250

5,460

4,220

4,150

3,690

2,780

4,000

3,760

3,590

3,230

3,200

1,850

1,880

3,020

3,140

4,150

4,240

3,540

1,780

3,830

12,000

11,600

8,800

8,300

15,300

27,200

21,700

19,600

16,800

10,900

59,500

Jane

52,900

29,700

21,700

16,300

11,300

9,620

8,060

6,120

6,140

7,300

7,550

7,300

11,600

14,500

9,850

7,300

6,760

6,600

22,400

26,400

19,600

13,200

6,920

5,290

5,510

6,180

5,380

4,880

6,800

5,000

-

Change In

contents

( equivalent 

mean)t

-265

-316

-431

-

+1O4

-23.5

+403

+805

+1,048 

-535

 81 .0

 358

+83 .4

+36.9

JuXy

24,900

32,

16,

12,

9,

10,

6,

4,

3,

3»

2,

3,

2,

2,

1,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

3»

9,

7,

6,

3,

2,

2,

2,

200

800

200

580

500

840

110

330

420

660

140

870

350

850

220

060

010

720

920

750

470

930

340

220

140

610

900

430

750

490

Aug.

2,380

2,220

1,950

1,360

1,220

1,350

1,860

1,140

1,040

1,360

928

848

914

1,340

S97

800

758

772

SOO

950

1,340

1,260

1 880

758

674

1,410

4,360

13,500

15,100

8,550

5,530

Sept.

4,760

4,400

3,200

3,110

2,430

2,380

2,030

1,450

1,450

1,930

1,980

1,980

1,960

'2,010

1,280

1,140

1,450

1,700

1,200

1,090

1,300

961

S16

1,070

2,650

13,400

13,800

8,600

5,720

2,570

-

Adjusted for change In

rese-"vclr contents

Mean

1,459

1,537

3,799

-

3

16^260

16,090 

27,300

10,160 

11,760

6,103

2,166

3,210

S,531

Per square 

mile 1

O oon <£OW

.295

.729

J1.67

.640

3.12

3.09

5 »24

1

QE yo 

2 *26

1.17

 415

.616

1.64

Kun-off 

n Inches

0.32

.33

.84

$22.73

.74

3 »36

3 56

5*85

2 «25

2 *52

1*35

 48

 69

22.29

t Change in contents in Tygart and Lake Lynn Reservoirs. 

I Adjusted for period Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 only, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

c Backwater from flashboards; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, gage 

heights, and records for stations at Greensboro and Braddock.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 87

Monongahela River at Braddock, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°23'25", long. 79°51'20", at Braddock, Allegheny 

County, 1,000 feet upstream from lock 2, 1,000 feet downstream from Turtle Creek, and 

11.2 miles upstream from confluence with Allegheny River. Darn at lock 2 is control 

for low and medium stages. Datum of gage is 706.97 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 7,337 square miles.

Records available.- January 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 115,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage hsight,

23.86 feet); minimum, 627 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 14; minimum daily, 735 secondfeet Oct. 14.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 147,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 27.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 100,000 second-feet; minimum, that of Oct. 

14, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 38.8 feet Mar. 18, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5,000 second-feet or for period of doubtful 

gage-height record, which are fair. Flow regulated by locks above station and by 

Tygart, Lake Lynn, and Deep Creek Reservoirs (combined capacity, 457,400 acre-feet).

Cooperation.- Results of three discharge measurements and record of Tygart Reservoir 

contents furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Records of contents of Deep 

Creek and Lake Lynn Reservoirs furnished by Pennsylvania Electric Co. and West Perm 

Power Co. respectively.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

1,460

1,610

1,760

2,350

2,61O

2,610

2,450

1,880

1,460

834

969

1,290

926

735

816

898

1,070

1,430

1,460

1,320

1,260

1,120

1,090

1,090

1,460

1,880

2,060

3,150

11,000

10,500

6,420

Nov.

4,360

3,640

3,750

3,910

2,980

2,480

2,480

2,910

3,080

d3,50O

d3,700

d3, 000

2,670

2,980

d2,400

d2,200

d2,150

d2,000

dl,600

1,820

2,350

d2,100

dl, 900

dS, 100

dl,900

2,350

2,160

2,090

2,510

2,320

-

Dec.

1,860

2,290

2,220

1,790

2,450

3,150

3,600

3,710

4,920

6,100

4,440

4,660

5,190

6,400

6,950

6,750

5,150

4,97O

6,950

6,220

10, 500

14, 100

13,800

11, 100

7,200

4,920

4,530

5,010

4,440

5,330

4,030

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

2,74O

2,3

2,1

2,1

50

60

3O

2,22O

2,130

2,0

1,9

1.7

60

10

90

2,060

1,970

2,7

3,3

3,1

40

30

90

10,800

20,400

16,4

11,0

6,9

00

00

00

4,360

3,260

3,0

3,3

2,7

80

70

70

2,910

2,910

2,3

2,0

2,3

2,7

20

90

80

00

2,870

Feb.

2,640

e2,250

e2,2OO

e2,150

e2,100

9,400

14,800

14,800

14,500

13,800

29,400

59,100

40,400

38,400

41,400

32,500

27,10O

24,400

22,000

36,000

38,400

29,800

22,800

16,800

13,800

11,400,

10,500

11,100

15,100

_

-

Mar20,OOO

21,200

29,800

47,800

63,300

46,7OO

34,400

28,000

22,800

15,200

10,500

8,500

9,050

9,320

12,000

13,800

12,400

13,400

. 29,000

40,400

34, 400

28,000

21,?00

14, 500

10,500

10,500

9,600

10,800

13,000

20,800

78,000

Apr.

75,300

45,6OO

33,400

50,600

41,400

28,OOO

20,4OO

15,300

30,300

31,600

25,300

24,400

26,200

22,000

17,200

27,700

54,400

71,100

65,600

105,000

97, 50O

68,000

45,600

38,400

32,500

26,200

20,400

15, 600

10,800

9,600

Observed

Secondfoot-days

70, 968

79,390

176,750

1,214,582

133, 300

599,040

738,870 

1,175,400

404, 640

541,820

129*. 940

156,100

4,498,098

Maximum

ii,ooo

4,360

14,100

133,000

20

59llOO

78,000 

105,000

62,600 

73,500

48,900 

22,500

19,600

105,000

Kluismni

736

1,600

1,790

735

1 790

2*,100

8,500

9,600

4,230

8,500

3,010 

1 £90

1*640

735

Mean

2 289

2*646

5,702

11,550

4,300 

20,660

23, 830 

39, 180

13,050

18,060

9,415 

4 192

5*203

12,290

May

9,050

9,600

8,500

8,220

7,450

6,450

6,650

7,700

7,450

6,850

6,550

4,920

4,230

5,150

5,850

6,700

7,450

6,900

4,690

4,880 .

15,400

16,800

13,000

12,400

17,200

30,700

31,600

28,000

23,600

18,100

62,600

June

73,500

42,400

30,700

23,6OO

18,000

13,400

12,400

1O,200

9,050

10, 500

12,400

13,800

18,800

19,600

16,000

13,000

11,400

9,600

20,400

34,400

27,100

20,000

12,700

9,320

9,050

9,900

9,600

8,500

11,400

11,100

Change in

contents

( equivalent 

mean)t

-340

-429

-460

_

+3j67

 15 .9

+641

+1,170

+1,050 

-414

^123

-462

-0.1

+65.1

July

21,

48,

28,

20,

13,

15,

12,

8»

6,

6,

300

900

000

400

800

200

000

220

700

900

5,850

6,

6»

5,

3,

3,

4,

3,

3,

4,

3,

3,

3.

4,

9.

9»

9,

6,

5,

4,

450

250

010

870

830

070

990

950

660

750

010

010

420

130

600

600

950

080

150

3,830

Aug.

3,830

3,990

3,560

2,84O

2,030

1,740

3,050

3,190

2,410

2,320

2,000

1,520

1,290

1,520

1,640

1,320

1,290

1,290

1,460

1,400

2,000

2,060

1,850

1,520

1,290

1,730

e,ooo

2?, 500

2?, 000

14,800

1C, 500

Sept.

8,500

7,700

6,150

4,790

3,990

3,670

3,230

3,300

5,710

5,950

6,350

4,970

4,110

3,950

3,150

2,380

2,290

2,570

2,510

2,160

2,090

2,060

1,670

1,640

2,580

12,400

19,600

13,000

8,880

4,750

Adjusted for change in

reservoir contents

Mean

1,949

2,217

5,242

_

4,467 

20,640

24 470

40^350

14,100 

17,650

3*730

5,203

12,360

Per sqvare 

mile

0.266

.302

.714

Jl.57

.609

£ .81

3.34

5.50

1«9£

2 »41

l'.Z7

.508

.709

1.68

Run-off 

in inches

0.31

.34

.82

$21.36

.70

3.03

3.85

6.14

S

on

 dSJL

2 »69

1.46

 59

.79

22.93

Peak discharge.- Bar. 31 (9 p.m.) 92,300 sec.-ft.; Apr. 18 (1 p.m.) 73,500 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(7 p.m.; 115,OOO sec.-ft.j May 31 (11 p.m.) 91,000 sec.-ft.

t Change in contents In Deep Creek, Lake Lynn, and Tygart Reservoirs.

J Adjusted for period Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 only.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Charlerol.

e Abnormal manipulation at lock; discharge computed on basis of records for stations upstream.

461679 0-42-7
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Middle Fork at Mldvale, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°56'20", long. 80°05'25", at Mldvale station on Coal 

& Coke R. R. (Baltimore & Ohio), Randolph County, 1 mile downstream from Ellamore, 

Randolph County, and 2 miles downstream from Laurel Creek. Datum of gage is 1,812.59 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Nov. 10 chain gage 

at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 122 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 25 years, 288 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,050 second-feet Feb. 11 (gage height, 9.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot Oct. 17 

(gage height, 1.81 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 11,400 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 18.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended atove 4,000 

second-feet on basis of area-velocity studies and logarithmic plotting: no flow Sept. 

15-25, 1930.

Floods of 1888 and 1912 reached a gage height of about 18 feet, site and datum in 

use in 1915.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. .Gage read 

twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

1.8

1.9

2.0 

e.2 

2.4 

2.7

0.2

1.2

2.8

12

29

70

discharge, In secon

127

269

435

630

865

1,140

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

8.5

1,420

1,720

2,050

2,400

2,750

3,100

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

l.e

18 

21 

16 

9.8

8.2 

5.0 

4.6 

2.8 

3.2

3.5 

3.9 

3.5 

2.5 

2.3

1.5 

.5 

1.5 

1.1 

1.8

2.0 

2.3 

2.0 

2.3

l.e

7.0 

10 

129 

146 

73 

52

HOT.

55 

58 

60 

47 

40

42 

36 

37 

52 

49

41 

40 

36 

29 

31

23 

21 

19 

19 

21

19 

19 

23 

22 

20

18 

13 

12 

12 

13

Dec.

13 

13 

25

44 

41

47 

S9 

119 

106 

95

127 

114 

102 

132 

110

98 

132 

162 

137 

652

526 

327 

231 

175 

127

127 

112 

98 

78 

75 

b65

Jan.

52 

b50

b48 

47 

b45

b43 

41 

b40 

«b40 

37

39 

61 

154 

352 

602

379 

301 

190 

b!50 

b!20

bllO 

b!05 

blOO 

b95 

b95

b90 

b90 

b85 

b80 

80 

b80

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193g

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

7S 

bSO 

bSO 

b80 

85

177 

998 

494 

428 

1,390

2,960 

1,080 

675 

915 

698

494 

382 

355 

526 

865

630 

486 

346 

269 

250

231 

190 

840 

652

Mar.

463 

421 

526 

1,360 

1,110

720 

482 

349 

275 

213

173 

139 

149 

151 

225

231 

228 

470 

630 

614

449 

339 

269 

190 

146

175 

154 

178 

156 

207 

1,020

Seeondfoot-days

539.9 

927 

4,299

90,681.2

3,801 

16,734 

12,212 

18,470 

10,903 

6,876 

4,590 

713.3 

2,091.6

82,156.8

Apr.

742 

546 

442 

359 

295

237 

195 

213 

376 

502

449 

502 

490 

428 

301

915 

2,400 

1,600 

1,450 

1,540

1,270 

765 

598 

463 

352

282 

250 

190 

167 

151

Maximum

146 

60 

652

5,920

602 

2,960 

1,360 

2,400 

2,540 

765 

452 

195 

1,020

2,960

May

14] 

21C

162 

19C 

19E

20r 

207

192 

178 

156

134 

116 

102 

201 

213

172 

151 

132 

123 

314

333 

275 

240 

321 

2,540

1,020 

626 

486 

362 

288 

915

Minimum

0.5 

12 

13

.1

37 

78 

139 

151 

102 

67 

37 

.8 

1.8

.5

June

652 

494 

320 

237 

175

125 

95 

77 

87 

67

1»5 

237 

132 

132 

125

98 

141 

765 

720 

407

266 

164 

123 

114 

210

123 

112 

127 

181 

175

July

219 

178 

156 

452 

301

178 

137 

102 

77 

62

52 

323 

192 

114 

84

77 

162 

146 

102 

70

56 

70 

£37 

S65 

£47

144 

96 

61 

52 

41 

37

Mean

17.4 

30.9 

139

248

123 

577 

394 

616 

352 

229 

148 

23.0 

69.7

224

Aug.

40 

21 

16

11 

6.5

9.8 

15 

13 

8.7 

5.8

3.5 

2.6 

2.0 

1.5 

1.0

1.5 

.8 

1.2 

3.5 

3.5

1.5 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

.8

34 

80 

144 

58 

29 

195

Per square 

mile

0.143 

.253 

1.14

2.03

1.01 

4.73 

3.23 

5.05 

2.89 

1.88 

1.21 

.189 

.571

1.84

Sept.

137 

82 

39 

25 

16

13 

9.8 

11 

18 

15

16 

16 

9.8 

8.7 

6.5

5.4 

4.6 

3.9 

2.8 

2.5

2.2

l.e

1.8 

2.8 

1,020

323 

132 

73 

54 

39

Run-off in 

inches

0.16 

.28 

1.31

27.65

1.16 

5.10 

3.72 

5.63 

3.32 

2.10 

1.40 

.22 

.64

25.04

Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN £ 

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°03'05", long. 80t'06'50", a quarter of a mile 

upstream from highway bridge at Hall, Harbour County, and 1 mile upstream from Pecks 

Run. Datum of gage is 1,369.15 feet above mean sea level (Baltimore and Ohio R. R. 

datum). Staff gage used prior to June 9, 1939, was at same datum as present gage 

(erroneous statement given in Water-Supply Paper 873).

Drainage area.- 277 square miles.

Records available.- June 1907 to May 1909, April 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 25 years (1915-40), 602 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,060 second-feet May 25 (gage height, 9.30 

reetj; minimum, 1.8 second-feet Oct. 26 (gage height, 3.55 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge observed, 12,200 second-feet Mar. 14, 1918, and Oct. 

29, 1937 (gage height, 14.7 feet, former site and datum), from rating curve extended 

above 8,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 0.2 second-foot Oct. 23, 27, 1930 (gage 

height, 1.30 feet, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except*periods of Ice effect

in second-feet)

ge height, in feet, and discharge,

3.55

3.6

3.S

4.0

4.5

1.8

3.5

13

26

126

5.0 

5-5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

2S2

540

S70

1,270

1,780

7.5 2,400

S.O 3,090

8.5 3,330

9.0 4,580

DIscharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12

16

16

14

14

19

20

17

15

13

12

10

9.5

S.5

7.6

6.6

6.2

5.S

4.S

4.4

3.2

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.1

4.0

9.0

311

704

291

184

HOT.

150

161

153

131

110

103

100

90

7S

7S

83

74

66

59

55

52

46

43

43

52

50

45

46

43

43

43

41

3S

34

28

-

Dec.

2S

33

59

164

196

199

313

326

SOS

267

263

3lo

300

370

390

326

SOS

322

SOS

466

1,560

915

682

430

b325

263

244

237

218

b!60

b!40

Jan.

b!20

bllO

blOO

b95

b90

b85

b80

b80

*bSO

bSO

bSO

b85

b200

b350

1,120

856

568

415

bSOO

b250

b220

b210

b!90

b!80

b!70

*bl60

b!50

b!40

blSO

blSO

b!20

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!60

bl,600

1,780

1,030

1,220

3,680

3,300

1,460

1,720

1,960

1,190

930

S56

1,320

2,080

1,730

1,210

828

606

516

425

, 390

1,300

1,720

_

-

liar.

1,120

842

922

2,270

2.S10

1,S40

1,160

821

620

480

375

308

274

291

480

558

600

613

1,040

1,320

938

704

558

415

341

274

271

271

274

651

3,530

Secondfoot-days

1,746.8

2,13S

10,370

133,568. 7

6,934

33,661

26,971

43,163

25,291

20,136

10,212

1,754.0

7,520

189,896.8

Apr.

2,530

1,320

975

SOO

626

498

410

390

652

835

849

908

1,270

1,140

1,100

1,670

3,230

3,980

3,830

4,740

3,760

2,460

1,410

990

765

538

469

380

317

271

-

jfaxlffltun

704

16i

1,566

9,050

1»120

3,630

3,530

4,740

4,100

2,310

760

375

2,600

4,740

May

252

255

304

274

2S6

2S6

291

278

255

241

221

193

190

336

390

317

295

255

237

1,840

1,460

652

492

710

4,100

3,640

1,560

968

672

681

3,360

Minimum

2.1

2S

28

2.1

80

120

271

271

190

213

1219-.0

12

2.1

June

2,200

1,060

693

492

355

274

21S

300

360

286

331

849

678

469

395

447

447

1,620

2,S10

1,410

758

469

336

375

540

425

322

304

360

498

-

July

552

540

365

410

492

360

267

205

170

142

121

199

360

221

161

142

170

760

600

322

214

246

646

613

730

390

244

175

145

129

121

Mean

56.3

71.3

335

503

224

1,161

870

1,439

816

671

329

56.6

251

519

Aug.

110

90

68

52

41

40

38

37

33

32

28

24

20

IS

16

15

14

12

12

9.0

9.0

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

32

76

131

205

129

375

Per square 

mile

0.203

.257

1.21

1.32

.809

4.19

3.14

5.19

2.95

2.42

1.19

.204

.906

1.87

Sept.

360

221

142

95

6S

50

38

34

37

40

38

32

30

30

25

23

20

IS

17

16

14

13

12

12

2,170

2,600

710

SOS

199

148

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.23

.29

1.39

24.65

.93

4.52

3.62

5.80

3.40

2.70

1.37

.24

1.01

25.50

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (9 p.m.) 4,430 sec.-ft.; May 25 (9 p.m.) 5,060 sec.-ft.; May 31 

14 p.m.) 3,830 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
90 MONONSAHELA RIVER BASIN

West Fork River at Butchervllle, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°05'25", long. 80028'05", at Butch3rvllle, Lewis 

County, 0.5 mile upstream from Freemans Creek, 3,500 feet downatream from bridge on 

Weston-Clarksburg interurban electric railway, and 3 miles north of Weston. Datum of 

gage is 983.00 feet above mean sea level (State Road Commission bench mirk).

Drainage area.- 181 square miles.

Records available.- April 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge?- 25 years, 310 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,260 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 19.17 

reet); minimum, 0.7 second-foot Aug. 25 (gage height, 10.42 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge observed, 9,800 second-feet Mar. 13, 1918, Jan. 2, 1919 

(gage height, 24.0 feet, at site then in use, present datum); no flow at times during 

October 1919, September, October, December 1922 caused by either diversion or pondage 

at small dams upstream.

Maximum stage known, 27 feet in 1888, at site 3,500 feet upstream, from information 

by local residents (discharge, 12,600 second-feet). The stage on that date may have 

been affected by backwater from a dam which has since been washed out.

Remarks.- Records good.

Uooperation.- Results of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

0.3

2.3

5.1

8.6

15

10.9

11.0

11.2

11.4

11.6

38

65

94

132

11.S 

12.1 

12.5 

13.0 

13.5

177

257

393

605

880

14

15

16

17 

IS

1,160 

1,900 

2,770 

3,770 

4.S70

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2

S 

4 

S

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

7.3 

29 

36 

23 

11

8.2 

6.9 

6.0 

5.1 

4.5

5.4 

5.4 

4.S 

3.6 

3.1

2.9 

2.9 

2.6 

2.3 

2.5

2.6 

2.9 

3.1 

3.1 

3.3

14 

59 

804 

S21 

116 

68

Kdr.

51 

42 

55 

29 

23

20 

15 

13 

13 

11

10 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

10 

10

13 

14 

17

17 

17 

18 

21 

21

20 

17 

15 

16 

16

Dec.

17 

24 

141 

228 

197

202 

207 

139 

88 

69

80 

78 

79 

197 

202

14S 

112 

94 

76 

750

820 

508 

159 

114 

84

69 

68 

69 

76 

85 

82

Jan.

64 

57 

44 

55 

50

27 

22 

22 

21

20

22 

45 

590 

748 

650

279 

172 

114 

90 

75

65 

57 

50 

48 

44

39 

55 

31 

29 

26 

27

Feb.

29 

31 

SO 

SO 

35

436 

1,660 

580 

295 

729

1,740 

809 

386 

2,040 

1,000

514 

426 

585 

1,660 

1,450

1,060 

510 

279 

190 

166

128 

214 

1,280 

782

Mar.

419 

291 

642 

2,180 

1,340

672 

374 

248 

184 

136

105 

85 

79 

120 

408

367 

342 

279 

848 

605

314 

218 

161 

118 

94

80 

78 

76 

72 

1,450 

4,210

Apr.

1,200 

4S4 

324 

282 

200

143 

114 

329 

1,000 

557

349 

577 

786 

532 

560

1,090 

1,980 

2,230 

3,770 

3,570

2,770 

1,1SO 

478 

295 

197

143 

110 

90 

76 

69

*°** forays *aJam

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob HalApr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

ember . ....

uary

1,569.0 804 

540.0 51 

5,057 820

..... 97,428.1 6,720

ater year 19S9-"rO

3,356 748 

19,074 2,040 

16,595 4,210 

25,375 3,770 

14,752 4,540 

9,946 1,520 

4,640 754 

639.5 91 

2,518.6 1,080

104,042.1 4,540

Hay

69 

71 

69 

69 

62

52 

43 

56 

32 

SO

29 

26 

26 

71 

118

85 

78 

65 

54

1,830

1,080 

266 

154 

153 

2,520

1,100 

358 

184 

122 

1,310 

4,540

Mlntnon

2.3 

9.5 

17

.6

20 

29 

72 

69 

26 

62 

13 

.8 

1.0

.8

June

1,060 

404 

231 

147 

103

79 

62 

92 

173 

546

182 

S14 

314 

154 

112

152 

174 

1,200 

1,520 

702

225 

124 

90 

286 

367

190 

120 

282 

291 

270

July

22ft 

170 

1015 

79 

51

**5"< 

2- 

2T 

14

IS

a»

83 

47 

ST

2' 

18T 

41!} 

173

87

55 

121 

64<* 

754 

400

177 

96 

64

es

161 

166

Aug.

71 

42 

27 

17 

12

IS 

22 

21 

17 

9.0

7.7 

6.S 

5.1 

6.6 

4.5

3.6 

3.1 

2.9 

S.I 

2.6

2.3

2.1 

1.6 

1.2 

.8

24 

72 

91 

79 

43 

26

 Per square 

*ean r*le

50.6 0.280 

18.0 .099 

163 .900

267 1.48

10S .597 

658 3.64 

555 2.96 

846 4.67 

475 2.62 

552 1.83 

150 .829 

20.6 .114 

84.0 .464

284 1.57

Sept.

23 

15 

IS 

9.5 

7.S

6.3

5.1 

5.1 

4.5 

4.5

4.2 

S.6 

y.l 

2.9 

2.9

2.9 

2.5

1.8 

1.6 

1.4

1.2 

1.2 

1.0 

1.2 

899

1,080 

228 

91 

57 

59

Run-off In 

Inches

0.32 

.11 

1.04

20.01

.69 

3.92 

3.41 

5.21 

S. OS 

2.04 

.95 

.13 

.52

21. 37

Peak discharge.- Ear. 31 (3:30 a.m.) 5,660 sec. -ft.; Apr. 20 (12:30 a.m.) 5,090 sec. -ft.; May 20 

(1:3O p.sn. J 2,770 sec. -ft.; May 25 (10 a.a.) 3,270 sec. -ft.; May 31 (5 a.m.) 6,260 sec. -ft.; June 

18 (8 p.m.) 3,070 sec. -ft.
M3NONOAHELA. RIVER BASI1I 91

West Fork River at Clarksburg, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°16'05", long. SO°Zl'SS>", at dam of Clarksburg

waterworks, three-quarters of a mile south of Clarksburg, Karrison County, and 1

mile upstream from Elk Creek. Datum of gage is 936.55 feet above mean sea level

(general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 384 square miles. 

Records available.- March 1923 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 592 second-feet (Includes diversion by city of Clarksburg). 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,000 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 5.98

feet); no flow over dam Oct. 14-27 and Sept. 23, 24.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 17,600 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (gage height, 8.22

feet), from rating curve extended above 11,300 second-feet; no flow over dam during

parts of several years. 

Remarks.- Records good. Records of daily discharge include flow over dam orly. Some

water diverted for supply of city of Clarksburg. Four storage reservoirs on rive?

between Clarksburg and Weston. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and record of diversion furnished by Clarksburg Water

Board.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect 

discharge, In second-feet)

ge height, In feet, and

0.02

.03

.04

.06

.08

.10

.15

0

.1

.2

.4

.6

1.1

7.2

0.3

.4

.5

.6

.8

1.0

1.3

67

115

168

227

362

517

790

2.0

2.5

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

1,590

2,290

3,240

5,510

8,150

11,000

.20 24 1.6 1,100

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0

0

32

62

45

28

17

10

10

7.2

5.1

1.6

.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0,110

1,100

414

203

Hov.

130

85

72

58

53

45

40

32

28

24

17

17

13

13

10

5.1

3.5

5.1

10

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

10

10

5.1

-

Dec.

5.1

7.2

20

321

377

341

348

293

198

141

125

130

125

234

422

314

240

198

163

419

1,780

820

414

293

215

174

152

152

146

146

152

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

130

1

1

3

1,2

15

05

67

55

49

40

40

36

36

36

45

57

40

1,660

790

4

2

2

37

86

03

192

174

1

1

1

Seoondfoot-days

3,045.5

s.sesis

187,065.0

6,926 

39,559

32 ,615

56,161

21,766

7,510

1,504.6 

5,246.2

208,878.4

57

30

00

85

76

67

62

58

49

49

Feb.

45

4

4

4

5

9

9

49

135

2,50

1,78

75

0

0

1

890

3,450

2,06

97

3,95

0

4

0

2,740

1,220

92

99

3,10

2

5

0

3,770

2,640

1,40

76

48

0

1

5

407

328

31

1,90

1,85

_

-

4

0

0

Mar.

1,020

665

810

4,100

2,930

1,660

922

619

453

341

273

215

192

203

534

761

722

637

1,050

1,400

820

542

407

307

240

192

163

157

157

853

9,270

Apr.

3,990

1,230

742

646

461

348

280

377

1,990

1,340

810

1,030

1,560

1,170

1,100

2,380

4,440

3,770

6,800

8,710

6,150

3,030

1,290

751

509

377

280

234

192

174

Observed

Maximum

1,110 

i "^fi J.OV

1,780

15,200

1,660

3,950 

9 2VO

9)550

3,660

1,220 

286

2,460

9,550

Minimum

0

3.5

5.1

0

36

45

157

174

53

168

32 .1

0

0

Mean

98.2

26.3

286

513

223

1,364

1,052 

1 872

726

242

48.5 

175

571

May

168

168

163

152

141

125

105

81

67

67

58

53

53

355

328

260

192

168

135

1,510

2,290

674

348

280

2,360

2,530

820

422

247

1,020

9,550

June

3,660

1,240

712

437

307

215

168

192

247

558

445

1,060

1,460

542

293

280

286

1,360

3,030

1,460

534

321

227

377

665

414

260

227

461

328

Diversion by

city of 

Clarksburg

5.2

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.4

4.4 

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.9 

4.9

4.7

July

1

469

542

314

260

ISO

125

90

67

53

45

32

32

81

115

67

45

45

321

362

186

115

81

395

220

656

370

209

135

100

414

384

Aug.

240

125

76

49

32

24

17

32

32

24

17

7.2

5.1

2.4

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.6

.6

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

1.1

S5

286

227

130

85

Sept.

58

49

36

24

13

7.2

3.5

3.5

13

32

20

13

7.2

5.1

2.4

1.6

.8

.4

.4

.5

.4

.2

0

0

1,110

2,460

848

280

157

100

-

Adjusted for diversion

Mean

103

30.6

290

518

228

1,368

1,056

1, 8V6

80S

731

247

53.4 

180

576

Per square 

mile

0.268

.080

.755

1.35

.594 

3.56

2.75

4.89

2.10

1.90

.643

.139 

.469

1.50

Run- off 

in inches

0.31

.09

.87

18.27

 68 

3. 84

3.17

5.45

g ,42

2 »12

.74

.16 

.52

20.37

Feak discharge.- Feb. 14 (5 p.m.) 5,640 sec.-ft.; Mar- 4 (2 p.m.) 5,140 sec.-ft.; K-?r. 31 (2 p.m.) 

10,700 sec.-ft.; May 31 (12 m.) 11,000 sec.-ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge estimated, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
92 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°25'20", long. 80°16'40", 150 feet downstream 

from highway bridge at Enterprise, Harrlson County, and three-quarters of a mile upstream from Blngamon Creek. Datum of gage Is 869.45 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 759 square miles.

Records available.- June.1907 to September 1916, October 1916 to September 1918 (gage 

heights only), October 1932 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1907-16, 1933-40), 1,130 second-feet.

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,200 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 17.53 

feet); minimum, 4.0 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage height, 1.10 feet).

1907-16, 1932-40: Maximum discharge, 31,500 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (gage height, 

21.57 feet),,from rating curve extended above 19,000second-feet; minimum, 3.4 secondfeet July 27, 1934 (gage height, 0.98 foot).

Flood of 1888 reached a stage of about 33 feet, present site and datum.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, ir feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Sept. 2-24)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 7 Feb. 8 to Sept. 30

1.1 

l.Z

1.3

1.4 

1.6

4.0

9.0

18

30

63

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

4.0

220

345

480

640

1,270

5.0 2,060

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

2,960

5,100

7,600

10,500

14,100

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6

35

47

87

l.S 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

143

240

400

640

16.0 13,000

Note.- Same as precedIng table above 3.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 19*0

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

S9 

100 

160 

136 

120

100 

72 

59 

52 

37

37 

33 

29 

26 

17

3.0 

7.5 

5.5 

5.0 

5.5

6.0 

7.5 

13 

13 

12

37 

SOS 

2,560 

2,380 

308 

390

Nov.

256 

1S4 

146 

111 

97

81 

77 

74 

70 

61

54 

50 

44 

43 

40

SS 

34 

34 

36 

40

44 

44 

46 

44 

44

43 

33 

36 

36 

37

Dec.

37 

41 

S9 

354 

670

575 

565 

525 

376 

272

232 

204 

200 

322 

736

634 

480 

376 

300 

473

2,7SO 

1,770 

S9S 

604 

422

350 

292 

276 

256 

236 

b220

Jan.

b200 

b!70 

b!50 

#b!30 

b!20

blOO 

b90 

b90 

b90 

b90

blOO 

bllO 

bSSO 

b2,500 

3,750

b2,500 

bl,200 

b900 

b700 

b600

b500 

b400 

bS50 

b300 

b250

b220 

b!80 

b!60 

b!30 

#bl!5 

bllO

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

W

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-

Peb.

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO

b200 

b4,500 

3,860 

1,650 

1,610

5,530 

3,970 

1,930 

7,060 

5,700

2,600 

1,810 

1,970 

5,680 

7,730

5,100 

2,S70 

1,610 

1,060 

886

700 

653 

2,400 

3,450

Mar.

2,150 

1,490 

2,150 

6,950 

5,460

3,150 

1,970 

1,300 

970 

742

570 

463 

409 

432 

970

1,410 

1,410 

1,300 

1,930 

2,600

1,570 

1,060 

832 

600 

472

382 

355 

347 

335 

2,120 

16,400

Second - 

foot-days

7,538.0 

1,982 

15,565

409,512.0

16,655 

75,134 

62,299 

113,862 

46,253 

42,942 

16,319 

4,228 

9.353

412, ISO. 0

Apr.

S,100 

2,690 

1,610 

1,390 

1,240

86S 

664 

838 

3,750 

2,7SO

1,690 

2,240 

3,150 

2,420 

2,330

6, ISO 

9,100 

7,210 

12,100 

16,000

11,900 

6,180 

2,370 

1,730 

1,200

910 

71S 

570 

476 

414

Maximum

2,560 

256 

2,780

25,200

3,750 

7,730 

16,400 

16 , 000 

18,000 

7,950 

2,950 

S56 

3,860

13,000

May

396 

396 

368 

347 

323

283 

279 

237 

210 

ISS

17S 

162 

159 

356 

730

530 

409 

319 

268 

1,630

3,750 

1,380 

670 

580 

3,940

4.SSO 

1,810 

940 

605 

1,430 

13,000

Minimum

5.0 

34 

37

5.0

90 

110 

335 

414 

159 

336 

134 

26 

28

5.0

Juno

7,950 

2,S70 

1,650 

1,000 

6S2

500 

3S6 

718 

808 

77S

850 

1,060 

4,410 

1,570 

7S4

555 

550 

1,530 

5,220 

2,600

1,200 

640 

454 

436 

970

706 

450 

440 

600 

575

July

2,950 

1,810 

S80 

56 j 

433

307 

240 

201 

16? 

143

13< 

272 

IS! 

197 

175

137 

153 

303 

5S5 

325

214 

175 

327 

1,770 

1,340

712 

4C9

ses

SCI 

2FO 

4fl

Mean

243 

66.1 

60S

1,122

537 

2,591 

2,010 

3,795 

1,492 

1,431 

526 

136 

313

1,126

Aug.

458 

240 

159 

113 

S7

73 

S2 

64 

69 

71

61 

47 

43 

41 

39

37 

35 

36 

52 

62

44 

36 

29 

2S 

26

41 

192 

S56 

463 

264 

330

Per square

mile

0.320 

.087 

.661

1.4S

.708 

3.41 

2.65 

5.00 

1.97 

1.89 

.693 

.179 

.411

1.4S

Sept.

473 

ISS 

12S 

94 

SO

62 

50 

46 

52 

71

S7 

71 

61 

50 

44

3S 

35 

33 

,."32 

30

2S 

2S 

2S 

30 

912

3,860 

1,690 

560 

295 

197

Run-off in 

inches

0.37 

.10 

.76

20.06

.82 

3.68 

3.05 

5.58 

2.27 

2.10 

.SO 

.21 

.46

20.20

Peak discharge.- Feb. 14 (6:30 p.m.) 9,550 aec.-ft.; Feb. 20 (12:30 a.m.) 9,250 aec.-ft.; Mar. 31 

(11:30 a.m.) 18,600 aec.-ft.; Apr. 17 (6 p.m.) 11,000 aec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (12:30 a.m.) 13,800 aec.-ft. 

May 31 (8 a.m.) 21,200 aec.-ft.

# Winter diacharge measurement made on thia day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
MONON3AHELA RIVER BASIN 93

Buffalo Creek at Barrackvllle, W. Va.

at highway bridge at Barrackville, 

Datum of gage is 884.40 feet above

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39°30'15", long. 80-°10'20"

Marion County, 1,700 feet upstream from Finchs Run.

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage-area.- 115 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1907 to December 1908, May 1915 to June 1924, August 1932 to

September 1940.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1907-8, 1915-23, 1932-40), 168 second-feet, 

extremes.- naxlmum discharge during year, 3,440 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 8.4

reet, from graph based on gage readings), but may have been greater during period of

doubtful gage-height record; minimum observed, 1.5 second-feet Aug. 26, 27 (gage height

0.84 foot).

1907-8, 1915-24, 1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 9,490 second-feet Jan. 22,

1917 (gage height, 14.22 feet); no flow during greater part of the period September to

November 1908.

Flood of July 1912 reached a stage of about 16 feet, present site and datum

(discharge, 11,600 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, or no or doubtful gageneight record, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.0

2.5

4.2

7.4

12

19

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

44

77

143

274

414

560

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

730

1,170

1,730

2,390

3,120

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

Z 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

30

21 

32 

23 

34 

35

36 

37 

SB 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.7 

4.2 

4.5 

5.0 

5.0

4.5 

4.5 

2.1 

1.9 

al.8

al.8 

al.7 

al.7 

1.6 

1.8

2.1 

2.1 

1.9 

1.8 

2.1

2.1 

2.1 

2.5 

2.1 

2.1

5.8 

34 

470 

193 

83 

23

Nov.

16 

11 

9.4 

9.0 

8.1

7.4 

5.8 

5.0 

4.5 

4.5

4.2 

3»9 

3.7 

4.2 

4.2

4.2 

3.7 

3.7 

3.3 

4.2

5.8 

9.6 

21 

21

16

16

13 

11 

11 

12

Dec.

13 

11 

21 

36 

60

44 

43 

38 

36 

36

37 

40 

47 

47 

54

a45 

a 40 

a40 

a35 

a350

a400 

a!50 

a80 

a60 

a50

a 45 

a45 

a 45 

a40 

a35 

aSO

Jan.

a25 

aZO 

a!8 

16 

15

1-3 

12 

b!2 

b!5 

b20

b50 

blOO 

277 

256 

255

b!50 

blOO 

b60 

b40 

b35

b30 

b28 

b26 

b24 

b22

b22 

21 

21 

21 

b21 

b20

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

 Feb.

19 

IS 

15 

13 

11

22 

844 

560 

375 

183

397 

225 

193 

850 

500

225 

173 

204 

341 

660

470 

355 

239 

188 

a!30

allO 

a!50 

t213 

alSO

Mar.

a!50 

alSO 

a250 

1,490 

790

361 

231 

186 

100 

70

62 

58 

49 

40 

313

403 

341 

285 

288 

234

228 

212 

168 

143 

96

74 

70 

63 

54 

dl.OOO 

d2,500

Secondfoot-days

674.5 

256.6 

2,053

71,516.4

1,747 

7,863 

10,439 

12,346 

5,155 

4,860 

2,991.3 

592.4 

706.9

49,684.7

Apr.

d500 

d200 

d!50 

d!50 

d!20

d90 

d80 

372 

414 

406

341 

308 

456 

183 

468

690 

690 

770 

2,060 

1,670

608 

397 

258 

a!70 

allO

aSO 

a60 

250 

a50 

a 45

Maximum

470 

21 

400

4,060

277 

844 

2,500 

2,060 

1,500 

800 

1,630 

244 

94

2,500

May

t45 

a40 

a35 

a35 

aSO

aSO 

aSO 

aSO 

a25 

a25

aSO 

a20 

a20 

aSOO 

alSO

aSO 

aSO 

a50 

a40 

a400

aSOO 

alOO 

a70

aeo

a700

aSOO 

alOO 

a8T3 

a60 

a500 

al,500

Minimum

1.6 

3.3

11

.6

12 

11 

40 

45 

20 

45 

7.4 

1.6 

2.7

1.6

June

t432 

aSOO 

alOO 

aSO 

aSO

a50 

a45 

a55 

60 

81

107 

SI 

47 

62 

a70

aSO 

alOO 

a600 

aSOO 

aSOO

a!50 

aSO 

a60 

alOO 

a!50

alOO 

aSO 

alOO 

a!50 

a500

July

tl,630 

t487 

a200 

alOO 

a50

aSO 

a20 

a!5 

a!5 

alO

alO 

a30 

a40 

a25 

a!5

alO 

alO 

a!5 

a35 

aSO

a25 

t20 

a30 

a50 

a35

aSO 

a!2 

9.0 

8.1 

7.8 

7.4

Mean

26.2 

8.55 

66.2

196

56.4 

271 

337 

412 

166 

162 

96.5 

19.1 

23.6

136

Aug.

6.6 

5.8 

5.8 

5.0 

4.5

4.2 

4.2 

5.8 

4.5 

5.8

5.4 

6.6 

7.4 

6.6 

8.1

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.3 

3.2

3.2 

2.6 

2.1 

1.8 

1.9

1.6 

1.9 

244 

163 

43 

24

Per square 

mile

0.245 

.C74 

.£76

1.70

.490 

2.3= 

3.93 

3.E8 

1.44 

1.41 

.839 

.1=6 

.205

1.18

Sept.

39 

23 

27 

17 

11

9.8 

8.5 

8.5 

10 

7.0

7.8 

7.0 

6.6 

5.4 

5.8

5.4 

4.7 

3.7 

2.7 

83

94 

65 

52 

37 

34

40 

34 

34 

21 

14

Run-off in 

inches

0.28 

.08 

.66

23.10

.56 

3.54 

3.38 

3.99 

1.67 

1.57 

.97 

.19 

.33

16.13

t Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge, computed on basis of six discharge measurements, weather records, and records for stations on West Pork River at Butoherville and Middle Island C^eek at Little.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

stations on the West Fork River at Butcherville and Middle Island Creek at little.
94 MONON3AHELA RIVER BASIN

Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39°07 1 15B , long. 79°40'30", at highway bridge If miles north 

or Parsons, Tucker County, and 2f miles downstream from confluence of Black and Shaver 

Forks. Da"tum of gage Is 1,591.24 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1903).

Drainage area.- 718 square miles (revised).

Records available.- January 1913 to September 1940.

Average discharge?- 26 years (1914-40), 1,680 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 22,200 second-feet Feb. 11 (gage height, 

ii.47 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 15,000 

second-feet; minimum observed, 65 second-feet Oct. 18-21 (gage height, 1.79 feet).

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 62,400 second-feet Mar. 12, 1917 (gage height, 19.05 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet on basis of 

velocity-area studies; minimum, 9 second-feet Aug. 12, 1930 (gage height, 1.2S feet). 

Maximum stage known, 20.5 feet July 10, 188S (discharge, about 85,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage 

read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Records collected by West Virginia Power and Transmission Co., under general supervision of Geological Survey, In connection with a Federal Pover Commission 

project.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

20

31

47

67

1.9

2.0 

2*2 2)4

91

120

194

288

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

1,210

1,830

3,330

5,540

10,800

16,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

51

Oct.

316 

695 

1,040 

540 

299

212 

158 

137 

117 

103

100 

91 

86 

79 

74

72 

69 

65 

65 

65

69 

79 

79 

79 

77

86 

177 

3,020 

1,840 

826 

540

Nov.

578 

778 

616 

470 

470

470 

437 

1,100 

1,450 

930

778 

778 

616 

505 

437

336 

338 

316 

310 

321

361 

338 

326 

310 

283

264 

226 

208 

186 

216

Dec.

226 

226 

437 

437 

374

380 

437 

1,100 

930 

736

1,330 

1,270 

930 

875 

616

695 

1,040 

1,210 

930 

1,950

2,880 

1,640 

1,210 

b935 

736

736 

695 

616 

578 

505 

386

Jan.

b2S3 

b251 

b27.3 

b251 

b230

b244 

b266 

b287 

b2S7 

b258

b280 

b323 

b345 

bl,120 

2,620

1,390 

bl,040 

 b736 

b540 

b505

b531 

b531 

b510 

b503 

b495

b409 

b330 

b316 

b316 

t>323 

b302

Month

Oct 

Mov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Msy 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19259 ...........

ater year 1989-'W ...........

Feb^

b273 

b330 

b2S7 

b258 

b230

b428 

2,680 

2,020 

1,900 

6,710

16,800 

7,380 

5,420 

5,540 

3,780

2,760 

2,230 

1,960 

1,830 

2,230

1,960 

1,570 

1,210 

1,100 

1,040

826 

826 

1,640 

1,570

Mar.

1,160 

2,060 

5,900 

14,900 

7,900

4,080 

2,520 

2,020 

1,510 

1,270

1,160 

875 

985 

1,210 

2,020

1,510 

1,270 

2,420 

7,160 

5,300

3,200 

2,370 

1,700 

1,330 

1,160

930 

1,040 

1,450 

2,090 

3,740 

8,620

Secondfoot-days

11,255 

14,802 

27,046

604,614

16,095 

76,788 

94,860 

123,970 

56,651 

63,415 

40,145 

20,332 

22,449

567,808

Apr.

6,860 

4,620 

3,110 

3,200 

2,370

1,760 

1,390 

1,980 

3,980 

3,580

2,760 

2,300 

2,020 

1,760 

2,380

10,000 

16,200 

9,300 

7,010 

9,020

6,860 

4,620 

3,7.80 

3,020 

2,600

2,090

1,760 

1,390 

1,210 

1,040

Maximum

3,020 

1,450 

2,880

24,600

2,620 

16,800 

14,900 

16,200 

12,000 

7,200 

6,230 

5,020 

5,380

16,800

May

9S5 

1,640 

1,570 

1,390 

1,510

1,450 

1,270 

1,160 

985 

930

778 

695 

616 

930 

985

875 

826 

695 

616 

1,600

1,450 

985 

778 

882 

5,000

4,320 

3,200 

2,230 

1,700 

2,600 

12,000

Minimum

65 

186 

226

49

230 

230 

875 

1,040 

616 

695 

316 

81 

108

65

June

5,220 

2,930 

1,960 

1,510 

2,300

1,570 

1,100 

1,210 

1,640 

1,390

1,830 

2,770 

3,480 

1,900 

1,640

1,570 

1,450 

5,730 

7,200 

3,200

2,020 

1,450 

1,100 

1,330 

1,270

875 

695 

985 

930 

1,160

July

6,230 

2,680 

2,160 

4,830 

2,600

1,700 

1,210 

930 

773 

656

540 

573 

61<5 

505 

404

404 

540 

1,120 

578 

404

316 

437 

1,390 

2,300 

2,540

1,210 

695 

5C5 

4C4 

5C5 

380

Mean

363 

493 

872

1,660

519 

2,650 

3,060 

4,130 

1,830 

2,110 

1,300 

656 

748

1,550

Aug.

304 

244 

230 

186 

162

147 

162 

154 

134 

120

103 

91 

86 

81 

84

194 

616 

437 

273 

221

178 

140 

117 

103 

91

614 

5,020 

4,880 

2,440 

1,390 

1,330

Per square 

mile

0.506 

.667 

1.21

2.31

.723 

3.69 

4.26 

5.75 

2.55 

2.94 

1.81 

.914 

1.04

2.16

Sept.

1,900 

1,100 

695 

540 

437

355 

299 

299 

404 

437

540 

404 

304 

254 

212

186 

174 

162 

147 

134

120 

114 

108 

108 

5,380

4,130 

1,510 

875 

616 

505

Run-off in 

inches

0.58 

.77 

1.40

31.28

.83 

3.98 

4.91 

6.42 

2.94 

3 28 

z'.09 

1.05 

1.16

29.41

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 95

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°20'50", long. 79°40'00", on left bark, 50 feet

 downstream from Baltimore & Ohio R. R. bridge at Rowlesburg, Preston County, and 300 

feet upstream from Saltlick Creek.

Drainage area.- 972 square miles, including that of Saltlick Creek.

Records available.- July 1912 to October 1923 (gage heights only), November 1923 to

 September 1940 (include flow of Saltlick Creek). Gage-height records collected at 

practically the same site since 1884 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1924-40), 2,200 second-feet.

Extremes.- 1937-38: Maximum discharge during water year, 60,800 second-feet Oct. 28

 (gage height, 12.37 feet), from rating curve extended above 45,000 second-feet; minimum, 92 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 1.91 feet).

1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 60,800 second-feet Feb. 3 (gage 

height, 12.33 feet), from rating curve extended above 45,000 second-feet; minimum, 56 

second-feet Sept. 28, 29 (gage height, 1.69 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during'water year, 26,600 second-feet Apr,. 17 (gage 

height, 9.47 feet); minimum, 76 second-feet Oct. 20 (gage height, 1.79 feet).

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 65,200 second-feet Feb. 4, 1932 (gage height, 12.66 

feet), from rating curve extended above 45,000 second-feet; minimum, 10 second-feet 

Oct. 15, 1930 (gage height, 1.29 feet).

Maximum stage known, 16.7 feet July 6, 1844, referred to present gage ty curve of 

relation (discharge, 125,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 45,000 

second-feet). Flood of July 10, 1888, reached a stage of 16.2 feet, referred to 

present gage by curve of relation (discharge, 118,000 second-feet, from rating curve 

extended above 45,000 second-feet).

Revisions.- Figures of minimum discharge for water year 1935-36 and maximum and 

minimum discharge for the water year 1936-37 have been revised as shown below. They 

supersede those published in Water-Supply Paper 823,

1935-36: Minimum discharge, 60 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 1.76 feet).

1936-37: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Apr. 26 (gage height, 9.27 feet); 

minimum, 78 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 1.84 feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Records collected by the West Virginia Power & Transmission Co., under 

general supervision of Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for the water years 1936 and 1937, superseding 

lose published In Water-Supply Paper 823, are given herein.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1935-40 

1935-36

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

1V6

192

188

176

176

ISO

172

167

159

159

18S

203

253

241

335

286

192

176

176

ISO

184

266

1,350

2,050

1,420

911

690

5S2

582

1,590

1,280

Nov.

934

V92

690

621

563

499

481

950

1,810

1,390

1,150

1,460

9,430

7,400

3,940

2,630

3,080

1,780

1,570

1,460

1,540

1,480

1,280

1,110

838

536

464

888

i.ooo

1,200

-

Dec.

1,070

968

344

b720

b612

"b660

b740

2,450

12,200

8,370

4,310

3,220

2,580

2,780

4,360

5,180

3,860

2,730

2,170

bl,840

bl,140

b778

b875

bl,090

bl,000

b603

b612

b544

b690

b642

b505

Jan.

b680

b622

16,000

9,070

6,100

4,500

7,040

5,930

10,900

11,400

5,760

4,000

3,100

3,340

2,880

2,990

2,780

2,430

4,480

3,300

b2,280

b2,080

bl,260

b816

b855

bl,090

bl,080

b394

b826

b680

b671

Feb.

b700

b680

b660

b75S

b2,010

b2,510

bl,980

bl , 420

bl,250

bl,020

b778

b680

b311

b4,560

12,700

S,950

6,680

3,500

5,440

b3,170

b2,460

1,940

1,550

1,480

4,850

16,000

15,800

9,220

5,040

-

-

Mar.

3,600

2,990

2,580

2,200

2,280

2,360

2,050

1,740

1,570

1,700

2,100

4,280

3,740

2,580

3,090

3,860

25,200

26,200

3,440

5,190

4,330

3,570

5,130

24,200

33,300

20,800

15,000

14,600

7,790

4,900

3,690

Apr.

3,110

3,180

4,070

3,330

3,160

19,100

15,200

7,800

5,040

5,890

6,290

5,310

4,750

3,810

3,110

2,690

2,350

1,970

1,690

1,450

1,280

1,200

1,030

966

886

864

920

954

842

766

-

May

724

704

724

1,020

1,050

897

761

663

606

543

509

476

664

1,130

1,360

1,000

776

663

1,710

3,400

1,910

1,300

989

831

704

615

577

364

745

560

484

June

429

392

342

310

290

271

290

699

1,060

875

644

673

826

635

468

370

310

271

271

316

336

265

209

166

146

138

13S

146

138

156

July

413

1,290

1,160

694

12,200

12,200

4,160

2,100

1,320

920

714

577

476

846

534

399

329

272

231

219

188

133

163

177

2S6

426

1,030

2,550

2,330

2,010

1,110

Aug.

704

500

385

316

271

384

3,040

2,200

1,160

755

568

1,120

766

552

429

356

322

277

254

254

284

242

214

177

193

277

399

385

296

329

336

Sept.

277

254

272

381

340

266

222

167

151

134

116

103

90

86

78

73

64

62

62

63

85

88

78

76

76

68

64

66

64

70

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee.
96 MONONGAHEIA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va., 1935-40 Continued

1936-37

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

88

90

150

231

169

130

116

110

103

106

106

212

310

236

183

159

7,160

10,000

4,450

2,260

1,390

977

798

683

615

641

1,420

1,560

1,040

842

704

Nov.

625

675

909

1,340

4,540

3,540

2,290

1,760

2,270

2,160

1,560

1,230

1,050

932

864

831

714

635

644

596

577

635

635

587

644

606

552

518

509

484

-

Dec.

456

406

769

1,080

1,100

1,490

15,900

8,040

4,090

2,790

2,200

3,260

3,110

2,410

1,960

1,660

1,500

1,480

1,340

1,950

2,820

b2,030

bl,410

bl,300

1,420

1,600

1,810

3,700

4,470

3,220

3,110

Jan.

5,130

5,190

10,200

6,900

3,890

2,690

3,440

5,810

4,070

4,300

7,910

4,770

3,220

2,490

3,130

6,630

4,500

9,900

8,970

7,520

15,600

11,400

15,600

11,600

12,300

8,850

4,980

3,330

2,690

2,290

2,030

Feb.

2,370

2,290

1,740

bl,470

bl.300

bl,120

1,160

12,000

11,900

10,600

5,370

3,530

2,570

2,140

1,920

1,710

1,610

1,440

1,450

1,610

1,940

3,060

3,000

2,180

1,850

1,390

bl,090

bl,120

_

-

-

Mar.

bl,030

bl,090

1,060

1,200

2,760

3,450

2,790

2,430

2,310

2,050

1,710

1,520

1,580

1,830

1,660

1,450

bl,240

1,320

2,080

7,270

17,200

8,310

5,050

3,690

3,760

4,330

3,110

2,450

1,970

1,660

1,420

Apr.

1,240

1,120

1,060

977

875

897

1,210

1,010

966

1,240

1,130

977

909

989

1,380

2,470

2,200

1,780

1,690

1,680

1,540

2,280

2,610

1,920

2,620

21,900

15,000

8,260

5,430

3,640

-

May

2,690

2,100

1,690

1,440

1,270

1,560

1,960

1,640

1,390

1,240

1,120

1,010

920

1,050

4,740

5,910

3,810

3,000

2,590

3,220

2,510

2,010

1,760

1,520

1,280

1,090

2,520

12,700

7,280

3,960

2,470

June

1,760

5,670

2,880

2,210

1,660

1,270

1,090

897

798

745

910

1,300

1,010

735

1,760

2,170

1,240

1,710

2,880

2,200

1,600

4,570

3,820

2,090

1,420

1,050

875

989

909

766

-

July

596

518

518

460

421

421

445

406

316

265

301

413

460

555

954

724

518

406

392

413

322

271

325

452

356

310

271

214

177

156

134

Aug.

134

126

110

100

96

93

93

96

210

265

329

406

416

413

322

248

183

138

116

96

156

482

370

445

3,100

5,970

5,430

3,400

1,900

1,140

864

Sept.

766

798

615

492

576

5,890

3,520

2,600

1,560

1,090

864

745

755

615

492

421

385

349

322

303

271

248

225

198

172

159

146

134

130

126

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

126

123

126

1,060

2,020

3,630

1,960

1,160

798

831

1,480

1,240

1,010

1,100

1,170

943

798

704

745

5,880

5,370

3,220

3,600

3,810

2,690

2,690

4,230

48,100

34,100

10,400

5,820

Nov.

3,640

2,690

2,230

1,900

1,550

1,360

1,230

1,090

1,030

1,000

954

864

820

943

932

842

776

735

683

683

673

b583

b525

b457

552

735

1,360

2,690

3,110

2,650

Dec.

1,960

1,550

1.260

1,040

1,000

1,050

b739

t)612

b496

b447

t)418

b399

b389

b399

b437

b5,450

13,100

14,700

11,400

5,420

3,400

2,450

2,060

1,880

1,760

2,060

1,900

1,990

3,330

2,890

2,490

Jan.

2,390

2,450

2,100

1,710

1,420

1,230

1,160

1,080

798

b612

b642

b642

b661

534

b544

b476

654

897

1,090

954

897

5,120

6,050

3,700

3,880

b5,300

b2,950

bl,910

bl,660

bl,610

bl,780

Feb.

bl,830

bl,640

bl,470

1,720

1,660

1,520

2,160

2,890

2,250

2,500

3,940

10,500

7,960

4,890

4,200

3,110

2,370

1,940

1,690

2,440

2,550

2,050

1,850

2,010

1,960

1,680

1,520

1,360

_

_

-

liar.

bl,090

1,270

2,790

4,750

4,200

9,740

8,290

4,420

3,000

2,330

1,960

1,680

1,680

3,150

5,810

4,980

3,570

3,220

2,890

2,390

2,010

1,680

1,450

1,450

1,440

1,470

3,650

2,790

2,100

1,960

5,900

Apr.

4,280

3,000

2,290

1,810

1,530

1,320

1,160

1,210

1,660

2,470

2,590

2,390

1,940

1,580

1,330

1,160

1,010

1,170

3,230

3,200

3,450

3,900

4,560

3,000

2,250

1,740

1,400

1,160

1,130

1,040

-

May

920

820

724

663

1,080

1,130

842

654

606

806

853

745

635

646

3,920

12,900

7,140

7,410

13,400

12 , 600

13,200

13,800

7,430

5,920

6,850

4,010

3,220

2,510

1,870

1,470

1,270

June

1,040

886

1,040

1,300

943

875

798

1,340

1,710

1,050

920

1,080

2,040

1,790

1,140

1,300

10,500

5,120

5,300

4,610

3,690

3,220

2,390

1,810

1,400

1,130

1,070

1,450

1,200

932

-

July

745

683

842

776

587

468

392

349

316

386

625

635

686

430

967

470

342

316

3,410

3,330

3,580

3,810

13,700

10,400

4,290

2,520

2,270

1,890

1,710

3,960

3,310

Aug.

2,590

1,870

1,710

4,900

3,330

2,000

1,480

2,130

2,040

1,460

1,080

982

865

690

568

481

464

587

524

456

381

302

248

221

196

175

158

142

131

116

107

Sept.

123

116

189

243

186

135

116

123

104

107

104

164

386

467

1,080

1,620

923

939

1,020

661

481

490

587

642

490

381

315

271

254

237

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
MONONOAHELA RIVER BASIN 97

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cheat River at Rowleeburg, W. Va., 1935-40 Continued

1938-39 .

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

V

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

210

200

306

248

196

172

150

142

135 131'

127

116

110

106

104

101

101

101

95

104

119

216

315

258

194

158

146

142

146

150

326

NOT.

286

227

186

- 158

208

941

1,280

821

661

700

642

533

507

674

883

700

578

524

1,290

5,740

3,420

2,060

1,490

1,290

1,260

bl.010

1)865

1)826

b826

1)1,000

-

Dec.

*bl,220

1,280

1,200

2,740

3,310

*3,310

*3,260

*2 , 440

#2,040

2,230

2,970

2,790

4,590

3,320

2,370

1,730

bl,300

1)1,130

bl,080

*b933

1)826

1)787

1)651

910

1,360

1,180

1,200

bl,460

1)1,440

1)1,350

bl,180

Jan.

b972

1)962

912

*1,030

2,080

2,450

2,150

1,600

1,330

1,210

1,330

1,410

1,200

1,100

b87B

1)336

b836

b836

b758

b875

900

4,660

5,760

3,310

2,510

1)1,620

bl,480

1)1,600

2,250

14,000

26,300

Feb.

8,390

5,310

29,000

31,200

»9,800

5,730

6,460

6,500

5,700

8,730

19,000

10,800

5,860

3,900

3,920

7,790

4,950

3,780

3,040

3,340

4,800

3,630

2,680

2,300

2,060

2,390

5,360

6,790

_

_

-

Mar.

9,260

5,480

3,510

2,620

5,900

11,700

8,320

4,880

3,300

2,530

2,130

5,060

10,600

6,420

4,650

4,050

3,270

2,490

2,060

1,840

1,630

1,460

1,230

1,120

1,030

937

834

1,350

1,690

1,610

2,210

Apr.

2,000

2,130

2,240

1,880

1,580

1,670

4,090

3,390

2,530

2,390

2,600

4,230

4,360

2,900

5,160

29,800

25,500

9,440

6,000

4,200

2,940

3,490

2,120

1,760

1,500

1,420

1,690

2,700

2,440

2,420

-

May

2,570

2,530

2,130

1,790

1,500

1,310

1,140

1,020

924

857

796

690

656

845

1,130

924

796

712

645

603

746

1,250

1,300

1,340

979

759

367

1,220

1,020

746

583

June

514

752

2,650

5,560

3,720

1,910

1,250

924

884

808

623

514

491

1,310

1,400

937

613

523

3,350

10,700

4,330

2,740

6,070

4,260

2,330

1,540

1,100

1,270

2,370

5,180

-

July

5,480

3,160

1,960

1,380

1,960

2,660

1,820

1,740

2,080

1,490

1,190

924

723

623

573

593

446

387

408

845

4,790

7,950

4,280

2,640

2,330

1,770

1,580

1,480

1,470

4,460

3,480

Aug.

2,290

1,580

1,190

1,030

910

746

593

533

471

454

454

353

299

277

250

250

283

923

533

656

783

593

430

322

277

309

269

231

198

177

161

Sept.

148

141

166

164

462

613

454

316

224

293

733

412

256

192

154

131

114

101

92

87

83

76

70

68

66

64

61

58

96

135

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

171

408

1,180

913

514

332

245

194

161

140

130

117

106

99

92

87

83

78

80

80

78

83

87

90

94

110

161

2,450

3,220

1,530

924

Nov.

870

950

977

734

634

623

613

751

1,720

1,400

1,060

1,020

870

701

583

506

446

408

337

387

408

437

423

415

394

365

334

293

277

266

-

Dec.

282

304

418

712

690

690

870

1,350

1,690

1,260

1,400

1,680

1,400

1,300

1,090

950

1,130

1,660

1,520

1,970

4,520

2,630

1,880

bl,500

bl,100

bl,090

bl.010

eb933

b336

b680

b496

Jan.

b418

1)418

1)418

1)418

b418

b408

b408

b399

b399

b389

b437

b515

b544

bl,700

4,320

2,460

bl,790

bl,120

b924

b690

b797

b797

b768

1)753

1)743

b632

b525

b505

b505

b515

b486

Feb.

b447

b525

b467

b428

b389

b428

bl,170

3,200

2,390

6,990

21,300

10.600

6,890

7,220

5,960

3,900

3,060

2,610

2,500

3,460

3,240

2,380

1,890

1,530

1,460

1,250

1,160

1,800

2,470

-

Mar.

1,960

2,520

5,420

17,400

11,500

6,100

3,780

2,610

2,060

1,630

1,420

1,250

1,180

1,290

2,650

2,290

1,890

2,850

3,160

7,530

4,670

3,240

2,330

1,800

1,540

1,260

1,290

1,410

1,860

3,560

10,400

Apr.

3,780

6,100

4,170

4,440

3,660

2,450

1,970

1,980

4,960

5,170

4,040

3,240

3,030

2,520

2,980

13,300

20,600

14,800

11,500

13,400

10,800

6,820

5,170

4,040

3,430

2,790

2,240

1,870

1,600

1,400

-

May

1,280

1,490

2,010

1,740

1,680

1,750

1,680

1,490

1,350

1,250

1,110

971

880

863

1,260

1,190

1,110

997

893

2,110

2,540

1,730

1,460

1,520

5,540

7,010

5,020

3,540

2,380

2,860

17,700

June

8,440

4,600

2,950

2,090

2,320

2,160

1,520

1,130

1,630

1,520

1,840

2,420

4,800

2,720

1,920

1,910

1,630

4,990

10,900

5,130

3,040

2,020

1,570

1,470

1,680

1,290

984

893

1,180

1,220

-

July Aug.

8,050 417

5,180 335

2,540 272

4,690 246

3,730 218

2,200 187

1,580 183

1,230 179

1,010 166

355 145

720 128

663 114

686 103

663 95

536 88

424 38

465 208

312 588

380 424

536 288

394 227

372 187

1,170 148

2,200 123

3,560 109

1,950 204

1,120 3,490

732 6,310

546 3,420

474 1,920

557 1,360

Sept.

2,270

1,780

1,110

768

567

447

366

347

372

474

588

605

465

347

283

246

218

195

183

166

148

138

128

125

5,570

7,290

2,670

1,470

997

744

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
MONONGAHELA RlVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Ya., 1">35-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

October 1935 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1935 .

January 1936 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1935-36 .

October 1936 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1936.

January 1937 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1936-37 .

October 1937 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1937.

January 1938.........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1937-38 .

October 1938.........

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

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

Calendar year 1938 

January 1939.........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1938-59 .

October 1939 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1939 .

January 1940.........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40.

14,880

53,066

70,693

931,790

119,884

123,097

245,060

113,558

28,959

11,580

51,507

17,745

3,995

853,024

37,039

34,912

83,881

871,217

201,330

84,730

94,780

91,000

83,450

52,984

12,489

27,247

24,967

828,809

150,934

39,287

88,476

953,122

56,901

77,660

99,110

63,960

130,044

63,074

68,195

32,384

12,954

882,979

5,124

31,591

57,587

698,584

89,642

213,260

115,321

139,470

34,378

70,623

66,672

17,824

6,030

847,522

14,037

19,252

39,091

825,600

25,689

101,164

118,850

173,750

78,409

82,067

50,525

21,970

31,077

755,821

2,050

9,430

12,200

159

464

505

480

1,740

2,280

21,100 159 2,550

16,000

16,000

33,300

19,100

3,400

1,060

12,200

3,040

381

622

311

1,570

766

476

138

163

177

62

3,870

4,240

7,910

3,790

934

386

1,660

572

133

33,300 62 2,330

10,000

4,540

15,900

484

406

1,190

1,160

2,710

33,300 62 2,380

15,600

12,000

17,200

21,900

12,700

5,670

954

5,970

5,890

2,030

1,090

1,030

875

920

735

134

93

126

6,490

3,030

3,060

3,030

2,690

1,770

403

879

832

21,900 88 2,270

48,100

3,640

14,700

123

457

389

4,870

1,310

2,850

48,100 93 2,610

6,050

10,500

9,740

4,560

13,800

10,500

13,700

4,900

1,620

476

1,360

1,090

1,010

606

798

316

107

104

1,840

2,770

3,200

2,130

4,190

2,100

2,200

1,040

432

48,100 104 2,420

326

5,740

4,590

95

158

651

165

1,050

1,860

13,800 95 1,910

26,800

31,200

11,700

89,800

2,570

10,700

7,950

2,890

735

758

2,060

884

1,420

583

491

387

161

58

2,890

7,620

3,720

4,650

1,110

2,350

2,150

575

201

31,200 58 2,320

3,220

1,720

4,520

78

266

282

455

642

1,260

31,200 58 2,260

4,320

21,300

17,400

20,600

17,700

10,900

8,050

6,310

7,890

389

389

1,180

1,400

868

893

372

88

125

827

3,490

3,830

5,790

2,630

2,740

1,630

709

1,040

21,300 78 2,070

0.494

1.79

2.35

2.62

3.98

4.36

8.14

3.90

..961

.397

1.71

.588

.137

2.40

1.22

1.19

2.79

2,45

6.68

3.12

3.15

3.12

2.77

1.82

.415

.904

.856

2.34

5.01

1.35

2.93

2.69

1.89

2.85

3.89

2.19

4.31

2.16

2.26

1.07

.444

2.49

.170

1.08

1.91

1.97

2.97

7.84

3.83

4.78

1.14

2.42

2.21

.592

.207

2.39

.466

.660

1.30

2.55

.851

3.59

3.94

5.96

2.60

2.82

1.68

.729

1.07

0.57

2.00

2.71

35.63

4.59

4.70

9.38

4.35

1.11

.44

1.97

.68

.15

32.65

1.41

1.33

3.22

33.33

7.70

3.25

3.63

3.48

3.19

2.03

.48

1.04

.96

31.78

5.78

1.51

3.38

36.49

2.18

2.97

3.79

2.44

4.97

2.41

2.61

1.25

.50

53.77

1.20

2.20

86.70

3.42

8.16

4.42

5.55

1.51

2.70

2.55

.68

.23

32.40

.54

.74

1.50

31.58

.98

3.87

4.54

6.65

3.00

5.15

1.94

.84
MONON3AHELA RIVER BASIN 99

Cheat River near Pisgah, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°36'25", long. 79°46'40", three-quarters of a 

mile upstream from Scott Run, 2 miles downstream from Big Sandy Creek, 2i miles southwest of Pisgah, Preston County, and 10 miles east of Morgantown, Monongalia County.

Drainage area.- 1,354 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- September 1927 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 13 years, 2,913 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 36,100 second-feet May 31, from ra.ting curve 

extended above 25,000 second-feet; maximum gage height, 24.0 feet Feb. 1C, affected 

by backwater from ice; minimum discharge, 98 second-feet Oct. 20 (gage height, 1.75 

feet).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 74,700 second-feet Oct. 28, 1937 and Feb. 3, 1939 

(gage height, 24.28 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum, 16 second-feet Oct. 16, 1930 (gage height, 1.06 feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Records collected by west Virginia Power & Transmission Co., under general 

 supervision of Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, ex

1.7

1.8 

2.0

107

145

ept periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge 

in second-feet)

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

432

624

865

4.5 1,140

6 2,260

7 3,160

8 4,200

10 7,050

12 11,800

13 14,800

14 17,800

15 21,200

16 25,200

17 29,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

232 

291

824 

1,120 

718

475 

354 

266 

222 

191

175 

156 

139 

130 

120

115 

109 

103 

99 

98

100 

102 

105 

107 

118

152 

327 

4,040 

4,430 

2,230 

1,360

Hov.

1,200 

1,140 

1,200 

1,000 

838

812 

838 

892 

1,640 

1,770

1,300 

1,110 

1,060 

865 

738

646 

578 

527 

500 

486

536 

558 

603 

624 

603

546 

512 

461 

421 

403

Dec.

382 

425 

607 

892 

1,000

1,030 

1,330 

1,710 

2,350 

1,810

1,690 

2,010 

1,890 

1,850 

1,610

1,360 

1,500 

1,930 

2,010 

2,310

5,210 

3,990 

2,740 

2,180 

1,670

1,530 

1,300 

1,300 

1,170 

1,000 

762

Jan.

542 

b474 

*-b515 

b474 

b433

b528 

b474 

b542 

b542 

b487

b433 

562 

738 

2,600 

6,540

4,110 

b3,040 

b2,250 

bl.300 

b853

bl.OOO 

bl.OOO 

b961 

b948 

b934

b772 

b623 

b596 

b596 

b609 

b569

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Uar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

H

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b515 

b623 

b542 

b487 

b433

b487 

bl,520 

b4,510 

b3,970 

b4,160

b27,900 

14,800 

8,940 

9,300 

7,890

5,100 

4,260 

3,920 

3,820 

4,960

4,900 

3,920 

3,120 

2,530 

2,350

2,010 

1,810 

2,200 

3,510

Mar.

3,020 

3,750 

7,340 

22,100 

16,800

8,690 

5,580 

4,140 

3,260 

2,620

2,180 

1,850 

1,690 

1,930 

3,260

3,460 

2,890 

3,900 

10,300 

10,000

6,300 

4,660 

3,560 

2,710 

2,220

1,690 

1,810 

1,890 

2,480 

7,430 

17,200

Seeondfoot-days

19,008 

24,407 

52,548

1,067,823

36,045 

134,487 

170,710 

247,410 

116,320 

112,050 

72,652 

26,040 

38,515

1,050,192

Apr.

12,200 

8,000 

5,730 

7,980 

6,120

4,260 

3,260 

3,440 

7,160 

7,050

5,500 

5,220 

4,840 

4,260 

4,470

17,400 

25,800 

20,100 

17,300 

21,200

15,800 

9,790 

6,870 

5,360 

4,540

3,830 

3,160 

2,620 

2,220 

1,930

Maximum

4,430 

1,770 

5,210

43,500

6,540 

27,900 

22,100 

25,800 

27,000 

13,200 

15,800 

7,800 

9,630

27,900

May

1.730 

1,830 

2,460 

2,220 

2,060

2,100 

2,180 

1,970 

1,770 

1,610

1,460 

1,270 

1,170 

1,630 

1,650

1,770 

1,570 

1,430 

1,300 

4,010

4,410 

3,060 

2,350 

3,900 

7,880

10,100 

7,050 

5,090 

3,700 

4,590 

27,000

Minimum

98

403 

382

72

433 

433 

1,690 

1,930 

1,170 

1,530 

500 

115 

168

98

June

13,000 

7,040 

4,740 

3,380 

2,950

3,120 

2,260 

1,840 

1,980 

2,410

2,210 

3,530 

5,560 

3,720 

2,530

2,400 

2,100 

3,740 

13,200 

7,030

4,210 

2,940 

2,180 

1,890 

2,260

1,970 

1,530 

1,760 

2,220 

2,350

July

15,800 

9,430 

4,500 

4,790 

4,850

3,100 

2,220 

1,690 

1,330

1,110

974 

1,020 

919 

812 

762

603 

570 

714 

1,140 

790

574 

500 

826 

2,220 

3,800

2,730 

1,880 

946 

714 

624 

714

Mean

613

814 

1,700

2,930

1,160 

4,640 

5,510 

8,250 

3,750 

3,740 

2,340 

840 

1,280

2,870

Aug.

624 

486 

382 

323 

292

272 

235 

222 

217 

205

180 

163 

147 

136 

122

116 

115 

340 

603 

418

301 

254 

217 

182 

161

227 

1,930 

7,800 

4,750 

2,820 

1,800

Per square 

mile

0.453 

.601 

1.26

2.16

.857 

3.43 

4.07 

6.09 

2.77 

2.76 

1.73 

.620 

.945

2.12

Sept.

2,640 

2,510 

1,520 

1,030 

787

646 

534 

550 

538 

602

661 

762 

624 

490 

400

332 

310 

 269 

237 

222

207 

196 

180 

168

4,130

9,630 

3,840 

2,140 

1,360

1,000

Run-off in 

inches

0.52 

.67 

1.45

29.22

.99 

3.70 

4.69 

6.80 

3.19 

3.08 

1.99 

.71 

1.05

28.84

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
100 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River at Davls, W. Va.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 39°07'35", long. 79°28'10", three-eighths of a mile southwest

or Davls, Tucker County, and half a mile downstream from Beaver Creek. 

Drainage area.- 86.2 square miles. 

Records available.- April 1921 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 19 years, 191 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,960 second-feet Feb. 11 (gage height, 7.20

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 11 second-fe3t Aug. 11

(gage height, 1.31 feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 7,170 second-feet Mar. 29, 1924 (gage height, 13.20

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-fe-st; minimum,

2.2 second-feet Oct. 14, 1930 (gage height, 0.81 foot). 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage

read twice dally. 

Cooperation.- Records collected by West Virginia Power & Transmission Co. under general

supervision of Geological Survey, In connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 10 Feb. 11 to Sept. 30

1.4

1.5

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

14 2.4 

23 2.6 

33 2.8 

59 3.0 

92 3.5 

12S

170

214

261

311

451

1.3

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.1

10 2.3 

16 2.6 

25 3.0 

43 3.5 

SO 4.0 

11S

153

225

330

476

630

4.5 

S.O 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

803

99?

1,190

1,400

1,36?

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4

5

6 

7 

3 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

113 

258 

294 

109 

62

43 

34 

33

30 

27

26 

27 

23 

20 

18

19 

20 

19 

18 

18

 22

22 

21 

19 

18

23 

5,8 

567 

337 

181 

97

Hov.

138 

203 

123 

107 

104

99 

104 

312 

261 

143

128 

113 

95 

85 

75

67 

59 

56 

55 

56

67 

64 

65 

62 

53

44 

38

40 

39 

40

Dee.

39 

46 

35 

69 

b65

56 

70 

214 

95 

89

192 

128 

99 

b94 

b92

b!30 

181 

181 

115 

226

203 

b!34 

b!23 

bllB 

b89

b89 

bS4 

b74 

b70 

b60 

b47

Jan.

b38 

bSS 

b38 

b3S 

b38

b38 

bSS 

b3S 

b38 

b38

*b38 

b45 

b54 

b!34 

350

298 

b!25 

b89 

b65 

b59

b68 

b68 

b66 

b65 

b64

b53 

M4 

b42 

b42 

b43 

b41

Month

Got 

Uov 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19;59

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b37 

b44 

b39 

b35 

b32

b52 

b322 

' b242 

b228 

990

1,540 

1,030 

840 

564 

302

388 

316 

213 

179 

190

168 

b!54 

b!37 

bl!5 

b!02

b99 

blOO 

196 

189

Mar.

128 

262 

789 

1,520 

1,030

530 

262 

b216 

b!93 

blS5

b!72 

b!53 

126 

211 

249

237 

316 

417 

867 

681

388 

262 

b221 

b!59 

b!45

bl33 

158 

237 

275 

388 

758

Seeondf cot-days

2,586 

2,905 

3,357

66,945

2,235 

8,843 

11,668 

13,901 

4,178 

6,231 

4,533 

3,507 

3,358

67,350

Apr.

630 

374 

275 

461 

275

201 

158 

316 

476 

402

249 

225 

190 

190 

428

1,190 

1,460 

1,190 

897 

916

715 

566 

476 

402 

359

262 

190 

168 

138 

122

Maximum

567 

312 

226

2,110

350 

1,540 

1,520 

1,460 

806 

7S2 

942 

878 

647

1,540

May

132 

179 

148 

138 

153

113 

98 

87 

SO 

77

66 

63 

62

87 

70

70 

63 

57 

43 

96

68 

51 

47 

77 

402

249

148 

118 

94 

221 

806

Minimum

IS 

38 

39

10

38 

32 

126 

122 

47 

80 

25 

11 

22

11

June

782 

330 

213 

148 

133

120 

94 

35 

103 

118

288 

528 

330 

190 

124

116 

132 

396 

579 

275

158 

124 

106 

168 

13S

91 

80 

87 

102 

89

July Aug.

942 22 

582 19 

439 17 

551 15 

330 15

190 15 

134 15 

110 15 

96 14 

32 12

72 11 

70. 11 

66 12 

56 15 

48 27

44 62 

50 85 

48 41 

33 29 

33 24

30 20 

38 15 

73 14 

148 14 

114 12

57 340 

34 709 

29 878 

25 602 

29 237 

25 190

Mean

83.4 

96.8 

108

183

72.0 

305 

376 

463 

135 

208 

148 

113 

112

184

Per s -mare 

mile

C.968 

1.12 

1.25

f.12

.835 

J.54 

4.36 

5.37 

1.57 

F.41 

1.72 

1.31 

1.30

2.13

Sept.

302 

153 

93 

73 

60

52 

46 

57 

94 

98

114 

63 

48 

42 

37

34 

32 

30 

26 

25

23 

22 

22 

24 

566

647- 

278 

118 

87 

77

Run-off In 

Inches

1.12 

1.25 

1.44

28.88

.96 

3.82 

5.03 

5.99 

1.81 

2.69 

1.98 

1.51 

1.45

29.05

-* VMJ.IIUOJ.' uj.aoiitii-gtJ moetaui-emeciu mtiue \ju unxa 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

day.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 101

South Fork of Tenmlle Creek at Jefferson, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and masonry control, 3 at. 39 055'25", long. eo°04'25", at 

nignway bridge 1 mile southwest of Jefferson, Greene County, and 3i milee downstream 

froni'Ruff Creek. Datum of gage Is 852.54 feet above mean sea level (adjvstment of 

1907).

Drainage area.- 180 square miles.

Records available.- October 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,450 second-feet Apr. 20, from re ting curve 

extended above 3,700 second-feet; maximum gage height, 10.41 feet Mar. 4; minimum discharge, 0.31 second-foot Oct. 15-17 (gage height, 0.49 foot).

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 8.100 second-feet Nov. 4, 1936 (gage height, 13.8 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; 

minimum observed, 0.05 second-foot Sept. 3, 1938 (gage height, CU36 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Diacharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10.

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

OCt.

0.84 

.79 

l;00 

1.30 

1.00

.84 

.73 

.68 

.56 

.45

.45 

.40 

.34 

.34 

.31

.31 

.31 

.34 

.34 

.34

.34 

.46 

.45 

.40 

.45

.90 

2.90 

230 

81 

36 

24

Nov.

17.6 

14.4 

10.9 

8.6 

8.0

6.4 

6.0 

6.2 

5.7 

4.80

3.30 

2.45 

3.30 

3.70 

3.15

3.00 

3.15 

3.50 

4.25 

3.85

3.50 

3.85 

4.65 

6.3 

8.3

6.4 

5.7 

4.80 

4.65 

4.80

Dec.

5.4 

5.4 

5.7 

7.0 

12.0

11.6 

12.3 

14.0 

*12.3 

10.9

10.0 

10.3 

10.0 

10.0 

14.9

17.2 

16.8 

15.2 

15.6 

20

89 

65 

46 

35 

29

24 

23 

23 

22 

19.8 

17.6

Jan.

16.8 

15.6 

13.3 

14.4 

10.6

9.7 

10.9 

12 

14 

14

14 

13 

73 

560 

845

260 

136 

120 

100 

92

72 

54 

38 

25 

28

27 

24 

21 

18 

16 

15

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

3ep

V»

ember. .................. ....

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

12 

13 

13 

13 

*13

20 

500 

390 

340 

600

1,250 

613 

363 

*228 

249

282 

194 

180 

644 

1,690

1,200 

704 

402 

389 

568

354 

311 

498 

515

Mar.

518 

1,000 

2,550 

3,100 

1,260

773 

506 

359 

257 

191

142 

110 

110 

189 

393

303 

364 

658 

1,220 

658

384 

307 

220 

155 

130

102 

116 

179 

213 

1,750 

2,530

Secondfoot-daya

388.56 

175. SO 

630.0

72,212.78

2,682.3 

12,548.0 

20,747 

24,415 

4,838 

4,570 

7,047.8 

6,985.00 

2,567.0

87,593.86

Apr.

930 

525 

533 

1,600 

639

372 

265 

476 

1,390 

686

449 

1,020 

723 

570 

480

686 

671 

1,110 

2,170 

3,840

2,260 

980 

593 

414 

290

213 

170 

136 

119 

105

Maximum

230 

17.6 

89

2,670

845 

1,690 

3,100 

3,840 

2,590 

709 

3,640 

2,330 

734

5,840

May

102 

116 

95 

88 

77

65 

124 

86 

73 

62

53 

47 

46 

96 

70

71 

64 

54 

49 

47

41 

32 

30 

40 

95

75 

57 

44 

36 

313 

2,590

Minimum

0.31 

2.45 

5.4

.31

9.7 

12 

102 

105 

30 

42 

16.8 

1.80 

8.9

.31

June

709 

372 

209 

133 

95

73 

82 

92 

257 

299

128 

82 

66 

53 

42

207 

97 

81 

265 

160

87 

62 

53 

47 

59

73 

70 

65 

117 

435

July

3,640 

806 

339 

SIS 

137

95 

71 

59 

50 

113

60 

113 

82 

52 

38

32 

43 

65 

39 

26

20 

18.0 

86 

276 

328

92 

56 

36 

26 

21 

16.8

Mean

12.5 

6.84 

20.3

198

86.5 

433 

669 

814 

156 

152 

227 

225 

85.6

239

Aug.

16.4 

18.0 

14.0 

10.3 

7.7

6.7 

7.0 

7.4 

6.0 

4.6E

3.85 

3.50 

3.00 

2.45 

2.05

1.8C 

1.80 

1.8C 

2.2C 

3.85

5.0 

4.80 

3.70 

3.15 

2.90

21 

.,330 

.,200 

5,330 

' 480 

.,480

Per square 

mile

0.069 

.032 

.113

1.10

.481 

2.41 

3.72 

4.52 

.867 

.844 

1.26 

1.25 

.476

1.33

Sept.

734 

658 

162 

98 

70

55 

41 

41 

40 

58

83 

50 

35 

28 

23

20 

18.6 

15.6 

14.8 

13.7

12.0 

9.7 

8.9 

8.9 

42

104 

48 

32 

25 

19.8

Run-off in 

Inches

0.08 

.04 

.13

14.93

.55 

2.60 

4.29 

5.04 

1.00 

.94 

1.45 

1.44 

.53

18.09

Peak dlaeharge.- Mar. 4 (4 a.m.) 4,660 aec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 a.m.) 5,450 aec.-ft.; July 1 (7:50 

a,m.) 5,130 aec.-ft.

* Winter discharge meaaurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-diacharge relation affected by ice Jan. 8-14, Jan. 18 to Peb. 10. Q'.aoharge for 

perlod~of backwater from debria on control, July 2 to Aug. 27, computed on baala of two discharge 

measurements and gage heights.
102 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Youghiogheny River at Youghiogheny River Dam, Pa. 

(Formerly published as Youghiogheny River at Confluence, Pa.)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°48'20", long. 79°21'50", 800 feet upstream from 

bridge on State Highway 281, a quarter of a mile downstream from Youghiogheny River Dam, 

a quarter of a mile south of Confluence, Somerset County, and 0.7 mile ^stream from 

Casselman River. Datum of gage Is 1,310.17 feet above mean sea level (gsneral 

adjustment of 1929; Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark). Former gage on 

highway bridge 800 feet downstream at datum 0.38 foot lower.

Drainage area.- 436 square miles (revised).

Records available.- September 1904 to December 1910, January 1911 to September 1913 (gage 

heights only), and March to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

September 1904 to September 1914, October 1914 to September 1922 (gage heights only), 

and March to September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 8,660 second-feet Apr. 20; maximum gage height, 

11.70 fS&t Mar. 31, affected by backwater from Casselman River; minimum discharge, 56 

second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 3.06 feet); minimum daily, 77 second-faet Aug. 12, 19.

1904-22, 1940: Maximum gage height observed, 19.00 feet Mar. 14, 1907, site and 

datum then in use (discharge not determined; figure of 24,000 second-fee*; previously 

published believed to be too high owing to backwater from Casselman River); minimum 

observed, 1.14 feet Sept. 27, 1922, site and datum then in use.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of backwater, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by Deep Creek Reservoir (capacity, 4,620,000,000 cubic feet).

Cooperation.- Results of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Amy. Records of reservoir contents furnished by Pennsylvania Electric Co.

Rating table, March to September, 1940, except periods of backwater from Caeselman 

River (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

3.1 67

3.2 100

3.3 143

3.5 245

3.7 375

4.0 630 5.0

930

1,260

1,710

5.5

6.0 

7.0

2,285

2,870

4,070

e.C 5,280

9.C 6,530

10.C 7,780

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

«14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec.

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year

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

March 24-31.. ........

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

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

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

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

Water year

Jan. Feb. Mar.

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

«

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

918

755

706

687

765

1,010

03,560

05,440

Apr.

o3,420

c2,220

cl,600

c3,960

C2.560

1,630

gl,240

gl,440

g2,460

gl.880

gl,480

gl,360

gl,230

1,100

1,100

3,620

5,160

4,670

4,560

7,660

5,030

3,110

2,060

1,540

1,250

952

765

649

544

467

Observed

Secondfoot-days

_

13,841

70.717

27 981

po'pnn

22*918

15)005

14,352

-

Maximum Minimum

5,440 6S7

7,660 467

4,420 295

3,110 382

3,290 77

2,690 95

-

Mean

1,730

2,357

903

940

484

478

-

May

458

442

435

465

572

510

795

745

706

544

535

407

479

836

765

745

725

441

295

843

846

592

492

734

1,240

1.710

2,520

1,600

1,110

974

4,420

June

3,110

1,940

1,320

941

734

620

678

564

872

688

840

1,360

785

649

635

403

442

556

2,240

2,060

1,180

805

687

640

630

470

382

486

305

678

Change in 

contents

( equivalent 

mean)t

+362

-2 99

+121

-42.2

-105

-83.5

-

July

4,99C

3,95C

2.17C

1.65C

1.23C

962

65F

66f

544

43C

327

483

41P

29f

21P

32?

28?

22£

227

24C

134

134

38f

37E

27f

333

222

134

12£

23E

26?

Aug.

226

158

216

117

87

188

568

317

238

216

117

77

262

291

281

202

218

88

77

256

2S9

258

191

161

84

542

2,850

3,290

1,620

874

646

Sept.

315

738

382

425

448

372

293

220

307

301

288

348

309

172

152

140

301

311

289

216

195

133

95

297

1,270

2,690

1,260

721

454

405

Adjusted

M^.V, Per square 

M6an mile 1

_

_

2,719 -6.24

900 2.06

1,061 2.43

697 1.60

394 !904

-

Run-off 

n Inches

_

_

6.96

2.37

2 .71

l.*84

1.00

1.01

-

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (8 a.m.) 8,660 sec.-ft.; May 31 (2 p.m.) 5,280 sec.-ft.; July 1 

(4 p.m.) 6,160 sec.-ft.

t Change in contents in Deep Creek Reservoir.

c Backwater from Casselnan River; discharge computed on basis of gage heights, three discharge 

measurements, and records for nearby stations.

g Computed from graph based on chain-gage' readings.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 103

Youghiogheny River below Confluence, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°49'40", long. 79°22'25", 1.0 mile downstream 

from Casselman River and li miles downstream from Confluence, Somerset County. Datum 

of gage Is 1,302.77 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 1,029 square miles. 

Records available.- June to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 12,200 second-feet Aug. 27 (gage height, 8.49 

feet); minimum, 129 second-feet (regulated) Aug. 25 (gage height, 0.76 foot); minimum 

dally, 169 second-feet Aug. 25.

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Deep Creek Reservoir (capacity, 4,620,000,000 

cubic feet).

Cooperation.- oper Records of change in reservoir contents furnished by Pennsylvania Electric

UoT

Rating table, June to September 1940 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In seecnd-feet)

O.S 

1.0 

1.3 

1.6

143

220

349

493

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

710

1,090

1,630

2,270

4.0 

5.0

2,970

4,610

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. NOT. Dec.

Month

Calendar year

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

Hay..................

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

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

Water year

Jan. Feb. Mar- Apr.

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

_

_

_.

_

_

59.T20

46,523

33,604

31,681

-

Maximum

_

_

_

_

_

6,oeo

9 210

7^890

4,440

-

Minimum

_

_

_

_

_.

1,040

314

169

271

-

Mean

_

_

_

_

_

2,297

1,501

1,084

1,056

-

May June

_

_

_

_

2,010

1,610

1,530

1,350

1,870

1,570

2,760

6,080

3,610

2,340

1,880

1,820

1,300

1,660

5,190

4,680

2,760

2,010

1,610

1,450

1,550

1,400

1,040

1,600

2,900

2,140

Change In 

contents

(mean secondfeet )t

_

_

_

_

_

-42.2

-105

-83.5

-

July

9

7

4

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

210

580

170

130

340

880

350

230

030

837

736

,310

010

692

554

828

853

596

534

498

367

423

796

856

618

596

513

358

314

450

814

Aug.

854

453

424

292

233

a350

a880

a660

a430

 a370

a250

al90

aSSO

411

397

332

368

249

241

427

447

402

314

271

169

1,830

6,990

7,890

3,540

2,040

1,520

Sept.

2,140

1,600

952

838

820

676

565

615

2,080

1,590

1,340

1,040

838

618

' 534

478

601

586

534

433

400

336

271

477

2,140

4,440

2,010

1.2OO

831

698

-

Adjusted for* change 

In reservoir contents

Mean

_

_

_

_

_

_

1,459

979

972

-

Per Bqufxe

mile

_

_

_.

_

_

_

1.48

.951

.945

-

Run-off 

In Inches

_

_

-

_

_

_

1.64

1.10

1.05

-

Peak discharge.- June 11 (11 p.m.) 8,150 sec.-ft.; June 12 (3:30 a.m.) 9,450 see.-ft.; July 1 

(4 p.m.) 12,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 27 (9:30 p.m.) 12,200 see.-ft.

t Change In contents In Deep Creek Reservoir.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of two discharge measurements ard records for 

stations upstream.

461679 O - 42 - 8
104 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Youghiogheny River at Connellsvllle, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°01'05", long. 79°35'40", at Cra'vford Avenue 

Briage In Connellsvllle, Fayette County, three-quarters of a mile upstream from 

Mounts Creek. Datum of gage Is 860.13 feet above mean sea level (Baltimore & Ohio 

R. R. bench mark).

Drainage area.- 1,326 square miles.

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1921, and October 1931 to September 1940 In 

reports of U. S. Geological Survey. July 1908 to September 1940 In reports of 

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 31 years (1908-18, 1919-40), 2,491 second-feet (records prior to 

1938, unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 37.000 second-feet Mar. 31 (gace height, 13.16 

reet); minimum, 54 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 18 (gage height, 0.42 foot); minimum 

dally, 78 second-feet Oct. 17.

1908-40: Maximum discharge, 92,500 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 20.28 

feet), from rating curve extended above 40,000 second-feet; minimum, 11 second-feet 

Sept. 23, 26, 27, 1908, Oct. 18, 1910 (gage height, 0.11 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow

regulated by power plants anil reservoirs above station, of which Deep Creek Reservoir 

Is the only large one (capacity 4,620,000,000 cubic feet). No adjustments made for 

losses by evaporation and seepage.

Cooperation.- oper Records of change In reservoir contents furnished by Pennsylvania Electric "CoT Results of one discharge measurement furnished by West Perm Power Co. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct.

327

369

313

482

390

342

308

271

165

156

120

107

111

156

159

119

78

131

227

201

199

171

127

121

235

291

422

2,570

2,920

1,400

848

NOT.

341

954

734

554

478

511

825

925

1,290

945

727

614

514

600

553

469

410

414

357

327

427

492

595

479

421

441

378

417

433

391

-

Dec.

3S7

387

374

566

705

#621

742

1,020

1,370

1,160

1,080

1,140

1,070

1,160

1,080

913

1,020

1,310

1,260

1,370

2,030

1,360

1,340

1,170

1,010

88S

878

S13

1,300

1,310

1,040

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

616

630

640

650

640

590

530

*4SO

*460

470

480

480

490

900

2,600

1,800

1,400

1,100

900

800

840

850

840

800

740

690

640

590

560

530

510

Feb.

480

470

460

450

*440

430

1,100

1,900

1,500

3,200

9»400

8,200

6,910

7,040

4,880

3,710

3,160

3,160

2,980

3,250

2,980

2,560

2,030

1,760

1,720

1,480

1,390

1,530

1,630

_

-

Mar-

»1,480

2,110

5,900

8,910

9,900

6,820

4,890

3,710

2,930

2,480

2,030

1,820

2,100

2,240

2,400

2,240

1,960

3,960

13,800

11,200

8,190

6,380

4,790

3,710

2,980

2,400

2,430

3,170

5,260

14,700

28,200

Apr.

14,600

8,950

7,510

17,100

10,500

6,930

5,030

5,240

9,760

7,420

5,750

5,410

4,860

4,340

4,040

8,220

11,800

12,600

12,900

23,300

17,000

10,900

7,670

5,750

4,650

3,660

3,040

2,560

2,120

1,830

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

13,841

17,571

32,394

806,475

24,246

82,200

175,190

245,540

104A90

59,443

39,250

37,310

920,186

Maximum

2 ,920

1,290

2,030

25,400

2,600

9,400

23,200

23,300

14,900

11,400

10,800

10,400

4,900

28,200

Minimum

78

327

374

74

460

430

1,480

1,880

941

1,480

383

204

340

78

Mean

446

586

1,045

2,210

782

2,834

5,651

8,185

2,871

3,473

1,918

1,266

1,244

2,514

May

1,770

1,790

1,720

1,430

1,640

1,230

1,880

1,980

1,770

1,570

1,410

1,230

1,130

1,530

1,610

1,600

1,570

1,360

941

3,040

3,660

2,420

2,050

3,040

3,480

5,130

8,680

5,750

3,940

3,660

14,900

June

11,400

7,170

4,970

3,570

2,800

2,260

2,050

1,870

1,960

2,540

1,980

7,720

4,360

3,130

2,340

2,640

1,880

2,100

5,420

6,950

3,940

2,720

2,190

1,910

1,980

1,980

1,480

1,650

3,850

2,880

-

Change in 

contents

(mean 

second-feet )t

-74.9

-113

-28.6

+27.7

+ 62.7

+7.6

+ 238

+362

-2.99

+ 121

-42.2

-105

-83.5

+28.2

July

10,

10,

5,

4,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

800

500

640

140

960

420

790

540

340

160

968

720

500

977

746

020

210

853

670

604

520

423

790

030

819

700

648

485

383

439

648

Aug.

1,110

598

446

392

286

233

1,360

946

626

470

357

256

204

378

337

362

312

349

263

267

446

417

355

290

250

1,240

6,940

10,400

4,780

2,650

1,670

Sept.

2,050

2,000

1,230

1,020

977

787

659

628

2,250

2,560

2,040

1,480

1,140

872

692

604

626

670

604

514

466

417

340

346

1,510

4,900

2,540

1,530

1,030

828

-

Adjusted for change in 

reser*voir contents

Mean

371

473

1,016

2,238

845

2,842

5,889

8,547

2,868

3,594

1, 876

1,161

1,160

2,542

Far square 

mile ]

0.230

.357

.766

1.69

.637

2.14

4.44

6.45

2.16

2.71

1.41

^875

1.92

Run-off 

n inches

0.32

.40

.38

22.89

.73

2.31

5.12

7.20

2 49

s!o2

1* 63

1.01

.98

26.09

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (11 a.m.) 15,800 sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (3 a.m.) 37,000 sec.-ft.j Apr. 4 

(7 a.m.) 19,900 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (11 a.m.) 26,400 sec.-ft.; May 31 (11 a.m.) 17,100 sec.-ft.; 

July 1 (6 p.m.) 15,400 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Change in contents in Deep Creek Reservoir.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 2 to Feb. 12.
MONONQAHELA RlVER BASIN 105

Youghiogheny River at Sutersville, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°14'25", long. 79°48'25", 500 feet'upstream from 

highway bridge at Sutersville, Westmoreland County, and 2.1 miles downstream from 

Sewlckley Creek. Datum of gage is 733.14 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 

1907).

Drainage area.- 1,715 square miles.

Kecoras available.- October 1931 to September 1936 and December 1938 to Septembsr 1940 In 

reports or U. S. Geological Survey. June 1915 to September 1929, June 1931 to September 1936 and December 1938 to September 1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of 

Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1920-29, 1931-36, 1939-40), 2,915 second-feet (records'prior 

to 1939, unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 41,600 second-feet Mar. 31; maximum gage height, 

21.61 feet Feb. 11, affected by backwater from ice j minimum discharge, 94 second-feet 

(regulated) Oct. 19 (gage height, 2.11 feet); minimum dally, 117 second-feet Oct. 18.

1915-29, 1931-36, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 100,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 

(gage height, 30.65 feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum ga?e height, 

1.96 feet July 10, 1918.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by power plants and reservoirs above station, of which Deep Creek Reservoir 

jcapacity, 4,620,000,000 cubic feet)_Is the only large'one.

Cooperation.- Records or Change In "reservoir"contents furnished by Pennsylvania Electric 

Co. Results of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

S

4

e

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

20

30

31

Oct.

255

398

418

385

554

446

388

361

332

213

194

170

144

132

189

203

179

117

132

273

251

251

208

179

157

374

524

1,510

3,700

2,080

1,180

HOT.

839

1,010

948

711

591

554

622

906

1,140

1,360

920

761

638

661

709

568

502

481

473

405

385

542

561

654

459

502

473

411

545

502

-

Dec.

#445

452

452

481

719

769

728

893

1,370

1,390

1,190

1,180

1,180

1,190

1,270

1,080

987

1,220

1,440

1,380

2,110

2,420

1,710

1,380

1,170

1,090

902

930

1,250

1,640

1,300

Month 

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

910

r

r

8

40

70

00

820

790

r

'

6

60

'00

40

640

«680

r

r

1,4

00

10

00

3,600

2,900

2,£ i.e

1,£

 00

00

,50

950

1,000

l.C

l,c i»c

50

30

00

950

900

t

I

f

r

160

10

SO

40

710

Seoondfoot-days

15,896

19,733

35,718

979,769

33,370

111,220

212,120

307,010

103,230

128,910

ftQ Off, TOT fGJ.

43,205

48,934

1,129,067

Feb.

690

*680

670

660

660

660

1,600

2,700

2,200

5,200

14,400

11,300

12,000

8,500

6,300

5,000

3,900

3,750

3,700

4,300

3,600

3,100

2,700

2,400

2,150

1,950

1,800

2,240

2,410

, _

-

Mar-

*2,290

2,720

7,060

11,200

12,400

9,030

6,600

5,060

4,120

3,400

2,810

2,410

2,410

2,810

3,100

3,000

2,720

4,040

14,200

14,500

10,000

7,700

6,160

4,740

3,900

3,300

2,900

3,500

5,390

13,300

35,300

Apr.

19,100

11,100

8,890

22,000

14,100

3,620

6,600

6,420

11,600

9,310

7,260

6,820

6,380

5,720

5,170

10,400

12,400

14,700

14,500

28,200

22,300

14,100

9,770

7,480

6,160

4,960

4,120

3,400

2,900

2,530

-

Observed

Maximum

3,700

1,360

2,420

34,900

3,600

14,400

35,300

2S ,200

16 ,500

15,400

13,200

11,400

4,230

35,300

Minimum

117

385

445

117

640

660

2 j290

2,530

1,310

1,960

578

339

448

117

Mean

513

658

1,152

2,684

1,076 

3,835

6 ,843

10,230

3,330

4 297

2 249

1^94

1,631

3,085

May

2,300

2,300

2,250

2,030

1,940

1,800

1,750

2,370

2,130

1,970

1,700

1,580

1,390

1,500

1,890

1,340

1,330

1,720

1,310

2,630

4,800

3,300

2,530

3,180

3,800

5,390

8,880

7,260

5,060

4,250

16,500

June

15,400

9,310

6,600

4,850

3,700

2,900

2,620

2,300

2,090

2,900

2,720

7,140

6,160

4,200

2,900

3,900

2,360

2,370

5,660

3,390

5,170

3,500

2,620

2,300

2,250

2,360

2,060

1,960

3,900

3,800

-

Change in 

contents

(equivalent 

mean)t

-74.9

-113

-28.6

+27.7

+62.7

+7.58

+238

+362

-2.99

+121

-42.2

-105

-83.5

+28.2

July

8

13

7

5

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

470

200

270

060

700

000

250

830

710

440

360

210

090

440

060

977

390

240

920

761

703

591

591

060

140

856

812

797

624

573

591

Au*.

958

1,060

591

520

448

411

834

1,500

906

630

520

411

339

348

461

461

411

405

474

363

397

500

461

405

357

514

4,710

11,400

6,240

3,430

2,740

Sept.

2,480

2,560

1,840

1,260

1,090

1,020

831

1,160

3,840

3,940

3,530

2,310

1,730

1,370

1,000

823

715

799

760

693

604

552

500

448

699

4,330

3,630

2,040

1,430

1,050

-

Adjusted for change 

in reservoir contents

Mean

438

545

1,123

2,712

1 139

3*843

7,081

10,590

3,327

4,418

2,207

1

OQQ f£OV

1,548

3,113

Per square 

mile

0.2E5

.33°

.6E5

1.5£

.6C4

2 24

4ll5

6,1*!

1*94

2*56

l!2£

 Vf 2

.903

1.8FRun- off 

in inches

0.29

.35

.76

21.44

.77

2 42 4)76 6 »88

S

QA 

 Ctfc

2.88

1.49

.87

1.01

24.72

Peak discharge.- Mar. 31 (9 a.m.) 41,600 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (1 p.m.) 24,300 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20(4 

p.m.) 31,800 sec.-ft.; May 31 (5 p.m.) 20,600 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Change in contents in Deep Creek Reservoir. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1 to Feb. 27.
106 MONOM3AHELA RIVER BASIN 

Casselman River at Markleton, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39 051'35n , long. 79°13'40", at highway bridge at Markleton, 

Somerset County, 2 miles southwest of Casselman and 7 miles downstream from Coxes Creek. 

Datum of gage is 1,655.29 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 1?07).

Drainage area.- 382 square miles.

Records available.- August to September 1913, October 1920 to September 1921, and October 

 1931 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1913 to September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1920-40), 617 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,950 second-feet Mar. 31 (gag-e height, 7.8 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum discharge observed, 23 second-feet Oct. 16- 

20 (gage height, 1.43 feet). ,

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 35,800 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 16.4 

feet, from floodmark), by slope-area method; minimum discharge observed, 11 second-feet 

Aug. 13, 1930, July 23, 1936.

Remarks.-Records good except those below 50 second-feet or those for periods of ice effeet, which are fair. Gage read twice daily. Slight regulation at low stages by mills 

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-4O, except periods of loe effect (gage heigtt, In feet, and 

discharge, in sec<>nd-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11 Feb. 12 to Sept. 30

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7 

l.S

19

32

48

67

90

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

2.8

11S 3.3 

151 3.S 

232 4.4 

390 5.0 

5S5

995

1,520

2,330

3,320

1.5

1.6

1.7 

l.S 

2.0

44

61

106

169

2.2 

2.5

2 9 

3^3 

3.9

252

417

695

1,020

1,630

4.5 

5.2 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O

2,520

3,710

5,410

7,850

10,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oet.

141 

96 

17S 

131 

81

59 

50 

3S 

35 

32

28 

29 

27 

27 

26

24 

23 

23 

24 

24

27 

29 

31 

29 

32

50 

117 

1,050 

576 

266 

198

Nov.

47S 

326 

210 

151 

151

162 

174 

361 

420 

280

223 

189 

162 

138 

121

112 

101 

96 

93 

90

90 

SS 

9S 

104 

96

93 

76 

S3 

7S 

76

Dee.

76 

76 

148 

228 

14S

141 

*144 

261 

270 

232

291 

301 

270 

270 

285

246 

333 

344 

301 

356

700 

516 

333 

260 

230

220 

210 

205 

200 

190 

170

Jan.

160 

155 

150 

145 

140

140 

135 

130 

*130 

125

120 

120 

115 

210 

S60

700 

550 

450 

370 

330

350 

360 

300 

250 

220

200 

185 

170 

160 

150 

145

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19;59 « «

ater year 1939-4(

Feb.

140 

135 

135 

130 

130

160 

540 

1,100 

930 

1,100

2,800 

2,520 

2,760 

1,630 

1,O20

S90 

770 

890 

770 

732

*65S 

481 

450 

410 

360

330 

393 

449 

399

Mar.

357 

5SS 

1,540 

2,240 

2,230

1,500 

970 

930 

S50 

65S

5S4 

520 

5SO 

640 

610

560 

5SO 

1,940 

5,740 

*3,720

2,670 

1,940 

1,440 

1,070 

S50

695 

S50 

1,400 

2,430 

5,710 

3,250

Secondfoot-days

3,501 

4,920 

7,957

213,028

7,725 

23,262 

54,642 

64,039 

19 ,155 

25.SSS 

13,64S 

11,207 

9,977

245,971

Apr.

4,100 

2,370 

1,S20 

4,610 

2,440

1,620 

1,220 

1,990 

2,330 

1,310

1,440 

1,380 

1,120 

1,020 

1,080

2,220 

2,990 

2,670 

3,050 

6,550

4,510 

2,330 

2,080 

1,5QO 

1,220

975 

850 

695 

584 

515

Maximum

1,050 

47S 

700

7,300

860 

2,SOO 

8,250 

6,550 

3,570 

2,230 

2,590 

2,970 

95S

S,250

May

449 

5S4 

549 

431 

399

357 

549 

449 

393 

352

313 

282 

262 

277 

302

324 

277 

243 

24S 

1,270

310 

549 

481 

449 

S27

930 

975 

695 

5S4 

925 

3,570

Minimum

23 

76 

76

15

115 

130 

357 

515 

243 

393 

92 

51 

89

23

June

2,230 

1,380 

1,020 

770 

658

515 

4S1 

549 

584 

431

532 

2,130 

1,660 

975 

732

695 

515 

584 

1,350 

1,370

770 

584 

515 

449

549

515 

393 

952 

1,140 

S10

July

2,590 

1,980 

1,020 

810 

65S

515 

417 

363 

318 

277

239 

497 

335 

234 

IBS

3S7 

330 

217 

173 

145

ISO 

104 

289 

280 

200

138 

132 

106 

92 

134 

360

Mean

113 

164 

257

5S4

249 

802 

1,763 

2,136 

61S 

363 

440 

362 

333

672

Aug.

206 

112 

69 

76 

67

65 

83 

216 

112 

SO

69 

63 

59 

5S 

53

74 

94 

96 

S7 

94

39 

67 

56 

54 

51

1,030 

2,970 

2,710 

1,030 

658 

584

P^ square 

mile

0.296 

.429 

.673

1.53

.652 

2.10 

4.62 

5.59 

1.62 

2.26 

1.15 

.948 

.872

1.76

Sept.

930 

584 

417 

313 

252

200 

177 

255 

784 

653

549 

352 

272 

230 

196

177 

155 

142 

126 

112

104 

94 

94 

S9 

614

95S 

417 

292 

230 

204

Run-off in 

Inches

0.34 

.49 

.76

20.75

.75 

2.26 

5.33 

6.24 

1.S7 

2.52 

1.33 

1.09 

.97

23.95

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24 to Feb. 11, Feb. 23-26, Kar. 12-17.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 107

Big Piney Run near Salisbury, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 39°43'3211 , long. 79°02 I 5711 , an 

eighth of a mile upstream from Little Piney Run, a quarter of a mile north of- Mary landPennsylvania State line, and 2i miles southeast of Salisbury, Somerset Count/.

Drainage area.- 24.5 square miles.

Kecords available.- June 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,510 second-feet Aug. 27 (gage height, 5.69 

feet), from rating curve extended above 320 second-feet; minimum, 0.36 second-foot 

Oct. 13 (gage height, 1.05 feet).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 4,300 second-feet Apr. 26, 1937 (gage height, 7.6 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 320 second-feet on basis of slope-area determination 

of flood of March 17, 1936 (gage height, 7.5 feet); minimum, 0.18 second-foot Sept. 27, 

28, 1939.

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

whicn are fair. Figures of daily discharge do not Include water diverted 3 miles above 

station through pumps to town of Frostburg, Md., and from spring 700 feet above station 

by gravity to city of Salisbury, Pa.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height, In fiet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

0.18

.63

1.44

2.75

4.6

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

7.1

10

15

21

28

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.8

37

57

82

112

146

3.1 

3.4 

3.8 

4.2 

4.6

204

276

400

556

745

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 tc September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

16

ie

17

18ie

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

3.2

5.7

9.4

3.5

2.2

1.8

1.6

.90

.69

.76

.69

.63

.40

a.4O

a.4O

a. 45

a. 45

a. 45

a.4O

a.45

a.60

al.O

.69

.51

.51

3.0

8.2

36

12

7.1

13

HOT.

20

13

8.2

5.8

9.4

5.1

7.1

24

20

16

13

10

8.4

6.6

6.0

4.6

4.2

4.2

3.1

3.8

3.6

3.8

5.0

3.4

3.8

3.3

5.1

2.0

2.6

2.3

Dec.

2.8

4.0

11

3.4

3.1

5.3

6.0

10

8.4

10

15

14

10

12

9.0

10

13

11

9.4

22

24

20

19

15

11

13

10

11

11

8.7

7.7

Month

Calendar year 1939

Jumarv.

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

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

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

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

Water year 1940

Jan.

6.0

4

£

4

L.5

'.5

4.5

4.5

4

4

4

L.O

L.5

L.O

4.0

4.0

i

'

I

I

L.O

L.5

>«0

3.0

27

If

1£

IS

3

5

3

J.7

8.5

(

r

3.O

?.5 ?.o

6.0

5.0

t

.

L.5

L.O

L.O

L.O

4.0

Secondfoot-daya

117.08

226.4

339.8

10,874.18

215 2

555!o

2,964

3,477

1,344

516.2

1,874.8

1,068.2

13,742.88

Feb.

3.5

4.0

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.5

7.0

15

14

23

48

45

47

32

26

25

22

20

22

24

22

21

20

18

16

15

*16

18

16

-

Mar16

i

i

1C

33

L6

X)

110

83

«

;

>4

i3

59

33

31

;

:

s

39

27

29

30

28

,

IE

2E

10

29

38

210

159

1,

£

«

JO

38

>5

50

45

*

1

IE

35

52

XI

32

32

375

Observed

Maximum

36

24

24

322

27

48

373

363

269

156

103

709

150

709

Minimum

0.40

2.0

2.8

.18

4.0

3.5

16

27

8.7

15

2.0

1.4

5.5

.40

Apr.

210

133

113

171

122

88

70

134

155

117

89

76

63

55

54

107

179

160

166

363

237

154

110

88

69

56

45

37

31

27

-

Mean

3.78

7.51

11.0

29.8

6.94

19.1

95.6

116

33.7

44.8

16.7

60.5

35.6

37.5

Hay

27

33

25

22

2O

17

18

16

15

14

12

11

11

10

9.7

13

9.4

8.7

9.4

51

37

52

27

27

59

50

48

38

55

72

269

June

156

99

69

50

38

30

25

24

26

17

46

96

75

47

57

28

22

36

74

64

46

35

28

27

25

18

15

37

30

24

Diversion to 

Frostburg, Hd.

& Salisbury, 

Pa. (mean 

second-feet)

+0.59

.32

137

.54

.75

.65

.46

.11

.23

.26

.36

.41

.18

+ .39

July

103

73

54

41

30

22

17

14

13

10

9.2

15

10

5.8

5.8

15

8.7

7.1

5.8

4.0

3.8

4.4

6.5

4.8

3.8

2.4

3.5

2.0

7.2

9.8

4.8

Auft.

5.6

2.8

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

23

7.1

4.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

1.7

1.8

5.5

13

17

11

14

9.4

8.0

7.7

6.6

7.1

6.0

281 70")

SOT

145

W.

167

Sept.

150

96

65

45

34

27

21

33

85

62

45

36

29

24

18

15

15

11

9.4

8.4

7.1

9.0

5.5

6.8

74

47

52

25

19

16

Adjusted for diversion

 Per square 

Hean mile 1

4.57 0.171

7.83 .521

11.4 .46-i

30.1 1.23

7.67 .513

19.8 .801

96.1 3.92

116 4.75

33.9 1.58

45.1 1.84

17.1 .691

60.9 2.49

55.8 1.46

37.9 1.55

Run-off 

r\ inches

0.21

.36

.54

16.69

.36

.87

4.52

5.28

1.59

2.05

.80

2.87

1.6S

21,08

Peak discharge.- Mar. 30 (10:30 p.m.) 6OO sec.-ft.j Aug. 26 (7 a.m.) 6OO sec.-ft.; Aug. 27 (1:30 

p.m.J 1,51O seo.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Srltts 

Creek near Bedford Valley, Pa.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 1-15, Jan. 21 to Feb. 26, Mar. 9-16, 24-26.
108 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Laurel Hill Creek at Ursina, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and masonry control, lat. 39°49'15", long. 79°19'15", at

Ursina, Somerset County, 500 feet downstream from bridge on State Highway 53 and 2.7

miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1,335.26 feet above mean sea level

(unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 121 square miles. 

Records available.- August to September 1913, October 1918 to September 1921, and October

1931 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. August 1913 to September

1940 In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 24 years (1916-40), 259 second-feet (computed from revised data). 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,510 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 6.28

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,900 second-feet; minimum, 6.9 second-feet

Oct. 13-15 (gage height, 0.72 foot).

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 10,300 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gaje height, 10.28

feet, from floodmark, site and datum then in use, by slope-area method; no flow Aug.

22, 1917, Feb. 15, 1919; minimum dally observed, 1 second-foot Aug. 22, Oct. 1, 1917,

Feb. 15, 1919.

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised,

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published In the water-supply

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

503 .........

503.........

523.........

743..... ....

758.........

Water 

year

1918-19

1920-21

1 nrzi ^a

1932-33

1933-34

Date

Mar- *^1

Mar. 14

Gage height 

(feet)

6.1

7.2

6.1

7.5

Discharge 

(second-feet)

3,110

4,410

3,110

4,860

3,660

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Slight

regulation at low flow by mills above station. 

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for water years 1919 to 1921 and 1932 to 1934

are given herein. They supersede those published In Water-Supply PaDers 503, 523,

728, 743 and 758.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except ceriods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

Oct. 1 to Mar. 30

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.3

83

111

179

263

367

575

2.6 

3.0 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

840

1,280

1,940

2,700

3,500

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

IS 

30 

46 

66 

91

ar. 31 to Sept.. 30

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

121 

195 

285 

390 

680 

S20

3.0 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

1,270

1,940

2,700

3,500

4,300

Discharge, In second-feet, 191S-21, 1931-34, 1939-40 

1918-19

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12

24

12

12

18

100

115

72

33

24

33

33

33

24

24

12

12

24

24

60

40

40

40

33

40

40

60

72

85

100

905

Nov.

485

255

232

116

100

85

85

72

60

60

33

40

33

24

40

33

85

255

402

578

838

456

350

278

325

190

150

190

190

150

-

Dec.

116

115

150

150

150

150

150

190

27S

708

675

642

905

740

805

642

27S

232

190

160

150

27S

610

578

SOS

428

376

325

326

232

232

Jan.

1,620

2,670

975

675

375

1)142

1)127

1)134

b!34

1)134

b!34

115

150

150

160

190

' 190

302

*325

278

100

150

302

456

278

£11

190

232

132

160

170

Feb.

132

190

100

115

S6

72

b24

S

b4

bl

bl

bl

bl

bl

bl

8

85

blS

b6

b5

72

232

302

232

278

515

610

325

_

_

-

Mar.

515

456

456

678

116

150

100

100

211

360

326

170

170

232

211

278

256

211

232

190

190

150

132

160

115

115

116

160

132

115

115

Apr.

132

100

100

132

100

115

100

85

72

60

100

150

170

100

132

190

211

190

170

a!94

211

150

132

255

211

190

132

115

115

115

-

May

211

350

232

190

170

232

278

642

610

1,300

evo

708

456

402

350

350

350

325

256

325

740

546

578

485

376

350

255

211

150

132

100

June

72

72

60

50

60

50

50

72

72

50

60

40

33

33

40

40

33

18

IS

24

33

18

18

8

18

33

60

24

IS

12

-

Jrty

S

8

8

8

8

8

6

4

40

72

18

IS

IS

18

170

610

211

60

IS

50

60

12

S

IS

12

18

S

50

325

115

72

Aug.

100

40

40

33

40

132

170

116

60

66

44

40

70

70

122

5S

182

100

76

80

76

870

345

215

166

136

112

88

78

80

203

Sept.

136

126

85

75

65

56

54

50

4S

91

150

215

132

91

66

62

60

56

48

42

44

115

292

166

97

75

48

44

35

44

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of record for creceding and following days.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
MDNONQAHELA RIVER BASIN 109

Discharge, in second-feet, of Laurel Hill Creek at Ursina, Pa., 1918-21, 1931-34, 1939-4')--Contlnued

1919-20

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

75

65

52

44

34

154

28S

177

186

1S2

118

375

177

232

515

515

740

485

345

278

20S

278

306

380

278

278

445

675

610

396

515

Nov.

1,620

1,800

1,040

675

474

136

283

216

207

181

207

241

27S

207

190

190

136

100

97

106

112

109

109

103

S35

2,370

1,980

870

642

515

Dec.

355

255

215

190

181

177

412

708

905

1,540

642

330

545

870

578

423

311

241

150

85

60

60

60

85

85

85

85

85

85

70

60

Jan.

50

40

40

26

26

40

85

456

975

1,010

675

386

283

200

150

130

110

110

110

110

130

150

150

150

150

170

200

200

200

200

*240

Feb.

280

300

360

420

420

420

420

420

420

400

360

340

300

300

280

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

240

_

-

Mar.

300

360

550

1,300

3,000

al,300

a 700

439

375

428

805

1,890

2,570

1,010

675

975

1,800

975

80S,

708

708

675

578

545

515

515

311

340

264

219

203

Apr.

172

228

190

219

456

417

370

340

311

316

335

320

545

428

365

325

462

456

396

451

772

675

545

485

360

320

386

515

485

610

-

May

870

708

485

396

325

269

211

190

168

146

136

228

1,150

610

402

316

269

232

264

207

250

273

228

203

132

146

139

136

122

91

91

June

85

70

65

139

412

391

278

215

311

190

177

122

139

143

168

515

3,220

1,980

940

545

578

407

325

325

439

260

215

163

132

100

-

July

88

159

273

132

97

91

207

129

112

78

122

129

94

100

97

75

52

60

85

82

62

48

44

474

241

168

100

88

78

70

126

AUT.

578

485

260

186

143

190

675

306

203

215

177

177

297

143

177

168

115

103

100

115

97

103

115

75

72

60

52

150

97

65

91

Sept.

91

75

56

44

44

25

48

40

37

80

172

129

91

85

80

91

40

36

37

48

40

42

34

48

48

44

48

240

136

150

~

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of record for preceding and following days.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by iee Dee. 19 to Jan. 6, Jan. 14 to Mar. 5.

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

51

Oct.

396

177

140

106

97

82

103

52

58

44

44

44

42

37

38

44

40

37

37

28

31

25

21

25

31

56

60

18

25

48

54

Nov.

50

52

260

109

91

78

115

56

80

60

42

26

22

60

62

80

97

115

132

302

578

642

610

545

708

578

402

292

278

255

Dec.

456

740

642

428

428

428

350

219

168

194

182

136

159

545

610

335

287

273

278

215

126

260

578

479

a320

207

232

150

194

154

407

Jan.

94

241

255

143

190

143

232

1,980

1,150

578

340

311

246

375

370

219

190

194

168

203

252

1,220

2,170

1,120

642

370

320

255

228

278

380

Feb.

428

355

325

325

772

905

320

287

417

402

456

370

264

246

365

320

246

241

215

194

168

168

154

146

164

182

140

182

_

_

-

Mar.

228

292

1,540

1,120

772

545

708

610

485

515

360

370

545

515

675

642

675

515

396

330

260

224

190

118

129

109

140

136

109

103

82

Apr.

122

109

109

106

103

91

91

97

109

136

150

190

146

122

126

122

115

115

115

91

91

88

80

103

88

75

80

80

150

207

-

May

297

232

219

396

805

940

515

330

241

190

172

186

177

136

115

103

85

100

80

70

65

60

80

203

870

386

219

190

211

975

610

June

320

216

190

132

115

115

103

91

82

56

60

109

75

37

40

25

40

103

a60

a30

a26

a20

a!8

a30

a26

al,000

772

402

375

207

-

July

190

146

103

60

25

44

52

80

115

80

50

70

118

50

85

168

85

48

52

82

60

40

34

25

16

25

12

9.0

48

85

48

Aug.

28

190

838

428

260

194

241

237

150

103

82

136

112

80

80

56

31

365

260

109

88

72

75

62

56

56

44

32

40

40

37

Sept.

40

31

44

246

306

122

91

70

198

306

402

260

172

118

115

78

65

146

150

241

642

870

439

260

306

545

335

260

207

215

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of record for preceding and following days.
110 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of laurel Hill Creek at Urslna, Pa., 1918-21, 1931-34, 1939-40 Continued

1931-32

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

1-8

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

98

78

67

58

52

48

42

37

165

107

67

56

56

52

85

121

555

437

255

180

148

120

101

88

85

75

62

62

60

54

58

Nov.

60

52

50

40

40

37

36

37

37

34

28

36

42

91

78

62

52

56

56

52

50

54

50

40

50

46

48

52

65

565

-

Dec.

626

303

214

229

240

199

175

160

370

626

767

1,130

1,630

1,710

1,300

772

526

383

298

245

189

255

493

537

805

578

401

325

287

229

189

Jan.

175

282

354

260

250

836

1,080

772

526

383

282

234

204

175

156

199

156

175

140

132

128

124

276

592

413

314

348

282

235

1,160

772

Feb.

481

389

371

848

870

592

462

443

462

377

325

282

229

175

170

136

240

255

170

160

152

128

124

124

132

101

88

101

83

_

-

Mar.

78

62

54

80

107

107

117

blOO

b90

b85

b80

b75

b72

b70

b70

b90

b350

910

626

697

626

1,160

1,080

734

592

592

870

870

740

940

1,950

Apr. '

2,100

1,220

1,120

772

592

431

331

265

240

204

189

342

309

250

493

431

354

303

265

260

189

148

132

101

120

114

107

98

83

83

-

May

124

124

101

94

88

88

78

78

230

649

838

922

805

772

740

437

314

255

194

180

160

117

104

85

83

78

62

65

54

54

39

June

37

37

39

32

34

31

29

24

22

28

19

29

56

128

58

140

140

80

58

62

44

52

39

28

26

22

37

54

36

32

-

July

26

36

39

31

54

94

80

98

98

60

44

36

34

36

31

161

46

32

22

21

28

577

230

101

72

56

87

304

F47

T89

152

Aug.

104

83

114

267

94

72

65

52

50

39

42

36

29

24

22

22

19

188

121

52

34

29

25

20

20

19

15

16

15

19

16

Sept.

20

34

21

13

14

13

11

11

7.2

8.0

8.0

5.5

5.5

6.4

6.4

6.4

5.5

4.9

5.5

4.9

4.3

4.6

3.4

3.4

3.7

2.4

2.5

5.2

11

6.4

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

8.9

8.0

8.0

6.4

11

75

58

31

20

18

9.8

11

11

11

14

16

28

34

36

31

25

19

20

25

22

20

48

62

50

37

31

Nov.

60

94

56

44

44

40

39

36

36

270

234

117

80

72

58

60

94

80

400

528

276

194

144

117

101

110

88

60

b50

b49

Dec.

b49

b51

b64

58

50

52

58

54

50

b46

b46

b60

blOO

b60

b47

b44

b43

b43

b44

b50

blOO

b290

b600

1,010

740

500

305

459

360

355

630

Jan.

563

447

365

285

319

267

235

205

192

164

172

386

271

b230

b200

b!75

b!60

149

180

196

180

319

344

267

230

532

563

447

334

295

222

Feb.

213

248

235

222

b!70

b!40

b!60

bSOO

b!90

b!50

b!35

b!30

b!35

188

482

355

300

276

239

376

414

305

276

235

257

494

324

290

_

_

-

Mar.

257

222

192

172

138

142

176

397

376

305

267

239

895

3.440

2,070

1,300

772

742

1,620

1,540

1,220

940

700

482

365

314

276

314

344

482

630

Apr.

738

772

775

738

532

532

870

775

596

482

440

905

700

500

402

376

532

419

536

1,150

805

563

436

310

314

488

344

276

230

213

-

May

200

324

1,040

665

494

805

940

1,120

1,780

2,860

1,540

1,120

838

740

630

630

596

414

339

280

350

257

205

172

101

419

329

295

257

424

314

June

239

205

164

164

200

156

156

630

300

222

168

127

114

94

85

83

131

114

72

57

48

44

41

33

32

34

46

53

41

29

~

Jul-r

34

34

172

66

39

36

32

34

32

41

37

28

25

23

25

24

24

22

19

18

17

17

39

52

42

42

.'46

46

29

34

22

Aug.

19

19

17

69

46

29

23

19

19

21

152

83

38

37

29

26

24

24

20

19

17

19

20

337

430

149

88

64

50

42

39

Sept.

39

33

30

430

444

160

94

64

55

46

48

55

80

53

59

55

46

39

33

44

50

39

36

33

29

28

26

28

30

28

 "

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 111

Discharge, in second-feet, of Laurel Hill Creek at Ursina, Pa., 1918-21, 1931-34, 1939-40 Continued

1933-34

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

27

28

25

24

23

19

18

22

21

23

24

19

18

IB

16

14

24

36

23

24

23

22

22

22

24

21

19

21

20

20

19

Mov.

20

21

22

23

23

64

BO

55

48

39

61

80

120

156

107

b92

b88

b200

324

180

124

176

172

131

110

98

bS3

91

104

94

-

Dec.

83

74

72

127

156

120

114

101

91

BO

b72

b68

b66

b72

b!70

1,150

1,630

1,800

874

596

665

482

365

2B5

532

355

248

b215

1)200

196

350

Jan.

1,040

840

500

381

665

630

1,750

1,300

838

S63

414

305

2BO

276

222

192

b!70

b!55

b!45

142

145

160

271

355

285

314

276

310

616

459

3B1

Feb.

b270

b210

b!70

b!50

D130

b!20

bllO

b!02

b96

b90

b85

b80

b76

b72

b68

b65

b62

b59

b56

bS4

bS2

b50

b4B

b47

b46

b45

b44

b43

_

_

-

Mar.

DSO

b70

1)600

1,890

1,980

1,380

772

500

376

290

244

230

196

453

2B5

324

314

324

290

257

226

209

188

142

176

176

544

726

453

344

262

Apr.

339

29S

248

1,230

1,250

700

738

596

424

360

376

397

360

381

392

563

494

402

344

295

24B

222

205

172

145

134

131

120

104

87

-

May

87

81

81

72

69

S7

63

52

33

55

138

84

75

69

183

230

164

145

117

117

100

87

156

113

104

84

72

60

57

55

47

June

38

35

30

28

24

21

20

17

24

30

24

23

26

20

13

16

15

51

729

340

134

90

138

37

60

47

35

32

27

27

-

July

26

24

21

32

30

21

17

16

16

16

12

12

500

1,090

488

152

113

34

57

47

57

43

30

27

20

17

20

146

52

30

27

AVR;.

35

22

75

90

50

27

20

16

443

394

131

124

134

432

360

1,690

1.S50

768

430

300

189

152

117

163

196

145

90

75

72

52

50

Sept.

43

38

32

24

26

21

26

22

28

22

20

16

26

26

27

52

138

38

38

30

22

22

18

17

26

24

28

40

335

636

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

23

22

19.0

19.0

16.0

12.5

11.0

10.0

9.0

3.4

8.4

8.4

7.4

6.9

7.4

8.4

8.4

7.9

8.4

9.0

9.5

14.5

16.0

11.0

11.0

23

83

535

277

112

73

MOT.

108

88

62

51

49

51

58

93

94

72

62

56

49

44

41

36

35

32

34

34

32

31

35

39

36

34

29

35

28

28

Dec.

26

28

57

78

60

60

63

199

161

*130

147

140

124

143

124

114

172

168

143

183

250

199

170

140

120

115

115

110

105

96

90

Jan.

82

75

70

66

63

60

59

57

*55

54

53

53

53

110

330

280

230

190

150

135

140

140

120

100

90

*80

75

70

63

65

62

Feb.

61

60

60

59

58

58

130

250

240

450

1,020

984

995

708

465

398

327

302

278

»263

141

223

203

163

161

140

161

*172

143

-

Mar.

190

339

709

#812

745

615

453

297

263

223

110

135

210

220

220

210

220

585

1,830

»1,330

940

673

522

437

392

233

245

420

360

3,030

3,830

Apr.

1,360

1,030

901

2,180

1,130

693

515

674

1,100

775

567

567

502

463

444

785

820

1,040

1,400

2,730

1,660

1,020

690

567

476

390

290

221

191

176

-

May

153

172

109

100

88

34

130

123

128

135

121

109

106

106

100

100

94

84

31

327

258

191

196

384

446

509

1,240

695

502

549

1,960

June

1,160

716

482

357

276

221

187

168

218

193

668

776

422

269

208

305-

204

391

902

578

346

252

199

187

179

218

146

381

420

368

-

July

1,180

753

442

320

234

179

146

121

106

91

91

277

142

91

76

174

132

91

76

64

56

52

64

68

56

52

65

44

38

58

369

Aug.

2'55

106

68

52

43

36

63

43

33

28

22

20

20

18.0

19.0

23

20

18.0

33

38

26

18.0

16.0

15.0

14.5

206

493

522

233

138

115

Sept.

94

74

60

50

44

38

30

106

368

334

312

191

142

109

91

76

66

62

54

46

43

36

33

33

253

176

100

74

60

52

~

Peak dlaeharge.- Mar. 30 (10 p.m.) 6,510 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (2 a.m.) 2,730 sec.-ft.; Atir. 20 

(4:30 a.m.) 3,260 sec.-ft.; May 31 (5 a.m.) 2,860 sec.-ft.; July 1 (7:30 a.m.) 1,650 s-jc.-ft. 

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 23 to Feb. 11, Mar. 11-17.
112 MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Laurel Hill Creek at Ursina, Pa., 1918-ri, 1931-34, 1939-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Par square 

mile

Run-off in 

inches

October 1918 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1918 .

January 1919 .........

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

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

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

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

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

July.......'...........

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

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

Water year 1918-19 .

October 1919 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1919 .

January 1920 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1919-20 .

October 1920 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1920 .

January 1921 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1920-21 .

October 1931 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1931 .

January 1932 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1931-32 .

October 1932 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1932 .

January 1933 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1932-33 .

2,156

6,189

11,753

84,722

11,341

3,423

6,784

4,219

12,527

1,169

2,048

3,985

2,667

68,261

9,346

15,529

9,933

82,971

6,952

8,800

25,838

12,255

9,393

13,049

3,761

5,790

2,179

122,825

8,040

6,777

10,180

107,014

14,837

8,757

13,438

3,407

9,258

4,875

2,105

4,582

7,280

87,536

3,529

1,996

16,191

79,367.2

11,415

8,470

14,074

11,646

8,012

1,453

3,812

1,723

258.1

82,579.1

805.1

3,631

6,418

71,717.2

8,894

7,239

21,329

16,749

20,478

3,882

1,155

1,988

2,234

94,802.1

905

838

905

12

24

115

69.5

206

379

4,410 232

2,670

610

578

255

1,300

72

610

870

292

100

1

100

50

100

366

122

219

141

404

39.0

66.1

129

2,670

740

2,370

1,540

301

518

320

2,670 227

1,010

420

3,000

772

1,150

3,220

474

675

240

26

240

203

172

91

65

44

52

25

224

303

833

408

303

435

121

187

72.

3,220 25 336

396

708

740

22

126

65.

226

328

3,220 29P

2,170

905

1,540

207

975

1,000

190

838

870

94

140

479

313

433

114

299

162

67.

148

243

2,170 240

555

565

1,710

37

28

160

114

66.5

522

2,330 7.2

1,160

848

1,950

2,100

922

140

847

267

124

83

54

83

39

19

21

15

2.4

368

292

454

388

258 

48.4

123 

55.6 

'8.6C

0.574

1.70

3.13

1.92

3.02

1.01

1.81

1.17

3.34

.322

.546

1.07

.735

1.55

2.49

4.28

2.64

1.85

2.50

6.88

1.00

1.55

.600

.544

1.87

2.71

2.41

3.96

2.59

3.58

.942

2.47

1.34

.561

1.22

2.01

l.S

0.942

.550

4.31

3.04

2.41

3.75

3.21

2.13

.400

1.02

.460

.071

2,100 2.4 226 1.87

75

528

1,010

6.4

36

43

26.0

121

207

.215

1.00

1.71

2,100 196 1.62

563

494

3,440

1,150

2,860

630

172

430

444

149

130

138

213

101

29

17

17

26

287

259

688

558

661

129

37.3

64.1

74.5

2.37

2.14

5.69

4.61

5.46

1.07

.308

.530

.616

3,440 260 2.15
MONONQAHELA RIVER BASIN 113

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Laurel Hill Creek at Urslna, Fa., 

1918-21, 1931-34, 1939-40 Continued

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

-mile

Run-off in 

Inches

October 1955 ................... 684

November........................ 8,996

December........................ 11,459

Calendar year 1933 ........... 99,087

January 1934 ................... 14,380

February........................ 2,500

March........................... 14,271

April........................... 11,752

May............................. 2,917

June............................ 2,211

July............................ S,243

August.......................... 8,747

September....................... 1,911

Water year 193S-34 ........... 77,071

Calendar year 1934 .......... 82,122

October 1939 ................... 1,460.5

November........................ 1,476

December........................ 3,830

Calendar year 1939 ........... 84,168.7

January 1940 ................... 3,235

February........................ 8,783

March........................... 21,603

April........................... 26,012

May............................. 9,450

June............................ 11,397

July............................ 5,708

August.......................... 2,764.5

September....................... 3,207

Water year 1939-40 ........... 98,826.0

36

324

1,800

14

20

66

22.1

99.9

370

3,440 271

1,750

270

1,980

1,250

230

729

1,090

1,850

686

142

43

50

87

38

15

12

16

16

464

89.3

460

392

94.1

73.7

105

282

63.7

1,980 211

1,980

585

108

250

6.9

28

26

47.1

49.2

124

3,520 5.3 231

330

1,020

3,830

2>780

1,960

1,160

1,180

522

368

53

58

110

176

81

146

38

14.5

30

104

303

694

867

305

380

184

89.2

107

3,830 6.9 270

0.18! 

.826 

3.06

2.24

3.83 

.73S

3.80

3.24 

.778 

.609 

.86£

2.33 

.526

1.74

.389

.407

1.02

1.91

.86C 

2.50 

5.74 

7.17 

2.52 

3.14 

1.52 

.737 

.884

2.23

0.21

.92

3.53

50.47

4.42

.77

4.38

3.62

.90

.68

1.00

2.69

.59

23.71

.45

.45

1.18

25.87

.99

2.70

6.62

8.00

2.91

3.50

1.75

.85
114 MONON3AHELA RIVER BASIN

Turtle Creek at Trafford, Pa.

LocatIon.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°23'15", long. 79 045'55n , at Trafford, Westmoreland County, 500 feet upstream from Brush Creek and 5.8 miles upstream from mouth. 

Datum of gage is 765.08 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 55.9 square miles.

Records available.- October 1920 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 in 

reports or u. s. Geological Survey. July 1914 to September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1920-40), 78.0 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,380 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 6.65 

reet); minimum, 0.50 second-foot Oct. 8, 10, 14.

1914-40: Maximum discharge, 4,420 second-feet Mar. 15, 1933 (gage height, 8.5 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet; minimum observed, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 6, 7, 1922, Sept. 

16, 17, 28, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good above 2 second-feet and fair below, 

by industrial plants above station.

Some regulation at low stages

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.05 

2.05 

2.05 

1.30 

.88

.74 

.74 

.60 

.74 

.74

.74 

.88 

.74 

.60 

.74

1.02 

1.16 

1.30 

1.30 

1.55

1.30 

1.87 

1.87 

2.25 

3.30

10.8 

62 

48 

15.7 

9.9 

S.O

Nov.

7.1 

5.2 

4.80 

3.70 

4.50

5.5

4.80 

5.2 

4.50 

3.95

3.95 

3.70 

3.40 

3.15 

3.15

2.95 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40

2.95 

3.40 

4.80 

4.25 

3.15

2.50 

2.55 

3.40 

2.50 

3.15

Dec.

3.70 

4.80 

7.1 

6.2 

5.9

6.6 

6.6 

5.9 

4.20 

5.2

6.6 

4.80 

7.1 

8.9 

6.4

8.9 

8.0 

7.1 

6.6 

25

31 

18.2 

9.6 

13.4 

8.4

9.4 

8.0 

8.0 

7.5 

7.5 

6.6

Jan.

4.50 

3.15 

3.15 

3.40 

2.25

2.25 

3.15 

3.40 

3.70 

3.40

3.40 

4.50 

8.5 

49 

96

31 

29 

27 

23 

14. S

12.8 

10.5 

7.5 

5.9 

6.2

6.2 

4.80 

4.80 

4.50 

3.70 

3.40

Feb.

2.95

3.15 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40

4.80 

33 

18.0 

18.0 

104

236 

135 

77 

40 

47

43 

39 

45 

54 

142

204 

125 

100 

61 

75

67 

44 

60 

64

Mar.

91 

195 

605 

704 

292

177 

112 

80 

56 

39

32

23 

19.8 

48 

57

44 

62 

126 

326 

154

93 

71 

46 

42 

34

23 

25 

121 

131 

568 

788

Apr.

455 

237 

396 

552 

255

166 

128 

277 

41S 

235

174 

286 

204 

162 

137

166 

148 

274 

456 

1,270

546 

314 

212 

162 

126

104 

S2 

71 

66 

61

May

77 

79 

67 

58 

52

48 

52 

44 

56 

43

38 

35 

33 

32 

30

34 

29 

26 

24 

29

22 

20 

21 

31 

42

36 

57 

42 

34 

60 

657

Month Second- Maximum Minimum foot-days

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Peak discharge.- I

(11:30 p.m.) 1,290

 }

186.91 62 0.60 

115.80 7.1 2.50 

273.20 31 3.70

18,696.00 705 .20

3SS.S5 96 2.25 

1,852.10 236 2.95 

5,1S4.8 78S 19.8 

8,140 1,270 61 

1,908 657 20 

1,814 230 20 

1,174.4 121 7.8 

1,001.6 283 6.0 

930.4 S5 8.1

22,970.06 1,270 .60

June

230 

148 

99 

6S 

55

44 

38 

32 

30 

28

30 

32 

24 

20 

45

55 

28 

26 

SO 

42

29 

24 

22 

32 

24

32 

26 

164 

189 

11S

July

102 

69 

54 

42 

32

26 

22 

20 

39 

32

23 

22 

17.5 

14.1 

12.8

39 

19.1 

15.8 

12.5

3.0.8

9.4 

7.8 

52 

40 

IS. 6

63 

52

104 

58 

34

Aug.

24 

17.6 

14.2, 

12.0 

10.6

283 

173 

53 

32 

22

17.0 

14.2 

12.3 

11.3 

10.0

8.5 

9.3 

9.0 

IS. 2 

10.0

S.I 

7.4 

6.7 

6.4 

6.0

10.6 

72 

38 

20 

18.2 

47

 Pur square Mean mile

6.03 0.108 

3.85 .069 

8.81 .158

51.2 .916

12.5 .224 

63.9 1.14 

167 2.99 

271 4.85 

61.5 1.10 

60.5 1.08 

37.9 .678 

32.3 .57S 

31.0 .555

62.S 1.12

Sept.

63

37 

27 

20 

16.1

12.8 

10.6 

74 

99 

93

59

40 

31 

24 

19.4

16.1 

15.1 

12.8 

11.3 

11.0

10.0 

8.8 

8.1 

9.2 

85

39 

27 

20 

16.5 

14.6

Run-off In 

Inches

0.12 

.08 

.IS

12.41

.26 

1.23 

3.45 

5.41 

1.27 

1.20 

.78 

.67 

.62

15.27

lar. 4 (12:30 a.m.) 1,240 sec. -ft.; Mar. 30 (9:30 p.m.) 1.3SC sec. -ft.; Apr. 3 

iec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 a.m.) 2,380 sec. -ft.; May 31 (3 a.m.) 1.420 sec. -ft.; Aug.

6 (10 p.m.) 1,360 sec.-ft.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 115

Mahoning River near Berlin Center, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°01'29", long. 80°59'55'1 , in T. 1 N., R. 5 W., 

14 miles downstream from Mill Creek and If miles west of Berlin Center. Datum of 

gage is 966.15 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912; levels by 

Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 247 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 213 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,730 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 10.38 

feet); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Aug. 16-18 (gage height, 0.43 foot).

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 8,630 second-feet, Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 10.97 

feet); minimum, 1.9 second-foot July 29, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

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

SO

51

Oct.

46

32

20

14

11

7.8

8.7

7.8

58

102

38

24

f!7

f!6

f!4

f!2

12

11

10

12

10

11

9.6

10

12

80

636

1,220

389

149

S.1

Nov.

65

50

42

33

29

28

27

28

30

28

24

24

25

23

22

21

19

19

19

19

20

21

24

28

27

24

22

20

19

19

-

Dec.

19

27

52

67

65

*57

57

55

49

42

41

40

44

97

84

58

52

52

47

51

64

57

40

30

20

25

22

24

24

21

18

Jan.

16

15

15

15

*16

16

16

16

16

15

16

17

19

250

900

400

160

90

45

32

27

23

21

19

18

17

16

16

16

17

17

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

18

17

*17

17

18

23

39

9O

70

140

350

1,200

700

250

140

120

110

105

100

125

220

230

160

120

95

80

70

65

65

_

-

liar.

65

150

2,000

6,980

3,440

1,340

*753

624

588

244

176

169

194

250

247

171

292

1,220

2,010

1,430

522

289

204

166

119

SO

70

224

470

1,220

2,010

Secondfoot-daya

3,O86.9

*7QQ t yy

1,401

84,163.6

o gOO

4*754

27*291

8*213

5 421

981*7

1,995.8

1,082.2

84,814.6

Apr.

1,310

496

556

1,650

882

307

180

211

338

258

228

1,500

1,400

964

710

1,250

1,250

1,220

888

4,290

4,430

1,510

483

269

192

146

115

97

85

76

-

Maximum

1,220

65

97

4,970

9OO

1,200

6,980

4,430

1,860

1,110

144

742

215

6,980

May

73

84

85

85

84

73

85

85

76

64

52

46

42

41

44

49

52

51

47

55

55

43

35

1,010

1,860

1,240

376

185

121

335

1,680

Minimum

7.8

19

18

5.0

15

17

65

76

35

37

6.0

4.0

9.2

4.0

June

1,110

599

304

176

113

87

72

87

94

413

250

197

255

140

92

94

80

65

214

100

64

45

37

49

66

61

97

70

221

169

-

July

104

76

55

41

30

25

20

17

17

15

17

25

22

17 K

14

22

16

13

12

11

9.2

7.3

8.2

6.0

11

144

115

56

25

15

Mean

99.6

26*6

45.2

231

VS »9

164

887

910

265

181

31 .7

64.4

«c 1 Go* J.

232

AuT.

9.2

7

6

5

6

.0

.6

.3

.0

7.8

13

11

7

6

.3

.0

4.7

6

4

4

.3

.7

.7

5.0

4.0

4

9

3-5

.0

.2

41

IS

11

7

6

.8

.6

6.0

9.6

141.

37?

12?

3&1

74"

Per square 

mile

0.403

.108

.183

.955

 299

.664

3.59

3*68

1.07

ntttt f GO

 188

.261

.146

.939

Sept.

215

76

43

28

22

17

14

125

99

50

37

25

21

15

15

14

13

12

12

10

10

9.2

10

10

S3

55

S3

24

19

16

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.46

 12

.21

12.66

.34

.72

4.14

4.11

1.23

 82

.15

.50

.16

12.76

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (1 p.m.) 7,730 sec.-ft-; Bar. 19 (2^30 a.m.) 2,420 sec.-ft.; H->T-. 30 

(1O p.m.) 2,6OO sec.-ft.} Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 5,820 sec.-ft.; Hay 24 (11 p.m.) 2,6OO sec.-f 1:.; Hay 31 

(8 a.m.) 2,090 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on thia day.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec- 23 to Har. 3.
116 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Mahoning River at Pricetown, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°07'50", long. 80°58'24", in T. 2 N., R. 5 W., 

a quarter of a mile south of Mahoning-Trumbull county line, 0.3 mile downstream from 

Milton Da», half a mile southwest of Pricetown, and 3 miles downstream from Kale 

Creek. Datum of gage is 905.50 feet above mean sea level (general aijustment of 

1912; levels by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 276 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharger- 11 years, 242 second-feet.

Extremes,- Maximum discharge during year, 5,090 second-feet Mar. 5 (gaga height, 12.2 

feet); minimum, 3.2 secoijd-feet Oct. 29, 30 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

1929-40: Maximum discharge, 6,770 second-feet Jar 25, 1937 (gags height, 15.01 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,130 second -et on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, that of Oct. 29, 30, 1939: minimum aaily, 3.2 second-feet Oct. 30, 

1939.

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Milton Reservoir.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 5 Mar. 6 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

2.6

4.5

7.S

13.5

21.3

31

2.2 

2.6 

3.2 

4.0

150

250

430

710

4.S 1,030

7.1 2,ISO

10.1 3,830

11.1 4,430

1.7 60

2.0 111

2.4 198

3.0 370

3.4 510

4.4 910

6.0 1,650

7.5 2,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6

7

e

9 

10

11

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

50 

31

Oct.

107 

105 

95 

103 

99

87 

99 

88 

78 

64

96 

147 

107 

157 

174

118 

101 

78 

82 

52

73 

70 

68 

65 

56

59 

62 

35 

3.4 

3.2 

3.6

Hov.

39 

56 

64 

64 

64

64 

64 

64 

64 

52

64 

64 

64 

121 

188

186 

186 

184 

181 

alSl

alSl 

a!50 

a 90 

a59 

a59

a59 

a59 

59 

59 

82

Dec.

98 

99 

a99 

a96 

a96

a96 

96 

96 

96 

96

96 

96 

94 

94 

94

94 

94 

94 

94 

94

81

73 

73 

73 

71

71 

71 

68 

65 

62 

59

Jan.

55 

51 

47 

44 

43

42 

41 

41 

39 

39

38 

37 

36 

38 

62

71 

73 

73 

73 

73

73 

73 

73 

73 

73

73 

73 

73 

73 

73

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug1 

Sep

W

nary

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

71 

71 

71 

71 

71

71 

71 

71 

71 

74

78 

81 

85 

86 

88

88 

88 

88 

471 

850

461 

129 

74 

70 

70

70 

70 

70 

70

Mar.

70 

70 

78 

S58 

4,420

2,080 

1,140 

870 

770 

770

770 

750 

750 

750 

750

730 

730 

730 

371 

675

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,180

1,070 

338 

1,040 

955 

955 

1,040

Second - 

foot-days

2,533.2 

2,871 

2,681

96,945.1

1,819 

3,800 

29,590 

26,781 

8,616 

8,113 

3,960 

2,523 

2,454

95,741.2

Apr.

1,070 

1,000 

1,000 

1,070 

1,070

1,040 

1,000 

955 

955 

955

910 

1,000 

1,070 

1,070 

1,070

1,040 

1,070 

1,090 

1,110 

572

1,920 

2,390 

910 

426 

265

191 

150 

131 

139 

142

2Ccuclmun

174 

188 

99

1,980

73 

850 

4,420 

2,390 

1,500 

1,500 

150 

84 

83

4,420

May

144 

150 

109 

137 

137

148 

142 

139 

139 

142

142 

142 

142 

142 

144

146 

144 

144 

146 

144

146 

144 

146 

152 

665

1,450 

770 

340 

224 

256 

1,500

Minimum

3.2 

39 

59

3.2

36 

70 

70 

131 

109 

148 

84 

79 

81

3.2

June

1,500 

932 

530 

310 

216

159 

165 

181 

186 

239

301 

277 

262 

240 

211

198 

184 

181 

176 

159

152 

152 

154 

156 

150

148 

148 

150 

148 

148 

 ^

July

150 

148 

148

148 

148

148 

148 

148 

146 

146

146 

146 

146 

146 

144

144 

144 

144 

144 

144

144 

118 

86 

86 

S6

88 

88 

86 

84 

84 

84

Mean

81.7 

95.7 

66.5

266

58i7 

131 

955 

893 

278 

270 

128 

81.4 

81.8

262

Aug.

S4 

84 

84 

84 

83

84 

84 

83 

83 

83

63 

81 

81 

81 

81

81 

81 

81 

81 

81

81

79 

79 

79 

79

79 

79 

79 

79 

81 

81

Fer square 

mile

Sept.

81 

SI 

81

el

Si

81 

81 

83 

83 

83

83 

83 

83 

83 

81

81 

81 

81 

81 

81

Si 

81 

81 

83 

83

81 

81 

83 

83 

83

Run-off in 

Inches

a Ho gage-heignt record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Youngstown.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 117

Mahoning River at Youngstown, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°06'41", long. 80°40 1 25", 400 feet upstream 

from Bridge Street Bridge in Youngstovm, Mahoning County, and three-quarters of a 

mile upstream from Mill Creek. Datum of gage is 826.53 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912; levels by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1940. May 1903 to July 1906, at site 44 

miles downstream.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 823 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 12.78 

feet); minimum, 74 second-feet Jan. 7; minimum daily, 79 second-feet Jan. 3-6.

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 17,600 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage heigh':. 14.92 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,480 second-feet on basis of logarithmic 

plotting and velocity-area studies; minimum, 28 second-feet Aug. 14, 1930 (gage height, 

1.80 feet); minimum daily, 30 second-feet Aug. 16, 1930. 

Maximum stage known, 26.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913.

Remarks.- Records good. Water diverted above station for municipal supply. Lo;v flow 

regulated by reservoirs pn Mahoning River near Pricetown and Meander Creek n^ar 

Mineral Ridge.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

178

196

173

151

144

144

134

120

134

127

141

114

139

155

174

219

166

137

127

137

102

84

99

103

114

151

305

515

745

353

19e

Nov.

127

102

131

131

117

127

120

127

120

127

120

108

117

114

144

228

232

228

228

232

232

223

131

111

111

111

103

102

102

102

Dec.

Ill

174

185

241

274

232

219

202

196

202

246

202

223

241

294

265

232

223

215

215

215

210

170

148

148

151

120

120

114

102

90

Jan.

34

37

79

79

79

79

34

105

96

96

96

105

102

204

592

1,110

700

440

f315

f265

f219

f!78

170

162

159

151

151

148

141

141

137

Month

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'to ...........

Feb.

131

141

137

137

151

202

206

178

210

417

1,230

1,780

2,130

1,980

1,250

925

727

594

544

1,020

1,390

1,020

713

602

506

f358

f341

f330

f320

_

-

Mar.

364

498

2,030

5,500

6,480

7,400

5,040

2,850

2,230

1,730

1,490

1,300

1,220

1,250

1,340

1,250

1,230

1,930

4,420

4,540

3,390

2,740

2,130

1,330

1,530

1,340

380

1,300

2,850

4,220

5,890

Secondfoot-days

5,341

4,313 

5,992

286 * 725

6,554

19,725

82,342

99,122

24,676

10 j 089

4,409

4,601

310,536

Apr.

4,670

2,850

2,590

4,300

4,060

2,540

2,030

1,760

1,730

1,630

1,530

3,280

4,060

3,500

3,060

2,640

2,430

2,850

3,260

9,330

13,400

10,1OO

5,190

2, ISO

1,300

844

594

460

394

370

Maximum

745

232

294

9 * 32Ow

1,110

2 ISO

7^400

13,400 

4,420

5,890

1,140 

2S9

330

13,400

Hay

341

3S7

361

325

336

336

325

315

299

239

270

260

265

274

274

239

274

2TO

274

274

260

246

241

731

2,850

3,940

2,590

1,490

970

880

4,430

Minimum

84

102

90

66

79

1 *^T -LQJ.

364

370

241

330

134

114

124

79

June

5,890

4,060

2,430

1,490

943

544

376

370

2,690

4,540

3,170

2,130

1,440

1,170

952

835

745

734

1,440

1,090

553

370

330

430

440

544

535

577

754

1,010

July

1,140

1,140

eso

577

3S7

315

274

260

210

219

440

427

299

246

232

251

223

228

237

223

202

202

189

151

134

241

206

148

137

137

134

Mean

188

144

193

736

660

£j 656

3,304

796

1,429 

325

142

153

848

Auf.

124

120

117

114

117

141

134

134

134

127

120

117

120

117

117

117

114

134

151

134

134

127

124

124

120

148

189

193

198

260

289

Per square 

mile

Sept.

330

219

174

155

144

137

134

141

137

144

144

141

137

131

134

134

134

134

131

134

134

124

124

151

215

174

181

151

141

137

Run-off In 

Inches

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
118 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°53'15", long. 80°20'05", at highway bridge at 

Wampum, Lawrence County, 2f miles upstream from Connoquenessing Creek. Datum of 

gage Is 736.24 feet above mean sea level (Pennsylvania R. R. bench mark).

Drainage area.- 2,235 square miles.

Records available.- June to September 1914, August 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 29,200 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 

17.7 feet, affected by backwater from Connoquenessing Creek), discharge measurement 

at peak; minimum, 290 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 2.25 feet).

1914, 1932-40: Maximum discharge, 48,000 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 

21.44 feet, from floodmark), by contracted-opening method; minimum observed, 74 

second-feet July 30, 1933 (gage height, 1.70 feet); minimum dally, 97 second-feet 

July 23, Aug. 23, 1933.

Maximum stage known, 29.9 feet Mar. 26, 1913, from floodmark (discharge, 87,000 

second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Some regulation by Meander Creek, Milton, and Pymatuning 

Reservoirs, which have a combined capacity of 11,275,000,000 cubic feet.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge, In second-feet, for water year 1939, superseding those published In Water-Supply Paper 873, are given herein.

Feb. £5......... 4,300

Month

Water year 193S-39..

m

16,600

24,600

Minimum

4^120

346

Mean

7,768

2,144

Per 

square 

mile

3.48

.959

Run-off 

In 

inches'

3.6£

13. Of

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1140

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

684

574

547

4S9

441

429

418

402

402

412

412

412

381

441

412

429

476

429

407

402

418

381

360

070

386

562

1,190

3,240

2,140

1,400

876

Nov.

662

527

458

447

418

391

391

412

418

407

412

396

376

381

365

391

453

453

441

429

441

476

470

402

381

360

341

341

336

331

-

Dec.

326

380

514

595

676

708

654

602

554

514

533

574

602

867

894

840

654

684

669

874

1,020

894

723

588

495

495

495

435

429

412

386

Jan.

350

341

336

322

317

312

299

299

317

308

312

326

355

500

1,900

2,630

2,020

1,280

850

676

632

554

502

464

429

396

381

370

355

370

370

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

March

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4-0 ...........

Feb.

360

365

355

341

336

400

768

639

609

1,210

4,850

5,090

6,020

5,090

3,310

2,560

2,140

1,950

1,820

2,320

3,230

3,000

2,350

1,950

1,680

1,390

1,230

1,150

1,110

-

liar.

1,110

1,620

5,420

17,400

15,400

13,400

10,100

6,210

4,640

3,630

3,000

2,560

2,490

2,780

3,000

2,700

2,780

5,040

14,900

12,600

8,950

6,730

5,200

4,220

3,6'40

3,OSO

2,780

3,360

6,550

10,200

16,900

Second - 

foot-days

20,322

Tft rtrte 19,086

765,451

18, 873

57,623

202,390

257,240

63, 509

115 922 

So) 344

14,373

15,286

827,475

Apr.

14,000

S,490

5,770

10,800

10,000

6,730

5,200

4,840

5,580

4,660

4,140

9,740

10,800

8,740

7,130

6,530

6,150

8,740

8,740

19,200

28,300

22,600

14,600

7,250

4,840

3,720

3,010

2,560

2,340

2,040

-

Maximum

3,240 

662

1,020

24,600

2,630

6,020

17,400

28,300

11,000

14,200

3,480

894 

961

28,300

May

1,750

1,730

1,680

1,580

1,440

1,310

1,270

1,200

1,130

1,050

961

876

831

849

904

1,020

1,020

932

858

894

822

736

736

' 1,180

5,030

6,930

5,200

3,400

2,710

2,480

11,000

Minimum

360

331

326

326

299

336

1,110

*736

932

459

360

360

299

June

14,200

11,400

7,330

4,840

3,560

2,710

2,110

2,180

4,910

7,730

6,730

6,530

4,840

3,970

3,470

3,570

2,260

1,680

2,940

2,780

1,710

1,150

932

1,030

1,150

1,520

1,840

1,800

2,110

2,940

-

juir

3,480

3,010

2,410

1,640

1,160

894

744

694

646

' 608

787

1,170

904

686

592

615

956

1,040

770

646

570

527

585

541

459

496

1,310

778

600

534

492

Mean

656

417

616

2 097

609

1 987 

6^529

8,575

2 049 

s!864

979

464

510

2,261

Aug.

452

426

408

396

384

402

472

459

390

426

420

402

414

402

390

378

384

408

674

555

466

408

378

366

360

396

603

654

585

621

894

Pe-" square 

mile

0.294

. 187

.276

Q»O yda

 272

.889

2 .92

3.84

 917

1.73

.458

.208

.228

1.01

Sept.

961

81S

646

555

506

459

43S

466

622

51S

459

440

426

420

408

390

408

402

396

396

396

384

360

384

751

786

646

548

472

440

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.34

.21

 32

12 To

.31

 96

3.37

4*28

1.06

1.93

.50

 24 

.25

IS .77

Peak discharge Apr. 12 (7 p.m.) 11,300 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (9 a.m.) 29,200 sec.-ft.5 May 31 

(6 p.m.) 14,700 sec.-ft.

Note.- Backwater effect from Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Apr. 20-23j discharge computed on 

basis of one discharge measurement, gage heights, and records for nearby stations.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 119

Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa.

Location.- Tape gage, lat. 40045'45n , long. 80°18'55", at pumping plant of Beaver Valley 

Water Co., at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, 5.5 miles upstream from mouth aid 7 miles 

downstream from Connoquenessing Creek. Datum of gage Is 4727.48 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929; Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 3,106 square miles.

Records available.- October 1935 to September 1940 (fragmentary). Gage-height records 

collected at same site since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weathe~ Bureau.

Extremes.- Maximum discharges for water years 1936 to 1940 are contained in the followWater 

year

1935-36 

1936-37 

1937-38 

1938-39 

1939-40

Date

Mar. 25 

Jan. 25 

Apr. 9 

Mar. 13 

Apr. 21

Discharge 

(second-feet)

48,800 

64,500 

39,700 

40,500 

48,800

Gage height 

(feet)

12.1 

13.8 

11.0 

11.1 

12.1

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 64,500 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 13.8

feet); minimum not determined.

Maximum s,tage known, 17.4 feet Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, 103,000 second-feet, from

rating curve extended above 50,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5,000 second-feet, which are fair. Discharge

less than 2,000 second-feet on days for which no discharge Is shown. Gage read one

or more times daily. Some regulation by Meander Creek, Milton, and Pymatuning

Reservoirs (combined capacity, 11,275,000,000 cubic feet. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau. Results of 28 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1935, to Sept. 30, 1940 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in second-feet)

4.3 

4.5 

4.7 

4.9 

5.2 

5.5

1,640

2,070

2,570

3,150

4,110

5,160

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

S.O 

9.0 

10.0

7,100

9,270

11,800

17,800

24,600

31,900

39,700

48,000

56,900

66,500

Discharge, in second-feet, 1935-40 

1935-36

i>«y

i

2

S

4

5

S

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

91

Oct. HOT.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

H

2,120

2,850

2,070

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

-

_

_

_

:

-

Dee.

_

_

_

_

-

.

_

1,310

5,910 

7^930

6,300

4,800

4,450

5,910

8,810

14,100

12,300

8,810

6,300

5,160

3,780

2,650

2,850

2,310

2,070

_

_

.

_

-

Jan.

_

H

2,240

5,910

6,700

5,910

5,160

4,450

7,340 

16,600

12,300

8,360

7,510

7,510

6,300

5,160

4,450

4,110

4,110

3,150

2,850

2,570

1,S50

.

-

_

.

_

-

-

Feb.

_

H

_

-

-

_

_

_

~

_

.

_

-

2,570

3,150

2,850

2,310

2,310

2,070

_

_

-

.

8,140

24,600

30,400

24,600

17,800

-

Mar.

10,200

6,300

5,160

7,100

8,360

7,100

4,800

4,110

4,620 

9,270

10,200

12,300

11,800

8,810

9,270

13,000

19,200

IS, 500

12,300

11,300

10,700

9,270

14,400

32,100

48,000

38, 100

2S,200

17,900

11,800 

8,810

7,510

Apr.

6,700

7,930

8,360

6,700

5,530

6,700

9,750

7,510

5,530 

6,300

7,100

6,300

6,300

5,530

4,800

4,110

3,460

2,S50

2,570

2,310

2,570

3,150

3,150

2,570

2,070

1,850

1,850

1,640

1,850 

3=, 150

-

Mar

3,460

2,850

4,110

3,460

2,350

2,070

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

*

-

-

_

-

_

M

-

-

June July Aug. Sept.

461679 O - 42 - 9
120 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Fa., 1935-40 -Continued

1956-57

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

_

.

-

.

-

_

_

_

.

2,850

2,570

_

.

.

-

_

.

_

.

-

_

_

-

.

-

_

2,570

2,570

2,070

 

-

Nov.

_

.

2,570

7,790

17,800

12,900

8,560

5,910

5,160

4,800

5,780

2,850

2,850

2,570

2,570

2,510

2,070

_

.

-

_

_

_

.

-

_

M

-

-

«

-

Dec.

_

.

.

.

-

_

_

5,150

2,310

2,310

2,570

3,780

2,850

2,070

_

_

.

-

_

_

_

.

-

2,440

5,960

7,450

7,030

6,620

10,500

Jan.

11,800

9,750

9,270

7,510

5,530

4,450

3,460

7,020

11,800

12,900

12,500

9,270

7,510

9,200

35,200

34,200

23,900

25,200

25,200

19,200

29,200

49,700

45,400

54,900

61,600

48,000

55,400

18,200

10,200

8,560

7,930

Feb.

8,360

6,700

5,530

4,800

4,800

4,450

4,110

4,110

7,100

8,810

6,300

5,530

4,800

4,450

4,800

4,450

5,460

3.150

2,850

2,850

5,460

4,800

5,550

4,110

5,460

3,150

 2,570

2,510

-

_

-

Mar.

_

.

_

.

2,310

5,460

5,150

2,850

2,570

2,310

_

_

_

_

-

2,070

2,070

2,070

2,570

3,600

13,100

14.-700

9,750

6,700

8,560

11,500

7,950

5,530

5,160

4,450

3,460

Apr.

2,850

2,310

2,510

2,070

1,850

1,640

1,850

2,070

2,570

3,150

2,310

2,070

1,050

1,640

3,170

6,700

5,160

3,780

5,150

2,510

2,570

10,000

12,900

9,750

7,970

37,000

45,800

29,600

17,200

9,270

-

May

6,500

4,450

3,460

2,850

3,460

5,530

5,530

4,450

3,460

3,150

2,310

2,070

2,730

7,510

6,300

4,450

4,110

5,460

2,850

2,310

2,070

2,070

2,570

2,570

2,070

1,850

5,390

10,200

8,810

4,800

2,570

June

2,070

 

-

 

-

_

-

-

_

-

4,450

4,110

2,570

2,070

3,780

3,460

2,850

3,460

3,460

5,460'

4,860

11,800

10,700

7,930

4,800

3,780

5,150

2,310

-

 

-

July

_

 

-

 

4,2TO

3,460

2,850

-

 

-

_

6,470

5,160

9,940

6,300

9,750

8,360

5,530

3,460

2,570

_

-

-

-

-

_

«

-

-

 

-

Aug.

_

 

-

-

-

_

2,310

2,310

1,850

3,840

7,950

6,700

4,450

2,850

2,070

_

_

-

 

-

_

7,410

5,160

5,460

2,510

_

 

-

-

 

-

Sept.

_

 

-

-

8,670

8,560

5,910

3,780

2,570

2,070

_

-

_

.

-

_

.

-

 

-

_

-

-

 

-

_

« 

-

-

 

-

Pay

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2§

2b

50

51

Oct.

_

.

.

_

-

_

.

.

.

-

_

- '

_

M

-

_

.

_

2,870

4,450

5,460

2,570

3,460

4,800

3,780

3,150

2,850

3,780

4,110

3,150

2,570

Nov.

2,310

2,070

.

_

-

_

.

_

.

-

_

-

«

2,570

2,310

2,850

3,150

2,850

2,570

2,310

2,310

2,070

2,070

2,070

-

_

2,310

5,460

4,110

5,460

-

Dec.

2,850

2,510

.

_

-

_

.

_

-

_

_

M

_

-

_

7,320

50,500

28, 900

19,200

11,260

7,100

6,300

5,550

5,530

5,910

5,160

4,800

5,160

4,800

4,110

Jan.

8,170

10,200

7,930

5,530

4,450

3,780

5,460

5,150

2,850

2,310

2,570

2,310

2,310

2,070

2,310

_

2,070

2,070

-

_

2,070

2,570

8,720

9,270

5,910

3,780

3,150

3,150

5,910

Feb.

6,700

5,160

4,800

5,530

5,910

5,910

12,900

9,750

8,360

12,900

13,500

9,750

7,510

7,510

7,100

5,530

4,800

4,450

7,100

11,800

11,800

9,270

9,270

9,270

7,100

5,910

5,160

4,450

_

-

Mar.

3,780

4,110

4,800

5,160

5,050

21,900

21,100

13,500

8,360

6,700

5,910

4,800

4,450

15,500

24,600

17,800

23,200

21,800

15,900

10,200

7,510

6,300

5,530

6,500

6,700

5,910

5,530

4,800

4,110

4,110

6,700

Apr.

10,200

7,930

5,910

5,160

4,110

3,460

5,910

12,800

33,400

34,900

24,600

14,000

8,360

6,300

5,530

4,800

4,450

4,800

7,100

6,500

4,800

3,780

3,150

2,570

2,510'

2,310

2,310

2,070

2,070

2,070

-

May

2,070

2,070

2,070

_

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

5,190

12,300

12,900

11,800

9,270

10,200

11,800

8,360

5,160

3,150

2,570

2,070

-

June

_

 

.

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

«

.

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

.

_

_

-

8,790

10,200

7,100

4,800

2,850

-

July

2,070

2,830

2,8'50

2,070

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_.

-

_

*

v

_

.

-

Aug.

_

2,570

2,310

-

2,510

4,800

4,800

3,780

5,150

-

_

-

 

.

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

.

_

.

-

_

_

.

_

-

Sept.
BOVVER RIVER BASIN 121

Discharge, In second-feet, of Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa., 1935-40 Continued

1938-39

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov.

.

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

*

3,410

4,110

3,150

2,310

_

_

-

_

-

.

-

-

Dec.

_

.

-

2,310

4,110

3,150

'2,570

2,310

2,070

2,070

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

.

»

-

Jan.

_

.

_

.

2,570

5,160

4,800

3,780

3,150

2,850

2,850

2,570

2,310

-

_

_

_

-

_

..

_

_

-

_

.

_

9,510

22,500

Feb.

17,800

14,100

18,500

15,300

10,700

7,930

8,810

9,750

9,270

9,750

14,700

11,300

7,930

6,700

9,280

11,300

7,930

6,700

10,400

80,400

19,800

14,100

9,750

7,100

5,910

6,300

10,700

15,200

.

-

Mar.

21,100

17,200

11,800

8,810

9,270

12,300

8,810

6,300

5,910

5,160

4,450

19,000

37,300

24,900

14,700

10,700

7,930

5,910

5,160

4,800

4,450

3,780

3,460

3,150

3,150

2,850

2,850

4,110

4,450

6,400

14,700

Apr.

12,900

9,750

7,930

6,300

4,800

4,800

7,930

6,300

5,530

4,800

6,300

10,200

9,270

6,300

8,790

11,300

10,200

9,750

15,300

12,300

8,360

6,300

6,300

5,530

4,800

4,110

3,780

2,570

2,070

2,310

-

May

2,850

2,850

2,310

2,070

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

.

-

.

-

June

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

H

-

~

.

2,020

4,800

2,310

-

_

-

_

_

-

July

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

 .

-

_

-

-

-

.

-

-

.

-

_

-

.

-

3,040

3,780

Aug.

2,770

Sept.

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

26

29

30

31

Oct.

_

.

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

4,800

3,780

2,310

-

Mov. Dec. Jan.

_

w

_

-

_

.

w

-

_

.

..

_

3,490

4,450

3,150

.

..

-

_

_

.

-

_

.

»

.

-

Feb.

_

..

.

-

_

H

-

9,200

8,810

9,750

7,930

5,160

3,780

3,460

2,850

2,850

3,780

4,800

4,800

3,460

2,850

2,850

2,310

H

»

_

-

Mar.

1,850

2,570

7,740

27,400

22,500

17,800

13,500

8,810

6,700

5,530

4,110

3,780

3,780

4,110

5,910

5,160

4,450

6,750

21,800

19,200

13, 500

9,750

7,100

5,530

4,800

4,110

"3,780

4,110

8,270

14,000

24,600

Apr.

19,800

12,300

8,360

14,700

13,500

8,810-

6,700

6,300

9,750

^ T.950

6,700

14,600

15,900

12,300

9,750

8,360

,8,36Q

15; IDS?

17,800

36,000

46,300

34,200

21,000

10,700

7,100

5,530

4,450

3,780

3,150

2,850

-

May

2,570

2,570

2,570

2,310

2,310

2,070

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

6,300

8,360

6,300

4,450

3,460

3,150

15,400

June

19,800

16, 600

10,200

6,700

4,800

3,780

2,850

2,570

4,850

8,810

7,510

8,810

5,910

4,450

4,110

4i 800

2; 850

2,070

3,780

3,150

2,070

_

_

_

-

_

2,850

2,570

2,850

4,110

-

July

4,800

4,110

2,850

2,070

-

_

-

 .

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

.

-

_

.

-

-

_

_

.

-

Aug. Sept.
122 BEAVER RIVER BASIN 

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa., 1935-40

Month

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

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

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

Secondfoot-days

~

_

420,490 

140,190

-

\

_

627,560 

130,800

234,870 

123,710

-

:

-

219,200 

302,120 

237,460

-

-

_

317,410 

294,860 

216,880

-

:

_

293,000 

392,080

-

Maximum

2.850 

14,100

_

16,600 

30,400 

48,000 

9,750 

4,110

48,000

2,850 

17,800 

10,500

48,000

61,600 

8,810 

14,700 

43,800 

10,200 

11,800 

9,940 

7,930 

8,670

61,600

4,800 

4,110 

30,500

61,600

10,200 

13,500 

24,600 

34,900 

12,900 

10,200 

2,850 

4,800

34,900

4,110 

4,110

34,900

22,500 

20,400 

37, 300 « 

15,300 

2,850 

4,800 

3,780 

2,770

37,300

4,300

37,300

4,450 

9,750 

27,400 

46,300 

15,400 

19,800 

4,800

46,300

Minimum

;

-

4,110 

1,640

.

\

-

3,460 

2,310

1,640 

1,850

-

\

-

4,450 

3,780 

2,070

-

-

.

5,910 

2,650 

2,070

_

~-

_

1,850 

2,850

-

Mean

:

-

13,560 

4,673

-

-

-

20,240 

4,671

7,829 

3,991

-

-

-

7,829 

9,746 

7,915

-

-_

-

11,3^0 

9,512 

7,229

_

\

_

9,452 

13,070

-

Per square 

mile

_

-

4.37 

1.50

-

\

-

6.52 

1.50

2.52

1.28

-

:

-

2.52 

3.14 

2.55

-

:

-

S.65 

3.06 

2.33

_

-

_

3.04 

4.21

-

Run-off In 

inches

\

-

5.04 

1.67

-

-

-

7.52 

1.56

2.81 

1.48

-

-_

-

2.62 

3 *62 

2.85

-

-

-

3.80 

3.53 

2.60

.

-_

_

3.50 

4.70

-
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 123

West Branch of Mahoning River near Newton Falls, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°10'18", long. 81°01'18", in T. 3 N., R. 6 W., 

Zt miles southwest of Newton Falls, 6 miles upstream from mouth, and 7 miles downstream from Silver Creek. Datum of gage is 911.00 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912; levels by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 97.8 square miles.

Records available.- June 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 92.9 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,510 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage helgjit, 9.63 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,600 second-feet; minimum, 6.3 second-feet 

Aug. 15-18 (gage height, 1.00 foot).

1926-40: Maximum discharge, 2,620 second-feet Dec. 1, 1927 (gage height, 11.1 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1.100 second-feet; minimum, 3.0 second-feet 

July 22, 23, 1936 (gage height, 0.95 foot).

Remarks.- Records fair.

Eating .table, mater year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in fee*., and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.4

12.6

21.2

48

1.6 

2.7 

5.0 

6.0

110

269

720

960

7.0 

8.4

1,300

1,910

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 "7

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

28 

17 

12 

9.9 

9.2

8.6 

8.0 

8.0 

15 

16

12 

13 

11 

9.9 

9.2

9»2 

9.2 

9.2 

9.2 

9.2

9»2 

9.9 

9.9 

9.2 

9.2

43 

115 

560 

147 

70 

44

Nov.

31 

26 

21 

18 

17

16 

16 

16 

17 

16

15 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

13 

13 

14 

14

14 

16 

17 

17 

17

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

Dec.

16 

19 

51 

48 

42

35 

35 

37 

37 

30

31 

31 

40 

81 

51

35 

33 

31 

28 

31

34 

28 

18 

21 

16

16 

15 

12 

12 

11 

11

Jan.

11 

11 

11 

12 

*12

IS 

14 

15 

13 

14

14 

15 

20 

90 

350

160 

95 

65 

40 

30

24 

20 

19 

17 

16

16 

15 

15 

14 

14 

13

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

<l

alendar year 19*

ater year 1939-^

Feb.

14 

*14 

13 

14 

15

20

28 

35 

29 

50

350 

850 

1,000 

350 

150

120 

100 

75 

70 

85

120 

150 

80 

65 

55

45 

35 

34 

53

Mar.

47 

74 

614 

1,910 

1,270

540 

*300 

£50 

170 

140

120 

110 

100 

110 

100

94 

97 

421 

1,190 

460

195 

142 

97 

83 

72

66 

45 

186 

421 

490 

696

Secondfoot-days

1,259.2 

495 

934

33,819.0

1,186 

3,999 

10,608 

9,341 

3,753 

6,012 

754.8 

532.7 

431.5

39,306.2

Apr.

226 

132 

203 

896 

228

118 

83 

89 

112 

97

92 

693 

402 

316 

2S8

224 

183 

540 

307 

1,550

1,730 

288 

142 

102 

75

63 

50 

42 

37 

33

Maximum

560 

31 

81

1,820

350 

1,000 

1,910 

1,730 

1,030 

1,320 

195 

139 

51

1,910

May

34 

47 

44 

44 

40

35 

37 

30 

28 

25

21 

19 

18 

18 

18

22 

25 

22 

21 

21

21 

20 

19 

330 

1,030

228 

112 

72 

52 

331 

969

Minimum

8.0 

13 

11

6.3

11 

13 

45 

33 

18 

28 

8.6 

6.3 

8.0

6.3

June

490 

316 

137 

80 

52

37 

30 

86 

1,320 

1,070

444 

190 

260 

107 

68

112 

56 

64 

215 

72

41 

51 

28 

51 

60

127 

142 

88 

147 

91

July

195 

113 

56 

35 

25

19 

16 

15 

 14 

16

29 

16 

14 

13 

12

12 

12 

11 

11 

11

9.9 

9.9 

11 

9.9 

9.2

9.2 

11 

12 

9.9 

9.2 

8.6

Mean

40.6 

16.5 

30.1

92.7

38.3 

138 

342 

311 

121 

200 

24.3 

17.2 

14.4

107

Aug.

e.o

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

8.0 

9.9 

8.6 

S.O 

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

6.9 

6.9

6.3 

6.3 

6.9 

9.9 

11

8.0 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

8.0 

24

64 

40 

63 

139

Per square 

mile

0.415 

.If 9 

.308

.9*8

 3fS 

1.41 

3.50 

3. IT 

1.24 

2.04 

.2*8 

.1V6 

.147

LOT

Sept.

51 

25 

16 

13 

11

11 

9.9 

15 

15 

14

11 

11 

9.9 

9.9 

9 *2

8.6 

8.6 

8.6 

8.6 

8.6

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.6 

44

31 

16 

13 

11 

11

Run-off In 

inches

0.48 

.19 

.36

12.86

.45 

1.52 

4.04 

3.55 

1.43 

2*28 

!s9 

.20 

.16

14.95

Peak discharge Mar. 4 (1 p.m.) 2,150 sec.-ft.; Mar. 19 (2:30 p.m.) 1.380 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(11 p.m.) 2,510 see.-ft.; May 25 (9 a.m.) 1,260 sec.-ft.; June 9 (5 p.m.) 1,550 sec.-ft.; June 

(8 p.m.) 1,380 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by lee Dee. 27 to Feb. 29 and Mar. 7-15.

10
124 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Eagle Creek at Phalanx Station, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder at highway bridge, 1 mile north of Phalanx Station, 

Trumbull County, 2 miles downstream from Tinker Creek, and 4 miles upstream from 

mouth. Datum of gage is 887.42 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1912; levels by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 97.0 square miles.

Records available.- June 1926 to August 1934, January 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,920 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 11.63 

feet); minimum, 2.7 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 1.82 feet); minim-am daily, 4.2 

second-feet Oct. 8.

1926-34, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 3,480 second-feet Dec. 1, 1927 (gage height, 

12.2 feet); minimum, 0.6 second-foot Aug. 4, 1939 (gage height, 1.62 feet); minimum 

daily, 0.9 second-foot Aug. 4, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair. Low flow regulated by mill several miles above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

33 

21 

12 

11 

9.4

7.7 

6.2 

4.2 

8.2 

7.7

11 

14 

8.8 

9.4 

8.2

11 

9.4 

9.4 

12 

10

14 

11 

15 

9.4 

13

22 

47 

125 

111 

53 

31

Nov.

23 

21 

20 

IS 

17

16 

17 

18 

IS 

18

19 

18 

IS 

IS 

16

17 

16 

17 

17 

18

17 

19 

22 

23 

21

19 

17 

16 

17 

18

Dec.

20

24 

42 

43 

37

30 

30 

27 

27 

26

27 

29 

30 

43 

39

30 

. 29 

29 

25 

26

26 

24 

20 

20 

17

19 

20 

18 

16 

14 

15

Jan.

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

15 

17 

21 

48 

226

397 

18S 

121 

a72 

a50

a37 

a30 

a25 

a23 

a21

al9 

a 19 

a!8 

als 

a!7 

a!7

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939- Af\

Feb.

a!9 

18 

IS 

16 

17

18 

24 

31 

37 

45

292 

S80 

1,080 

762 

397

246 

145 

84 

67 

83

117 

103 

81 

63 

54

45 

42 

41 

41

Mar.

42 

49 

181 

990 

cl,360

0596 

0341 

0252 

0194

146

110 

91 

90 

102 

115

91 

84 

265 

1,690 

1,140

439 

181 

108 

83 

63

51 

62 

233 

761 

794 

794

Secondfoot-days

675.0 

549 

822

31,764.9

1,538 

4,866 

11,498 

10,043 

5,098 

4,807 

932 

542.0 

475

41,845.0

Apr.

383 

157 

170 

708 

416

133 

89 

S7 

104 

87

89 

433 

512 

355 

320

214 

65 

313 

486 

1,390

2,310 

559 

181 

115 

87

74 

62 

54 

47 

43

Maximum

125 

23 

43

1,400

397 

1,OSO 

1,690 

2,310 

1.580 

1,140 

175 

111 

50

2,310

May

44 

60 

57 

55 

49

42 

39 

36 

36 

32

31 

27 

26 

33

44

41 

39 

36 

32 

32

30 

26 

26 

221 

1,580

640 

157 

87 

66 

314 

1,160

Minimum

4.2 

16 

14

.9

14 

16 

42 

43 

26 

33 

10 

8.6 

10

4.2

June

1,140 

320 

151 

S6 

59

47 

42 

51 

369 

702

435 

117 

78 

61 

47

42 

36 

39 

119 

69

43 

33 

33 

49 

66

77 

83 

62 

163 

188

July

175 

163 

66 

44 

33

27 

24 

22 

21 

22

29 

26 

21 

19 

18

20 

21 

18 

16 

14

12 

14 

14 

12 

12

12 

12 

13 

11 

11 

10

Mean

21.8 

IS. 3 

26.5

S7.0

49.6 

168 

371 

335 

164 

160 

30.1 

17.5 

15. S

114

Aug.

8.8 

10 

6.8 

8.8 

11

11 

15 

14 

14 

12

8.8 

10 

8.8 

8.8 

8.8

10 

9.4 

11 

16 

14

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

15 

29 

39 

29 

44 

111

Per square 

mile

0.225 

.189 

.273

.897

.511 

1.73 

3.82 

3.45 

1.69 

1.65 

.310 

.180 

.163

1.18

Sept.

50 

26 

21 

16 

14

14 

14 

13 

19 

16

14 

14 

13 

12 

12

IS 

14 

12 

12 

11

12 

10 

10 

11 

18

25 

18 

14 

13 

14

Run-off In 

Inches

0.26 

.21 

.31

12.19

.59 

1.87 

4.40 

3.85 

1.95 

1.84 

.36 

.21 

.18

16.03

19 

June

Peak discharge.- Feb. 13 (10 p.m.) 1,320 sec.-ft.; Mar. 5 (12:30 a.m.) 1,680 sec.-ft.; Mar. 

(4 p.m.) 2,410 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (12:30 a^m.) 2,920 sec.-ft.; May 25 (2 p.m.) 2,110 sec.-ft.; 

1 (12:30 a.m.) 1,820 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for West Brand of Mahoning Elver 

near Newton Falls.

c Backwater from Mahoning Elver; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement and 

gage-height record.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 125

Mosquito Creek at Niles, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°11'02", long. 80°45'39", at dam in N'les,

Trumbull County, half a mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 857.26 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912; levels by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 139 square miles.

Records available.- June 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 107 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,360 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 4.69 

reetj; minimum, 0.01 second-foot Oct. 25, 26 (gage height, 0.02 foot). 

. 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 2,970 second-feet Mar. 25, 1936 (gage height, 5.15 

feet); no flow several days in 1933 and 1934, and July 23, Aug. 2-4, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good above 10 second-feet and fair below.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Dec. 1-29)

0.0 

.4

.7 

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

1.8

0.01

.05

.14

.37

.70

1.14

1.50

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21

1.9

2.0

2.1

gg

2.3

2.4 

2.6

1.75 

2.45 

21.3 

49.5 

S5.0 

127 

234

2.S 

3.0 

3.4 

4.0 

4.6

363

516

875

1,520

2,230

0.0 

.4 

.8

1.2

1.6

1.7

Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

0.031

.035

.043

.058

.091

.11

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

C.14 

.40

4.0 

IS 

4E 

S£

table a'

- Same aa preoedlra; 

ioTe 2.3 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.05 

.05 

.05 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.03 

.02 

.02

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.02 

.79 

27 

19 

12

Nor.

5.5 

5.5 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.4 

5.5 

2.4 

2.2

2.3 

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0

1.9 

l.S 

l.S 

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.6

Dec.

1.6 

1.8 

8.5 

17 

19

19 

*17 

15 

12

12

10 

S.5 

12 

29 

38

32 

29 

27 

21 

21

29 

27 

21 

19 

15

10 

7.0 

5.5 

4.0 

2.S 

2.0

Jan.

1.6 

1.4 

1.3 

1.2 

1.2

#1.2 

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.7 

4.5 

27 

106

147 

123 

114 

69 

60

32

19 

12 

S.5 

5.5

4.0 

3.5 

3.0 

2.7 

2.5 

2.4

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19^59 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

2.4 

2.4 

#2.4 

2.4 

4.0

5.5 

S.5 

7.0 

10 

71

177 

265 

385 

437

415

343 

277

211 

157 

162

172 

183 

186 

183 

162

123 

65 

70 

63

Mar.

74 

93 

336 

799 

945

866 

752 

575 

437 

336

246 

147 

98 

81 

85

89 

93 

172 

422 

734

799 

706 

461 

309 

172

85 

70 

157 

400 

752 

1,260

Secondfoot-days

59.39 

68.7 

' 492.7

43,046.80

7S1.6 

4,173.6 

12,551 

16,348 

2,643.5 

7,573 

1,S83.8 

1.69 

1.29

46,778.27

Apr.

1,060 

743 

575 

550 

55S

516 

453 

296 

183 

142

137 

363 

541 

592 

609

492 

350 

316 

356 

1,030

2,230 

2,050 

1,090 

550 

284

114 

70 

48 

27 

23

Maximum

27 

5.5 

38

1,310

147 

437 

1,260 

2,230 

437 

771 

323 

.2 

.05

2,230

May

21 

21 

23 

23 

21

19 

17 

15 

15 

13

11 

9.5 

8.0 

9.5 

9.5

11 

11 

13 

11 

11

11 

8.0 

8.0 

102 

336

3S5 

378 

400 

309 

177 

437

Minimum

0.01 

1.6 

1.6

.01

'1.2 

2.4 

70 

23 

S.O 

19 

.5 

.03 

.04

.01

June

771 

688 

68S 

469 

271

98 

36 

38 

385 

4S4

583 

609 

500 

393 

350

246 

110 

123 

132 

74

36 

25 

19 

27 

27

59 

33 

4S

114 

137

July

240 

316 

323 

200 

65

36 

23 

13 

8.0 

69

240 

152 

40 

15 

S.O

6.0 

6.0 

13 

23

15

9.5 

6.0 

3.0 

1.0 

.6

S.6 

11 

6.0 

3.0 

1.6 

.5

Mean

1.92 

2.29 

15.9

118

25.2 

144 

405 

545 

91.7 

252 

60.8 

.055 

.043

128

Aug.

0.2 

.1 

.1 

.09 

.08

.08 

.07 

.07 

.06 

.05

.05 

.05 

.05 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.03 

.03 

.03

.03 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.04

Per aqusre 

mile

0.014 

.016 

.114

.349

.181 

1.04 

2.91 

3.92 

.660 

1.81 

.437 

.OOO'O 

.00031

.921

Sept.

0.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.05

.05 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.05

.05 

.05 

 .05 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04

Run-off In 

Inchea

0.02 

.02 

.13

11.52

.21 

. 1.12 

3.36 

4.37 

.76 

2.02 

.50 

.0005 

.0003

12.51

* Winter discharge measurement made on thia day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 30 to Jan. 13 and Jan.
126 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 41°09'26", long. 80°46'31", in

 T. 3 M., R. 3 W., three-eighths of a mile upstream from highway bridge, three-quarters 

of a mile downstream from Mineral Ridge Dam, and 1 mile northwest of Mineral Ridge. 

Datum of gage is 854.81 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912; levels 

by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District).

Drainage area.- 84.9 square miles.

Records available.- August 1929 to September 1940. May 1926 to September 1929 at Ohlstown,

.3 miles upstream.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 47.4 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,560 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 8.63

". feet): minimum 0.1 second-foot Sept. 10; minimum gage height, 2.50 feet Feb. 28.

1929-40: Maximum discharge, 3,040 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage hsight, 9.18 

feet); no flow Aug. 18-20, 1934 (affected by ponding of water above new concrete control) .

Remarks.- Records fair. Figures of daily discharge do not include water diverted above

 station from Mineral Ridge Reservoir for municipal water supply for You^stown and

Miles. Cooperation.- Record of diversion furnished by Mahoning Valley Sanitary District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 24 to Sept. 27)

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.S 

2 9

0.06

.14

.33

.66

1.16

1.90

3.0 

3.2 

3.4 

3.6 

3.S 

4.0

3.00

6.50

12.3

20.9

34.0

55.5

4.2 

4.4 

4.7 

5.0 

5.3

93 

147 

260 

440 

650 

SOO

6.3 

7.0 

S.6

1,09-) 

1,450 

2,560

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 19*0

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

O.S

.7

.6

.4

.4

.3

.4

.5

.4

.5

.5

.3

.4

.4

.7

.7

.5

.4

.3

.5

.S

.8

.5

.5

.7

.S

1.4

1.7

.7

.5

.6

Nov.

0.8

.4

.5

.6

.4

.4

.5

.5

.3

.4

.6

.4

.7

.5

.4

.7

.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.3

-

Dec.

0.4

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

#.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.3

.6

.6

.4

.7

.6

.4

.6

.6

.6

.8

.5

.5

.4

.4

.5

.4

.5

.5

.4

Month*

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

Calendar year 1939

Haroh. ...............

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

0.

,

,

,

*.

4

t

,

.

,

1.

1.

.

.

e

.

^

m

.

m

t

m

m

Seoondfoot-days

18.7

13.6

15.5

18,664.0

15.1

18.5

6,829.2

9,691

1,447.1

2,231.5

39.8

17.4

10.2

20,347.6

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

5

5

3

2

6

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Feb.

0.4

.4

#.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.5

.8

1.5

.8

.9

.5

.4

.4

.4

.5

.S

1.1

1.2

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

.5

1.4

-

Mar.

1.0

1.1

8.1

SS5

786

480

275

»206

150

98

69

48

40

56

65

54

53

201

694

448

234

141

89

440

38

26

22

41

78

280

822

Apr.

512

247

219

562

310

177

110

91

96

91

S2

342

419

316

238

226

275

398

270

1,650

1,5SO

712

305

164

100

62

42

31

32

32

-

Observed

Maximu*

1.7

.8

.S

1,240

1.3

1.5

885

1,650

661

544

8.3

1.4

1.4

1,650

Hinlmum Mean

0.3 0.603

.3 .453

.3 .500

.3 51.1

.4 .487

.4 .638

1.0 220

31 323

.7 46.7

7.5 74.4

.4 1.28

.2 .561

.1 .340

.1 55.6

May

36

38

9.4

1.8

1.4

9.9

3.0

1.3

.9

.7

.7

.7

3.2

2.S

S.6

14

3.0

1.5

11

6.3

2.0

1.2

.7

10

180

167

108

62

43

58

661

June

544

256

144

S9

59

30

25

24

56

56

37

30

28

16

33

76

67

116

23S

37

60

35

29

54

27

10

7.E

18

11

19

-

Diversion and

change in

contents (mesn 

second-feet)t

+23.2

+2.0

+12.2

-

+12.6

+95.2

+111

~21 7

+50.6

-11.5

+7.2

+2.6

+ .1

+23.5

July

8.3

4.4

2.3

1.3

1.0

.8

.7

1.0

1.0

.9

1.6

.8

.8

.6

.9

1.0

.4

.5

.5

.6

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

2.2

2.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.6

Aug.

0.9

1.4

1.0

.5

.4

.S

.7

.4

.5

.5

.6

.4

.4

.5

.7

.6

.<

.S

.S

.4

.6

.4

.2

.2

.6

.£

.4

.5

.4

.6

Sept.

0.5

.3

.3

.5

.6

.2

.2

.3

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.3

.4

1.4

.5

.7

.7

.4

.6

Adjusted

Per square Meaa mile 1

23.8 0.280

2.45 .029

12.7 .150

-

13.1 .154

95.8 1.13

331 3.90

301 3*55

97.3 1.15

62.9 .741

8.48 .100

3.16 .037

.440 .0052

79.1 .932

Run-off 

n inches

0.32

.03

.17

-

.18

4.50

3.96

1.33

.83

!o4

.006

12.71

e Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Diversion for municipal supply of Youngstown a

Reservoir.

and Niles and change in contents in Mineral Ridge

iservoir.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 30 to Jan. 13, Jan. 18 to Mar. 2.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 127

Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatunlng Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°30'00", long. 80°27'35", in gatehouse at 

Pymatuning Dam on Shenango River, If miles northwest of Jamestown, Crawford County. 

Datum of gage is at mean sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 158 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum elevation during year, 1,008.74 feet May 31; minimum, 1,003.86 feet

1933-40: Maximum elevation, 1,009.16 feet June 21, 1937: minimum, 975.70 feet 

'Oct. 15, 16, 19, 1933.

Remarks^- Reservoir formed by earth-fill dam, stone faced; dam completed in 1933; storage 

Began Dec. 5, 1933; all regulating gates closed Jan. 23, 1934. Capacity, 8,191,000,000 

cubic feet between elevations 975.3 feet (sill of outlet gate) and 1,008.0 feet (crest 

of spillway) above mean sea level. Figures given herein represent usable contents; 

dead storage, 4,034,000 cubic feet. Reservoir uded to regulate flow in Shenango River.

Capacity table (elevation, in feet, and contents of main reservoir, in millions of cubicfeet not Including 4,034 million cubic feet below sill of outlet gate) 

(Prepared by E. E. Haslam, March 1933, from maps prepared by Water Supply Commission of

Pennsylvania)

975.3 0

976 2.303

978 11.93

980 29.06

982 63.18

984 130.8

986 249.7

988 450.7

990 725.8

992 1,067

994 1,606

996 2,094

998 2,838

1,000 3,730

1,002 4,727

1,004 5.S10

1,006 6,964

1,008 8,191

1,010 9,483

1,012 10,854

Elevation, in feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4.37

4.81

4.74

4.69

4.65

4.64

4.62

4.56

4.58

4.53

4.56

4.50

4.45

4.50

4.39

4.35

4.38

4.85

4.21

4.23

4.17

4.21

4.16

4.10

4.04

4.08

4.09

4.22

4.12

4.12

4.16

Nov.

4.07

4.12

4.13

4.10

4.11

4.07

4.02

4.08

4.08

3.97

4.07

4.06

4.06

4.05

4.02

4.01

4.02

4.02

4.07

4.02

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.99

3.98

3.96

3.94

3.94

-

Dee.

3.93

3.99

4.03

4.06

4.03

4.04

4.04

4.11

3.96

4.04

4.14

4.00

4.08

4.11

4.04

4.06

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.13

4.11

4.26

4.17

4.17

4.16

4.16

4.16

4.16

4.15

4.14

4.14

Jan.

4.14

4.16

4.17

4.17

4.17

4.18

4.18

4.17

4.16

4.14

4.15

4.14

4.15

4.19

4.31

4.37

4.40

4.42

4.44

4.45

4.46

4.47

4.48

4.49

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.51

4.50

4.51

4.51

Fob.

4.51

4.52

4.51

4.51

4.51

4.54

4.59

4.60

4.61

4.66

4.82

4.95

5.12

5.25

5.2S

5.30

5.33

5.3S

5.45

5.52

5.55

5.59

5.62

5.64

5.68

5.69

5.72

5.74

5.75

_

-

liar.

5.77

5.79

5.87

6.10

6.26

6.35

6.39

6.42

6.45

6.4S

6.50

6.53

6.64

6.5S

6.60

6.59

6.57

6.58

6. SO

6.91

6.92

6.92

6.88

6.S2

6.76

6.69

6.65

6.72

6.87

7.12

7.32

Apr.

7.44

7.53

7.64

7.92

7.96

7.92

7.88

7.84

7.S6

7.79

7.7S

7.93

7.87

7.84

7.78

7.79

7.70

7.72

7.7S

8.14

S.42

S.42

8.35

6.29

6.21

S.15

S.OS

7. 98

7.89

7.S4

"

May

7.83

7.82

7.SS

7.92

7.87

7.86

7.91

7.93

7.94

7.90

7.93

7.S4

7.85

7.65

7.S4

7.S5

7.SS

7.91

7.S6

7.S9

7.92

7.92

7.98

8.14

S.34

S.39

8.41

8.43

S.43

8.45

8.67

June

S.71

S.67

6.60

S.53

6.45

S.40

S.32

S.31

8.37

S.S7

S.34

S.34

6.29

S.18

S.ll

e.os

S.04

8.05

8.13

8.12

8.07

8.05

8.00 e.oi

8.01

S.04

8.04

S.06

8. IS

8.17

"

July

S.21

8.21

S.22

S.21

S.17

S.14

S.ll

S.09

S.O9

S.OS

S.09

8.13

8.05

7.99

7.97

S.10

S.OS

S.OS

8.02

S.02

S.OO

7.99

7.96

7.95

7.SS

7.S5

7.S6

7.83

7.77

7.76

7.75

Av-45.

7.70

7.60

7.52

7.49

7.50

7.57

7.62

7.56

7.51

7.45

7.40

7.36

7.33

7.30

7.22

7.17

7.14

7.09

7.20

7.14

7.07

7.00

7.03

7.04

7. OS

6.98

6.96

6.95

6.90

6.93

6.97

Sept.

7.03

6.99

6.97

6.95

6.92

6.90

6.86

6.85

6.83

6.S3

6.77

6.71

6.70

6.64

6.66

6.67

6.63

6.60

6.56

6.53

6.53

6.50

6.45

6.44

6.60

6.47

6.42

6.40

6.40

6.37

-

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Date

Dec. 31.............

Calendar year 1939

Sept. 30.............

Water year 1939-40

Elevation

1,004.90 

1,004.16 

1,003.94 

1,004.14

-

1,004.51 

1,005.75 

1,007.32 

1,O07.S4 

1,008.67 

1,008.17 

1,007.75 

1,006.97 

1,006.37

-

Contents 

(million 

cubic feet)

6,320

5,S99 

5,776 

5,888

-

6,097 

6,816 

7,766 

8,090 

S,61S 

8,299 

8,034 

7,550 

7.1S5

-

Change in contents during 

month

(Million 

cubic feet)

-421 

-123 

+112

-1,136

+209 

+719 

+950 

+324 

+528 

-319 

-265 

-484 

-365

+865

( Equivalent 

mean 

second-feet)

-157 

-47.5 

+41.8

-36.0

+7S.1 

+287 

+355 

+125 

+197 

-123 

-99.0 

-131 

-141

+27.4
128 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Shenango River at Pymatuning Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 41°29 I 55", long. 80°27'30", 

500 feet downstream from Sugar Run, 550 feet downstream from Pymatunlng Dam, and 1« 

miles northwest of Jamestown, Crawford County. Datum of gage Is 970.00 feet above 

mean sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 167 square miles.

Records available.- June 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 979 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 7.51 

feet); minimum, 1.3 second-feet Jan. 23-85 (gage height, 3.51 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 1,910 second-feet Sept. 4, 1937 (gage height, 9.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 700 second-feetj minimum, 0.1 second-foot 

June 30 to July 3, 1934.

Remarks.- Records excellent. Flow regulated by Pymatunlng Reservoir (see page 127 ).

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in aeoond-feet)

3.5

3.6 

3.S 

4.0

1.2

3.4

6.7

14.3

4.2 

4,4 

4.6 

4.6

35

42

73

116

5.0 

5.2 

5.4 

5.6

lei

362

353

446

5.8 

6.0

6.3

6.4

520 

600 

657 

70P

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

16

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

37

38

29

30

31

Oot.

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174

174 

174

174

174

174

174

170

170

170

170

170

167

164

153

117

37

36

56

44

HOT.

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36 

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

Deo.

36

36

39

39

38

36

36

36

36

36

68

140

101 

56

36

34

35

35

29

7.0

5.2

21

30

30

29

29

29

29

29

28

28

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

August ............'...

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

2S

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

2S

28

29 

46

39

9.2

7.3

4.2

7.8

4.5

2.2

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.3

16

28

28

28

28

28

Feb.

82

le

IS

IS

7

7

7

18.7

9

2

3

4

17

73

61

47

9

9

10

10

7

7

12

13

12

8

5

5

4

4

4

4

-

3

4

.S

0

3

.9

.3

.8

.1

.0

.6

.3

.S

.4

,0

.7

.2

.4

.0

.0

.0

Mar.

4.0

5.6

62

103

39

23

15.6

12.4

S.9

6.4

5.2

4.6

4.7 

6.4

12

297

293

286

291

430

459

580

580

590

590

590

346

55

80

81

59

Apr.

24

109

825

353

526

644

644

441

537

644

523

617

657 

657

644

644

630

492

347

457

64

433

657

657

644

644

644

644

427

206

-

Observed

Second- »_, _ foot-days Maxlmm

4,756 174

1,080 36

1,195.2 140

65,145.2 644

646.9 46

443.1 73

5,860.0 590

14 ,837 667

2,270.5 592

8,573.9 670

2,862.5 153

5,004 220

4,515 160

82,044.1 670

Minimum Mean

36 153

36 36.0

5.2 38.6

5.2 178

1.3 20.9

2.4 15.3

4.0 189

24 495

2.3 73.2

3.7 2S6

3.3 92.3

122 161

146 150

1.3 142

May

105

82

81

81

79

77

54

39

39

39

39

39

39 

39

26

3.1

2.9

2.6

2.3

2.9

8.3

7.2

14.2

64

55

21

81

153

153

256

598

June

657

644

630

630

630

630

630

419

32

243

670

657

630 

630

420

4.2

3.7

14.3

27

7.1

3.S

25

42

48

49

64

61

33

25

14 oS

-

Change in 

contents

(mean 

second-feet )1

-157

-47.5

+41. e

-36.0

+7S.1

+ 887

+355

+125

+197

-123

-99.0

-161

-141

+27.4

Jvly

13.4

6.6

4.2

3.3

35

55

63

52

74

88

88

se

88 

S3

90

124

94

90

88 1-79

122

182

182

119

1*0

153

153

150

150

150

150

Aug.

153

153

150

150

160

141

122

174

174

174

174

174

174 

174

174

204

22C

22C

16-!

146

146

146

14!

145

14!

15C

15(

15C

14E

15!

15E

Sept.

160

156

153

150

150

150

150

150

150

160

150

150

150 

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

 150

) 150

) 150

) 150

; iso

5 146

-

Adjusted*.

Mean

-4.0

-11.5

SO .4

142

99.0

302

544

620

270

163

-6.T

-20.0

9.0

169

Per square 

mile j

-0.024

-.069

.481

.550

.593

LSI

3.26

3.71

1.62

.976

-.040

-.12C

.054

1.01

Run-off 

in inches

-0.03

-.08

.55

11.56

.68

1.95

3.76

4.14

1.87

1.09

-.05

-.14

.06

13.80

t Change in contents in Pymatuning Reservoir.

j Negative figures indicate that evaporation and seepage from reservoir exceeded natural flow.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 129

Shenango River at Sharpsville, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°16'00", long. 80°28'20", 700 feet upstream from 

Erie R. R. bridge at Sharpsville, Mercer County, and 3 miles downstream from Pymatuning 

Creek. Datum of gage is 862.19 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 588 square miles.

Records available.- March 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,880 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 9.08 

feet); minimum, 81 second-feet Nov. 7, 16, 20 (gage height, 2.40 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 21, 1940; minimum, that of Nov. 7, 16, 20, 

1939.

Maximum stage known, 14.6 feet Mar. 26, 1913 from Pymatuning survey profile map.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by Pymatuning Reservoir (see p. 127 ) and by mills above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194°

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

go

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

249

237

225

218

214

214

211

208

208

211

218

214

214

214

214

211

208

197

' 190

190

174

174

174

171

174

187

314

416

276

184

165

Nov.

134

111

101

94

90

85

90

94

94

92

97

94

92

92

90

S5

85

85

85

81

85

94

99

99

101

99

99

97

94

99

-

Dec.

99

114

142

165

181

190

178

168

151

145

153

204

288

310

*278

222

208

208

197

245

288

247

184

171

139

171

117

130

120

110

100

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

*

96

94

90

88

S6

85

85

85

88

*90

1

1

3

92

00

40

00

700

650

4

3

2

50

30

30

180

150

1

1

1

30

10

00

*90

1

1

85

85

94

00

08

110

Secondfoot-days

6,674

2,835

5,623

210,524

5,221

14,420

45,611

63,629

15,619

34,662

8,386

6,127

5,907

214,714

Feb.

110

105

98

94

92

91

90

*120

140

400

1,600

2,000

2,000

1,610

1,010

800

550

400

330

380

480

410

330

250

220

190

180

170

170

-

-

Mar190

2E

1,29

3, 1C

SO

0

0

3,040

2,260

1,4£

1,1£

89

0

10

6

701

551

*44

36

39

6

2

0

473

598

70

1,3C

3,16

1

0

0

3,040

2,260

1,82

1,38 1,1'

0

0

0

1,060

8£8"

1,02

2,21

3,14

J6

7

0

0

0

4,340

Observed

Maximum

416

134

310

4,310

700

2,000

4,340

7,400

3,530

3,550

886

398

313

7,400

Minimum

165

81

99

81

85

90

190

620

140

182

162

152

165

81

Apr.

3,120

1,760

1,630

2,920

2,500

1,920

1,510

1,410

1,190

1,250

1,210

2,500

2,680

2,200

1,920

1,700

1,380

1,980

1,760

4,270

7,400

4,790

2,680

1,870

1,390

1,210

1,030

943

886

620

-

Mean

215

94.5

181

577

168

497

1,471

2,121

504

1,155

271

198

197

587

May

434

390

378

373

345

313

323

278

251

233

213

193

186

209

217

213

193

186

176

176

172

152

140

401

1,310

1,130

886

831

796

991

3,530

June

3,550

3,040

2,050

1,440

1,180

1,010

93 S

1,650

1,870

1,650

2,360

2,260

1,980

1,480

1,250

S75

339

269

604

444

264

201

182

238

293

367

573

514

905

886

-

Change In

contents

(mean 

second- feet)t

-157

-47.5

+41.8

-36.0

+78.1

+287

 +355

+125

+197

-123

-99.0

-181

-141

+27.4

July

886

651

462

27S

201

176

186

168

162

222

313

260

197

179

165

443

636

323

225

190

182

186

182

176

168

182

217

209

193

186

182

AUT.

179

176

176

172

168

190

186

152

P01

197

197

193

193

193

193

190 ri7 £-38

£69 £ 17

179

172

172

172

168

193

f!3

f29 £-17

£17

£98

Sept.

313

260

233

213

201

190

182

201

186

179

176

176

176

176

176

176

176

172

172

176

172

168

165

174

293

251

209

193

190

182

-

Adjusted

Mean

58.0

47.0

223

541

246

784

1,826

2,246

701

1,032

172

17.0

56.0

614

Per square 

mile

O.OE-9

.oeo

.379

.920

.418

1.33

3.11

3.82

LIE

1.76

.295

.029

.095

1.04

Run- off 

In Inches

0.11

.09

.44

12.55

.48

1.43

3.59

4.26

1.37

1.96

.34

.03

.11

14.21

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents In Pymatuning Reservoir.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice, Dec. 28 to Feb. 13, Feb. 16 to Mar. 2. 

Backwater frcnr. leaves and aquatic vegetation Oct. 16 to Dec. 5, June 25 to Sept. 30; discharge 

computed on basis of four discharge measurements, gage heights, and records for nearby stations.
130 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Sugar Run at Pymatuning Dam, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 41°29'50", Ion*. 80°27'55", at 

highway bridge at Pymatuning Dam, Crawford County, a quarter of a mile upstream from 

mouth and If miles northwest of Jamestown. Datum of gage is 984.58 feet above mean 

sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 9.34 square miles.

Records available.- March 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 542 second-feet Apr. 20; maximrm gage height, 

5.39 reet Feb. 12, affected by backwater from Ice; minimum discharge, 0.01 second-foot 

Aug. 15-17.

1934-40: Maximum discharge observed, 1,820 second-feet Sept.- 4, 1937 (gage height, 

6.80 feet), from rating curve extended above 300 second-feet; no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

0.02 

.1 

.2 

.4

.03 

.25 

1.73 

5.5

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

12.0

20.5

33

52

76

1.9 

2.3 

2.8

121

199

314

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

1.40 

.42 

.18 

.09 

.05

.04 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.03

.08 

.14 

.11 

.09 

.07

.04 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.03

.03 

.04 

.05 

.07 

.05

.11 

1.46 

4.55 

3.30 

1.73 

1.01

SOT.

0.77 

.64 

.52 

.52 

.46

.41 

.37 

.46 

.58 

.46

.46 

.46 

.46 

.41 

.33

.29 

.25 

.25 

.25 

.25

.25 

.29 

.41 

.46 

.37

.29 

.25 

.25 

.25 

.25

Dee.

0.31 

1.16 

2.84 

2.92 

2.12

1.51 

1.20 

1.01 

g.S5 

gl.08

g2.92 

gl.51 

g5.1 

6.0 

2.71

2.16 

3.90 

2.75 

2.12 

7.0

5.1 

2.64 

1.98 

1.40 

1.1

.9 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.6 

.6

Jan.

0.5 

.5

*.

.4 

.5 

1.2 

35 

39

9.1 

7.2 

4.1 

7.7 

4.4

2.1 

1.6 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.6 

.7 

.7

Month

Oct 

SOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

0.6 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5

1.0 

2.4 

3.8 

4.0 

17

72 

60 

47 

9.8 

9.2

10.7 

10.0 

6.9 

7.5 

12.2

13.8 

12.3 

8.0 

5.7 

5.1

4.3 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

Mar.

4.0 

5.8 

61 

102 

39

23 

15.5 

12.3 

8.9 

6.4

5.2 

4.6 

4.6 

6.3 

10.9

9.4 

7.9 

195 

296 

48

17.2 

11.1 

7.6 

4.82 

3.64

3. 20 

3.13 

55 

78 

79 

59

Secondfoot-days

15.32 

11.67 

67.99

2,755.46

125.3 

337.4 

1,167.49 

903.82 

369.97 

426.68 

85.37 

29.10 

47.16

3,607.27

Apr.

24 

14.2 

75 

68 

19.8

11.3 

8.4 

9.5 

11.6 

8.8

14.1 

60 

34 

26 

23

14.4 

11.3 

62 

20.0 

256

60 

21 

13.2 

9.5 

7.5

6.1 

5.0 

3.90 

3.30 

2.92

Maximum

4.55 

.77 

7.0

142

39 

72 

296 

256 

148 

45 

35 

9.6 

15.6

296

May

3.74 

5.2 

4.75 

4.75 

3.70

4.38 

4.10 

3.10 

2.75 

2.12

1.62 

1.40 

1.40 

1.51 

1.51

2.43 

2.43 

2.12 

1.73 

2.75

1.85 

1.20 

1.10 

58 

46

14.4 

8.6 

5.5 

4.83 

23 

148

Minimum

0.02 

.25 

.31

0

.4 

.5 

3.13 

2.92 

1.10 

2.12 

.09 

.01 

.21

.01

June

as

15.3 

8.6 

5.5 

3.90

4.10 

12.4 

33 

32 

12.6

45 

33 

10.2 

5.5 

4.10

3.50 

2.59 

13.9 

25 

6.7

3.30 

2.27 

2.12 

6.9 

7.7

22

18.3 

19.5 

25 

14.7

July

If. 4 

6.3 

3.70 

F.59 

1.73

1.40 

1.10 

.93 

.85 

.65

.77 

.70 

.58 

.41 

1.24

35 

6.2 

1.82 

1.01 

.93

.64 

.37 

.29 

.36 

.25

.31 

.82 

.37 

.21 

.15 

.09

Mean

0.494 

.389 

2.19

7.55

4.04 

11.6 

36.3 

30.1 

11.9 

14.2 

2.75 

.939 

1.57

9.86

Aug.

0.05 

.04 

.03 

.03 

.04

.52 

.66 

.25 

.13 

.07

.04 

.03 

.02 

.02 

.01

.01 

g.Ol 

g.09 

g.52 

g.25

g.09 

g.04 

g.05 

g.04 

g.09

gl.94 

g4.73 

2.40 

.70 

6.6 

9.6

I«p square 

mile

0.053 

.042 

.234

.808

.433 

1.24 

4.10 

3.22 

1.27 

1.52 

.294 

.101 

.168

1.06

Sept.

15.6 

S.8 

5.6 

1.73 

1.01

.70 

.52 

.58 

.52 

.64

.64 

.58 

.58 

.46 

.93

.70 

.46 

.33 

.33 

.41

.37 

.25 

.21 

.31 

2.25

1.08 

.58 

.41 

.33 

.25

Run-off in 

Inches

0.06 

.05 

.27

10.98

.50 

1.34 

4.73 

3.59 

1.46 

1.70 

.34 

.12 

.19

14.35

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

g Computed from graph based on twice-daily gage readings.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by loe Dec. 25 to Mar. 14.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 131

Little Shenango River at Greenville, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°25'15lt , long. 80°22'35", 1,500 feet downstream 

from Williamson Crossing Bridge, 1 mile northeast of Greenville, Mercer County, and 

2 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 953.46 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 104 square miles.

Records available.- November 1919 to September 1921 and October 1931 to Septemb3r 1940 in 

reports of U. S. Geological Survey. January 1914 to August 1923 and Novembe^ 1925 to 

September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1914-18, 1920-22, 1926-40), 136 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,600 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage heigh*;, 8.45 

feet); minimum, 6.9 second-feet Oct. 17, 24, 25 (gage height, O.SO foot).

1919-23, 1925-40: Maximum discharge, 4,600 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 

11.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 2.0 

second-feet Aug. 21, 1923.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair, 

lation at low flow by mills above station. Some reguElating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11

725

1,100

1,810

O.S 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

15.5

27.5

43

62

1.9 

2.3 

2.7 

3.2 

3.8

96

152

222

332

497

4.5 

5.5 

7.0

Feb.. 12 to Sept. 30

O.S 6.3 1.2 27.1

1.0 14.5 1.4 43

Kpte.- Same as preceding 

table abovove 1.4 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

24

21

16

11

10

9.6

8.8

S.5

10

10

10

13

11

10

9.6

9.2

7.3

8.8

10

11

10

11

10

8.1

9.2

12

19

66

89

60

32

Nov.

26

21

22

19

18

16

IS

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

18

17

17

15

16

14

15

16

16

15

17

16

13

14

15

16

Dec.

13

17

31

44

45

36

30

2S

28

30

54

58

56

 «94

65

49

57

59

51

104

120

62

50

40

32

29

26

24

23

22

22

Jan.

21

20

20

19

19

IS

18

16

«20

23

25

33

40

100

350

222

130

100

80

65

55

50

45

40

35

32

30

28

27

27

26

Month

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Pet 

Mar

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

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

jul«- ...... . . . . . ............

Aug 

Sej

Water year 1939-to ...........

Feb.

26

25

25

25

25

25

2S

«49

60

150

750

900

725

337

160

130

110

100

110

130

160

130

110

100

90

SO

75

70

70

_

-

liar.

70

95

318

1,000

742

385

f246

f!94

157

131

100

90

*96

120

157

134

119

270

1,270

757

364

256

140

110

95

85

75

210

S31

1,080

1,290

Secondfoot-days

565.1

529

1,399

40,143.8

1,736

4,775 

10,9S7

12,315

3,460

5,619

1,599

497.8 

565

44,066.9

Apr.

635

332

342

971

4S2

261

190

190

332

240

188

743

" 61S

370

281

214

173

468

367

1,370

1,710

593

30S

222

171

144

123

101

90

S2

-

Maximum

89

26

120

1,620

350

900 

1,290

1,710

710

744

291

66 

60

1,710

May

S4

106

106

97

S5

82

S9

70

66

58

51

46

45

47

49

56

60

64

49

53

51

46

41

189

424

233

134

97

78

U04

710

Minimum

7.3

13

13

5.6

18

25 

70

S2

41

50

14

8.4 

11

7.3

June

744

494

f233

144

105

S9

97

296

521

332

f!63

209

137

92

73

66

57

126

218

103

69

54

50

70

84

137

150

192

284

230

-

July

1S2

117

82

62

50

43

38

35

32

50

37

31

27

24

24

291

126

57

39

31

26

23

21

20

19

19

27

19

17

16

14

Mean

IS. 2

17.6

45.1

110

56.0

165 

354

410

112

1S7

51.6

16.1 

19.5

120

AUT.

1.2

12

12

11

11

14

16

14

12

11

11

9.S

9.S

9.S

S.8

S.4

9.4

S.8

?1

fO

12

9.8

9.S

9.4

10

?3

30

36

?2

?S

66

Per square 

mile

0.175

.169

.434

1.06

.538

1.59 

3.40

3.94

1.08

l.SO

.496

.155 

.18S

1.15

Sept.

43

32

26

21

17

15

14

17

14

16

14

14

14

14

14

16

13

13

13

14

13

12

11

13

60

42

26

24

17

13

~

Run-off in 

inches

0.20

.19

.50

14.34

.62

1.71 

3.92

4.40

1.25

2.01

.57

.18 

.21

15.76

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (3 p.m.) 1,140 sec.-ft.j Mar. 19 (12 m.) 1,460 sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (8 a.m.) 

1,460 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (10 a.m.) 1,140 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (11 p.m.) 2,600 sec.-ft.

e Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 23 to Jan. 15, Jan. 17 to Feb. 12, Feb. If 

to Har. 2, Mar. 11, 12, 23-2S.
132 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Pymatuning Creek near Orangeville, Pa.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 41°18 l 40n , long. 80°28'40", 2 miles upstream from 

mouth, 3 miles southeast of Orangeville, Mercer County, and 3 miles north of Sharpsville. Datum of gage is 873.35 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929; 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 169 square miles.

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 in 

reports of U. S. Geological Survey. January 1914 to August 1923 and November 1925 to 

September 1940 in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 22 years (1914-22, 1926-40), 202 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,460 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 9.65 

feet); minimum, 3.7 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 1.29 feet); minimum daily, 4.0 

second-feet Oct. 19.

1914-23. 1925-40: Maximum discharge, 3,250 second-feet Mar. 25, 1936 (gage height, 

10.68 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,100 second-feet; minimum, 0.2 secondfoot Sept. 4,,1939; minimum daily, 0.6 second-fopt Sept. 24, 1933, Sept. 2, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 16-.0 feet Mar. 26, 1913, original site and datum, from floodmark, probably affected by backwater from Shenango River.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Some regulatlon by mills above station.

Rating tables

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.2

water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and of backwater from leaves 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

4.0

13

24

37

61

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21

2.5 

2.9 

3.4

91

142

218

324

534

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.5

780

1,095

1,430

2,380

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

r. 22 to S<Jpt. 30

4.5 1.9 36 

10.6 2.1 52 

22

Note.- Same as preceding table above 2.1 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

16 

14 

14 

13 

10

8.5 

6.4 

5.2 

4.3

4.4

6.0 

6.0 

6.4 

9.5 

11

6.4 

5.2 

4.4 

4.0 

4.8

4.8 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

6.4

10 

21 

46 

43 

38 

31

Nov.

23 

17 

14 

13 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

14 

14 

14 

14 

12

11 

11 

10 

10 

9.5

9.5 

10

11 

12 

12

12 

11 

10 

9.5 

9.0

Dec.

9.5 

14 

22 

31 

37

45 

40 

35 

29 

27

27 

30 

47 

*62 

67

58 

51 

46 

46 

53

56 

48 

35 

29 

25

23 

21 

19 

17 

16 

15

Jan.

15 

14 

14 

13 

13

13 

13 

12 

*13 

13

14 

16 

22 

80 

800

230 

180 

130 

80 

65

45 

38 

33 

30 

28

*25 

23 

21 

20 

20 

19

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember ........................

alendar year 1939 ...........

uary

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

19 

18 

18 

17 

17

18 

20 

*32 

45 

130

450 

500 

600 

700 

550

350 

230 

150 

110 

110

150 

120 

90 

80 

70

60 

55 

55 

55

Mar.

60 

90 

250 

750 

1,000

1,100 

900 

650 

450 

330

250 

,*170 

185 

182 

134

145 

150 

351 

710 

1,240

1,100 

S36 

592 

426 

263

140 

99 

311 

611 

1,200 

1,620

Second - 

foot-days

375.8 

364.5 

.1,080.5

59,958.1

1,452 

4,819 

16,175 

20,362 

5,468 

12,820 

2,132.0 

863.9 

370.6

65,683.3

Apr.

1,440 

926 

760 

865 

895

780 

603 

447 

276 

190

178 

458 

534 

639 

627

546 

447 

490 

436 

1,490

2,300 

2,030 

1,240 

701 

464

240 

127 

93 

75 

63

Maximum

46 

23 

67

1,620

230 

700 

1,620 

2,300 

1,220 

1,160 

384 

35 

34

2,300

May

61 

63 

69 

69 

65

60 

59 

 55 

51

44

58 

34 

31 

38 

38

42 

42 

42 

41 

42

37 

32 

28 

215 

458

512 

568 

546 

447 

416 

1,280

Minimum

4.0 

9.0 

9.5

0.6

12 

17 

60 

63 

28 

38 

6.4 

4.1 

5.3

4.0

June

1,160 

1,160 

836 

598 

405

188 

215 

384 

896 

865

840 

895 

1,020 

727 

534

332 

136 

108 

150 

101

63 

45 

38

47 

57

85 

160 

192 

265 

324

Jv'ly

334 

324 

222 

104 

60

41 

30 

24 

26 

82

152 

84 

42 

28 

21

94 

140 

74 

44 

28

19.5 

15.0 

12.0 

10.5 

9.0

12.5 

17.0 

10.5 

8.8 

7.4 

6.4

Mean

12.1 

12.8 

34.9

164

46.8 

166 

522 

679 

176 

427 

68.8 

8.51 

12.4

179

 Aug.

5.S 

5.3 

4.9 

4.7 

4.5

5.1 

6.4 

7.0 

7.8 

7.4

6.4 

5.8 

5.1

4.7 

4.4

4.1 

4.2 

4.5 

6.2 

6.2

5.8 

6.2 

6.6 

6.2 

5.8

9.8 

11.5 

18.5 

21 

27 

35

Per square 

mile

0.072 

.072 

.206

.970

.277 

.982

4lo2 

1.04 

2.53 

.407 

.050 

.073

1.06

Sept.

34 

30 

26 

19.0 

15.0

11.0 

9.4 

13.0 

10.5 

8.6

7.8 

7.8 

7.8 

7.8 

8.2

7.8 

7.4 

7.0 

6.6 

6.4

5.6 

5.3 

5.6 

7.0 

27

14.0 

12.5 

15.0 

15.5 

12.0

Run-off la 

inches

0.08 

.08 

.24

13.21

.32 

1.06 

3.56 

4.49 

1.20 

2.82 

.47 

.06 

.08

14.46

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (3 n.m. ) 2,OSO sap.. -ft. ; Apr. 91 (s p. ,) s/tfin ««n ,_fH,.. Wny ?1 ( V H . m ,)

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 22 to Mar. 12. Discharge for periods of 

bac6wat<=r from leaves and aquatic vegetation, Oct. 16 to Dec. 5, computed on basis of one discharge 

rneasur- ent, gage heights, and records for other stations In same drainage basin.
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 133

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°49'00", long. 80°14'35", at highway bridge at Hazen,

 Beaver County, half a mile upstream from Brush Creek. Datum of gage is 852.31 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 366 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1919 to September 1921 and October 1931 to September 1940 in

 reports of U. S. Geological Survey; June 1915 to September 1940 in reports of 

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 21 years (1919-40), 485 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,200 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 13.9 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 7.6 second-feet Get. 15 

(gage height, 0.82 foot).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 16,700 second-feet (revised) June 29, 1924 (g<?.ge 

height, 16.66 feret), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 6.0 second-feet July 21-23, 1936 (gage height, 0.82 foot).

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published In water-supply papers 

indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

82.3 

853 

873

Water 

year

1937 

1938 

1939

Date

Jan. 25 

Dec. 18 

Mar. 12

Gage height 

(feet)

13.01 

12.0 

11.6

Discharge 

(second-feet)

10,900 

9,530 

9,010

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage read

 twice dally. Some regulation by mills above gage.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for high-water periods In the

 water years 1937 and 1938 are given herein. They supersede those published in WaterSupply Papers 823 and 853.

1936-37 1937-38 

Jan. 22...........10,500 Dec. 18..........9,270

25........... 9,350

Apr. 26........... 9,300

Month

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

Water year 1936-37...

Calendar year 1937 . . . 

Water year 1937-38...

Maximum

10,500 

9,300

10,500

10,500 

9,370

Minimum

597 

21S

2S

ISO

23

10

Mean

2,607 

1,323

676

1 ' 042

696 

535

Per 

square 

mile

7.32 

3.72

1.90

n gg

1.96 

1.50

Run-off 

in 

inches

S.44 

4.15

25.77

36.54 

20.42

Discharge, in second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

14

17°0

ii>

15

LA

11

11

14

14

IS

11

8.S

s.s

S.2

S.S

s.s

s.s

e.s

10

10

12

32

22

20

54

170

434

164

32

66

Hov.

53

40

34

30

27

27

25

31 51

32

30

27

25

25

24

23

23

22

23

23

23

23

26

32

28

27

27

25

24

23

-

Dec.

23

32

56

30

76

73

71

66

62

56

56

58

59

91

95

87

76

78

*69

205

342

231

146

115

36

70

60

54

49

45

41

Jan.

39

37

36

35

#34

34

35

JS

J7*.9

42

50

70

150

1,170

508

350

250

190

150

130

115

105

96

90

«65

81

77

74

71

68

Feb.

66

65

64

64

65

90

170

S".

Mar.

2S4

306

2,320

7,420

3,310

1,960

1,530

1.040

130 : 'S18

LOO ; 630

2,b5t

l,3yo

1,130

720

630

540

4S2

401

427

*600

720

540

427

351

327

306

306

306

306

_

-

454

427

454

818

 1,110

S50

785

1,250

2,900

1,890

1,320

915

660

427

327

230

246

600

720

1,070

2,910

Apr.

1,660

1,390

1,270

2,580

1,390

1,040

890

940

2^070

1,320

1,100

3,060

1,580

1,390

1,110

1,110

1,130

3,520

4,180

10,200

8,720

3,530

1,960

1,320

948

720

570

427

351

306

-

May

306

454

375

327

265

230

213

213

201

168

156

140

135

146

163

176

171

151

140

131

127

106

243

1,040

882

660

570

482

375

128

3,950

June

2,900

1,780

1,250

948

a752

540

375

327

351

351

421

882

432

351

327

690

454

306

246

230

171

135

133

174

204

1S7

137

161

526

720

-

July

540

401

306

246

171

142

124

116

110

171

135

129

120

95

80

75

106

61

64

56

49

48

49

48

a53

60

178

208

99

85

86

Aug.

59

43

42

35

33

30

30

60

56

40

34

23

24

24

56

40

32

27

26

26

36

28

25

20

20

29

50

72

58

55

93

Sept.

103

78

59

52

40

34

34

49

1,090 272

213

153

118

SO

69

64

57

50

42

40

39

35

32

32

53

95

72

55

44

40

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of adjacent record.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24 to Jan. 14, Jan. 17 to Feb. 1C. Discharge 

for period of backwater from aquatic vegetation, Oct. 1 to Dec. 3, computed on basis of two discharge measurements, gage heights, and records for nearby stations.
134 BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Connoquenesslng Creek at Hazen, PF., 1939-40

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

140,175.6

4,284

39,981

13,129

16,561

4,231

1,234

163,097.0

Maximum

424

342

8,260

1,170

2,550

7,420

10,200

3,950

2,900

540

93

1,090

10,200

Minimum

8.2

22

23

8.2

34

64

230

306

106

133

48

20

32

8»2

Mean

41.8

27.8

87.4

384

138

483

1,290

2,054

424

552

136

39.8

106

446

Per square 

mile

0.117

.078

.246

1.08

.388

1.36

3.62

5.77

1.19

1.55

.382

.112

.298

1.25

Run-off In 

Inches

0.13

.09

.28

14.65

.45

1.47

4.17

6.44

1.37

1.73

.44

.13

.33

17.03
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 135

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°51'40", long. &0°14'35", at highway bridge a.t Wurtemburg, 

Lawrence County, 1 mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 612.48 feet above mean 

sea level (adjustment of 1907).

Drainage area.- 406 square miles.

Records available.- October 1918 to September 1920 and October 1931 to September 1940 in 

reports or U. S. Geological Survey. January 1912 to September 1940 in reports of 

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

Average discharge.- 27 years (1912-32, 1933-40), 556 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,450 second-feet Apr. 21, affected by backwater from Connoquenessing Creek; maximum gage height, 9.5 feet, from graph based on 

gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 32 second-feet Oct. 18 (gage height, 2.31 

feet).

1912-40: Maximum discharge, 25,700 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage teight, 12.05 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet; minimum 

observed, 10 second-feet Aug. 22, 25, 1938; minimum daily, 12 second-feet Au&. 25, 

1938 .

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

read twice daily. Some regulation by mills above station.

Gage

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

51

Oct.

156 

129 

83 

62 

5S

56 

45 

45 

48 

45

43 

45 

38 

36 

36

36 

38 

36 

42 

38

38 

35 

42 

38 

45

114 

176 

981 

710 

343 

242

Nov.

172 

147 

116 

104 

90

79 

79 

97 

97 

90

79 

74 

74 

77 

66

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

62 

68 

81 

83 

68

64 

62 

64 

62 

60

Dec.

64 

77 

132 

227 

227

189 

158 

145 

132 

124

116 

129 

132 

197 

212

197 

172 

177 

*186 

291

551 

419 

308 

242 

212

170 

140 

120 

100 

90 

84

Jan.

78 

74 

70 

66 

#63

62 

64 

67 

70 

75

82 

94 

110 

300 

913

1,180 

695 

500 

400 

310

270 

220 

200

leo

160

150 

140 

130 

125 

120 

115

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

11

alendar year 1939 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

110 

105 

100 

100 

110

170 

230 

260 

210 

700

2,190 

2,350 

1,990 

1,560 

695

530 

445 

400 

382 

#500

660 

530 

435 

386 

346

318 

334 

334 

278

Mar.

278 

364 

1,100 

3,540 

3,100

2,230 

1,460 

1,050 

808 

592

500 

500 

500 

660 

1,000

845 

592 

1,210 

4,660 

3,720

2,440 

1,460 

1,000 

695 

500

395 

445 

911 

1,770 

2,360 

3,960

Secondfoot-days

S ,871) 

2,425 

5,720

175,834

7,083 

16,753 

44,645 

59,214 

13,144 

18,513 

5,626 

1,908 

3,699

182,614

Apr.

2,690 

1,770 

1,S70 

1,680 

1,500

979 

808 

770 

2,130 

1,660

1,140 

2,540 

2,350 

1,560 

1,270

1,140 

1,000 

2,910 

3,780 

C6.630

c7,340 

c4,400 

2,420 

1,560 

1,140

845

592 

500 

440 

400

Maximum

981 

172 

551

8,S40

1,180 

2,350 

4,660 

7,340 

2,260 

3,310 

885 

154 

740

7,340

May

377 

445 

472 

445

390

346 

322 

310 

278 

266

239 

209 

205 

209 

243

274 

359 

290 

262 

254

235 

205 

201 

622 

1,120

695 

530 

445 

330 

306 

2,260

Minimum

35 

60 

64

25

62 

100 

278 

400 

201 

141 

73 

33 

41

33

June

3,310 

2,110 

1,560 

965 

592

400 

350 

298 

346 

420

322 

808 

500 

314 

231

430 

290 

270 

390 

472

250 

184 

141 

231 

270

575 

845 

472 

472 

695

July

885 

808 

386 

266 

209

177 

157 

144 

121

141

163 

138 

123 

107

91

93 

107 

118 

93 

91

83 

73 

78 

96 

83

104 

126 

220- 

123 

115 

107

Mean

125 

SO. 8 

185

482

228 

57S 

1,440 

1,974 

424 

617 

181 

61.5 

123

499

Aug.

S3 

70 

61 

66 

54

54 

78 

70 

52 

57

52 

46 

42 

44 

50

42 

37 

33 

54 

61

59 

61 

48 

44 

41

50 

68 

101 

88 

88 

154

Per eq-iare 

mile

0.308 

.199 

.456

1.19

.562 

1.42 

3.55 

4.86 

1.04 

1.52 

.446 

.151 

.303

1.23

Sept.

250 

167 

123 

91 

78

68 

50 

63 

740 

274

160 

118 

98 

83 

75

70 

61 

57 

59 

57

52 

64 

42 

41 

104

198 

157 

109 

107 

83

Run-off In 

Inches

0.36 

.22 

.53

IB. 11

.65 

1.53 

4.09 

5.42 

1.20 

1.70 

.51 

.17 

.34

16.72

# Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

c Backwater from Connoquenessing Creek; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement,

461679 O - 42 - 10
136 LITTLE BEAVER CREEK BASIN

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°40'32", long. 80°32'2311 , at Grimms Bridge, 14 

miles upstream from Island Run, 4 miles upstream from nouth, and 4 miles northeast 

of East Liverpool, Columbiana County. Datum of gage is 702.77 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 505 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 25 years, 514 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 14.01 

feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Aug. 18 (gage height, 1.81 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 20,100 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 15.69 

feet), from rating curve extended above 15,500 second-feet; minimum, 12 second-feet 

several days in 1918, 1930, 1932, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.53 feet Aug. 13, 1930. 

Maximum stage known, about 20 feet.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are filr.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 

2.7

26

31

37

52

74

103

Oct. 1 to Hap. 4

3.0 

3.4 

3.8 

4.2 

5.4 

6.0

156

251

379

540

1,120

1,500

6.8

7.7

8.5

10.0

13.1

2,090

2,950

4,030

6,700

13,500

Hap. 5 to Sept. 30

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.4

2.7 

3.1 

3.4 

3.8

Ill 

185 

265 

405

4.4 660

5.4 1,186

6.0 1,546

6.8 2,090

note.- Same as preceding table above 

6.8 reet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

46 

50 

46 

40 

35

32 

28 

28 

45 

81

54 

48 

37 

36 

33

30 

33 

30 

32 

33

36 

37 

38 

38 

40

162 

276 

608 

294 

162 

122

NOT.

102 

88 

78 

95 

103

70 

102 

183 

166 

148

140 

129 

117 

105 

96

85 

78 

73 

69 

66

64 

72 

SO 

78 

77

69 

60 

63 

57 

58

Dec.

60 

69 

100 

110 

110

103 

97 

97 

92 

90

94 

85 

90 

112 

115

106 

9S 

91 

90 

134

175 

144 

164 

120 

88

117 

84 

85 

90 

80 

60

Jan.

50 

46 

45 

45 

48

#48 

48 

49 

50 

47

48 

50 

60 

200 

700

500 

250 

150 

120 

100

85 

70 

64 

60 

 55

52 

51 

50 

50 

50 

52

Month

dote 

Hove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 19 3£

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

54 

52 

52 

#51 

50

56 

70 

80 

70 

150

1,700 

1,200 

SOO 

450 

370

350 

360 

500 

1,100 

900

700 

500 

400 

325 

300

220 

220 

220 

230

Mar.

240 

350 

3,920 

10,500 

5,340

*2,580 

1,610 

1,270 

965 

700

550 

500 

592 

938 

1,050

760 

760 

1,780 

4,190 

2,440

1,330 

992 

660 

481 

509

369 

381 

538 

710 

1,360 

3,380

Secondfoot-days

2,610 

2,771 

3,150

198,851

3,293 

11,530 

51,745 

65,618 

17,288 

14,591 

3,575 

2,013 

2,214

180,398

Apr.

2,260 

1,360 

1,230 

2,250 

1,480

992 

785 

860 

1,080 

835

710 

3,030 

2,430 

1,780 

1,390

1,510 

1,780 

3,610 

3,330 

13,400

8,990 

3,320 

1,810 

1,300 

1,020

835 

685 

570 

517 

469

Maximum

608 

183 

175

7,500

700 

1,700 

10,500 

13,400 

4,200 

2,780 

229 

271 

247

13,400

May

457 

506 

477 

449 

393

344

373 

320 

306 

268

235 

215 

208 

238 

220

230 

232 

212 

195 

202

192 

167 

163 

* 652 

2,OSO

1,300 

735 

517 

393 

810 

4,200

Minimum

28 

57 

60

20

45

50 

240 

469 

163 

142 

50 

24 

30

24

June

2.780 

1,680 

1,050 

735 

552

437 

358 

385 

669 

638

561 

493 

509 

344 

295

302 

256 

215 

232 

218

169 

148 

142 

167 

222

177 

198 

210 

244 

205

July

192 

192 

152 

128 

109

98 

8F

sr

7f 

8f

15V 

22? 

141 

101 

84

15f 

13f 

91 

7F 

6f

6C 

5? 

5C 

12£ 

8f

64 

204 

181 

13E 

101 

78

Mean

84.2 

92.4 

102

545

106 

398 

1,669 

2,187 

558 

486 

115 

64.9 

73.8

493

Aug.

58 

48 

40 

34 

32

30 

28 

28 

28 

28

25 

25 

24 

25 

25

24 

24 

24 

174 

114

60 

42 

35 

32 

30

36 

194 

271 

146 

103 

226

Pep square 

mile

0.167 

.183 

.202

l.OS

.210 

.788 

3.30 

4.33 

1.10 

.962 

.228 

.129 

.146

.976

Sept.

247 

156 

109 

84 

69

58 

53 

60 

139 

106

85 

72 

61 

53 

47

43 

42 

40 

39 

37

35 

32 

30 

30 

75

135 

95 

73 

58

51

Run-off In 

Inches

0.19 

.20 

.23

14.63

.24 

.85 

3.80 

4.83 

1.27 

1.07 

.26 

.15 

.16

13.25

Peak dlachapge.- Mar. 4 (6:30 a.m.) 12,600 sec.-ft.5 Har. 19 (4 a.m.) 5,210 sec.-ft.} Mar. 31 

(1 a.m.) 4,050 see.-ft.5 Apr. 12 (7;30 a.m.) 4,030 sec.-ft.; App. 20 {9:30 a.m.) 15,800 sec.-ft.; 

Hay 31 (6;3o a.m.) 6,130 sec.-ft.

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Har. 2, Har. 10-12.
MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK BASIN 

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va.

137

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 39°28'30", long. 80°59'50", at highway bridge at Little, 

Tyier County, 0.1 mile upstream from Stewart Run. Prior to Nov. 30, chain gage at same 

site and datum. Datum or gage is 631.32 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 458 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1922 (October 1916 to September 19£2, gage 

neignts only), October 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge _- 12 years (1928-40), 579 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage h3ight, 15.1 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 3.0 second-fe3t Oct. 24 

(gage height, 1.90 feet).

1915-22, 1928-40: Maximum discharge observed, 18,200 second-feet Jan. 22, 1917 

(gage height, 22.22 feet); no flow during part of 1922 and during periods Sept. 1 to 

Nov. 4, Nov. 7-10, 1930.

Maximum stage known, about 33.5 feet in August 1875.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water Tear 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

Oct. 1-27 Oct. 23 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.4 

2.6

2.0

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 

2.8

7

13

29

58

99

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

175

340

600

1,200

2.70C

10.0

13.0

16.0

5,400

8,500

11,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6.6 

6.2 

6.2 

9.4 

50

38 

31 

26 

21 

17

15 

12 

11 

8.8 

8.2

6.6 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

5.4

5.4 

4.6 

4.6 

5.4 

4.2

7.0 

20 

2,220 

1,200 

440 

234

SOT.

154 

112 

82 

65 

52

45 

39 

36 

32 

31

29 

25 

22 

20 

20

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

20 

24 

24

23 

24 

22 

20 

20

Dec.

22 

25 

29 

66 

365

331 

268 

196 

157 

120

107 

94 

82 

85 

218

304 

226 

264 

182 

600

2,140 

810 

175 

234 

226

175 

230 

157 

130 

112 

125

Jan.

96 

92 

89 

76 

66

59 

55 

52 

50 

52

47 

44 

268 

1,830 

3,150

960 

518 

415 

313 

286

206 

196 

145 

118 

107

101 

89 

82 

71 

60 

52

Month

Octc 

Uov< 

Dec<

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

fft

ilendar year 195£

iter year 1939-40

Pet.

50 

48 

48 

47 

42

82 

2,790 

1,480 

750 

840

3,780 

1,550 

780 

1,410 

1,980

900 

810 

1,200 

5,310 

6,700

3,690 

1,410 

780 

545 

600

465 

415 

1,270 

1,980

Mar.

1,200 

960 

2,700 

6,700 

2,540

1,270 

780 

572 

440 

340

277 

218 

189 

203 

630

630 

690 

630 

1,980 

1,200

720 

545 

465 

277 

282

222 

203 

189 

186 

2,680 

8,830

Secondfoot-days

4,440.2 

1,054 

8,255

249,765.4

9,745 

41,752 

38,748 

57,234 

16,620 

24,301 

6,655 

9,254.4 

5,221.4

223,280.0

Apr.

2,970 

1,020 

660 

960 

690

465 

340 

322 

2,380 

1,200

750 

1,980 

1,830 

960 

840

4,140 

5,220 

4,230 

6,600 

9,270

4,590 

2,300 

1,020 

690 

490

390 

304 

242 

203 

178

M&jclnrum

2,220 

154 

2,140

11,400

3,150 

6,700 

8,830 

9,270 

7,510 

3,150 

1,550 

3,600 

1,620

9,270

May

163 

157 

151 

142 

130

116 

189 

1S2 

120 

97

84 

74 

69 

2,790 

780

490 

365 

282 

S10 

182

850 

834 

172 

186 

395

864 

238 

189 

169 

340 

7,510

Minimum

3.4 

16

gO

3.4

44 

42 

186 

178 

69 

130 

30 

9.4 

9.4

3.4

June

2,460 

840 

690 

390 

250

169 

130 

720 

1,080 

630

295 

1,620 

2,540 

690 

780

600 

365 

2,790 

3,150 

960

490 

322 

230 

250 

600

313 

210 

196 

415 

246

July

1,550 

1,020 

490 

295 

186

130 

99 

79 

63 

51

42 

47 

105 

99 

63

44 

37 

46 

74 

59

40 

30 

31 

1,020 

365

175 

103 

79 

58 

65 

112

Mean

143 

35.1 

266

684

314 

1,440 

1,250 

1,908 

536 

810 

215 

299 

174

610

Aug.

138 

72 

50 

37 

20

20 

780 

277 

116 

68

45 

31 

25 

19 

16

14 

12 

11 

11 

9.4

12 

11 

13 

21 

19

25 

82 

2,380 

3,600 

690 

630

Per square 

mil*

0.312 

.077 

.581

1.49

.686 

3 14 

2.73 

4.17 

1.17 

1.77 

.469 

.653 

.380

1.33

Riu

Sept.

365 

465 

313 

175 

107

76 

56 

47 

52 

69

112 

69 

53 

46 

36

31 

24 

20 

18 

16

14 

12 

11 

9.4 

66

1,620 

690 

340 

189 

120

1 

i-off In 

Inches

0.36 

.09 

.67

20.27

.79 

3.39 

5.15 

4.65 

1.35 

1.97 

.54 

.75 

.42

18.13
138 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASINTuscarawas River at Clinton, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°55'39n , long. 81°37'59n , in NWi sec. 32, T. 14 N. 

R. 10 W., 100 feet downstream from highway bridge at Clinton and 1 mile upstream from 

Chippewa Creek. Datum of gage is 933.28 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 165 square miles.

Records available.- May 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 128 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,060 second-feet Mar. 5 (gage height, 12.89 

feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Oct. 17, 20 (gage height, 2.72 feet).

1926-40: Maximum discharge, 2,700 second-feet Aug. 8, 1935 (gage height, 14.82 

feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Nov. 6, 1928.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 22.2 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair; stage-discharge relation affected at times by backwater from 

 Uhlppewa Creek. Ohio Canal diverts small amount of water from river at Portage Lakes,

3 miles south of Akron; part of diverted water flows into Cuyahoga River Basin. Flow

slightly regulated at headwaters.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 11-14, Mar. 3, May 25-27, July 29 to S?pt. 30) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 2, 

May 25 to Sept. 30

Mar. 3 to May 24

2.8 31 5.7 356 3.3 49 5.7 276 11.5 1,550 

3-2 62 7.0 570 3.7 77 6.7 417 12.5 1,900 

3.9 127 8.5 900 4.2 117 7.8 604 

4.6 207 5,0 195 9.5 990

Discharge, in second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

75 

47 

40 

37 

34

37 

37 

34 

82 

48

44 

37 

37 

35 

37

32 

32 

33 

33

34

33 

32 

32

32 

38

109 

326 

736 

561 

277 

107

Nov.

81 

71 

69 

64 

60

56 

58 

59 

54 

51

56

49 

47 

50 

47

47 

48 

48 

39 

42

46

47 

48 

41 

40

43 

44 

42 

43 

44

Dec.

45 

58 

55 

53 

51

48 

49 

56 

44 

45

56 

48 

66 

66 

58

54 

46 

57 

46

44

52

50 

43 

36 

38

39 

42 

42 

40 

44 

40

Jan.

33 

37 

37 

41 

37

39 

38 

37 

40 

42

42 

45 

43

204 

379

183 

138 

75 

53 

47

46 

37 

45 

46 

48

48 

46 

45 

44 

42 

42

Peb.

44 

43 

43 

40 

40

53 

71 

54 

50 

219

534 

552

570 

342 

189

137 

100 

97 

136 

307

307 

252 

183 

171 

132

110 

102 

102 

98

Mar.

108 

201 

962 

1,900 

1,900

1,310 

728 

586

402 

240

206 

122 

100 

101 

97

96 

170 

350 

604 

417

246 

155 

105

88 

80

74 

83 

165 

252 

329 

432

Apr.

302 

195 

307 

822 

684

364 

195 

246 

234 

170

170 

604 

664 

533 

533

660 

750 

706 

604 

1,040

1,430 

1,220 

706 

465 

240

150 

122 

122 

122 

113

Month Second- Maximum 

foot-days

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 1939 ......

3, 108 736 

1, 534 81 

1,511 66

..... 49,938 1,980

ater year 1939-4Q

2,079 379 

5,078 570 

12,659 1,900 

14,473 1,430 

4,523 900 

8, 526 692 

2,910 200 

3,163 610 

2, 487 388

62,051 1,900

May

101 

100 

101 

97 

87

81 

82 

76 

79 

70

69 

62 

64 

68

66

71 

77 

76 

68 

67

66 

55 

58 

159 

420

372 

252 

149 

110 

420 

900

Minimum

32 

39 

36

32

33 

40 

74 

113 

55 

113 

58 

44 

39

32

June.

692 

404 

259 

171

138

128 

121 

149 

314 

552

670 

642 

546 

293 

244

348 

177 

233 

378 

220

149 

113 

113 

214 

160

279 

189 

209 

226 

195

July

195 

160 

131 

112 

101

8* 

85 

7F 

71 

9C

9*

Be

71 

6V 

6F

10]. 

71 

6£ 

6? 

a6C

a5E 

a5E 

a6£ 

a78 

allO

alOO 

a!60 

a200 

a79 

76 

69

Aug.

64 

55 

50 

48 

48

71 

67 

57 

5S 

54

52 

49 

4S 

53 

50

44 

46 

56 

81 

52

56 

57 

44 

49 

49

67 

243 

226 

220

439 

610

Mean ^J^T

100 0.606 

51.1 .310 

48.7 .295

137 .830

67.1 .407 

175 1.06 

408 2.47 

482 2.92 

146 .885 

284 1.72 

93.9 .569 

102 .618 

82.9 .502

170 1.03

Sept.

388 

220 

129 

101 

89

S8 

82 

87 

94 

97

92 

S8 

87 

70 

54

49 

51 

50 

49 

46

41 

40 

40 

48 

75

49 

52 

48 

44 

39

Run-off in 

Inches

0.70 

.35 

.34

11.26

.47 

1.14 

2.85 

3.26 

1.02 

1.92 

.66 

.71 

.56

13.98

Peak discharge.- Mar. 5 (12;15 a.m.) 2,060 sec.-ft.j Mar. 19 (1 p.m.) 664 sec.-ft.j Apr. 16 

(9 p.m.) 822 sec.-ft.; Apr. 13 (6 p.m.) 798 sec.-ft.; June 11 (7 p.m.) 852 see.-f;.; June 13 

(2 a.m.) 670 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Massillon.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Tuscarawas River at Massillon, Ohio

139

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 40046'17B , long. 81°31 1 25", In sec. 20, T. 10 N., R. 9 W. at 

sewage treatment works, l£ miles south of Masslllon and 3 miles downstream from Newnan 

Creek. Datum of gage is 916.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 526 square miles.

Records available.- April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,940 second-feet Mar. 5 (gage height, 11.39 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 57 second-feet Oct. 23, 24 (gage 

height, 1.38 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 5, -1940; minimum, that of Oct. 23, 24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good. Ohio Canal diverts small amount of water from river at Portage 

Lakes, 3 miles south of Akron; part of diverted water flows into Cuyahoga River Basin. 

Gage read twice daily except during times of rapidly changing stage, which it was read 

every few hours.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

310

151

105

94

S3

eo

75

75

120

154

111

105

86

73

70

75

72

68

66

66

34

66

62

70

94

1S1

380

1,300

1,300

615

293

Nov.

211

1S4

162

151

13S

13S

132

132

130

117

120

114

112

112

112

104

104

102

100

92

100

127

127

107

97

87

84

94

90

92

-

Dec.

S7

122

159

146

135

120

122

112

110

104

112

120

132

176

146

130

124

124

122

114

120

120

107

102

82

92

97

97

97

94

92

Jan.

34

70

92

73

84

32

SO

34

84

37

' 92

100

102

296

1,100

490

328

205

132

122

117

107

97

112

112

104

100

97

90

94

97

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4

Feb.

94

97

94

92

92

180

211

205

165

390

1,300

2,220

2,040

1,410

530

398

310

276

32S

660

795

660

395

415

345

260

243

227

211

_

-

Mar.

243

490

2,340

6,300

6,610

5,300

3,240

1,860

1,200

660

510

3SO

310

328

310

276

328

1,040

1,580

1,410

750

530

362

293

260

227

243

415

660

945

1,410

Second - 

foot-days

6,491

3 5Y2

3)617

137 ,060

4,914

15 j583

41,310

43,521

10,086

7/374

7,417

6,019

169,442

Apr.

1,100

570

696

2,220

2,350

1,360

660

660

795

570

510

1,630

1.920

1,520

1,410

1,520

2,040

1,920

1,360

3,080

4,450

4,090

2,770

1,410

750

470

345

293

276

276

-

Maximum

1,300

211

176

5,510

1,100

2,220

6,610

4,450

1 $680

1,740 

705

1,520

995

6,610

May

243

260

260

260

243

202

199

190

199

1S1

165

159

159

159

154

170

170

173

170

162

159

151

140

310

1,100

845

530

345

260

6SS

1,680

Minimum

62

34

82

62

70

92

227

2V 6

140

232

146

96

114

62

June

1,630

945

530

345

276

243

276

570

795

945

S95

1,740

1,520

795

530

945

490

370

S45

510

318

24§

232

450

390

450

410

335

570

390

-

July

510

430

300

248

217

131

172

160

160

202

318

217

1S7

158

15S

410

282

190

172

152

149

146

163

187

282

248

490

705

300

202

178

Mean

209

1 -Lis* T Q 

117

376

1 j.oy RQ

537

1,333

1,451

325

635

254

239

201

463

Aug.

152

143

132

116

116

202

265

172

146

132

130

121

114

116

114

111

11 3

104

232

163

124

121

114

96

116

124

370

490

410

1,040

1,520

Per square 

mile

0.397

.226

.222

.715

302

lio2

2.53

2.76

.618

1.21

.463

.454

.382

.880

Sept.

995

470

265

217

181

169

158

175

24S

24S

199

175

175

15S

143

130

130

143

133

135

127

119

114

121

199

172

143

130

121

121

-

Run-off In 

inches

0.46

.25

.26

9.70

.35

1.10

2.92

3. OS

.71

1.35

.56

.52

.43

11.99
140 hJSKINQUM RIVER BASIN

Tuscarawas River below Dover Dam, near Dover, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Tuscarawas River near Dover, Ohio)

Location,.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°31'49", long. 81°25'51", in T. 9 N., R. 2 W., 

at highway bridge 2£ miles northeast of Dover, 2.2 miles downstream from Dover Dan, 

and 3 miles upstream from Sugar Creek. Datum of gage is 861.51 feet abo^e mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,398 square miles.

Records available.- October 1923 to September 1940.

Average discharge?- 17 years, 1,396 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,900 second-feet Mar. & (gage haight, 10.90 

feet); minimum, 123 second-feet (regulated) Sept. 18 (gage height, 0.67 foot); minimum 

daily, 200 second-feet, Oct, 24.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 26,400 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937 (gage hsight, 15.51 

feet); minimum daily, 68 second-feet Aug. 5, 1930.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of about 23.5 feet (discharge, 62,000 secondfeet, computed by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Ohio Canal 

diverts small amount of water from river at Portage Lakes; part of diverged water 

flows into Cuyahoga River Basin. Flow regulated by Dover, Bolivar, Atwood and Leesville flood-control reservoirs (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 2-30)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 5 Mar. 6 to Sept. 30

0.9 200

1.1 310

1.4 520

1.8 S40

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

1,200

2,000

3,130

4,420

6.0

S.O

10.0

10.8

5,900

9,200

12,900

14,700

0.9 

1.2 

1.5

230

410

640

2.0 1,100

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

2.130

3.270

4.550

5.950

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 6.5 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

SSO

387

2SO

250

245

235

230

225

SSO

29S

298

26S

250

230

225

225

225

225

230

220

SSO

240

220

200

240

415

640

l;500

1,750

1,150

688

Nov.

435

380

345

310

304

292

292

317

292

298

286

274

262

256

256

310

310

268

256

235

250

286

298

286

262

262

250

250

250

256

-

Dec.

262

292

SSO

SSO

366

S45

366

331

29S

298

286

*292

317

366

387

359

352

317

338

345

366

366

310

298

298

292

359

413

366

317

280

Jan.

240

274

280

2SO

292

274

274

292

292

280

292

317

331

510

2,250

1,000

*410

370

350

340

330

330

330

340

350

340

330

320

300

310

320

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

Ugf... ..........................

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

310

320

330

320

310

420

540

520

430

1,100

5,300

6,060

*4,2SO

3,250

2,380

2,810

2,060

1,050

1,040

1,700

1,270

2,060

1,650

1,400

1,240

1,000

S85

840

816

_

-

Mar.

858

1,450

5,150

11,600

14,700

14,200

12,300

6,310

5,250

3,770

2,910

2,460

1,550

1,450

1,500

1,350

1,260

2,350

4,220

4,690

3,270

2,300

1,700

1,350

1,210

928

1,020

1,110

1,500

2,300

4,550

Seoondfoot-days

12,409

8» 678

10,342

449,584

12,548

45,691

122,566

129, 820

42,691

i 56 942

31f 478

16,925

14,515

504,605

Apr.

4, SSO

3,030

2,400

4,290

4,970

3,820

2,300

2,080

2,240

1,840

1,750

4,160

5,670

5,110

3,770

3,770

4,160

4,290

4,970

3,880

2,590

5,640

5,530

7,340

7,180

7,020

6,550

5,670

4,420

4,550

Maximum

1,750

485

413

14,700

2,250

6,060

14,700

7,340

4,830

5,390

2,520

2,460

2,020

14,700

May

3,150

1,750

1,230

1,400

1,160

937

S74

811

775

Sll

676

640

616

616

624

658

649

616

616

616

592

536

488

1,040

3,510

4,030

2,740

1,960

1,500

2,240

4,830

Minimum

200

235

262

186

240

310

858

1,750

488

802

452

315

225

200

JvJne

5,390

4,030

2,620

1,960

1,600

1,350

1,240

1,450

1,650

2,240

1,960

2,910

3,640

2,350

1,550

1,500

1,500

1,110

1,750

1,960

1,250

.919

S02

991

1,300

1,020

1,110

1,470

2,300

2,020

-

July

2,35C

2,52C

1,910

1,350

1,000

83f

71f

63J

600

57f

S47

1.1SC

937

694

56f

874

1.12C

70S

552

488

452

452

eoe

792

94C

1,080

2.02C

2.02C

1.28C

802

624

Mean

400

289

334

1,232

405

1,576

3,954

4, 327

1, 377

1, 898

1,015

546

484

1,379

Aug.

520

459

417

397

378

390

512

473

390

371

345

333

333

327

321

315

315

321

536

608

404

358

339

327

321

364

568

1,250

973

1,500

2,460

Per square 

mne

Sept.

2,020

1,190

775

576

486

43S

410

480

504

576

496

424

390

371

352

321

291

225

431

309

303

285

268

291

410

536

410

345

309

291

-

Run-off in 

inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 15 to Feb. 10.
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 

Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°15'40", long. 81°36'35", in T. 5 N., R 3 W., at 

highway bridge three-quarters of a mile south of Newcoraerstown, 2 miles uprtream from 

Bucknorn Creek, and 4 miles downstream from Dunlap Creek. Datum of gage if 780.00 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 2,436 square miles.

Records available.- September 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharger- 19 years, 2,457 second-feet.

Extremes^- naximum discharge during year, 22,100 second-feet Mar. 6 (gage heic-ht, 12.52 

feet); minimum, 232 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 2.48 feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 46,800 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937 (gage height, 20.65 

feet, site and datum then in use); minimum 120 second-feet Aug. 7, 1930.

Flood of March 1913 reached stage of about 26.5 feet, original site and datum 

(discharge, 83,000 second-feet), computed by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

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

wnTcn" are fair. Ohio Canal diverts small amount of water from river at Portage Lakes, 

3 miles south of Akron; part of diverted water flows into Cuyahoga River Basin, now 

affected by eight flood-control reservoirs of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy 

District(see p. 146)

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 4,to Sept. 16)

2.5 240

2.6 290

2.8 420

5.1 670

5.6 1,200

4.2 1,980

4.8 2,940

7.5 S.OOO

9.0 11,000

10.0 13,500

11.0 16,500

12.5 2S.OOO

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

37S

500

452

350

514

290

280

265

265

260

552

f55S

f2SO

f265

f260

f240

f240

f255

250

f255

f255

f250

270

250

270

a600

al,000

a2,200

a2,500

al,700

al ,000

Nov.

a750

a600

a550

4S4

452

420

599

406

406

599

516

580

524

46S

415

3S5

444

42S

37S

364

344

357

3S5

399

592

564

544

332

326

526

Dec.

326

344

599

516

54S

524

500

476

436

420

406

392

420

46S

*532

548

50S

4S4

460

476

508

59S

580

SOS

460

42S

460

4S4

436

5S5

526

Jan.

550

530

 520

520

340

330

550

550

560

360

306

370

460

767

3,020

2,000

1,300

eoo

620

560

540

520

520

540

560

550

«540

500

460

460

4SO

Month

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

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

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

Hty. ............................

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

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

Water year 1959-40 ...........

Feb.

450

460

470

460

440

520

700

6SO

600

1,500

2,500

7,000

 8,000

a5,500

a3,200

a5,500

2,770

2,560

2,440

5,640

5,340

5,150

4,200

5,390

3,030

2,680

2,2OO

2,060

2,060

»

-

Mar.

2,130

2,390

S,400

15,000

20,000

22,000

20,600

17,900

12,500

9,000

f 6 ,670

f5,150

4,020

3,300

5,210

5,050

2,770

5,4SO

6,290

7,430

6,430

4,530

3,660

2,360

2,440

2,200

1,930

2,200

2,600

3,590

7,050

Secondfoot-days

16,364

13 f 955 

14,556

333,931

19,557

rfrf 5QQ

215J410

, 1336 1 9 90

80,570

110,570

Si 360

54*788

31,363

951 ,26S

Apr.

3,600

7,170

4,770

5,840

7,610

6,860

4,680

5,660

3,750

5,570

3,120

6,480

9,300

9,800

8,110

6,860

6,860

7,620

8,800

15,800

10,800

11,500

11,200

11,000

11,000

10,800

10,200

9,000

7,240

6,290

-

Maximum

2,500

750

598

21,600

5,020

3,000

23 000

13,'800

6,860

3,600

6,360

4,630

4,660

22,000

May

5,910

3,720

2,770

2,520

2,440

2,060

1,910

1,810

1,730

1,660

1,570

1,470

1,400

1,390

1,340

1,280

1.390

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,520

1,270

1,180

1,460

4,770

6,670

5,910

4,500

2,990

5,210

6,860

Minimum

240

526

526

240

520

440

1,980

3*100

1,180

1,840

1,270

598

4.00 4co

240

June

8,600

7,430

5,340

4,020

5,120

2,600

2,560

2,280

2,860

5,500

5,590

5,570

5,340

5,150

5,570

2,770

2,940

2,560

4,200

4,680

5,480

2,560

1,840

2,200

2,360

2,600

2,280

2,570

5,150

5,150

-

July

5,720

6,860

5,530

4,480

5,570

5,030

2,360

1,980

1,840

1,66O

1,650

2,360

2, JO

2,060

1,690

1,540

1,960

1,910

1,520

1,590

1,270

1,300

1,490

1,960

2,440

2,560

5,660

4,020

5,300

2,150

1,600

Mean

528

431

463

o t*zo OOP

624

2 f 672

6,949

7,900

2,593

3,686

2*622

1 1.22

1,046

2,544

Aug.

1,520

1,160

1,070

980

925

881

881

1,040

905

650

750

770

740

690

710

a700

a680

. a700

f790

f 1,070

1,090

790

750

652

598

670

958

2,130

2,360

2,520

4,680

Per sq tare

mile

Sept.

4,660

5,030

1 ,910"

1,590

1,120

980

850

870

1,040

1,04Q

1,040

958

903

800

780

750

690

589

655

579

552

500

460

428

780

1,010

980

760

654

572

-

Run-off In 

Inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Masslllon and 

Dover.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

'fate.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 1-12, Jan. 16 to Feb. 13.
142 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Muskingum River near Coshocton, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°14'55", long. 81°52'22", in T. 5 N., R. 6 W., 

at highway bridge 2 miles south of Coshocton and 2 miles downstream from confluence 

of Tuscarawas and Walhonding Rivers. Datum of gage is 730.00 feet abov3 mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 4,847 square miles.

Records available.- July 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 34,300 second-feet Mar. 5; maximm gage height, 

16.61 feet Feb. 13, ice Jam; minimum discharge, 449 second-feet Oct. 21 (gage height, 

0.58 foot).

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 78,700 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937 (gage height, 21.98 

feet); minimum, that of Oct. 21, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by 12 flood-control reservoirs (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1959-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage helglt, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 

1.6 

2.5

Oct. 1 to Feb. 19

460 5.5 

655 4.4 

S95 6.0

1,860 S.O

2,250

5,680

5,540

9,100

14,400

1.1 

1.6 

2.4 

3.0 

4.0

Feb. 20 to Sept. 50

S80 

1,560 

2,340 

5,200 

4,950

5.0

6.0

8.0

11.0

14.0

6,P50 9,roo

14,400 

23,fOO 

34,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

50 

51

Oct.

722 

958 

949 

762 

662

606 

585 

559 

514 

514

520 

615 

572 

526 

520

502 

484 

478 

508 

508

520 

508 

508 

520 

552

1,010 

1,780 

2,380 

3,440 

2,920 

2,010

Nov.

1,510 

1,190 

1,070 

967 

886

844 

810 

770 

762 

77S

770 

878 

895 

818 

754

722 

750 

778 

738 

715

715 

708 

730 

762 

770

692 

692 

662 

655 

655

Dec.

662 

715 

836 

922 

1,000

1,000 

976 

922 

878 

827

S02 

770 

818 

886 

949

976 

958 

904 

878 

886

895 

95S 

976 

852 

722

810 

722 

685 

738 

685 

670

Jan.

606 

655 

620 

572 

599

552 

552 

585 

606 

592

634 

655 

700 

1,320 

3,500

4,700 

5,000 

2,500 

1,700 

1,500

1,400 

*1,350 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,250 

1,150 

1,050 

1,050 

950 

800

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dec 6

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May. 

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

800 

900 

880 

860 

840

950 

1,700 

2,500 

3,000 

4,000

7,000 

12,000 

14,000 

10,000 

7,000

*5,600 

5,200 

5,000 

6,000 

10,400

11,000 

9,510 

8,420 

6,350 

5,750

4,950 

4,420 

4,160 

3,990

Mar.

3,990 

5,350 

19,000 

29,500 

55,100

31,200 

50,400 

51,600 

26,000 

23,500

12,000 

8,750 

7,180 

6,350 

5,950

5,750 

5,550 

6,950 

11,700 

13,300

11,400 

8,300 

6,750 

5,750 

4,950

4,420 

3,990 

4,080 

4,600 

5,880 

10,200

Secondfoot-days

28,210 

24,426 

26,278

1,535,618

41,048 

157,180 

387,040 

425,550 

157,950 

257,060 

139,340 

65,210 

58,590

1,747,682

Apr.

12,200 

10,700 

8,030 

9,110 

18,200

11,400 

8,520 

7,400 

8,080 

7,400

6,660 

13,600 

17,300 

17,300 

15,000

15,600 

13,000 

13,900 

15,300 

22,600

21,400 

16,700 

21,400 

20,700 

20,400

19,500 

18,800 

16,700 

14,100 

12,500

Maximum

3,440 

1,510 

1,000

35,100

5,000 

14,000 

53,100 

22,600 

12,000 

14,400 

12,200 

9,450 

7,960

33,100

May

12,000 

8,300 

5,950 

5,350 

5,050

4,510 

4,340 

3,990 

3,310 

5,640

3,460 

5,200 

5,120 

3,050 

3,050

2,830 

2,830 

2,760 

2,690 

2,690

2,620 

2,480 

2,540 

5,180 

9,450

11,800 

9,700 

7,400 

5,750 

6,010 

11,200

Minimum

478 

655 

662

472

552 

800 

5,990 

6,660 

2,340 

4,250 

2,080 

1,060 

898

478

June

14,400 

12,300 

9,200 

6,950 

5,750

4,730 

4,420 

4,420 

5,050 

3,080

11,200 

12,000 

12,200 

11,800 

8,980

7,180 

6,750 

6,350 

9,700 

8,980

6,550 

4,950 

4,250 

6,050 

6,750

5,750 

4,950 

6,020 

11,000 

10,400

July

10,400 

12,200 

9,950 

7,400 

5,950

5,050 

4,340 

3,810 

3,550 

3,29-3

3,200 

4,250 

4,160 

3,550 

3,050

2,830 

3,120 

3,200 

2,690 

2,410

2,210 

2,080 

2,960 

4,250 

4,080

3,900 

5,080 

5,350 

4,950 

3,460 

2,620

Mean

910 

814 

848

4,207

1,324 

5,420 

12,490 

14,180 

5,095 

7,902 

4,495 

2,104 

1,946

4,775

Aug.

2,210 

1,950 

1,760 

1,640 

1,520

1,450 

1,700 

1,760 

1,580 

1,440

1,350 

1,250 

1,230 

1,160 

1,210

1,130 

1,090 

1,060 

2,210 

2,280

1,820 

1,380 

1,240 

1,170 

1,110

1,220 

1,980 

3,990 

3,990 

6,900 

9,450

Per square

B-lle

Sept.

7,960 

5,350 

3,640 

2,760 

2,340

2,080 

1,320 

1,700 

1,820 

1,950

1,880 

1,760 

1,640 

1,520 

1,440

1,370 

1,320 

1,240 

1,070 

1,300

1,060 

988 

934 

896 

1,450

1,640 

1,700 

1,440 

1,220 

1,100

Run-off In 

inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 15 to Feb. 19.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 143

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°07'14", long. 82°00'02", at highway bridge half a 

mile east of Dresden, Muskingum County, and hair a mile downstream from Wakatomika 

Creek. Datum of gage is 693.15 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 5,982 square miles.

Kecords available.- September 1921 to September 1940.

Average (UscnargeT- 19 years, 6,129 second-feet.

^tremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 41,900 second-feet Mar. 6 (ga*e height, 20.86 

reet); minimum, 520 second-feet Oct. 17, 21; minimum gage height, 4.02 feet On. 21 

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 100,000 second-feet Aug. 9, 1935 (gage height, 31.6 

feet); minimum, 335 second-feet June 25, 1925 (gage height, 2.73 feet).

Maximum stage known, 46.0 feet in March 1913, present site and datum, from highwater mark, (discharge, 228,000 second-feet, computed by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army).

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by 14 flood-control reservoirs(see p. 146). .

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

4.0 

4.2 

4.6 

5.4

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 12-25) 

520 7

715

1,190

2,310

4,790 

6,500 

10,300 

14,500

19,700

25,600

32,000

38,300

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

2728

29

30 

31

Oct.

803 

917 

1,040 

871 

781

695 

655 

635 

596 

586

586 

635 

665 

586 

577

558 

520 

539 

539 

558

568 

568 

54S 

548 

625

1,040 

2,030 

2,910 

3,990 

3,750 

2,840

Hov.

2,100 

1,640 

1,360 

1,190 

1,060

976 

940 

882

S60 

S71

648 

906 

952 

917 

848

814 

781 

825 

825 

770

792 

792 

S03 

825 

836

803 

781 

737 

737 

726

Dec.

726 

792 

940 

1,040 

1,120

1,160 

1,160 

1,090 

1,040 

976

952 

928 

928 

1,010 

1,050

1,100 

1,090 

1,050 

1,010 

1,010

1,020 

1,070 

1,190 

1,120 

1,000

964 

*952 

848 

906 

840 

800

Jan.

770 

740 

740 

760 

760

750 

720 

660 

680 

680

700 

740 

820 

1,300 

5,000

*6,000 

6,500 

4,470 

2,300 

1,800

1,600 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,450 

1,400 

1,300 

1,300 

1,100 

1,000

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

IN

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Pels.

970 

1,100 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050

1,200 

2,000 

2,800 

3,200 

4,500

12,000 

15,000 

16 ,000 

17,000 

15,000

10,000 

7,500 

6,800 

7,000 

15,500

17 ,300 

15,700 

13,200 

10,900 

9,500

7,940 

6,860 

6,320 

5,980

Mar.

6,150 

7,220 

18,000 

36,100 

40,500

40,900 

a40,000 

39 ,800 

36 ,400 

31,700

16 ,300 

12,100 

10,300 

8,700 

8,300

3,120 

7,760 

8,700 

13 ,000 

15,500

14,500 

11,300 

9,300 

7,580 

6,680

5,810 

5,470 

5,300 

5,640 

6,860 

12,100

Secondfoot-days

32,759 

28,197 

30,882

1,992,350

52,040 

234,970 

498 ,O90 

589 ,400 

241 ,720 

313,110 

182,190 

76,680 

77 ,140

2,357,178

Apr. 

 I 

16 ,000 

15,700 

13,000 

12,300 

15,200

15,000 

11,900 

9,700 

10,100 

9,700

8,700 

15,900 

22,600 

23,500 

21 ,700

19,700 

18,300 

19,100 

22,000 

30,700

31,000 

21,100 

27,500 

29,400 

28,500

27,500 

26 ,600 

25,000 

22,000 

20,000

Maximum

3,990 

2,100 

1,190

36,400

6,500 

17,800 

40,900 

31 ,000 

19,700 

18,900 

15,700 

12,700 

11,100

40,900

May

19 ,700 

16,700 

13,200 

12,500 

11,100

7,940 

6,630 

5,810 

5,130 

4,790

4,470 

4,150 

3,990 

4,150 

4,150

4,470 

4,790 

4,310 

4,070 

3,910

3,750 

3,440 

2,910 

4,070 

11,300

15,000 

14,100 

11,100 

8,700 

7,940 

13,000

Minimum

520 

726 

726

520

660 

970 

5,300 

8,700 

2,910 

5,980 

2,540 

1,190 

1,060

520

June

18,000 

16,900 

14,500 

10,900 

8,500

7,040 

6,320 

6,150 

6,860 

9,100

14,100 

15,200 

15,500 

15,200 

12,700

9,900 

8,900 

8,300 

11,300 

11,900

9,500 

7,220 

5,960 

6,860 

8,300

7,760 

6,680 

7,040 

11,500 

13,000

July

13,400 

15,700 

14,700 

11,700 

9,100

7,400 

6,500 

5,470 

4,960 

4,150

3,990 

4,790 

5,130 

4,960 

4,150

3,330 

3,750 

4,150 

3,510 

3,060

2,760 

2,540 

3,140 

4,310 

4,630

4,630 

5,470 

6,500 

5,980 

4,470 

3,360

Mean

1,057 

940 

996

5,458

1,679 

8,102 

16,070 

. 19,650 

7,797 

10,440 

5,877 

2,474 

2,571

6,440

Ar«.

2,760 

2,330 

2,170 

1,960 

1,320

1,740 

1,820 

2,030 

1,890 

1,650

1,540 

1,410 

1,370 

1,300 

1,320

1,300 

1,200 

1,190 

1,890 

2,740

2,170 

1,720 

1,370 

1,300 

1,220

1,270 

1,740 

4,470 

5,300 

7,940 

12,700

Per square 

mile

Sept.

11,100 

7,940 

5,470 

4,150 

3,360

2,910 

2,540 

2,240 

2,310 

2,380

2,310 

2,170 

2,030 

1,390 

1,720

1,640 

1,550 

1,500 

1,330 

1,440

1,290 

1,160 

1,070 

1,060 

1,610

2,030 

2,100 

1,890 

1,580 

1,370

Run-off In 

Inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this ( day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Corhooton, 

Zanesville, and KcConnelsville.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by loe Dec. 30 to Jan. 16, Jan. 19 to Feb. 19.
144 IUSKIIIGUH RIVER BASIN 

Muskingum River at Zanesville, Ohio

Location.- Wire-weight tags, lat. 39°56'07", long. G2°00'26", at Sixth Street bridge in 

Zanesville, Ituskingum County, 1,000 feet upstream from lock 10, half e. mile downstream 

from Licking River, 0.6 mile downstream from dam 10, and 2.2 miles upstream from Moxahala Creek. Datum of gage is 665.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1912). Prior to Dec. 20, 1959, lower staff gare at loci: 10 and same datum. Former 

gage at lock 10 and same datum.

Drainage area.- 6,844 square miles (revised).

Records available.- April 1905 to December 1912 (gage heights and discharge measurements 

only}, October 1959 to-September 1940. Gage-height records collected at lock 10 since 

June 1687 by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 53,500 second-feet Apr. 20 (gave height, 27.57 

feet); minimum daily, 420 second-feet Jan. 7.

Maximum stage known, 51.8 feet March 27, 1913, from gage readings ty Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily. Flow regulated by storage in 14 floodcontrol reservoirs.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record for period Oct. 1 to Dec. 19 furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (see p. 146).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of poorly defined stage-discharge relation and period

of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-fee*.)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 4, Apr. 20, 21)

7.0 360

7.2 580

7.4 870

7.7 

8.0 

8.3

1,390

1,970

2,650

9.8

13.5

14.7

6,250

15,600

18,700

lfi.0 

18.0 

20.0

22,400

28,600

35,700

22.0

23.0

44,400

49,200

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,040 

990 

1,100 

1,100 

960

850 

740 

710 

710 

700

710 

670 

700 

750 

710

710 

710 

680 

670 

670

690 

660 

640 

680 

700

1,050 

2,050 

3,370 

3,850 

3,850 

3,010

NOT.

2,190 

1,770 

1,570 

1,390 

1,390

1,210 

1,040 

1,040 

1,040 

870

870 

870 

1,040 

1,300 

1,040

S70 

S70 

870 

870 

955

1,300 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,210

1,210 

1,040 

870 

870 

870

Dec.

870 

870 

1,120 

1,390 

1,390

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,300 

1,390

,210 

,210 

,210 

,210 

,210

1,390 

1,390 

1,210 

1,210 

1,300

1,210 

1,210 

1,390 

1,390 

1,300

1,110 

1,300 

1,140 

1,180 

1,140 

955

Jan.

904 

780 

780 

820 

850

500 

420 

770 

590 

540

560 

900 

1,000 

1,800 

5,600

6,000 

6,200 

5,000 

3,000 

2,200

1,900 

l.SOO 

1,800 

1,SOO 

1,800

1,700 

1,600 

1,500 

1,400 

1,300 

1,100

Month

Ootc 

Nove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr] 

May

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

ilendar 3

ter year 1939-4C ............

Feb.;

1,100 

1,250 

1,250 

1,250 

1,200

1,300 

2,300 

3,000 

3,400 

4,700

14,000 

13,200 

17 , 900 

17,300 

15,500

10 , 800 

8,500 

8,250 

alO,000 

16,000

18,200 

17,100 

14,800 

12 , 800 

all, 000

9,000 

B,000 

7,250 

7,250

Mar.

7,750 

9,750 

29,600 

48,700 

49,700

44,400 

41,600 

40,700 

37,700 

32,700

19,500 

13,500 

10,800 

9,250 

8,500

8,500 

8,250 

9,250 

13,200 

16,800

15,800 

12,500 

9,750 

aB,400 

7,000

6,250 

5,530 

5,770 

5,770 

7,750 

14,800

Secondfoot -day a

36, 4- HO 

34,605 

38,375

-

56,93 

257, 6C 

559,47 

691, 4E 267, 8C 

346,83 

188.4E

79, OE

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

2,636,284

Apr.

17,300 

17,100 

14,500 

14,200 

1,6,300

15 , 800 

10,000 

10,500 

11,200 

10,800

9,250 

23,000 

27,000 

25 , 700 

23,900

23 , 900 

21,500 

25,100 

31,200 

50,200

49,700 

30,000 

28,600 

31,300 

29,600

28,300 

27,000 

25,700 

22,400 

20,400

Maximum

3,850 

2,190 

1,390

-

6,200 

18,200 

49,700 

50,200 

20,100 

21,500 

18,200 

13,400 

11,400

50,200

May

20,100 

17,400 

13,200 

13 , 000 

11,800

8,500 

7,250 

6,010 

5,290 

5,050

,570 

,330 

,OPO 

,330 

,090

,570 

,810 

,570 

,090 

,330

,090 

,850 

,370 

5,050 

15,500

16,500 

15,800 

12 , 800 

9,750 

10,800 

15,700

Minimum

640 

870 

870

-

420

1,100 

5,530 

9,250 

3,370 

6,010 

2,650 

1,300 

1,210

420

June

21,200 

21,500 

17,600 

12,200 

9,500

7,500 

6,750 

6,500 

8,750 

9,750

16,300 

17,900 

16,500 

16,300 

14,000

11,000 

9,250 

10,200 

11,500 

13,000

10,000 

7,500 

6,010 

6,750 

8,500

8,250 

7,500 

7,500 

12 , 800 

14,800

July

15 , 800 

18,300 

15,800 

13,500 

9,250

7,500 

6,250 

5,290 

4,810 

4,090

3,850 

4,810 

4,810 

5,050 

4,090

3,610 

3,610 

4,090 

3,370 

3,130

2,770 

2,650 

3,130 

4,330 

4,570

4,330 

5,050 

7,000 

5,770 

4,570 

3,370

Mean

1,176 

1,154 

1,238

-

1,836 

8,883 

18,050 

23,050 

8,642 

11,560 

6,079 

2,555 

2,635

7,203

Aug.

2,770 

2,410 

2,300 

2,080 

1,970

1,770 

1,870 

2,050 

1,970 

1,770

1,670 

1,300 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390

1,390 

1,300 

1,390 

1,480 

2,770

2,190 

1,870 

1,570 

1,390 

1,300

1,300 

1,670 

4,570 

5,050 

8,440 

13,400

Pe" square 

mile

Sept.

11,400 

8,120 

5,530 

4,090 

3,370

2,770 

2,530 

2,300 

2,190 

2,300

2,300 

2,190 

1,970 

1,P70 

1,770

1,670 

1,570 

1,570 

1,480 

1,390

1,390 

1,300 

1,210 

1,210 

1,770

2,190 

2,080 

2,080 

1,770 

 1,570

Run-off In 

Inches

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Dresden and McConnelsvllle.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation poorly defined Oct. 1-26; discharge computed on basis of records 

for stations at Dresden and McConnelsvllle.

Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 2 to Feb. 11.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 145

Musklngum River at McConnelsville, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°38'40", long. 81°51'00", In SEi sec. 11, T. 10

fo., R. 12 W., just upstream from Dam 7 at McConnelsville, 3i miles downstream from

Ollsprlng Run. Datum of gage Is at elevation of crest of dam, 650.31 feet above mean

sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 7,411 square miles. 

Hecords available.- October 1921 to September 1940. 

Average discharge"!"- 19 years, 7,224 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 78,600 second-feet Apr. 20-21 (gage height, 12.73

feet); minimum, 584 second-feet Oct. 22, 23 (gage height, 0.28 foot).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 126,000 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937 (gage height, 21.14

feet); minimum, 218 second-feet Aug. 25, 1930 (gage height, -0.65 foot), from rating

curve extended below 470 second-feet.

Maximum stage known, 33.5 feet, present datum, Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, 270,000

second-feet, computed by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army). 

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by 14 flood-control reservoirs (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-27)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept, 30

610

900

1,260

1,720

2,540

1.7 

2.3 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

4,080

6,150

8,950

13,700

19,400

25,500

41,000

59,000

74,000

1,320

1,700

2,130

1.2 2,630

1.4 3,1^0

1.7 4.C80

Note.- Same as precedirg 

table above 1.7 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

1,070 

1,020 

1,150 

1,160 

1,040

900 

795 

736 

736 

722

736 

694 

722 

795 

736

760 

750 

708 

694 

694

722 

666 

666 

722 

736

1,060 

2,160 

3,790 

3,630 

4,240 

3,630

Nov.

2,750 

2,120 

1,720 

1,480 

1,300

1,200 

1,130 

1,130 

1,090 

1,040

1,040 

1,000 

1,070 

1,160 

1,150

1,090 

1,040 

1,020 

1,090 

1,130

1,180 

1,260 

1,300 

1,280 

1,220

1,200 

1,160 

1,070 

1,000 

968

Dec.

951

968 

1,070 

1,260 

1,390

1,480 

1,580 

1,550 

1,410 

1,300

1,260 

1,200 

1,180 

1.180 

1,220

1,240 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,280 

1,230 

1,260 

1,350 

1,330

1,240 

1,200 

1,200 

1,150 

1,110 

1,020

Jan.

917 

810 

810 

855 

655

855

825 

750 

780 

780

780 

795 

870 

1,520 

5.SOO

6,350 

6,550 

5,620 

3,690 

2,400

2,090 

2,010 

1,980 

2,010 

1,980

1,880 

1,720 

1,600 

1,550 

1,410 

1,220

Month

Oct 

NOT; 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

VI

alendar year 19:59 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

1,200 

1,350 

1,350 

1,330 

1,280

1,390 

2,630 

3,320 

3,500 

5,170

15,600 

15,900 

18,200 

20,600 

18,200

14.200 

10,100 

8,950 

11,000 

17,000

20,600 

20,000 

17,000 

15,400 

13 , 000

10,300 

8,750 

8,150 

7,750

Mar.

7,950 

9,400 

28,900 

53,600 

57,300

50,500 

46,900 

44,000 

43,000 

37,400

28,800 

15,800 

12,000 

10,100 

9,180

8,750 

8,550 

8,750 

11,700 

16,400

17,000 

14 , 000 

10,800 

S,950 

7,550

6,750 

6,150 

5,800 

5,980 

7,150 

14 , 500

Secondfoot-days

38,630 

37,388 

38,819

2,507,764

62,062 

293,220 

613,610 

785,500 

277,120 

354,850 

190,340 

78,690 

85,110

2,855,339

Apr.

17,600 

18,200 

17,000 

15,400 

15,900

17,000 

14,800 

11,700 

11,200 

11,200

10,300 

20,900 

29,700 

27,600 

26,200

26,200 

24,800 

25,900 

34,500 

73,400

72 , 100 

42,000 

28,600 

32 , 500 

31,100

29,700 

28,300 

26,900 

23,600 

21,200

Maximum

4,240 

2,750 

1.580

38,600

6,550 

20,600 

57,300 

73,400 

20,600 

23,000 

17,000 

13,200 

12,400

73,400

May

20,600 

19,400 

14,800 

13,000 

12,000

9,400 

7,550 

6,750 

5,800 

5,280

5,100 

4,580 

4,400 

4,400 

4,400

4,750 

4,920 

4,750 

4,400 

4,400

4,240 

4,080 

3,540 

4,680 

14,000

17,000 

16,400 

13,700 

10,500 

10,100 

18,200

Minimum

666 

968 

951

620

750 

1,200 

S.800 

10,300 

3,540 

6,350 

2,710 

1,360 

1,320

666

June

21,300 

23,000 

18, 800 

13,700 

10,300

8,350 

6,950 

6,950 

6,950 

8,750

14 , 800 

20,000 

17,000 

16,400 

14,800

12,200 

9,620 

9,850 

10,500 

12 , 700

10,800 

8,350 

6,550 

6,350 

8,150

8,750 

7,350 

8,530 

12,400 

14,200

July

14,800 

17,000 

16,400 

13,000 

10,100

7,950 

6,750 

5,800 

5,, 100 

4,400

4,080 

4,580 

4,920 

4,920 

4,240

3,930 

3,660 

3,930 

3.72U 

3,250

2,970 

2,710 

2,910 

4,080 

4,750

4,400 

4,680 

6,550 

5,980 

5,100 

3,760

Mean

1,246 

1,246 

1,252.

6,871

2,002 

10,110 

19,790 

26,180 

8,939 

11,830 

6,140 

2,538 

2,837

7,801

Aug.

3,050 

2,580 

2,320 

2,130 

2,000

1,720 

1,850 

2,020 

2,060 

1,910

1,740 

1,600 

1,360 

1,500 

1,460

1,450 

1,390 

1,370 

1,520 

2,350

£.370 

£,020 

1,660 

1,450 

1,360

1,560 

1,500 

3,390 

£,100 

7,900 

13,200

Per square 

mile

Sept.

12,400 

9,400 

6,350 

4,580 

3,570

3,050 

2,690 

2,370 

2,250 

2,300

2,300 

2,230 

2,090 

2,000 

1.8VO

1,760 

1,720 

1,660 

1,600 

1,480

1,540 

1,450 

1,360 

1,320

1,640

2,180 

2,150 

2,130 

1,930 

1,740

Run-off In 

Inches
146 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs In Muskingum River Basin, Ohio

During the years 1935 to 1938, the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, constructed 14 dams 

on the Muskingum River and tributaries for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. 

The reservoirs created by these dams are used mainly for flood control, but at 11 of them 

a conservation pool is maintained for emergency water supply for domestic and industrial 

uses, to maintain sanitary stream conditions during periods of extreme low flow, and for 

recreational and wild-life conservation purposes.

There are no gates on spillways of the dams, except at Senecaville. All regulation 

is done by gates in tunnels through the dams, except at Beach City and C"iarles Mill, where 

there are also by-pass gates in the conservation weir; at Senecaville, regulation at higher 

stages can be assisted by operation of lli^fcot taint'or gates on spillway.

The total capacity of these reservoirs at spillway level is 1,539,000 acre-feet, of 

which 212,800 acre-feet is retained In the conservation pools.

The Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, assumed operation of the reservoirs on Aug. 13, 

1939, and furnished the figures of elevation and contents contained herein.

Dover Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°33'30", long. 81°24'45", in SWi sec. 6, 

T. 9 N., R. 1 W., at dam on Tuscarawas River, 4.2 miles northeast of Dover. Datum of 

gage is 858.0 feet above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912; gage readings have been 

adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area above dam is 1,397 square 

miles. Records available,' October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 29,600 acre-feet Apr. 23 (elevation, 890.55 feet); minimum, 97 acre-feet Oct. 

17, 20 (elevation, 864.35 feet).

Reservoir formed by concrete dam completed Nov. 29, 1937. Capacit7 at spillway 

level (elevation, 916.0 feet), 203,000 acre-feet, of which 1,000 acre-feet is in conservation pool. Reservoir is used for flood control and conservation. There are no 

gates on spillway and all regulation is done by gates In conduits through dam.

Bolivar Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°39'05", long. 81°25'55", at dam on 

Sandy Creek, l.l miles east of Bolivar, Tuscarawas County. Datum of gage is 895.0 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings have been adJusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 502 square miles. Records 

available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 33,600 acrefeet Apr. 23, 24 (elevation, 932.82 feet); minimum, 148 acre-feet Oct. 8 (elevation, 

896.48 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Nov. 15, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 962.00 feet), 150,000 acre-feet. Reservoir is used for flood control. 

There are no gates on spillway and all regulation Is done by gates In conduits through 

dam.

Leesville Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°28'10", long. 81°11'^5", Ei sec. 36, 

T. 13 N., R. 6 W., at dam on McGuire Creek, 1.4 miles northeast of Leesville. Datum 

of gage is 928.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 191?,); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 47.9 square 

miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 7,760 acre-feet May 25 (elevation, 948.44 feet); minimum, 438 acre-feat Oct. 

9-25 (elevation, 928.38 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Oct. 22, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 977.5 feet), 37,400 acre-feet, of which 19,500 acre-feet is In conservation pool. Reservoir Is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates 

on spillway and all regulation Is done by gates In conduit through dam.

Atwood Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°31'35", long. 81°17'15", SEi sec. 28, 

T. 15 U., R. 7 W., at dam on Indian Fork, 1.5 miles southeast of New Cumberland. 

Datum of gage is 890.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage 

readings have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 70.3 

square miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Marimum contents 

during year, 14,000 acre-feet Apr. 23 (elevation, 920.80 feet); minimrm, 2.5 acre-feet 

Jan. 8, 9 (elevation, 890.36 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Sept. 23, 1937. Capacity r.t spillway level 

(elevation, 941.0 feet), 49,700 acre-feet, of which 23,600 acre-feet is in conservation 

pool. Reservoir is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates on 

spillway and all regulation is done by gates In conduits through dam.

Beach City Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°38'10", long. 81°33'30", at dam on 

Sugar Creek, l.b miles southeast of Beach City, Stark County. Datum of gage is 931.0 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 300 square miles. Records 

available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 22,700 acrefeet Mar. 5 (elevation, 964.41 feet); minimum, 6.0 acre-feet Oct. 10, 17-19 (elevation, 

931.60 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Aug. 13, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 976.5 feet), 71,700 acrer-feet, of which 1,700 acre-feet IE in conservation 

pool. Reservoir is used for flood control. There are no gates on spillway and all 

regulation Is done by gates in conduits through dam or through bypass gates in conservation weir.

Piedmont Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°11'25", long. 81°12'4£", SEi sec. 35, 

T. 10 N., R. 6 W., at dam on Stlllwater Creek, 0.4 mile west of Piedmont. Datum of 

gage is 881.75 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 84 square miles. 

Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 

29,700 acre-feet Apr. 26 (elevation, 911.32 feet); minimum, 80 acre-feet Nov. 29, 30 

(elevation, 882.55 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed May 22, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 924.6 feet), 65,000 acre-feet, of which 33,600 acre-feet is in conservation 

pool. Reservoir is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates on 

spillway and all regulation is done by gates in tunnel through abutment of dam.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 147 

Reservoirs In Musklngum River Basin, Ohio Continued

Clendenlng Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°16'05", long. 81°16'35", NW$ sec. 

16, T. 12 N., R. 7 W., at dam on Brushy Fork, 0.6 mile east of Tlfpecanoe. Datum of 

gage Is 862.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 69.5 square 

miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 11,200 acre-feet Apr. 23 (elevation, 887.11 feet); minimum, 20 acre-feet Nov. 

30 (elevation, 862.41 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Nov. 1, 1937: capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 910.5 feet), 54,000 acre-feet, of which 27,900 acre-feet Is In conservation 

pool. Reservoir Is used for flood control. There are no gates on spillway and all 

regulation Is done by gates In tunnel through abutment of dam.

Tappan Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°21'35", long. 81°13'3511 , liWi sec. 4, T. 

13 H., R. 7 W., at dam on Little Stlllwater Creek, 0.9 mile west of Tappan. Datum of 

gage Is 870.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 71.0 square 

miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 17,700 acre-feet Apr. 25. 26 (elevation, 890.38 feet); minimum, 5.0 acre-feet 

Oct. 1 (elevation, 870.05 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Oct. 24, 1936. Capacity at splir«ay level 

(elevation, 909.0 feet), 61,600 acre-feet, of which 35,100 acre-feet Is In conservation pool. Reservoir Is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates 

on spillway and all regulation Is done by gates In tunnel through dam.

Charles Mill Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°44'20", long. 82°21'40", NE$ sec. 

35, T. 23 N., R. 17 W., at dam on Black Fork, 2.5 miles south of Mlfflln. Eatum of 

gage Is 987.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 216 square 

miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 23,200 acre-feet Apr. 24 (elevation, 1,005.08 feet); minimum, 6,260 acre-feet 

Oct. 24, 25 (elevation, 996.05 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Aug. 17, 1936. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 1,020.0 feet), 88,000 acre-feet, of which 7,400 acre-feet Is In conservation pool. Reservoir Is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates 

on spillway and all regulation Is done by gates In conduits through dam or through bypass gate around conservation weir.

Mohawk Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°21'10", long. 82°05'15", SWi sec. 6,T.6N., 

RY8 W., at dam on Walhondlng River, 1.5 miles northwest of Nellie. Datum of gage Is 

799.2 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings have been 

adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 1,501 square miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 58,000 

acre-feet Apr. 22 (elevation, 848.52 feet); minimum, 71 acre-feet Oct. 10 (elevation, 

800.48 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Sept. 22, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 890.0 feet.), 285,000'acre-feet. Reservoir Is used for flood control only. 

There are no gates on spillway and all regulation is done by gates In tunnels through 

dam. /

Pleasant Hill Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°37'25", long. 82°19'30", NEi sec. 

7, T. 19 N., R. 16 W., at dam on Clear Fork, 2.5 miles south of Perrysvllle. Datum 

of gage Is 971.75 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readIngs have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 199 square 

miles. Records available/ October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 9,350 acre-feet Apr. 23 (elevation, 1,014.25 feet); minimum, 1,010 acre-feet 

June 30 (elevation, 992.84 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Feb. 1, 1938. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, l,065 r O feet), 87,700 acre-feet, of which 13,500 acre-feet Is In conservation pool. Reservoir is used for flood control and conservation. There are no gates 

on spillway and all regulation Is done by gates In tunnel through dam.

Mbhlcanyllle Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°43'35", long. 82°09'05", SEi sec. 

34, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., at dam on Lake Fork, 2 miles east of Mohlcanvllle. Datum of 

gage Is 932.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage readings 

have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 269 square 

miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during 

year, 17,600 acre-feet Mar. 5 (elevation, 949.15 feet); minimum, 24 acre-feet Oct. 

7-19, 23, 24 (elevation, 932.48 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Dec. 24, 1936. Capacity at spill"ay level 

(elevation, 963.0 feet), 102,000 acre-feet. Reservoir Is used for flood cortrol only. 

There are no pates on spillway and all, regulation Is done by gates In conduits through 

dam.

Senecavllle Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°55'25", long. 81 Q26'10", at dam on 

Seneca Fork, 1.5 miles southeast of Senecavllle, Guernsey County. Datum of gage Is 

812.05 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); gage reading? have tjeen 

adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 121 square miles. Records 

available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 33,300 acrefeet Apr. 24 (elevation, 829.15 % feet); minimum, 2,560 acre-feet Oct. 22, 23 (elevation, 

812.53 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed llay 14, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 842.5 feet), 88,500 acre-feet, of which 43,500 acre-feet Is below conservation pool level. Reservoir Is used for flood control and conservation. Outflow Is 

controlled mostly by operation of gates In short conduits through dam, but above spillway level, 11^-foot talntor gates on spillway can be used.
148 rtlSKINGUK RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Muskingum River Basin, Ohio Continued

Wills Creek Reservoir.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°09'25", long. 81°50'55", SEi sec. 

23, T. 4 N., R. 6 W., at dam on Wills Creek, 1.3 miles south of village of Wills 

Creek. Datum of gage is 733.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912); 

gage readings have been adjusted to elevations above mean sea level. Drainage area, 

844 square miles. Records available, October 1939 to September 1940. Maximum contents during year, 111,000 acre-feet Apr. 24 (elevation, 770.03 feet); minimum, 1,780 

acre-feet Oct. 22, 23 (elevation, 734.10 feet).

Reservoir formed by earth dam completed Oct. 13, 1937. Capacity at spillway level 

(elevation, 779.0 feet), 196,000 acre-feet, of which 6,000 acre-feet is below conservation pool level. Reservoir Is used for flood control and conservation. There at-e no 

gates on spillway and all regulation is done by gates in conduits through dam.

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Date

Calendar year 1939

Water year 1939-40

Calendar year 1939

Water year 1939-40

Calendar year 1939

Water year 1939-40

Dover Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

865.05 

865.65 

864.65 

864.95

-

865.25 

866 . 85 

872.95 

872.35 

873. SO 

868.55 

865.55 

869.50 

S64.95

-

Contents 

(acrefeet)

111 

123 

103 

109

-

115 

155 

694 

571 

940 

212 

121 

266 

109

-

Change In 

contents 

during 

month 

(acrefeet)

+12 

-20 

+6

-12

+6 

+40 

+539 

-123 

+369 

-728 

-91 

+145 

-157

-2

Atwood Reservoir

901.25 

901.05 

890.45 

890.45

-

890.50 

891.75 

895.50 

915.55 

914.40 

914.00 

913.90 

914.05 

914.00

-

918 

867 

3.0 

3.2

-

3.4 

19 

139 

8,688 

7,736 

7,416 

7,319 

7,458 

7,398

-

-51

-864 

+ .2

-3.5

+ .2 

+16 

+120 

+8,549 

-952 

-318 

-99 

+139 

-60

+6,480

Clendenlng Reservoir

869 . 25 

870 . 85 

862.45 

862.65

-

862 . 60 

865.60 

869.90 

871.00 

871.20 

874.30 

871.10 

872.70 

871.25

-

847 

1,252 

22 

32

-

30 

260 

978 

1,297 

1.363 

2,420 

1,325 

1,813 

1,375

-

+405 

-1,230 

+ 10

-45

-2 

+230 

+718 

+319 

+66 

+1,057 

-1,095 

+468 

-438

+528

Bolivar Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

697.50 

S98.25 

896.90 

896.55

-

697.15 

898.05 

904.60 

906.00 

904.55 

89S.75 

897 . 60 

899 . 00 

897.00

-

Contents 

(acrefeet)

250 

327 

190 

155

-

216 

307 

1,446 

1,801 

1,440 

375 

260 

401 

200

-

Change In 

contents 

during 

month 

(acrefeet)

+77 

-137 

-35

-83

+61 

+91 

+1.139 

+355 

-361 

-1*065 

rll5 

+141 

-201

-50

Beach City Reservoir

932.50 

932.10 

931.85 

932.30

-

932.20 

934.50 

946.30 

949.15 

950.65 

950.35 

948. SO 

951.35 

948.30

-

15 

11 

8.5 

13

-

12 

50 

988 

2,281 

3,193 

3,015 

2,102 

3,669 

1,650

-

-4 

-2.5 

+4.5

-13

N- -1 

+38 

+938 

+1,293 

+912 

-178 

-918 

+1,567 

-1,619

+1,335

Tappan Reservoir

870.05 

870.50 

870.35 

870.45

-

870 . 50 

872.45 

879 . 60 

889.95 

886.45 

883.95 

879 . 10 

879 . 30 

879.10

-

5 

52 

34 

46

-

48 

367 

3,967 

16,920 

12,040 

8,747 

3,570 

3,749 

3,570

-

+47 

-18 

+12

-97

+2 

+339 

+3,580 

+12,953 1 

-4,680 

-3,293 1 

-5,177 

+179 

-179

+3,565

Leesvllle Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

92S.40 

930.50 

928.95 

928. S5

-

926.85 

930.75 

932.75 

946.00 

944.80 

930.50 

929.00 

931.40 

932.70

-

Contents 

(acrefeet)

440 

722 

496 

484

-

466 

764 

1,150 

6,307 

5,593 

726 

500 

685 

1,140

-

Change in 

contents 

during 

month 

(acrefeet)

+2S2 

-226 

-12

-87

+2 

+27S 

+386 

+5, 157 

-714 

-4,867 

-226 

+385 

+255

+700

882.75 

866 . 60 

882.55 

8S3.50

-

883.35 

890.60 

899.05 

911.15 

909.45 

909.35 

907.15 

903.00 

900.00

-

99 

649 

81 

173

-

159 

2i6lS 

10,180 

29,360 

25,980 

25,790 

21,620 

15,010 

11,330

-

+750 

-76S 

+98

-956

-14 

+2, 459 

+7,562 

+19,180 

-3,380 

-190 

-4,170 

-6,610 

-3,680

+11,231

Charles Mill Reservoir

996.35 

996.70 

996.90 

996.95

-

997.10 

997.70 

998.30 

,003.45 

997.80 

,002.60 

997.40 

997.45 

997.05

-

6,605 

7,041 

7,279 

7,359

-

7,517 

8,370 

9,283 

19,180 

8,529 

17,380 

7,974 

8,053 

7,456

 *

+436 

+238 

+80

-238

+158 

+853 

+913 

+9,897 

-10,651 

+8,851 

-9,406 

+79 

-595

+853

t Elevation at midnight.

Note.- Storage figures are based on provisional capacity curves and are subject to minor
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 149

Monthly elevation and contents, of reservoirs in Musklngum River Basin, Ohio, for water 

year October 1939 to September 1940 Continued

Date

Calendar year 1939.

Water year 1939-40.

Calendar year 1939.

Water year 1939-40.

Mohawk Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

800.95 

801.15 

800.85 

800.90

-

801.05 

803.15 

808.15 

823.95 

811.25 

806.65 

802.90 

806 . 15 

801.00

-

Contents 

(acrefeet)

105 

123 

99 

103

-

115 

272 

817 

8,807 

1,420 

607 

254 

547 

111

-

Change in 

contents 

during 

month (acrefeet)

+18 

-24

+4

-66

+12 

+157 

+545 

+7,990 

-7,387 

-813 

-353 

+293 

-436

+6

Seneoaville Reservoir

812.85 

814.00 

814.25 

815.70

-

818.20 

819.55 

820.00 

828.15 

829.05 

825.80 

825.50 

826.45 

825.60

-

2,777 

3,769 

4,007 

5,494

-

8,747 

10,750 

11,400 

30,350 

32,930 

23, 210 

22,410 

25,190 

22,610

-

+992 

+238 

+1,487

+813

+3,253 

+2,003 

+650 

+18,950 

+2,580 

-9,720 

-800 

'+2,780 

-2,580

+19,833

Pleasant Hill Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

994.90 

994.85 

994.95 

994.80

-

994.85 

994.25 

995.10 

998.90 

994.00 

993.85 

994.00 

993.95 

993.95

-

Contents 

(acrefeet)

1,329 

1,323 

1,337 

1,311

-

1,319 

1,196 

1,373 

2,241 

1,154 

1,125 

1,148 

1,137 

1,140

-

Change in 

contents 

during 

month 

(acrefeet)

-6 

+14 

-26

+44

+8 

-123 

+177 

+868 

-1,087 

-29 

+23 

-11 

+3

-189

Wills Creek Reservoir

736.95 

739.40 

734.90 

735.95

-

736 . 35 

743.60 

744.65 

762.30 

747.05 

743.85 

736.55 

745.15 

741.90

-

2,777 

3,987 

2,023 

2,380

-

2,539 

7,855 

9,322 

62,480 

13,050 

8,212 

2,618 

9,977 

5,911

-

+1,210 

-1,964 

+357

-4,602

+159 

+5,316 

+1,467 

+53, 158 

-49,430 

-4, 838 

-5,594 

+7,359 

-4,066

+3, 134

Mohicanville Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

934.10 

932.80 

932.60 

932.55

-

932.65 

933.35 

936.40 

936.50 

936.40 

935.95 

932.90 

934.40 

932.60

-

ContertE 

(acrefeet)

111 

40 

30 

28

-

3? 

6V 

381 

39V 

385 

296 

46 

141 

30

-

Change in 

contents 

during 

month 

(acrefeet)

-71 

-10 

-2

-8

+4 

+35 

+314 

+16 

-12 

-89 

-250 

+95 

-111

-81

t Elevation at midnight.

Note.- Storage figures are based on provisional capacity curves and are subject to minor 

revisions.
150 MUSKIN3UM RIVER BASIN

Sandy Creek at Waynesburg, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°40'22", long. 81°15'38", in sec. 21, T. 17 N., 

R. 7 w., at highway bridge 800 feet downstream from Little Sandy CreeX, a quarter of 

a mile north of Waynesburg, and half a mile upstream from Indian Run. Datum of gage 

Is 955.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 254 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,220 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 7.75 

TeeTFF minimum, 16 second-feet Oct. 10, 11; minimum gage height, -0.03 foot, Sept. 23.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 4, 1940; minimum, that o* Oct. 10, 11, 

1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtful gage-height record, which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

25

24

22

20

19

18

19

19

16

17

20

18

19

20

19

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

23

20

39

66

111

109

71

58

Nov.

54

4S

46

43

43

39

41

41

39

39

37

40

37

33

35

33

32

32

29

32

30

31

37

33

33

33

31

31

30

2S

-

Dec.

31

34

48

52

50

46

45

40

40

39

38

37

39

51

56

46

46

46

45

4S

58

56

43

38

31

33

33

34

35

31

29

Jan.

30

31

31

31

30

29

2S

28

29

27

28

29

30

154

*441

200

100

70

50

40

34

34

35

36

36

35

35

34

34

34

34

Month

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

35

34

34

33

*33

40

130

110

90

19S

S15

655

570

288

339

307

195

167

170

256

310

278

232

204

184

147

144

142

142

_

-

Mar.

149

320

2,150

*5,460

3,320

1,430

S55

640

46S

362

296

263

266

290

305

260

299

700

1,370

950

600

468

338

254

222

194

199

266

335

606

1,460

Secondfoot-days

964

1,090

1,298

87,817

1,317

6,276

25,095

26,977

9,275

7,919

4,004

2,100

1,575

88,390

Apr.

1,050

660

640

1,100

660

466

377

446

426

344

323

1,260

1,150

900

680

700

660

900

S78

3,550

4,060

2,000

1,020

680

602

401

338

296

266

242

-

Maximum

in54

56

4,480

441

815

5,460

4,060

1,290

900

450

188

102

5,460

May

245

248

236

230

202

ISO

162

150

148

135

123

116

120

125

123

. 132

120

111

111

135

111

98

91

465

1,290

975

540

344

269

740

1,200

Minimum

16

2S

29

16

27

33

149

242

91

100

46

40

36

16

June

900

640

446

341

272

230

216

219

358

496

413

415

362

263

210

178

150

152

165

130

109

102

104

155

142

116

100

16S

197

170

-

July

290

216

145

116

95

78

67

62

62

S7

130

114

71

52

112

320

135

82

65

52

46

4S

112

102

91

255

450

230

130

102

d87

Mean

31.1

36.3

41.9

241

58.6

216

810

899

299

264

129

67.7

52.5

242

Aug.

dSO

d67

d60

62

d58

d56

d54

d50

d44

d44

46

d46

46

d42

d44

d40

d42

50

dTl

d56

d50

d46

d46

d40

44

d52

176

152

87

161

188

PC- square 

mile

0.122

.143

.165

.949

.231

.850

3.19

3.54

1.1S

1.04

.508

.267

.207

.953

Sept.

102

73

67

d60

d58

d54

d54

76

d82

d67

d56

d54

d46

d46

46

d44

d42

d38

d38

d38

d38

38

d36

d3S

d56

d62

d50

d42

3S

d36

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.14

' .16

.19

12. S5

.27

.92

3.68-

3.95

1.36

1.16

.59

.31

.23

12.96

Peak discharge. r- Feb. 11 (7 a.m.) 995 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (11 a.m.) 6,220 aec.-ft.; Mar. 19 (4 a.m.) 

1,550 sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (1:30 a.m.) 1,610 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (12:30 a.m.) 1,290 aec.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(11:30 p.m.) 4,820 aec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

d Doubtful gage-height record; dlacharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 24 to Jan. 13, Jan. 16 to Feb. 9.
MOSKINQUM RIVER BASIN 151

Sandy Creek at Sandyvllle, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40038'04n , long. Sl°22'28", in sec. 8, T. 10 N., 

 R. 1 VI., 100 feet downstream from highway bridge, a third of a mile downstream from

Nimishlllen Creek, half a mile south of Sandyville, and 3i miles by valley above Bolivar

Dam. Datum of gage is 913.25 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.-.481 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1923 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 17 years, 510 second-feet. 

mctremes.- mximum gage height during year, 19.42 feet, from floodmark, affected by backwater from Bolivar Reservoir, Apr. 23; minimum discharge, 58 second-feet Oct. 8, 17

(gage hefght, 1.41 feet); minimum daily, 74 second-feet Oct. 8 and 15.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 14,200 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 14.08

feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Sept. 22, 1932 (gage height, 0.98 foot); minimum daily,

43 second-feet July 25, 1934.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 14.8 feet, present datum (not comparable with

present stages owing to channel changes). 

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

Backwater from Bolivar Reservoir, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used July 29 to Sept. 30) 

Oct. 1-2S Oct. 29 to Sept. 30

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

56

76

126

216

356

515

750

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

76

96

140

225

2.4

3

4

5

370

630

1,160

1,780

6

8

10

11

2,510 

4,210 

6,4*30

e,o->o

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

121

105

93

93

93

88

83

74

100

126

98

103

90

S3

74

88

SI

86

86

81

96

83

81

95

103

255

371

742

370

213

178

Mov.

163

145

130

135

116

121

128

133

133

123

128

106

121

116

112

114

106

114

98

108

112

116

110

116

112

100

110

104

110

108

-

Dec.

110

143

133

153

143

143

140

128

126

110

128

116

148

150

150

133

123

133

118

135

143

133

126

116

108

118

116

106

118

104

9S

Jan.

98

blOO

b!05

106

108

98

96

102

102

94

98

108

121

354

780

422

*274

blSO

b!55

b!35

b!20

bllS

b!20

*b!30

b!25

b!20

bl!5

bllO

blOS

b!04

b98

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1959-'10 ...........

Feb.

100

98

94

90

 104

170

309

260

225

424

1,700

1,350

1,080

500

354

410

350

338

358

572

630

544

442

390

346

284

284

281

274

_

-

Mar.

316

671

3,520

8,000

5,700

2,500

1,700

1,220

912

660

567

513

508

513

549

482

504

1,250

2,240

1,550

995

780

585

450

402

354

374

526

655

1,050

2,420

Second - 

foot-days

4,435

3,548

3,949

173,033

4,904

12,361

42,486

45,182

17,805

17,815

9,165

5,959

4,129

171,738

Apr.

1,640

1,100

1,100

2,200

1,220

85S

705

858

858

705

680

2,200

1,920

1,550

1,280

1,370

1,370

1,550

1,430

4,650

5,400

3,000

2,000

1,400

1,000

800

680

600

540

518

-

Maximum

742

163

153

7,840

780

1,700

8,000

5,400

2,270

1,920

850

608

309

8,000

May

500

513

477

468

41S

382

366

342

338

306

288

267

270

288

302

295

284

260

253

278

281

236

225

1,010

1,920

1,430

885

608

495

1,550

2,270

Minimum

74

98

98

72

94

90

316

518

225

239

160

118

92

74

June

1,520

1,130

805

630

513

446

438

454

608

755

873

1,370

1,920

572

446

422

342

350

386

309

264

242

239

390

326

302

292

483

562

426

-

July

630

477

350

274

236

219

198

1S9

192

230

337

320

219

186

175

657

366

232

201

189

170

160

190

250

235

330

850

400

260

236

207

Mean

143

118

127

474

158

426

1,371

1,506

574

594

296

192

138

469

Aug.

ISO

166

150

138

148

17S

166

143

135

13S

133

133

123

130

121

128

123

118

310

156

140

138

130

123

126

175

416

378

222

486

608

Per gqua-e 

mile

0.297

.245

.264

.985

.388

.886

2.85

3.13

1.19

1.23

.615

.399

.287

.975

Sept.

309

186

166

166

143

135

128

126

175

156

135

130

126

121

110

126

116

114

123

128

114

92

108

112

198

150

126

106

98

106

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.34

.27

.30

13.38

.38

.96

3.29

3.49

1.37

1.37

.71

.46

.32

13.26

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.- Discharge for periods of no gage-height record, July 21-2S, of backwater fron Bolivar 

Reservoir, Mar. 4-6, Apr. 21-29, and of doubtful gage-height record Feb. 11, 12, computed on basis 

of records for station at Waynesburg, Nimishlllen Creek at North Industry, and outflow of Bolivar 

Reservoir.

461679 O - 42 - 11
152 RIVER BASIN

Nimishillen Creek at North Industry, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°44'01", longi 81°21!08", in SWi sec. 35, T. 10 

N., R. 8 W., Just downstream from railroad bridge 1 mile southeast of North Industry and 

3 miles downstream from Sherrick Run. Datum of gage is 970.77 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 175 square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years, 163 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,670 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 9.19 

feet); minimum, 40 second-feet Dec. 31 (gage height, 0.95 foot).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, about 9,000 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 9.9 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,620 second-feet on basis of slope-area determination; minimum, 3.6 second-feet Sept. 2, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good below 1,800 second-feet and fair above, 

mills at Canton, about 4 miles above station.

Slight regulation by steel

Rating table,.water year 1959-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 16 to Feb. 10)

0.9

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

l.S

33

47

SI

145

232

2.2 

2.8 

3.5 

4.4 

5.0

365

605

920

1,370

1,770

5.6 

6.7

7.8

2,490

5,570

5,210

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1340

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

63

55

53

52

52

49

46

44

67

74

5S

55

50

46

46

47

49

50

50

52

49

46

47

49

65

159

240

409

148

97

SI

Nov.

74

68

65

60

57

5S

65

67

63

63

63

55

58

57

57

57

57

52

52

53

58

5S

55

55

53

50

52

55

55

55

-

Dec.

64

79

72

72

63

67

67

63

58

58

60

55

84

76

65

60

5S

58

60

63

63

57

55

50

46

50

50

50

52

49

44

Jan.

46

49

52

50

57

47

52

58

52

49

52

63

66

335

286

109

93

77

68

5S

53

55

55

55

55

53

53

52

52

52

53

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

53

52

52

49

52

136

176

91

95

334

S19

376

348

116

105

112

109

105

136

201

1S6

138

118

107

95

S31

S3

91

87

_

-

Mar.

133

29S

2,360

5,090

940

545

354

344

216

161

138

140

136

150

127

127

201

485

727

317

207

171

134

107

103

' 97

116

210

254

540

762

Secondfoot-days

2,443

1,747

1,873

60,090

2,505

4,557

15,690

12 997

5^917

6, 387

3,920

3,277

2,246

63,364

Apr.

349

226

379

798

294

195

161

261

238

1S3

266

830

485

405

354

557

449

509

377

2,240

1,320

509

334

261

220

192

166

161

140

138

-

Maximum

409

74

S4

3,030

335

S19

5,090

2,240

808

750

335

33S

136

5,090

May

145

145

140

138

124

120

127

127

122

112

103

95

111

101

116

107

101

91

93

S9

85

81

81

621

552

235

158

131

169

6S9

808

Minimum

44

50

44

40

46

49

97

13S

81

99

76

60

55

44

June

3S5

264

192

150

127

116

' 133

13S

221

140

580

750

395

207

J.74

195

145

140

148

118

105

99

129

172

131

152

131

2S1

280

1S9

-

July

271

148

122

101

97

95

87

95

103

192

171

114

95

85

91

335

105

91

91

SI

76

93

112

116

99

161

277

153

97

S7

79

Mean

79.0

58.2

60.4

165

74.4

157

506

433

191

213

126

106

74.9

173

Aug.

76

70

63

60

67

103

89

76

70

67

63

67

63

70

74

76

72

154

144

81

70

65

63

61

72

84

280

171

127

336

338

Per square 

mile

0.451

.333

.345

.943

.425

.897

2.89

2.47

1.09

1.22

.720

.606

.428

.989

Sept.

136

99

39

85

79

76

72

79

76

85

74

72

70

67

65

68

68

67

67

67

63

55

58

72

132

72

63

58

55

57

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.52

.37

.40

12.76

.49

.97

3.33

2.76

1.26

1.36

.83

.70

.48

13.47

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (6 a.m.) 7,670 Bee.-ft.j Apr. 20 (5 p.m.) 2,820 sec.-ft.; May 24 (5 p.m.) 

1,140 sec.-ft.; June 11 (3 p.m.) 2,100 sec.-ft.; June 12 (4 p.m.) 1,520 sec.-ft.; July 16 (1:30 

a.m.) 1,140 sec.-ft.
MJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 153

McGuire Creek below Leesville Dam, near Leesville, Ohio 

(Formerly published as McGuire Creek near Leesville, Ohio)

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 40028'09", long. 81°11'48", in SEi sec. 36, T. 13 N., R. 6 

W., at outlet of Leesville Dam, 1.3 miles upstream from mouth and 1.4 miles northeast of Leesville, Carroll County. Datum of gage is 915.00 feet above mean sea 

level. Auxiliary chain gage at county highway bridge half a mile downstream and at 

datum 3.00 feet lower.

Drainage area.- 47.9 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes (regulated).- Maximum discharge during year, 740 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 

7.88 feet, affected by backwater); no flow several days during year: minimum gage 

height, 0.75 foot Aug. 24, 25, Sept. 2-7.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 4, 1940; no flow at times in 1940.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of backwater, which are poor, 

twice daily. Flow regulated by Leesville Reservoir (see p. 146).

Gage read

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of backwater 

discharge, in second-feet)

ge height, in feet, and

O.S 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.9 

3.5

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.1

17

28

48

2.4 

2.8 

3.4 

5.4 

6.4

73

119

207

527

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

O.S 

.3

.e

1.2 

1.4

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

 S

.8 

 S 

.8 

.8 

.S

.8 

.S 

.8 

.S

.S

.8 

.8 

.S 

.8 

.8

7.3 

4.6 

.1 

0 

0 

0

Nov.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

1.0

11 

11 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

11

Dec.

11 

11 

11 

10 

8.5

7.3 

6.4 

5.6 

4.6

4.6

4.6 

5.6 

7.0 

7.6 

7.0

6.4 

6.4 

6.4 

6.4 

8.8

12 

12 

11 

9.9 

S.8

7.6 

6.4 

6.4 

6.7 

5.8 

5.8

Jan.

4.9 

4.0 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.3

2.7

2.9 

3.7 

4.0 

13 

56

56 

50 

38 

29 

25

19 

13 

11 

8.5 

3.2

7.0 

5.8 

5.8 

5.6 

5.3 

4.9

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dec 6

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprl 

May

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 1939

tter year 1939-4C

Feb.

4.6 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

5.3 

29 

30 

28 

31

133 

140 

119 

100 

7S

60 

47 

41 

44 

60

S3 

S3 

S3 

6S 

64

47 

35 

15 

8.8

Mar.

5.0 

30 

0450 

0697 

C595

0434 

0527 

0541 

C433 

255

140 

255 

119 

83 

73

64 

56 

73 

119 

119

12S 

0 

60 

106 

68

52 

42 

21 

42 

56 

177

Secondfoot-days

34.6 

177.0 

238.6

13,640.0

407.6 

1,453.5 

5,890.0 

3,463 

2,S29 

4,615 

1,227 

22.1 

0

20,357.4

Apr.

207 

140 

119 

133 

119

94 

S3 

73 

6S 

64

56 

207 

271 

239 

184

147 

133 

184 

303 

0

0 

0 

0 

c!63 

0247

0 

87 

46 

48 

48

Maximum

7.3 

12 

12

480

56 

140 

697 

303 

383 

383 

133 

9.5 

0

697

May

46 

44 

142 

168 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

195

367 

367 

367 

367 

333 

3 S3

Minimum

0 

0 

4.6

0

2.7 

4.2 

0 

0 

0 

21 

11 

0 

0

0

June

333 

383 

383 

367 

367

367 

367 

351 

367 

303

162 

94 

64 

52 

42

42 

35 

31 

48

47

40 

33 

23 

2S 

27

24 

21 

31 

64 

64

July

133 

119 

100 

78 

54

42 '31 

2S 

28 

2S

34 

73 

64 

47 

42

35 

29 

23 

18 

15

13 

12 

13 

23 

2S

23 

29 

23 

IS 

13 

11

Mean

1.12 

5.90 

7.70

51.1

13.1 

50.1 

190 

115 

91.3 

154 

39.6 

.71 

0

55.6

Ajg.

9.5 

8.3 

3.S 

0 

0

-g 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Per square 

mile

Sept.

Run-off in 

Inches

c Backwater from Conotton Creek} discharge computed by using fall as determined by tw?.ee-daily 

readings of auxiliary gage as a factor.
154 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Indian Fork below Atwood Dam, near New Cumberland, Ohio 

(Fomerly published as Indian Fork near New Cumberland, Ohio)

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 40031'3311 , long. Sl 0 !?'!^, In SEi sec. 28, T. 15 N., R. 7 

W., In stilling basin below Atwood Dam, 0.6 mile upstream from mouth and 1.5 miles 

southeast of New Cumberland. Datum of gage Is 884.00 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912). Auxiliary staff gage at mouth and at datum 1.83 feet 

higher.

Drainage area.- 70.3 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1.030 second-feet Mar. 11; maximum gage height, 

12.93 feet Mar. 5 (affected by backwater); minimum discharge, 0.2 second-foot at 

times; minimum gage height, 5.00 feet Aug. 29.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 1,430 second-feet Mar. 14, 1939; maximum gage height, 

13.85 feet Mar. 13, 1939 (affected by backwater); minimum discharge, 0.1 second-foot 

Sept. 4, 1939 (gage height, 4.95 feet).

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily, 

and Atwood Reservoirs (see R 146).

Flow completely regulat?d by Leesvllle

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

2S 

29 

SO 

31

Dot.

3.2 

3.2 

1.6

.7

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

2.4

26 

17 

67 

71 

48 

4.4

NOT.

4.4 

4.4 

4.4

2.9

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

3.2 

2.9

2.9 

2.9 

3.4 

3.4 

84

164 

34 

3.7 

3.7 

3.2

3.2

3.5 

3.7 

3.7 

3.7

3.2 

3.1 

3.1 

2.9 

2.9

Dec.

2.9 

3.9 

S.S

6.4

5.8 

S.S 

5.3 

5.3 

5.3

5.8 

6.7 

*7.8 

10 

11

9.5 

8.4 

8.4 

7.8 

9.5

13 

8.1 

9.2 

S.S 

8.0

7.5 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

6.0 

6.0

Jan.

5.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

4.0 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

4.0 

4.0 

4.5 

20 

»170

90 

50 

40 

20 

19

IS 

16is

12

11

10

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

7.5 

7.0

Month

Oetc 

Hove

Decc

Ci

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

AppJ 

May

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

lendar year 193E ............

i

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

6.5 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

15 

40 

43 

40 

45

450 

350 

200 

110 

130

987 

75 

70 

104 

0197

0200 

o!67 

ol28 

0106 

94

71 

67 

71 

71

Mar.

34 

0220 

0414 

0115 

0.2

0.2 

0146 

0520 

C950 

e948

o970 

C472 

c81 

C83 

c94

71 

75 

0130 

cl90 

0219

0113 

129 

84 

99 

84

64 , 

48 

57 

67 

c!23 

0408

Secondfoot-days

251.6 

373.5 

224.8

28,409.4

581.0 

2,961.5 

7,058.4 

4,710.2 

2,545 

1,549.0 

589.4 

38.8 

48.4

20,931.6

Apr.

138 

0.2 

0.2 

c.2 

c.2

0.2 

c.2 

0.2 

0.2 

c.2

.2 

0.2 

c.2 

c.2 

0.2

c.2 

0.2 

c80 

o330 

o380

o381 

0212 

C270 

0223 

0273

0480 

0464 

c464 

0484 

oS28

Maximum

71 

164 

13

1,400

170 

450 

970 

528 

571 

402 

103 

17 

1.8

970

May

C571 

C164 

020 

o3£ 

o22

19 

19 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

cllS 

0350

c!40 

092 

olll 

045 

Cl44 

c413

Minimum

0.3 

2.9 

2.9

.1

3.5 

6.0 

.2 

.2 

18 

6.7 

2.0 

.2 

1.6

.2

June

c402 

0151 

0131 

o!28 

o89

046 

c33 

c36 

o25 

c!4

19 

18 

20 

18 

19

18ia

19 

c63 

050

15 

8.0 

8.0 

9.6 

18

7.7 

6.7 

o62 

C51 

046

July

elOS 

o90 

o6R 

c!8 

18

10 

5.1 

5.1 

5.5 

5.1

5.5 

9.6 

4.8 

4.5 

5.5

5.8 

6.1 

6.1 

6.1 

6.1

6.4 

6.4

7.4 

7.1 

24

48 

80 

24 

6.1 

6.1 

2.0

Mean

8.12 

12.4 

7.25

77.8

18.7 

102 

228 

157 

82.1 

51.6 

19.0 

1.25 

1.61

57.2

Aug.

0.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

0.2 

.2 

16 

17

Pe~ square 

mile

Sept.

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.8 

1.8

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

Run-off in 

inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

o Backwate-" from Conotton Creek; discharge computed by using fall as determined by twice-daily 

readings of auxiliary gage as a factor.

Kote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Deo. 24 to Feb. 18. Outlet gates of Atwood 

Reservoir closed Mar. 5, 6, Apr. 2-17, Aug. 1-29.
MUSKINQUM RIVER BASIN 155

Sugar Creek below Beach City Dam, near Beach City, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Sugar Creek near Beach City, Ohio)

(general adjustment of 1912) . 

Drainage area.- 300 square miles.

!val1^bl?'~ October 1938 to September 1940. July 1931 to March 1933 F.nd December 

1934 to July 1939 at site at Strasburg 4i miles downstream, published as fugar Creek 

at Strasburg, Ohio.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,600 second-feet (regulated) Mar. 6 (gage 

Keignt, 8.10 feet); minimum, 5.6 second-feet Oct. 9, 10; minimum gage height, 0.77 

foot Dec. 24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 7,500 second-feet Mar. 13, 1939 (gage height., 9.53 

feet, converted to present site and datum by curve of relation); minimum, 4.9 secondfeet Sept. 25, 1939; minimum gage height, that of Dec. 24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good. Flood flow regulated by Beach City Reservoir (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecomf-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-27, Oct. 30 to Dec. 2)

1.0 

1.2

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21

6.6

11

18

25

45

1.5 

1.8 

2.1 

2.4 

3.0

82

127

182

256

448

4.0

5.4 

6.6 

7.4

S.I

824

1,470

2,260

2,740

3,600

Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

0.9 20 1.5 86 

1.0 28 1.8 130 

1.2 49

Note.- Same as preceding table above 2.1 feet.

Discharge, In seccnd-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

56 

27 

13 

10 

8.6

8.1 

7.1 

6.6 

6.3 

6.6

6.3

8.1 

11 

11 

10

9.5 

9.5 

9.0 

8.6 

9.5

11 

11 

12 

12 

15

102 

122 

348 

74 

41 

28

Hov.

24 

21 

17 

15 

16

17 

16 

17 

21 

16

12 

16 

15 

14 

14

13 

14 

14 

13 

13

14 

20 

29 

24 

22

20 

18 

16 

15 

13

Dec.

16 

24 

68 

44 

37

33 

30 

27 

25 

24

26 

24 

23 

46 

33

27 

28 

27 

25 

29

30 

24 

22 

22 

21

19 

19 

20 

21 

21 

19

Jan.

17 

15

15 

14 

14

14 

13 

13 

15 

16

17 

19 

25 

219 

866

292 

141 

104 

73 

41

31 

30 

30 

28 

28

27 

24 

23 

21 

21 

21

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19»

ater year 1939-^

Feb.

22 

22 

22 

21 

29

24 

315 

162 

100 

327

1,080 

1,180 

1,220 

610 

216

229 

158 

157 

267 

630

630 

431 

248 

262 

193

125 

127 

134 

122

Mar.

155 

520 

1,140 

1,900 

2,070

2,920 

3,080 

2,850 

2,310 

1,060

348 

256 

268 

307 

240

200 

258 

824 

1,150 

1,150

611 

414 

268 

1S2

164

142 

160 

204 

304 

520 

1,110

Secondfoot-days

1,017.8 

509 

854

92,866.4

2,227 

9,056 

27,085 

25,331 

4,664 

11,222 

9,261 

3,801 

2,877

97,904.8

Apr.

845 

441 

397 

996

974

438 

313 

256 

62 

£29

268 

1,250 

1,680 

1,220 

908

784 

784 

744 

744 

629

615 

1,560 

2,010 

2,010 

2,010

1,680 

668 

351 

256 

209

Maximum

348 

29 

68

7,000

866 

1,220 

3,080 

2,010 

804 

1,260 

1,110 

1,320 

845

3,080

May

186 

178 

163 

153 

138

121 

109 

94 

90 

85

76 

71 

67 

66 

63

68 

66 

66 

61 

62

56 

51 

47 

127 

556

348 

202 

143 

115 

232 

804

Minimum

6.3 

12 

16

5.2

13 

21 

142 

62 

47 

116 

47 

24 

26

6.3

June

66S 

414 

277

195 

146

118 

116 

214 

262 

348

253

400 

725 

764 

417

390 

345 

219 

556 

538

262 

163 

130 

224 

253

195 

156 

390 

1,260 

824

July

1,080 

1,110 

592 

361 

245

180 

144 

121 

104 

94

93 

358 

332 

15S 

103

86 

99 

76 

61 

53

47 

47 

98 

374 

332

502 

887 

725 

446 

219 

132

Mean

32.8 

17.0 

27.5

254

71.8 

312 

874 

844 

150 

374 

299 

123 

95.9

267

At«.

93 

72 

60 

50 

45

49 

71 

60 

47 

39

34 

31 

28 

27 

28

27 

25 

24 

121 

116

62 

40 

33 

28 

25

28 

50 

193 

191 

784 

1,320

Per square 

mile

Sept.

845 

361 

193 

128 

94

76 

67 

71 

92 

94

78 

63 

54 

47 

42

39 

38 

35 

33 

31

29 

27 

26 

27 

50

73 

55 

41 

36 

32

Run-off In 

Inches
156 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Home Creek near New Philadelphia, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete con j., lat. 40°28'05", long. 81024'15", 

100 reet south of county road bridge, half a , axe upstream from confluence with Beaverdam Creek, and 2-j miles southeast of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County. Datum of 

gage Is 872.49 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1.64 square miles.

Records available.- December 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 208 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 4.00 feet); 

no now Oct. 1-24, Dec. 25 tc Jan. 8.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 208 second-feet May 27, 1937, and Jun<3 18, 1940 (gage 

height, 4.00 feet); no flow at times In 1938, 1939, and 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 19 to June 6 and June 24 to July 1)

0.0 

.1 .03 

.06 

.10 

.13 

.37

0.66

1.10

1.76

2.86

4.5

6.6

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.9

9.3

12.7

17.3

23

47

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

.41

.13 

1.00 

.10 

.05 

.04 

.04

Hov.

0.04 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.04

.04 

.05 

.05 

.04 

.04

.05 

.04 

.03 

.03 

.03

.02 

.03 

.03

.04 

.03

.06 

.09 

.06 

.05 

.04

.03 

.02 

.04 

.03 

.04

Dec.

0.06 

.12 

.08 

.07 

.06

.06 

.05 

.05 

.04 

.05

.06 

.04 

.14 

*.09 

.06

.07 

.06 

.05

.06 

.OS

.06 

.04 

.02 

.01 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Jan.

0 

0 

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0 

.02 

.04

.07 

.10 

.30 

1.00 

1.00

.30 

.20 

.10 

.09 

.08

.07 

.06 

.05 

.04 

.03

.03 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.01 

.01

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19'

ater year 1939-'

Peb.

0.01 

.02 

.05 

.10 

.20

.40 

.80 

.60 

.50 

12.0

8.0 

4.0 

*1.42 

1.10 

.90

.80 

.70 

2.00 

11.0 

5.0

2.00 

1.40 

1.10 

.90

.70

.60 

.50 

.60 

.70

Mar.

1.10 

4.0 

*46 

22 

6.6

3.30 

2.15 

1.54 

1.21 

1.05

.73 

.56 

.63 

.82 

.66

.86

1.27 

2.75 

3.00 

1.68

1.27 

1.10 

.60 

.37 

.34

.37 

.47 

.77 

.90 

11.4 

5.95

Secondfoot-days

1.77 

1.18 

1.48

393.45

3.66 

53.10 

125.45 

139.95 

48.62 

84.71 

52.53 

10.39 

9.10

536.99

Apr.

2.73 

1.68 

2.02 

1.76 

1.00

.77 

.86 

1.40 

1.00 

.77

6.1

14.1 

6.2 

4.15 

3.15

3.00 

3.35 

6.6

17.9 

37

10.0 

4.5 

2.60 

1.76 

1.34

1.05 

.82 

1.15 

.63 

.56

Maximum

1.00 

.09

.14

28

1.00 

12.0 

46 

37 

16.3 

25 

16.6 

. 4.2 

2.83

46

May

0.73 

.66 

.69 

.56 

.39

.39 

.50 

.30 

.30 

.21

.17 

.17 

.16 

.15 

.22

.24 

.16 

.16 

.32 

.24

.15 

.12 

.12 

4.9 

1.47

.32 

.60 

.47 

6.65 

16.3 

10.3

Minimum

0 

.02 

0

0

0 

.01 

.34 

.56

.12 

.24 

.07 

.04 

.04

0

June

4.90 

2.35 

1.40 

1.05 

.73

.73 

.60 

.41 

.23 

.28

.26 

5.15 

2.19 

.66 

.69

.41 

.24 

25 

6.25 

1.35

1.05 

.77 

1.97 

1.39 

.63

.56 

.39 

12.1 

3.67 

6.75

July

16.6 

3.15 

1.40 

.82 

.60

.47 

.39 

.37 

.32 

.28

1.5S 

.60 

.26 

.17 

.16

.16 

.12 

.12 

.10 

.03

.07 

.10 

5.25 

9.1 

2.60

4.75 

1.62 

.60 

.37 

.21 

.16

Mean

0.057 

.039 

.043

1.08

.118 

2.00 

4.05 

4.66 

1.57 

2.82 

1.70 

.335 

.303

1.47

Aug.

0.12 

.10 

.03 

.03 

.07

.15 

.09 

.07 

.06 

.05

.04 

.04 

.04 

.05 

.05

.04 

.04 

.32 

.08 

.05

.04 

.04 

.05 

.04 

.06

.12 

2.59 

.67 

.27 

4.2 

.69

Pe-<? square 

mile

0.035 

.024 

.029

.659

.072 

1.22 

2.47 

2.84 

.957 

1.72 

1.04 

.204 

.185

.896

Sept.

0.22 

.14 

.10 

.08 

.07

.06 

.14 

1.54 

.44 

.79

.22 

.16 

.12 

.09 

.08

.08 

.07 

.06 

.05 

.05

.05 

.04 

.04 

.62 

2.83

.34 

.21 

.16 

.13 

.12

Run-Off In 

Inches

0.04 

.03 

.03

8.91

.08 

1.32 

2.65 

3.17 

1.10 

1.92 

1.20 

.24 

.21

12.19

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 22 to Jar 4, Jan. 9 to Mar. 2.
MJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Stillwater Creek at Piedmont, Ohio

157

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°11'40", long. 81°13'00", in sec. 35, T. 10 N., R. 

6 W., a quarter of a mile downstream from outlet of Piedmont Dani and mouth of Boggs 

Fork, and three-quarters of a mile northwest of Piedmont. Datum of gage is 873.00 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 122 square miles.

Records available.- February 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes (regulated).- Maximum discharge during year, 1,290 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage 

height, 11.20 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height,- 0.89 foot).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; mininun, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 

27, 1939 (gage height, 0.84 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Flow regulated by Piedmont Reservoir (see p. 146).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, ard discharge,

In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Bar. 3-5, Apr. 12, 19-22)

0.9 0.4 1.4 7.7 3.0 57 7.0 262 * 10.0 925 

1.0 .9 1.7 15 4.0 100 8.0 353 11.0 1,340 

1.2 3.7 2.0 23 5.5 177 9.0 575

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.6 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.6

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8

.8 

.9 

.9 

.9 

1.9

9.8 

22 

22 

6.0 

3.9 

3.0

HOT.

5.6 

2.2 

1.8 

1.8 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

2.3 

13 

92

80 

64 

52 

40 

30

22 

15 

10 

8.2 

7.1

7.3 

8.6 

9.8 

9.3

7.9

7.1 

6.0 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6

Dec.

6.4 

9.3 

15 

17 

17

16 

16 

15

13 

12

12 

11 

12 

16 

17

16 

16 

15 

14 

29

40 

38 

33 

30

25

22 

20 

18 

17 

16 

14

Jan.

12 

10 

8.0 

6.5 

5.3

5.0 

4.7 

4.6 

4.8 

4.9

5.0 

6.0 

10 

96 

110

80 

64 

54 

45 

38

33 

38 

25 

22 

20

18 

16 

14 

13 

12 

11

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr] 

May 

June 

Juli 

Augi 

Sept

WE

mber. .......................

lary

>ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

10 

9.0 

9.0 

9.0 

9.0

12 

35 

77 

65 

150

183 

135 

161 

227 

*238

221 

216 

205 

232 

232

232 

232 

232 

244 

244

238 

250 

250

250

Mar.

250 

262 

482 

938 

456

250 

250 

244 

244 

244

244 

250 

250 

250 

244

244 

250 

250 

250 

244

244 

250 

244 

250 

244

250 

256 

250 

244 

262 

268

Apr.

244 

227 

244 

244 

205

166 

183 

194 

188 

177

194 

293 

250 

177 

183

199 

188 

205 

305 

1,070

541 

266

188 

183 

188

194 

194 

188 

188 

188

Second- Maximum 

foot-days

84.8 22 

524.1 92 

567.7 40

-

785 

4,607 

8,858 

7,454 

5,962 

5,231

5,243

2,560

8 110 

0 250 

938 

1,070 

256 

1P9 

308 

205 

8 194

47,255.2 1,070

May

188 

188 

188 

183 

188

188 

188 

188

188 

186

188 

194 

194

194 

188

194 

188 

188 

188 

194

188 

188 

188 

21 fi 

256

188 

183 

183 

194 

199 

194

Minimum

0.4 

1.7 

6.4

-

4.6 

P.O 

244 

166 

183 

120 

120 

115 

5.8

.4

June

183 

188 

188 

183 

188

188 

188 

166 

183 

183

120 

183 

199 

172

139

194 

130 

188 

194 

183

135 

135 

194 

194 

183

188 

125

177 

177 

183

July

308 

288 

194 

177 

168

128 

210 

138 

194 

134

205 

125 

183 

188 

132

199 

130 

194 

130 

194

194 

120 

121 

183 

135

129 

194 

194 

120 

123 

205

Aug.

205 

205 

205 

199 

130

194 

131 

194 

124 

188

188 

120

188 

120 

188

123 

183

188 

188 

121

183 

115 

116 

183 

183

188 

194 

172 

172 

194 

161

Sept.

194 

188 

122 

183 

123

121 

100 

21 

16 

54

183 

161 

177 

183 

177

125 

194 

92 

7.9 

6.9

6.2 

6.0 

5.8 

6.0

21

24 

27 

24 

16 

16

M Per square Run-off In 

8 mile Inches

2.74 

17.5 

18.3

-

25.3 

159 

286 

248 

192 

174 

173 

169 

. 86.0

129

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 27 to Jan. 13, Jan. 16 to Feb. 10.
158 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Stillwater Creek at Tippecanoe, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°16'11", long. 81°17'27", in NWi sec. 22, T. 12 

N., R. 7 W., at highway bridge at Tippecanoe, half a mile downstream from Brusliy Fork, 

2 miles upstream from Weaver Run, 6 niles upstream from Laurel Creek, and 9 miles 

south of Dennison. Datum ot gage is 849.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 281 square miles.

Records available.- January 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,970 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 16.78 

feet); mini-ium, 1.0 second-feet Oct. 3, 4 (gage height, 1.00 foot).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of April 20, 1940; minimum, that of Oct. 3, 4, 

1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by Clendening Reservoir on Brushy Fork and by Piedmont Reservoir (see p. 

146).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except oerlods of Ice effect (gage heigh4;, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 3-6, Apr. 19-23, July 1-5)

1.0 1.0 2.0 54 12.0 1,570 

1.1 2.0 3.0 138 13.0 1,820 

1.2 4.1 4.0 247 14.0 2,200 

1.3 S.O 6.0 526 15.0 2,850 

1.4 14 8.0 830 15.5 3,250 

1.6 26 10.0 1,170

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 19 to

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1.7 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

4.4

2.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.2 

2.0

2.4 

2.4 

2.2 

2.*02 

1.8 

1.5 

1.3 

1.4 

1.4

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.6 

2.4

11 

44 

114 

50 

20 

14

Nov.

9.6 

8.6 

9.1 

6.0 

4.9

4.5 

4.1 

5.3 

24 

192

211 

148 

86 

55 

44

35 

28 

22 

19 

16

15 

18 

21 

24 

21

18 

16 

14 

12 

12

Dec.

12 

17 

34 

47 

46

42 

40 

36 

32 

29

29 

30 

29 

36 

41

40 

38 

35 

33 

72

120 

88 

64 

68 

60

46 

41 

40 

39 

36 

39

Jan.

32 

24 

*b!9 

b!7 

b!6

b!5 

b!4 

b!4 

b!4 

b!5

b!5 

b!8 

b40 

245 

782

511 

311 

b210 

b!60 

b!30

bllO 

b95 

bBO 

b70 

b65

b55 

*b50 

b45 

b40 

b37 

b34

Feb.

b31 

b29 

b2S 

b2S 

b29

b40 

b300 

b410 

b370 

b430

1,150 

1,350 

798 

526 

466

466 

423 

381 

496 

862

974 

862 

601 

541 

526

437 

437 

466 

541

Month

Oct 

Not 

Dec

C

Jar 

Fet 

Mar 

Api 

Maj 

Jur 

Ju] 

Aug 

Set

VI

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939 -'

liar.

526 

646 

1,380 

2,700 

2,550

1,660 

1,590 

1,660 

1,510 

1,250

914 

601 

437 

409 

481

423 

437 

556 

586 

541

466 

437 

395 

a370 

a360

a360 

a370 

395 

409 

508 

1,210

Apr.

1

1 

1

1

i 

3

3 

1 

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

1

Secondfoot -days

301.1 

1,103.1 

1,359

97,540.6

3,283 

13,998 

26,137 

32,232 

11,700 

12,383 

10,843 

6,145 

3,669

123,151.2

310 

676 

601 

926 

814

437 

367 

409 

423 

346

332 

190 

370 

150 

942

S14 

830 

120 

370 

010

,240 

,880 

370 

370 

370

330 

310 

080 

541 

304

May

292 

298 

298 

27S 

247

241 

247 

247 

241 

223

206 

211 

217 

229 

217

241 

235 

223 

211 

235

223 

206 

200 

481 

1,170

1,290 

990 

409 

318 

496 

1,080

Maximum

114 

211 

120

1,870

782 

1,350 

2,700 

3,240 

1,290 

990 

1,040 

423 

325

3,240

June

990 

561 

4fel 

367 

311

285 

298 

381 

367 

285

229 

316 

576 

395 

278

325 

332 

329

571 

481

381 

229 

235 

511 

423

437 

311 

311 

601 

586

July

878 

1,OAO 

974 

798 

751

433 

346 

335 

217 

217

2^1 

332 

266 

292 

a270

a210 

223 

163 

200 

163

206 

200 

311 

272 

3.39

206 

189 

2o9 

211 

158 

163

Aug.

223 

211 

206 

200 

184

148 

178 

143 

178 

134

189 

168 

134 

16S 

134

168 

134 

184 

217 

184

138 

173 

124 

141 

184

200 

257 

423 

339 

298 

381

Sept.

325 

2S5 

247 

189 

200

138 

138 

70 

54 

58

167 

217 

176 

194 

184

168 

148 

189 

50 

23

20 

18 

15 

15 

72

98 

64 

58 

48 

39

Mini, Mean "^

1.1 9.71 

4.1 36.8 

12 43.8

1.1 267

14 106 

28 483 

360 843 

304 1,074 

200 377 

229 413 

158 350 

124 198 

15 122

1.1 336

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Piedmont and 

Dhrlchsvllle.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 159

Stlllwater Creek at Uhrlchsvllle, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorders, lat. 40°23'11B , long. 81°20'48", one upstream and one 

downstream from concrete darn of Dennlson Water Supply Co. at Uhrlchsvllle, Tuscarawas 

County, and 2 miles upstream from Little Stlllwater Creek. Datum of upper and lower 

gages are 839.37 feet and 829.37 feet, respectively, above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 367 square miles.

Records available.- July 1922 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 18 years, 450 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,700 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 18.17 

reet, lower gage); no flow Oct. 21, storage above dam.

1922-40: Maximum discharge, 7,650 second-feet Aug. 8, 9, 1935 (gage height, 14.2 

feet, site then In use, 12.8 feet, upper gage at present site); no flow at times In 

1930, 1932, 1936, and 1939.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of about 17.5 feet, original site, and about 

15.5 feet, upper gage at present site.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, those affectei by backwater, and those below 5 second-feet, which are fair. Water for municipal supply of 

Dennlson and Uhrlchsvllle, diverted 1.7 miles above station, not Included In records 

of dally discharge. Record of diversion furnished by Dennlson Water Supply Co. shows 

monthly average of about 2.0 second-feet. Flow affected by Piedmont and Clendenlng 

flood-control reservoirs (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except oerlods of Ice effect or backwater (gage height,

In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 11-13, 21, Mar. 3, 4, 9, 10, Aft-. 1, ie-28, 

May 31, June 1, July 1, 2)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 11 Nov. 12 to Sept. 30

4.3 0 4.7 2.2 5.3 38 5.0 12 6.0 154 15.2 

4.4 .3 4.8 4.3 5.6 76 5.1 18 6.7 336 1E.O 

4.5 .7 4.9 8.0 5.9 131 5.3 37 8.7 936 ie.0 

4.6 1.2 5,1 19 6.5 270 5.7 94 10.7 1,576

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

l.S 

1.5 

1.0 

.8 

.9

.9 

.3 

.4 

.4 

.9

1.2 

.7 

.4 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.3 

4.7

39 

110 

249 

149 

65 

36

Nov.

25 

20 

16 

15 

12

10 

10 

9.5 

12 

72

215 

202 

130 

83 

63

50 

42 

33 

25 

22

20 

21 

24 

29 

29

26 

23 

19 

17

15

Dec.

16 

19 

34 

60 

67

65 

60 

56 

49 

42

42 

41 

40 

50 

5S

58 

57 

54 

50 

64

132 

132 

96 

78 

68

72 

5S 

56 

56 

53 

46

Jan.

42 

36 

29 

*23 

b20

b!8 

b!7 

b!6 

b!6 

b!7

b!9 

b23 

b50 

b340 

1,030

756 

378 

272 

b210 

b!60

b!30 

bllO 

b95 

b80 

b70

b60 

b55 

b50 

b46 

b43 

b40

Feb.

3S 

36 

34 

34 

33

46 

»20S 

501 

456 

546

1,160 

1,430 

1,350 

1,220 

651

651 

561 

531 

696 

1,290

1,320 

1,260 

906 

696 

651

561 

501 

516 

591

Month

Oct 

Dec

C

Jar 

Fel 

Mai 

Apr

Ma3 

Jur 

Ju] 

Aug 

8ej

H

alendar year 19 59. .....................

ater year 1939 -J

Mar.

621 

756 

1,S90 

3,700 

c4,000

03,500 

02,500 

02,000 

1,750 

1,500

1,290 

876 

591 

501 

546

531 

501 

666 

906 

906

711 

576 

501 

426 

396

375 

37S 

426 

4S6 

576 

1,350

Apr.

1,540 

1,290 

786 

1,260 

1,320

876 

516 

516 

531

486

426 

1,350 

1,750 

1,5BO 

1,320

1,130 

1,100 

1,360 

1,820 

3,550

4,620 

4,150 

2,750 

1,750 

1,500

1,430 

1,590 

1,320 

1,000 

606

Secondfoot-days

666.3 

1,289.5 

1,S29

132,915.3

4,251 

18,474 

35,732 

45,023 

14,335 

17,734 

14,368 

7,029 

4,6S7

165,917.8

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

May

456 

378 

369 

369 

328

300 

294 

302

291 

277

254 

244 

246 

259 

254

264 

2SO 

264 

254 

262

270 

244 

231 

387 

1,320

1,450 

1,29O 

S16 

426 

636 

1,320

Maximum

249 

215 

132

3,110

1,030 

1,430 

4,000 

4,620 

1,450 

1,390 

1,5SO 

636 

456

4,620

June

1,390 

1,160 

741 

531 

411

366

339 

3S4 

471 

411

322 

330 

816 

666 

426

390 

426 

375 

968 

786

531 

345 

288 

711 

666

531 

4S6 

471 

1,060 

936

July

1,390 

1,580 

1.3SO 

1,100 

96S

711 

411 

393 

291 

275

238 

591 

3B4 

330 

322

249

257 

205 

220 

176

210 

228 

3B1 

. 360 

561

396 

2SO 

308 

300 

205 

16S

2,426 

3,150 

4,650

Aug.

212 

228 

218 

212 

207

150 

ISO 

147 

176 

143

166 

190 

139 

164 

143

164 

141 

173 

259 

238

152 

173 

145 

120 

168

220 

325 

636 

456 

393 

591

Minimum Mean

0.1 21.5 

9.5 45.0 

16 51.0

.1 36' .

16 137 

33 637 

375 1,15."5 

426 1,50^ 

231 463 

288 591 

16S 4S") 

120 227 

22 155

.1 455

Sept.

456 

342 

297 

228 

228

176 

141 

152 

98 

92

110 

225 

220 

207 

210

200 

159 

190 

154 

51

29 

25 

22 

24 

124

ISO 

114 

88 

78 

67

Run-off In 

acre-feet
160 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Little Stillwater Creek below Tappan Darn, at Tappan, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Little Stillwater Creek at Tappan, Ohio)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°21'30", long. 81°13'45", in sec. 4, T. 13 N., R. 

7 W., 300 feet downstream from outlet of reservoir at Tappan Dam, 1 mile west of Tappan, 

and 2 miles upstream from Plum Run. letum of gage is 861.00 feet abova mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 71.0 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 333 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 7.94 feet); 

no flow Oct. 13-21; minimum gage height, 2.73 Oct. 18-20.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 1,050 second-feet Mar. 13, 1939 (gage height, 10.00 

feet); no flow Sept. 23, 24, Oct. 13-21, 1939; minimum gage height, 2.69 feet Sept. 23, 

24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair. Flood flow regulated by Tappan Reservoir (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In second-fset) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 30 to Dec. 21)

2.7 

2.S

2.9

3.0

3.1

Oct. 1 to Aug. 1

0 3.2 S.6

.1 3.3 12

1.1 3.5 20

2.7 4.0 43

5.3 5.0 94

Aug. 2 to Sept. 30

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5

154

190

232

282

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

0.3 

1.1 

3.0 

5.7

3.4 

4.3 

5.0 

5.4

9.0

45

80

103

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1P40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.1 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.2

.3 

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

.1 

.2 

.5 

1.2

8.6 

29 

75 

52 

21 

11

Nov.

7.3 

5.0 

4.3 

£ 3 

2.3

2.3 

2.5 

3.5 

4.0 

3.7

3.5 

3.5 

3.0 

3.0 

2.3

1.9 

1.9 

1.7 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

3.2 

5.6 

6.0 

4.3

3.2 

2.5

1.9 

1.7 

1.7

Dec.

2.3 

4.3 

14 

17 

15

13 

12 

9.7 

8.6 

7.0

8.3 

7.0 

7.9 

14 

16

14 

13 

11 

9.7 

22

31 

22 

16 

15 

11

11 

8.9 

9.2 

8.6 

8.6 

6.8

Jan.

5.1 

5.1 

4.6 

3.7 

*3.7

3.7 

3.4 

3.2 

3.2 

3.9

3.9 

6.0 

12 

38 

118

122 

86 

56 

36 

16

14 

12 

11 

10 

9.8

9.2 

8.0 

7.4 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3

Month

Oct 

Mov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V)

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

6.0 

5.7 

5.1 

5.1 

5.7

11 

*67 

60 

4S 

62

134 

231 

*225 

212 

173

129 

93 

74 

86 

138

196 

206 

174 

142 

125

101 

144 

141 

149

Mar.

157 

120 

231 

185 

252

283 

284 

279 

272 

268

271 

273 

270 

267 

244

172 

161 

160 

161 

160

158 

155

154 

151 

149

154 

153 

149 

149 

159 

155

Apr.

154 

154 

155 

151 

136

123 

123 

121 

120 

124

129 

152 

144 

140 

130

149 

163 

164 

162 

101

55 

128 

125

122 

123

124 

132 

150 

148 

147

Second- Maximum 

foot-days

200.5 75 

93.8 7.3 

373.9 31

23,708.8 623

633.8 122 

3,148.6 231 

6,156 284 

4,049 164 

5,053 193 

5,103 198 

4,796 197 

633.0 106 

SOS. 5 78

31,054.1 284

May

147 

146 

145 

144 

144

144 

164 

188 

191 

193

192 

190 

188 

90 

94

181 

184 

188 

190 

189

180 

174 

174 

188 

122

132 

184 

184 

184 

155 

89

Minimum

0 

1.7 

2.3

0

3.2 

5.1 

120 

55 

89 

98 

67 

.4 

2.8

0

June

155 

175 

188 

1S8 

184

1S8 

191 

191 

197 

137

121 

174 

188 

188 

196

196 

184 

154 

119 

174

172 

178 

198 

US 

156

185 

1S9 

150 

98 

171

July

113 

13S

les

1V7 

1£6

1P7 

1?3 

1P9 

1P8

1P9

159 

IE 4 

1?3 

IPS 

IPS

141 

167 

188 

192 

196

192 

188 

184 

181 

132

121 

116 

117 

112 

102 

67

Aug.

32 

7.0 

3.5 

3.8 

4.0

2.5 

1.0 

.8 

.6 

.5

.5 

.7 

.S 

.7 

.6

.6 

.5 

.4 

37 

31

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.8 

3.2

15 

58 

106

103 

105 

104

» « V9rJS^

6.47 

3.13 

12.1

65.0

20.4 

109 

199 

135 

163 

170 

155 

20.4 

27.0

84.8

Sept.

78 

33 

25 

16 

5.1

S.3 

9.8 

27 

60 

74

66 

21 

20 

25 

25

25 

19 

11

9.4

9 »S

9.8 

9.8 

7.7 

2 .8 

20

77 

46 

25 

25 

18

Run-off in 

inches

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 22 to Peb. 13.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 161

Black Fork below Charles mil Dam, near Mlfflln, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Black Fork near Mifflln, Ohio)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°44'07", long. 82°21'48", In NEt sec. 35, T. 23 

N., R. 17 W., 800 feet downstream from Charles Mill Dam, 0.4 mile downstream from 

Seymour Run, 2i miles south of Mifflin, and 4 miles upstream from Rocky Fork. Datum 

of gage Is 981.56 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.-218 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 785 second-feet (regulated) Mar. 3 (gage height, 

6.24 feet); minimum, 0.2 second-feet (regulated) May 21; minimum dally, 0.9 secondfoot (regulated) Apr. 21.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 2,100 second-feet Mar. 14, 1939 (gage height, 8.45 

feet); minimum, that of May 21, 1940; minimum dally, that of Apr. 21, 1940.

Maxlrium discharge known, 11,700 second-feet In March 1913 (computed by Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army).

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Charles Mill Reservoir (see p. 14f).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In secord-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 3 Mar. 4 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

2.0

4.4

7.4

11.3

21.2

2.4 

3.0

104

180

252

4.0 333

5.0 520

6.0 720

1.3 

2.2 

3.3 

4.8 

7.0

1.9

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

10

15

24

92

167

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

333

520

720

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1.8 

20 

19 

19 

19

20 

2.2 

2.4 

20 

20

19 

19 

20 

2.4 

2.S

20 

20 

19 

19 

19

2.2 

2.0 

20 

20 

20

20 

23 

1.7 

1.8 

21 

20

Hov.

22 

22 

20 

1.5 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.7

1.7 

2.2 

2.6 

3.3 

18

17 

17 

2.4 

4.4 

20

a20 

20 

4.7 

19 

5.3

6.2 

21 

18 

18 

19

Dec.

18 

6.8 

11 

21 

23

23 

25 

24 

9.7 

12

26 

21 

24 

22 

23

B.6 

11 

23 

22 

24

24 

23 

6.8 

7.8 

8.6

23 

22 

22 

19 

7.4 

8.2

Jan.

8.6 

22 

20 

20 

19

4.7 

5.3 

19 

19

IS

19 

18 

5.3 

17 

44

67 

74 

71 

63 

55

48 

41 

36 

33 

30

28 

26 

25 

23 

22 

22

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-'

Peb.

21 

21 

20 

20 

21

22 

26 

26 

27 

57

130 

215 

324 

425 

492

501 

425 

342 

291 

316

360 

396 

378 

324 

275

222 

187 

154 

130

Mar.

117 

171 

550 

501 

492

492 

560 

700 

690 

700

640 

600 

590 

590 

600

600 

590 

590 

590 

610

600 

590 

600 

570

416

280 

201 

170 

174 

222 

288

Secondfoot-days

455.3 

314.4 

549.9

48,702.1

922.9 

6,148 

15,084 

11,932.9 

7,406.4 

5,996 

6,417 

640.9 

822

58,689.7

Apr.

306 

272 

143 

149 

378

550 

590 

222 

448 

590

358 

188 

472 

570 

580

580 

590 

383 

5SO 

33

.9 

234 

540 

501 

530

501 

416 

416 

406 

406

Maximum

23 

22 

26

2,100

74 

501 

700 

590 

425 

342 

454 

60 

70

700

May

416 

416 

416 

416 

416

416 

425 

416 

406 

406

416 

425 

378 

246 

168

128 

95 

70 

40 

38

21 

13 

9.4 

36 

98

222 

238 

187 

149 

134 

146

Minimum

1.7 

1.4 

6.8

1.2

4.7 

20 

117 

.9 

9.4 

32 

28 

5.2 

13

.9

June

167 

167 

149 

122 

96

78 

74 

71 

45 

64

32 

100 

280 

315 

315

333 

333 

255 

116 

238

254 

254 

254 

263

315

342 

342 

175 

156 

291

July

206 

406 

416 

416 

434

444 

454 

444 

434 

425

416 

416 

416 

416 

416

406 

3S7 

360 

254 

180

136 

100 

91 

82 

63

44 

29 

28 

37 

32 

29

Mean

14.7 

10.5 

17.7

133

29.8 

212 

487 

398 

239 

200 

272 

20.7 

27.4

- 160

Aug.

22 

19 

9.3 

9.3

15

21 

24 

21 

18 

6.6

6.6 

17 

18 

18 

16

14 

5.2 

5.9 

16 

16

15 

24 

41 

60 

27

19 

21 

23 

22 

57 

54

Per square 

mile

'

Sept.

70 

67 

58 

54 

49

44 

38 

36 

32 

30

25 

23 

21 

18 

19

18 

18 

16 

15 

15

15 

14 

13 

14 

23

17 

15 

15 

15 

15

Run-off In 

Inches

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
162 MU8KINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Black Fork at Loudonvllle, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, 1st. 40°38'08" , long. 82°14'19n , in NWi sec. 1, T. 19 N., R. 16 W.,

 at highway bridge at Loudonville, l£ miles downstream from Big Run. Ditum of gage is 

928.46 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 342 square miles.

Records available.- May 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,300 second-feet (regulated) Mir. 3 (gage

 height, 10.05 feet), from floodmark; minimum, 34 second-feet (regulate!) Oct. 9, Jan. 

7; minimum gage height, 2.44 feet Oct. 9.

1931-40: Maximum discharge observed, 5,860 second-feet Aug. 7, 193^5 (gage height, 

12.29 feet): minimum discharge, 29 second-feet Aug. 7, 8, 1934 (gage height, 2.28 feet). 

Maximum stage Known, about 20.5 feet, present site and datum in March 1915.

Remarks.- Recorde good. Gage read twice daily. 

about 16 miles above station (see p. 146).

Flow regulated by Charles Mill Reservoir

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 28 to Mar. 2, Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

2.5

2.6 

2.S 

3.0

39

49

3.6 

4.3 

5.0

260

448

662

6.5 

7.5 

8.9

1,190

1,630

2,440

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

ie

17

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28

29 

30

31

Oot.

79 

45 

50 

50 

50

49 

50 

45 

35 

49

53 

53 

4S 

53 

40

37 

53 

53 

53 

53

54 

42 

36 

55 

57

80 

101 

142 

54

45 

55

KOT.

54 

53 

51 

49 

45

44 

39 

44 

41 

39

42 

41 

37 

40 

42

44 

49 

48 

40 

39

49 

59 

53 

42 

51

42 

42 

50 

50 

49

Deo.

49 

60 

59 

59 

61

57 

55 

62 

55 

45

49 

51 

55 

60 

53

50 

42 

44 

48 

53

53 

51 

55 

41 

38

40 

50 

48 

49 

46 

38

Jan.

35 

40 

45 

43 

45

41 

34 

37 

43 

43

45 

46 

49 

82 

156

104 

110 

101 

97 

106

84 

72 

67 

61 

56

54 

51 

51 

47 

42 

48

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

11

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-

Feb.

46 

46 

43 

44 

43

48 

8S 

59 

60 

400

598 

506 

662 

477 

536

567 

536 

448 

448 

536

448 

477 

477 

448 

365

299 

260 

222 

193

Mar.

198 

338 

2,220 

2,440 

992

695 

662 

796 

796 

796

762 

662 

662 

695 

662

662 

695 

900 

935 

796

728 

695 

662 

662 

567

420 

325 

325 

325 

392 

506

Seoondfoot-days

1,719 

1,368 

1,576

90,527

1,935 

9,335 

22,971 

20,713 

10,927 

15,671 

11,034 

2,795 

2,178

102,277

Apr.

448 

392 

365 

695 

536

598 

662 

728 

536 

695

695 

762 

723 

830 

900

935 

865 

830 

830 

1,620

901 

338 

695 

695 

662

662 

567 

536 

506 

506

Maximum

142 

59 

62

3,590

156 

662 

2,440 

1,620 

536 

1,320 

695 

300 

135

2,440

May

506 

536 

536 

506 

506

506 

506 

506 

477 

477

477 

477 

477 

365 

286

235 

198 

161 

142 

151

128 

110 

91 

273 

365

312 

338 

286 

248 

325 

420

Hinlsnini

35 

37 

38

34

34 

43 

198 

338 

91 

156 

93 

54 

50

34

June '

477 

325 

273 

235 

198

173 

156 

210 

598 

695

695 

1,080 

583 

477 

420

536 

420 

851 

1,260 

448

392 

365 

' 365 

273 

448

420 

392 

1,080 

1,320 

506

' July

695 

598 53 c 

506 

506

506 

506 

477 

477 

477

477 

501 

477 

44=i 

44=i

44<? 

44<? 

420 

33° 

260

191 

1S5 

161 

161 

143

123 

91 

110 

99 

97 

9^

Mean

55.5 

45.6 

50.8

248

62.4 

324 

741 

691 

352 

522 

356 

90.2 

72.6

279

Aug.

88 

80 

65 

60 

64

95 

101 

80 

77 

62

54 

57 

64 

65 

65

61 

57 

235 

84 

67

64 

64 

88 

126 

88

77 

74 

91 

88 

300 

154

Per square

rUe

Sept.

135 

126 

116 

106 

97

88 

80 

77 

82

74

69 

65 

62 

60 

57

57 

57 

57 

5.5 

55

55 

51 

50 

55 

91

71 

60 

59 

56 

55

Run-off In 

inches
MUSKINSUM RIVER BASIN 163

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40030'55", long. 82°11'48", in NWi sec. 10, T. 8 N., 

R. 10 W., 3,000 feet downstream from highway bridge at Greer, 5 miles upstream from * 

Nigger Run, and 7 miles downstream from Lake Fork. Datum of gage is 872.91 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 942 square miles.

Records available.- September 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years, 879 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,200 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 8.48 

reet;; minimum, 53 second-feet Dec. 25 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 17,700 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 13.63 

feet); minimum, 50 second-feet (estimated) Jan. 2, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 27.0 feet during flood of March 1913 (discharge, 55,000 secondfeet, estimated).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow reguiatea by Charles Mill, Mohicanville, and Pleasant Hill Reservoirs (see p. 146).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ioe effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 21-30)

1.3 

1.5

1.7

143

225

1.9 340

2.1 485

2.3 670

2.6 1,020

5.4 4,660

7.4 7,540

in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

B 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

328 

194 

165 

140 

130

120 

110 

99 

90

110

117 

117 

107 

104 

90

8S 

104 

117 

120 

120

120 

104 

102 

113 

143

194 

246 

864 

375 

139 

147

Nov.

147 

147 

14S 

143 

126

123 

123 

133 

136 

120

 120 

123 

117 

117 

123

133

136 

140 

126 

120

136 

147 

154 

140

143

130 

126 

136 

140 

140

Dec.

143 

158 

176 

176 

184

184 

173 

150 

150 

140

143 

150 

158 

169 

165

162 

14S 

143 

150 

«154

150 

143 

130 

100 

90

115 

110 

110 

105 

100 

90

Jan.

100 

110 

110 

105 

115

110 

110 

115 

»126 

135

125

130 

135 

170 

SOO

550 

350 

200 

ISO 

175

180 

180 

175 

170 

165

*160 

150 

140 

135 

130 

120

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

115 

110 

105 

100 

100

150 

250 

260 

250 

600

2,300 

2,500 

2, 300 

1,600 

1,200

1,000 

936 

864 

972 

1,740

1,510 

1,110 

996 

936 

816

630 

562 

4S5 

425

Mar.

432 

910 

6,790 

7,540 

4,94U

4,010 

3,750 

3,230 

8,970 

2,580

1,740 

1,250 

1,140 

1,160 

1,160

1,120 

1,180 

2,120 

2,780 

2,640

1,620 

1,340 

1,190 

1,080 

936

703 

600 

660 

876 

1,230 

1,930

Secondfoot-daya

5,167 

3,988 

4,414

257,958

5,656 

24,922 

65,607 

67,856 

27,212 

52,637 

25,035 

8,162 

5,684

296,340

Apr.

1,450 

1,070 

936 

2,380 

2,450

1,630 

1,250 

1,620 

1,860 

1,460

1,410 

3,100 

3,040 

2,640 

2,640

2,520 

2,900 

3,100 

2,970 

4,940

2,450 

1,020 

1,360 

2,380 

2,320

2,450 

2,840 

2,710 

2,580 

2,380

Maximum

864 

154 

184

10,100

800 

2,500 

7,540 

4,940 

2.3SO 

3,880 

2,380 

1,320 

528

7,540

May

1,740 

1,230 

1,010 

948 

900

840 

S16 

780 

758

714

692 

681 

681 

610 

494

462 

410 

396 

368 

375

340 

297 

284 

970 

2,320

2,060 

1,440 

984 

792 

960 

1,860

Minimum

88 

117 

90

88

100 

100 

432 

936 

284 

470 

225 

147 

126

88

June

1,SOO 

1,410 

996 

7SO 

610

510 

470 

769 

1,640 

3,490

3,160 

3,490 

3,230 

2,450 

2,120

2,120 

1,860 

1,580 

2,970 

1,530

1,060 

876 

852 

1,320 

1,340

984 

960 

2,260 

3,380 

2,120

July

2,120 

2,330 

1,460 

1,180 

1,060

960

ass

876 

852 

S64

816 

840 

769 

747 

725

864 

912 

714 

590 

455

389 

SS9 

799 

769 

519

361 

403 

544 

303 

262 

225

lie an

167 

133 

142

707

182 

859 

2,116 

E.262 

873 

1,755 

808 

263 

189

816

Avq.

212 

194 

184 

169 

158

297 

303 

225 

202

180

162 

154 

173 

169 

165

150 

147 

168 

65S 

225

184 

169 

180 

202 

202

184 

225 

278 

303 

630 

1,320

Per square 

mile

Sept.

528 

347 

284 

252 

225

202 

194 

180 

202 

194

189 

180 

162 

154 

147

147 

* 147 

143 

143 

147

143 

136 

130 

126 

173

220 

162 

147 

140 

140

Run-off In 

inches

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (1:30 a.m.) 9,200 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (12:30 p.m.) 3,620 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(3 p.m.) 6,340 sec.-ft.; June 10 (9 p.m.) 4,270 sec.-ft.; June 19 (12 m.) 3,360 sec.-ft.; June 29 

(11 a.m.) 4,400 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 23 to Feb. 16.
164 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Walhonding River below Mohawk Dam, at Nellie, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Walhonding River at Nellie, O'llo)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°20'26", long. 82°03'49", at highway bridge at

Nellie, Coshocton County, hair a mile upstream from Mohawk Creek ani If miles downstream

from Mohawk Dam. Datum of gage Is 790.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,502 square miles (revised). 

Kecoras ava.iia.Dle.- October 1937 to September 1940. December 1910 to March 1913 and Septemoer 1921 to September 1937 at site at Pomerene, 3f miles upstream, published as

Walhonding River at Pomerene, Ohio.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 1,449 second-feet, 

extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 15,400 second-feet (regulated) Mar. 9 (gage

neignt, 15.53 feet);-minimum, 3.3 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 20 (gage height, 4.60

feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge at site at Pomerene, 43,800 second-foet Jan. 25, 1937;

minimum, that of Oct. 20, 1939.

Maximum discharge at present site since completion of Mohawk Dam, 24,000 second-feet

Jan. 25, 26, 1937 (gage height, 18.8 feet, present datum, from floodmarks).

Maximum discharge known, 80,000 second-feet In March 1913 (gage height, 21.6 feet,

original site and datum, from floodmark).

Revision.- The minimum discharge for the water year 1939 has been revised to 111

seconci-reet Sept. 26-27 (gage height, 5.16 feet), superseding figure published in WaterSupply Paper S73.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Flow regulated by Mohlcanvllle, Charles Mill, Pleasant Hill and Mohawk flood-control reservoirs

(see p. 146).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to Septembe1" 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

B

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

304 

349 

252 

225 

196

196 

188 

173 

158 

169

169 

181 

181 

169 

169

151 

162 

152 

168 

174

185 

181 

162 

166 

188

372

445 

841 

774 

438 

301

Nov.

252 

247 

238 

230 

225

209 

204 

204 

204 

204

196 

192 

196

188 

185

168 

200 

204 

209 

196

204 

221 

225 

238 

217

204 

200 

196 

204 

204

Dee.

213 

238 

266 

276 

271

280 

276 

257 

243 

238

221 

221 

243 

247 

247

243 

238 

225 

*221 

230

234 

225 

213 

160 

130

160 

150 

170 

170 

160 

150

Jan.

170 

180 

170 

160 

180

190 

190 

200 

200 

*210

220 

230 

250 

280 

1,000

1,300 

800 

550 

440 

380

340 

310 

290 

280 

*270

250 

230 

220 

210 

200 

190

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Map 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-^

Feb.

180 

170 

170 

160 

16O

250 

450 

420 

380 

600

4,300 

4,800 

4,500 

2,500 

2,200

1,900 

1,730 

1,460 

1,780 

3,000

£.500 

2,080 

1,730 

1,510 

1,360

*1,080 

1,000 

924 

820

Mar.

796 

1,500 

8,520 

9,930 

8,000

5,010 

6,070 

8,040 

9,520 

9,010

2,900 

2,020 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730

1,680 

1,680 

3,420 

5,070 

4,590

3,090 

2,260 

1,960 

1,680 

1,460

1,180 

1,050 

1,030 

1,230 

1,680 

2,900

Seeondfoot-days

7,939 

6,284 

6,816

432,119

10,090 

44,114 

112,516 

118,541 

51,849 

85,230 

36,755 

15,105 

10,799

506,038

Apr.

2,570 

1,760 

1,560 

3,070 

3,540

2,700 

1,840 

2,140 

2,900 

2,320

2,080 

5,750 

5,600 

4,870 

4,170

4,590 

4,450 

5,010 

5,010 

505

36 

1,390 

5,900 

6,700 

6,220

6,870 

7,550 

6,220 

5,600 

5,600

Maximum

841 

252 

280

14,700

1,300 

4,800 

9,930 

7,550 

5,150 

6,220 

4,030 

2,570 

1,500

9,930

May

5,150 

2,800 

1,660 

1,560 

1,410

1,310 

1,280 

1,180 

1,140 

1,080

1,050 

1,000 

804 

994 

924

828 

766 

724 

682 

696

675 

608 

568 

1,190 

5,150

3,610 

2,570 

1,900 

1,510 

2,580 

4,450

Minimum

151 

185 

130

130

160 

160 

796 

36 

568 

1,010 

432 

247 

213

36

June

4,730 

3,420 

2,200 

1,730 

1,360

1,120 

1,010 

1,160 

1,620 

4,210

5,750 

6,220 

4,870 

3,610 

3,350

2,900 

2,570 

2,360 

4,590 

2,900

1,730 

1,360 

1,270 

2,760 

2,760

1,900 

1,560 

1,840 

5,010 

3,360

July

3,350 

4,030 

2,550 

1,780 

1,510

1,360 

1,210 

1,150 

1,100 

1,080

1,070 

1,180 

1,160 

958 

924

916 

1,140 

916 

820 

682

588 

536 

668 

1,030 

780

627 

1,150 

884 

682 

492 

432

Mean

256 

209 

220

1,184

325 

1,521 

3,630 

3,951 

1,673 

2,841 

1,186 

487 

360

1,383

Aug.

396 

357 

 340 

310 

300

325 

468 

408 

346 

320

290 

271 

266 

276 

271

257 

247 

322 

846 

516

325 

290 

276 

295 

315

305 

408 

1,120 

689 

1,3SO 

2,570

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,500 

788 

601 

510 

438

390 

362 

352 

368

374

340 

315 

290 

266 

237

252 

247 

243 

234 

230

230 

225 

213 

213 

257

325 

285 

243 

230 

221

Run-off in 

indies

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24 to Feb. 14 and Feb. 20 and 21.
MUSKINGIM RIVER BASIN

Clear Fork below Pleasant Hill Dam, near PerrysvUle, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Clear Fork near Perrysville, Ohio)

165

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°36'46", long. 82°19'00", In SWi sec. 8, T. 19 N., 

R. 16 W., at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile downstream from Pleasant Hill Dam, 

3 miles south of Perrysville, and 3k miles upstream from Pine Run. Datum of gage is 

962.12 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 200 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,980 second-feet (regulated) Mar. 4 (gage 

height, 4.38 feet); minimum, 14 second-feet (regulated) Apr. 23 (gage height, 0.80 

foot).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 2,210 second-feet Mar. 13, 1939 (gage height, 4.68 

feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Nov. 1, 2, 1938 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

Remarks.- Records good above 50 second-feet and fair below. Flow regulated by Pleasant 

Hill Reservoir (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 4 Mar. 5 to Sept. 30

1.0 24.5 1.0* 204 3.0 830 0.9 21 1.4 92 

1.2 51 2.0 281 3.5 1.200 1.0 30 1.6 142 

1.4 90 2.3 420 4.0 1,610 1.2 56 1.8 205 

1.6 141 2.6 580 4.5 2,070 Hote.- Same as precedIng table above 1.9 fee 4:.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

58

62 

44 

37 

37

32 

27 

27 

32 

37

57 

31 

28 

25 

25

25 

31 

34 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

41

60 

104 

201 

112 

38 

28

Hov.

38 

41 

41 

43 

43

43 

43 

43

40 

37

37 

38 

38 

3S 

38

38 

38

38 

38 

38

40 

40 

40 

38 

38

38 

37 

37 

37 

38

Dec.

38 

49 

55 

55 

55

55 

43 

37 

37 

38

44 

44 

46 

44 

44

44 

44 

44 

44 

41

37 

34 

32 

31 

30

34 

38 

38 

38 

38 

38

Jan.

38 

36 

31 

30 

31

37 

43 

44 

44 

36

32 

32 

32 

47 

173

219 

88 

51 

51 

49

47 

47 

44 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36 

37

Feb.

37 

37 

36 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

37 

68

847 

656 

815 

426 

164

150 

138 

136 

196 

. 425

344 

188 

174 

141 

138

141 

109 

90 

90

Mar.

92 

217 

1,700 

1,930 

1,790

1,280 

1,120 

394 

257 

189

128 

128 

134 

151 

172

185 

185 

261 

646 

682

241 

185 

185 

157 

108

94 

94 

110 

154 

247 

380

Apr.

275 

198 

163 

408 

530

170 

179 

332 

384 

209

283 

835 

779 

492 

520

503 

445 

586 

453 

529

26 

17 

292 

574 

564

693 

810 

778 

732 

694

Month Second- Maximum 

foot-days

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jan 

Jul 

Aag 

Sep

V)

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4 Q

1,429 201 

1,174 43 

1,289 55

64,803 2,160

1,571 219 

5,743 847 

13,596 1,930 

13,453 835 

5,718 622 

13,385 1,380 

3,445 438 

1,609 195 

1 , 250 62

63,e62 1,930

May

616 

274 

179 

169 

151

139 

118 

110 

110 

101

94 

97 

86 

82

88

90 

101 

108 

104 

101

90 

88 

78 

368 

460

T47 

195 

192 

160 

300 

622

Minimum

25 

37 

30

24

30 

32 

92 

17 

78 

134 

50 

34 

29

17

June

542 

440 

257 

212 

151

134 

139 

234 

678 

1,010

1,160 

1,380 

1,230 

466 

302

241 

198 

260 

440 

303

179 

142 

142 

253 

331

166 

137 

650 

1,040 

568

July

420 

438 

216 

179 

148

128 

97 

106 

108 

106

106 

94 

76 

90 

86

76 

76 

76 

66 

59

67 

74 

72 

69 

66

59 

59 

59 

64 

55 

50

Aug.

53 

52 

48 

42 

40

52 

59 

55 

49 

38

42 

43 

43 

43 

40

36 

36 

54 

45

35

34 

37 

41 

41 

41

46 

49 

59 

66 

95 

195

Sept.

62 

50 

49 

45 

42

42 

40 

36 

49 

49

49 

41 

f37 

f37 

f36

f36 

f35 

fS5 

37 

43

40 

35 

29 

32 

55

48 

41 

40 

40 

40

 Per square Run-off In 

Mean mile Inches

46.1 

39.1 

41.6

178

50.7 

198 

439 

448 

184 

446 

111 

51.9 

41.7

174

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
166 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Jerome Fork at Jeromeville, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°48 f 07B , long. 820 12'01", In SWJ sec. 5, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., 

 at highway bridge at Jeromeville, 1 mile upstream from Oldtown Run. Datum of gage is

949.14 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 120 square miles. 

Records available.- August 1925 to September 1940. 

Average discharge?- 15 years, 103 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,480 second-feet, Mar. 4 (gage height, 9.61

reetj; minimum observed, 1.9 second-feet Oct. 10, 11 (gage height, 1.15 feet).

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 3,720 second-feet Jan. 15, 25, 1937 (gage height, 11.40

feet); minimum, 1.6 second-feet June 21, 1934 (gage height, 0.78 foot). 

Maximum stage known, about 15.1 feet in March 1913. 

Revisions: The figures of maximum discharge for most water years have been revised,

as snown in the following table, superseding those published In water-supply papers

indicated. Figures for 1926, 1930 and 1936 have not been revised but are included in

order to make table complete.

Water-supply 

Paper

643... ......

663.........

683.........

713. ........

728..... ....

743. ........

758 .........

783, 869, 873

823, 838... . 

853.........

873.. .......

Water 

year

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935 

1936

1937 

1938

1939

Date

Mar. 21

Feb. 26

Apr. 22

Jan. 30

Mar. 14

Aug. 7 

Feb. 27

Jan. 15, 25

Mar. 12

Gage height 

(feet)

5.1

9.5

10.7

11.0

11.3

10.0 

5.30

6.10

10.86

7.05

11.16 

10.03

11.40 

9.30

11.00

Discharge 

(second-feet)

*940

2,490

3,210

3,420

3,640

2,660

980

1,140

3,350

1,330

3,570 

2,700

3,720 

2,300

3.420

* Not previously published.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 20 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of Ice effect, which are poor.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods in the water years 1926 to 

1930, 1932 to 1939 are given herein. They supersede those published in Water-supply 

Papers 623, 643, 663, 683, 698, 728, 743, 758, 783, 803, 823, 83S, 853, and 873.

Day 

(water 

year)

1925-26

Feb. 25

26

Mar. 23

Apr. 7

8

9

1926-27

Oct. 25

29

Jan. 19

20

21

22

Feb. 5

Mar. 14

20

21

22

May 19

1927-28

Nov. 30

Discharge 

( secondfeet)

1,570

1,6SO

1,040

960

1,280

1,330

1,110

1,120

980

1,570

900

1,380

1,040

1,160

1,760

2,360

1,020

1,720

980

Day 

(mater 

year)

1927-28

Dec. 2

13

14

15

1928-29

Jan. IS

20

25

26

Mar. 26

July 7

8

1929-30

Dec. 18

Jan. 2

3

8

9

10

11

12

Discharge 

(secondfeet)

1,080

l.OSO

3,140

1,020

960

920

1,300

9SO

1,540

1,640

1,360

1,120

1,080

1,160

1,900

1,950

1,080

880

1,040

Day 

(water 

year)

1929-30

Jan. 14

Feb. 13

26

Mar. 25

26

1931-32

Jan. 2

18

30

Mar. 22

1932-33

Jan. 1

Mar. 13

14

15

19

20

21

May 14

Discharge 

(secondfeet)

1,500

920

1,160

1,240

1,300

920

980

1,120

1,080

1,440

880

3,140

1,600

980

1,120

1,850

1,140

Day 

(water 

year)

1933-34

Mar. 3

Apr. 5

1934-35*

May 3

7

1935-36

Feb. 14

15

25

26

Mar. 9

23

25

1936-37

Jan. 15

18

19

21

23

26

Discharge 

( secondfeet)

1,100

1,080

1,000

1,060

1,000

880

1,760

1,300

1,040

920

1,440

3,400

1,540

1,010

1,650

963

1,110

Day 

(water 

year)

1936-37

June 21

22

25

26

1937-38

Dec. IS

Feb. 20

Mar. 6

14

15

16

24

Apr. 8

9

1938-39

Feb. 19

20

28

Mar. 1

Discharge 

(secondfeet)

1,680

1,280

1,600

1,410

1,040

880

S60

1,280

1,120

1,080

S80

1,330

1,680

739

1,070

992

1,140

* The following revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for high-water period in August 

1935 were published in Water-Suoply Paper 873: Aug. 6, 189; Aug. 7, 2,640; Arg. 8, 2,670; Aug. 9, 

746.
MHSKIN3UM RIVER BASIN 167

Discharge, In second-feet, of Jerome Fork at Jeromeville,

September 1940

Ohio, water year October 1939 to

Day Mar. Apr. July Sept.

40

14

8.7

6.2

4.5

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

2.2 

2.0

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

5.7

5.1 

4.5 

4.5 

6.2

11

12

218

147

29

20

15

13

12

7.9

7.3

6.8

6.8 

7.3 

8.7 

7.3 

6.8

7.9 

7.3 

7.9 

7.3

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

7.3

10

12

10

10

8.7 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.3

7.3

16

17

16

16

15

14

13

12

30

13

13

11

9.6 

9.6

7.9 

7.9 

8.7

7.9 

6.2 

6.2 

4.5 

4.0

5.1 

4.5 

4.5 

5.1 

4.5 

4.0

5.1 

5.7 

5.1 

4.5 

5.7

5.7 

5.7 

6.2 

6.2 

 6.2

6.8

10

12

182

127

66

35

16

10

8.5

7.5 

7.0 

6.5 

6.2 

5.9

5.7 

5.5 

5.3 

5.1 

5.0 

4.9

4.8 

4.7 

4.6

15

14

13

100

400

500

600

162

178

140

111

74

189

336

189

147

76

105

74

42

351

2,000

2,150

528

233

184

176

96

80

57

54

84

58

54

84

201

427

218

132

113

71

60

336

300

157

102

681

792

233

125

105

428

218

137

144

638

353

300

370

852

561

693

369

1,620

1,160

336

186

137

109

92

78

26

24

23

31

25

22

19

19

414

622

178

111

76

66

90

248

31

32

27

204

824

938

708

336

132

102

66

80

204

69

43

36

27

218

74

425

188

113

670

150

82

58

37

33

31

28

44

32

39

28

23

28

314

48

31

313

118

37

130

55

36

27

14

14

13

12

11

11

12

13

31

23

15

14

13

11

11

26

33

32

23

270

113

37

24

20

17

15

13

12

12

15

15

11

11

10

8.7 

7.9 

7.3 

6.8 

6.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

6.2

23

9.6 

6.8 

6.2 

5.7 

5.7

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1925-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square Run-off in! 

mile inches

August 18-31, 1925 .. 

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

Water year

October 1925 ........

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

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

Calendar year

January 1926 ........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year- 1925-26

October 1926 ........

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

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

Calendar year 1926

January 1927 ........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1926-27

October 1927 ........

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

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

Calendar year 1927 

461679 O - 42 - 12

72.3

3,176.8

1,297

5,261

2,040

1,886

8,486

4,500

6,711

1,190

815

350

423

1,931

34,890

6,336

4,664

2,435

39,727

7,753

7,631

11,789

2,751

5,551

1,392

978

558

331

52,169

242

3,125

13,433

55,534

6.6

861

246

923

392

338

1,680

1,040

1,330

155

146

60

52

1,680

1,120

923

285

1,570

1,040

2,860

298

1,720

259

105

86

21

16

980

3,140

4.1

4.7

5.16

106

41.8

175

65.8

31

38

18

60.8

303

145

224

38.4

27.2

11.3

13.6

64.4

95.6

26

58

25

204

155

78.5

109

250

273

380

91.7

179

46.4

31.5

18.0

11.0

143

7.81

104

433

0.043

.883

.348

1.46

.548

.507

2.52

1.21

1.87

.320

.227

.094

.113

.537

.797

1.70

1.29

.654

.908

2.08

2.28

3.17

.764

1.49

.387

.262

.150

.092

1.19

.065

.867

3.61

0.02 

' .99

.40

1.63

.63

.58

2.62

1.40

2.09

.37

.25

.11

.13

1.96

1.44

.75

12.30

2.40

2.37

3.66

.85

1.72

.43

.30

.17

.10

16.15

.07

.97

4.16
168 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Jerome Pork at Jeromeville, Ohio, 1925-40 Continued

Month

Water year 1927-28 ...........

Calendar year 1928 ...........

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

Calendar year 1929 ...........

Water year 1929-30 ...........

Water year 1930-31 ...........

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

Water year 1931-32 ...........

Secondfoot-days

5,082 

6,079 

4,256 

4,463 

905 

4,042 

2,215 

474 

162

44,478

187 

326 

1,073

29,264

8,575 

6,467 

7,084 

7,390 

5,969 

2,478 

11,334 

549 

329

51,761

1,116.0 

3,154 

7,369

61,814

17,507 

6,161 

8,133 

4,178 

854 

425 

206.9 

111.4 

215.4

49,430.7

203.8 

232.1 

400

38,627.6

1,228 

1,509 

1,603 

4,542 

1,512 

1,173.4 

533.7 

1,117.1 

1,518.4

15,572.5

404.2 

2,456 

7,291

24,887.8

11,9E8 

3,384 

3,092 

3,083 

1,031 

304.1 

525.7 

242.3 

157.0

33,898.3

Maximum

830 

954 

1,080 

562 

49 

1,020 

533 

91 

7

3,140

11 

35 

234

1,080

2,560 

2,880 

1,540 

740 

923 

650 

2,590 

42 

21

2,880

298 

504 

1,120

2,880

2,630 

1,160 

1,300 

365 

73 

35 

14 

7.0 

23

2,630

23 

22 

39

2,630

222 

209 

185 

650 

259 

222 

222 

352 

298

650

22

770 

770

770

1,120 296' 

1,080 

336 

87 

28 

156 

78 

19

1,120

Minimum

26 

23 

38 

41 

16 

16 

11 

6 

4

4

4 

6 

5

*'

7 

17 

37 

88 

50 

19

10 

8

4

7.6 

21 

21

7

52 

49 

66 

37 

17 

9 

2.8 

2.4 

3.4

2.4

3.4 

5.4 

9

2.4

7 

15 

18 

20 

20 

7.7 

3.1 

2.6 

7.7

2.6

9.6 

11 

39

2.6

81 

44 

23 

36 

11 

5.6 

4.4 

3.0 

3.0

3.0

Mean

164 

210 

137 

149 

29.2 

135 

71.5 

15.3 

5.40

. 122

6.03 

10.9 

34.6

80.0

277 

231 

229 

246 

193 

82.6 

366 

17.7 

11.0

142

36.0 

105 

238

169

565 

220 

262

139 

27.5 

14.2 

6.67 

3.59 

7.18

135

6.57 

7.74 

12 . 9

106

39.6 

53.9 

51.7 

151 

48.8 

39.1 

17.2 

36.0 

50.6

42.7

13.0 

81.9 

' 235

68.2

385 

117 

99.7 

103 

33.3 

10.1 

17.0 

7.83 

5.23

92.6

Per square 

mile

1.3V 

1.75 

1.14 

1.24 

.243 

1.12 

.596 

.128 

.045

1.02

.050 

.091 

.288

.667

2.31 

1.92 

1.91 

2.05 

1.61 

.688 

3.05 

.148 

.092

1.18

.300 

.875 

1.98

1.41

4.71 

1.83 

2.18 

1.16 

.229 

.118 

.056 

.030 

.060

1.12

.055 

.064 

.108

.883

.330 

.449 

.431 

1.26 

.407 

.326 

.143 

.300 

.422

.356

.108 

.682 

1.96

.568

3.21 

.975 

.831 

.858 

.278 

.084 

.142 

.065 

.044

.772

Run-off in 

inches

1.58 

1.89 

1.31 

1.38 

.28 

1.25 

.69 

.15 

.05

13.78

.06 

.10 

.33

9.07

2.65 

2.00 

2.20 

2.29 

1.86 

.77 

3.52 

.17 

.10

16.06

.35 

.98 

2.28

19.18

5.43 

1.91 

2.51 

1.29 

.26 

.13 

.06 

.03 

.07

15.30

.06 

.07 

.12

11.94

.38 

.47 

.50 

1.41 

.47 

.36 

.16 

.35 

.47

4.82

.12 

.76 

2.26

7.71

3.70 

1.05 

.96 

.96 

.32 

.09 

.16 

.07 

.05

10.50
MUSKINGUM RIVER 6A.SIN 169

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Jerome Fork at Jeromeville, Ohio, 1925-40 Ccntlnued

Month

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

Water year 1932-33 ...........

{lay. ............................

Hay. ............................

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

Water year 1935-36 ...........

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

Water year 1936-37 ...........

Secondfoot-days

32,138.0

7 323

909

361.8

48,561.8

320.3

40,977.2

3 675

685.6

11 '

10,915.8

2 726 7

28,904.1

10 579

37,420.7

39 642 7

*

3 B02

3 381

S

rmi

61,673.1

Maximum

2,490

9S5

107

3,140

26

3,140

8 B

309

9.4

1,100

504

52

122

24

BO

2,670

2 390

2,660

391

229

3,400

Minimum

3.0

3.0

3.2

2.7

5.2

2.7

4 8

4.8

2.0

9 4

pi

2.0

2.9

IB

29

42

9 4

6.4

Mean

10.8

87.8

12.1

133

B.95

10.3

112

8 59

29.5

5.69

6.08

29.9

97 5

79. Z

102

45 B

276

22 4

169

Per square 

mile

0.090

.842

.732

3.92

.101

1.11

.059

.075

.086

.933

.150

.246

.047

.051

.248

304

2 T A

KflQ°

797

.660

3 T "7

.850

an-i

1.41

Run-off in 

Inches

0.10

.94

9.96

1.44

.64

4.52

.11

15.04

.07

.08

.10

12.69

.17

.27

3.47

.05

.06

3.38

22

2 47

7

QA

8.97

.63

11.60

62

19.14
170 MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in seoond-feet, of Jerome Pork at Jeromeville, Ohio, 1^5-40 Continued

Month

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

Water year 1937-38 ...........

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

493.4 

385 

2,736.9

58,910.4

2,371 

5,769 

11,952 

6,671 

1,226 

602.0 

221.0 

593.9 

235.5

33,256.7

167.6 

358.5 

336.2

30,503.7

1,290.6 

6,403 

9,777 

4,361 

1,005 

1,017 

504.5 

490.5 

201.6

25,912.5

594.6 

S44.1 

293.1

26,182.0

594.0 

3,600.1 

8,599 

11,160 

2,557 

5,447 

2,607 

903 

348.4

36,947.3

Maximum

68 

17 

1,040

3,400

652 

880 

1,280 

1,680 

131 

106 

16 

125 

29

1,680

7.1 

71 

30

1,680

483 

1,070 

2,310 

588 

142 

237 

222 

222 

71

2,310

218 

13 

17

2,310

182

aoo

2,150 

1,620 

622 

938 

670 

270 

37

2,150

Minimum

7.3 

10 

7.3

6.4

14 

30 

69

18 

9.5 

4.4 

4.9

4.4

4.4

4.2 

6.5

6.8

4.2

7.8 

37 

44 

42 

16 

11 

4.7 

3.6 

3.2

3.2

2.0 

6.8 

4.0

2.0

4.5 

4.5 

26 

57 

19 

27 

17 

11 

5.7

2.0

Mean

15.9 

12.8 

88.3

161

76.5 

206 

386 

222 

39.5 

20.1 

7.13 

19.2 

7.8f

91.1

5.41 

12.0 

10.8

83.6

41.6 

229 

315 

145 

32.4 

33.9 

16.3 

15.8 

6.7?

71.0

19.2 

8.14 

9.45

71.7

19.2 

124 

277 

372 

82.5 

182 

84.1 

29.1 

11.6

101

Per square 

mile

0.132 

.107 

.736

1.34

.638 

1.72 

3.22 

1.85

!l68 

.059 

.160 

.065

.759

.045 

.100 

.090

.697

.347 

1.91 

2.62 

1.21 

.270 

.282 

.136 

.132 

.056

.592

.160 

.068 

.079

.598

.160 

1.03

siio

.688 

1.52 

.701 

.242 

.097

.842

Run-off in 

Inches

0.15 

.12 

.85

18.28

.74 

1.79 

3.71 

2.06 

.38 

.19 

.07 

.18 

.07

10.31

.05 

.11 

.10

9.45

.40 

1.99 

3.02 

1.35 

.31 

.31 

.16 

.15 

.06

8.01

.18 

.08 

.09

8.10

.18 

1.11 

2.66 

3.46 

.79 

1.70 

.81 

.28 

.11

11.45
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 171

Lake Fork below Mohicanville Dam, near Mohicanville, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Lake Fork near Mohicanville, Ohio)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40 043 I 15B , long. 82 0 09 I 25B , in sec. 3, T. 20 N., R. 

15 W., a quarter of a mile downstream from Mohicanville Dam, 2.4 miles (revis?d) downstream from confluence of Jerome and Muddy Forks, 2 miles east of Mohicanville, and 7& 

miles northeast of Loudonville. Datum of gage is 930.00 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 269 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,880 second-feet (regulated) Feb. 13 (gage 

 height, 6.72 feet); minimum, 7.2 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 1.56 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 3,920 second-feet Mar. 13, 1939 (gage height, 9.34 feet); 

minimum, 6.6 second-feet Sept. 25, 26, 1939 (gage height, 1.54 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Mohicanville Reservoir (see p. 146).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 22 to Dec. 30, Jan. 4-13, June 14, 15,

June 17 to Aug. 19)

Oct. 1 to June 15

1.6 

1.8 

2.1 

2.4 

2.7

June 16 to Sept. 30

8.5

23

48

82

134

3.3 

3.9 

4.7 

5.5 

6.5

275

465

785

1,170

1,750

2.6

2.6

2.7 

2.9 

3.1 

3.3

3.6 

4.0 

4.4 

5.0 

5.8

140

255

405

700

1,160

Discharge, In aec.ond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

93 

34 

20 

15 

13

11 

8.5 

8.5 

7.9 

7.2

7.5 

7.5 

.9 

.5 

.2

.9 

.9 

.9 

8.5 

8.5

8.5 

8.5 

7.9 

8.2 

11

22 

158 

379 

98 

48 

35

Nov.

29 

24 

21 

19 

18

18 

18 

21 

19 

18

18 

18 

17 

18 

17

16 

16 

16 

17 

17

18 

19 

22 

21 

18

16 

16 

16 

15 

16

Dec.

17 

25 

33 

34 

34

32 

29 

25 

22 

22

22 

21 

25 

29 

25

25 

24 

23 

23 

23

22 

18 

21 

18 

16

17 

16 

19 

19 

18 

17

Jan.

16 

14 

14 

13

14

14 

13 

14 

15 

16

18 

22 

26 

236 

500

139 

88 

62 

42 

28

25 

23 

21 

21 

20

19 

18 

16 

16 

16 

16

Month

Oot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 . .........

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

15

15 

15 

16 

16

20 

36 

43 

39 

392

1,120 

1,120 

1,130 

635 

326

245 

157 

149 

311 

655

458 

287 

215 

242 

162

107 

94 

90 

81

Mar. 

131 

488 

1,310 

1,250 

1,360

1,570 

1,630 

1,690 

1,630 

1,200

518 

248 

191 

202 

173

140 

274 

898 

1,040 

763

365 

284 

184 

128 

102

84 

91 

228 

374 

594 

803

Seoondfoot-daya

1,080.5 

522 

714

64,557.5

1,515 

. 8,191 

19,943 

23,680 

6,444 

13,956 

5,407 

2,702 

934

85,118.5

Apr.

437 

255 

484 

1,280 

1,120

478 

270 

658 

575 

335

368 

995 

1,140 

875 

945

1,020 

1,280 

1,250 

1,170 

623

58 

33 

451 

920 

920

1,100 

1,250 

1,250 

1,100 

1,040

Maximum

379 

29 

34

3,760

500 

1,130 

1,690 

1,280 

1,040 

1,220 

972 

627 

171

1,690

May

358 

205 

173 

155 

128

111 

107 

92

85 

76

70 

66 

64 

67 

66

72 

65 

62 

64

76

59

53 

52 

335 

1,020

1,040 

432 

250 

184 

262 

595

Minimum

7.2 

15 

16

6.6

13 

15 

84 

33 

52 

84 

38 

15 

13

7.2

June

402 

273 

188 

136 

104

84 

165 

149 

665 

701

474 

672 

1,140 

1,220 

1,140

1,130 

788 

438 

667 

234

148 

118 

120 

333 

213

158 

148 

604 

962

377

July

972 

742 

258 

171 

130

104 

87 

77 

71 

77

69 

82 

65 

56 

51

296 

130

71 

54 

47

38 

43 

495 

290 

158

82 

245 

259 

82 

58 

47

Mean

34.9 

18.4 

23.0

177

48.9 

282 

643 

789 

208 

465 

174 

87.2 

31.1

233

Auf.

39 

32 

29 

25 

34

117 

68 

42 

33 

28

24 

21 

19 

18 

16

15 

15 

183 

f!8

77

56 

39 

32 

28 

26

56 

69 

120 

126 

470 

627

Per square 

mile

Sept.

171 

91 

62 

47 

39

32 

29 

28 

36 

31

25 

22 

20 

19 

18

18 

18 

16 

16 

14

14 

13 

13 

13 

39

26 

18 

16 

15 

15

Run-off In 

Inches
172 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Kokoslng River at Mlllwood, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°23'55", long. 82°17'10", In southeast corner of 

T. 7 N. , R. 11 W., 0.4 mile west of Mlllwood, li miles upstream fnm Honey Run, 2 

miles downstream from Jelloway Creek, and 3& miles upstream from B-ush Run. Datum of 

gage Is 865.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 454 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940. October 1921 to July 1939 at site 

3t niles downstream, published as Kokoslng River near Mlllwood, Ohio.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,500 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 15.03 

reetT; minimum, 38 second-feet Oct. 15 (gage height, 3.91 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of April 20. 1940; minimum, 33 second-feet Sept. 

26, 27 and Oct. 15, 1939 (gage height, 3.91 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage teight, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 2S to May 29, Sept. 2-30)

4.0 

4.2 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

51

90

165

325

520

790

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

9.0

1.1SO 

1,690 

2,100 

2,410 

3,270

4,340

5,600

7,000

8,600

10,400

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

3 55 5.5 430

4 75 6.0 665 

6 125 6.5 1,040 

9 213 6.9 1,590 

2 312

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 6.9 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

69 

62

55 

51 

50

51 

51 

48 

53 

48

50 

50 

48 

48

45

48 

53 

50 

50 

51

51 

48 

50 

50 

70

207 

219 

210 

127 

99 

84

Nov.

77 

73 

69 

65 

64

67 

65 

69 

67 

67

69 

67 

71 

67 

65

65 

65 

65 

65 

69

71 

80 

77 

77 

73

*67 

69 

64 

64 

65

Dec.

67 

82 

90 

92 

92

'90

86 

82 

82 

75

77 

73 

77 

80 

80

77 

73 

73 

73 

*71

71 

67 

65

45

56 

54 

54 

56 

50 

45

Jan.

52 

58 

52 

50

52

52 

54 

56 

56 

»56

64 

76 

100 

300 

600

2 SO 

180 

120 

100 

96

94 

92 

90

ss

82

*80 

70 

60

56 

56 

56

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-*

Peb.

56 

50 

50 

48 

48

SO 

170 

160 

150 

500

2,500 

*1,740 

2,030 

al.500 

al.OOO

420 

350 

364 

965 

1,960

904 

585 

440 

404 

350

280 

266 

262 

246

Mar.

283 

1,190 

9,860 

7,460 

2,510

1,590 

1,090 

874 

712 

605

535 

472 

464 

512 

496

476 

601 

1,790 

2,170 

1,1SO

804 

670 

550 

472 

424

38S 

38S 

432 

508 

657 

962

Secondfoot-days

2,246 

2,058 

2,207

153,136

3,27S 

17,873 

41,125 

46,913 

15,900 

25,969 

9,093 

4,863 

3,038

174,568

Apr.

718 

575 

590 

962 

694

555 

504 

708 

766 

610

705 

3,070 

2,100 

1,590 

1,480

2,030 

1,370 

2,170 

1,S90 

9,900

5,840 

2,410 

1,590 

970 

725

605 

528 

459 

414 

385

Maximum

219 

80 

92

6,330

600 

2,500 

9,360 

9,900 

2,550 

2,810 

1,720 

748 

327

9,900

May

366 

358 

354 

339 

305

278 

288 

255 

232 

219

210 

198 

195 

26S 

265

239 

226 

213 

210 

239

216 

192 

183 

1,310 

2,230

852 

585 

468 

397 

1,660 

2,550

Minimum

45 

64 

45

42

50 

48 

283 

385 

183 

323 

122 

71 

67

45

June

2,520 

1,490 

764 

556 

443

370 

323 

373 

369 

1,140

2,810 

2,350 

952 

644 

626

422 

354 

1,240 

1,390 

360

397 

323 

354 

1,960 

356

570 

443 

534 

590 

426

July

1,720 

948 

520 

389 

320

271 

245 

223 

210 

198

210 

281 

229 

183 

171

189 

165 

153 

145 

133

128 

122 

165 

153 

145

176 

586 

26S 

180 

142 

125

Mean

72.5 

68.6 

71.2

420

106 

616 

1,327 

1,564 

513 

866 

293 

157 

101

477

Aug.

114 

103 

101 

93 

96

93 

103 

93 

91 

86

80 

82 

77 

77 

77

75 

73 

112 

199 

89

80 

73 

75 

77 

71

82 

174 

615 

223 

748 

731

Per square 

mile

0.160 

.151 

.157

.925

.233

1.36 

2.92 

3.44 

1.13 

1.91 

.645 

.346 

.222

1.05

Sept.

327 

207 

159 

133 

114

101 

91 

109 

120 

106

96 

39 

84

77 

75

77 

73 

73 

71 

69

67 

67 

67 

69 

114

96

" 82 

77 

73 

75

Run-off in 

inches

0.18 

.17 

.18

12.54

.27 

1.47 

3.37 

3.84 

1.30 

2.13 

.74 

.40 

.25

14.30

Peak discharge.- Peb. 11 (12:30 a.m.) 5.080 sec.-ft. ; Mar. 5 (9 a.m.) 12.400 sec.ft.; Mar. 4 (2 

a.m.) 12,400 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (8:30 a.m.) 3,890 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (4 p.m.) 12,500 seo.-fb.; May.24 

(9:30 p.m.) 4,000 see.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Walhonding River at Nellie 

and Killbuck Creek at Killbunk.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24 to Peb. 11.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 173

Killbuck Creek at Killbuck, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°29'43", long. 81°59'10", in SWi sec. 6, T. 8 N., R. 7 

W., at highway bridge at Killbuck, an eighth of a mile downstream from Black Creek. 

Datum of gage is 788.05 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 466 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 358 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,200 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 16.2 

 feet, from floodmark; minimum daily, 35 second-feet Dec. 31. >, Dlrril1. 

1930-40: Maximum discharge, about 21,900 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 

21 77 feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 6,500 second-ieet, 

minimum, 24 second-feet.Aug. 14, 1932 (gage height, 1.96 fee' \

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Gage 

read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 7 to Dec. 21, Apr. 26 to June 9)

2.7 

2.9 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

45

62

127

190

330

Oct. 1 to Mar. 4

7.0 630

9.0 950

11.0 1,290

12.0 1,520

12.5 1,700

13.0

14.0

1,970

2,720

15.0 3,730

16.0 4,940

Mar. 5 to Sept. 30

3.0 50 4.0 170 

3.4 95 5.0 315

Note.- Same as preceding table above 7.0

feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

158 

77 

58 

49 

47

44 

42 

41 

39 

41

42 

42 

42 

42 

42

40 

42 

41 

42 

42

44 

44 

44 

44 

50

135 

178 

502 

232 

127 

93

Nov.

77 

72 

68 

64 

62

61 

60 

59 

56 

51

53 

54 

52 

53 

52

51 

51 

51 

53 

51

53 

58 

57 

57 

54

52 

51 

50 

51 

50

Dec.

52

77 

93 

82 

77

72 

66 

60 

60 

59

58 

58 

65 

82

70

66 

66 

62 

63 

*65

62 

56 

56 

54 

45

50 

47 

45 

45 

43 

35

Jan.

42 

38 

37 

37 

39

38 

37 

39 

41 

#43

44 

46 

60 

200 

700

500 

250 

150 

100

75

70 

68 

64 

62 

*59

54 

52 

48 

45 

43 

41

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 192

ater year 1939 

Feb.

40 

39 

3S 

3S 

38

56 

120 

110 

100 

350

2,000 

1,580 

#1,350 

1,090 

902

662 

465 

390 

525 

902

838 

600 

420 

420 

345

259 

259 

245 

217

Mar.

259 

630 

2,870 

4,680 

3,620

3,300 

2,810 

2,230 

1,400 

806

534 

422 

390 

406 

360

330 

360 

962 

1,420 

1,180

822 

582 

406 

330 

255

240 

255 

300 

422 

614 

950

Second - 

foot-days

2,506 

1.684 

1,891

130,155

3,122 

14,398 

34,145 

38,128 

10,095 

21,876 

9,831 

5,820 

3,028

146,524

Apr.

726 

502 

502 

1,220 

1,150

998 

774 

774 

822 

614

550 

1,870 

. 1,700 

1,440 

1,310

1,220 

1,180 

1,310 

1,330 

3,160

3,510 

2,810 

2,630 

2,090 

1,280

838 

582 

470 

406 

360

Maximum

502 

77 

93

4,190

700 

2,000 

4,680 

3,510 

1,240 

2,030 

1,250 

1,040 

454

4,680

May

345 

330 

315 

300 

270

240 

226 

212 

198 

184

170 

157 

150 

144 

144

157 

144 

138 

131 

157

131 

113 

107 

459 

1,240

806 

438 

330 

285 

854 

1,220

Minimum

50 

35

33

37 

38 

240 

360 

107 

198 

89 

59 

52

35

June

982 

614 

422 

300 

240

198 

300 

330 

375 

1,300

1,910 

2,030 

1,970 

1,390 

966

838 

550 

438 

902

566

345 

270 

255 

534 

390

375 

315 

837 

1,240 

694

July

1,250 

982 

550 

375 

300

240

198 

184 

170 

184

170 

177 

150 

125 

119

170 

177 

125 

107 

95

89 

107 

375 

614 

582

360 

454 

662 

390 

212 

138

Mean

80.8 

56.1 

61.0

357

101 

496 

1,101 

1,271 

326 

729 

317 

188 

101

400

Aug.

125 

113 

95 

89 

83

270 

226 

144 

107 

95

83

77 

69 

67 

62

60 

59 

128 

550

164

107 

89 

81 

73 

70

101 

107 

270. 

359 

857 

1,040

Per square 

mile

0.173 

.120 

.131

.766

.217 

1.06 

2.36 

2.73 

.700 

1.56 

.680 

.403 

.217

.858

Sept.

454 

212 

177

138 

119

107 

95 

95 

107 

119

101 

89 

75 

78 

73

71 

67 

62 

58 

58

59 

53 

52 

52 

101

95 

71 

67 

63 

60

Run-off in 

inches

0.20 

.13 

.15

10.38

.25 

1.14 

2.72 

3.05 

.81 

1.74 

.78 

.46 

.24

11.67

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 22 to Feb. 11.
174 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 

Mill Creek near Coshocton, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 40°21'50", in long. 81°51'40", 

in SW£ sec. 3, T. 6 N., R. 6 W., half a mile downstream from Little Mill Creek and 6 

miles north of Coshocton. Datum of gage is 782.00 feet above nean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 27.5 square miles.

Records available.- November 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,220 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 9.16 

feet); minimum, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 8-15; minimum gage height, 0.45 foot Oct. 10.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 2,720 second-feet June 21, 1937 (gage height, 10.66 

feet); minimum, 1.1 second-foot Sept. 26, Oct. 8-15, 1939; minimum gage height, 0.41 

foot Sept. 26, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair.

operation.- Gage-height record and result of one discharge measurement furnished by

S. Soil Conservation Service.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge In second-feet)

0.1 

.2 

.3

1.3

1.4

1.5

2.5

3.8

5.4

7.8

10

14

1.6

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.4 

2.7

32

52

116

156

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.3

275

375

495

680

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.6 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

1.7

27 

32

q.e

3.6 

2.5 

2.0

Nov.

1.4 

1.3 

1.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.3 

1.4 

1.2

1.1 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.2 

1.2

1.3 

1.6 

1.8 

1.7 

1.4

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

Dec.

4.1 

6.8 

4.4 

3.4

3.1 

2.6 

2.1 

1.8 

1.9

2.1 

1.9 

3.0 

4.2 

2.9

2.6 

2.6 

2.5 

2.3 

2.6

2.5 

2.1 

1.8 

1.8 

1.4

1.6 

1.7 

1.8 

1.8 

1.7 

1.7

Jan.

.8 

.7 

.6 

.8

.9 

.8 

.9

1.1 

1.0

1.1 

1.6 

2.2 

119 

35

b!5 

blO 

b7.2 

6.0 

b5.1

b4.4 

bS.S 

3.5 

3.2 

b2.8

b2.4

b2.2 

bl.9 

1.8 

2.1 

2.0

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Decs

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

WE

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

1.9 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

1.9

15 

38 

12 

12 

206

358 

125 

44 

25 

23

17 

16 

26 

108 

131

69 

43 

32 

32 

28

19 

21 

20 

19

Mar.

35 

135 

524 

342 

117

74 

55 

45 

37 

29

23 

20 

22 

23

19

19 

26 

65 

108 

. 58

41 

35 

24 

18

17

12 

17 

19 

20 

49 

103

Apr.

52 

36 

35 

59 

37

29 

26

45 

50 

38

47 

223 

114 

80 

63

62 

50 

53 

a!70 

669

193 

113 

83 

66 

52

41 

34 

29 

25 

23

Second- Maximum 

foot-days

83.2 32 

38.0 1.8 

78.2 6.8

7,891.9 367

241.3 119 

1,448.8 358 

2,131 524 

2,597 669 

591.5 95 

1,760 236 

927.0 133 

820.3 371 

274.0 41

10,990.3 669

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (10:30 p m. ) 770 sec. -ft. ; AI

(4:15 p.m.) 7TO sec. -ft.; June 18 (7 p.m.) 790 sec. -ft. 

(2 p.m.) 835 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record} discharge computed on basis < 

Coshocton.

May

20 

20 

18 

16 

14

15 

22 

14 - 

12 

9.9

9.3 

8.8 

8.8 

8.2 

7.8

9.3 

8.8 

7.8 

7.2 

8.2

6.8 

5.4 

5,2 

66 

48

25 

18 

14 

13 

50 

95

Minimum

0.1 

1.1 

1.4

.1

.6 

1.9 

12 

23 

5.2 

14 

4.6 

1.3 

2.9

.1

June

48 

35 

27 

23 

18

14 

14 

19 

25 

100

202 

99 

80 

46 

36

27 

22 

143 

82 

39

28 

23 

34 

66 

57

59 

36 

236 

74 

48

July

133 

53 

42 

31 

25

20 

16 

14 

13

12

43 

54 

18 

13 

10

10 

8.2 

7.0 

5.8 

5.4

4.6 

30 

98 

64 

28

36 

57 

29 

18 

14 

10

Aug.

6.2 

6.5 

5.S 

5.0 

4.5

4.5 

5.4 

4.2 

3.5 

3.0

2.7 

2.2 

1.9 

a<3.0 

2.5

1.9 

1.6 

18 

28 

3.8

d2.2 

dl.5 

dl.6 

dl.3 

dl.5

4.0 

102 

68 

64 

371 

98

Mean Pep 'ft* 

mile

2.68 0.097 

1.27 .046 

2. £2 .092

21. .785

7.78 .283 

50. C 1.82 

68.7 2.5O 

86.6 3.15 

19.1 .695 

58.7 2.13 

29.? 1.09 

26.5 .964 

9.13 .332

30.0 1.09

Sept.

41 

27 

19 

14 

12

10 

9.0 

10 

10 

13

8.5 

7.0 

d5.8 

d5.2 

d4.5

d4.2 

d3.8 

d3.5 

a3.2 

d3.0

d2.9 

3.1 

3.1 

3.2 

21

9.3 

d6.0 

d4.5 

d3.7 

d3.5

Run-off In 

Inches

0.11 

.05 

.11

10.66

.33 

1.96 

2.88 

3.51 

.SO 

2.38 

1.26 

1.11 

.37

14.87

>r. 20 (12:15 a.m.) 1,220 sec. -ft.; June 11 

June 28 (12 m. ) 3P5 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 30

)f records for Little Mill Creek near

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

d Doubtful gage-height record-; discharge computed on basis of records for- Little Mill Creek 

near Coshocton.
HUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN

Seneca Fork below Senecaville Dam, near Senecaville, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Seneca Fork near Senecaville, Ohio)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°55'23", long. 81°26'12", 800 feet downstream 

from Senecaville Dam, 1 mile downstream from Crooked Creek, It miles southeast of 

Senecaville, Guernsey County, and 2 miles upstream from dam of Greenwood mill. 

Datum of gage is 799.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 121 square miles.

Records available.- September -1938 to September 1940. '

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 586 second-feet Feb. 22 (gage height, 9.06 

feet); mininum, 0.1 second-foot on several days in October, Hay, July and August; 

minimum gage height, 1.61 feet Aug. 11-13.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 652 second-feet Feb. 11, 1939 (gage height, 9.58 

feet); no flow Hay 3, 4, 1939.

Remarks.- Records poor. Flow regulated by Senecaville Reservoir (see p. 146). Fish 

hatchery diverts from 0 to 2 second-feet above station.

175

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

4.1 

4.0 

3.9 

3.8 

3.8

3.7 

3.6 

3.4 

3.2 

3.1

3.0 

2.9 

2.8 

2.5 

2.5

1.0 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.3

.4

'.5

Nov.

0.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

Dec.

0.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.4

.5

.6 

.7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1 

1.2 

1.3 

1.4 

1.5

Jan.

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.6 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.0 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

4.0

7.7 

13 

18 

22 

22

24 

26 

26 

30 

2S

28 

29 

29 

29 

30 

32

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19S

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

30 

31 

31

31 

31

32 

36 

36 

45 

78

147 

192 

243 

331 

318

306 

312 

318 

331 

344

496 

573 

547 

521 

495

469 

456 

431 

418

Mar.

406 

418 

460 

343 

479

573 

560 

560 

547 

534

50S 

469 

431 

406

381

356 

331 

312 

300 

272

206 

SS 

41 

41 

43

47 

50 

120 

160 

212 

291

Secondfoot-days

54.1 

14.3 

17.9

45,483.3

418.1 

7,629 

9,945 

5,968 

4,806.2 

10,013 

2,859.3 

1,084.7 

1,465.1

44,274.7

Apr.

335 

76 

12 

23 

13

14 

148 

188 

147 

79

64 

249 

260 

324 

309

368 

368 

343 

401 

131

30 

23 

18 

95 

201

277 

368 

368 

368 

368

Maximum

4.1 

.5 

1.5

652

32 

573 

573 

368 

381 

381 

368 

235 

230

573

May

368 

328 

356 

368 

343

189 

10S 

64 

4.7 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1

68 

156

178 

178 

130 

43 

16

15 

14 

14 

78 

38

216 

381 

381 

381 

316 

74

Minimum

0.1 

.4 

.3

.1

1.0 

30 

41 

12 

.1 

93 

.1 

.1 

3.0

.1

June

287 

368 

368 

368 

368

368 

368 

368 

368 

381

343 

246 

362 

368 

368

368 

381 

377 

356 

368

368 

368 

368 

368 

368

356 

199 

93 

156 

220

July

142 

259 

356 

368 

368

368 

187 

72 

44 

6.S

3.3

147 

81 

36 

15

1.0 

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.6 

31 

103 

163

86 

15 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

Mean

1.75 

.48 

.58

125

13.5 

263 

321 

199 

155 

334 

92.2 

35.0 

48.8

121

Aug.

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.! 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.1

.1 

£1 

SZ 

13 

19

19 

19 

19 

19 

19

39 

32 

166 

230 

235 

230

Per square 

mile

Sept.

230 

230 

230 

225 

128

42 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

19 

9.0 

3.1

3.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

23

37 

37 

37 

37 

29

Run-off In 

Inches

Note.- Discharge for periods Oct. 1 to 

outflow through gates at Senecaville dam.

1 to Jan. 15, July 7 to Aug. 28, Sept. 5-30, based on computed
176 MUSKTNGUM RIVER BASIN

Wills Creek at Cambrldgs, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°00'54", long. 81°35'14", at Fairground Bridge 

on South Ninth Street at Cambridge, Guernsey County, 1 mile downstream from Leatherwood Creek. Datum of gage is 772.34 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 406 square miles.

Records available.- June 1926 to September 1928, May 1937 to September 1940.

.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,540 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 20.67 

feet); minimum, 5.8 second-feet Oct. 8; minimum gage height, 1.30 feet Nov. 4.

1926-28, 1937-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 21, 1940; minimum observed, 4 

second-feet Aug. 14,-1926, and Oct. 2, 1927.

Remarks.- Records poor. City of Cambridge occasionally diverts about 2 second-feet 

above station for municipal supply. Flow regulated by Senecaville Reservoir (see p. 

146).

Revisions.- Revised figure^ of discharge, in second-feet, for the higt-water period in 

 the water year 1928, superseding those published in Water-Supply Ptper 663, are given 

herein:

Dec. 15........... 6,320

16........... 6,090

17........... 5,280

Month

Water year 1927-28...

Maximum

6,320

Minimum

-

Mean

613

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to -Septembe-" 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

SI

Oct.

12

11 

10 

9.0 

9.0

10 

7.8 

6.6 

6.6 

7.4

7.4 

6.6 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

6.6 

6.6 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

6.6 

7.0

14

30 

72 

438 

210 

58 

30

Nov.

18 

13 

10 

11 

12

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

11 

11 

12

11 

12

11 

10 

10 

11 

12

12 

14 

15 

18 

17

19 

15 

12 

12 

12

Dec.

12 

15 

18 

74 

65

49 

41 

36 

33 

29

24 

24 

24 

26 

27

30 

38 

36 

34 

76

193 

100 

63 

60 

46

45 

38 

40 

40 

38 

37

Jan.

34 

26 

21 

18 

19

19 

21 

18 

19 

20

24 

30

79 

45S 

1,310

974 

366 

256 

223 

166

110 

96 

S3 

76 

79

72 

65 

61 

55 

52 

55

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

53 

52 

53 

50 

52

73 

658 

998 

658 

1,020

1,910 

,2,300 

1,650 

790 

658

65S 

595 

658 

1.200 

1,970

2,390 

2,270 

1,740 

1,120 

1,020

87S 

768 

S12 

998

liar.

1,120 

1,280 

2,120 

3,690 

4,620

3,740 

2,640 

1,680 

974 

834

768 

6SO 

637 

65S 

724

637 

680 

658 

658 

595

500 

416 

260 

157 

153

137 

167 

244 

427 

592 

1,940

Second - 

foot-days

1,038.2 

382 

1,411

155,186.2

4,905 

28,052 

34,386 

51,295 

16,309 

25,944 

9,109 

3,479 

2,580

17S,B90.2

Apr.

2,330 

1,850 

724 

S56 

702

366 

276 

43S 

490 

396

2S6 

1,230 

2,090 

1,560 

974

1,450 

1,S20 

1,970 

2,360 

5,610

7,330 

5,940 

4,020 

2,420 

916

574 

595 

595 

574 

553

Maximum

438 

19 

193

3,460

1,310 

2,390 

4,620 

7,330 

1,850 

2,120 

1,820 

746 

416

7,330

May

532 

532 

511 

532 

522

458 

286 

191 

128 

93

72 

63 

79 

99S 

637

43S 

396 

336 

276 

266

149 

110 

90 

469 

1,710

1,770 

856 

616 

553 

790 

1,850

Minimum

6.6 

10

12

6.6

18 

50 

137 

276 

63 

511 

26 

12 

12

6.6

June

2,120 

1,390 

790 

637 

553

511 

511 

878 

768 

1,050

1,090

1,540 

1,590 

974 

65S

76S 

902 

S56 

1,330 

950

637 

553 

522 

553 

553

574 

532 

511 

1,090 

553

July

1,170 

1,820 

1,280 

680 

553

511 

469 

219 

139 

107

73 

219 

296 

128 

99

66 

70 

50 

47 

42

39 

52

79 

108 

184

219 

146 

108 

6S 

42 

26

Mean

33.5 

12.7 

45.5

425

158 

967 

1,109 

1,710 

526 

S65 

294 

112 

86.0

4S9

Aug.

22

19 

IS 

19 

17

15 

12 

12 

12 

14

17 

15 

12 

13 

12

12 

13 

14 

102 

S6

54 

40 

30 

21 

18

19 

169 

746 

6SO 

522 

724

Per square 

mile

Sept*

416 

286 

260 

242 

227

113 

68 

49 

60 

64

64 

55 

48 

46 

41

32 

25 

22 

17 

14

14 

12 

12 

13 

33

110 

87 

64 

47 

39

Run-off In 

Inches
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 177

Wills Creek below Wills Creek Dam, at Wills Creek, Ohio 

(Formerly published as Wills Creek at Wills Creek, Ohio)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°09'50", long. 81°50'30", In sec. 22, T. 4 N., 

R. 6 W., half a mile downstream from Wills Creek Dam, 1 mile southwest of Wills 

Creek, 3 miles southeast of Conesvllle, and 5s miles upstream from mouth. Datum of 

gage Is 717.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 845 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extrenes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,930 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 17.40 

reet); minimum dally, 5 second-feet Apr. 21; minimum gage height, 0.90 foot Aug. 

24-27.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 7, 1940; minimm discharge observed, 

4.7 second-feet Dec. 20, 1938 (gage height, 0.99 foot); minimum dally discharge, 

that of Apr. 21, 1940.

Maximum discharge known, 22,300 second-feet In March 1913 (computed by Corps 

of Engineers, U. S. Army).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of backwater, which are poor. Flow 

affected by storage In Wills Creek and Senecavllle Reservoirs (see p. 146).

Hating table, water year 1939-40, except period of backwater (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-29, July 7 to Aug. 29)

l.g 9.4 l.S 49 2.8 193 5.0 BOO 13.0 4,590 

1.4 17 2.1 85 3.4 322 6.0 1,130 17.0 6,710 

1.6 30 2.5 144 4.0 473 9.0 2,550

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

34 

31 

29 

26 

23

21 

18 

16 

18 

17

28 

66 

91 

65 

46

34 

29 

26 

22 

19

18 

17 

15 

12 

28

52 

100 

179 

278 

383 

370

NOT.

322

250 

194 

146 

113

88 

73 

70 

64 

58

57 

52 

53 

51 

49

48 

46 

45 

45 

45

45 

48 

52 

56 

59

60 

59 

57 

56 

54

Dec.

53 

57 

62 

70 

81

99 

110 

116 

110 

105

100 

96 

95 

95 

96

93 

102 

107 

107 

109

112 

172 

226 

022 

194

172 

154 

136 

126 

116 

112

Jan.

107 

99 

91 

84 

72

65 

59 

56 

53 

51

51 

56 

62 

135 

431

1,310 

1,750 

1,350 

1,020 

783

648 

538 

396 

300 

268

256 

220 

202 

183 

156 

142

Feb..

128 

124 

116 

112 

107

118 

192 

311 

678 

1,260

2,310 

2,950 

3,350 

3,810 

3,100

1,750 

1,220 

1,180 

1,430 

2,480

3,450 

3,860 

3,860 

3,450 

2,600

1,980 

1,610 

1,390 

1,350

Month

Oct 

Nou 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Maj 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19! S. ...... ...............

ater year 1939-4

Mar.

1,610 

2,020 

3,860 

5,650 

6,550

6,870 

6,870 

6,600 

5,690 

4,070

2,170 

1,430 

1,140 

1,020 

934

,060 

,060 

,100 

,260 

,350

1,260 

1,020 

872 

732 

\ 568

464 

436 

436 

436 

575 

1,550

Apr.

2 

3 

3 

2 

0

\ 

1

2

3 

4 

4

3 

3 

3 

4

cl 

5 

5 

5

5 

5 

5 

5 

5

Secondfoot-days

2,113 

2,415 

3,605

330,545

10,994 

50,276 

70,913 

94,965 

51,926 

46,673 

21,200 

6,448 

8,429

369,951

950 

600 

500 

650 

310

930 

260 

965 

890 

927

90S 

020 

450 

070 

020

400 

250 

650 

540 

c50

c5 

300 

430 

640

430

380 

320 

320 

320 

480

May

5,640 

5,590 

5,430 

5,430 

4,170

1,930 

1,100 

69S 

436 

370

254 

202 

211 

351 

518

996 

1,100 

B54 

681 

600

568 

261

141 

645 

1,480

2,550 

2,950 

2,310 

1,480 

1,260 

1,720

Maximum

383 

322 

226

5,870

1,750 

3,860 

6,870 

5,640 

5,640 

4,170 

3,050 

2,070 

1,790

6,870

June

3,600 

4,170 

3,450 

2,260 

1,430

1,060 

890 

818 

1,020 

1,350

1,480 

1,890 

2,310 

2,450 

1,930

1,350 

1,100 

1,140 

1,260 

1,570

1,430 

1,100 

872 

836 

818

818 

783 

818 

1,060 

1,610

July

2,020 

2,650 

3,050 

2,650 

1,750

1,140 

890 

749 

444 

136

332

1S4 

472 

584 

478

422 

334 

278 

230

190

161 

141 

142 

156 

198

22S 

253 

278 

258 

220 

177

A-!g.

139 

112 

95 

84

75

71 

67 

64 

60 

57

54 

' 56 

56 

47 

43

51 

56 

53 

50 

53

113 

70 

14 

10 

10

10 

54 

176 

872 

1,700 

2.070

Minimum Mean

12 68.2 

45 80.5 

53 116

12 906

51 355 

107 1,734 

436 2,288 

5 3,166 

141 1,075 

783 1,556 

136 634 

10 008 

60 281

5 1,011

Sept.

1,790 

1,200 

766 

538 

436

370 

311 

236 

185 

165

156 

144 

131 

120 

112

102 

96 

88 

80 

73

70 

64 

60 

66 

147

181 

202 

202 

172

146

Run-off in 

acre-feet

o Backwater from Muskingum River; discharge computed on basis of weather records and f;ate 

operations at Wills Creek Reservoir.
178 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Wakatomlka Creek near Frazeysburg, Ohio

Location.- Water^stage recorder, lat. 40007'57", long. 82°08'53", In M'$ sec. 13, T. 3 

 N., R. 9 W., 2 miles northwest of Frazeysburg, 2 miles downstream from Flvemlle Run,

and 2i miles upstream from Black Run. Datum of gage Is 748.12 feet above mean sea

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 140 square miles.

Records available.- September 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,940 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage hslght, 10.0 

feet); minimum, 5.4 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 1.35 feet).

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 8,700 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (gage height, 11.27 

feet), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; minimum, 3.2 second-feet 

Sept. 26, 1939 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect or no gags-height record, 

which are poor.

Cooperation.- Results of two discharge measurements furnished by the Misklngum Watershed 

Conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shiftitlg-control method used Oct. 1-27, Oct. 31 to Nov. 8, and Sept. 12-30)

1.8 5.6 2.4 196 5.0 1,650 

1.4 12 2.8 32S 6.0 2,220 

1.5 20 3.2 48S 7.0 2,820 

1.7 45 3.6 682 8.0 3,560 

2.0 96 4.0 935 9.0 4,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

' 24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

13 

11 

7.6 

6.4 

5.8

5.8 

5.S 

5.8 

5.8 

5.8

6.4 

7.6 

7.6 

7.6

7.6

7.6 

8.2 

8.2 

8.2 

8.8

S.2 

8.8 

8.8 

8.8 

23

98 

209 

136 

57 

38 

30

Hov.

25 

20 

18 

17 

15

15

15 

17 

18 

19

18 

17 

16 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

15

16

17 

21 

21 

20 

20

18 

17 

17 

18 

19

Doc.

20 

30 

45 

49 

50

50 

48 

45 

43 

41

39

36 

34 

35 

36

34 

34 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

29 

25 

22

20

19 

18 

17 

16 

15

Jan.

15 

15 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

15 

15

15

15 

20 

25 

250 

425

150 

100 

80 

70 

60

53 

48 

44 

41

38

36 

34 

33 

32 

31 

30

Peb.

28 

27 

27 

26 

25

80 

225 

130 

120 

300

1,000 

467 

362 

242 

1S2

150 

135 

15S 

394 

736

506 

321 

232 

208 

190

142 

137 

140 

142

Mar.

193 

486 

3,840 

2,550 

86S

497 

355 

282 

223

182

147 

120 

128 

137 

125

123 

158 

264 

379 

268

205

182 

140 

111 

98

88 

94 

114 

120 

239 

535

Apr.

336 

245 

238 

372 

239

174

155 

252 

258 

205

306 

1,800 

774 

502 

438

6SO 

552 

731 

870 

5,260

2,220 

890 

542 

* 397 

* 303

245 

196 

155 

145 

132

May

130 

12S 

120 

109 

92

85 

94 

79 

72 

65

62 

57 

57 

77 

70

74 

70 

65 

60 

74

60 

52 

51 

493 

944

355 

252 

188 

152 

289 

572

Month Second- Maximum Minimum foot-days

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19:

ater year 1939-'10

778.2 209 5.8 

520 25 14 

1,016 50 15

47,987.7 1,580 3.2

1,760 425 14 

6,832 1,000 25 

13,251 3,840 88 

19,612 5,250 132 

5,048 944 51 

6,667 SP2 70 

3,241 789 23 

2,866 703 13 

1,382 188 16

62,973.2 5,260 5.8

Juno

458 

328 

236 

185 

147

US 

205 

199 

272 

650

992 

382 

265 

176 

147

118 

96 

178 

292 

107

81 

70 

70 

167 

94

92 

75 

145 

213 

109

July

7S9 

314 

1S5 

132 

100

S3 

72 

63 

57 

52

50 

57 

48 

40

36

36 

38 

32 

28 

26

23 

24 

42 

36 

33

30

571 

106 

58 

44 

36

Aug.

30 

26 

24 

20 

19

20 

45 

27 

20 

18

17 

15 

14 

13 

14

16

13 

13 

148 

38

23

18 

16 

15 

13

15 

64 

652 

98 

703 

699

Mean '"J^

25.1 0.179 

17.3 .124 

32.8 .234

131 .936

56.8 .406 

236 1.69 

427 3.05 

654 4.67 

163 1.16 

222 1.59 

105 .750 

92.5 .661 

46.1 .329

172 1.23

Sopt.

186 

116 

85 

67 

56

4S 

42 

48 

65 

56

52 

40 

35 

31 

28

26 

26 

25 

21 

19

18 

17 

16 

18 

87

54 

32 

25 

21 

2O

Run-off in

inches

0.21 

.14 

.27

12.75

.47 

1.82 

3.52 

5.21 

1.34 

1.77 

.36 

.76 

.37

16.74

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (3:30 p.m.) 5,490 sec. -ft.; Mar. 4 (8 a.m.) 3,230 sec. -ft. ; Apr. 12

. ,_ - .- --. -.940 sec.-ft.; June 11 (6 a'.m.) 1,720 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

30 (12 p.m.) 1,780 sec.-ft.

Mote.- Ho gage-height record Nov. 9 to Jan. 3; discharge computed on basis of discharge measurement Ttec. 20, recorded range In stage, weather records, and records for Koko'Jing River at Millwood 

and North Pork Licking River at Dtica. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 4 to Feb. 11.
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 179

South Fork of Licking River near Hebron, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39059'20", long. 82°28'30", at highway bridge 800 feet downscream from Beaver Run, 2.3 miles north of Hebron, Licking County, and 24 mtles upstream from Ramp Creek.

Drainage area.- 87.7 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,840 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 11:9 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet b7 logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 0.7 second-foot Sept. 6, 7, 8.

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

which are poor. Flow regulated by Buckeye Lake.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage heigh*;

In feet, and discharge, in ^econd-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 30 to Nov. 10, July 7 to Sept. 21)

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8 

2.0

1.0 

4.5

11

18

3S

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

50

64

90

120

176

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

242

330

430

555

660

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

900

1,190

1,540

1,940

2,390

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a4 

a3.5 

a3 

a2.5 

a2.S

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5

a2.5 

a3 

a3 

a3 

a3

a3.5 

a4 

a4 

a4.5 

aS

aS 

a5 

5.2 

5.2

14

40 

50 

68 

33 

15 

9.7

Nov.

7.1 

5.S 

4.5 

5.2 

5.2

5.2 

5.2 

7.1 

6.4 

5.2

54 

110 

90 

81 

72

64 

139 

146 

176 

193

350 

235 

148 

S6

1S5

13 

3.4 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

Dec.

5.2 

15 

47 

44 

49

120 

22 

IS 

16 

13

13 

12 

13 

16 

17

16 

16 

13 

11 

14

14 

S.4 

4.5 

2.4 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

Jan.

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2 

2

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

2.5 

3 

4 

200 

450

250 

200 

150 

120 

90

70 

55 

45 

40 

35

30 

25 

24 

23 

22 

21

Feb.

20 

19 

IS 

IS 

20

SO 

400 

300 

250 

600

950 

750 

296 

130

105

100 

90 

172 

S50 

900

525 

293 

228 

214 

1SS

164 

1S2 

146 

188

Mar.

55S 

1,460 

1,910 

1,050

725 

505 

455 

350 

276

223 

152 

53 

90 

120

120 

18S 

164 

214 

146

110 

90 

44 

32 

34

32 

31 

39 

44 

50 

138

Apr.

105 

184 

370 

557 

143

81 

60 

277 

177

105

156 

1,100 

762 

620 

490

7S9 

503 

945 

1,090 

2,690

2,140 

1,340 

S25 

623 

390

310 

190 

6S 

56 

50

foot^s ***» 

Ootc 

Move 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc

Apr! 

May

June 

Jul: 

Augx 

Sept

We

lendar year

ter year 1939-40

313.6 6S 

2,214.9 350 

540.5 120

-

1,881.0 450 

S, 16S 950 

9,749 1,910 

17,206 2,690 

4,262 925 

2,920 660 

399.5 81 

10S.7 IS 

514.9 53

43,278.1 2,690

May

50

47 

44 

44 

40

36 

33 

31 

29

27

25 

23 

23 

20 

IS

20 

20 

21 

22 

40

50 

44 

59 

S89 

SOO

264 

163 

76 

100 

574 

925

Minimum

2.5 

3.4 

2.4

-

2 

IS 

31 

50 

IS 

15 

3.4 

1.0 

.7

.7

June

660 

350 

276 

214 

110

60 

73 

130 

76 

140

6S 

40 

26 

20 

21

24 

18 

32 

50 

22

16 

15 

16 

30 

28

76 

27 

74 

164 

64

July

81 

56 

33 

20 

18

16 

12 

9.7 

8.4 

7.6

9.0 

11 

9.7 

7.1 

5.S

4.5 

5.2 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

4.5 

5.2

7.1 

IS 

9.7

5.S 

5.2 

4.5 

4.2 

4.2 

3.4

A-jg.

2.8 

2.8 

2.4

12

2.8 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

3.1

1.7 

1.4

1.4

1.4 

1.4 

1.0 

1.0 

1.7

1.4 

1.4 

1.7 

1.7 

2.4

3.4 

7.1 

4.5 

3.1 

18 

12

Sept.

9.0 

5.2 

5.2 

3.1 

1.0

.3 

.7 

2.0 

5.2 

5.8

4.5 

3.8 

3.4 

3.1 

3.1

2.8 

2.S 

2.S 

2.8 

2.8

21 

47 

44 

44 

47

S3 

53 

50 

44 

42

.. Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

10.1 

73.3 

17.4

-

60.7 

282 

314 

574 

137 

97.3 

12.9 

3.51 

17.2

132

a So gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for North 

Pork of Licking River at Utloa. 

Hote . - Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice, Dec. 25 to Feb. 12, Feb. 16, 17.
180 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Licking River near Newark, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°03'33", long. 82°20'23", at Stadden Bridge 1 

mile downstream from Shawnee Run, li miles upstream from Equality Fun, and 3i miles 

east of Newark, Licking County. Prior to May 9, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 490 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 17,800 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage

 height, 15.22 feet); minimum observed, 49 second-feet Oct. 23 (gage height, 0.97 foot).

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

which are poor. Flow slightly regulated by Buckeye Lake on South Fork of Licking River.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height,

In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shirting-control method used May 3-23 and July 7 to Aug. 30)

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

SI 

116 

181 

262 

437

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

7.0

667

947

1,300

1,690

2,150

4,170

9.0

11.0

13.0

15.0

6,670

9,700

13, 300

17,400

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

2.0 65 3.4 790 

2.2 132 3.7 1,000 

2.4 207 4.0 1,240 

2.6 300 4.4 1,600 

3.0 540

Note.- Sane as preceding 

table aboye 4.4 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to Septembe" 1939-40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a65 

a62 

a60 

a55 

a54

a52 

a50 

a50 

a52 

a52

a52 

a56 

55 

52 

52

53 

52 

51 

53 

53

53 

53 

53 

51 

110

170 

262 

293 

170 

134 

109

NOT.

93 

83 

S3 

76 

75

76 

76 

73 

70 

63

68 

158 

151 

140 

136

122 

147 

194 

220 

233

344 

310 

262 

122 

218

109 

75 

68 

68 

68

Dec.

<6S 

81 

124 

145 

154

275 

134 

118 

109 

105

100 

95 

103 

98 

102

98 

98 

95 

#95 

95

95 

88 

83 

75 

75

73 

78 

76 

75 

73 

65

Jan.

b62 

b60 

b5S 

b56 

b55

b54 

b53 

b52 

b52 

b52

b54 

b60 

b70 

913 

1,470

501 

310 

262 

b240 

b205

b!80 

b!50 

b!30 

bllO 

b95

b80 

b75 

b70 

b68 

b66 

b65

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year

ter year 1939-4C ............

Feb.

b65 

b65 

b65 

b65 

b70

b!30 

617 

418 

437 

1,670

4,140 

1,960 

1,440 

642 

437

b410 

380 

458 

*S,220 

3,150

1,600 

947 

667 

617 

569

437 

418 

418 

437

Mar.

593 

1,780 

12,000 

9,000 

3,350

2,050 

1,520 

1,300 

1,080 

887

773 

617 

479 

501 

569

546 

773 

1,010 

1,960 

1,010

667 

569 

437 

380 

344

310 

310 

344 

380 

546 

1,260

Secondfoot-days

2,539 

3,986 

3,148

-

5,728 

24,949 

47,345 

72,117 

24,073 

20,203 

6,377 

3,382 

2,566

216,413

Apr.

773 

569 

887 

1,220

773

523 

453 

938 

947 

667

617 

5,450 

2,550 

1,690 

1,300

2,750 

1,870 

3,250 

3,840 

16,500

10, 300 

4,060 

2,450 

1,960 

1,420

l,24b 

1,040 

755 

690 

630

Maximum

293 

344 

275

-

1,470 

4,140 

12,000 

16,500 

4,390 

3,150 

826 

317 

168

16,500

May

630 

600 

570 

510 

420

366 

420 

354 

306 

275

255 

237 

228 

246 

246

233 

220 

211 

232 

241

228 

207 

211 

2,120 

3,370

1,640 

993 

648 

576 

2,890 

4,390

Minimum

50 

68 

65

-

52 

65 

310 

458 

207 

216 

112 

78 

56

50

June

3,150 

1,320 

1,160 

846 

648

468 

543 

606 

444

1,180

1,240 s'eo

510 

384 

354

318 

270 

302 

540 

348

250 

216 

216 

447 

432

402 

318 

564 

917 

450

July

826 

674 

396 

280 

223

199

188 

176 

168 

164

161 

164 

150 

139 

136

136 

132 

132 

125 

122

115 

122 

163 

150 

125

112 

278 

184 

168 

139 

125

Mean

81;9 

133 

102

-

185 

860 

1,527 

2,404 

777 

673 

206 

109 

85.5

591

Aug.

112 

IDS 

105 

98 

108

108 

101 

98 

98 

95

91 

98 

98 

91 

85

85 

85 

85 

95 

98

88 

85 

85 

82 

78

88 

120 

118 

125 

254 

317

Per square 

mile

0.167 

.271 

. .208

-

.378 

1.76 

3.12 

4.91 

1.59 

1.37 

.420 

.222 

.174

1.21

Sept.

16S 

118 

98

S5 

75

72 

72 

75 

78 

85

75 

72 

68 

68 

65

65 

65 

62 

65 

59

56 

85 

91 

98 

132

112 

115 

108 

91 

88

Run-off In 

inches

0.19 

.30 

.24

-

.44 

1.90 

3.60 

5.48 

1.83 

1.53 

.48 

.26 

.19

16.44

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations 

Dlllon.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice,

at Toboso and at
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 101

Licking River at Toboso, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°03'26", long. 82°13'1211 , at highway bridge at 

Toboso, Licking County, 3 miles dovmstrean from Rock Fork. Datum of gage is 744.04 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 672 square miles.

Records available.- September 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years, 673 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 17.0 

feet); minimum, 65 second-feet Oct. 14 (gage height, 0.88 foot).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 28,900 second-feet (revised) Jan. 25, 1937 (gage 

height, 18.21 feet); minimum, 34 second-feet Jan. 1, 1931.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 20.0 feet, present datum, (discharge, 

35,000 second-feet, computed by Musklngum Watershed Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor, 

slightly regulated by Buckeye Lake on South Fork of Licking River.

Flow

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

S7 

79 

76 

73 

71

68 

70 

68 

70 

70

81 

71 

68 

68 

68

71 

70 

71 

74 

73

73 

71 

73 

71 

111

271 

334 

390 

250 

185 

154

Nov.

134 

123 

115 

111 

109

105 

101 

105 

101 

99

101 

146 

173 

164 

159

150 

164 

213 

227 

247

355 

335 

274 

182 

238

171 

109 

105 

101 

101

Dec.

105 

131 

171 

1S8 

195

279 

190 

164 

150 

143

139 

128 

139 

139 

136

136 

134 

130 

128 

134

132 

*123 

115 

113 

107

109 

111 

111 

109 

107 

101

Jan.

96 

94 

90

83 

86

84 

S2 

80 

80 

80

82 

90 

110 

981 

2,090

757 

435 

269 

260 

230

210 

190 

170 

150 

140

130 

120 

110 

105 

100 

98

Month

Octt 

Nov< 

Dec<

C«

Jam 

Febi 

Mart 

Apr

Jun< 

Juli 

Augi 

Sep1

Wi

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

95 

95 

95 

95 

96

250 

1,050 

632 

446 

1,820

4,950 

2,550 

1,960 

884 

536

466 

408 

531 

2,460 

*3,800

2,340 

1,350 

913 

834 

758

579 

532 

528 

583

Mar.

S28 

2,420 

15,200 

13,400 

4,550

2,860 

2,060 

1,700 

1,350 

1,090

913 

75 S 

601 

601 

660

660 

S60 

1,210 

2,280 

1,320

860 

733 

570 

454 

408

372 

362 

397 

438 

707 

1,840

Secondfoot-days

3,430 

4,818 

4,297

271,357

7,687 

31,636 

62,462 

96,200 

28,185 

27,070 

9,084 

4,536 

4,101

283,506

Apr.

1,180 

808 

1,110 

2,180 

1,080

684 

570 

1,020 

1,870 

S60

1,230 

7,170 

3,520 

2,360 

1,920

3,740 

2,720 

4,170 

4,750 

21,300

15,300 

5,030 

3,120 

2,440 

1,740

1,420 

1,180 

886 

758 

684

Maximum

390

355 

279

11,700

2,090 

4,950 

15,200 

21,300 

4,860 

3,670 

1,020 

651 

302

21,300

May

660 

637 

601 

570 

" 507

478 

549 

446 

401 

369

341 

318 

312 

358 

341

331 

318 

296 

315 

365

308 

286 

290 

2,010 

4,380

1,870 

1,240 

S60 

708 

2,860 

4,860

Minimum

63 

99 

101

67

80 

95 

362 

570 

286 

315 

141 

84 

96

68

June

3,670 

2,280 

1,460 

1,030 

808

601 

653 

758 

553 

1,720

2,430 

1,380 

758 

570 

511

478 

401 

445 

630 

462

362 

325 

315 

532 

505

520 

431 

741 

1,160 

581

July

1,020 

901 

528 

397 

328

293 

262 

238 

222 

20S

213 

227 

198 

180 

173

173 

164 

161 

154 

152

143 

143 

213 

227 

166

141 

927 

322 

244 

198 

168

Mean

111 

161 

139

743

248 

1,091 

2,015 

3,207 

909 

902 

293 

146 

137

775

Aug.

145 

134 

125 

119 

121

132 

152 

121 

113 

109

107 

105 

109 

99 

96

89 

89 

87 

115 

107

91 

S9 

S6 

84 

84

92 

148 

£10 

136 

591 

651

Per square 

mile

0.165 

.240 

.207

1.11

.369 

1.62 

3.00 

4.77 

1.35 

1.34 

.436 

.217 

.204

1.15

Sept.

302 

213 

171 

152 

134

123 

119 

121 

128 

130

121 

113 

109 

105 

103

101 

101 

101 

99 

98

96 

107 

125 

136 

222

176 

161 

154 

141 

139

Run-off In 

inches

0.19 

.27 

.24

15.03

.43 

1.75 

3.46 

5.32 

1.56 

1.50 

.50 

.25 

.23

15.70

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (4:30 a.m.) 6,260 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (6:30 p.m.) 19,200 sec.-ft.j Apr. 12 

(10 a.m.) 8.920 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 {2 p.m.) 24,000 sec.-ft.; May 25 {3 a.m.) 6,260 sec.-ft.; May 31 

(10:30 a.m.) 5,450 sec.-ft,

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1-13, Jan. 19 to Feb. 7.
182 MISKINOUM RIVER BASIN

Licking River at Dlllon, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°58'30", long. 82°03'30", a third of a mile above 

highway bridge In Dlllon, Musklngum County, 3 miles northwest of Zanesvllle, and 3i 

miles above mouth.

Drainage area.- 753 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,600 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 9.38 

feet Y', minimum, 65 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

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

which are poor.

Rating table water year 1939-40 except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 25 to Sept. 30)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

107

257

430

640

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

900

1,240

2,140

3,350

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

4,610

5,930

8,750

11,800

8.0 

P.O

19,000 

23.00CDischarge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

114 

93 

79 

79 

79

79 

72 

72 

79 

79

93 

93 

86 

79 

72

86 

93 

93 

93 

93

86 

79 

79 

79 

107

376 

450 

574 

376 

274 

211

Nov.

180 

151 

129 

122 

122

114 

114 

114 

107 

107

100 

114 

188 

195 

188

180 

180 

226 

257 

274

376 

430 

367 

298 

234

265 

158 

129 

122 

122

Dec.

114 

129 

188 

211 

226

290 

315 

211 

188 

180

173 

173 

173 

180 

173

165 

158 

158 

151 

151

144 

136 

a!30 

a!25 

a!20

a!20 

«al22 

a!20 

a!20 

a!15 

al!2

Jan.

allO 

a!08 

alOS 

a!02 

alOO

a98 

a95 

a95 

a95 

b96

b97 

bllO 

b!30 

515 

2,280

1,300 

b700 

bSOO 

b350 

b300

b250 

b220 

b200 

b!80 

b!60

b!40 

b!30 

b!25 

b!20 

bl!5 

bl!2

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dace

d

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr) 

May

June 

Julj 

Augi. 

Sept

WE

tlendar year

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO

WOO 

1,110 

1,300 

932 

1,840

5,260 

3,080 

2,380 

1,320

816

652 

618 

676 

2,260 

*4,220

2,860 

1,640 

1,110 

946 

916

748 

688 

676 

712

liar.

886 

2,140 

8,870 

15,600 

6,540

3,300 

2,310 

1,830 

1,440 

1,170

980 

844 

700 

6P4

688

676 

816 

1,170 

2,020 

1,530

964 

788 

652 

541 

480

421 

403 

421 

480 

748 

2,160

Secondfoot-days

4,397 

5,663 

5,071

-

9,037 

37,612 

62,232 

103,254 

32,650 

33,390 

11,606 

5.S88 

4,637

314,837

Apr.

1,400 

964 

1,130 

2,240 

1,380

85S 

724 

964 

1,510 

1,030

932 

6,700 

4,610 

2,860 

2,380

3,850 

3,350 

3,980 

6,390 

18,100

IP, 100 

6,360 

3,250 

2,500 

1,800

1,400 

1,170 

886 

748 

688

Maximum

574 

430 

315

-

2,280 

5,260 

15,600 

19,100 

5,370 

4,100 

1,260 

887 

412

19,100

May

64C 

61E 

585 

563 

52C

480 

541 

490 

440 

412

394 

385 

394 

480 

490

500 

480 

470 

450 

596

530 

510 

500 

1,970 

5,370

2,430 

1,620 

1,100 

872 

2,560 

5,260

Minimum

72 

100 

112

-

95 

110 

403 

688 

385 

450 

180 

79 

93

72

June

4,100 

2,690 

1,680 

1,170

886

748 

640 

886 

688 

1,600

2,910 

1,850 

964 

736 

736

736 

541 

652 

774 

640

500 

470 

450 

664 

748

760 

607 

1,060 

1,660 

844

July

1,170 

1,260 

736 

530 

480

376 

332 

315 

298 

274

290 

323 

274 

257 

24P

249 

242 

226 

218 

203

180 

180 

211 

332 

226

180 

827 

385 

315, 

257 

211

lie an

142

189 

164

-

292 

1,297 

2,007 

3,442 

1,053 

1,113 

374 

171 

155

86C

Aug.

173 

165 

158 

151 

136

151 

188 

151 

129 

122

114 

114 

122 

122 

100

100 

100 

107 

114

129

114 

100 

93 

86 

79

93 

158 

282 

180 

570 

887

Per square 

mile

0.189 

.251

.218

-

.388 

1.72 

' 2.67 

4.57 

1.40 

1.48 

.497 

.227 

.206

1.14

Sept.

412 

274 

234 

173- 

158

136 

122 

122 

122 

122

122 

122 

114 

107 

107

114 

114 

114 

114 

107

93 

100 

107 

144 

257

242 

188 

173 

165 

158

Run- off In 

Inches

0.22 

.28 

.25

-

.45 

1.86 

3.08 

5.10 

1.61 

1.65 

.57 

.26 

.23

15.56

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (10 a.m.) 6,060 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (4 a.m.) 17,000 se-).-ft.; Apr. 12 

(7 p.m.) 8,750 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (lO p.m.) 24,600 sec.-ft.; May 25 (7 a.m.) 6,610 sec.-ft.; May 31 

(3 p.m.) 5,800 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record Dec. 23 to Jan. 9; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement and records of stations near Newark and at Toboso.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 10-13, Jan. 17 to Feb. 6.
MJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 183

Raccoon Creek at Granville, Ohio

atlon.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°03'50", long. 82°31'40", at highway bridge on 

tat'e Route 16, at southwest edge of Qranville, Licking County, 700 feet upstream 

from Salt Run and 3.9 miles downstream from Lobdell Creek.

Drainage area.- 82.0 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,680 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 13.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings) from rating curve extended above 2,TOO 

second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 0.7 second-foot Oct. 10, 12, 

13.

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

which.are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in fe-»t,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 29 to Nov. 28, Mar. 7 to Apr. 10)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

1.35 1.0 2.0 54 4.0 552 1.2 5.9 1.5 14 2.0 

1.4 1.7 2.2 56 5.0 5 38 1.5 6.6 1,6 20 2.4 

1.5 5.7 2.5 96 6.0 885 1.4 10 1.6 52 2.3 

1.6 6.9 2.8 140 "7.0 1,220 

1.7 12 5.0 170 9.0 2,070 Mote.- Same as preceding table 

1.8 17 5.5 255 11.0 5,100 2.S feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

al.l 

al.O 

a. 9 

a. 8 

a. 7

a. 7 

a. 7 

a. 7 

a. 7 

.7

2.2

.8 

1.7 

4.6 

5.5

5.9 

6.6

7.5 

6.9 

7.7

7.7 

7.7 

7.5 

7.7 

17

20 

109 

172 

21 

15 

12

NOT.

8.1 

7.5 

6.9 

6.9 

6.9

6.6 

5.9 

7.5 

6.9 

5.2

6.2 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

5.2

6.2

7.7 

8.1 

7.7 

7.5

6.6 

6.6 

7.5 

6.2 

5.2

Dec.

4.9 

8.9 

17 

55 

55

28 

27 

23

14

13

12 

12 

12 

15 

15

12 

12 

12 

12 

10

12 

*8.9 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

7.3 

6.2 

6.6 

5.5 

4.6 

4.0

Jan.

4 

4 

3.5

3.5 

3.5

5 

5 

5 

5 

5

5.5 

4

5 

550 

*520

85 

40 

55 

50 

25

20 

15 

14 

15 

12

11 

10 

9.5 

9 

6.5 

8

Month

Oetc 

Hove 

Deec

Ct

Jam 

Fob 

Mar< 

Apr

Jun JulAugi 

Sepl

W

ilendar year

»ter year 1959-4C

Feb.

8 

7.5 

7 

7 

7

ISO 

500 

160 

500 

900

*700 

272 

201 

170 

110

95 

81 

265 

699 

418

510 

96 

78 

83 

74

51 

57 

60 

54

Mar.

US 

530 

«2,440 

1,350 

330

310 

49 

90 

105 

66

62

57 

60 

60 

60

60 

226 

42 

40 

54

40 

15 

15 

15

15

15 

15 

83 

54 

155 

162

Apr.

96 

118 

216 

291 

50

19 

10 

8.9 

105 

44

500 

1,010 

253 

170 

294

5S8 

501 

590 

S91 

3,050

702 

510 

185 

101 

58

55 

48 

48 

48 

48

Second- Maximum 

foot -days

451.6 172 

185.1 8.1 

598.8 55

-

1,261.0 550 

5,728.5 900 

6,511 2,440 

10,167.9 3,030 

3,493 982 

2,447 563 

547. 9 170 

142.6 32 

115.1 19

31,449.5 5,050

May

48 

46 

5S 

75 

55

56

44 

16 

14 

15

IS 

12 

20 

15 

S.O

S.O 

16 

15 

' 19 

25

17 

14 

18 

498 

544

120 

95 

7S 

107 

699 

982

Minimum

0.7 

4.6 

4.0

_

5 

7 

15 

8.9 

8.0 

13 

4.4 

2.7 

2.5

.7

June

563 

193 

101 

76 

47

44

75 

75 

49 

40

66 

44 

39 

49 

31

27 

20 

5S 

58 

20

14 

13 

17 

95 

53

89 

32 

136 

170 

155

July

170 

63 

39 

34 

29

21 

17 

17 

13 

7.5

9.5 

9.5 

5.1 

6.0 

7.5

4.4 

6.0 

6.0 

8.3 

7.3

5.1 

- 6.6 

8.3 

7.3 

6.0

4.9 

5.1 

7.5 

6.6 

6.0 

5.4

49 

89 

140

above

Aug.

4.6 

4.4 

4.4

4.1 

5.7

5.7 

3.5 

3.5 

5.5 

5.5

5.1 

2.9 

2.7 

2.7 

2.7

2.7 

2.7 

2.7 

2.7 

5.1

5.5 

2.7 

2.7 

2.7 

2.7

5.1 

5.7 

5.7 

2.9 

16 

52 *« P9rm?rre

14.6 0.176 

6.17 .075 

12.9 .157

_

40.7 .496 

198 2.41 

210 2.56 

359 4.13 

113 1.58 

81.6 .995 

17.7 .216 

4.60 .056 

5.84 .047

85.9 1.05

Sept.

19 

6.9 

4.6 

3.7 

3.5

5.5 

5.5 

5.1 

5.1 

2.9

2.7 

2.7 

2.5 

2.5 

2.7

2.7 

2.9 

2.7 

2.7 

2.5

2.7 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

5.1

4.4

4.1 

5.9 

5.7 

5.7

Run-off in 

Inches

0.21 

.08 

.18

-

.57 

2.60 

2.95 

4.61 

1.59 

1.11 

.25 

.06 

.05

14.26

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Wo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records of Forth Fork 

of Licking River at Utlca.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice, Jan. 1 to Feb. 11.

461679 O - 42 - 13
184 MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

North Fork of Licking River at Utica, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°13'35", long. 82°27'05", in T. 4 N., R. 12 W., at highway bridge on State Route 13 at south edge of Utica, and 2 niles upstream from Lake 

Fork.

Drainage area.- 114 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,470 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 11.5 

feet, from floodmark) by slope-area method; minimum, 1.9 second-fe-jt Oct. 10 (gage 

height, 1.19 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table,

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6

ater year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge. In second-feet) ,

2.3

5.5

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

158

289

452

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

631

1,040

1,520

2,080

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

2,710

3,400

4,180

5,020

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a4.5 

a3.6 

. a3.1 

a2.8 

&2.G

a2.6 

a2.6 

a2.6 

a2.6 

2.6

2.6

3.1 

3.7 

3. 

4.

3. 

3. 

3.

4.1 

4.1

4.8 

3.1 

4.8 

5.5

10

19 

23 

49 

24 

16 

11

Nov.

9.5 

7.2 

6.B 

5.9 

5.1

5.9 

5.5 

5.5 

7.2

8.1

7.2 

6.3 

6.3 

5.9 

5.5

5.5 

5.9 

5.9 

6.8 

6.3

8.6

10 

9.0 

8.6 

8.6

7.6 

6.8 

7.2 

6.3 

7.2

Dec.

7.2 

9.0 

12 

18 

20

20 

20

18 

16 

14

13 

12 

11 

12 

13

12 

12 

12 

11 

11

11 

9.5

9.0 

8.6 

8.1

7.6 

7.1 

6.7 

6.3 

6.0 

5.7

Jan.

5.5 

5.2 

5.0 

5.0 

4.9

4.8 

4.6 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

100 

250

180 

150 

115 

90 

75

50 

35 

25 

20 

18

16 

15 

15 

14 

13 

12

Month

Octc 

Nove

Decs

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr]

MflT

June 

Julj AugSept

WE

ilendar year

ter year 1939 -4C

Feb.

11 

10 

10 

10 

10

20 

120 

110 

100 

650

«1,050 

631 

435 

123

104

101 

80 

205 

631 

706

319 

170 

91 

93 

72

48 

43 

45 

49

Mar.

82 

926 

3,390 

1,450 

558

304 

218 

170 

129 

93

72 

56 

54 

78 

83

72 

218 

'594 

745 

259

154 

106 

65 

39 

38

35 

34 

51 

97 

289 

384

Secondfoot-days

233.9 

208. S 

358.8

-

1,259.5 

6,047 

10,843 

13,979 

4,635 

6,134 

1,664.5 

402.8 

325.9

46,091.6

Apr.

181 

103 

93 

193 

86

56 

56 

141 

145 

96

108 

1,070 

435 

289 

359

966 

558 

745 

975 

4,520

1,150 

452 

594 

181 

123

88 

68 

55 

48 

45

Maximum

49 

10 

20

-

250 

1,050 

3,390 

4,520 

1,130 

1,130 

538 

108 

44

4,520

May

42

40 

41 

39 

31

28 

27 

27 

23 

22

20 

20 

20 

85 

31

28 

26 

23 

22 

23

22 

20 

20 

760

671

231 

135 

83 

65 

880 

1,130

Minimum

2.6 

5.1 

5.7

-

4.5 

10 

34 

45 

20 

43 

9.5 

4.1 

5.1

2.6

June

1,130 

418 

274 

129 

88

65 

59

60 

112 

452

876 

368 

158 

96 

137

89 

60 

259 

231 

96

59 

48 

43 

158

115

91 

65 

108 

205 

85

July

538 

218 

97 

60 

45

35 

30 

27 

24 

22

20 

19 

17 

16 

15

19 

17 

16 

14 

12

11 

11 

15 

11 

10

9.5 

104 

129 

56 

30 

17

Mean

7.55 

6.94

11.6

-

40.6 

209 

350 

466 

150 

204 

53.7 

13.0 

10.9

126

Aug.

12

10 

8.1 

7.2 

6.3

15 

11 

6.3 

6.3 

4.8

4.8 

5.5 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8

4.8 

4.1 

5.5 

22 

9.0

5.5

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8

5.9 

9.5 

12

7.6 

78 

108

Per square 

mile

0.066 

.061 

.102

-

.356 

1.83 

3.07 

4.09 

11.32 

1.79 

.471 

.114 

.096

1.11

Sept.

44 

22 

15 

12 

9.5

8.1 

7.6 

17 

12 

12

9.0 

7.6 

7.6 

6.8 

5.9

5.9 

9.5 

7.6 

6.8 

6.8

5.1 

5.1 

9.5 

9.5 

21

12

8.6 

7.6 

7.6 

7.2

Run-off in 

inches

0.08 

.07 

.12

-

.41 

1.97 

3.54 

4.56 

1.52 

2.00 

.54 

.13 

.11

15.05

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Kokosiug River at Mlllwood 

and Wakatomilca Creek near Frazeysburg.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 26 to Feb. 11.
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 185

Salt Creek near Chandlersvilie, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 39°54'31", long. 81°51'36", 

in swt sec. 10, T. 13 N., R. 12 W., just upstream from highway bridge, 1 mile upstream 

from Buffalo Fork, and 2 miles northwest of Chandlersvllie. Datum of gage Is 681.71 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 75.6 square miles.

Records available.- January 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,240 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 15.06 

reet;; minimum, 0.3 second-foot Oct. 9 (gage height, 0.34 foot).

1935-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 19, 1940; no flow July 22, 23, 1S36 

(gage-height, 0.09 foot).

fiemarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record and 

tnose for periods of backwater, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect or backwater (gage-height, 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-25)

0.2 

.3 

.4 

.5 

.6

0.2 

.6 

1.3 

2.3 

3.7

0,7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1

5.6

8.0

11

15

21

1.2 

1.4 

1.7

30

60

116

0.4 

.5 

.6 

.7 

.B

1.4 

2.6 

4.2 

6.3

8.9

Oct. 29 to Sept. 30

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

12

16

20

27

37

1.5 

l.B 

2.4 

3,0 

5.0

64

117

237

345

725

7.0 

S.O 

11.0

1,160

1,730

2,550

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IB 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,0 

1.1 

1.4 

1.2 

.9

.B

;e 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4

.5

.5 

.5

.5 

.6 

.9 

.9 

.9

1,0 

1.1 

1.0 

1.1 

3.4

63 

8B

102 

d!2 

dlO 

dB.9

NOT.

dB.3 

dB.O 

7.0 

6,6 

6.3

6.3 

d6.B 

7.6

7.8 

6.B

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.4

5.2 

5.2 

5.4 

5.6 

6.6

9.B

14 

13 

11 

9.5

S.O 

6.S 

d5.B 

d5.2 

5.4

Dec.

d5.8 

a!6 

all 

 8.5 

 7.3

a6.7 

 6.2 

a6.1 

a6.0 

 6.0

a6,5 

ftS.O 

alB 

 14 

 11

a9.0 

aS.2 

10 

9.S 

*15

16 

12 

8,5 

S.5 

5.2

4.3 

3.7 

3.3

3.0 

2.S 

2.7

Jan.

2.6 

2,5 

2.5 

 2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2,4 

2.4 

2.4

2.5

2,6 

3.5 

10 

260

160 

80 

20 

5.0 

3.9

3.4

3.1 

3.0 

3.2 

3.3

3.2

3.0 

2.9 

2.9 

3.0

3.1

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

Bay.

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

Wa

lary

ter year 1939-4C

Peak discharge.- F

1,870 sec. -ft.; Apr. 

1,400 see. -ft.

Feb.

3.0 

3,0 

3.1 

3.0 

2.9

41 

' 10 

8.0 

7.0 

500

653 

255

190 

121 

121

117 

106 

B9 

408 

492

300 

202 

129 

117 

111

S5 

82 

B5 

94

Bar.

121 

270 

1,650 

STB 

363

236 

170 

127 

100 

82

66

51 

58 

60 

56

51 

70 

67 

47 

64

54 

56 

42 

33

31

31 

3B 

54 

53 

246 

3B1

Apr.

190 

125 

121 

157 

93

72 

66 

76 

78 

66

185 

979 

309

214 

243

372 

417 

651 

1,850 

02,200

C600 

0280 

C210 

e!60 

C130

CllO 

e90 

o70 

C62 

056

Second- mximim 

foot-days

305.8 102 

215.8 14 

257.1 IS

28,977.9 1,000

586.0 250 

4,318.0 633 

5,606 1,650 

10,171 2,200 

1,641 309 

4,396 610 

1,793.8 58S 

912.1 417 

411.6 124

30,816.2 2,200

May

050 

o48 

c45 

c40 

c35

e32 

c29 

o27

C25 

C23

081 

21 

21 

35 

32

40 

34 

30 

26 

26

24 

20

18 

221 

194

91 

5B 

45 

41 

180 

309

Minimum

0.4 

5.2 

2.7

.4

2.4

2.9 

31 

56 

18 

37 

5.2 

1.3 

2.3

.4

June

C170 

clOO 

o6S 

c53 

c41

37 

37 

61 

97 

327

229

S10 

202 

119 

161

255 

111 

212 

1B2 

9S

63 

49

45 

60 

47

61 

41 

307 

249 

106

July

588 

265 

143 

89 

60

45 

37 

31 

28 

26

21 

41 

a60 

a40 

a30

a 23 

alS 

a!5 

al2 

alO

a9.5 

all 

a25 

alOO 

a28

14 

9.5 

7.6 

6.0 

6.0 

5.2

Aug.

4.2

3,5 

3-0 

2.6

2.5

2.7 

14 

7.3 

4.2 

3.0

2.5 

2.1 

1.8 

1.4 

1.4

1.3 

1,4 

ib.4 

22 

7.3

3.3 

2.2 

1.9 

1.6 

1.4

2.1 

59 

118 

58 

417 

157 *- ^m^r 

9.86 0.130 

7.19 .095 

8.29 .110

79.4 1.05

IB. 9 .250 

149 1.97 

181 2.39 

339 4.48 

59.4 .786 

147 1.94 

57.9 .766 

29.4 .389 

13.7 .161

84.2 1.11

Sept.

46 

26

IS

14 

11

9.5 

8.0 

7.3 

B.9 

9.2

8.0 

6.3 

5.6 

5.0 

4.4

4.2

4.2 

4.0 

3.8 

3.5

3.2 

2.6 

2.3 

2.6 

124

27 

15 

11 

9.2 

7.S

Run-off In 

Inches

0.15 

.11 

.13

14.28

.29

2.12 

2.76 

5.00 

.91 

2.16 

.88 

.45 

.20

15.16

eb. 11 (2 a.m.) 1,670 sec. -ft. j Mar. 3 (5 a.m.) 2,100 see. -ft. s Apr. 12 (3 a.m.) 

19 (11:45 p.m.) 5,240 sec. -ft.; June 12 (2 a.m.) 1,S30 see. -ft.; July 1 (12 m. )

f Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Bill Creek near Coshoeton. 

c Backwater from Buffalo Fork and Muskingum River; discharge computed on basis of discharge measuresnt June 4i gage helgbtsji'and records for Mill Creek near coshocton. 

d Computed from partial gage-height record. 

Hote_.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 22 to Feb. 10.
186 LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Little Kanawha River near Burnsville, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°49'25", long. 80°35'35", at bridge on State 

Highway 5, 0.1 mile downstream from Knawl Creek and 4 miles southeast of Burnsvllle, 

Braxton County. Datum of gage Is 756.09 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps 

of Engineers, U. S. Army). Prior to Feb. 26, 1940, staff gage at sane site and datum.

Drainage area.- 155 square miles.

Records available.- February 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1938: Maximum discharge during period February to September, 3,600 secondreetray 21 (gage height, 11.04 feet, observed at peak): minimum obsirved, 1.2 secondfeet Sept. 5, 6, 7. «

1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 9,200 second-feet Feb. 3 (gage 

height, 19.04 feet, observed at peak), from rating curve extended above 3,700 secondfeet: minimum, 1.8 second-feet Sept. 26-28.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 4,850 second-feet June 18 (gage 

height, 12.96 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,700 second-feet; minimum, 

1.0 second-foot Oct. 20-24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 9,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 19.04 

feet), from rating curve extended above 3,700 second-feet: minimum, 1.0 second-foot 

Oct. 20-24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good Feb. 4, 1938, to Oct. 9, 1939; fair Oct. 10, 1933, to Sept. 30, 

19407 except for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read tvlce dally prior 

to Feb. 26, 1940.

Cooperation.- Records for the period March 1939 to September 1940 collected and prepared 

in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; records for the period February 

1938 to February 1939 were collected by the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and computed and prepared for publication by the Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40 

1938

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. HOT. Dee. Jan.

_

_

.

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

.

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

tS66

f729

_

_

_

-

Feb,

_

_

_

2S5

255

225

240

212

200

225

420

1,830

885

535

420

345

300

255

240

S15

465

390

420

535

500

405

360

405

_

_

-

Mar.

315

315

570

920

675

1,510

920

570

390

345

315

300

285

315

315

300

500

465

390

360

300

255

225

315

2S5

605

500

375

300

500

1,060

Apr.

605

405

315

255

212

1SS

168

200

300

500

435

375

300

240

212

175

157

345

1,630

640

535

675

605

420

315

270

200

166

144

120

May

94

83

71

62

56

47

45

39

46

100

67

51

44

47

360

1,060

465

405

675

1,630

3,100

1,950

780

640

710

405

315

225

166

127

93

June

72

71

117

94

65

56

49

270

188

108

500

360

710

345

212

170

570

535

S85

500

330

240

188

139

103

82

86

99

89

73

-

Jtly

59

59

60

53

41

33

28

24

38

44

43

26

61

96

115

93

57

50

62

212

1SS

212

780

315

173

146

110

79

59

44

73

Aug.

4S

50

36

33

27

23

20

24

SO

37

25

20

17

15

15

14

11

12

11

7.9

5.5

4.6

4.0

3.2

2.6

2.3

2.2

l.S

1.8

1.6

1.6

Sept.

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.5

I!B

6.8

5.1

S.6

58

450

240

135

79

50

35

2S

24

25

26

22

18

16

13

12

12

-

t Result of discharge measurement 
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 187

Discharge, In second-feet, of Little Kanawha River near Burnsville, W. Va. ( 1938-40~ContInued

1938-39

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

35

26

21

18

14

12

11

9.3

6.8

7.2

6.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

4.6

4.8

4.6

5.1

5.8

7.5

25

30

22

16

16

14

14

11

10

9.3

Nov.

9.0

6.2

6.2

7.9

18

82

93

62

59

68

60

52

45

86

117

91

72

60

605

1,510

435

240

164

150

166

166

200

200

225

315

Dec.

375

300

390

535

390

285

225

188

212

225

188

200

212

175

173

127

124

107

94

75

68

63

62

124

150

148

240

212

212

212

157

Jan.

127

111

97

89

78

72

63

52

49

50

55

56

84

405

300

240

IBS

175

285

270

500

1,020

1,020

535

375

270

270

175

1,020

2,800

2,510

Feb.

920

850

5,370

3,350

920

B35

570

535

435

815

2,110

1,100

570

390

850

990

605

420

330

330

315

315

270

270

255

640

570

570

_

.

-

Mar.

435

315

255

255

2,150

1,830

850

500

345

255

330

990

1,390

780

535

450

345

285

225

200

175

150

131

115

105

96

90

375

315

465

570

Apr.

500

745

535

375

285

535

1,020

535

435

345

315

745

640

435

1,590

6,720

3,000

885

465

330

255

212

173

148

133

139

150

173

175

168

-

May

154

137

126

110

97

87

79

71

68

67

61

51

43

44

47

40

37

34

30

44

66

59

47

45

36

29

25

23

22

22

21

June

24

34

39

39

31

25

19

16

18

14

16

12

13

18

24

22

16

15

30

51

30

28

30

27

20

15

11

9.7

12

23

-

July

53

73

36

25

22

22

24

65

59

34

26

20

16

16

12

9.7

8.2

28

142

188

225

405

170

225

152

118

71

73

115

1,160

605

Aug.

270

168

188

240

118

63

45

36

30

32

28

23

21

18

93

49

32

24

30

28

21

18

15

13

42

45

37

26

20

16

13

Sept.

11

9.3

11

7.9

25

45

32

22

17

13

10

7.5

8.2

5.1

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.2

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.2

2.0

-

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2.3

2.4

2.3

5.5

5.5

4.0

3.4

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.4

13

12

220

218

94

53

Nov.

45

58

46

37

30

27

29

24

21

19

18

17

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

15

16

18

18

15

14

14

13

Dec.

13

14

24

65

78

75

140

146

110

86

94

90

83

171

157

124

115

110

97

660

690

322

188

135

83

79

70

79

76

66

61

Jan.

31

038

38

036

b35

b33

b31

b30

b31

b33

b37

45

280

532

470

311

212

167

108

56

55

b55

b55

b55

54

46

b43

b40

38

37

35

Feb.

34

36

36

38

38

322

1,310

545

346

735

2,200

1,130

482

1,100

765

495

458

508

1,270

1,350

1,060

558

358

258

222

171

202

938

885

_

-

Mar.

532

395

600

1,750

1,550

832

495

334

252

188

151

122

114

146

254

254

264

280

615

570

382

290

216

157

140

100

115

99

94

822

2,330

Apr.

955

558

482

370

276

216

175

290

482

482

432

585

735

585

495

495

1,690

2,150

2,200

2,560

2,070

1,130

585

408

280

220

180

149

128

116

May

110

118

112

110

118

115

118

110

103

99

86

78

71

92

115

110

100

89

82

779

382

234

166

234

2,370

1,020

470

280

196

630

2,560

June

815

432

268

184

140

108

85

228

334

250

186

252

190

210

166

216

1,670

3,080

1,680

518

242

164

126

151

190

145

132

158

224

196

July

153

118

88

150

102

76

62

51

43

37

32

68

111

71

50

38

76

885

310

167

108

110

103

153

258

137

92

66

53

138

127

Aug.

86

56

4C

2f

22

2C

2C

2C

21

17

14

12

1C

9.5

9.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

S.5

7.1

6.2

5.3

5.8

£.8

4.8

15

35

66

48

28

20

Sept.

58

51

30

21

17

13

11

9.0

8.5

8.5

8.0

8.0

10

9.5

8.0

7.1

5.8

4.8

4.4

3.5

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4

1,430

728

185

105

66

47

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
188 LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Little Kanawha River near Burnsville, W. Va., 1938-40

Month Secondfoot-days Mean Per square 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

Februai-y 4-28, 1938.. .......... 11,167

March........................... 14,795

April........................... 11,107

May............................. 13,958

June............................ 7,308

July............................ 3,435

August.......................... 537.1

September....................... 1,277.7

Water year ........... -

October 1938 ................... 410.3

November........................ 5,374.3

December........................ 6,248

Calendar year ...........

January 1939 ................... 13,341

February........................ 25,200

March........................... 15,307

April........................... 22,161

May............................. 1,822

June............................ 681.7

July............................ 4,197.9

August.......................... 1,802

September....................... 266.0

Water year 1938-39 ........... 96,611.2

October 1939 ................... 668.4

November........................ 629

December........................ 4,301

Calendar year 1939 ........... 90,377.0

January 1940 ................... 3,067

February........................ 17,850

March........................... 14,443

April........................... 21,479

May............................. 11,257

June............................ 12,740

July............................ 4,033

August.......................... 666.0

September....................... 2,867.9

Water year 1939-40 ........... 94,001.3

1,830

1,510

1,630

3,100

885

780

60

450

200

225

120

39

49

24

1.6

1.2

447

477

370

450-

244

111 

17.3 

42.6

35

1,510

535

13.2

179

202

2,800

5,370

2,150

6,720

154

51

1,160

270

45

255

90

133

21

9.7

8.2

13

1.8

430

900

494

739

58.8

22.7

135

58.1

8.87

1.8 265

220

58

690

1.0

13

13

21.6

21.0

139

532

2,200

2,330

2,560

2,560

3,080

885

86

1,430

30

34

94

116

71

85

32

616

466

716

363

425

130

21.5

95.6

2.88

3.08

2.39

2.90

1.57

.716

.112

.275

.085

1.15

1.30

2.77

5.81

3.19

4.77

.379

.146

.871

.375

.057

1.71

.139

.135

.897

1.60

.638

3.97

3.01

4.62

2.34

2.74

.839

.139

.617

3.55

2.66

3.35

1.75

.82

.13

.31

.10

1.29

1.50

3.20

6.05

3.67

5.32

.44

.16

1.01

.43

.06

23.23

.16 

.15 

L.03

.74

4.28

3.47

5.15

2.70

3.06

.97

.16

.69

257 1.66 22.56
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 189

Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°56'00", long. 80°50'20", at highway bridge at 

Glenville, Gilmer County, about 1,000 feet upstream from Sycamore Run. Datum of 

gage Is 697.79 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 386 square miles.

Records available.- June 1915 to September 1922 (gage heights only), December 1928 to 

September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 578 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 23.60 

feet); minimum, 1.0 second-foot Oct. 19 (gage height, 1.54 feet).

1915-22, 1928-40: Maximum discharge, 20,400 second-feet Apr. 16, 1939, from graph 

of discharge adjusted for changing stage; maximum gags height, 33.22 feet Apr. 17, 

1939, from floodmarks; no flow at times In September and October of 1930 and 1932.

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

which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.5

1.6

1.7 

l.S 

2.0 

2.3

0.4

1.8

5.9

12

30

72

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

123

205

342

502

 855

1.220

8

10

12

15

18

22

2,000

2,850

3,750

5.220

6,830

9,480

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6.5 

9.0 

9.0 i:

1£

9.0 

14 

16 

12 

11

11 

8.3 

7.1 

5.9 

4.1

3.6 

3.2 

2.8 

1.8 

1.4

1.4 

1.8 

1.5 

1.2 

1.2

4.1 

48 

403 

430 

219 

134

Hov.

95 

82 

85 

75 

59

49 

42 

38 

35 

30

28 

24 

22 

19 

18

18 

17 

16 

16 

16

16 

17 

18 

a!9 

a20

a21 

a22 

a22 

a21

a20

Dec.

a20 

a20 

a30 

a90 

a!50

a200 

a200 

207 

185 

154

142 

156 

146 

255 

318

234

198 

181 

164 

767

1,480 

658 

358 

247 

187

142 

140 

134 

blSO 

b!20 

bllO

Jan.

blOO 

82 

62 

72 

55

52 

49 

45 

43

48

48 

52 

375 

1,220 

1,290

622 

392 

269 

192 

164

lj.9 

blOO 

b90 

b80 

b70

b65 

b60 

b55 

b50 

b50 

b50

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ch

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50 

b50

349 

2,720 

1,290 

658 

1,520

3,620 

2,130 

999 

3,940 

2,080

1,220 

981 

1,370 

4,320

3,700

2,590 

1,220 

1,070 

492 

414

339 

452 

2,420 

1,800

Mar.

1,110 

783 

1,400 

4,920 

3,260

1,750 

1,020 

675 

489 

367

280 

227 

198 

210 

658

570 

570 

536 

1,440 

1,180

765 

553 

436 

327 

255

212 

183 

192 

177 

2,140 

8,920

Secondfoot-days

1,403.9 

980 

7,523

211,592.9

6,041 

41, 944 

35,803 

51,535 

18,755 

30,008 

8,809 

1,565.4 

4,566.2

208,933.5

Apr.

2,680 

1,180 

1,070 

873 

570

417 

330 

443 

1,630 

981

783 

1,040 

1,440 

1,150 

963

1,180 

3,260 

4,870 

6,370 

8,290

5,270 

2,640 

1,260 

819 

570

423 

336 

269 

227 

201

Maximum

430 

95 

1,480

16,000

1,290 

4,320 

8,920 

8,290 

6,370 

6,340 

909 

269 

2,310

8,920

May

187 

190 

192 

179 

175

166 

158 

152 

142 

134

125 

112 

102 

131 

162

158 

148 

132 

119 

992

837 

420 

298 

 242 

2,260

2,080 

801 

469 

318 

804 

6,370

Minimum

1.2 

16 

20

.3

43 

50 

177 

201 

102 

170 

59 

7.1 

2.2

1.2

June

2,550 

1,330 

675 

414 

295

222 

170 

183 

675 

819

330 

747 

410 

466 

298

324 

2,590

5,670 

6,340 

1,370

622 

373 

266 

348 

519

358 

263 

502 

469 

410

July

312 

245 

177 

146 

194

138 

107 

66 

72 

59

144 

224 

179 

158 

105

80 

98 

844 

640 

312

192 

158 

570 

729 

909

472 

237 

158 

132 

430 

502

Mean

45.3 

32.7 

243

580

195 

1,446 

1,155 

1,718 

605 

1,000 

284 

50.5 

152

571

Aug.

269 

156 

105 

77 

59

48 

83 

61 

41

37

31 

24 

20

17 

15

14 

14 

12 

11 

11

11 

10 

9.6 

7.7 

7.1

13 

55 

107 

114 

77 

49

Per square 

mile

0.117 

.085

.630

1.50

.505 

3.75 

2.99 

4.45 

1.57 

2.59 

.736 

.131 

.394

1.48

Sept.

34 

41 

59 

41 

28

21 

17 

14 

12 

11

10 

8.3 

7.7 

6.5 

6.5

3.6 

7.7 

7.1 

5.9 

4.6

4.1 

2.2 

2.8 

3.2 

1,020

2,310 

439 

212 

134 

93

Run-off in 

inches

0.14 

.09 

.72

20.37

.58 

4.04 

3.45 

4.97 

1.81 

2.89 

.85 

.15 

.44

20.13

Peak discharge.- Mar. 31 (8 a.m.) 10,700 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (5:30 a.m.) 9,830 sec.-ft.: May 31 

(10 a.m.) 7,560 sec.-ft.j June 19 (la.m.) 9,340 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Burnsville 

and at Orantsville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
190 LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

Little Kanawha River at Grantsville, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°55'20", long. 81°05'50", at bridge on State 

Highway 16 at Ctrantsville, Calhoun County, 1,200 feet downstream from Philip Run.

Drainage area.- 913 square miles.

Records available.- December 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 1,350 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 20,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gp<?e height, 31.18 

feet); minimum, 1.9 second-feet Oct. 23, 24 (gage height, 6.09 feet).' 

1928-40: Maximum discharge, 34,300 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (gage height, 43.10 

feet), from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet: no flow Sept. 10 to Nov. 

16, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

2.0

6.0

12

21

33

47

84

7.2 

7.6 

S.O 

6.5 

9

10

12

168

260

330

565

640

1,420

2,730

14

16

20

24

28

32

4,200

5,750

9,250

13,200

17,400

21,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4.8 

5.6 

5.2 

9.0 

10

11 

12 

13 

12 

13

16 

12 

10 

8.4 

7.8

6.0 

4.8 

4.4 

3.6 

3.2

2.4 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9 

2.0

16 

54 

488 

1,390 

608 

330

Hov.

224 

161 

118 

110 

96

80 

67 

58 

51 

47

44 

40 

36 

33 

29

27 

26 

25 

23 

25

23 

23 

25 

26 

27

29 

33 

33 

33 

31

Dec.

32 

31 

44 

124 

324

380 

330 

298 

294 

262

230 

224 

242 

327 

680

549 

412 

336 

291 

532

2,590 

1,600 

812 

520 

376

291 

252 

248 

248 

252 

248

Jan.

270 

217 

161 

139 

110

96 

84 

76 

*69 

65

71 

82 

406 

2,800 

3,660

1,780 

1,000 

680 

468 

b400

b320 

b250 

b230 

b210 

b!90

blSO 

*b!50 

b!30 

bllO 

b90 

b80

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember «> . * *..(. «* 

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-'

Peb.

b80 

b80 

b80 

b75 

b70

234 

4,420 

3,300 

1,600 

2,520

7,270 

5,0'30 

2,380 

7,900 

6,230

3,010 

2,380 

3,680 

10,500 

10,500

6,910 

3,450 

1,850 

. 1,210 

978

812 

922 

5,590 

4,650

Har.

2,730 

1,850 

3,080 

10,800 

8,080

4,420 

2,520 

1,630 

1,180 

868

655 

512 

428 

412 

895

1,300 

1,180 

1,210 

3,010 

3,030

1,850 

1,330 

1,030 

758 

580

460 

392 

362 

359 

2,800 

18,300

Secondfoot-days

3,068.0 

1,603 

13,378

480,920.0

14,594 

97,711 

78,061 

123, 557 

25,798 

66,539 

26,075 

6,193 

9,100.6

465,577.6

Apr.

9,740 

2,940 

2,380 

1,980 

1,420

1,000 

730 

1,330 

3,980 

2,730

1,850 

2,040 

3,300 

2,660 

2,180

2,520 

6,470 

10,500 

13,600 

19,800

13,300 

7,270 

3,220 

1,980 

1,390

1,000 

758 

535 

484 

420

Maximum

1,390 

224 

2,590

30,800

3,680 

10,500 

18,300 

19,800 

9,340 

12,900 

4,350 

1,210 

4,720

19,800

Hay

380 

373 

362 

352 

324

294 

270 

248 

228 

212

208 

1S1 

164 

150 

188

260 

235 

214 

138 

428

1,780 

758 

472 

362 

1,090

3,450 

1,480 

785 

500 

522 

9,340

Minimum

1.9 

23 

31

1

65 

70 

359 

420 

150 

272 

92 

19 

6.0

1.9

June

7,180 

3,450 

 1,850 

1,030 

655

472 

345 

272 

432 

1,630

785 

1,850 

1,780 

1,330 

895

1,180 

3,010 

9,700 

12,900 

4,500

1,570 

868 

585 

1,090 

1,780

1,120 

812 

1,210 

1,390 

868

jTlly

630 

440 

432 

300 

255

258 

192 

148 

120 

100

92 

208 

380 

265 

208

142 

440 

1,540 

1,390 

655

396 

345 

1,180 

4,350 

4,120

1,780 

812 

460 

327 

1,210 

?,800

Mean

99.0 

53.4 

432

1,318

471 

3,369 

2,518 

4,119 

832 

2,218 

841 

200 

303

1,272

Aug.

1,210 

585 

327 

224 

161

150 

342 

245 

155 

108

86 

73 

61 

52 

44

41 

40 

37 

36 

33

29 

27 

23 

20 

19

151 

476 

567 

408 

280 

183

Per square 

mile

0.108 

.058 

.473

1.44

.516 

3.69 

2.76 

4.51 

.911 

2.43 

.921 

.219 

.332

1.39

Sept.

128 

92 

74 

 88 

73

60 

47 

41 

36 

32

28 

23 

21 

20 

17

16 

14 

12 

11 

10

9.0 

8.4 

7.2 

6.0 

905

4,720 

1,470 

576 

330 

226

Run-off In 

Inches

0.12 

.07 

.54

19.61

.59 

3.98 

3.18 

5.03 

1.05 

2.71 

1.06 

.25 

.37

18.95

Peak discharge Peb. IS (9;30 p.m.) 13,500 sec.-ft.5 May 31 (5:30 p.m.) 11,800 sec.-ft.; June 19 

(5:50 a.m.) 14,300 see.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
LITTLE KANAWBA RIVER BASIN 191

West Fork of Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°50'35", long. 81°13'20", 50 feet downstream from 

Henry Fork, 800 feet downstream from Rocksdale, Calhoun County, 0.8 mile dowrstream 

from Barnes Run, and 9 miles southwest of Orantsvllle. Datum of gage Is 657.85 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 205 square miles.

Records available.- December 1928 to September 1931, February 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1938: Maximum discharge during period February to September, 8,480 second-feet 

 May au (gage height, 22.27 feet, from gage reading of flood crest), from rating curve

extended above 4,800 second-feet; minimum observed, 1.7 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage

height, 4.68 feet).

1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 15,400 second-feet Apr. 16 (gage 

height, 30.3 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 4,800 second-feet; 

minimum observed, 0.2 second-feet Sept. 27-29 (gage height, 4.42 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 6,050 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage 

height, 19.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 

4,800 second-feet; minimum observed, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 20, 21 (gage height, 4.44 

feet).

1928-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1939; no flow July 26, 30, 

31, Aug. 1-6, Sept. 13 to Nov. 16, 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect and those below 25 secondreet or above 6,000 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Records from February 1938 to February 1939 collected and prepared In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Results of thirteen discharge nmsurements 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, since February 1939.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40 

193S

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16 

17

18

19 

20

21 

22

25

24

26

26

27

28

29

31

Oct. Nor. Dee. Jan. Feb.

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

268

220 

180

161

180 

1,230

466

318

376

496

360

306

305

420

-

-

-

Mar.

360

306

346

496

390

1,850

750

436

292

256

280

210

190

255 

26S

230 

610

670

360 

292

220 

ISO

170

820

161

848

190

143

118

880

466

Apr.

280

210

170

134

111

104

9S

184

1,780

1,560

540

318

230

190 

152

186 

104

330

1,830 

610

330 

376

256

190

161

126

104

87

82

72

-

MT

64

66

47

42

66

67

87

81

38

36

30

27

23

40 

330

375 

118

161

460 

5,730

1,370 

1,160

460

266

268

820

190

126

98

330

170

June

104

96

161

98

73

61

66

1,350

280

162

180

200

630

190 

104

78 

292

220

375 

280

170 

111

67

111

143

134

242

126

78

52

July

39

305

346

162

37

69

46

87

65

87

58

37

34

43

38

82 

46

134

420 

420

1,620 

266

25S

230

143

82

67

43

37

376

170

Auf.

162

92

72

51

420

242

126

190

360

104

168

935

220

104 

73

61 

42

62

44

31

22

19

16

13

10

9.0

7.7

7,0

6,2

5.0

4.2

Sept.

3.9

8.2

2.S

2.3

2.0

1.9

l.S

1.9

1.9

8.9

4.1

4.6

6.0

441

2,230

510 

242

126

82 

62

62 

46

45

41

36

30

26

22

21

19
192 LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of West Pork of Little Kanawha River at Roeksdale, W. Va., 1938-40 Cont.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

18

18

17

15

14

13

12

11

10

10

10

9.7

9.0

8.4

7.4

8.0

9.4

9.0

8.0

8.0

9.4

10

11

13

13

IS

11

9.4

8.0

7.7

7.4

Nov.

7.2

7.0

6.4

6.0

78

180

70

53

42

56

46

39

34

34

46

 46

40

37

268

1,160

345

180

126

111

143

200

280

255

220

305

-

Dec.

390

318

318

306

255

170

118

98

104

180

170

161

190

143

104

82

74

71

66

58

49

48

52

152

210

143

915

375

242

180

134

Jan.

104

87

78

72

74

118

104

87

78

73

74

67

72

630

405

268

220

200

375

318

435

630

435

330

280

230

180

126

2,050

4,440

1,230

Feb.

540

985

9,010

2,860

780

465

465

435

345

1,370

2,860

750

465

380

720

1,020

450

345

280

305

280

255

255

242

255

1,510

1,090

1,060

_

-

-

Mar.

630

405

292

230

4,460

1,810

630

375

292

220

345

2,390

2,860

810

480

480

318

242

220

161

134

111

87

78

74

72

68

690

345

450

690

Apr.

540

950

465

292

230

510

880

450

375

268

230

1,120

480

375

1,680

10,600

4,240

880

630

480

345

268

190

170

152

180

190

180

154

104

May

104

92

78

68

61

56

53

51

49

46

43

37

32

28

26

24

22

20

18

16

73

72

48

41

32

27

20

16

13

11

10

June

9.7

405

242

134

74

65

35

25

26

20

19

17

15

12

10

8.7

7.4

9.4

34

30

20

15

34

18

12

9.4

6.7

6.0

5.0

19

-

July

27

16

13

8.7

87

26

15

34

34

16

8.7

6.4

5.0

4.8

4.4

3.9

3.2

7.4

27

50

190

78

50

28

18

13

67

170

98

405

280

Aug.

126

62

39

34

28

22

15

11

10

27

16

9.4

6.7

34

305

87

36

19

13

12

33

34

24

16

10

7.7

7.0

6.4

5.7

4.6

3.7

Sept.

3.7

2.9

2.5

3.0

6.7

4.1

3.3

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.1

.9

.7

.6

.7

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.3

-

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0.5

.6

.5

.6

.6

.5

,4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

6.2

8.4

280

210

58

36

Nov.

26

18

13

11

9.4

8.0

7.4

7.0

6.0

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.6

4,2

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.9

4.6

6.0

9.7

13

12

11

9.0

8.0

7.7

7.0

-

Dec.

6.0

5.7

16

74

98

74

57

41

30

22

20

20

21

58

82

58

43

33

28

126

242

111

69

50

37

28

31

b30

b25

b22

b20

Jan.

b20

b!9

b!8

17

12

11

9.7

8.7

7.7

9.0

10

19

220

780

630

405

152

104

b70

b50

b35

b25

b!5

blO

blO

blO

blO

blO

blO

blO

blO

Feb.

blO

blO

blO

blO

b!5

55

845

280

118

810

1,440

540

280

2,340

950

510

405

1,630

3,870

1,650

1,120

570

280

210

200

126

450

1,890

630

_

-

Mar.

318

268

570

2,590

915

495

318

230

180

143

98

82

74

87

190

161

126

111

600

405

230

170

161

98

72

67

62

60

118

1,240

3,870

Apr.

720

435

318

255

180

134

104

450

690

375

268

465

390

345

305

255

2,390

1,810

3,090

4,240

1,850

810

420

305

220

180

134

104

87

82

May

78

78

74

72

60

51

45

40

37

34

31

28

25

23

22

22

21

22

20

18

16

14

13

15

31

29

25

21

16

23

170

June

161

104

69

47

36

25

17

32

25

118

65

510

360

690

570

220

292

570

255

118

70

55

42

480

405

190

170

750

292

143

-

July

92

65

48

42

36

29

21

18

14

11

10

38

 70

37

22

16

31

104

56

37

27

20

345

1,160

1,540

330

152

87

170

210

292

Aug.

Ill

68

44

30

22

17

190

68

39

26

16

12

10

8.4

7.2

7.2

6.7

6.2

8.4

6.4

6.2

6.7

5.0

4.4

3.7

678

570

360

152

78

63

Sept.

53

39

30

24

16

13

11

9.4

7.7

7.2

6.7

6.2

6.2

5.7

5.2

4.6

4.1

3.7

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.1

804

496

190

82

56

43

-
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 193

Monthly discharge. In second-feet. West Fork of Little Kanawha River at Kocksdale, W. Vt., 1958-40

Month

February 16-28 , 19S8 ...........

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

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

Water year 1988-39 ...........

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

5,388

4,066.3

-

-

9Q IRf

107,821.7

g ygijF T

1,937.7

79,678.1

Maximum

1,830

2,250

-

-

4 440

10,600

4

OAA

804

4,240

Minimum

161

1.8

-

-

gAg

inA

.s

QO

S.I

.1

flean

STt

194

156

-

-

447

9SO

395

OOQ

64.6

218

Per isquare 

mile

1.84

.663

-

-

1.44

.515

1.06

Run-off in 

Inches

0.96

.74

-

-

& 62

19.56

.56

14.45
194 LITT1& KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Hughes River at Macfarlan, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 39°04'40", long. 81°11'25", at highway bridge 0.4 mile

 east of Macfarlan, Rltchle County, 0.5 mile upstreata from Dutchman Run, ana 1.5 miles 

upstream from Macfarlan Creek. Prior to Mar. 12, 1940, staff gage at same site and 

datum. Datum of gage Is 635.28 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 210 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1922 (gage heights only October 1916 to Septem-

 ber 19«ii}), January 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1938: Maximum discharge during period January to September 1938, 7,400

 second-feet Apr. 9 (gage height, 19.7 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from 

rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; minimum observed, 0.2. second-foot Aug. 

28, 29 (gage height, 2.70 feet); minimum dally, 0.4 second-foot Aug. 29.

1938-39: Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 second-feet Apr. 16 (gage height, 

23.97 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; mlrlmum dally, 0.2 

second-foot Sept. 18-29.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 6,760 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage 

height, 18.7 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended 

above 3,500 second-feet; minimum dally, 0.3 second-foot Oct. 2-14, £0-24.

1915-22, 1938-40: Maximum discharge observed, 11,400 second-feet Jan. 22, 1917 

(gage height, 25.7 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet on basis 

of slope-area determination at gage height 21.7 feet; minimum gage 1 eight observed, 

1.50 feet June 28, 29, July 2, 24, 1915; minimum dally discharge, 0.2 second-foot 

Sept. 18-29, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage-height

 record, which are poor. Gage read twice dally below 6.0 feet and four times above.

Cooperation.- Records for March 1939 to September 1940 collected and prepared In coopera-

 lion with the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; records for January 1938 to February 

1939 were collected by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,and computed and prepared for 

publication by Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1956-40 

1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

U

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2122

23

24

25

26

27

88

29

SO

SI

Oct. MOV. Dee. Jan.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

tS4

-

_

_

-

748

247

74

90

260

502

Feb.

404

260

260

247

536

468

570

329

260

570

1,040

1,640

676

374

2S6

208

161

125

462

4,060

748

640

605

605

468

286

300

374

_

_

-

Mar.

344

329

359

273

356

1,920

S20

344

329

286

329

273

344

748

1,000

676

1,160

S20

436

329

286

314

314

536

344

784

712

404

468

404

1,000

Apr.

468

359

286

234

208

151

141

314

3,790

3,020

748

570

d400

dSOO

d200

d!50

106

640

. 2,200

676

404

468

314

260

208

133

97

73

58

d50

-

*«T

d40

d35

030

d40

55

42

31

d27

d24

21

21

21

20

21

359

314

314

502

570

1,800

4,020

2,290

712

314

0250

d200

141

dllO

89

436

141

June

123

104

112

S5

d70

55

55

55

55

56

56

73

73

31

31

2S

76

131

123

106

S9

68

58

58

58

65

141

234

133

106

-

July

89

56

56

45

34

31

26

13

30

d360

dlSO

d90

d60

d!60

d320

d90

d65

d30

d45

d70

104

344

172

82

55

d40

d30

20

21

19

18

Aug.

IS

21

17

13

61

39

d80

65

60

43

d35

d25

d20

d!5

dlo

8.9

S.2

S.2

5.S

4.2

3.6

3.4

2.2

l.S

2.2

1.7

1.3

.6

.4

.6

.6

Sept.

0.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

1.3

d8

dlO

7.S

7.S

12

286

502

344

208

dllO

68

055

d50

42

35

31

24

19

14

10

7.8

5.1

-

t Result of discharge measurement, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

Little Kanawha River at Qrantsville.
LITTLE KAN4WHA RIVER BASIN 195

Discharge, in second-feet, of South Fork of Hughes River at MacFarlan, W. Vs., 1938-40 Continued

1938-39

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.1

4.9

4.7

3.9

3.6

3.4

o g

2)2

2.1

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

2.1

2.2

1.8

1.4

1.3

2.2

6.3

16

7.8

12

12

12

14

17

17

18

16

Ncv.

16

16

16

16

60

56

d50

d40

d35

30

29

19

12

40

35

30

48

48

60

640

208

121

85

74

74

74

131

137

137

196

-

Dec.

374

234

208

121

260

161

121

102

85

111

121

104

121

121

104

77

56

56

56

49

36

35

42

62

87

87

640

300

234

131

104

Jan.

87

71

70

56

56

56

56

56

55

50

48

48

55

404

329

273

273

314

374

314

260

468

286

208

208

121

139

108

660

3,750

1,800

Feb.

468

374

6,800

3,460

536

374

436

374

374

1,720

3,020

640

374

300

1,040

1,040

468

344

234

234

234

221

161

161

208

1,960

1,240

1,080

M

_

-

Mar.

1,080

374

359

436

3,840

1,640

436

329

172

161

172

1,660

1,960

676

436

636

329

234

184

139

118

101

85

76

68

60

60

964

436

928

1,200

Apr.

a900

748

404

260

208

1,360

1,630

536

374

260

139

1,400

676

359

2,450

8,290

3,840

1,040

536

374

247

208

161

127

102

102

119

273

172

119

-

May

102

94

79

66

55

46

43

37

36

38

36

31

27

23

19

19

18

16

13

14

15

16

16

13

13

12

11

11

12

12

8.9

June

10

12

18

56

45

36

22

- 18

18

18

22

18

15

11

11

9.8

8.2

12

96

101

118

60

41

28

18

12

10

11

38

125

-

July

118

76

45

25

38

28

15

14

14

184

49

28

17

13

10

8.5

6.9

13

14

260

273

82

50

32

24

19

329

151

208

344

605

AttR.

247

1C7

763J**

27

1«

14

11

11

11

9.4

8.5

7.2

8.2

7.8

6.6

6.6

4.4

4.2

3.9

3.6

2.4

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.2

Sept.

0.6

.3

.3

.3

.9

1.8

1.3

2.2

4.2

3.9

2.8

2.1

1.8

1.3

.8

.5

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.4

~

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.

d Doubtful gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

Little Kanawha River at Qrantsville.

1939-40

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

26

29

30

31

Oct.

0.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

1.7

3.3

570

221

79

43

Nov.

28

18

15

12

9.8

8.2

7.2

7.5

6.9

6.9

6.6

7.2

6.9

6.6

6.6

6.0

5.4

4.7

4.2

4.6

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.0

5.8

d6

d6

d6

d6

Dec.

d6

dll

dSO

d50

d70

d60

d50

d40

d35

d30

24

26

28

40

97

81

60

45

40

109

602

208 11174

62

56

b50

b45

38

b35

b30

Jan.

b30

b26

b20

b!5

b!3

bl2

bll

blO

blO

blO

b!3

b20

137

1,000

1,240

314

221

118

b90

b66

b45

b35

bSO

b25

b22

b!9

b!7

bl6

b!5

b!4

b!3

Feb.

b!2

b!2

b!2

b!2

b!2

73

1,370

602

260

712

1,680

570

260

2,420

784

329

404

1,340

4,140

2,670

1,360

502

273

172

161

151

184

1,520

964

_

-

Mar.

468

286

1,240

3,300

1,080

536

286

184

161

118

90

59

52

118

208

208

184

221

1,080

536

329

260

172

121

77

77

70

68

84

1,370

4,070

Apr.

856

404

374

404

300

308

161

370

1,560

570

329

1,080

784

404

329

964

2,040

2,040

3,960

4,420

1,680

820

404

273

184

135

107

89

74

68

May

74

68

65

65

56

42

37

37

31

26

24

19

18

18

97

62

52

50

45

28

24

18

20

28

30

42

28

32

20

139

1,520

June

404

502

286

137

81

59

40

32

77

127

213

1,800

359

172

125

118

184

1,600

928

374

137

107

84

133

133

107

76

184

208

101

July

85

82

89

66

53

43

41

28

20

17

12

19

d!8

d!7

d!5

16

19

18

25

26

25

36

34

114

119

106

64

37

60

121

234

Aug.

18?

10 < 

6"

4".

2^

21

21

Z\

30

19

14

13

11

7.8

5.1

3.9

2.7

2.4

6.6

5.1

3.7

3.7

4.6

6.1

4.7

27

180

1,040

27^ 13".

8'"»

Sept.

66

60

68

62

32

30

24

15

10

11

8.2

7.2

6.3

6.6

4.7

4.9

4.4

3.4

2.4

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.7

21

314

135

76

66

45

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

d Doubtful gage height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

Hughes River at Cisko and Little Kanawha River at Qrantsvllle.
196 LITTLE KANA.WHA RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of South Fork of Hughes River a-t MnoFarlan, W. Va., 1936-40

Month

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

Water year 1938-39 ...........

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot -days

1,921 

17,162 

17,041 

17,026 

12,990 

2,500 

2,779 

645.7 

1,661.6

_

197.7 

2,533 

4,399

-

11,037 

27,865 

19,049 

27,414 

951.9 

1,017.0 

3,093.4 

648.3 

28.5

98,233.6

926.2 

230.1 

2,143

94,403.4

3,625 

22,861 

17,113 

25,381 

2,815 

8,388 

1,649 

2,361.4 

1,077.6

89,070.3

Maximum

746 

4,060 

1,920 

3,790 

4,020 

234 

360 

89 

502

.

16 

640 

640

-

3,750 

6,800 

3,640 

6,290 

102 

125 

605 

247 

4.2

8,290

570 

28 

502

8,290

1,240 

4,140 

4,070 

4,420 

1,520 

1,800 

234 

1,040 

314

4,420

Minimum

74 

125 

273 

50 

20 

28 

13 

.4 

.5

_

1.2 

12 

35

-

48 

151 

60 

102 

8.9 

8.2 

6.9 

1.2 

.2

.2

.3 

4.0 

6

.2

10 

12 

52 

68 

18 

32 

12 

2.4 

1.6

.3

Mean

320 

613 

550 

566 

419 

63.3 

89.6 

20.8 

62.1

_

6.38 

84.4 

142

-

356 

995 

614 

914 

30.7 

33.9 

99.8 

20.9 

.95

269

29.9 

7.67 

69.1

259

117 

788 

552 

846 

90.8 

296 

53.2 

76.2 

35.9

243

Per square 

mile

1.52 

2.92 

2.62 

2.70 

2.00 

.397 

.427 

.099 

.296

_

.030 

.402 

.676

-

1.70 

4.74 

2.92 

4.35 

.146 

.161 

.475 

.100 

.0045

1.28

.142 

.037 

.329

1.23

.657 

3.75 

2.63 

4.03 

.432 

1.41 

.253 

.363 

.171

1.16

Run-off in 

inches

0.34 

3.04 

3.02 

3.02 

2.30 

.44 

.49 

.11 

.33

_

.04 

.45 

.76

-

1.95 

4.93 

3.37 

4.85 

.17 

.18 

.55 

.11 

.005

17.38

.16 

.04 

.38

16.70

.64 

4.05 

3.03 

4.49 

.50 

1.57 

.29 

.42 

.19

15.76
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 197

Hughes River at Cisko, W. Va.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 39°07'45", long. 81°17'10", 300 feet downstream from county 

footbridge at Cisko, Ritchie County, 1 mile downstream from confluence of North and 

South Forks, and 4| miles south of Petroleum. Datum of gage is 605.35 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1913).

Drainage area.- 453 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1932 (gage heights only), February 1929 to 

September 1931, March 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,600 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 33.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 8,250 

second-feet on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 37.5 feet; minimum 

observed, 0.8 second-foot Oct. 31-35 (gage height, 1.86 feet).

1915-33, 1929-31, 1939-40: Maximum gage height, 30.25 feet Jan. 22, 1917 (discharge not determined), no flow July 26, Aug. 2-6, Sept. 4 to Dec. 5, 1930.

Revision.- The figures of maximum and minimum discharge for the'period March to 

September 1939 have been revised as 'shown below. They supersede those published In 

Water-Supply Paper 873.

Maximum discharge, 15,900 second-feet Apr. 16 (gage height 23.5 feet, from graph 

based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 8,250 second-feet 0*1 basis 

of slope-area determination at gage height 27.5 feet; minimum observed, 1.0 secondfoot Sept. 29 (gage height, 1.90 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or of doubtful or no gageheight record, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions: Revised figures of discharge for the period March to September 195y. 

superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 873, are given herein.

Rating tables, for period March 1939 to September 1940, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Mar. 5, 1939, to Apr. 20, 1940 

l.S 0.5 2.4 12

1.9 1.0 2.7 29

2.0 2.0 3.0 53

2.2 5.2 3.3 36

Note.- Same as following table above 3.3 feet.

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30, 1940

5.2

10

25

49

117

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

345

505

920

1,400

2,400

3,550

13.0

15.0

17.0

19.0

21.0

23.0

4,900

6,400

3,200

10,200

12,600

15,200

Discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40 

1939

D«T

1

Z

s

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

87

28

29

SO

31

Oct. Nor. Dee. Jan. Feb. Mar.

_

_

_

_

5,350

4,050

1,400

660

470

375

537

3,S10

4,270

1,950

1,010

920

700

470

345

295

258

197

177

167

147

137

127

1,500

1,250

1,700

2,730

Apr.

1,250

1,900

1,100

680

405

1,650

4,200

1,300

740

470

580

2,950

1,550

830

4,740

14,400

10,400

1,950

1,300

740

505

405

332

270

220

208

390

920

620

308

-

Hay

245

197

157

147

127

10S

93

SO

SO

SO

68

68

5S

58

48

a40

32

32

30

28

27

27

27

26

31

26

25

20

20

19

19

June

133

245

197

117

93

SO

53

44

3S

208

137

66

55

45

37

35

28

27

405

7S5

580

505

405

270

177

93

63

45

135

1,850

-

July

488

308

197

127

167

220

117

208

117

540

245

127

74

53

40

30

29

35

SO

660

435

258

167

108

63

32

360

167

2,730

1,500

1,650

Aug,

740

505

167

117

100

SO

63

44

41

39

38

35

245

147

74

33

38

32

30

2S

26

21

17

15

13

11

9.4

7.7

7.0

14

12

Sept.

9.4

8.6

e.o

5.2

19

15

11

19

14

12

11

9.8

3.1

7.2

a6.5

ae.8

a5.0

a4.3

a3.8

3.4

2.8

2.4

2.6

3.4

5.0

4.2

2.9

1.8

1.0

1.6

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Little 

Kanawha River at Grantsvllle and South Port of Hughes River of MaoParlan.
198 LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

 Discharge, In second-feet, of Hughes River at Clsko, W. Va., 1939-40 Continued

1939-40

D«y

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

88

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct.

2.3

1.9

1.5

1.2

2.0

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

6.4

56

785

786

346

137

Nov.

80

64

54

46

36

SB

24

20

17

16

 

15

14

13

13

13

12

11

10

9.4

8.6

7.7

11

12

16

ZZ

26

28

27

26

23

-

Dec.

20

26

48

79

b!35

dllO

d90

d70

d60

d55

d50

d45

d55

d70

0820

d!60

dlSO

dlOO

96

308

1,010

470

246

185

149

112

108

102

97

53

b50

Jan.

b45

MO

b35

b30

b27

b25

b22

b20

b20

b20

b20

31

218

2,630

3,120

875

390

320

245

199

147

b!20

b90

b80

WO

*bd5

b55

b46

MO

b35

b30

Feb.

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

188

2,400

1,350

580

1,100

*3,190

1,400

660

2,560

1,700

875

830

1,600

6,400

6,490

2,510

1,360

740

488

462

390

376

2,510

2,250

-

Mar.

1,100

620

1,850

7,390

2,250

1,200

740

505

360

282

220

185

175

196

405

505

462

506

1,950

1,250

660

452

375

308

218

186

167

161

161

2,150

8,600

Apr.

2,100

1,010

830

740

620

375

308

258

1,870

1,060

660

2,000

1,800

920

620

2,200

3,940

3,560

6,900

9,660

3,490

1,660

1,160

830

580

332

232

169

171

159

-

May

147

143

135

125

114

105

99

107

112

93

74

65

57

63

258

d200

d!60

108

87

77

66

43

48

54

86

127

127

129

163

270

2,730

June

1,250

965

660

452

258

137

103

96

308

320

258

3,740

1,060

462

1,150

540

876

4,200

2,100

700

390

258

208

169

320

282

143

117

308

232

JVly

135

167

110

80

64

58

45

42

31

27

23

26

26

23

20

24

26

30

27

24

21

20

52

58

173

177

106

74

77

179

390

Aug.

245

137

93

48

34

28

30

48

86

54

37

21

16

14

10

15

11

9.7

9.2

10

7.9

12

18

16

10

24

248

2,460

8SO

376

332

Sept.

185

161

107

96

66

39

34

28

23

19

16

16

14

13

12

11

10

9.6

9.0

8.2

7.4

7.2

6.7

6.6

46

700

308

177

108

80

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. '

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

South Pork of Hughes River at MacParlan and Little Kananha River at Qrantavllle.

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, 1939-40

Month

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

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

Water year 1959-40 ...........

3econdfoot-days

2

f\A't

Z 754 1

_

-

2

«<E«

188,742.9

Maximum

-

-

9,660

HHUium

1 nrj

-

-

SO

QA

.8

Mean

-

68.6

n't A

-

499

Per square 

mile

-

-

1.10

Run-off In 

Inches

2 87

CO

-

-

.75

4 12

14.99
HOCKING RIVER BASIN igg 

Hocking River at Enterprise, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°33'54", long. 82°28'30", in NWi sec. 5, T. 14 N., 

R. 17 W., at highway bridge at Enterprise. 4 miles downstream from Buck Rur. Datum of 

gage Is 723.60 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 460 square miles.

Records available.- May 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 25,200 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 19.94 

reet); minimum dally, 35 second-feet Jan. 9, 10; minimum gage height, 1.18 feet Oct. 6 

and Jan. 1.

1931-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; minimum, 12 second-feet Aug. 19, 

1932 (gage height, 0.60 foot).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

2

3

40

77

127

247 11

13

1,250

2,140

3,240

4.550

6,100

7,250

8,900

11,400

14,500

21,500

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

1.3 49 3.0 4<50

1.6 98 4.0 St5

2.0 171 5.0 1,2,^0

2.5 295 6.0 1,670 

Hpte.- Same as preceding

table above 6.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

50 

 15 

±2 

42 

40

40 

39 

39 

36 

36

37 

39 

37 

37 

36

36 

39 

39 

39 

39

39 

37 

37 

37 

43

113 

280 

564 

122 

79 

69

Nov.

63 

59 

57 

57 

57

54 

54 

57 

54 

52

57 

57 

55 

54 

52

52 

52 

52 

54 

59

91 

127 

93 

77 

69

63 

57 

57 

55 

57

Dec.

59 

63 

111 

111 

100

S6 

77 

71 

67 

65

65 

65 

70 

S2 

77

73 

71 

69 

67 

71

 73 

67 

61 

63 

55

61 

57 

63 

65 

63 

57

Jan.

52 

46 

43 

41 

39

37 

36 

36 

35 

35

40 

60 

SO 

500 

850

375 

250 

190 

155 

#136

118 

108 

9S 

SS 

79

71 

64 

59 

54 

49 

46

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

1

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

43 

42 

40 

40 

43

265 

1,420 

833 

600 

900

2,040 

1,590 

SOO 

500 

350

300 

1 250 

. 600 

1,940 

2,240

1,SOO 

970 

682 

682 

698

470 

43S 

534 

665

Mar.

807 

1,290 

4,080 

5,S40 

3,S90

1,420 

935 

7S1 

64S 

534

454 

393 

384 

393 

380

35S 

422 

400 

374 

336

300 

297 

266 

223 

222

204 

282 

247 

256 

581 

1,715

Second - 

foot-daya

2,207 

1,854 

2,210

177,214

3,870 

21,775 

28,657 

66,327 

14,101 

13,646 

5,108 

6,113 

2,538

168,906

Apr.

1,100 

682 

599 

502 

396

342 

323 

371 

380 

329

342 

1,940 

1,440 

815 

69S

1,220 

1,720 

3,060 

4,S70 

21,600

12,100 

4,650 

1,340 

1,290 

1,000

S26 

708 

612 

555 

517

Maximum

564 

127 

111

6,500

S50 

2,240 

5,840 

21,600 

1,940 

1,500 

1,070 

1,650 

319

21,600

Bay

494 

471 

446 

407 

367

331 

354 

325 

292 

263

256 

235 

230 

221 

230

261 

235 

221 

216 

213

193

ISO 

173 

835

1,550

67C 

490 

387 

460 

l.,15C 

1.94C

Minimum

36 

52 

55

36

35 

40 

204 

323 

173 

184 

70 

46 

49

35

June

1,500 

925 

650 

487 

380

313 

236 

438 

301 

377

319 

72S 

331 

574 

639

435 

307 

501 

688 

295

216 

1S4 

202 

325 

273

226 

202 

429 

S02 

25S

July

357 

293 

195 

161 

144

129 

120 

115 

113 

10S

120 

175 

120 

100 

91

96 

95 

S3 

S3 

79

73 

70 

 152 

1,070 

391

137 

103 

86 

88 

7S 

73

Mean

71.2 

61.3 

71.3

4S6

125 

751 

924 

2,228 

455 

455 

165 

197 

84.6

461

Aug.

68 

65 

62 

60 

59

66 

423 

101 

71 

65

60 

55 

52 

52 

54

52 

49 

111 

132 

78

55 

49 

48 

46 

46

70 

21S 

414 

312 

1,420 

1,650

Per squsre 

mile

0.155 

.134 

.155

1.03

.272 

1.6? 

2.0^. 

4. Si 

.939 

.939 

,3->9 

.4% 

.184

LOT

Sept.

319 

ISO 

133 

115 

101

83 

S3 

75 

71 

S3

75 

68 

63 

59 

60

57 

55 

55 

52 

52

52 

51 

49 

52 

112

117 

76 

63 

60 

57

Run-off in 

Inches

0.13 

.15 

.IS

14.32

.31 

1.76 

2.32 

5.40 

' 1.14 

1.10 

.41 

.49 

.21

13.65

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (2 p.m.) 6,290 sec.-ft.5 Apr. 20 (6 a.m.) 25,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (2 

a.m.j 2,8BO sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Feb. 6, Feb. 9, 10, 13-18.

461679 O - 42 - 14 ,
200 HOCKING RIVER BASIN

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°19'45", long. 82°05'17", at Mill Street Bridge 

three-quarters of a mile east of business section of Athens, Athens County, and 3i 

miles downstream from Margaret Creek. Datum of gage is 615.59 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 944 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 25 years, 1,017 second-feet (24 years, 1,027 second-feet; figure 

published inWater-Supply Paper 873 in error).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 30,000 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 22.9 

feet); minimum, 38 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 2.35 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 21, 1940; minimum, 9 second-feet Oct. 11, 

1930 (gage height, 2.18 feet).

Maximum stage known, 26.7 feet in January 1907, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3 to Dec. lo, Sept. 1-3O)

2.4

2.5

2.6 

2.S

45

59

76

119

3.0 

3.2 

3.4

174

244

329

426

4.0

4.5 

5

1,000

1,400

2,120

8

10

12

14

3,280

4,260

5,430

7,010

9,370

12,800

15,200

18,400

32 26,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

76 

78 

66 

64 

58

61 

59 

44 

56 

58

49 

55 

48 

52 

45

54 

54 

49 

49 

56

52 

52 

55 

54 

48

174 

202 

1,150 

588 

211 

143

HOT.

114 

96 

90 

80 

78

84 

76 

76 

80 

76

76 

74 

78 

76 

74

74 

74 

73 

73 

78

84 

105 

151 

137 

117

103 

103 

92 

88 

88

Dec.

86 

96 

114 

165 

181

160 

142 

132 

117 

114

114 

112 

114 

117 

127

124 

122 

119 

114 

154

190 

157 

132 

119 

103

103 

96 

103 

114 

112 

103

Jan.

92 

84 

77 

71 

66

63 

59 

59 

58

57

56 

70 

137 

1,190 

3,180

1,250 

595 

468 

370 

310

260 

220 

190 

170 

150

133 

120 

110 

100 

92 

85

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

80 

75 

70 

66 

66

h376 

1,420 

2,060 

hi, 110 

hi, 900

h5,150 

3,970 

2,250 

1,350 

800

620 

54O 

1,570 

h5,100 

h6,310

h4,98O 

2,990 

1,930 

1,640 

1,750

1,310 

1,080 

1,640 

2,060

Mar.

1,930 

2,490 

4,460 

8,690 

9,810

5,220 

2,310 

1,750 

1,400 

1,110

930 

804 

738 

758 

777

718 

738 

804 

811 

758

647 

608 

583 

501 

447

416 

416 

458 

485 

1,870 

5,990

Secondfoot-days

3,859 

2,668 

3,856

395,728

9,942 

54,263 

59,427 

128,036 

28,113 

29,129 

7,655 

15,484 

6,783

349,215

Apr.

4.010 

E,190 

1,720 

1,400 

1,040

839 

725 

718 

777 

712

640 

3,100 

3,680 

2,190 

1,560

2,190 

4,200 

6,310 

9,000 

21,700

27,000 

15,000 

6,400 

2,780 

2,120

1,680 

1,350 

1,110 

1,000 

895

Maximum

1,150 

151 

190

14,900

3,180 

6,310 

9.S10 

27,000 

4,410 

3,480 

1,170 

5,500 

1,860

27,000

May

832 

797 

758 

712 

640

577 

541 

553 

501 

468

426 

396 

376 

371 

367

411 

416 

376 

348 

406

386 

325 

30V 

1,230 

3,980

1,900 

1,040 

804 

699 

2,760 

4,410

Minimum

44 

73 

86

44

56 

66 

416 

640 

307 

325 

103 

61 

80

44

June

3,480 

2,550 

1,520 

1,080 

818

666 

571 

751 

732 

1,700

867 

1,490 

1,460 

692

725

916 

1,000 

1,110 

1,230 

777

490 

386 

371 

507 

547

421 

371 

325 

910 

666 

-

July

406 

531 

391 

298 

252

232 

197 

184 

177 

168

165 

2M 

2") 

181 

148

135 

135 

135 

124 

112

110 

103 

103 

6^7 

1,170

3^0 

2->7 

162 

135 

132 

114

Mean

124 

88.9 

124

1,084

321 

1,871 

1,917 

4,268 

907 

971 

247 

499 

226

954

Aug.

105 

96 

94 

84 

84

88 

156 

320 

129 

96

84 

80 

71 

71 

80

73 

71 

69 

180 

207

114 

80 

69 

66 

61

172 

284 

1,550 

1.090 

4,260 

5,500

Per square 

mile

0.131 

.094 

.131

1.15

.340 

1.98 

2.03 

4.52 

.961 

1.03 

.262 

.529

1.01

Sept.

1.860 

628 

431 

329 

269

226 

197 

174 

160 

162

157 

145 

132 

119 

110

108 

103 

101 

98 

94

92 

84 

84 

80 

124

229 

168 

124 

101 

94

Run-off in 

inches

0.15 

.10 

.15

15.58

.39 

2.14 

2.34 

5.04 

1.11 

1.15 

.30 

.61 

.27

13.75

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 30,000 sec.-ft.

h Computed from TJ. 3. Weather Bureau wire-weight gage readings.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1-12, Jan. 19 *o Peb. 5, PVb. 15-17.
HOGKING RIVER BASIN 201

Clear Creek near Rockbrldge, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°35'20", long. 82°34'40", In NEi sec. 20, T. 

13 N., R. 18 W., at highway bridge 2 miles upstream from mouth and 3 miles west of 

Rockbrldge. Chain gage at same site .and datum used Oct. 19 to May 1.

Drainage area.- 87.7 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,460 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 12.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 9.3 second-feet Aug. 17, 21-23, 25 

(gage height, 0.93 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for May to July, which are fair, and those for periods 

or ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Gage read twice d?ily Oct. 19 

to May 1.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

51

Oct.

19 

17 

16 

16 

15

14 

14 

12 

12 

13

14 

13 

13 

12 

12

13 

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

12

41 

119 

26 

19 

19 

17

Nov.

17 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

18 

17 

17

19 

17 

17 

17 

15

15 

15 

15 

14 

22

40 

38 

28 

23 

22

20 

19 

19 

19 

.20

Dee.

21 

26 

3,7 

36 

33

30 

24 

22 

22 

22

22 

22 

28 

25 

25

23 

22 

19 

22 

23

23 

20 

20 

17 

19

21 

20 

26 

19 

17 

16

Jan.

15 

15 

14 

14 

14

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

14 

16 

35 

200 

90

70 

60 

50 

43 

38

33 

30 

27 

24 

22

20 

19 

18 

17 

16 

15

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

14 

14 

14 

14 

15

50 

142 

65 

97 

211

380 

197 

104 

85 

70

65 

114 

246 

444 

388

247 

176 

132 

146 

128

94 

97 

124 

142

liar.

128 

294 

1,290 

743 

356

231 

199 

142 

107 

86

76 

64 

64 

66 

63

82 

75 

71 

61 

55

50 

42 

40 

34 

35

36 

37 

42 

40 

91 

174

Second - 

foot-days

575 

570 

722

-

994 

4,015 

4,874 

10,941 

2,903 

1,703 

637 

1,419.4 

666

30,021.4

Apr.

117 

100 

90 

78 

61

54 

52 

75 

58 

50

98 

424 

186 

141 

137

161 

637 

708 

2,040 

2,910

S14 

421 

367 

294 

221

173 

141 

124 

112 

97

Maximum

119 

40 

37

-

200 

444 

1,290 

2,910 

360 

180 

37 

466 

52

2,910

May

97 

88 

85 

76 

71

66 

64 

61 

59 

55

54 

51 

51 

50 

55

54 

51 

48 

48 

49

44 

41 

42 

286 

212

117 

100 

80 

113 

273 

360

Minimum

11 

14 

1«

-

13 

14 

34 

50 

41 

30 

12 

9.2 

16

9.2

June

180 

132 

100 

79 

66

58 

65 

81 

54 

48

70 

52 

43 

39 

44

54 

43 

43 

39 

34

31 

30 

34 

48 

38

33 

31 

57 

42 

33

July

33 

29 

27 

24 

22

22 

22 

21 

22 

21

32 

26 

21 

19 

18

22 

21 

19 

17 

16

15 

14 

18 

37 

19

14 

14 

13 

13 

14 

12

Mean

18.6 

19.0 

23.3

-

32.1 

138 

157 

365 

93.6 

56. S 

20.5 

45.8 

22.3

82.0

Aug.

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

16 

12 

11 

11

ii

9.9 

9.9 

9.9 

11

9.9 

9.2 

11 

14 

9.9

9.2 

9.2 

9.2 

9.9 

9.2

28 

118 

45 

1T17 

466 

f77

Per square 

mile

0.2M 

.2:.7 

.2i)6

-

.3*6 

1.51? 

1.71 

4.16 

1.01? 

.6A8 

.234 

.532 

.2P4

.935

Sept.

52 

38 

33 

29 

26

25 

23 

22 

22 

24

22 

21 

21 

21 

20

19 

19 

19 

18 

18

16 

16 

16 

17 

f27

f20 

f!6 

f!6 

f!6 

f!6

Run-off in 

Inches

0.24 

.24 

.31

-

.42 

1.69 

2.06 

4.64 

1.23 

.72 

.27 

.60 

.28

12.70

16. Ho gage-height 

Enterprise.
202 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

South Fork of New River near Jefferson, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°23'35", long. 81°24'35", 400 feet upstream from 

highway bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Bear Creek, and 4 miles southeast 

of Jefferson, Ashe County.

.Drainage area.- 207 square miles.

Records available.- October 1924 to September 1926, July 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1925-86, 1928-40), 418 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 52,800 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 22.50 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 65 second-feet Dec. 31 (gage height, 1.11 feet) 

result of low temperature, but may have been less at some other time during period of 

ice effect; minimum daily, 95 second-feet Jan. 2.

1924-85, 1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, 65 second-feet 

Sept. 9, 1925, Dec. 31, 1939 but may have been less during period of ice effect In 

1939-40.

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

those above 4,000 second-feet, which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1?40

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14ie

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

274 

358 

241 

179 

166

157 

153 

153 

146 

144

142 

160 

157 

153 

142

142 

142 

144 

144 

144

142 

140 

134 

132 

136

140 

142 

142 

140 

142 

142

Nov.

140 

140 

138 

144 

146

146 

142 

140 

140 

138

138 

138 

136 

136 

134

136 

134 

136

138 

172

201 

201 

186 

164 

155

153 

146 

142 

140 

140

Dec.

142 

146 

146 

144 

140

140 

140 

136 

132 

134

142 

 157 

146 

140 

130

138 

142 

138 

136 

176

207 

b!40 

b!50 

b!50 

b!60

b!90 

blSO 

176 

166 

b!40 

b!30

Jan.

bllO 

b95 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20

bllO bieo

b!20 

b!20 

bllO

bllO 

b!20 

b!40 

blSO 

b340

b260 

«b220 

blSO 

b!40 

b!20

blSO 

blSO 

blSO 

blSO 

blSO

blSO 

blSO 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jam 

Feb 

Mar

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul-" 

Augi 

Sep

W

ilendar year 193?

*ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

«b!20 

blSO 

b!20 

b!60 

b200

b260 

b380 

b340 

b2SO 

b300

b400 

b320 

b280 

b320 

b340

b280 

259 

283 

525 

525

390 

b300 

b240 

b240 

b220

b200 

b240 

283 

475

Bar.

455 

405 

430 

651 

520

410 

349 

313 

287 

267

263 

326 

344 

313 

344

308 

275 

267 

287 

313

275 

255 

244 

b240 

b240

b220 

267 

»275 

279 

304 

354

Secondfoot -days

4,973 

4,440 

4,634

119,177

4,345 

8,410 

10,080 

12,790 

8,910 

10,846 

9,733 

81,009 

22,640

182,810

Apr.

322 

283 

271 

354 

308

259 

244 

354 

485 

376

326 

304

287 

271 

255

244 

237 

237 

420 

1,680

894 

567 

490 

790 

572

470 

420 

380 

354 

336

Maximum

358 

201 

207

2,250

340 

525 

651 

1,680 

606 

622 

1,180 

27,700 

3,200

27,700

May

331 

362 

326 

308 

295

275 

263 

263 

295 

308

287 

259 

237 

226 

213

213 

213 

207 

201 

201

244 

244 

S3S 

318 

420

340 

300 

275 

248 

399 

606

Minimum

132 

134

130

130

95 

120 

220 

237 

201 

201 

174 

287 

360

95

June

390 

390 

326 

372 

410

358 

326 

451 

380 

354

344 

540 

594 

445 

358

385 

480 

623 

460 

380

318 

287 

263 

248 

248

251 

230 

219 

216 

201

July

179 

174 

195 

295 

237

1S9 

219 

241 

300

279

248 

279 

380 

390 

255

270 

515 

699 

331 

25P

230 

210 

204 

201 

375

216 

186 

254 

3^6 

597 

1,180

Mean

160 

148 

149

327

140 

290 

325 

426 

287 

362 

314 

2,613 

755

499

Aug.

632 

430 

336 

304 

340

367 

627 

435 

326

287

413 

1,330 

8,920 

a27,700 

a5,610

a3,060 

a2,200 

al.800 

al,400 

al,200

hi, 060 

h920 

h802 

H730 

h695

h6S5 

h630 

h630 

h630 

a8,500 

a8,000

Per square 

mile

0.773 

.715 

.720

1.58

.676 

1.40 

1.57 

2.06 

1.39 

1.75 

1.52 

12.6 

3.65

2.41

Sept.

a3,200 

a2,000 

al,400 

hi, 160 

hi, 040

h920 

h840 

h780 

h730 

h730

h695 

h630 

h600 

h570 

h570

h542 

h513 

h513 

h513 

h486

h459 

h433 

h433 

h433 

h459

h433 

h407 

h407 

h384 

h360

Run-off In 

Inches

O.S9 

.80 

.83

21.39

.78 

1.51 

1.81 

2.30 

1.60 

1.95 

1.75 

14.55 

4.07

32.84

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (3 a.m.) 52,800 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

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

a treams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

h Computed from twice-daily staff-gage readings.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

New River near Galax, Va.

203

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°38'50", long. 80°58'45", at highway bridge 500 

reet downstream from Meadow Creek, 1 1/8 miles southwest of Old Town, and 3 miles 

southwest of Galax, Carroll County. Datum of gage is 2,208.04 feet above mea.n sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,131 square miles.

Records available.- November 1929 to September 1940.

Average aiscnargeT- 10 years (1930-40), 1,764 second-feet.

jflctremes;- naximum discharge during year, 141,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 25.7 

reet, from floodmark), by computation of flow over dam at Friez, 6 miles dorastream; 

minimum daily, 390 second-feet Jan. 5, Feb. 1, 4; minimum gage height, 0.62 foot Jan. 2.

1929-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum discharge, 247 secondfeet July 9, 1930.

Revisions.- The maximum discharge for water year 1935 has been revised to 24,900 

second-reet Sept. 6 (gage height, 7.38 feet), superseding figure published in WaterSupply Paper 783.

Flood of Oct. 2, 1929, reached a stage of 9 feet, from floodmark (discharge, 33,100 

second-feet, revised).

Remarks.- Records good except those above 30,000 second-feet and for periods of ice-effect 

or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in second-feet)

0.7 400 1.3 1,230 2.5 4,200 6.0 18,200 14.0 61,700 

0.8 500 1.6 1,800 3.0 5,900 8.0 27,900 16.0 74,200 

1.0 755 2.0 2,720 4.0 9,500 11.0 44,100 18.0 87,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

e

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18ie

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

26 

30 

31

Oct.

1,240 

1,360 

1,030

813 

688

620 

608 

584 

584 

572

572 

608 

620 

620 

584

524 

524 

536 

524

524

536 

543 

54S 

512 

524

512 

524 

572 

560 

536 

548

Nov.

548 

560 

536 

524 

536

54S 

536 

524 

548 

560

572 

572 

560 

548 

548

560 

540 

560 

536 

584

688 

728 

728 

660 

608

596 

596 

584 

572 

560

Dec.

572 

572 

608 

572 

560

560 

572 

596 

584 

572

572 

596 

596 

596 

572

548 

572 

596 

584 

701

916 

784 

634 

640 

620

600 

784 

784 

728 

701 

674

Jan.

620 

531 

460 

430 

390

400 

430 

420 

460 

460

.400 

410 

600 

916 

1,360

970 

900 

800 

700 

600

550 

500 

490 

480 

480

540 

540 

460 

460 

450 

400

Month

Ootc

NOT6

Dec 6 

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr 

May 

June 

Julj 

Aug\ 

Sept

We

ilendar year 1939 ............

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

390 

410 

410 

390 

440

720 

1,200 

1,400 

1,200 

1,400

1,500 

2,250 

1,320 

1,370 

1,600

1,320 

1,200 

1,410 

4,720 

3,300

2,300 

1,640 

1,280 

1,140 

1,080

996 

900 

932 

1,320

Mar.

1,640 

1,540 

1,560 

2,470 

2,370

1,840 

1,470 

1,280 

1,140 

1,010

948 

1,270 

1,490 

1,360 

1,560

1,500 

1,390 

1,270 

1,270 

1,520

1,390 

1,270 

1,180 

1,080 

1,030

964 

996 

996 

996 

1,040 

1,140

Secondfoot-days

19,655 

17,340 

19,566

521,419

17 , P07 

3P,538 

41,980 

51,647 

36,646 

51,078 

47,507 

252,580 

70,720

665,864

Apr.

1,230 

1,110 

1,040 

1,080 

1,210

1,060 

980 

996 

1,490 

1,430

1,200 

1,090 

1,060 

980 

948

900 

871 

842 

1,210 

5,980

5,210 

3,130 

2,250 

2,720 

2,940

2,300 

1,900 

1,660 

1,470 

1,360

Maximum

1,360 

728 

916

10,400

1,360 

4,720 

2,470 

5,980 

4,230 

3,010 

6,780 

36,200 

8,350

86,200

May

1,230 

1,340 

1,250 

1,130 

1,040

1,030 

996 

948 

932 

980

1,060 

948 

871 

842 

813

770

770 

755 

742 

755

996 

932 

916 

1,270 

1,900

1,600 

1,360 

1,210 

1,030 

2,000 

4,230

Minimum

512 

524 

548

512

390 

390 

943 

842 

742 

886 

828 

1,280 

1,410

390

June

2,720 

1,900 

1,560 

1,390 

1,890

1,450 

1,310 

1,780 

1,580 

1,660

2,210 

3,010 

2,940 

2,230 

1,820

1,780 

1,930 

2,600 

2,330 

1,880

1,540 

1,280 

1,140 

1,060 

1,110

1,200 

1,060 

932 

900 

886

July

828 

871 

964 

1,300

1,340

1,040 

916 

948 

1,080 

1,360

1,280 

1,270 

1,360 

1,250 

1,090

1,590 

3,520 

2,660 

1,990 

1,370

1,140 

1,010 

932 

932 

996

1,030 

980 

1,200 

1,240 

3,240 

6,780

Mean

634 

578 

631

1,429

568 

1,363 

1,354 

1,722 

1,182 

1,703 

1,532 

8,148 

2,357

1,819

Aug.

4,010 

2,330 

1,660 

1,450 

1,360

1,800 

3,130 

2,280 

1,640 

1,360

1,280 

1,640 

7,910 

f86,200 

f 3 1,800

15,200 

9,890 

7,330 

6,020 

4,790

3,830 

3,370 

3,090 

2,750 

S.520

2,350 

2,230 

2,140 

2,120 

If, 100 

If, 000

Per square 

mile

0.5fl 

.511 

.558

1.2f

.5e>

1.21 

1.2C 

1.52 

1.05 

1.51 

1.35 

7.2C 

2. OF

1.61

Sept.

8,350 

5,230 

4,000 

3,360 

3,020

2,830 

2,620 

2,470 

2,300 

2,230

2,330 

2,160 

2,030 

1,950 

1,880

1,840 

1,780 

1,740 

1,720 

1,660

1,600 

1,560 

1,490 

1,490 

1,540

1,620 

1,560 

1,470 

1,430 

1,410

Run-off In 

Inches

0.65 

.57 

.64

17.14

.58 

1.30 

1.38 

1.70 

1.21 

1.68 

1.56 

3.30 

2.32

21.89

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (9s30 a.m.) 141,000 sec.-It.; Aug. 30 (5 p.m.) 28,400 sec.-ft.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24-26, Jan. 3-13, Jan. 16 to Fet. 11.
204 KANAWHA. RIVER BASIN 

New River at Ivanhoe, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°50'05", long. 80°57'10", at Ivanhoe, Wythe County

24 miles upstream from Cripple Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,943.09 feet above mean sea 

. level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,340 square miles.

Records available.- December 1929 to September 1940.

Average discnargeT- 10 years (1930-40), 1,976 second-feet.

Extremes^- Maximum discharge during year, 155,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gag~e height, 38.1 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet on basis of 

flood records for other stations on New River; minimum, 371 second-feet May 2 (ea.s;e 

height, 1.56 feet); minimum-dally, 462 second-feet Jan. 5, Feb. 1.

ioJr79~40: , ^i 211 discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, 92 seco-d-feet Sept. 0, 

1930 (gage height, 0.89 foot); minimum daily, 184 second-feet July 28, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, or of doubtful gage-heleht 

record, and those above 50,000 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regulated by power 

plants at Buck, 2* miles above station, and at Byllesby, 5 miles above station.

Rating tables

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

460

685

965

water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

in second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Aug. 13

2.6 1,300 4.0 3,450 2.6

3.0 

3.5

1,820

2,600

5.0 

6.0

3,450

5,290

7,460

Aug. 14 to Sept. 30 

1,420 7 9,760

1,900

3,450

5,290

17,000

27,600

42,500

nd discharge,

65,000

91,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11ie

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,260 

1,620 

1,290 

796 

890

617 

954 

523

576 

586

681 

727 

753 

614 

620

666 

752 

641 

640 

578

535 

641 

976 

622 

532

575 

596 

525 

599 

706 

612

Nov.

740 

733 

552 

578 

468

661 

608 

843 

681 

584

608 

586 

612 

774 

656

518 

568 

600 

525 

726

938 

828 

786 

774 

663

792 

750 

630 

591 

629

Dec.

604 

560 

698 

725 

580

704

641 

622 

591 

526

P42 

742 

670 

618 

623

610 

570 

630 

653

752

1,040 

924 

748 

712 

756

685 

842 

992 

768 

798 

766

Jan.

b690 

b680 

558 

522 

462

b480 

518 

504 

554 

554

482 

484 

692 

995 

1,480

1,110 

1.S30 

1,150 

b800 

b700

b650 

b600 

595 

567 

568

650 

641 

548 

544 

532 

476

Month

Octc 

Nove

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr!

Mfltr

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

ffs

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

462 

486 

493 

466 

530

814 

1,430 

1,650 

1,480 

1,600

1,760 

2,560 

1,840 

1,420 

1,940

1,760 

1,400 

1,910 

4,890 

4,720

3,160 

2,170 

1,520 

1,440 

1,370

1,230 

1,350 

1,020 

i;270

Mar.

2,160 

1,880 

1,740 

2,590 

2,730

2,410 

1,820 

1,390 

1,320 

1,190

1,180 

1,500 

1,660 

1,860 

1,760

1,830 

1,720 

1,550 

1,400 

1,460

1,820 

1,280 

1,400 

1,220 

1,260

1,200 

930 

1,330 

1,220 

1,290 

1,200

Secondfoot-days

28,703 

20,002 

21,792

603,762

21,016 

48,141 

49,300 

61,000 

44,441 

63,682 

53 , 905 

277,540 

84,550

768,072

Apr.

1,460 

1,410 

1,080 

1,320 

1,280

1,450 

920 

1,380 

1,930 

1,580

1,420 

1,390 

1,130 

1,220 

1,340

1,100 

1,150 

1,040 

1,240 

5,720

6,640 

4,170 

2,790 

2,940 

3,540

2,830 

2,360 

1,770 

1,860 

1,540

Maximum

1,620 

938 

1,040

13,500

1,480 

4,890 

2,730 

6,640 

5,400 

3,890 

5,760 

87,600 

11,000

87,600

May

1,660 

1,530 

1,480 

1,460 

1,090

1,420 

1,200 

1,070 

1,150

9P2

1,130 

1,080 

1,270 

903 

1,060

855 

800 

728 

756 

857

1,220 

1,150 

1,110 

2,000 

2,210

1,960 

1,750 

1,440 

1,450 

2,260 

5,400

Minimum

523 

468 

526

468

462 

462 

930 

920 

728 

780 

680 

1,390 

1,440

462

June

3,400 

2,400 

2,160 

1,700 

2,280

1,980 

1,250 

2,150 

1,610 

1,880

2,330 

3,890 

3,600 

3,130 

2,670

2,260 

3,010 

3,100 

3,380 

2,240

2,060 

1,440 

1,360 

1,300 

1,450

1,360 

1,450 

1,170 

780 

892

July

1.C70 

1,120 

1,270 

1,410

i,eeo

1,460 

680 i.ceo

1,130 

I,f40

1,680 

1,£60 

2,C90 

1,250 

1,360

I,f90 

3,740 

3,760 

2,290 

1,790

1,160 

1,120 

1,150 

1,330 

PS 9

1,410 

1,£00 

826 

1.E40

3,760 

5,760

Mean

732 

667 

703

1,654

678 

1,660 

1,590 

2,033 

1,434 

2,123 

1,739 

8,953 

2,818

2,099

Aug.

5,560 

2,910 

2,020 

1,680 

1,780

2,860 

3,700 

3,030 

2,060 

1,890

1,390 

1,840 

5,490 

87 , 600 

36,900

17,900 

11,500 

8,120 

6,760 

5,240

4,410 

d4 , 000 

d3,500 

d3,200 

d3 , 000

d2 , 800 

d2 , 600 

d2,500 

d2,500 

15 , 800 

23,000

Per square 

mile

0.546 

.498 

.525

1.23

.506 

1.24 

1.19 

1.52 

1.07 

1.58 

1.30 

6.68 

2.10

1.57

Sept.

11,000 

6,300 

5,100 

3,550 

3,170

3,160 

3,200 

2,850 

2,650 

2,840

2,520 

2,640 

2,370 

2,240 

2,290

2,170 

2,120 

2,040 

2,070 

2,250

1,670 

1,860 

1,910 

1,980 

1,770

1,510 

2,080 

1,970 

1,440 

1,830

Run-off In 

Inches

0.63 

.56 

.60

16.74

.58 

1.34 

1.37 

1.70 

1.23 

1.76 

1.50 

7.70 

2.34

21.31

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (12 m.) 155,000 sec.-ft.j Aug. 30 (6:30 p.m.) 35,700 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Salax and 

Allisonia.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 205

New River at Allisonia, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°56", long. 80°45", a quarter of a mile downstream from Big Reed Island Creek and half a mile upstream from Allisonia, Pulaskl

County. Datum of gage is 1,848.36 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of

1929).

Drainage area.- 2,202 square miles. 

Records available.- September 1929 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 11 years, 2,924 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 185,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height,

23.42 feet), from rating curve extended above 43,000 second-feet on basis of flood

records for other stations on New River; minimum, 470 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage

height, 0.60 foot); minimum daily, 793 second-feet Jan. 7.

1929-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum,, 412 second-feet

Sept. 7, 1930 (gage height, 0.47 foot); minimum daily, 453 second-feet Sept. 6,

1930. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gageheight record, and those above 60,000 second-feet, which are fair. Flow regulated

by power plants 25 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of lee effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.5

1.7

7SO

890

1,160

1,500

1,940

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

4.0

2,720

3,600

4,600

6,040

10,100

5.0

7.0

9.0

12.0

15.0

15,600

28,200

41,700

65,500

93,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

2S 

29 

30 

81

Oct.

1,180 

2,270 

1.8SO 

1,400 

1,200

1,200 

1,210 

9S2 

879 

880

952 

966 

1,180 

974 

692

947 

1,080 

937 

992 

986

896 

895 

878 

1,270 

899

858 

905 

896 

882 

813 

1,140

Nov.

1,040 

1,130 

950 

977 

S58

892 

1,040 

1,040 

1,070 

914

891 

907 

878 

964 

999

963 

811 

896 

896 

99S

1,270 

1,290 

1,260 

1,080 

1,070

1,070 

1,130 

1,080 

904 

952

Dec.

914 

928 

916 

1,090 

970

889 

1,020 

913 

S88 

S18

842 

938 

996 

969 

869

911 

931 

869 

955 

1,320

1,510 

1,250 

1,110 

1,060 

1,080

1,030 

1,200 

1,340 

1,320 

1,110 

1,100

Jan.

1,070 

1,100 

956 

S60 

314

SOO 

793 

840 

894 

903

S54 

S62 

971 

1,3LO 

2,040

1,850 

1,660 

1,540 

1,290 

bl,100

bl,000 

b950 

909 

885 

864

988 

1,000 

903 

913 

930 

860

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Deo«

C<

Jam 

Febi 

Mar< 

Apr 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

ff<

ilendar year 193£

iter year 1939-4C ...........

Feb.

846 

815 

S62 

S29 

S70

1,170 

2,190 

2,550 

2,260 

2,320

2,970 

3,760 

2,670 

2,530 

2,750

2,560 

2,000 

2,320 

6,500 

7,370

5,170 

3,590 

2,750 

. 2,230 

2,090

2,350 

1,900 

1,650 

2,010

Mar.

2.S20 

2,720 

2,560 

3,900 

4,060

3,46O 

2,710 

2,120 

2,040 

1,760

1,940 

2,100 

2,280 

2,620 

2,680

2,600 

2,380 

2,520 

1,920 

2,420

2,360 

2,060 

1,940 

1,650 

1,640

1,680 

1,580 

1,700 

1,810 

1,810 

1,68O

Secondfoot-days

33,319 

30,220 

32,076

930,977

32,709 

73,902 

71,780 

95.31O 

73,120 

103,640 

63,270 

358,650 

116,850

1,104,786

Apr.

2,010 

2,070 

1,660 

1,910 

1.S20

1,770 

1.5SO 

1,800 

3,210 

2,570

2,230 

2,100 

1,800 

1,650 

1,840

1,780 

1,640 

1,530 

1,700 

10,900

10,900 

6,620 

4,560 

4,600 

5,240

4,440 

3,460 

2,750 

2,810 

2,360

Maximum

2,270 

1,290 

1,510

IS, 200

2,040 

7,370 

4,060 

10,900 

10,200 

6,460 

9,070 

95,000 

15,200

95,000

Hay

2,540 

2,250 

2,320 

2,080 

1,800

2,020 

1,700 

1,600 

1,720 

1,650

1,520 

1,590 

1,880 

1,480 

1,500

1,340 

1,170 

1,180 

1,030 

1,360

1,620 

1,560 

1,740 

4,400 

4,360

3,020 

2,980 

2,400 

2,110 

5,000 

10,200

Minimum

813 

811 

618

799

793 

8X5 

1,580 

1,530 

1,030 

1,130 

1,400 

1,840 

2,220

793

June

6,190 

4,050 

3,380 

3,080 

4,010

3,290 

2,180 

2,380 

2,560 

3,120

3,820 

5,860 

5,620 

4,600 

3,870

3,480 

4,900 

6,460 

5,580 

3,850

3,200 

2,340 

2,480 

2,040 

2,260

2,040 

2,200 

1,800 

1,130 

1,370

July

1,640 

1,700 

2,270 

2,710 

2,8SO

2,190 

1,580 

1,680 

1,630 

2,500

2,500 

2,500 

4,100 

2,560 

2,200

2,070 

5,120 

5,220 

3,500 

2,620

1,820 

1,690 

1,850 

1,480 

1,460

1,760 

1,600 

1,400 

1,770 

6,400 

9,070

Mean

1,075 

1,007 

1,035

2,551

1,055 

2,548 

2,314 

3,177 

2,359 

3,455 

2,686 

11,570 

3,895

3,019

Aug.

7,710 

4,410 

2,920 

2,560 

2,550

2,940 

4,820 

4,370 

2,700 

2,440

1,840 

2,570 

4,680 

93,000 

51.200

27,000 

17,200 

11,300 

9,740 

7,830

6,430 

5,710 

5,210 

4,720 

d*.300

d*,100 

d?,800 

d?,700 

d?,700 

17,200 

3\,000

Per square 

mile

0.438 

.457 

.470

1.16

.479 

1.16 

1.0) 

1.44 

1.07 

1.5' 

1.22 

5.25 

1.77

, 1.37

Sept.

15,200 

S.500 

6,8SO 

d5,OOO 

d4, 500

4,460 

4,440 

3,920 

3,900 

4,060

3,380 

3,820 

3,240 

3,150 

3,100

3,070 

2,860 

2,830 

2,860 

2,890

2,260 

2,520 

2,440 

2,740 

2,860

2,590 

2,420 

2,420 

2,220 

2,320

Run-off In 

Inches

0.56 

.51 

.54

15.74

.55 

1.26 

1.21 

1.61 

1.23 

1.75 

1.41 

6.05 

1.98

18.65

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (2 a.m.) 13,500 sec.-ft.; May 31 (6 a.m.) 11,800 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 14 

(3 p.m.) 185,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (10 p.m.) 47,600 aec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

d Bage-helght record doubtful; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Ivanhoe.
206 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

New River at Radford, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°08', long. 80°34', at Radford, Montgomery

 County, 2,000 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 5 miles downstream 

from Little River, and 54 miles downstream from Claytor Dam. Datum of gage Is 

1,712.36 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,748 square miles. ,,-,«. Records available.- August 1939 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey.

 October 1907 to September 1915 (revised records) In bulletin 31, Virginia Geological 

Survey. August 1898 to September 1907, previously published In reports of U. S. 

Geological Survey and Bulletins 3 and 10 of the Virginia Geological Survey, believed 

to be unreliable because of doubtfu^ gage-height record. Gage-height records collected 

at same site since 1895, but at different datum, are contained In repcrts of U. S.

Extrernes.- Maximum discharge during year, 218,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 35.96 

feet), from rating curve extended above 73,000 second-feet on basis of records for 

other stations on New River and flow over Claytor Dam (computed by Appalachian Electric 

Power Co.); minimum, 572 second-feet Oct. 22 (gage height, 154 feet); minimum dally, 

892 second-feet Feb. 4. , , _ 1907-15, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minlmvm, 550 secondFloods of'sept/15, 1878, and July 16, 1916, reached stages of 37.A and 35.7 

feet, respectively, at site and datum used by Geological Survey 1904-7, from reports 

of U. S. Weather Bureau. . 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 100,000 second-feet, whicl are fair.

 Plow regulated by power plant and storage at Claytor Reservoir (capacity, 208,000 

acre-feet). Some additional regulation at low flow by dam and power plant on Little 

River half a mile above mouth..

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gaga height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

1.7

1.8 

8.0 

2.8 

E.5

810 

l.OOO 

1,470 

2,000 

8,930

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

4,730

9,150

13,800

19,650

27,000

11.0

15.0

19.0

84.0

34,900

52,900

73,800

108,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1840

Day

1

8

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

82

83

24

86

86

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

l',280

1,360

1,260

1,240

1,140

1,160

1,800

1,060

1,100

1,130

1,260

1,180

1,190

1,220

1,140

1,140

1,160

1,130

1,030

1,160

1,140

1,030

1,160

1,020

1,060

1,010

1,030

1,070

1,030

1,080

1,190

Nov.

1,130

1,170

1,190

1,150

1,060

1,160

1,260

1,220

1,150

1,140

1,160

1,150

1,190

1,150

1,080

1,200

1,240

1,090

1,110

1,070

1,260

1,340

1,310

1,230

1,070

1,030

1,180

1,040

1,100

1,040

-

Dec.

1,020

1,050

1,030

1,590

1,110

1,510

1,110

1,060

1,080

978

1,060

1,180

1,090

1,060

1,020

1,000

1,040

1,090

1,220

1,150

1,260

1,330

1,100

1,060

936

1,030

1,620

1,160

1,280

1,250

955

Month

Calendar year

April............ v .. 

May..............?...

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

978

1,0

1»1

1»4

50

50

30

1,070

1,070

1,0

1,8

1,01

30

50

30

1,890

1,080

1,1<

1,0

9.

X>

30

36

1,070

1,180

1,0)

1,0.

1,0.

JO

50

50

1,040

1,030

9

9]

9]

52

L9

L9

904

949

1,«

9( 9'

9"

X)

>4

re

u

1,000

Secondfoot-days

35,560

34,670

36,363

-

32,585

70,367

69,075

114,833

97,226

136,575

96,100

439,310

148,440

1,310,609

Feb.

988

930

1,060

398

932

913

1,300

1,330

1,100

1,110

1,270

1,330

8,160

8,350

1,940

1,010

1,780

1,150

5,980

9,380

7,080

4,730

3,590

1,150

968

3,640

4,190

4,060

8,680

_

-

Mar.

1,570

1,400

1,300

8,580

4,140

3,020

8,100

8,330

1,340

1,180

8,370

3,040

3,360

3,360

8,130

1,340

1,040

2,760

8,460

8,440

2,880

3,300

1,560

1,080

8,020

3,170

3,590

2,980

1,880

935

1,080

Apr.

1,370

2,980

2,630

2,630

8,080

1,840

958

1,580

1,480

1,320

2,380

3,020

1,940

1,140

3,020

3,840

8,340

8,900

2,980

9,390

13,400

9,790

5,810

5,960

6,240

5,960

4,840

8,040

5,010

4,860

-

Observed

Maximum

1,360

1,340

1,680

-

1,480

9,380

4,140

13,400

14,100

9,740

6,640

105,000

13,700

105,000

Minimum

1,010

1,030

936

-

904

898

935

958

946

975

1,090

1,160

1,040

392

Mean

1,147

1,156

1,141

-

1,051

8,444

8,888

3,828

3,136

4,558

3,100

14,170

4,948

3,581

May

3,860

4,260

3,470

1,100

960

2,940

8,980

8,360

3,180

1,960

1,020

970

1,210

1,140

8,560

8,100

1,370

1,370

946

1,680

1,580

1,690

3,140

7,430

9,640

2,410

2,780

8,830

3,680

6,700

14,100

June

9,740

6,080

3,560

4,760

6,820

6,400

8,960

1,560

3,640

3,280

5,800

7,440

7,440

6,700

5,800

3,080

4,460

7,880

7,800

4,850

3,900

3,280

8,460

3,080

3,090

3,060

3,560

4,680

1,180

976

Change In 

contents In

Claytor 

Reservoir 

(mean seo.-ft.i

+186

+98

+128

-

+198

+639

+517

+821

+95

-114

+156

+46

-858

+153

July

1

1

1

8

3

3

1

1

1

1

3

4

4

3

8

3

7

8

3

1

8

2

2

1

,3%

,440

,6TO ,6"0

,710

,100

,190

,9TO

,830

,8"K>

710

,3<0

,9^0

,6*0

,3^0

.31")

170 8"")

4TO 3 1")

540

000

310

9:")

1,6\0

8

1

2

S

Mean

1,273

1,848

1,869

-

1,843

3,083

2,745

4,049

3,231

4,438

3,266

14,216

4,690

3,734

2'.0

000

310

3«0

Aug.

8.42C

5,64C

J,30C

8,96C

4,180

5,26C

4,830

4,880

4,26C

3,800

1,160

3,11C

5,790

105,OOt

69,800

37,000

22,000

14,900

12,700

10,300

8.81C

7,540

8.06C

5,96C

5,81C

5,26C

5, 8BC

5,04C

5,48C

1S,OOC

36.20C

Sept.

18,700

18,000

8,710

3,330

6,370

6,380

6,140

8,490

4,970

5,080

4,250

4,140

3,910

3,880

1,720

3,700

4,190

4,640

4,630

4,340

3,100

1,480

3,830

4,930

3,580

3,380

3,640

1,940

1,040

3,110

_

Adjusted

Pf* square 

mile 1

0.463

.454

.468

-

.458

1.18

.999

1.47

1.13

1.61

1.13

5.17

1.71

1.36

Run-off 

n Inches

0.63

.51

.63

-

.52

1.21

1.15

1.64

1.36

1.80

1.36

5.96

1.91

18.48

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (4 p.m.) 818,000 sec.-ft., Aug. 31 (4 a.m.) 64,800 se-!.-ft.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 207

New River at Eggleston, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°17'22", long. 80°37'01", at highway bridge at

 Eggleston, Giles County, 2 miles downstream from Spruce Run. Datum of gage is 

1,615.59 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,941 square miles.

Records available.- October 1914 to September 1940.

Average aiscnarge.- 26 years, 3,876 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 219,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 41.16 

feet), from rating curve extended above 35,000 second-feet on basis of flood records 

for other stations on New River; minimum, 550 second-feet Jan. 20 (gage height, 2.40 

feet), result of low temperature; minimum daily, 1,000 second-feet Jan. 22-£5, 29, 

Mar. 31.

1914-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 20, 1940; 

minimum daily, 635 second-feet July 20, 21, Sept. 28, 1926.

Flood of 1878 reached a stage of about 40 feet (discharge, about 209,000 secondfeet.Revisions.- The maximum discharge for the water year 1916 has been revised to 204,000 

secona-reet July 16, 1916 (gage height, 39.5 feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 80,000 second-feet and those for periods

 of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Flow below flood stages 

regulated by Claytor Dam and power plant, 30 miles above station.

Rating table, water rear 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in fe^t, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

2.6 950

3.0 1,180

3.3 1,670

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

2,000

2,640

3,550

5.0 

6.0

e.o

4,550

6,310

12,600

11.0

14.0

le.o

23,700

36,300

65,700

21.0

24,0

71,700

89,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water rear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

83

24

26

86

87

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,740

1,400

1,440

1,360

1,870

1,260

1,260

1,300

1,140

1,220

1,280

1,370

1,880

1,280

1,280

1,880

1,240

1,880

1,220

1,180

1,880

1,140

1,820

1,190

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,100

1,160

1,120

1,200

Nov.

1,250

1,240

1,240

1,260

1,220

1,120

1,280

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,170

1,800

1,210

1,220

1,170

1,150

1,320

1,190

1,220

1,150

1,250

1,420

1,400

1,320

1,280

1,120

1,130

1,240

1,120

1,180

-

Dec.

1,120

1,100

1,130

1,170

'1,530

1,400

1,430

1,140

1,140

1,070

1,060

1,140

1,860

1,160

1,110

1,070

1,080

1,100

1,180

1,350

1,240

1,420

1,370

1,200

1,140

1,020

1,400

1,540

1,240

1,400

1,280

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

Mav. ... .............

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

1,080

bl,

bl,

bl,

100

300

500

bl,300

bl,200

bl,

bl.

bl,

300

500

500

bl,300

1.1,300

bl,

1,

1,

300

360

L70

1,150

1,350

1,

1,

bl,

360

L80

LOO

bl ,100

bl,100

bl,(

bl,

bl,

500

WO

300

bl,000

t.1,100

bl.

bl,

bl.

bl.

LOO

LOO

MO

LOO

bl,200

Ssoondfoot-days

36,650

36,850

37,970

1', 123, 590

36,250

75, 600

72, 110

120, 800

104,650

146,170

97,210

457,720

164,720

1,358,760

Feb.

bl,200

bl,100

bl,100

bl,100

, bl,100

bl,100

t.1,400

1,660

1,690

1,390

1,530

1,640

1,780

2,480

2,620

1,760

1,180

1,880

2,900

6,820

8,940

5,360

4,240

2,320

1,260

2,340

4,280

4,340

3,110

_

-

Mar.

1,720

1,520

al,700

2,560

4,080

3,400

2,660

2,100

1,590

1,470

1,880

2,900

3,340

3,330

2,570

1,870

1,480

1,650

3,000

2,360

2,400

2,720

2,320

1,540

1,420

2,560

3,340

3,280

2,430

1,680

1,000

Apr.

1,220

2,260

2,720

2,720

2,200

1,900

1,870

1,420

2,200

1,950

2,080

3,060

2,830

1,650

2,300

3,280

2,560

2,910

3,080

5,220

14,300

11,300

6,720

6,060

6,560

6,240

6,420

3,700

3,250

5,390

-

Observed

Maximum

1,740

1,420

1,540

14,400

1,500

5,940

4,050

14,300

15,500

11,300

9,210

91,100

23,100

91,100

Minimum

1,050

1,120

1,020

1,020

1,000

1,100

1,000

1,220

1,100

1,200

1,230

%f 200

1,650

1,000

Nean

1,247

1,226

1,225

3,076

1,170

2,607

2,326

4,027

3,377

4,872

3,136

14,770

5,491

3,794

May

4,660

3,820

4,140

2,360

1,200

2,020

3,670

2,480

2,920

2,640

1,690

1,100

1,170

1,360

2,020

2,600

1,830

1,440

1,340

1,350

1,660

1,770 2,-ieo

6,000

12,800

4,430

2,860

3,040

3,280

5,920

15,500

June

11,300

7,300

4,390

3,700

7,050

6,300

4,320

2,060

2,340

4,220

4,220

7,050

8,000

6,940

6,830

3,700

4,640

6,060

5,540

5,960

4,210

3,440

2,760

3,420

3,300

3,020

3,360

4,940

2,200

1,200

-

Change In 

contents in

Claytor 

Reservoir 

(mean sec. -ft.)

+126

+92

+126

+169

+192

+639

+517

+221

+96

-114

+156

+46

-258

+153

July

1.230

1

1

a

z

,560

,600

,020

,680

3.660

Z

1

Z

Z

,150

,560

,280

,000

2,740

4

4

4

,500

,320

,440

3,240

3,880

4

9

3

,590

,210

,530

2,650

2.650

1

2

S

,760

,320

,500

2,160

1,760

1

2

1

6

,830

,000

,560

.140

6,490

Aug.

8,820

6,160

4,460

2,750

3,540

4,580

5.960

4,750

4,170

3,380

2,440

2,200

4,360

86,900

91,100

40,600

25 .900

16,900

13,600

11,900

9,360

7,450

6.540

7,050

5.300

6,240

6-600

4.900

5,360

12,000

41,100

Sept.

23,100

13,300

9,500

9,440

7,060

6,620

6,600

4,300

3,720

5,500

4,540

4,770

4,060

3,970

2,960

3,490

4,060

4,570

5,140

4,540

4,180

2,440

3,100

4,680

4,740

3,740

3,540

3,100

1,850

2,220

Adjusted for storage 

in Claytor Reservoir

Mean

1,373

1,320

1,353

3,247

1,362

3,246

2,543

4,248

3,472

4,758

3,292

14,616

5,233

3,947

Per square 

mile

0.467

.449

.460

1.10

.463

1.10

.967

1.44

1.18

1.62

1.12

5.04

1.76

1.34

Run-off 

In inches

0.54

.50

.53

14.99

.53

1.19

1.11

1.61

1.36

1.51

1.29

5. 51

1.99

18.27

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (9 p.m.) 17,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (6:30 p.m.) 219,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 

(7I3U a.m.) 56,200 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Radford and 

Qlenlyn.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 2-12, Jan. 19 to Feb. 7.
208 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

New River at Gienlyn, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°22'20", long. 80°51'45", at highway bridge and 

power plant at Gienlyn, Giles County, a third of a mile upstream from East River. Datum 

of gage is 1,490.00 feet above mean sea level (levels by Appalachian Electric Power Co.).

Drainage area.- 3,768 square miles.

Records available.- August 1927 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 4,921 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 226,000 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 27.50 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 870 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 2.27 feet), X/ 

result of low temperature; minimum daily, 1,260 second-feet Oct. 25, 27, 28.

1927-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, 770 se"ond-feet Sept. 8, 

1930; minimum daily, 820 second-feet Sept. 8, 1930.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 60,000 second-feet, those for periods of ice 

errect, or those based on staff gage readings, which are fair. Flow below flood stages 

regulated at Claytor Dam and power plant, 55 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.5 

2.7 

3.0

1,100

1,460

2,070

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

3,240

4,610

6,180

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

7,950

12,100

16,800

8.0

10.0

12.0

22,400

36,200

52,400

14.0

17.0

19.0

71,000

101,000

123,000

Discharge, in second-feat, mater year October 1939 to September 19tO

Day

1

2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,330

1,720

1,740

1,620

1,550

1,460

1,470

1,540

1,360

1,360

1,410

1,520

1,460

1,440

1,480

1,400

1,420

1,420

1,440

1,350

1,430

1,460

1,280

1,410

1,260

1,280

1,860

1,260

1,300

1,320

1,380

Hov.

1,470

1,410

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,360

1,420

1,550

1,520

1,440

1,390

1,460

1,420

1,480

1,420

1,380

1,470

1,560

1,380

1,500

1.440

1,650

1,720

1,670

1,590

1,450

1,330

1,480

1,380

1,420

Dec.

1,360

1,340

1,400

1,360

1-.860

1,440

1,840

1,400

1,390

1,360

1,280

1,370

1,520

1,420

1,370

1,340

1,320

1,350

1,380

1,660

1,580

1,640

1,710

1,580

1,450

1,380

1,480

2,060

1,620

1,740

1,700

Month

Calendar year 1939

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

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

Hay. .................

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

1,400

1,2

1,5

2,0

90

80

00

1,980

1,530

1,6

1,6

1,3

80

40

00

1,670

1,900

1,6

1,5

1,6

30

90

40

2,050

1,980

1,9

1,7

1,4

50

70

80

1,310

bl,500

bl,4

bl,3

hi, 2

00

00

70

hi, 270

hi, 460

hi, 4

hi, 4

hi, 2

hi, 4

60

60

70

60

hi, 660

Seoondfoot-days

45,130

44,200

46,700

1,428,920

49,380

104,760

105,250

186,500

141,630

200,660

116,690

508,630 

185,970

1,735,500

Feb.

hi, 660

hi, 660

1,330

1,660

1,510

1,550

1,740

2,390

2,340

2,320

3,380

3,180

2,690

3,500

3,830

3,250

2,160

2,700

2,670

10,700

11,300

7,520

5,860

4,630

2,370

1,970

4,480

5,290

5,120

_

-

Mar3,900

2,290

2,700

3,960

5,740

5,760

4,620

3,500

3,510

2,410

2,100

3,160

3,780

4,160

4,190

2,970

2,220

1,850

3,690

3,640

3,700

3,360

4,260

2,500

1,960

2,780

3,820

4,240

3,680

2,680

2,120

Ap_r.

2,400

2,640

4,100

3,920

3,960

3,220

2,350

2,140

3,960

3,660

3,540

3,890

4,480

3,160

2,340

3,990

4,160

3,230

3,970

17,700

25,000

16,700

10,300

8,680

9,450

8,390

8,120

6,700

3,430

6,920

-

Observed

Maximum

2,330

1,720

2,060

18,400

2,050

11,300

5 760

25 000

pp'flon

16^700

9,950

126,000 

26,300

126,000

Minimum

1,260

1,330

1,280

1,220

1 27O "t '-z-rn

l|s50

2,140

1,580

1,960

1,690

1,770 

1,760

1,260

Mean

1,456

1,473

1,506

3,915

1,593

5 f 612

3,395

6,217

4,569 

6, 689

3,764

16,410 

6,199

4,742

Hay

6,080

5,180

5,580

4,860

2,460

2,120

4,160

3,860

3,320

4,140

2,840

1,950

1,780

1,990

1,920

3,200

2,810

2,100

2,000

1,580

2,180

2,170

2,280

4,620

16,000

8,400

4,380

4,030

4,300

6,540

22,800

June

16,700

10,800

6,740

5,220

S,040

7,580

6,800

3,780

3,130

6,000

5,650

8,900

9,780

8,580

8,680

5,880

4,560

8,320

11,300

9,830

6,620

5,560

4,610

3,580

4,260

3,760

4,110

5,370

4,560

1,960

-

Change in

contents in

Claytor 

Reservoir 

(mean sec. -ft.)

+ 126

+92

+128

+169

+ 192

+639

+ 517

+221

+95

-114

+ 156

+46

-258

+153

July

1,730

2,120

2,220

4,330

3,400

4,800

3,830

2,0-0

2,740

2,630

2,720

4,900

5,730

6,030

4,400

3,230

4,510

9,930

5,930

3,0:30

4,030

2,030

2,430

2,900

2,800

2,460

2,100

2,720

1,600

4,120

8,670

Aug.

10.10C

7,830

6,13C

3,4SC

3,640

5,30C

6,380

5,120

4,98C

4,560

3,57C

1,770

3,70C

59,400

126,000

51,300

33,000

20,80C

15,70C

13,90C

11,300

8,790

9,46C

8,52C

6,300

7.12C

6,690

5,900

6,24C

7,95G

43.70C

Sept.

26,300

14,900

11,100

10,200

8,130

7,180

7,400

6,240

) 3,220

5,950

) 5,460

5,360

) 4,490

4,510

4,640

2,520

4,420

) 4,840

5,480

5,180

5,220

3,660

2,220

4,620

5,610

4,340

4,100

4,220

2,700

1,760

-

Adjusted

Mean

1,582 1 , 565

1,634

4,084

1 , 785

4,251

3 912

6,438

4,664

6,675

16,456 

5,941

4,895

Per squaue 

mile 1

0.420

.415

.434

1.08

.474

1.13

1.04

1.71

! 24

l'.74

1.04

4.37

1.58

1.30

Run-off 

n inches

0.48

.46

.50

14.71

.55 1 22

1^20

1.91

1.43

1.94

1.20

5.04

1.76

17.69

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (12:30 a.m.) 31,700 sec.-ft.; May 25 (7:30 a.m.) 19,500 sec.-ft.j Aug. 

14 (12 p.m.) 226,000 sec.-ft. ; Aug. 31 (11 a.m.) 56,000 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

h Computed from once-daily readings of staff gage at power plant intake.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

New River near Hinton, w. Va.

209

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°37'35", long. 80°53'50", 2 miles upstream from 

Greenbrler River and 3i miles south of Hinton, Summers County. Datum of gage Is 

1,368.04 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912; levels by West 

Virginia Power Co.).

Drainage area.- 4,600 square miles.

Records available.- December 1923 to September 1340.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 5,574 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 232,000 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 24.08 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 800 second-feet Jan. 4 (gage height, 2.00 feet), 

beginning of freeze-up; minimum daily, 1,230 second-feet Oct. 29 and Dec. 12.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 15, 1940; minimum, 610 second-feet Aug. 

27, 1925 (gage height, 1.80 feet); minimum dally, 720 second-feet Aug. 27, 1925.

Floods of April 21 and May 23, 1901, reached a stage of 24.2 feet on present gage, 

(discharge, 234,000 second-feet). Flood of 1878 probably reached a higher stage.

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

698 

783 

803

Water 

year

1929-30 

1934-35 

1935-36

Date

Oct. 3 

Jan. 23 

Feb. 15

Gage height 

(feet)

17.2 

15.10 

13.84

Discharge 

(second-feet)

105,000 

76,700 

62,800

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. After 

nay 1939, regulation of low and iredlum flow at Clayton Dam and power plant, 82 miles 

above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

1,160

1,590

2,260

3,250

4,390

5,700

7,200

10,600

14,800

19,600

25,400

32,000

14

16

18

20

22

47,000

64,800

88,000

117,000

150,000

187,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

28

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct.

2,120

1,860

1,620

1,650

1,560

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,470

1,300

1,380

1,370

1,500

1,410

1,400

1,430

1,370

1,400

1,410

1,370

1,330

1,410

1,290

1,340

1,360

1,260

1,270

1,260

1,230

1,310

1,340

NOT.

1,370

1,440

1,400

1,410

1,430

1,380

1,260

1,440

1,480

1,460

1,400

1,360

1,410

1,400

1,400

1,370

1,310

1,480

1,400

1,430

1,440

1,530

1,670

1,640

1,560

1,530

1,340

1,330

1,440

1,340

Dec.

1,400

1,360

1,330

1,340

1,400

1,700

1,560

1,620

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,230

1,340

1,440

1,340

1,310

1,260

1,270

1,300

1,460

1,590

1,540

1,640

1,670

1,410

1,300

1,300

1,610

1,720

1,440

1,560

Jan.

1,440

1,240

bl,300

bl,400

bl,500

bl,700

bl,500

bl,400

bl,400

bl,500

bl,500

bl,500

bl,600

1,800

2,350

2,350

2,030

1,800

bl,600

bl,400

bl,600

bl,500

bl,400

bl,400

bl,400

bl,500

bl,500

bl,500

bl,500

bl,600

bl,600

Feb.

bl,600

bl,600

bl,600

bl,400

bl,400

bl,600

bl,900

b2,500

3,140

2,830

5,020

4,390

3,360

3,690

4,390

3,800

2,730

2,440

4,640

10,900

14,400

9,850

7,200

6,750

3,040

2,350

3,990

5,720

6,150

w

-

liar.

4,760

3,360

3,140

4,270

6,450

6,900

5,150

4,150

3,580

2,730

2,440

3,140

3,800

4,270

4,150

3,140

2,540

2,260

3,040

4,270

4,150

3,800

4,390

3,040

2,440

2,440

3,690

4,270

3,920

3,250

3,690

Apr.

3,920

3,580

4,640

4,640

4,760

3,920

3,140

2,730

3,920

4,520

4,150

4,150

4,760

3,800

2,830

3,800

4,390

3,470

5,280

25,700

37,000

22,400

14,400

11,000

11,400

10,200

9,150

7,650

4,640

6,810

-

May

6,600

6,000

6, '150

5,420

3,470

2,630

3,800

4,520

3,470

4,150

3,360

2,540

2,000

2,030

2,080

2,940

3,250

2,350

2,030

1,940

2,050

2,210

2,350

3,820

15,800

11,400

5,150

5,150

4,760

3,920

24,200

June

20,700

14,000

8,800

6,450

'7,950

8,450

6,150

5,150

4,390

6,450

7,650

11,000

12,600

10,200

9,150

7,050

5,020

7,500

15,600

14,400

8,620

6,900

5,280

4,150

5,020

4,270

5,020

6,150

6,150

2,630

-

July

2,130

2,220

3,740

9,650

7,500

5,850

4,890

3,040

3,140

3,690

3,470

6,100

7,800

7,350

5,280

4,150

5,420

9,220

8,280

3,920

3,800

3,040

2,540

3,040

3,040

2,730

2,220

2,730

2,440

3,240

8,100

A'Jg.

11,000

10,200

6,900

4,270

?,690

4,760

f,150

5,420

5,020

4,760

3,690

f,350

?,000

27.100

15f,000

57,300

3r,300

2f,400

17,100

15,300

1?,600

P,850

P,150

P,150

V,200

7,350

7,200

6,750

7,200

7,650

40,100

Sept.

33,400

17,600

12,600

10,600

8,800

7,650

7,500

6,900

3,690

5,700

6,000

5,020

4,890

4,640

4,520

2,730

4,150

4,640

5,280

5,150

4,890

3,800

2,350

3,9 0

5,420

4,390

4,040

4,150

2,730

2,120

~

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (5 a.m.) 45,400 sec.-ft.j May 31 (12 m.) 29,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (4:45 

a.m.] 232,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (3:30 p.m.) 58,100 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
210 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Hew River near Hlnton, W. Va., 1939-40

Month

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

44,410

1,602,010

342 850

199,270

1,926,200

Majclmuni

1,720

26,000

6 900

20 700

33,400

153,000

Minimum

1,230

1,190

2,120

1,230

Mean

1,433

4,389

7 892

4 838

4 644

6,642

5,263

Per square

mile

.312

.954

932

1.44

1.14

Run-off In 

Inches

.36

12.96

I

cn

4 29

1.61

15.57
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 211

New River at Caperton, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°01'20", long. 81°01'45", at suspension footbridge at Caperton, Fayette County, 2 miles southeast of Nuttallburg. Datum of gage 

Is 938.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 6,826 square miles.

Records available.- November 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 8,549 second-feet. Number of years previously 

Indicated in error.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 244,000 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 36.0 

reet); minimum, 845 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 1.65 feet); minimum dally, 1,320 

second-feet Oct. 30.

1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 15, 1940; minimum, 818 second-feet Oct. 8, 

11, 1930; minimum daily, 836 second-feet Oct. 7, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

After May 1939, some regulation of low flow at Claytor Dam and power plant, 127 miles 

above station.

Rating table,water year 1939-40 (gaga height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4

1,310 

1,540 

1,790 

2,550 

3,5SO 

4,820

7,500

10,500

14,600

20,000

33,200

47,900

15

18

21

24

25

71,500

95,700

120,000

145,000

178,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,410

2,220

1,790

1,700

1,720

1,670

1,670

1,640

1,600

1,580

1,440

1,470

1,470

1,540

1,460

1,460

1,480

1,420

1,440

1,460

1,440

1,410

1,460

1,350

1,390

1,410

1,340

1,390

1,330

1,320

1,410

Nov.

1,440

1,460

1,520

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,440

1,5SO

1,590

1,550

1,490

1,440

1,480

1,520

1,540

1,500

1,460

1,600

1,480

1,580

1,590

1,710

1,790

1,750

1,700

1,640

1,500

1,490

1,580

Dec.

1,470

1,520

1,490

1,460

1,470

1,660

1,690

1,780

1,700

1,520

1,530

1,460

1,440

1,560

1,650

1,600

1,590

1,520

1,530

1,660

1,S60

1,930

2,220

2,640

2,220

1,930

1,750

1,740

2,140

2,000

1,S60

Jan.

1,790

1,520

1,340

1,470

1,560

1,670

1,930

1,510

1,530

1,540

1,700

1,660

1,720

1,700

2,300

3,260

3,700

3,360

2,740

2,220

1,560

2,140

2,000

1,790

1,620

1,560

1,690

1,640

1,760

1,700

1,860

Month

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

1,790

1,790

1,S60

1,600

1,520

1,760

2,140

2,640

3,5SO

4,440

9,480

16,600

11,600

12,400

11,600

11,200

S,060

6,140

7,080

12,400

21,200

16,600

11,200

8,620

6,680

4,560

4,180

7,360

8,620

_

-

Mar.

7,500

6,680

5,S70

9,570

23,100

17,800

11,600

8,900

7,080

6,410

4,820

4,060

4,S20

5,470

5,600

5,600

4,440

3,580

3,580

5,870

6,950

7,220

6,540

6,540

4,560

3,580

4,180

5,210

5,600

5,600

8,620

Second - 

foot-days

46,890

46,620

53,590

2 492 460 * *

59,540

218,700

216,950

466,380

266,460

433,930

229,520

660,680

249,100

2,948,360

Apr.

13,000

12,800

11,600

10,500

9,800

S,620

7,220

5,670

7,780

15,600

11,200

9,200

8,620

8,060

6,540

5,600

6,950

6,540

7,080

42,600

82,700

46,400

28,400

18,800

17,200

15,600

14,200

11,200

9,200

7,500

-

Maximum

2,220

1,790

2,640

59,600

3,700

21,200

23,100

82,700

38,200

45,600

23,800

177,000

44,900

177,000

May

8,900

8,620

8,620

8,620

7,220

5,210

4,560

6,540

5,600

5,210

5,740

4,310

3,260

2,940

3,040

2,840

4,060

3,820

2,940

3,580

3,150

3,260

3,150

3,360

21,800

38,200

18,100

12,400

10,200

9,710

37,500

Minimum

1,320

1,440

1,440

1,300

1,340

1,520

3,580

5,600

2,840

6,140

3,150

2,380

2,300

1,320

June

45,600

28,400

17,200

11,600

9,800

12,000

10,800

S,900

8,340

9,500

13,200

17,200

21,800

17,200

14,200

11,200

8,620

10,200

20,600

27,100

15,600

10,200

S,060

6,950

6,140

6,140

9,380

20,000

18,800

9,200

-

July

6,140

4,820

4,820

16,900

23,800

12,800

9,500

7,360

5,210

5,740

5,OSO

6,140

10,500

10,500

8,620

6,680

6,950

9,330

12,000

7,220

4,950

5,470

3,260

3,470

3,820

4,060

3,820

3,150

4,690

4,820

7,900

Mean

1,513

1,554

1,729

6,829

1 921

7 541

6,998

15,550

8,595

14,460

7,404

21,310

8,303

8,056

Avg.

15;100

15,600

9,500

7,500

4,820

4,950

6,410

7,780

7,220

5,870

5,210

4,180

2,380

13.100

177,000

f 89, 300

f59,300

f 36, 800

25,700

21,200

16,600

12,800

10,500

10,800

9,200

8,060

8,900

9,SOO

9,200

10,800

35,100

Per aquan 

mile

0.222

.228

.253

X * 00

 28X

1.10

1»03

2.28

X*26

2.12

1.08

3.12

1.22

1.18

Sept.

44,900

28,400

18,300

12,800

11,600

9,200

S,340

6,340

6,540

4,440

6,950

5,870

6,000

5,080

4,950

a5,080

a3,000

a4,600

a5,200

a5,800

a5,080

5,210

3,700

2,300

5,210

5,740

4,560

4,310

4,560

3,040

-

Run-off In 

Inchea

0.26

.25

.29

X3«58

.32

1.19

X«X8

2.54

1.45

2.36

1.25

3.60

1.36

16.05

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (1 a.m.) 99,000 sec.-ft.; May 31 (6:30 p.m.) 57,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 

(1O a.m.) 244,OOO sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Hinton and for 

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
212 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°08'20", long. 81°12'45", at toll bridge, three-

 quarters of a mile downstream from village of Kanawha Falls, Fayette Cmnty, 2 miles 

downstream from Gauley Bridge, and 2 miles downstream from confluence of New River and 

Gauley River. Datum of gage is 622.78 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1912).

Drainage area.- 8,367 square miles.

Re cords ava1lable.- March 1877 to September 1916, October 1918 to Septemb3r 1927, October

 19158 to September 1940. October 1916 to September 1918 and October 1927 to October 

1928 at site 9 miles downstream, published as Kanawha River at lock 2, at Montgomery, 

W. Va.

Average discharge.- 63 years, 12,940 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 248,000 second-feet Aug. 15 (ga<?e height, 29.60

 feet), from rating curve extended above 150,000 second-feet; minimum, 1,000 second-feet 

Jan. 4 (gage height, -0.56 foot);, minimum dally, 1,320 second-feet Jan. 4.

1877-1940: Maximum discharge, about 270,000 second-feet Sept. 14, 1878 (gage 

height, 37.8 feet, site then In use, present datum), minimum, 640 second-feet Aug. 15, 

1930 (gage height, -0.95 foot); minimum dally, 841 second-feet Oct. 8, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except"those for period" of doubtful gage-height record, which are

 fair. Some regulation of low flow at Claytor Dam and power plant on L'ew River, 147 

irlles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

-0.6 

-.3

950

1,280

1,670

2,110

2,600

2.0 

2.5

3,190

3,880

4,650

6,070

7,690

9,480

13,600

18,900

24,900

38,000

53,000

79,500

106,000

136,000

166,000

208,000

252,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

BO

21 

23 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,430 

2,270 

2,040 

1,810 

1,880

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,740

1,570 

1,590 

1,570 

1,670 

1,590

1,540 

1,630 

1,500 

1,540 

1,560

1,590 

1,480 

1,560 

1,530 

1,400

1,560 

1,460 

1,500 

1,440 

1,430 

1,490

Hov.

1,570 

1,810 

1,740 

1,740 

1,810

1,810 

1,740 

1,600 

1,740 

1,810

1,740 

1,640 

1,610 

1,660 

1,640

1,740 

1,670 

1,630 

1,670 

1,810

1,630 

1,810 

1,810 

1,960 

1,960

1,880 

1,880 

1,670 

1,640 

1,810

Dec.

1,660 

1,740 

1,670 

1,640 

1,640

1,640 

2,110 

1,960 

2,040 

1,810

1,810 

1,810 

2,190 

2,190 

2,270

2,190 

2,040 

2,040 

1,960 

2,270

3,510 

4,000 

3,410 

3,520 

3,190

2,600 

3,270 

2,430 

2,600 

2,600 

2,350

Jan.

2,270 

2,040 

1,440 

1,320 

1,810

1,810 

1,960 

1,740 

1,810 

1,810

2,040 

1,880 

2,190 

2,040 

3,080

5,920 

5,770 

4,780 

3,760 

2,690

1,880 

2,110 

2,520 

2,350 

2,190

1,960 

1,880 

1,670 

1,740 

1,960 

2,350

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

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ater year 1939-4

Peb.

2,110 

2,110 

1,880 

1,880 

1,740

2,110 

2,840 

6,380 

6,380 

7,350

24,900 

29,300 

20,600 

16,700 

20,000

17,800 

13,200 

9,860 

11,000 

18,300

28,600 

23,700 

16,200 

12,300 

9,670

10,400 

9,110 

10,200 

14,600

Mar.

13,200 

10,600 

9,860 

24,300 

37,300

29,300 

19,500 

14,600 

10,600 

9,110

7,020 

5,920 

6,380 

6,700 

. 7,020

7,180 

5,920 

5,480 

6,070 

12,700

12,300 

11,400 

9,860 

9,480 

6,860

5,480 

5,620 

6,700 

7,180 

8,920 

26,800

Secondfoot-days

50,610 

52,230 

71,160

3,370,490

74,770 

351,220 

359,360 

669,250 

381,300 

639,600 

332,530 

723,820 

298,770

4,004,620

Apr.

28,600 

26,100 

21,200 

18,300 

15,600

13,200 

10,400 

8,560 

10,400 

21,200

18,300 

14,600 

13,200 

12,700 

10,600

9,480 

10,600 

10,800 

12,700 

50,800

103,000 

60,600 

38,000 

26,800 

24,300

22,400 

18,900 

15,600 

13,200 

9,110

Maximum

2,270 

1,960 

4,000

95,700

5,920 

29,300 

37,300 

103,000 

55,600 

59,000 

33,800 

163,000 

55,600

163,000

May

11,400 

10,200 

10,400 

10,800 

9,480

7,020 

6,700 

8,200 

7,690 

6,860

7,350 

5,770 

4,780 

4,130 

4,130

3,880 

4,920 

4,780 

3,760 

6,700

7,350 

6,380 

5,340 

5,480 

37,400

55,600 

30,000 

20,000 

15,100 

12,700 

47,000

Minimum

1,400 

1,570 

1,640

1,400

1,320 

1,740 

5,480 

8,560 

3,760 

7,690 

4,780 

3,410 

2,600

1,320

June

54,700 

35,900 

33,700 

15,600 

13,200

15,600 

13,600 

11,800 

9,860 

12,300

16,700 

80,600 

26,800 

22,400 

20,000

16,700 

12,700 

12,700 

24,900 

33,200

81,200 

14,100 

11,000 

8,920 

7,690

8,030 

41,500 

59,000 

35,200 

80,000

Jul;'-

n.eoo

8,560 

7, £60 

21, TOO 33,eoo

20,600 

15,100 

11,000 

7,690 

7,520

6,700 

6,860 

15,100 

16,200 

13,200

9,480 

8,380 

10,400 

14,600 

10,800

6,860 

6,380 

4,920 

4,780 

10,200

8,920 

6,860 

5,200 

5,480 

7,520 

8,560

Mean

1,633 

1,741 

2,295

9,234

2,412 

12,110 

11,590 

22,310 

12,300 

21,320 

10,730 

23,350 

9,959

10,940

Aug.

15,100 

18,900 

13,600 

10,600 

6,540

5,920 

6,700 

7,860 

8,030 

7,180

6,220 

4,780 

3,410 

3,880 

163,000

97,600 

66,900 

43,800 

31,900 

d25,000

d!9,000 

315,000 

d!2,000 

dll , 500 

dlO.OOO

10,800 

20,000 

17,800 

17,800 

16,200 

26,800

Pe~ square 

mile

0.195 

.208 

.274

1.10

.288 

1.45 

1.39 

2.67 

1.47 

2.55 

1.28 

2.79 

1.19

1.31

Sept.

55,600 

39,400 

d25,000 

d!7,000 

d!4,000

dll, 000 

d9,500 

d9,200 

d7,200 

d5,000

d7,400 

d6,400 

d6,500 

d5, 500 

5,480

5,340 

3,190 

4,920 

5,340 

5,920

5,480 

5,480 

4,000 

2,600 

5,160

7,020 

6,220 

5,340 

5,060 

3,520

Run-off in 

inches

0.22 

.23 

.32

14.98

.33 

1.56 

1.60 

2.97 

1.69 

2.84 

1.48 

3.22 

1.33

17.79

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 114,000 sec.-ft.; May 31 (9:30 p.m.) 68,700 sac.-ft.j Aug. 15 

(11:30 a.m.) 248,000 sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (3 a.m.) 68,700 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for New River at Caperton 

and Gauley River above Belva.
KAIIAWHA RIVER BASIN 

Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.

213

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°22'10", long. 81"42"OS", at old lock 6, 1.0 

mile upstream from Davis Creek, li miles downstream from Twomlle Creek, and 3.5 niles 

downstream from Elk River. Datum of gage is 547.99 feet above nean sea level, datum 

of 1929. Auxiliary gage is water-stage recorder, lat. 38°21'15", long. Sl^S'SS", 

at mouth of Elk River.

Drainage area.- 10,420 square miles.

Records available.- June 1939 to September 1940 (incomplete).

Extremes.- 1939: r&xlmum discharge recorded during period June to September, 37,400 

second-feet July 31 (gage height, 20.70 feet); minimum daily recorded, 2,330 secondfeet Aug. 12, 13.

1939-40: Maximum discharge recorded during water year, 216,000 second-feet 

Aug. 15 (gage height, 38.25 feet); minimum daily recorded, 2,3GO second-fe3t Aug. 12, 

13.

Remarks.- Records good above 10,000 second-feet and fair below. Discharges less than 

S,500 second-feet* doubtful and generally not given. Discharge determined by using 

fall between gages as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40 

1939

DaS

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

.0

June

5,640

5,640

6,320

13,300

14,600

11,900

7,850

7,220

6,320

5,340

July

4,860

4,860

4,700

4,370

4,370

4.S60

4,220

4,860

4,860

4,360

Aug.

20,100

13,200

9,S80

7,850

7,050

7,600

4,220

4,220

3,730

3,270

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

June

8,360

6,320

6,320

6,820

5,340

4,700

4,700

4,700

5,640

7,220

July

4,860

3,870

3,730

4,370

4,370

3,270

3,270

3,270

2,880

3,270

Aug.

2,320

2,320

3,270

2,320

3,730

3,730

4,220

6,320

4,860

11,900

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2S

29

30

31

June

3,760

6,320

6,580

5,340

5,340

3,870

3,730

3,270

3,730

4,370

-

July

6,0-0

23,700

27,000

15,700

11,600

9,050

9,180

8,360

11,400

27, 600

33,200

Aug.

7,850

5,640

5,640

3,730

4,700

3,730

4,220

3,270

3,270

2,780

2, 680

Rote.- Discharge Sept. 1-30 less than 3,500 second-feet.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. NOV. Dec.

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,220

6,820

6,820

5,650

5,340

4,220

.

-

-

-

-

-

Jan.

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

4,370

7,220

7,450

5,840

5,340

5,170

5,170

3,740

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

Month

Jun« 1939 ....................... 

July. .................- - 

Water year ............

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

 ay

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

ruary 6-29, 1940

il...........................

y. ...........................

Water year

Feb.

_

_

~.

4,220

3,730

3,250

9,050

10,700

27,500

39,600

30,200

24,500

28,400

24,900

19,500

16,600

2S, tOO

29,800

39,700

31,000

23,800

17,000

14,600

12,800

11,500

18,200

24,400

-

-

Mar.

22,200

18,600

15,900

32,400

52,600

42,200

29,600

30,700

16,900

12,300

9,880

8,360

8,000

9,880

9,880

9,470

8,000

8,000

11,700

20,000

20,100

18,500

15,100

14,100

10,300

8,760

8,760

9,570

8,760

16,200

43,400

Secondfoot-days

195,560 

266,810

173,620

.

492,350 

550,620 

923,600 

421,060 

783,230 

418,830 

716,860 

325,100

-

Apr.

48,400

38,700

31,300

26,900

22,600

18,200

14,100

12,000

15,700

24,500

23,400

21,100

20,400

19,700

17,100

15,800

16,400

20,200

27,700

73,500

123,000

71,300

50,900

35,000

29,000

29,900

25,600

21,700

18,500

11,000

-

Maximum

14,600 

33,200

20,100

_

39,700 

52,600 

123,000 

68,100 

88,300 

37,300 

150,000 

57,100

-

May

13,300

11,800

11,800

11,300

11,100

8,760

8,250

9,350

9,470

8,000

7,450

6,320

5,170

4,220

4,700

3,870

5,340

4,860

3,730

7,450

7,220

6,320

5,840

5,340

32,100

68,100

41,800

24,300

19,400

14,700

39,200

Minimum

3,270 

2,880

2,320

-

3,730 

3,000 

11,000 

3,730 

9,050 

6,600 

2,330 

3,870

-

June

56,700

42,800

28,000

20,000

16,400

15,200

17,000

16,400

11,100

14,000

18,700

22,400

28,600

26,100

23,600

19,200

15,300

15,800

29,900

41,800

27,100

17,900

12,700

9,880

9,050

10,200

49,800

88,300

46,900

32,400

-

July

17,100

12,300

10,200

23,800

37,300

25 , 100

13,700

13,400

8,650

7,600

7,220

8,250

19,100

17,900

14,300

11,700

10,300

16,200

18,600

13,200

3,000

8,000

6,600

9,880

20,800

13,700

7,210

6,600

7,350

9,470

10,300

Mean

6,519 

8,607

5,601

-

20,510 

17,760 

30,790 

13,580 

26,110 

13,510 

23,120 

10,840

-

Aug.

17,700

19,800

14,100

8,250

6,600

6,600

8,000

e,170

7,220

£,350

3,390

r,330

2,330

6,320

030,000

120,000

62,900

41,200

29,900

24,400

19,900

IS, 500

12,900

11,700

10,200

12.900

24,000

20,200

19,800

17,500

26,700

Per square 

mile

0.626 

.826

.5f8

-

1.97 

1.70 

2,95 

1.30 

2.51 

1.30

l!o4

-

Sept.

57,100

41,300

25,700

21,700

16,200

12,000

10,300

7,680

7,220

5,340

4,860

6,330

5,840

5,170

5,840

5,840

5,880

5,840

5,840

4,370

5,840

4,870

4,230

4,230

9,770

13,100

8,650

6,320

3,870

3,870

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.70 

.95

.62

-

1.76 

1.97 

3.30 

1.50 

2.80 

1.49 

2.56 

1.16

-
214 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

North Fork of New River at Grumpier, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°29'55", long. 81°23'25", a quarter of a mile

 downstream from State highway bridge at Grumpier, Ashe County, and 6 rriles upstream 

from confluence with South Fork.

Drainage area.- 277 square miles.

Records available.- July 1928 to September 1940: August 1908 to September 1916 at site 

5i miles downstream.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1908-16, 1928-40), 483 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 79,400 second-feet Aug. 14 ..(gage height, 21.2

 feet, from flooomark), by slope-area method; minimum, 53 second-feet tec. 22 (gage 

height, 0.68 foot) result of low temperature.

1908-16, 1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimvm, 38 second-feet 

Sept. 19, 1932.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair, and those 

for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

57

84

155

292

457

722

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

4

5

6

1,130 

1,610 

2,180 

2.S50 

4,440 

6,440

8,760

11,400

14,300

21,500

30,000

40,000

Discharge, In second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

411 

323 

197 

159 

144

136 

136 

132 

128 

125

121 

114 

114 

110

107

110 

114

110 

110

110

114 

114 

107 

100 

104

107 

114 

125 

121 

110 

110

Hov.

110 

107 

104 

114 

117

114 

107 

110 

107 

104

104 

104 

104 

100 

100

100 

100 

104 

104 

128

168 

151 

155 

128 

121

114 

107 

104 

104 

107

Dac.

107 

121 

121 

117 

107

110 

110 

107 

100 

100

121 

*121 

114 

121 

110

117 

110 

107 

104 

172

189 

100 

144 

b!50 

b!60

b!60 

b!60 

b!50 

132 

b!20 

bllO

Jan.

blOO 

bSO 

b85 

b90 

b90

b65 

b90 

b90 

b90 

b85

b85 

b90 

blOO 

b!40 

b280

b200 

*b!60 

b!40 

b!20 

blOO

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO 

bllO

bllO 

blOO 

b90 

b90 

b90 

b90

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

alendar year 19<59 ...........

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

*b90 

b95 

b90 

blOO 

b!20

b200 

b300 

b260 

b240 

b300

b400 

b340 

308 

531 

411

360 

318 

535 

914 

708

494 

362 

b300 

b280 

b260

b220 

b240 

463 

708

Mar.

596 

602 

775 

930 

679

524 

428 

377 

323 

282

313 

563 

506 

506 

544

481 

428 

394 

542 

500

440 

405 

355 

328 

b300

b260 

b300 

*323 

323 

328 

411

Second - 

foot-days

4,237 

3,401 

3,872

129,594

3,420 

9,967 

14,086 

15,143 

10,270 

11,034 

11,172 

79,825 

11,629

178,056

Apr.

355 

334 

318 

399 

328

292 

272 

339 

382 

318

287 

292 

292 

272 

258

234 

229 

229 

481 

a2,200

1,220 ail

650 

1,070 

811

657 

556 

469 

416 

372

Maximum

411 

168 

189

2,100

280 

914 

930 

2,200 

877 

576 

1,SOO 

36,000 

946

36,000

May

388 

399 

344 

334 

308

282 

263 

248 

253 

334

272 

243 

225 

211 

202

211 

206 

193 

180 

298

277 

302 

838 

406 

621

382 

440 

339 

S87 

707 

677

Minimum

100 

100 

100

100

80 

90 

280 

229 

180 

240 

197 

340 

215

80

June

576 

463 

394 

355 

372

302 

471 

394 

382 

366

506 

469 

428 

339 

292

287 

405 

556 

451 

394

318 

287 

268 

253 

366

aSOO 

a280 

a260 

a260 

a240

July

a220 

a220 

hS43 

a560 

aS80

a220 

a260 

a300 

h334 

a320

aSOO 

aS20 

a340 

a320 

aSOO

h"518 

a(300 

a'JOO 

aWO 

a340

af320 

a-300 

a200 

hl97 

a200

a<300 

a200 

a<360 

a 400 

a300 

al,800

Mean

137 

113 

125

355

110 

344 

454 

505 

331

see

360 

2,575 

388

486

Aug.

aeso

a550 

a400 

a360 

a400

aSOO 

h672 

aSOO 

a400 

a340

a380 

aSOO 

a!2,000 

a36,000 

a6,600

a3, 200 

a2,200 

al,700 

al,300 

al,100

a900 

aSOO 

a700 

a600 

aSOO

h481 

h469 

h451 

h452 

a2,400 

hl,820

Per square 

mile

0.495 

.408 

.451

1.28

.397 

1.24 

1.64 

1.82 

1.19 

1.33 

1.30 

9.30 

1.40

1.75

Sept.

h946 

h697 

h592 

h537 

h602

h463 

h434 

h394 

h377 

h428

h475 

h377 

h366 

a360 

a380

B350 

a340 

a340 

a340 

h323

h292 

h258 

h243 

h238 

h243

h318 

h253 

h234 

h234 

h215

Run-off in 

inches

0.57 

.46 

.52

17.39

.46 

1.34 

1.89 

2.03 

1.38 

1.48 

1.50 

10.72 

1.66

23.91

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (2 a.m.) 79,400 sec.-ft. 

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

h Computed from twice-daily staff-gage readings.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 215

Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°56'20", long. 80°53'15", at highway bridge at 

Grahams Forge, Wythe County, 24 miles downstream from Glade Creek. Datum of gage is 

1,924.65 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 247 square miles.

Records available.- July 1908 to September 1916, February 1927 to September 1910.

Average discharge.- 21 years, 262 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,730 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 4.82 

feet); minimum, 29 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.11 feet); minimum daily, 42 

second-feet, Jan. 20, 1940.

1908-16, 1927-40: Maximum gage height observed, 12.1 feet July 16,. 1916, (discharge not determined); minimum, about 5 second-feet Dec. 22, 1909 (gage height, 1.17 

feet); minimum daily, 22 second-feet Jan. 30, 1934.

Remarks.- Records excellent. Some regulation at low flow by mill 300 feet abo^e station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

39

53

70

92

1.6 

l.S 

2.0 

2.3

120

190

275

440

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

650

1,020

1,630

2,390

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S

1§ 

11

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

23 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

92 

90 

74 

65 

63

62 

63 

65 

62 

62

62 

60 

60 

60 

58

58 

58 

60 

60 

62

60 

62 

58 

58 

60

63 

60 

63 

63 

62 

65

NOT.

65 

63 

63 

65 

67

63 

63 

65 

63 

62

60 

63 

60 

63 

60

63 

63 

62 

63 

65

70 

72 

72 

70

68

67 

67 

65 

65 

63

Dec.

62 

63 

65 

63 

63

65 

63 

60 

58 

60

60 

58 

62 

62 

60

62 

62 

60 

62 

70

74 

70 

65 

68 

58

72 

70 

68 

68 

68 

65

Jan.

58 

46 

56 

63 

62

52 

58 

58 

62 

58

62 

65 

68 

90 

143

120 

92 

92 

67 

42

67 

60 

60 

53 

60

56 

56 

50 

50 

49 

55

Month

Ootc 

Nov«

Decc

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj AugSepl

WE

ilendar year 193

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

62 

62 

58 

58 

65

103 

198 

222 

164 

183

35S 

257 

133 

210 

252

183 

150 

136 

280 

486

472 

320 

244 

202 

190

172 

168 

172 

295

Mar,,

285 

239 

222 

39S 

380

290 

234 

202 

175 

157

143 

150 

168 

175 

206

210 

190 

183 

19S 

342

266 

222 

198 

175 

164

150 

146 

143 

143 

146 

160

Secondfoot -days

1,970 

1,940 

1,986

70,069

2,030 

5,905 

6,460 

9,797 

6,619 

9,741 

3,668 

13,440 

3,425

66,981

Apr.

210 

190 

168 

164 

168

157 

146 

146 

190 

222

190 

172 

164 

146 

136

130 

117 

114 

130 

2,190

1,150 

575 

392 

533 

519

see

315 

257 

222 

198

Maximum

92 

72 

74

1,460

143 

486 

398 

2,190 

1,790 

1,480 

426 

2,200 

226

2,200

May

190 

194 

175 

164 

157

140 

133 

123 

140 

168

172 

150 

140 

133 

123

117 

112 

106 

100 

96

95 

88 

92 

117 

206

160 

164 

153 

133 

786 

1,790

Minimum

58 

60 

58

56

42 

58 

143 

114 

88 

112 

6S 

88 

83

42

June

620 

380 

280 

234 

369

239 

1S3 

239 

239 

320

369 

398 

295 

222 

179

190 

360 

1,480 

690 

554

358 

266 

222 

190 

179

172 

146 

136 

120 

112

July

103 

112 

136 

222 

1S6

140 

120 

117 

120 

123

117 

109 

106 

103 

95

92 

92 

92 

92 

88

83 

79 

77 

74 

79

74 

68 

68 

139 

136 

426

Mean

63.5 

64.7 

64.1

192

65.5 

204 

208 

326 

214 

325 

118 

434 

114

163

Aug.

424 

266 

172 

133 

117

114 

123 

112 

100 

88

S3 

91 

96 

1,440 

2,200

1,820 

1,020 

585 

856 

663

419 

344 

286 

244 

214

198 

179 

168 

168 

385 

327

Per square 

mile

0.257 

.263 

.260

.777

.265 

.826 

.S42 

1.32 

.866 

1.32 

.478 

1.76 

.462

.741

Sept.

226 

186 

167 

151 

143

153 

133 

127 

117 

117

117 

112 

106 

106 

^103

100 

98 

95 

95 

95

90 

88 

SS 

88 

90

90 

8S 

88 

85 

83

Run-off In 

Inches

0.30 

.29 

.30

10.56

.31 

.89 

.97 

1.47 

1.00 

1.47 

.55 

2.03 

.52

10.10

.) Z,07O sec

461679 0-42-15

g^- Apr. 20 (2 p.m.) 3,120 sec.-ft.; May 31 (3 a.m.) 2,790 sec.-ft.; June 18 (10:30 

.-ft.; Aug. 14 (10 p.m.) 3,730 sec.-ft.
216 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°53', long. 80°44', 700 feet dowrstream from

 highway bridge, si miles southeast of Allisonia, Pulaski County, 4 miles upstream 

from Little Reed Island Creek, and 4i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is

I,902.74 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Fonrer gage at site

3* miles downstream at different datum. 

Drainage area.- 278 square miles. 

Records'avallable.- April 1939 to September 1940. July 1908 to September 1916 at site

34 miles downstream. 

Extremes.- 1939: Maximum discharge during period Apr. 27 to Sept. 30, 4,820 second-feet

 Aug. 18 (gage height, 6.52 feet), from rating curve extended above, 2,900 second-feet; 

minimum, 109 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 2.14 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during year, 20,900 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height,

II.70 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,900 second-feet on barls of ,flood 

records for other stations in New River Basin; minimum daily, 110 second-feet Jan. 4-7, 

27 "1908-16, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, that of Sept. 

18 1939. 'The flood of July 16, 1916, reached a stage of 14.8 feet, site and datum then in 

use, caused partly by backwater from New River (discharge not determined). 

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

 which are fair, and those above 5,000 second-feet, which are poor.

Rating tables, April 1939 to September 1940, except period of ice affect (gage height, 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Apr. 26, 1939, to Aug. 14, 1940 Aug. 15, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1940

2.2 131

2.5 253

2.S 3S5

3.1 550

3.5 620

4.0 1,270

5.0 2,390

6.0 3,920

7.5 

9.6.

6,850

13,000

2.4

2.5 

2.8 

3.1 

3.4

242

284

422

580

765

3.8 1,080

4.4 1,680

5.0 2,390

6.0 3,920

Discharge, In second-feet, 1939-40 

1939

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

2S

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_ 

«

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

532

468

468

410

-

May

385

3SO

390

367

358

349

340

344

367

35S

331

322

340

344

322

318

318

309

300

296

296

296

300

327

340

358

385

434

490

645

385

June

340

522

526

508

367

318

292

331

420

385

318

287

314

468

331

296

274

266

a360

a400

a350

a400

a350

a270

a240

207

211

245

302

340

-

Jv-ly

340

236

224

313

350

349

262

284

463

686

314

249

224

219

199

182

166

174

227

405

682

662

340

279

430

362

314

318

346

488

287

Aug.

240

224

207

215

199

225

387

240

199

1S2

170

166

162

245

287

249

236

1,810

1,420

435

405

300

262

245

344

279

240

232

228

211

203

Sept.

207

211

203

195

199

195

174

162

154

147

143

135

135

135

147

150

143

131

124

131

150

147

135

131

131

131

124

124

147

162

-

a No gags-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Little River at Graysonton.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 217

Discharge, In second-feet, of Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va., 1939-40 0sntinued

1939-40

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

186

274

199

170

154

150

147

147

143

139

131

158

219

170

139

131

147

147

147

147

150

147

143

139

139

143

147

147

147

143

174

Nov.

236

178

168

158

174

182

174

162

154

154

150

147

147

147

147

147

147

147

147

178

215

203

211

203

178

170

162

154

150

147

-

Dec.

160

158

166

154

147

147

143

139

131

135

143

139

139

162

139

166

150

147

143

398

369

190

174

190

166

257

207

219

195

203

162

Jan.

135

120

120

110

110

110

110

120

130

130

150

150

160

270

400

320

230

200

180

170

160

150

130

130

130

120

110

120

130

140

150

 an 

Feb.

140

130

120

130

140

349

502

450

350

400

580

446

327

464

354

287

270

257

718

656

496

367

305

279

262

219

232

228

245

-

-

Mar.

228

219

240

376

296

249

224

211

199

186

182

207

215

215

f331

f245

f284

215

224

219

195

186

178

170

162

174

207

190

190

249

296

Apr.

236

207

195

240

219

190

178

227

949

410

305

270

274

240

224

207

199

195

295

2,960

1,250

598

446

574

446

372

331

296

279

f266

-

May

f266

327

279

257

245

232

211

211

245

228

215

203

190

186

178

182

182

170

162

162

312

257

344

2,150

1,180

538

f479

f380

314

1,760

1,790

June

768

526

415

576

820

440

358

395

344

367

608

695

809

550

462

479

662

884

550

430

349

322

309

287

296

305

270

257

236

815

July

207

278

556

790

385

296

270

262

283

446

292

832

1,500

598

405

416

860

484

358

314

322

283

314

274

266

245

224

219

228

1,760

943

AU7.

458

340

300

292

296

296

318

365

262

245

279

536

507

12,900

3,930

3,100

1,950

1,210

1,120

771

661

608

553

509

493

509

504

493

483

3,010

2,910

Sept.

1,160

747

624

570

580

514

488

462

452

452

472

427

412

403

398

393

379

379

374

365

356

346

337

337

764

544

384

360

351

342

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (5 a.m.) 5,600 sec.-ft.; May 24 (9 p.m.) 3,840 sec.-ft.; ] 

4,450 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (7:45 a.m.) 20,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (5:30 p.m.) 7,600 sec.- 

f Discharge computed from partly or wholly estimated gage-height record. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 2 to Feb. 5, Feb. 8-11.

Ma7 30 (10 p.m.) 

ft.

Monthly discharge^ in second-feet, 1939-40

Month

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot -day a

11,094

4,603

-

4,864

5,031

5,528

-

4,895

9,703

6,902

13,078

13, 984

40,202

14,172

147,104

Maximum

645

211

-

274

236

398

-

400

718

376

2,960

2,150

884

1,760

12,900

1,160

12,900

Minimum

296

166

162

124

-

131

147

131

-

110

120

162

178

162

215

207

245

337

110

Mean

358

335

337

153

-

157

168

178

-

158

335

223

436

446

466

481

1,297

472

402

Per aquapnl Run-off in 

mile Inches

1.29 1.49

1.23 1.37

1.21 1.40

1.21 1.40

.550 .61

-

.565 .65

.604 .67

.640 .74

-

.568 .65

1.21 1.30

.802 .92

1.57 1.75

1.60 1.84

1.68 1.87

1.73 1.99

4.67 5.38

1.70 1.90

1.45 19.66
218 KAMWHA RIVER BASIN

Little River at Graysonton, Va.

L°CM 1hn '" xa^r~staee, recorder - lat - 37°03', long. 80°34', 900 feet downstream from 

highway bridge at Graysonton, Montgomery County, 7 miles south of Rad-ord and 7 miles

adJusSntrof 1929)' DatUm ° f Bage 1S 1 ' 795 ' 43 feet above mean sea isvel (general

_Dralnage area.- 298 square miles.

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge;- 11 years (1929-40), 368 second-feet.

Extremes .-Maximum discharge during year, 17,700 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 16.44 

Iee^77 from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet on basis of slope^area 

determinations near Floyd and near Copper Valley and on basis of flood records for 

othenoota« lons ln New River BaslnJ minimum dally, 90 second-feet Jan. 28-31

discharge observed, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum discharge,

,^93i? (g&Be helght ' °' 48 f°°t); mlnlmu*1 dally dlscnargef 50 

Remarks.- Records fair except those above 5,000 second-feet, which are pcor. Flow partly 

regulated by mill, 1,400 feet above station.

0.6

.7

.9

1.2

1.6

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1, 1939, to Aug. 14, 1940 Aug. IS to Sept. 30, 1940

112

188

330

600

2.0 

2.6 

3.0 

3.6 

4.0

810

1,150

1,640

1,900

2,130

6.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

2,820

3,720

5,360

8,370

0.9 

1.2 

1.6 

2.0

369

616

674

946

2.6 

3.0 

3.6

4.0

1,230

1,660

1,900

2,130

5.0

6.0

S.O

10.0

2,820

3,720

6,860

8,370

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

212

277

221

176

166

160

146

144

143

138

132

132

198

165

138

130

134

135

133

132

134

131

126

123

124

128

134

130

136

120

138

NOT.

224

180

149

144

156

1S6

165

172

159

146

142'

140

IS1?

134

134

130

130

131

134

165

186

210

206

198

180

170

162

155

146

140

Dec.

138

140

142

142

136

130

129

138

125

119

184

127

126

138

132

130

136

131

127

166

336

184

116

160

156

182

197

194

181

168

134

Jan.

116

bllO

bllO

blOO

blOO

blOO

blOO

bllO

b!20

t>;so

blSO

t>140

t>150

1SS

321

330

212

194

162

b!60

b!60

b!40

b!20

b!20

b!20

bllO

blOO

b90

b90

b9O

b90

Month

torch. ..........................

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

Hay.............................

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

Water year 1939-4C ............

Feb.

blOO

blOO

bllO

b!20

132

820

524

416

314

350

531

405

29S

340

364

228

256

223

708

958

768

490

374

312

892

240

243

859

274

-

Mar.

266

230

253

352

314

264

236

jj>PP

211

200

191

194

197

208

884

264

226

206

216

220

196

186

179

174

164

164

194

1S9

178

816

836

Secondfoot-daya

4,625

4,821

4,673

116,516

4,293

9,930

6,808

14,119

14,95V

15,097

11,143

49,106

15,754

155,335

Apr.

219

1S6

174

230

234

166

174

1S6

512

376

876

845

244

281

209

192

180

174

253

3,400

1,860

795

642

660

571

460

39S

353

317

892

Maximum

277

224

336

4,780

330

958

352

3,400

2,600

1,020

1,100

6,470

1,660

S,470

May

282

330

308

276

260

244

223

213

820

230

213

204

188

166

176

179

179

167

164

159

172

182

206

1,760

2,240

704

594

439

349

1,410

2,500

Minimum

120

130

116

116

90

100

164

174

159

198

174

188

366

90

June

873

608

469

1,020

1,010

638

404

432

675

643

488

689

631

648

644

414

42S

668

588

459

360

306

289

270

266

259

246

240

216

198

-

July

174

214

341

580

364

852

886

217

227

276

238

450

S35

541

386

309

1,100

581

378

306

874

254

246

856

276

227

208

206

277

558

424

Mean

149

161

151

319

138

343

820

471

488

503

359

1,584

585

424

Aug.

301

247

814

209

822

234

282

232

812

188

208

472

488

7,S20

8,470

6,960

3,990

1,920

1,260

939

780

708

658

558

594

660

644

612

790

2,610

5,610

Pe~ square 

mile

0.500

.640

.607

1.07

.453

1.15

.738

1.58

1.68

1.69

1.20

5.32

1.76

1.42

Sept.

1,660

882

710

644

616

572

542

524

508

500

606

474

461

444

444

436

426

424

420

409

408

383

370

368

627

582

404

384

376

366

~

Run-off In 

Inches

0.58

.60

.58

14.54

.53

1.24

.85

1.76

1.87

1.S9

1.38

6.13

1.96

19.37

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (10i30 a.m.) 6.860 sec.-ft.; Hay 26 (11 a.m.) 3,530 sse.-ft.j Nay SI 

(3 a.m.) 4,220 see.-ft.; Aug. 14 (10 p.m.) 17,700 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 31 (4 a.m.) 11,300 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affeoted by Ice.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 219

Walker Creek at Bane, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°16'05", long. 80°42'35", a quarter of a mile 

downstream from highway bridge at Bane, Giles County, a quarter of a mile downstream 

from Sugar Run, and 8 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is i,fc>fc>a.y«:. reei; 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 305 square miles.

Records available.- March 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,020 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 12.64 

 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,900 second-feet by logarithmic plotting, 

minimum, 16 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 2.58 feet) result of low temperature;

-~~__ __-__ -, - Apr. 20, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 7, 1940; 

minimum daily, that of Jan. 7/1940. mximum stage known, about 23.5 feet in September La fa.

marks.- Records good except those above 4,000 second-feet, which are poor. Low flow 

regulated by mill and dam at Staffordsville, 2 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 21 to Aug. 14)

2.7 

2.9 

3.1 

3.3

24

40

60

84

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.3

110

144

208

299

4.6 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

418

595

S55

1,140

7.0 

8.0 

9.0 

11.0

1,800

2,580

3,500

5,760

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17ie

19

80

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

56 

70 

68 

57 

52

48 

46 

40 

50 

46

45 

44 

42 

42 

36

42 

38 

40 

40 

38

43 

36 

38 

42 

40

38 

38 

43 

35

44 

46

Nov.

50 

50 

49 

46 

43

48 

45 

44 

48 

37

42 

37 

44 

40 

37

42 

40 

40 

33

44

44 

50 

54 

52 

52

40 

4S 

42 

44 

42

Dec.

44 

45 

40 

43 

42

43

44 

42 

41 

30

37 

43 

39 

41 

42

42 

37 

41 

42 

40

54 

56 

58 

56 

46

48 

52 

61 

60 

57 

42

Jan.

43 

36

41 

36 

43

32 

26 

46 

41 

38

43 

44 

54 

62 

168

165 

111 

100 

72 

64

50 

56 

48 

43 

46

47 

45 

41 

49 

42 

43

Month

Ootc 

Kov« 

Dec*

c<

Jam 

Febi 

Man 

Apr 

May 

Junt 

Juli 

Augx 

Sep1

W(

ilendar year 193S ............

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

47 

47 

50 

41 

54

60 

128 

226 

180 

220

546

414 

271 

311 

356

246 

200 

164 

450 

992

840 

524 

367 

280 

241

202 

195 

195 

248

Mar.

297 

273 

306 

900 

791

543 

404 

318 

260 

217

166 

170 

164 

158 

167

176 

173 

172 

219 

396

358 

298 

256 

219 

192

172 

167 

157 

156 

167 

194

Seoondfoot-days

1,383 

1,327 

1,408

92,129

1,775 

8,097 

8,626 

22,258 

11,624 

19,050 

5,954 

IS, 236 

5,572

105,310

Apr.

266 

272 

246 

326 

370

309 

248 

352 

770 

592

457 

384 

330 

280 

246

218 

198 

184 

270 

5,350

3,280 

1,660 

1,080 

1,000 

936

765 

612 

492 

410 

359

Maximum

70 

54 

61

2,450

168 

992 

900 

5,350 

3,120 

1,590 

530 

2,770 

1,040

5,350

Bay

334 

357 

319 

290 

264

232

214 

196 

202 

208

191 

180 

172 

162 

156

150 

144 

139 

131 

126

121 

116 

116 

216 

586

501 

498 

417 

334 

1,430 

3,120

UlnlntiUD,

35 

33 

30

30

26 

41 

156 

184 

' 116 

166 

94 

93 

S3

26

June

1,590 

1,000 

690 

524 

572

434 

334 

312 

332 

416

846 

1,090 

837 

654 

625

428 

626 

1,560 

1,200 

1,350

846 

592 

454 

366 

305

264 

238 

212 

1S7 

166

July

159 

158 

173 

530 

332

244 

196 

174 

171 

169

189 

247 

418 

341 

247

208 

180 

165 

146 

129

120 

109 

' 106 

101 

102

99 

95 

98 

94 

164 

240

Mean

44.6 

44.2 

45.4

252

57.3 

279 

278 

742 

375 

635 

192 

588 

186

288

Aug.

276 

272 

183 

152 

132

134 

116 

114 

106 

94

93 

95 

94 

2,430 

2,640

2,770 

1,760) 

1,100 

732 

583

434 

353 

299 

248 

230

400 

402 

300 

272 

554 

918

Per square 

mile

0.146 

.145 

.149

.826

.188 

.915 

.911 

2.43 

1.23 

2. OP 

.650 

1.93 

.6?0

.9*4

Sept.

1,040 

608 

422 

319 

252

211 

188 

170 

156 

152

152 

142 

126 

121 

116

110 

105 

102 

99 

96

93 

90 

S6 

36 

90

94 

92 

37 

84 

83

Run- off In 

Inches

0.17 

.16 

.17

11.23

.22

.99 

1.05 

2.71 

1.42 

2.32 

.73 

2 '.68 22 

12.84

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (2 p.m.) 8,020 sec.-ft.; Hay 31 .(1 a.m.) 5,260 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (12 

4,660 sec.-ft..
220 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Wolf Creek near Narrows, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 370 18'20n , long. 80°51'00n , at highway bridge 3 

milesi upstream from Narrows, Giles County, and 3i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of 

gage is 1,583.83 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1927).

Drainage area.- 222 square miles.

Records available.- July 1908 to September 1916, March 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 284 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (gag'-s height, 8.77 

reetj, from rating curve extended above 2,300 second-feet; minimum, 10 second-feet Jan. 

2, 5 (gage height, 2.22 feet); minimum-dally, 17 second-feet Jan. 2.

1908-16, 1938-40: Maximum gage height observed, 13.0 feet, from floodmarlcs, July 16, 

 1916 (discharge not determined); minimum discharge, that of Jan. 2, 5, 1940; minimum 

dally, that of Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 2,500 second-feet and those for periods of 

no g&ge-helght record, which are fair. Low flow slightly regulated by mill and dam 300 

feet above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In aecond-feet)

2.3

2.4 

2.6

14

22

48

2.8 

3.0 

3.3

80

120

197

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

305

498

796

5.0 

6.0 

7.5

1,130

1,860

3,060

.acharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17ie

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

30 

35 

37 

32 

30

26 

26 

29 

28 

29

26 

24 

26 

26 

22

1 23 

1 23

26 

24 

24

24 

24 

21 

22 

24

24 

26 

28 

29 

30 

34

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Jam. 

Pebi 

Marti 

Aprl

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

NOT.

33 

30 

29 

- 28 

29

28 

28 

29 

29 

29

29 

28 

27 

26 

27

24 

22 

23 

24

24

32 

37 

38 

35 

32

30 

29 

28 

26 

26

Dec.

24 

29 

29 

27 

29

28 

26 

26 

26 

24

24 

24 

26 

27 

28

24 

28 

27 

24 

34

54 

51 

37 

37 

32

34

42 

38 

37 

37 

30

Jan.

20 

17 

20 

23 

21

19 

22 

26 

24 

22

29 

32 

35 

66 

310

151 

127 

101 

62 

32

47 

42 

41 

38 

3S

33 

30 

30 

32 

32 

33

Month

lendar year 193S

ter year 1939-4Q

Feb.

33 

34 

.32 

35 

37

45 

149 

243 

169 

211

558 

366 

258 

305 

344

254 

223 

189 

462 

684

624 

419 

305 

247 

233

191 

191 

233 

466

Secondfoot-days

83 

85 

96

76,23

1,55 

7,54 

4,77 

16,74 

6,49 

12,11 

5,56 

15,85 

4,26

77,56

Mar.

439 

404 

424 

809 

672

493 

376 

305 

254 

210

183 

172 

169 

159 

177

191 

183 

180 

338 

577

455 

385 

318 

265 

233

194 

207 

186 

180 

189 

447

Apr.

537 

424 

353 

385 

339

289 

247 

251 

297 

285

251 

240 

229 

210 

200

189 

177 

172 

226 

3,020

2,340 

1,340 

892 

860 

771

642 

520 

414 

344 

301

Maximum

2 37 

9 38 

3 54

Z 1,800

0 310 

0 684 

4 809 

5 3,020 

B 1,420 

4 1,270 

9 520 

B 8,420 

t 702

P a, 020

May

277 

265 

236 

223 

203

186 

175 

164 

169 

177

164 

153 

146 

136 "129

125 

118 

112 

105 

103

107 

97 

91 

105 

156

156 

156 

143 

129 

572 

1,420

Minimum

21 

22 

24

21

17 

32 

159 

172 

91 

116 

78 

96 

58

17

June

765 

498 

353 

277 

273

219 

189 

210 

305 

564

534 

49S 

444 

318 

254

2O3 

392 

777 

917 

1,270

734 

471 

348 

277 

236

200 

180 

156 

136 

116

July

107 

116 

134 

520 

293

197 

159 

141 

134 

127

297 

223 

424 

305 

226

191 

175 

175 

151 

132

116 

103 

95 

97 

105

91 

78 

80 

136 

148 

293

Mean

26.8 

28.6 

31.1

209

50.0 

260 

154 

558 

210 

404 

180 

512 

142

212

Aug.

825 

404 

251 

189 

156

136 

161 

153 

122 

105

99 

97 

96 

al,000 

a2,000

f2,420 

1,520 

980 

780 

608

463 

387 

307 

251 

240

285 

265 

213 

233 

265 

847

Pe" square 

mile

0.120 

.128 

.139

.937

.224 

1.17 

.691 

2.50 

.942 

1.81 

.807 

2.30 

.637

.951

Sept.

702 

438 

314 

244 

203

172 

151 

136 

125 

132

141 

120 

107 

99 

93

88 

86 

80 

77 

75

70 

68 

65 

65 

70

S4 

73 

66 

62 

58

Run-off In 

Inches

0.14 

.14 

.16

12.71

.26 

1.26 

.80 

2.79 

1.08 

2.02 

.93 

2.64 

.71

12.93

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (9 a.m.) 4,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 or 16, 3,820 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baals of records for nearby stations.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 221

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°35'05B , long. 80°57'55B , at Lilly, Summers County, 1,200 

reet aownstream from Little Bluestone River and 5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 438 square miles.

Records available.- August 1908 to September 1916, October 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 18 years (1908-16, 1930-40), 506 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 9.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 4,500 secondfeet; minimum observed, 7.5 second-feet Oct. 24 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1908-16, 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 14,400 second-feet Mar. 25, 1935 (gage height, 

11.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 4,500 

second-feet; probably no flow Aug. 10, 1915 (gage height, 0.0 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair, 

twice daily.

Gage read

Hating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

7.6

20

37

60

95

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

191

400

720

1,100

1,580

2,670

4,520

6,400

3,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 '4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

. 13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

nn

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

12 

15 

14 

33 

26

23 

22

21 

IS 

14

16 

17 

16 

15 

14

16 

14 

14 

12 

11

11 

17 

13 

8.6 

11

13 

14 

12 

16 

22 

33

HOT.

25 

21 

22 

20 

19

19 

14 

19 

19 

19

18 

19 

19 

18 

20

18 

14 

17 

14 

16

17 

32 

36 

43 

43

38 

27 

22 

21 

19

Dec.

22

20 

22 

22 

24

25 

23 

22 

20 

22

22 

15 

16 

22 

20

32 

27 

26 

26

31

36 

51 

38 

46 

44

41 

38 

36 

37 

32 

26

Jan.

19 

bis 

b!7 

b!6 

bl6

b!6 

b!5 

b!5 

b!5 

b!6

b!8 

20 

26 

46 

276

372 

206 

183 

68 

42

b40 

b35 

b30 

b25 

b25

b25 

b25 

b25 

b25 

b3C 

b30

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

J\m 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b30 

b30 

b35 

b40 

b45

54 

256 

490 

372 

616

1,690 

790 

372 

460 

490

372 

297 

345 

1,100 

1,690

1,480 

S65 

490 

345 

276

206 

173 

490 

902

Mar.

755 

552 

460 

635 

635

552 

430 

345 

276 

238

206 

188 

186 

183 

191

206 

188 

ISO 

256 

520

490 

372 

345 

256 

221

206 

191 

180 

186 

297 

1,330

Second - 

foot-days

512.6 

668 

834

129,150.1

1,735 

14,808 

11,361 

31,504 

6,685 

51,148 

23,174 

20,926 

S.53S

151,945.6

Apr.

1,330 

865 

650 

720 

790

61S 

553 

400 

460 

430

378 

321 

345 

321 

276

256 

221 

206 

297 

7,560

6,020 

2,440 

930 

1,100 

1,060

902 

635 

553 

430 

346

Maximum

33

43 

51

4,520

372 

1,690 

1,330 

7,560 

1,690 

4,760 

5,070 

3,650 

2,870

7,560

May

321 

297 

276 

256 

221

206 

173 

167 

159 

167

162 

162 

139 

128 

118

114 

103 

106 

101 

95

99

91 

84 

89 

206

136 

146 

112 

101 

400 

1,690

Minto*

8.6 

14 

15

8.6

15 

30 

180 

206 

84 

256 

125 

62 

60

3.6

June

1,020 

430 

345 

256 

552

430 

256 

297 

1,100 

980

2,170 

3,910 

2,530 

1,100 

650

400 

372 

552 

4,760 

2,720

1,140 

618 

400 

321 

321

276 

1,190 

1,020 

552 

430

July

276 

221 

1,300 

5,070 

2,300

1,020 

552 

400 

520 

613

613 

1,140 

2,170 

940 

552

400 

1,190 

828 

490 

321

233 

191 

162 

186 

162

146 

125 

297 

206 

238 

297

Mean

16.5 

22.3 

28.5

354

56.0 

511 

366 

1,050 

216 

1,033 

748 

675 

285

415

Aug.

613 

790 

276 

178 

144

123 

110 

134 

106 

97

80 

63 

62 

2,530 

3,650

1,690 

1,240 

720 

755 

790

535 

372 

276 

206 

188

346

321 

297 

755 

980 

2,440

Per square 

mile

O.OSf 

.051 

.065

.80F

.12F 

1.17 

.836 

2.40 

.49f 

2.37 

1.71 

1.54 

.651

.947

Sept.

2,370 

1,380 

650 

430 

321

256

206 

175 

162 

175

221 

175 

137 

116 

110

101 

91 

36 

82 

76

73 

66 

62 

60 

70

93

80 

34 

68 

62

Run-off In 

Inches

0.04 

.06 

.08

10.97

.15 

1.26 

.96 

2.67 

.57 

2.64 

1.97 

1.78 

.72

12.90

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
222 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Oreenbrier River at Buckeye, w. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°11'15", long. 80°07'50", at county highway bridge 

at Buckeye, Pocahontas County, 300 feet upstream from Swago Creek and 3.5 miles downstream from Knapp Creek.

Drainage area.- 540 square miles, including that of Swago Creek.

Records available.- September 1929 to September 1940 (Include flow at Swago Creek).

Average discharge.- 11 years, 841 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.03 

reet;; minimum, 26 second-feet Oct. 16 (gage height, 1.47 feet).

1929-40: Maximum discharge, 45,000 second-feet Feb. 5, 1932 (gage height, 17.5 

feet, from floodraarks), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second--feet; minimum, 

3.8 second-feet Aug. 13, 1930 (gage height, 1.19 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except thpse for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge. In second-feet)

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.5

IS

45

84

133

291

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.6 

5.0

50S

7SO

1,180

1,690

2,270

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

3,620

5,250

7,250

9,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September I'HO

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

63 

170 

191 

158 

102

74 

58 

50 

47 

42

39 

36 

33 

30 

30

29 

29 

30 

30

30

33 

36 

34 

33 

32

33 

44 

50 

58 

136 

105

HOT.

100 

106 

100 

100 

86

82 

S2 

S2 

78

141

133 

112 

107 

93 

86

78 

74 

67 

65 

71

82 

91 

98 

98 

96

89 

76 

61 

58 

69

Dec.

71 

78 

36 

107 

125

107 

100 

100 

82 

110

130 

182 

176 

167 

155

136 

153 

150 

163 

226

«843 

550 

456 

402 

291

233 

288 

246 

230 

194 

164

Jan.

141 

110 

b95 

"b90 

bS5

b85 bse bse

b85 

b90

b90 

*b95 

blOO 

b!50 

b400

748 

590 

452 

b350 

b260

b210 

b!80 bieo

b!50 

b!40

blSO 

*b!30 

b!30 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20

Month

Oct 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ch. ..........................

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b!20 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20 

b!20

blSO 

b!50 

b200 

b350 

b800

b4,500 

3,400 

2,640 

4,390 

3,110

1,860 

1,330 

1,060 

1,430 

»1,800

1,480 

1,110 

850 

685 

615

499 

480 

461 

461

Mar.

443 

703 

1,520 

6,830 

4,070

2,450 

1,680 

1,140 

882 

679

565 

475 

426 

425 

508

448 

475 

499 

994 

1,640

1,380 

1,070 

836 

630 

536

448 

461 

412 

489 

970 

3,400

Secondfoot-days

1,865 

2,660 

6,491

318,911

5,776 

34,391 

37,383 

59,178 

39,228 

63,222 

21,167 

14,702 

7,118

293,181

Apr.

3,700 

2,770 

8,030 

1,680 

1,800

982

728 

1,300 

3,540 

2,390

1,690 

1,330 

1,070 

890 

774

815 

1,060 

1,680 

2,680 

9,470

4,560 

8,770 

1,910 

1,690 

1,640

1,430 

1,200 

930 

754 

645

Maximum

191 

141 

843

15,400

748 

4,500 

6,630 

9,470 

7,140 

5,920 

4,780 

1,910 

1,740

9,470

May

615 

954 

1,060 

946 

794

667 

625 

585 

541 

508

452

407 

367 

376 

407

368 

346 

318 

295 

899

342 

306 

310 

1,020 

7,140

3,980 

3,470 

8,390 

1,640 

1,760 

6,010

Minimum

29 

68

71

86

85 

120 

412 

645 

895 

407 

153 

91 

49

29

June

3,920 

2,330 

1,530 

1,050 

1,890

1,190 

836 

3,170 

2,090 

3,110

2,340 

3,110 

2,640 

2,030 

1,640

1,550 

3,110 

5,920 

4,550 

8,390

1,430 

930 

686 

666 

608

407 

2,830 

2,840

1,330 

801

Julie«e

462 

l,f?0 

4,TSO 

2,460

1,430 

£92 

646 

f?2 

425

J68 

748 

T48 

4«6 

?42

f«0 

fl4 

f«l 

+34

no

F*3

f07 

179 

£91 

402

F99

£ 17 

179 

170 

185 

163

Mean

60.2

88.7 

809

874

186 

1,186 

1,206 

1,973 

1,265 

2,107 

683 

474 

237

801

Aug.

243 

246 

170 

139 

120

139 

888 

299 

1S5 

141

115 

100 

91 

512 

1,380

1,040 

SOI 

546 

394 

291

220 

182 

153 

128

115

233

615 

1,070 

1,910 

906 

1,330

Per- square 

mile

0.111 

.164 

.387

1.62

.344 

2.20 

2.23 

3.65 

2.34 

3.90 

1.26 

.878 

.439

1.48

Sept.

1,740 

850 

546 

398 

310

256 

210

179 

167 

179

161 

141 

123 

105 

96

89 

78 

71 

67 

65

66 

54 

49 

50 

89

346 

236 

167 

128 

112

Run-off In 

Inches

0.13 

.18 

.46

21.93

.40 

2.37 

2.57 

4.08 

2.70 

4.35 

1.46 

1.01 

.49

20.19

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (9:30 a.m.) 8,210 sec.-ft.} Apr. 20 (7 a.m.) 12,900 s«*.-ft.; May 26 

(e a.m.) 8,990 sec.-ft.) May 31 (4:30 a.m.) 6,830 sec.-ft.] June 18 (6:30 p.m.) 10,400 sec.-ft.] 

June 27 (8 p.m.) 6,830 seo.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 323

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°43'50n , long. 80°38'30n , 400 feet upstream from 

nignway bridge at Alderson, Monroe County and half a mile upstream from Muddy Creek. 

Datum of gage is 1,528.97 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,357 square miles.

Records available.- July 1895 to June 1906, May 1907 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 43 years (1895-1905, 1907-40), 2,079 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 29,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 12.55 

feet); minimum, 64 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 1.81 feet).

1895-1940: Maximum discharge, 77,500 second-feet Mar. 13, 14, 1918 (gage height, 

22.0 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 30,000 second-feet; minimum, 26 second-feet Aug. 12, Oct. 1, 2, 1930 (gage height, 1.65 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In fee4;, and 

discharge, In second-feat)

1.8 61

2.0 127

2.2 227

2.5 442

2.8 

S.I 

S.5 

4.0

770

1,230

1,910

2,690

4.5

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

3,990

5,160

7,700

10,500

13,500

16,700

20,100

23,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

76

105

127

146

g«Q

227

195

160

136

116

105

97

90

64

81

76

76

76

76

73

76

78

81

78

81

34

90

97

105

97

112

Nov.

146

211

195

174

174

174

165

155

146

141

136

141

185

190

174

165

160

150

136

141

160

165

165

174

179

179

169

160

155

141

-

Dec.

132

123

127

150

169

174

195

206

179

169

185

174

222

251

269

227

227

233

211

269

358

958

' 868

572

461

434

344

344

337

315

239

Jan.

211

141

b!30

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!40

b500

bl,200

1,360

1,050

798

b600

b460

b560

bSOO

1)250

b230

b220

b210

b200

b!90

b!90

b!90

Month

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

bl80

bl80 bieo bieo bieo

bieo

b520

b440

b480

bl.OOO

b6, 900

8,620

4,800

5,520

7,700

4,450

3,210

2,520

2,600

4,220

4,340

3,320

2,520

1,960

1,630

1,390

1,180

1,120

1,210

_

-

Mar.

1,250

1,370

2,110

9,620

11,10O

6,250

3,990

2,890

2,260

1,820

1,480

1,250

1,020

882

958

1,040

1,020

990

1,150

2,040

2,640

2,280

1,910

1,580

1,230

1,020

868

882

668

1,130

4,560

Secondfoot-days

3,340

4,896

9,122

662,840

10,150

72,730

73,458

147,360

96,867

135,510

61,516

72,029

21,003

707,981

Apr.

7,420

6,770

5,160

4,340

3,540

2,780

2,240

2,200

7,560

7,030

4,680

3,540

2,350

2,360

2,020

1,820

1,710

1,960

2,720

21,500

17,000

8,820

5,520

4,220

4,100

3,760

3,210

2,600

2,130

1,800

-

Maximum

239

211

958

38,000

1,360

8,820

11,100

21,500

17,400

14,500

9,380

12,900

4,100

21,500

May

1,640

2,320

2,700

2,500

2,110

1,730

1,560

1,460

1,360

1,250

1,130

1,010

882

793

722

758

722

674

617

572

572

561

583

746

16,400

12,900

7,290

5,760

4,100

3,990

17,400

Minimum

73

136

123

57

120

180

668

1,710

561

1,020

594

337

169

73

June

12,000

7,030

4,450

3,210

2,440

2,890

2,090

2,400

4,630

4,340

6,640

6,250

5,640

4,630

3,540

2,890

3,210

5,400

9,100

5,520

3,320

2,220

1,680

1,340

1,200

1,020

2,850

14,500

5,880

3,100

-

July

2,130

1,590

1,530

9,380

8,260

4,450

2,890

J5,150

1,700

1,360

1,100

1,200

3,320

2,260

1,480

1,10O

1,250

2,050

1,730

1,250

696

698

628

594

942

942

734

628

594

1,360

1,340

Mean

108

163

294

1,816

327

2,508

2,370

4,912

3,125

4,517

1,984

2,324

700

1,934

Avu.

3,210

2,150

2,070

784

572

471

1,280

1,930

1,100

686

481

400

337

2,870

12,900

8,540

5,400

3,650

2,600

1,890

1,390

1,040

798

639

529

662

2,660

2,500

3,000

3,210

2,280

Per aquari 

mile

0.08C

.12C

.21T

1.34

.241

1.85

1.75

3.62

2.30

3.33

1.46

1.71

.516

1.43

Sept.

4,100

3,540

2,200

1,530

1,130

868

698

583

500

461

442

417

366

322

294

276

239

227

211

206

200

190

179

169

174

206

227

408

366

275

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.09

.13

.25

18.16

.28

1.99

2.01

4.04

2.65

3.71

1.69

1.97

.58

19.39

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (10 p.m.) 15,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (2 p.m.) 29,900 sec.-ft.; May 25 (1:30 

p.m.) 21,50(5 sec.-ft.; May 31 (6:30 a.m.) 19,400 sec.-ft.; June 28 (4 a.m.) 18,700 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

15 (4 a.m.) 16,100 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
224 KANAWHA. RIVER BASIN

Greenbrler River at Hllldale, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°38'25", long. 80°48'20", at Hllldale, Summers 

County, opposite Howard Creek, 0.9 mile upstream from Powley Creek, f miles southeast 

of Hlnton, Summers County, and 5.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 1,625 square miles, Including that of Howard Creek.

Records available.- June 1936 to September 1940 (Includes flow of Howard Creek).

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum discharge for water years 1936-40 are cortalned In the 

following table:

Water 

year

1936 

1936-37 

1937-38 

1938-39 

1939-40

Maximum

Date

July 7 

Jan. 21 

Oct. 28 

Feb. 4 

Apr. 20

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

6,000 

t37,200 

32,300 

40,000 

32,000

Gage height 

(feet)

5.77 

17.27 

16.03 

17.99 

15.92

Minimum

Date

Sept .29 

Oct. 1 

Sept. 7 

Sept. 30 

Oct. 1

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

74 

100 

137 

74 

74

Gage height 

(feet)

0.55 

.68 

.79 

.55 

.55

t Figure supersedes that published in Water-Supply Paper 838.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 40,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 17.99 

feet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet on basis of logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 74 second-feet Sept. 29, 1936, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 1939 (gage height, 

0.55 foot).

Maximum stage known, 21.85 feet Mar. 18, 1936 (discharge, 60,800 second-feet), from 

data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

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

which are poor. Discharge given herein for December to February 1937 are revised 

figures superseding those published In Water-Supply Paper 838.

Cooperation.- Base da.ta from June 1936 to February 1939 were collected l-r the Corps of 

Engineers , U. S. Army, and records of discharge were computed and prepared for publication by the Geological Survey. Results of one discharge measuremert furnished by 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, since February 1939.

Rating table, June 1936 to September 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

0.5

.6

.8

1.0

1.2

1.5

67

as

141 

241 

365 

5SO

l.S 

2.1 

2.5

3

4

5

830

1,100

1,500

2,030

3,200

4,660

9

10

12

6,360 

8,2OO 

10,200 

12,400 

14,800 

19,900

25,700

32,300

36,000

Discharge, In second-feet, 1935-40 

1935-36

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct. Nov.

_

-

_

_

-

»270

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

*15,900

-

_

-

.

_

*1,360

_

-

-

H

~

__

-

 1

-

-

"

Dec.

_

*1,600

-

*1,030

*880

_

_

_

_

*7,170

*5,520

*3, 990

«2,950

.

-

«7,500

*5,890

_

«3,330

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

«

-

-

~

Jan.

_

_

_

»21,200

-

_

«9,590

*7,840

_

*13,000

*10,900

_

*5,450

*19,200

*9,S20

_

_

_

-

_

.

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

~

Feb.

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

*12,700

*14,800

*14,700

*7,750

_

_

_

«2,690

_

*15,200

*14, 900

*8,940

-

-

Mar.

_

*4,340

«S,960

_

-

_

_

.

«2,S20

-

_

»2,350

«3,240

-

*3,240

_

*57,200

*17,700

*11,800

_

_

_

_

*14,200

*12,600

*12,100

_

_

«7,860

*5,480

Apr.

*4,110

_

_

_

-

«7,eeo

*31,400

-

*7,340

-

_

_

«5,790

«4,660

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

«780

-

Hay

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

«600

_

-

*550

_

«610

_

-

_

_

M

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

> June

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

700

596

1,320

947

652

508

444

430

f398

f365

358

313

265

236

214

204

199

193

174

-

J»ly

169

160

164

164

220

352

3,770

2,140

1,300

830

636

556

596

524

398

398

378

313

276

247

204

179

155

146

137

134

169

164

384

391

437

Aug.

404

306

230

204

174

179

241

241

259

253

188

294

320

265

163

174

225

209

288

199

174

134

111

§

36

76

300

486

500

479

417

294

Sept.

313

230

230

276

417

S5S

288

230

188

209

179

169

137

119

104

93

86

91

97

100

86

79

79

If95

86

82

79

76

89

-

Peak discharge.- July 7 (5:30 a.m.) 6,000 sec.-ft.

* Result or discharge measurement.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
KANAWHA. RIVER BASIN 225

Discharge, In second-feet, ef Qreenbrler River at Hllldale, W. Va., 1935-40 Continued

1936-37

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

81

22

23

24

25

86

27

88

29

SO

SI

Oct.

116

193

332

276

236

230

193

164

164

209

204

186

280

266

500

359

870

6,640

3,900

2,360

1,600

1,010

830

f684

f564

486

466

410

384

479

458

HOT.

424

417

404

398

404

484

1,090

1,110

980

812

724

662

680

524

493

465

451

461

430

398

378

384

368

352

358

384

404

404

552

380

-

Peak discharge 1

(li p.m.) 14, BOO see

*«« oa In _ _ \ oe

Dee.

326

294

888

365

444

758

11,000

14,100

6,180

3,690

2,660

8,300

2,780

8,600

2,260

1,980

1,760

1,920

2,030

2,660

6,000

4,500

3,200

2,480

2,140

8,080

2,200

3,080

6,360

6,360

6,820

Jan.

11,100

12,900

22,400

13,400

7,620

4,980

3,900

5,300

6,180

4,660

3,620

2,960

2,780

2,480

2,780

4,980

7,080

13,400

13,400

15,800

32,700

16,300

9,800

7,800

8,000

11,100

8,200

5,640

4,660

4,040

3,690

Feb.

4,110

4,580

3,830

3,080

2,660

2,300

2,030

2,600

8,500

17,000

10,000

6,360

4,500

3,620

3,080

2,660

2,660

8,660

2,600

2,600

2,720

3,940

7,860

5,300

4,040

3,140

2,480

2,140

_

_

-

Mar.

1,980

1,700

1,600

1,600

1,700

2,080

2,360

2,300

2,360

2,250

2,080

1,860

1,760

1,810

2,600

3,200

2,840

2,540

2,840

2,840

3,080

3,760

3,560

2,900

2,605

2,300

2,050

1,700

1,550

1,380

1,210

Apr.

1,090

1,000

920

857

812

785

776

803

821

839

920

965

902

911

1,300

2,030

2,140

2,030

1,810

1,600

1,380

1,290

1,240

1,180

1,430

18,800

16,300

9,400

6,360

4,660

-

May

3,550

2,780

2,300

1,980

1,700

1,600

1,500

1,380

1,220

1,100

1,050

956

938

1,170

1,700

2,300

2,250

2,030

1,860

1,920

2,900

2,360

1,920

1,600

1,560

1,110

956

875

821

794

938

June

966

821

692

652

556

516

632

465

430

391

346

358

372

352

362

352

300

288

288

513

282

612

564

1,550

1,100

1,060

724

548

479

404

July

346

315

270

241

247

276

320

320

276

300

259

628

564

608

648

612

500

430

391

378

384

676

812

556

417

391

362

294

253

825

225

AUJT.

253

276

214

179

156

155

378

174

241

174

165

313

346

346

437

352

276

209

174

141

199

288

294

276

556

3,890

6,300

3,200

2,030

1,420

1,180

Sept.

1,660

1,700

1,290

902

732

1,010

4,300

5,300

3,620

2,360

1,650

1,190

1,010

857

684

566

479

417

378

346

320

300

276

253

230

214

199

183

174

169

-

too. 7 (10 p.m.) 21.600 aec.-ft.) Jan. 3 (5 a.m.) 24,500 sec. -ft.; Jar. 18 

.-ft.} Jan. 21 (9 ISO a.m.) 37,200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 10 (3:30 a.m.) 18,600 aee.-ft.)

f Computed en basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

164

166

166

885

573

1,980

1,560

1,120

867

698

596

556

524

600

468

424

404

391

700

16,700

10,000

5,460

5,140

7,620

5,140

3,480

4,840

24,700

20,200

11,100

6,360

HOT.

4,040

2,960

2,360

1,980

1,660

1,390

1,230

1,090

974

876

803

767

749

776

812

803

786

740

698

652

620

580

60S

410

372

404

584

848

2,080

2,720

-

Dec.

2,640

2,140

1,760

1,480

1,280

1,290

1,290

1,020

884

652

b610

b680

b670

b570

b680

b740

2,180

6,180

5,300

4,260

3,270

2,660

2,200

1,860

1,650

1,430

1,310

1,340

1,760

2,360

2,420

Jan.

2,480

2,840

2,720

2,360

2,030

1,760

1,700

1,810

1,660

1,270

1,240

1,220

1,200

1,130

893

830

758

875

920

974

1,190

3,600

8,540

6,180

4,980

6,720

5,820

3,900

2,720

2,960

2,200

Feb.

1,980

1,550

1,310

1,270

1,810

1,120

1,060

1,010

1,000

1,000

1,120

5,420

10,400

7,440

5,300

4,110

3,270

2,780

2,360

2,300

2,360

2,200

1,920

1,980

1,920

1,860

1,810

1,760

_

-

Mar.

1,600

1,360

2,740

5,300

4,980

4,660

5,640

5,300

4,040

3,680

4,880

4,340

3,560

3,080

3,760

5,640

4,980

4,180

3,340

2,780

2,420

2,080

1,810

1,660

1,490

2,030

4,420

4,340

3,340

2,720

2,300

Apr.

2,140

2,080

1,860

1,650

1,440

1,270

1,240

1,340

1,500

1,700

1,810

1,760

1,650

1,500

1,410

1,290

1,180

1,120

1,180

1,860

2,200

2,250

3,020

3,340

2,840

2,360

1,920

1,600

1,400

1,230

-

May

1,120

1,030

920

812

740

758

767

684

628

588

564

656

532

532

660

3,140

4,420

3,340

3,080

5,300

9,000

8,200

5,460

7,000

17,600

8,600

7,080

5,640

4,980

3,660

2,660

June

2,080

1,650

1,600

1,460

1,240

1,040

866

803

732

660

636

644

676

660

618

652

644

3,880

3,970

4,080

9,600

7,620

6,300

3,560

a4,100

63,100

a2,700

3,080

2,480

1,860

-

July

al,600

al,200

al,100

al,l50

1,140

947

a700

a620

a600

a800

a700

a600

486

451

360

a340

a330

a330

a600

2,140

3,200

2,960

4,980

6,540

4,660

2,900

2,030

1,650

1,250

1,130

a2,000

AU|T.

2,030

2,200

6,720

5,300

3,680

2,540

2,540

3,900

7,800

4,980

2,780

1,980

1,660

1,220

947

794

684

636

658

556

486

43O

378

339

313

282

259

236

220

204

188

Sept.

183

179

174

169

169

156

141

164

169

155

155

160

160

160

204

276

320

410

516

437

444

384

320

276

253

265

265

236

220

253

-

Peak discharge.- Oct. 20 (2i30 p.m.) 21,000 sec.-ft.j Oct. 28 (7 p.m.) 32,300 sec. -ft.} Feb. 13 

(7 a.m.) ll,bOO sec. -ft.) Hay 25 (4tSO a.m.) 22,700 sec. -ft.) Aug. 9 (lljSO a.m.) 10, 400 sep.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for* stations

at Buckeye and at Alder son.

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

Discharge, In second-feet, of Greenbrier River at Ellldale, W. Va., 1935-40 Continued

1938-39

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

259

270

265

ggc

209

193

174

164

150

134

130

122

119

115

111

108

108

108

108

111

111

111

115

122

126

130

130

130

150

137

134

NOT.

122

119

115

115

155

253

372

378

437

430

378

346

346

326

288

270

253

241

270

300

524

1,330

983

a700

a750

a850

a700

a600

a450

a450

-

Dec.

a 500

a650

a700

a750

a750

983

1,320

1,490

1,260

al,200

al,400

a£,500

al,900

2,200

1,920

1,550

1,180

1,010

911

812

684

596

548

580

676

884

1,040

1,250

983

893

929

Jan.

803

812

857

947

1,200

2,540

3,480

2,720

2,360

1,760

1,500

1,390

1,350

1,260

1,140

974

893

992

1,290

1,370

1,310

2,030

4,660

5,140

3,480

2,420

1,860

1,440

1,310

5,400

33,400

Feb.

15,800

7,620

8,400

34,200

17,800

8,400

6,360

5,820

5,640

10,600

17,600

17,800

9,600

8,200

4,980

7,080

7,260

5,460

4,180

3,480

3,140

3,200

2,900

2,420

2,140

2,080

3,140

5,300

_

_

-

Mar.

7,260

7,440

5,140

3,760

3,020

5,680

15,800

9,000

5,640

4,110

4,180

10,900

IS, 800

9,200

6,360

4,980

4,040

3,270

a2,700

a2,300

1,920

1,810

1,550

1,380

1,260

1,150

1,070

1,030

983

947

947

Apr.

al,000

al,200

a2,200

a2,100

al,800

al,600

al,600

a2,000

a2,100

a2,000

al,900

al,800

1,650

1,600

1,500

1,550

12,100

8,800

5,820

4,260

a3,300

a2,700

a2,100

al,700

1,450

1,410

1,410

1,350

1,270

1,180

May

1,1OO

1,120

1,190

1,180

1,090

1,000

911

830

776

732

700

684

652

708

1,090

1,390

1,240

1,090

965

857

758

724

1,040

1,020

1,200

5,140

3,340

3,690

2,480

1,810

1,360

June

1,070

938

965

1,030

1,240

983

785

652

556

508

532

516

458

410

358

326

294

288

332

1,340

1,440

911

636

572

500

430

444

444

417

430

-

July

398

398

486

465

424

365

404

472

391

444

378

306

282

294

332

282

225

188

188

270

2,830

11,500

7,620

3,900

2,360

1,700

1,310

1,210

1,650

9,980

7,620

Aug.

3,480

2,140

1,480

1,150

1,020

830

684

588

493

444

410

365

320

288

313

700

580

516

1,020

1,810

1,450

1,010

700

540

444

378

358

410

458

391

320

Sept.

276

241

230

220

270

259

270

247

236

241

209

164

146

130

111

104

100

95

93

93

89

86

84

84

82

82

80

79

78

76

Peak discharge Jan. 31 (12 m.) 38,400 sec ft.; Feb. 4 (4 p.m.) 40,000 sec ft.; Feb. 12 (1 a.m.) 

22,100 sec ft.} Mar. 7 (9 a.m.) 17,600 sec ft.; Apr. 17 (1:30 p.m.) 16,500 sec ft.; July SO 

(2:30 p.m.) 18,900 sec ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed en basis of recorded range In atagft, weather records, 

and records for station at Alderson.

1939-40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

80

93

104

134

174

259

241

199

164

134

119

104

97

93

89

84

82

80

79

79

78

78

78

78

79

79

80

91

91

89

97

NOT.

95

122

199

179

164

164

164

160

150

141

137

134

134

183

188

174

164

155

146

141

155

174

174

174

179

183

188

179

169

160

-

Dec.

150

137

134

130

146

179

183

199

204

179

179

179

179

236

270

270

230

241

236

247

313

596

1,040

708

516

398

410

410

378

404

346

Jan.

247

179

146

b!40

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

b!30

b!40

b400

bl.100

1,600

1,460

884

749

676

479

b400

bSOO

b250

b230

bSSO

abSSO

ab210

b210

b210

Feb.

b210

b210

b210

b210

b210

b210

b270

b400

b550

b730

b4,000

9,800

5,820

5,140

8,400

5,300

3,480

2,660

2,540

4,110

4,820

3,760

2,780

2,140

1,700

1,480

1,260

1,210

1,330

-

Mar.

1,390

1,420

1,920

7,380

13,100

7,440

4,660

3,340

2,540

2,030

1,600

1,310

1,120

992

992

1,070

1,070

1,040

1,080

al.800

aS.800

2,250

2,030

1,700

1,340

1,110

965

938

947

983

3,360

Apr.

7,800

7,440

5,820

4,820

4,110

3,140

2,480

2,200

6,540

8,400

5,460

3,970

3,140

2,600

2,200

1,920

1,760

1,920

2,720

19,400

21,800

11,100

6,900

5,140 4,820

4,340

3,760

3,020

2,480

2,030

Hay

1,760

2,080

2,660

2,660

2,250

1,920

1,650

1,470

1,390

1,290

1,190

1,080

965

884

803

785

794

724

684

652

628

612

620

767

13,300

16,000

8,400

6,720

4,660

4,580

17,100

June

14,300

8,400

5,300

3,690

2,900

2,900

2,480

2,080

4,340

3,690

5,460

6,180

6,180

5,140

3,830

3,020

2,540

4,980

8,800

6,360

3,620

2,480

1,810

1,440

1,230

1,100

1,300

14,200

7,440

3,690

-

July

2,420

1,860

2,250

8,830

a9,000

a6,000

a3,500

2,200

1,920

1,500

1,220

1,370

2,780

2,720

1,700

1,260

1,290

2,030

1,860

1,410

1,020

812

700

684

812

992

857

668

678

1,450

1,920

Aug.

a3,500

a2,500

a2,200

al,000

a700

680

884

1,760

1,400

f875

f580

f500

f410

f2,150

14,700

10,000

6,540

4,340

3,200

2,420

1,860

1,450

1,170

965

830

767

1,810

2,660

2,540

3,690

2,720

Sept.

3,550

3,970

2,480

1,760

1,300

1,020

839

700

636

580

540

500

472

424

391

365

332

306

300

S8S

276

270

276

276

247

236

288

339

508

384

Peak discharge Bar. 5 (3 a.m.) 15,500 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (8 p.m.) 32,000 sec ft.; May 25 

(6:30 p.m.) 227100 sec ft.; May 31 (11:30 a.m.) 20,700 sec ft.j June 28 (9 a.m.) 18,600 sec ft.} 

Aug. 15 (9 a.m.) 18,100 sec ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Buckeye and at 

Alderson.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
Monthly discharge

KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 227 

In second-feet, of Breenbrler River at Hllldale, W. Va., 19?"-40

Month

June 12-30, 1936 ........... t ....

Calendar year ...........

Water year 1936-37 ...........

Hay. ............................

Water year 1937-38 ...........

Water year 1938-39 ...........

Secondfoot-days

8,516 

16,091 

8,243 

4,758

-

24,578 

15,245 

104,605

-

273,590 

122,450 

70,360 

85,5S1 

50,908 

16,655 

12,312 

23,581 

32,749

832,384

132,764 

35,194 

58,166

914,080

76,870 

72,700 

108,240 

53,140 

109,941 

72,865 

49,094 

56,864 

7,352

833,190

4,579 

12,851 

34,049

658,545

92,088 

230,600 

142,627 

76,450 

41,867 

19,855 

58,672 

25,090 

4,555

743,283

3,406 

4,829 

9,427

709,466

11,620 

74,940 

75,717 

163,230 

101,078 

140, 880 

67,711 

80, 781 

23, 847

757,466

Maximum

1,320 

3,770 

500 

417

-

6,540 

1,110 

14,100

-

32,700 

17,000 

3,760 

18,800 

3,550 

1,550 

812 

5,300 

5,300

32, 700

24,700 

4,040 

5,180

32,700

6,720 

10,400 

5,640 

3,340 

17,600 

9,600 

6,540 

6,720 

516

24,700

270 

1,330 

2,500

17,600

33,400 

34,200 

15,800 

12,100 

5,140 

1,440 

11,500 

3,480 

276

34,200

259 

199 

1,040

34,200

1,600 

9,800 

13,100 

21,800 

17,100 

14,300 

9,000 

14,700 

3,970

21,800

Minimum

174 

134 

111 

76

-

115 

320 

288

-

2,480 

2,030 

1,210 

776 

794 

282 

225 

141 

169

115

155 

372 

570

141

758 

1,000 

1,350 

1,120 

532 

612 

330 

188 

141

141

108 

115 

500

108

803 

2,080 

947 

1,180 

652 

288 

188 

288 

76

76

78 

95 

130

76

130 

210 

938 

1,760 

612 

1,100 

668 

410 

236

78

Mean

448 

519 

266 

159

-

793 

508 

3,374

-

8,825 

4,373 

2,270 

2,845 

1,642 

555 

397 

761 

1,092

2,281

4,283 

1,173 

1,876

2,504

2,480 

2,596 

3,492 

1,771 

3,546 

2,429 

1,584 

1,834 

245

2,283

148 

428 

1,098

1,804

2,971 

8,236 

4,601 

2,548 

1,351 

662 

1,893 

809 

152

2,036

110 

161 

304

1,944

375 

2,584 

2,442 

5,441 

3,261 

4,696 

2,184 

2,606 

795

2,070

Per square 

mile

0.276 

.31f 

.164 

.09f

-

.48F 

.Sir 

2.08

-

5.43 

2.69 

1.40 

1.75 

1.01 

.34f 

.244 

.468 

.67P

1.40

2.64 

.722 

1.15

1.54

1.53 

1.60 

2.15 

1.09 

2.18 

1.49 

.975 

1.13 

, .151

1.40

.091 

.263 

.676

1.11

1.83 

5.07 

2.83 

1.57 

.831 

-407 

1.16 

.498 

.094

1.25

.068 

.099 

.187

1.20

.231 

1.59 

1.50 

3.35 

2.01 

2.89 

1.34 

1.60 

.489

1.27

Run-off in 

inches

0.19 

.37 

.19 

.11

-

.56 

.35 

2.39

-

6.26 

2.80 

1.61 

1.95 

1.17 

.38 

.28 

.54 

.75

19.04

3.04 

.81 

1.33

20.92

1.76 

1.66 

2.48 

1.28 

2.52 

1.67 

1.12 

1.30 

.17

19.08

.10 

.29 

.78

15.07

2.11 

5.28 

3.26 

1.75 

.96 

.45 

1.34 

.57 

.10

16.99

-.08 

.11 

.22

16.23

.27 

1.72 

1.73 

3.74 

2.31 

3.22 

1.55 

1.85 

.55

17.35
228 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Gauley River at Camden on Gauley, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°21'55", long. 80 0 36'05", at Baltimore & Ohio

K. h. station at Camden on Gauley, Webster County, 0.2 mile downstream from Coon Creek

and 0.9 mile upstream from Strouds Creek. Datum of gage is 2,003.28 feet above mean

sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 236 square miles. 

Records available.- November 1934 to September 1940. July 1908 to September 1916 and

October 19H9 to October 1934 at site 1.1 miles downstream, published as Gauley River

at Allingdale, W. Va.

Average discharge.- 18 years (1908-16, 1930-40), 602 second-feet. 

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,500 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 18.18

reet); minimum, 4.6 second-feet Oct. 26 (gage height, 0.96 foot).

1908-16, 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 42,500 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height,

27.38 feet, present site and datum, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above

15,000 second-feet; minimum, 1.4 second-feet Sept. 24, 25, 1930 (gage height, 0.54

foot).

Maximum stage known, that of July 4, 1932. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for period Oct. 31 to Dec. 20, which are fair, and

those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except for periods of ice effect (gage I eight. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 31 to Dec. 20)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 10 Feb. 11 to Seffc. 30

0.9

3.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

2.5 

3

197

361

810

1,360

1,990

3,480

5,540

8,070

10,950

13,960

17,160

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3

16

26

48

88

203

373

835

1,410

2,040

2,740

4,430

Note.- Same as precedIng table above 9.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6.0

8.0

71

65

44

32

25

21

18

14

13

12

10

9.2

8.0

7.2

6.4

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.2

5.2

4.9

4.9

4.9

6.0

9.6

34

180

101

64

Nov.

53

48

44

44

36

31

28

25

25

35

39

32

31

29

25

22

20

18

17

16

18

19

20

22

22

21

20

18

16

16

-

Dec.

16

18

22

59

57

46

42

44

115

91

209

273

177

177

134

134

123

161

*175

572

760

397

b250

b!50

blOO

b80

b70

b60

b55

b50

b50

Jan.

b50

b50

b50

b50

b50

b50

b50

b50

«b50

b50

b50

b55

b80

212

797

483

361

260

175

136

blOO

b90

b80

b70

bSO

b60

b60

b60

b60

b60

b60

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

b60

b60

b60

b60

b60

137

1,060

810

686

2,030

b4,920

2,110

*1,710

2,600

1,770

1,140

888

758

1,110

1,530

1,170

835

610

501

450

343

373

996

915

-

Uar.

634

758

1,460

4,750

2,600

1,530

1,020

732

564

434

358

299

272

268

321

306

343

429

1,810

1,710

1,140

835

610

546

b450

393

365

377

783

1,670

3,770

Secondfoot-days

805.9

810

4,667

180,336.1

3,869

29,752

31,537

35,152

24 587

41^989

18,715

9 893

5*812

207,588.9

Apr.

3,020

1,970

1,380

1,020

758

582

467

476

915

1,050

942

835

758

658

707

862

783

809

1,510

4,080

2,530

1,710

1,260

1,440

1,440

1,020

758

573

458

381

-

Maximum

180

53

760

9,560

797

4,920

4,750

4,080

6,960

7,490

2^670

1,630

1,140

7,490

May

346

389

358

346

346

417

417

401

362

328

282

246

221

203

183

178

165

148

136

410

559

397

328

657

6,960

2,460

1,500

996

707

941

3,200

Minimum

4.9

16

16

4.6

50

60

268

381

136

324

119

29

22

4.9

June

1,470

969

682

506

732

450

324

331

471

1,020

1,350

1,830

1,440

1,230

1,320

862

1,590

2,390

2,040

1,470

915

610

446

369

484

358

7,490

4,520

2,670

1,650

-

Jrly

969

634

684

2,670

1,470

888

582

429

335

259

212

1,280

1,140

610

405

321

476

488

324

233

197

162

160

958

1,080

537

335

233

175

150

119

Mean

26.0

27.0

151

494

125

1,026

1,017

1,172

793

1,400

604

 Z~\ Q

oj.y

194

567

Aug.

104

110

82

63

52

52

102

112

77

54

42

34

29

48

586

299

236

168

141

138

114

86

71

59

51

1,280

1,520

1,630

1,110

634

809

PV» square 

mile

0.110

.114

.640

2.09

.530

4.35

4.31

4.97

3.36

5.93

2.56

1.35

.822

2.40

Sept.

1,140

682

463

328

243

186

148

121

110

106

121

106

82

69

59

52

46

42

38

34

31

27

25

22

320

634

236

148

108

85

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.13

.13

.74

28.42

.61

4.69

4.97

5.54

3.87

6.62

2.95

1.56

.92

32.73

Peak discharges.- Feb. 11 (8 a.m.) 6,620 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (7 a.m.) 6,380 s< 

5,420 sec.-ft.; Apr, 20 (6 a.m.) 5,900 sec.-ft.; May 25 (5:30 a.m.) 11,600 ae 

a.m.) 5,420 sec.-ft.; June 27 (6 p.m.) 17,500 sec.ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

-ft.; Mar. 31 (3 a.m.)

-ft.; May 31 (liSO
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 229

Gauley River near Summersvilie, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38 0 16'15", long. 80°49'10", at Brocks Bridge, 500 

rest aownstream from Muddlety Creek and 2& miles^east of Summersville, Nicholas County.,

Drainage area.- 680 square miles.

Records available.- July 1908 to September 1916, November 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1908-16, 1929-40), 1,526 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 55,800 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 21.87 

reet), from rating curve extended above 23,000 second-feet; minimum, 8.4 second-feet 

Oct. 23 (gage height, 0.99 foot).

1908-16, 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 92,000 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height, 

28.75 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 23,000 second-feet; minimum, 1.3 second-feet Aug. 10, 1930 (gage height, 0.64 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7

S.7

16

5.0 

5.5

110

225

587

595

890

1,610

2,500

5,060

9,500

15,500

21,900

29,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

I

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

SB

29

SO

SI

Oct.

12

15

42

105

105

74

56

45

56

51

28

24

21

17

15

14

12

12

11

9.9

9.6

9.9

9.0

9.5

9.0

9.6

12

22

52

219

150

Hov.

110

91

85

77

76

70

61

57

55

49

48

65

61

55

55

49

46

40

58

57

57

59

40

41

46

47

47

44

41

38

Dec.

' 55

56

44

70

155

129

107

100

110

206

212

666

442

587

542

295

285

279

580

785

2,080

1,060

606

b450

b500

b250

b200

b!70

b!50

b!40

b!30

Jan.

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

175

409

2,050

1,450

988

694

b500

b350

b270

b250

b!90

b!70

b!50

b!50

b!50

b!50

bl50

b!50

b!50

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1959 ...........

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-<to ...........

Feb.

b!50

b!50

b!50

b!50

b!50

527

2,920

2,500

1,810

5,050

12,300

6,000

4,160

5,800

4,590

5,030

2,500

2,050

2,810

4,160

3,650

2,600

1,900

1,490

1,540

1,060

1,020

2,670

5,140

_

-

Mar.

2,260

2,050

2,700

12,500

7,980

4>590

5,050

5,140

1,650

1,260

1,060

877

755

725

858

, 765

922

1,020

3,370

4,590

5,260

2,400

1,810

1,500

1,120

858

988

9SS

1,610

5,570

11,500

Second - 

foot-daya

1,172.5

1,659

10,581

490,849.6

9,964

77,587

85,576

96,770

66,563

107,707

56,894

52,256

17,691

564,200.5

Apr.

8,460

5,420

5,390

2,920

2,210

1,730

1,370

1,260

2,120

2,700

2,500

2,300

2,060

1,940

1,900

2,060

1,980

2,080

3,500

11,700

7,980

5,840

3,650

5,580

3,650

2,810

2,080

1,570

1,260

1,090

-

Ksjclnnun

219

110

2,080

20,400

2,050

12,500

12,500

11,700

17,500

24,600

6,000

5,800

4,160

24,600

May

955

98S

98S

955

955

1,060

1,200

1,200

1,090

988

844

729

659

570

514

492

468

419

580

884

1,610

1,160

955

1,540

17,500

7,500

4,500

2,810

1,940

1,890

9,240

Minimum

9.0

57

35

8.8

120

150

723

1,090

380

807

434

90

55

9.0

June

4,590

2,810

1,940

1,410

1,810

1,550

988

955

1,020

2,550

2,060

5,140

2,700

2,500

3,580

2,210

2,300

3,430

4,500

2,920

1,940

1,500

955

807

1,020

922

24,600

16,600

7,060

4,160

-

July

2,600

1,690

1,610

6,000

5,890

2,550

1,570

1,160

890

694

555

2,630

4,020

2,260

1,410

1,020

1,060

1,260

864

654

496

449

434

5,150

5,240

2,450

1,370

890

890

815

545

Mean

37.8

54.6

341

1,345

521

2,675

2,754

5,226

2,147

5,690

1,855

1,041

590

1,542

Au<5.

425

405

318

240

195

168

279

5SO

270

188

137

108

90

207

2,060

1,340

922

678

560

545

476

570

298

245

206

2,140

5,800

4,740

5,760

2,210

2,500

.Per square 

mile

o.ose

,08C

.503

1.98

.471?

3.95

4.05

4.74

3.16

5.28

2.70

1.55

.868

2.27

Sept.

4,160

2,500

1,650

1,120

795

595

468

587

585

318

308

295

240

195

166

142

123

107

96

85

76

65

58

55

505

1,450

717

401

279

206

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.06

.09

.58

26.83

.54

4.24

4.67

5.29

3.64

5.89

3.11

1.76

.97

30.84

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (9 a.m.) 15,000 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (9:30 a.m.) 15,300 aee.-ft.; Mar. 31 

(6j30 a.m.) 147100 sec.-ft.; Apr.. 20 (9 a.m.) 15,000 sec.-ft.; May 25 (8 a.m.) 24,800 sec.-ft.; May 

31 (5:30 a.m.) 12,900 sec.-ft.; June 27 (4:50 p.m.) 55,800 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
230 KANAWHA. RIVER BASIN

Gauley River above Belva, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°14'00", long. 81°10'45", half a mile upstream 

from Belva, Nicholas County, and 1 mile upstream from Twentymile Cree't. Datum of 

gage is 669.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,315 square miles.

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 12 years,- 2,649 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 92,300 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 26.35 

feet), from rating curve extended above 37,000 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies and inflow and storage adjustments to record for Kanawha River at Kanawha 

Falls; minimum, 14 second-feet Oct. 27 (gage height, 0.50 foot).

1928-40: Maximum discharge, 105,000 second-feet July 5, 1932 (gag3 height, 28.60 

feet), from rating curve extended above 37,000 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies and Inflow and storage adjustments to record for Kanawha Rive" at Kanawha 

Falls; minimum, 4.2 second-feet Oct. 11, 1930 (gage height, 0.11 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.5 

.7 

1.0 

1.3 

1-.6 

2.0

14

27

60

124

233

455

Oct. 1 to June 27

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

855

1,390

2,810

4,680

7,000

12,400

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18,800

25, 500

32,600

40, 500

0.9 53

1.0 70

1.2 112

1.4 168

June 28 to Sept. 30

1.7 28S

2.0 45S

2.5 84C

3.0 1,340

4.0 2,720

5.0 4,550

6.0 6,900

8.0 12,400

Note.- Same as preceding table above 8.0 

feetl

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

nay

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

86 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

18 

19 

19 

18 

18

23 

106 

36 

69 

59

52 

45 

40 

35 

32

29 

26 

24 

23 

21

19 

18 

18 

16 

15

15 

15 

18 

18 

17 

17

Nov.

126 

148 

122 

106 

99

91 

86 

84 

76 

69

67 

64 

59 

59

74

69 

62 

60 

57 

55

54 

52 

51 

50 

48

50 

52 

59 

65 

64

Dec.

60 

57 

57 

57

57

69 

183. 

161 

139 

130

190 

289 

706 

511 

462

396 

362 

339 

317 

462

1,340 

1,350 

1,120 

748 

b550

b400 

b320 

b270 

b230 

b200 

blSO

Jan.

b!70 

b!60 

b!60 

b!60 

b!60

b!60 

b!60 

b!60 

b!60 

158

161 

165 

176 

220 

1,360

2,580 

1,720 

1,190 

819 

b600

b500 

b400 

b320 

b250 

b210

b210 

b210 

b210 

b210 

b210 

b210

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jam 

Pebi 

Ilarc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

WE

alendar year 19! Q

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

b210 

b210 

b210 

b210 

247

266 

766 

3,980 

2,730 

3,380

17,100 

11, 500 

7,000 

7,500 

3,000

5,210 

4,080 

3,430 

4,230 

7,250

7,000 

5,000 

3,700 

2,730 

2,280

1,920 

1,630 

3,610 

5,770

Mar.

4,380 

3,520 

4,180 

15,900 

14,900

9,290 

6,010 

4,280 

3,070 

2,350

1,850 

1,540 

1,320 

1,200 

1,280

1,350 

1,350 

1,520 

2,710 

7,000

5,210 

3,980 

3,070 

2,350 

1,780

1,430 

1,440 

1,400 

1,470 

3,700 

17,800

Secondfoot-days

948 

2,178 

12,712

802,699

13,539 

121,199 

132,630 

181,960 

112,493 

184,920 

93,243 

33,483 

33,701

978,066

Apr.

14,900 

11,000 

8,250 

6,250 

4,680

3,610 

2,810 

8,420 

3,430 

5,100

4,890 

4^80 

4,030 

3,610 

3,430

3,610 

3,520 

3,340 

5,100 

17,800

17,500 

12,100 

8,000 

6,010 

6,250

4,890 

3,800 

2,900 

2,280 

1,920

Maximum

106 

148 

1,850

35,400

2,580 

17,100 

17,800 

17,800 

22,300 

36,700 

9,550 

12,400 

7,940

36,700

May

1,650 

1,590 

1,630 

1,560 

1,590

1,670 

1,990 

2,060 

1,850 

1,680

1,470 

1,270 

1,100 

980 

884

819 

792 

722 

656 

2,010

3,160 

2,420 

1,850 

1,920 

22,300

16,500 

9,550 

6,010 

4,080 

3,430 

13,300

Minimum

15 

48 

57

15

158 

210 

1,200 

1,920 

656 

1,440 

755 

248 

120

15

June

9,330 

6,500 

4,280 

2,980 

3,070

2,900 

1,850 

1,490 

1,600 

2,900

3,250 

4,080 

4,580 

3,980 

4,890

3,930 

2,980 

3,890 

6,500 

4,680

3,520 

2,420 

1,750 

1,440 

1,460

1,780 

34,100 

36,700 

13,600 

7,940

July

4,760 

3,210 

2,640 

9,550 

3,470

5,200 

3,380 

2,340 

1,720 

1,310

1,030 

2,100 

7,940 

4,340 

2,720

1,990 

1,850 

2,500 

1,990 

1,360

984 

F14 

V55 

3,420 

7,680

3,e*o

2, TOO 

1,440 

1,060 

3,S80 

2, £-70

Mean

30.6 

72.6 

410

2,199

437 

4,179 

4,278 

6,065 

3,629 

6,164 

3,169 

2,693 

1,123

2,672

Aug.

2,880 

2,960 

2,060 

1,250 

894

615 

747 

849 

731 

518

391 

299 

248 

1,060 

8,740

6,390 

4,240 

2,720 

1,990 

1,720

fl,320 

f975 

f798 

f638 

f490

f3.590 

f 12, 400 

f7,420 

f6,260 

f3,750 

f4,440

Pe~- square 

mile

0.023 

.055 

.312

1.67

.332 

3.18 

3.25 

4.61 

2.76 

4.69 

2.41 

2.05 

.854

2.03

Sept.

f7,940 

f5,660 

f3,560 

f2,500 

f 1,720

f 1,230 

f975 

f755 

f815 

548

511 

504 

490 

391 

325

283 

248 

216 

194 

174

156 

142 

128 

120 

216

1.11Q 

1,350 

755 

511 

374

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.06 

.36

22.72

.38 

3.43 

3.75 

5.15 

3.18 

5.23 

2.78 

2.36 

.95

27.66

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (2:30 p.m.) 20,400 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (3 p.m.) 22,100 sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 

(11 a.m.) 23,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 p.m.) 23,100 sec.-ft.; May 25 (12 m.) 34,900 sec.-ft.; June 27 

(8 p.m.) 92,300 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Computed on basis of partially estimated gage-height record.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 231

Williams River at Dyer, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°22'45", long. 80 029'05", at Dyer, Webster 

County, half a mile downstream from Craig Run and 7 miles southwest of Webster 

Springs. Datum of gage is 2,193.46 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 128 square miles.

Records available.- September 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1930-40), 325 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,400 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 12.38 

feet), from rating curve extended above 3,200 second-feet on basis of slope-area 

determination at gage height 18.45 feet; minimum, 2.4 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 

0.66 foot).

1929-40: Maximum discharge, 22,000 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height, 1S.45 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum, 1.0 second-foot Aug. 5, 1930 

(gage height, 0.50 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

0.6

.7

.8

.9

1.0

1.2

1.6

3.0

5.4

8.6

13

24

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

40

80

143

273

442

690

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

985

1,720

2,590

3,640

4,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 ' 5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct.

3.2

54

44

25

17

12

9.4

7.0

6.0

5.4

5.2

4.4

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

4.7

12

78

80

38

28

Nov.

27

25

28

23

20

19

17

17

25

28

23

23

21

17

15

14

12

12

11

11

12

14

15

16

16

16

14

14

13

14

-

Dee.

13

15

43

49

34

30

30

64

60

50

233

153

101

95

75

72

72

110

95

508

374

215

b!20

b70

b50

b45

b40

b35

b32

b30

b29

Jan.

b28

b27

b26

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

b25

69

140

502

245

1S7

143

bllO

b90

b70

b60

b55

b50

b50

b50

b45

. b45

b45

b45

b40

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-/to ...........

Feb.

b40

b40

b40

b40

77

143

498

389

371

1,390

2,590

1,080

1,080

1,760

943

608

467

389

525

690

502

378

300

265

240

190

215

364

306

.

-

Mar.

256

442

1,180

2,690

1,290

763

507

371

297

242

202

170

157

153

155

155

153

251

1,280

925

624

459

334

b300

b250

b220

208

256

690

1,370

2,090

Second - 

foot-days

473.2

532

2,942

97,987.2

2,347

15,920

18,440

19,637

14j Y£9

23,061

10,477

6,055

3,004

117,617.2

Apr.

1,840

1,080

763

565

419

328

273

294

580

545

498

419

364

318

337

446

389

446

1,110

2,690

1,370

871

652

734

674

489

374

303

251

215

Maximum

80

28

508

5,130

502

2,590

2,690

2,690

4,170

4,630

1,370

942

657

4,630

May

200

234

205

195

197

245

226

210

192

177

153

132

116

105

93

91

80

72

66

252

226

177

157

1,020

4,170

1,220

793

521

378

966

1,860

Minimum

2.6

11

13

2.6

25

40

153

215

66

172

60

15

12

2.6

June

805

521

371

291

334

218

172

184

398

525

708

937

757

775

706

521

1,150

1,560

1,050

728

446

315

242

215

306

200

4,630

2,070

1,220

706

July

450

318

669

1,370

701

426

306

234

187

143

116

1,010

652

364

253

213

331

259

180

134

105

86

77

592

489

270

182

125

95

80

60

Mean

'15.3

17.7

94.9

268

75.7

549

595

655

475

769

338

195

100

321

AUT.

67

55

38

30

26

27

78

51

32

25

20

17

15

163

434

229

180

114

90

91

61

48

39

32

27

942

745

853

560

364

602

Per square 

mile

0.120

.138

.741

2.09

.591

4.29

4.65

5.12

3.71

6.01

2.64

1.52

.781

2.51

Sept.

657

385

270

197

145

110

86

66

59

61

77

52

42

36

30

27

23

22

19

if

16

14

12

12

201

192

70

44

34

28

Run-off In 

Inches

0.14

.15

.85

28.46

.681

4.63

5.36

5.71

4.28

'6.70

3.04

1.76

.87

34.17

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (4:30 a.m.) 3,880 sec.-ft.j Mar. 4 (3 a.m.) 4,120 see.-ft.} Apr. 

(4 a.m.) 4.770 sec.-ft.j May 25 (2:30 a.m.) 6,050 sec.-ft.j May 30 (11 p.m.) 4,380 sec.-ft.j 

27 (4 p.m.) 11,400 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

461679 O - 42 - 16

20 

June
332 KANkWHA RIVER BASIN

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°13'45", long. 80°35'00", at highway bridge at 

Fenwick, Nicholas County, 1,000 feet downstream from Laurel Creek. Datum of gage 

is 2,088.94 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 150 square miles.

Records available.- September 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1930-40), 423 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 27,300 second-feet June 27 (grre height, 15.2 

TeeTTT minimum, 2.0 second-feet Oct. 21 (gage height, 2.18 feet).

1929-40: Maximum discharge, that of June 27, 1940; minimum observed, 0.1 secondfoot in September of the years 1930, 1932, and 1936, and August 1938; minimum gage 

height, 2.17 feet Sept. 28, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which 

are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

Oct. 1 to June 27

1.0 

2.2 4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

90 

237 

4S2 

7S8 

1,550

7.0

6.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

June 28 to Se->t. 30

2,550 

3.S80 

5,500 

7,500 

10,100

2.7 11

2.S 16

3.0 36

3.3 SS

3.6 168

4.0 330

4.5 605

5.0 920

6.0 

7.0

1,630

2,550

Note.- Hote.- Same as preceding table above

7.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year Octobei 1939 to September 1740

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.7 

IS 

20 

13 

10

8.2 

6.8 

5.0 

4.8 

4.5

3.7 

3.6 

3.1 

3.1 

3.0

2.6 

2.8 

2.5 

2.1 

2.2

2.1 

2.2 

2.2 

2.4 

2.4

3.0 

3.4 

7.5 

14 

16 

14

Nov.

13 

12 

10 

9.9 

9.6

9.0 

8.5 

7.5 

6.8 

6.8

8.0 

7.2 

6.8 

6.5 

6.3

5.4 

5.2 

5.4 

5.2 

5.2

6.5 

7.5 

8.6 

9.0 

S.S

S.2 

7.7 

6.5 

5.8 

5.8

Dec.

6.3 

7.5 

24 

30 

22

18 

b!7 

T316 

bis 

t>15

1S1 

125 

84 

80 

52

60 

52 

74 

77 

635

408 

209 

140 

b80 

b70

b60 

b50 

b40 

b36 

b33 

b30

Jan.

b30 

b2S 

a28 

a26 

a26

a26 

a24 

a24 

b24 

b24

b26 

26 

57 

352 

765

397 

a250 

a!80 

alSO 

allO

a90 

a 80 

a70 

a60 

a55

a55 

a50 

aSO 

aSO 

a45 

a45

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Decs

Ci

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

Bay 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-4

Feb.

a45 

a45 

a45 

a45 

a 80

a200 

539 

40S 

397 

1,980

3,120 

1,430 

1,230 

1,920 

al,200

a 800 

a650 

aSSO 

930 

1,060

795 

593 

455 

377 

332

280 

271 

649 

575

Mar.

471 

661 

1,410 

3,590 

1,780

1,150 

795 

599 

450 

352

276 

229 

197 

190 

160

169 

176 

271 

1,260 

1,100

834 

655 

499 

aSSO 

aSOO

a270 

aE50 

aSOO 

a 800 

al,600 

a£,600

Seoondfoot-days

191.9 

22S.9 

2,646.8

146,045.4

3,205 

21,001 

23,764 

25,397 

20,701 

31,645 

15,055 

11,419 

4,634

159,883.6

Apr.

2,120 

1,430 

1,120 

866 

667

510 

413 

471 

828 

795

730 

649 

533 

466 

516

593 

510 

569 

1,140 

3,120

1,820 

1.190 

902 

834 

699

557 

450 

357 

294 

246

Maximum

20 13' 

535

6.710

765 

3,120 

3,590 

3,120 

5,590 

9,250 

1,930 

1,710 

1,440

9,250

May

237 

263 

217 

217 

233

322

3S7 

352 

313 

276

233

197 

166 

144 

127

132 

115 

103 

95 

271

254

197 

172 

1,900 

5,590

1,780 

1,230 

821 

587 

1,430 

2,340

Minimum

2.1 

5.2 

6.3

2.1

24 

45 

169 

246 

95 

213 

95 

24 

12

2.1

June

1,190 

795 

563 

590 

798

450 

304 

25S 

546 

782

96S 

930 

661 

1,130 

1,310

775 

636 

1,060 

981 

7S8

557 

387 

276 

271 

316

213 

9,250 

2,640 

1,260 

73S

July

506 

355 

546 

1,220 

732

484 

340 

262 

202 

156

116 

1,720 

1,160 

647 

424

306 

365 

262 

171 

13S

111 

95 

102 

1,930 

S16

424 

262 

220 

506 

292 

185

Mean

6.19 

7.63 

S5.4

400

103 

724 

767 

847 

668 

1,055 

486 

368 

154

437

Aug.

175 

125 

93 

74 

65

65 

159 

102 

68 

48

36 

31 

24 

598 

829

424 

292 

210 

210 

199

144 

114 

90 

74 

63

1,430 

1,080 

1,390 

874 

623 

1,710

tf» square 

mile

0.041 

.051 

.569

2.67

.687 

4.83 

5.11 

5.65 

4.45 

7.03 

3.24 

2.45 

1.03

2.91

Sept.

1,440 

810 

501 

330 

232

171 

127 

102 

90 

93

100 

74 

60 

50 

44

35 

30 

26 

SS 

19

17 

16 

12 

12 

28

90 

44 

24 

18 

16

Run-off In 

inches

0.05 

.06 

.66

36.21

.79 

S.21 

5.89 

6.30 

5.13 

7.85 

3.73 

2.83 

1.15

39.65

Peak discharge.- Hay 25 (12:30 a.m.) 12,100 sec.-ft.; June 27 (3 p.m.) 27,300 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN £33

Meadow River at Nallen, W. Va.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 38°06 I 45H , long. 80°52'35", at highway bridge at Nrllen, 

Fayette County, 2 miles upstream from Anglins Creek, 3 miles downstream from Brackens 

Creek, and 6 miles northeast of Lookout. Datum of gage is 1,869.47 feet above mean 

sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 287 square miles.

Becords available.- July 1908 to September 1916, November 1928 to September 1940. July 

1908 to September 1916 at present site, published as Meadow River near Russellvllle.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1908-16, 1929-40), 532 second-feet.

Extremee.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,170 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 13.05 

feet, observed at peak); minimum observed, 1.4 second-feet Oct. 22, 23, E4.

1908-16, 1928-40: Maximum discharge observed, 11,200 second-feet (revised) Mar. 

5, 1934 (gage height, 15.64 feet), from rating curve extended above 6 } 500 second-feet; 

practically no flow at times in 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or backwater from leaves, 

which are poor* Gage read twice dally>

Siting table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and of backwater fro-u leaves 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.7

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.1

1.2 

3.6 

S.4

15

22

3.3

3.6

3.7 

4.0 

4.5

40

63

90

136

233

373

764

1,260

1,940

2,720

10

11

12

13

3,630

4,670

5,370

7,170

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 

S

4 

6

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oet.

4.4

3.4 

3.4 

7.2 

6.7

6.2 

6.2 

4.6 

4.4 

4.0

4.0 

3.6 

3.6 

3.2 

2.9

2.6 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.5

1.7 

2.3

4.0

5.2 

6.2 

10

HOT.

13 

13 

11 

10 

9.6

9.0 

7.S 

7.2 

6.7 

5.7

4.4

5.2 

4.8 

4.4 

3.6

3.6 

3.2 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9

4.8 

4.S 

5.7 

7.2 

9.6

12 

10 

7.2 

4.3 

4.8

Dac.

6.2 

7.2 

11 

9.6 

14

22 

16 

11 

9.0 

8.4

16 

16 

31 

53 

36

52

35 

35 

33 

*71

245

190 

112 

b60 

b45

b40 

b36 

bSO 

b27 

b25 

b24

Jan.

b23 

b22 

b21 

b20 

b20

b20 

b20 

b20 

b20 

b20

«b20 

b20 

b20 

44 

297

390 

245 

blSO 

b90 

b70

b60

b50 

b45 

b40 

b40

b40 

b35 

U35 

b35 

b36 

b3Q

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....* . «. ..

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b30 

b30 

bSO 

bSO 

bSO

64 

233 

390 

49S 

1,280

2,990 

2,460 

1,660 

1,520 

1,340

1,100 

S66 

719 

«951 

1,400

1,220 

903 

764 

555 

479

479 

367 

536 

S10

liar.

764 

310 

1,050 

3,530 

3,170

2,010 

1,280 

903 

635 

460

373 

297 

270 

246 

257

257 

311 

283 

442 

903

S10 

677 

565 

390 

b350

b300 

b280 

270 

233 

672 

3,030

Secondfoot-days

123.2 

201.8 

1,324.4

147,913.6

1,997 

23,734 

26,917 

41,017 

25,714 

30,982 

23,186 

36,963 

9,711

220,665.4

Apr.

2,560 

2,030 

l.SOO 

1,460 

1,160

356 

677 

635 

1,460 

1,690

1,340 

1,050 

903 

677 

635

596 

695 

635 

S56 

3,630

4,670 

3,440 

2,010 

1,400 

1,160

951 

764 

595 

460 

373

Maximum

10 

13 

245

6,130

390 

2,990 

3,530 

4,670 

4,960 

5,150 

2.430 

5,630 

3,080

5,630

 ay

341 

341 

341 

341 

341

357 

424 

407 

373 

326

233 

267 

222 

200 

ISO

170 

170 

152 

135 

424

442 

341 

263 

373 

4,930

4,790 

2,900 

1,590 

951 

719 

2,560

Minimum

1.4 

2.9 

6.2

1.4

20 

30 

245 

373 

135 

245 

152 

93 

24

1.4

June

2,320 

1,730 

1,050 

719 

496

357 

283 

263 

245 

719

655 

635 

1,460 

310 

810

555 

373 

536 

S10 

764

555 

373 

297 

245 

257

283 

4,100 

5,150 

2,610 

1,400

July

903 

595 

479 

2,460 

2,160

1,400 

903

595 

357 

270

233

677 

1,S70 

951 

595

442 

677 

856 

595 

373

270 

211 

170 

283 

373

270 

190 

152 

536 

2,160 

1,160

Mean

3.97 

6.73 

42.7

405

64.4

S18 

836 

1,367 

829 

1,033 

748 

1,192 

324

603

Arre.

3,170 

3-010 

1,340 

810 

460

341 

595 

373 

245 

160

136 

107. 

93 

3,340

5,. 630

3,630 

2,240 

1,220 

903 

677

460 

373 

257 

211 

170

595 

1,590 

1,100 

1,000 

903 

1,SOO

Sept.

3,080 

1,S70 

1,220 

810 

460

297 

233 

180 

162 

135

144 

129 

106 

90 

77

67 

66 

50 

44 

38

36 

29 

26 

24

47

66

82 

71 

56 

38

Per squar> 1 Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.014 0.02 

.02? .03 

.14£ .17

1.41 19.16

.224 .26 

2.36 3.08 

2.91 3.36 

4.76 5.32 

2.89 3.33 

3.60 4.01 

2.61 3.00 

4.15 4.79 

1.13 1.26

2.10 28.63

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Bote.- Backwater from leaves Oct. 5 to Dec. 13; discharge computed on basis of three discharge 

measurements, gage heights, weather records, and records for nearby stations.
234 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Elk River at Centralia, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°37'00", long. 80 033'50", at Cen^ralia, Braxton 

County, 200 feet upstream from Houston Run and 1 mile upstream from Laurel Creek. 

Datum of gage Is 931.72 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 281 square miles, Including that of Houston Run.

Records available.- November 1934 to September 1940 '(Include flow of Houiton Run).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,300 second-feet May 25 (gag-5 height, 11.05 

feet); minimum, 5.5 second-feet Oct. 19-21 (gage height, 2.25 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 18,300 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 14.72 

feet); minimum, 4.5 second-feet Sept. 25, 26, 1939 (gage height, 2.23 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtful gage-height 

record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1989-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5 

2.7 

2.9

3.0

8.0

15

24

49

80

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

122

226

415

700

1,040

1,420

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

1,660

2,400

3,050

4,600

6,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D»y

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6 

7

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

80

21 

22 

25 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

6.5 

8.7 

11 

94 

67

43 

32 

24 

20 

15

14 

13 

10 

9.4 

8.0

7.0 

7.0 

6.0 

5.5 

5.5

6.0 

6.5 

6.0 

6.0 

6.5

11 

15 

250 

420 

212 

136

Hov.

113 

113 

111 

98 

82

75 

.: 70 

66 

66 

8S

90 

78 

72 

66 

60

52 

48 

43 

42 

41

41 

«45 

48 

54 

55

52 

50 

48 

42 

41

Dec.

41 

39 

49 

104 

136

118 

115 

170 

290 

245

433 

604 

482 

420 

326

272 

265 

319 

319 

666

1,140 

795 

580 

415 

304

265 

232 

214 

184 

162 

134

Jan.

bllO 

bSO 

b75 

b70 

b70

b70 

b70 

b70 

b70 

b70

b70 

b75 

b90 

b!50 

606

700 

556 

388 

323 

272

b240 

b200 

blSO 

*b!60 

b!50

b!40 

b!40 

b!40 

b!40 

blSO 

b!30

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Doc

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

wmber « .. . « 

alendar year 19J59

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

blSO 

blSO 

blSO 

blSO 

blSO

b!50 

b950 

935 

795 

710

6,110 

*2,580 

1,610 

2,530 

2,010

1,340 

1,040 

900 

1,220 

1,580

1,340 

970 

730 

560 

514

402 

384 

1,030 

492

liar.

795 

795 

1,180 

4,600 

3,050

1,760 

1,180 

865 

632 

487

397 

330 

297 

300 

435

445 

465 

514 

1,380 

1,670

1,180 

900 

682 

487 

425

326 

342 

338 

197 

1,160 

4,430

Secondroot-days

1,481.6 

1,950 

9,838

220,766.6

5,737 

31,802 

32,044 

38,200 

25,508 

37,957 

15,630 

6,492 

5,327

211,966.6

Apr.

2,720 

1,860 

1,380 

1,080 

630

646 

509 

47O 

865 

1,140

1,080 

970 

935 

830 

795

970 

1,180 

1,500 

1,860 

3,940

3,120 

2,060 

1,420 

1,300 

1,300

1,080 

830 

628 

492 

410

Maximum

420 

113 

1,140

9,940

700

e, no

4,600 

3,940 

6,390 

4,430 

2,280 i,no

795

6,390

May

366 

415 

450 

445 

455

498 

509 

476 

430 

379

326 

286 

242 

276 

312

276 

255 

226 

206 

337

670 

532 

460 

526 

6,390

2,840 

1,760 

1,140 

795 

830 

2,400

MlniBiuni

5.5 

41 

39

5.5

70 

130 

197 

410 

206 

248 

102 

28 

20

5.5

June

1,500 

1,000 

700 

580 

425

388 

308 

248 

540 

626

1,080 

1,500 

1,580 

dl,000 

d700

d600 

1,340 

3,650 

4,430 

d2,000

dl,3OO 

d740 

d520 

d540 

d600

d450 

1,470 

3,700 

d2,700 

dl,800

July

dl^OOO 

d840 

d560 

2,280 

dl,700

OlfOOO 

d640 

d450 

d350 

d270

0220 

350 

556 

d450 

dSOO

226 

537 

556 

3.62 

248

209 

192 

236 

413 

556

346 

236 

178 

140 

127 

102

Mean

47.6 

65.0 

317

605

185 

1,097 

1,034 

1,273 

823 

1,265 

504 

209 

178

579

Aug.

161 

255 

160 

104 

80

67 

67 

64 

62 

55

42 

34. 

28 

32

52

181 

155 

115 

94 

75

70 

58 

45 

36 

32

275 

1,000 

1,110 

900 

574 

509

F-»r square 

mile

0.170 

.231 

1.13

2.15

.658 

3.90 

5 «68 

4.53 

2.93 

4.50 

1.79 

.744 

.633

2.06

Sept.

730 

520

374 

265 

197

155 

122 

100 

84 

84

96 

104 

SO 

67 

56

49 

42 

36 

33 

31

27 

25 

21 

20 

338

795 

374 

220 

158 

122

Run-off In 

Inches

0.20 

.26

1.30

28.64

.76 

4.21 

4.24 

5.06 

3.36 

5.02 

2.07 

.86 

.71

28.07

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (10 a.m. 

7«SO p.m.) 7,580 sec.-ft.

} 8,300 sec.-ft.; Hay 25 (6 a.m.) 10,300 se-..-ft.; June 18

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records 

for stations at Sutton and Queen Shoals.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 235

Elk River at Sutton, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°39'45", long. 80°42'35", at highway bridge at 

Sutton, Braxton County, half a mile upstream from Granny Creek. Prior to Apr. 5, 

1940, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 543 square miles.

Records available.- February 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 15,4-00 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 18.95 

feet); minimum observed, 7.8 second-feet Oct. 1, 16 (gage height, 2.16 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 27,700 second-feet Apr. 16, 1939 (gage height, 27.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings and records for station at Centralia}; minimum 

observed, 7.2 second-feet Sept. 29, 30, 1939 (gage height,- 2.14 feet).

Remarks.- Records good -except those for period of ice effect, which are poor, 

twice daily Oct. 1 to Apr. 5.

Gage read

Rating.table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4 

2.6 

2.S 

3.0

6.0

9.0

15

24

51

90

144

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

245

351

520

790

1,150

1,550

1,965

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

2,830

3,730

4,650

5,600

7,600

9,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 25'

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8.1 

8.4 

9.6 

18 

90

80 

65 

56 

35 

23

00

18 

14 

14 

13

8.1 

8.4 

9.6 

10 

9.6

8.7 

10 

9.0 

8.4 

9.0

17 

15 

58 

702 

389 

266

Hov.

179 

154 

150 

154 

130

10S 

106 

98 

84 

84

102 

105 

90 

88 

77

67 

62 

53 

51 

48

51 

51 

60 

50 

71

64 

65 

60 

55 

*44

Dec.

d44 

d43 

53 

112 

217

196 

193 

248 

430 

351

351 

790 

675 

648 

520

333 

389 

430 

452 

790

1,960 

1,230 

855 

620 

452

430 

370 

333 

298 

262 

217

Jan.

179 

160 

127 

bllO 

blOO

blOO 

blOO 

blOO 

blOO 

blOO

blOO 

bllO 

blSO 

498 

1,150

1,470 

925 

620 

389 

b330

b300 

b270 

b250 

b220 

*b200

b!90 

b!80 

b!70 

b!60 

b!60 

b!60

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fet 

Mar 

Apr 

"a? 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-

Feb.

b!60 

1 b!60 

b!60 

b!60 

b!60

b!80 

b2,000 

bl,800 

bl,700 

2,140

*8,800 

4,460 

2,220 

2,830 

3,370

2,220 

1,800 

1,710 

3,010 

3,640

3,190 

2,140 

1,470 

1,150 

1,000

760 

730 

2,220 

2,650

Mar.

1,SOO 

1,550 

1,880 

6,600 

5,600

3,370 

2,140 

1,550 

1,150 

855

730 

595 

520 

520 

790

855 

1,000 

1,080 

2,390 

2,830

2,050 

1,550 

1,150 

925 

730

595 

570 

570 

570 

1,960 

8,100

Secondfoot-days

2,011.9 

2,563 

14,292

_

9,158

56J575 

71,775 

44,020 

61,724 

26,009 

9,311 

9,079

364,507.9

Apr.

4,650 

3,010 

2,300 

1,880 

1,390

1,080 

855 

855 

1,270 

1,800

1,710 

1,840 

1,880 

1,800 

1,800

1,880 

2,830 

3,910 

4,740 

7,600

6,100 

4,000 

2,560 

2,140 

2,090

1,750 

1,390 

1,080 

855 

730

Maximum

702 

179 

1,960

_

1,470 

8,800 

8,100 

7,600 

9,300 

7,570 

2,830 

1,590 

1,800

9,300

May

653 

686 

714 

719 

730

790 

855 

790 

724 

653

560 

488 

430 

410 

498

444 

410 

370 

333 

600

1,040 

855 

708 

1,000 

9,300

5,220 

2,740 

1,880 

1,350 

1,670 

6,400

Minimum

8.1 

44 

43

_

100 

160 

520 

730 

333 

545 

270 

48 

29

8.1

June

3,010 

1,920 

1,310 

1,470 

1,080

742 

555 

545 

736 

855

1,270 

1,710 

1,670 

1,270 

1,080

822 

2,790 

7,570 

6,600 

3,100

1,800 

1,150 

790 

822 

925

702 

2,630 

5,700 

4,360 

2,740

July

1,750 

1,190 

822 

2,830 

2,220

1,470 

1,000 

702 

530 

414

337 

498 

660 

545 

\ 401

315 

689 

1,190 

754 

498

370 

439 

648 

1,190 

1,710

1,000 

580 

389 

298 

280 

270

Mean

64.9 

85.4 

461

-

295 

2,000 

1,825 

2j392 

1,420 

2,057 

839 

300 

303

996

Ail*.

200 

362 

273 

176 

130

108 

95 

102 

92 

88

73 

60. 

51 

48 

58

f!66 

f!93 

f!54 

fl!5 

f95

f86 

f71 

f64 

56 

48

f503 

f 1,510 

f 1,590 

fl,230 

f822 

f622

Sept.

f925 

f686 

f511 

f378 

f280

217 

173 

141 

121 

110

121 

135 

121 

95 

77

67 

60 

51 

46 

40

38 

34 

30 

29 

1,110

1,800 

760 

422

287 

214

Per squar^l Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.12C 0.14 

.157 .18 

.849 .98

..

.542 .63 

3.68 3.97 

3.36 3.87 

4.41 4.92 

2.62 3.01 

3.79 4.23 

1.55 1.78 

.552 .64 

.558 .62

1.83 24.97

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Centralia 

and at Queen Shoals.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
236 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Elk River at Queen Shoals, W. Va.

Location,- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°28'20", long. 81°17'10", at higl^say bridge at

Queen Shoals, Kanawha County, 100 feet upstream from Queen Shoals Creek and 4 miles

upstream from Big Sandy Creek. Datum of gage is 604.61 feet above mean sea level

(unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 1,145 square miles, Including that of Queen Shoals Creek. 

Records available.- November 1928 to September 1940 (include flow of Queen Shoals

Creek). 

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 2,000 second-feet (figures previously published

included 8 years of record for station at Clendening. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,600 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 14.92

feet); minimum, 8.0 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 2.86 feet).

1928-40: mxlmum discharge, 91,300 second-feet July 5, 193g (gage height, 29,2

feet), from rating curve extended above 30,000 second-feet; minimum, 1.0 second-foot

Oct. 20-22, 1930 (gage height, 2.20 feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below 50 second-feet and those for pnrlods of ice

effect, which are fair.

Rating tallies, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in second-feet)

£.8

2.9

3.0

3.1 

3.3 

3.5

5.0

10

17

26

48

77

Oct. 1 to Hay 51

3.8 

4.1 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

152 

195 

297 

517 

S60 

1,570

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

2,750

4,460

6,500

9,000

14,900

81,000

5.3 

5.5 

5.7 

4.0

4.5

4.6

48

77

115

172

241

537

June 1 to Sept. 30

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7-0 

8.0

510

780

1,120

1,580

2,170

5,740

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

5,860

S,560

11,100

14,100

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

B«y

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

25

24 

25

26 

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Oct.

9.5 

9.5 

15 

15 

16

14 

14 

12 

11 

2S

58 

54 

46 

56 

55

28 

24 

22 

20 

IS

16 

14 

14 

13 

12

11 

12 

22 

29 

328 

588

HOT.

see

266 

211 

1S7 

182

172 

158 

144 

12S 

119

109 

100 

95 

10S 

115

10S 

100 

95 

SS 

82

81 

84 

81 

75 

72

71 

69 

74 

77 

81

Dec.

79 

SI 

82 

86 

115

158 

202 

237 

215 

225

409 

400 

651 

796 

748

679 

559 

492 

456 

544

1,200 

2,250 

1,490 

1,110 

836

644 

517 

466 

442 

404 

552

Jan.

266 

t>230 

200 

185 

172

162 

144 

b!40 

hl40 

148

150 

160 

185 

451 

960

1,250 

1,660 

#1,130 

812 

594

538 

426 

578 

1S370 

h350

*300 

266 

229 

206 

h!90 

hl80

Honfcb.

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feh 

Mar 

Apr 

"ay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19!19 ...........

ater year 1959-4

Feb.

hlSO tiso

hlSO 

W.80 hiso

W.90 

%450 

%2,800 

2,600 

2,160

*6,240 

10,400 

4,850 

4,850 

6,080

4,460 

5,220 

5,140 

5,450 

6,980

6,980 

4,850 

5,140 

2,500 

1,820

1,560 

1,550 

5,060 

5,250

liar.

4,270 

2,980 

2,600 

6,750 

11,500

7,460 

4,850 

3,500 

2,450 

1,320

1,430 

1,180 

1,000 

696 

960

1,220 

1,450 

1,620 

2,900 

4,650

4,270 

5,060 

2,450 

1,820 

1,430

1,190 

1,010 

960 

925 

2,060 

15,100

Second - 

foot-days

1,543.0 

5,718 

16,905

764,756.0

12,454 

95,080 

97,519 

148,680 

60,909 

95,552 

61,911 

18,526 

19,267

629,641.0

Apr.

12,200 

6,980 

4,850 

5,910 

2,880

2,160 

1,750 

1,560 

2,250 

2,600

2,9SO 

5,060 

5,640 

3.640 

5,480

5,300 

5,590 

6,740 

9,000 

18,500

15,700 

10,100 

6,080 

4,460 

3,910

5,480 

2,820 

2,160 

1,750 

1,430

Maximum

588 

586 

2,250

61,700

1,560 

10,400 

15,100 

18,500 

12,500 

15,200 

6,580 

2,510 

4,870

18,500

May

1,270 

1,180 

1,110 

1,140 

1,110

1,100 

1,150 

1,200 

1,150 

1,070

970 

660 

764 

666 

616

651 

644 

594 

544 

52S

1,060 

1,490 

1,240 

1,060 

5,860

12,500 

5,450 

3,590 

2,500 

1,820 

6,420

Minima

9.5 

69 

79

e

140 

160 

696 

1,430 

528 

752 

600 

121 

57

9.5

June

7,320 

5,380 

2,100 

1,480 

1,530

1,290 

977 

804 

732 

816

907 

1,120 

1,550 

1,480 

1,240

1,060 

900 

2,550 

9,580 

4,650

2,440 

1,480 

1,070 

894 

942

1,020 

11,400 

15,200 

8,620 

6,820

July

5,840 

2,510 

1,740 

1,540 

5,610

2,530 

1,740 

1,240 

948 

744

600 

1,710 

1,430 

1,090 

921

1,010 

2,270 

4.240 

2,570 

1,480

984 

762 

762 

6,570

6,580

5,560 

2,040 

1,290 

864 

682 

610

Mean

49.7 

124 

545

2,095

402 

5,279 

5,146 

4,956 

1,965 

5,111 

1,997 

591 

642

1,720

Aug.

687 

482 

556 

427 

357

501 

556 

266 

221 

195

178 

150 

154 

138 

152

162 

148 

148 

241 

231

195 

166 

150 

152 

121

1,680 

2,440 

2,510 

2,570 

1,920 

1,540

Per square 

mile

0.043 

.108 

.476

1.83

.551 

2.66 

2.75 

4.53 

1.72 

2.72 

1.74 

.516 

.561

1.50

Sept.

956 

991 

949 

732 

560

487 

390 

266 

228 

204

187 

16S 

154 

15S 

166

152 

132 

113 

100 

91

81 

78 

63 

57 

1,800

4,870 

2,510 

1,340 

840 

570

Run-off in 

inches

0.05 

.12 

.55

24.84

.40 

3.09 

3.17 

4.83 

1.98 

3.05 

2.01 

.60 

.65

20.46

Peak discharge Mar. 31 (11 p.m.) 16,700 sec. -ft.; Hay 26 (5:50 a.m.) 15,50C sec. -ft.; June 27 

(7 p.m.) 23,600 sec. -ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day 

Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 237

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°10'4511 , long. 81°42'4011 , at highway bridge at 

Ashrord, Boone County, 300 feet upstream from Lick Creek and 1.8 miles upstream from 

Bull Creek. Datum of gage Is 622.07 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 393 square miles.

Records available.- May 1930 to September 1940. June 1908 to September 1916 at site 1 

mile upstream, published as Coal River at Brushton, W. Va.

Average discharge.- 18 years, 504 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,940 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 7.60 

leet;; minimum, 3.6 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 1.16 feet).

1908-16, 1930-40: Maximum discharge observed, 40,700 second-feet Aug. 9, 1916 

(gage height, 36.3 feet, former site and datum, or about 35 feet at present site), 

from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet; no flow Sept. 18-21, 24, Oct. 

6-12, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or of backwater from 

debris on control, which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

as

23

24 

25

26 

2728

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5.6 

6.4 

10 

10 

S.6

7.2 

6.2 

5.2 

6.4 

6.6

7.2 

6.8 

5.6 

4.8 

4.4

4.1 

4.2 

4.9 

4.9 

4.9

4.8 

4.4 

4.1 

3.8 

3.7

5.2 

6.8 

12 

S.O 

18 

14

HOT.

11 

8.6 

6.8 

6.4 

6.0

7.8 

8.9 

7.5 

6.8 

6.2

5.5 

5.8 

7.0 

7.5 

7.0

6.4 

5.8 

5.6 

5.4 

5.6

7.5 

9.4 

9.4 

9.2 

8.9

11 

10 

9.2 

8.3 

7.5

Dac.

7.0 

S.O 

9.2 

9.2 

10

11 

10 

11 

10 

12

13 

11 

10 

12 

12

14 

16 

15 

14 

17

20 

27 

30 

23 

26

22 

23 

23 

31 

31 

29

Jan.

24

20 

17 

16 

15

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

14 

18 

25

31

146 

114 

81 

45

41

33 

31 

29 

25 

22

19 

17 

15 

13 

13 

b!3

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

ember .....«.. 

alendar yaar 192

tember ..... ......_..

ater year 1939-4

Fab.

bis

b!3 bis

b!4 

16

22

41 

217 

180 

157

423 

382 

237 

278 

318

284 

252 

262 

356 

814

350 

624 

434 

313 

262

218 

205 

356 

712

Mar.

616 

466 

421 

968 

1,210

778 

548 

421 

330 

262

214 

188 

172 

169 

193

205 

209 

214 

257 

382

421 

376 

313 

257 

214

176 

172 

161 

150 

363 

1,960

Secondfoot-days

208.8 

228.1 

526.4

166,033.1

910 

8,261 

12,791 

30.880 

9,290 

17,480 

10,158 

9,062 

2,211

102,006.3

Apr.

1,760 

1,170 

832 

672 

578

480 

402 

376 

525

600

543 

555 

672 

744 

778

760 

664 

624 

1,420 

4,010

4,010 

2,500 

1,370 

1,060 

940

814 

656 

525 

447 

388

Maximum

18 

11 

31

15,000

146 

850 

1,960 

4,010 

1,140 

2,500 

997 

1,740 

257

4,010

May

356 

330 

289 

272 

252

232 

218

209 

197 

193

180 

169 

146

136 

136

126 

117 

105 

96 

578

1,100 

499 

324 

252 

395

350 

284 

227 

188 

193 

1,140

Minimum

3.7 

5.4 

7.0

3.4

12 

13 

150 

376 

96 

153 

153 

32 

16

3.7

June

1,020 

632 

447 

330 

257

214 

180 

172 

324 

460

592 

562 

460 

313 

218

169 

153 

161 

350 

1,280

760 

440 

289 

247 

318

376 

2,360 

2,500 

1,240 

656

July

473 

402 

318 

997 

895

540 

376 

278 

227 

188

165 

153 

252 

284 

180

161 

197 

707 

555 

330

214 

153 

161 

193 

350

218 

193 

172 

157 

374 

295

Mean

6.7 

7.6 

17.0

455

29.4 

285 

413 

1,029 

300 

583 

323 

292 

73.7

279

Av«.

188 

139 

126 

91 

71

57 

71 

69 

69

52

43 

35. 

32 

45 

1,740

1,160 

736 

640 

570 

940

562 

336 

237 

169 

130

120 

114 

120 

106 

161 

133

Sapt.

205 

257 

176 

126 

96

75 

62 

53 

46 

46

54 

54 

50 

41 

35

32 

28 

27 

27 

24

22 

18 

16 

16

89

180 

153 

94 

62 

47

Par squar"! Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.017 0.02 

.019 .02 

.043 .05

1.16 15.72

.075 .09 

.725 .78 

1.05 1.21 

2.62 2*92 

I?63 .86 

1.48 1.65 

.835 .96 

.743 .86 

.188 .21

.710 9.65

Peak ill a charge.- Apr- 20 (7:30 p.m.) 4,940 sac. -ft.; June 27 (2 p.m.) 3,710 sec. -ft.

Stage-discharge relation affected by lea. 

Hote.- Backwater from debris on control Oct. 1 to Jan. 16, Feb. 8-19; discharge computed on basis 

of seven discharge measurements and gage-height record.
238 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°04'05", long. 81°49'20", at lower highway bridge at 

naaison, Boone County, 0.1 mile downstream from Rucker Branch and 1.0 mile downstream 

from confluence of Pond and Spruce Forks. Prior to Feb. 9 chain gage at same site and 

datum. Datum of gage Is 667.66 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 267 square miles.

Records available.- May 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 336 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,630 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 7.1 feet, 

rrom graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.0 second-foot Oct. 18 (gage 

height, 2.31 feet).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 42,800 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 27.35 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; no flow at times In period July to October 

1930.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice dally.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oet.

2.8 

2.2 

3.7 

5.0 

3.7

3.4

3.0 

2.S 

2.6 

2.4

3.0 

2.6 

1.3

1.3 

1.3

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

1.2 

1.6

1.6 

2.0 

2.0 

2.2 

3.0

5.0 

5.0 

11 

19 

15 

11

HOT.

6.6 

5.0 

3.7 

3.2 

2.6

2.4 z'.o

2.4 

2.6

2.8 

2.4 

2.1 

1.6 

1.7

1.7 

1.6 

1.7 

1.7 

2.4

4.0 

8.8 

7.2 

6.6 

5.6

5.6 

5.0 

3.4 

3.2 

2.6

DOC.

3.2 

4.0 

5.6 

9.4 

10.0

9.4 

8.3 

7.2 

5.6 

5.0

5.6 

9.4 

9.4

13 

_15

14 

14 

14 

14 

16

23 

17 

17 

18 

17

16 

16 

20 

23 

22 

19

Jan.

18 

15 

13 

11 

9.4

8.3 

7.2 

7.2 

7.2 

7.2

11 

12 

a!5 

19 

18

20 

25 

22 

19 

17

15 

15 

14 

13 

13

12 

11 

11 

10 

8.8 

S.8

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dee

C

. Jan 

Feb 

Her 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b9 

b9 

b9 

b9 

10

14 

42 

84 

64 

378

334 

280 

188 

314 

251

112 

112 

170 

314 

354

530 

311 

222 

276 

495

139 

132 

311 

495

Mar.

430 

292 

260 

925 

715

1,160 

292 

246 

200 

164

139 

118 

112 

118 

13E

139 

147 

147 

200 

330

330 

276 

276 

172 

155

132 

139 

112 

106 

210 

2,360

Second - 

foot-days

124.3 

105.8 

400.1

134,656.6

413.1 

5,968 

10,534 

18,750 

3,804 

9,870 

4,977 

1,570 

S85.5

57,401.8

Apr.

1,260 

755 

602 

430 

352

276 

246 

246 

330 

311

276 

352 

495 

530 

565

530 

402 

402 

1,210 

2,430

1,630 

1,260 

838 

678 

565

530 

375 

292 

260 

222

Maximum

19 

S.8 

23

23,500

25~ 

530 

2,360 

2,480 

311 

1,460 

60S 

222 

147

2,480

Hay

222 

200 

190 

1S1 

164

164 

164 

164 

155 

155

139 

118 

112 

112 

97

94 

82 

73 

66 

39

106 

82 

63 

64 

77

75 

73 

66 

61 

85 

311

Minimum

1.1 

1.6 

3.2

1.1

7.2 

9 

106 

222 

61 

53 

56 

16 

6.6

1.1

June

276 

222 

172 

US 

99

87 

67 

53 

62 

233

430 

352 

276 

181 

11S

79 

73 

SO 

602 

1,410

530 

276 

181 

200 

246

292 

1,060 

1,460 

375 

260

Jt-ly

260 

200 

200 

602 

402

260 

190 

147 

125 

112

79 

112 

77 

67 

56

172 

276 

260 

181 

125

93

91 

82 

112 

106

77 

63 

72 

125 

147 

106

Mean

4.01 

3.53 

12.9

369

13.3 

206 

340 

625 

123 

329 

161 

50.6 

29.5

157

Aug.

77 

60 

45 

31 

30

26 

30 

23 

24 

20

IS 

16 

17 

33 

65

67 

49 

39 

155 

222

118 

74 

60 

43 

31

33 

33 

SS 

28 

37 

33

F*r square 

mile

0.015 

.013 

.048

1.38

.050 

.772 

1.27 

2.34 

.461 

1.23 

.603 

.190 

.110

.588

Sept.

57 

55 

44 

2S 

25

21 

19 

16 

15 

15

IS 

IS 

16 

13 

12

11 

9.6 

9.2 

S.8 

8.4

8.0 

7.3 

6.6 

6.6 

132

147 

a64 

40 

31 

24

Run-off In 

Inches

0.02 

.01 

.06

IS. 78

.06

.as

1.47 

2.61 

.53 

1.37 

.69 

.22 

.12

7.99

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 239

Pocatallco River at Slssonvllle, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°31'35", long. 81°37'50'1 , at bridge on U. S. Highway 

21 at Slssonvllle, Kanawha County, 0.3 mile downstream from Grapevine Creek ard 1.8 

miles downstream from Left Fork. Prior to Mar. 5, 1940, chain gage at same site and 

datum. Datum of gage is 594.56 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area*- 238 square miles.

Records available.- June 1908 to September 1916, May 1930 to September 1931, February 1937 

to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 12 years, 279 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum discharges for water years 1937 to 1940 are contained In 

tne following table:

Water 

year

1936-37 

1937-38 

1938-39

1939-40

Maximum

Date

June 22 

May 20 

Apr. 16

June 27

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1,890 

5,350

114,100

$10,300

Gage height 

(feet)

 10.8 

«19.0 

««34.4

«28.2

Minimum

Date

Sept. 30 

Sept. 10-12 

Aug. 13-15, 

27-31 , 

Sept. 1-3, 5-] 9, 23- 

28 oct.i, 5-27

Discharge 

sec. -ft.)

tl.7 

t-2 

tt.l

tt-1

Gage height 

(feet

1.81 

ttl.63

» From graph based on gage readings, 

t Observed.

t From rating curve extended above 

8,000 second-feet.

«« From floodmarks.

tt Minimum dally discharge.

Sept. 12 only.

1908-16, 1930-31, 1937-40: Maximum discharge, 17,000 second-feet June 27, 1910, 

from rating curve extended above 4,200 second-feet; maximum gage height, 34.4 feet 

Apr. 16, 1939, from floodmarks; minimum discharge, 0.1 second-foot at times during 

August and September 1930, August to October 1939.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Records for the period March 1939 to September 1940 collected and prepared 

In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; records for February 1937 to February 1939 were collected by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and computed and prepared for 

publication by Geological Survey.

Discharge, in seoond-feet, 1937-40 

1937

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

SB

23

24

85

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct. MOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

751

774

788

573

573

530

4SS

Mar.

143

137

107

101

134

19S

157

173

127

101

101

S4

S9

1S3

509

425

661

1,390

1,100

639

435

364

190

446 157

384

364

19S

165

_

-

446

304

198

165

107

113

101

Apr.

95

S4

7S

73

73

6S

68

64

165

190

127

101

84

S4

134

334

807

150

130

101

107

354

374

190

165

198

1S3

364

244

173

May

134

101

84

73

S9

344

404

595

384

364

874

127

113

3S4

1,860

610

373

848

34S

874

158

118

130

137

100

137

735

231

118

S4

7S

June

45

38

33

35

4S

41

35

33

36

26

94

6S

59

59

291

151

84

828

365

190

S4

790

544

94

59

41

94

390

144

130

July

100

73

61

37

151

S4

39

30

35

21

35

856

1,330

635

1,110

378

1,170

735

15S

84

63

51

36

34

48

33

28

26

34

31

IS

Aug.

38

40

26

31

19

13

11

9.7

14

33

13

14

13

10

S.9

7.3

7.3

51

39

73

19

30

25

48

166

566

174

64

33

29

32

Sept.

26

22

25

22

27

39

30

26

23

81

21

IS

17

16

14

11

9.7

8.9

S.5

7.7

6.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.5

2.3

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.7

-
240 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Dlacharge, in second feet, of Focatalico River at Sissonville, W. Va., 1937-40 Continued

1937-38

Day

1

2

3

4

e

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1.7

1.7

3.5

26

21

20

18

15

13

24

32

32

31

30

30

30

30

29

27

25

2b

42

222

166

106

137

214

2,920

2,620

484

265

Nov.

112

106

78

64

48

47

46

50

64

48

68

112

130

100

78

68

59

51

50

44

40

38

44

50

59

64

59

55

50

48

-

Dec.

45

44

42

41

b40

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b460

2,260

2,930

3,290

1,740

530

344

234

364

304

234

173

254

488

404

274

254

Jan.

216

182

157

142

107

84

182

446

425

344

284

198

107

89

84

73

64

64

59

59

57

838

728

488

1,860

1,440

404

225

165

216

274

Feb.

304

304

284

254

225

254

284

284

225

425

1,760

3,330

1,320

488

264

234

216

142

95

705

797

364

509

617

425

324

324

344

_

_

-

Mar.

384

284

324

661

488

1,990

1,070

488

344

284

324

274

234

207

173

150

216

551

467

364

234

182

264

617

384

304

225

207

234

274

274

Apr.

244

190

142

113

101

89

101

127

774

845

639

364

198

157

134

107

107

784

1,410

617

384

274

225

165

95

73

46

28

26

25

-

May

25

27

32

34

35

32

32

23

22

22

20

19

19

19

34

216

344

384

404

2,750

3,240

995

530

344

234

284

216

134

683

683

344

June

173

157

446

234

101

78

127

566

231

118

73

78

51

55

39

64

354

182

198

182

94

64

49

40

36

32

39

34

31

26

-

July

24

284

309

174

84

44

34

30

130

137

84

48

32

29

27

25

24

41

174

182

408

465

265

182

89

55

34

27

34

38

40

Aug.

106

84

51

38

845

354

94

59

182

190

710

741

282

144

48

38

33

130

36

29

25

21

19

15

10

8.5

7.3

6.1

5.3

2,9

2.1

Sept.

2.9

2.1

S.I

1.3

,7

,7

.6

1.7

.4

.2

.2

.7

37

988

2,580

660

256

182

59

42

34

30

27

25

23

20

17

15

14

13

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11

10

9.7

8.6

8.1

7.7

7.3

5.7

5.7

5.3

3.9

2.9

1.9

2.6

Ir9

2.6

2.3

2.1

1.5

1.0

1.5

.7

.7

.6

.4

.9

.8

1.0

2.3

S.S

2.3

Nov.

1.7

2.6

2.1

1.3

38

59

55

55

56

34

34

33

35

31

28

28

S7..

28

1,100

2,060

344

198

157

150

113

107

157

101

84

364

-

Dec.

404

344

304

216

225

225

216

107

101

95

95

95

142

142

127

120

120

113

113

107

107-

107

107

107

157

198

774

728

705

324

254

Jan.

173

150

127

95

68

73

53

55

49

48

48

49

55

284

95

101

113

101

95

89

73

157

150

182

198

198

284

488

4,080

6,650

2,260

Feb.

683

1,230

9,960

7,840

1,620

446

324

264

304

820

3,370

2,220

544

247

1,000

1,970

1,110

500

436

396

283

283

213

164

265

805

880

830

_

-

Mar.

634

416

265

301

3,540

2,000

780

338

283

265

1,380

3,720

3,810

1,380

416

301

283

265

213

188

172

103

73

61

46

34

23

265

357

522

706

Apr.

706

905

730

338

172

416

905

376

301

265

283

1,440

610

376

1,810

12,800

7,180

2,000

780

436

357

247

164

103

86

75

92

80

69

40

-

May

17

10

12

19

20

16

17

20

18

17

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

14

13

13

12

12

10

8.6

7.0

5.4

4.3

3.4

2.5

1.7

1.7

June

29

128

103

d90

d60

d30

d20

d!8

16

12

10

7.6

6.3

8.3

6.0

3.9

1.9

4.6

9.4

7.3

5.4

7.0

9.0

7.3

6.3

3.6

2.7

396

319

116

July

43

30

13

6.0

19

13

11

8.3

6.0

2.9

1.7

dl.O

d.8

d.6

d.4

d.4

d.4

.5

1.7

36

42

35

28

74

80

36

20

28

62

47

16

Aug.

11

7.0

4.9

2.9

2.3

3.6

4.3

3.4

2.3

1.3

1.0

.5

.1

d.l

d.l

2.9

2.1

1.7

1.0

.6

.2

4.3

3. £

2.1

1.3

.3

.1

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

Sept.

dO.l

d.l

.1

.2

.1

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l a.i

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.2

d.2

d.2

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

.1

.6

.2

-

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of three discharge measurements, 

weather records, and records for West Fork of Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale,
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 241

Discharge, In second-feet, of Pooatalleo River at Slssonvllle, W. Va., 1937-40- Continued

1939-40

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

85

26

27

28

29

50

51

Oct.

0.1

1.2

1.7

.6

.1

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

d.l

.1

.1

d.l

d.l

d.l

.1

d.l

13

13

13

13

HOT.

13

12

11

11

10

10

12

12

12

11

9.4

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.3

7.9

7,3

6.7

6.0

6.4

4.9

3.4

3.4

2 9

2.9

2.5

2.9

3.9

4.1

-

Dee.

4.1

3.9

4.3

4,6

6.0

5,2

3,9

3.6

3.4

3.4

5,4

5.4

9.7

7,3

6.0

7.0

12

8.6

7.9

20

32

30

38

40

35

33

40

34

30

25

b29

Jan.

b!7

b!4

b!2

blO

b8

b7

b6

b5

b4

b4

b4

*10

28

116

522

522

b450

b250

b!20

b60

bSO

b!5

9.7

10

9.4

*10

9.7

9.4

b9

b9

b9

Feb.

b9

b9

b9

b9

b9

92

301

358

376

«634

1,440

905

755

1,940

2,250

457

376

2,610

4,450

2,010

1,410

634

128

188

156

135

188

1,800

980

_

-

Mar.

457

376

2,220

3,210

1,260

706

357

116

103

97

97

75

62

92

213

213

196

180

955

544

283

196

149

122

86

70

63

60

65

780

3,010

Apr.

1,110

500

357

265

180

142

97

265

1,320

478

301

544

566

338

265

213

230

1,970

2,650

6,350

3,370

930

457

376

283

196

156

128

109

92

-

Ma7

86

86

86

80

YO

58

49

40

33

31

28

25

20

18

16

14

14

13

12

12

9.4

9.0

7.9

12

32

34

14

11

11

26

213

June

230

164

97

63

39

27

17

109

500

338

376

855

301

980

1,560

566

188

156

103

80

B7

38

26

80

566

301

6,500

5,550

805

338

-

July

164

99

74

55

46

38

27

22

21

20

213

51

44

42

35

35

83

45

35

26

18

14

10

880

265

78

55

36

35

247

99

Aug.

99

31

37

19

8.7

99

196

78

44

33

22

W

9.6

15

10

P. 2

e.3

4.2

4.2

3.1

2.3

1.6

1,4

,9

.5

706

566

26E

104

83

13E

Sept.

104

69

40

21

15

11

7.S

6.6

4.9

7.0

5.6

3.5

2.8

1.8

.9

.5

.5

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2

.5

436

376

283

230

196

69

27

"

* Winter discharge measurement; made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather 

records, and records for West Fork of Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale.

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1937-40

Month

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

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

Water year 1937-38 ...... .

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

Water year 1938-39 ...........

Seoondfoot-days

8 91V

8 40V

423,2

"*

-

99,893.7

6 9*79 *

39 00V

128,044,7

Maximum

1 ?90

274

39

*"

g QgQ

_

3,530

9 960

12 800

80

12,800

Minimum

78

1.7

"

_

19

24

S i

n

.2

.1

Mean

288

14.1

""

.

274

351

Per square

mile

1 21

93V

239

.059

"*

svo 2 * 04

-

2 26

1.15

g og

3 1 ^

4

r»o

302

O9O

0088

1.4V

Run-off in 

inches

0 92

.07

1 1 Q

-

62

15,60

1 * 09

20.02
242 KANAWHA RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Pocatallco River at Slssonvllle, W. Va., 1937-40- Continued

Month

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

116,263.2

98,946.4

Maximum

12,800

522

6,500

Minimum

.1

4

9

.1

Mean

319

74.2

270

Per square 

mile

1.34

.312

.395

1.13

Run-off In 

Inches

0.009

18.19

.36

4.00

3.79

.18

3.28

.46

15.47
RACCOON CREEK BASIN 243

Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°52'31", long. 82°21'18'1 , on line between sees. 

25 and 26, T. 6 N., R. 16 W., at highway bridge at Adamsville, 1.3 miles downstream 

from Indian Creek. Datum of gage is 570.85 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to June 12, staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 587 square miles.

Records available.- June 1915 to November 1935, October 1938 to September 1940.

Average dlscharge»-23 years, 690 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,500 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 21.4 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 6.8 second-feet Oct. 18-27 (gage height, 2.30 

feet).

1915-35, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 13,700 second-feet Apr. 18, 1939 (gase height, 

22.8 feet.from floodmarks); minimum, 1.4 second-feet Sept. 24, 1930 (gage hsight, 

1.54 feet).

Floodmarks indicate maximum stage of about 24.5 feet prior to Installation at gage.

Remarks.- Records fair except those prior to June 12 and those for periods of no gageheight record, which are poor. Staff gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

84 

85

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12 

9.8 

9.8

8.2 

S.2

S.2 

8.2 

8.2 

8.2 

8.2

S.2 

8.2 

8.2 

8.2 

8.2

8.2 

8.2 

6.6 

6.8 

6.8

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

6.8 

6.8 

46 

71 

71 

54

Nov.

60 

51 

39 

32 

28

25 

23 

21 

20 

19

IS 

IS 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

27 

32 

26 

26 

24

22 

19 

19 

21 

28

Dec.

26 

23 

28 

33 

46

. 37 

31 

31 

' 33 

37

33 

30 

27 

22 

19

18 

21 

24 

32 

40

44

39 

35 

42 

42

35 

39 

39 

39 

42 

48

Jan.

39 

29 

82 

IS 

15

13 

200 

400 

600 

900

700 

450 

150 

70 

60

53 

47 

43 

40 

37

35 

33 

32 

31 

30

29 

28 

27 

26 

25 

25

Month

Octc 

HOVE 

Deoe

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr5 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

24 

84 

23 

83 

23

30 

60 

100 

250 

500

SOO 

1,300 

1,600 

1,350 

1,160

1,080 

800 

1,310 

3,020 

3,780

4,100 

3,940 

2,880 

1,420 

1,060

879 

800 

699 

699

Mar.

675 

879 

1,380 

2,690 

2,730

2,250 

1,460 

961 

699 

535

446 

424 

356 

402 

424

446 

446

424 

535 

581

535 

490 

402 

356 

29S

264 

240 

240 

240 

1,680 

3,200

Secondroot-days

456.4 

719 

1,023

393,324.6

4,207 

33,654 

26,688 

80,399 

11,489 

14,865 

1,604 

2,276 

2,292

179,672.4

Apr.

3,380 

3,250 

8,560 

1,510 

1,100

906 

724 

581 

512 

490

490 

651 

933 

1,290 

1,080

826 

1,310 

3,53(5 

5,410 

8,890

10,800 

11,400 

8,000 

5,300 

1,780

961 

961 

749 

535 

490

Maximum

71 

60 

46

13,000

900 

4,100 

3,200 

11 ,400 

1,290 

1,680 

150 

590 

800

11,400

May

446 

402 

379 

356 

310

310 

287 

252 

240 

228

191 

191 

191 

191 

191

178 

178 

178 

178 

147

142 

137 

130 

394 

512

1,090 

1,290 

933 

675 

581 

581

Minimum

6.8 

15 

18

6.8

13 

S3 

240 

490 

130 

147 

19 

14 

16

6.8

June

1,320 

1,680 

1,230 

774 

535

379 

310 

228 

191 

248

216 

228 

166 

1S1 

367

581 

446 

664 

821 

612

334 

204 

147 

316 

245

223 

1,280 

524 

254 

161

July

126 

101 

S6 

73 

64

56 

49 

46 

42 

39

37 

35 

32 

30 

27

30 

31 

31 

. 25 

23

22 

20 

19 

75 

150

90 

70 

55 

45 

40 

35

Mean

14.7 

24.0 

33.0

604

136 

1,160 

861 

2,680 

371 

496 

51.7 

73.4 

76.4

491

Aug.

30 

25 

85 

30 

40

50 

75 

40 

30 

25

19 

18 

17 

16 

16

17 

17 

18 

18 

19

16 

15 

14 

14 

14

32 

145 

84 

280 

5»7 

590

Per square 

mile

0.025 

.041 

.056

1,37

.232 

1.98 

1.47 

4.57 

.632 

.845 

.088 

.125 

.130

.836

Sept.

001 

494 

192 

106 

71

49 

37 

31 

26 

25

22 

20 

19 

19 

19

IB 

17 

17 

16 

17

16 

17 

16 

16 

88

39 

26 

22 

19 

18

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.05 

.06

18.58

.27 

2.14 

1.70 

5.10 

.73 

.94 

.10 

.14 

.14

11.40

Note.- No gage-height record July 23 to Aug. 10, Aug. 12-13, 15-18; discharge computed on basis 

of weather records and records for Hocking River at Athens. Stage-discharge relation affected by 

ice Jan. 3 to Feb. 14, Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from valley storage Apr. 23, 

24; discharge computed from backwater curve. Doubtful gage-height record Nov. 3-20; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement and weather records.
244 GUYANDOT RIVER BASIN

Guyandot River at Man, W. Va.

Location - Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°44'30", long. 81°52'45", at highway bridge at 

nan, Logan County, 500 feet upstream from Buffalo Creek and 0.7 mile"downstream from 

Huff Creek.

Drainage area.- 762 square miles, including that of Buffalo Creek.

Records available.- December 1928 to September 1940 (Include flow of Buffalo Creek).

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 968 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,280 aecond-feet June 19 (gage height, 10.12 

feet); minimum, 18 second-feet Oct. 24; minimum gage height, 2.53 feet Oct. 17.

1928-40: Maximum discharge observed, 40,000 seconct-feet Mar. 3, 1934 (gage height, 

19.11 feet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

3.0 second-feet Oct. 6, 1930 (gage height, 2.32 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period Oct. 8 to Dec. 22 and ttose for periods of 

ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-4O, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in"seeond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 8 to Dec. 22)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11 Feb. 12 to Sep*-,. SO

2.5 IS

2.6 27

2.7 37

2.9 64

3.1 

3.3 

3.6 

4.0

101

147

233

382

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

660

1,020

1,440

2.8 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

167

248

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

640

930

1,300

1,760

2,960

4,350

5,940

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

35 

33 

32 

30 

30

32 

32 

29 

27 

26

25 

24 

23 

22

21

20 

20 

20

21 

21

21 

21 

20 

19 

19

20 

23 

27 

30 

29 

29

Nov.

37

2£ 

27 

26

25 

25 

24 

.23 

23

23 

23 

23 

23 

23

22 

22 

21 

21 

32

25 

27 

28 

28 

28

28 

30 

30 

29 

29

Dec.

28 

29 

30 

33 

35

36 

36 

36 

35 

33

33 

31 

32 

34 

37

41 

42 

43 

39 

48

74 

123 

140 

110 

78

64 

71 

89 

108 

105 

91

Jan.

76 

- 60 

b50 

44 

MO

b35 

35 

35 

34 

b35

36 

38 

48

78 

157

277 

870 

199 

b!40 

bllO

b90 

b70 

b60 

b55 

*b50

b45 

b42 

b40 

b40 

b40 

b40

Month

Oet 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Hap 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1939 ...........

ater year 1939f-4

Peb.

MO 

MO 

b40 

b40 

b40

b55 

blOO 

b200 

b400 

528

1,170 

1,220 

786 

774 

965

822 

678 

651 

744 

1,340

*1,920 

1,380 

930 

706 

585

490 

426 

750 

1,420

Mar.

1,380 

1,040 

930 

1,820 

2,210

1,420 

1,040 

828 

690 

570

472 

404 

355 

351 

426

550 

565 

565 

739 

1,260

1,300 

1,000 

822 

662 

545

449 

395 

404 

367 

508 

3,230

Secondfoot-days

781 

778 

1,765

306,217

2,369 

19,240 

27,297 

49,152 

20,288 

34,803 

25,751 

11,841 

8,196

202,261

Apr.

3,440 

2,150 

1,560 

1,710 

1,660

1,300 

1,OOO 

930 

1,100 

1 ,070

965 

1,040 

1,180 

1,300 

1,300

1,180 

1,040 

900 

965 

3,420

5,580 

3,930 

2,390 

1,760 

1,420

1,260 

1,100 

930 

828 

744

Maximum

35 

37 

140

16,200

277 

1,920 

3,230 

5,580 

2,390 

5,100 

3,790 

1,530 

2,210

5,580

May

712 

706 

612 

590 

570

535 

525 

515 

550 

560

560 

472 

383 

331 

304

298 

280 

261 

239 

1,720

2,390 

1,040 

690 

550 

575

575 

510 

431 

359 

395 

2,050

Minimum

19 

21 

28

19

34 

40 

351 

744 

239 

242 

248 

81 

61

19

June

2,270 

1,420 

1,000 

734 

673

728 

500 

395 

580 

505

525 

580 

505 

404 

301

251 

242 

287 

2,030 

5,100

1,870 

1,000 

700 

575 

678

750 

1,710 

5,100 

2,S10 

1,180

 July

798 

684 

706 

1,660 

1,870

1,140 

792 

602 

495 

431

418 

404 

651 

822 

560

780 

1,540 

3,790 

1,920 

1,040

700 

515 

431 

426 

640

454 

331 

261 

248 

327 

315

Aug.

308 

239 

203 

160 

134

129 

150 

127 

116 

105

92 

83 

81 

200 

1,010

965 

634 

634 

822 

965

706 

480 

347 

267 

211

206 

211 

211 

192 

323 

1,530

*«>«> P-r,^rdJ

25.2 0.033 

25.9 .034 

56,6 .075

839 1.10

76,4 .100 

663 .870 

881 1.16 

1,638 2.15 

654 .858 

1,160 1.52 

831 1.09 

382 .501 

273 .358

553 .726

Sept.

8,210 

1,100 

662 

440 

323

242 

197 

172 

160 

162

172 

184 

153 

125 

109

96 

88 

81 

73 

71

67 

65 

61 

63 

167

239 

294 

184 

129 

107

Run-off In 

Inches

0.04 

.04 

.09

14,93

As

.94 

1.33 

2,40 

.99

1.70 

1.26 

.58 

.40

9.89

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee.
GUYANDOT RIVER BASIN 245

Guyandot River at Branchland, W. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°13'15", long. 82°12'10", at highway bridge at

Branchland, Lincoln County, 20 feet downstream from Fourmlle Creek. Datum of gage Is

547.91 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 1,226 square miles. 

Kecprgs available.- July 1915 to September 1922 (1918-22, gage heights only), Dscember

1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 1,538 second-feet, 

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,020 second-feet June 20 (gage height, 15.17

reetj; minimum, 20 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 2.96 feet).

1915-22, 1928-40: Maximum discharge, 36,900 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 (gage

height, 39.24 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum, 3.6

second-feet Oct. 25, 1930 (gage height, 2.66 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 44 feet, probably in 1907 (discharge, 43,500 second-feet,

from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or of backwater f.-om debris,

which are poor. 

Cooperation.- Results of 16 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect or of backwater fro-ri 

debris (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.9

3.0 

3.2 

3.4 

3,7

18

27

55

102

199

4.5 

5

670

1,080

2,030

2,800

3,500

4,200

10

11

12

13

14

4,900

5,650

6,400

7,200

8,000

15 8,850

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

36 

35 

36 

50 

45

38 

37 

36 

34 

35

35 

34 

30 

28 

26

25 

23 

22 

23 

25

25 

24 

22 

22 

21

22 

25 

36 

40 

43 

41

Nov.

33 

37 

36 

38 

50

45 

41 

36 

35 

32

34 

34 

30 

28 

28

28 

28 

28 

28 

28

30 

30 

37 

37 

38

40 

43 

40 

45 

46

Dec.

52 

53 

50 

50 

53

53 

50 

48 

50 

50

48 

48 

48 

48 

48

50 

52 

52 

66 

82

87 

97 

100 

145

155

135 

116 

107 

118 

129 

135

Jan.

121 

94 

82 

b75 

68

b60 

45 

b45 

b45 

b45

b45 

b45 

b50 

b70 

107

118 

208 

301 

212 

124

b!20 

bllO 

blOO 

b90 

80

70 

57 

50 

48 

48 

43

Month

Got 

Hov 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

43 

43 

48 

48 

50

57 

97 

135 

383 

649

742 

1,250 

1,280 

1,220 

1,100

1,170 

990 

1,420 

1,540 

1,590

2,510 

2,580 

1,740 

1,170 

902

734 

710 

1,260 

1,640

Mar.

2,120 

1,790 

1,740 

2,400 

3,010

2,800 

1,940 

1,390 

1,080 

894

750 

628 

551 

517 

565

614 

710 

734 

782 

1,030

1,640 

1,590 

1,230 

982 

806

670 

579 

524 

510 

1,910 

4,480

Second - 

foot-days

974 

1,068 

2,375

549,701

2,776 

27,101 

40,966 

85,820 

22,899 

52,194 

31,743 

11,719 

11,021

290,656

Apr.

5,950 

4,480 

3,010 

2,400 

2,400

2,160 

1,640 

1,400 

1,430 

1,540

1,420 

1,370 

1,540 

1,840 

1,940

1,840 

1,790 

1,640 

2,870 

7,040

8,170 

8,000 

5,200 

3,640 

2,800

2,280 

1,940 

1,590 

1,340 

1,160

Maximum

50 

50

155

34,800

301 

2,580 

4,480 

8,170 

2,530 

6,960 

4,060 

1,050 

2,200

8,170

May

1,060 

990 

934 

870 

806

750 

670 

642 

621 

600

579 

551 

510 

465 

420

394 

383 

354 

332 

295

2,530 

2,260 

1,120 

806 

649

635 

635 

558 

504 

446 

530

HinJjnum

21 

28 

48

21

43 

43 

510 

1,160 

295 

332 

360 

94 

75

21

June

2,660 

2,440 

1,590 

1,130 

854

750 

814 

621 

472 

621

894 

718 

790 

718 

551

406 

332 

343 

1,580 

6,960

5,350 

2,360 

1,330 

1,020 

1,070

1,150 

1,740 

4,690 

5,580 

2,660

July

1,530 

1,070 

S86 

1,070 

2,320

2,160 

1,310 

942 

750 

607

537 

530 

517 

663 

886

694 

926 

1,980 

4,060 

1,980

1,120 

790 

628 

537 

472

649 

537 

400 

360 

406 

426

Mean

31,4 

35.6 

76.6

1,506

89,5 

935 

1,321 

2,861 

739 

1,740 

1,024 

378 

367

794

Aug.

394 

354 

285 

238 

191

161 

142 

148 

148 

124

107 

102 

94 

142 

199

894 

1,040 

694 

750 

950

1,050 

782 

558 

4<?0 

3"2

256 

225 

216 

220 

242 

271

Per aquare 

mile

0.026 

.029 

.062

1.23

,073 

.763 

1.08 

2.33 

.603 

1,42 

,835 

.308 

.299

.648

Sept.

1,540 

2,200 

1,200 

750

517

 377 

295 

242 

199 

180

176 

176 

172 

176 

155

135 

121 

107 

102 

92

90 

82 

77 

75 

191

446 

349 

332 

276 

191

 ><n-off in 

inches

0.03 

.03 

.07

16.69

.08 

.82 

1.24 

2.60 

.69 

1.58 

.96 

.36 

.33

8.79

Peak discharge.- June 20 (6 p.m.) 9,020 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note.- Backwater from debris.on control Oct. 5 to Dec. 18; discharge computed on basis of six 

discharge measurements and gage-height record.
246 BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN

Levisa Fork at Fishtrap, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°25'45", long./82°23'20", at Fishtrap, P'ke County, 700 

reet aownstream from Hurricane Creek and 6.1 miles upstream from Russell Fork. Datum 

of gage is 688.10 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 389 square miles.

Records available.- February 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 14,800 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage 

neignt, 14.78 feet); minimum observed, 0.1 second-feet Nov. 9; minimum gage height 

observed, 0.80 foot Oct. 5-7.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 25,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (ga^e height, 20.26 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 3,000 seconl-feet on basis of 

two slope-area determinations; minimum discharge observed, that of Nov. 9, 1939; minimum gage height Observed, 0.78 foot Sept. 29, 1939.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army. .

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1.0

.6

.6

.4

.2

.2

.2

,2

.4

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.4

.4

,4

.4

.4

.2

.2

.4

.4

.9

10

7.6

3.8

2.3

Nov.

1.4

1.4

1.2

.6

.6

.4

.2

.1

.1

.6

1.2

1.0

.6

.6

1.2

1.0

.8

.8

1.0

1.2

1,7

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.S

5.0

3.6

3.0

3.0

2.6

Dec.

2.3

2.3

3.0

4.2

4.2

3.6

3.0

3.S

4.2

4.2

4.2

5.4

6.2

7.6

7.0

6.9

6.4

7.6

S.S

11

13

14

22

IS

13

7.0

7.6

17

25

29

26

Jan.

40

29

21

17

13

13

11

9.4

6.2

7.6

*8.2

11

13

20

36

62

72

64

40

31

24

16

b!6

b!4

b!2

blO

b9

bB

b7

b7

VI

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

W

b7

b8

b9

blO

14

64

*160

133

124

289

289

199

263

390

284

199

196

268

297

390

390

280

192

147

116

96

242

495

-

liar.

466

366

297

650

550

390

266

202

163

136

103

90

9S

200

762

710

495

342

46S

762

610

415

320

221

176

124

93

90

66

120

1,150

Secotidfoot-days

36.2

46.0

296.7

135,336.7

660.4

5,562

10,665

15,564

5,407

7,760

Yf SS8

17,076

5,876

76,381.5

Apr.

1,240

745

522

415

366

897

255

247

320

36S

259

868

342

415

440

390

320

276

289

1,150

1,320

1,150

820

710

675

610

550

366

284

255

-

Maximum

10

5.0

29

11,000

72

495

1,150

1,320

1,100

1,500

954

4,900

2,520

4,900

May

236

221

196

172

156

127

US

US

111

116

118

10S

9S

66

SI

79

79

74

62

423

1,100

440

259

162

156

133

88

96

66

52

52

Minimum

0.2

.1

2.3

.1

7

7

66

247

52

50

22

20

17

.1

June

342

320

251

1S5

141

105

79

61

53

224

297

217

147

147

136

103

121

276

575

1,500

620

468

289

199

169

192

130

93

70

50

July

36

30

41

88

202

130

9S

141

130

40

40

40

600

670

495

320

468

954

900

495

293

169

121

93

64

100

66

55

37

26

22

Aug.

72 390-

199

127

66

53

38

36

59

41

29

24

20

4,900

3,190

1,440

620

550

576

655

606

407

323

212

164

158

192

192

166

344

602

u..r, Per «<iw«re Bean mile

1.17 0.0030

1.53 .0039

9.64 .025

371 .954

21*3 .065

192 .494

350 .900

519 1.33

174 .447

259 .666

233 «599

551 1.42

196 .504

209 .537

Sept.

2,520

620

476

323

230

170

127

103

36

90

92

115

88

61

48

40

35

32

28

24

19

16

17

17

32

50

77

66

41

31

Run-off In 

Inches

0.003

.004

.03

1 J.£*VO 0 Q** 

 06

.53

1.04

1.49

.52

.74

 69

1.63

.56

7.30

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-dlacharge relation affected by loe.
BIO SANDY RIVER BASIN 247

Levlsa Fork at Plkevllle, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°28'45", long. 82°30'55", at bridge on U. S. Highway

119 at Plkevllle, Pike County, 1,200 feet upstream from Ferguson Fork and 7.8 miles

downstream from Shelby Creek. Datum of gage Is 634.03 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,220 square miles.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1940. Gage-height records collected at 

same site June 1907 to October 1936 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 15,200 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 18.2 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.7 second-feet Oct. 24, 

25 (gage height, -0.40 foot).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 43,600 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 38.85 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 16,500 secondfeet; minimum observed, that of Oct. 24, 25, 1939.

Maximum stage known, about 51 feet February 1862. Flood in January 1918 reached a 

stage of 43.7 feet, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or of doubtful gate-height 

record, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineer, U. S. 

Army.

Rating table, water Tear 1939-40, except periods of ice effect or Of doubtful gag>- 

height record (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 19 to Nov. 11)

-0.4

-.35

-.3

-.85

2.4 

4.O 

6.4 

9.9

-0.2

-.1 

0 

.1

O.2 

.4 

.6 

.9

62

100

146

226

1.2 

1,6 

2.O 

2,5

323

487

697

1,010

3.0 

3.8 

5.0

s.o

1,360

1,930

2,830

5,200

12.0

16,0

18.2

8,700

12,600

15,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

88 

29 

90 

31

Oct.

4,9

5,9 

7.0 

8.3 

8.3

8.3 

9.1 

S.3 

7.0 

5.9

5,4 

5,9 

6.4 

7.0 

4.4

3.3 

3,3 

3.3 

3.6

4.4

4.4

4.0 

3.0 

2.7 

2.7

3.0 

6.4 

12 

13 

15 

21

Nov.

19 

16 

15 

16 

18

19 

20

21 

20

IS

17 

dl4 

dll 

9.9 

dll

12 

9,9 

9.1 

9.9

12

13 

14 

17 

19 

20

19 

17 

17 

IS 

20

Dec.

23 

84 

84 

24 

24

84 

24 

24 

26 

26

26 

26 

29 

33 

34

36 

39 

44

51 

64

75 

90 

104 

102 

100

98 

90 

158 

171 in

184

Jan.

184 

132 

62 

b63 

b60

b54 

b47 

b43 

b41 

b40

b43 

«48 

64 

127 

226

288 

306 

241 

198 

158

139 

111 

94 

86 

71

b62 

b56 

b50 

b46 

Ml

bse

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193Q 

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b37 

bS6 

bS6 

b37 

b39

48 

249 

*511 

640 

560

1,010 

1,070 

617 

786 

879

1,140 

S17 

879 

942 

1,210

1,350 

1,210 

942 

726 

1,070

1,070 

464 

655 

1,780

Mar.

1,700 

1,630 

1,780 

1,860 

2,000

1,560 

942 

817 

697 

487

464 

511 

560 

879 

1,860

2,230 

1,560 

1,700 

2,080 

2,000

1,630 

1,350 

942 

817 

697

586 

487 

464 

487 

2,000 

3,920

Secondfoot-days

207.2 

471.8 

1,962

432,965.1

3,219 

20,950 

40,697 

60,448 

12,042 

19,317 

26,976 

35,590 

8,997

230,877.0

Apr.

4,000 

2,680 

1,700 

1,490 

1,350

1,210 

1,010 

879 

942 

879

817 

879 

1,010 

1,140 

1,210

1,210 

1,210 

2,230 

3,S40 

5,840

6,540 

4,480 

3,060 

2,460 

2,380

2,160 

1,420 

S79 

S17 

726

Maximum

21 

21

184

31,100

306 

1,780 

3,920 

6,540 

1,140 

2,830 

4,400 

8,340 

2,230

8,340

May

697 

668 

640 

586 

536

464 

464 

421 

400 

360

360 

360 

323

88S 

272

272 

256 

856 

212 

198

1,140 

613 

421 

323 

288

856 

256 

212 

184 

146 

171

Minimum

2.7 

9.1 

33

2.7

38 

36 

464 

726 

146 

184 

113 

88 

42

2.7

June

286 

400 

360 

288 

226

184 

184 

198 

578 

613

586 

668 

668 

697 

535

380 

756 

879 

2,300 

2,830

1,630 

942 

697 

487 

400

487 

360 

288 

226 

1S4

July

146 

113 

807 

726 

726

487 

323 

288 

256

241

856 

342

3,600 

2,530 

1,210

942 

4,400 

2,900 

1,280 

1,070

668 

560 

323 

380

464

586 

380 

306 

464 

360 

442

Mean

6.68 

15,7 

63.3

1,186

104 

782 

1,313 

2,015 

388 

644 

870 

1,148 

300

631

Av«.

323 

421 

380 

226 

184

146 

134 

146 

212 

171

132 

90 

88 

5.960 

8.340

3,980 

2,300 

1,010 

1,860 

2,000

1,420 

942 

879 

726 

442

3SO 

560 

323 

288 

487 

1,300

Sept.

2,230 

1,210 

817 

560 

442

360 

272 

226 

198 

212

184 

226 

212 

184 

158

111 

9S 

86 

75 

66

51 

42 

46 

49 

96

171 

212 

158 

136 

109

Per »quar>' Run-off in 

mile inches

0.0056 0.006 

.013 .01 

.052 .06

.972 13.19

.085 .10 

.592 .64 

1.08 1.24 

1.65 1.84 

.318 .37 

.528 .59 

,713 .82 

.941 1.08 

.246 .27

.517 7.03

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relatioh affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Fishtrap 

and Paintsville.

461079 O - 42 - 17
248 BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN

Levisa Fork at Paintsville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°48'55", long. 82°47'30", at bridge on State

 Highway 40 at Paintsville, Johnson County, 700 feet downstream from Paint Creek. Prior

to Apr. 7, 1940, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. 

Drainage area.- 2,150 square miles. 

Kecoras avanaDle.- December 1928 to September 1940, June 1915 to November 1920 (gage

Heights only), at site 2 miles downstream, published as Levisa Fork at Thelma, Ky. 

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 2,286 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,800 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 19.51

 feet); minimum observed, 13 second-feet Oct. 20, 26 (gage height, 1.41 feet).

1915-20, 1929-40: Maximum gage height observed, 40.7 feet, site and datum then in

use, or about 43.9 feet, present site and datum, Jan. 29, 1918 (discharge, about 69,000

second-feet); minimum, 8.4 second-feet July 23-25, 1930 (gage height, 1.06 feet). 

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

wmch are poor. Gage read twice daily prior to Apr. 7. 

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

37 

37 

34 

43 

43

38 

33 

31 

26 

23

23 

23 

20 

IS 

IS

17 

15 

15 

15 

14

15 

14 

15 

14 

14

14 

18 

66 

51 

34 

77

Nov.

65 

55 

51

49 

44

43 

43 

36 

40 

40

43 

34 

34 

33 

30

2S 

30 

27 

30 

30

30 

2S 

30 

30 

30

30 

30 

31 

33 

33

Dec.

36 

36

38 

42 

42

40 

37 

36 

38 

42

38 

38 

46 

43 

43

44 

4S 

44 

49 

60

84 

98 

130 

162 

13S

162 

164 

172 

237 

360 

342

Jan.

323 

237 

175 

237 

206

172 

132 

115 

108 

98

100 

108 

*136 

221 

475

417 

436 

475 

379 

a310

a250 

a2lO 

alSO 

a!50 

a!30

allO 

b!05 

blOO 

b90 

b84 

b79

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V)

alendar year 19; 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b76 

b74 

b73 

b73 

b83

117 

216 

360 

685 

*1,220

1,640 

1,520 

1,580 

2,180 

2,400

2,400 

1,840 

2,180 

2,780 

3,180

3,100 

2,860 

2,250 

1,700 

1,360

1,060 

9S5 

1,640 

2,180

Mar.

3,020 

2,540 

3,320 

4,800 

4,800

3,600 

2,400 

1,770 

1,400 

1,170

960 

835 

765 

1,160 

2,940

4,410 

3,600 

2,540 

3,470 

2,940

3,100 

2,540 

1,900 

1,520 

1,220

1,040 

910 

S10 

765 

2,670 

7,550

Secondfoot-days

855 

1,090 

2,891

812,655

6,348 

41,812 

75,465 

119,290 

19,315 

31,137 

34,565 

45,782 

15,470

394,020

Apr.

9,100 

6,340 

3,780 

3,180 

2,780

2,130 

1,770 

1,640 

1,840 

1,770

1,640 

1,420 

1,520 

1,770 

1,970

1,900 

1,770 

1,640 

2,660 

14,600

16,900 

10,500 

6,230 

4,500 

3,870

3,420 

2,660 

2,320 

1,840 

1,580

tfcuclnnun

77 

65 

360

58,800

475 

3,180 

7,550 

16,900 

1,360 

3,340 

5,300 

9,270 

3,020

16,900

May

1,360 

1,280 

1,170 

1,090 

960

860 

788 

698 

675 

652

585 

565 

525 

485

437

414 

397 

380 

362 

335

295 

1,060 

765 

565 

505

429 

386 

345 

311 

305 

331

Minimum

14 

27 

36

14

79 

73 

765 

1,420 

295 

274 

283 

196 

120

14

June

418 

411 

545 

481 

397

328 

274 

283 

277 

277

652 

698 

765 

985 

935

698 

799 

2,470 

3,340 

3,260

3,260 

2,040 

1,250 

960 

1,400

1,120 

935 

810 

60S 

461

July

383 

328 

2S3 

450 

1,250

1,090 

788 

5S5 

477 

408

380 

366 

501 

4,080 

2,640

1,460 

1,280 

5.300 

3-180 

1,900

1,200 

860 

675 

585 

652

720 

720 

545 

449 

545 

4S5

Mean

27.6 

36.3 

93.3

2,226

205 

1,442 

2,434 

3,976 

623 

1,038 

1,115 

1,477 

516

1,077

Aug.

820 

608 

505 

545 

386

305 

315 

2SO 

248 

253

248 

209 

196 

1,560 

9,270

9,230 

4,060 

2,250 

1,640 

2,460

2,780 

1,770 

1,220 

960 

742

585 

485 

433 

425 

429 

565

Per square 

mile

0.013 

.017 

.043

1.04

.095 

.671 

1.13 

1.85 

.290 

.483 

.519 

.687 

.240

.501

Sept.

1,3SO 

3,020 

1,640 

1,010 

720

545 

441 

366 

311 

289

277 

292 

295 

295 

251

215 

188 

16S 

156 

144

135 

128 

120 

128 

572

710 

620 

430 

347 

277

Run-off in 

inches

0.01 

.02 

.05

14.06

.11 

.72 

1.31- 

2.06 

.33 

.54 

.60 

.79 

.27

6.81

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day,

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and record for station 

at Flkeville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 249

Big Sandy River at Louisa, Ky.

'Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°07', long. 82°37', at Louisa, Lawrence County, 

400 feet downstream from lock and dam 3 and 0.9 mile downstream from confluerce of 

Levisa and Tug Forks. Datum of gage is 516.81 feet above mean sea level (Sardy Hook 

datum). Prior to my 20, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum. Auxiliary gage 

is water-stage recorder on Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. bridge at mouth of Blaine Creek, 

6.4 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 516.43 feet above mean sea level 

(Sandy Hook datum). Prior to Feb. 21, 1940, wire-weight gage at same site ard datum.

Drainage area.- 3,820 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,000 second-feet Apr. 21; maximum gags 

Height, 29.0 feet Apr. 23, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 59 second-feet Oct. 27 (gage height, 3.13 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, about 85,000 second-feet Feb. 5, 1939 (gage height, 

48.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, that of Oct. 27, 

1939.

Maximum stage known, 48.4 feet Apr. 3, 1908. Flood of Mar. 6, 1899, equalled that 

of Feb. 5, 1939.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read once to thrice daily, Oct. 1 to May 19.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 32 discharge measurements furnished by 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS '19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

97 

95 

95 

93 

93

93 

93 

95 

95 

93

87 

89 

89 

S3 

81

81 

79 

77 

77 

77

75 

71 

71 

71 

66

62 

59 

62 

61 

61 

62

HOT.

68 

83 

106 

93 

97

99 

106 

99 

95 

95

93 

91 

89 

89 

89

S9 

85 

81 

79 

77

75 

27S 

301 

135 

423

190 

68 

7L 

75 

73

Dec.

71 

75 

73 

73 

73

73 

75 

87 

87 

87

85

62

62 

6B 

62 

62 

62

S7 

112 

142 

166 

195

212 

223 

239 

265 

288 

373

Jan.

1,980 

428 

*b370 

b320 

b296

i>260 

1)230 

b200 

b!90 

blSO

b!90 

b200 

253 

"351 

*544

*772 

666 

666 

617 

b510

b45D 

b380 

b320 

b270 

b250

b220 

b200 

b!90 

blSO 

b!70 

b!60

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

H

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-'

Peb.

b!60 

b!50 

blSO 

b200 

*239

265 

345 

405 

772 

1,920

2,980 

3.090 

2,980 

3,400 

3,720

3,720 

3,300 

3,510 

4,710 

4,820

k5,030 

kS,260 

4,710 

3,510 

2,570

1,970 

1,770 

2,570 

3,620

Mar.

4.626 

4,S26 

4,940 

£6,820 

k6,420

k6,810 

k5, 480 

k4,490 

3,200 

2,420

2,070 

1,770 

1,630 

1,630 

2,320

4,490 

5,540 

4,380 

3,620 

4,160

5,060 

5,060 

3,830 

2,880 

2,420

2; 020

1,620 

1,680 

1,580 

2,S80 

k!2,000

Secondfoot-days

2,485 

3,492 

3,761

1,425,188

12,007 

71,846 

123.060 

211,370 

45,901 

57,563 

61,887 

73,609 

32,023

699,004

Apr.

k!3,SOO 

kll,700 

k7,980 

k5,970 

k6,100

k5,180 

k4,4BO 

k4,000 

3,510 

4,710

3,300 

3,090 

2,880 

3,200 

3,620

3,720 

3,510 

3,620 

k4,420 

k!5,300

k23,500 

k!8,700 

klO,800 

k7,S80 

k8,630

JcS,810 

Jc6,730 

kS.SQQ 

4,160 

3,400

Maximum

97 

423 

373

79,700

1,9SO 

5,260 

12,000 

23,500 

2,980 

5,470 

5,540 

16,900 

5,210

23,500

May

2,980 

2,780 

2,570 

2,320 

2,020

1,820 

1,680 

1,4SO 

1,300 

1,200

1,160 

1,100 

1,070 

1,010 

953

906

S77 

896 

S58 

848

850 

2,320 

S',7,80 

k2,26p 

1,390

1,200 

1,100 

991 

896 

S96 

1,390

Minimum

59 

68 

62

59

b!60 

b!50 

1,5SO 

2,880 

848 

359 

448 

478 

341

59

June

k359 

kl,250 

kl,620 

kl,330 

k960

K779 

k565 

k494 

k531 

k585

k676 

k659 

kl,060 

k2,530 

kl,010

kl,140 

k965 

kl.640 

k5,050 

k5,470

k5,140 

k4,S60 

3,200 

2,370 

2,120

2,320 

2,370 

2,570 

2,220 

1,720

July

792 

448 

610 

1,390 

k3,270

k3,870 

k2,620 

kl,770 

kl,310 

kl,040

kS25 

k933 

k767 

k2,430 

k5, 430

k4,000 

2,570 

3,200 

k5,540 

k4,450

3,090 

1,310 

666 

1,100 

kl,680

kl,200 

kl,330 

kl,300 

kl,060 

k980 

k906

Mean

80.2 

116 

121

3,905

387 

2,477 

3,970 

7,046 

1,481 

1,919 

1,996 

2,374 

1,067

1,910

Aug.

kl,C70 

kl,£50 

kl,140 

kl,l?0 

kS06

k791 

k640 

k585 

k576 

k620

k601 

k548. 

k478 

kl,550 

6,150

k!6,900 

9,400 

4,490 

3,200 

1,570

4,0'50 

k4,100 

k2,7TO 

k2,070 

kl,5->0

kl,170 

k932 ksog

k6?2 

k8">9 kg"1?

Per square 

mile

0.021 

.030 

.032

1.02

.101 

.648 

1.04 

1.S4 

.388 

.502 

.523 

.621 

.279

.500

Sept.

kl,740 

k5,210 

k4,460 

k3,080 

kl,400

405 

674 

944 

kl,610 

k840

k447 

k439 

k406 

k378 

k514

k494 

k456 

k449 

k435 

k384

k341 

k427 

k384 

k390 

k660

kl,330 

kl,210 

k975 

kSOl 

k740

"~un-off In 

Inches

0.02 

.03 

.04

13.87

.12 

.70 

1.20 

2.06 

.45 

.56 

.60 

.72 

.31

6.81

» Winter discharge measurajnent made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

'k Computed using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor.
250 BIO BANDY RIVER BASIN

Russell Fork at Haysl, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat.37°12'25", long. 82°17'45", 180 feet downstream from 

highway bridge at Haysl, Dlckenson County, and 700 feet downstream from McClure River. 

Prior to Dec. 21, 1939, chain gage at Mghway bridge 180 feet upstream, at same datum. 

Datum of gage Is 1,238.27 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 286 square miles.

Records available.- July 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1927-40), 316 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,920 second-feet Aug. 14 (ga^e height, 10.20 

feeti from rating curve extended above 1,500 second-feet; minimum, 0,5 second-foot 

Oct. 19, 20, 21 (gage height, 1.32 feet). .

1926-40: Maximum discharge observed, 21,600 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 

17.96 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,500 second-feet; minimum observed, 0.2 

second-foot June 27. 28, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 2,500 second-feet which are poor, 

twice dally Oct. 1 to Dec. 20.

Gage read

Rating tables, utter year 1939-40, except ported of l«e effect (gage heigh*, in feet, and

discharge, IB second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Dee. SO Dee, 21 to Sept. SO

1.3 0,3 1.6 8 l.S 6 2.4 142 4.5 1,610 

1«4 1.5 1,7 14 1.6 10 2,7 844 5.0 1,990 

1,5 4 1,6 22 1.8 85 3.O 388 6.0 3,090 

2,0 66 3.5 720 7.0 4,530 

2,2 93 4.0 1,090

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

21 

22 

83 

24 

86

26 

87 

88 

89 

30 

31

Oct.

2,2 

1.6 

l.S 

1.6 

1.5

1.6 

lr& 

1.6 

2.2 

1.8

2.0 

1.4

1.1 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.7 

.5

.7

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

1.0

1.5 

3.O 

3.8 

3.0 

2.8 

4

HOT.

3.5 

3.5 

3.2 

3.0 

3.5

3.6 

3.0 

2.6 

2.5 

2.0

l.S 

1.5 

1.5 

8.0 

2.2

2.0 

2.0 

2.5 

2.0 

2.5

3.8 

4 

6 

5 

&

3.8 

3.2 

3.6 

3.8 

3.8

Dec.

3.8 

5.2 

3.8

4 

4

3.S

4 

4 

3.S 

3.8

3.S 

3.8

4 

6 

6

6 

6 

6 

5 

80

36

32 

80 

18 

15

15 

19 

36

HSB

Jan.

20 

16 

12 

9 

B

7 

6 

6 

6 

6

7 

9 

80 

49 

81

79 

50 

36 

b30 

23

19 

14 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11

9 

9 

10

Feb.

11 

18 

14 

13 

14

86 

138 

148 

98 

109

161 

137 

107 

, 244

\ 262

\ 166 

187 

189 

196 

248

891 

821 

154 

119 

108

79 

76 

808

set

ttMtt-fc Second* 

*)nth foot-days

Oeto 

Hove 

Decs

Cs

Jam: 

Febz 

Marc 

Aprl »T.

June 

Julj 

Augc 

Sept

IN

«ber. .......................

lendar year 1939

^ary.. ......................

ter year 1939-40

49. 

90. 

409.

103,658.

607 

3,923 

7,852 

11,047 

2,292 

4,894 

7,082 

11,193 

1,674

ei.ois.f

Mar.

266 

803 

861 

594 

366

236 

169 

137 

111 

91

79 

114 

836 

316 

616

448 

296 

817 

869 

389

278 

217 

169 

137

114

98 

109 

98 

108 

13t 

1,060

Apr.

706 

430 

300 

869 

236

196 

169 

179 

199 

175

151 

179 

872 

320 

300

867 

214 

182 

196 

1,310

1,170 

734 

586 

S46 

483

4O6 

310 

840 

199 

188

HaxllMB

1 4 

9 6 

2 58

9 11,100

81 

32* 

1,080 

1,3X0 

179 

856 

1,700 

4,090 

365

3 4,080

 ay

ITS 

16C 

13J 

13! 

1U

92 

98 

9] 

87 

SJ

82 

7B 

6G 

6£ 

6£

68 

6£ 

62 

46 

47

73 

66 

47 

46 

49

44

41 

48 

32 

88 

53

Vtrtimnm

0.5 

1.6 

5.8

.5

6 

11 

79 

161 

88 

£8 

88 

18 

10

.6

June

62 

50 

36 

86 

39

83 

85 

57 

67 

108

87 

137 

836 

1E9 

81

83 

366 

798 

836 

678

306 

169 

- 116 

91 

87

73 

57 

45 

36 

88

July

88 

33 

88

164 

91

66 

41 

44 

68 

68

62 

601 

880 

356 

189

584 

1,700 

636

891

175

138 

98 

83 

107 

138

S9 

69 

67 

60 

100 

119

Aug.

161 

126 

73 

58 

38

38 

59 

66 

41 

29

21is

39 

4,090

1,000

734 

418 

878 

1,060 

708

366

861 

175 

189 

104

93 

81 

66 

6O 

IBS 

53O

-___ Per aquare 

*e*B »11*

1.6O 0.0066 

3.03 .011 

13.8 .046

884 .993

19.6 .069 

136 .478 

868 .886 

368 1.S9 

73.9 ,868 

163 .670 

828 .797 

361 1.86 

68.6 .184

139 .486

Sept.

366 

189 

186 

93

75

60 

68 

44 

36 

63

71 

46 

32 

24 

£i

19 

17 

16 

14 

13

18 

11 

10 

10 

36

60 

36 

80 

16 

18

Bun-en In 

Inobea

0-.006 

.01 

.06

13.46

.08 

.61 

1.08 

1.44

.90 

.64

.98 

1.46 

.81

6.64

i- Aug. 14 (8 a.».) 8,980 sec.-ft. 

relation affeeted by tee.
BIG SANDY RIVER 251

Pound River near Haysl, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°12'50", long. 82022 I 50", a quarter of a mile 

downstream from Cranesnest River, half a mile upstream from Twin Branch, and 5 miles 

west of Haysl, Dlckenson County. Former gage at suspension footbrldgs half a mile downstream at different datum.

Drainage area.- 212 square miles.

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940 (exclude flow of Twin Branch). July 

1926 to February 1939 at site half a mile downstream.

Average discharge.- 12 years (1926-38), 276 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 5,300 second-feet July 17 (gage height, 9.85 

feet); minimum, 3 second-feet Jan. 7, 10 (gage height, 2.22 feet).

1926-40: Maximum gage height observed, 16.50 feet Mar. 23, 1929, site and datum 

then In use (discharge not determined); minimum discharge, less than 0.1 second-foot 

several days In September 1932.

Remarks.- Recorde good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair and those 

above 1,500 second-feet which are poor.

Rating tables, Dec. 20, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except period of lee effect (gage 1 eight, 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Dee. IS to Mar. 4 Mar, 5 to Sept. 30

2.2 2 3.4 124 2.3 7 3,3 108 5.0 681 

2.4 9 4.0 266 8,5 IS 3,6 162 6.0 1,160 

2.6 22 4.5 414 2.7 33 4.0 866 7.0 1,980 

2,8 38 5,0 621 3,0 66 4.5 414 8.0 2,930 

3.1 76 6,0 1,160

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

S 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct. NOT. Dec.

10

14 

16 

16 

16 

12

10 

10 

14 

25 

29 

22

Jan.

17 

10 

7 

5

4

4

3 

3

3 

3

4

5

3

36

76 

62 

33 

19 

b!5

bl3 

11 

9

e

s

7 

7 

7 

7 

6 

5

Feb.

5 

5 

5 

5 

6

11 

70 

148 

91 

135

318 

208 

133 

282 

341

213 

162 

150 

248 

303

292 

21S

15S 

121 

104

35 

75 

38S 

556

Mar.

341 

235 

301 

1,090 

556

309 

211 

158 

126 

102

66 

152 

425 

526 

882

560 

341 

243 

251 

2S3

243 

199 

158 

128 

110

93 

94 

92 

89 

130 

1,800

Apr.

850 

464 

306 

278 

295

230 

190 

192 

240 

201

170 

179 

216 

22S 

225

199

166 

144 

-165 

2,330

1,520 

755 

509 

6S6 

599

437 

306 

226 

161 

158

tonth forays Ital 

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

mber 20-31 .................

ilendar year

ter year

194 29

-

496 66 

4,631 556 

10,314 1,600 

12,649 2,330 

I, SIS 148 

5,420 882 

12,651 3,070 

5,969 1,440 

1 16V 223

-

May

148 

1SS 

121 

111 

98

85 

86 

80 

74 

72

70 

62 

56 

52 

50

52 

51 

46 

39 

36

31

28 

25 

26 

29

31 

29 

24 

22 

22 

23

Minimum

10

-

3 

5 

66 

144 

22 

21 

27 

19 

6

-

June

27 

29 

27 

22 

21

36 

44

102 

76 

126

320 

343 

432 

223 

128

96 

152 

S26 

882 

543

264 

156 

110 

S9 

32

76 

62 

50 

42 

32

July

27 

41 

93 

289

172

102 

74 

71 

79 

144

160 

649

2,710 

736 

328

671 

3,070 

820 

366 

213

146 

110 

96 

13S 

235

137 

114 

316 

204 

212 

126

Aug.

98 

S2 

62 

46 

38

36 

44 

47 

40 

28

23 

19 

23

524 

1,440

534 

270 

177 

596 

464

251 

190 

131 

96 

75

75 

64 

52 

45 

139 

280

Sept.

285 

137 

98 

74 

60

48 

41 

34 

30 

38

50 

44

31 

24

20

17 

14 

12 

11 

10

S 

7 

6 

6 

19

40 

31 

24 

17 

13

 Per square' Run-off In 

*ean mile Inches

16 0.075 0.03

_

16 .075 .09 

167 .788 .85 

333 1.57 1.31 

422 1.99 2.28 

59 .278 .38 

181 .354 .96 

40S 1.92 2.21 

193 .910 1.06 

40 .139 .21

-

Peak discharge.- Mar. 31 (S a.m.) 2,450 sec.-ft.j Apr. 20 (11 a.m.) 3,150 sec.-ft.) July 13 

(5 a.m.) 3,880 sec,-ft.; July 17 (4 a.m.) 5,300 sec.-ft.j Aug. 15 (4:30 a.m.) 1,880 see.-ft. 

o Stage-discharge relation affected by lee.
252 BIO SANDY RIVER BASIN

Johns Creek near Prestonsburg, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°41'5511 , long. 82°43 I 30", at bridge on State Highway 

304, 400 feet upstream from Frogonery Branch, 24 miles north of Lancer, and 54 miles 

northeast of Prestonsburg, Floyd County. Datum of gage is 614.00 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 197 square miles.

Records available.- February 1938 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,780 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 14.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.2 second-feet Oct. 26 

(gage height, 1.10 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 7,790 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 25.71 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.1 second-feet Oct. IB24, 26, 27, 1938.

Maximum stage known, about 27.6 feet in 1897, from high-water prcfile.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice daily.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec- 27 Dec. 28 to Sept. 30

1-1 1-2 1.8 15 3.5 169 1.1 1.1 1.6 10 2.4 51 

1-2 1.7 2.0 25 4.0 242 1.2 1.7 1.7 14 2.6 66 

1.3 2.2 2.2 36 5.0 411 1.3 3.3 1.8 18 2.8 83 

1.4 3.4 2.4 4S 7.0 835 1.4 5.3 2.0 27 2.9 93 

1-5 5.2 2.7 72 10-0 1,560 1.5 7.6 2.2 38 

1.6 7.8 2.9 93 13.0 2,410 Hote.- Same as preceding table 

1.7 11 3.0 104 14.1 2,780 above 5.9 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.0 

2.6 

3.8 

3.2 

2.7

2.4 

2.0 

2.0 

1.8 

1.8

1.6 

1.6 

1.5 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

1.4 

1.3 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.5 

1.4

1.2 

1.4 

1.8 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

Hov.

2.0 

2.6 

3.4 

2.8 

2.5

2.3 

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9 

1.8

1.8

1.8

l.e

1.8 

1.8

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

Dec.

l.s

1.8 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9

2.1 

2.2 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.1 

2.0 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.3 

2.5 

2.7 

3.1 

4.8

6.7 

17 

18 

15 

9.2

12 

12 

20 

38 

45 

35

Jan.

23 

21 

19 

15 

12

9.5 

7.9

b7 

b7

9.2 

*12 

19 

35 

51

42 

36 

30 

24 

22

17 

12 

12 

blO 

b9

bs 

b7 

b6 

b6 

b5 

b5

Feb.

b5 

b6 

b6 

b7 

b8

10 

20 

45 

66 

82

212 

162 

104 

155 

470

183 

148 

116 

302 

374

339 

273 

183 

129 

104

88 

78 

192 

411

Mar.

305 

212 

228 

450 

339

227 

162 

129 

104 

88

74 

66 

58 

70 

206

273 

183 

148 

212 

374

305 

197 

142 

104 

93

78 

70 

66 

58 

168 

1,300

Apr.

1,114 

470 

2S9 

470 

322

212 

162 

155 

242 

183

14S 

155 

197 

197 

169

162 

142 

129 

447 

2,440

2,010 

813 

490 

374 

289

227 

183 

155 

136 

110

Month Second- Maximum 

foot-days

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

56.2 3.8 

60.7 3.4 

273.4 45

71,093.4 6,360

505.6 51 

4,278 470 

6,489 1,300 

12,592 2,440 

1,328 110 

1,185 125 

792.5 140 

599.2 108 

413.0 98

28,572.6 2,440

May

110 

104 

93 

88 

78

66 

62 

58 

54 

58

4S 

45 

38 

35 

33

30 

30 

28 

26 

23

18 

18 

17 

19 

27

21 

21 

18 

18 

18 

26

Minimum

1.2 

1.8 

1.8

1.2

5 

5 

58 

110 

17 

13 

5.8 

2.6 

1.6

1.2

June

33 

48 

33 

25 

20

18 

14 

13 

13 

13

28 

25 

18 

21 

17

15 

25 

78 

88 

58

42 

29 

23 

26 

125

116 

78 

66 

45 

32

Jlly

26 

23 

22 

108 

140

74 

48 

37 

31 

26

21 

19 

17 

15 

14

12 

14 

18 

14 

12

10 

9.5 

14 

14 

10

9.0 

8.4 

7.4 

6.7 

6.7 

5.8

Aug.

12

11 

7.1 

5.8 

3.3

3.3 

4.7 

8.4 

6.0 

4.3

3.1 

2.6 

3.1 

108 

104

78 

45 

29 

26 

20

18 

18 

14 

12 

10

7.9 

7.4 

6.0 

5.8 

6.2 

9.2

Sept.

10

28si

13 

11

8.7 

7.1 

6.0 

5.3 

5.8

5.5 

7.1 

6.0 

5.3 

5.3

4.1 

3.3 

3.1 

2.4 

2.0

1.7 

1.7 

1.6 

2.0 

33

98 

51 

29 

21 

16

 _ Per square Run-off In 

Mean mile inches

1.81 0.0092 0.01 

2.02 .010 .01 

8.82 .045 .05

195 .990 13.41

16.3 .083 .10 

148 .751 .81 

209 1.06 1.23 

420 2.13 2.38 

42.8 .217 .25 

39.5 .201 .22 

25.6 .130 .15 

19.3 .098 .11 

13.8 .070 .08

78.1 .396 5.40

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 253

Tug Fork at Litwar, W. Va.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37088'5011 , long. 81 050'20", at highway bridge at Lltwar, McDowell County, 1.1 miles downstream from Johnnycake Branch, 2.2 miles downstream from Dry Fork, and 1.9 miles northwest of lager. Prior to Apr. 2, 1940, chain 

gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 500 square miles.

Records available.- May 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 511 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,850 second-feet Aug. 31 (gage height, 7.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 22 second-feet Oct. 16, 

24, 25; minimum gage height observed, 1.49 feet Oct. 16.

1930-40: Maximum discharge observed, 23,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1935 (gr?e 

height, 19.0 feet), from rating curve extended above 9,200 second-feet; mlninum observed, 11 second-feet Oct. 3, 4, 7, 1930 (gage height, 1.30 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for Oct. 1 to Dec. 27 and those for periods of Ice 

effect, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effeot (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 27)

1.3 20

1.4 25

1.5 32

1.6 39

1.3 60

2.0 90

2.5 204

3.0 360

4.0 310

5.0 1,460

6.0 2,240

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

3 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

OO

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

40 

44 

43 

33 

36

31 

31 

30 

33 

33

33 

31 

30 

29 

26

24 

25 

24 

24 

24

24 

24 

24 

23 

24

30 

35 

40 

44 

42 

34

NOT.

31 

28 

27 

26 

31

28 

23 

30 

28 

23

28 

27 

27 

23 

29

23 

26 

27 

26 

26

36 

40 

39 

34 

29

23 

28 

26 

25 

26

Dec.

26 

32 

36 

33 

35

35

35 

32 

28 

28

31 

31 

S3 

57 

58

36 

31 

31 

32 

46

59 

56 

42 

40 

38

39 

55 

68 

63 

64 

56

Jan.

44 

39 

29 

1)25 

b25

b25 

b25 

t>25 

bSO 

bS5

b40 

53 

76 

96 

115

126 

80 

1)70 

b50 

1)40

1)35 

b35 

1)55 

b35 

*b30

bSO 

b30 

bSO 

toSO 

bSO 

bSO

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

bSO 

b35 

b35 

b35 

bSO

67 

176 

213 

146 

144

276 

292 

204 

276 

276

232 

204 

178 

232 

414

700 

452 

292 

232 

191

139 

128 

292 

*472

Mar.

452 

360 

342 

534 

452

342 

276 

232 

204 

176

146 

142 

139 

173 

276

342 

325 

276 

472 

810

578 

414 

308 

213 

204

178 

191 

168 

163 

191 

1,060

Secondfoot-days

973 

868 

1,250

150,056

1,398 

6,418 

10,144 

19,551 

12,099 

13,415 

17,177 

14,172 

7,242

104,637

Apr.

990 

650 

512 

930 

SlO

573 

472 

414 

373 

360

SOS 

36O 

396 

432 

432

414 

360 

325 

360 

990

1,760 

1,540 

990 

930 

930

SlO 

700 

534 

452 

414

Maximum

44 

40 

63

6,230

126 

700 

1,060 

1,760 

2,120 

1,250 

2,160 

2,190 

1,920

2,190

Itoy

396 

360 

342 

SOS 

292

246 

246 

232 

232 

246

213 

204 

178 

191 

178

191 

173 

156 

146 

2,120

SlO 

414 

308 

292 

292

232 

232 

191 

173 

500 

2,000

Minimum

23 

25 

26

23

25 

30 

139 

303 

146 

232 

204 

115 

85

« 23

June

1,120 

755 

534 

396 

325

261 

232 

246 

578 

492

414 

432 

810 

512 

360

276 

292 

325 

414 

1,250

600 

396 

5081 

503 

360

292 

308 

308 

261 

(3250

July

0250 

0250 

261 

2,160 

930

556

396 

325 

292 

276

246 

303 

1,540 

SlO 

534

60O 

990 

1,760 

930 

556

414 

342 

325 

303 

452

276 

232 

204 

204 

246 

204

Mean

31.4 

23.9 

40.3

411

45.1 

221 

327 

651 

390 

447 

554 

457 

241

286

Aug.

700 

396 

261 

204 

170

218 

213 

. 173 

153 

122

122 

115 

115 

755 

1,S50

700 

534 

578 

1,250 

930

492 

396 

308 

246 

204

360 

325 

2S2 

204 

246 

2,190

Sept.

1,920 

SlO 

472 

342 

276

232 

204

204 

176 

173

173 

173 

170 

135 

132

124 

111 

107 

98 

100

100 

94 

107 

96 

137

178 

122 

94 

92 

85

Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.063 0.07 

.053 .06 

.031 .09

.622 11.15

.090 .10 

.442 .48 

.654 .75 

1.30 1.45 

.780 .90 

.894 1.00 

1.11 1.28 

.914 1.05 

.482 .54

.572 7.77

* Winter discharge measurement made on thla day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Kennlt.
254 BIQ SANDY RIVER BASIN

Tug Fork near Kermlt, w. Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°49«05It , long. 82°83'20", Smile'' upstream from 

Wolf Creek, 3 miles upstream from Kermlt, Mingo County, and 3 miles downstream from 

Pigeon Creek. Datum of gage Is 580.36 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,185 square miles.

Records available.- July 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,150 second-feet Apr. 20 (gag* height, 13.26 

feet); minimum, 28 second-feet Oct. 25, 26 (gage height, 1.16 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 49,100 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 37.81 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 20,000 secorrt-feet; minimum, 

26 second-feet Sept. 14, 1939 (gage height, 1.13 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 43.3 feet.

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

which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In fast, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.2

42

74

us

176

277

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

394

604

832

1,060

1,630

2,230

7.0

s.o

10.0

12.0

2,830

5,580

5,100

6,820

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1840

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

41 

59 

56 

51 

50

59 

51 

45 

41 

52

44 

33 

33 

SS 

31

32 

SB 

31 

31 

31

30

30 

30 

30 

30

S9 

30 

35 

35 

860 

a 55

HOT.

a5O 

a45 

40 

35 

a32

a35 

a34 

a3S 

a33 

a32

a32 

a31 

a33 

a33 

a33

a33 

a32 

a32 

a32 

a32

a32

a35 

a60 

a55 

a 60

a55 

aSO 

a48 

46 

44

Dec.

41 

41 

44 

46 

51

54 

54 

51 

50 

48

45 

44 

67 

40 

50

51 

46 

60 

60 

69

96 

99 

143 

135 

106

90 

99 

111 

149 

182 

161

Jan.

124 

113 

b90 

80 

72

b60 

50 

51 

51 

52

54 

62 

92 

164 

192

202 

215 

182 

126 

b!05

b90 

b75 

b60 

54 

*62

56 

57 

54 

51 

48 

45

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Bay 

Jun

Jxa

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

46 

50 

50 

54 

71

76 

149

S34 

531 

514

763 

832 

694 

763 

955

880 

717 

692 

905 

1,030

1,400 

1,510 

1,100 

786 

604

480 

442 

930 

1,750

Mar.

1,570 

1,260 

1,080 

1,510 

1,990

1,450 

1,060 

832 

694 

564

463 

390 

346 

366 

522

980 

980 

856 

955 

1,480

1,870 

1,340 

980 

763 

626

514 

459 

406 

390 

547 

3,470

Secondfcct-days

1,229 

1,177 

2,383

456,970

8,789 

19,110 

30,713 

57,210 

15,047 

20,754 

22,493 

17,378 

13,758

204/041

Apr.

3,940 

2,620 

1,750 

1,690 

1,750

1,510 

1,160 

1,000 

1,080 

1,050

905 

905 

1,060 

1,230 

1,260

1,180 

1,030 

905 

1,530 

6,850

4,780 

4,100 

3,020 

2,300 

1,990

1,810 

1,570 

1,260 

1,060 

905

Maximum

60 

60 

182

32,800

215 

1,750 

3,470 

6,850 

1,760 

1,970 

2,490 

2,170 

3,720

6,850

May

S56 

786 

740 

672 

604

543

484 

442 

414 

414

410 

386 

S50 

327 

300

304 

288 

277 

262 

232

1,760 

980 

586 

451 

378

370 

327 

288 

270 

260 

296

Minimum

29 

31 

40

29

45 

46 

346 

905 

252 

277 

242 

129 

101

29

June

1,970 

1,310 

9O5 

694 

518

406 

338 

292 

277 

573

672 

591 

497 

740 

672

472 

402 

447 

1,050 

898

1,460 

856 

569 

442 

522

626 

694 

763 

626 

472

July

368 

331 

430 

1,280 

2,490

1,400 

832 

604 

476 

410

370 

331 

319 

1,350 

1,000

740 

1,080 

1,310 

1,870 

1,130

763 

560 

447 

374 

366

426 

392 

304 

260 

242 

246

Mean

39.6 

39.2 

76.9

1,252

90.0

659 

991 

1,907 

485 

692 

726 

561 

459

567

Aug.

266 

561 

600 

350 

266

218 

211 

256 

232 

192

164 

143. 

129 

232 

2,080

2,170 

1,180 

832 

786 

1,310

1,230 

786 

547 

447 

342

281 

277 

354 

292 

304 

360

Pir square

mile

0.033 

.033 

.065

1.06

.076 

.556 

.836 

1.61 

.409 

.584 

.613 

.473 

.387

.470

Sept.

3,780 

aS.OOO 

a900 

a600 

a450

a350 

a300 

aS80 

a250 

a240

a230 

a220 

a220 

a210 

a!60

166 

146 

135 

129 

121

111 

106 

101 

104 

314

327 

311 

249 

176 

143

Run-off in 

inches

0.04 

.04 

.07

14.35

.09 

.60 

.96 

1.80 

.47 

.66 

.71 

.55 

.43

6.41

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of records for station at Litnar.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 255

Blalne Creek at Yatesvllle, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°09', long. 82°41', 132 feet upstream from covered bridge

at Yatesvllle, Lawrence County, 5 miles northwest of Louisa, 5.5 miles upstream from

Cat Creek, and 8.3 miles downstream from Little Blalne Creek. Datum of gage Is

561.57 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 216 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1915 to January 1921 (after September 1918, gage heights only),

January 1938 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 4,120 second-feet Apr. 20 (g»ge height,

14.75 feet); minimum observed, 1.0 second-foot Oct. 22, 23 (gage height, 1.27 feet). 

1915-21, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 15,500 second-feet-Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height,

26.55 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum not determined.

Maximum stage known, 27.6 feet, present site and datum (date unknown). 

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage-height

record, which are poor. Gage read twice dally. 

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army. 

Rating tables. water year 1939-40, 

record (gage height,

Oct.

1

1

1

1

1

1

1 

1

.35

.4

.45

.5

.55

.6

.65 

.7

0.8

1.3

2.0

2.9

4.0

5.2

6.6 

8.2

1

1

2

2

2

2

2 

3

1

.8

.9

.0

.1

.2

.4

.7 

.0

except periods of Ice effect and of doubtful gage-1 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

to June 28

12

17

24

32

41

64

109 

160

3.6

4.6

7.0

10. 0

13.0

14.8

J.

2,

3,

4.

274

501

130

030

230

120

June 29 to Sept.

1.4 2.2 1.7 10

1.45 3.1 1.8 14

1.5 4.2 1.0 20

1.55 5.4 2.0 26

1.6 6.8 2.1 35

30

2.3

2.5

2.7

3.0

olght

56

81

110

160

t

Hote.- Same as preceding table 

above 3.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3.1

3.5

1.4

1.6

2.2

4.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.0

1.6

1.3 1'.4

1.6

1.6

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.4

110

49

9.0

HOT.

7.9

6.3

5.7

5.2

4.9

4.2

4.0

4.9

3.7

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.7

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.Y

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.4

3.1

3.1

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

-

Dec.

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

5.2

10

S.2

8.2

12

12

12

11

8.2

8.2

9.7

b!4

b!9

Jan.

b22

b20

b!5

b9

b6

b5

b4

b4

b4

b5

b6

12

20

109

215

142

117

86

46

17

blO

b7

b6

b5

b5

b4

b4

b4

b4

M

b4

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'10 ........

Feb.

b3

bS

bS

b6

12

32

71

169

160

295

600

295

215

1,020

601

338

295

799

1,300

830

575

360

274

215

167

160

178

726

600

-

Mar.

295

254

1,190

2,290

856

383

274

244

187

169

151

142

125

169

274

254

234

206

1S7

17S

169

d!60

dlSO

dllO

dlOO

90

34

77

77

1,230

3,000

Secondfoot-days

224.0

106 »3

191.1

113,431.4

QO1 o<Sx

10,222

13,289

12,334

1 813

5)363

913 »4

1,442.6 

326.3

47,152.7

Apr.

356

429

316

254

215

1S7

160

125

169

142

142

134

125

117

103

96

90

295

964

3,140

1,550

675

429

360

295

244

215

137

169

151

Maximum

110

7.9

19

10,600

215

1,300

3,000

3,140

195

856 "IRQ

J.O0

692 

143

3,140

May

142

142

125

117

103

34

75

68

63

59

53

49

40

40

39

37

36

31

29

27

24

22

21

20

SO

45

SO

27

23

22

195

Minimum

1.2

2.4

2

n

 /

1.0

4

3 

77

90

20

16

8

IT

 I

3.6

2.2

1.2

June

234

151

d70

dSO

33

d30

d£5

aeo

O23

d27

d40

d65

d35

aee

d20

dlS die

19

762

594

151

117

106

125

453

224

577

356

295

196

July

169

110

78

64

53

42

32

26

25

24

22

IS

16

15

13

12

15

22

21

17

18

16

11

9.7

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.7

9.4

8.7

8.7

Mean

7.23

3.54

6.16

324

29.7

352

429

411

5S.6

179

29.5

46.5 

10.9

129

Au«.

8.7

6.8

6.2

5.4

4.4

4.2

3.3

6.2

6.2

5.9

4.9

4.0

3.8

692

254

92

53

37

38

60

23

20

19

13

10

S.4

S.I

7.8

7.1

9.7

15

Sept.

17

12

9.0

5.9

4.9

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.8

S.8

3.3

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.3

2.9

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.4

4.2

143

37

16

12

9.7

Per square' Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.03T 0.04

.01? .02

.02f .03

1.50 20.33

.13f .16

1.63 1.76

1 99 2 29

1*90 g,TO

 271 *31

.88? .92

 131 *16

.21? .35

.05C .06

.59V 8.12

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather 

eeords, and records for Little Sandy River near Grayson.
256 LITTLE SANDY RIVER BASIN

Little Sandy River near Grayson, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°20'00", long. 82°55 I 30", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 60, 0.3 mile upstream from Lower Stlnson Creek and 1.7 miles northeast of 

Grayson, Carter County.

Drainage area.- 448 square miles. 

'Records available.- April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,200 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 20.06 

reet); minimum observed, 2 second-feet Oct. 26.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 18,400 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 26.25 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, that of Oct. 26, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect and those for Oct. 15-27, 

wnicn are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of mill operation and of Ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

1.4

1.5 

1.7

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

2.8

1

2

6

12

17

38

77

131

3.2

4.8

6.6

10.0

15.0

17.0

19.0

20.1

226

680

1,250

2,480

4.580

5,680

7,140

8,200

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

1.1

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

4.2

6.6

6.2

7.7

12

l.S 

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.6

IS 

28 

53 

83 

142

3.8

5.0

11.3

435

795

3,000

Note.- Same as preceding table above 

11.3 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

h24 

h30 

h27 

h22 

hlV

16 die

14 

13 

12

12 

12 

dll 

dll 

dlo

d9 

8 

9 

10 

10

dlO 

d9 

h9 

h8 

3

h2 

h5 

64 

192 

48 

27

Nov.

d20 die

h!5 

d!4 

h!4

h!4 

yog 

h!2 

12 

13

d!2 

12 

12 

012 

d!2

dll 

11 

d!2 

dl2 

13

13 

14 

14 

14 

d!4

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

Dec.

14 

d!4 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

d!4 

12

12 

12 

13 

12 

12

d!2 

d!3 

d!3 

13 

14

15 

22 

21 

20 

17

17 

17 

18 

19 

21 

h22

Jan.

h22 

h22 

b!9 

b!5 

b!2

blO 

b9 

b8 

b8 

b8

b9 

b!3 

21 

82 

576

»h375 

' h!67 

hl06 

h73 

h62

h50 

h40 

h30 

h25 

b20

b!7 

b!4 

b!2 

bll 

blO 

b9

Month

Oct 

Mov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

fl

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

b9 

b8 

b8 

b8 

h!6

h29 

hl!9 

297 

251 

680

1,460 

695 

«446 

1,620 

1,210

650 

518 

1,410 

2,640 

1,600

1,360 

860 

562 

403 

330

233 

228 

1,180 

1,110

Mar.

710 

518 

2,660 

3,600 

1,440

800 

562 

452 

325 

246

188 

149 

121 

164 

325

261 

251 

233 

330 

313

243 

215 

186 

144 

117

97 

87 

85 

82 

2,740 

7,600

Secondfoot-days

670 

400 

473

239,827.9

1,855 

19,940 

25,144 

28,328 

5,122 

11,706 

6,248 

720.7 

414.9

101,021.6

Apr.

3,610 

1,010 

710 

548 

403

305 

243 

225 

200 

158

133 

131 

135 

111 

102

95 

219

a.,110

2,440 

6,080

4,070 

1,500 

970 

900 

760

610 

490 

410 

348 

302

Maximum

192 

20 

22

15,900

576 

2,640 

7,600 

6,080 

685 

2,060 

2,510 

163 

63

7,600

May

285 

263 

235 

213 

182

154 

142 

149 

129 

113

101 

92 

88 

83 

81

85 

92 

80 

72 

70

67 

61 

61 

180 

685

292 

h!99 

h!54 

h!34 

h!70 

h410

Minimum

2 

11 

12

2

e 

e

82 

95 

61 

53 

21 

6.0 

4.5

2

June

700 

670 

422 

280 

194

134 

101 

85 

90 

103

348 

220 

117 

81 

63

56 

53 

64 

438 

858

310 

172 

119 

553 

1,000

455 

774 

2,080 

808 

398

Jjly

259

187 

138 

105 

85

67 

57 

50 

49

4S

44 

41 

dS8 

35 

34

280 r,sio

991 

295 

172

hl!7 

h85 

hi 40 

94 

99

66 

50 

h41 

hS7 

h23 

h21

Mean

21.6 

13.3 

15.3

657

59.8 

688 

811 

944 

165 

390 

202 

23.2 

13.8

276

Aug.

h!9 

hl5 

hlO 

h!2 

hlO

d8.5 

8.8 

10 

7.2 

d6.5

d6.2 

6.0 

6.1 

6<5 

163

75 

39 

25 

17 

15

10 

8.8 

7.6 

d6.8 

d6.1

6.1 

8.5 

18 

49 

46 

88

Per square 

mile

0.048 

.030 

.034

1.47

.133 

1.54 

1.81 

2.11 

.368 

.671 

.351 

.052 

.031

.616

Sept.

63 

35 

21 

12 

8.1

6.6 

6.1 

6.0 

5.8 

6.0

5.8 

5.4 

5.0 

O5.0 

d4.8

4.7 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.5

4.5

4.5 

4.5 

4.8 

11

50 

52 

30 

20 

15

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06 

.03 

.04

19.91

.15 

1.66 

2.09 

2.35 

.43 

.97 

.52 

.06 

.03

8.39

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Stage-discharge relation affected slightly by mill at Pacfcolus, 4 miles downstream; discharge 

computed on basis of estimated normal stage hydrograph.

h Computed from graph based on wire-weight gage readings made once or twice dally.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

257

Scloto River at La Rue, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°34'28", long. 83°23'15", 200 feet downstream 

 from highway bridge that Is Just below Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Lo'ils Ry.

bridge at La Rue,Marion County, 64 nlles upstream from Rush Creek. Datum of g-jge Is

910.19 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 255 square miles.

Records available.- August 1926 to December 1935, January 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 206 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,860 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 13.08

eei92B-35. 1938-40: Maximum discharge observed, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 20, 1927 

(gage height, 15.0 feet); no flow Dec. 22, 1939.

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

which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet,"water year October 1939 to September 1640

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

19 

14 

8.5 

7.0 

5.6

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

7.0 

12

10 

8.5 

7.0 

7,0 

8.5

7.0 

7.0 

8.5 

8.5 

8.5

10 

8.5 

S.5 

8.5 

13

20 

29 

60 

. 79 

44 

29

NOT.

26 

26

22 

18 

13

13 

10 

8,5 

10 

8.5

6.5 

7.0 

5.6 

7.0 

5.6

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6

7.0 

S.5 

8.5 

7.0 

7.0

5.6

g Q

2.8 

2.8 

4.2

Dec.

5.6

8.5 

10 

12 

14

16 

16 

14 

13 

13

10 

12 

8.5 

8.5 

7.0

5.6 

4.2 

5.6 

7.0 

4.2

5.6 

2.8 

4.2 

5.6 

4.2

5.6 

4,2 

5.6 

7.0 

5.6 

5.6

Jan.

5.6 

b5.0 

b5.0 

b5.0 

b5.0

4.5 

b4.5 

b4.5 

b4.5 

b4.5

b7.0 

12 

18 

9S 

b300

b260 

b200 

161 

125 

106

77 

56 

40 

38 

36

35 

29 

86 

84 

22 

22

Month

Octc 

NOTC 

Decc

Ce

Jam

Febi 

Marc

Apr 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sep1

W(

lendar year 193S

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

22 

22 

24 

22 

20

19 

22 

22 

24 

56

b250 

b600 

*b970 

b800 

b750

375 

251 

280 

b900 

bl.OOO

b600 

329 

214 

172 

b!30

bllO 

blOO 

93 

95

Mar.

114 

f950 

f3 ,300 

f3,100 

1,480

849 

547 

400 

301 

234

200 

161 

142 

141 

136

117 

151 

224 

322 

2S8

*263 

209 

157 

114 

alOO

a90 

70 

73 

10S 

186 

200

Secondfoot-days

475.7 

272.9 

250.7

78,936.8

1,740.1 

8,272 

14,727 

25,682 

1,909 

5,612 

1,399 

1,526.4 

348,8

62,417.6

Apr.

182 

139 

1S4 

526 

367

215 

161 

463 

754. 

367

251 

630 

775 

681 

751

1,140 

980 

3,230 

2,400 

3,330

3,600 

1,670 

926 

591 

364

282 

225 

186 

157 

135

Maximum

79 

26 

16

5,520

300 

1,000 

3,300 

3,600 

135 

780 

157 

816 

93

3,600

May

117 

106 

97 

67 

73

62 

58 

54 

SO 

46

44 

42 

40 

62 

64

68 

62 

52 

50 

52

48 

40 

31 

36 

56

60 

48 

42 

46 

81 

135

Minimum

4.2 

2.8 

2.6

2.8

4.5 

19 

70 

135 

31 

38 

10 

1.4 

4.2

1,4

June

257 

192 

112 

77 

60

4S

62 

236 

363 

228

166 

191 

105 

62 

50

46 

3S 

280 

780 

254

110 

66 

60 

390 

315

161 

87 

280 

514 

200

July

145 

135 

77 

64 

42

33

27 

24 

22 

20

42

157 

68 

36 

27

52 

52 

33

24 

19

IS 

14 

12 

10 

10

10 

76 

83 

42 

22 

13

Mean

15.3 

9.10 

8.09

216

56.1 

285 

475 

856 

61.6 

194 

45.1 

49.3 

11,6

171

Aug.

8.5 

7.0 

5,6 

5-6 

8,5

10 

5-6 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

5.6 

10 

4.2

2.8 

1.4 

4.2 

5-6 

4.2

5.6 

14 

68 

22 

818 

470

Per square 

mile

0.060 

.036 

.032

.647

.220 

1.12 

1.86 

3.36 

.242 

.761 

.177 

.193 

,045

.671

Sept.

93

II

18 

13

10 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

5.6 

4.2 

5.6 

4.2 

5.6

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

5.6 

5.6

6.5

12 

10 

8.5 

7.0 

7.0

Run-off In 

Inches

0.07 

.04 

.04

11.65

.25

1.21 

2,14 

3.76 

.88 

.85 

.20 

.22 

.05

9.10

Peak discharge«- Mar. 3 (8 p.m.) 4,260 sec.-ft.} Apr. 18 (1 p.m.) 3,760 see.-ft.; Apr. 20 (10 p.m.) 

4,560 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement Fade on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Scloto 

River near Prospect and Little Scloto River above Marion.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.
258 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 

Scloto River near Prospect, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°25'10", long. 83°11'50", at Honkins Bridge, li 

mnes upstream from Ottawa Creek, 2 miles south of Prospect, Marion County, and 2i 

miles downstream from Patton Run. Datum of gage Is 886.9 feet above mean sea level, 

(general adjustment of 1912, levels by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Arm:')- Prior to 

Dec. 6, 1939, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 571 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940. July 1925 to Octob3r 1932 at site at 

Prospect, 2* miles upstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,630 second-feet Mar. 5 (gag3 height, 12.12 

reetj; minimum dally, 8 second-feet Oct. 7-9.

1925-32, 1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 10,100 second-feet Mar. 22, 1927 

(gage height, 15.0 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Aug. 27, 

1932.

Maximum stage known, 21.1 feet, site and datum then In use, Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 27,000 second-feet, computed by Franklin County Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gag3-helght record, 

which are poor. For period Oct. 16 to Dec. 5, chain gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage heigit,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 16 to Dee. 6)

In feet,

O.S 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.6

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

37

60

68

139

806

2.6 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

416

790

1,820

1,720

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

12.0

2,300

2,960

3,660

4,510

6,520

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

82 

83 

24 

85

86

27 

28 

89 

30 

31

Oct..

a26 

a27 

a!5 

a!2

alO

a9 

aB 

a8 

aB 

a!2

a!7 

al4 

a!2 

alO 

alO

11 

12 

11 

12 

12

12 

13 

12 

13 

13

41 

79 

96 

96 

113 

80

HOT.

52 

44 

37 

36 

32

27 

24 

27 

80 

21

26 

80 

17 

80 

20

80 

22 

21 

84 

17

82 

24 

84 

83 

86

82 

20 

21 

80 

19

Dec.

IS 

19 

27 

27 

28

34 

34 

32 

30 

32

27 

22 

29 

27 

23

24 

24 

22 

23 

84

22 

19 

20 

19 

82

19 

20 

IB 

18 

17 

20

Jan.

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

80 

20 

80 

100 

850

400 

350 

 270 

ISO 

130

110 

90 

70 

60 

56

50 

48 

46 

44

43

42

Month

Oetc 

Hove 

Dace

Os

Jam 

Febj 

 arc 

Apr] 

May.

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Ws

>ber. ..................... .

ito*r T ----,-.,.,.- --.. ---

lendar year

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

a41 

a40 

a40 

a40 

a40

44

60 

49 

69 

351

813 

*1,200 

1,460 

1,310 

1,400

1,180 

690 

570 

1,180 

1,460

1,500 

1,080 

576 

398 

288

243 

189 

160 

150

Mar.

210 

916 

3,310 

5,970 

6,300

4,400 

2,260 

1,180 

790 

595

449 

360 

306 

894 

897

285 

321 

484 

671 

690

667 

466 

353 

889 

ISO

171 

169 

162 

171 

232 

331

Secondfoot-daya

883 

746 

740

-

2,553 

16,621 

33,109 

47,508 

4,574 

18,334 

5,147 

2,379 

1,954

134,482

Apr.

331 

285 

312 

576 

750

520 

347 

543

1,080 

972

652 

1,020 

1,360 

1,360 

1,310

1,560 

1,720 

2,180 

3,580 

6,260

5,S60 

6,080 

4,200 

2,200 

1,130

750 

567 

449 

366 

312

Maxima

113 

52 

34

-

400 

1,600 

6,300 

6,080 

369 

1,770 

860 

1,280 

866

6.300

May

282 

264 

236 

201 

176

154 

137

184 

113 

10S

97 

86 

86 

846 

175

145 

130 

113 

100 

94

91 

84 

78 

94

180

143 

133 

106 

127 

ISO 

369

m^tm 

8 

17

17

-

15 

40 

162 

826 

78 

128 

28 

14 

14

8

June

614 

633 

415 

863 

192

150 

128 

194 

668 

810

1,770 

1,500 

870 

484 

538

415 

277 

368 

995 

945

466 

866 

266 

614 

790

576 

384 

413 

1,870 

1,180

July

S60 

730 

449 

288 

801

160 

117 

100 

86 

78

74 

118 

229 

139 

86

86 

92 

97 

70 

52

44

37 

35 

32 

28

29 

198 

260 

216 

110 

66

Mean

26.5 

24.9 

23.9

-

88.4 

573 

1,068 

1,583 

148 

611 

166 

76.7 

65.1

367

Aug.

44

32 

27 

27 

26

27 

27 

24 

22 

20

19 

18 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

16 

15

14

16 

15 

16 

16 

16

19 

20 

41 

79 

485 

1,820

Par square 

 lie

0.046 

.044 

.042

-

.144 

1.00 

1.87 

2.77 

.250 

1.07 

.891 

.134 

.114

.643

Sept.

866 

289 

130 

80 

66

44

36 

30 

27

27

84 

23 

22 

21 

20

19 

19 

18 

18 

18

17 

16 

14 

16 

24

19 

18 

19 

19 

17

Run-off In 

Inches

O.O5 

.05 

.06

-

.17 

1.08 

2.16 

3.09 

.30 

1.19 

.34 

.16 

. .13

8.76

* Winter discharge measurenent Bade on this day. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Dublin and at 

I* Hue.

Mote.- Stage-discharge relation affeeted by ice Dec. 31 to Jan. 31.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 259

Scioto River near Dublin, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 48°08'36 lt , long. 83°07'14", a quarter of a mile 

nortn of Delaware County line, three-quarters of a mile downstream from O'Sha'ighnessy 

Dam, and 3 miles north of Dublin, Franklin County. Datum of gage Is 775.00 fset 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 988 square miles.

Records available.- April 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years, 769 second-feet (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,300 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage heigh*;, 

11.73 feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Oct. 26, Sept. 14; minimum gage height, 3.07 

feet Sept. 14.

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 27,000 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937 (gage height, 

15.45 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Nov. 8, 1924 (gage height, 2.21 feet).

Maximum stage known, 24.6 feet Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 74,500 second-feet at 

Grlggs Dam, 9 miles below gage, computed by C. E. Sherman, Ohio State University).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair, 

stored In O'Shaughnessy Reservoir for supply of city of Columbus. Water Is

Cooiperation.- Gage heights and capacity curve of O'Shaughnessy Reservoir furnlstnd by 

Division of Water, city of Columbus.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

70

68

68

68

68

68

62

52

52

52

52

52

52

52

44

27

29

29

29

29

29

Nov.

33

41

41

51

63

63

63

77

101

101

101

98

86

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

64

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

-

Dec.

57

57

67

B7

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

98

142

138

138

117

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

Month

Calendar year 1959

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

Hay..................

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

76

76

76

76

76

76

74

74

72

72

72

72

72

79

269

1,220

354

558

290

b250

b!90

b!50

blSO

bllO

blOO

b90

b86

b84

b82

81

79

Feb.

76

76

74

74

74

76

88

194

294

1,530

3,110

3,480

3,930

2,690

1,970

1,730

1,260

1,230

3,110

3,260

2,560

1,900

1,150

773

550

386

386

356

312

_

-

Mar.

32S

1,690

8,910

11,600

8,730

6,510

3,810

2,100

1,350

1,000

773,

606

515

480

473

473

566

732

990

1,060

854

702

536

404

306

270

265

275

275

344

582

Apr.

622

543

574

800

1,030

854

574

1,170

2,100

1,600

1,380

3.4OO

3,040

2,620

2,300

3.560

3,260

5,250

5,670

12,800

11,600

8,040

5,880

3,4OO

1,900

1,190

881

636

550

473

-

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

1,732

2,047

2,267

312,848.6

5,686

36,849

57,559

87,747

7,545

24,459

7,055

5,211

2,747

238,904

Maximum l

70

101

142

14,600

1,220

3 980

n 'fifirt

1O fi/Vl JLJSj OUw

670

2,250

1, 150

135

333

12,800

[Inlsnoa

27

33

57

7.0

72*

74

265

473

132

256

eQOV

66

29

27

Mean

55.9

68*2

75.1

857

183

1,271

1,857

2; 925

243

815

104

91.6

653

May

424

386

356

312

275

255

241

228

206

156

190

132

146

171

290

232

202

162

179

171

152

140

171

219

190

241

245

219

211

344

670

June

1,200

1,190

782

480

339

260

236

£80

543

908

1,580

2,230

1,360

746

574

686

431

740

935

1,22,0

773

410

295

566

944

935

558

438

1,100

1,720

July

1, 150

990

702

452

306

236

190

167

149

128

125

142

125

202

171

142

101

93

113

93

76

63

59

72

74

72

126

156

190

219

171

AvtT.

135

135

138

118

138

119

117

1T7

98 I'M

135

116

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

93

76

66

Sept.

66

533

250

152

no

84

64

57

48

63

32

30

29

69

128

98

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

81

Adjusted for change 

In contend 3 t

Mean

61.4

59.0

66.6

854

224

1,274

1,868

2 '243 925

aoo oa K 

219

50.7

112

653

Per squfti* 

mile

0.061?

.06-)

.067

 86<

.227

1.29

1*88

2 »96

 24^ &S**

 22^

 05T

.113

.661

Run-off 

In Inches

0.07

.07

.08

11.74

Oft

 co

1.59

2.17

3. SO

 

0QBO

.93

.06

.13

9.00

t Adjusted for change In contents In O'Shaughnessy Reservoir 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
260 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 

Scloto River at Columbus, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°54'34", long. 83°00'33", at sewage-treatment works

 ofcitv of Columbus, Franklin County, 0.4 mile downstream from hlghwiy bridge on Frank 

Road, Datum of gage Is 680.40 feet above mean sea level (general a-ijustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,624 square miles.

Records available.- April 1921 to September 1940.

Average dlscharieT- 19 years, 1,355 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 22,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (g^ge height, 20.14 

feet ) ; minimum, 46 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 5.73 feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 39,600 second-feet Mar. 21, 1927 (ga"-e height, 24.7 

feet); minimum, 42 second-feet Sept. 6, 1930. Maximum stage known, 25.9 feet Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 138,000 second-feet, estimated by Franklin County Conservancy District). This stage Is not c-mparable with 

present gage heights because of subsequent channel Improvement and levee construction.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow

 regulated by O'Shaughnessy and Grlggs Reservoirs for municipal supply of city of 

Columbus. Diversion for water supply made several miles above gage; sewage return 

flow normally discharged at gage. Cooperation.- Gage heights and capacity curves for O'Shaughnessy and Grlggs Reservoirs 

furnished by Division of Water, city of Columbus.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage-neigh% In feet, and

discharge. In seoond-f eet )

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-25, Jan. 27 to Feb. 6, Feb. 8, Ma7 10-14, lfl-23, 

July 6-22, July 28 to Aug. 29, Sept. 6-30)

5.S 66

6.9 91

6.0 122

6.4 271

6.8 467

7.2 696

7.6 956

S.O 1,280

9.0 2,260

10 .*0 3,460

12.0 5,950

14.0 8,450

16.0 11,700

1S.O 15,700

20.0 21,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

6

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

26

26

30

Oct.

68

68

97 

81 

84 

78 

71

76

78 

76 

78

76 

68 

74

334

271

310

Nov.

190

106

94

94

SI 

97 

110 

110

103

103 

103 

143

201 

140 

116

143

143

103

-

Dee.

119

172

154

172

179

143

132

122

122 

119 

167 

113 

113

110

103 

110 

113 

106

113 

106 

106

100 

94

103

110

103 

100

88

Calendar year 1939

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

36

91

88

88

91

86ei

36

84ei

91 

116 

110 

323 

664

l,270i

1,280 

866 

471 

347

bSOO 

b260 

b230

b210 

b200

b!90

1

1

79

72

172 

161

157

Feb.

146

140

143

132

143

316

397

310

453

1,860

5,700 

5,950 

6,320 

4,580 

2,890

2,480

1,650 

1,910 

4,700 

5,450

4,200 

2,620 

1,800

1,320 

993

702

649

751

620

-

Mar586

2,280

14,9OO

17,600

12,600

8,360

5,320

3,200

2,150

1,610

1,240 

1,030 

886 

373 

646

900

1,000 

1,460 

2,320 

2,260

1,700 

1,320 

1,010

757 

603

534

484

534

512 

626

942

Apr.

1,150

1,020

1,020

1,560

2,320

1,700

1,110

1,330

3,080

2,690

2,230 

6,200 

5,580 

4,320 

3,700

5,580

5,450 

7,320 

3,380 

20,600

13,500 

11,700 

8,080

5,080 

2,950

1,950

1,460

1,200

986 

873

-

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

3,820

500,769

53,334

4 9X5

5,239

404,830

Maximum

179

23,900

684

20,600

Minimum

88

63

873

86

63

Mean

121

123

1,372

OI7Q

1 794

175

1,106

May

833

739

696

631

563

512

495

429

403

333

328 

297 

271 

280 

406

451

371 

333 

323 

328

292 

267 

263

637 

597

373

739

614

749 

979

2,100

June

2,480

2,370

1,700

1,100

782

603

601

660

1,050

2,050

3,050 

7,450 

3,960 

2,140 

1,280

1,240

978 

1,210 

1,900 

2,000

1,410 

846 

661

1,170 

2,150

1,350

1,200

963

1,580 

3,200

July

2,650

2

1

1

,480

fifiO

OHO

702

S34

413

342

fifl?

263

239 

259 

292 

292 

306

P7B

256 

247 

183

201

157 

146 

146

150 

150

140

132

13fi

259

R67

284

Aug.

216

179

166

161

172

168

143

172

172

143

129 

143 

146 

140 

140

126

119 

145 

161 

119

116 

103 

110

116 

106

140

126

122

129 

368

417

Sept.

634

546

243

122

100 

91 

88 

88 

86

88

97

103 

106 

110

116 

106

122 

304

103

Adjusted for change 

in contents*

Mean

122

1,363

4

ft« J

464

205

1,107

Per square 

mile 1

Run- off 

n Inches

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (5 a.m.) 6,450 sec.-ft.; Feb. 12 (5:30 p.n.) 7,580 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 

(S a.m.) 13,600 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (5 a.m.) 6,450 see.-ft.; Apr. 20 (9 p.m.) 213,100 see.-ft.; 

June 12 (9 a.m.) 6,320 sec.-ft.

« Adjusted for change in contents in O'Sha-ughneasy and Qriggs Reservoirs.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 

Scioto River near Circleville, Ohio

261

.-Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°38'00", long. 82°57'45", in sec. 3, T. 4 H., 

 ?' ?? highway fridge It miles upstream from Darby Creek and 2* miles northwest 

mnt of 1912) 6 ' °* ^ i8 644<4S f66t ab°V6 mea" Sea level ^enersl FdjustDralnage area.- 2,635 square miles. 

Kecoras avaiiaple.- March 1939 to September 1940.

nactremes.- naximum discharge during year, 56,600 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 21.8 

Tee|7T minimum, 133 second-feet Oct. 24 (gage height, 1.97 feet).

26, 1939 ?gageI^eig^tdl l C93rfIet) ha1: °f API% ' 21> 194°'' minlmm' 1S& se c°nd-feet Sept.

Maximum stage known, about 34 feet Mar 26, 1913

Remarks.- Records fair. Flow regulated by O'Shaughnessy and Griggs Reservoirs; monthly 

mean discharge only slightly arfected. ' *

Bating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

discharge, in aeoond-feet) and

Oct, 1 to Apr. 21

1.9 

2.0

2.2

2.S

2.8

3.0

3,2 

3.6

lie 

140

19S

292

486

534

644 

869

4,0

e.o

6.0

7.0

5.0

10. 0

13.0 

15.0

1,145 

1,950

2,770

3,700

4,600

7,300

12,000 

16,000

le.o

17.0

19.0

21.0

22.0

18,400 

22,000

33,000

48,400

57,400

Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

X.9 17S 

2.0 802

2.4 316

2,6 468

3.0 546

3.2 644

Note.- Same as preceding table abore

3,8 feet.

Discharge, in aeoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September, 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

15

19

20

21

ZZ

83

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

246

176

148

140

142

140

140

138

136

138

160

162

155

168

158

158

155

152

152

152

152

150

136

138

173

576

644

754

900

660

550

Nov.

416

336

888

867

836

217

217

217

211

196

193

190

186

190

802

199

193

190

193

193

860

388

274

253

270

274

263

263

249

220

-

Dec.

880

249

316

336

421

474

437

382

341

320

888

285

885

300

867

863

860

256

256

256

249

246

830

223

217

805

280

223

280

217

199

Jan.

190

187

185

162

162

173

165

165

171

166

176

193

280

636

2,340

2,890

2,030

1,430

1,030

810

b700

b600

b530

b4SO

M60

b480

b380

b350

b330

b380

b300

Month

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Feb.

896

892

878

881

274

695

1,840

1,410

1,860

2,420

9,450

12,200

10,900

8,150

4,330

3,310

2,950

2,980

8,430

11,600

8,560

4,980

3,310

2,430

2,190

1,660

1,380

1,510

1,640

_

-

Mar.

1,660

3,370

16,300

32,400

30,600

17,300

10,100

5,640

3,600

2,950

2,350

1,990

1,780

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,760

2,190

3,600

3,600

2,860

2,190

1,800

1,470

1,110

966

900

900

932

999

1,680

Secondfoot -daya

7,939

7f 183

6,661

_

17,793

110,906

162,277 

271*140

42,273

67,260

23,267

6,591 

8 9£>S

756,246

Apr.

2,270

1,950

1,800

8,510

2,190

2,680

1,910

1,800

3,380

3,600

2,950

9,950

12,900

7,900

5,640

7,840

10,400

12,600

16,000

36,900

52,400

29,000

15,600

9,480

5,580

3,700

2,770

1,510

1,990

1,800

Maximum

900

416

474

_

2,340

,12,800

'32,400

52,400

7,180 

n ygo

3)220

I7QO

810

52,400

May

1,640

1,510

1,ZSO

1,860

1,140

1,030

966

900

640

754

682

688

601

590

595

938

754

677

650

655

601

559

559

1,360

3,280

2,770

1,990

1,640

1,510

2,700

7,120

Minimum

136

165

199

_

165

274

900

1,510 

569

1,030 

259

807

192

136

June

7,750

6,390

3,900

2,510

1,600

1,340

1,480

2,350

2,360

2,600

3,130

6,810

6,910

3,500

2,840

1,840

1,760

1,380

2,530

3,130

2,270

1,560

1,070

1,030

3,170

2,860

2,110

1,560

1,990

3,400

'July

3,880

3,130

2,660

1,760

1,180

869

699

595

524

478

446

430

442

466

470

464

414

430

392

352

342

307

886

374

374

329

285

259

370

474

434

Mean

256

239

279

_

574

3 »624

5,235

9,038

1,364

2

QAQ fWV

751

299

2,066

Auf .

3*«J

319

232 2-«»

216

2-"*

2^2"0

2^

2«?

223

217

225

&^

2*9

2-1

g*«

ana«s 2-9

en

are

207

2:5

280

2T5

304 2"6

256

432

7FS

Per square 

mile

0.097

.091

.106

_

.218

1.45

1.99

3.43

.518

1.16

.285

.105

.113

.784

Sept.

610

662

586

581

486

348

882

865

842

231

234

215

807

802

197

192

192

800

808

805

807

807

197

805

324

363

882

242

288

210

-

Run-off in 

incbea

0.11

.10

.12

_

.25

1.56

2.29

3.83

.60

1.23

.33

 

19ie

.13

10.67

Peak dl a charge.- Feb. 12 (6 a.m.) 12,800 see.-ft.; Feb. 80 (9 a.m.) 11,900 sec.-ft.; Ma-. 4 (6 p.m.) 

39,300 aeo,-ft.j Apr. 13 (3 a.m.) 14,300 see.-ft.; Apr. 21 (9 a.m.) 55,600 sec,-ft.; June 12 (12 p.m.) 

9,000 sec.-ft.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 21-31.
262 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Scioto River at Chllllcothe, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°20'31", long. 82°58'27", at north end of 

umiiicothe, Ross County, 500 feet downstream from Bridge Street Bridge. Datum of 

gage is 594.02 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 3,847 square miles.

Records aval laole . - December 1913 to September 1914, April 1921 to Septenber 1940.

Average aiscnargeT- 19 years (1921-40), 3,396 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 70,600 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 23.90 

reet); minimum, 217 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 101,000 second-feet Jan. 23, 1937 (gage height, 27.68 

feet); minimum, 160 second-feet Jan. 1, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 39.8 feet Mar. 26, 1913 (discharge, 260,000 second-feet, 

estimated by Franklin County Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records good except those between 600 and 3,000 second-feet, which are fair, or 

those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Flow regulated by Gr'ggs and 

O'Shaughnessy Reservoirs; monthly mean discharge only slightly affected.

Cooperation.- Results of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

u. s. Army.

Eating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of loe effect (gage helglt., In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.2 227

1.5 342

1.9 540

2.3 779

Oct. 1 to Har. 4

2.7 

3.7 

5.1 

7.0

1,080

2,030

3,660

6,280

8.9

12.8

14.2

15.3

9,600

18,100

22,000

25,700

1.2 

1.5 

1.9 

2.3 

3.2

260

396

630

922

1,740

Har. 5 to Sept;. SO

4.6

6.8

8-5

11.0

3,210

6,060

8,850

13,900

14.0

17.0

21.0

83.2

21,500

32,400

52,900

66,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11ie

13

14 

15

16 

17ie

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

252 

317 

274 

245 

234

227 

231 

231

227 

227

227 

231 

252 

227 

227

227 

227 

227 

227 

227

227 

227 

227 

227 

234

306 

631 

869 

905 

968 

760

Nov.

642 

535 

476 

429 

391

368 

346 

342 

338 

330

322 

313 

309 

301 

301

309 

309 

309 

305 

322

346 

405 

439 

410 

396

424 

420 

410 

400 

386

Dec.

368 

373 

405 

450 

476

562 

585 

546 

508 

470

439 

429 

415 

424 

484

391 

386 

386 

386 

382

382 

364 

364 

355 

342

340 

360 

355 

350 

345 

320

Jan.

300

295 

290 

285 

280

270 

865 

260 

260 

260

270 

300 

330 

450 

1,700

2,900 

8,500 

1.9OO 

1,200 

960

860 

780 

700 

640 

580

540 

500 

480 

460 

460 

450

Month

Ootc 

Hove

Deoe

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr] 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

We

lendar year 193!

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

440 

435 

430 

440 

450

740 

3,300 

2,500 

2,200 

3,500

10,000 

14,800 

14,600 

12,000 

7,140

4,830 

4,050 

3,790 

8,880 

14,600

13,700 

8,420 

5,390 

3,920 

3,300

2,640 

2,080 

1,980 

2,420

Har.

2,470 

3,180 

14,300 

25,700 

39,600

32,000 

19,600 

9,800 

6,360 

4,820

3,930 

3,210 

2.77O 

8,550 

2,500

2,440 

2,500 

2,770 

3,690 

5,080

4,050 

3,100 

2,600 

2,190 

1,790

1,550 

1,460 

1,410 

1,410 

1,600 

2,040

Secondfoot -days

10,345 

11,333 

12,676

1,207,067

21,725 

152,975 

812,470 

392,330 

69,000 

116,330 

34,618 

14,273 

12,973

1,061,048

Apr.

2,770 

2,770 

2,550 

2,880 

3,930

3,690 

2,770 

2,340 

3,450 

5,080

4,050 

9,800 

16,700 

13,300 

8,490

7,960 

12,800 

15,700 

21,800 

46,400

66,000 

56,200 

31,800 

18,200 

9,840

6,510 

4,950 

4,050 

3,450 

3,100

Maximum

968 

642

585

32,500

2,900 

14,800 

39,600 

66,000 

9,O70 

11,600 

4,050 

1,180 

1,060

66,000

Hay

2,S80 

8,720 

2,500 

2,340 

2,190

1,990 

1,890 

1,790 

1,640 

1,600

1,460 

1,360 

1,320 

1,220 

1,220

1,410 

1,460 

1,320 

1,270 

1,270

1,820 

1,120 

1,070 

1,440 

4,170

4,170 

3,210 

2,600 

2,440 

3,640 

9,070

Minimum

227 

301 

320

213

260 

430 

1,410 

8,340 

1,070 

1,550 

466 

303 

273

827

June

11,600 

9,420 

6,510 

4,300 

3,100

2,500 

2,090 

2,990 

3,450 

3,210

4,170 

5,450 

8,670 

5,280 

4,170

2,720 

2,500 

2,140 

2,500 

3,810

3,810 

2,340 

1,790 

1,550

2,600

3,690 

2,990 

2,290 

2,140 

3,210

Jtly

4,050 

3,570 

3,690 

2,550 

1,840

1,460 

1,220 

1,030 

928

828

768 

738 

732 

718 

718

747 

704 

657 

754 

617

592 

554 

529 

617 

643

592 

523 

482 

465 

664 

650

Mean

334 

378 

409

3,307

701 

5,275 

6,854 

13,080 

2,226 

3,878 

1,117 

460 

432

2,899

Aug.

617 

560 

494 

448 

432

438 

471 

427 

412 

422

391 

372 

348 

348 

427

487 

377 

348 

330 

344

344 

326 

308 

303 

303

424 

670 

732 

482 

768 

1,180

Per square 

mile

0.087 

.098 

.106

.860

.182 

1.37 

1.78 

3.40 

.579 

1.01 

.890 

.120 

.112

.754

Sept.

1,040 

1,060

783 

843 

704

560 

482 

417 

386 

367

348 

339 

321 

303 

290

886 

277 

277 

282 

286

290 

288 

882 

873 

312

448

427 

362 

334 

312

Run-off In 

Inches

0.10 

.11 

.12

11.68

.81 

1.48 

2.05 

3.79 

.67 

1.13 

.33 

 14 

.12

10.85

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (5 a. m.) 14,100 sec.-ft.j Feb. 12 (10 p. 

(12:30 a. m.) Is.3OO sec.-ft.j Mar. 4 (S p. m.) 42,600 sec.-ft.j Apr. 

Apr. 21 (6 p. m.) 70,600 sec.-ft.

jtota-- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 26 to Feb. 10.

I.) 15,700 sec.-ft.} Feb. 21 

13 (6:30 p. m.) 17,400 sec.-ft.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 263

Scloto River at Hlgby, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°12'44", long. 82°51'35", in sec. 6, T. 7 N., 

R. 20 W., at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile downstream from Walnut Creek and 

li miles north of Hlgby. Datum of gage is 567.63 feet above mean sea level <general 

adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 5,129 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to July 1936, March 1937 to September 1940. 

foctremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 112,000 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 

22.84 feet); minimum, 266 second-feet Oct. 23 (gage height, 1.59 feet).

1930-36, 1937-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 21, 1940; minimum, 244 secondfeet Oct. 23, 1930.

Flood In January 1937 reached a stage of 26.4-feet (discharge, 177,000 eecond-feet, 

revised). This revised discharge supersedes figure published In Water-Supr^y Papers 

823, 838, 853, and 873.

Maximum stage known, 31.6 feet Mar. 26, 1913. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair.

Elon.- Results of 12 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Englreers,

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6

1.6

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.S

270

310

400

505

630

780

2.7 

3.0 

3.4 

3.3

4.2 

4.7

945

1,240

1,690

2,210

2,760

3,510

2.2

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.5

878

515

681

390

1,130

1,820

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

2,570

4,270

6,120

8,300

10,800

9.0

11.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

13,400

19,000

24,600

27,500

30,900

16.0

17.0

19.0

21.0

23.0

36,000 

48,800 

62,300 

86,OOO 

115,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

310 

360 

350 

319 

306

298 

294 

294 

286 

286

282 

278 

290 

290

282

282 

286 

278 

278 

286

286 

282 

274 

27S 

286

328 

534 

877 

886 

1,080 

352

NOT.

720 

604 

529 

488

456

420 

410 

405 

396 

391

396 

386 

382 

373 

364

373 

378 

373 

368 

378

415 

440 

488 

466 

456

466 

466 

450 

440 

430

Dec.

410 

420 

435

472 

494

572 

624 

591 

541 

505

483 

461 

456 

450 

461

440 

435 

425 

425 

420

415 

405 

400 

400 

382

378 

400 

396 

391 

391 

378

Jan.

342 

355 

337 

342 

342

314 

332 

332 

319 

328

332 

342 

355 

607 

1,820

3,430 

2,980 

2,180 

1,290 

«bl,040

b950 

b870 

bSOO 

b740 

b680

b640 

b600 

b580 

b565 

584 

*553

Month

Oot< 

Nov< 

Dec<

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr. 

May 

Jun< 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

fft

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

541 

523 

483 

500 

473

604 

4,150 

3,340 

2,740 

3,900

11,200 

16,800 

17,000 

13,400 

8,340

5,550 

4,710 

5,540 

12,900 

20,100

18,400 

10,800 

6,730 

5,360 

4,620

3,840 

3,080 

3,250 

4,020

Bar.

4,020 

4,800 

22,100 

39,000 

43,800

41,100 

25,200 

12,400 

7,840 

5,930

4,980 

4,180 

3,680 

3,420 

3,250

3,160 

3,250 

3,420 

3,930 

5,170

4,530 

 3,680 

3,080 

2,660 

2,180

1,390 

1,740 

1,690 

1,680 

3,020 

4,180

Secondfoot -days

11,898 

13,107 

13,856

1,678,157

25,281 

192,899 

274,960 

570,890 

130,710 

173,010 

45,484 

18,626 

16,160

1,486,381

Apr.

3,760 

3,680 

3,420 

3,420 

4,270

4,180 

3,340 

2,S20 

3,630 

5,360

4,710 

13,900 

19,300 

15,900 

9,500

8,300 

14,800 

22,600 

32,300 

73,600

309,000 

84,800 

47,600 

25,000 

14,200

10,200 

8,300 

6,940 

6,120 

5,740

Maximum

1,080

726 

624

60,200

3,430 

20,100 

43,800 

109,000 

18,700 

19,000 

4,890 

1,750 

1,320

109,000

May

5,360 

5,080 

4,800 

4,530 

4,270

4,020 

3,760 

3,680 

3,420 

3,160

2,910 

2,740 

2,570 

2,410 

2,410

2,410 

2,570 

2,570 

2,250 

2,180

2,180 

2,030 

1,920 

5,100 

7,380

6,320 

5,360 

4,440 

4,440 

5,740 

18,700

Minimum

274 

364 

378

274

314 

478 

1,680 

2,820 

1,920 

2,740 

570 

378 

360

274

June

19,000 

13,400 

9,750 

6,730 

5,170

4,270 

3,680 

5,570 

5,360 

5,080

5,560 

6,170 

9,500 

6,940 

5,740

4,270 

5,860 

4,440 

3,760 

4,800

4,440 

3,500 

2,740 

2,740 

3,310

4,980 

4,980 

4,100 

3,160 

4,020

July

4,890 

4,360 

4,440 

3,420 

2,570

2,100 

1,760 

1,550 

1,400 

1,260

1,160 

1,080 

1,050 

1,020 

998

986 

962 

902 

890 

835

770 

730 

701 

791 

813

750 

681 

620 

570 

655 

770

Mean

384

437 

447

4,59S

816 

6,652 

8,870 

19,030 

4,216 

5,767 

1,467 

601 

539

4,063

Aug.

711 

664 

594 

547 

523

523 

547 

594 

589 

515

493 

457 

450 

443 

472

586 

501 

465 

424 

417

436 

417 

398 

391 

378

430 

f701 

f750 

f890 

f 1,620 

].,750

Per square 

mile

0.075

.one 

.orw

.896

.159 1.30

1.73 

3.7?.

.ess

1.12 

.2:36 

.117 

.105

,ijrn^

Sept.

1,320 

1,210 

962 

926

868

691

603 

589 

498 

479

450 

436 

424 

398 

391

372 

378 

366 

366 

366

366 

366 

366 

360 

404

457 

523 

465 

424 

391

Run-off In 

Inches

0.09 

.09 

 10

12.16

.18 

1.40 

1.99 

4.14 

.95 

1.25 

.33 

.13 

.12

10.77

Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

bStage-dlsoharge relation affected by Ice.

fComputed on basis of partly estimated gage height.

461679 O - 42 - 18
264 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Little Scloto River above Marion, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°37'43", long. 83°10'11" > In NEi sec. 7, T. 

5 a., R. 15 E., at Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. bridge, 1 mile downstream f-om Rock Fork 

and 3$ miles northwest of Marion. Datum of gage Is 909.22 feet above mean sea level 

(unadjusted). Prior to June 17, 1940, staff gage at same site and dafnn.

Drainage area.- 72.1 square miles. '

Records available.- April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,200 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 5.9 

reet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above..750 secondfeet; no flow Oct. 13-24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 1,700 second-feet Mar. 12, 1939 (gage height, 7.2 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 750 secondfeet; no flow several days In October J.938, and August, September, and October 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

0.5 0 1.4 41 

.6 .8 1-7 67 

-7 2.S 2.0 96 

.8 5.6 2.3 133 

.9 8.7 2.6 189 

1.0 13 3.0 295 

1.1 18 4.0 595 

1.2 26 5.0 900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1140

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.6 

1.2 

.7 

.6 

.6

.6 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.1 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

.2

.7 

6.2 

21 

16 

8.1 

4.8

HOT.

3.4 

2.2 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

.8 

.8 

 S 

.8 

.S

.8 

.7 

.6 

.6 

.5

 5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

 5 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.6

.5 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.5

Dec.

0.6 

.S 

1.4 

1.2 

1.0

1.2 

2.0 

1.6 

1.2 

1.0

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.7 

.6 

.6

.e 

.s

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.3

.3 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.3 

.3

Jan.

0.3 

a. 3 

a. 3 

a. 3 

a- 3

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

1 

5 

10 

20 

130

120 

110 

90 

70 

50

40 

30 

25 

20 

IS

17 

15 

13 

11 

10 

9

Feb.

8 

S 

9 

S 

8

10 

15 

12 

15 

25

150 

400 

500 

300 

200

ISO 

100 

120 

400 

300

200 

120 

SO 

60 

50

46 

42 

40 

40

Mar.

50 

200 

800 

600 

300

189 

133 

96 

71 

59

50 

43 

40 

55 

56

46 

63 

109 

IBS

114

88 

74 

82 

76 

51

36 

28 

26 

35 

53 

52

Apr.

48 

37 

38 

108 

69

43 

43 

106 

112 

76

67 

215 

185 

153 

164

1S9 

164 

325 

189 

760

S3S 

3S2 

203 

136 

102

72 

60 

50 

44 

39

Month <, Se?°?d" Maximum foot-days

Octc 

Hove 

Dec e

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

64.6 21 

24.2 3.4 

24.3 2.0

16,399.0 1,310

816. & 130 

3,395 500 

3,830 SOO 

5,022 838 

90S 146 

3, 532 700 

1,198.4 430 

171.4 84 

78.7 27

19,065.1 838

May

33 

35 

29 

23 

20

17 

IB 

14 

13 

12

11 

10 

13 

146 

59

43 

32 

27 

22 

19

17 

13 

10 

23 

49

44 

33 

26 

21 

26 

48

Minimum

0 

.4 

.3

0

.2 

8 

26 

37 

10 

21 

.8 

.2 

.4

0

June

96 

79 

53 

43 

36

28 

21 

45 

77 

119

373 

207 

11B 

74 

57

44 

35 

49 

115 

66

40 

30 

27 

94 

112

61 

39 

312 

700

385

July

43C 

24] 

12C 

8C 

57

4£ 

Zf 

2C 

2] 

17

If 

17ieIf

£.5

£.1 

7.8 

7.2 

6.2 

E.3

4.5 

3.9 

3.1 

2.S 

2.2

2.2

2.S 

2.2 

1.6 

1.2 

.8

Aug.

0-7 

.7 

.5 

.6 

.7

1.4 

1.2

.7 

.6 

.6

.5 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.3

.2 

.2 

 2 

.3

.3

.2 

.2 

.7 

.8 

.6

.6 

.9

3.4 

2.6 

34 

67

Maan Per s iuare Bean mile

2. OS 0.029 

.81 -Oil 

.78 .011

46.3 .642

26.3 .365 

117 1.62 

124 1.72 

167 2.32 

29.3 .406 

118 1.64 

38.7 .537 

5.53 .077 

2.62 .036

52.1 .723

Sept.

27 

11 

7.2 

4.5 

3.4

2.2

l.s

1.8

l.s

1.6

1.6 

2.0 

1.4 

1.0 

1.0

.S 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.5 

.5 

.4 

1.0

1.0 

.7 

.6 

.5 

.4

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.01 

.01

S.69

.42 

1.75 

1.98 

2.59 

.47 

1.83 

.62 

.09 

.04

9.S4

aNo gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of records for Scloto River at Larue and Scloto 

R'lver near Prospect.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Mar. 5.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 265

Olentangy River at Stratford, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 40°15'29", long. 63°03'44", 

in NEt T. 4 N., R. 19 W., 0.2 mile upstream from highway bridge at Stratfcrd and 3 

miles downstream from Delaware Run.

Drainage area.- 438 square miles.

Records available.- July 1934 to December 1935, January 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,800 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 5.68 

reet); minimum, 1.7 second-feet Oct. 22, 23 (gage height, 0.85 foot).

1934-35, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 15,600 second-feet June 19, 1939 (gage 

height, 8,77 feet); minimum, 0.96 second-foot Sept. 17, 18, 1934 (gage height, 0.76 

foot).

Remarks.- Records good 

wnicn are poor.

except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record,

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

O.S 1.4 1.4 14 2,4 193 3.5 1,750 

.9 2.1 1.6 23 2.6 327 4.0 3,100 

1.0 3.1 l.S 40 2. 8 534 4.5 4,250 

1.1 4.8 2.0 69 3.0 797 6.0 5,220 

1.2 7.2 2.2 116 3.2 1,120 5.5 6,310

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.7 

2.5 

2.5 

9.3 

27

20 

15 

12 

9.0 

7.S

6.5 

5.0 

4.3 

3.S 

3.0

3.3 

3.0 

2,7 

2.8 

2.4

2.6 

2.3 

2.0 

2.6 

13

20 

54 

101 

234 

141 

S4

NOT.

54 

40 

34 

23 

25

29 

27 

21 

17 

17

17 

16 

16 

15 

14

14 

14 

15 

16 

16

17 

17 

17 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

15

15

Dec.

16 

20 

22 

26 

33

f42 

f42 

39 

34 

30

2S 

26 

29 

26 

25

26 

26 

25 

26 

25

24 

22 

20 

18 

IS

IS 

17 

IS 

17 

16 

15

Jan.

14 

13 

12

11 

11

10 

9.3 

9.6 

9.9 

11

12 

15 

17 

143 

430

300 

150 

SO 

60 

50

45 

40 

35 

30 

25

22 

21 

21 

20 

20 

20

Feb.

20 

19 

19 

19 

22

56 

36 

66 

148 

1,390

2,190 

2,440 

2,050 

1,140 

497

365 

281 

427 

1,490 

1,700

1,020 

526 

304 

259 

165

116 

170 

128 

112

Mar.

13S 

1,240 

5,560 

4,680 

2,930

1,220 

769 

559 

412 

312

234

1S4 

166 

166 

216

228 

304 

766 

1,040 

S2S

456 

312 

210 

132 

135

110 

US 

112 

US 

199 

336

Apr.

a336 

a870 

a310 

aBOO 

a450

aSSO 

a290 

a5SO 

1,200 

673

618 

2,160 

1,380 

1,250 

1,250

1,950 

1,390 

1,820 

1,660 

5,490

4,980 

2,840 

1,130 

714 

489

374 

289 

22S 

193 

175

Bo^ foot°-SayS M"lm»

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ct

Jam 

Febj 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 193$

iter year 1939-4(

S02.1 234 

606 54 

773 42

147,013.9 11,800

1,666.3 430 

17, 225 2, 440 

24,190 5,560 

36,219 5,490 

4,650 531 

26,055 4,370 

5,943 1,460 

1,109.2 741 

1,113.9 330

120,353.0 5,560

May

162 

152 

148 

13S 

125

112 

105 

95 

86 

32

75 

69 

66 

93

141

105 

92 

84 

84 

73

73 

64 

62 

100 

458

456 

266 

188 

166 

199 

531

Minimum

2.0 

14 

15

1.6

9.3 

19 

110 

175 

62 

13S 

26 

2.6 

8.7

2.0

June

919 

797 

467 

274 

184

133 

141 

2S6 

775 

1,160

3,490 

4,370 

1.S60 

773 

478

374 

304 

54S 

984

613

327 

210 

201 

1,230 

1,040

622 

336 

274 

1,410 

1,460

July

1,460 

1,230 

609 

346 

228

170 

135 

110 

98 

82

73 

143 

132 

86

71

114 

125 

73 

55 

44

40 

36 

67 

42 

29

26 

113 

96 

50 

34 

26

Aug.

20 

20 

16 

12 

12

13 

12 

9.9 

3.7 

S.I

7.2 

6.7 

6.5 

5.7 

5.5

5.3 

4.5 

4.3 

3.8 

3.0

2.8 

2.6 

2.S 

2.7 

2,8

3.3 

4.5 

4.0 

3.5 

155 

741

Septt

330 

174 

100 

62 

43

33

26 

22 

20 

17

17 

20 

27 

23 

19

17 

15 

14 

13 

12

11 

9.6 

8.7 

9.3 

17

11 

9.0 

9.3 

13 

12

 . __ Per squa-e Run-off In 

mile Inches

25.9 0.059 0.07 

20.2 .046 .05 

24.9 .057 .07

403 .920 12.48

53.8 .IfS .14 

594 1.36 1.47 

780 1.78 2.05 

1,207 2.76 3. OS 

150 .342 .39 

S6S 1.98 2.21 

192 .438 .50 

35. S .082 .09 

37.1 .085 .09

329 .751 10.21

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (S p.m.) 3.350 sec.-ft.; Feb. 20 (12i30 a.m.) 1,980 sec.-ft.s Mar. 3 

(7 p.m.) 6,550 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (9 p.m.) 6,800 sec.-ft.j June 12 (1:30 a.m.) 6,310 se-s.-ft.; Ju 

29 (12 m.) 1,730 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Big Walnut Creek at Rees.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected fcy Ice Jan. 1-6, 10-12, Jan. 16 to Feb. 4.
266 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Big Walnut Creek at Central College, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°06'13n , long. 82°53'03", In T. 2 N.. R. 17 W., 

a quarter of a mile east of Central College, Franklin County, 3 miles southeast of 

Westervllle, and 3i miles downstream from Duncan Run. Datum of gage Is 814.96 feet 

above mean sea level.-

Drainage area.- 191 square miles.

Records available.- July 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,270 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 12.4 

feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Oct. 1; minimum gage height, 1.68 feet Aug. 20-22. 

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 9,310 second-feet June 19, 1939 (gage height, 14.2 

feet); minimum, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 21-24, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 25 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, wh'lch are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 19*0

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

0.4 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.7

.8 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.7

.9 

.9 

.8 

.7 

.7

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7

.9

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

6.7

16 

79 

166 

61 

29 

21

Hov.

16 

13 

12 

9.4 

8.8

8.1 

7.4 

6.8 

6.S 

6.2

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

6.2 

6.2

9.4 

12.0 

13 

14 

13

12 

12 

10 

10 

10

Dec.

10 

18 

37 

61 

64

51 

41 

35 

29 

25

24 

22 

22 

24 

29

27 

25 

23 

22 

22

22 

20 

19 

18 

20

15 

16 

14 

13 

1)12 

bll

Jan.

blO 

1)9.5 

1)9.0 

be. 5 

bS.O

b7.5 

b7.5 

b7.5 

b7.5 

b7.5

bS.O 

b9.0 

blO 

b!50 

b500

b220 

b90 

b70 

a60 

a50

a42 

a38 

a35 

aSO 

a28

a25 

a23 

a21 

a20 

a!8 

a!6

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19'

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

al4

a!3 

b!3 

b!6 

b42

b70 

b250 

b!50 

b350 

bl,660

2,500 

S52 

765 

211 

184

166 

1S6 

236 

1,460 

878

390

192 

106 

110 

80

73 

111 

74 

53

liar.

60 

646 

5,980 

3,080 

788

418 

292 

230 

178 

146

127 

113 

111 

117 

129

129 

242 

498 

938 

306

161 

120 

91 

85 

76

67 

64 

64 

90 

131 

313

Secondfoot-days

396.8 

269.8 

791

62,527.1

1.545.5 

11,145 

15,790 

IS, 964 

6,109 

8,155 

1,374.1 

114.1 

176.1

64,830.4

Apr.

214 

139 

159 

203 

150

98

82 

156 

242 

152

193 

2,110 

639 

361 

325

1,440 

681 

1,350 

730 

5,700

2,260 

591 

299 

187 

125

100 

84 

71 

63 

60

Maximum

166 

16 

64

6,190

500 

2,500 

5,980 

5,700 

1,690 

1,580 

347 

14 

50

5,980

May

60 

60 

60 

60 

53

51 

51 

a45 

a 40 

a 40

a38 

a35 

a34 

a35 

allO

a60 

a45 

a 40 

a40 

a45

51 

40 

32 

200 

995

294 

258 

165 

152 

1,230 

1,690

Minimum

0.4 

5.5 

10

.3

7.5 

13 

60 

60 

32 

35 

4.9 

1.3 

' 1.4

.4

June

1,580 

689 

258 

136 

82

55 

41 

368 

158 

212

786 

614 

220 

100 

74

86 

51 

233 

518 

195

80 

44

a35 

a 500 

aSOO

a!50 

a70 

a!20 

aSOO 

alOO

July

alSO 

f347 

123 

63 

41

32 

25 

IS 

14 

12

9.2 

8-4 

6.8 

5-S 

S-4

8-4 

6.0 

12 

12 

6.0

4.9 

5-2 

f5-6 

fS-0 

11

8.0 

165 

136 

57 

23 

13

Mean

12.8 

6.99 

25.5

171

49.9 

384 

509 

632 

197 

272 

44.3 

3.68 

5.87

177

Aug.

11 

12 

8.0 

.6.0 

4.9

4.2 

3.6 

3.3 

2.9 

2.6

2.6 

2.2 

2.0 

1.7 

1.7

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

2.0 

1.3

1.3

1.3 

1.5 

1.4 

1.4

1.5 

3.3 

2.9 

2.9 

6.3 

14

Per square

mile

0.067 

.047 

.134

.895

.261 

2.01 

2.66 

3.31 

1.03 

1.42 

.232 

.019 

.031

.927

Sept.

50 

26 

16 

10 

7.4

5.6 

4.5 

3.6 

3.6 

3.6

3.1 

2.4 

2.4 

2.6 

2.6

2.6 

2.6 

2.4 

2.0 

2.0

1.7 

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

3.3

2.6

2.4 

2.4 

2.2 

2.2

Run-off in 

Inches

0.08 

.05 

.15

12.19

.30 

2.17 

3.07 

3.69 

1.19 

1.58 

.27 

.02 

.03

12.60

, Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (3j30 a.m.) 4,540 sec.-ft.| Bar. 3 (3 p.m.) 7,270 sec.-ft.} Apr. 12 

(7 a.m.) 8,220 sec.-ft.| Apr. 20 (12 m.) 7,050 sec.-ft.} Hay 31 (12 m.) 2,200 sec.-ft.} June 1 

(3 p.m.) 1,980 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of records for Big Walnut Greek at Rees and 

Alum Creek at Columbus.

to Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 267

Big Walnut Creek at Rees, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°51'24" ) long. 82°57'26", in NE£ sec. 26, T. 4 N., 

R. 2£TW., at highway bridge half a mile southwest of Rees and 4i miles downstream from 

Alum Creek. Datum of gage is 698.20 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1912).

Drainage area.- 544 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to December 1935, December 1938 to September 1940. August 

1921 to octoDer 1927 at site 0.3 mile upstream.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1921-35, 1939-40), 498 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 15,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 15.9 

 feet)T from rating curve extended above 8,700 second-feet; minimum, 10 second-feet Oct. 

14 (gage height, 1.11 feet).

1921-35, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 18,600 second-feet Feb. 27, 1929 (gage height, 

18.0 feet); minimum, 5 second-feet Sept. 4, 5, 10-12, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 20.5 feet, present site and datum, Mar. 25, 1913.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

13 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

51

Oct.

22 

16 

15

15 

14

13 

12 

12 

11 

11

11

12 

11 

11 

11

12 

12 

12 

12 

IS

IS 

13 

13 

IS 

29

156 

125 

566 

232 

115 

71

HOT.

54 

45 

41 

37 

35

34 

32 

32 

32

31

aSl 

a31 

aSl 

aSl 

aSl

aSl 

aSl 

aSl 

aSl 

a55

39 

44 

42 

43 

42

42 

40 

58 

56 

56

Dec.

35 

42 

65 

102

131

119 

97 

82 

71 

62

56 

52 

54 

54 

54

56 

56 

55 

53 

49

47 

46 

44 

43 

39

58 

58 

58 

58 

37 

34

Jan.

33 

31 

29 

28 

28

26 

26 

26 

27 

27

29 

31 

54 

323 

1,450

516 

224 

188 

161 

156

124 

106 

93 

82 

76

70 

65 

60 

56 

56 

56

Month

Oct 

lev

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr

JoE

Jill 

Aug 

Sep

«

«nb»r. .......... ....

alendar year 19

Li::::::::::::::::::::::::::

t ember. ......... -- - ------

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

55 

53 

53 

52 

53

141 

522 

342 

585 

1,050

5,390 

3,110 

2,250 

1,060 

495

455 

450 

751 

3,810 

2,820

1,508 

775 

525 

450 

259

259 

239 

285 

271

Mar.

312 

1,450 

11,100 

9,120 

2,680

1,440 

950 

748 

605 

475

385 

315 

275 

303 

346

346 

570 

891 

1,940 

966

555 

406 

324 

252 

197

175 

166 

178 

204 

299 

682

Secondfoot-daya

1,581 

1,089 

1,787

186,028.7

4,197 

27,858 

58,654 

60,505 

14,265 

24,200 

4,102 

806 

801

179,605

Apr.

638 

425 

515 

1,250 

605

580 

291 

577 

775 

565

558 

5,930 

2,560 

1,300 

1,090

3,410 

2,260 

3,860 

3,500 

13,200

10,100 

2,290 

1,220 

860 

665

525 

420 

351 

520 

285

M«Tl»ll»l

565 

54 

151

9,310

1,450 

5,390 

11,100 

13.2OO 

5,400 

5,050 

950 

48 

89

15,200

May

271 

259 

259 

251 

232

204 

188 

178 

166 

152

144 

134 

129 

127 

242

235 

181 

169 

169 

163

144 

152 

139 

586 

1,780

1,010 

626 

500 

595 

1,880 

5,400

Mlnlmm

11 

31 

54

9.7

26

52 

166 

285 

127 

166 

42 

16 

12

11

June

3,050 

1,980 

860 

530 

370

279 

263 

1,450 

748 

941

1,100 

2,160 

868 

465 

346

358 

299 

285 

1,400 

725

558 

210 

156 

657 

1,480

654 

416 

588 

920 

515

July

538 

950 

445 

243 

197

127 

102 

87 

76 

71

63 

70 

59 

66 

65

56 

55 

70 

65 

55

50 

46 

44 

60 

66

46 

42 

142 

178 

104 

66

Mean

44.5 

56.5 

57.6

510

156 

960 

1,246 

2,017 

460 

807 

152 

26.0 

26.7

491

Aug.

48 

42

37 

36 

34

31 

31 

29 

28 

26

24 

24 

22 

22 

25

22 

19 

18 

24 

22

17 

16

16 

16 

16

17 

20 

20 

18 

40 

46

Per aqutro 

 lie

O.O12 

.0^7 

.106

.9^1

.2'<J 

1.7* 

2.2f> 

3.7T 

.8'S 

1.4ft .a'i

.O'S

.o«»

.9DS

Sept.

89 

60 

62 

44

36

51 

28 

25 

24 

24

22 

20 

20 

19

18

18 

18 

16 

16 

15

15 

IS 

12 

14 

58

26 

24 

20 

18 

16

Run-off la 

Inches

0.08 

.07 

.12

18.78

.29 

1.90 

2.64 

4.14 

.98 

1.65 

.28 

.06 

.OS

12.27

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 (7 P.M.) 6,890 sec.-ft.; Feb. 19 (8 p.m.) 4,860 sec.-ft.; Mar. S (6 p.B.) 

1S,6OO see.-ft.; Apr. 12 (9 a.m.) 7,640 Bee.-ft.; Apr. 20 (5:50 p.m.) 15,100 see.-ft.

a He gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records fcr Big Walnut Cree> at Central 

College and Alum Creek at Columbus.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Alum Creek at Columbus, Ohio

Location.-''Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°56'42", long. 82°56'28", a quarter of a mile 

downstream from Livingston Avenue Bridge in Columbus, Franklin County, and 6 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 733.62 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 190 square miles.

Records available.- July 1923 to December 1935, January 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 165 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.72 

reetj; minimum, 2.0 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 1.70 feet).

1923-35, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 8,800 second-feet Feb. 27, 1S29 (gage height, 

13.6 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Sept. 18, 1939; minimum gage height, 0.79 foot 

Sept. 7, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of backwater from leaves or ice, which are

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of backwater from leaves or- ice (gage height,

in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 27-30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21 Apr. 22 to Sep*:. 30

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.8 

2.0

2.4

2.5 

3.5

51

92

209

372 72'0

8

10

1,000

2,250

3,600

5,260

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

5.0

9.2

16

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.4

87

61

104

222

2.7 

3.0

343

47S

772

1,190

Discharge, In second-feet, water Tear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

5.2 

S.S 

3.4 

3.4 

3.0

2.6 

c2.5 

o2.5 

C2.5 

C3.0

C3.0 

c2.5 

02.5 

cS.O 

c3.0

03.0 

C3.0 

C3.0 

C3.0 

03.0

03.5 

c4.0 

04.5 

o5.0

5S

50 

91 

155 

66 

35 

25

Nov.

16 

14 

13 

11 

10

9.3 

S.6 

8.6

e.o

8.6

S.6 

8.6 

8.0 

9.3

e.o

8.0 

8.0 

9.3 

S.6 

13

21 

17 

16 

17 

16

15 

14 

14 

15 

12

Dec.

14 

21 

31 

42 

45

38 

32 

26 

23 

21

18 

17 

21 

17 

20

20 

20 

IS 

17 

17

16 

15 

14 

15 

b!2

b!2 

bll 

bll 

bll 

blO 

blO

Jan.

blO 

b9.0 

bS.5 

bS.O 

bS.O

bS.O 

bS.O 

bS.O 

b8.0 

be.O

b8.5 

b9.0 

15 

170 

540

220 

b90 

b70 

b54 

b45

b40 

b55 

b30 

b25 

b22

b20 

b!8 

b!7 

b!5 

b!4 

b!2

Month

Oot 

Hov 

Dec

0

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 1959 ...........

ater year 1959-40 ...........

Feb.

*blO 

blO 

blO 

bll 

24

105 

164 

102 

85 

b550

1,810 

994 

746 

306 

179

179 

167 

2S4 

1,050 

772

401 

209 

131 

120 

97

81 

68 

70 

60

Mar.

90 

5S2 

4,030 

2,770 

792

420 

283 

216 

167 

128

102 

79 

70 

88 

102

97 

186 

316 

522 

254

159 

104 

81 

55 

45

40 

58 

50 

59 

92 

175

Secondfoot-days

555.9 

351.5 

613

5S,555.5

1,353 

8,775 

12,148 

20,009 

3,543 

10,500 

1,550 

284.1 

426.6

60,109.1

Apr.

160 

120 

207 

267 

148

92 '70 

175 

209 

142

516 

1,770 

6SO 

425 

592

1,120 

799 

1,250 

1,240 

5,400

3,050 

656 

375 

252 

1S2

147 

114 

95 

84 

76

Maximum

155 

21 

45

4,490

340 

1,810 

4,030 

5,400 

740 

1,180 

334 

56 

102

5,400

May

7S 

76 

76 

74 

65

57 

53 

46 

42 

3S

38 

35 

32 

33 

120

69 

53 

50 

50 

55

59 

59 

46 

112 

462

269 

136 

107 

117 

298 

740

Minimum

2.5 

8.0 

10

.6

S.O 

10 

38 

70 

32 

76 

15 

5.1 

2.6

2.5

June

642 

505 

231 

147 

120

84 

S9 

1,180 

279 

690

4SS 

1,170 

308 

190 

120

189 

107 

295 

709 

252

117 

78 

76 

694 

547

237 

144 

201 

281 

150

Jul-r

178 

334 

133 

80 

55

42 

34 

27 

26 

25

23 

20 

22 

42 

27

23 

27 

53 

2S 

20

16 

14 

15 

55 

32

18 

19 

84 

43 

24 

16

Mean

17.9 

11.7 

19.8

160

45.5 

505 

592 

667 

114 

350 

50.0 

9.16 

14.2

164

Aug.

11 

9.2 

S.4 

7.5 

6.7

7.1 

6.5 

5.8 

5.4 

5.0

4.8 

4.S 

4.5 

10 

4.5

3.8 

3.1 

12 

8.4 

5.0

4.0 

3.3 

4.P 

3.6 

5.8

7.5 

5.0 

5.8 

8.8 

49 

56

Pe" aquare

mile

0.094 

.062 

.104

.842

.229

1.59 

2.06 

3.51 

.600 

1.84 

.263 

.048 

.075

.863

Sept.

102 

48 

27 

19 

14

11 

S.S 

7.9 

6.7 

7.9

6.7 

6.7 

5.4 

5.4 

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

7.9 

7.5 

7.1

7.5 

9.2 

7.9 

19 

38

7.9 

5.4 

4.0 

5.6 

3.6

Run-off in 

Inches

0.11 

.07 

.18

11.42

.26 

1.72 

2.38 

3.92 

.69 

2.05 

.30 

.06 

.08

11.76

Peak discharge.- Peb. 11 (1 a.m.) 2.510 sec.-ft.; Peb. 11 (9 p.m.) 2.510 sec.-ft.; ir. 4 (1:50 

a.m.) 4.820 see.-ft.j Apr. 12 (4 a.m.) 2.5SO see.-ft.; Apr. 20 (2 p.m.) 5,900 see.-It.; June 10 

(7 a.m.) 2,120 sec.-ft.

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by loe.

o Backwater from leaves on control; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement and 

records for Big Walnut Creek at Central College and at Rees.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

,Darby Creek at Darbyvllle, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°42'05", long. 83°06'36", at highway b-ldge 

tnree-elghths of a mile northeast of Darbyvllle, Pickaway County, and 3 miles downstream from Grenbrler Creek. Datum of gage Is 713.6 feet above mean sea le~rel 

(general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Mar. 17, chain gage at same site anl datum.'

Drainage area.- 533 square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to December 1935, January 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 432 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height,

ii.i reet); minimum, 9.0 second-feet Sept. 23, 24: minimum gage height observed,

2.36 feet Oct. 3, &.

1921-35, 1938-39: Maximum discharge observed, 18,800 second-feet Feb. 27, 1929

(gage height, 15.9 feet), from rating curve extended above 8,500 second-feet; minimum

observed, 1.4 second-feet Oct. 7, 1931; minimum gage height observed, 1.54 feet

Sept. 10-12, 1925. 

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

wnich are poor. Chain gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method uaed June 1 to Aug. 5 and Sept. 1-30} 

Oct. 1-26 Oct. 29 to Sept. 30

.3 8.3

.4 12

.5 19

.6 2S

.7 41

2-S 

3.0 

3.2 

3.4 

3.6

63 

111 

169 

235 

31S

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.6

14

33 

4S

2.9

3.0

3.4 

3.7

67

91

150

235

4.0

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

562

950

1,350

1,800

2,330

7-0

6.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

3,560 

4,990 

6,700 

S.630 

10,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1940 to September 1941

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13

12

11

12

16

17

16

16

15

14

15

14

14

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

14

14

20

40

151

252

245

226

150

NOT.

101

77

63

54

46

40

ss

36

33

32

38

34

SO

31

SO

29

26

28

34

52

40

44

109

120

101

79

63

54

48

44

-

Dec.

46

54

74

56

65

109

104

89

79

69

61

59

56

52

48

48

62

48

48

52

48

48

45

45

42

39

36

34

32

30

26

Jan.

25

24

23

22

21

20

20

21

20

21

21

22

24

130

400

275

225

185

165

140

125

115

105

94

S7

S4

81

79

7S

76

74

Month

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-*3............

Feb.

73

73

«72

72

72

125

500

300

350

700

1,600

2,500

1,500

800

550

450

450

, 894

l.TOO

2,060

1,480

942

70S

603

1,040

541

386

440

465

-

Mar.

562

1,150

4,990

6,700

*3,030

1,700

1,230

1,010

840

70S

5S9

491

381

410

376

381

376

434

524

491

398

327

275

226

194

190

alTO

a!75

a!75

186

255

Secondfoot-days

I, Anfi WJD

1^554

1,684

160,756.6

2,e02

21,346

£8^ 936

52,651

6, 625

10,323

1,507

566

602

132,174

Apr.

316

316

295

474

434

301

240

316

943

652

566

2,330

2,660

1,460

1,150

1,200

1,540

2,720

4,510

9,670

9,130

3,670

1,800

1,360

1,110

926

780

659

576

517

Maximum

nco KOG 

120

109

6,160

400

£, 500

6,700

9,670

1,360

1,590

162

30 

84

9,670

May

472

426

366

337

2S5

250

235

226

199

1S2

170

164

143

140

157

134

134

127

143

134

124

107

104

217

332

370

890

230

556

729

1,350

Minimum

11

26

26

7.1

20

72

170

nAf\ JC4U

104

99

IS

11 

10

10

June

1,390

1,190

610

596

452

354

3S1

337

509

434

311

255

230

426

260

208

1S6

1S6

166

15S

140

117

104

114

99

109

170

265

194

170

-

July

162

140

107

39

72

67

63

56

54

52

46

48

44

40

SS

36

36

33

32

SO

30

29

29

2S

24

22

22

20

19

19

IS

Mean

45.4

51.1 

54.6

440

90.4

nve /OD

933

1,761 

orro K ro

344

ASt 4O RD

16.3 

20.1

361

Aig.

17

17

24

25

20

21

20

22

29

24

22

20

IS

16

17

23

16

12

14

12

12

11

11

11

11

24

30

14

13

20

20

Sept.

18

23

84

61

44

32

26

21

20

18

16

15

15

IS

IS

IS

13

12

IS

12

11

10

10

10

12

13

15

16

13

13

-

Per a quarsl Run-off in 

mile inches

0.065

.096 

.102

.826

.170 1«o. 3D

1.75

3»50

coo

 Cusis

.646

.091

.034 

.036

.677

0.10

.11 

.12

11.21

.20

1.49

2.02

3.68f>t\ ow

.72

.10

.04

.04

9.22

Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

aNo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Deer Creek at WI11Jwnaport.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 27 to Feb. 17
270 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Deer Creek at Williamsport, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°35'09", long. 83°07 I 22n , at highway bridge at 

Wllliamsport, Pickaway county, 2 miles downstream from Dry Run. Datura of gage Is 

721.7 feet above mean sea leveKgeneral adjustment of 1912). Prior to Feb. 29, 1940, 

chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 331 square miles.

Records available.- August' 1925 to December 1935, January 1938 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 284 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,600 second-feet Apr. 20 (ga-re height, 9.55 

feet): minimum, 3.6 second-feet Sept. 21, S2, 23 (gage height, 0.33 fiot).

1926-35, 1938-40: Maximum discharge,-that of Apr. 20, 1940; mlnlnrm, 1.6 secondfeet July 25, 1934 (gage height, 0.37 foot); minimum gage height, that of September 

1940.

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

which are poor. Chain gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 25 to Aug. 2)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19 Apr. 80 to Sept. 30

0.35 3.6 1.0 87 4.0 1,480 0.3 2.0 1.0 9C 5.0 

 4 6.5 1.4 173 5.0 8,130 .35 4.3 1.5 20f 6.0 

 5 18 1.8 276 6.0 3,190 .4 6.S 8.0 35£ 7.0 

 6 83 8.0 345 7.0 4,980 .5 15 8.5 56C 8.0 

 7 37 8.5 578 .6 87 3.0 80C 9.0 

 S 58 3.0 830 .7 41 4.0 1,410 9.5

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

1§

11 

18 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

SO

81 

88 

83 

84 

25

86 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

S.4 

6.1 

11 

9.S 

S.4

7.2 

6.1 

5.5 

5.1 

6.7

6.7 

6.1 

5.1 

5.1 

6.1

7.2 

6.1 

7.2 

S.4 

7.8

7.8 

S.4 

9.1 

7.8 

7.8

18 

47 

78 

65 

47 

38

NOT.

8S 

28 

81 

18 

18

IS 

18 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

14 

14

18 

11 

11 

9.1 

14

88 

41 

38 

41 

37

88 

88 

83 

83 

23

Dec.

22 

30 

40 

37 

35

40 

38 

37 

37 

33

30 

26 

88 

30 

33

25 

26 

83 

88 

21

23 

23 

84 

28 

81

80 

19

le

17 

16 

15

Jan.

14 

13 

18 

11 

11

10 

10 

11 

10 

11

18 

13 

14 

45 

350

280 

ISO 

150 

130 

110

100 

90 

85 

75 

70

67 

65 

63 

62 

61 

59

Feb.

5S 

57 

56 

55 

55

100 

400 

250 

300 

550

1,800 

2,850 

978 

511 

366

345 

SOS 

433 

1,660 

1,880

814 

54 S 

430 

366 

386

868 

84S 

848 

375

unn<-h SeeondMonfch foot-days

Ootc

NOV«

Deoe 

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc

Aprl

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lender year 1939. ......

478.8 

688.1 

834

.... 91,678.7

ter year 1939-4C

8,134 

14,883 

17,483 

43,740 

6,348 

5,533 

797 

434.4 

223.4

93,444.7

Mar.

418 

808 

4,690 

3,590 

1,360

830 

652 

54S 

458 

357

289 

845 

889 

227 

810

208 

197 

804 

807 

820

197 

178 

157 

141 

115

115 

115 

122 

180 

138 

16S

Apr.

171 

190 

873 

30s 

873

197 

175 

889 

411 

876

293

8,040 

1,230 

723 

587

662 

798 

1,970 

4,880 

15,200

7,850 

1,590 

965 

775 

688

4S9 

391 

381 

285 

260

Maximum

7S 

41 

40

6,680

350 

8,850 

4,690 

15,800 

1,350 

982 

51 

54 

17

15,800

Bay

242 

a880 

aSOE 

a!90 

a!7C

al60 

alSC 

a!40 

a!25 

allO

96 

92 

8E

en

87

85 

83 

80 

8£ 

83

80 

70 

71 

19S 

294

239 

187 

194

see

700 

1,350

Mlninreda

5.1 

9-1 

15

4.4

10 

55 

115 

171 

70 

54 

10 

5.3 

3.6

3.6

June

9S2 

68S 

436 

314 

845

194 

812 

314 

808 

163

177 

139 

184 

109 

186

109 

101 

90 

90 

85

73 

67 

63 

78 

90

75 

65 

63 

59 

54

July

51 

47 

43 

40 

3S

34 

33

31 

30 

88

30 

38 

2S 

27 

84

84 

83 

80 

88 

80

18 

17 

17 

IS 

18

16 

15 

14 

18 

11 

10

2,180 

3,150 

4,900 

8,100 

12,800 

15,900

Aug.

8.2 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

6.8

 7.5 

6.8 

6.3 

6.3 

5.8

6.3 

5.S 

5.3 

15 

48

9.0 

6.3 

7.5 

9.0 

7.5

6.3 

5.8 

5.8 

5.3 

5.3

54 

44 

30

17 

47% 

30 "- Pi^;r9

15.3 0.046 

20.7 .063 

86,9 .081

251 .758

68.8 .808 

511 1.54 

564 1.70 

1,458 4.40 

805 .619 

184 . 556 

85.7 .078 

14.0 .048 

7.45 .023

855 .770

sept.

17 

17 

15 

11 

9.0

8.8 

6.8 

6.3 

6.8 

6.3

5.8 

5.S 

5.3 

5.3 

5.3

6.3 

4.S 

4.8 

4.S 

4.8

4.3 

3.9 

3.6 

4.8 

8.8

e.2

7.5 

10 

10 

7.5

Run-off in 

inches

0.05 

.07 

.09

10.89

.84 

1.66 

1.96 

4.91 

.71 

.62 

.09 

.05 

.03

10. 4S

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of neather records and records for Darby Creek 

at Darbyvllle and Faint Creek near Bournevllle.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 27 to Feb. 12.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 

Paint CreeK near Greenfleld, Ohio

371

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39022'50", long. 83°22'30", at highway b-idge in 

rayette County, a quarter of a mile north of county line, 0.6 mtlesupstream from 

Stone Run, and 2 miles north of Greenfleld. Prior to Feb. 14, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Drainage area.- 251 square miles.

Records available.- August 1926 to November 1935, October 1939 to September l&W.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 228 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.8 

reet;; minimum, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 19, 20; minimum gage height, 0.07 foot Aug. 25. 

1926-35, 1939-40: « Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; minimum, 0.1 secondfoot on several days in July, August, September 1930, July 1934, and Octobe*- 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-h&lgh* record, 

Which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 18 to Dee. 25)

-0.1

0

.1

.2

.4

0 

.3

1.0 

2.S 

9.9

0.6

.3 

1.0

1.4

1.5

22

41

67

136

226

2.2 

2.6 

3.2 

4.0 

5.2

344

489

 750

1,200

2,080

6.2 3,030

7.2 4,560

8.6 7,430

10.4 12,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

 109

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

aO.7 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.5 

.0 

.« 

.5 

.4

.4 

.3 

.4 

.4 

.4

a. 4 

a. 5 

.6 

- .1 

.1

.6 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.5

2.8

15 

17 

11 

3.7 

1.9

HOT.

1.2 

.8

.9 

1.0 

1.4

1.0 

1.9 

1.7 

1.5 

3.1

5.1 

1.5 

2.1 

2.1 

2.3

2.1 

2.1 

2.6 

2.1 

3.1

8.2 

7.8 

6.5 

4.0 

3.4

1.7 

2.1 

2.4 

1.9 

2.3

Dec.

2.3 

3.1 

7.8 

7.0 

3.1

3.4

3.1 

3.1 

2.3 

4.2

3.1 

2.6 

3.7 

3.4 

3.4

3.1 

3.1 

3.4 

3.4 

3.1

4.5 

2.6 

3,4

3.1

2.4

3.0 

6.0 

3.0 

2.5 

2.4 

2.3

Jan.

2.1 

1.9 

1.8 

1.7 

1.7

1.6 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

1.9 

£ £ 

Z.5 

300 

150

120 

70 

60 

50 

40

30 

25 

20 

18 

17

16 

15 

14 

13 

13 

12

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dec«

C£

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr] 

 ay 

June 

Julj AugSept

We

ilendar year

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

12 

12 

12 

13 

15

50 

130 

70 

80 

250

 870 

650 

500 

400 

344

318 

262 

408 

It 050 

1, 230

326 

529 

396

347 

309

233 

228 

300 

364

Mar.

398 

511 

3,510 

3,280 

1,750

1,020 

702 

501 

424 

334

274 

223 

203 

196 

179

170 

166 

164 

155 

142

130 

125 

110 

98 

97

33 

90 

95 

93 

108 

142

Secondfoot -days

' 63.0 

79.9 

106.9

-

1,006.4 

10,208 

15, 478 

35, 687 

4,962 

5,738 

440.6 

144.8 

67.1

73,981.7

Apr.

144 

158 

157 

177 

177

142 

126 

151 

164 

172

242 

991 

1,020 

656 

489

396 

450 

1,260 

4,200 

12,600

5,970 

2,260 

1,020 

679 

513

402 

318 

257 

220 

196

Maximum

17 

3.2 

7.8

-

300 

1,230 

3.510 

12,600 

1,140 

826 

42 

20 

8.2

12, 600

May

179 

157 

140 

123 

108

98 

158 

132 

108 

93

S3 

75 

69 

66 

64

60 

63 

53 

56 

56

49 

45 

46 

144 

246

231 

181 

189 

194 

556 

1,140

Minimum

0.1 

.3 

2.3

-

1.5 

12 

88 

126 

45 

47 

1.7 

.8 

.9

.1

June

826 

591 

477 

315 

233

181 

170 

244 

291 

203

220 

206 

146 

244 

125

149 

136 

107 

90 

77

63

54 

51 

61 

104

122 

75 

60 

70 

47

July

42 

37 

33 

2S 

25

22 

20 

19 

18 

16

15 

19 

15 

13 

12

12 

9.9 

9.5 

8.6 

7.4

7.0 

6.1 

6.5 

7.0 

9.9

7.0 

5.1 

4.0 

2.8 

2.1 

1.7

Mean

2.03

2.66 

3.45

-

32.5

352 

499 

1,190 

160 

191 

14.2 

4.67 

2.24

202

Av«.

1.2

.9 

.9 

l.S 

2.1

17 

12 

5.1 

3.1 

1.5

1.4 

.9 

.9 

3.4 

4.2

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

2.7

3.4 

1.7 

1.0 

.9 

.8

5.3

16 

13 

5.7 

20 

14

Per square 

mile

0.0081 

.011 

.014

Sept.

7.0 

4.0 

2.4 

1.9 

1.5

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

1.4

1.5 

2.1 

3.1 

2.3 

1.5

1.2 

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

2.6

4.5 

8.2 

4.8 

3.4 

2.3

Run-off In 

Inches

0.009 

.01 

.02

-

.129 

1.40 

1.99 

4.74 

.637 

.761 

.057 

.019 

.0089

.805

.15 

1.51 

2.29 

5.29 .73- 

.85 

.07 

.02 

.01

10.96

Feat discharge.- Feb. 19 (9 p.m.) 1,400 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (4 p.m.) 4,040 sec.-ft-.; Apr. 12 (12 

p.m.) 1,200 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (1H30 a.m.) 13,900 sec.-ft.; May 31 (6:30 a.m.) 1.200 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this dav.
272 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Paint Creek near Bainbridge, Ohio

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39°14'23", long. 83°13'45", at highway bridge 2i miles east 

or Bainbridge, Ross County, and 3 miles downstream from Buckskin Creek. Datum of gage 

Is 687.64 feet above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Drainage area.- 779 square miles.

Records available.- January 1938 to May 1940 (discontinued). October 1921 to December 

1923 at site at Bainbridge, 3 miles upstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period October 1939, to May 1940, 48,900 second-feet 

Apr. 20 (gage height, 21.0 feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 4.4 second-feet Oct. 

19 (gage height, 1.97 feet).

1921-23, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; mlnlmun, that of Oct. 

19, 1939.

The peak discharge of the flood of Jan. 25, 1937, has been revised to 49,700 secondfeet, superseding figure published In Water-Supply Paper 853.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1939, to May 12, 1940, except periods of ice effect (gage height, 

in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet)

2.0 5

2.2 9

2.4 16

2.7 34

3.6 

4.0

59

101

166

300

4.3 

4.6 

5.0 

5.5

442 

660 1,050 ' 

1,750

6.0

7.0

9.0

11.0

2,450

3,670

5,750

8,100

13.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

10,800

13,700

15,300

17,300

17.5

18.0

19.0

20.0

18,600

20,800

28,500

37,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

S

io9

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

26 

18 

14 

11 

10

8.2 

6.8 

6.2 

5.6 

6.2

5.8 

7.8 

11 

8.6 

8.6

7.8 

6.4 

5.4 

4.6 

7.0

9.3 

11 

9.6 

11 

13

25 

36 

77 

95 

90 

24

Nov.

33 

27 

27 

17 

18

IS 

23 

25 

24 

23

19 

25 

20 

20 

33

31 

26 

20 

14 

63

93 

84 

54 

48 

49

41 

36 

26 

26 

23

Dec.

29 

36 

41 

42 

*44

42 

37 

33 

30 

31

31 

44 

91 

84 

66

31 

37 

31 

36 

34

36 

32 

33 

30 

27

25 

23 

22 

21 

20 

19

Jan.

18 

17 

16 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

16 

17 

69 

107

183 

170 

150 

140 

130

120 

110 

100 

90 

80

74 

66 

61 

57 

53 

49

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dece

Cs

Jam. 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augt 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year

Feb.

47 

45 

46 

45 

50

*150 

450 

350 

400 

1,000

3,780 

3,450 

2,450 

1,750 

940

745 

703 

1,170 

4,120 

4,110

2,840 

2,030 

1,890 

1,440 

940

660 

660 

1,240 

1,370

Mar.

1,370 

1,890 

11,700 

8,500 

4,720

3,450 

2,710 

2,710 

2,450 

745

660 

544 

580 

580 

544

508 

544 

508 

*475 

442

367 

343 

300 

225 

194

191 

183 

203 

243 

390 

1,050

Secondfoot-days

585.9 

986 

1,138

340,532.3

2,013 

38,870 

49,319 

115,872 

7,537

-

Apr.

620 

508 

508 

544

416

322 

225 

660 

544 

475

1,240 

5,230 

3,220 

2,340 

1,600

1,110 

1,600 

5,100 

13,600 

34,400

16,800 

6,230 

4,110 

3,100 

2,710

2,170 

1,890 

1,750 

1,240 

1,110

Maximum

95 

93 

91

19,900

183 

4,120 

11,700 

34,400 

1,050

-

May

1,050 

940 

850 

745 

660

544 

544 

544 

508 

442

367 

343

Minimum

4.6 

14 

19

4.6

15 

45 

183 

225 

343

-

June July

Mean

18.9 

32.9 

36.7

933

64.9 

1,340 

1,591 

3,862 

628

-

Aug.

Per* square 

mile

0.024 

.042 

.047

1.20

.083 

1.72 

2.04 

4.96 

.806

-

Sept.

Run-off in 

inches

0.03 

.05 

.05

16.26

.10 

1.86 

2.35 

5.53 

.36

:

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 26 to Jan. 13, Jan. 17 to Feb. 10.
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 273

Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°15-49",-long. 83°10'01», at highway bridge U 

miles southwest of Bourneville, Ross County, and li miles upstream from Upper Twin 

Creek. Datum of gage is 665.2 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 808 square miles.

Records available.- October 1923 to January 1937, May 1939 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years (1923-36, 1939-40), 777 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 48,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 18.8 

 feeTTT minimum, 12 second-feet Oct. 12; minimum gage height, 3.36 feet Sept. 22, 24. 

1923-37, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, 49,700 second-feet (revised) Jan. 25, 1937 

(gage height, 18.92 feet); minimum, 6.7 second-feet Aug. 13, 14, 1930 (gage height, 

2.24 feet).

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the Water-Supply 

papers indicated

Water-Supply 

Paper

603.........

603.........

623.........

643. ........

743.........

783.........

823, 838....

Water 

year

n Qor^OA

1924-25

 ) QpG 0"7

 J Qrzp_rr'z

1936-37

Date

Apr. 23

Jan. 25

- Gage height 

(feet)

 tf: *z

13.6

14.7

18.72

15.7

18.92

Discharge 

(second-feet)

24,400

41,700

a~] i no

48,100

49,700

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods in the water years 1924, 

1926, 1933, 1935, and 1937 are given herein. They supersede those published in WaterSupply Papers 603, 623, 643, 743, 783, 823, and 838.

Day 

(water year)

1923-24 

Dec. 31...... 

Jan. 11......

1925-26 

Aug. 20......

1932-33 

Mar. 19......

Discharge 

(second- feet)

21,600 

17,100

26,600 

28,900

Day 

(water year)

1932-33 

Mar, 20...... 

May 13 ...... 

14......

1934-35 

Aug. 16...... 

17......

Discharge 

(second-feet)

15,400 

14,700 

36,200

17,400 

11,100

Day 

(water year)

1936-37 

Jan. 15. 

16. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25.

Discharge 

(second- feet)

27,900 

13,200 

16,600 

31,800 

23,600 

14,200 

37,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D*y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

2223-

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21

22

21

19

17

16

19

20

19

16

15

13

15

15

15

16

17

16

14

15

15

16

17

18

20

32

49

71

96

56

47

NOT.

42

34

30

25

24

25

24

22

25

23

22

21

21

20

22

23

21

21

21

25

32

44

56

51

42

38

33

26

27

28

Dec.

27

32

36

40

53

46

42

36

33

27

26

26

28

32

32

30

30

30

2S

23

32

30

28

27

26

26

25

25

24

22

20

Jan.

19

18

17

16

16

15

15

16

15

16

17

18

20

109

560

256

226

180

150

140

130

120

110

100

90

85

75

70

60

60

55

Feb.

50

50

50

50

55

180

600

400

450

1,050

2,930

2,480

1,800

1,050

642

537

530

1,450

3,880

3,480

2,260

1,300

917

775

730

460

420

806

960

-

Mar.

876

1,200

10,300

9,460

4,180

2,370

1,660

1,310

1,070

890

758

647

583

595

572

549

543

525

502

439

385

356

323

283

266

254

242

258

254

563

1,090

Apr.

682

578

566

549

491

390

346

467

554

496

542

4,730

2,880

1,850

1,350

1,070

2,230

3,700

11,200

39,300

20,600

7,070

3,060

2,200

1,570

1,270

1,070

930

813

728

-

May

670

618

560

514

462

422

412

444

395

351

318

300

275

271

271

271

262

242

235

250

235

212

208

1,160

1,150

734

665

554

819

2,380

6,780

June

4,120

2,420

2,100

1,480

1,150

930

899

2,640

1,480

1,190

917

965

758

882

1,110

740

3,640

1,270

794

624

508

428

385

821

520

890

2,120

930

636

525

-

July

462

341

292

258

223

198

188

174

165

158

144

135

138

130

114

108

106

103

98

96

85

76

106

103

76

65

63

55

51

47

43

Aug.

41

41

39

36

35

46

158

80

57

48

41

36

30

31

119

69

47

43

40

45

40

35

30

27

27

31

65

368

262

347

294

sept.

116

74

60

50

47

43

39

35

31

31

35

31

29

24

24

23

21

21

23

23

21

18

19

19

23

29

30

30

25

24

-

Peak discharge.- War. 3 (10 p.m.) 14,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (9 a.m.) 48,900 sec.-ft.; May 31 

(6 a.m.) 10,600 sec.-ft.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 27 to Jan. 13, Jan. 18 to Feb. 10.
274 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio, 

____________1925-24, 1926-26, 1932-33, 1934-37. 1939-40______________

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off in 

inches

October 1923 .........

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

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

Calendar year

January 1924 .........

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

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

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

Hay...................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1923-24 .

October 1925 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1925 .

January 1926 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1925-26 .

October 1932 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1932 .

January 1933 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1932-33 .

October 1934 .........

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

December...........'...

Calendar year 1934 .

January 1935 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1934-35 .

October 1935 .........

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

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

Calendar year 1935 .

January 1936 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1935-36 ,

995

1,607

64,868

72,306

24,163

68,528

18,561

18,170

37,830

13,519

1,908

3,022

325,477

8,469

41,915

14,362

157,030

19,509

80,665

37,922

41,254

8,789

8,294

9,111

100,914

21,189

392,413

1,163

7,083

20,993

289,509

41,842

23,054

138,579

56,212

127,435

10,021

10,523

9,072

6,254

452,231

1,197

778

860

97,£

6,321

8,012

50,019

33,169

59,807

16,151

19,921

55,485

29,264

280,984

3,914

9,764

19,205

311,032

28,369

41,960

43,076

45,212

11,824

2,107

886

917

207,899

47

77

21,600

17,100

3,520

9,400

1,860

1,860

3,520

1,280

127

1,080

21,600

795

8,800

1,280

8,800

2,360

13,100

4,280

6,520

540

622

1,390

26,600

2,240

26,600

1,530

11,600

11,600

5,620

2,200

28,900

9,980

36,200

938

3,380

1,430

1,510

36,200

152

55

80

5,100

1,170

2,100

7,490

5,180

6,400

3,350

5,760

17,400

6,290

17,400

201

1,480

2,580

17,400

2,840

6,000

2,960

11,100

1,190

130

100

74

100

11,100

32.1

53.6

2,093

402

357

450

297

2,332

833

2,210

619

586

1,260

436

61.6

101

169

151

274

1,400

463

15

127

955

622

462

157

127

68

222

250

2,880

1,220

1,380

284

276

294

3,255

706

68 1,075

28

63

102

37.5

236

677

25 791

291

330

288

305

260

111

66

62

56

1,350

823

4,470

1,870

4,111

334

339

293

208

28 1,239

38.6

25.9

27.7

16 268

36

85

221

317

293

243

111

161

140

204

286

1,614

1,106

1,929

538

643

1,790

975

16 770

96

118

140

126

325

620

852

130

130

470

395

140

32

14

14

12

915

1,447

1,390

1,507

381

70.2

28.6

29.6

22.2

568

0.040

.066

2.59

1.03

2.74

.766

.725

1.56

.540

.076

.125

1.10

.339

1.73

.573

.532

.778

3.56

1.51

1.71

.351

.342

.364

4.03

.874

1.33

.046

.292

.838

.979

1.67

1.08

5.53

2.31

5.09

.413

.420

.363

.257

1.53

.048

.032

.034

.332

.252

.354

2.00

1.37

2.39

.666

.796

2.22

1.21

.953

.156

.402

.767

1.05

1.13

1.79

1.72

1.87

.472

.087

.035

.037

.027

.703
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 275

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Paint Creek near Bournevllle, Ohio, 

________1923-24, 1925-26, 1932-33, 1934-37. 1939-40 Continued

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

October 1936 ........

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

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

Calendar year 1936

January 1-25, 1937... 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year

October 1939 ........

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

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

Calendar year

January 1940 ........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

3,407

14,991

6,249

202,007

236,496

776

866

947

2,794

30,342

43,303

113,282

22,440

37,672

4,401

2,608

1,018

260,453

784

1,920

2,810

11,100

39,600

560

3,880

10,300

39,300

6,780

4,120

462

368

116

39,300

110

500

266

558

9,460

25.1

26.9

30.5

15

50

842

346

203

385

43

27

18

90.1

1,046

1,397

3,776

724

1,256

148

84.1

33.9

13 712

.03' 

.03' 

.03'

-.11'

1.29

1.73

4.67 .89'

1.55 .17"

.1C'

.04'

0.16 

.69 

.38

.04 

.04 

.04

.13

1.39

1.99

5.21

1.03

1.73

.20

.12

.05

11.97
276 SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

Rocky Fork near Barretts Mills, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°13'05", long. 83°23'05", at highway bridge 1.1 

miles north of Barretts Hills, Highland County, 2 miles east of Ralnsboro, and 2f 

miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 770.7 feot above mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army). Prior to Feb. 14, 1940, chain grge at same site 

and datum.

Drainage area.- 141 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,170 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 13.4 

feet); minimum dally, 1.9 second-feet Oct. 18.

Remarks.- Records fair except those prior to Feb. 14, which are poor. Some diurnal 

fluctuation caused by small power plant at Barretts Mill.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17-2S and Sept. 24-30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

1.3 0.8 2.0 40 4.0 548 8.0 3,320 1.5 7 2.6 119 4.5 705

1.4 3.0 2.4 89 4.5 795 9.0 4,090 1.7 18 3.0 183 5.0 1,050

1.5 6.6 2.8 160 5.0 1,140 10.0 4,920 2.0 43 3.5 28S 6.0 1,870

1.6 11 3.2 257 6.0 1,880 11.0 5,790 2.3 79 4.0 458 

1.8 23 3.6 385 7.0 2,620 Hote.- Same as preceding table above

6.2 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

aS.O 

a4.5 

a4.0 

a3.5 

a3.0

a3.5 

a4.0 

a4.0 

a3.5 

a3.0

a2.5 

e.2.0 

a2.5 

a2.5 

a2.5

a3.0 

4.1 

1.9 

3.0 

2.6

5.2 

2.1 

5.2 

11 

6.2

5.9 

23 

35 

18 

19 

21

Nov.

14 

14 

3.0 

7.6 

6.2

5.9 

8.0 

5.5 

7.1 

7.1

8.5 

2.8 

5.9 

13 

15

S.O 

6.2 

8.0 

7.6 

11

14 

22 

23 

25 

17

10 

4.4 

14 

10 

15

Dec.

11 

11 

13 

14 

19

*19 

16 

9.5 

10 

3.0

8.5 

13 

15 

12 

13

14 

13 

6.6 

14 

15

12 

10 

11 

11 

12

10 

9.0 

8.5 

8.5 

8.0 

7.5

^Jan.

7,0 

6,5 

6.0 

5.5 

5.5

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

5.5 

7.0 

8.0 

25 

22

20 

19 

18 

17 

16

15 

15 

14 

14 

13

12 

11 

10 

10 

9.5 

9.0

Month

Octc 

Move 

Dece

Ce

Jam. 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr:

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

Wa

lendar year

ter year 1939-40

. .Feb.

9,0 

9.0 

9.0 

10 

11

40 

*210 

65 

75 

200

*390 

196 

140 

89 

133

127 

106 

646 

1,230 

610

324 

182 

140 

148 

140

89 

110 

279 

220

Secondfoot-days

216. 

318. 

357.

-

345.! 

5,937. 

8,035 

17,294 

7,363 

11,287 

1,115. 

764.' 

374.!

53,408.

Mar.

189 

226 

»3,360 

955 

340

230 

184 

154 

129 

112

97 

84 

92 

110 

107

114 

107 

95 

94 

80

69 

68 

59 

53 

52

49 

54 

59 

60 

327 

326

Apr.

171 

154 

152 

117 

91

77 

77 

152 

120 

91

272 

1,420 

29 S 

200 

164

140 

8SS 

1,300 

3,790 

4,970

980 

361 

249 

213 

183

161 

142 

128 

118 

115

Maximum

3 35 

3 25 

L 19

-

j 25 

3 1 , 230 

3,360 

4,970 

2,660 

2,300

3 91

1 171 

) 19

) 4,970

May

118 

109 

106 

100 

88

83 

83 

78 

70 

64

61 

56 

56 

54 

58

62 

52 

50 

55 

61

46 

42 

80 

544 

248

160 

15S 

155 

276 

1,530 

2,660

Minimum

1.9 

2.8 

3.0

-

5.0 

9.0 

49 

77 

42 

91 

9.5 

8.0 

7.0

1.9

June

1,000 

308 

247 

171 

140

116 

210 

745 

423 

156

139 

12S 

91 

27S 

205

683 

2,300 

315 

186 

136

109 

98 

97 

217 

316

134 

1,640 

242

145 

112

July

91 

7i> 

67 

59 

53

48 

46 

45 

41 

31

35 

40 

38 

30 

31

30 2'9 

20 

2'9 

27

23 

43 

40 

2'? 

19

16 

12 

14 

13 

9.5 

15

Mean

6.97 

10.6 

11.5

-

11.1 

205 

259 

576 

238 

376 

36.0 

24.7 

12.5

146

Aug.

13 

13 

12

8.0 

14

19 

20 

20 

16 

12

8.5 

9.9 

12 

14 

10

16 

11 

10 

27 

17

13 

12 

11 

10 

8.0

25 

25 

119

47 

171 

41

Per square 

mile

0.049 

-.075 

.082

-

.079 

1.45 

r.84 

4.09 

1.69 

2.67 

.255 

.175 

.089

1.04

Sept .

17 

19 

17 

16

17

13 

10 

9.0 

16 

17

15 

9.0 

11 

12 

7.0

10 

12 

11 

10 

7.0

11 

8.5 

11 

11 

12

17 

12 

12 

10 

15

Run-off In 

inches

O.Q6 

.08 

.09

-

.09 

1.56 

2.12 

4.56 

1.95 

2.98 

.29 

.20 

.10

14.08

Peak discharge^- Mar. 3 (2 p.m.) 4,410 sec.-ft.j Apr. 19 (11:30 p.m.) 8,170 sdi.-ft.; May 30 

(5 p.m.) 4,090 sec.-ft.; May 31 (1 a.m.) 4,090 sec.-ft.j June 16 (8 p.m.) 4,010 sec.-ft.; June 17 

(5 a.m.) 5,180 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on thie day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Paint Creek 

near Bourneville and near Greenfield.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 26 to Feb. 10.
WHITEOAK CREEK BASIN 277

Whiteoak Creek near. Georgetown, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°50'42", long. 83°55'16", at highway bridge on 

state Koute 221, 600 feet below Opossum Run, If miles southwest of Georgetown, Brown 

County, and 6i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 577.21 feet abo'^e mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Feb. 7, chain gage at same site and datum 

datum.

Drainage area.- 221 square miles.

Kecoras available.- October 1923 to November 1935, October 1939 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 252 second-feet.

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 11.1 

reet); no flow Aug. 21-27.

1923-35, 1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 20,500 second-feet May 14, 1933 

(gage height, 12.87 feet, from floodmark); no flow at times In 1930 and 1940.

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

ana those below 0.5 second-foot, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, .except periods of ice effect (gage height, In f'-<jt, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1S-26 and Sept. 11-30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.6

0.2

.6

1.2

2.5

7.2

15

2.8 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

26

45,

88

149

263

466

737

1,530

2,710

4,290

6,390

9,000

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30 

2

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

1.2 

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.S

4.5

7.8

12

16

26

Hote.- Same as precedIng table above 2.S feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

aO.2 

a. 2 

a. 2 

a. 2 

a. 2

a. 2 

a. 2 

a. 2 

a. 2 

a. 2

a.l 

a.l 

a.l 

a.l 

a.l

a.l 

a.l 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.e

3.4 

377 

89 

32 

17

Hov.

12 

7.9 

6.2 

4.6 

3.S

2.9 

2.5 

2.2 

2.4 

2.1

7.9 

10 

9.9 

9.9 

9.2

S.2 

7.5 

8.9 

9.9 

10

11 

12 

11 

18 

14

9.9 

7.9 

7.2 

6.7 

6.2

Dec.

6.2 

9.6 

9.9 

14 

26

17 

13 

9.9 

8.2 

7.2

5.9 

5.4 

6.4 

6.2 

5.6

5.6 

6.4 

6.7 

6.7 

6.4

6.2 

4.9 

5.1 

5.1 

4.6

5.1 

5.4 

6.9 

5.9 

5.4 

3.3

Jan.

4.2 

4.9 

4.0 

b3.2 

b2.6

b2.2 

b2.0 

bl.9

bi.e

bl.7

bl.7 

b3.5 

6.7 

blOO 

b500

122 

61 

26 

16 

b!3

bll 

b9.2 

bS.l 

b7.4 

b6.8

b6.4 

b6.0 

b5.6 

b5.3 

b5.1 

b4.9

Month

Oot 

Mov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b4.S 

b4.7 

b4.6 

b4.5 

b4.5

blOO 

1,590 

196 

b!50 

b800

1,650 

689 

762 

201 

b80

b65 

b70 

1,350 

4,020 

1,900

942 

328 

1S2 

149 

234

126 

102 

842 

609

Mar.

343 

39S 

7,670 

3,240 

571

305 

193 

13S 

104 

S3

68 

56 

57 

92 

149

154 

190 

120 

154 

126

76 

55 

44 

36 

32

27 

26 

28 

33 

77S 

1,290

Secondfoot-daye

522. S 

241.9 

240.2

-

954.2 

17,160.1 

16,636 

27,763 

4,920 

14,404 

525.0 

107.3 

108.5

83,583.0

Apr._

294 

156 

108 

83 

58

45 

40 

80 

" 210 

8S

437 

3,630 

438 

216 

142

110 

932 

3,060 

5,540 

9,150

1,490 

393 

237 

196 

169

12S 

106 

8S 

74 

65

Maximum

377 

IS 

26

-

500 

4,020 

7,670 

9,150 

2,220 

2,500 

80 

55 

41

9,150

May

64 

64 

64 

5S 

55

49 

f44 

f40 

f35 

32

27 

25 

22 

21 

23

22 

21 

22 

24 

25

22 

f!9 

f!9 

f31 

f47

f71 

f231 

f231 

777 

515 

2,220

Minimum

0.1 

2.1 

3.3

-

1.7 

4.5 

26 

40 

19 

49 

2.3 

0 

.1

0

June

1,360 

441 

253 

162 

104

73 

57 

1.5SO 

343 

253

138 

246 

95 

79 

692

234 

1,470 

1,090 

250 

131

S5 

61 

49 

5S7 

241

428 

2,500 

575 

207 

120

July

SO 

57 

45 

36 

29

26 

22 

19 

17 

15

15 

21 

14 

11 

9.6

11 

12 

10 

8.2 

7.1

6.5 

6.2 

4.S 

4.5 

4.3

7.1 

11 

6.5 

4.1 

2.8 

2.3

Mean

16.9 

6.06 

7.75

-

30. S 

592 

537 

925 

159 

480 

16.9 

3.46 

3.62

228

Aug.

1.7 

1.3 

1.1 

1.1 

.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.0 

.8

.7

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4 

.6

.5 

.3 

.2 

.2

.1

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

6.3 

15 

15 

55

Per square 

mile

0.076 

.03? 

.03£

-

.139 

2.68 

2.43 

4.19 

.719 

2.17 

.076 .oie

.016

1.03

Sept.

41 

24 

13 

8.7 

4.6

3.4 

2.4 

1.8 

1.4 

1.3

1.0 

.8 

.7 

.6 

.4

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.4

.5 

.3 

.2 

.1

.1

Run-off In 

inches

0.09 

.04 

.04

-

.16 

2.S9 

2.80 

4.68 

.S3 

2.42 

.09 

.02 

.02

14.08

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (9 a.m.) 5,070 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (5 p.m.) 9,600 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (10 

.m.J 5,070 see.-ft.; Apr. 19 (9 p.m.) 11,700 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (7:30 a.m.) 12,400 sec.-ft.; June 

27 (4 p.m.) 3,930 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis on records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.
278 LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

Little Miami River at Spring Valley, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°36'201' (revised), long. 84°OOTO" (revised), in

R. 5, T. 4, at highway bridge three-eighths of a mile southwest of Spring Valley and

2J miles downstream from Sugar Creek. Datum of gage Is 737.9 feet alove mean sea level

(general adjustment of 1912, levels by Corps of Engineers, If. S. Army). Prior to

Dec. 12, 1940, chain gage at same site and datum. 

Drainage area.- 361 square miles.

Records available.- September 1925 to November 1935, October 1939 to September 1940. 

Average discharge?- 11 years, 347 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,780 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 13.97

feet): minimum, 35 second-feet Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 1.83 feet).

1925-35, 1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 14,800 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929

(gage height, 16.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 4,800 second-feet; minimum,

23 second-feet July 27, 1934.

Revisions.- The maximum gage height observed and discharge for the water year 1932

has been revised to 8,590 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 12.88 feet), superseding

figures published in Water-supply Paper 728. 

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

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect {gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 24-27)

1.8 33 2.8 1S8 7.0 1,600 12.0 5,240 

1.9 41 3.0 242 S.O 2,090 13.0 6 420 

2.0 51 4.0 525 9.0 2,640 14.0 7,780 

2.8 77 5.0 825 10.0 3,240 

2.5 125 6.0 1,180 11.0 4,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a55 

a55 

a54 

a52

aSl

a50 

aSO 

a49 

a48 

a48

a49 

a49 

aSO 

a50 

a49

a48 

a49 

a50 

aSO 

aSO

a51 

aSl 

aSl 

50 

70

102 

94 

128 

83 

73 

70

NOT.

66 

64 

62 

59 

62

59

62 

62 

59 

58

63 

66 

64 

62 

62

62 

63 

62 

59 

69

94 

86 

82 

77 

74

59 

63 

66 

63 

64

Dec.

67 

90 

98 

94 

92

84

*77 

74 

73 

73

70 

69 

76 

77 

74

73 

73 

70 

70 

71

70 

69 

66 

66 

63

63 

67 

69 

66 

63 

55

Jan.

51 

47 

44 

42 

40

39 

38 

3S 

38 

38

38 

40 

50 

450 

400

300 

225 

190 

165 

140

120 

110 

95 

85 

 78

72 

60 

54 

50 

48 

47

Feb.

47 

47 

47 

48 

50

1,000 

800 

600 

 435 

1,000

1,320 

S78 

654 

452 

325

250 

225 

685 

957 

641

510 

396 

320 

290 

259

209 

*222 

298 

312

w~_<-v. SecondMonth foot-daya

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr] 

Bay.

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Ws

lendar year

ter year

1,829 

1,973 

2,262

-

3,232 

13,277 

13,579 

30,559 

9,345 

9,703 

2.630 

1,718 

1,343

91,450

Mar.

284 

410 

2,300 

2,260 

1,110

744 

59S 

510 

424 

368

326 

284 

2S1 

273 

259

250 

246 

242 

239 

231

211 

198 

179 

163 

159

152 

154 

163 

163 

174 

220

Apr.

211 

209

JXJg

264 

211

183 

181 

309 

396 

306

576 

1,780 

965 

684 

568

510 

617 

1,340 

2,930 

7,160

4,560 

1,540 

1,000 

f776 

f641

f568 

f510 

J452 

424 

396

Maximum

12S 

94 

98

-

450 

1,320 

2,300 

7,160 

1,180 

1,620 

127 

145 

69

7,160

May

382 

368 

351 

326 

301

290 

348 

301 

270 

253

239 

225

217 

211 

209

211 

204

196 

204 

206

183 

172 

170 

234 

290

253

345 

263 

525 

518 

1,180

Minimum

48 

58 

55

-

38 

47 

152 

181 

170 

120 

58 

41 

36

36

June

825 

583 

452

3S2 

318

304 

344 

1,620 

642 

424

343 

290 

273 

22S 

226

217 

217 

196 

179 

165

14S 

142 

149 

212 

154

146 

142 

134 

129 

f!20

July

fU5 

fllO 

fl05 

102 

108

100 

f95 

90 

90 

89

92 

187

93 

90 

84

90 

86 

82 

78 

77

73 

71 

73 

70 

73

66 

63 

62 

61 

58 

58

Aug.

57 

53 

52 

52

56

52 

50 

49 

49 

46

44

44 

43 

43 

43

41 

41 

80 

145

56

49 

45 

44 

43 

42

54 

70 

55 

53 

93 

74

ito-,. Per square 

"ean mile

59.0 0.163 

65.8 .182 

73.0 .202

-

104 .288 

458 1.27 

438 1.21 

1,019 2.82 

301 .834 

323 .895 

84.8 .235 

55.4 .153 

44.8 .124

250 .693

Pealc discharge.- Feb. 6 (5 p.m.) 2,580 sec. -ft.; Feb. 10 (11 D.m.) 2.260 seo.-ft.: Mar

Sept.

59 

88 

49 

48 

46

44 

42 

43 

43 

47

46 

44 

43 

41 

48

42 

43

41 

40 

39

39 

36 

36 

38 

69

56 

46 

45 

44

41

Run-off In 

inches

0.19 

.20 

.23

-

.33 

1.37 

1.40 

3. IS 

.96 

1.00 

.27 

.18 

.14

9.42

4 (1 a.n.)

2,880 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (1 a.m.) 2,530 seo.-ft.; Apr. 20 (2 a.m.) 7,780 sec.-ft.; June 8 (7 a.m.) 

2,700 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho-gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Port Ancient and 

at Milford.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated grge heights.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Feb. 10, Feb. 15-17.
LITTLE MIAMI RIVKR BASIN 279

Little Miami River near Fort Ancient, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°22'42n > long. 84°05'32", In sec. 2, R. 3, T. 5, 2 

miles south of Fort Ancient, 2i miles northeast of Morrow, and 2f miles upstream from 

Todd Fork. Datum of gage Is 643.65 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1912).

Drainage area.- 677 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 26,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage helgl-t, 15.18 

feet); minimum, 36 second-feet Sept. 22; minimum gage height, 1.20 feet Dec. 31.

1938-40: Maximum,discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; minimum, that of Sept. 22, 1940; 

minimum gage height, 1.18 feet Sept. 19, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of eight discharge measurements furnished by 

Corps of Bigineers, U. S. Army.

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, ir fast, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

44

75

117

170

237

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

2.4 

2.8 

3.2 

4.2 

6.0

394 8.0

564 10.0

765 12.0

1,460 13.5

3,040 14.8

5,240

8,640

13,000

17,700

23,800

1.4 38

1.6 67

1.8 106

2.0 157

Apr. 21 to Sept. SO

2.4 291

2.8 480

3.2 715

4.5 1,620

6.0 3,000

8.0 5,840

1C.O 8,680

1S.O 13,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

68 

73 

63 

57 

58

58 

55 

55 

54 

58

58 

58 

60 

58 

57

58 

58 

65 

60 

63

65 

61 

60 

63 

72

163 

231 

354 

140 

106 

89

HOT.

83 

75 

72 

72 

70

70 

70 

72 

70 

72

73 

73 

73 

72 

72

72 

72 

72 

72 

75

102 

120 

110 

106 

97

91 

89 

85 

79 

77

Dec.

S3 

91 

120 

124 

115

110 

102 

97 

93 

91

89 

S3 

91 

98 

95

93 

89 

87 

85 

87

85 

79 

77 

75 

75

75 

79 

77 

81 

77 

73

Jan.

65 

60 

55 

52 

50

47 

45 

45 

45 

45

47 

49 

70 

402 

988

456 

350 

250 

200 

150

130 

110 

100 

80 

70

60 

55 

50 

47 

*47 

47

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Ct

Jam 

Tebi 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

47 

47 

47 

49 

52

500 

1,700 

85O 

1,150 

2,000

3,320 

2,130 

1,660 

922 

615

520 

480 

1,300 

2,850 

1,830

1,270 

890 

660 

592 

551

448 

469 

738 

685

Secondfoot-days

2,59 

2,40 

2,77.

236,77

4,26 

28,37 

28,581 

79,14 

13,33 

22,93 

3,96 

2,08 

1,56!

192,03

Bar.

660 

858 

6,320 

4,940 

2,680

1.580 

1,160 

955 

765 

650

564 

498 

477 

481 

456

439 

439 

435 

427 

398

365 

349 

317 

282 

270

256 

259 

274 

278 

329 

427

Apr.

410 

494 

481 

494 

398

337 

329 

938 

795 

578

1,610 

4,960 

2,180 

1,380 

1,060

890 

1,520 

3.420 

9,840 

23,400

11,000 

4,150 

1,920 

1,500 

1,220

1,010 

845 

722 

652 

610

Maximum

3 354 

3 120 

5 124

L 12,400

7 988 

I 3,320 

3 6,320 

5 23,400 

3 2,100 

5 3,800 

3 219 

7 147 

I 63

3 23,400

May

575 

546 

518 

480 

428

394 

428 

408 

370 

338

325 

299 

291 

280 

280

287 

272 

261 

261 

280

253 

226 

222 

272 

413

394 

338 

333 

666 

800 

2,100

Minimum

54

70 

73

47

45 

47 

256 

329 

222 

246 

78 

48 

39

39

June

1,880 

1,220 

858 

634 

530

449 

458 

3,800 

1,460 

845

665 

541 

4S9 

389 

551

971 

1,120 

449 

361 

304

261 

246 

281 

1,600 

592

459 

567 

399 

325 

261

July

219 

203 

187 

175 

160

1S4 

146 

141 

138 

141

133 

169 

160 

138 

128

128 

128 

118 

113 

108

102 

98 

96 

93 

91

91 

87 

85 

80 

80 

78

Mean

83.8 

80.3 

89.5

649

138 

978 

922 

2,638 

430 

764 

128 

67.3 

52.1

525

Ai«.

72 

69 

67 

67 

65

67 

64 

61 

57 

56

51 

51 

50 

51 

51

51

48 

50 

147 

102

71 

61 

54 

54 

53

61 

S3 

S3 

76 

S3 

111

Per square 

mile

0.124 

.119 

.132

.959

.204 

1.44 

1.36 

3.90 

.635 

1.13 

.189 

.099 

.077

.775

Sept.

S3 

7S 

65 

69 

53

50 

48 

47 

48 

56

51 

51 

48 

50 

47

47 

48 

47 

46 

43

44 

39 

41 

39 

57

74 

62 

48 

51 

48

Run-off In 

Inches

0.14 

.13 

.15

12.99

.24 

1.55 

1.57 

4.35 

.73 

1.26 

.22 

.11 

.09

10.54

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (12:30 a.m.) 4,230 sec. -ft.; Mar. 3 (10 a.m.) 7,540 sec. -ft.; Apr. 12

(3:30 a.m.) 7,180 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (1:30 p.m.) 26,100 sec.-ft.; June 8 (8 a.m.) 5,240 sso.-ft.; 

June 16 (10:30 p.m.) 5,240 sec.-ft.

 Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 1-13, Jan. 17 to Feb. 10, Feb. 16, 17.

461679 O - 42 - 19
280 LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Little Miami River'at Milford, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°10'17", long. 84°17'53", 500 downstream from 

nignway bridge in Milford, Clermont County, and 1? miles upstream from East Fork of 

Little Miami River. Datum of gage is 499.35 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,195 square miles.

Records available.- March 1925 to July 1936, October 1933 to September 1940.

Average discharge?- 12 years (1925-35, 1938-40), 1,232 second-feet.

extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 62,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 20.1 

reet;; minimum, 32 second-feet Sept. 20 (gage height, 0.31 foot).

1925-3G, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; minimum, that of Sept. 

20, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 12 discharge measurements furnished by 

uorrs or engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet

1.0 

1.3 

1.6

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

55

81

133

208

313

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

513

845

1,260

1,750

2,310

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

2,950

3,710

4,710

5,990

12,200

19,100

26,100

33,300

41,300

50,900

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

0.3 31 1.4 254

 4 3"? i.s 411

.6 59 2.0 516

 8 94 2.2 638

1.0 13°

Note.- Same as precedIng table above 2.2 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SS 

29 

30

a.

Oct.

75 

67 

86 

71 

70

74 

70 

71 

56 

65

62 

66 

61 

67 

56

55 

66 

67 

66 

65

65 

65 

59 

70 

71

77 

162 

389 

274 

153 

120

Nov.

107 

95 

92 

95 

94

84 

95 

S9 

S3 

92

89 

S3 

86 

95 

81

86 

89 

83 

81 

99

109 

120 

135

131 

127

112 

109 

109 

100 

97

Dec.

100 

111 

120 

135 

137

129 

125 

118 

112 

107

106 

104 

109 

112 

111

111 

109 

109 

107 

104

104 

102 

102 

94 

95

95 

104 

97 

S7 

95 

92

Jan.

86 

SO 

73 

67 

63

60 

57 

55 

53 

52

51 

50 

75 

350 

1,600

750 

502 

394 

290 

230

195 

168 

153 

142 

134

123 

124 

122 

*121 

122 

123

Month

Oct

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19! 9 ...........

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

*124 

126 

129 

132 

135

1,000 

2,800 

1,150 

* 1,150 

3,000

6,500 

3,320 

2,620 

1,500 

900

700 

600 

2,400 

4,750 

3,750

2,550 

1,600 

1,170 

968 

952

719 

718 

1,750 

1,700

Mar.

1,350 

f2,110 

f21,900 

9,640 

4,270

2,680 

1,970 

1,550 

1,260 

1,040

890 

761 

705 

761 

775

761 

775 

712 

658 

600

531 

485 

457 

409 

375

361 

347 

366 

385 

£68 

1,120

Second - 

foot-days

2,841 

2,947 

3,353

482,948

6,470 

43,913 

60,672 

161,883 

24,655 

48,654 

6,332 

2,760 

2,027

371,507

Apr.

782 

705 

S9S 

740 

537

474 

441 

1,380 

1,450 

1,040

3,010 

12,300 

3,550 

2,370 

1,750

1,450 

2,940 

9,160 

25,600 

51,100

f 15, 500 

fS,690 

f4,710 

2,680 

2,020

1,600 

1,350 

1,160 

1,010 

936

Maximum

389 

135 

137

30,100

1,600 

6,500 

21,900 

51,100 

6,660 

7,880 

446 

170 

117

51,100

May

875 

831 

789 

747 

678

613 

613 

619 

540 

500

461 

431 

421 

388 

393

388 

384 

370 

362 

366

354 

329 

314 

366 

557

613 

510 

613 

1,040 

2,530 

6,660

Minimum

55

81 

92

55

50 

124 

347 

441 

314 

393 

102 

48 

35

35

June

5,370 

2,310 

1,500 

1,120 

860

692 

651 

4,890 

2,440 

1,500

1,150 

1,030 

726 

321 

1,040

1,210 

7,880 

1,350 

824 

619

505 

431 

398 

1,910 

1,200

1,130 

2,480 

1,160 

S82 

575

July

446

seo

333

299 

278

257 

241 

232 

222 

213

207 

207 

251 

223 

204

195 

181 

181 

172 

167

156 

151 

151 

143 

136

129 

126 

122 

113 

109 

102

Mean

91.6 

93.2 

108

1,323

209 

1,687 

1,957 

5,396 

795 

1,622 

204 

89.0 

67.6

1,015

Aug.

98 

90 

92 

92 

96

94 

88 

100 

76 

82

82 

68 

86 

74 

,62

t48 

68 

71 

62 

142

128 

98 

78 

72 

65

66 

84 

92 

170 

129 

107

Fer square 

mile

0.077 

.082 

.090

1.11

.175 

1.41 

1.64 

4.52 

.665 

1.36 

.171 

.074 

.057

.849

Sept.

117 

84 

90 

34 

76

70 

68 

68 

55 

71

66 

65 

64 

60 

66

52

80 

80 

71 

35

44 

57 

48 

52 

74

65 

71 

74 

63 

52

Run-off In 

Inches

0.09 

.09 

.10

15.02

.20 

1.52 

1.89 

5.04 

.77 

1.52 

.20 

.09 

.06

11.57

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (4 a.m.) 27,900 sec.-ft.j Apr. 12 (3 a.m.) 20,300 se-s.-ft.; Apr. 18 (10 

a.m.) 11,30O sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (6 a.m.) 62,400 sec.-ft.; May 31 (10 p.m.) 13,600 sec.-ft.; June 17 

(3 a.m.) 19,800 sec.-ft.

* UInter discharge measurement made on this day.

f Computed on basla of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 3-16, 20-31, Feb. 1-11, 15-20.
LITTLE rnAra RIVER BASIN 281

East Fork of Little Miami River at Perlntown, Ohio

'Ion.-*- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°08'13", long. 84°14'17", at hlghmy bridge at 

irlntpwn, Clermont County, 5 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 507.27

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Feb. 6, chain gage at same site and datum. 

Drainage area.- 477 square miles.

Records' available.- May 1915 to September 1917, October 1917 to May 1920 (gage heights

only), January 1925 to September 1940. . 

Average discharge.- 15 years (1925-40), 573 second-feet. 

jactremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 25,400 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 19 95

feet); minimum, 1.2 second-feet Sept. 22 (gage height, 0.77 foot).

1915-20, 1925-40: Maximum discharge, 32,400 second-feet Mar. 19, 1933 (gage height,

22.68 feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 0.3 second-foot July 24, 1930: minimum gage

height, -0.18 foot Oct. 3-7, 1917. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for Nov. 1 to Dec. 27 and those affected by Ice,

which are fair. Gage read twice dally. 

Cooperation.- Results of 11 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers,

U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge In seoond-feet)

1.0

1.1 

1.3

0.5

2.4

13

18

34

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

72

14S

300

530

1,070

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

1,650

2,360

4,160

6,490

9,250

14.0 12,600

16.0 16^309

le.O 20,700

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

1§ 

1?ie

19 

20

21 

£2 

£3 

£4 

£5

26 

27 

28 

69 

30 

31

OCt.

6.0 

5.5 

5.5 

6.0 

6.6

6.0 

6.0 

5.0 

4.5 

4.5

5.5 

6.0 

5.5 

S.O 

4.5

4.0 

3.4

2.9 

2.4 

2.0

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

4.5

7.1 

12 

14 

23 

23 

12

Nov.

S.6 

6.0 

4.5 

4.0 

2.4

2.0 

2.0 

2.4 

! ? 

1.7

2.4 

2.9 

4.5 

5.5 

5.5

6.0 

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

8.1

9.7 

9.7 

8.6 

8.6 

6.6

S.6 

9.7 

9.7 

9.2 

9.7

Dec.

8.6 

IS 

13 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

13 

13

12 

12 

14 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

13 

12 

12 

12

12 

10 

8.7 

8.0 

7.4 

7.0

Jan.

6.6 

6.4 

6.1 

5.9 

5.7

5.6 

5.5 

5.4 

5.3 

5.2

5.1 

5.0 

5.0 

50 

250

357 

121 

61 

25 

17

14 

18 

11 

9.6 

8.8

8.1 

7.5 

7.0 

*6.6 

6.4 

6.2

Month

Ootc 

NOT< 

Dec*

Ce

Jam 

Feb) 

Man 

Apr 

May 

Jun« 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

fft

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

6.0 

5.S 

5.6 

5.5 

5.4

300 

2,790 

686 

339 

2,180

3,360 

1,440 

1,180 

250 

90

85 

80 

2,820 

5,750 

3,210

1,630 

676 

308 

223 

279

184 

. 245 

1,260 

1,150

Mar.

668 

1,330 

18,000 

6,940 

1,420

743 

424 

282 

210 

163

131 

109 

102 

133 

239

293 

300 

210 

195 

158

109 

S7 

74 

64 

57

53 

50 

46 

52 

1,030 

1,720

SScondfoot-days

199:2 

182:1 

3S3.7

249,971.6

1,051.0 

30,545.3 

35,394 

71,533 

6,318 

22,768 

703.3 

341.4 

244.8

169,663.8

Apr.

62S 

255 

179 

195 

119

87 

74 

152 

173 

168

1,560 

7,230 

1,340 

532 

300

204 

1,700 

6,030 

16,100 

21,400

9,110 

1,340 

668 

599 

474

296 

195 

166 

13S 

121

Maximum

23

9t7 

15

23,706

357 

5,750 

18,000 

21,400 

2,500 

3,810 

98 

90 

33

21,400

May

111 

105 

100 

98 

87

81 

84 

74 

65 

57

63 

49 

46 

43 

42

43

42 

41 

41

41

40 

40 

40 

40 

40

70 

134 

430 

806 

875 

2,500

Minimum

1.7 

1.7 

7.0

.4

5.0 

5.4 

48 

74 

40 

65 

8.1 

2.0 

1.4

1.4

June

3,060 

1,040 

370 

223 

131

87 

198 

2,140 

1,040 

840

550 

24S 

103 

219 

361

459 

3,810 

2,040 

508 

201

119 

84 

65 

79 

94

233" 

2,430 

1,550 

336 

150

July

9S 

67 

50 

40 

33

29 

26 

23 

21 

23

21 

18 

19 

18 

13

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

13

11 

9.7 

9.2 

9.7 

8.6 

8.1

Mean

6.43 

6.07 

12.4

685

33.9 

1,053 

1,142 

2,384 

204 

757 22.7' 

11.0 

8.16

464

Av«.

7.1 

7.6 

8.1 

7.6 

7.1

7.1 

7.1 

7.1 

6.6 

6.6

6.0 

6.0 

5.5 

5.0 

5.5

4.0 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

3.4

3.4 

2.9 

2.4 

2.0 

2.4

3.4 

6.0 

16 

38 

PO 

54

Sept.

33 

23 

32 

23 

18

14 

11 

9.7 

8.1

7.1

6.0 

5.5 

4.5 

3.4 

4.0

3.4

2.9 

2.9 

2.4

s;o

1.7 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

5.0

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

2.9 

4.0

Per squarol Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.017 0.01 

.01? .01 

.02f .03

1.44 19.49

.071 .08 

2.21 2.38 

2.39 2.76. 

5.00 5.58 

.42F ,49 

1.59 1.77 

.04P .06 

.025 ,03 

.01V .08

.973 13.22

Peak discharge,- ?*b. 18 (11 p.m.) 8,950 see.-ft.; Mar. 3 (9 a.m.) 22,300 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (3t30 

a.m.) 11,500 sec.-ft.; Apr. 18 (12 m.) 8,800 sec.-ft.; Apr. 19 (12 p.m.) 25,400 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 

(12:30 a.m.) 21,200 sec.-ft.

e Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by loe Dec. 28 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19 to Feb. 7, Feb. 14-17,
282 LICKING RIVER BASIN

Licking River near Salyersville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°44'55", long. 83°05'20", at bridge on State 

Hlgnway -30, 0.2 mile upstream from Gardner Branch, 1.2 miles west of Salyersville, 

Magoffln County, and 3.1 miles downstream from State Road Fork. Datum of gage is 

823.80 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 110 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,700 second-feet Apr. 20 (ga?e height, 18.19 

reetj; minimum observed, 1.0 second-foot Oct. 15 (gage height, 5.11 feet), but may 

have been less during period of no gage-height record.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 14,300 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gag3 height, 25.4 

feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, that of Oct. 15, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 5 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

errect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

5.1 

5.15

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

0.9 

1.7 

S.O 

6.1 

9.6 

14

5.7 

6.0 

6.4 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

24

41

69

121

1S.O 

15.0 

16.5 

17.5 

18.2

905

1,260

1,710

2,200

2,7.00

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

9

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct.

4.2

S.9

3.S

aS

a2

al

hi. 2

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

hl.O

hi. 2

hi. 7

a2

a2

a2

a2

hi. 7

a2

a2

a2

as

4.8

14

6.8

4.2

S.S

Mov.

2.7

a2~,2

a2

h2.4

h2.4

a2.4

h2.4

a2

e.2

a2

h2.2

a2

a2

a2

a2

a2

h2.2

a2

a4

aS

aS

a4

a4

hS.6

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

-

Dec.

a4

a4

4.5

4.5

4.5

S.9

S.6

S.6

S.S

aS

a4

a4

4.2

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.8

4.2

5.1

19

21

17

14

14

15

IS

16

51

55

55

SO

Jan.

26

b!8

b!6

b!4

b!2

blO

b9

b9

blO

b!4

b!7

b22

»bS5

b70

100

61

48

b37

bSl

b27

b25

h2S

b22

b20

b!9

b!8

b!7

b!6

bl5

b!4

b!5

Month 

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

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

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

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

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

Aaly ............................

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

Water year 1959-40 ...........

Feb.

blS

b!2

b!2

b!2

b!5

bSO

58

61

51

 230

242

116

88

505

186

156

121

257

481

517

281

186

151

110

108

87

99

269

281

-

Mar.

220

176

587

755

S29

214

161

1S1

111

96

80

67

58

79

141

136

110

110

565

220

136

92

63

52

55

55

67

54

51

658

1,780

Second - 

foot-days

81.5

82.5

556.5

75,752.6

788

4,289

7,177'

9,410

1,275

1,648

501.6

970.6

649.0

27,206.5

Apr.

531

299

258

S5S

208

156

146

151

161

126

106

106

94

97

10S

103

106

136

424

2,540

1,350

494

541

505

250

186

156

151

112

101

-

Ifftmtiiroff

14

4

55

7,300

100

481

1,780

2,540

90

236

37

226

216

2,340

May

90

83

76

71

66

60

56

52

47

44

42

59

35

33

31

SO

28

27

25

25

22

20

20

55

58

28

28

27

25

86

48

Minima

1.0

2

S

1.0

9

12

61

94

20

IS

5.8

3.9

2.7

1.0

June

42

, 35

2S

25

20

17

15

16

IS

75

67

39

28

22

22

20

32

112

94

89

55

40

55

46

236

146

106

76

56

45

-

July

35

28

26

26

24

21

19

20

19

18

37

18

19

14

12

11

14

12

9.6

8.9

8.6

8.2

8.9

10

16

16

11

7.8

6.8

5.8

11

Mean

2.62

2.75

10.9

207

25.4

148

232

514

41.1

54.9

16.2

51. 5

21.6

74.S

Aug.

7.8

5.8

4.8

4.2

S.9

16

11

6.1

6.4

6.8

7.2

6.4

8.2

226

176

75

46

34

59

37

26

22

18

16

16

16

16

16

46

28

23

IT square 

 ilo

0.024

.025

.099

1.88

.231

1.56

2.11

2.8S

.374

.499

.147

.285

.196

.675

Sept.

18

IS

11

9.2

7.8

6.8

6.1

5.5

5.1

12

8.2

7.8

7.5

6.4

5.5

4.5

4.2

5.9

5.6

S.S

S.O

2.7

S.O

S.9

216

1S4

50

56

28

25

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.05

.03

.11

25'. 61

.27

1.45

2.43

3.18

.45

.56

.17

.55

.22

9.21

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

 Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated cr computed on basis of record for station at 

Tale.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

h Computed on basis of wire-weight gage readings.
LICKING RIVER BASIN 283

Licking River at Yale, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°02'55", long. 83°29'30", at U. S. Forest Service bridge, 0.3 mile upstream from Beaver Creek, 0.7 mile southeast of Yale, Bath 

County, and 0.7 mile downstream from Long Branch which enters on right. Datura of gage 

is 674.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 714 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 26.40 

reet); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Oct. 20 (gage height, 3.55 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 19,300 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 31.11 

feet); minimum observed, that of Oct. 20, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 28-30)

Oct. 1 to June 19 June 20 to Sept. 30

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

8.9

12

16

20

24

30

36

4.2

4.3

4.4 

4.6 

5.0 

5.7 

7.0

46

58

70

104

190

373

771

9.0

14.0

20.0

24.4

26.4

1,490

3,650

6,400

6,780

10,800

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

20

24

4.5 

4.7 

4.9 

5.4 

6.6 

9.0

90

126

170

312

704

1,640

15.1 4,140

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

25 

32 

35 

35 

31

26 

21 

20 

18 

17

17 

18 

17 

17 

16

17 

17 

18 

13 

11

14 

14 

18 

20 

22

24 

32 

290 

174 

112 

63

Nov.

45 

36 

27 

25 

23

21 

19 

16 

16 

21

20 

18 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

17 

18

24 

21 

22 

22 

22

22 

22 

21 

20 

20

Dec.

20 

20 

20 

20 

21

20 

21 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

20 

21 

21

21 

20 

20 

21 

28

44 

75 

67 

52 

46

46 

49 

53 

61 

78 

97

Jan.

95 

88 

75 

60 

b47

b40 

b35 

b31 

630 

b30

b32 

b45 

156 

574 

1,150

738 

*489 

334 

219 

b!60

b!50 

b!30 

bllS 

blOO 

b90

b82 

b77 

b72 

b66 

b62 

b59

Month

Oct 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Fet 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19!59 ...........

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

b57 

b55 

b54 

b54 

b56

142 

611 

549 

504 

1,480

2,110 

1,380 

974 

3,110 

*2,320

1,460 

1,040 

1,770 

3,160 

2,670

2,320 

1,700 

1,150 

837 

690

564 

519 

1,740 

2,150

Mar.

1,610 

1,120 

4,180 

5,950 

4,370

2,410 

1,260 

939 

738 

611

504 

444 

401 

373 

401

459 

519 

534 

754 

1,260

1,260 

871 

690 

549 

459

387 

359 

340 

304 

4,600 

10,100

Second - 

foot-days

1,204 

636 

1,082

452,249

5,431 

35,226 

48,756 

60,925 

10,732 

27,159 

5,090 

6,602 

3,331

206,174

Apr.

7,200 

4,640 

2,240 

1,260 

1,300

974 

754 

658 

596 

549

504 

489 

474 

430 

401

373 

873 

2,070 

3,920 

7,300

7,150 

5,400 

3,830 

2,030 

1,460

1,120 

905 

771 

658 

596

Maximum

290 

45 

97

17,200

1,150 

3,160 

10,100 

7,300 

1,190 

3,360 

1,280 

1,760 

617

10,100

May

549 

519 

474 

430 

387

340 

318 

299 

268 

247

234 

209 

188 

169 

160

178 

169 

152 

139 

128

116 

110 

102 

514 

754

549 

459 

416 

416 

549 

1,190

Minimum

11 

16 

20

11

30 

54 

304 

373 

102 

163 

54 

26 

22

11

June

1,740 

1,190 

754 

534 

401

302 

234 

244 

226 

2,160

939 

459 

3S7 

302 

212

163 

181 

974 

3,080 

3,360

1,360 

704 

500 

816 

1,600

907 

1,120 

1,240 

634 

436

July

318 

261 

210 

163 

136

115 

100 

97 

87 

76

76 

102 

67 

74 

76

168 

1,280 

500 

232 

1S6

97 

84 

86 

72 

70

63 

78 

71 

58 

54 

63

Mean

38.8 

21.2 

34.9

1,239

175 

1,215 

1,573 

2,031 

346 

905 

164 

213 

111

563

AUR.

60 

54 

40 

36 

34

33 

32 

30 

38 

39

33 

28 

26 

880 

1,760

669 

373 

221 

178 

333

186 

126 

93 

72 

60

52 

46 

98 

90 

316 

566

Per square*

mile

0.054 

.030 

.049

1.74

.245 

1.70 

2.20 

2.84 

.485 

1.27 

.230 

.298 

.155

.789

Sept.

348 

191 

122 

92 

72

58 

48 

43

40 

37

36 

37 

36 

38 

34

29 

28 

26 

26 

24

24 

23 

22 

22 

62

566 

617 

330 

186 

124

Run-off in 

Inches

0.06 

.OS 

.06

23.56

.28

1.83 

2.54 

3.17 

.56 

1.41 

.27 

.34 

.17

10.72

- Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note.- Faulty intake action Oct. 1 to Nov. 10, Dec. 23 to Jan. 10, Jan. 16 to Feb. 15. Mar. 4-11, 

18-30, Apr. 16-24, July 8-16; discharge computed from twice-daily wire-weight gage read'.ngs.
284 LICKING RIVER BASIN

Licking River at Farmers, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°08'25", long. 83°33'30", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 60, 200 feet upstream from Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. bridge, three-quarters of a 

mile west of Fanners, Rowan County, and 1.1 miles upstream from Triplett Creek. Datum 

of gage is 646.48 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary 

staff gage, 0.1 mile upstream from Triplett Creek and 1.0 mile downstream from recorder. Datum of auxiliary gage is 644.48 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 782 square miles.

Records available.- July 1915 to June 1920 (gage heights only), May 1928 to September 

1^31, April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,200 second-feet Mar. 31; maximum gage height, 

Ki.Sb feet Mar. 31; minimum discharge, 15 second-feet Oct. 16 (gage height, 1.46 feet). 

1928-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 22,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939; minimum, 0.7 

second-foot Oct. 14, 1930 (gage height, 1.37 feet).

Maximum stage known, 31.1 feet Feb. 9, 1918 (ice gorge).

Remarks.- Records good between 40 and 1,800 second-feet, fair above and below these 

limits, except those for periods of Ice effect or no auxiliary gage-height record, 

which are poor. Discharge above 1,600 second-feet computed by using fall as determined 

by once or twice-daily readings of auxiliary staff gage as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D*y

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

87 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

37 

32 

42 

4S 

45

39 

32 

29 

26 

23

22 

20

19 

18 

16

16 

16 

16 

16

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

h!6

hl8 

h22 

hi 46 

h288 

h!71 

hill

Nov.

h75 

55 

46 

41 

37

32 

31 

29 

2S 

28

29 

27 

26 

25 

24

24 

24 

23 

23 

24

27 

2S 

29 

30 

29

2S 

27 

27 

26 

25

Dec.

25 

26 

27 

27 

30

30 

29 

2S 

28 

27

26 

25 

28 

27 

27

29 

29 

2S 

29 

34

43

81 

109 

103 

88

75 

75 

73 

81 

94 

115

Jan.

144 

b!25 

b!05 

bSS 

b72

b62 

b57 

b51 

b47 

b43

b50 

b65 

156 

409 

1,280

1,040 

629 

442 

1)320 

h260

b220 

b!90 

b!60 

b!35 

b!20

bllO 

blOO 

b90 

b83 

t)77 

b72

Month .

Dot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

W

alendar year 19:59

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

b68 

b65 

b63 

b63 

blOO

174 

631 

SS4 

775 

1,480

a2,SOO 

al,800 

1,230 

a3,300 

2,690

1,9SO 

1,330 

838 

3.7SO 

3,090

2,950 

2,130 

1,480 

1,040 

S40

670 

590 

1,580 

2,340

Mar.

2,000 

1,380 

3,390 

8,420 

6,380

3,400 

1,890 

1,230 

952 

775

649 

551 

477 

459 

495

h570 

h649 

h649 

h754 

hi, 330

1,530 

1,140 

862 

690 

570

477 

418 

395 

376 

3,940 

11,000

Secondfoot-days

1,364 

927 

1,501

516,003

6,802 

40,761 

57,798 

73,644 

14,192 

36,327 

7,800 

7,384 

3,909

252,409

Apr.

10,100 

6,040 

3,230 

1,780 

1,480

1,330 

975 

840 

754 

690

629 

590 

590 

551 

495

477 

514 

609 

3,610 

7,530

9,000 

6,970 

4,900 

2,810 

1,910

1,480 

1,190 

998 

840 

732

Maximum

288 

75 

115

18,300

1,280 

3.7SO 

11,000 

10,100 

1,790 

4,740 

1,770 

1,860 

670

11,000

May

690 

629 

590 

532 

477

425 

392 

370 

341 

314

305 

285 

258 

23S 

236

242 

239 

216 

19S 

183

171 

162 

160 

509 

1,110

754 

629 

551 

532 

663 

1,790

Minimum

16 

23 

25

16

43 

63 

376 

477 

160 

236 

97 

45 

23

16

June

2,260 

1,770 

1,070 

732 

532

402 

323 

296 

311 

2,370

1,640 

670 

514 

442 

308

239 

236 

1,180 

3,430 

4,740

2,110 

884 

590 

1,070 

1,780

1,160 

1,920 

2,020 

796 

532

July

392 

323 

277 

228 

196

167 

148 

140 

131 

125

. 119 

127

121 

131 

113

196 

1,770 

1,030 

382 

244

179 

142 

13S 

133 

136

129 

115 

h!51 

hl!7 

h!03 

h97

Mean

44.0 

30.9 

48.4

1,414

219 

1,406 

1,864 

2,455 

458 

1,211 

252 

238 

130

690

Aug.

h!36 

hl!5 

h!03 

h.73 

h63

h60 

h66 

h52 

h48 

h65

h6S 

h54 

h45 

226 

1,860

984 

477 

302 

113 

296

266 

181 

140 

111 

94

79 

70 

113 

19S 

297 

629

Fer square 

mile

0.056 

.040 

.062

1.81

.280 

l.SO 

2.38 

3.14 

.586 

1.55 

.322 

.304 

.166

.882

Sept.

459 

288 

193

144 

115

96 

SI 

70 

62 

57

49 

46 

48 

46 

48

44 

37 

34 

31 

29

27 

25 

23 

23 

39

289 

670 

426 

239 

171

Run-off in 

inches

0.06 

.04 

.07

24.52

.32 

1.94 

2.75 

3.50 

.67 

1.73 

.37 

.35 

.19

11.99

a No auxiliary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Yale 

and Blue Lick Springs.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

h Computed from wire-weight gage readings or fragmentary recorder record.
LICKING RIVER BASIN 285

Licking River at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°26', long. 83°58', at bridge on U. S. Highway 68 and 

 State Highway 32, at Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas County, 10 miles upstream from Johnson

Creek and 10 miles downstream from Fleming Creek. 

Drainage area.- 1,740 square miles.

Records avallaple.- -. _-_- April ..,--- 1938 ---. to September --,--..._ 1940. _._..

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 17,900 second-feet Mar. 3 (ga?e height,

28.70 feet); minimum observed, 15 second-feet Oct. 20, 21; minimum gage height observed,

3.38 feet Sept. 24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 24,800 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 36.37

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, that of Oct. 20, 21, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 47.4 feet In January 1937. 

Remarks.- Recorde good except those below 100 second-feet, which are fair, and those for

periods of Ice effect or doubtful gage-height record, which are poor. Gage read twice

dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14, July 10 to Aug. 16)

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6 

3.8

13

21

31

43

Oct. 1 to Mar. 4

4.0 

4.4 

4.8 

5.2 

5.S

106 

188 

2S9 

428 

690

S.O 

11.0 

17.8 

28.7

1,220

1,910

3,900

9,100

17,900

3.3 

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.3

51

76

125

1S7

Mar. 5 to Sept. 30

293

460

670

1,040

1,860

12.0

17.8

28.7

4,870

9,100

17,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

, 7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

50 

46 

54 

46 

49

46 

41 

41 

57 

56

47 

38 

d37 

d35 

33

29 

31 

27 

25 

21

19 

d!9 

019 

019 

19

22 

26 

50 

93 

177 

d340

Hov.

d2SO 

d240 

d200 

d!50 

d!05

77 

S6 

74 

49 

43

46 

46 

46 

43 

46

46 

43 

43 

d43 

d47

51 

56 

51 

47 

50

47 

46 

47 

47 

42

Dec.

47 

5S 

49 

50 

69

64 

5S 

72 

72 

57

62 

58 

43 

53 

56

57 

43 

58 

51 

57

53 

60 

53 

57 

53

51 

97 

135 

135 

135 

156

Jan.

156 

156 

156 

156 

135

b!20 

b!05 

b95 

b65 

b80

b75 

72 

174 

1,160 

1,970

2,220 

1,970 

»bl,000 

b520 

b400

b330 

b270 

b220 

blSO 

b!60

b!45 

blSO 

blEO 

bllO 

b!05 

blOO

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

blOO 

b95 

b95 

b95 

bllO

b700 

2,410 

2,220 

1,970 

3,760

6,780 

7,100 

4,180 

3,410 

5,210

*4,840 

3,340 

6,980 

11,700 

11,800

10,100 

6,710 

4,180 

2,740 

2,030

1,670 

1,550 

2,800 

4,840

Mar.

4,460 

3,550 

15,200 

15,700 

14,200

11,300 

7,220 

3,610 

2,280 

1,720

1,460 

1,160 

1,100 

980 

1,100

1,220 

1,280 

1,340 

1,460 

1,650

2,070 

2,280 

. 1,790 

1,460 

1,100

980 

1,100 

820 

720 

6,710 

13,800

Second - 

foot-days

1,612 

2,237 

2,119

1,173,006

12,675 

113,515 

124,820 

167,970 

32,187 

90,476 

15,573 

7,845 

6,278

577,307

Apr.

15,000 

14,900 

12,600 

7,980 

3,330

2,210 

2,000 

1,580 

1,400 

1,220

1,040 

1,650 

1,400 

1,280 

1,160

980 

1,820 

3,330 

8,650 

14,900

15,300 

14,700 

12,700 

9,500 

5,920

3,540 

2,630 

2,070 

1,720 

1,460

Maximum

340 

280 

156

24,600

2,220 

11,800 

15 , 700 

15,300 

3,750 

8,050 

4,030 

1,280 

920

15,700

May

1,340 

1,220 

1,100 

1,040 

920

870 

770 

720 

770 

670

580 

49S 

479 

442 

423

38S 

479 

538 

538 

442

339 

293 

308 

1,100 

1,580

2,770 

2,350 

1,860 

1,400 

2,210 

3,750

Minimum

19 

42 

43

19

72 

95 

720 

960 

293 

498 

97 

66 

39

19

June

5,290 

5,150 

3,680 

2,070 

1,400

1,040 

820 

870 

720 

770

3,260 

3,050 

1,280 

870 

720

538 

498 

1,700 

7,150 

8,050

7,450 

4,380 

1,720 

4,100 

3,660

3,820 

4,310 

5,430 

4,730 

1,930

July

1,160 

820 

624 

53S 

460

372 

293 

224 

211 

165

134 

154 

165 

154 

104

97 

1,120 

4,030 

2,140 

720

406 

250 

144 

116 

125

144 

144 

125 

125 

165 

144

Mean

52.0 

74.6 

66.4

3,214

409 

3,914 

4,026 

5,599 

1,038 

3,016 

502 

253 

209

1,577

Aug.

144 

125 

116 

125 

125

116 

97 

73- 

66 

73

73 

73

365

906 

1,280 

720 

423 

293

224 

308 

250 

165 

125

107 

99 

102 

144 

720 

538

Per squar") 

mile

0.03C 

.043 

.039

1.85

.23E 

2.25 

2.31 

3.22 

.597 

1.73 

.28f 

.14? 

.12C

.goe

Sept.

920 

S20 

580 

372 

199

187 

165 

144 

94 

94

62 

51 

56 

68 

56

57 

57 

56 

56 

53

48 

45 

41 

39 

71

176 

237 

460 

624 

368

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.05 

.05

25.07

.27 

2.43 

2.67 

3.59 

.69 

1.93 

.33 

.17 

.13

12.34

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Farmers 

and McKinneysburg.
286 LICKING RIVER BASIN

Licking River at McKinneysburg, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°35'52M J long. 84°16'00M , at cornty highway bridge

aTncKinneysburg, Pendleton County, 6.5 miles southeast of Falmouth, 9.0 miles upstream

from Blanket Creek, and 12.8 miles upstream from South Fork. Datum of gage is 521.00

feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 2,270 square miles.

Records avai-laDle.- July 1924 to August 1926, November 1938 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 34,600 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 32.77

feet); minimum, 25 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 4.01 feet).

1924-26, 1938-40: Maximum discharge observed, 40,400 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (gage

height, 36.68 feet); minimum observed, 14 second-feet Sept. 18, 19, 1P25. 

Remarks.- Records good below 8,000 second-feet, and fair above, excspt those for periods of

ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 14 discharge measurements furnished

Dy Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height,

and discharge, in second-feet} 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 26)

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

18

30

45

64

87

4.4 

4,6 

4.9 

5.2 

6.0

112

174

290

455

960

7.5 

 9.0 

11.0 

14.0 

80.0

1,970 

3,160 

5,06O 

8,300 

16,100

S7.0 

38.8

25,900

34,600

Discharge, in s«eond-fe«t, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

62 

58 

57 

60 

60

57 

87 

55 

57 

60

66 

66 

55 

45 

42

41 

36 

35 

32 

30

29 

28 

2S 

28 

28

30 

35 

36 

41 

85 

368

Hov.

335

25O 

215 

167 

135

110 

94 

82 

78 

66

62 

58 

57 

55 

53

51 

49 

47 

47 

53

57 

57 

57 

57 

64

80 

78 

73 

73 

71

D«0.

76 

78 

76 

73 

78

82 

90 

94 

94 

85

85 

85 

90 

82 

80

76 

76 

80 

82 

82

80 

85 

112 

107 

100

138 

a!80 

a!65 

alSO 

a!55 

a!60

Jan.

bl60 

b!60 

b!90 

b!75 

b!60

b!45 

b!26 

bllO 

bllO 

b!05

blOO 

bllS 

266 

2,660 

3,250

3,250 

2,900 

bl,300 

b600 

b460

b390 

b330 

b280 

b240 

b200

bl80 

b!65 

blSO 

b!40 

*b!35 

blSO

Month

Oet 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Bar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

al«ndar year 19Z

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

blSO 

b!25 

b!25 

b!25 

blSO

bl,000 

b4,000 

b3,600 

b3,300 

6,610

10,900 

10,300 

7,050 

4,260 

5,160

5,960 

4,660 

11,200 

18,900 

18,100

15,100 

10,300 

6,500 

4,160 

2,980

2,340 

2,040 

3,790 

5,160

liar.

8,860 

5,210 

29,800 

29,800 

22,100

15,100 

10,000 

5,560 

3,160 

2,340

1,900 

1,620 

1,420 

1,420 

1,550

1,690 

1,720 

1,720 

1,900 

2,040

2,340 

2,660 

2,340 

1,830 

1,520

1,280 

1,120 

992 

928 

7,560 

IS, 900

Secondfoot-days

1,767 

2,731 

3,076

1,645,393

18,681 

16S, 025 

187,380 

246,280 

44,715 

110, 141 

20,680 

8,192 

6,612

818,280

Apr.

20,000 

18,100 

15,500 

11,300 

5,440

2,740 

2,340 

1,970 

1,720 

1,520

2,340 

6,360 

3,340 

2,340 

1,S30

1,550 

3,340 

6,940 

14 , 800 

26,900

23,700 

19,300 

16,000 

IS, 900 

8,540

4,960 

3,340 

2,660 

2,180 

1,830

Maximum

368 

335 

180

39,600

3,250 

18,900 

29,800 

26,900 

3,790 

9,000 

3,880 

1,550 

960

29,SOO

Itey

1,660 

1,520 

1,420 

1,320 

1,220

1,090 

1,760 

1,350 

1,280 

1,090

928 

784 

706 

648 

599

593 

635 

706 

680 

599

521 

455 

431 

1,770 

3,250

3,790 

3,610 

2,900 

2,660 

2,040 

a2,700

Minimum

28 

47 

73

28

100 

125 

928 

1,520 

431 

661 

151 

57 

42

2S

June

a4,000 

a6,200 

4,860 

3,070 

1,970

1,450 

1,160 

1,320 

1,480 

2,660

2,660 

4,160 

2,160 

1,220 

960

830 

661 

1,720 

6,49O 

a9,000

a7,700 

a4,800 

a2, 700 

"4,390 

4,460

5,060 

6,280 

6,940 

6,390 

3,370

JvTy

al.700 

al,05O 

aSOO 

a620 

a540

a460 

a400 

a350 

a320 

300

278 

274 

278 

278 

246

258 

495 

2,980 

3.860 

1.520

830 

569 

425 

330 

266

270 

262 

204 

185 

161 

151

Mean

57.0 

91.0 

99.2

4,508

603 

5,794 

6,045 

8,209 

1,442 

3,671 

667 

264 

220

2,236

Aug.

154 

141 

121 

110 

115

115 

112 

94 

80 

71

69 

66 

60 

57 

62

101 

1,550 

895 

545 

373

270 

234 

300 

250 

196

167 

151 

138 

136 

565 

895

Pir square 

mile

0.025 

.040 

.044

1.99

.266 

2.55 

2.66 

3.62 

.635 

1.62 

.294 

.116 

.097

'.985

8«pt.

752 

960 

668 

455 

320

242 

196 

167 

141 

126

107 

97 

87 

78 

71

62 

60 

57 

57 

57

55 

51 

45 

42

44

45 

167 

215 

661 

527

Run-off in 

inches

0.03 

.04 

.05

26.93

.31 

2.75 

3.07 

4.03 

.73 

1.80 

.34 

.13 

.11

13.39

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (5 p.m.) 34,600 sec. -ft.; Apr. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

20 (3 a.m.) 28,000 sec. -ft.

ner scarge measuremen mae on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations 6t Blue Lick Springs 

and Catawba.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
LICKING RIVER BASIN 287

Licking River at Catawba, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°43', long. 84°19', three-quarters of a mile east 

or Catawba, Pendleton County, and three-quarters of a mile upstream from Kincald Creek. 

Datum of gage is 498.37 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 3,320 square miles.

Re cords avallable.- July 1928 to September 1940. July 1916 to September 1920 at site half 

a mile downstream (July to September 1916 and October 1917 to September 1920 gage 

heights only).

Average discharge.- 13 years (1916-17, 1928-40), 4,159 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 56,900 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 35.75 

feet); minimum, 29 second-feet Oct. 24, 25 (gage height, 4.40 feet).

1916-20, J.J7AU s/u, 1928-40: A!?«i/o -±u; Maximum IKULO.IIIUIU discharge, uiDumrge, 86,200 oo, i&uu second-feet BBCona-ieeb Jan. uan. 23, <so, 1937 J.SOY (gage igage height, neignt, 

45.98 feet), from rating curve extended above 35,000 second-feet: minimum. 2.5 secondfeet Aug. 5, Oct. 14, 18, 1930.

Remarks.- Records excellent except thoee for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

29

43

61

4.S

4.9

5.0

5.1

107

137

175

220

435

750

1.170

2,100

9.0

12.0

16.0

20.0

4,040

3,440

15,300

22,700

26.0 

32.0 

35.S

34,800 

4f,000 

56,900

Discharge, -In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

oo

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct.

65

67

63

61

61

61

61

61

61

61

63

72

74

61

52

47

43

43

42

39

36

33

30

29

29

33

39

43

42

42

202

Nov.

3S9

301

240

202

164

134

113

102

90

84

82

76

69

65

63

63

61

61

61

67

74

72

69

69

67

78

90

37

37

32

Dec.

82

84

84

84

82

SO

84

37

94

94

90

S7

92

90

34

82

82

80

82

87

87

84

97

113

104

110

175

193

ISO

167

175

Jan.

175

175

220

1S4

180

184

175

160

145

131

125

123

180

2,300

4,980

4,300

3,780

bl,700

*b640

b520

b470

b430

b3BO

b340

b310

b295

b285

bSSO

b275

b270

b265

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

b260

b255

b250

b245

b245

b2,000

5,930

4,980

4,560

9,240

15,300

14,400

9,400

5,680

6,130

7,180

 5,680

15,400

23,600

24,400

19,300

13,300

8,600

5,680

4,170

3,390

2,850

4,560

6,730

..

-

Mar.

7,330

6.980

47,600

47,000

31,200

17,600

11,600

7,030

4,300

3,270

2,610

2,160

1,940

1,380

2,040

2,100

2,160

2,160

2,320

2,430

2,850

3,150

2,350

2,320

1,880

1,560

1,360

1,260

1,130

7,450

27,400

Second - 

fcot-days

1,716

3,262

3,196

2,068,158

24,482

229,265

326 780

55^594

127, 480

24,304

8,076

7,161

1,07P,236

Apr.

29,000

21,400

16,400

11,400

6,430

3,650

3,030

2,610

2,260

1,990

2,270

10,200

5,120

3,650

2,790

2,320

4,380

11,800

23,400

41, 500

34,600

24,400

13,200

14,400

10,200

6,280

4,300

3,520

2,S5C

2,430

Maximum

202

389

193

57,600

4,930

23,600

47,600

41,500

4,430

10,900

4,170

1,020

903

47,600

May

2,160

1,990

1,330

1,670

1,460

1,410

1,940

1,610

1,410

1,260

1,060

903

S17

750

702

681

661

750

780

729

662

585

554

1,160

3,780

4,300

4,430

4,170

4,040

3,150

4,170

Minimum

29

61

SO

29

125

245

1,130

1,990

554

QfSA OO*

193

61

52

29

June

6,230

7,030

5,660

3,650

2,380

1,720

1,510

1,670

1,560

2,610

2,610

4,170

2,490

1,310

937

879

364

1,560

7,090

10,900

9,400

6,730

3,270

4,890

5,400

5,680

7,130

7,640

6,430

3,910

July

1,990

1,360

1,010

817

68S

597

506

441

401

367

356

367

323

334

318

236

372

2,490

4,170

2,100

1,160

772

585

4SS

395

334

334

230

245

225

193

Mean

55.4

109

103

5,666

790

7,906

8,352

10,390

1,793

4,249

784

261

239

2,924

Aug.

184

1

1

:

30

56

54

123

131

1

1

1

54

16

D2

37

78

76

72

55

61

61

1,0

1,0

6

30

DO

32

4«4

3

2

2

3

2

,5

70

70

.2

134

1

1

1

2

34

56

is"0

3^9

Sept.

648

903

765

585

459

350

280

235

202

167

141

' 128

113

102

37

82

76

69

67

65

63

61

56

52

59

52

63

206

404

616

-

Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.017

.033

.031

1.71

.238

2.38

2.52

3.28

.540

1.28

.236

.079

.072

.881

0.02

.04

.04

23.17

.27

2.57

2.90

3.66

.62

1.43

.27

.09

.08

11.99

 Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
288 LICKING RIVER BASIN

Licking River at Butler, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°47'22", long. 84°22 I 05", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 27 at Butler, Pendleton County, 0.3 mile downstream Iron Lic't Creek and 4.4 

miles upstream from Grassy Creek. Auxiliary staff gage at Lynn Station, 5.0 miles 

upstream. Datum of each gage is 477.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,380 square miles.

Records available.- July 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 59,800 second-feet Mar. 3; maximum gage height, 

37.0 reet Mar. 3, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge, 32 second-feet 

Oct. 25 (gage height, 3.17 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 64,100 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (ga?e height, 40.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, that of Oct. 25, 1939.

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

record, which are poor. Discharge above 6,200 second-feet computed by using fall as 

determined by once-daily readings of auxiliary staff gage as a facto~.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 15 discharge measurements furnished 

by corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

51

Oct.

49 

64 

64 

60 

62

62 

62 

60 

58 

58

5S 

64 

66 

66 

56

49

45 

45 

43 

40

38 

35 

34 

32 

33

34 

3S 

45 

40 

37 

40

Nov.

340 

306 

241 

206 

171

140 

121 

101 

93

S5

83 

77 

70 

68 

62

5S 

58 

58 

56 

66

72 

74 

72 

70 

68

66 

79 

8S 

S5 

83

Bee.

SS 

93 

93 

90 

SS

83 

SB 

90 

95 

101

95 

95 

98 

95 

95

S8 

8S 

85 

8S 

93

95 

95 

95 

114 

121

108 

151 

192 

179 

167 

202

Jan.

blBO 

b200 

b240 

b200 

b!90

b200 

blBO 

b!70 

bl55 

b!40

127 

127 

127 

2,350 

5,600

4,360 

3,860 

al.800 

bl.100 

«b6SO

b530 

b470 

b430 

b380 

b340

b320 

b300 

b290 

»b280 

»b280 

b270

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Bee

C

Jan 

Fob 

Map 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

11

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b270 

b265 

b260 

b255 

b255

b2,500 

b6,200 

M.600 

»b5,000 

10,600

17,300 

16,000 

10,400 

6,260 

5,710

a7,600 

a7,000 

all, 000 

31,400 

27,300

21,100 

14,900 

9,300 

6,150 

4,460

3,560 

3,160 

4,360 

a6,600

Mar.

a7,800 

a7,200 

47,400 

50,400 

35,600

20,300 

a!3,000 

a8,100 

4,760 

3,460

2,800 

2,350 

2,350 

2,260 

2,260

2,350 

2,350 

2,260 

2,440 

2,530

2,890 

3,260 

3,070 

2,530 

2,100

1,780 

1,540 

1,340 

1,250 

5,160 

30,000

Second - 

foot-days

1,537 

3,217 

3,342

2,276,562

25,876 

244,765 

276,890 

365,910 

58,567 

133,130 

26,042 

3,166 

7,275

1,154,717

Apr.

31,300 

23,300 

18,200 

14,000 

a7,700

3,960 

3,160 

2,800 

2,440 

2,180

2,710 

a!2,000 

5,710 

4,060 

2,980

2,440 

4,360 

a!4,000 

23,300 

43,500

38,700 

28,300 

20,900 

17,400 

a!2,000

8,760 

as, 200 

4,360 

3,070 

2,620

Maximum

66 

340 

202

62,600

5,600 

31,400 

50,400 

43,500 

4,660 

12,100 

4,360 

1,270 

874

50,400

May

2,260 

2,100 

1,980 

1,380 

1,720

1,720 

2,350 

1,930 

1,590 

1,390

1,160 

1,000 

S74 

800 

750

712 

712 

770 

810 

760

694 

613 

559 

903 

3,760

4,160 

4,660 

4,360 

4,360 

3,070 

4,160

Minimum

32 

56

83

52

127 

255 

1,250 

2,130 

559 

1,020 

211 

62 

48

32

June

6,150 

7,370 

5,930 

4,060 

2,620

1,930 

1,570 

1,980 

1,7SO 

2,530

2,530 

4,160 

2,890 

1,600 

1,160

1,020 

1,440 

1,830 

5,490 

12,100

10,200 

7,430 

3,760 

4,060 

5,710

5,820 

a6,400 

as, 400 

a6,600 

4,560

July

2,260 

1,660 

1,190 

940 

790

658 

559 

436 

428 

382

364 

382 

329 

334 

323

294 

329 

1,620 

4,360 

2,620

1,460 

929 

676 

518 

42S

352 

352 

317 

256 

235 

211

Aug.

197 

192 

175 

151 

133

137 

140 

130 

111 

95

85 

79 

77 

72 

66

62 

606 

1,270 

730 

518

376 

289 

246 

312 

262

206 

171 

179 

159 

147 

793

Mean Per^quare

49.6 0.015 

107 .032 

108 .032

6,237 1.85

835 .247 

3,440 2.50 

8,933 2.64 

12,200 3.61 

1 , 889 . 559 

4,438 1.31 

840 .249 

263 .078 

242 .072

3,155 .933

Sept.

676 

874 

852 

622 

494

376 

300 

251 

211 

183

151 

133 

117 

106 

93

38 

81 

74 

70 

6S

64 

62 

53 

53 

5S

53 

43 

111 

272 

676

Run-off In 

Inches

0.02 

.04 

.04

25.05

.28 

2.69 

3.05 

4.03 

.64 

1.46 

.29 

.09 

.08

12.71

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho auxiliary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of. records fir station at Catawba.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Hote.- Discharge Feb. 10 to Mar. 4 computed from once-daily wire-weight gag? readings.
LICKING RIVER BASIN 289

South Fork of Licking River at Cynthiana, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°23'27", long. 84°18'11'1 , at bridge on State Highways 

32 and 36, at Cynthiana, Harrison County, in pool formed by old mill dam 2.6 miles downstream, 0.4 mile downstream-from Grays Run, and 48 miles upstream from Licking River. 

Datum of gage is 688.67 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929 .

Drainage area.- 641 square miles.

Recoras available.- April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 16,900 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 

17.3b feet); minimum observed, 1.7 second-feet Aug. 27 (gage height, 0.84 foot).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 18,400 second-feet July 14, 1938 (gage height, 17.7 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.7 second-feet ssveral days 

in October 1938, Aug. 27, 1940; minimum gage height observed, 0.79 foot Oct. 7-9, 1938.

Maximum stage known, 22.6 feet Dec. 24, 1921 (discharge, 25,700 second-fee*,, from 

rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 50 second-feet and those for periods of ice effect, 

wnicn are poor. Small diversion by Cynthiana municipal water plant. Gage read twice 

daily.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 13-25, 29, 30, Feb. 1, 6-9, 13-17, Sept. 1-17)

0.7 1.6

1.3 2.0

1.9 2.5

2.5 3.3

3.2 4.5

3.8 6.3

4.1 7.6

4.15 7.9

4.2 14

4.3 34

4.4 70

4.6 175

4.9 355

5.5 820

6.8 2,010

8.8 4,200

11.0 7,000

14.0 11,400

17.4 16,900

Discharger In second-feet, water year October 1939 bo September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

30

21 

33 

33 

34 

35

36 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.4 

3.3 

3.2 

3.1 

3.1

2.9 

2.8 

2.8 

2.S 

2.7

2.7 

2.6 

2.5 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.4

Hoy.

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

Z.4 

2.6

2.7 

3.1 

3.2 

3.4 

3.4

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.2

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.5 

3,5

3.5 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

Dec.

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

3.4 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2

3.2 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1

3.1 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1

3.1 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

8.9

2.9 

3.1 

3.4 

3.4 

3.7 

3.7

Jan.

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

4.1

4.1

4.3 

4.3 

4.5 

4.5 

4.7

5.3 

5.9 

34 

324 

1,120

862 

482 

262 

137 

186

204 

148 

106 

85 

75

b68 

b62 

b56 

52 

48 

b46

Month

00 1 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

11

alendar year 193g

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

45 

b43 

b42 

b42 

b50

49S 

1,820 

1,820 

990 

2,450

5,160 

3,170 

1,140 

48S 

1,530

990 

820 

4,020 

S.S50 

5,050

3,970 

2,510 

1,530 

S20 

820

700 

660 

1,440 

1,820

Har.

1,340 

1,550 

14,500 

12,800 

4,780

2,110 

1,440 

990 

7SO 

620

482 

392 

330 

324 

324

342 

392 

378 

392 

46S

542 

490 

392 

362 

336

221 

215 

215 

209 

3,610 

12 ,,800

Secondfoot-days

73.9 

96.6 

99.2

344,124.2

4,410.4 

53,278 

64,126 

54,676 

8,049 

14,044 

2,973 

160.8 

674.2

202,666.1

Apr.

5,950 

2,110 

1,260 

905 

660

463 

311 

336 

311

286 

1,030 

943 

700 

490

415 

563 

2,840 

5,460 

11,200

7,280 

3,400 

1,910 

1,530 

1,030

780 

620 

505 

403 

378

Maximum

3.4 

3.5 

3.7

14,800

1,120 

3,350 

14,500 

11,200 

820 

3,060 

820 

43 

215

14,500

May

298 

298 

311 

262 

23S

209 

131 

198 

175 

137

111 

106 

80 

85 

101

85 

101 

111 

111 

106

96 

96 

106 

148 

460

542 

820 

820 

700 

505 

452

Minimum

2.2 

2.4 

2.9

2.2

3.9 

42 

209 

286 

SO 

59 

13 

l.S 

4.3

l.S

June

392 

392 

342 

305 

204

192 

175 

148 

148 

137

116 

106 

85 

75 

75

59 

70 

1,160 

3,060 

1,320

700 

317 

226 

758 

660

445 

1,120 

349 

238 

170

July

116 

90 

70 

63 

59

59 

38

41 

41 

41

32 

22

IS 

18 

16

41 

78 

820 

392 

244

143 

116 

66 

70 

66

59 

48 

41 

32 

20 

13

Mean

2.55 

3.22 

3.20

943

142 

1,837 

2,069 

1,823 

260 

468 

95.9 

5.19 

22.5

554

Aug.

7.9 

7.6 

7.6 

7.1 

6.7

6.7 

6.3 

5.9 

5.6 

5.3

4.7 

4.3 

3.9 

3.5 

3.2

2.9 

2^7 

2.5 

2.4 

2.2

2.2 

2.0 

1.9

l.S 

l.S

1.8 

l.S 

1.8 

1.8 

1.9 

4?

Sept.

215 

96 

56 

56 

38

28 

IS 

13 

10 

12

12 

9.1 

7.9 

7.9 

7.6

7.6 

7.6 

7.6 

7.1 

6.7

6.3 

5.9 

5.6 

5.3 

5.0

5.0 

4.7 

4.5 

4.5 

4.3

Per square 1 Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.004C 

.005C 

.005C

1.47

.222 

2.87 

3.23 

2.84 « 

.406 

.730 

.150 

.0081 

.035

.864

0.005 

.006 

.006

19.98

.26 

3.09 

3.72 

3.17 

.47 

.81 

.17 

.009 

.04

11.76

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
290 MILL CREEK BASIN 

Mill Creek at Reading, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°13'15", long. 84°26'50", in sec. 32, R. 1, T. 4,

 at Reading, 1 mile upstream from West Fork of Mill Creek and 13 miles upstream from 

mouth. .Datum of gage is 531.00 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 73.1 square miles.

Records avaiiaDle.- October 1938 to September 1940.

jactremes.- naximum discharge during year, 5,660 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 15.04

 leet); no flow several days In August and September; minimum gage height, 3.58 feet

Oct. 17, 24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 20, 1940; no flow several days in August

and September 1940; minimum gage height, that of Oct. 17, 24, 1939. 

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 20 second-feet and those for period of ice

effect, which are poor. Run-off affected by extensive municipal development above

station. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 13 discharge measurements furnished by

Corps or Engineers, U. S. Army.

3.,6

3*.S

3.9

4.0

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 21 to Apr. 6, June 1-27, Sept. 3-30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. IS

3.1 

6.7

4.2 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

17

40

91

155

240

6.5 

7.O 

6.0 

9.0 

10.0

351

483

770

1,160

1,630

3.75

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

1.4

Apr. 19 to Sept. 30

4.4

4.5

4.6 

4.8 

5.0

5.6 

6.0 

6.5 

7.O 

8.0

106 

169 

266 

3S6 

694

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

1,600

2,180

2,860

3,710

9.0 1,090

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

88 

85 

24 

25

86 

27 

88 

39 

30 

SI

Oct.

O.3 

.1 

.1 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.3

.3

.2 

.3 

.3

.1

.1 

.1 

.3 

.3 

.3

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1 

1.5

.5 

8.2 

1.8 

.S 

.3 

.3

NOT.

0.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2

.3 

.4

.3 

.2 

.4

.3 

.2 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2

1.7

1.3 

.7 

.8 

.8 

.4

.6 

.8 

.4 

.4 

.4

Dec.

0.6 

1.6 

1.1 

.6 

.5

.5 

.4

.4 

.3 

.4

.7 

.4

.S 

.7 

.5

.4 

.3 

.7 

.6 

.6

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4

.8

.7 

.7 

.6 

.3 

.3 

.2

Jan.

0.2 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1

> b4

Month

Octc 

Noire 

Deee

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

Jun« 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

> bO.2

b250 

b40 

b7 

f7.7 

f!68

f216 

f53 

f34 

f37 

19

16 

8.1 

368 

375 

141

82 

48 

31 

30 

35

16 

31 

87

74

Mar.

52 

138 

1,410 

441 

166

105 

77 

5S 

46 

36

30 

17 

34 

43 

41

43 

34 

39 

23 

18

15 

14 

12 

12 

11

10 

12 

12 

12 

32 

44

Secondfoot-days

18.6 

13.8 

17.7

-

104.7 

2,064.8 

3,029 

8,998.1 

1,112.7 

837.7 

22.2 

30.1 

2.7

16,252.1

Apr.

23

14 

12 

9.6 

6.0

4.5 

13 

57 

30 

17

372 

582 

136 

81 

62

46 

232 

440 rsj.80

E3.330

588 

235 

135 

102

73

57 

50 

39 

33 

39

IbnrlimiTn

S.2 

1.7 

1.6

-

368 

1,410 

3,330 

462 

215 

5.5 

9.6 

.8

3,330

May

34 

29 

26 

20 

14

17 

27 

14 

11 

S.O

6.2

4.5 

4.0 

3.3 

5.7

4.5 

2.9 

2.6 

4.5 

4.3

1.8 

1.1 

1.3 

20 

19

11 

11 

81 

112 

150 

462

Minimum

0.1 

.2 

.2

-

10 

4.5 

1.1 

3.8 

.1 

0 

0

0

June

218

75 

62 

31 

IS

11 

15 

26 

40 

2S

15 

9.0 

7.0 

38 

20

e.7

7.0 

6.0

5.7 

5.0

5.0 

4.5 

3.8 

6.2 

5.3

5.5 

100 

32 

21 

14

July

5.5 

2.0 

1.0 

.5 

.3

.4 

.5 

.5 

.2 

.3

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.3

.6 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1

.2

.5 

5.5 

2.0 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.2 

.1 

.1

Mean

0.60 

.46

.57

-

3.38 

71.2 

97.7 

300 

35.9 

27.9 

.72 

.97 

.09

44.4

Aug.

0.1 

.1 

.1 

1.6 

1.9

.5 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.3 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

5.0

.9 

.1

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

9.6 

5.2 

2.9

.7 

0

P'^" square 

mile

Sept.

0 

0 

.2

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

0 

.1

0 

.1 

.1 

0 

0

0 

0

.1

.2 

.1

0.1 

0 

0 

.2 

.8

0 

.1 

.1 

0 

0

Run-off in 

Inches

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (7s30 p.m.) 1,200 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (5 a.m.) 1,880 sec.-ft.; Apr. 11 

(11 p.m.) 1,760 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (2 a.m.) 5,660 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gave height.
MILL CREEK BASIN 291

West Pork of Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°13'00", long. 84°37'30", In sec. 2, R. 1, T. 3, 

at Arlington Heights, 0.4 mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 539.00 feet above 

mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark).

Drainage area.- 36.4 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,900 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 13.73 

feet); minimum not determined.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 19, 1940; minimum not determined.

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 30 second-feet and those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Runoff affected by extensive municipal development above station.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of eight discharge measurements furnished by 

uorps or Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, an<? discharge,

in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 5 to Apr. 18)

1.5

1.6

1.7

0.2

.4

1.3

3.5

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.4 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

97

175

294

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

436

602

778

1,190

1,650

2,160

2,730

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.9 

.6 

.4 

.8 

.3

.3 

.2 

.2 

.4 

.3

.2 

.5 

.7 

.6 

.7

.7 

.S 

.7 

.S 

.4

.5 

.6 

.6 

.3 

1.3

1.7 

5.6 

.9 

.9 

.5 

.3

Nov.

0.3 

.3

.5 

.7 

.8

.5 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.4

.6

.9 

.8 

.4 

.6

.4 

.6 

1.7 

1.0 

1.1

.9 

.4 

.4 

.8 

1.7

.8 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

Dec.

0.5 

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

.S

.4 

.3 

.4 

.4 

.3

.6 

.4 

.7 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.6

.3 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.4

.4 

.8 

1.3 

.5 

b.4 

b.3

, Jan.

> bO.3

1.2 

1.3 

63 

b6

b.3

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dect

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr] 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sepl

fft

ilendar year

j^

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

> bO.3

b!50 

b20 

b4 

b6 

blOO

b60 

b20 

blO 

f6.7 

f7.1

6.7 

f4.8 

321 

130

78

41 

18 

11 

9.7 

8.0

5.7 

23 

66 

47

Mar.

29 

202 

920 

169 

75

44 

28 

22 

18 

17

13 

11 

18 

31 

26

28 

f27 

f23 

f!8 

f!5

f!2 

f9.7 

f8.4 

8.8 

7.6

5.7 

6.1 

8.0 

9.3 

19 

32

Seeondfoot-days

23.7 

19.3 

16.7

-

79.6 

1,155.2 

1,860.6 

5,481.7 

521.4 

471.2 

19.5 

46.5 

26.0

9,721.4

Apr.

17 

11 

P. 7 

P. 3 

7.1

7.1 

11 

34 

18 

11

362 

268 

68 

42 

31

23 

97 

233 

2,510 

1,250

216 

85 

47 

35 

20

16 

11 

9.7 

8.8 

14

Maximum

5.6 

1.7 

1.3

-

63 

321 

920 

2,510 

137 

106 

1.5 

17 

3.1

2,510

Bay

14 

9.3 

8.4 

8.0

7.1

7.1 

11 

7.6 

a6.7 

a6.1

a5.4 

a4.8 

a4.1 

a3.5 

3.1

5.4 

3.1 

2.8 

4.5 

5.4

3.8 

2.8 

2.2 

16 

14

F.4 

4.8 

79 

96 

32 

137

Minimum

0.2 

.3 

.3

-

5 7 

7 1 

2 2 

1 1 

2 

2 

3

-

June

58 

98 

106 

26 

12»

7.1 

7.1 

19 

7.1 

5.4

3.8 

2.0 

1.2 

7.1

7.P

3.3 

7.6 

3.8 

2.6 

1.3

1.2 

1.1 

2.0 

2.8 

2.2

2.2 

54 

11 

6.1 

2.6

July

1.5 

1.2 

.9 

1.2 

1.3

1.2 

1.1 

.8 

.4 

.4

.4

.2 

.5 

.8 

.7

.3

.6 

.3 

.2

.6

.4 

.6 

.7 

.9 

.3

.2 

.3 

.7 

.4 

.2 

.2

Mean

0.76 

.64 

.54

-

2.57 

39.8 

60.0 

183 

16.8 

15.7 

.63 

1.50 

.87

26.6

AVR.

0.2 

.2 

.2 

4.5 

1.1

.4 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.6 

.7

.6 

.4 

2.0 

1.0 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.4 

.4

.5 

1.3 

8.0 

17 

3.5 

1.0

Sept.

1.0 

1.2 

1.0 

.7 

.7

.4 

.4 

.7 

.7 

.6

.4 

.3 

.3 

.4

.5

.5 

.7 

.9 

.3 

.6

.5 

.7 

1.2 

2.2 

3.1

.9 

1.5 

1.1 

1.3 

1.2

Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (4:45 p.m.) 1,370 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (12:30 a.m.) 2.670 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 

(6:20 a.m.) 1,650 sec.-ft.; Apr. 11 (10 p.m.) 2,000 sec.-ft.; Apr. IP (4 p.m.) 5,900 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage height.
292 MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

Miami River at Sidney, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°17'14", long. 84°08'57", at North Street Bridge

in Sidney, Shelby County, half a mile below Tawawa Creek. Datura or gage Is 924.70 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 545 square miles.

Records available.- February 1914 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 26 years, 489 second-feet. 

extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 6,740 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 9.32

feet); minimum, 12 second-feet Aug. 23, 24 (gage height, -0.16 foot).

1914-40: Maximum discharge, 20,700 second-feet Mar. 20, 1927 (gage height, 14.4

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,900 second-feet on basis of velocity-area

studies; minimum, 7.4 second-feet Sept. 23, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 19.6 feet, present datum, Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 44,000

second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Flow regulated by Indian Lake. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and discharge measurements furnished by Miami Conservancy

District. Gage-height record also obtained by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating tables,

128

164

222

ater year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge

In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-25, Aug. 5 to Sept. 30)

Dot. 1 to Apr. 20 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

295

410

581

790

1,030

1,310

1,640

5.0

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

2,030

2,930

3,930

5,050

6,320

21 to Sept. 

0.6 100 

1.0 17 6 

1.4 

2.0

270

445

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

615

810

1,030

Hote.- Same 

3.5 feet.

is preceding table above

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

52 

48 

42 

42 

37

40 

34 

40 

25 

40

39 

39 

38 

39 

33

25 

47 

39 

38 

40

33

39 

34 

47 

60

175 

294 

425 

282 

218 

182

Nov.

164

155 

142 

137 

120

87 

79 

78 

72 

73

79 

78 

75 

72 

72

66 

68 

68 

72 

73

93 

135 

180 

178 

168

159 

160 

153 

150 

155

Dec.

141 

105 

128 

137 

132

121 

114 

106 

98 

95

92 

89 

90 

89

85

81 

78 

81 

79 

79

78 

78 

76 

76 

72

75 

74 

74 

e74 

e70 

e68

Jan.

e65 

e63 

e62 

e65 

e65

eP"i 

e65 

e61 

62 

64

70 

72 

74 

400 

1,060

858 

562 

425 

250 

160

115 

125 

135 

120 

110

100 

95 

90 

85 

90 

90

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

Julj 

Augi. 

Sept

We

lendar year 193E

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

90 

90 

90

85

85

148 

298 

225 

450 

1,000

1,700 

1,400 

1,300 

1,080 

858

581 

425 

562 

1,540 

1,340

812 

526 

401 

383 

344

314 

311 

344 

544

liar.

759 

1,560 

4,830 

4,890 

3,330

2,210 

1,500 

1,140 

880 

680

562 

472 

472 

490 

508

508 

508 

526 

544

544

490 

440 

330 

255 

252

180 

146 

175 

209 

248 

248

Secondf oot-days

2,566 

3,361 

2,835

181,432

5,723 

17,326 

29,886 

49,582 

7,193 

9,761 

2,205 

1,353 

928

132,719

Apr.

220 

204 

275 

333 

330

227

198 

6P8 

930 

544

401 

858 

1,060 

1,030 

858

1,110 

2,840 

4,730 

4,370 

6,320

6,180 

4,810 

3,330 

2,120 

1,370

1,080 

958 

870 

730 

598

Maximum

425 

180 

141

4,930

1,060 

1,700 

4,890 

6,320 

740 

958 

180 

82 

4P

6,320

May

430 

346 

310 

295 

252

228 

216 

200 

194 

183

164 

166 

148 

138 

146

152 

148 

138 

142 

148

144 

156

152 

176 

248

218 

218 

205 

300 

4P2 

740

Minimum

25 

66 

68

25

61 

85 

146 

198 

138 

109 

48 

25 

14

14

June

958 

790 

580 

415 

268

198 

174 

180 

194 

280

589 

460 

415 

358 

340

325 

226

158 

288 

218

152 

116 

109 

146 

350

307 

248 

272 

346 

301

July

180 

118 

94 

86 

79

72 

70 

66 

65 

63

65 

92 

116 

79 

67

61

61 

59 

58 

58

52 

52 

59 

54 

48

52 

55 

53 

59 

57 

55

Mean

82.8 

112 

91.5

497

185 

597 

964 

1,653 

232 

325 

71.1 

43.6 

30.9

363

Aug.

53 

63 

50 

82 

45

54 

57 

47 

40 

39

37 

25 

38 

33 

28

41 

34 

38 

34 

45

39 

39 

38 

34 

38

32 

43 

42 

43

44 

78

Per square 

mile

Sept.

46 

36 

36 

39 

37

34 

32 

33 

18 

34

34 

34 

28 

30 

33

18 

34 

31 

34

34

32 

28 

14 

14 

31

39 

37 

27 

24 

27

Run-off In 

Inches

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (8:30 p.m.) 6,050 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (10:30 p.m.) 6,740 sec.-ft.

e Incomplete gage-height record.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 27 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19 to Feb. 5, Feb. 8-13.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

Miami River at Taylorsville, Ohio

293

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°52'22", long. 84°09'51", at outlet works of

Taylorsville Dam, three-quarters of a mile north of Taylorsville, Montgomery County,

and 9i miles upstream from Stillwater River. Datum of gage is 700.08 feet above

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 1,155 square miles. 

Records avallable..- January 1922 to September 1940. January 1914 to September 1917

at site at Tadmor.

Average discharge.- 18 years (1922-40), 963 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,600 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 70.78

feet); minimum, 53 second-feet Sept. 11, 12, 15 (gage height, 61.23 feet).

1922-40: Maximum discharge, 25,500 second-feet May 14, 1933, and Jan. 15, 1937

(gage heights, 73.26 and 73.32 feet, respectively); minimum, 36 second-feet Dec. 31,

1930.

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 25.4 feet at site at Tadmor (discharge,

127,000 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Flow at

high stages automatically regulated at retarding basins on Miami River just above

station and on Loramie Creek at Lockington. Low and medium flow slightly regulated

by Indian Lake. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of eight discharge measurements furnished

by Miami Conservancy District.

Rating table, water-year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-27)

61.3

61.4

61.5

61.7

62.0

93

122

195

335

62.5

63.0

63.5

64.0

65.0

595

890

1,210

1,590

2,510

65.6

66.0

67.0

68.0

69.0

3,120

3,860

5,460

7,180

9,200

70.0

71.0

12,000

15,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7

e

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

99 

93 

99 

96 

90

88 

88 

86 

80 

88

83 

90 

88 

86 

83

86 

83 

80 

96 

93

88 

90 

78 

86 

120

191 

300 

719 

612 

410 

325

Nov.

272 

244 

231

204

195

183 

156 

146 

139 

136

142 

132 

132 

153 

172

164 

136 

129 

113 

101

156 

172 

187 

249 

244

231 

218 

218 

213 

204

Dec.

204 

236 

208 

213 

222

218 

204 

187 

176 

164

156 

153 

160 

156 

149

149 

146 

132 

132 

142

136 

129 

125 

125 

119

113 

120 

120 

110 

100 

95

Jan.

90 

85 

80 

90 

90

90 

90 

82 

86 

86

94 

98 

100 

500 

2,000

1,300 

900 

600 

400 

280

200 

210 

230 

210 

190

180 

160 

150 

140

150 

150

Month

Oetc 

Hove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May 

June 

Juli 

Augi 

Sep1

Wi

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

150 

150 

150 

140 

140

360 

890 

590 

730 

2,000

3,800 

3,200 

2,900 

2,700 

1,500

1,100 

850 

1,100 

3,500 

2,740

1,980 

1,210 

830 

728 

656

573 

573 

622 

920

Mar.

1,180 

2,280 

7,130 

10,200 

6,760

4,180 

2,680 

2,020 

1,590 

1,E40

1,010 

890 

800 

SOO 

830

830 

800 

800 

800 

SOO

758 

716 

656 

518 

455

450 

395 

365 

380 

425 

480

Secondfoot-days

4,794 

5,372 

4,799

381,936

9,111

36,782 

53,218 

95,265 

17,731 

25,115 

4,845 

2,629 

2,055

261,716

Apr.

470 

470 

534 

644 

728

622 

507 

920 

1.S80 

1,360

1,010 

1,750 

2,200 

2,110 

1,800

1,840 

3,210 

9,700 

8,950 

11,000

14,000 

10,200 

6,410 

3,780 

2,460

1,840 

1,470 

1,280 

1,140 

980

Maximum

719 

272 

236

12,500

2,000 

3,800 

10,200 

14,000 

3,600 

3,400 

435 

142 

102

14,000

May

830 

704 

622 

568 

534

502 

524 

445 

425 

405

385 

350 

345 

330 

330

340 

330 

320 

330 

325

315 

300 

320 

395 

445

445 

410 

445 

522 

1,590 

3,600

Minimum

78 

101 

95

78

80 

140 

365 

470 

300 

330 

96 

64 

58

58

June

3,400 

2,580 

1,590 

1,040 

800

622 

524 

496 

470 

606

920 

1,750 

1,110 

830 

950

734 

595 

507 

485 

650

502 

395 

330 

475 

415

529 

480 

415 

445 

470

July

435 

335 

244 

164 

191

179 

172 

160 

156 

156

153 

156 

156 

183 

172

153 

142 

132 

129 

119

110 

105 

105 

119 

113

102 

96 

96 

108 

99 

105

Mean

155 

179 

155

1,046

294 

1,268 

1,717 

3,176 

572 

837 

156 

84.8 

68.5

715

Aug.

ioe

96 

. 93 

93 

86

142 ioe

102 

96 

S8

80 

76 

68 

70

78

76 

68 

68 

64 

73

73 

73 

73 

76 

66

78 

83 

80 

90 

102 

102

Pep square 

mile

0.134 

.155 

.134

.9oe

.25E 

1.10 

1.49 

2.75 

.495 

.725 

.135 

.073 

.059

.619

Sept.

99 

102 

80 

76 

76

7S 

76 

66 

62 

66

62 

60 

66 

66 

56

58 

60 

60 

62 

66

64 

62 

60 

62 

78

68 

60 

70 

68 

62

Run-off in

inches

0.15 

.17 

.15

12.28

.29 

1.19 

1.72 

3.07 

.57 

.81 

.16 

.08 

.07

8.43

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (2:30 p.m.) 11,400 sec.-ft.; Apr. 18 (1 p.m.) 10,500 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 

(7a.m.) 14,600 sec.-ft.; May 31 (6:30 p.m.) 4,600 sec.-ft.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice, Dec. 27 to Feb. 19.
294 MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°45'55", long. 840 ll I 51n , 1,000 feet downstream 

from Main Street Bridge In Dayton, Montgomery County, and three-quarters of a mile 

downstream from Mad River. Datum of gage Is 700.00 feet above mean s^a level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 2,513 square miles.

Records available.- March 1905 to December 1909, April 1913 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 27 years (1913-40), 2,288 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 25,600 second-feet Apr. 21 (ga?e height, 30.12 

feet); minimum, 209 second-feet Sept. 20-23 (gage height, 20.71 feet).'

1913-40: Maximum discharge at Millers Ford, 3i miles below station, 59,800 secondfeet Apr. 21, 1920 (gage height, 16.0 feet, datum then In use, or 39.7 feet, present 

datum), computed by engineers of Miami Conservancy District; minimum, 92 second-feet 

July 22, 1936 (gage height, 20.37 feet).

Maximum stage known, 29.0 feet original datum, or 52.7 feet, present datum Mar. 26, 

1913 (discharge, 250,000 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Flood flow 

automatically regulated at four retarding basins above station.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 20 discharge measurements furnished by 

Miami Conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ioe effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

20.7 205

20.8 245

21.0 340

21.3 520

21.6 740

22.0 1,100

23.0 2,200

23.5 2,860

24.0 3,740

25.0 5,930

26.0 8,800

27.0 12,200

28.0

29.0

30.0

15,900

20,200

25,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

23 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

488 

413 

425 

413

407

390 

378 

378 

351 

346

373 

368 

368 

351 

356

356 

351 

356 

368 

368

368 

362 

346 

351

477

695 

834 

1,380 

1,270 

982 

838

HOT.

756 

656 

605 

612 

562

527 

541 

541 

474 

474

520 

474 

449 

494 

520

474 

462 

449 

431 

431

598 

598 

576 

590 

605

576 

562 

576 

562 

548

Dec.

583 

650 

650 

620 

658

642 

620

576 

576 

520

514 

520 

562 

555

507

514 

507 

481 

514 

514

500 

455 

449 

449 

437

425 

449 

468 

443 

384 

384

Jan.

370 

350 

320 

370 

370

370 

370 

350 

360 

370

390 

410 

430 

1,000 

3,200

2,500 

1,500 

1,000 

800 

650

550 

580 

650 

590 

*550

530 

510 

500 

480 

520 

520

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr] 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 1939

]_

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

520 

520 

510 

500 

470

1,000 

1,630 

1,170 

1,390 

3,380

6,760 

5,500 

5,000 

4,700 

3,450

2,720 

2,140 

2,200 

6,370 

6,110

3,940 

2,650 

1,960 

. 1,740 

1,580

1,400 

1,380 

1,460 

2,080

Mar.

2,480 

4,410 

12,700 

16,700 

11,500

6,760 

4,690 

3,640 

2,940 

2,450

2,140 

1,900 

1,800 

1,800 

1,800

1,740 

1,680 

1,680 

1,680 

1,680

1,680 

1,520 

1,410 

1.240 

1,150

1,090 

1,040 

1,000 

1,020 

1,090 

1,180

Secondfoot-days

15,507 

16,245 

16,126

819,859

21,460 

74,230 

99,590 

188,680 

48,407 

62,728 

15,946 

9,406 

7,834

576,159

Apr.

1,170 

1,170 

1,290 

1,580 

1,740

1,410 

1,260 

1,950 

3,940

2,790

2,320 

4,690 

4,910 

4,470 

3,740

3,450 

4,860 

15,100 

17,600 

21,600

24,700 

19,800 

14 , 400 

9,350 

5,020

3,840 

3,100 

2,720 

2,450 

2,260

Maximum

1,380 

756 

658

23,400

3,200 

6,760 

16,700 

24,700 

8,200 

9,760 

973 

437 

340

24,700

May

2,080 

1,900 

1,740 

1,630 

1,520

1,460 

1,580 

1,360 

1,270 

1,220

1,170 

1,100 

1,040 

1,010 

1,040

1,060 

1,020 

982 

1,020 

1,000

982 

937 

946 

1,140 

1,270

1,200 

1,180 

1,330 

1,520 

3,500 

8,200

Minimum

346 

' 431 

384

329

320 

470 

1,000 

1,170 

937 

937 

351 

245 

217

217

June

9,760 

7,320 

3,740 

2,580 

2,080

1,680 

1,520 

1,900 

1,680 

1,800

1,900 

3,170 

2,200 

1,740 

1,740

1,630 

1,380 

1,310 

1,410 

1,410

1,180 

1,010 

937 

1,120 

1,190

1,180 

1,130 

1,030 

1,010 

991

July

973 

838 

702 

605 

635

569 

562 

562 

555 

527

534 

527 

534 

514 

534

527 

507 

494 

462 

468

407 

390 

413 

443 

419

390 

368 

368 

384 

384 

351

Mean

500 

542 

520

2,246

692 

2,560 

3,213 

6,2e9 

1,562 

2,091 

514 

303 

261

1,574

Aug.

346 

340 

340 

330 

305

356 

368 

340 

330 

320

290 

272 

272 

281 

286

272 

254 

276 

245 

245

254 

250 

250 

250 

250

310 

300 

305 

325 

407 

437

Pi"» square 

mile

0.199 

.216 

.207

.894

.275 

1.02 

1.28 

2.50 

.622 

.832 

.205 

.121 

.104

.626

Sept.

340 

325 

315 

300 

305

295 

261 

272 

' 254 

254

258 

254 

254 

250 

241

225 

241 

254 

241 

225

217 

217 

221 

254 

325

268 

233 

237 

245 

233

Run-off in 

inches

0.23 

.24 

.24

12.15

.32 

1.10 

1.48 

2.79 

.72 

.93 

.24 

.14 

.12

8.55

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Feb. 6, Feb. 12-14.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 295

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio

ation.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°23'28", long. 84°34'20", in NEi sec. 6, T. 1 N., 

1,000 feet downstream from Columbia Bridge at Hamilton and 3 miles downstream 

from Fourmile Creek. Datum of gage Is 499.98 feet above mean sea level (gereral 

adjustment of 1913).

January 1910 to September 1918 at site

Drainage area.- 3,639 square miles.

Records available.- April 1927 to September 1940. 

0.7 mile upstream.

Average discharge.- 21 years, 3,458 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 60,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 74.8 

feet); minimum, 209 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 56.88 feet).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 73,900 second-feet Jan. 22, 1937 (gage heigtt, 76.33 

feet); maximum gage height, 76.5 feet Feb. 26, 1929; minimum discharge, 117 second-feet 

Sept. 5, 1934 (gage height, 56.83 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 352,000 second-feet (computed by Miami Conservarcy 

District), Mar. 26, 1913 (elevation, 599.2 feet, above mean sea level, at original 

site).

Remarks.- Records good. Low flow regulated by power plant at Hamilton. Flood flow 

automatically regulated by five retarding basins above station.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 13 discharge measurements furnished by 

Miami Conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

57.2 315 58.5 1,060 61.0 3,590 65.0 11,900 72.0 

57.3 358 59.0 1,450 62.0 5,180 66. 0 14,600 73.0 

57.6 510 59.5 1,89O 63.0 7,250 68.0 20,800 74.0 

58.0 740 6O.O 2,400 64.0 9,400 70.0 , 28,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

660 

608 

620 

606 

593

596 

560 

577 

531 

493

512 

520 

531 

460 

494

476 

513 

525 

504 

526

510 

477 

544 

460 

560

696 

950 

1,140 

1,350 

1,220 

1,060

Nov.

1,030 

S94 

832 

746 

728

684 

701 

688 

686 

672

580 

622 

639 

619 

628

642 

607 

S88 

577 

614

628 

716 

722 

692 

680

680 

698 

66S 

682 

678

Dec.

665 

722 

752 

758 

746

756 

752 

710 

668 

663

a620 

a620 

a640 

664 

654

559 

583 

634 

59 S 

620

620 

602 

552 

532 

504

571 

558 

570 

576 

518 

516

Jan.

482 

470 

420 

477 

474

472 

472 

435 

445 

450

472 

510 

527 

2,200 

4,120

3,860 

2,610 

1,900 

1,120 

925

824 

926 

1,030 

960 

860

SOO 

770 

734 

716 

740 

740

Month

Oet< 

Nove

Decs

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

AprJ 

May 

June 

Juli 

Augx 

Sept

ff!

ilendar year 193

iter year 1939 -40

Feb.

728 

710 

728 

698 

666

4,270 

4,040 

1,940 

1,600 

3,990

9,640 

7,380 

7,250 

7,040 

4,600

5,180 

2,910 

4,720 

3,960 

8,520

6,410 

4,150 

3,090 

2,620 

2,290

1,980 

1,940 

2,340 

2,730

Mar.

3,090 

4,040 

20,000 

23,000 

17,600

10,400 

7,250 

5,560 

4,460 

3,720

3,210 

2,850 

2,680 

2,620 

2,400

2,460 

2,290 

2,160 

2,240 

2,180

2,140 

2,040 

1,890 

1,710 

1,530

1,540 

1,450 

1,450 

1,410 

1,450 

1,580

Apr.

1,540 

1,660 

1,800 

1,800 

2,040

1,940 

1,710 

2,600 

4,260 

4,460

4,710 

10,400 

7,460 

6,410 

5,580

4,630 

6,210 

16,700 

33,800 

48,400

37,200 

27,200 

19,500 

14,100 

8,910

6,410 

5,180 

4,300 

3,660 

3,590

Second- Maximum 

foot -days

19,872 1,350 

20,621 1,030 

19,505 758

1,262,338 40,800

31,941 4,120 

114,040 9,640 

142,490 23,000 

293,360 48, $00 

74,950 15,400 

96,720 14,300 

24,492 1,330 

15,470 577 

12,611 538

871,072 48,400

May

3,330 

2,970 

2,730 

2,510 

2,290

2,140 

2,290 

2,140 

1,940 

1,840

1,660 

1,620 

1,490 

1,540 

1,450

1,540 

1,540 

1,450 

1,490 

1,580

1,490 

1,410 

1,370 

1,540 

1,800

1,660 

1,620 

2,140 

3,090 

3,890 

15,400

Minimum

460 

577 

504

460

420 

686 

1,410 

1,540 

1,370 

1,410 

538 

391 

332

332

June

14,300 

11,100 

7,100 

4,460 

3,460

2,850 

2,400 

2,730 

2,910 

2,510

2,910 

3,130 

3,330 

2,560 

2,340

2,290 

2,680 

2,880 

2,140 

1,980

1,840 

1,580 

1,410 

1,710 

1,710

1,620 

2,180 

1,660 

1,540 

1,410

July

1,330 

1,290 

1,180 

995 

892

925 

800 

800 

860 

830

794 

860 

830 

764 

728

830 

800 

764 

734 

722

663 

583 

668 

645 

639

651 

634 

566 

536 

577 

600

3S,900 

45,400 

53,200

Aug.

577 

577 

566 

527 

504

572 

555 

540 

549 

532

455 

449 

461 

500

478

499 

440 

466 

510 

555

462 

391 

477 

430 

404

395 

460 

510 

521 

516 

572

 _ Per square 

116811 mile

641 0.17f 

687 .18f 

629 . 17?

3,458 .95C

1,030 .28? 

3,932 1.03 

4,596 1.26 

9,945 2.73 

2,418 .664 3,224 .see

790 .217 

499 .137 

420 .HE

2,380 .654

Sept.

538 

466 

446 

510 

492

476 

477 

404 

406 

498

460 

455 

406 

363 

386

384 

398 

349 

423 

383

363 

332 

3S8 

352 

437

459 

464 

367 

372 

387

Run-off in 

inches

0.20 

 .21 

.20

12.91

.33 

1.16 

1.46 

3.05 

.77 

.99 

.25 

.16 

.13

8.90

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (9 a.m.) 21,900 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (3 a.m.) 25,700 sec.-ft.; Ap-. 20 

(3 a.m.) 60,400 sec.-ft.; May 31 (10 a.m.) 17,300 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Dayton.

461679 O - 42 - 20
296 MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

Loramie Creek at Lockington, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 40°12'35", long. 84°14 1 32",

in Nfct sec. 30, T. 7 N., R. 6 E., Just downstream from Lockington Dam, half a mile

northwest of Lockington, and 14 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 800.03

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 261 square miles. 

Records avaiia&le.- October 1915 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 25 years, 210 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,340 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 82.58

reet); minimum, 3.6 second-feet Sept. 24, 25, 26 (gage height, 77.12 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 9,900 second-feet May 7, 1916 (gage height, 86.4

feet, present datum); minimum, 2.0 second-feet Aug. 19, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 91.6 feet, present datum, Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 25,600

second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District). 

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

which are poor. Slight regulation by State reservoir at Fort Loramie. Flood flow

automatically regulated by Lockington retarding basin. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of discharge measurements furnished by Miami

conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage heigl-t, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Oct. 1-24, July 1 to Aug. 19, Aug. 29 to Sept. 30)

77.1 3.6 77.4 11 78.0 49 78.7 240 79.8 1,190 82.0 2,760 

77.2 5.6 77.6 18 78.2 78 79.0 415 80.2 1,500 83.0 3,770 

77.3 8.0 77.8 31 7S.4 127 79.4 770 81.0 1,980

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1P40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S

e

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

S.O 

7.3 

6.6 

6.3 

5.S

5.6 

5.4 

5.2 

4.7 

4.9

4.7 

4.5 

4.7 

4.5 

4.5

4.7 

4.7 

4.9 

5.2 

5.2

5.4 

5.2 

4.9 

4.9 

9.3

27 

170 

163 

62 

36 

24

Nov.

19 

16 

14 

13

12

11 

10 

10 

9.7 

9.7

10 

10 

10 

9.4 

9.4

9.4 

9.4 

9.4 

9.4 

9.7

10 

11 

12 

12 

12

11 

10 

10 

10

10

Dec.

10 

13 

22 

20 

17

16 

15 

13 

13 

12

12 

11 

12 

11 

10

10 

10 

10 

1011

10 

10 

10 

10 

9.7

9.7 

9.7 

b9.5 

b9.5 

b9.5 

b9

Jan.

a9 

aS.5 

a6 

a8 

a8.5

ae.5 

a8.5 

a6 

a8 

a8.5

9.1 

9.7 

10 

b200 

b400

a250 

a!20 

aSO 

aSO 

aSO

a20 

a!5

a!6 

17

15

14 

13 

12 

13 

b!3 

b!3

Feb.

b!3 

b!3

13 

13 

14

16 

19 

23 

84 

b600

b850 

b700 

b600 

b500 

b400

b250 

b!50 

b200 

b750 

b650

b400 

282 

142 

117 

92

75 

75 

98 

256

Mar.

582 

965 

1,330 

1,660 

902

450 

262 

214 

158 

133

111 

99 

94 

106 

104

94 

90 

90 

99 

96

94 

83 

73 

52 

39

35 

35 

41 

68

80 

70

Apr.

57 

53 

124 

236

158

117 

99 

567 

464 

287

218 

422 

528 

478 

422

464 

1,600 

2,560 

1,990 

3,140

2,940 

2,000 

957 

464 

292

213 

162 

127 

101 

85

UAM 4-V> SeCOnd- Mo-r1«n«n Month foot-days "a*1"" 

Ootc 

Hove 

Deoe

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Hare

Apr! 

May

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

We

ilendar year 1939

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

ter year 1939-40

619.1 170 

328.5 19 

364.6 22

63,595.0 2,660

1,403.3 400 

7,396 850 

8,829 1,830 

21,350 3,140 

3,924 1,560 

6,283 1,360 

419 . 9 27 

287.2 39 

156.1 7.5

51,360.7 3,140

May

80 

72 

68 

65 

57

49 

44 

42 

40 

36

33 

28 

28 

26 

27

28 

28 

26 

25 

25

25 

23 

21 

28

31

28 

70 

83 

588 

640 

1,560

Minimum

4.5 

9.4 

9

4.5

e

13 

35 

53 

21 

31 

8.8 

5.6 

3.8

3.8

June

1,360 

700 

315 

189 

127

92 

68 

62 

118 

304

327 

436

271 

256 

318

139 

111 

109 

261 

185

114 

73 

53 

48 

45

49 

43 

42 

37 

31

July

2V 

23 

21 

If

16 

16 

15 

15 

14

14

14 

13 

13

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

11 

10 

10 

10 

9.7

9.1 

8.8 

9.1 

9.7 

9.4 

9.1

Aug.

8.0 

7.5 

7.3 

20 

39

14 

9.7 

8.3 

7.5 

7.3

6.8 

6.8 

6.3

6.1 

5.6

5.8 

5.6 

5.8 

6.1 

6.3

6.1 

5.8 

5.S 

5.8

5.8

6.1 

8.4 

23 

12 

10 

8.6

Sept.

7.5 

7.0 

6.8 

6.6 

6.6

6.1 

6.1 

5.8 

5.6 

5.6

5.6 

5.6 

5.6

 .6 

5.2

5.2 

5.2 

4.9 

4.9 

4.7

4.3 

4.0 

3.8 

3.S 

3.8

3.8 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

 ., _ Pe*> square Run-off in 

a mile inches

20.0 

11.0 

11.8

174

45.3 

255 

285 

712 

127 

209 

13.5 

9.26 

5.20

140

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (2 a.m.) 2,050 see.-ft.; Mar. 3 (12 p.m.) 2,260 see.-ft.; Apr. 17 

(8:30 p.m.) 3,040 sec.-ft.5 Apr. 18 (1 p.m.) 2,850 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (11 p.m.) 3,340 sec.-ft.; 

May 31 (9 a.m.) 1,860 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records of Miami 

River at Sidney.

b Stige-diseharge relation affected by ice.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 89?

Stlllwater River at Pleasant Hill, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40003'28n , long. 84°21'22", in SEi sec. 18, T. 7 

N., R. 5 E., at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile northwest of Pleasart Hill 

and 2 miles downstream from Painter Creek. Datum of gage is 846.73 feet (revised) 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 502 square miles.

Records available.- October 1916 to September 1926, December 1934 to September 1940* 

Average discharge.- 15 years (1916-26, 1935-40), 471 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,920 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage helgft, 12.05 

reet;; minimum (regulated), 9.0 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 0.88 foot).

1916-26. 1934-40: Maximum discharge, 26,400 second-feet Jan. 14, 1937 (fage height, 

17.32 feet), from rating curve extended above 14,400 second-feet on basis of velocityarea study; minimum discharge observed, 4 second-feet Oct. 17, 1920, Aug. 3C, 1921, and 

July 12, 1922.

Maximum stage known, 17.5 feet Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 51,400 second-feet, computed

by Miami Conservancy District). 

remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, whitf are poor.

Diurnal fluctuation Caused by power plant on Greenville Creek. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 10 discharge measurements furnished by

Miami Conservancy District.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 5 to July 16)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21 Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.4 

2.8

23

40

76

120

193

293

3.4 

4.0

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

479

683

897

1,160

1,460

1,800

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

2,530

3,460

4,430

5,550

6,960

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7

2.0

2.5 

3.0 

3.7

14-2 

240

5T7

Rote.- Same as precedIng table above 3.7 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

37 

46 

42 

31 

29

31 

29 

29 

33 

34

33 

24 

86 

31 

29

30 

31 

34 

28 

29

34 

30 

34 

48 

59

55 

102 

179 

131 

101 

76

HOY.

50 

57 

54 

48 

42

42 

56 

43 

31 

52

42

38 

40 

51 

40

42 

39 

39 

42

51

64 

49 

38 

46 

48

45 

51 

53 

49 

41

Dec.

50 

47 

56 

70 

61

69 

56 

45 

50 

45

55 

54 

38 

a46 

38

43 

46 

49 

54 

48

43 

44 

40 

32 

34

48 

45 

44 

34 

44 

42

Jan.

24 

40 

32 

27 

37

33 

34 

36 

42 

39

35

54 

44 

586 

1,300

487 

298 

197 

a!60 

al40

al20 

allO 

98 

80 

79

74 

70 

65 

68 

61 

66

Month

Octc 

Move 

Dec 6

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr] 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augt 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

*::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

70 

69 

63 

63 

76

76 

89 

93 

223 

866

1,450 

2,560 

3,640 

1,560 

604

419 

320 

544 

2,410 

1,110

551 

347 

253 

209 

189

150 

152 

291 

520

liar.

715 

1,530 

3,050 

2,470 

1,150

670 

496 

411 

312 

255

220 

189 

180 

187 

205

169 

164 

175 

150 

158

154 

139 

129 

117 

86

99 

103 

98 

109 

113 

116

Secondfoot-days

1,485 

1,385 

1,458

166,931

5,035 

18,967 

14,119 

43,161 

10,553 

10,539 

1,678 

1,072 

769

110,221

Apr.

112 

123 

260 

483 

254

168 

165 

968 

911 

496

392 

759 

1,080 

901 

646

612 

1,990 

6,430 

4,010 

6,900

7,490 

3,010 

1,400 

934 

673

528 

422 

364 

314 

296

Maximum

179 

64

70

10,700

1,800 

3,640 

3,050 

7,490 

4,640 

3,550 

80 

69 

69

7,490

May

275 

263 

239 

216 

203

184 

176 

180 

162 

153

161 

126 

123 

132 

136

144 

125 

138 

120 

122

124 

111 

108 

123

114

131 

175 

214 

608 

827 

4,640

Minimum

24

31 

32

20

24 

63 

86 

112 

108 

87 

22 

17 

11

11

June

3,550 

1,330 

758 

511 

373

283 

135 

140 

353 

320

187 

166 

106 

108 

155

160 

134 

317 

241 

142

107 

90 

93

141 

123

99 

96 

90 

94 

87

July

80 

67 

65 

52 

57

59 

53 

64 

54 

50

53

60 

71 

58 

71

65 

52 

59 

57 

48

48 

67 

44 

40 

57

39 

29 

22 

58 

35 

44

Mean

47.9 

46.2

47.0

457

162 

654 

455 

1,439 

340 

351 

54.1 

34.6 

25.6

301

Aug.

44 

38 

33 

26 

69

43 

46 

38 

37 

32

27 

46 

43 

27 

23

26 

24 

17 

37 

37

32 

21 

27 

26 

19

47 

50 

36 

27 

38 

36

Per square 

mile

0.09F 

.092 

.O9.t

.910

.323 

1.30 

.906 

2.87 

.677 

.699 

.108 

.069 

.051

.600

Sept.

22 

30 

69 

44 

36

24

17 

11 

18 

34

26 

22

16 

22 

13

37 

40 

27 

14 

22

ie

12 

30 

32 

31

ie

19 

17 

16 

38

Run-off in 

Inches

0.11 

.10 

.11

12.36

.37 

1.40 

1.04 

3.20 

.78 

.78 

.12 

.08 

.09

8.15

Peak discharge.- Apr. 18 (9:30 a.m.) 7,280 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 3,920 sec.-ft.j May 31 

(7 p.m.) 5,670 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Englerood.
898 MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 39°52'10", long. 84°16'57" In 

NW* sec. 23, T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 1,000 feet downstream from Englewood Dam, 1 mile southeast of Englewood, and 8i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 699.97 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 646 square miles.

Records available.- November 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 572 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,220 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage heipht 78 63 

ree^TTminimum, 12 second-feet Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 71.56 feet).

1925-40: Maximum.discharge, 9,910 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 79.99 

feet); minimum, 5.3 second-feet (regulated) Oct. 18, 19, 1937.

Maximum discharge during flood of March 1913, 85,400 second-feet, computed by Miami 

Conservancy District.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of fragmentary gage-height record, which are 

rairT Flood flow automatically retarded at Englewood retarding basin. Diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant at West Milton.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 13 discharge measurements furnished by rnaml ¥ami conservsnr.v conservancy nisl-.-M District. nt- J

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharg 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, Mar. 27 to Apr. S, .

71.6

71.7

71.8

71.9

72.0

72.1

72.2

72.3

72.4

72.5

71

90

114

147

189

72.6 

72.S 

73.0 

73.3 

73.6

240 

368 

530 

SOO 

1,000

74.0

75.0

76.0

77.0

78.5

,_, Ir second-feet) 

Aug. 1 to Sept.30)

1,310

2,220

3,350

4,700

7,040

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

38 

41 

52 

52 

54

45 

40 

45 

26 

41

42 

42 

42 

41 

39

24 

38 

39 

40 

44

41 

38 

23 

39 

49

82 

102 

124 

181 

137 

127

Nov.

92 

61 

71 

73 

42

49 

66 

69 

39 

49

68 

44 

47 

65 

57

42 

58 

45 

45 

69

84 

73 

68 

57 

61

47 

66 

69 

61 

63

Dec.

65 

66 

68 

79 

88

80 

75 

77 

6S 

52

63 

71 

71 

63 

49

63 

49 

57 

79 

68

58 

47 

47 

52 

42

51 

66 

65 

55 

54 

51

Jan.

f50 

f48 

f46 

f45 

f44

42 

49 

36 

3S 

38

60 

77 

54 

307 

1,620

1,140 

429 

314 

230 

164

181 

181 

137

127 

107

102 

92 

86 

80 

79 

80

Month

Oetc 

Move 

Dece

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr] 

May

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

79 

80 

71 

75 

79

161 

246 

164 

252 

942

1,720 

2,330 

2,9SO 

2,380 

866

599 

444 

598 

2,400 

2,110

976 

599 

406 

361 

288

258 

258 

300 

540

Mar.

728 

1,540 

3,470 

4,280 

2,460

1,230 

856 

674 

550 

406

361 

300 

282 

270 

276

270 

246 

235 

230 

225

220 

204 

181 

168 

164

137 

147 

147 

147 

144 

176

Secondfoot-days

1,768 

1,800 

1,939

227,833

6,083 

22,562 

20,724 

57,727 

11,293 

19,139 

2,321 

1,165 

730

147,251

Apr.

176 

168 

204 

455 

432

270 

220 

680 

1,480 

849

618 

1,230 

1,600 

1,390 

1,040

902 

1,760 

4,930 

5,900 

6,200

7,040 

6,860 

5,750 

3,220 

1,150

902 

728 

599 

513 

461

Maximum

181 

92 

88

7,630

1,620 

2,980 

4,280 

7,040 

3,470 

5,150 

147 

60 

48

7,040

May

436 

39S 

354 

327 

300

276 

288 

258 

246

220

214 

194 

199 

181 

189

199 

189 

176 

185 

199

172 

172 

155 

168 

160

176 

204 

230 

308 

1,050 

3,470

Minimum

23 

39 

42

19

36 

71 

137 

168 

155 

127 

28 

20 

12

12

June

5,150 

3,580 

1,360 

874 

628

461 

3S3 

348 

398 

683

470 

398 

341

ess

307

300 

252 

258 

487 

294

214 

181 

144 

252 

264

225 

181 

160 

127

137

Ji~ly

147 

112 

97 

121 

S4

79 

77 

95 

90 

82

79 

92 

82 

65 

8S

86 

82 

77 

75 

73

30 

63 

66 

66 

60

58 

55 

28 

38 

34 

40

Mean

57.0 

60.0 

62.5

624

196 

778 

669 

1,924 

364 

638 

74.9 

37.6 

24.3

402

Aug.

37 

49 

57 

25 

2S

60 

51 

45 

47 

54

24 

23 

45 

42 

39

28 

36 

23 

20 

38

33 

20 

41 

23 

23

31 

48 

48 

45 

42 

40

PC-" square 

mile

0.088 

.093 

.097

.966

.303 

1.20 

1.04 

2.98 

.563 

.988 

.116 

.068 

.038

.682

Sept.

23 

25 

31 

48 

48

38 

32 

29 

18 

24

32 

19 

15 

15 

15

16 

33 

33 

18

14

13 

12 

13 

34 

40

18 

18 

22 

19 

15

Run-off In 

Inches

0.10 

.10

.11

13.11

.35 

^1.29 

"1.20 

3.32 

.65 

1.10 

.13 

.07 

.04

8.46

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded rante In stage.
MIAMI' RIVER BASIN 

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio

299

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°06'08", long. 84°25'48", on highway bridge on line between uarke and Miami Counties, If miles south of-Bradford and 6 miles upstream from 

mouth. Datum of gage is 948.88 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 195 square miles.

Records available.- March 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,680 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 6.5

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 19, 20, 23, 24.

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 9,320 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 9.20 

feet, observed) and Jan. 15, 1937 (gage height, 9.21 feet, from graph based on gage 

readings); minimum, 6.7 second-feet Aug. 4, 5, 1934.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice daily.

Cooperation.- Results of discharge measurements furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

OCt.

29 

28 

26 

25 

24

24 

23 

22 

21 

23

24 

23 

24 

24 

23

23 

23 

23 

23 

24

24 

23 

24 

24 

28

53 

59 

66 

54 

44 

39

Nov.

37 

33 

31 

29 

28

27 

28 

39 

28 

28

30 

30 

29 

SB 

29

28 

28 

28 

29 

SO

34

36 

38 

37 

31

31 

30 

28 

28 

28

Dec.

30 

39 

44 

40 

36

34 

33 

32

30 

30

29 

28 

29 

29 

28

28 

28 

28 

28 

28

28 

28 

28 

29 

28

26 

25 

26 

28 

26 

25

Jan.

25 

25 

25 

25 

25

25 

35 

25 

25 

25

27 

30 

32 

300 

750

400 

250 

125 

75 

45

40 

36 

33 

31 

30

29 

28 

27 

26 

25 

25

Month

Oet< 

HOT*

Dec*

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hart 

AprJ 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augt 

Sept

W<

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

25 

25 

25 

25 

35

25 

25 

30 

75 

250

750 

1,200 

1,000 

300 

125

100 

90 

175 

1,000 

374

218 

152 

101 

86 

79

75 

66 

177 

280

Mar.

300 

623 

1,030 

810 

448

280 

205 

167 

132 

107

99

101 

88 

92 

94

86 

77 

82 

79

75

73 

70 

65 

63 

59

56 

56 

57 

56 

57 

59

Secondfoot-days

917 

908 

928

68,035

2,614 

6,878 

5,646 

14,589 

4,005 

5,133 

1,132 

723 

511

43,984

Apr.

60 

63 

66 

96 

81

68 

73 

293 

320 

202

155 

300 

380 

340 

260

222 

545 

1,960 

1,300 

1,930

2,330 

1,140 

660 

448 

340

260 

218 

180 

155 

144

ItoTlmum

66 

38

44

3,300

750 

1,200 

1,030 

2,330 

1,410 

1,200 

59 

38 

22

2,330

May

132 

120 

110 

99 

86

81 

77 

73 

72 

65

65 

63 

57 

59 

66

66 

62 

60 

63 

62

57 

53 

50 

60 

54

59 

130 

110 

242 

242 

1,410

Minimum

21 

27 

25

21

25 

25 

56 

60 

50 

49 

28 

18 

14

14

June

1,200 

610 

402 

260 

192

141 

124 

144 

360 

225

164 

114 

96 

88 

90

SI 

72 

86 

75 

62

54 

52 

50 

70 

57

59 

53 

50 

S3 

49

July

45

41 

39 

38 

38

37 

36 

35 

35 

34

36 

59 

45 

39 

39

39 

39 

39 

38 

37

36 

36 

35 

34 

32

SO 

29 

28 

28 

28 

28

Mean

29.6 

30.3 

29.9

186

84.3 

237 

182 

486 

129 

171 

36.5 

23.3 

17.0

120

A'i«.

24 

24 

35 

24

27

38 

33 

24 

24 

34

22 

22 

31 

21 

20

19 

18 

21 

21 

24

21 

21 

21 

22 

24

22 

24 

23 

23 

23 

23

Per square 

mile

0.15? 

.15E 

.153

.954

.432 

1.22 

.933 

2.49 

.66E 

.877 

.187 

.119 

.087

.615

Sept.

22 

21 

19 

20 

20

19 

18 

18 

18 

17

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

14 

17

18 

18

18 

17 

16

Run-off In 

Inches

0.18

.17 

.18

12.99

.60 

1.32 

1.08 

2.78 

.76 

.98 

.28 

.14 

.10

8.41

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 1 to Feb. 19.
300 MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Mad River near Urbana, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 40°06 1 27n , Icng. 83°47'5711 , 

on west line of sec. 35, T. 5 E., R. 11 N., If miles upstream from Dugan Run, If 

miles downstream from Huddy Creek, and 2& miles west of Urbana. Datum of gage Is 

985.0 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Concrete control 

completed Sept. 25, 1940.

Drainage area.- 157 square miles.

Records available.- September 1985 to September 1931, August 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 6.69 

reetj; minimum, 44 second-feet Jan. 1 (gage height, 1.07 feet).

1925-31, 1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 7,740 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 

(gage height, 10.4 feet); minimum, 33 second-feet Dec. 19, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those from Aug. 8 to Sept. 25 (during construction of 

concrete control) and Sept. 26-30, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Gage-heIghffrscord and results of nine discharge measurements furnished by 

Miami Conservancy District.

Rating table, water-year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Aug. S to Sept. 30)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

95

135

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

807

348

520

745

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

1,030

1,350

1,710

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

8 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

85 

81 

79 

79 

79

78 

76 

76 

76 

76

78 

76 

75 

75 

75

75 

75 

75 

75 

74

74 

74 

74 

74 

107

144 

166 

148 

104 

97 

93

HOT.

90 

S9 

85 

84 

82

SI 

79 

78 

76 

78

78 

75 

75 

74 

74

74 

72 

72 

72 

75

84 

84 

79 

78 

75

74 

74 

72 

72 

72

Deo.

75 

81 

81 

81 

79

76 

76 

75 

74 

74

72 

72 

72 

71 

71

71 

70 

70 

70 

69

69 

67 

67 

67 

67

67 

66 

67 

66 

65 

61

Jan.

57 

56 

55 

53 

66

5S 

58 

59 

57 

58

60 

. 60 

60 

446 

224

135 

114 

90 

79 

87

74 

71 

72 

74 

67

67 

70 

69 

71 

72 

71

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Cs

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprl

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

71 

70 

70 

70 

71

82 

104 

S7 

147 

560

549 

427 

299 

175 

151

133 

122 

268 

38S 

217

163 

142 

129 

122 

114

106 

110

115 

136

Mar.

219 

514 

1,650 

567 

336

272 

239 

217 

197 

182

170 

163 

153

151 

142

140 

142

146 

144

135

129 

124 

118 

112 

110

108 

110 

112 

114 

112 

112

Secondfoot-days

2,693 

2,327 

2,211

-

2,705 

5,198 

7,140 

7,391 

4,003 

3,102 

2,226 

1,853 

1,555

42,404

Apr.

106 

108 

116 

110 

101

99 

101 

160 

140 

120

129 

276 

212 

202 

200

250 

389 

450 

350 

1,140

544 

345 

289 

255 

230

215 

200 

190 

184 

180

Maximum

166 

90 

SI

-

446 

560 

1,650 

1,140 

175 

172 

100 

182 

62

1,650

May

175 

172 

168 

158 

151

149 

142 

140 

135 

131

129 

124 

122 

120 

120

11S 

116 

114 

118 

114

10S 

106 

106 

118 

120

108 

104 

103 

110 

131 

173

Minimum

74 

72 

61

-

55 

70 

10S 

99 

103 

84 

62 

48 

46

46

June

172 

135 

120 

112 

106

103 

104 

135 

106 

103

112 

104 

97 

95 

93

90 

90 

98 

95 

S7

85 

84 

89 

126 

97

89 

84 

113 

93 

85

July

84 

79 

78 

76 

76

76 

75 

74 

72 

74

72 

72 

70 

69 

69

69 

67 

67 

66 

66

64 

64 

64 

63 

64

62 

62 

100 

95 

66 

72

Mean

86.9 

77.6 

71.3

-

S7.3 

179 

230 

246 

129 

103 

71. S 

59.8 

51. S

116

Aug.

66 

64 

62 

63

65

63

62 

5S 

58 

57

56 

54 

53 

52 

54

52

51 

50 

51 

50

50 

50 

50 

48 

49

52 

52 

50 

57 

1S2 

72

Per square 

mile

0.554 

.494 

.454

-

.556 

1.14 

1.46 

1.57 

.822 

.656 

.457 

.381 

.330

.739

Sept.

62

57 

56 

56 

57

55 

51 

51 

54 

58

54 

52 

51 

50 

49

50 

51 

51 

51 

50

48 

49 

46 

47 

51

50 

50 

SO 

49 

49

Run-off In 

Inches

0.64 

.55 

.52

-

.64 

1.23 

1.68 

1.75 

.96 

.73 

.63 

.44 

.37

10.03

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (10 p.m.) 1,420 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (4:30 a.m.) 3,200 SBC.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(2 p.m.) 1,42O sec.-ft.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 301

Mad River near Springfield, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°55'23", long. 33°5Z'I3", in NWi sec. 16, R. 9, 

T. 4, 150 feet downstream from Rock Run, 2 miles downstream from Buck Creek, and 3 

miles west of Springfield. Datum of gage is 881.42 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 485 square miles.

Records available.- March 1924 to September 1940. January 1904 to March 190C at site a 

third or a mile downstream. February 1914 to February 1924 at site If miles upstream.

Average discharge.- 26 years (1914-40), 505 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,320 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 7.90 

reetj; minimum, 95 second-feet Jan. 1 (gage height, 1.35 feet).

1914-40: Maximum discharge, 23,000 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 14.9 

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,500 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, 70 second-feet Feb. 9, 26, 1934.

Maximum stage known, 19.2 feet, original datum, or 16.9 feet, present datum, Mar. 

25, 1913 (discharge at railway bridge, between gage sites, 55,400 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of eight discharge measurements furnished by 

Miami Conservancy District.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

2& 

30 

31

Oct.

220 

195 

195 

195 

1S7

191 

191 

195 

1S7 

191

195 

195 

191 

167 

183

191 

191 

187 

191 

191

191 

191 

191 

1S7 

330

425 

530 

524 

319 

376 

271

Nov.

24S 

23S 

233 

229 

224

216 

216 

216 

208 

212

220 

204 

199 

204 

204

199 

199 

199 

195 

224

282 

257 

24S 

233 

816

204 

204 

204 

204 

199

Dec.

216 

252 

252 

243 

23S

233 

233 

216 

212 

20S

208 

20S 

229 

208 

208

208 

208 

204 

204 

199

199 

199 

195 

199 

199

195 

183 

183 

176 

176 

158

Jan.

147 

155 

162 

166 

162

145 

166 

172 

169 

172

180 

183 

180 

650 

950

440

330 

280 

220 

210

210 

210 

216 

212 

187

187 

191 

183 

133 

187 

180

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dace

Cf

Jam 

Febi 

Mar< 

Apr 

May 

June 

Juli 

Augi 

Sept

Wf

ilendar year 1939 ............

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

ISO 

1S3 

169 

176 

133

397 

468 

336 

649 

1,970

2,010 

1,120 

935 

580 

499

449 

401 

840 

1,330 

740

561 

474 

425 

419 

377

342 

359 

431 

530

Mar.

616 

1,110 

3,830 

2,130 

1,100

eoo

700 

620 

560 

540

520 

500 

500 

490 

480

430 

480 

480 

470 

462

449 

437 

419 

389 

339

383 

395 

401 

395 

425 

455

Secondfoot-days

7,284 

6,533 

6,449

173,631

7,385 

17,533 

21,455 

26,977 

13,065 

11,373 

6,330 

4,828 

4,731

133,948

Apr.

431 

486 

511 

530 

443

413 

443 

734 

617 

493

567 

1,440 

830 

695 

630

640 

SOO 

1,500 

1,300 

4,660

2,240 

1,200 

952 

837 

728

656 

592 

555 

530 

524

Maximum

530 

282 

252

4,000

950 

2,010 

3,8SO 

4,660 

922 

767 

257 

3S9 

204

4,660

May

524 

517 

499 

480 

455

474 

455 

413 

401 

389

377 

359 

354 

354 

365

354 

354 

343 

359 

348

342 

313 

319 

407 

407

343 

348 

3S3 

499 

593 

922

Minimum

183 

195 

158

158

145 

169 

383 

413 

313 

262 

166 

127 

139

127

June

767 

542 

455 

419 

377

348 

496 

720 

474 

383

413 

462 

359 

324 

324

303 

303 

330 

303 

276

271 

262 

276 

407 

313

303 

271 

313 

308 

266

July

257 

243 

233 

224 

220

220 

212 

212 

216 

216

220 

220 

216 

208 

212

212 

208 

199 

199 

191

176 

176 

199 

191 

183

176 

172 

166 

212 

169 

172

Mean

235 

218 

208

476

238 

605 

692 

899 

421 

379 

204 

156 

158

366

Aug.

162 

153 

155 

152 

169

166 

162 

152 

148 

142

139 

136 

136 

139 

133

133 

130 

130 

127 

130

130 

130 

133 

133 

136

162 

158 

152 

153 

389 

248

Per square 

mile

0.485 

.449 

.429

.981

.491 

1.25 

1.43 

1.85 

.868 

.781 

.421 

.322 

.326

.755

Sept.

199 

ISO 

180 

169 

166

158 

158 

152 

148 

162

158 

155 

153 

152 

152

148 

155 

155 

148 

152

148 

142 

139 

148 

204

158 

. 152 

143 

142 

145

Run-off in 

inches

0.56 

.50 

.49

13.30

.57 

1.35 

1.65 

2.06 

1.00 

.87 

.49 

.37 

.36

10.27

Peak discharge.- Feb. 9 (4 a.m.) 1,520 sec.-ft.; Feb. 10 (11 p.m.) 3,710 sec.-ft.;FeV 19 (1 a.m.) 

3,430 see.-ft.; Mar. 3 (10 a.m.) 5.320 sec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (3 a.m.) 2,050 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 p.m.) 

5,140 sec.-ft.

Rote.- Ho gage-height record Jan. 13-22, Mar. 5-19, A pr. 16-19; discharge computed on basis of 

records for stations near Dayton and near Urbana.
302 FHAffi RIVER BASIN

Mad River near Dayton, Ohio

Location..- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°47'48", long. 84°05'32", in SWi sec. 7, R. 8 T.

a, 6UO feet downstream from Huffman Dam, iii miles downstream from Mud Run, and 6

miles northeast of Dayton. Datum of gage is 699.95 feet above mean sea level (general

adjustment of 1913). 

Drainage area.- 632 square miles. 

Kecoras available.- October 1924 to September 1940. November 1914 to September 1921 at

site i mile upstream.

Average discharge.- 22 years (1915-21, 1924-40) 655 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,590 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 83.70

feet); minimum, 162 second-feet Sept. 30.

1924-40: Maximum discharge, 13,400 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 87.9

feet); minimum, 91 second-feet Aug. 6, 9, 1934.

Maximum stage known, 14.0 feet, original site and datum. Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge,

75,700 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District). 

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

which are poor. Flood flow automatically retarded at Huffman retarding basin. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of eight discharge measurements furnished

Dy Miami Conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 22, Sept. 14-30)

78.8

79.0

79.2

198

265

352

79.5 

80.0 

SO.5

520

875

1,290

81.0

82.0

83.0

1,780

2,900

4,330

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1640

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 29' 

30 

31

Oct.

273 

240 

229 

226 

220

223 

217 

217 

214 

217

226 

226 

226 

226 

226

229 

229 

229 

233 

233

233 

229 

233 

243 

" 307

490 

490 

662 

420 

343 

320

HOT.

302 

290 

281 

2S1 

277

265 

261 

265 

261 

265

273 

265 

254 

258 

258

247 

247 

247 

247 

254

33S 

329 

311 

294 

281

261 

254 

254 

254 

254

Dec.

258 

311 

324 

311 

306

298 

290 

281 

277 

269

265 

261 

281 

277 

269

239 

265 

258 

258 

254

251 

251 

a240 

a240 

a240

a240 

a220 

a220 

220 

220 

200

Jan.

180 

190 

200 

200 

200

180 

200 

210 

210 

210

220 

220 

220 

905 

1,310

601 

496 

437 

300 

250

250 

250 

260 

260 

250

240 

240 

240 

240 

240 

230

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Ct

Jam 

FebJ 

Hare 

Apr] 

May

June 

Jul^ 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 1939

tef year 1939-40

Feb.

230 

230 

220 

230 

250

545 

779 

496 

672 

1,730

2,600 

1,480 

1,260 

770 

662

599 

540 

685 

1,760 

1,020

778 

648 

572 

546 

60S

471 

471 

514 

662

Mar.

655 

1,120 

3,410 

2,870 

1,530

1,120 

950 

845 

748 

676

620 

572 

572 

566 

546

526 

520 

526 

520 

496

477 

465 

437 

414 

409

403 

403 

414 

430 

470 

a520

Secondfoot-days

8,529 

8,128 

8,124

226,651

9,639 

21,928 

24,230 

36,481 

16,821 

15,659 

7,888 

6,024 

5,636

169,087

Apr.

a600 

a6SO 

a700 

a720 

a600

a560 

a620 

al.OOO 

aSSO 

a860

aSOO 

a2,000 

al,200 

a960 

880

868 

1,050 

2,040 

1,760 

4,560

4,220 

1,760 

1,290 

1,200 

958

860 

765 

725 

683 

662

Maximum

662 

338 

324

6,060

1,310 

2,600 

3,410 

4,560 

1,430 

1,120 

329 

334 

236

4,560

Hay

648 

634 

620 

5S5 

552

542 

628 

540 

502 

483

471 

459 

448 

442 

448

453 

442 

437 

437 

431

420 

409 

409 

504 

526

459 

448 

483 

598 

933 

1,430

Minimum

214 

247 

200

200

ISO 

220 

403 

560 

409 

343 

210 

170 

164

164

June

1,120 

808 

655 

578 

520

471 

468 

966 

704 

520

477 

1,030 

566 

477 

448

437 

414 

448 

420 

383

362 

352 

347 

446 

409

383 

362 

362 

383 

343

July

329 

273 

306 

298 

286

286 

281 

277 

273 

269

265 

273 

269 

258 

254

254 

247 

243 

243 

240

229 

223 

226 

240 

226

220 

214 

210 

242 

220 

214

Mean

275 

271 

262

621

311 

756 

782 

1,216 

543 

522 

254 

194 

188

462

Aug.

214 

207 

201 

198 

201

207 

198 

195 

193 

1S5

182 

177 

177 

177 

180

175 

172 

170 

172 

172

172 

170 

172 

172 

172

201 

193 

188 

195 

334 

302

Pe~" square 

mile

0.435 

.429 

.415

.983

.492 

1.20 

1.24 

1.92 

.859 

.826 

.402 

.307 

.297

.731

Sept.

236 

210 

210 

201 

198

195 

193 

190 

188 

195

193 

190 

193 

188 

1S5

1S2 

182 

182 

177 

172

175 

172 

168 

177 

220

1S5 

177 

172 

166 

 164

Run-off In 

Inches

0.50 

.48 

.48

13.34

.57 

1.29 

1.43 

2.14 

.99 

.92 

.46 

.35 

.33

9.94

Peak discharge.- Feb. 11 ( S a.m.) 3,220 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (11:30 p.m.) 4,170 see.-ft.; Apr. 18 

 (8:30 a.m.) 2,260 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 5,590 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

stations near Springfield and near TJrbana.

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 29 to Jan. 13, Jan. 19 to Feb. 5.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 303

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. SQ°55'57", long. 83°48'59", at Plum Street Bridge 

in Springfield, Clark County, 2i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 906.85 

feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 137 square miles.

Records available.- July 1914 to September 1921 (datum of gage, 907.99 feet atove mean 

sea level), October 1928 to September 1940. May 1924 to September 1928, at site half 

a mile upstream (datum of gage, 913.02 feet above mean sea level).

Average discharge.- 23 years [1914-21, 1924-40), 130 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,520 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 5.15 

feet); minimum daily, 10 second-feet Aug. 11-20.

1914-21, 1924-40: Maximum discharge, 13,000 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage 

height, 14.3 feet); minimum, 2.1 second-feet July 30, 1936; minimum daily, 4.0 secondfeet July 30, 1936.

Flood of Mar. 25, 1913, reached a stage of 13.3 feet, present datum (discharge, 

11,100 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of unstable stage-discharge relation and 

those above 150 second-feet after Apr. 11, which are poor. Water is diverted above 

station for municipal supply of Springfield. Beginning in spring of 1936, sewage 

return flow was bypassed around station by intercepting sewer.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of discharge measurements furnished by Miami 

Conservancy District.

Rating curves, water year 1939-40. except period control dam was under construction

(gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 16-21, Juae 9 to July 11, Sept. 1-24)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 10 Apr. 11 to Sept. 30

1.8 26 2.4 400 2.1 9 2.6 158 4.2 1,500 

1.4 61 2,S 600 2.2 23 2.7 220 4.5 1,800 

1.6 105 3.2 830 2.3 43 3.0 445 4.S 2,130 

1.8 160 3.5 1,030 2.4 72 3.5 850 

2.0 230 3.8 1,270 2.5 109 3.8 1,110

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

44 

32 

32 

29 

31

26 

2S 

29 

29 

26

26 

26 

26 

26 

28

28 

26 

26 

26 

28

26 

28 

28 

24 

S2

100 

148 

139 

74 

59 

56

Nov.

46 

42 

42 

42 

42

40 

39 

40 

39 

40

40 

37 

39 

39 

37

36 

36 

37 

37 

48

72 

63 

61 

52 

44

42

40 

42 

40 

40

Dec.

48 

63 

66 

69 

59

63 

60 

46 

42 

42

40 

40 

44 

44 

42

42 

44 

42 

42 

42

44 

40 

40 

39 

39

40 

40 

39 

39 

36 

34

Jan.

36 

42 

42 

40 

36

37 

37 

33 

32 

34

31 

31 

32 

360 

179

130 

74 

89 

78 

61

72 

69 

67 

65 

57

61 

59 

55 

62 

53 

39

Feb.

42 

44 

34 

36 

36

108 

149 

89 

191 

S90

S32 

328 

241 

128 

113

89 

80 

296 

418 

186

131 

106 

94 

91 

87

74 

82 

100 

143

Mar.

. 184 

319 

1,280 

6S4 

274

197 

160 

140 

113 

108

91 

82 

84 

87 

S2

82 

84 

84 

87 

32

76 

72 

67 

61 

69

67 

78 

S6 

90 

90 

88

Apr.

86 

SO 

90 

SO 

70

70 

75 

150 

120 

100

160 

760 

302 

214 

164

208 

323 

686 

671 

2,240

988 

416 

280 

220

177

14S 

124 

109 

106 

102

*»«« forays "-1 

Ootc 

Hove 

Dec<

Cj

Jam 

Febi 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Juli 

Augv 

Sep

W

ilendar year 193S

iter year 1939-4C

1,335 148 

1,294 72 

1,379 65

37,651 1,2SO

2,082 360 

5,236 890 

5,047 1,280 

9,305 2,240 

2,480 170 

2,839 372 

1,332 58 

767 76 

674 34

33,770 2,240

May

102

105 

102 

94 

83

88 

S3 

76 

72 

69

69 

66 

66 

63 

72

79 

76 

72 

69 

66

60 

58 

58 

70 

75

65 

65 

77 

90 

120 

170

Minimum

24

36 

34

16

31 

34 

61 

70 

58 

56 

36 

10 

19

10

June

160 

120 

100 

79 

72

66 

191 

372 

134 

94

87 

105 

87 

72 

87

76 

72 

79 

72 

58

56 

55 

69 

79 

66

63 

60 

75 

76 

5S

July

68 

49 

49 

46 

46

43 

43 

41 

39 

39

36 

36 

39 

39 

36

39 

41 

39 

39 

43

46 

46 

41 

43 

43

43 

46 

46 

43 

46 

49

A"ig.

49 

52 

52 

49 

39

23 

23

20 

19 

15

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

13 

16 

17 

19 

20

SS

17 

22 

54 

76 

49

Sept.

28 

27 

27 

20 

19

22 

22 

22

20 

22

23 

20 

23 

22 

25

22

22 

22 

20 

20

20 

19 

19 

20 

34

23 

22 

23 

23

23

u.._ Per square Run-off In 

148611 mile Inches

43.1 

43.1 

44.5

103

67.2 

181 

163 

310 

80.0 

94.6 

43.0 

24.7 

22.5

92.3

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (10 p.m.) 1,940 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (S a.m.) 1,S50 sec.-ft.; Ap". 12 

(4a.m.) 1,400 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (6 a.m.) 2,520 sec.-ft.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation unstable May 22 to June 3 due to construction of control dam and 

May 22 to June 3 due to leakage through gates In dam; discharge computed on basis of re-.ords for 

Mad River near Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana.
304 MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°38'10n , long. 84°23'48n , In NWi sec. 11, T. 3 N., 

R- 4 E., a quarter of a mile downstream from Germantown Dam, l£ miles northwest of 

Germantown, and 3 miles upstream from Little Twin Creek. Datum of gage Is 700.24 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 275 square miles.

Records available.- December 1926 to September 1940. April 1914 to Decenber 1923, at site 

i mile downstream.

Average discharge.- 22 years (1914-23, 1927-40), 282 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,250 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage-height, 26.7 

feet); minimum, 5.4 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 18.26 feet).

1914-23, 1926-40: Maximum discharge observed, 8,480 second-feet Apr. 21. 1920 (gage 

height, 11.0 feet, site and datum then In use); minimum, 2.9 second-feet July 26, 1934 

(gage height, 18.16 feet).

Maximum stage known, 18.3 feet, former site and datum, Mar. 25, 1913 (discharge, 

66,000 second-feet, computed by Miami Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Flood flow 

automatically regulated at Germantown retarding basin.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of discharge measurements furnished by Miami 

conservancy District.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In aecond-feet)

IS. 2

18.3

18.5

3.3 

6.S 

16

18.7

18.9

19.1

29

48

74

19.3

19.6

20.0

106

175

285

20.5

21.6

21.5

458

660

900

22.0

23.0

24.0

1,200

1,820

2,560

25.0

26.0

27.0

3,440

4,460

5,610

Discharge, in aeoond-fset, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

18 

16 

15 

15 

15

15 

14

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

15 

15 

15 

15 

22

32 

38 

47 

47 

47 

32

Nov.

28 

24 

23 

22 

21

21 

20 

20 

19 

20

20 

20 

20 

19 

18

18 

17 

17 

17 

19

23 

24 

25 

26 

26

24 

22 

21 

21 

20

Dec.

22 

28 

34 

48 

41

36 

32 

30 

28 

36

24 

23 

24 

23 

23

23 

23 

22 

81 

21

21 

21 

21 

20

20

18 

18 

18 

18 

17 

17

Jan.

17 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

17 

17 

17 

18

19 

19 

20 

550 

500

150 

100 

75 

66 

60

55 

50 

47 

45 

42

40 

39 

37 

36 

35 

35

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr] 

May 

June 

Jul, 

Augv 

Sept

We

lendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40 .......... '. .

Feb.

35 

35 

35 

36 

60

500 

350 

200 

250 

1,000

1,200 

600 

300 

200 

160

130 

100 

350 

1,200 

500

350 

200 

150 

130 

110

100 

95 

200 

300

Har.

225 

300 

1,750 

1,640 

800

535 

410 

337 

264 

214

172 

132 

123 

123 

110

104 

92 

88 

84 

74

68 

66 

61 

58 

55

55 

56 

69 

60 

64 

67

Secondfoot -day a

615 

635 

761

100,296

2,191 

8,875 

8,246 

22,539 

5,809 

7,037 

829 

359.1 

250.7

58,146.6

Apr.

63 

102 

106 

96 

80

67 

71 

378 

378 

247

350 

1,020 

728 

516 

428

343 

704 

1,750 

2,160 

5,010

3,910 

1,110 

682 

555 

425

340 

279 

238 

208 

195

Maximum

47 

28 

48

5,650

550 

1,200 

1,750 

5,010 

2,600 

1,380 

52 

28 

12

5,010

May

178 

162 

148 

128 

112

103 

119 

123 

99 

91

80 

74 

68 

64 

73

76 

70 

63 

76 

94

74 

61 

63 

73 

76

74 

100 

110 

295 

282 

2,600

Minimum

14

17 

17

11

17 

35 

55 

63 

61 

60 

12 

7.7 

5.8

5.8

June

1,360 

750 

496 

360 

282

205 

150 

195 

180 

2 33

385 

182 

123 

109 

240

108 

112 

421 

198 

108

78 

67 

60 

74 

96

99 

104 

94 

77 

66

July

52 

46 

40 

37 

35

33 

30 

28 

28 

27

28 

36 

41 

36 

28

26 

28 

28 

26 

23

21 

21 

16 

17 

17

16 

13 

12 

13 

13 

112

Mean

19.8 

21.2 

24.5

275

70.7 

306 

266 

751 

187 

235 

26.7 

11.6 

8.36

159

Aug.

11 

11 

11 

11 

12

13 

12

11 

10 

10

10 

10 

9.6 

9.1 

10

8.6 

8.2 

13 

28 

11

9.1 

8.2 

7.7 

7.7 

7.7

8.6 

9.6 

20 

23 

15 

13

Pc» square 

mile

0.072 

.077 

.089

1.00

.257 

1.11 

.967 

2.73 

.680 

.855 

.097 

.042 

.030

.578

Sept.

11 

11 

11 

11 

12

10 

9.6 

8.6 

8.2 

9.1

8.2 

7.3 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

6.8 

6.4 

6.4 

6.4 

6.1

6.1 

5.8 

5.8 

6.1 

11

11 

10 

S.6 

8.6 

8.2

Run-off In 

inches

0.08 

.09 

.10

13.56

.30 

1.20 

1.11 

3.05 

.73 

.95 

.11 

.05 

.03

7.35

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (12 p.m.) 2,400 sec.-ft. j Apr. 17 (11 p.m.) 2,100 a<; 

(9 a.m. ) 5,250; May 31 (10 a.m.) 2,990 sec.-ft. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dee. 27 to Mar. 3.

.-ft.; Apr. 20
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 305

Whitewater River near Alpine, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°33', long. 85°09', In sec. 23, T. 13 V., R. 12 

12 E., half a mile downstream from Wilson Creek, 1J miles north of Alpine, a.nd 2i miles 

upstream from Bear Creek. Datum of gage Is 750.25 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 496 square miles.

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1940. *

Average discharge.- 12 years (1928-40), 520 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,530 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 11 70 

feet); minimum, 37 second-feet Aug. 22, 23 (gage height, 3.75 feet): minimum dally, 48 

second-feet Sept. 22.

1928-40: Maximum discharge, 24,200 second-feet Jan. 14, 1937 (gage height, 16 61 

feet), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet; minimum, 14 second-feet 

Sept. 22, 1931; minimum dally, 30 second-feet Aug. 6, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 300 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

eTTect, which are fair. Some regulation at low flow by power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage-height, in feet, and

discharge, in 'Second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 21 to Feb. 22, Apr. 10 to June 16, Aug. 26 to 3<)pt. 30)

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0 

4.2 

4.4

30

44

61

SO

126

131

4.6 

4.S 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

246

320

404

655

966

1,310

7.0 

7.5 

8,0 

3.5 

9.0 

9.5

1,700

2,140

2,630

3,200

3,850

4,600

10.0

10.5

11.0

11.6

5,430

6,320

7,290

8,630

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

92 

36 

31 

SO 

SO

94 

83 

S2 

85 

SO

S4 

82 

78 

SI 

80

S4 

82 

84 

89 

86

32 

71 

81 

93 

1S5

146 

170 

172 

125 

108 

119

Nov.

106 

105 

104 

102 

92

94 

112 

97 

101 

103

108 

102

ss

116 

96

97 

96 

96 

96 

97

US 

116 

114 

105 

110

100 

93 

105 

96 

117

Dec.

108 

124 

119 

102 

97

104 

108 

102 

103 

102

9S 

110 

100 

102 

99

96 

96 

92 

108 

96

95 

94 

93 

92 

88

101 

80 

96 

93 

93 

SO

Jan.

95 

100 

95 

83 

«85

95 

90 

85 

85 

S2

82 

S4 

S4 

1,220 

873

400 

2S8 

232 

176 

197

188 

194 

138 

128 

130

135 

125 

110 

115 

102 

110

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

lendar year 193S

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

110 

«108 

114 

108 

10S

424 

207 

253 

S36 

2,390

1,870 

1,600 

1,180 

587 

426

356 

312 

1,750 

2,240 

S35

579 

436 

349 

320 

232

260 

362 

625 

854

Mar.

671 

910 

1,700 

1,310 

S35

622 

506 

450 

391 

349

316 

293 

290 

293 

275

268 

253 

246 

243 

229

222 

215 

206 

200 

179

170 

1S2 

176 

176 

174 

170

Secondfoot-days

3,025 

3,082 

3,071

187,709

6,011 

19,871 

12,522 

37,014 

12,127 

11,942 

3,402 

1,948 

1,710

116,726

Apr.

160 

158 

163 

170 

158

156 

173 

426 

580 

395

432 

685 

721 

579 

484

413 

S12 

5,260 

3,400 

7,690

4,930 

1,960 

1,420 

1,200 

99S

S68 

745 

667 

611 

600

Maximum

1S5 lie

124

10,500

1,220 

2,390 

1,700 

7,690 

1,130 

1,380 

166 

86 

66

7,690

May

558 

52S 

493 

464 

422

436 

493 

441 

404 

382

365 

353 

332 

332 

324

324 

324 

320 

316 

320

324 

312 

250 

252 

241

243 

244 

261 

353 

586 

1,130

Minimum

71 

SS 

SO

71

BE 

108 

170 

156 

241 

154 

81 

49 

46

4S

June

1,380 

805 

600 

479 

432

391 

374 

779 

738 

696

518 

445 

387 

345 

324

293 

282 

268 

260 

199

1S1 

17S 

176 

252 

19S

194 

234 

206 

174 

154 

-

July

152 

145 

142 

130 

115

132 

110 

129 

115 

112

112 

168 

130 

116 

112

109 

108 

108 

101 

98

94 

90 

89 

S6 

36

BE 

81 

82 

90 

94 

84

Mean

97.6 

103 

99.1

514

194 

6S5 

404 

1,234 

391 

39S 

110 

62. S 

57.0

316

Ai«.

76 

77 

76 

77 

77

S6 

71 

70 

69 

66

60 

56 

54 

54 

55

52 

50 

76 

72 

58

52 

49 

52 

50 

53

52 

55 

62 

63 

62 

66

Per square 

mile

0.19V 

.20T 

.200

1.04

.39] 

1.3S 

.81f 

2.49 

.78£ 

.SO? 

.222 

.127 

.11J

.637

Sept.

56 

62 

60 

5S 

62

55 

56 

68 

60 

60

58 

60 

61 

58 

56

56 

56 

57 

56 

53

52 

48 

52 

49 

66

57 

56 

56 

5S 

5S

Run-off in 

inches

0.23 

.23 

.23

14.08

.45 

1.49 

.94 

2.78 

.91 

.90 

.26 

.15 

.13

8.70

(10 p.m.) S,530 second-feet.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1-9, 25-29.
306 MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°25', long. 85°01', in sec. 32, T. 9 N., R. 2 W., 

three-eighths of a mile below confluence of East and West Porks and three-Quarters of a 

mile south of Brookville. Datum of gage is 595.22 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,190 square miles.

Records available.- June 1915 to May 1920 and October 1927 to September 1940 in reports 

of u. s. Geological Survey. July 1923 to September 1927 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1923-40), 1,249 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 36,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 19.19 

reetj; minimum, 74 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.25 foot).

1915-20, 1923-40: Maximum discharge, 69,200 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 

25.56 feet), from rating curve extended above 22,000 second-feet; minimum, 43 secondfeet Jan. 5, 1935 (gage height, 0.29 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 250 second-feet and those for period of Ice 

effect, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

i.o

1.2 

1.6

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage'height, In feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

114

153

202

261

405

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

57S

S30

1,140

1,490

1,390

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

2,840

4,090

5,750

7,900

12,300

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

12.O 16,9OO 0.2 67 1.2 295 3.6 1,660 

14.0 21,600 .4 98 1.6 466 4.0 2,060 

16.0 26,500 .6 135 2.0 665 5.O 2,930 

18.0 32,200 .3 179 2.6 966 6.0 4,100 

19.2 36,100 1.0 231 3.0 1,300

Hote.- Same as preceding table above 

6.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

155 

158 

147 

147 

145

140 

151 

142 

140 

140

140 

136 

136 

134 

133

140 

140 

142 

138 

138

140 

127 

125 

130 

196

416 

316 

476 

312 

252 

222

Hov.

216 

194 

194 

186 

131

169 

171 

186 

171 

176

184 

1S6 

176 

167 

184

169 

167 

164 

167 

174

197 

230 

224 

216 

199

199 

186 

174 

186 

184

Dec.

1S9 

262 

231 

255 

227

233 

210 

208 

194 

194

192 

186 

205 

192 

186

186 

184 

1S4 

131 

1S9

131 

181 

171 

171 

164

162 

181 

164 

174 

169 

161

Jan.

136 

140 

138 

138 

*128

121 

130 

130 

128 

134

142 

153 

160 

3,620 

2,160

890 

660 

470 

280 

300

340 

340 

*340 

308 

287

29S 

268 

246 

233 

222 

216

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

We

ilendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

227 

«227 

219 

210 

224

2,590 

1,230 

533 

1,630 

6,650

6,910 

2,780 

2,020 

1,140 

830

723 

649 

6,030 

6,530 

2,020

1,380 

1,010 

802 

723 

649

564 

616 

1,460 

1,610

Mar.

1,320 

2,600 

7,020 

4,360 

2,290

960 

1,320 

1,100 

950 

830

749 

673 

698 

723 

649

626 

583 

660 

646 

616

485 

463 

430 

406 

582

378 

382 

389 

397 

393 

421

Secondfoot-days

6,658 

6,677 

6,007

443,665

13,256 

49,186 

33,476 

102,621 

26,617 

26,731 

6,964 

4,119 

8,968

282,970

Apr.

374 

365 

382 

374 

351

329 

366 

1,100 

1,130 

390

1,840 

3,480 

1,970 

1,490 

1,240

1,070 

2,770 

3,340 

16,400 

26,200

12,600 

5,030 

3,350 

2,650 

2,220

1,860 

1,690 

1,400 

1,260 

1,260

Maximum

476 

230 

281

27,300

3,620 

6,530 

7,020 

26,200 

3,170 

3,030 

356 

237 

127

26,800

May

1,220 

1,120 

1,080 

9SS 

890

S60 

1,260 

938 

830 

758

699 

650 

606 

584 

660

688 

606 

663 

1,050 

S60

644 

690 

664 

663 

690

553 

638 

690 

890 

890 

3,170

Minimum

126 

164 

161

125

121 

210 

378 

329 

638 

369 

156 

106 

78

78

June

3,030 

1,900 

1,400 

1,120 

955

300 

1,010 

1,700 

1,660 

1,300

1,080 

830 

722 

638 

682

658 

529 

491 

446 

400

371 

369 

371 

672 

64S

486 

1,010 

722 

629 

412

Jrly

366 

325 

299 

285 

264

240 

255 

231 

234 

228

220 

325 

299 

252 

228

223 

22S 

209 

207 

196

136 

179 

179 

168 

170

163 

166 

166 

170 

161 

168

Mean

179 

186 

194

1,215

428 

1,696 

1,080 

3,421 

856 

891 

224 

133 

98.9

773

Aug.

156 

146 

141 

187 

237

161 

154 

139 

133 

131

126 

124 

120

118 

114

116 

112 

105 

166 

141

122 

114 

109 

111 

111

109 

112 

118 

131 

129 

127

P?r square 

mile

0.160 

.166 

.163

1.02

.360 

1.43 

.908 

2.87 

.718 

.749 

.138 

.112 

.083

.650

Sept.

127 

113 

US 

114 

109

105 

98 

98 

100 

109

103 

100 

100 

93 

96

95 

93 

93 

93 

86

81 

80 

78 

81 

98

116 

108 

96 

91 

93

Run-off in 

laches

0.17 

.17 

.19

13.87

.41 

1.54 

1.05 

3.21 

.83 

.84 

.22 

.13 

.09

8.85

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (11 p.m.) 13,400 sec.-ft.; Feb. 18 (10 p.m.) 13,700 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 

(1 a.m.) 36,100 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Uote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 17-23.
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 307

North Fork of Kentucky River at Hazard, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°14'45", long. 83°11'00", at Woodland Park Bridge at 

Hazard, Perry County, 150 feet upstream from City Waterworks Dam and 4.0 miles upstream 

from Lots Creek.

Drainage area.- 465 square miles.

Records available.- January to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during period, 9.58 feet Apr. 20 (discharge not determined), 

rrom graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 7.1 second-fe^t Sept. 23.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period affected by manipulation of gate at dam or 

of doubtful or no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, Jan. 10 to Sept. 30, 1940, except period affected by operation of dan- gate 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

8.2

19

48

87

143

4.6 

4.6 

4.S 

5.2 

6.0

216

300

600

970

2,000

7.0 3,160

S.O 4,150

9.0 6,300

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. NOT. Dec. Jan.

a4O 

a30 

a26

a23 

a21

a20 

a20 

a!9 

a!9 

19

19 

19 

19 

19 

19

75 

71 

71 

d58 

48

34 

34 

22 

22 

22

22 

16 

16 

11 

13 

13

Month

Oct< 

NOT*

Dec<

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Man 

Apr

Jun< 

Jul; 

Augi 

Sep

W

ilendar year

iter year

Feb.

13 

13 

16 

19 

19

27 

71 

167 

179

274

658 

357 

274 

790 

790

458 

338 

266 

458 

534

615 

523 

366 

249 

201

172 

143 

338 

626

Mar.

569 

426 

718 

1,560 

910

692 

416 

292 

216 

186

157 

438 

910 

1,140 

1,870

1,100 

707 

479 

426 

416

406 

357 

266 

224 

193

157 

150 

137 

131 

411 

3.O40

Secondfoot-days

879 

8,844 

18,989 

27,920 

3,647 

8,691 

15.487 

4,366 

1,349.3

-

Apr.

1,480 

1,030 

790 

730 

790

558 

426 

395 

416 

348

2S3 

348 

707 

707 

592

490 

366 

338 

807 

5,060

2,930 

1,870 

1,220 

1,280 

1,100

910 

672 

523 

426 

328

Maximum

75 

790 

3,040 

6,060 

274 

1,550 

2,120 

658 

143

-

May

274 

258 

eS30 

eSOO eiao

e!60 

e!40 

e!30 

e!20 

ellO

ellO 

elOO 

e90 

e80 

e75

e90 

e80 

e75 

e70 

e60

48

44 

40 

119 

137

107 

107 

107 

102 

102 

102

Minimum

11 

13 

131 

283 

40 

51 

51 

26 

7.6

-

June

102 

102 

79 

63 

75

51 

59 

92 

83

79

126 

126 

137 

224 

137

107 

925 

1,650 

1,550 

1,030

558 

338 

232 

179 

165

165 

125 

92 

79 

63

July

51 

63 

610 

1,740 

707

366 

249 

224 

224 

172

193 

291 

2,120 

1,100 

604

999 

2,000 

910 

558 

366

258 

201 

172 

193 

274

208 

172 

172 

157

131

102

Mean

28.4 

305 

613 

931 

118 

290 

500 

141 

45.0

~

A-ig.

160 

165 

92 

67 

51

48 

48 

51 

51 

37

30 

26 

25 

102 

546

395 

215 

137 

274 

558

292 

179 

137 

92 

76

67 

75 

59 

67 

113 

143

Per square 

mile

0.061 

.656 

1.32 

2.00 

.264 

.624 

1.08 

.303 

.097

~

Sept.

137 

92 

76 

59 

44

37 

30 

25 

20

26

34

44 

37 

25 

20

17 

14 

13 

12

11

10 

9.5 

7.6 

8.2 

83

131 

143 

119 

40 

27

Run-off in 

inches

0.07 

.71 

1.52 

2.23 

.29 

.70 

1.24 

.35 

.11

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Jacksrn and near 

Airdale.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of record for station at Jackson.

e Stage-discharge relation affected by manipulation of gage at dam; discharge computed1 on basle 

of record for station at Jackson.
308 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

North Fork of Kentucky River at Jackson, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°33', long. B3°23', at bridge on State Highways 30 and 

52 at Jackson, Breathitt County, 3 miles downstream from Quicksand Creek. Datum of 

gage is 698.56 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,100 square miles.

Records available.- June 1928 to September 1931, December 1936 to February 1937, April 1938 

to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 18,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 

£3.00 feet); minimum observed, 2.2 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, -0.32 foot).

1928-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 46,800 second-feet Feb.,4, 1939 (gage height, 

42.10 feet, observed at peak), by slope-area method; no flow Oct. 16, 1930. 

Flood of May 30, 1927, reached a stage of 41.9 feet.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

67 

47 

36 

48 

54

52 

51 

45 

33 

34

31 

29 

2S 

27

15

12

15 

7.9 

7.3 

7.3

6,7 

5.0 

4.0 

2.6 

2.2

17 

58 

143 

191 

116 

89

Nov.

6S 

27 

19 

15 

12

10 

15 

19 

17 

15

12 

11 

10 

8.5 

7.3

6.7 

5.0 

6.1

6.1 

10

12 

12 

17 

19 

21

23

24 

25 

25 

23

Dec.

23 

29

31 

34 

37

39 

45

4S 

48 

45

44 

45 

55 

48 

39

61 

62 

64 

60 

132

191 

205 

178 

178 

166

178 

219 

382 

452 

400 

365

Jan.

305 

261 

205 

b!60 

b!20

b90 

b80 

b70 

*b67 

b63

b95 

143 

261 

452 

620

505 

400 

335 

290 

b240

b200 

b!60 

b!30 

bllO 

b95

b65 

b75 

b70 

b65 

b60 

b55

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

F9b 

Mar 

App 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b55 

b55 

b55 

b55 

b75

bllO 

*b265 

540 

540 

1,010

1,460 

1,210 

910 

1,560 

1,940

1,410 

1,060 

1,110 

1,660 

1,940

2,060 

1,660 

1,210 

960 

320

660

66ti 

1,460 

1.710

Mar.

1,610 

1,310 

3,060 

5,160 

3,310

1,940 

1,260 

1,010 

820 

700

580 

540 

820 

1,410 

2,480

2,780 

1,710 

1,360 

2,120 

1,760

1,410 

1,160 

910 

740 

660

580 

505 

452 

435 

2,860 

7,320

Secondfoot-days

1,281.0 

500.7 

3,903

473,635.7

5,367 

28,220 

52,172 

82,330 

10,596 

20,721 

19,614 

8,256 

5,915

239,375.7

Apr.

5,720 

3,030 

2,180 

1,880 

1,560

1,310 

1,060 

1,010 

1,060 

960

860 

820 

910 

1,210 

1,160

1,010 

910 

1,010 

3,210 

15,500

13,800 

6,840 

3,660 

2,780 

2,360

1,880 

1,510 

1,210 

1,010 

910

Maximum

191

68 

452

41,500

620 

2,060 

7,320 

15,500 

860 

2,660 

1,940 

1,060 

1,610

15,500

May

860 

780 

700 

680 

580

505 

418 

400 

350 

350

305 

275 

261 

233 

233

233 

219 

219

205 

205

166 

154 

143 

178 

275

365 

320 

275 

291 

247 

261

Minimum

2:2 S.b

, 23. _

2.g

55 

55 

435 

820 

143 

154 

176 

68 

22

2.2

June

305 

275 

247 

219 

191

166 

154 

166 

205 

500

780 

452 

382 

275 

290

350 

782 

2,480 

2,660 

8,360

1,410 

910 

620 

620

1,110

910 

740 

505 

382 

275

Jily

219 

178 

176 

1,430 

1,660

820 

505 

400 

365 

320

275 

219 

729 

1,940 

1,010

660 

1,610 

1,380 

960 

660

413 

335 

275 

350 

540

452 

365 

261 

219 

205 

178

Mean

41.3 

16.7 

126

- 1,311

isg

973 

1,683 

2,744 

342 

691 

633 

266 

197

654

Aug.

247 

191 

219 

132 

93

84 

75 

73 

73 

72

73 

75 

68 

248 

1,060

7 SO 

580 

365 

470 

580

660 

400 

247 

166 

118

96 

89 

83 

134 

400 

305

Per square 

mile

0.038 

:015

.115

1.19 ,

.178 

.885 

1.53 

2.49 

.311 

,628 

.575 

.242 

.179

.595

Sept.

247 

205 

132 

93 

72

75 

72 

70 

64 

78

78 

84 

76 

75 

68

62 

58 

49 

39 

31

27 

25 

22 

40 

902

1,610 

675 

389 

883 

214

Run-off In 

Inchea

0.04 

.02 

.13

16.18

.20 

.95 

1.76 

2.78 

.36 

.70 

.66 

.28 

.20

8.08

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

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

North Fork of Kentucky River near Airdale, Ky.

309

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°37', long. 83°38 f , 0.3 mile downstream 

rrom Laurel Branch, li miles southeast of Airdale, Lee County, 3.2 miles upstream from 

confluence with Middle Fork, and 5 miles northeast of Beattyville. Datum of gage is 

634.83 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,290 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1931, November 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period November 1939 to September 1940, 17,500 secondreet Apr. 21 (gage height, 25.95 feet), from rating curve extended above 7,800 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 21 second-fee't Nov. 18, 19 (gage heigtt, 2.46

I66t).

1929-31. 1939-40: Maximum discharge; 19,300 second-feet Apr. 23, 1931 (gff?e height, 

27.85 feet); minimum, about 1.0 second-foot Sept. 6-10, 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or of backwater from tributaries downstream, which are poor.

Rating tables, Nov. 17, 1939, to Sept _., ____, ______

(gage height, in feet, and discharge

30, 1940, except periods of backwater or ice effect 

in se

Nov. 17 to July 16

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

12

27

44

63

85

2.9 

3.1 

3.4

111

173

231

530

1,010

10

14

19

26

2,030

3,750

6,370

10,400

17,500

second-feet) 

July 19 to Sept. 

2.6 31 3.0

2.7

2.8

2.9

49

70

94

3.2 

3.4 

3.8

30

122

139

267

440

Note.- Sane as preceding 

table above 3.8 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30

a

Oct. Nov.

34 

30 

24 

32

37 

34 

34 

34 

36

36 

36 

34 

29 

32

Dec.

36 

34 

34 

36 

36

34 

37 

36 

36 

39

37 

36 

44 

41 

39

44 

44 

46 

55 

132

183 

193

180 

173 

151

160 

211 

340 

508 

SOS 

440

Jan.

420 

262 

214 

6190 

e!70

147 

123 

114 

106 

101

95 

123 

400 

810

360

710 

575 

462 

300 

239

b200 

b!60 

b!30 

bllO 

blOO

bS6

b7S 

b70 

b66 

b62 

bSS

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

ffl

ember 17

alendar year

ater year

Peb.

bSS 

b58 

b5S 

bSS 

78

142 

340 

440 

575 

1,510

2,200 

1,920 

1,510 

2,200 

2,360

2,200 

1,610 

1,610 

2,140 

2,420

2,690 

2,420 

1,810 

1,360 

1,110

360 

1,060 

2,300 

2,640

Mar.

62,200 

el,700 

64,000 

e6,000 

e5,000

3,270 

2,030 

1,460 

1,160 

910

710 

620 

1,060 

1,710 

2,360

3,330 

2,690 

1,920 

2,740 

2,800

2,140 

1,660 

1,360 

1,060 

860

710 

710 

552 

530 

4,170 

7,820

Secondfoot-days

462 

3,923

-

7,541 

39,737 

69,242 

101,150 

15,482 

27,032 

23,251 

9,851 

7,999

-

Apr.

7,820 

5,000 

3,150 

2,800 

2,200

1,610 

1,510 

1,260 

1,210 

1,210

1,110 

960 

960 

1,210 

1,410

1,260 

1,610 

1,710 

2,720 

11,400

16,500 

10,900 

5,810 

3,750 

3,030

2,580 

2,080 

1,660 

1,360 

1,160

Maximum

37

508

-

860 

2,690 

7,820 

16,500 

1,460 

3,270 

2,690 

910 

1,810

-

May

1,060 

960 

910 

810 

710

620 

530 

4 35 

440 

400

380 

340 

320 

300 

262

262 

236 

229 

229 

214

197 

176 

160 

207 

380

530 

620 

620 

575 

850 

1,460

Minimum

24 

34

-

53 

53 

530 

960 

160 

300 

262 

82 

36

-

June

1,160 

910 

665 

530 

462

380 

320 

340 

420 

440

665 

665 

440 

360 

300

300 

485 

1,740 

3,270 

3,210

2,300 

1,360 

860 

710 

960

1,210 

910 

710 

530 

420

July

320 

262 

262 

620 

1,920

1,460 

760 

530 

420 

400

360 

320 

300 

1,560 

1,860

1,060 

860 

2,690 

1,760 

960

620 

485

374 

396

462

SOS 

418 

440 

286 

288 

233

Mean

33.0 

127

-

243 

1,370 

2,234 

3,372 

499 

901 

750 

318 

267

-

AVR.

440 

330 

251 

216

173

182 

186 

125 

102 

89

105 

84 

82 

208 

560

910 

710 

530 

462 

485

503 

552 

396 

267 

212

182 

161 

144 

200 

374 

620

Sept.

485 

374 

309 

239 

182

144 

122 

102 

92 

116

154 

154 

141 

182 

100

37 

TV 

70 

66 

a60

55 

47 

36 

36 

183

1,810 

1,310 

620 

413 

288

Per squarol Run-off in 

mile inches

0.026 0.01 

.09F .11

-

.18E" .22 

1.06 1.15 

1.73 2.00 

2.61 2.92 

.387 .45 

.69F .76 

.581 .67 

.247 .28 

.207 .23

-

a No. gage-height record; discharge interpolated, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

e Backwater from tributaries downstream; discharge computed on basis of 2 discharge measurements, 

gage heights at lock 14, 12.8 miles downstream, and records for station at Jackson.
310 KENTUCKY HIVER BASIN

Kentucky River at lock 14, at Heidelberg, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°33', long. 83°46', at Heidelberg, Lee County,

 1,000 feet upstream from lock 14 and half a mile-upstream from Sturgeon Greek. Datum 

of gage is 626.66 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 2,650 square miles.

Records available.- October 1925 to September 1931, July 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 39,300 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 19.55

 feet); minimum daily, 40 second-feet Oct. 24-27; minimum gage height, 8.17 feet 

(regulated) Oct. 10. 1925-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 110,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 

35.6 feet, from floodmartes), by slope-area method; minimum, 4 second-feet Oct. 20, 1930; 

minimum gage height. 4 -8 feet Nov. 10-16, 1930.

Refl&rks. L Records good above 1,000 second-feet and poor below.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of toe effect and when piol was beldn 

crest of dam (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In aecond-feet)

Nov. 1 to Sept. 30'

S.5

8.6 

S.8 

9.0

157

187

254

341

8.55

8.6

8.65

8.7

8.75

S.8

46

55

65

as

102

128

9.1 

9.4 

9.6 

9.8 

10.2

198

350

620

837

1.130

1,900

11.0 

12.2 

13.S 

15.6 

17.5 

19.6

3,660 

6,760 

11,600 

18,100 

27,400 

3"J,300

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

i»y

i

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

82 

23 

34 

25

36 

37 

88 

89 

SO 

31

Oct.

236 

236 

233 

233 

230

230 

230 

226 

219 

6160

e80 

e45 

e44 

e44 

e44

643 

643 

e43 

642 

e42

e42 

641 

e41 

e40 

e40

e40 

e4d 

172 

247 

282 

313

Hov.

175 

135 

111 

98 

82

71 

68 

62 

60 

56

58 

58 

58 

56 

55

56 

56 

54 

46 

54

58 

54 

54 

56 

56

55 

55 

55 

50 

52

Dec.

55 

52 

54 

55 

56

56 

55 

56 

56 

56

58

62 

65 

71 

71

71 

73 

62 

94 

241

358 

3S4 

358 

358 

310

318 

410 

670 

1,040 

1,000 

891

Jan.

732 

498 

410 

b360 

b310

b260 

*b230 

b210 

b!90 

b!80

b!75 

24S 

640 

1,360 

1,860

1,540 

1,200 

919 

601 

480

453 

b370 

b320 

b280 

b240

b200 

blSO 

b!60 

b!40 

128 

116

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 193 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

116 

116 

*bl!7 

122 

128

241 

582 

755 

9S9 

2,970

5,670 

4,640 

3,320 

5,150 

5,800

4,890 

3,430 

3,430 

4,760 

5,800

6,620 

5,540 

4,020 

2,860 

2,240

1,760 

1,940 

5,540 

7,040

Mar.

5,670 

4,260 

12,200 

18,600 

11,90O

7,040 

4,520 

3,080 

2,380 

1,860

1,460 

1,290 

3,320 

5,020 

6,900

8,190 

6,340 

4,620 

6,480 

6,210

4,760 

3,660 

2,860 

2,260 

1,800

1,460 

1,240 

1,080 

1,050 

10,100 

19,400

Second - 

foot-days

4,001 

2,014 

7,541

1,372,037

14,980 

90,586 

170,910 

221,710 

36,740 

60,573 

47,940 

19,446 

17,763

694,204

Apr.

16,900 

10,300 

6,900 

6,210 

5,O20

4,020 

3,320 

2,730 

2,510 

2,530

2,300 

2,050 

2,050 

2,730 

2,970

2,640 

3,320 

3,430 

5,960 

27,200

36,500 

22,200 

11,900 

8,480 

7,320

6,340 

4,760 

3,660 

2,970 

2,490

Maximum

313 

175 

1,040

103,000

1,860 

7,O40 

19,400 

36,500 

6,150 

7,320 

5,28O 

1,540 

3,900

56.50O

May

2,220 

2,130 

1,980 

1,720 

1,500

1,310 

1,120 

989 

905 

837

790 

710 

660 

601 

554

534 

498 

489 

471 

453

41S 

376 

326 

418 

S51

1,360 

1,660 

1,700 

1,460 

2,550 

5,150

Minimum

40 

46 

52

40

116 

116 

1,060 

2,050 

336 

603 

507 

205 

82

40

June

3,780 

2,680 

1,900 

1,380 

1,130

864 

743 

S02 

1,050 

1,170

1,540 

1,440 

959 

732 

603

603 

1,080 

4,020 

7,320 

6,620

4,890 

2,860 

1,840 

1,420 

1,820

2,380 

1,820 

1,360 

1,000 

767

Jvly

620 

516 

507 

2.110 

4,260

2.970 

1,580 

1,050 

837 

778

700 

640 

610 

3,080 

3',9OO

£,150 

1,760 

G.2SO 

3,660 

E,OOO

1,270 

932 

767 

755 

837

891 

767 

919 

601 

592 

601

Mean

129 

67.1

243 :

3,759

483 

3,124 

5,513 

7,390 

1,185 

2,019 

1,546 

627 

592

1,897

Aug.

1,030 

70O 

544 

453 

392

410 

426 

294 

241 

212

263

205 

220 

435 

825

1,540 

1,180 

946 

837 

851

864 

959 

743 

582 

471

418 

384 

350 

489 

8O2 

1,380

Per square

mile

0.049 

.025 

.092

1.42

.182 

1.18 

2.08 

2.79 

.447 

.762 

.583 

.237 

.223

.716

Sept.

1,180 

837 

690 

554 

453

367 

310 

256 

234 

294

392 

392 

358 

302 

248

227 

198 

162 

142 

122

106 

98 

86 

82 

473

3,900 

2,750 

1,240 

778 

582

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06 

.03 

.11

19.26

.21 

1.27 

2.40 

3.11 

.52 

.85 

.67 

.27 

.25

9.75

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

e Pool below crest of dam; discharge computed on basla of records for station at lock 10.
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 

Kentucky River at lock 10, near Winchester, Ky.

311

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°53', long. 84°16', at Louisville & Nashville

 R. R. bridge, 0.2 mile upstream from Otter Creek, 1.1 miles upstream from lock 10, 

and 9t miles southwest of Winchester, Clark County. Prior to Feb. 2, 1940, upper 

staff gage at lock 10. Datum of upper staff gage was 557.37 feet above mean sea level 

(Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 3,960 square miles (including that of Otter Creek).

Records available.- October 1909 to September 1940 (include flow of Otter Creek).

Average discharge.- 31 years, 5,030 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 42,400 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 20.67

 reet): minimum daily, 60 second-feet Oct. 18-25.

1909-40: Maximum discharge, 85,200 second-feet Feb. 6, 1939 (gage height, 34.7 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); maximum gage height, 35.1 feet Mar. 29, 1913; 

minimum discharge, less than 10 second-feet (estimated) in October 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair Oct. 1 to Feb. 1, except those below 500 -second-feet and those for

 periods of ice effect, which are poor; records good Feb. 2 to Sept. 30 above 500 secondfeet, poor below. Gage read twice daily Oct. 1 to. Dec. 31 and thrice daily Jan. 1 to 

Feb. 1.

Ratingig tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and periods of undef.'.ned 

stage-discharge relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-S) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 1 Feb. 2 to Sept. 30

90 

145 

210 

2S5 

465

10.0

10.4

10.5

11.6

12.3

675

1,160

1,740

3,200

4,660

9.4

9.45

9.5

110

135

165

235

9.7 

10.0

10.4

10.5

315

600

1,040

1,550

11.3

12.1

13.0

14.6

2,320

3,950

6,160

11,300

16.2

17.6

19.4

20.7

17,500

25,300

36,300

42,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

285 

370 

145 

6210 

285

145 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

e70

670 

e70 

660 

e60 

e60

e60 

e60 

e60 

e60 

e60

e70 

e70 

285 

465 

465 

2S5

Hov.

2S5 

2S5 

210 

210 

145

145 

145 

145 

145 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

145 

145 

145

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

Dec.

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

90

90 

90 

90 

90 

145

285 

675 

675 

675 

675

465 

465 

675 

1,160 

1,290 

1,290

Jan.

1,160 

1,04O 

790 

565 

h465

b370 

b300 

b270 

b260 

b250

b250 

h675 

hl,290 

h2,710 

h4,660

h3,600 

h2,440 

hi, 910 

hi, 430 

h910

b700 

b560 

b450 

MOO 

b360

b310 

b260 

b22O 

b!90 

blSO 

blSO

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Her 

Apr

Jui 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19 59 ...........

ater year 1939-*

Feb.

b!70 

*bl70 

b!65 

b!65 

b!65

897 

1,990 

1,990 

1,810 

5,980

9,240 

7,960 

6,020 

10,300 

9,920

7,800 

6,020 

7,780 

9,580 

10,600

1O,6OO 

8,920 

6,580 

4,830 

3,730

2,890 

2,690 

5,700 

9,580

Mar.

S,6OO 

6,720 

21,100 

29,200 

24,100

13,500 

7,800 

5,240 

3,950 

3,090

2,500 

2,070 

2,150 

4,480 

6,440

8,600 

8,600 

6,440 

9,920 

10,600

7,960 

5,750 

4,520 

3,510 

2,690

2,240 

1,920 

1,700 

1,610 

16,300 

35,600

Secondfoot-days

4,490 

3,770 

10,185

2,224,592

29,155 

154,292 

269,100 

329,050 

50,994 

83,514 

49,2SS 

25,255 

21,204

1,O3O,297

Apr.

34,100 

22,900 

12,000 

8,280 

7,020

5,490 

4,400 

3,620 

3,090 

2,890

2,690 

2,540 

2,320 

2,410 

2,790

2,390 

3,240 

8,920 

14,000 

27,200

38,800 

41,100 

26,700 

13,100 

9,580

7,960 

6,440 

5,120 

4,O6O 

3,400

Maximum

465 

285 

1,290

83,900

4,660 

10,600 

35,800 

41,100 

7,330 

8,280 

4,560 

2,96O 

3,620

41,100

May

2,S9O 

2,690 

2,410 

2,240 

1,990

1,780 

1,560 

1,400 

1,270 

1,2OO

1,090 

1,000 

932 

843 

843

956 

854 

744 

690 

640

580 

530 

452 

550 

1,130

1,340 

2,410 

2,690 

2,54O 

2.92O 

7,330

Minimum

60 

90 

90

60

ISO 

165 

1,610 

2,320 

452 

944 

630 

259 

124

60

June

8,280 

5,SSO 

3,950 

2,690 

2,070

1,650 

1,340 

1,210 

1,320 

1,920

2,240 

1,920 

1,610 

1,220 

980

944 

1,420 

2,130 

6,360 

7,960

6,300 

4,170 

2,690 

1,990 

2,070

2,320 

2,410 

1,920 

1,450 

1,100

July

896 

755 

630 

660 

2,190

3,290 

2,240 

1,420 

1,000 

854

777 

711 

690 

S14 

2,980

4,280 

4,560 

2,630 

4,400 

2,790

1,730 

1,260 

980 

876 

876

956 

932 

854 

865 

670 

670

Mean

145 

126 

329

6,095

940 

5,320 

6,681 

10,970 

1,645 

2,784 

1,590 

SIS 

7O7

2,815

AU3.

887 

944 

676 

620 

490

452 

452 

452 

387 

307

259 

259 

259 

291 

773

1,310 

1,360 

1,160 

980 

876

876 

365 

854 

733 

600

481 

405 

472 

1,690 

2,960 

1,920

Per square 

mile

0.037 

.032 

.083

1.54

.237 

1.34 

2.19 

2.77 

.415 

.703 

.402 

.206 

.179

.711

Sept.

1,510 

1,160 

887 

711 

580

462 

378 

315 

267 

563

610 

472 

414 

369 

324

275 

235 

212 

191 

178

159 

135 

124 

135 

870

1,630 

3,620 

2,230 

1,290 

898

Run-off in 

inches

0.04 

.04 

.10

20.90

.27 

1.45 

2.53 

3.09 

.48 

.78 

.46 

.24 

.20

9.68

 Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b stage-discharge stage-discharge relation relation affected affected by ice.

e Stage-discharge relation undefined; discharge computed on basis

h Computed Computed from daily staff-gage readings at lock 10.

461679 O - 42 - 21

of records for station at lock S.
312 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Kentucky River at lock 8, near Camp Nelson, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°45', long. 84°35', at lock 8, 2i miles southeast of Camp

 Nelson, Jessamine County, 2.7 miles downstream from Sugar Creek, and 4.5 miles upstream

from Hickman .Creek. Datum of gage is 520.80 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datam). 

Drainage area.- 4,460 square miles. 

Records available.- July 1939 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- 1959; Maximum discharge during period July to September 1939, 58,000 second-

 feet July 7 (gage height, 26.1 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum

observed, 103 second-feet Sept. 21-30 (gage height, 10.5 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 46.000 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage

height, 23.4 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 89 second-feet

Oct. 23-27 (gage height, 9.9 feet). Remarks.- Records good above 700 second-feet, poor below. Gage read twice daily or oftener. 

Cooperation.,- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with and results of 22 discharge

measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Prior to May 1, 1940, gage

readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40 

1939

Pay

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

July

2,640

2,420

2,210

2,420

12,100

i2,700

53,700

28,200

14,300

12,400

Aug.

1,020

850

4,040

2,210

1,200

850

650

690

330

550

Sept.

1S5

185

165

185

185

185

132

185

185

132

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

July

7,080

4,230

3,080

2,210

1,790

1,200

850

690

1,200

1,590

Aug.

550

550

690

550

1,020

1,200

690

1,020

1,390

2,000

Sept.

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

107

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

July

i,oro

1,0?0

8fO

3,760

4,470

4,2?0

3,3CO

2,210

2,360

2.0CO

1,5£0

Aug.

1,590

1,200

1,020

690

550

430

330

250

250

250

250

Sept.

103

103

103

103

103

103

103

103

103

103

-

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

g

Q

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

1 ft J.O

19

20

21 

22Q<Z

eo

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

107

95

103

132

132

132

132

107

107

103

103

103

103

103

103

103 

103

103

100

100

95 

93 

91

89 

89

89 

89 

97 

250 

330

330

Nov.

250

250

250

185

185

185

132

132

132

107

107

107

107

103

103

107 

103

103

103

107

132 

132 

132

132 

132

132 

132 

132 

132 

132

Doe.

132

132

132

107

107

107

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

132

132 

132

*132

132

132

132 

430 

550

550 

550

550 

550 

550 

1,020 

1,590

1,390

Jan.

1,200

1,020

850

690

550

430

430

330

330

250

330

1,020

2,000

2,360

5,210

4,710 

3,300

2,210

1,790

1,590

1,020 

850 

690

b640 

b560

b500 

M20 

b370 

b310 

b260

b230

Feb.

*b210

b200

b!90

b!90

b!90

1,270

3,530

3,080

2,640

7,840

11,600

9,890

7,670

12,400

12,000

9,890 

7,370

10,900

12,400

13,500

12,700 

10,600 

8,280

5,980 

4,960

3,990 

3,760 

6,520 

10,600

-

Mar.

10,200

7,970

30,400

30,400

23,600

17,900

9,890

6,520

5,210

4,230

3,300

2,860

2,640

4,230

6,800

8,280 

9,230

8,280

11,600

12,000

9,230 

7,370 

5,720

4,470 

3,760

3,300 

2,640 

2,420 

2,210 

21,300

39,400

Apr.

36,700

23,200

15,500

9,890

3,230

6,520

5,460

4,710

3,990

3,760

3,530

3,530

3,080

3,080

3,300

3,530 

3,760

9,180

15,100

30,400

39,000 

45,100 

32,600

16,300 

10,600

9,230 

7,670 

5,980 

4,960 

4,230

"

May

3,760

3,300

3,300

2,860

2,640

2,420

2,000

2,000

1,590

1,590

1,390

1,390

1,200

1,020

1,020

1,020 

1,020

850

850

690

550 

550 

550

1,200 

1,590

2,420 

3,300 

3,990 

3,530 

3,530

7,370

June

9,230

7,370

5,210

3,760

2,860

2,210

1,590

1,590

1,590

2,000

2,860

2,420

2,000

1,590

1,200

1,020 

1,390

2,000

5,460

8,590

7,370 

5,210 

3,530

2,860 

2,420

2,640 

2,860 

2,640 

2,000 

1,590

"

July

1,200

850

850

690

1,200

3,760

3,300

2,000

1,590

1,020

850

850

850

850

2,540

4,960 

6,250

3,300

4,960

3,760

2,420 

1,590 

1,200

1,020 

850

1,020 

1,020 

850 

850 

850

690

Aug.

850

850

850

850

550

550

430

430

330

330

250

185

185

185

250

1,200 

1,590

1,200

1,200

850

850 

850 

850

850 

550

430 

430 

430 

850 

5,210

2,860

Sept.

2,000

1,590

1,200

850

690

550

330

330

940

1,590

1,020

550

330

330

250

250 

185

132

132

132

132 

132 

132

132 

956

1,590 

3,530 

3,300 

2,000 

1,200

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40

Month

October 1939 ...................

April. . .

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

Secondfoot-days

224,320

29,'060

3,816

377 170

64 490

26 ' 485

Maximum

53,700

4,040

185

330

Minimum

690

250

103

89

550

OQ

Mean

7,236

937

136

123 

139

1 192

Per square 

mile

1.62

.210

.030

.028

1 QQ

Run-off In 

inches

.03

2 69

.48

.23

,22

*
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 313

Kentucky River at lock 6, at Warwick, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°55'55B , long. 84°49'10B , at lock 6, 1 mile 

northwest of Warwick, Woodford County. Datum of gage Is 488.58 feet above mea.n sea 

level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 5,090 square miles.

Records available.- October 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 6,498 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 45,000 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 18.55 

feet); minimum, 71 second-feet Oct. 16, 18, Dec. 19; minimum gage height, 8.41 feet 

Oct. 3.

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 87,800 second-feet Jan. 23, 1937; maximum gage height, 

43.35 feet Jan. 25, 1937, from floodmarks; minimum'discharge, about 25 second-feet 

several days In 1930, 1931, 1933, and 1934.

Remarks.- Records good above 1,000 second-feet, and poor below. Flow regulated by hydroelectric plants on Dlx River and at lock 7 on Kentucky River.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except for days affected by drawing down pool (gafe 

height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

S.9

9.0

9.1

9.2

9.3

9.4

53

75

113

170

248

354

9.5

9.6

9.9

10.5

11.4

12.2

491 

659 

1,300 

2,760 

5,450 

S,2SO

13.0 

14.S 

16.8 

18.6

11,800

21,800

34,800

45,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

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 

89 

SO 

31

Oct.

308 

136 

e250 

e370 

446

374 

370 

825 

332 

434

430 

274 

371 

694 

502

105 

90 

144 

456 

, 771

389 

168 

356 

418 

301

163 

422 

416 

470 

685 

708

Nov.

678 

491 

558 

450 

307

480 

2S9 

592 

312 

340

343 

390 

322 

333 

349

312 

354 

2SO 

29O 

422

381 

395 

395 

333 

322

333

3S1 

343 

333 

322

Dec.

322 

381 

354 

354 

333

333 

333

312 

h312 

hlOS

h232 

h290 

h201 

h333 

h!7S

h259 

n!7S 

n!59 

h240 

244

h201 

n232 

h679 

hi, 550 

h409

h558 

h739 

h368 

b£38 

1,210 

1,640

Jan.

1,620 

1,600 

1,580 

1,330 

81S

77S 

719 

575 

459 

558

525 

9SS 

1,740 

3,120 

5,290

5,130 

3,900 

3,010 

2,290 

1,810

1,390 

923 

966 

79S 

540

732 

416 

381 

409 

422 

450

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

422 

354 

429 

395 

426

1,320 

3,290 

3,540 

3,120 

6,450

12,000 

11,100 

8,480 

11,700 

12,800

10,600 

8,680 

9,900 

14,900 

14,400

14,900 

12,600 

9,940 

7,510 

5,770

4,980 

4,510 

6,300 

9,660

Mar.

11,100 

9,300 

28,500 

33,600 

31,600

22,200 

12,200 

S,390 

6,430 

4,980

4,360 

4,050 

3,570 

4,010 

6,630

8,2SO 9,510' 

8,880 

11,600 

12,800

11,200 

8,480 

6,600 

5,890 

4,360

3; 900 

3,460 

3,210 

2,930 

12,400 

41,000

Secondfoot-days

11,572 

11,430 

13,877

2,944,415

45,167 

210,476 

344,820 

412,550 

71,849 

106,385 

63,284 

31,642 

30,435

1,353,487

Apr.

39,200 

33,600 

19,SOO 

11,200 

S,S80

S,080 

6,430 

5,460 

4,980 

4,360

4,200 

4,200 

4,050 

3,570 

3,750

4,200 

4,200 

7,350 

14,400 

29,600

38,600 

44,000 

39,200 

21,000 

12,300

9,940 

8,480 

6,7SO 

5,770 

4,950

Maximum

771 

678 

1,640

S3, 600

5,290 

14,900 

41,000 

44,000 

4,360 

9,510 

6,860 

3,990 

3,630

44,000

Itoy

4,360 

4,050 

3,870 

3,490 

3,040

2,760 

2,630 

2,400 

2,140 

2,100

1,460 

1,110 

1,550 

9S5 

1,550

1,420 

1,420 

1,370 

1,140 

1,050

1,040 

923 

971 

1,610 

2,140

8,420 

3,890 

4,800 

4,200 

- 3,900 

3,060

Minimum

90 

260 

105

90

381 

354 

2,930 

3,570 

983 

795 

528 

236 

124

90

June

9,510 

6,100 

5,940 

4,510 

3,460

2,790 

2,370 

1,640 

1,550 

2,270

2,760 

2,840 

2,580 

2,240 

1,390

795 

1,SSO 

2,050 

3,760 

7,710

7,700 

5,940 

4,200 

3,150 

8,630

2,680 

2,S70 

2,870 

2,370 

1,S30

July

1,460 

1,2SO 

1,080 

890 

1,460

2,450 

3,660 

2,980 

2,000 

1,440

1,210 

1,210 

1,140 

9SS 

1,78O

3,960 

6,260 

4,320 

4,050 

4,510

3,210 

2,290 

1,530 

1,210 

1,160

1,080 

1,030 

52S 

1,260 

939 

919

He an

373 

381 

448

S,067

1,457 

7,258 

11,120 

13,750 

2,31S 

3,546 

2,041 

1,021 

1,014

3,698

Aug.

1,0X1 

1,190 

837 

l.O'.O 

6>0

1,220 

1,050 

236 

709 

5VL

330 

436 

3\7 

3^0 

2^<5

6'4 

1,4*50 

1,6,"0 

1,270 

1,180

9^3 

1,0.^0 

9.17 

1,0'10 

671

732 

631 

687 

1,160 

3,990 

3,570

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2,630 

2,050 

1,350 

988 

768

711 

519 

362 

487 

1,600

1,170 

536 

481 

945 

366

2S5 

483 

374 

153 

234

394 

230 

124 

233 

SOS

1,740 

2,080 

3,630 

2,730 

2,100

Run-off In 

Inches

 Stage-discharge relation affected by drawing down pool} discharge computed on basis cf record! for station at lock 4. --or, 

h Computed from thrloe-dally readings of staff-gage.
314 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Kentucky River at lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°12'42", long. 84°52'21", at lock 4, at Frankfort, Franklin 

County, 0.8 mile downstream from Benson Creek. Datum of gage Is 462.86 feet above mean 

sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 5,400 square miles.

Records available.- March 1905 to July 1906 (gage heights only), October 1925 to September 

1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1925-30, 1932-40), 7,300 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 45,700 second-feet Apr. 23 (ga?e height, 19.0 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum not determined; minimum gage height 

observed, 5.2 feet Oct. 18.

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 89,500 second-feet Jan. 23, 1937; maximum gage height, 

47.46 feet Jan. 25, from floodmarks; minimum gage height, 4.6 feet Jan. 29, 1927.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods when pool was below crest of dam, which 

are poor. Flow regulated by hydroelectric plants on Dlx River and at lock 7 on 

Kentucky River. Gage read thrice dally.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with and results of 6 discharge 

measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except when pool was below crest of dam

feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14)

go height. In

5.6 111 6.0 598 6.3 2,235 S.6 9,580 13.0 30,080

5.7 211 6.2 S91 7.2 3,560 10.0 16,860 16.0 37,880

5.8 331 6.4 1,245 7.3 5,930 11.5 25.020 19.0 45,680

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

462

211

111

111

462

e396

331

462

211

462

462

462

331

462

891

211

e!50

e96

3200

598

59S

331

111 

331

462

331

331

598

462

462

598

Nov.

598

593

462

59S

59S

211

462

59S

462

331

331

462

462

331

331

331

462

331

211

331

462

462

462 

462

462

462

462

462

462

462

Dec.

462

462

462

462

331

331

331

331

331

331

111

462

331

331

331

331

598

211

111

331

111

211

598 

1,240

1,060

462

345

S45

683

1,010

1,350

Jan.

1;460

1,350

1,460

1,350

711

361

754

769

489

584

697

785

1,570

5,100

5,930

5,930

4,310

3,560

2,S60

2,700

2,090

1,460

1,120 

1,210

1,060

925

1,120

891

908

785

754

Month

Ovtober. ........................

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4C> ...........

Feb.

735

739

7S5

830

654

2,630

3,740

4,120

3,930

7,250

13, 600

12,600

10,100

12,100

13, 600

12,100

15,200

13,600

18,000

16,30O

16,300

14,200

11,600 

9,100

7,250

5,930

5,100

6,SOO

10,600

-

Mar.

12,100

11,100

37,400

39,200

31,900

25,000

15,200

10,100

7,70O

5,930

4,500

4,120

3,930

3,930

6,800

3,630

10,100

9,580

12,100

13,600

12,600

10,100

7,700 

5,930

5,100

4,310

3,930

3,560

3,040

10,500

35,800

Secondfoot-days

11,697

13,121

15,397

3,150,880

55,553

249,543

375,490

450,770

81,480

114,288

66,508

S4 779

33^109

1,501,735

Apr.

33,700

34,000

22,400

13,600

11,100

9,10O

7,250

5,930

5,100

4,700

5,10O

6,360

4,700

4,120

3,930

4,310

6,800

9,100

18,000

29,500

37,600

43,300

43,900 

27,300

14,200

11,100

9,580

7,700

6,360

5,930

-

MmclsxuBL

891

598

1,350

37,800

5,930

18,000

39,20O

43 90O

sJsiO

10,100

6,800

4,120

3,380

43,900

May

5,100

4,310

4,310

3,740

3,380

2,360

2,360

2,540

2,240

2,240

1,950

1,060

1,320

1,17C

1,69C

1,69C

1,57C

1,69C

1.57C

1,35C

1,350

1,19C

1,15C 

1,69C

2,390

2,540

3,200

4.31C

4,70C

4.31C

5,510

Minimum

96

211

111

96

489

654

3,040

3,930

1,060

958

876

396

121

96

June

10,100

9,100

6,800

4,700

3,740

3,040

2,700

2,240

1,460

2,240

2,700

2,860

2,860

2,540

1,950

958

1,820

2,390

3,560

7,700

8,630

6,800

4,700 

3,560

2,860

2,540

2,540

2,860

2,390

1,950

Jily

1,460

1,350

1,190

1,060

1,230

2,090

3,200

3,040

2,390

1,690

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,170

1,240

3,930

6,800

5,510

3,740

4,900

3,330

2,390

1,690 

1,570

1,350

1,350

1,060

876

992

1,120

1,020

Mean

377

437

497

8,633

1,798

8,605

12,110

15,030

2,628

3,810

2,145

1,128

1,1O4

4,103

Aug.

1,150

1,350

S91

1,150

330

975

1,460

503

544

S15

557

439

516

396

396

476

1,460

1,950

1,170

1,190

1,040

1,010

1,080 

1,130

992

800

861

908

1,190

3,380

4,120

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2,700

2,240

1,570

1,130

785

1,020

640

612

516

1,190

1,240

1,020

557

1,010

861

410

516

584

344

121

396

544

181 

e424

668

1,350

1,820

3,380

3,040

2,240

"

Run-off In 

Inches

e Pool below crest of dam; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at locks 6 and 2.
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 

Kentucky River at lock 2, at Lockport, Ky.

315

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°26'20", long. 84°57'45", upper gage at lock 2, at Lockport,

 Henry County, 0.2 mile downstream from Slxmlle Creek. Datum of gage Is 433.33 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary gage Is lower staff gage 

at lock 3, at Gest, 11.0 miles upstream. Datum of gage Is 434.71 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 6,170 square miles.

Records available.- October 1925 to September 1937, July 1939 to September 1940.

Average discharge?- 11 years (1925-30, 1932-37, 1940), 8,771 second-feet.

Extremes.- 1539;Maximum discharge during period July to September, 50,400 second-feet

 July 8; maximum gage height, 24.0 feet July 8, from graph based on gage readings; 

minimum discharge not determined.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 53,000 second-feet Mar. 3; maximum 

gage height, 29.0 feet Mar. 3, 4, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge 

observed, 100 second-feet Oct. 14, 15, 18, 19; minimum gage height observed, 6.8 feet 

(regulated) Oct. 9.

1925-37, 1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 99,000 second-feet Jan. 24, 1937 

(gage height, 56.85 feet, affected by backwater from Ohio River), from rating curve 

extended above 16,000 second-feet on basis of high-stage rating at lock 4; minimum, 

about 30 second-feet in August and October 1930. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of extreme backwater effect, Apr. 25-E8,

 and those below 2,000 second-feet, which are fair, and those for estimated periods,

which are poor. Gages read thrice daily. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 14 discharge measurements furnished by

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In aecond-feet, 1939-40 

1939

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

July

5,520

3,440

3,040

3,040

3,300

15,800

k46,500

k48,200

k32,700

14,400

Aug.

2,190

1,420

1,850

5,S40

6,820

2,540

1,740

1,420

1,320

1,320

Sept.

1,220

1,030

352

532

395

460

460

605

605

685

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

July

10,400

7,500

4,900

3,720

3,040

2,300

1,960

1,630

3,860

3,720

Aug.

S52

1,320

1,120

3,300

352

1,030

2,420

1,S50

2,305

1,960

Sept.

460

460

460

605

460

605

1,220

532

270

elSO

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

July

2,660

2^190

1,850

2,780

6,160

5,S40

5,210

4,300

5,840

4,010

2,660

AU3«

2,190

2,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,220

1,7.")

7)5

430

532

532

Sept.

e!70

e!60

e210

210

460

270

395

532

852

765

-

e Stage below crest of dam; discharge computed on basis of records for station at lock 4. 

k Discharge computed by using fall as deterinined by auxiliary staff gage as a factor.

Day

1

Q

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

QQJGO

29

30

31

Oct.

330

460

210

270

210

532

330

330

e270

330

532

532

395

270

330

395

210

100

100

210

852 

532

270

210

532

460

330

605

605

532

765

Nov.

765

765

685

605

605

330

395

532

605

395

330

395

395

330

460

395

460

395

330

330

532 

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

Dec.

*~ 460

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

460

270

330

460

460

460

460

605

460

330

210

330 

330

460

1,320

1,420

6S5

940

1,120

685

1,220

1,420

Jan.

1,740

1,740

1,740

1,630

1,220

940

940

940

685

685

765

685

1,740

6,820

6,490

6,490

5,210

4,010

3,040

2,305

1,960 

1,420

1,320

1,320

1,120

765

940

765

765

765

765

Feb.

765

605

605

765

605

4,310

5,210

6,520

4,900

9,350

16,700

14,900

11,800

11,800

14,900

13,100

11,000

19,700

29,000

22,700

20,000 

16,700

13,600

10,600

8,580

6,820

6,160

7,850

10,600

-

liar.

13,100

kie,200

k50,600

k51,000

k43,400

k34,400

22,200

12,300

9,350

7,160

5,520

5,210

4,900

4,600

6,490

S,580

10,200

9,750

10,400

13,600

13,100 

10,600

S,210

6,820

5,210

4,900

4,010

4,010

3,720

9; 050

k40,700

Apr.

k46,500

k43,200

k32,800

16,700

11,800

10,600

S,580

6,820

6,160

5,520

6,490

9,750

6,490

5,840

4,900

5,210

8,580

13,100

k30,700

k38,100

k45,300 

k47,400

k4S,000

k37,100

kl8,100

klO.800

k8,540

k7,92O

d7,200

d6,200

~

May

5,520

5,210

4,010

4,600

4,010

3,300

3,170

3,040

2,660

2,540

2,300

1,420

1,850

1,320

1,630

1,850

1,630

1,630

1,740

1,420

1,320 

1,420

1,220

1,630

2,780

2,7SO

3,300

4,600

5,210

4,600

4,900

June

9,750

9,750

7,500

5,520

4,300

3,440

2,910

2,660

1,630

2,300

2,780

3,170

2,910

2,660

2,300

1,420

1,S50

2,910

3,300

6,820

8,210 

7,160

5,210

4,900

3,040

2,7SO

3,040

3,170

2,780

2,300

~

July

1,850

1,520

1,320

1,120

1,030

2,080

3,170

3,440

2,540

1,850

1,520

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,120

3,040

6,490

6,820

4,300

5,210

4,300 

2,780

1,960

1,630

1,S50

1,740

1,120

1,220

1,030

1,520

1,030

Aug.

1,030

1,740

852

1,220

1,030

765

1,850

940

460

685

605

532

460

460

460

330

940

1,850

1,520

1,420

1,220 

1,120

1,030

1,120

1,220

765

940

2,080

1,630

2,190

4,600

Sept.

3,170

2,540

1,960

1,220

940

940

685

605

532

685

1,520

1,520

605

685

940

605

395

605

460

395

210 

395

330

270

330

1,030

1,850

3,040

3,040

2,540

d Undefined backwa

e Stage below ores. _

k Discharge computed by
316 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in aeoond-feet, Kentucky River at look 2, at Loekport, Ry., 1939-40

Month

July 1939.......................

October. 1939. ..................

Secondfoot-days

262,470 

57,588 

16,120

12,039 

14,174 

18,575 

61,720 

299,145 

451,290 

554,400 

88, 610 

122,470 

72,560 

37,064 

34,042

1,766,089

Maximum

48,200 

6,820 

1,220

852 

765 

1,420 

6,820 

29,000 

51,000 

48,000 

5,520 

9,750 

6,820 

4,600 

3,170

51,000

Minimum

1,630 

460 

160

100 

330 

210 

665 

605 

3,720 

4,900 

1,220 

1,420 

1,030 

330 

210

100

Mean

8,467 

1,858 

537

388 

472 

599 

1,991 

10,320 

14,560 

18,430 

2,856 

4,082 

2,341 

1,196 

1,135

4,825

Per square 

mile

Run-off in 

inches
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 317

Middle Fork of Kentucky River at Tallega, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°34', long. 83°35', at highway bridge, 100 feet 

upstream from Lineman Creek, three-quarters of a mile southwest of Tallega, Lee 

County, and 7.9 miles upstream from confluence with North Fork. Prior to Feb. 7, 

1940, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 536 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to March 1932, October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period 9,030 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 25.43 

feet); minimum observed, 3.4 second-feet Nov. 12.

1930-3&, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, 17,500 second-feet Jan. 31, 1932 (gage height, 

33.28 feet); minimum, 0.7 second-foot Oct. 16, 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, Oct. 30, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In

feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 30 to Jan. 3, Jan. 8-25, Feb. 6-10, 24-27, Sept. 1-25)

2.65

2.7

2.75

2.8 

3.8 

5.0 

6.3 

7.8

2.95

3.0

3.05

3.1

3.15

3.2

3.3

3.4 

3.6 

3.8 

4.1 

4.5

47

64

105

153

240

384

6.0

7.6

13.5

17.5

21.0

25.5

1,020 

1,520 

3.1OO 

4,550 

6,250 

9,100

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

38 

30

HOT.

21 

14 

9.6 

7.8 

6.0

6.0 

5.7 

6.0 

4.4 

4.4

5.0 

3.4 

3.6 

5.4 

7.2

6.6 

6.3 

6.9 

7.5 

7.5

6.9 

8.5 

9.2 

8.2 

9.2

13 

10 

6.9 

6.6 

7.5

Dee.

6.6 

7.5 

8.2 

7.5 

7.5

6.9 

7.5 

6.9 

8.2 

6.9

6.9 

6.0 

9.6 

9.2 

13

15 

13 

13 

10 

25

110 

78 

49 

41 

34

58 

80 

290 

273 

224 

224

Jan.

224 

156 

80 

b52 

Ml

b36 

b36 

35 

32 

28

27 

42 

169 

240 

326

240 

209 

209 

119 

119

99 78' 

76 

68 

42

b27 

b!7 

b!2 

bll 

b!2 

b!4

Month

Oct

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year

ater year

Feb.

b!4 

b!3 

b!3 

b!2 

b!6

41 

166 

200 

197 

633

774 

731 

528 

774 

1,000

752 

532 

564 

688 

920

960' 

710 

528 

400 

319

247 

271 

795 

920

Mar.

960 

688 

2,160 

2,860 

2,110

1,060 

666 

479 

376 

312

273 

253 

779 

1,280 

1,610

1,700 

1,060 

795 

1,200 

878

752 

600 

462 

368 

301

260 

224 

203 

197 

1,570 

3,010

Secondfoot-days

230.3 

1,655.4

-

2,876 

13,723 

29,446 

43,103 

6,991 9,787 ' 

11,487 

3,425 

3,315

-

Apr.

3,160 

1,600 

1,170 

1,100 

837

666 

550 

484 

479 

546

506 

475 

564 

899 

752

586 

497 

470 

1,320 

5,900

7,910 

3,940 

2,010 

1,490 

1,460

1,200 

878 

644 

506 

424

Maximum

21 

290

-

326 

1,000 

3,010 

7,910 

644 

899 

1,700 

383 

823

-

May

388 

372 

353 

312 

276

247 

221 

197 

180 

166

153 

150 

136 

119 

110

105 

99 

107 

114 

112

112 

107 

107 

140 

183

256 

338

308 

301 

578 

644

IfiniaKDtt

3.4 

6.0

-

11 

12 

197 

424 

99 

80 

64 

35 

14

-

June

644 

519 

384 

301 

308

218 

169 

263 

197 

284

224 

175 

130 

101 

80

84 

326 

878 

878 

899

528 

357 

260 

243 

315

308 

260 

192 

148 

114

July

90 

74 

64 

912 

772

364 

240 

180 

156 

143

138 

126 

208 

1,370 

644

392 

808 

1,700 

666 

396

276 

206 

166 

175 

161

123 

194 

228 

128 

123 

264

Mean

7.68 

53.4

-

92.8 

473 

950 

1,437 

226 

326 

371 

110 

110

-

Aug.

?83" 

143 

99 

76 

61

169 

94 

52 

35 

90

84 

58 

45 

88 

107

94 

107 

181 

138 

119

82 

123 

105 

76 

59

61 

44 

39 

112 2-3 

238

Per square 

mile

0.014 

.100

-

.173 

.882 

1.77 

2.68 

.422 

.608 

.692 

.205 

.205

-

Sept.

224 

169 

138 

97 

72

56 

44 

35

31 

66

84 

59 

44 

35 

30

23 

25 

24

21 

18

16 

14 

14 

14 

381

823 

323 

186 

143 

101

Run-off In 

Inches

0.02 

.11

-

.20 

.95 

2.04 

2.99 

.49 

.68 

.80 

.24 

.23

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
318 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Kentucky River at Booneville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°29', long. 83°40', at Booneville, Owsley County, 

400 feet downstream from Buck Creek and 0.5 mile downstream from Meadow Creek.

Drainage area.- 708 square miles.

Records available.- March 1925 to September 1931, October 1939 to Septenber 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 13,800 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage 

height, 22.80 feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 4.8 second-feet Nov. 10 (gage height, 0.87 foot).

1925-31, 1939-40: mximum discharge, 42,500 second-feet (revised) Mar. 23, 1929 

(gage height, 39.3 feet); minimum, 0.1 second-foot Sept. 30 to Oct. 7, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SI

Oct.

17 

43 

32 

11 

8.3

Nov.

7.4 

6.5 

6.0 

5.8 

5.5

5.5 

5.4 

5.2 

5.0 

4.9

4.9 

5.0 

5.1 

5.2 

5.3

5.3 

5.3 

5.5 

5.6

5.8

5.9 

5.6 

5.6 

5.S 

5.S

5.6 

5.5

5.5 

5.4

5.4

Dee.

5.4 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5

5.4 

5.5 

5.4 

5.3 

5.3

5.3 

5.2 

5.5 

5.8 

6.2

6.5 

6.4 

6.4 

7.9 

58

76 

6S 

60 

76 

82

82 

148 

281 

414 

320 

235

Jan.

180 

140 

bllO 

b90 

b65

b56 

*b50 

b45 

b41 

b40

b43 

91 

176 

30S 

45S

458 

372 

279 

195 

153

134 

112 

99 

90

78

b65 

b54 

b45 

b42 

b40 

b38

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ober 27-

alendar year

ater year

Feb.

b39 

b39 

#39 

40 

44

84 

176 

264 

359 

1,050

2,330 

1.310 

S34 

1,560 

1,890

1,150 

760 

881 

1,620 

2,000

2,110 

1,560 

1,040 

697 

552

443 

457 

2,380 

e2,680

Mar.

1,720 

1,180 

66,010 

e6,800 

eS,680

1,560 

1,010 

717 

569 

443

372 

443 

2,3SO 

2,220 

63,260

2,500 

1,620 

1,260 

1,840 

1,560

1,230 

905 

677 

536 

443

3S6 

333 

306 

294 

e3,020 

e7,860

Secondfoot-days

111.3 

166.3 

2,009.5

-

4,147 

28,386 

56,134 

54, 956 

14,083 

19,700 

9,432 

2,338 

4,465.6

-

Apr.

e3,950 

2,380 

1,720 

1,720 

1,370

9S2 

760 

658 

621 

536

45S 

428 

458 

520 

520

458 

414 

435 

el, 830 

ell, 900

67,980 

63,810 

2,330 

2,060 

1,890

1,500 

1,150 

855 

677 

586

Maximum

43 

7.4 

414

-

458 

2,680 

7,860 

11,900 

2,790 

2,380 

1,590 

294 

1,300

-

May

. 552 

569 

504 

45S 

400

346 

301 

270 

246 

235

223 

202 

176 

159 

151

151 

150 

150 

, 134 

US

117 

104 

98 

153 

612

738 

880 

760 

586 

el,750 

62,790

Minimum

8.3 

4.9 

5.2

-

38 

39 

294 . 

414 

98 

163 

84 

17 

7.1

-

June

1,840 

1,180 

776 

552 

443

3S6 

308 

356 

639 

621

458 

346 

252 

200 

169

163 

334 

1,720 

2,380 

1,720

1,230 

690 

458 

400 

386

552 

400 

320 

237 

184

Jrty

153 

136 

272 

1,590 

992

514 

333 

259 

227 

219

189 

166 

159 

712 

443

508 

270 

405 

386 

272

202 

162 

141 

132 

150

127 

96 

90 

84 

86 

155

Mean

22.3 

5.54 

64.8

-

134 

979 

1,811 

1,832 

454 

657 

304 

75.4 

149

-

Aug.

212 

170 

115

el

61

60 

70 

52 

42 

28

21 

17. 

18 

45 

51

44 

57 

48 

70 

72

62 

58 

4S 

43 

33

61 

46 

56 

130 

195 

294

fer square 

mile

0.051 

.0078 

.092

-

.189 

1.58 

2.56 

2.59 

.641 

.928 

.429 

.106 

.210

-

Sept.

252 

168 

123

93 

73

57 

44 

34 

27 

94

121 

84 

61 

48 

54

25 

19 

14 

11 

9.6

8.5 

7.8 

7.1 

7.8 

626

1,500 

507 

294 

182 

154

Run-off In 

Inches

0.006 

.009 

.11

-

.22 

1.49 

2.95 

2.89 

.74 

. 1.03 

.50 

.12 

.23

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

e Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
KENTUCKY RlVER BASIN 319

Red River at Clay City, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52', long. 83°56', at bridge on State Highway 

15 at Waltersville, 500 feet upstream from Brush Creek, half a mile west of Clay 

City, Powell County, and 4.8 miles upstream from Hardwlck Creek. Datum of gage is 

601.45 feet above mean sea level (Kentucky River datum).

Drainage area.- 363 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to March 1932, April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,360 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 17.71 

feet}; minimum, 14 second-feet Oct. 23-26, Sept. 23, 24; minimum gage height, 1.16 

feet Oct. 24.

1930-32, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 21,100 second-feet July 15, 1938 (gf§e 

height, 22.8 feet); minimum, 3.7 second-feet July 16, 1931 (gage height, 1.06 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage-height

record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, 

dii

Oct. 1 to Mar.

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.8

12

15

19

24

30

37

57

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.0

4.0

6.0

7.3

85

13S

204

311

638

1.280

1,690

31

10.0

12.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.7

except periods of ice effect ( 

ioharge, in second-feet)

'gage height, in fee-"-., and

Apr. 1 to

2,500

3,330

4,320

5,150

6,300

9,360

1.4

1.45

1.5

1.6

Hote.

feet.

14.0

17.5

21.8

31. S

. - Same

l.S

2.0

2.3

2.6

as preci

Sept. 30

58

S9

146

221

ading t;

3.0

4.0

6.0 1,

7.3 1,

ible above

337

666

290

690

7.3

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct.

64

66

58

44

36

31

26

22

20

19

18

18

21

20

19

17

16

16

16

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

49

149

216

127

85

HOT.

64

49

41

35

33

31

29

2S

28

28

28

26

26

25

24

23

22

22

22

24

25

36

39

37

36

34

34

31

30

29

-

Dec.

28

29

29

31

31

31

31

29

28

27

26

26

27

28

34

34

33

33

33

42

99

140

110

93

84

73

76

90

96

114

119

Jan.

114

121

99

b65

b55

*b53

b50

b46

b43

b42

56

103

239

587

965

5S7

348

b220

b!70

b!40

b!20

bllO

b95

b90

b80

b73

b66

b60

b57

b53

b51

Month

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

Calendar year 1959 ...........

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

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

M«v .. . . .......

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

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

Water year 1939-^to ...........

Feb.

b52

*b53

b54

b52

62

114

486

587

402

847

1,590

901

754

1,750

1,340

803

638

997

1,720

1,440

1,260

933

638

486

421

342

437

1,340

1,340

-

Mar.

901

704

2,390

3,410

2,780

1,030

704

536

437

358

299

255

232

245

294

299

302

323

1,030

1,220

786

553

421

348

288

239

209

192

183

1,830

6,880

Secondfoot-days

I

vnA ,fi i*

939

1,704

236,667

4,958

21^ 839

29,678

ejois

10,924 

2 321

3,132

1,840

116,829

Apr.

5,090

1,470

926

733

563

445

382

364

328

287

258

255

264

241

224

203

366

1,440

2,440

3,210

4,060

2,070

1,050

830

683

563

445

379

334

304

-

Maximum

216

64

140

16,000

965

1 750 ejeao

5,090

1,170

1.320

298

683

272

6,880

May

295

284

264

249

216

188

178

169

164

157

153

144

129

115

131

142

131

117

107

100

91

84

81

222

494

445

389

461

494

649

1,170

Mlnlsruni

14

22

26

13

42

52

183

anoo.

Q1WJ.

33

17

14

14

June

1,320

1,080

733

478

272

208

193

173

153

800

563

246

176

166

123

158

287

258

824

733

379

229

176

216

266

203

169

140

111

91

July

76

67

61

54

48

42

38

36

38

39

37

34

81

72

51

298

272

171

119

91

72

60

51

47

89

73

54

44

39

34

33

Mean

41.1

31.3

55.0

648

160

753

957

1,007

258

364

101 '

61.3

319

Aup.

33

29

34

30

26

26

25

33

30

26

23

19

17

40

683

224

121

83

72

105

87

60

45

37

31

28

27

70

331

445

292

Per square 

mile

0.113

.086

.152

1.79

.441

P (YJ

2.64

n ,1717

!?!!

1.00

 306

 278

 169

.879

Sept.

186

113

79

60

46

38

32

28

26

47

61

36

31

28

24

20

18

IS

18

17

16

16

14

22

196

272

173

100

68

61

Run-off In 

inches

0.13

.10

.17

24.23

.51

2 *24

3.04

3.09

 ofc* OO 

1.12

.24

.32

.19

11.97

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Hote.- Doubtful gage-height record due to faulty intake action Feb. 10 to Mar. 3, Mar. 20-30, 

Apr. 2-20, Apr. 22 to June 15.
320 KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38016'05", long. 84048 1 55B , at Knights Bridge, 6 

miles northeast of Frankfort, Franklin County, and 7.4 miles downstream from confluence of North and South Elkhorn Creeks. Dec. 28 to Aug. 14, 194C, wire-weight 

gage at same site and datum. Former gage at site 6.6 miles upstreaff.

 Drainage area.- 463 square miles. That at former site, 453 square miles (revised).

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940. my 1915 to September 1918, October 

1918 to December 1920 (gage heights only), at site 6.6 miles upstream, published as 

Elkhorn Creek at Forks of Elkhorn, Ky.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 14,000 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 

11.60 feet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow Jan. 7-13.

1915-IS, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, 17,500 second-feet probably Dec. 18, 1915. 

This figure may have been exceeded by flood of Jan. 22, 1917: minimum, that of Jan. 

7-13, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating table, Dec. 28, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In

feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 28-31)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.75

1.8

1.8S

1.9

2.2

4.3

7.2

10.6

12.4

14.8

17.9

21.8

1.95

2.0

2.3

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.5

4.0

27.3

35

90

156

240

345

479

755

4.6

5.2

6.2

7.4

S.6

10.0

11.5

1,160

1,710

2,850

4,390

6,860

10,100

13,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Hov. Dec.

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

*18

18

18

4.6

Jan.

b3

b2

bl

b.5

b.3

b.2

bO

bO

W

bO

bO

bO

bO

blOO

370

622

357

W.60

b!20

b!40

bllO

b95

b8S

b72

b64

b59

b56

b51

b48

b45

*b44

Month

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

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

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

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

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

M«y. ............................

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

Hater year

Feb.

b42

b40

b39

b3S

b3S

1)200

1,760

1,080

649

1,120

2,490

1,760

1,160

947

817

695

583

2,190

4,930

3,570

2,910

1,980

1,320

1,080

881

719

644

1,020

1,050

-

Mar.

981

2,160

13,OOO

9,390

3,580

2,310

1,610

1,120

914

695

583

499

418

395

353

334

307

296

322

361

386

361

404

. 499

240

231

228

210

202

1,300

4,230

Seoondfoot-daya

2,602.0

35,752

47,919

45,251

6,153

5)346

565.4

368.6

-

Apr.

2,610

1,660

1,200

881

678

551

441

41S

386

395

450

1,610

981

S81

622

499

S79

3,090

3,690

7,320

5,130

2,970

1,980

1,660

1,280

981

661

530

431

386

-

Maximum

622

4,930

13,000

7,520 

474

504

n 550 '110

40

-

May

366

349

400

250

251

196

169

164

151

128

12S

128

112

102

106

121

134

121

121

106

112

112

98

104

151

204

190

322

395

408

474

Minimum

0

38

202

586

QQwo

66

29 

4.1

6.6

-

June

504

404

334

357

243

193

164

139

117

112

112

loe

104

92

80

80

84

92

164

164

164

114

106

112

84

96

86

79

73

66

-

Jily

62

54

53

51

49

37

37

35

33

33

29

32

35

5S

64

259

1,550

953

4S9

454

156

92

219

88

82

71

67

66

54

51

S3

Mean

83 »9

If S55

1,546

1,508 

198

154 

172

18 12

12.3

-

Aug.

33

29

26

23

26

26

13

12

13

17

16

14

12

11

9.8

9.1

7.8

6.3

6,0

4.1

4.9

7.5

8.1

e.l

7.5

7.2

10

14

110

49

25

Per square 

mile

0.181

2 »66

3.34

5 »26

 42 8

 335

.371

 039

.027

-

Sept.

37

40

22

15

12

14

13

11

9.1

8.S

7.S

7.S

7.5

9.1

17

15

12

9.S

8.8

S.I

S.I

7.8

7.2

7.2

9.4

7.2

6.9

6.6

9.4

14

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.21

2 .87

3.85

3.63 

.49

.37 

.43

.05

.03

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN i 

Eagle Creek at Glencoe, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°42', long. 84°48', at bridge on State Highway 16, 

at Qlencoe, Gallatln County, 5.6 miles downstream from Arnolds Creek and 20.4 miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 445 square miles.

Records available.- April 1915 to September 1920, May 1928 to September 1931, June 1938 

to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 28,200 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 21.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow on many days.

1915-20, 1928-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 3, 1940; no flow at 

times.

Flood of 1913 reached a stage of approximately 23.0 feet.

Remarks.- Records good above 4,000 second-feet and poor below. Gage read once daily 

Oct. 1 to June 2 and twice daily June 3 to Sept. 30.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

80

31

Oct. Nor.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1.1.1

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

-

Dec.

0

.1

.3

.3

.3

.2

.4

.4

.4

.2

.3

.3

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.4

.3

.1

.2

.3

.3

.3

0

.3

.7

.8

.9

Jan.

bO.7

b.5

b.3

b.2

b.l

b.l

bO

bO

bO

bO

b.l

b.2

.6

200

2,470

604

125

83

54

«b45

b31

b26

b21

bis

b!5

b!2

bll

b9

b8

b7

b7

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939Hto ...........

Feb.

b6

b6

b5

b5

b5

b600

2,740

706

251

1,650

4,510

1,340

526

£51

169

117

110

5,490

7,340

2,210

1,460

612

265

190

159

141

125

294

965

_

-

Mar.

409

225

20,300

89,160

900

518

407

254

229

205

183

145

268

326

326

341

26S

242

229

194

217

194

163

154

136

128

128

128

128

677

3,450

Secondfoot-daya

0

.4

10.6

265,092.4

3

rjAQ a t f4O*O

32 24S

40y 632

49 112

3 QR1 . tfOJ.

5,258

1,241.6 

346.2

«-|O Q

OJLic* v

136,871.5

Apr.

890

424

268

242

163

163

145

341

229

163

163

4,280

1,400

479

357

281

440

7,330

11,100

11,800

3,380

1,100

695

1,220

650

407

326

242

229

205

-

Maximum

0

.1

.9

17,200

2,470 

7,340

20,300

11,800 

254

568

265

-I CO J.OW

Qf>

WO

20,300

May

229

194

194

163

145

136

229

145

112

9S

79

79

79

63

5S

73

68

63

63

63

63

50

58

84

229

194

145

194

163

254

194

Minimum

0

0

0

0

0

5

"I9A JLicO

145

50

22

3.3

0

.2

0

June

' 2S1

154

103

90

68

51

45

350

179

294

117

77

51

40

22

26

210

258

341

201

150

110

77

419

568

225

238

325

117

71

-

July

54

41

32

23

17

16

12

10

7.5

5.9

5.4

6.5

7.0

12

7.5

23S

265

96

67

96

62

46

31

24

17

12

8.7

7.8

6.7

4.3

3.3

Mean

0

.01

.34

"726

121

1,112

1,311

1*637

1OQ JLtfO

175

40.1

11.2

10.4

374

Aug.

2.5

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.0

.S

.8

.7

.5

.4

.3

.2.

.2

.3

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.6

55

US

159

Per square

mile

0

.000022

.00076

1.63

 272

2*50

2 «95

3 ISO *oo

 238

!s93

.090

 025

.023

.840

Sept.

96

64

40

26

IS

14

10

7.8

5.6

7.2

5.4

3.5

2.5

2.2

2*2

l.S

1.3

.8

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.8

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

~"n-off In 

Inches

0

.00003

.0009

22*15

 31

2.70

3.40

4.10

.33

.44

.10

.03

.03

11.44

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

 Stage-discharge relation affected by log Jam; discharge computed on basis of one discharge 

measurement and record for preceding and following days.
332 BEARGRASS CREEK BASIN

South Fork of Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°12'40", long. 85°42'10", at Trevilllan Way 

Bridge, at Louisville, Jefferson County, 6.0 miles upstream from confluence with 

Middle Fork and 7.7 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 450.60 feet above 

mean sea level (Louisville city datum, 1912 adjustment).

Drainage area.- 18.1 square miles.

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940 (discontinued).

.Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 1,360 second-feet Mar. 3 (gp.?e height, 10.53 

feet); no flow Sept. 4-9, 12-30.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which ar>3 poor.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of six discharge measurements furnlshed by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Dec. 12, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.55

2.6

2.65

2.7

2.75

2.8

£ «9

s!o

0

.02 

.10 

.24 

.50 

.90

S.I

3.5

3.1

3.2

3.3 

3.5 

3.8 

4.6 

5.6 

6.6

5.5

7.9

10.7

17.5

30

70

131

207

7.6 

8.5

302

410

490

635

880

1,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

OQ

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

51

Oct. Nov. Dec.

0.20 

.20 

.20 

.20

.20 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.20

.20 

.20 

.20 

.25 

.20

.25 

.30 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.30

Jan.

0.25 

.15 

.10

.15 

.15

.05 

.05 

.15 

.15 

.20

.45 

1.0 

1.6 

7.7 

2.9

1.6 

bl.2 

b.9 

b.7 

b.5

b.4 

b.3 

b.25 

b.2 

b.15

b.15 

b.15 

b.l 

b.l 

b.l 

b.l

Month

Oct 

Kov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember 12-31. ................

alendar year

ater year

Feb.

bO.l 

b.l 

b.l 

b.15 

b.3

43 

15 

6.5 

5.3 

24

44 

21 

13 

10 

7.9

e.7

9.9 

74 

105 

108

70 

48 

34 

30 

24

19 

22 

23 

20

Mar.

16 

52 

490 

156 

96

68 

53 

43 

35 

30

24 

19 

23 

34 

23

18 

14 

18 

26 

17

14 

12 

10 

8.7 

7.9

7.4 

7.4 

6.7 

7.4 

41 

38

Secondfoot-days

4.75

_

21.95 

786.05 

1,415.5 

2,200.6 

301.7 

66.40 

30.15 

8.60 

1.00

-

Apr.

24 

18 

15 

12 

9.0

7.4 

7.7 

8.2 

6.0 

5.3

43 

87 

44 

30 

25

21 

106

252 400 ' 

359

196 

117 

87 

72 

58

50 

42 

36 

31 

30

Maximum

0.35

-

7.7 

108 

490 

400 

30 

11 

7.4 

.90 

.40

-

May

30 

26 

24 

20 

17

15 

14 

11 

11 

10

e.7

7.7 

7.4 

6.2 

8.2

6.7 

5-5 

5.1 

5.5 

4.7

3.5 

3.5 

3.7 

9.6 

7.4

6.7 

4.9 

5.3 

4.5 

3.4 

5.5

Minimum

0.20

-

.05 

.1 

6.7 

5.3 

3.4 

.90 

.35 

.10 

0

-

June

6.5 

4.3 

3.2 

2.8

2.2

1.7 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0 

3.5

1.7 

1.5 

1.7 

1.5 

1.6

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3 

1.1

1.0 

.90 

1.1 

11 

1.9

1.4 

1.1 

1.0 

1.1 

.90

July

0.90 

.90 

.80 

.75 

.75

.75 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.50

.75 

1.3 

1.5 

.80 

.75

.90 

1.1 

.80 

.65 

.60

.50 

f.45 

f.40 

f2.1 

f7.4

f.90 

f.60 

f .50 

f.35 

f.35 

f.35

Mean

0.238

_

.708 

27.1 

45.7 

73.4 

9.73 

2.21 

.973 

.277 

.033

-

Aug.

fO.35 

f.40 

f .30 

f.25 

f.40

f.60 

f .90 

f.60 

f.40 

.25

.25 

.25 

.20 

f .20 

f.15

.15 

.10 

.15 

.25 

.15

.15 

.10 

.15 

.15 

.10

.10 

.25 

.30 

.25 

.35 

.40

Per square 

mile

0.013

-

.039 

1.50 

2.52 

4.06 

.538 

.122 

.054 

.015 

.0018

-

Sept.

0.40 

.30 

.15 

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0 

.05

.10 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Run-off In 

Inches

0.01

-

.06 

1.62 

2.91 

4.52 

.62 

.14 

.06 

.02 

.002

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
BEARGRASS CREEK BASIN 323

Middle Fork of Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°15'00", long. 85°43'10", at Payne Street 

Bridge in Louisville, Jefferson County, 0.7 mile upstream from confluence with 

South Fork and 2.4 miles upstream from Ohio River. Datum of gage is 430.78 feet 

above mean sea level (Louisville city datum, 1912 adjustment).

Drainage area.- 24.8 square miles.

Records available.- July 1939 to July 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- 1939:Maximum discharge during period July to September, 664 second-feet 

July 24 (gage height, 5.86 feet); minimum, 3.0 second-feet, July 18, 21-23 (gage 

height, 0.23 foot).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during period October to July, 1,340 second-feet 

Mar. 3 (gage height, 10.25 feet); minimum, 3.0 second-feet July 6, 7 (gage height, 

0.23 foot).

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

or backwater from Ohio River, which are poor. Low flow affected slightly by leakage from sanitary sewer system above station; discharge during storm run-off affected by diversion through 39-inch interception sewer.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1939-40 

1939

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

July

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

Aug.

10

9.2

9.5

6.5

5.S

5.8

6.1

5.1

4.8

4.5

Septs'

5.S

5.6

6.1

6.0

5.8

5.S

5.8

6.0

7.1

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

July

_

_

4.2

3.9

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.9

4.2

4.5

Aug.

4.6

5.4

40

56

6.9

15

8.2

9.2

34

16

Sept.

6.5

6.3

6.7

7.6

13

15

14

12

7.5 

6.9

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

July

3.9

3.0

4.5

243

79

18

21

18

34

21

13

Aug.

10

10

12

9.5

a.e

8.8

6.5

5.8

5.1

5.6

5.6

Sept.

7.3

6.7

5.8

5.3

7.5

7.5

7.3

6.3

9.0

12

-

Day

1

2

3

4

e

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7.3

6.5

7.1

5.8

5.0

5.3

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.8

5.1

5.4

5.1

5.0

4.8

5.6

5.1

5.0

5.1

4.8

5.4

5.1

6.7

12

15

12

9.8

6.5

4.8

4.5

4.8

Nor.

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.2

4.8

4.5

3.9

4.8

4.8

5.8

5.1

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.2

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.3

6.1

5.0

4.2

4.8

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.2

5.0

5.0

4.3

-

Dee.

6.9

5.3

4.2

4.5

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

4.6

6.3

5.3

4.S

4.6

4.3

4.5

5.8

4.5

4.6

4.5

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.1

5.1

Jan.

a5

a5

a4.5

a4.5

a4

a4

a4

a3.5

a3.5

a3.5

b4.5

b5.5

b7

23

11

9.0

a6

a5

a4.5

a4

a3.5

a3.5

a3

a3

a3

a2.5

a2.5

a2.5

a2

a2

a2

Feb.

a2

a2

a2

a2.5

a4

36

24

13

12

30

50

34

25

21

18

16

14

121

140

130

76

50

38

32

27

23

23

25

23

_

-

liar.

17

117

865

214

117

74

53

42

36

30

30

24

34

36

23

23

21

24

26

22

19

18

16

15

14

13

13

13

13

54

51

Apr.

38

32

2S

24

21

19

18

21

IS

16

69

128

53

45

38

32

162

314

562

451

322

0190

C130

c95

c75

c65

055

o45

c40

38

May

34

25

22

19

18

17

16

14

13

12

11

11

10

9.8

13

10

9.0

9.5

9.8

8.8

8.5

9.0

10

18

15

12

11

11

10

9.8

13

June

11

9.2

8.2

7.5

7.3

6.9

6.9

6.1

5.4

6.5

5.6

5.4

6.0

7.1

6.5

5.4

6.5

5.6

4.5

4.8

4.6

3.9

4.9

18

5.8

4.3

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.0

July

3.6

3.4

4.0

3.7

3.3

3.0

3.3

3.7

4.8

5.1

5.4

9.2

5.0

3.6

4.2

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

Auf. Sept.

a No gage-height records discharge computed on basis of records for station on South Fork of 

Beargraas Greek at Louisville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

c Backwater from Ohio River; discharge computed on basis of record for station on Soutt Fork of 

Beargrass Oreek at Louisville.
324 BEARORASS CREEK BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Middle Fork of Beargraas Oreek at Louisville, Xf., 1989-40

Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

July 13-31, 1939 

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

September........

Water year

October 1939 ....

November.........

December.........

Calendar year

January 1940 ....

February.........

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

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

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

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

July 1-15. ......

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

September........

Water year

490.8 

350.3 

229. S

194.9

136.7

148.6

150.5

1.013.5

2,072

3,144

419.2

189.0

65.5

243

56

15

3.0 

4.5 

5.3

25.8

11.3

7.66

15

6.1

6.9

4.5 

3.9 

4

6.29

4.56

4.79

23

140

865

562

34

18

9.2

2

2

13

16

8.5

3.7

3.0

4.85

34.9

66.8

105

13.5

6.30

.4.35
SALT RIVER BASIN 325

Salt River near Van Buren, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°58', long. 85°08", at highway bridge, 1.8 miles

east of Van Buren, Anderson County, 3.4 miles upstream from Crooked Creek, an1 J.O&

miles downstream from Hammonds Creek. Datum of gage is 535.52 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 200 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,900 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 16.9

feet, from floodmark), from'rating curve extended above 7,000 second-feet: no flow

Oct. 1-27.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 13,200 second-feet Mar. 5, 1939 (gage height, 18.40

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 7,000

second-feet; no flow on many days in 1938 and 1939.

Maximum stage known, 22.2 feet in 1928. Flood of January 1937 reached a s^-.age

of 19.6 feet. 

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage

read twice dally except for 18 days In March when gage was read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 29 to HOT. 30, Sept. 1-30}

Dot. 1 to Jan. 13 Jan. 13 to Sept. SO

2.0 0

2.1

2.2

2.3 1

2.4 2

Z S 5

2.6 S

2.7 15

Hote.- 

9.2 feet.

.1

.4

.3

.9

.2

.6

Same

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.2

3.5

3.3

4.1

4.4

19

25

32

47

73

106

149

210

as following

4.8

5.3

5.8

6.5

7.5

9.2

table

SIS

475

660

965

1,450

2,490

above

2.2

2.25

2.3

2.35

2.4

2.45

2.5

2.55

2.6

0.3

.6

1.1

1.9

2.9

4.2

5.6

7.S

10

2.7

2.S

2.9

3.1

3.4

3.7

4.0

4.6

5.1

16

22

30

51

90

140

206

335

525

6.0

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.9

860

1,280

1,780

2,370

3,070

4,830

6,970

10,900

Discharge, In aeeond-feet, jroter year October 1939 to jjeptember 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

45

9.8

11

19

Nor.

IS

8.3

5.8

4.2

2.7

2.1

1.3

1.3

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.9

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.6

l.S

l.S

1.5

Dao.

1.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.9

S.I

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.5

M

b8

b!5

21

IS

b9

b7

Jan.

b6

b5.5

b5

M.5

M.3

b4.1

b3.9

*bS.8

bS.7

bS.6

b5.5

192

690

2,500

650

218

114

72

b50

b40

bSO

b25

b22

b20

blS

bl6

b!4

blS

blS

bll

bll

Month

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 40

Feb.

blO

too

blO

t>9

bll

1,360

895

350

280

1,240

1,270

595

735

850

625

335

305

3,380

2,060

1,350

1,010

490

335

280

230

182

160

459

S95

-

Mar.

320

280

6,330

1,730

700

395

26S

206

150

131

114

90

83

105

105

140

140

299

930

525

350

230

160

131

106

90

83

73

VI

6,020

2,570

Seoondfoot-daya

84.9

61.6

141.4

106,743.4

4,747.9

19,101

22,914

15,343

2*859

 593.0

2

aof\ n

f OG\J » &

307.8

313.2

69,237.0

Apr.

666

396

26S

182

114

105

90

98

81

67

550

875

255

150

122

90

920

1,090

2,480

2,990

1,580

700

428

292

21S

160

122

98

84

77

Maximum

45

13

21

7,080

2,500

3,380

6,330

2,990

niTQ

( («

34

1,100

Oft vo

66

6,330

May

90

86

75

62

50

44

39

34

31

28

24

21

19

18

21

21

22

25

40

26

21

17

17

181

104

206

778

332

206

122

105

Minimum

0

.5

1.8

0

3.6

9

71

67

17

3.4

1.1

.4

1.0

0

June

84

66

51

40

SS

25

20

18

17

16

16

17

14

24

19

12

11

S.S

7.4

6.6

5.8

6.6

12

15

17

10

8.3

5.2

3.9

3.4

July

11

9.3

6.6

5.2

S.9

2.9

2.1

1.7

1.7

1.4

1.1

168

93

46

93

1,100

602

SOS

140

76

44

23

20

15

10

7.4

5.5

3.9

2.7

2.1

1.7

Mean

2.74

2.05

4.56

292

153

659

739

511

92 »2

TO XV «Ofl 

91.0

9

Q9 yo

10.4

1S9

Aug.

1.4

1.1

.9

.7

.5

5-8

4.8

2.9

2.1

1.6

4.5

7.4.

4.8

3.4

2.5

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.4

1.0

.7

.5

.4

.4

52

85

15

98

Per square 

mile

0.014

.010

.023

1.46

.765

3.50

3.70

2.56

.461

.099

.455

.050

.052

.945

Sept.

61

35

19

11

6.6

4.5

5.2

1.9

1.6

23

5.6

66

25

13

7.8

5.2

5.4

2.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.9

1.1

1.9

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.0

1.0

Run-off In 

Inches

0*02

.01

.03

19.84

 OOQQ 

5.56

4.26

2 *85

.53

.11

 52

 06

.06

12.88

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
326 SALT RIVER BASIN

Salt River at Shepherdsville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°59', long. 85°43', at bridge on State Highway 61 

at snepherdsvllle, Bullitt County, 700 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville R. R. 

bridge, and 1 mile downstream from Buffalo Run.

Drainage area.- 1,210 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 38,400 second-feet Mar. 4, by discharge measurement; maximum gage height, 31.0 feet Mar. 4; no flow Oct. 21-25; minimum gage height 

observed, 0.29 foot Oct. 24.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 4, 1940; maximum gage height, that of Mar. 

4, 1940; minimum discharge observed, that of Oct. 21-25, 1939.

Maximum stage known (revised), 47.3 feet Jan. 26, 1937, from floodmrk, affected by 

backwater from Ohio River.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 40 second-feet and those for p3rlods of ice effeet or backwater from Ohio River, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect and of baclnrater from Ohio River

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 4 to July 16, Sept. 11-30)

0.3 

.4 

.5

0 0.8

.2 .9

2.0 1.0

4.8 1.2

12 1.3

23

37

54

95

123

1.4 

1.6 

1.9 

2.4 

2.8

158 

245 

40O 

705 

1,020

3.2 

3.7 

4.2 

5.2 

8.0

1,440

2,190

8,890

3,730

5,820

12.0

18.0

22.5

86.5

31.0

9,270

15,000

20,300

27,000

38,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

nO.9 

h.9 

h.9 

h.7 

h.7

h.9 

h.6 

h.6 

h.6 

h.6

h.6 

h.6 

h.2 

h.l 

h.l

h.l 

h.l 

h.l 

h.l 

h.l

ho 

hO 

hO 

hO 

h.l

h.2 

109 

1,130 

551 

162 

84

Hov.

54 

39 

29 

23 

22

20 

16 

13 

11 

9.1

9.1 

7.0 

5.5 

4.5 

4.5

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.8

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.8 

4.8

4.8 

4.8 

5.5 

5.5 

6.2

Dec.

8.4 

11 

11 

11

11

16 

15 

14 

12 

11

11 

9.8 

11 

11 

9.8

11 

11 

9.8 

11 

11

11 

9.8 

14 

22 

12

18 

21 

«16 

23 

60 

51

Jan.

42 

b35 

b30 

b23 

bSO

b!8 

b!6 

b!6 

«b!5 

b!5

b20 

S3 

679 

3,410 

4,500

1,100 

614 

b300 

blSO 

b!20

b90 

b70 

b60 

b50 

b45

b40 

b35 

b32 

b30 

b30 

b29

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19! 9 ...........

ater year 1939-^

Feb.

b29 

b29 

b29 

b£9 

b50

2,500 

3,590 

2,420 

1,330 

3,160

6,940 

4,480 

2,770 

2,890 

2,420

1,650 

1,470 

5,540 

17,100 

el5,100

eS.OOO 

e4,700 

3,280 

1,890 

1,680

1,380 

1,330 

3,100 

2,770

Mar.

2,170 

2,110 

23,000 

e36,000 

e21,000

e5,700 

62,600 

el, 600 

el, 200 

el,000

842 

705 

982 

1,470 

1,380

1,120 

966 

1,470 

4,150 

3,100

1.6SO 

1,160 

906 

740 

627

557 

509 

497 

485 

1,700 

5,420

Second - 

foot-daya

2,045.8 

339.4 

484.6

658,934.8

11,752 

101,656 

126,786 

127,436 

14,029 ' 

2,716 

9,062.1 

2,428.3 

916.5

399,651.7

Apr.

4,030 

1,910 

1,280 

e970 

eSOO

e710 

e650 

e600 

569 

527

1,130 

e5,480 

e4,380 

2,510 

1,520

1,110 

4,880 

616,000 

e 17, 000 

e20,000

616,500 

68,180 

e4,000 

e2,300 

el, 700

el,200 

el,500 

el,700 

02,000 

e2,300

Maximum

1,130 

54 

60

31,300

4,500 

17,100 

. 36,000 

20,000 

1,500 

320 

4,570 

671 

174

36,000

May

el, 500 

el, 000 

740 

575 

485

422 

367 

325 

290 

255

227 

204 

187 

166 

166

20S 

222 

204 

195 

217

250 

240 

213 

236 

1,420

747 

551 

958 

680 

444 

335

Minimum

0 

4.5 

8.4

0

15 

29 

485 

527 

196 

24 

4.5 

4.0 

1.8

0

June

320 

295 

236 

204 

170

140 

101 

84 

71 

s 67

65 

75 

71 

60 

54

49 

44 

40 

40 

34

26 

24 

30 

29 

46

109 

84 

64 

47 

37

Jlly

27 

24 

19 

13 

S.4

4.5 

4.8 

5.5 

6.8 

7.7

13 

40 

117 

1"6 

164

1,220 

4.E70 

1,230 

490 

260

154 

113 

77 

60 

49

40 

31 

33 

33 

24 

18

Mean

66.0 

11.3 

15.6

1,805

379 

3,505 

4,090 

4,248 

453 

90.5 

292 

78.3 

30.6

1,098

Aug.

13 

hll 

h8.4 

h7.7 

h6. 2

h4.0 

671 

220 

178 

112

69 

46 

29 

20 

13

11 

9.8 

9.1 

8.4 

8.4

8.4 

11 

9.1 

9.1 

7.7

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

11 

546 

350

Per square 

mile

0.055 

.0093 

.013

1.49

.313 

2.90 

3.38 

3.51 

.374 

.075 

.241 

.065 

.025

.902

Sept.

174 

112 

95 

82 

64

49 

37 

29 

24

21

16 

12 

15 

22 

21

26 

S3 

19 

14 

12

9.1 

7.7 

5.5 

4.8 

7.0

4.8 

3.4 

3.1 

8.3 

1.8

Run-off in 

inches

0.06 

.01 

.01

20.24

.36 

3.12 

3.90 

3.92 

.43 

.08 

.88 

.07 

.03

12.27

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee.

e Backwater from Ohio River; discharge computed on basis of five discharge neasurements and records for Salt River near Van Buren and Rolling Fork near Boston, 

h Computed from wire-weight gage readings.
SALT RIVER BASIN 327

Rolling Fork near Lebanon, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°30', long. 85°20', at bridge on State Highway 55, 6.5 

miles southwest of Lebanon, Marion County, and 8.8 miles downstream from confluence of 

North and South Forks.

Drainage area.- 242 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,530 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 17.40 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow Oct. 8 to Nov. 26.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 26,000 second-feet June 19, 1939 (gage height, 22.28 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet; ro flow 

on many days in 1938 and 1939.

Remarks.- Records good above 1,000 second-feet and fair below except those for period of 

ice effect, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14, Sept. 15-30)

2.5

2.55

2.6

2.65

2.7

2.75

0 

.1 

.3

.7 

1.3 

2.1

2.8 

2.85

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.1

4.3

5.8

9.5

14

22

3.3 

3.5 

3.8 

4.2 

4.8 

5.6

31

57

105

183

335

590

7.0

10.0

12.5

15.0

16.4

17.4

1,140

2,520

3,900

5,600

7,030

8,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

0.3 

.2 

.2 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Nov.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

.1 .1 

.1 .1

Dec.

0.4 

.8 

.8 

.9 

1.3

1.6 

2,3 

d2.0 

1.6 

2.1

2.1 

2.5 

2.9 

2.7 

2.5

2.7 

2.9 

2.7 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.3 

2.7 

3.1

2.9 

3.6 

5.8 

5.2 

4.6 

4.3

Jan.

4.6 

4.6 

4.3 

4.3 

4.9

4.9 

4.3 

4.3

*6.5 

4.9

5.8 

6.8 

8.7 

142 

292

152 

b80 

b60 

b45 

b32

b25 

b20 

b!6 

b!4 

b!2

blO 

1)8.5 

b7.5 

b7 

b6.5 

b6

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19;S9 ...........

ater year 1939-'

Peb.

b6 

b5.5 

b5.5 

b5 

b7

120 

242 

162 

1S3 

1,140

935 

555 

425 

735 

455

305 

242 

1,290 

1,580 

1,100

775 

485 

320 

268 

218

172 

320 

975 

555

Mar.

395 

377 

4,220 

1,220 

590

395 

280 

230 

183 

152

142 

230 

268 

485 

520

425 

305 

648 

1,370 

590

380 

280 

218 

183 

152

132 

123 

109 

132 

4,130 

2,670

Second - 

foot-daya

1.1 

.4 

79.3

160,876. 4

1,004.4 

13,586.0 

21,534 

14,966 

4,823 

1,413 

1,247.5 

732.3 

149.9

59,536.9

Apr.

775 

455 

350 

26S 

205

172 

152 

142 

181 

107

123 

395 

280 

205 

172

152 

132 

582 

1,720 

3,420

2,120 

895 

555 

395 

280

218 

172 

152 

132 

119

Maximum

0.3 

.1 

5.8

9,740

292 

1,580 

4,220 

3,420 

695 

152 

332 

309 

27

4,220

May

280 

268 

194 

152 

132

110 

96 

85 

77 

70

60 

51 

46 

39 

82

112 

72 

51 

63 

51

41 

37 

36 

142 

292

455 

695 

425 

242 

205 

162

Minimum

0 

0 

.4

0

4.3 

5 

109 

107 

36 

13 

3.1 

1.0 

.4

0

June

152 

119 

91 

75 

60

49 

41 

63 

63 

46

41 

33 

24 

24 

18

25 

51 

36 

75 

83

50 

33 

27 

23 

23

21 

18 

18 

18 

13

July

10 

12 

8.7 

7.2 

8.7

4.3

3.3 

4.0 

3.1 

3.1

3.6 

6.5 

14 

7.2 

6.1

332 

255 

78 

49 

26

20 

14 

12 

9.5 

8« 3

7.2 

8.3 

5.8 

6.1 

9.5 

305

Mean

0.04 

.01 

2.56

441

32.4

468 

695 

499 

156 

47.1 

40.2 

23.6 

5.00

163

Aug,

53 

9.9 

6.8 

5.8 

6.8

42 

23

11 

7.2 

13

7.2 

7.9 

9.5 

6.8 

7.2

4,0 

4.0 

3.3 

3.6 

3.1

1.9 

1.6

1.3 

1.3 

1.0

1.2 

1.3 

1.6 

309 

131 

46

Per square 

mile

0.00017 

.000041 

.011

1.82

.134 

1.93 

2.87 

2.06 

.645 

.195 

.166 

.098 

.021

.674

Sept.

27

14 

12 

7.2 

6.1

11 

4.6 

3.3 

11 

9.9

6.5 

5.2 

4.3 

4.0

3.8

2.9 

3.1 

2.5 

1.8 

1.8

1.2 

.9 

.5

.7 

1.3

1.0 

.7 

.6 

.6 

.4

Run-off in 

inches

0.0002 

.00006 

.01

24.72

.15 

2.09 

3.31 

2.30 

.74 

.22 

.19 

.11 

.02

9.14

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful stage-discharge relation; discharge interpolated.

461679 O - 42 - 22
328 SALT RIVER BASIN

Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°43', long. 85°45', at bridge on U. 8. Highway 62 

ana State Highway 61, 800 feet downstream from Beech Fork and 3 mllee southwest of 

Boston, Nelson County. Auxiliary gage Is water-stage recorder at mouth of Rolling 

Fork, 18.4 miles downstream.

Drainage area.- 1,300 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19,100 second-feet Mar. 4, 5 (gage height, 

3B.o reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 0.4 second-foot Oct. 

20 (gage height, 1.65 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 26,300 second-feet Feb. 1, 1939 (gage height, 40.98 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, that of Cct. 20. 1939.

Maximum stage known, 55.2 feet In January 1937, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records fair except those above 5,000 second-feet those computed by using 

fall as a factor, and those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, all 

of which are poor. Gage read once dally.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

4.5 

4.0

15 

10 

IS

7.0 

7.0 

4.2 

4.8

S.6

S.8 

2.6 

l.S 

1.8 

2.4

S.O 

2.1 

1.5 

.8 

.4

go 

z'.Q 

2.4 

2.1 

2.2

aS.S 

2.4

23 

170 

170 

148

Nor.

86 

56

47 

87 

11

IS 

15 

IS 

11 

9.8

12 

10 

12 

10 

12

5.6 

7.4 

8.6 

9.4 

8.2

8.6

10 

IS 

11 

11

11 

10 

9.4 

9.S 

8.6

Dec.

12 

11 

8.2 

10 

12

10 

IS 

IS 

15 

IS

8.6 

8.2 

6.7 

8.2 

7.4

7.0 

8.6 

9.8

10 

11

9.0 

8.2 

7.0 

9.0 

9.8

12 

20 

SO 

22 

52 

56

Jan.

56 

47 

60 

56 

46

36 

a34 

aSS 

32 

32

SS

48 

16S 

1,620 

3,620

3,520 

1,250 

514 

bS20 

b220

b!50 

b!20 

b90 

b75 

b65

b56 

b50 

b4S 

b43 

b41 

b40

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19:59 ...........

ater year 1939 -410 ...........

Feb.

b40 

b39 

b39 

b39 

b50

443 

1,660 

2,720 

2,120 

3,050

4,550 

5,020 

3,700 

4,160 

4,040

3,280 

2,120 

3,000 

6,780 

11,000

9,950

6,660 

4,850 

2,680 

1,800

1,510 

1,170 

1,680 

1,920

Mar.

1,900 

2,380 

8,940 

16,300 

17,600

11,400 

6,9SO 

2,490 

1,320 

1,020

904 

S90 

1,100 

1,510 

1,810

2,030 

1,840 

1,790 

4,880 

5,940

4,430 

2,480 

1,490 

1,120 

898

760 

658 

610 

578 

1,090 

5,760

Secondfoot-days

620.7 

496.4 

4S7.7

798,948.5

12,515 

90,070 

112,898 

119,153 

23,125 

5,313 

15,519 

1,927.5 

1,126.5

383,201.8

Apr.

10,700 

S.670 

4,550 

2,190 

1,180

898 

720 

762 

69S 

642

827 

2,220 

3,750 

2,900 

1,320

976 

90S 

2,600 

8,300 

13,600

16,800 

13,300 

8,320 

4,680 

1,650

792 

860 

1,140 

1,450 

1,760

Maximum

170 

86 

56

24,200

3,620 

11,000 

17,600 

16,800 

1,990 

609 

4,400 

208 

262

17,600

Hay

1,990 

1,840 

1,430 

1,050 

a870

705 

609 

529 

467 

422

377 

332 

304 

262 

S04

304 

S18 

318 

318

276

248 

a230 

206 

234 

821

1,230 

1,620 

1,920 

1,750 

1,120 

721

Minimum

0.4 

5.6

6.7

.4

32 

39 

578 

642 

206 

57 

22 

7.4 

5.6

.4

June

609 

a50S 

407 

S62 

290

248 

193 

ISO 

167 

180

167 

148 

128 

104 

9S

92

104 

110 

116 

122

98 

alio 

122 

122 

' 122

116 

92 

76 

65 

57

July

59 

36 

92 

60 

42

37 

29 

28 

25 

22

a 18 

74 

377 

377 

438

539

3,430 

4,400 

2,730 

1,140

377 

KH 

130 

138 

104

92

81 

70 

104 

81 

81

Mean

20.0 

16.5 

14.1

2,189

404 

3,106 

3,642 

3,972 

746 

177 

501 

62.2 

37.6

1,047

Aug.

81 

206 

167 

alOO 

49

57

SI 

141 

12S 

160

104 

1S4 

65 

34 

S4

22

20 

17 

13 

15

alS 

11 

9.0 

8.7 

7.9

7.4 

7.4 

7.9 

9.2 

10 

208

Per square

mile

0.015 

.013 

.011

1.6S

.311 

2.39 

2.80 

S.06 

.574 

.136 

.385 

.048 

.029

.805

Sept.

262

19S 

148 

SI 

57

41 

29 

26 

24 

23

21 

18 

19 

16 

15

14 

IS 

12 

12 

11

9.2

7.9 

7.2 

5.6 

10

11 

12 

9.7 

9.7 

9.2

Run-off In 

Inches

0.02 

.01 

.01

22.85

.36 

2.58 

3.23 

3.41 

.66 

.16 

.44 

.06 

.03

10.96

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated or computed on basis of records for station near 

Lebanon and for Salt River at Shepherdsville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.- Discharge for Feb. 17, 23-27, Mar. 4-12, Apr. 4 to May 2 computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor.
SALT RIVER BASIN 

Beech Fork at Bardstown, Ky.

329

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°48', long. 85°29', at bridge on U. S. Highways 31E 

ana ea, 0.1 mile downstream from Stewart Creek and 1 mile southwest of Bartstown, 

Nelson County.

Drainage area.- 664 square miles.

Records available.- November 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 14,600 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 29.18 

teet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.5 second-feet Sept. 24 

(gage height, 1.73 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 30 second-feet and those for periods of rapidly 

Changing stage or of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

Cooperation.- Result of one discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

ATffly.

Rating table, NOT. 14, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height,

in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 14 to Jan. 12)

1.7 

1.75

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.9

4.0

6.8

10.0

14.2

19.5

2.3 

2.6 

3.1 

3.5 

3.S 

4.3 

5.3

26.2

51.0

96

142

190

302

550

7.0 

S.5 

11.5 

15.5 

22.0 

27.0 

29.2

1,020

1,520

2,7SO

4,300

8,600

12,600

14,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct. Nov.

7.1 

6.5

5.7 

5.7 

5.4 

5.1 

6.2

6.5 

7.1 

7.1 

6.0 

6.0

5.7 

5.4 

4.8 

4.8 

4.3

Dec.

4.3 

5.1 

7.8 

5.4 

4.8

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

3.5 

4.3

4.3 

4.0 

4.6 

4.3 

4.3

4.0 

4.0 

4.3 

4.8 

4.8

4.8 

4.6 

4.S 

7.1 

6.5

6.5 

13 

15 

18 

18 

15

Jan.

23 

28 

26 

10 

17

11 

14 

14 

14 

14

16 

37 

561 

2,640 

3,630

1,150 

374 

308 

96 

b70

b50 

b40 

b30 

b25 

b21

b!9 

b!7 

b!5 

b!4 

bl3 

blS

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember 1 

ember. . .

alendar year

ater year

Feb.

b!2 

18 

12 

' 12 

17

664 

2,080 

1,520 

901 

2,330

3,580 

1,920 

1,600 

2,500 

1,800

1,OSO 

845 

2,600 

6,280 

6,010

3,480 

1,760 

1,020 

789 

681

576 

576 

1,370 

1,760

Mar.

1,060 

1,010 

12,600 

12,200 

4,240

1,400 

901 

817 

550 

474

399 

374 

424 

602 

735

373 

681 

S31 

4,960 

3,240

1,100 

769 

576 

474 

374

326 

278 

254 

254 

1,740 

5,720

Secondfoot-days

99.4 

203.4

-

9,304 

50,037 

60,276 

52,468 

8,660 

1,652 

11,216 

950.2 

400.3

-

Apr.

4,930 

1,200 

817 

654 

524

424 

302 

290 

254 

254

326 

1,560 

1,400 

873 

499

399 

424 

2,350 

6,250 

9,500

9,010 

4,020 

1,560 

1,300 

845

654 

524 

550 

399 

326

MajclBunn

7.1

ie

-

3,630 

8,230 

12,600 

9,500 

1 987 

210 

4,300 

200 

72

-

May

550 

499 

424 

350 

278

231 

164 

142 

112 

117

96 

86 

72 

72 

136

112 

72 

91 

91 

S2

82 

63 

55 

91 

654

7S9 

873 

937 

706 

474 

302

Minimum

4.3 

3.5

-

10 

18 

254 

254 

55 

21 

12 

2.7 

2.7

-

June

210 

136 

129 

106 

82

64 

55 

72 

48

44

43 

41 

S3 

30 

36

33 

33 

34 

33 

29

25 

21 

34 

46 

50

46 

39 

33 

29 

36

July

29 

34 

29 

29 

26

20 

17 

16 

13 

12

16 

56 

210 

254 

424

1,630 

4,300 

2,420 

654 

278

149 

101 

72 

55 

55

48 

4S 

77 

59 

47 

36

Mean

5.85 

6.56

-

300 

1,725 

1,944 

1,749 

286 

55.1 

362 

30.7 

13.3

-

Aug.

26 

20 

18 

16 

14

13 

47 

64 

66 

68

86 

43 

25 

20

14

11 

8.4 

2.9 

5.4 

4.3

3.7 

3.3 

3.7 

3.3 

3.3

2.9 

3.3 

2.7 

36 

112 

200

Per squire 

mile

0. DOT'S 

.0009

-

.463 

8.60 

2.93 

2.63 .43" 

.08,7 

.545 

.046 

.020

-

Sept.

72 

40 

38 

24 

21

17 

16 

17 

13 

15

11 

9.7 

11 

12 

11

9.0 

8.7 

8.1 

6.8 

5.7

4.6 

3.1 

2»9 2!?

3.1

3.1 

2.9 

4.3 

2.9 

2.7

Run-off in 

Inches

0.006 

.01

-

.52 

2.80 

3.38 

2.94 

.50 

.09 

.63 

.05 

.02

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
330 BLUE RIVER BASIN

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°14', long. 86°14', in sec. 19, T. 3 S R. 3 E.,

 400 feet downstream from Spring Creek and three-quarters of a mile north of White

Cloud. Datum of gage is 434.30 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929),

Drainage area.- 462 square miles.

Records available.- April 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge, 12,600 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 14.05 feet); mini-

 mum, il second-feet Sept. 20 (gage height, 1.40 feet).

1931-40: Maximum gage height, 21.97 feet Jan. 22, 1937, from observation at peak 

checked by floodmarks (discharge not determined; figure of 24,000 second-feet previously published believed to be too low).

Remarks.- Records good except those for month of December and period of ice effect,which 

are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 3, AUE?. 21 to Sept. 30)

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

26

41

79

127

2.2 

3.4 

2.6 

3.8 

3.0 

3.5

185

251

320

395

490

760

1,060

1,760

2,580

3,510

4,540

5,670

6,900

8,210

9,610

11,100

12,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1S40

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 

87 

28 

89 

30 

31

Oct.

32 

28 

25 

26 

24

25 

25 

23 

22 

22

26 

24 

22 

23 

23

21 

20 

18 

20 

21

25 

26 

22 

21 

24

29 

44 

66 

55

77 

62

Nov.

48 

41 

34 

32 

28

28 

26 

24 

24 

25

25 

26 

25 

21 

19

21 

21 

26 

28 

28

28 

28 

32 

30 

28

38 

36 

30 

28 

19

Dec.

19 

24 

26 

28

24

26 

28 

23 

23 

23

23 

21 

22 

22 

25

24 

24 

29 

24 

24

24 

24 

24 

25 

26

28 

29 

29 

29 

38 

34

Jan.

26 

26 

26 

35 

30

25 

25 

29 

25 

28

28 

43 

62 

1,080 

1,470

578 

359 

285 

182 

150

130 

110 

95 

85 

75

70 

66 

62 

58 

57 

56

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

alendar year 19 59 ...........

ust::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

55

54 

54 

54 

56

404 

1,900 

590 

400 

744

2,370 

1,500 

1,000 

760 

584

485 

445 

1,580 

5,200 

3,410

2,580 

1,610 

1,190 

940 

820

683 

617 

820 

940

Mar.

850 

820 

1,820 

2,3SO 

1,400

1,060 

850 

732 

606 

525

460 

408 

387 

363 

355

338 

316 

313 

327 

316

299 

282 

261 

248 

234

220 

217 

217 

217 

244 

282

Seeondfoot-daya

921 

847 

792

252,042

5,376 

31,845 

17,287 

53,112 

14,037 

5,451 

2,078 

1,187 

714

133,647

Apr.

285 

285 

268 

251 

234

220 

220 

271 

320 

338

7S2 

3,510 

2,320 

1,400 

1,030

820 

790 

2,590 

5,980 

11,600

7,160 

3,180 

2,080 

1,640 

1,330

1,060 

910 

760 

705 

773

Maximum

77 

48 

38

8,780

1,470 

5,200 

2,320 

11,600 

1,190 

531 

218 

120 

50

11,600

May

1,190 

1,060 

880 

732 

639

568 

515 

460 

422 

383

355 

324 

310 

292 

285

271 

261 

244 

254 

292

285 

227 

207 

198 

220

740 

774 

485 

445 

395 

324

Minimum

18 

19 

19

18

25 

54 

217 

220 

198 

93 

29 

20 

12

12

June

299 

324 

292 

254 

220

191 

176 

161 

147 

141

155 

141 

117 

122 

138

176 

176 

147 

161 

158

127 

107 

97 

102 

531

285

179 

' 130 

104 

93

July

84 

77 

71 

62 

58

56

51 

44 

50

44

46 

83 

127 

218 

170

110 

112 

79 

62 

56

51 

44 

44 

43 

40

40 

36 

32 

29 

29 

30

Mean

29.7 

28.2 

25.5

691

173 

1,098 

558 

1,770 

453 

182 

67.0 

38.3 

23.8

365

Aug.

29 

26 

23 

20 

23

43 

70 

41 

120 

71

50 

40 

36 

35 

30

28 

26 

29 

30 

32

32 

30 

30 

32 

28

26 

24 

30 

40 

58 

55

Per square 

mile

0.064 

.061 

.055

1.50

.374 

2.38 

1.21 

3.83 

.981 

.394 

.145 

.083 

.052

.790

Sept.

50 

40 

38 

34 

29

24 

23 

22 

21 

20

15 

17 

18 

17 

17

17 

20 

16 

13 

12

15 

14 

14 

15 

40

16 

20 

46 

43 

28

Run-off in 

inches

0.07 

.07 

.06

20.29

.43 

2.56 

1.39 

4.28 

1.13 

.44 

.17 

.10 

.06

10.76

Peak discharge.- Feb. 

Hote.- Stage-diacharg

19 (1 p.m.) 6,030 sec.-ft.; Apr. 80 (2:30 p.m.) 12,600 sec.-ft. 

relation affected by Ice Jan. 20 to Feb. 5.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 331

Green River at Greensburg, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°15', long. 85030', at bridge on State Highways 61 

and 70, 300 feet upstream from Clover Lick Creek, a quarter of a mile south of Greensburg, Green County, and 2.6 miles upstream from Russell Creek. Datum of gage Is 531.81 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of- 1929).

Drainage area.- 742 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- June 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 18,400 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 22.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 5.8 second-feet Oct. 23-26; 

minimum gage height, 0.87 foot Aug. 27-29.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 1, 1940; minimum observed, 5.4 second-feet 

Sept. 21, 22, 1939 (gage height, 0.87 foot).

Maximum stage known, 36.2 feet In 1913, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

.95

1.0

1.1

Oct. 1 to Dec. 29

4.7 ]

6.5 ]

9.1 : 

12.6 ] 

21.5

32.5

45.5

Dee. 30 to Sept. 30

0.85

.9

.95

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

S.5

11.5

15.0

19

28

39

53

1.4

1.6

1.9

2.4

3.0

3.8

5.0

69

109

180

320

520

850

1,420

7.0

10.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

22.8

2,540

4,340

6,640

8,190

10,500

13,500

18,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

10 

14 

13 

11 

10

10 

11 

11 

10

11

10

11

9.8 

9.8 

8.6

8.1 

8.1 

9.1 

8.1 

8.1

8.1 

7.5 

6.1 

5.8 

6.1

6.1 

8.1 

S.I 

9.1 

10 

11

Nov.

17 

36 

29 

25 

21

19 

17 

17 

15 

15

15 

15 

13 

13 

13

13 

12 

13 

13

13

17 

17 

19 

17 

18

17

16 

15 

16 

16

Dec.

IS 

18 

20 

20

IS

IS 

16 

16 

17 

17

17 

17 

19 

20 

21

21 

20 

21 

22 

24

26 

26 

25 

35 

46

54 

90 

102 

98 

168 

145

Jan.

127 

127 

118 

80 

75

b60 

53 

52 

50 

47

47 

55 

56 

67 

122

400 

433 

276 

247 

206

180 

150 

111 

98 

b80

b68 

b58 

b52 

b49 

b45 

b44

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember......... ...............

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

b43 

b43 

b43 

b45 

b48

b55 

109 

298 

635 

850

3,200 

2,960 

1,370 

1,640 

2,540

1,640 

1,080 

1,270 

4,160 

4,780

3,080 

2,180 

1,470 

1,03(5 

805

675 

675 

2,250 

4,040

Mar.

2,240 

1,420 

2,OSO 

3.6SO 

2,780

1,470 

1,120 

850 

675 

555

520 

805 

1,640 

1,690 

2,180

2,080 

1,520 

1,120 

1,420 

2,130

1,520 

1,080 

805 

635 

520

450 

400 

367 

351 

2,990 

14,000

Secondfoot-days

287.7 

512 

1,195

-

3,635 

43,014 

55,093 

62,986 

16,972 

5,138 

1,489 

1,597.4 

1,594

193,513.1

Apr.

16,000 

4,010 

1,860 

1,320 

1,080

805 

635 

555 

520 

485

433 

433

675 

715 

595

485 

450 

555 

2,600 

5,630

8,290 

5,220 

2,660 

1,860 

1,420

1,080 

850 

675 

555 

485

Maximum

14 

36 

168

-

433 

4,780 

14,000 

16,000 

1,520 

450 

109 

180 

320

16,000

May

595 

1,520 

1,320 

940 

675

555 

450 

400 

336 

290

261 

233 

206 

193 

193

193 

400 

320 

247 

206

193 

168 

155 

168 

210

1,320 

1,520 

1,270 

1,030 

850 

555

Minimum

5.8 

12 

16

-

44 

43 

351 

433 

155 

63 

24 

9.7 

14

5.8

June

450 

416 

3S3 

320 

261

220 

193 

180 

193 

206

180 

180 

153 

129 

118

116 

111 

105 

129 

120

141 

153 

124 

107 

94

82 

77 

67 

67 

63

July

58 

67 

56 

50 

49

78 

73 

59 

53 

46

42 

40 

38 

34 

31

31 

31 

109 

71 

52

39 

34 

31 

27 

24

24 

73 

56 

45 

38 

30

Mean

9.28 

17.1 

38. 5

-

117 

1,483 

1,777 

2,100 

547 

171 

48.0 

51.5 

53.1

529

Jug.

35 

53 

103 

105 

69

55 

80 

103 

73

111

82 

64 

55 

43 

36

32 

28 

27 

23 

22

20 

18 

16

15 

12

10 

9.7 

9.7 

20 

88 

180

Per square 

mile

0.013

.ors

.052

-

.158 

2.00 2.sr

2.83 

.737 

.230 

.065 

.069 

.072

.713

Sept.

320 

233 

155 

116 

84

66 

53 

46 

38 

40

35 

32 

26 

23 

22

21 

21 

19 

18 

19

17 

17 

15 

14 

17

20 

23 

23 

22 

39

Run-off in 

inches

0.01 

.03 

.06

-

.18 

2.16 

2.76 

3.16 

.85 

.26 

.07 

.08 

.08

9.70

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
332 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Green River at Munfordvllle, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°15'55", long. 85°53'20", at bridge on U. S. Highway 33W 

at nunfordvllie, Hart County. Datum of gage Is 451.70 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,790 square miles.

Recoros available.- February 1915 to December 1922, October 1927 to September 1931, April 

1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 2,575 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,700 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 28.6 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 88 second-feet Sept. 23, 

24 (gage height, 2.3 feet).

1915-22, 1927-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 52,300 second-feet Deo. 18, 1915 

(gage height,'44.5 feet); minimum, 39 second-feet Sept. 2, 1921 (gage height, 2.2 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 54.0 feet In January 1913 (discharge, 87,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21 Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

2.4

2.5

2.7

4.0

6.0

8.0

114

140

253

1,070

2.3SO

3,700

10.0

12.0

16.0

20.0

25.0

28.6

5,100

6,670

9,870

13,400

17,900

21,700

2.3 88

2.4 115

2.5 151

2.6 19S

2.7 253

Note.- Same as precedlng table above 2.

feet.

7

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September If40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

194

194

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

140

313

374

374

Nov.

253

194

194

140

140

140

140

140

140

114

140

140

140

140

114

114

114

114

HA

114

114

114

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

Dec.

194

253

194

194

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

*140

140

140

194

436

624

561

750

814

561

498

Jan.

436

313

194

b250

b255

b225

194

194

194

*194

194

253

253

313

687

814

814

942

814

436

374

374

374

313

b250

b!65

b!75

b!70

b!65

b!60

b!60

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939 -4C) ...........

Feb.

tl60

b!65

b!70

b!80

194

313

561

1,070

1,010

2,350

6,030

6,190

4,660

4,040

4,880

4,600

3,300

3,300

8,990

11,000

9,470

6,350

4,520

3,170

2,510

2,180

1,850

3,940

6,350

-

Mar.

6,670

4,460

8,110

9,550

7,950

5,710

3,700

2,840

2,530

1,930

1,720

2,640

4,040

4,520

5,480

5,400

4,520

3,500

3,450

4,100

4,180

3,230

2,510

2,110

1,720

1,590

1,330

1,260

1,140

3,670

14,900

Secondfoot-days

4,647

4,187

7} 953

1*306,773

10,649

103,203

130,340

170,380

4V 89V

1?! 142

7,720

7,458

6,186

517,742

Apr.

19,400

21,300

14,100

4,?40

3,500

2,770

2,240

1,9SO

1,720

1,590

1,460

1,59O

1,960

1.98Q

1,850

1,590

1,460

1,590

5,550

11,500

14,800

16,400

12,200

6,450

4,380

3,500

2,770

2,310

1,980

1,720

-

Maximum

374

253

814

29,700

942

11,000

14,900

2l,§00

4,320

1,070

561

814

942

21,300

May

2,050

4,330

3,960

3,040

3,310

1,850

1,980

1,400

1,200

1,070

1,010

942

814

814

750

814

942

1,010

942

814

687

687

624

687

1,140

1,200

2,640

2,710

2,240

1,650

1,400

Minimum

114

114

140

114

160

160

1 140

1*460

624

253

196

115

88

88

June

1,070

1,010

942

S14

750

687

624

687

942

687

687

561

561

561

498

436

436

436

561

687

561

436

436

374

313

313

- 313

253

253

253

-

July

253

253

253

436

S61

498

374

213

313

253

£53

19S 1<?9

l"-*8

l-?8

Ir8

1?8

198

1°8

198

198

198

198

198

198

198

198

198

198

19.8

198

Mean

150

140

256

3,306

344

3,559

4,205

5,679

1,545

571

249

241

206

1,415

Aug.

436

253

253

253

253

253

198

498

436

498

374

374

253

198

198

151

151

151

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

198

814

Pe- square 

mile

0.084

.07&

.M5

1V»

/W2

 ? jnA JL *W

a ,35

Svl7

.-863

,»19

.139

-135

1 .115

.791

Sept.

943

687

436

313

313

198

19S

151

115

151

313

198

198

151

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

115

88

88

115

115

115

115

115

151

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.10

.09

L -16

25.05

.22

2.14

2.71

3.54

1.00

.36

.16

.15

.13

10.76

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
GREEN BIVER BASIN 333

Green River at Mammoth Cave, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°10'50", long. 86°06'45", at new Mammoth Cave Ferry opposite

ECHO River, and three-quarters of a mile southwest of Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County.

Datum of gage Is 420.52 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 192,9). Prior

to Dec. 4, 1939, staff gage at site 0.5 mile upstream at same datum. 

Drainage area.- 2,020 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- July 1938 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- maximum discharge during year, 20,000 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage heighv,, 23.57

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 124 second-feet Sept. 19,

20 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 29,800 second-feet Feb. 6, 1939 (gage height, 32.2 feet,

from graph based on gage readings, at eite then in use, present datura); mininum observed

that of Sept. 19, 20, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 52.5 feet Jan. 24, 1937 (discharge, 75,000 second-fe3t).

Flood of 1913 reached a stage of 50.5 feet. 

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second -feet)

Oct. 1 to Dee. 3

1.3

1.6

1.7

136

212

300

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

3.8

Dec. 4 to Sept, 30

100 

173 

25S 

465 

1,470

6.0

10.0

14.0

20.0

23.6

2,360

6,790

9,230

15,700

20,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

so

31

Oct.

266 

212 

172 

172 

172

172 

300 

172 

172 

172

172 

172 

178 

172 

135

135 

135 

135 

135 

135

135 

135 

136 

135 

135

135 

135 

172 

172 

300 

255

Hov.

255 

266 

212 

172 

172

172 

172 

172 

172 

172

172 

172 

172 

135 

135

135 

135 

172 

172 

172

172 

172 

172 

172 

212

212 

212 

212 

212 

172

Dec.

172 

212 

212 

206 

19S

IS 9 

194 

189 

1S9 

131

131 

1S1 

139 

139 

181

161 

189 

139 

SOS 

210

206 

189 

189 

254 

267

430 

592 

538 

730 

648 

533

Jan.

462 

430 

263 

277 

305

254 

227 

232 

223 

2B3

223 

240 

267 

510 

730

950 

396 

950 

730 

405

405 

405 

430 

405 

355

214- 

227 

218 

202 

214 

198

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

169 

202 

210 

210 

227

355 

675 

950 

1,060 

1,630

4,640 

5,790 

5,320 

4,120 

4,300

4,300 

4,050 

3,770 

7,160 

10,800

10,000 

7,430 

5,240 

3,840 

3,000

2,470 

2,400 

2,860 

5,400

Mar.

6,430 

6,110 

10,900 

11,400 

9,730

7,520 

4,670 

3,630 

2,360 

2,340

2,080 

2,470 

4,270 

5,240 

5,710

5,790 

5,240 

4,200 

3,700 

4,270

4,420 

3,840 

3,000 

2,470 

2,080

1,630 

1,650 

1,530 

1,470 

2,940 

10,500

Secondfoot-days

5,313 

6,416 

3,415

1,327,106

12,089 

103,198 

144,490 

192,460 

53,330 

20,604 

8,969 

8,311 

6,955

569,572

Apr.

16,900 

19,500 

17,700 

3,680 

4,420

3,280 

2,660 

8,340 

2,080 

1,330

1,710 

2,280 

2,400 

2,400 

2,280

2,020 

1,770 

2,340 

6,270 

11,400

16,200 

17,500 

15,100 

3,690 

5,630

4,340 

3,420 

2,800 

2,400

2,140

Maximum

300 

255 

730

29,600

950 

10,200 

11,400 

19,500 

4,340 

1,290 

538 

510 

785

19,500

May

2,600 

4,270 

4,340 

3,630 

2,SOO

2,280 

1,950 

1,710 

1,530 

1,410

1,290 

1,170 

1,120 

1,000 

1,060

1,000 

1,060 

1,060 

1,060 

950

395 

765 

785 

785 

950

1,410 

1,950 

2,600 

2,340 

1,950 

1,590

Mlnlmun

135 

135 

161

135

193 

139 

1,470 

1,710 

785 

330 

194 

146 

132

132

June

1,290 

1,120 

1,060 

950 

895

7S5 

730 

648 

1,000 

960

785 

730 

648 

592 

592

592 

565 

566 

675 

785

730 

592 

510 

510 

455

405 

380 

355 

330 

330

July

295 

305 

305 

355 

5S8

533 

380 

330 

306 

282

267 

278 

330 

296 

267

263 

300 

277 

258 

267

305 

263 

232 

827 

214

202 

194 

223 

232 

214 

232

Mean

171 

181 

271

3,636

390 

3,559 

4,661 

6,416 

1,720 

687 

239 

268 

232

1,556

A'i«.

510 

455 

482 

355 

282

286 

330 

330 

482 

405

282

380 

300 

268 

232

206 

194 

135 

206 

185

181 

169 

168 

162 

162

146 

154 

150 

146 

154 

330

Per square 

mile

0.085 

.090 

.134

1.80

.193 

1.76 

2.31 

3.18 

.851. 

.340 

.14? 

.133 

.115

.770

Sept.

730 

785 

510 

355 

305

254 

223 

198 

165 

236

236 

223 

218 

202 

169

150 

146 

146 

132 

132

139 

139 

139 

143 

158

143 

139 

139 

139 

162

Run-off In 

Inches

0.10 

.10 

.15

24.44

.22 

1.90 

2.66 

3.54 

.98 

.38 

.17 

.16 

.13

10.48
334 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Green River at lock 6, at Brownsville, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°12'25", long. 86°15'40", Just upstream from dan at lock 

 6, 0.7 mile downstream from Indian Creek, 1.0 mile northeast of Brownsville, Edmonson

County, and 2.1 miles downstream from Nolln River. Datum of gage Is 413.16 feet above

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 2,850 square miles (revised).

Records available.- October 1924 to September 1931, July 1938 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 25,100 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 18.48

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum gage height observed, 8.32 feet Sept.

20 (discharge not determined); minimum daily discharge, 200 second-feet Sept. 23, 24. 

1924-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, 62,800 second-feet Jan. 24, 1927 (gage height,

34.3 feet); minimum, 165 second-feet on many days In July, August, ard September 1930. 

Maximum stage known, 44.94 feet Jan. 24, 1937 (discharge, 120,000 second-feet;

erroneous figure published in Water-Supply Paper 873). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet, which are fair, and those

for estimated period, which are poor. Gage read twice daily. 

Cooperation.- Gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period computed on basis of records for 

adjacent stations (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

S.3 

8.5 

8.8 

9*2

224

375

645

1,OSO

9.7

10.4

11.3

12.6

1,720 

2,S40 

4,650 

7,900

14.3 

16.0 

17.5 

IS.5

13,400

19,200

23,100

25,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

487 

409 

375 

375 

359

359 

560 

400 

367 

343

336 

343 

343 

328 

343

343 

312 

312 

312 

312

312 

312 

312 

312 

312

318 

312 

359 

384 

523 

496

Nov.

523 

443 

409 

334 

359

343 

328 

328 

328 

328

32S 

32S 

32S 

320 

328

32S 

328 

328 

343 

392

392 

392 

384 

375 

418

47S 

434 

336 

32S 

328

Dec.

3S4 

409 

409 

409 

400

392 

392 

392 

392 

392

392 

375 

384 

392 

384

375 

375 

375 

400 

409

409 

400 

392 

505 

560

695 

905 

905 

1,080 

1,030 

850

Jan.

798 

695 

4S7 

47S 

47S

460 

409 

392 

392 

392

41S 

460 

514 

798 

1,200

1,450 

1,320 

1,320 

1,140 

695

645 

645 

645 

645 

607

588 

496 

47S 

47S 

460 

460

Month

Octc

NOV6

Dace 

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr 

May

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 193£

ter year 1939-4

Feb.

460 

41S 

400 

392 

426

626 

1,030 

1,520 

1,720 

2,620

5,350 

7,620 

7,350 

6,310 

6,820

6,560 

5,580 

6,360 

11,000 

15,200

14,500 

11,300 

7,620 

5,320 

4,650

3,300 

3,400 

3,300 

7,080

Mar.

3,470 

7,620 

19,200 

20,000 

13,200

13,000 

7,900 

5,320 

4,650 

4,000

3,400 

4,430 

6,320 

3,470 

8,760

8,470 

7,620 

6,060 

5,820 

6,820

6,560 

5,820 

4,430 

6,060 

3,210

2,840 

2,500 

2,340 

2,340 

4,600 

13,300

Secondfoot-days

11,264 

10,939 

15,563

1,938,914

20,443 

150,282 

230,030 

275,240 

76,890 

32,365 

15,S6S 

14,699 

9,690

363,523

Apr.

20,000 

21,900 

21,600 

12,500 

6,060

4,650 

3,600 

3,210 

3,020 

2,670

2,500 

3,170 

4,000 

3,800 

3,400

3,020 

2,670 

4,180 

12,300 

19,700

24,100 

24, 900 

21,600 

14,100 

9,060

6,560 

5,340 

4,430 

3,800 

3,400

Maximum

560 

523 

1,030

40,400

1,450 

15,200 

20,000 

24,900 

6,060 

1,870 

793 

798 

900

24,900

May

4,210 

5,340 

6,060 

5,110 

4,21C

3,210 

2,340 

2,500 

2,340 

2,130

2,020 

1,800 

1,720 

1,580 

1,660

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

1,450

1,330 

1,260 

1,200 

1,260 

1,450

2,020 

2,500 

3,400 

3,020 

2,670 

2,130

Minimum

312 

320 

375

260

392 

392 

2,340 

2,500 

1,200 

569 

392 

296 

200

200

June

1,370 

1,660 

1,520 

1,450 

1,320

1,200 

1,060 

1,140 

1,380 

1,450

1,200 

1,140 

1,030 

960 

960

960 

960 

960 

960 

1,260

1,260 

1,030 

S50 

850 

745

695 

645 

645 

616 

569

Jvly

550 

560 

532 

578 

695

798 

695 

573 

550 

532

4S7 

473 

569 

4S7 

460

460 

541 

505 

532 

532

523 

469 

460 

426 

409

392 

392 

392 

434 

409 

443

Mean

363 

366 

502

5,312

659 

5,182 

7,420 

9,175 

2,480 

1,079 

512 

431 

323

2,359

Aug.

798 

793 

79S 

645 

541

487 

695 

588 

645 

645

550 

645 

560 

4S7 

434

' 334 

375 

375 

384 

375

343 

343 

320 

312 

296

296 

296 

296 

296 

328 

564

For square 

mile

0.127 

.128 

.176

1.S6

.231 

1.82 

2.60 

3.22 

.370 

.379 

.ISO 

.169 

.113

.828

Sept.

S80 

900 

690 

460 

400

350 

300 

260 

240 

330

370 

330 

370 

320 

260

230 

220 

210 

210 

210

220 

220 

200 

200 

220

210 

210 

210 

220 

240

Run-off in 

inches

0.15 

.14 

.20

25.30

.27 

1.96 

3.00 

3.59 

1.00 

.42 

.21 

.19 

.13

11.26

Hote.- Discharge for Sept. 1-30 computed on basis of records for stations at Mammoth Cave and 

Woodbury, and adjacent tributary stations.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 335

Green River at lock 4, at Woodbury, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°11'00" (revised), long. 86°37'40" (revised), at 

Woodbury, Butler County, 0.3 mile (revised), downstream from Barren River. Ditum of 

gage is 389.60 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prio" to Sept. 

24, 1940, staff gage 800 feet downstream at same datum. Auxiliary gages, lower 

staff gage at lock 4 and staff gage at Morgantown, 6.0 miles (revised) downstream. 

Datum of lower gage at lock 4 is 373.80 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1912), that of Morgantown gage is 373.62 feet (revised) above mean sea le-'el (general 

adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 5,410 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 44,600 second-feet Apr. 22; maximum gage height, 

2~OTTeet Apr. 22, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 305 

second-feet Sept. 21-23 (gage height, 7.1 feet).

1937-40: Maximum discharge, 66,200 second-feet Feb. 6, 1939; maximum gage height, 

29.3 feet Feb. 6, 1939, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 

280 second-feet Oct. 1, 2, 1937.

Maximum discharge known, 205,000 second-feet Jan. 25, 1937 (by slope-area method); 

maximum gage height, 43.1 feet Jan. 25, 1937.

Flood of Jan. 11, 1913, reached a stage of 38.5 feet.

Remarks.- Records good above 2,000 second-feet and poor below; those above 16,000 secondfeet computed from gage heights from lower gage at lock 4 by using fall as determined 

by twice-daily readings of auxiliary staff gage at Morgantown as a factor. Gages read 

twice daily.

Cooperation.- Gage readings at lock 4 furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

ss

83

24

85

86

87

88

29

30

31

Oct.

475

475

475

 ' 475

390

475

710

710

475

475

710

580

580

475

475

475

475

475

475

4390

d390

d390

4390

4390

* 4390

4390

4390

710

710

1,280

1,030

Nov.

S60

710

580

580

680

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

5SO

580

5SO

580

5SO

580

580

5SO

580

5SO

580

-

Dec.

5SO

580

580

580

580

588

58S

58S

588

528

528

58S

588

588

588

588

588

645

645

645

645

645

645

945

1,030

1,880

1,S90

1,S90

1,890

1,890

1,660

Jan.

1,430

1,030

1,030

1,030

710

710

580

580

580

680

580

680

710

1,030

8,140

2,140

2,400

1,690

1,890

1,430

1,030

860

660

860

710

710

5SO

580

580

580

475

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 40 ...........

Feb.

475

475

475

475

475

1,820

8,670

8,400

4,800

4,160

9,930

15,800

13,400

18,500

11,600

11,600

9,510

9,930

19,500

86,900

86,800

80,000

13,800

9,930

8,380

6,840

5,800

6,S40

10,800

_

-

Mar.

13,400

18,100

37,900

36,600

31,400

83,700

14,300

9,510

7,570

6,140

6,140

9,110

13,400

19,000

80,500

IS, 300

15,800

11,600

10,800

10,800

10,SOO

9,510

7,570

6,140

5,460

4,800

4,160

4,160

4,160

7,940

24,000

Second - 

foot-days

16,645

16,340

85,581

3,486,551

30,875

866,885

416,170

542,210

163,140

64 ,105

35,430

89 ,452

19,119

1,685,232

Apr.

36,000

39,400

38,800

84,000

16,700

13,400

9,110

7,570

6,140

5,460

5,460

7,940

7,940

7,570

6,140

5,460

5,130

7,570

84,800

36,700

48,500

44,400

41,500

38,800

81,900

15,800

10,800

8,710

7,570

6,140

Maximum

1,880

S60

1,890

66,100

2,400

26,900

37,900

44,400

16,000

3,700

2,140

8,140

1,S90

44,400

May

9,510

13,400

16,000

18,500

9,110

7,800

6,140

5,130

4,SOO

4,160

3,700

3,540

3,840

3,240

3,240

2,950

3,840

3,840

2,950

2,670

8,400

8,140

8,400

8,950

3,840

5,460

5,130

6,140

5,460

4,160

3,700

Minimum

390

475

528

390

475

4V 5

4,160

5,130

2,140

945

785

438

305

305

June

3,840

8,950

8,670

2,400

2,140

1,890

1,890

1,660

8,140

3,700

3,840

8,670

8,140

1,S90

1,S90

1,S9O

2,140

1,890

8,140

3,840

3,700

8,400

1,660

1,660

1,430

1,220

1,280

1,030

1,030

945

July

945

945

945

1,430

8,140

1,660

1,880

1,030

1,030

945

1,880

1,430

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,280

1,430

1,880

1,280

1,880

1,030

945

945

785

7S5

785

765

785

785

7S5

7S5

Mean

537

545

883

9,558

996

9,180

13,420

18,070

5,863

8,137

1,143

950

637

4,441

Av?.

1,220

2,140

1,660

1,220

945

7S5

1,820

945

945

785

7S5

785

785

785

785

588

528

945

e940

el, 050

el, 180

e980

945

645

588

588

588

438

645

1,660

1,660

Per square 

mile

0«099

.101

.158

1.77

.184

1.70

8.48

3.34

.973

.395

.811

.176

.118

.881

Sept.

1,660

1,390

1,660

1,280

946

786

645

645

58S

588

588

588

438

528

432

432

432

432

358

368

305

305

305

368

432

438

628

432

588

588

Run-off In 

Inches

0.11

.11

.18

83.98

.81

1.83

8.86

3.73

1.12

.44

.24

.80

.13

11.16

4 Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Brownsville 

an4 Green River.

e Stage-41scharge relation affected by construction work on 4am; 41scharge compute4 by comparison 

with discharges for stations at Brownsville an4 Green Elver.
336 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Green River at Green River, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°15'40", long. 86 0 58'25", 1.0 mile downstream from Pond Run, 

1 mile southeast of Paradise, 2& miles northwest of Green River, Ohio County, and 3.1 

miles upstream from Pond Creek. Datum of gage Is 363.50 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary wire-weight gage at Illinois Central R. R. 

bridge at Rockport, 5.5 miles downstream. Datum of gage Is 360.39 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929). Prior to Mar. 11, auxiliary gage, lower staff gage 

at lock ? at Rochester, 8.0 miles upstream from base gage. Datum of gage was 357.34 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 6,180 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 42,500 second-feet Apr. 22, frcm graph based on 

gage readings; maximum gage height observed, 27.96 feet Apr. 25; minimum discharge observed, 343 second-feet Sept. 21 (gage height, 0.12 foot).

Remarks.- Records fair Oct. 1 to Mar. 10 and good March 11 to Sept. 30. Discharge computed 

by using fall as determined by auxiliary staff gages as a factor. Gages read twice 

dally.

Cooperation.- Gage-height records and results of 45 discharge measurements furnished by 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

588 

588 

588 

575 

550

550 

588 

696 

740 

701

668 

753 

696 

561 

588

550 

526 

502 

466 

442

430 

430 

430 

408 

430

430

442 

483 

477 

625 

1,110

Nov.

1,110 

1,060 

S72 

605 

700

437 

465 

462 

470 

414

5S8 

588 

5S8 

575 

575

562 

575 

588 

588 

572

650 

638 

650 

650 

572

572 

561 

675 

688 

675

Dec.

698

740 

753 

740 

727

727 

727 

727 

714 

675

701 

676 

714 

682 

575

650 

675 

675 

688 

701

698 

701 

68S 

805 

779

S02 

1,300 

1,680 

1,820 

1,600 

1,660

Jan.

1,640 

1,330 

1,260 

966 

bB60

b780 

b700 

b660 

b640 

b600

b590 

b620 

WOO 

bl.OOO 

1,640

2,440

2,500 

2,610 

1,920 

1,700

bl,300 

bl,180 

bl,030 

b940 

b840

b770 

b700 

b660 

b650 

b620 

b560

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. .......................

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b540 

b520 

b560 

b600 

b660

1,110 

2,130 

2,780 

3,390 

-3,670

6,230 

13,400 

14,700 

15,200 

13,000

13,700 

12,600 

11,200 

19,300 

24,600

27,000 

25,300 

19,500 

15,200 

10,400

8,S90 

7,620 

7,740 

9,070

Mar.

12,900 

14,300 

27,500 

37,500 

39,200

36,300 

33,000 

20,100 

12,800 

9,360

8,400 

11,100 

14,500 

21,000 

24,500

22,900 

19,700

15,800 

14,400 

12,300

12,200 

10,800 

9,460 

8,030 

6,660

5,520 

4,790 

4,560 

4,700 

6,800 

16,300

Secondfoot-days

17,611 

IS ,925 

26,617

-

34,456 

290,610 

497,380 

66S,S10 

178,290 

65,030 

42,164 

32 ,136 

20,614

1,892,643

Apr.

26,400 

33,000 

36,500 

36,800 

31,500

21,300 

10,400 

11,100 

6,790 

7,360

7,400 

12,400 

11,400 

9,870 

8,690

7,350 

8,450 

16,200 

27,300 

35,900

40,300 

41,300 

42,000 

41,200 

38,200

31,400 

24,400 

18,000 

13,200 

10,700

Maximum

1,110 

1,110 

1,820

-

2,610 

27,000 

39,200 

42,000 

16,400 

3,580 

2,520 

1,740 

1,680

42,000

May

11,500 

13,000 

16,400 

15,100 

13,200

8,860 

7,520 

6,080 

5,300 

4,650

4,250 

3,800 

3,430 

2,930 

3,050

2,990 

2,780 

2,670 

2,780 

2,580

2,18O 

1,930 

2,450 

3,200 

3,800

4,700 

5,750 

6,050 

6,050 

5,050 

4,210

Minimum

408 

414 

650

-

560 

520 

4,560 

7,350 

1,930 

1,100 

770 

526 

343

343

June

3,580 

3,050 

2,750 

2,330 

2,300

1,940 

1,760 

1,780 

1,850 

2,600

3,200 

3,050 

2,450 

2,060 

1,720

1,740 

2,150 

2,020 

2,180 

2,700

3,400 

2,960 

1,980 

1,660 

1,580

1,340 

1,100 

1,230 

1,260 

1,260

Jul;r

1,030 

1,410 

2,520 

2,000 

1,850

1,740 

1,620 

1,330 

1,180 

1,110

1,040 

1,400 

1,700 

1,700 

1,660

1,B50 

1,650 

1,650 

1,560 

1,590

1,370 

1,020 

935 

871 

946

1,180 

1,330 

1,040 

907 

804 

770

Mean

568 

631 

859

-

1,111 

10,020 

0,6,040 

22,290 

5,751 

2,168 

1,360 

1,037 

687

5,171

Aug.

1,400 

1,740 

1,700 

1,470 

1,260

1,040 

1,180 

1,230 

1,130 

1,320

1,110 

1,040 

988 

965 

820

764 

736 

864 

1,040 

1,080

1,020 

1,180 

1,260 

806 

641

563 

526 

536 

563 

694 

1,480

Pe~» square 

mile

0.092 

.102 

.139

-

.180 

1,62 

2.60 

3.61 

.931 

.351 

.220 

.168 

.111

.837

Sept.

1,620 

1,630 

1,680 

1,260 

1,040

852 

778 

667 

576 

553

602 

589 

533 

538 

538

514 

478 

430 

400 

580

343 

370 

400 

420 

538

563 

550 

550 

544 

628

Run-off in 

inches

0.11 

.11 

.16

-

.21 

1.75 

2.99 

4.02 

1.07 

.39 

.25 

.19 

.12

11.37

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 

Green River at Livermore, Ky.

337

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°29'10", long. 87°08'05n , at Louisville & 

Nasnville R. R. bridge at Livermore, McLean County, 650 feet downstream from Rough 

River. Datum of gage is 360.65 feet above mean sea level. Auxiliary gage is waterstage recorder at bridge on State Highway 81 at Calhoun, McLean County, 7.8 miles 

downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 355.65 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,580 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- March 1930 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 10 years, 10,850 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 49,300 second-feet Apr. 25, 26: maximum gage 

height, 24.55 feet Apr. 26; minimum discharge not determined; minimum gage height, 

3.07 feet Sept. 20.

1930-40: Maximum discharge observed, 208,000 second-feet Jan. 27, 1937; maximum 

gage height, 38.22 feet Jan. 30, 1937; minimum discharge, 280 second-feet Oct. "5-9, 

23-E7, 1930, Feb. 2-4, 1931; minimum gage height, 2.84 feet Sept. 19, 1932.

Revisione.- The minimum discharge for the water year 1939 has been revised to 

454 seconQ-reet Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 3.11 feet), superseding figure published 

In Water-Supply Paper 873.

Remarks.- Records good above 2,000 second-feet, poor below.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for the period Sept. 21-30 

in tne water year 1939, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 873, are 

given herein.

Sept. 21......... 474

22......... 454

23......... 464

24......... 483

25......... 492

Sept. 26...... ... 51£,

27......... 521

28......... 552

29......... 563

30......... 574

Month

Water year 1938-39..

Maximum

rtgij

72,200

Minimum

A^sA

454

Mean

14J.30

per 

square 

mile

1.88

Run-off 

in 

Inches

0.09

25.56

Cooperation.- Gage height record collected in cooperation with, and results of 13 discnarge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

31

22

23

24

25

26

27

88

89 

SO

31

Oct.

590

617

635

617

599

617

666

765

808

730

753

766

719

677

656

617

578

581

563

554

529

531

529

537

545

554

554

581

617 

698

942

HOT.

1,000

958

853

778

730

688

686

699

608

608

. 608

608

599

599

590

681

599

608

617

636

686

635

646

677

666

677

677

688

698 

677

~

Dec.

70S

719

730

740

740

730

730

719

708

708

708

70S

677

677

688

688

677

677

666

677

677

677

698

740

753

858

1,300

1,680

1,850 

3,080

1,910

Jan.

1,660

1,530

1,270

1,080

974

958

865

815

802

778

740

740

778

942

1,520

2,640

3,260

3,090

2,420

1,940

1,440

1,310

1,200

1,110

1,020

942

880

815

778 

752

740

Feb.

706

686

719

740

740

989

1,910

3,220

4,240

5,180

8,160

13,900

17,600

18,400

17,600

17,200

16,900

17,600

622,200

686,300

639,900

630,900

628,800

633,500

619,000

15,900

11 ,400

9,580

12,700

-

Mar.

13,600

15,500

687,300

635,600

639,400

640,400

639,300

634,400

636,000

619,200

615,100

617,600

681,300

636 ,100

689,000

629,200

626,800

633,300

620,600

18,000

16,800

15,500

13,500

10,400

8,380

6,980

6,160

5,580

5,580 

7,780

16,800

Apr.

627,000

631,600

634,300

635,500

635,000

688,400

632,000

18,900

14,300

10,600

9,580

15,900

18,400

17,800

14,700

13,200

18,300

622,900

631,700

638,400

040,700

641,600

043,600

646,600

648,800

648,500

645,700

640,300

634,100 

e27,900

May

684,400

633,800

684,600

684,700

630,100

615,400

10,000

7,380

6,180

5,580

4,910

4,420

3,950

3,640

3,430

3,430

3,330

3,360

3,330

3,160

2,890

2,640

2,640

3,390

4,200

5,180

6,380

6,780

6,760 

5,980

4,950

June

4,100

3,530

3,120

2,760

2,570

2,380

2,200

2,020

1,880

2,640

3,430

3,290

2,700

2,360

2,170

2,080

2,350

2,450

2,640

3,120

3,990

3,530

2,570

1,990

1,690

1,520

1,400

1,330

1,310 

1,270

July

1,170

2,250

3,330

2,110

1,910

1,960

1,660

1,440

1,330

1,250

1,230

1,490

1,720

1,800

1,880

1,690

1,640

1,850

2,080

1,960

1,660

1,400

1,170

1,110

1,170

1,400

1,490

1,290

1,090 

1,000

989

*.«.

1,520

1,960

2,110

1,880

1,520

1,290

1,330

1,540

1,380

1,540

1,400

1,310

1,170

1,080

958

896

840

665

1,130

1,250

1,380

1,270

1,000

seo

778

730

696

688

719 

778

1,620

Sept.

1,850

1,990

1,780

1,340

1,090

890

820

,710

620

590

590

610

610

630

560

520

470

430

420

400

410

410

430

440

520

550

610

610

620 

670
338 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Green River at Liveraore, Ky,, 1939-40

Month

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

Secondfoot-days

19 701

20 149

27 * 071

5,034,171

39 W9

go ion *

2,416,093

Maximum

2 * 020

72,200

3. * 99O

48,800

Minimum

454

S 640

400

Mean

13,790

rfAf\ i-x

6,601

Per* square 

mile

1.82

32V

.871

Run-off In 

Inches

84.69

1 A

11.86

e Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. 

Hote.- Discharge below 1,000 second-feet computed on basis of records for Qreera River at 

Qreen River and Rough River near Dundee.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 339

Russell Creek near Columbia, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°07', long. 85°24', at bridge on State Hlghvay 61, 

 0.2 mile upstream from Butlers Creek and 5 miles west of Columbia, Adair County.

Drainage area.- 186 square miles, Including that of Butlers Creek. 

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maxlmura gage height, 17.7 reet Mar. 50 (discharge not determined), from graph 

based on gage reading; mlninum discharge observed, 3.8 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage 

height, 2.10 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for Dec. 21 to Jan. 22, Feb. 6-18, which ar<3 fair, and 

tnose above 2,000 second-feet and for period of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice dally.

Rating tables, Dec. 31, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except period of ice 

feet (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Dec. 21 to Feb. 18

3.7

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.3 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.8

93

167

306

619

1P30

Note.- Some as following table above 6.2 feet.

2.1

3.15

3.2

2.25

2.3

2.4

Feb. 19 to Sept, 30

3.8

5.5

7,4

9.7

12

19

3.5 

2.7 s'.i S 9

3.3 

3.8

27

50

76

114

156

287

5.0

6.5

10.0

12.0

14.0

637 

1.13C 

2,43C 

3.23C 

4.22C

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 3939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec.

38 

33 

30 

1,150 

184

81 

116 

159 

107 

79 

126

Jan.

249 

56 

45 

28 

29

28 

28 

30 

32 

31

31 

59 

61 

111 

194

107 

85 

66 

63 

55

38 

35 

b36 

b33 

b29

b26 

b23 

b22 

b21 

b20 

b20

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

At* 

Sep

W

ember 2] 

alendar

L-31 . ...-------------

year

ater year

Feb.

b20 

b21 

b22 

b24 

b32

162 

277 

167 

167 

1,130

786 

395 

365 

752 

457

335 

320 

1,390 

1,460 

859

606 

428 

314 

260 

234

196 

300 

762 

486

Mar.

370 

300 

428 

428 

328

260 

221 

196 

170 

135

232 

668 

606 

699 

637

457 

342 

287 

457 

342

287 

234 

196 

170 

146

135 

135 

129 

268 

4,160 

3,140

Secondfoot-days

2,103

-

1,691 

12,727 

16,583 

13,149 

4,511 

1,540 

943 

866.6 

430,2

-

Apr.

892 

546 

399 

486 

314

247 

221 

234 

208 

158

158 

274 

247 

208 

170

158 

146 

524 

1,210 

2,060

1,390 

699 

486 

428 

32S

274 

208 

183 

158 

135

Maximum

1,150

-

249 

1,460 

4,180 

2,060 

606 

144 

146 

193 

56

-

May

606 

426 

287 

221 

170

146 

127 

110 

103 

99

92 

78 

75 

72 

SI

146 

90 

69 

63 

69

63 

48 

45 

66 

158

300 

196 

170 

124 

110 

97

Minimum

30

-

20 

SO 

129 

135 

45 

19 

16 

4.5 

3.8

-

June

106 

8S 

74 

58 

51

40 

46 

55 

48 

48

74 

48 

144 

90 

54

36 

55 

53 

45 

43

53 

19 

25 

29 

24

38 

25 

27 

24 

20

July

18

is

33 

146 

63

43 

26 

29 

36 

36

26 

26 

26 

25 

21

24 

24 

28 

35 

19

20 

17 

16 

, 15 

19

44 

28 

36 

19 

19 

16

Mean

191

_

54.5 

439 

535 

438 

146 

51.3 

30.4 

28.0 

14.3

-

A't«.

70 

23 

21 

IS 

14

17 

34 

30 

2S 

16

13 

11 

10

11ie

7.8 

7.0 

7.0 

7.8 

7.0

6.2 

5.5 

5.5 

5.2 

4.8

4.5 

4.6 

4.5 

193 

146 

116

Per square 

mile

1.03

_

.293 

2.36 

2.88 

2.35 

.781 

.2V 

.165 

.151 

.077

-

Sept.

56 

45 

25 

19 

15

12 

11 

9 2 

 s',2 

14

V.4 

7.4 

8.7 

8.7 

8.3

7.4 

6.6 

6.2 

5.9 

5.2

5.2 

4.5 

3.8 

4.5 

22

34 

27 

17 

14 

11

Run-off in 

inches

0.42

_

.34 

2.54 

3.32 

2.63 

.90 

.31 

.19 

.17 

.09

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
340 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Nolin River at Wax, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°21', long. 86°09', at bridge on State Highway 88 

at Wax, Grayson County, 14 miles northwest of Munfordville and 28.2 miles upstream 

from mouth. Datum of gage is 462.63 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 596 square miles.

Records available.- April 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,190 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 19.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 36 second-feet Sept. 24; 

minimum gage height observed, 3.04 feet Oct. 25, 26.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 9,270 second-feet Mar. 7, 1939 (gage height, 21.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, that of Sept. 24, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 32.26 feet Jan. 24, 1937, from floodmarks (discharge, 37,000 

second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks.- Records good above 100 second-feet and poor below. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height.

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 18, Nov. 22 to Dec. 7, Dec,10-22, 

Aug. 22 to Sept. 30)

3.7

3.8 

4.0 

4.3 

4.6 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

Oct. 1 to Mar. 4

155

224

324

457

599

7.0 

S.O 

10.0 

12.0 

14.0 

16.0 

1S.O 

£0.0

914

1,280

2,100

3,000

4,000

5,080

6,210

7,680

Mar. 5 to Sept. 30

2.8 

3.0 

3.2 

3.5 

3.8

35 4.3

48 5.0

67 6.0

103 7.0

150 8.0

248

404

649

940

1,290

Hote.- Same as preceding 

table above 8.6 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1540

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

93 

86 

83 

83 

86

90 

88 

76 

74 

74

70 

70 

74 

70 

68

68 

66 

66 

68 

68

68 

68 

68 

68 

64

64 

74 

90 

95 

93 

106

NOT.

101 

114 

86 

74 

72

76 

80 

86 

76 

80

99 

88 

70 

74 

76

64 

62 

74 

81 

83

70 

68 

69 

75 

72

74 

75 

75 

70 

72

Dec.

78 

83 

85 

80 

78

78 

83 

80 

75 

70

69 

72 

72 

75 

75

78 

81 

75 

75 

72

72 

72 

75 

134 

112

99 

128 

108 

106 

101 

103

Jan.

101 

62 

b78 

b74 

b70

b55 

b66 

b66 

b66 

bS8

80 

93 

93 

212 

273

311 

212 

166 

118 

b!05

b95 

b86 

b80 

b77 

b74

b71 

b69 

b67 

b66 

b64 

b63

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19! 9. ...........

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

b62 

b62 

b62 

b64 

86

306 

430 

485 

260 

350

750 

688 

782 

1,200 

1,240

948 

814 

1,430 

3,000 

3,100

8,190 

1,560 

1,280 

1,050 

914

847 

750 

814 

983

Har.

847 

7S2 

5,020 

6,880 

5,910

, 2,500 

1,800 

1,480 

1,250 

1,070

1,010 

1,250 

1,400 

1,680 

1,640

1,360 

1,040 

1,040 

1,440 

1.840

1,290 

1,070 

908 

847 

731

676 

623 

597 

597 

1,150 

1,960

Secondfoot-days

2,379 

2,336 

2,644

384,382

3,181 

26,507 

51,688 

50,471 

15,697 

5,903 

3,466 

3,967 

2,166

170,405

Apr.

1,800 

1,290 

1,070 

940 

817

703 

649 

623 

623 

572

597 

1,240 

1,290 

973 

817

731 

676 

1,180 

4,100 

6,150

6,390 

5,080 

2,860 

1,960 

1,760

1,440 

1,220 

1,070 

973 

877

Maximum

106 

114 

134

8,940

311 

3,100 

6,880 

6,390 

1,220 

358 

207 

269 

142

6,880

May

1,110 

1,220 

973 

817 

731

676 

623 

597 

547 

523

499 

451 

451 

404 

475

461 

451 

381 

358 

358

335 

513 

313 

335 

358

381 

358 

335 

313 

291 

269

Minimum

64 

62 

69

62

55 

62 

597 

572 

269 

110 

78 

78 

36

36

June

269

258 

248 

238 

238

217 

197 

197 

197 

187

187 

187 

178 

178 

168

197 

217 

187 

291 

358

227 

187 

168 

150 

142

142 

135 

125 

125 

110

July

110 

110 

110 

110 

125

125 

110 

96 

96 

96

96 

133 

117 

110 

110

142 

142 

" 207 

197 

142

117 

103 

90 

90 

84

84 

84 

84 

78 

78 

90

Mean

76.7 

77.9 

85.3

1,053

103 

914 

1,667 

1,682 

506 

197 

112 

128 

72.2

466

Aug.

110 

269 

238 

125 

103

178 

248 

197 

197 

125

110 

103 

110. 

110 

103

103 

96 

117 

110 

117

125 

117 

11O 

96 

96

96 

90 

78 

90 

110 

90

Per square 

mile

0.129 

.131 

.143

1.77

.173 

1.53 

2,80 

2.82 

.849 

.331 

.188 

.215 

.121

.782

Sept.

103 

84 

84 

72 

72

72 

61 

59 

55 

96

72 

142 

133 

96 

78

67 

63 

53 

66 

78

67 

54 

44 

56 

58

53 

65 

52 

64 

67

Run-off In 

Inches

0.15 

.15 

.16

24.02

.20 

1.65 

3.23 

3.15 

.98 

.37 

.22 

.26 

.14

10.66

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 

Nolin River near Kyrock, Ky.

341

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°19'40", long. 86 0 11'55", VOO feet upstream from Long Fall

 Creek, 0.4 mile upstream from Conoloway Creek, and 5.5 miles northeast of Kyrock, 

Edmonson County. Datum of gage Is 448.36 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 669 square miles.

Records available.- June 1939 to September 1940. October 1930 to March 1932 at site 

10.3 miles downstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,500 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 15.50

 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 35 second-feet Sept. 23 

(gage height, 1.10 feet).

1930-32, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, 22,700 second-feet Jan. 30, 1932; maximum 

gage height, 26.30 feet Feb. 1, 1932, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge 

observed, that of Sept. 23, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 26.35 feet in January 1937, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height) In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

l.S 

2.1

44

56

S3

117

165

264

2.6

3.1

4.0

5.5

10.5

15.5

469

717

1,280

2,290

6,060

10,600

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

1.1 35 1.6 112

1.2 46 1.8 162

1.3 59 2.1 864

1.4 74

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 2.1 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

J.5

16

17

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

96

91

86

82

86

91

101

89

32

82

77

76

79

79

79

73

73

75 

75 

76

77 

77

75

76

73

72

82

115

94

97

99

Nov.

112

117

94

S5

82

79

79

79

79

73

66

86

76

79

79

79

79

82 

88

ss

85 

80

79

85

93

96

89

83

80

77

-

Dec.

85

95

89

S3

83

85

S5

83

83

80

79

77

80

SO

80

eo

83

77 

77 

77

75

73

77

115

96

97

166

195

149

106

110

Jan.

99

61

93

S9

77

75

b74

b72

b70

70

«79

97

104

342

342

585

302

195 

93 

130

105 

b9S

b92

b86

b82

b79

b76

b74

b72

b71

b70

Month

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

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

Kareh. ..........................

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- to ...........

Feb.

b70

b70

b70

b70

79

566

425

*514

404

636

955

956

1,220

1,480

1,410

1,080

1,020

2,500 

3,460 

3,230

2,220 

1,670

1,410

1,220

1,080

955

895

1,020

1,150

-

-

Mar.

1,020

1,220

3,800

7,450

6,700

2,570

1,800

1,640

1,340

1,220

1,410

1,800

2 t 150

2,220

1,300

1,640

1,340

1,540 

1,670 

1,940

1,480 

1,220

1,080

955

635

775

717

662

775

1,800

2,290

Secondfoot-days

2,585

2,547

2,895

^

3,760

31,624

63,459

60 2*73

18*444

7,174

4,296

4,659

2,354

204,036

Apr.

2,010

1,480

1,220

1,080

955

835

775

717

717

656

828

1,600

1,540

1,150

1,020

895

775

2,070 

5,740 

7,900

7,460 

5,660

2,930

2,220

1,670

1,540

1,340

1,220

1,080

1,020

-

Majdj&um

115

117

195

383

3,460

6,800

7,900 

1,410

469

246

460

157

8,800

May

1,410

1,340

1,160

956

895

775

717

662

610

686

658

514

492

492

610

533

558

469 

447 

425

404 

362

362

404

425

469

425

404

562

542

522

Minimum

72*75

73

61 

70

662

636

322

1 ^Q -LOO

94

74 

40

40

June

322

302

285

264

264

246

227

227

227

227

210

210

210

210

193

285

285

264 

469 

447

264

227

193

164

165

165

159

157

154

158

July

158

138

15S

158

143

154

145

126

119

124

124

136

193

133

124

148

187

246 

246

178

148 

124

112

110

106

106

106

106

94

98

106

Mean

83.3

84«9

*

121

1,090 

g 047

2,009

596 

239

139

150

rm o

557

A*.

135

345

302

154

128

430

285

227

210

151

138

130

155

130

121

112

108

114 

112 

110

114 

119

108

98

92

96

88

74

81

100

90

Per square 

mile

0.125

.127

"

lies

3.06

3.00 

687 [357

,224

*

.831

Sept.

104

88

83

78

72

78

66

66

66

151

72

96

157

126

79

71

66

62 

62 

88

68 

59

45

40

74

60

68

62

60

68

-

Etun-of f In 

Inches

0.14

.14

.16

21

3*63

5.55

1.05

.40

 26

.13

11.36

Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
342 GREEN RIVER B4SIN 

Barren River near Pagevllle, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°51 1 08", long. 86°04'35", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

31E, 100 feet upstream from Hurricane Creek, 1.8 miles south of Pageville, Barren 

County, and 2.1 miles upstream from Peter Creek.

Drainage area.- 528 square miles.

Records available.- June 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,100 second-feet Mar. 31 (ga^e height, 20.0 

 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 4,300 

second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 46 second-feet Oct. 1; minimum gage height observed, 4.45 feet Sept. 19-23.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 31*, 1940; minimum observed, 36 secondfeet (revised) Sept. 14-19, 1939; minimum gage height observed, 4.40 feet Aug. 16, 17, 

1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of shifting control, which are fair, and 

those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

4.5

4.6 

4.S 

5.0 

5.2

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage

height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 12 to Jan. 5, Jan. 9-20, Pe^.7-9)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 10

35

50

90

150

235

5.5 

5.S 

6.5 

S.O 

10.5

390

565

1,005

1,980

3,780

4.4

4.5

4.6 

4.8 

5.0

43

59

78

127

192

Feb. 10 to Sept. 30

5.2 

5.5 

5.S 

6.5 

8.0

272

415

585

1,005

1,980

10.5 

11.0 

14.0 

1S.O 

20.0

3,780

4,160

6,740

10,810

13,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

a

4

5

6

10

11 

12

15

16

18 

19 

20

21

26 

27 

28

30 

31

Oct.

48

61

64

61

59

66

202

199 

101

86 

79

66

59

57 

57 

61 

61

57

57

61

63 

70 

130

150 

109

Nov.

93

36

83

75

72

75

75

75 

75

79 

88

88

86

86 

86 

88 

98

109

109

114

112

98

96 

93 

93

90

Dec.

93

104

117

112

101

93

93

93

88 

88

88 

88

88 

98

109

109 

104 

98 

96

104

120

154

362

275 

362 

535

362

250 

199

Jan.

190

147

130

117

101

b9S

blOO

b!04

106 

106

109 

117

143

162 

275

362

255 

212 

182 

137

b!20

bllO

blOO

b96

b92

b86 

b8S 

b7S

b76 

b74 

b70

Month

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

Water year 1939-4

Feb.

b72

b74

b7S

b8S

b92

bl!5

325

390

320 

1,840

3,700 

1,520

1,000

1,330 

1,330

885

735 

1,340 

3,850 

2,600

1,720

1,200

945

706

675

585

498 

1,520

1,720

liar.

1,140

885

765

1,000

825

735

615

525

470 

415

390 

S2B

2,740

3,020 

2,600

1,780

1,260 

1,070 

1,400 

1,400

1,070

825

675

525

498

470 

470 

470

601 

2,830 

9,490

Secondfoot-days

2 542

9 489

189,264

Apr.

6,270

2,400

1,660

4,660

3,700

1,780

1,260

1,070

945 

765

675 

735

735

675 

615

585

498 

627 

3,250 

5,060

4,480

3,020

1,920

1,980

1,660

1,330 

1,070 

S25

765 

705

Maximum

202

442

if-i rt

9,490

May

2,180

3,550

1,650

1,330

945

765

705

615

555 

498

442

415

390

365

365

555

470 

390 

365

341

294

294

294

470

765

945 

1,000 

675

555 

470 

415

Minimum

r»o

390

294

48

June

365

341

317

294

268

235

227

365

585 

415

415 

390

341

390 

317

264

317 

498 

525 

390

294

260

235

212

227

223 

196 

182

182 

219

Ji-ly

185

160

154

212

227

185

171

174

223 

442

390 

268

260

239 

212

294 

317 

235 

182

148

142

136

133

159

154 

130 

124

114 

111 

284

Mean

X 34S

517

Aug.

442

365

212

142

124

104

99

90

86

80

85 

104

94

85 

83

80

72 

68 

76 

235

142

104

85

67

59 

63

442 

555 

317

Per square 

mile

OQO

.979

Sept.

317

192

145

119

101

90

S3

72

68 

68

63 

65

65

61

57

57 

54 

51 

51

51

51

51

61

107 

157

90 

SO

Run-off In 

Inches

19

13.34

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee .
GREEN RIVER BASIN 343

Barren River at Bowling Green, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°00'04", long. 86°25'51", at bridge on U.S. Highways 

31W and 68 at Bowling Green, Warren County, 800 feet upstream from Louisville & Nashville R. R. bridge, 6 miles downstream from Drakes Creek, and 8.9 miles upstream 

from Jennlngs Creek. Datum of gage Is 409.83 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,680 square miles (revised).

Records available.- June 1938 to September 1940.

tatremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 20,600 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 27.37 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 75 second-feet Sept. 24, 

25 (gage height, 4.53 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 27,600 second-feet Feb. 5, 1939 (gage height, 32.00 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 68 second-feet Sept. 22, 

1939 (gage height, 4.42 feet).

Maximum stage known, 52.2 feet (revised) Jan. 8, 1913, from floodmark.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

ana those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

4.5

4.6 

4.8 

5.0 

5.2 

5.4

eo

98

143

197

259

389

Oct. 1 to Apr. 2

5.7 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

10,0

458

596

650

1,110

1,660

8,880

12.0

15.0

16.0

21.0

24.0

27.4

4,130

6,410

9,270

12,570

16,140

20,570

Apr. 3 to Sept. 30

4.5 68

4.6 90

4.8 140

5.0 197 

.Note.- Same as 

preceding table above 

0.5 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

51

Oet.

87 

39 

91 

104 

106

119 

119 

164 

827 

388

259 

197 

159 

146 

133

184 

111 

111 

111 

96

100 

100 

91 

93 

96

98 

100 

184 

458 

499 

389

Hov.

876 

218 

186 

153 

143

143 

141 

138 

189 

146

138 

138 

143 

133 

143

146 

143 

143 

143 

146

151 

161 

177 

178 

169

169 

178 

169 

175 

169

Dec.

169 

159 

169 

177 

180

189 

186 

180 

180 

180

180 

177 

172 

156 

156

161 

176 

177 

180 

177

177 

180 

177 

893 

389

588 

547 

650 

954 

799 

596

Jan.

458 

367 

859 

b880 

b!85

169 

b!75 

b!90 

b!95 

197

197 

197 

843 

311 

499

596 

621 

621 

588 

389

b290 

b270 

b850 

bSSO 

b210

b!95 

b!90 

b!85 

b!80 

b!80 

b!80

Month

Oet 

Hov 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19E

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b!85 

b!90 

b!95 

b206 

b280

311 

646 

1,010 

954 

1,220

5,260 

6,240 

3,920 

2,820 

3,780

3,260 

2,400 

2,640 

7,080 

9,270

6,930 

4,410 

2,940 

2,340 

8,050

1,940 

1,780 

8,050 

4,130

Mar.

3,S50 

2,940 

4,060 

3,850 

3,330

2,760 

2,340 

1,880 

1,720 

1,550

1,440 

1,880 

4,200 

6,660 

7,940

7,080 

5,060 

3,460 

2,880 

3,400

3,000 

8,680 

8,170 

1,680 

1,600

1,440 

1,380 

1,330 

1,440 

4,420 

14,600

Secondfoot-days

5,023 

4,767 

8,910

999,168

3,911 

80,256 

108,060 

180,030 

60,794 

25,683 

19,019 

13,558 

7,304

522,315

Apr.

19,200 

19,800 

10,000 

5,840 

7,560

a6,410 

a4,200 

a2,940 

2,520 

2,170

1,820 

1,880 

8,400 

8,170 

1,940

1,770 

1,600 

1,660 

6,170 

14,100

16,100 

13,700 

6,630 

5,760 

5,060

4,130 

3,400 

8,820 

2,340 

1,940

MaxlffltuB

499 

876 

954

87,400

621 

9,270 

14,600 

19,800 

7,940 

8,400 

1,160 

2,700 

1,580

19,800

May

2,830 

7,940 

7,380 

4,550 

3,260

2,580 

2,230 

1,860 

1,660 

1,500

1,380 

1,280 

1,110 

954 

1,010

954 

1,880 

1,110 

650 

697

621 

647 

671 

S60 

1,280

1,880 

2,400 

8,110 

1,660 

1,330 

1,110

Minimum

87 

129 

156

68

169 

186 

1,330 

1,600 

547 

311 

259 

154 

77

77

June

1,010 

902 

799 

748 

697

621 

671 

671 

1,660 

1,600

1,110 

1,010 

902 

902 

850

697 

621 

748 

1,010 

2,400

1,440 

954 

748 

596 

528

588 

311

311 

408 

430

July

430 

430 

646 

902 

850

697 

671 

452 

452 

528

1,010 

954 

1,110 

1,160 

850

954 

964

902 

748 

671

452 

408 

367 

348 

329

452 

386 

293 

276 

276 

259

Mean

168 

159 

287

2,737

287 

2,767 

3,486 

6,001 

1,961 

866 

614 

437 

243

1,427

Aug.

3^7

9*4 

7*8 

£28 

3<8

£93 

P59 

£87 I'M 

l-?7

212 

227 

£59 

£27

1?7

1R>6 

1"6 

1"0 

£43 

£93

367 

229 

£R9 

£18 

171

167 

164 

154 

?98 

8,700 

8.J40

Sept.

al,520 

697 

408 

311 

859

227 

197 

186 

174 

168

146 

140 

130 

164 

146

114

109 

104 

102 

108

95 

98 

86 

77 

95

893 

499 

389

194 

167

Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

0.096 0.11 

.096 .11 

.171 .80

, 1.63 88.18

.171 .80 

1.66 1.78 

2.08 2.39 

3.67 3.99 

1.17 1.36 

.510 .57 

.365 .42 

.260 .30 

.145 .16

.849 11.58

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated or comput 

ater-stage recorder 8 miles downstream. ' 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

461679 O - 42 - 23

;ed on basis of gage-height record for
344 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Drakes Creek near Alvaton, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°53'45", long. 86 022'50n , at bridge on State Highway

 71, 2.2 miles northwest of Alvaton, Warren County, and 5.2 miles do'vnstream from 

Trammel Fork. Datum of gage Is 442.02 feet above mean sea level (gsneral adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 487 square miles.

Records available.- November 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 9,200 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 22.0

 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extendel above_.3,300

second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 16 second-fe3t Sept. 22; minimum gage height observed, 3.15 feet Nov. 11.

Remarks.- Records fair above 500 second-feet and poor below. Gage real twice dally.

Rating tables, Nov. 7, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of doubtful gage-height 

record (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In aecond-fe^t)

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.8 

4.1 

4.4 

4.6 

4.9

7 to Apr. 

58 

91 

134 

175 

259

5.9

8.0

12.0

16.0

22.0

618

1,450

3,110

5,260

9,200

Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

3.1 14 3.9

3.3 20 4.2

3.4

3.5

3.7

24

29

44

4.4 

4.6 

4.8

130

173

228

Note.- Sate as preceding 

table above 4.8 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov.

34 

34 

34 

35

22 

35 

24 

20

36

27 

40 

34 

26 

26

30 

76 

42

43 

74

43 

56 

30 

63 

42

Dec.

d54 

d70 

d47 

38 

32

28 

38 

43 

26 

44

32 

47 

37 

40 

63

47 

33 

34 

44 

63

79 

74 

104 

153 

 321

505 

838 

756 

164 

126 

111

Jan.

alOO 

a82 

872 

d66 

860

57 

d54 

d51 

d49 

48

d52 

d60 

d76 

d90 

d!40

d320 

d220 

a!60 

a!25 

d90

d76 

a 68 

a60 

a54 

d50

d47 

d44 

842 

a41 

a40 

d39

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember 7

alendar year

ater year

Peb.

d38 

d41 

d45 

d52 

d64

d80 

121 

309 

912 

1,650

2,090 

1,850 

1,650 

1,530 

1,330

774 

234 

1,290 

2,980 

2,010

1,850 

1,090 

1,010 

930 

774

344 

432 

813 

1,010

Mar.

735 

580 

1,250 

1,290 

970

813 

505 

450 

326 

344

505 

815 

1,930 

2,210 

2,170

1,370 

1.090 

891 

891 

852

618 

 468 

432 

378 

326

344 

432 

542 

1,070 

3,660 

7,940

Secondfoot-days

926 

4,091

-

2,533 

27,303 

36,197 

42,092 

17,732 

6,469 

7,824 

2,561 

1,163

-

Apr.

2,910 

1,850 

1,530 

2,800 

1,530

1,090 

852 

774 

696 

505

432 

657 

735 

657 

580

505 

505 

1,080 

4,600 

5,620

3,750 

1,930 

930 

891 

891

891 

852

735 

657 

657

Maximum

76 

838

-

320 

2,980 

7,940 

5,620 

2,290 

580 

735 

228 

99

-

May

1,880 

2,290 

1,490 

1,290 

891

970 

542 

505 

468 

432

396 

259 

199 

228 

542

361 

292 

244 

199 

186

173 

162 

276 

361 

542

580 

542 

468 

396 

309 

259

Minimum

20 

26

-

39 

38 

326 

432 

162 

80 

86 

28 

18

-

June

244 

212 

199 

140 

113

113 

122 

122 

396 

580

580 

580 

505 

450 

259

228 

228 

212 

199 

106

106 

86 

80 

80 

92

86 

80 

80 

99 

92

July

106 

92 

216 

432 

309

199 

140 

162 

244 

432

396 

292 

735 

657 

468

542 

396 

344 

244 

122

99 

99 

130 

122 

140

186 

122 

86 

86 

8104 

122

Mean

38.6 

132

-

81.7 

941 

1,168 

1,403 

572 

216 

252 

82.6 

3S.8

-

Aug.

113 

199 

140 

99 

130

150 

150 

35 

44 

60

51 

38 

80 

80 

32

34 

38 

56 

113 

228

72 

54 

40 

28 

50

50 

43 

56 

86 

106 

106

Per square 

mile

 0.079 

.271

-

.168 

1.93 

2.40 

2.88 

1.17 

.444 

.517 

.170 

.080

-

Sept.

99 

63 

30 

26 

50

34 

30 

30 

28 

32

34 

29 

26 

22 

23

26 

25 

24 

26 

 26

22 

18 

20 

20 

65

67 

80 

- 72 

60 

56

Run-off In 

Inches

0.07 

.31

-

.19 

2.09 

2.76 

3.21 

1.35 

.49 

.60 

.20 

,O9

-
GREEN RIVER BASIN 345

Mud River near Lewlsburg, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°00', long. 86°54', at highway bridge 3 miles northeast of Lewisburg, Logan County, 7.4 miles downstream from Motts Lick Creek, ard 12& 

miles upstream from Wolf Lick Creek. Datum of gage is 409.05 feet above mean eea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 97.3 square miles.

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 4,680 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 17.40 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 21, 

22 (gage height, 1.80 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect, and those below 30 secondfeet, or above 900 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read once daily or oftener except 

Oct. 1 to Aug. 5 and twice dally thereafter.

Cooperation.- Reeults of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating tables, Dec. 6, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In

feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 30 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19-24, Feb. 4, 5)

2.0

2.1

2.2

Dec. 6 to Feb. 19 

1.1 2.3 4.4 

1.9 2.4 6.1 

3.0 2.5 8.2

Feb. 20 to Sept. 30

2.7 

3.1 

3.4

Note.- Same as following table 

above 3.4 feet.

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2 

2.4

0.3 

1.3 

2.5 

3.8 

5.3 

8.7

2.6 

2.8 

3.4 

4.6 

5.6 

6.5

13

17

35

83

133

183

7.8

10.0

12.0

13.0

13.5

14.0

272

466

698

862

1,020

1,040

14.5

15.0

16.0

17.4

1,570

2,040

3,140

4,680

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

e

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec.

3.7 

3.0 

1.9 

2.1 

2.1

2.0 

1.8 

1.9 

2.0 

2.3

1.9 

1.9 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

1.9 

1.9 

25 

37

19 

39 

71 

31 

19 

14

Jan.

10 

8.0 

6.5 

5.4 

4.6

4.3 

3.8 

4.0 

4.1 

3.8

4.7 

4.4 

12 

24 

142

55 

39 

28 

17 

17

12 

11 

13 

10 

b9

b8 

b8 

b7 

b7 

b7 

b7,

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Vt

ember 6 

alendar

-31. .................

year

ater year

Feb.

b7 

b7 

b7 

7.8 

11

b!6 

b27 

b45 

63 

208

235 

143 

281 

451 

264

189 

180 

701 

734 

476

347 

249 

189 

153 

148

118 

103 

171 

159

Mar.

133 

126 

3,040 

1,230 

502

320 

228 

183 

143 

133

437 

751 

801 

1,000 

528

338 

272 

288 

256 

201

165 

148 

133 

118 

113

103 

103 

103 

113 

482 

542

Secondfoot-days

293.7

-

496.6 

5,689.2 

13,033 

9,401 

4,404 

729.2 

1,130.4 

348.1 

33.3

-

Apr.

296 

242 

165 

143 

118

103 

103 

207 

88 

79

149 

304 

183 

143 

118

93 

93 

293 

1,920 

1,600

869 

476 

338 

312 

235

189 

153 

143 

118 

128

Maximum

71

-

142 

734 

3,040 

1,920 

612 

67 

428 

90 

7.2

-

May

612 

366 

214 

171 

133

113 

98 

88 

75 

71

67 

59 

55 

51 

47

55 

43 

41 

43 

39

35 

32 

204 

214 

342

446 

242 

148 

123 

98 

79

Minimum

1.8

-

3.8 

7 

103 

79 

32 

6.3 

2.5 

1.3 

.3

-

June

67 

59 

55 

47 

37

35 

29 

28 

26 

22

20 

51 

34 

30 

23

22 

17 

15 

15 

16

12 

9.1 

9.3 

8.3 

7.6

7.3 

6.6 

6.3 

7.3 

7.4

July

6.4 

5.5 

5.2 

4.7 

4.6

4.2 

4.0 

3.8 

4.4 

4.4

4.8 

31 

44 

11 

6.9

9.5 

12 

6.6 

4.6 

4.0

3.5 

2.5 

2.5 

316 

428

54 

20 

13 

9.8 

8.5 

91

Mean

11,3

-

16.0 

196 

480 

313 

142 

24.3 

36.5 

11.2 i.n

-

Aug.

53 

23 

12 

8.9 

6.6

5.3 

10 

12 

36 

90

13 

7.3 

5.3 

4.8 

3.7

3.8 

3*3 

3.0 

18 

6.4

4.4 

3.3 

2.8 

2.0 

1.8

1.7 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.5

Per square 

mile

0.116

-

.164 

2.01 

4.32 

3.22 

1.46 

.250 

.375 

.115 

.011

-

Sept.

1.5 

1.3 

1.3 

1.1 

.9

.7 

.5 

.6 

.6 

.7

.4 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.7 

.7 

.6 

.5 

.5

.3

.4 

.4 

.4 

.7

1.1 

7.2 

3.8 

2.9 

1.5

Rm-off In 

Inches

0.11

-

.19 

2.17 

4.98 

3.59 

1.68 

.28 

.43 

.13 

.01

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
346 GREEN RIVER BASIN 

Rough River near Madrid, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°35'30", long. 86 0 18'55", at bridg-e on State Highway 

65 at Eveleigh, 1.6 miles southeast of Madrid, Breckinridge County, and 4 miles downstream from Clifty Creek. Datum of gage is 466.08 feet (revised) e.bove mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 229 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,900 second-feet Mar. 3 (from graph based on 

gage readings); maximum gage height, 30.40 feet Mar. 3 (from graph based on gage readings); minimum discharge observed, 11 second-feet Sept. 9, 19, 28; minimum gage height 

observed, 2.51 feet Nov. 6.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 3, 1940; maximum gage height, 30.68 feet 

Mar. 5, 1939 (from graph based on gage readings); minimum discharge observed, that of 

Sept. 9, 28, 1940; minimum gage height observed, that of Nov. 6, 1?39.

Maximum stage known, 38.6 feet Jan. 19, 1937, from floodmarks (discharge, 18,000 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Low flow slightly regulated by mill at Hardlr Springs, 13 miles 

upstream. Discharge above 250 second-feet computed by using rate of change of stage 

as a factor. Gage read once daily except during periods of rapidly changing stage and 

after Aug. 3, when It was read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

if

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2S 

15 

30 

27

14

14 

21 

31 

26 

26

22 

16 

14 

13 

22

13 

13 

15 

14 

15

22 

IS 

13 

20 

15

16 

26 

28 

52 

42 

27

Nov.

28 

32 

IS 

23 

22

12 

19 

17 

17 

14

32 

20 

19 

32 

24

23 

22 

22 

27 

15

33 

25 

22 

24 

23

2S 

20 

17 

26

13

Dec.

24 

29 

33 

18 

37

40 

20 

31 

24 

23

14 

24 

20 

22 

22

24 

22 

15 

21 

25

23 

24 

23 

26 

20

26 

38 

55 

45 

36 

28

Jan.

23 

20 

20 

21 

17

19 

19 

16 

20 

20

20 

30 

70 

113 

257

120 

88 

66 

38 

45

36 

32 

32 

34 

34

28 

26 

34 

24 

30 

24

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr *ay

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19: 9 ...........

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

26 

29 

25 

36 

25

209 

533 

170 

173 

527

695 

404 

481 

1,280 

651

488 

404 

1,900 

2,720 

1,230

921 

567 

385 

307 

288

235 

203 

366 

288

Mar.

252 

967 

8,390 

2,970 

1,140

708 

504 

404 

326 

270

218 

366 

640 

1,130 

742

504 

366 

482 

1,440 

74S

472 

346 

288 

252 

218

202 

187 

180 

180 

588 

909

Second - 

foot-days

668 

669 

832

167,661

1,376 

15,566 

26,389 

27,584 

4,172 

1,783 

1,724 

2,007 

629

83,399

Apr.

503 

346 

288 

307 

210

1S7 

ISO 

180 

165 

151

397 

1,080 

513 

346 

2SS

235 

666 

3,610 

4,660 

5,500

2,800 

1,230 

870 

702 

534

439 

366 

a31S 

270 

235

Maximum

52 

33 

55

8,630

257 

2,720 

8,390 

5,500 

307 

144 

485 

462 

91

8,390

May

307 

288 

252 

21S 

1S7

187 

165 

151 

144 

144

13S 

124 

11S 

118 

112

151 

112 

100 

118 

112

94 

88 

83 

83 

94

94 

88 

83 

78 

73 

68

Minimum

13 

12 

14

12

16 

25 

180 

151 

68 

32 

16 

16 

11

11

June

68 

64 

64 

60 

56

55 

54 

53 

73 

54

52 

47 

52 

49 

42

45 

112 

144 

100 

124

64 

50 

42 

39 

37

36 

34 

32 

45 

36

July

27 

22 

26 

41 

37

22 

42 

19 

16 

28

33 

60 

106 

68 

36

54 

485 

118 

64 

48

39 

40 

39 

33 

32

30 

42 

43 

20 

30 

22

Aug.

23 

2S 

26 

30 

18

134 

3S3 

56 

34 

2S

28 

18 

20 

18 

18

22 

37 

243 

462 

140

40 

28 

23 

22 

24

18 

19 

19 

16 

28 

24

Mean '"^g^

21.5 0.094 

22.3 .097 

26.8 .117

459 2.00

44.4 .194 

537 2.34 

851 3.72 

919 4.01 

135 .590 

59.4 .259 

55.6 .243 

64.7 .283 

21.0 .092

228 .996

Sept.

23 

16 

16 

21 

16

13 

12 

18 

11 

72

91 

38 

27 

20 

25,

16 

17 

18 

11 

13

17 

13 

12 

13 

13

13 

12 

11 

19 

12

Run-off In 

Inches

0.11 

.11 

.14

27.25

.22 

2.53 

4.29 

4.48 

.68 

.29 

.28 

.33 

.10

13.56

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 347

Rough River near Falls of Rough, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°37', long. 86°30', 2.6 miles downstream from 

Nortn Fork, 3s miles northeast of Falls of Rough, Grayson County, 4.1 miles upstream 

from Rock Lick Creek, and 7.2 miles upstream from mill dam. Datum of gage is 429.20 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Prior to July 10, 1940, staff 

gage at same site and datum. Auxiliary staff gage installed July 12 at Falls of Rough, 

600 feet upstream from Pleasant Run, and 7.5 miles downstream from base gage. Datum 

of auxiliary gage is 419.15 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 449 square miles.

Records available.- January to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 8,080 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 25.7 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum not determined.

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 400 second-feet, which are poor. Staff gage 

read twice daily. Low flow affected by operation of mill at dam.

Cooperation.- Results of two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

52 

44 

38 

31

26

25 

25 

25 

25 

25

25 

45 

103 

420 

491

353 

188 

140 

113 

113

95 

66 

52 

50 

45

44 

52 

52 

35 

35 

35

Month

Octc 

Nov« 

Dece

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

Mnv

June 

Julj 

Aug 

Sepl

W

ilendar year

iter year

Feb.

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

289 

699 

671 

443

7S5

1,310 

1,140 

1,100 

1,920 

1,780

1,040 

756 

1,780 

3,300 

3,550

2,790 

1,900 

SI 5 

565 

491

420 

353 

540 

565

Mar.

443 

45S 

5,260 

7,500 

5,960

3,420 

1,860 

617 

443 

375

353 

565 

1,310 

1,900 

1.7SO

1,040 

644 

S80 

2,280 

2,110

1,100 

617 

467 

375 

310

289 

268 

248 

289 

648 

1,420

Seeondfoot-daya

2,388 

29,177 

45,229 

53,965 

6,413 

2,732 

2,907 

2,661 

852

-

Apr.

1,170 

644 

467 

420 

331

268 

248 

375 

268 

22S

824 

2,110 

1,660 

7S5 

515

397 

1,490 

5,540 

6,650 

7.S20

7,560 

5,600 

3,220 

2,090 

1,000

644 

515 

420 

375 

331

Maximum

491 

3,550 

7,500 

7,620 

491 

188 

490 

458 

118

-

May

443 

491 

375 

310 

289

26S 

248 

21S 

208 

199

178 

17S 

160 

169 

169

169 

169 

150

lee

169

146 

131 

131 

140 

178

20S 

169 

150 

140 

150 

122

Minimum

25 

35 

248 

228 

122 

38 

33 

21 

18

-

June

110 

100 

95 

95 

90

85 

80 

80 

113 

113

95 

6S 

68 

68 

68

104 

150 

160 

18S 

140

131 

66 

95 

60 

52

52 

52 

44 

38 

52

July

44

178 

68 

60 

50

45 

40 

40 

35 

35

35 

45 

63 

111 

80

370 

490 

436 

141 

68

60 

5S 

50 

56 

35

35 

35 

33 

39 

35 

35

Mean

93.2 

1,006 

1,459 

1,799 

207 

91.1 

93.8 

85.8 

28.4

-

Aug.

50 

37 

35 

31 

48

21 

232 

325 

66 

46

50 

37 

50 

41 

26

41 

26 

62 

45S 

455

92 

58 

63 

46 

25

43 

35 

35 

35 

46 

46

Per square 

mile

0.20S 

2.24 

3.25 

4.01 

.461 

.203 

.209 

.191 

.063

-

Sept.

27 

25 

20 

20 

20

18 

18 

18 

IS 

18

92 

US 

63 

60 

. 20

20 

20 

20 

30 

25

20 

18 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

Run- off In 

Inches

0.24 

2.42 

3.75 

4.47 

.53 

.23 

.24 

.22 

.07

-

Note.- Stage-discharge relation unstable Jan. 6-12, 24, 25, Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, June 1-f, 13, July 

5-12, Sept. 2-10, 16-30; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Madrid, near 

Dundee, and at Dundee. Discharge for periods July 13 to Sept. 1, Sept. 11-15 computed or basis of 

twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage.
348 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Rough River at Dundee, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°33'30", long. 86°46'30M , at Dundee, Ohio County, 300 feet 

downstream from old mill dam and 1.9 miles downstream from Adams Fo"k. Datum of gage 

Is 389.57 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 815 square miles (revised).

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1931, October 1938 to June 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 12,000 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 25.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 15 second-feet Oct. 11, 

Nov. 23-26; minimum gage height observed, 1.17 feet Oct. 11.

1930-31, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 21, 1940; minimum, 10 secondfeet Oct. 21-23, 25-27, 1930.

Maximum stage known, 29.0 feet Jan. 25, 1937 (discharge, 45,600 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Occasional slight regulation at low flow by power plant above 

station. Gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, October 1939, to June 1940, except period of Ice effect (gage height.

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 1 to June 30)

Oct. 1 to 

Nov. 1, 1939 Nov. 2, 1939, to June 30, 1940

1.1 14 1.3 13.1 3.3 112 12.0 866 22.8 4,060 

1.2 16 1.4 15.6 4.3 1S6 14.0 1,060 23-5 4,340 

1.3 18 1.6 21.5 5.1 265 15.4 1,240 23.7 5,200 

1.5 22 1.8 29 6.5 430 17.2 1,630 23-9 5,800 

2.0 42 2.0 3S 8.0 576 19.6 2,390 24.5 3,900 

2.2 52 2.5 63 10.0 707 21.6 3,270 25-0 12,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to Septembe- 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

18 

18 

17 

17 

18

32 

26 

22 

 21

18

16 

26 

36 

26

23

20 

19 

18 

18 

24

23 

32 

25 

22 

21

28 

24 

22 

21 

20 

24

Nov.

50 

43 

40 

36

31

31 

34 

23 

27 

25

21 

22 

21 

20 

25

29 

25 

27

31 

31

22 

18 

15 

15 

15

16 

20 

29 

46 

34

Dec.

25 

34 

27 

23 

25

31 

29 

27 

43

31

29 

23 

31 

29 

23

22 

19 

18 

21 

27

31 

22 

20 

23 

25

36 

4S 

58 

87 

99 

87

Jan.

66 

48 

43 

38 

b35

b32 

31 

31 

31 

29

«4 

d50 

d70 

400 

693

646 

474 

233 

178 

140

105 

87 

75 

72 

69

56 

43 

40 

40 

38 

40

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Wa

lender year 1939

ter year

Feb.

43 

43 

43 

40 

38

160 

693 

830 

774 

884

1,320 

1,630 

1,530 

2,140 

2,430

2,320 

1,580 

1,960 

3,440 

3,980

4,440 

4,690 

4,330 

3,040 

1,640

938 

686 

693 

766

Secondfoot-days

69J 

82£ 

1,072

453, 4ie

3.961- 

47,153 

76,966 

98.78E 

10, lie 

4.00E

-

Mar.

735 

700 

3,510 

5,010 

7,250

8,350 

7,800 

6,250 

3,940 

2,160

1,150 

1,040 

1,530 

2,630 

2,970

2,330 

1,930 

1,120 

2,330 

2,920

2,750 

1,600 

975 

707 

597

543 

505 

485 

515 

764 

1,320

Apr.

1,630 

1,280 

S57 

714 

658

590 

525 

735 

735 

610

972 

2,750 

3,170 

2,790 

1,640

8S4 

1,300 

4,230 

6,750 

10,700

11,400 

10,700 

9,500 

8,350 

6,250

4,030 

2,320 

1,260 

830 

628

Maximum

> 36 

50 

99

10,900

' 693 

4,690 

8,350 

i 11,400 

766 

485

-

May

693 

766 

707 

610 

543

474 

419 

384 

336 

300

276 

243 

213 

204 

195

195 

204 

195 

186 

233

213 

178 

154 

147 

269

495 

463 

276 

213

178 

154

Minimum

16 

15 

18

15

29 

38 

485 

525 

147 

53

-

June

154 

126 

105 

105 

99

93 

SI 

87 

81 

87

99 

87 

SI 

72 

60

69 

172 

419 

396 

485

276 

178 

126 

93 

81

66 

56 

53 

60 

56

July Aug. Sept.

 Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

22.4 0.027 0.03 

27.4 .034 .04 

34.6 .042 .05

1,242 1.52 20.69

128 . 157 . 18 

1,626 2.00 2.15 

2,483 3.05 3.51 

3,293 4.04 4.51 

326 .400 .46 

134 .164 .18

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record;, discharge computed on basis of records for station at Madrid.
GREEN RIVER BASIN 

Pond River near White Plains, Ky.

349

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°13'40", long. 87°20'50", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

62, 3£ miles northeast of White Plains, Hopklns County, 4.8 miles downstream from 

Thompson Creek, and 5.9 miles upstream from Drakes Creek.

Drainage area.- 324 square miles.

Records available.- June 1928 to September 1931, October 1937 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,780 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 15.77 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow Oct. 1 to Nov. 19.

1928-31, 1937-40: Maximum discharge, 7,850 second-feet Jan. 10, 1930 (gage 

height, 16.26 feet, observed at crest); no flow Oct. 2, 1937, Sept. 8-30, Oct. 1 

to Nov. 19, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 22.10 feet Jan. 31, 1937, original site and datum.

Revisions.- Maximum discharge observed for the'water year 1939, has been revised 

to 5,130-second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 15.02 feet), superseding figure published .in 

Water-Supply Paper 873.

Remarks.- Records fair except those above 3,000 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

effect, which are poor. Gage read once daily to Aug. 17, and twice daily thereafter.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for the high-water periods in 

the water year 1939, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 873, are given 

herein.

3. ......

Cooperation*-

e

6

ir1. ......

3,990

. . 4,260

, . 3,990

3.24O

Gage readings, Aug. 1 to Sept.

12.... ....

Ma lid.

13..

r. 7..

4,540

, 3,4£

. 4,83

SO

iO

30, furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S

Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.6

1.8

8.0

8.2

2.5

0

.1

.4

.9

2. 2

3.7

5.2

6.9

10

Oct. 1

2.7

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.5

3.7

4.0

4.3

5.6

to Feb.

13

17

23

30

39

52

73

130

194

21

6.0

3.0

1Q.O

11. 0

12.0

12.4

12.9

Feb. 22

226

398

583

709

880

1,010

1,300

1.0 1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.3

2.0

0.1

.5

1.0

1.7

2.5

3.4

4.5

5.7

7.0

10

g 2

2.4

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.6

4.0

4.3

6.0

8.0

to Sept. 30

14

18

24

34

47

69

97

157

250

414

10.0

11.0

12.0

, 12.5

13.0

13.5

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.8

538

711

330

1,060

1,370

1,340

2,590

3,730

5,130

7,780

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

DW

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

so

31

Oct. Nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

-

Dec.

0.1

.1

.2

.2

.4

.2

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.3

.3

.7

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.2

1.3

.9

Jan.

0.7

.8

3.1

3.4

3.6

*b2.7

b2.2

b2.3

b2.1

bl.9

2 2

3.1

4.4

4.9

8.6

10

36

39

23

16

11

7.5

b5.2

b4.2

b3.5

b2.3

b2.4

b2.1

b2.0

«bl.9

bl.8

Feb.

bl.3

bl.9

b2.0

b2.2

b2.5

5.B

152

407

389

275

242

398

398

594

756

756

628

628

880

1,010

1,300

1,730

1,630

1,240

930

682

561

508

491

.

-

Mar.

508

465

773

2,160

4,330

3,620

2,280

1,330

883

619

561

353

1,120

1,750

2,790

2,590

1,960

1,340

967

824

6B2

552

440

331

242

172

Apr.

824

306

682

534

397

290

194

157

134

157

280

696

861

830

806

582

539

2,770

7,070

7,070

5,130

3,480

2,410

1,730

1,170

844

142 642

127

149

464

726

561

491

448

-

May

702

830

1,010

1,230

1,110

806

570

491

364

248

149

94

76

69

69

58

44

48

48

40

36

38

46

493

711

711

608

457

250

148

86

June

66

52

44

38

32

27

22

47

47

57

149

127

57

30

24

20

22

17

18

18

36

27

IS

13

11

9.0

7.4

6.4

6.5

5.8

-

July

4.9

4.4

4.1

6.0

6.5

5.5

4.7

4.6

4.8

3.7

3.8

2.8

3.3

e.o

11

11

4.8

4.1

3.1

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.1

.8

.8

Aug.

0,3

.8

1.1

2.7

9.5

7.8

7.4

5.3

3-8

3-0

3-8

6-4

5-8

5-8

7.3

6.4

5-0

4-4

4.6

4,8

3-0

3.7

12

8.4

5-8

4.4

3-3

2.8

2.7

147

347

Sept.

213

59

25

14

3.7

6.2

4.9

3.7

3.1

2.3

2.3

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.0

.3

.3

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.3

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
350 GREEN RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, of Pond River near White Plains, J'y., 1938-40

Month

Calendar year 1936 ...........

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

97 2

116,990.7

1.6

183,260.9

182,404.2

214 4

109,652.3

Maximum

2 7

19

4,300

1,450

4,830

740

44

122

.5

4,830

4,830

7,070

MljJimum

.2

14

251

18

.8

0

0

0

0

Mean

381

337

2,665

1,263

128

272

11.0

14.3

.05

502

500

300

Per square 

mile

0.0023

021

1.02

1.04

8.23

3.90

.840

.034

.044

.00015

1.55

1.64

.926

Run-off In 

Inches

13.81

1.20

8.56

4.49

.46

.94

.04

.05

.0002

21.03

0001

* OO2

20.95

12.58
WAJ3ASH RIVER BASIN 

Wabash River at Bluffton, Ind.

351

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°44', long. 85°11', In sec. 4, T. 26 N., R. 12 

E., at min Street Bridge In Bluffton, 2 miles downstream from Slxmlle Creek. Datura 

of gage Is 789.97 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 470 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940 In reports or U. S. Geological Survey, 

septemoer I9ki3 to September 1930 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation. 

Gage-height records collected at same site since December 1910 are contained In reports 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 465 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,910 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 11.45 

reet); minimum, 7.9 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 0.95 foot).

1923-40: Maximum discharge observed, 10,800 second-feet Jan. 16, 1937 (gage height, 

15.02 feet), from rating curve extended above 6,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

3.9 second-feet July 18, 1936 (gage height, 0.95 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 20 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

periods of ice effect and no gage-height record, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except for periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 16 and July 29 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 22 Apr. 23 to Sept. 30

0.9 5.8 2.1 135 5.0 1,190 0.9 5.8 1.5 44 

1.0 10 2.5 256 6.0 1,670 1.0 10 1.8 75 

1.2 20 3.0 425 8.0 2,670 1.2 21 2.1 135 

1.5 40 3.5 600 10.0 3,850 Note.- Same aa preceding 

1.8 73 4.0 780 11.4 4,91,0 table above 2.1 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

9.6 

10 

11 

10 

9.6

9.6 

9.6 

9.6 

16 

30

24 

18 

14 

12 

12

12 

10 

11 

11 

10

12 

12 

12 

12

44

20 

79 

95 

197 

93 

47

Hov.

29 

22 

18 

16 

14

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

10

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

11

Dec.

14 

14 

14 

14 

16

16 

15 

16 

15 

14

15 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

13 

12 

13

12 

12 

11 

11 

12 

12

Jan.

11 

10 

9.2 

8.3 

9.2

7.9 

S.3 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

11 

314 

520

550 

400 

350 

300 

220

150 

90 

a54 

a30 

21

a20 

19 

18 

a!7 

16 

15

Feb.

18 

18 

17 

16 

17

18 

IS 

20 

30 

28

95 

250 

450 

550 

620

650 

400 

250 

400 

950

1,000 

500 

300 

160 

122

93 

72 

70 

140

Mar.

732 

1,840 

3,190 

2,570 

2,720

2,240 

1,280 

478 

331 

247

191 

147 

127 

127 

144

125 

107 

114 

155 

164

158 

147 

114 

63 

59

57 

59 

60 

83 

155 

168

Apr.

144 

130 

354 

548 

460

231 

276 

960 

1,140 

960

548 

740 

1,140 

1,160 

1,020

920 

833 

1,820 

2,270 

3,070

4,190 

4,820 

3,980 

2,830 

1,770

S73 

460 

335 

282 

335

May

331 

304 

266 

231 

200

179 

167 

150 

141 

135

125 

113 

107 

99 

97

97 

86 

64 

61 

58

60 

59 

53 

51 

51

56 

55 

54 

60 

274 

562

Month Second- Maximum Minimum foot-days

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-40

S82.0 197 9.6 

391 29 10 

431 16 11

135,788.5 8,260 7.1

3,228.9 550 7.9 

7,272 1,000 16 

18,192 3,190 57 

38,599 4,820 130 

4,366 582 51 

8,519 1,060 67 

1,221 174 15 

594 82 14 

4O0.2 17 9.6

34,096.1 4,320 7.9

June

860 

1,060 

940 

486 

253

170 

130 

130 

235 

314

324 

478 

476 

219 

128

97 

144 

237 

111 

78

81 

67 

84 

144 

116

191 

105 

222 

242 

345

July

174 

83 

61 

52 

47

43 

39 

37 

35 

33

34 

32 

38 

48 

47

40 

34 

30 

47 

41

33 

26 

22 

19 

18

22 

19 

19 

17 

16 

15

Aug.

14 

14 

15 

19 

82

30 

IS 

19 

19 

18

17 

16 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

17 

16 

16

17 

18 

17 

15 

17

17 

IS 

17 

19 

20 

19

Mean ***J*?"

28.5 0.061 

13.0 .02f 

13.9 .03C

372 .791

104 .221 

251 .53' 

587 1.25 

1,287 2.74 

141 .3OC 

284 .60" 

39.4 .08' 

19.2 .041 

13.3 .OSf

230 .489

Sept.

17 

16 

15 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

15

14 

14 

15 

14 

14

14 

14 

13 

13 

13

12 

12 

12 

17 

13

10 

9.6 

9.6 

10 

10

Run-off in 

inches

0.07 

.03 

.03

10.73

.26 

.58 

1.44 

3.05 

.35 

.67 

.10 

.05 

.03

6.66

Peak discharge.- Apr* 22 (7 a.m.) 4,910 sfip.nnrl-foot:.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for the other stations on Wabaah 

River and from a study of weather records.

Note.- Stage-diseha*ge relation affected by ice Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 8-13, 16-22, Feb. 12-24.
352 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at Wabash, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°47'25", long. 85°49'13", In sec. 14, T. 27 N., R. 6 

E., at Wabash Street Bridge In Wabash, 7 miles downstream from Salamonle River. Datum 

of gage Is 642.66 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,670 square miles.

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

August 1923 to March 1930 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average d1scharge.- 15 years (1923-28, 1929-34, 1935-40), 1,529 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 19,600 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 

17.48 feet); minimum observed, 32 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.S1 feet).

1923-40: Maximum discharge observed, 35,000 second-feet Jan. 16, 1930 (gage height, 

22.65 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 17 

second-feet Aug. 4, 5, 9, -1934, July 21, 22, 1936; minimum gage height, 1-.66 feet jug. 

4, 5, 9, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice dally Oct. 1-14, Oct. 22 to Nov. 11, Nov. 19 to Dec. 2, Dec. 10-23, 25-30, and 

once dally during rest of year.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 4 Mar. 5 to Sept. 30

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.3 

3.7

37

58

97

154

240

354

540

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O 

9.0

1,000

1,340

1,690

2,060

2,860

3,710

4,610

10.0 5,600

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.5

7,920

9,400

11,100

13,100

15,400

19,600

1.8 31 2.7 

2.0 50 3.0 

2.2 73 3.3 

2.4 101 3.7 

Note.- Same a

160 

247 

360 

540 

preceding table above 3.7 feet

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

51 

49 

43 

40 

37

60 

54 

55 

60 

63

60 

54 

60 

68

71

64 

58 

51 

50 

52

48 

51 

52 

45 

240

880 

880 

1,000 

760 

466 

397

Nov.

258 

194 

141 

128 

113

105 

100 

94 

97 

91

91 

97 

94 

91 

89

80 

76 

76 

80 

86

91 

97 

113 

121 

121

121

113 

100 

94 

103

Dec.

107

115 

136 

154 

147

*

158 

147 

138 

126 

113

111 

154 

97 

97 

100

94 

89 

86 

94 

108

89 

83 

80 

83 

79

80 

76 

80 

84 

80 

82

Jan.

80 

70 

68 

68 

70

70 

70 

70 

70 

70

72 

72 

76 

,000 

,700

,300 

,100 

,000 

900 

800

750 

700 

550 

400 

300

250 

220 

200 

180 

170 

150

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Mare 

Apr

June 

Julj 

Augx 

Sept

Ws

lendar year 193E

j^

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

150 

150 

140 

140 

140

150 

150 

140 

150 

160

300 

800 

1,300 

1,200 

1,200

1,100 

1,000 

950 

900 

1,000

1,400 

1,200 

1,100 

1,000 

800

650 

550 

500 

550

Mar.

SOO 

4,000 

12,000 

16 , 400 

10,200

5,800 

3,890 

2,460 

1,620 

1,200

940 

672 

618 

590 

618

590 

590 

618 

760 

760

700 

590 

516 

402 

402

340 

381 

402 

565 

820 

880

Secondfoot-days

5.919 

3,255 

3,255

510,460

12,596 

18,970 

71,124 

110,150 

16,591 

26,767 

5,353 

1,864 

1,411

277,255

Apr.

760 

1,830 

1,980 

2,140 

1,690

1,130 

2,620 

5,910 

5,500 

3,180

2,220 

3,130 

4,250 

3,890 

3,440

4,340 

3,800 

7,040 

6,800 

6,570

7,280 

8,930 

7,660 

4,800 

3,260

2,140 

1,410 

S80 

760 

760

Maximum

1,000 

258 

154

32,000

1,700 

1,400 

16,400 

8,930 

1,480 

2,380 

820 

94 

59

16,400

May

1,060 

1,480 

1,410 

1,060 

820

700 

618 

540 

492

446

402 

381 

340 

320 

340

320 

301 

282 

301 

282

282 

247 

215 

200 

200

264 

247 

301 

320 

940 

1,480

Minimum

37 

76 

76

28

68 

140 

340 

760 

200 

301 

76 

44 

32

32

June

2,140 

1,900 

1,550 

1,270 

820

516 

424 

469 

618 

730

1,130 

1,060 

820 

672 

424

381 

565 

2,060 

1,270 

700

424 

301 

301 

446 

424

402 

360 

940 

2,380 

1,270

July

820 

565 

320 

247 

200

170 

156 

147 

140

160

215

178 

145 

115 

98

110 

104 

108 

106 

111

118 

113 

104 

100 

89

77 

140 

122 

110 

89 

76

Mean

191 

108 

105

1,399

406 

654 

2,294 

3,672- 

535 

892 

173 

60.1 

47.0

758

Aug.

67 

62 

60 

67 

94

62 

46 

82 

69 

60

52 

49 

45 

44 

49

50 

44 

57 

69 

61

51 

49 

67 

73 

76

56 

60 

60 

72 

58 

53

Per square 

mile

0.114 

.065 

.063

.838

.243 

.392 

1.37 

2.20 

.320 

.534 

.104 

.036 

.028

.454

Sept.

51 

57 

59 

54 

51

56 

53 

50 

48 

45

49 

44 

45 

46 

44

43 

41 

45 

51 

. 53

45 

35 

32 

40 

49

51 

46 

41 

44 

43

Run-off in 

Inches

0.13 

.07 

.07

11.36

.28 

.42 

1.58 

2.45 

.37 

.60 

.12 

.04 

.03

6.16

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28 to Mar. 3.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 353

Wabash River at Logansport, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°44'47", long. 86°22'39" J In sec. 35, T. 27 N.,

R. IE., 150 feet below Clcott Street Bridge In Logansport and 1,000 feet down-stream

from Eel River. Datum of gage Is 573.17 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,760 square miles. 

Records available.- April 1903 to July 1906 and May 1923 to September 1940. Gage-height

records collected at same site since December 1910 are contained In reports of U. S.

Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1923-40) 3,429 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 30,000 second-feet Mar. 4 (gage height, 12.97

feet, affected by backwater from Ice); minimum, 109 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height,

2.30 feet); minimum dally, 168 second-feet Sept. 25.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 63,700 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage height, 17.85

feet), from rating curve extended above 54,000 second-feet; minimum, that of S^pt. 26,

1940; minimum gage height, 2.27 feet July 23, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 25.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913 (discharge, 116,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are poor. SOTie regulatlon at low flow by power plant on tributary. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

2.4 

2.6 

2.S 

3.0 

3.2

144 

235 

362 

53S 

796

3.5 

4.0 

4.6 

5

1,280

2,140

3,090

4,190

6,890

13,600

21,800

31,600

37,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oet.

252 

24S 

280 

254 

259

284 

23S 

298 

313 

332

336 

312 

307 

295 

277

279 

298 

276 

274 

268

266 

274 

264 

264 

410

998 

1,690 

2,650 

1,900 

1,230 

956

Hov.

794 

643 

544 

480 

43S

412 

402 

390 

378 

390

406 

403 

406 

386 

376

365 

362 

352 

349 

354

380 

416 

422 

430 

450

452 

436 

424 

408 

398

Dee.

420 

458 

466 

496 

51S

500 

480 

460 

448 

430

416 

406 

402 

387 

381

376 

370 

371 

358 

360

356 

321 

310 

300 

300

290 

290 

280 

280 

270 

260

Jan.

260 

270 

270 

270 

280

2SO 

290 

290 

300 

300

320 

330 

340 

500 

2,500

2,100 

1,800 

1,600 

1,300 

1,200

1,100 

1,050 

980 

940 

900

850 

800 

750 

720 

680 

660

Month

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

650 

640 

630 

620 

600

600 

600 

600 

640 

700

800 

1,000 

1,250 

1,700 

1,300

1,700 

1,650 

1,650 

1,600 

1,700

1,850 

1,900 

1,900 

1,750 

1,550

1,400 

1,350 

1,300 

1,400

Mar.

1,500 

6,000 

18,000 

25,000 

18,200

12,200 

3,450 

5,750 

3,950 

2,990

2,320 

1,920 

1,710 

1,800 

1,890

1,560 

1,460 

1,490 

1,590 

1,660

1,610 

1,460 

1,310 

1,190 

1,010

998 

982 

982 

1,170 

1,410 

1,640

Secondfoot-days

16,584 

12,848 

11,760

1,143,663

24,230 

35,530 

133,202 

212,960 

47,007 

51,651 

15,725 

7,469 

6,095

575,061

Apr.

1,730 

1,760 

3,290 

3,290 

3,090

2,460 

2,030 

7,930 

11,600 

3,290

5,750 

5,750 

8,130 

8,620 

7,340

7,340 

6,790 

10,200 

14,800 

15,200

15,600 

17,200 

14,800 

9,130 

6,030

4,070 

2,890 

2,160 

1,820 

1,830

Maximum

2,650 

794 

518

55,600

2,500 

1,900 

25,000 

17,200 

3,840 

3,400 

1,590 

311 

232

25,000

May

2,890 

3,610 

3,840 

3,190 

2,470

2,030 

1,730 

1,540 

1,390 

1,230

1,190 

1,090 

1,030 

998 

996

1,030 

982 

935 

1,180 

1,310

1,180 

1,010 

904 

842 

842

842 

904 

1,030 

1,110 

1,630 

2,000

Minimum

238 

349 

260

191

260 

600 

982 

1,730 

842 

811 

306 

180 

168

168

June

3,090 

3,400 

3,290 

2,600 

1,980

1,470 

1,210 

1,110 

1,630 

1,610

1,910 

2,160 

1,890 

1,510 

1,300

1,030 

858 

1,870 

3,090 

1,850

1,260 

982 

842 

811 

858

904 

873 

873 

2,700 

2,670

July

1,590 

1,250 

966 

749 

630

545 

486 

466 

418 

409

390 

467 

456 

399 

357

354 

344 

341 

359 

336

334 

358 

312 

320 

364

368 

306 

470 

762 

457 

362

Mean

535 

428 

379

3,133

782 

1,225 

4,297 

7,099 

1,516 

1,722 

507 

241 

203

1,571

Aug.

315 

2Y7 

2? 9 

218 

3M

238 

2^6 

239 

202 2'.5

2'.8 

222 

198 

190 

189

180 

200 

248 

243 

243

242 

239 

234 

226 

251

264 

279 

256 

272 

272 

275

Per square 

mile

0.142 

.114 

.101

.833

.208 

.326 

1.14 

1.89 

.403 

.456 

.135 

.064 

.054

.413

Sept.

230 

224 

208 

214 

222

204 

198 

232 

230 

221

220 

204 

206 

196 

190

198 

183 

132 

192 

181

181 

183 

199 

184 

168

178 

203 

216 

220 

218

">nn-of f In 

inches

0.16 

.13 

.12

11.29

.24 

.35 

1.32 

2.11 

.46 

.51 

.16 

.07 

.06

5.69

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 23 to Mar. 4.
354 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at Delphi, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°35'26", long. 86°41'54", In SWi sei. 24, T. 25 N., 

R. 3 W., at highway bridge 1 mile west of Delphi and 8.6 miles upstr3am from Tippecanoe 

River. Datum of gage Is 519.90 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 4,330 square miles.

Records available.- January to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, about 31,000 seconl-feet Mar. 4 (gage 

height, 20.99 feet, affected by Ice); minimum observed, 185 second-fset Sept. 27-29 

(gage height, 1.16 feet).

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in aecond-feet)

1.1 151

1.5 385

2.0 720

2.9 1,430

4.E 

6

2,710

4,850

7,750

11,100

12 14,600

15 20,400

IB 26,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194°

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

318

Hov.

481

Dec. Jan.

a310 

a310 

320 

320 

330

330 

340 

340 

350 

360

370 

380 

400 

650 

1,200

2,500 

2,700 

2,300 

1,600 

1,500

1,350 

1,250 

1,200 

1,100 

1,050

1,000 

950 

900 

850 

800 

760

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fwb 

Mar 

Apr

to

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

11

alendar year

ater year

Feb.

740 

720 

720 

720 

700

700 

700 

740 

800 

800

960 

1,200 

1,600 

1,900 

2,100

2,000 

1,950 

1,900 

1,900 

2,000

2,100 

2,200 

2,300 

2,100 

1,900

1,800 

1,700 

1,600 

1,700

Mar.

2,SOO 

a6,000 

a!7,000 

26,000 

*20,000

*13,400 

10,000 

6,220 

4,090 

3,260

2,820 

2,290 

1,990 

1,990 

2,090

1,890 

1,790 

1,610 

1,700 

1,790

1,790 

1,700 

1,520 

1,260 

1,100

1,100 

1,100 

1,100 

1,180 

1,340 

1,700

Second - 

foot-days

28,120 

42,330 

143,620 

203,080 

55,411 

49,408 

17,503 

7,988 

6,982

-

Apr.

1,890 

1,790 

2,600 

3,150 

3,150

2,710 

2,390 

3.S50 

11,100 

8,710

5,800 

5,110 

7,270 

8,070 

7,430

7,590 

8,710 

8,550 

13,400 

14,400

15,000 

15,800 

14,300 

9,710 

6,080

4,590 

3,260 

2,490 

2,190 

1,990

Maximum

2,700 

2,300 

26,000 

15,800 

4,720 

3,370 

1,990 

331 

428

-

May

4,210 

4,590 

4,720 

4,090 

3,610

2,600 

2,190 

1,890 

1,700 

1,520

1,340 

1,260 

1,180 

1,100 

1,020

1,020 

1,100 

1,100 

1,180 

1,430

1,430 

1,180 

1,020 

945 

908

870 

870 

908 

1,020 

1,520 

1,890

Minimum

310 

700 

1,100 

1,790 

870 

795 

319 

197 

185

-

June

2,450 

3,150 

3,370 

2,710 

2,290

1,610 

1,260 

1,180 

1,340 

1,700

1,790 

2,710 

2,390 

1,790 

1,610

1,260 

1,020 

945 

2,820 

1,610

1,430 

1,180 

945 

795 

795

832 

870 

908 

908 

1,700

July

1,990 

1,890 

1,340 

908 

720

684 

613 

544 

479 

428

404 

428 

428 

428 

416

385 

361 

331 

331 

319

319 

331 

325 

331 

331

343 

373 

355

416 

511 

441.

Mean

907 

1,460 

4,633 

6,769 

1,V87 

1,647 

565 

258 

233

-

Aug.

331 

307 

237 

249 

307

260 

249 

260 

254 

243

249 

249 

243 

214 

220

214 

197 

202 

325 

272

272 

249 

284 

249 

231

225 

290 

278 

278 

278 

272

Per square 

mile

0.209 

.337 

1.07 

1.56 

.413 

.380 

.130 

.060 

.054

-

Sept.

249 

237 

231 

225 

225

231 

214 

428 

307 

254

254 

260 

260 

260 

249

237 

225 

220 

225 

214

214 

202 

202 

208 

191

191 

191 

185 

191 

202

Run-off In 

inches

0.24 

.36 

1.23 

1.74 

.48 

.42 

.15 

.07 

.06

-

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on the basis of records for other Wabash River 

stations.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 3 to Mar. 1, Mar. 4, 5.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Wabash River at Lafayette, Ind.

355

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°25'19", long. 86°53 1 49", in sec. 20, T. 23 N., 

R. 4 W., at Brown Street Bridge In Lafayette, 5.1 miles downstream from Wildcet Creek. 

Datum of gage is 504.14 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 7,230 square miles.

Records available.- May 1901 to May 1903 and October 1927 to September 1940 in reports of 

u. S. Geological Survey. October 1923 to September 1927 in reports of Indians Department 

of Conservation. Gage-height records collected at same site since October 1913 are 

contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1923-40), 6,455 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 34,200 second-feet Mar. 5 (gage height, 16.33 

feet); minimum, 490 second-feet Aug. 17 (gage height, 0.47 foot).

1901-3, 1923-40: Maximum discharge, 78,600 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage height, 

25.50 feet); minimum, 430 second-feet Aug. 15, 18, 1901 (gage height, 0.24 foot).

Maximum discharge known, about 144,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (gage height, 32.9 

feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SB 

29

30 

31

Oct.

692 

700 

709 

727 

763

700 

709 

700 

709 

1,000

1,240 

898 

754 

727 

709

718 

71S 

781 

790 

718

718 

790 

692 

781 

745

1,010 

1,920 

2,820 

3,040 

2,460 

1,990

Hov.

1,560 

1,390 

1,220 

1,140 

1,060

1,040 

980 

970 

943 

970

1,010 

1,040 

1,030 

1,020 

1,020

1,020 

1,010 

1,000 

1,000 

990

1,020 

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,060

1,060 

1,060 

1,050 

1,040 

1,020

Dec.

1,020 

1,090 

1,140 

1,140 

1,150

1,160 

1,140 

1,220 

1,100 

1,100

1,070 

1,040 

1,020 

1,010 

1,010

990 

952 

952 

952 

925

916 

862 

871 

862 

844

835 

763 

709 

680 

650 

612

Jan.

604 

676 

652 

652 

684

668 

692 

692 

720 

740

750 

790 

830 

900 

2,300

3,600 

4,000 

3,200 

2,900 

2,700

2,500 

2,300 

2,250 

2,200 

2,100

1,900 

1,750 

1,600 

1,500 

1,400 

1,250

Month

Got 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jiin 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19 59...........

ater year 1939-

Feb.

1,200 

1,150 

1,150 

1,100 

1,100

1,100 

1,100 

1,100 

1,250 

1,500

1,700 

1,900 

2,000 

2,300 

2,600

3,000 

3,300 

3,200 

3,100 

3,500

3,700 

3,300 

3,900 

3,600 

3,200

2,600 

2,500 

2,450 

2,700

Mar.

3,000 

4,270 

17,400 

29,700 

33,300

21,500 

13,000 

9,830 

7,310 

5,870

4,930 

4,330 

3,880 

3,600 

3,600

3,600 

3,320 

3,110 

3,250

3,320

3,390 

3,320 

2,900 

2,700 

2,500

2,180 

2,630 

2,560 

2,300 

2,760 

2,900

Secondfoot-clays

32,428 

31,873 

29,785

2,153,740

49,500 

66,800 

212,310 

270,610 

143,130 

107,430 

39,795 

19,879 

18,876

1,022,416

Apr.

3,2*0 

3,180 

3,740 

4,630 

4,630

4,480 

4,030 

4,480 

12,200 

11,900

9,350 

7,650 

8,670 

10,900 

11,000

9,520 

10.800 

11,500 

16,000 

18,200

17,700 

18,400 

17,800 

12,800 

9,010

7,310 

5,390 

4,180 

4,030 

3,880

Maximum

3,040 

1,560 

1,220

73,600

4,000 

3,900 

33,300 

18,400 

12,100 

6,190 

3,880 

948 

1,470

33,300

May

7,310 

12,100 

11,500 

10,400 

9,010

7,310 

6,350 

5,080 

4,480 

4,030

3,600 

3,740 

3,250 

3,250 

2,970

2,830 

2,970 

2,830 

2,970 

3,600

3,600 

3,740 

2,970 

2,760 

2,700

2,630 

2,630 

2,630 

2,830 

3,180 

3,880

Minimum

692 

943 

612

612

604 

1,100 

2,180 

3,180 

2,630 

1,980 

724 

510 

510

510

June

4,330 

5,230 

5,080 

4,930 

4,480

3,740 

3,110 

3,110 

2,970 

3,040

3,180 

6,190 

6,190 

4,780 

3,880

3,250 

2,830 

2,900 

4,180 

4,480

3,180 

2,500 

2,110 

2,180 

2,240

1,980 

2,110 

2,440 

2,630 

4,180

July

3,880 

2,830 

2,300 

1,980 

1,660

1,780 

1,320 

1,230 

1,210 

1,160

1,290 

1,100 

1,110 

1,170 

1,110

1,100 

1,010 

982 

959 

915

882 

860 

810 

742 

724

751 

904 

871 

893 

1,280 

982

Mean

1,046 

1,062 

961

5,901

1,597 

2,303 

6,849 

9,020 

4,617 

3,581 

1,284 

641 

629

2,793

Aug.

7^0 

697 

670 

653 

662

686 

628 

587 

587 

572

556 

556 

541 

525 

510

510 

525 

628 

679 

604

572 

572 

579 

595 

579

645 

760 

340 

871 

948 

770

Per square

mile

 0.14E 

.147 

.133

.81f

.22] 

.31? 

.947 

1.25 

.63? 

.49F 

.178 

.08P 

.087

.386

Sept.

6R3 

628 

5S7 

572 

564

556 

548 

893 

1,470 

1,090

780 

645 

612 

5S7 

564

572 

564 

556T 

556 

533

525 

510 

510 

518 

564

572 

525 

525 

541 

556

Run-off In 

inches

0.17 

.16 

.15

11.08

.25 

.34 

1.09 

1.39 

.74 

.55 

.20 

.10 

.10

5.24

Peak discharge.- Mar. 5 (10 a.m.) 34,200 second-feet.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 29, 30, Jan.
356 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at Covlngton, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 40°08'24", long. 87°24'20", In sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 9 

W., at highway bridge at Covlngton, 2.9 miles downstream from Oppossiom Creek and 3.6 

miles upstream from Spring Creek. Datum of gage Is 473.97 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 8,230 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1927 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 29,200 second-feet Mar. 6 (gage height, 

18.06 feet); minimum observed, 660 second-feet Sept. 25, 26; minimum gage height, 2.14 

feet Sept. 26.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

once daily to Nov. 6 and twice daily thereafter.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period or ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 

2.5 

2.7 

3.2

718

810

932

1,400

2,340

3,640

4,980

7,780

10,700

15,400

32,300

28,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

31 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

S66 

866 

932 

866 

932

933 

933 

866 

866 

932

1,200 

1,730 

1,200 

1,010 

866

866 

933 

932 

1,010 

1,010

932 

1,010 

1,010 

932 

932

1,010 

1,200 

2,090 

2,340 

3,640 

3,120

Nov.

3,860 

2,090 

1,970 

1,730 

1,620

1,510 

1,400 

1,400 

1,300 

1,400

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,400 

1,400 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,300 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

Dec.

1,400 

1,510 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,510

1,510 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,300 

1,300

1,150 

1,100 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050

1,050 

1,000 

950 

940 

920 

900

Jan.

900 

900 

900 

900 

900

900 

900 

900 

900 

950

1,000 

1,000 

1,050 

1,250 

1,700

2,500 

3,700 

4,000 

3,400 

3,000

2,900 

2,800 

2,700 

2,600 

2,500

2,400 

3,200 

2,000 

1,800 

1,600 

1,450

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

ember ........................

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

1,450 

1,400 

1,350 

1,300 

1,250

1,250 

1,250 

1,300 

1,450 

1,900

2,000 

2,250 

2,500 

2,800 

3,100

3,500 

3,800 

4,100 

4,100 

4,300

4,500 

4,600 

4,600 

4,700 

4,100

3,700 

3,400 

3,200 

3,500

Mar.

3,800 

4,560 

9,950 

19,600 

*25,400

*28,800 

*22,000 

«14,900 

10,700 

8,340

7,080 

6,100 

5,540 

4,980 

4,700

4,840 

4,700 

4,290 

4,030 

4,030

4,150 

4,290 

4,030 

3,640 

3,640

3,380 

2,990 

3,380 

3,380 

3,250 

3,380

Secondfoot-days

37,962 

44,880 

40,890

-

56,600 

82,650 

237,860 

386,800 

187,130 

146,050 

49,152 

34,984 

33,480

1,218,428

Apr.

3,770 

3,900 

3,900 

4,560 

5,260

5,260 

5,120 

5,120 

7,220 

12,400

11,300 

9,800 

8,900 

10,700 

11,900

11,400 

10,400 

13,500 

13,100 

16,100

17,000 

16,600 

17,200 

16,400 

12,800

9,650 

7,780 

6,380 

5,260 

5,120

Maximum

3,640 

2,860 

1,620

-

4,000 

4,700 

28,800 

17,200 

15,400 

10,100 

4,700 

1,150 

1,400

28,800

May

8,620 

13,500 

15,400 

14,100 

12,200

10,200 

8,760 

7,780 

6,380 

5,680

5,260 

4,700 

4,700 

4,290 

4,030

3,770 

3,770 

3,900 

3,900 

4,160

4,700 

4,420 

4,160 

3,640 

3,510

3,380 

3,350 

3,380 

3,380 

3,640 

4,560

Minimum

866 

1,300 

900

-

900 

1,250 

2,990 

3,770 

3,350 

2,600 

866 

698 

660

660

June

5,130 

5,400 

6,240 

5,960 

5,680

4,840 

4,390 

4,980 

4,980 

3,900

4,700 

9,200 

10,100 

8,340 

6,380

5,260 

4,420 

3,900 

3,900 

5,260

5,120 

3,900 

3,250 

3,350 

3,250

3,120 

2,600 

2,600 

2,860 

3,250

Jlly

4,700 

4,160 

3,380 

2,730 

2,340

1,970 

1,970 

1,850 

1,510 

1,510

1,400 

1,510 

1,300 

1,250 

1,300

1,250 

1,200 

1,150 

1,100 

1,060

971 

971 

971 

932 

899

866 

866 

866 

899 

971 

1.300

Mean

1,225 

1,496 

1,319

-

1,826 

2,850 

7,673 

9,560 

6,036 

4,868 

1,586 

806 

783

3,329

Aug.

1,150 

866 

838 

810 

786

786 

786 

761 

740 

740

740 

718 

718 

718 

698

69S 

698 

SlO 

810 

786

761 

740 

740 

740 

761

740 

899 

866 

1,010 

1,060 

1,010

Fer square

mile

0.149 

.182 

.160

-

.346 

.932 

1.16 

.733 

.591 

.193 

.098 

.095

.404

Sept.

866 

786 

761 

740 

718

698 

69S

810 

1,350 

1,400

1,250 

899 

786 

761 

718

718 

698 

' 698 

698 

698

679 

679 

679 

679 

660

679 

718 

698 

679 

679

Run-off in 

inches

0.17 

.20 

.18

-

.36

.37 

1.07 

1.30 

.85 

.66 

.33 

.11 

.11

5.50

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Mar. 1, Mar. 7.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Wabash River at Montezuma, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 39"47*33", long. 87°22'29", In sec. 35, T. 16 N., R. 9 

W., at highway bridge at Montezuma, 2.0 miles upstream from Raccoon Creek and 4.9 miles 

downstream from Sugar Creek. Datum of gage Is 458.49 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 11,000 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July 1924 to September 1927 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1927-40), 9,006 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 25,900 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 

15.22 feet); minimum observed, 810 second-feet on several days In September; minimum 

gage height, 1.83 feet Sept. 20.

1924-40: Maximum discharge observed, 101,000 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 

28.19 feet); minimum observed, 700 second-feet July 31, Aug. 2, 3, 9, 10, 1934; minimum 

gage height, 1.43 feet Aug. 3, 10, 1934.

Remarks .- Records fair. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

850

1,030

1,450

2,080

3.5 

4

2,790

3,560

5,230

7,010

8,840

10,700

12,700

14,700

18,800

23,100

27.900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,230 

1,180 

1, 130 

1,230 

1,280

1,230 

1,130 

1,230 

1,340 

1,280

1,280 

1,570 

1,690 

1,510 

1,340

1,340 

1,280 

1,230 

1,340 

1,180

1,280 

1,180 

1,280 

1,230 

1,340

1,510 

1,570 

1,820 

2,940 

3,240 

3,090

Nov.

2,640 

2,220 

2,080 

1,820 

1,690

1,690 

1,690 

1,570 

1,570 

1,510

1,690 

1,690 

1,690 

1,570 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,570 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,570 

1,510 

1,570

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

1,570

Dec.

1,690 

1,690 

1,690 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,690 

1,690 

1,820 

1,820

1,690 

1,820 

1,690 

1,690 

1,570

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

1,400

1,250 

1,250 

1,250 

1,200 

1,200

1,250 

1,150 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100

Jan.

1,100 

1,100 

1,100 

1,150 

1,150

1,150 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150

1,150

1,250 

1,300 

1,400 

1,750 

2,200

2,750 

3,600 

5,500 

5,200 

4,500

4,000 

3,500 

3,200 

3,200 

3,200

3,000 

2,700 

2,500 

2,300 

2,100 

1,950

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jvui 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19: Q

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

1,850 

1,800 

1,750 

1,700 

1,650

1,650 

1,650 

1,650 

1,800 

2,500

3,200 

3,200 

3,200 

3,400 

3,700

4,100 

4,500 

4,800 

4,900 

5,000

5,200 

5,600 

6,000 

6,200 

5,200

4,600 

4,200 

4,000 

4,500

Mar.

5,500 

6,290 

10,700 

21,400 

24,700

25,400 

25,900 

18,600 

15,300 

10,400

8,270 

7,010 

6,290 

5,570 

5,230

5,060 

4,890 

4,550 

4,380 

4,210

4,210 

4,210 

4,040 

3,720 

3,240

3,400 

3,090 

3,240 

3,240 

3,240 

3,880

Secondfoot-days

46,500 

49,760 

46,640

3,650,350

72,450 

103,500 

259,160 

341,330 

254,180 

198,730 

54,940 

31,300 

28,410

1", 486, 900

Apr.

3,560 

4,380 

4,040 

3,880 

4,890

4,890 

4,890 

5,400 

6,290 

10,700

12 , 700 

11,900 

11,300 

11,900 

13,700

13,900 

14,100 

20,100 

19,500 

20,300

20,900 

19,700 

19,300 

19,500 

17,200

12,500 

9,600 

7,730 

6,470 

6,110

Maximum

3,240 

2,640 

1,820

97,500

5,500 

6,200 

25,900 

20,900 

23,600 

17,800 

4,040 

1,280 

1,450

25,900

May

11,300 

21,400 

23,600 

22,000 

18,600

15,100 

13,300 

10,900 

8,840 

7,370

,470 

,930 

,750 

,400 

,060

,550 

,210 

,380 

,720 

,400

,750 

,230 

,230 

,210 

,210

 , 880 

,040 

,210 

,210 

,380 

,550

Minimum

1,130 

1,510 

1,100

1,100

1,100 

1,650 

3,090 

3,560 

3,880 

2,790 

1,130 

850 

810

810

June

6,110 

6,110 

6,290 

6,290 

6,110

5,400 

4,720 

5,570 

9,790 

8,650

7,730 

10,900 

17,800 

17,400 

13,300

8,090 

6,650 

5,570 

5,230 

5,060

5,400 

4,720 

3,880 

3,400 

3,560

3,240 

2,940 

2,940 

2,790 

3,090

July

3,400 

4,040 

3,400 

2.94O 

2,360

2,220 

2,030 

2,080 

1,820 

1,690

1,690 

1,570 

1,690 

1, 570 

1,570

1,510 

1,450 

1,450 

1,400 

1,340

1,400 

1,340 

1,280 

1,230 

1,340

1,280 

1,280 

1,130 

1,130 

1,130 

1,130

Mean

1,500 

1,659 

1,505

10,000

2,337 

3,569 

8,360 

11,380 

8,199 

6,624 

1,772 

1,010 

947

4,063

Aug.

1,280 

1,130 

1,130 

1,080 

1,130

1,030 

985 

985

940 

895

1,050 

985 

895 

850 

895

850 

895 

850 

1,130 

985

940 

940 

940 

895 

940

940 

985 

1,080 

1,230 

1,230 

1,230

Per square 

mile

0.137 

.151 

.137

.909

.212 

.324 

.760 

1.03 

.745 

.602 

.161 

.092 

.086

.369

Sept.

1,130 

1,030 

985 

940 

895

895 

850 

895 

1,280 

1,450

1,400 

1,180 

1,130 

940 

895

895 

850 

850 

850 

850

850 

810 

810 

810 

850

810 

810 

850 

810 

810

Run-off In 

Inches

0.16 

.17 

.16

12.34

.24 

.35 

.38 

1.15 

.86 

.67 

.19 

.11 

.10

5.04

Rote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 20 to Mar. 1.
358 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°28'00", long. 87°25'08", in NW 1- sec. 21, T. 12 

N., R. 9 W., at Wabash Avenue Bridge in Terre Haute, 2.2 miles upstream from Sugar 

Creek and 4 miles downstream from Lost Creek. Datum of gage is 442.90 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment or 1929).

Drainage area.- 12,200 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1940. August 1902 to December 1903 at 

pump, nouse, 4,000 feet upstream; February 1905 to July 1906 at Vandalia Ry. bridge, 

2,600 feet upstream. Gage-height records collected at site 3,300 feat upstream 

since December 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1927-40), 9,746 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 26,200 second-feet Mar. 8 (gage height, 15.88

 feet}; minimum, 840 second-feet Sept. 25 (gage height, 2.85 feet).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 107,000 second-feet Mar. 16, 1939; maximum gage 

height, 26.53 feet May 15, 1933; minimum discharge, 690 second-feet Aug. 10, 1934 

(gage height, 2.40 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 200,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1931 (gage height, 

33 feet, present site and datum).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record 

and days of rapidly changing stage, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of doubtful gage-height record (gage

height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 19-30)

3.4 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

Oct. 1 to Mar. 7 Mar. S to Sett. 30

1,260

1,530

2,110

2,360

3,620

5,220

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

6,900

8,700

10,600

12,600

14,800

17,000

13.0

14.0

15.0

15.9

19,200

21,500

24,000

26,200

2.9 820

3.2 1,130

3.5 1,490

4.0 2,170

4.5 2,900

5.0 3,650

6.0 5,230

7.0 6,900

Note.- Same ar preceding 

table above 7.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,330 

1,340 

1,360 

1,390

1,450

1,450 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460

1,460 

1,400 

1,740 

1,820 

1,680

1,530 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470

1,520 

1,530 

1,490 

1,460 

1,490

1,700 

1,840 

1,840 

2,480 

3,010 

3,380

Nov.

3,310 

3,080 

2,730 

2,480 

2,260

2,130 

2,040 

1,870 

1,750 

1,730

1,740 

1,740 

1,710 

1,740 

1,750

1,740 

1,740 

1,710 

1,700 

1,670

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,680 

1,700

1,710 

1,710 

1,730 

1,730 

1,740

Doc.

1,770 

1,820 

1,840 

1,840 

1,900

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

1,870 

1,880

1,860 

\,800 

1,780 

1,750 

1,710

1,700 

1,660 

1,670 

1,670 

1,590

1,400 

1,380 

1,380 

1,360 

1,360

1,360 

1,360 

1,210 

1,230 

1,260 

al,2fiO

Jan.

el, 250 

al,250 

al,250 

al,250 

al,250

al,300 

al.300 

al,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,360 

1,390 

1,490 

1.S10 

2,180

2,780 

3,160 

4,420 

5,880 

5,880

5,220 

4,740 

4,100 

3,540 

3,380

3,310 

3,160 

3,010 

2,780 

2,480 

2,340

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 193 3 ...........

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Peb.

2,180 

2,110 

2,040 

1,960 

1,920

1,870 

1,840 

1,360 

1,920 

2,480

3,240 

3,310 

3,240 

3,380 

3,860

4,260 

4,900 

5,060 

5,060 

5,060

5,380 

5,880 

6,220 

6,560 

6,220

5,540 

4,900 

a4,700 

5,380

Mar.

6,900 

7,790 

8.890 

18,100 

23,500

25,200 

26,000 

25,400 

20,400 

14,300

10,600 

8,700 

7,790 

7,070 

6,560

6,050 

5,880 

5,710 

5,390 

5,070

4,910 

4,910 

4,750 

4,590 

4,430

4,110 

3,950 

3,880 

4,030 

4,110 

4,270

Secondfoot-days

51,460 

57,730 

50,380

4,118,610

81,160 

112,330 

293,240 

376,390 

315,570 

241,940 

71,150 

36,840 

31,760

1,719,950

Apr.

4,430 

4,590 

4,750 

4,750 

4,910

5,550 

5,880 

6,050 

6,220 

7,970

12,000 

13,300 

12,600 

12,200 

13,700

14,500 

15 , 000 

20,400 

22,300 

22,700

22 , 700 

22,000 

21,100 

21,100 

19,900

16,100 

12,600 

10,600 

8,700 

7,790

Maximum

3,380 

3,310 

1,900

106,000

5,830 

6,560 

26,000 

22,700 

25,000 

19,200 

5,000 

1,520 

1,590

26,000

May

12,800 

22,300 

25,000 

25,000 

22,300

18,500 

16,300 

13,900 

12,000 

10,400

9,270 

3,330 

7,610 

7,250 

6,900

6,560 

6,050 

5,880 

6,560 

6,900

6,900 

6,900 

6,560 

6,220 

5,710

5,550 

5,550 

5,390 

5,550 

5,550 

5,880

Minimum

1,340 

1,670 

1,210

1,210

1,250 

1,840 

3,880 

4,430 

5,390 

3,700 

1,350 

1,030 

860

860

June

6,730 

7,250 

7,250 

7,430 

7,250

6,900 

6,220 

6,220 

8,150 

11,400

9,840 

10,600 

17,400 

19,200 

16,700

12,200 

9,650 

8,150 

7,070 

6,560

6,730 

6,730 

5,880 

5,230 

d4,700

d4 , 500 

34,300 

d4,100 

d3,900 

d3,700

July

d4,000 

d5,000 

d4 , 500 

d4,000 

d3,500

33,100 

d2,800 

d2,600 

2,380 

2,310

2,170 

2,380 

2,450 

2,170 

2,030

3,030 

1,960 

1,890 

1,820 

1,750

1,700 

1,650 

1,610 

1,560 

1,500

1,450 

1,370 

1,350 

1,360 

1,370 

1,390

Mean

1,660 

1,924 

1,625

11,280

2,618 

3,873 

9,459 

12,550 

10,1SO 

8,065 

2,295 

1,183 

1,059

4,699

Aug.

1,520 

1,500 

1,360 

1,250 

1,220

1,170 

1,140 

1,130 

1,130 

1,120

1,110 

1,120 

1,030 

1,060 

1,040

1,040 

1,030 

1,080 

1,200 

1,200

1,180 

1,180 

1,110 

1,090 

1,030

1,080 

1,200 

1,260 

1,320 

1,350 

1,490

Per square 

mile

0.136 

.158 

.133

.925

.215

.317 

.775 

1.03 

.834 

.661 

.188 

.097 

.037

.385

Sept.

1,390 

1,230 

1,140 

1,080 

1,030

1,000 

970 

1,020 

1,130 

1,450

1,590 

1,570 

1,260 

1,140 

1,050

930 

960 

930 

920 

910

890 

870 

870 

830 

S80

860 

900 

940 

970 

950

Run-off in 

inches

0.16 

.18 

.15

12.56

.25 

.34 

.89 

1.15 

.96 

.74 

.22 

.11 

.10

5.25

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Riverton.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Riverton.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Wabash River at Riverton, Ind.

359

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 39°01'13", long. 87°34'07lt , In sec. 30, T. 7 N., R. 10 

W., at Illinois Central R.R. bridge at Riverton, 0.6 mile downstream from Ti'rtle Creek. 

Datum of gage Is 414.65 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 13,100 square miles.

Records available.- April 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 26,200 second-feet April 20(gage height, 

14.56 feet); minimum observed, 1,070 second-feet Sept. 27-29: minimum gage 1 eight 

observed, 0.19 foot, Sept. 27.

1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 80,200 second-feet April 22, 23, 1?39 (gage 

height, 22.30 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet on basis of 

records for stations at Terre Haute and at Vlncennes; minimum observed, that of Sept. 

27-29, 1940.

Remark^.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are ralr. Gage read 

twice dally.

Rating table, mater year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage-height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0 

1.5

1,070

1,380

1,740

2,260

2.0 2,850

3,500

4,170

5,610

7,160

10,600

12,400

16,300

20,400

14 24,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,560 

1,520 

1,520 

1,560 

1,600

1,600 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560

1,560 

1,560 

1,650 

1,940 

1,840

1,700 

1,650 

1,600 

1,600 

1,560

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560

1,650 

1,740 

1,840 

1,840 

2,430 

3,180

Nov.

3,370 

3,180 

2,850 

2,550 

2,370

2,200 

2,100 

1,990 

1,940 

1,940

1,940 

1,940 

1,940 

1,890 

1,890

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890

1,890 

l,84fc 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840

1,840 

1,840 

1,040 

1,840 

1,890

Dec.

1,940 

1,990 

1,990 

1,990 

1,990

2,040 

2,040 

2,040 

2,040 

2,040

2,040 

2,040 

1,940 

1,890 

1,890

1,890 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840

1,840 

1,740 

1,740 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,520 

1,470 

1,500

Jan.

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,550 

1,550 

1,550 

1,550 

1,550

1,600 

1,600 

1,700 

1,800 

2,200

2,600 

3,000 

3,330 

4,600 

6,000

6,200 

5,400 

4,700 

4,200 

3,600

3,600 

3,500 

3,400 

3,300 

3,100 

2,900

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

2,700 

2,500 

2,400 

2,300 

2,200

2,200 

2,200 

2,200 

2,200 

2,800

3,000 

3,500 

3,800 

4,000 

4,200

4,600 

5,000 

5,760 

6,060 

5,910

5,610 

6,060 

6,360 

6,840 

6,840

6,680 

5,910 

5,310 

4,870

Mar.

6,060 

7,480 

8,320 

11,700 

18,500

22,100 

23,700 

24,600 

24,100 

19,600

14,300 

11,000 

9,170 

8,490 

7,640

7,000 

6,520 

6,210 

6,060 

5,610

5,460 

5,310 

5,310 

5,160 

4,870

4,450 

4,170 

4,170 

4,170 

4,450 

4,450

Secondfoot-days

52,740 

62,040 

57,460

-

87,550 

124,010 

300,130 

406,110 

345,240 

249,400 

76,160 

42,370 

37,820

1,841,030

Apr.

4,450 

 1,590 

4,590 

4,730 

4,730

5,310 

6,360 

6,210 

6,360 

6,630

9,880 

14,300 

14,300 

13,200 

13,200

14,500 

15,500 

20,400 

23,500 

26,00(5

25,300 

23,900 

23,000 

22,800 

22,100

20,400 

16,300 

13,200 

10,800 

9,520

Maximum

3,180 

3,370 

2,040

-

6,200 

6,840 

24,600 

26,000 

25,300 

18,700 

4,730 

1,650 

1,650

26,000

May

15.300 

23,000 

24,600 

25,300 

25,000

22,800 

19,600 

17,100 

14,500 

12,200

10,400 

9,170 

8,150 

7,810 

7,160

6,840 

6,360 

5,910 

6,210 

7,810

7,430 

7,320 

7,160 

6,840 

6,210

5,910 

5,910 

5,760 

5,750 

5,760 

5,910

Minimum

1,520 

1,840 

1,470

-

1,500 

2,200 

4,170 

4,450 

5,760 

3,760 

1,470 

1,220 

1,070

1,070

June

6,210 

7,160 

7,430 

7,480 

7,480

7,160 

6,680 

6,840 

7,930 

10,400

11,500 

11,500 

13,000 

17,700 

18,700

15,700 

11,500 

9,830 

7,640 

6,680

6,210 

6,680 

6,210 

5,760 

4,730

4,590 

4,450 

4,310 

4,030 

3,760

July

3,760 

4,030 

4,730 

4,590 

3,890

3,370 

2,960 

2,850 

2,790 

2,550

2,430 

2,370 

2,790 

2,670 

2,260

2,150 

2,100 

1,990 

1,990 

1,890

1,840 

1,740 

1,740 

1,700 

1,650

1,600 

1,600 

1,560 

1,520 

1,470 

1,560

Mean

1,701 

2,068 

1,854

-

2,824 

4,276 

9,682 

13,540 

11,140 

3,313 

2,457 

1,367 

1,261

5,030

AT«.

1,520 

1,560 

1,650 

1,520 

1,470

1,420 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340

1,300 

1,300 

1,340 

1,300 

1,260

1,220 

1,220 

1,420 

1,470 

1,340

1,340 

1,300 

1,300 

1,220 

1,220

1,220 

1,260 

1,520 

1,520 

1,420 

1,380

Per square 

mile

0.130 

.153 

.142

-

.216 

.323 

.739 

1.03 

.850 

.635 

.183 

.104 

.0913

.3&'

Sept.

1,560 

1,520 

1,420 

1,340

1,260

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,340

1,560 

1,650 

1,600 

1,420 

1,340

1,220 

1,220 

1,180 

1,180 

1,140

1,140 

1,140 

1,100 

1.100 

1,100

1,100 

1,070 

1,070 

1,070 

1,100

Run-off In 

inches

0.15 

.13 

.16

-

.25 

.35 

.85 

1.15 

.93 

.71 

.22 

.12 

.11

5.23

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 31 to Feb. 17. 

461679 O - 42 - 24
360 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at Vlncennes, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°40'52", long. 87°32'04", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

So at Vlncennes, Knox County, 4.8 miles downstream from Maria Creek and 5.8 miles upstream from Embarrass River. Prior to Aug. 14, 1940, staff gage at saire site and datum. 

Datum of gage Is 396.43 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment cf 1929).

Drainage area.- 13,700 square miles.

Kecoras available.- December 1929 to September 1940. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since November 1904 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1930-40), 10,110 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 29,900 second-feet, Apr. 21 (gage height, 

iZ.LQ feet); minimum observed, 1,180 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height -6.19 foot).

1929-40: Maximum discharge observed, 114,000 second-feet Jan. 17, 1930 (gage height, 

25.25 feet); minimum observed, 770 second-feet Aug. 4, 5, 1934 (gage height, -0.60 foot).

Maximum discharge known, about 200,000 second-feet Mar. 29, 1913 (gage height, 24.3 

feet, from floodmarks); maximum stage known, 25.25 feet Jan. 17, 1930 (discharge, 

114,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Discharge 

above 25,000 second-feet computed by using gage heights of U. S. Weather Bureau gage at 

Mount Carmel in a diagram of relation between gage heights and discharge.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 21 Feb. 22 to Sept. 30

0.2 1,670

.6 2,270

1.0 2,950

1.5 3,870

2.0 4,840

2.7 6,260

3.2 1,160

.0 1,480

.2 1,820

.6 2,530

1.0 3,270

1.5 4,220

2.0 5,200

2.5 6,200

7,250

9,500

11,800

14,300

7 16,800

S 19,500

9 22,200

10 25,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

2,110

2,110 

1,880 

1,810 

1,880 

1,880

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

. 1,810 

1,810

1,810 

1,880 

1,960 

2,110 

2,110 

2,600

HOT.

3,490 

3,490 

3,130 

2,770 

2,600

2,430 

2,430 

2,270 

2,110 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,880 

2,110

2,110 

2,110 

2,110 

2,110 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880

Dec.

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

2,110 

2,110 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

1,960 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880

1.880 

1,880 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,740 

1,670 

1,670

Jan.

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

2,430 

2,770

2,950 

3,150 

3,310 

3,680 

5,250

6,260 

b6,000 

b5,000 

b4,500 

b4,000

b3 , 800 

b3,600 

bK,400 

b3,200 

b3,100 

b3,000

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b2,900 

b2,800 

b2,700 

b2,600 

b2,500

b2,500 

b2,500 

b2,500 

b2,600 

b3,000

b3,300 

b3,600 

b3,900 

b4,100 

«b4,300

4,440 

4,840 

5,240 

65,600 

b6,400

b6,200 

6,000 

6,200 

6,620 

7,250

6,620 

6,410 

6,000 

5,400

Mar.

5,600 

6,830 

8,130 

9,500 

14,300

19,200 

21,700 

22,800 

23,600 

21,700

16,800 

12,600 

10,400 

9,040 

8,350

7,470 

6,830 

6,620 

6,410 

6,200

6,000 

5,800 

5,600 

5,400 

5,200

5,000 

4,700 

4,410 

4,410 

4,410 

5,000

Secondfoot-days

58,530 

66,310 

58,880

4,604,290

91,080 

129,020 

300,010 

439,940 

379,850 

268,830 

91,600 

50,270 

44,930

1,979,250

Apr.

4,900 

4,800 

4,900 

5,200 

5,200

5,400 

5,800 

6,410 

6,620 

6,620

7,690 

12,800 

14,800 

14,600 

13,300

13,800 

14,800 

20,000 

26,300 

29,500

29,700 

28,300 

26,700 

25,100 

24,200

23,000 

20,000 

15 , 800 

12,800 

10,900

Maximum

2,600 

3,490 

2,110

101,000

6,260 

7,250 

23,600 

29,700 

26,700 

18,200 

5,200 

1,970 

1,900

29,700

May

11 , 800 

21,700 

25,200 

26,000 

26,700

26,500 

25,000 

22,200 

18,200 

14,300

11,800 

10,400 

9,500 

8,580 

8,130

7,690 

7,250 

6,830 

6,830 

7,690

8,350 

7,910 

7,690 

7,470 

7,250

6,830 

6,620 

6,410 

6,200 

6,410 

6,410

Minimum

1,810 

1,880 

1,670

1,670

1,670 

2,500 

4,410 

4,800 

6,200 

4,220 

1,740 

1,460 

1,190

1,190

June

6,620 

7,040 

7,690 

,910 

,910

,910 

,470 

,250 

8,810 

9,500

11,800 

11,400 

12,300 

15,600 

18,200

18,200 

14,800 

11,600 

9,730 

7,910

7,250 

7,040 

7,040 

6,830 

6,000

5,800 

5,000 

5,200 

4,800 

4,220

July

4,030 

4,220 

4,900 

5,200 

4,900

4,330 

3,S»0 

3,460 

3,270 

3,270

3,080 

2,930 

3,270 

3,270 

2,930

2,710 

2,710 

2,530 

2,440 

2,350

2,260 

2,1^0 

2,150 

2,170 

2,030

1,960 

1,900 

1,900 i.eso

1,770 

1,740

Mean

1,888 

2,210 

1,899

12,610

2,938 

4,449 

9,678 

14,660 

12,250 

8,961 

2,955 

1,622 

1,498

5,408

Aug.

1,720 

1,650 

1,740 

1,680 

1,630

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,530 

1,510

1,500 

1,500 

1,550 

1,740 

1,750

1,680 

1,670 

1,560 

1,560 

1,500

1,460 

1,530 

1,720 

1,970 

1,840 

1,800

Per square 

mile

0.138 

.161 

.139

.920

.214 

.325 

.706 

1.07 

.894 

.654 

.216 

.118 

.109

.395

Sept.

1,770 

1,750 

1,750 

1,670 

1,580

1,580 

1,620 

1,480 

1,500 

1,620

1,650 

1,820 

1,850 

1,900 

1,720

1,550 

1,500 

1,420 

1,380 

1,300

1,340 

1,270 

1,240 

1,240 

1,190

1,260 

1.E70 

1,260 

1,260 

1,190

Run-off In 

Inches

0.16 

.18 

.16

12.50

.25 

.35 

.81 

1.19 

1.03 

.73 

.25 

.14 

.18

5.37

 » Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 361

Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°21'58", long. 87°47'21", just upstream from 

Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati,* St. Louis Ry. bridge, 3 miles downstream from Mount 

Carmel, Wabash County, and 3 1/3 miles downstream from Patoka River. Datun of gage 

is 371.58 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 28,600 square miles.

Records available.- January 1908 to September 1913, October 1927 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years (1927-40), 25,590 second-feet.

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 100,000 second-feet Apr. 27 (gage height, 19.39 

feet); minimum observed, 2,110 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, -0.3 foot).

1908-13, 1927-40: Maximum discharge, 428,000 second-feet Mar. 30, 1913 (gage 

height, 27.65 feet, present site and datum), from rating curve extended above 300,000 

second-feet; minimum gage height fat Southern Ry. bridge), 0.3 foot Sept. 12, 1908.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or faulty recorler action, 

which are fair.

Cooperation.- Discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 27

2,500

4,200

5,940

13,100

20,300

24,100

32,100

36,000

39,400

43,000

51,000

60,000

65,000

73,000

94,000

110,000

-0.3 

0

1.0 

1.5

Apr. 28 to Sept. 30

.2,110

2,740

3,620

4,610

5,970

7,700

9,500

13,100

20,500

26,200

36,300

49,100

15

16

17

18

19

20

62,400

67,900

74,700

32,300

94,100

110,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,910 

2,910 

2,980 

2,940 

2,870

2,910 

2,870 

2,870 

3,870 

2,370

2.S10 

2,770 

2,770 

2,810 

3,010

3,110 

3,040 

2,340 

2,740 

2,700

2,700 

2,640 

2,570 

2,600 

2,740

2,770 

2,870 

2,980 

3,040 

3,110 

3,490

Hor.

4,230 

4,720 

4,720 

4,470 

4,130

3,860 

3,720 

3,550 

3,380 

3,350

3,350 

3,350 

3,320 

3,250 

3,180

3,210 

3,130 

3, ISO 

3,350 

3,450

3,380 

3,350 

3,180 

3,210 

3,180

3,110 

3,150 

3,180 

3,110 

3,110

Dec.

3,250 

3,320 

3,380 

3,330 

3,350

3,350 

3,380 

*3,420 

3,380 

3,450

3,420 

3,330 

3,420 

3,250 

3,210

3,180 

3,180 

3,150 

3,180 

3,110

3,040 

2,940 

2,980 

2,980 

2,940

2,940 

2,940 

2,910 

2,910 

2,840 

e2,700

Jan.

2,340 

2,400 

2,370 

2,340 

2,310

2,310 

2,2SO 

2,310 

2,340 

2,370

2,440 

2,530 

2,500 

3,110 

3,830

4,200 

*4,720 

*4,060 

4,720 

5,760

7,380 

9,160 

8,820 

7,920 

7,200

6,660 

6,120 

5,940 

5,760 

5,760 

5,420

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19;

ater year 1939 -^

Feb.

5,440 

4,890 

4,720 

4,440 

4,230

4,230 

4,030 

4,270 

5,060 

6,840

9,000 

10,600 

12,400 

14,600 

15,300

16,400 

17,500 

16,900 

20,000 

21,100

22,200 

23,400 

24,500 

24,100 

23,400

*21,500 

19,600 

17,800 

16,400

Mar.

15,300 

15,700 

17,500 

21,500 

25,300

29,700 

35,600 

39,800 

40,100 

38,700

34,000 

26,900 

21,100 

17,800 

16,000

14,900 

14,200 

13,500 

13,100 

12,800

12,100 

11,700 

11,000 

10,300 

9,900

9,540 

8,820 

8,460 

8,280 

8,100 

8,100

Secondfoot-days

89,110 

104,910 

98,260

10,569,930

137,400 

396,650 

569,800 

1,279,040 

970,200 

460,940 

169,920 

91,480 

77,150

4,444,860

Apr.

8,100 

8,100 

3,280 

3,280 

8,280

8,280 

8,640 

9,180 

9,900 

10,600

12,800 

19,600 

27,300 

31,700 

33,300

33,300 

33,300 

37,400 

47,000 

58,600

64,000 

68,200 

76,000 

86,300 

92,900

97,200 

100,000 

97,000 

91,300 

84,200

Maximum

3,490 

4,720 

3,450

197,000

9,180 

24,500 

40,100 

100,000 

79,000 

25,900 

8,060 

3,550 

3,390

100,000

May

79,000 

75,400 

71,900 

67,300 

63,800

61,000 

56,600 

50,400 

43,100 

36,300

31,400 

26,600 

22,800 

20,500 

18,300

17,200 

16,100 

15,000 

14,600 

14,600

16,100 

16,800 

16,400 

15,700 

15,000

14,200 

14,200 

15,000 

15,300 

15,000 

14,600

Minimum

2,570 

3,110 

2,700

2,570

2,280 

4,030 

8,100 

8,100 

14,200 

7,880 

3,420 

2,590 

2,150

2,150

June

13,800 

13,500 

14,200 

14,600 

15,300

15,300 

14,600 

13,500 

13,800 

16,800

19,400 

20,500 

20,500 

21,300 

24,700

25,900 

24,300 

20,900 

17,900 

15,300

13,100 

12,400 

12,000 

11,300 

10,900

10,200 

9,500 

8,960 

8,600 

7,880

July

7,700 

7,520 

7,520 

8,060 

8,060

7,350 

6,820 

6,310 

5,970 

5,800

5,630 

5,460 

5,460 

5,970 

5,970

5,800 

5,630 

5,290 

4,950 

4,780

4,540 

4,410 

4,280 

4,180 

4,120

3,980 

3,880 

3,820 

3,720 

3,520 

3,420

Mean

2,875 

3,497 

3,170

28,960

4,432 

13,680 

18,380 

42,630 

31,300 

15,360 

5,481 

2,951 

2,572

12,140

Aug.

3,420 

3,360 

3,420 

3,550 

3,390

3,200 

3,060 

2,950 

2,920 

2,900

2,900 

2,950 

2,900

2,820 

2,770

2,740 

2,770 

2,900 

2,790 

2,920

2,840 

2,820 

2,770 

2,740 

2,670

2,670 

2,650 

2,590 

2,840 

3,030 

3,230

Per aquar-e

mile

0.1C1 

.122 

.111

1.01

.155 

.478 

.64? 

1.49 

1.09 

.537 

.193 

.103 

.09T

.424

Sept.

3,260 

3,390 

3,260 

3,030 

2,820

e2,590 

e2,520 

e2,500 

e2,500 

e2,540

2,740 

2,840 

2,950 

3,060 

2,920

e2,560 

e2,460 

e2,310 

e2,270 

e2,330

e2,330 

e2,230 

e2,190 

e2,210 

e2,170

e2,390 

e2,190 

e2,210 

e2,230 

e2,150

Run-off in 

inches

0.12 

.14 

.13

13.76

.18 

.52 

.74 

1.66 

1.26 

.60 

.22 

.12 

.10

5.79

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

e Recorder action faulty} discharge computed on basis of chain-gage readings or gage-height record at site 3 miles downstream.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1 to Feb. 19.
362 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Wabash River at New Harmony, Ind.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°07'55", long. 87°56'25", In SWi sec. 35, T. 4 N., R. 14 

w., at highway bridge In New Harmony, 3t miles downstream from the' mouth of Black 

River and 5lJ miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 353.2 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary gage Is pass-sill gage at dam 49 on 

Ohio River. Datum of auxiliary gage Is 311.76 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 29,160 square miles.

Kecoras available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1958-B9: Maximum discharge during water year, 211,000 second-feet Apr. 25 

(gage height, 20.9 feet); minimum, 3,780 second-feet Sept. 29, 30 (gage height, 0.6 

foot).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 97,800 second-feet Apr. 28 (gage 

height, 16.5 feet); maximum gage height, 16.6 feet Apr. 30, affected by backwater 

from Ohio River; minimum discharge, 1,890 second-feet, Sept. 27-30 (gage height, 0.1 

foot).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 25, 1939; minimum, that of Sept. 27-30, 1940. ' 

Maximum stage known, 84.4 feet Jan. 31, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair. Gage read 

once dally Oct. 1 to Feb. 21 and twice dally thereafter.

Cooperation.- Discharge measurements and gage-height record furnished by Corps of Englneers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 193S, to Sept. 30, 1940, except periods of Ice effect and backwater 

from Ohio River (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in seeond-fe^t)

0.1

.5

l.S

2.5

Oct. 1, 1938, to Apr. 25, 1940

2,030

3,410

7,360

11,800

4 19,000

7 34,300

10 50,200

12 62,000

Apr. 26 to Sept. 30, 1940

14 78,100

16 98,000

18 124,000

21 229,000

0.1

.5

1.5

2.5

3,170

6,900

11,100

17,700

7

10

1"

32,000

48,000

61,000

78,100

98,000

Discharge, In second-feet, 1938-40 

1938-39 *

D«y

i

2

S

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

26

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

7,360

6,520

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,310

4,920

6,520

6,110

6,110

6,110

5,710

5,710

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,310

Nor.

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

9,540

16,600

18,600

17,100

14,700

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

11,400

11,400

10,400

-

Dee.

9,100

7,790

7,790

7,790

9,100

10,900

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

11,800

11,400

11,400

10,400

9,540

9,100

8,660

8,220

7,790

8,220

8,220

8,220

8,220

8,220

7,790

7,790

7,790

7,790

6,520

Jan.

6.940

6,940

6,940

7,360

8,220

11,800

21,500

26,600

27,100

27,100

25,000

23,500

22,000

20,500

19,000

18,600

18,100

18,100

17,600

17,100

17,100

17,100

17 . 600

19,000

19,000

18,100

16,600

15,600

14,700

20,000

36,400

Feb.

52,400

62,700

67,800

71,000

71,800

74,500

78,100

c80,800

CS2.600

c82,900

c76,200

c71,300

c69,400

C68.200

C97.100

069,200

068,700

065,600

059,000

052,700

050,000

053,400

057,700

060,900

063,400

065,900

067,100

71,000

_

_

-

Mar.

71,000

72,700

76,30C

79 , 000

85,000

90,000

93,000

c94,300

C96.50C

096,700

C96.000

095,300

C96.100

096,100

097,100

c99,400

c!04,000

C115.000

0135,000

0172,000

c!96,OOC

c200,OOC

0189,000

C167.000

134,000

110,000

91.00C

67,800

49,100

40,600

36,900

Apr.

35,900

34,300

32,800

31,700

30,200

30,700

33,300

38 , 000

39,600

39,600

39 , 000

36,900

34,800

33,300

33,300

39,600

62,700

80,000

90,000

98,000

1107,000

0121,000

=154,000

E190.000

0211,000

0210,000

0195,000

0176,000

0152,000

0128,000

-

*ay

EllS.OOO

102,000

88,000

71,000

54,600

43,300

39,600

30,200

28,100

28,100

27,100

25,600

24,000

22,500

21,500

20,000

19 , 000

18,100

17,600

17,100

16,600

16,100

16,100

15,600

15,600

15,100

15,600

16,100

15,600

15,600

15,100

June

14,700

17,600

22,000

20,500

19,000

17,600

16,600

15,100

16,100

17,100

18,100

19,000

21,000

27,600

32,800

34,300

32,200

28 , 100

25,000

22,500

21,000

21,500

27,600

34,300

37,400

36,900

34,300

31,200

27,600

24,000

-

JulT

21,500

19,500

19,000

18,100

17,600

17,100 is.eoo is.eoo

19, COO

22,000

20, EDO

i7,eoo

16,100

15,600

14,FOO

12,FOO

11,800

10,900

10,400

10,400

16,600

25,000

28,100

27,100

22,000

17,100

17,100

17,100

17,600

17,600

17,600

Aug.

17,600

17,600

18,100

18,100

18,100

17,600

17,600

16,600

15,600

13,700

12,800

12,800

12,300

12,300

11,800

11,800

11,800

11,400

10,900

10,900

10,900

15,600

16,600

15,600

15,100

14,700

13,700

12,800

10,900

9,540

8,660

Sept.

8,220

7,790

7,360

6,940

6,520

6,520

6,110

6,110

6,110

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,710

5,310

5,310

5,310

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,920

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,150

3,780

3,780

-

c Backwater from Ohio River; discharge computed by using relationship between gage heights 

base gage and at auxiliary gage as a factor.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 363

Discharge, In second-feet, of Ill/abash River at New Harmony, Ind., 1938-40 Continued

1939-40

Day

1

*

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,780

3,780

3,780

HOT.

4,150

5,310

6,520

6,520

6,110

5,710

5,710

5,310

5,310

4,920

4,920

4,530

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

4,150

'4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

-

Dee.

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

4,150

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,410

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,410

Jan.

3,410

3,050

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,030

2,030

2,360

2,360

3,050

3,050

3,050

3,050

3,410

4,150

4,150

*b3,750

*b3,310

b3,500

b4,000

t)4,500

5,310

9,540

b8,660

b7,790

b7,790

b7,790

W.360

b6,940

b6,940

t)6,940

Feb.

t)6,940

b6, 940

b6,520

b6, 520

b5,710

b5,710

b5,710

5,310

5,310

6,520

9,540

10,900

11,800

15,100

17,100

16,600

19,000

19,000

26,600

24,500

25,000

26,100

27,100

27,100

26,100

25,000

23,500

*22,000

20,000

_

-

Mar.

19,000

18,100

19,500

23,000

27,100

33,300

38,500

41,700

42,700

42,700

39,600

33,300

27,100

22,000

20,000

19,000

18,100

17,100

16,600

16,100

15,600

15,100

14,700

13,700

13,200

12,800

12,300

12,300

11,800

11,800

11,400

Apr.

10,900

10,900

10,400

10,400

9,990

9,990

9,990

10,400

12,300

13,200

14,200

18,600

26,100

32,200

35 , 400

35,400

35,400

37,440

47,000

60,700

69,400

74,500

73,100

84,000

088,600

092,000

095,700

097,800

097,100

097,400

May

094,900

089,200

085,400

082,600

079,100

72,700

67,400

58,900

49,200

41,600

35,100

29,900

26,000

23,200

20,900

19,500

18,600

17,700

16,800

16,400

16,800

18,200

17,700

17,700

16,800

16,800

15,900

15,900

16,800

16,800

June

15,900

15,500

15,500

15,900

16,400

16,800

16,800

16,400

15,000

16,800

19,000

21,300

21,300

21,300

23,200

25,500

25,000

23,200

20,400

18,200

15,900

14,200

14,200

14,200

13,700

13,300

12,400

10,700

10,200

10,200

July

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,3&0

8,960

8,120

7,300

7,300

7,300

7,300

7,300

7,710

7,710

7,300

6,900

6,510

6,510

6,120

5,740

5,360

5,360

4,990

4,990

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

Aug.

4,440

4,250

4,250

4,250

4,250

4,250

4,250

3,880

3,520

3,520

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

Sept.

3,520

3,520

3,880

3,880

4,250

3,880

3,520

3,520

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,170

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,190

2,190

2,040

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,890

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

c Backwater from Ohio River; discharge computed by using relationship between gage 1 eights at 

base crage and at ratio based on fall to dam 49 on Ohio River at auxiliary sage as a fector.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

180,290 

253,410 

293,360

-

561,200 

1,883,400 

3,241,900 

2,537,700 

983,500 

732,700 

548,200 

433,500 

166,690

11,815,850

114,220 

138,240 

127,630

11,468,880

141,370 

453,230 

679,200 

1,325,510 

1,130,900 

508,400 

225,240 

107,430 

90,920

5,042,290

Maximum

7,360 

18,600 

12,300

-

36,400 

82,900 

200,000 

211,000 

113,000 

37,400 

28,100 

18 , 100 

8,220

211,000

3,780 

6,520 

4,530

211,000

9,540 

27,100 

42,700 

97,800 

94,900 

25,500 

9,800 

4,440 

4,250

97.800

Minimum

4,920 

4,920 

6,520

-

6,940 

50,000 

36,900 

30,200 

15,100 

14,700 

10,400 

8,660 

3,780

3,780

3,410 

3,780 

3,410

3,410

2,030 

5,310 

11,400 

9,990 

15,900 

10,200 

4,620 

3,170 

1,890

1,890

Mean

5,816 

8,447 

9,463

-

18,100 

67,260 

104,600 

84,590 

31,730 

24,420 

17,680 

13,980 

5,556

32,370

3,685 

4,608 

4,117

31,420

4,560 

15,630 

21,910 

44,180 

36,480 

16,950 

7,266 

3,465 

3,031

13,780

Per square 

mile

. 0.199 

.290 

.525

-

. 21 

2.?1 

3.E9 

2. SO 

1.C9 

.837 

. 06 

.479 

.191

1.J1

.126 

.158 

.]41

1.C8

.156 

.536 

.751 

1.F2 

l.?5 

.581 

.?49 

.]19 

.104

.473

Run-off In 

inches

0.23 

.32 

.37

-

.72 

2.40 

4.13 

3.24 

1.25 

.93 

.70 

.55 

.21

15.05

.15 

.18 

.16

14.62

.18 

.58 

.87 

1.69 

1.44 

.65 

.29 

.14 

.12

6.45
364 WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°47', long. 85°40', In sec. 18, T. 27 N., F. 8 E., at hlghway Bridge at Dora, 4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 512 square miles.

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

November 1923 to March 1930 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 569 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,290 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 

8.49 feet); minimum observed, 11 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.2.0 feet).

1930-40: Maximum discharge observed, "10,500 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 from 

rating curve extended above 5,100 second-feet; minimum discharge observed 8 2 

second-feet Aug. 3, 1934 (gage height, 1.11 feet). ' " 

ihe flood of Jan. 14, 1930 reached a stage of 13.10 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair except those Tor periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage 

read once dally, except Jan. 31 and Mar. 3, when It was read twice dally.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SB 

29

30

31

Oct.

17 

19 

19 

19 

19

20 

22 

24 

26 

28

26 

27 

27 

26 

26

28 

27 

28 

26 

24

23

40 

49 

91 

442

465 

488 

442 

312 

209 

114

Nov,

93 

57 

54 

51 

51

41 

34 

27 

25 

22

34 

32 

29 

29 

28

24 

27 

26 

25 

24

34 

20

19 

17 

16

17 

19 

20 

22 

27

Dec.

34 

37 

35 

33 

30

28 

26 

23

19 

18

16 

15 

14 

19 

21

26 

35 

40 

36 

39

42 

45 

41 

42 

46

39 

36 

34 

32 

30 

28

Jan.

26 

24 

22 

21 

20

20 

20 

20 

20 

20

25 

35 

50 

200 

292

420

606 

655 

600 

500

300 

150 

100 

80 

70

60 

55 

50 

48 

46 

46

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19C59 ...........

ater year 1939-'W ...........

Feb.

46 

46 

46 

46 

48

48 

50 

50 

60 

60

200 

234 

117 

101 

76

69 

59 

59

55 

51

48 

44 

41 

40 

37

39 

37 

42 

48

Mar.

1,600 

2,200 

4,340 

3,460 

1,950

970 

442 

312 

234 

234

216 

196 

189 

179 

142

110 

93 

d!82 

272 

253

202

179 

164 

121 

101

87 

91 

99 

164 

272 

292

Secondfoot-days

3,153 

944 

959

171,958

4,601 

1,897 

19,346 

40.779 

5,325 

8,458 

1,650 

574 

401

S8 , 087

Apr.

333 

1,280 

1,280 

1,090 

755

420 

465 

606 

2,470 

1,150

805 

1,280 

1,870 

1,560 

1,280

1,090 

910 

2,030 

2,650 

3,460

3,900 

4,230 

3,050 

855 

534

420 

312 

216 

206 

272

Maximum

488 

93 

46

9,560

655 

234 

4,340 

4,230

755 

910 

112 

26 

16

4,340

May

292 

354 

376 

333 

253

196 

158 

142 

124 

112

108 

97 

87 

89 

95

101 

93 

83 

87 

70

60 

52

57 

59 

67

76 

67 

72 

155 

655 

755

Minimum

17 

16 

14

11

20 

37 

87 

206 

52 

49 

21 

11 

12

11

June

910 

805 

398 

216 

147

126 

114 

558 

465 

655

376 

234 

142 

158 

112

49 

72 

333 

179 

144

108 

85 

131 

292 

105

76 

62 

606 

488 

312

July

112 £-9 

79 

70 

59

46 

44 

39 

34 

32

65 

69 

72 

69 

51

27 

46 

76 

79 

72

69 

52 

49 

44

37

35 

33 

30 

27. 

23 

21

Mean

102 

31.5 

30.9

471

148 

65.4 

624 

1,359 

172 

282 

53.2 

18.5 

13.4

241

Aug.

19 

19 

21 

23 

26

20 

16 

13 

12 

11

12 

13 

13 

16 

20

20 

22 

23 

21 

22

21 

19 

22 

20

19

19 

22 

20 

18 

16 

16

Per square 

mile

0.199 

.062

.060

.920

.289 

.128 

1.22 

2.65 

.336 

.551 

.104 

.036 

.026

.471

Sept.

14 

15 

16 

14 

13

15 

14 

13 

14 

15

14 

14 

15 

15 

13

13 

13 

13 

12 

12

13 

12 

12 

12 

13

13 

12 

12 

12

13

Run-off in 

Inches

0.23 

.07 

.07

12.50

.33 

.14 

1.41 

2.96 

.39 

.61 

.12 

 .04 

.03

6.40

d Doubtful gage height; discharge interpolated.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28 to Jan. 14, Jan. 19 to Feb. IX and 

ar. 1, 2. W
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Mlsslssinewa River at Marion, Ind.

365

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°34', long. 85°40', In sfec. '31, T. 25 N., R. 7 

E., at Highland Avenue Bridge In Marion, 1 mile upstream from Hummels Creev and 4 

miles downstream from Lugar Creek. Datum of gage Is 774.70 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 740 square miles.

Records available.- August 1930 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

September 1.923 to May 1930 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1923-29, 1930-40), 644 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,900 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 8.31 

reet;; minimum, 4.4 second-feet Aug. 9; minimum dally, 15 second-feet Aug. 10; minimum 

gage height, -0.02 foot Feb. 4.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 22,500 second-feet Mar. 21, 1927 (gage height, 16.07 

feet), from rating curve extended above 17,200 second-feet; minimum, 4.2 sscond-feet 

Sept. 25, 1935 (gage height, -0.27 feet); minimum dally, 9.6 second-feet Sept. 26, 

1935.

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

which are fair. Low flow regulated by mill above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

37 

38 

39 

40 

40

38 

37 

36 

38 

46

39 

37 

35 

37 

35

37 

40 

40 

40 

40

40 

38 

39 

40 

43

alOO 

a350 

h!66 

alOO 

a80 

a70

Nov.

a60 

a50 

a40 

h35 

a35

a35

a 45 

a 45 

 a45 

a50

h50 

a50 

a50 

a50 

a50

a47 

a47 

h47 

a46 

44

a45 

a45 

a45 

a45 

h46

a46 

a46 

a46 

a46 

a46

Dec.

a52 

a55 

a54 

a54 

a53

a53 

52 

52 

50 

49

47 

47 

47 

47 

46

46 

46 

46 

47 

47

46 

46 

44 

43 

43

44 

46 

44 

43 

43 

1)43

Jan.

b45 

b40 

39 

37 

37

34 

34 

37 

37 

37

39 

42 

46 

765 

920

580 

464 

b200 

b!50 

b80

a70 

a64 

a60 

a58 

a56

h56 

a54 

a54 

a54 

a58 

62

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

64 

b65 

b60 

53 

61

66 

66 

70 

96 

110

188 

770 

1,220 

1,310 

1,120

650 

615 

263 

540 

980

920 

452 

276 

210 

174

148 

148 

214 

545

Mar.

1,260 

2,620 

5,580 

2,800 

1,920

1,120 

704 

512 

400 

321

263 

221 

214 

202 

194

194 

180 

174 

180 

180

180 

170 

160 

142 

128

ll6 

115 

117 

133 

163 

177

Second - 

foot-days

1,835

1,377 

 1,475

195,807

4,309 

11,454 

20,809 

48,097 

4,928 

8,077 

1,767 

787 

723

105,638

Apr.

170 

163 

210 

426 

411

285 

364 

1,590 

1,590 

1,180

746 

1,080 

1,430 

1,590 

1,260

950 

800 

2,660 

6,150 

6,300

7,580 

5,190 

2,200 

1,080 

746

557 

437 

355 

303 

294

Maximum

350 

60 

55

14,800

920 

1,310 

5,550 

7,580 

298 

863 

100 

57 

88

7,580

May

271 

285 

298 

276 

233

210 

191 

177 

170 

160

148 

139 

92 

88 

128

123 

123 

123 

136 

128

123 

123 

120 

110 

112

117 

123 

123 

123 

145 

210

Minimum

35 

35 

43

27

34 

53 

115 

163 

88 

93 

22 

15 

16

15

June

528 

830 

474 

303 

225

184 

170 

863 

574 

506

303 

263 

202 

157 

130

112 

348 

406 

221 

154

117 

102 

100 

107 

115

102 

93 

117 

148 

123

July

100 

89 

82 

76 

76

76 

70 

66 

36 

67

54 

54 

52 

59 

56

86 

66 

57 

50 

35

67 

50 

46 

47 

42

38 

22 

49 

37 

31 

31

Mean

59.2 

45.9 

47.6

536

139 

395 

671 

1,603 

159 

269 

57.0 

25.4 

24.1

289

Aug.

'30 

28 

28 

27 

27

29 

32 

32 

19 

15

18 

19 

20 

57 

23

21 

20 

24 

28 

27

26 

23 

23 

23 

22

23 

26 

23 

23 

23 

28

Per square 

mile

0.060 

.062 

.064

.724

.188 

.534 

.9C7 

2. IT 

.215 

.364 

.077 

.054 

.0?3

.361

Sept.

27 

24 

23 

23 

23

23 

22 

22 

23 

22

20 

20 

20 

20 

19

19 

20 

19 

19 

23

23 

21 

29 

18

17

16 

88 

29 

26 

25

Run-off in 

inches

0.09 

.07 

.07

9.84

.22 

.58 

1.05 

2.42 

.25 

.41 

.09 

.04 

.04

5.33

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (3 p.m.) 7,900 second-feet.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Salamonie 

River at Dora and Eel River at N. Manchester, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

h Computed from once-daily readings of staff gage.
366 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Eel River at North Manchester, Ind.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 40°59', long. 85°46', In sec. 5, T. 29 N., R. 7 E., at Second 

Street Bridge at North Manchester, half a mile downstream from Pony Creek. Datum of 

gage Is 738.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 19E9).

Drainage area.- 429 square miles.

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

November 1923 to March 1930 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average d1scharge.- 16 years (1924-40), 373 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,880 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 

8.45 feet); minimum observed, 26 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 1.P4 feet).

1924-40: Maximum discharge observed, 7,500 second-feet Feb. 27, 1P36 (gage height, 

14.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 22 

second-feet Sept. 10, 1931 (gage height, 1.92 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

once daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

00

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

51

Oct.

47 

39 

37 

42 

37

42 

44 

47 

60 

65

62 

55 

44 

44 

47

55 

49 

49 

44 

37

35 

35 

49 

55 

60

77 

130 

115 

88 

77 

57

Nov.

52 

52 

74 

57 

37

2S 

52 

44 

47 

74

55 

49 

42 

52 

47

42 

65 

37 

39 

47

77 

65 

60 

65 

65

57 

60 

57 

52 

52

Dec.

65 

71 

80 

71 

77

71 

60 

57 

52 

47

42 

44 

52 

49 

74

49 

47 

62 

49 

62

55 

52 

47 

52 

77

60 

47 

62 

55 

68 

62

Jan.

60

52 

55 

52 

62

55 

52 

b52 

b52 

b60

65 

71 

74 

514 

1,330

870 

474 

289 

b200 

b!50

blOO 

b80 

b70 

b65 

b62

b60 

b58 

b56 

55 

65 

71

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

W

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-i o ....:......

Feb.

68 

65 

66 

74 

77

65 

71 

71 

85 

77

2S9 

254 

494 

272 

220

220 

237 

254 

397 

870

665 

378 

289 

181 

136

136 

106 

94 

60

Mar.

272 

555 

2,880 

2,010 

1,600

1,280 

1,070 

870 

640 

514

360 

289 

324 

416 

272

220 

306 

342 

324 

289

220 

181 

149 

204 

204

112 

118 

155 

254 

272 

254

Secondfoot-days

1,724 

1,602 

1,818

140,877

5,331 

6,293 

16,956 

14,944 

6,790 

6,681 

2,779 

1,375 

1,519

68,012

Apr.

204 

306 

360 

324 

237

187 

272 

1,170 

970 

685

555 

775 

750 

640 

685

1,330 

820 

1,120 

870 

555

397 

324 

272 

220 

204

177 

152 

133 

121 

149

Maximum

130 

77 

80

4,890

1,330 

870 

2,880 

1,330 

640 

1,070 

514 

71 

82

2,880

May

306 

494 

474 

342 

272

220 

187 

16S 

155 

136

127 

109 

124 

115 

115

121 

103 

97 

306 

220

158 

124 

 103 

109 

103

204 

254 

220 

306 

378 

640

Minimum

35 

28 

42

28

52 

60 

112 

121 

97 

74 

39 

31 

26

26

Jane

514 

360 

254 

204 

161

136 

127 

121 

106 

187

454 

324 

204 

155

112

97 

165 

514 

204 

130

106 

112 

106 

88 

94

82 

74 

1,070 

416 

204

July

152 

115 

94 

71 

71

60 

60 

57 

52 

82

60 

60 

49 

52 

55

52 

49 

49 

49 

39

49 

44 

149 

156 

47

88 

514 

165 

112 

82 

65

Mean

55.6 

53.4 

58.6

386

172 

217 

547 

498 

219 

229 

89.6 

44.4 

50.6

186

Aug.

49 

55 

44 

55 

57

49 

35 

47 

44 

39

39 

47 

44 

35 

44

35 

31 

44 

42 

44

39 

60 

44 

39 

47

59 

49 

71 

49 

44 

35

Per square 

mile

0.130 

.124 

.137

.900

.401 

.506 

1.28 

1.16 

.510 

.534 

.209 

.105 

.113

.434

Sept.

42

35 

49 

31 

26

44 

49 

39 

55 

35

60 

60 

55 

55 

44

65 

65 

65 

71 

71

35 

35 

52 

55 

82

60 

65 

44 

44 

31

Run-off in 

inches

0.15 

.14 

.16

12.22

.46 

.55 

1.47 

1.50 

.59 

.60 

.24 

.12 

.15

5.91

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 367

Tippecanoe River near Monticello, Ind,

Location.- Lat. 40°47', long. 86°45', at Norway plant of Northern Indiana Public Service uo., In sec. 21, T. 27 N., R. 3 W., 2 miles north of Montlcello.

Drainage area.- 1,740 square miles.

Records available.- October 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum dally discharge during year, 5,480 second-feet May 2; mlnlTium dally, 

lists second-feet Jan. 1.

1931-40: Maximum dally discharge, 11,500 second-feet May 11, 1933; minimum daily, 

103 second-feet July 27, 1934.

Remarks.- Discharge computed on basis of operation of power plant and flow over dam. 

Cooperation.- Records of daily discharge furnished by Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

IS 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

240 

269 

231 

269 

231

2S4 

2S4 

262 

269 

506

307 

283 

305 

305 

262

307 

307 

269 

305 

284

305 

262 

269 

269 

421

345 

68S 

383 

576 

383 

421

NOT.

421 

345 

327 

370 

305

345 

345 

345 

345 

370

370 

392 

459 

421 

421

327 

349 

370 

349

3S3

460 

421 

327 

460 

349

349 

421 

345 

345 

345

Dec.

370 

538 

327 

3S3 

436

421 

459 

421 

34S 

370

421 

307 

421 

349 

349

305 

383 

345 

383 

345

345 

269 

505 

262

154

345 

421 

307 

262 

284 

197

Jan.

132 

240 

2S4 

262 

262

284 

197 

284 

262 

262

349 

262 

349 

655

1,130

726 

872 

726 

650 

498

370 

522 

522 

421 

370

500 

370 

327 

349 

349 

349

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet) 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

fl

alendar year 19;

ater year 1939-*to ...........

Fell.

370 

353 

349 

370 

383

 383 

402 

370 

383 

370

500 

1,000 

863 

671 

775

610 

370 

522 

866 

1,420

991 

1,200 

901 

939 

522

674 

757 

646

S21

Mar.

880 

1,350 

2,720 

3,2SO 

3,070

2,610 

2,200 

1,300 

1,430 

1,430

1,290 

1,160 

1,050 

1,090 

1,020

917 

917 

1,090 

1,020 

1,050

977 

939 

719 

917 

574

726 

924 

665 

983 

650 

917

Secondfoot-days

10,101 

11,131 

10,832

522,191

13,135 

1S,7S1 

40,365 

39,254 

60,647 

30,799 

13,286 

7,343 

7,197

262,921

Apr.

917 

956 

1,020 

1,090 

1,170

978 

1,020 

1,240 

1,430 

1,380

1,500 

1,240 

1,430 

1,690 

1,550

1,560 

1,920 

2,110 

1,980 

1,810

1,550 

1,440 

1,250 

1,130 

1,170

1,060 

724 

83S 

901 

1,200

Maximum

688 

460 

538

10,200

1,130 

1,420 

3,280 

2,110 

5,480 

2,000 

917 

370 

522

5,480

May

3,140 

5,480 

5,150 

4,440 

3,750

3,170 

2,340 

2,080 

1,810 

1,550

1,810 

1,260 

1,430 

1,250 

1,228

1,170 

1,130 

1,200 

1,130 

1,550

1,610 

1,440 

1,130 

1,130 

917

1,170 

1,200 

1,100 

1,340 

1,670 

1,880

Minimum

231 

305 

154

154

132 

349 

650 

724 

917 

522 

262 

197 

175

132

June

1,720 

1,430 

1,430 

1,240 

1,020

917 

917 

735 

917 

835

7S5 

2,000 

1,960 

1,530 

1,220

917 

917 

917 

818 

744

522 

674 

593 

703 

522

785 

719 

1,020 

1,320 

917

July

917 

802 

593 

522 

687

522 

522 

392 

522 

392

522 

392 

370 

479 

370

370 

370 

370 

349 

327

349 

305 

305 

305 

284

349 

435 

329 

284 

262 

2S4

Mean

326 

373 

349

1,431

424 

648 

1,302 

1,308 

1,956 

1,027 

429 

237 

240

71S

*ug.

262 

240 

240 

240 

240

240 

197 

219 

219 

219

219 

219 

219 

219 

197

219 

197 

240 

219 

219

219 

219 

219 

219 

240

240 

327 

262 

370 

305 

240

Per square 

mile

0.187 

.214 

.201

.322

.244 

.372 

.74S 

.752 

1.12 

.591 

.247 

.13S 

.133

.413

Sept.

262 

240 

240 

240 

240

219 

197 

370 

522

413

219 

240 

240 

219 

262

219 

197 

219 

197 

197

240 

197 

175 

197 

197

197 

219 

197 

231 

195

Run-off In 

Inches

0.22 

.24 

.23

11.17

.28 

.40 

.86 

.84 

1.30 

.66 

.28 

.16 

.15

5.62
368 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Tippecanoe River near Delphi, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°37', long. 86°45', in sec. 16, T. 25 N., R. 3 

W., 2 miles northeast of Springboro, 2 miles downstream from Big Creek, and 5 miles 

northwest of Delphi.

Drainage area.- 1,850 square miles.

Records available.- July 1939 to September 1940. March 1903 to July 1906 and November 

ana December 1908 at site 5t miles downstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,290 second-feet May 2 (gage height, 7.88 

feet); minimum, 216 second-feet Aug. 7; minimum gage height, 2.43 feet Sept. 30.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of May 2, 1940; minimum, 213 second-feet Sept. 

7, 1939; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 30, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Flow 

regulated by power plant above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

288 

299 

360 

340 

255

272 

266 

243 

350 

890

414 

253 

235 

235 

235

239 

334 

324 

239 

239

344 

254 

322 

239 

328

633 

846 

409 

409 

668 

409

Nov.

414 

360 

357 

362 

363

352 

334 

330 

333 

354

414 

414 

414 

414 

414

414 

420 

420 

432 

426

426 

426 

426 

426 

426

426 

420 

426 

420 

374

Dec.

378 

432 

426 

426 

426

426 

570 

420 

420 

414

414 

426 

420 

420 

420

380 

370 

368 

345 

342

338 

320 

354 

335 

259

324 

348 

343 

300 

300 

250

Jan.

300 

250 

300 

350 

350

350 

300 

300 

300 

270

270 

320 

251 

954 

1,280

656 

803 

820 

804 

444

432 

420 

653 

409 

467

444 

426 

420 

403 

392 

311

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V»

alendar year

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Peb.

342 

403 

351 

332 

344

361

403 

403 

414

414

420 

1,260 

1,100 

420 

933

696 

452 

420 

1,060 

1,400

1,120 

1,310 

1,070 

848 

420

802 

827 

455 

1,080

Mar.

948 

1,500 

3,000 

3,360 

3,240

3,000 

2,120 

1,890 

1,290 

1,440

1,440 

1,250 

1,210 

1,080 

1,000

1,020 

1,020 

1,010 

1,000 

1,030

1,150 

899 

580 

997 

443

986 

1,080 

414 

1,100 

580 

1,030

Secondfoot-days

11,171 

11,937 

11,714

-

14,449 

19,860 

42,107 

40,779 

63,290 

34,911 

14,142 

8,451 

8,171

280,982

Apr.

975 

977 

1,140 

960 

1,060

1,000 

1,090 

1,290 

1,490 

1,480

1,760 

1,110 

1,440 

1,840 

1,690

1,290 

2,210 

2,310 

2,220 

1,740

1,630 

1,540 

1,280 

1,060 

1,250

1,160 

426 

1,230 

891 

1,240

Maximum

890 

432 

570

-

1,280 

1,400 

3,360 

2,310 

5,900 

3,360 

1,020 

567 

830

5,900

May

3,200 

5,900 

4,940 

4,660 

3,480

3,480 

2,760 

2,090 

1,740 

1,500

2,040 

1,350 

1,400 

1,400 

1,030

1,300 

1,160 

1,210 

1,370 

1,490

1,900 

1,350 

1,250 

1,250 

1,060

1,170 

1,200 

1,260 

1,550 

1,840 

1,960

Minimum

235 

330 

250

-

250 

332 

414 

426 

1,030 

564 

247 

223 

227

223

June

2,020 

1,390 

1,390 

1,440 

1,080

1,070 

1,050 

886 

824 

832

891 

3,360 

2,380 

1,840 

1,200

1,090 

1,080 

1,020 

840 

799

585 

585 

585 

920 

570

564 

930 

1,330 

1,290 

1,070

July

1,02T 

765 

550 

490 

89 \

455 

444 

43"? 

433 

549

498 

444 

444 

438 

438

444 

444 

438 

384 

372

368 

315 

2E9 

2f9 

2f5

3EO 

4f2 

4f6 

4f6 

3f8 

2*7

He an

360 

398 

378

-

466 

685 

1,358 

1,359 

2,042 

1,164 

456 

273 

272

768

Aug.

251 

251 

251 

255 

255

251 

223 

227 

227 

227

227 

231 

231 

231 

231

235 

235 

247 

239 

235

239 

239 

235 

235

255

277 

461 

455 

567 

455 

273

Per square 

mile

0.195 

.215 

.204

-

.252 

.370 

.734 

.735 

1.10 

.629 

.246 

.148 

.147

.415

Sept.

259 

239 

239

239

239 

243 

425 

830 

455

271 

25'5 

259 

231 

231

235 

231 

231 

235 

231

231 

231 

227 

235 

251

255 

235 

231 

227 

231

Run-off in 

inches

0.22 

.24 

.24

-

.29

.40 

.85 

.82 

1.27 

.70 

.28 

.17 

.16

5.64

Peak discharge.- May 2 (1 a.m.) 6,290 sec.-ft.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 29 to Jan. 12
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Vermilion River near Danville, 111.

369

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°05'56", long. 87°35'44", in NWi sec. 22, T. 19 

H., R. 11 W., li miles upstream from Stony Creek and 2& miles southeast of Danville. 

Datum of gage is 503.8 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 19£9).

Drainage area.- 1,280 square miles.

Records available.- November 1914 to August 1921, June 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1930-40) 833 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,050 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 15.08 

feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 1.86 feet).

1914-21. 1928-40: Maximum discharge, 33,000 secoad-feet Mar. 13, 1939 (gage height, 

28.59 feet); minimum, 1.9 second-feet June 5, 1934 (gage height, 1.54 feet, site and 

datum then In use).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated at times by-storage on North Fork of Vermilion River, 4i miles above 

station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height. In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 2 Hay 3 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0 

2.8 

2.4 

2.6 

2.S

11

15

35

70

120

176

3.0 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

240 

390 

510 

645 

S90 

1,150

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5

1,420 

1,700 

1,9SO 

8,250 

2,550 

2,850

14

15

16

3,550 

4,320 

6,000 

7,950 

S,950 

10,000

l.S

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.4

s.o

12 

IS 

37 

67

2.6 107

Hpte.- Sa 

table above

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

2.S

3.0

3.3

3.6

4.0

4.2

a preceding

feet-.

160

284

337

461

645

740

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

21 

82 

83 

24 

85

86 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

24 

30 

30 

30 

33

33 

31 

27 

33 

46

70 

159 

112 

77 

60

54 

58 

68 

44 

47

46 

40 

46 

48 

44

48 

70 

66 

42 

62 

66

Nov.

62 

58 

60 

52 

83

47 

46 

42 

42 

50

64 

68 

99 

87 

77

6S 

60 

58 

54 

60

56 

58 

58 

5S 

54

56 

52 

50 

4S 

47

Dec.

60 

S2 

77 

60 

115

107 

92 

SO 

77 

70

68 

66 

66 

60

5S

54 

52 

52 

52 

54

52 

48 

50 

41 

42

48 

46 

44 

50 

4S 

36

Jan.

35 

36 

33 

30 

29

87 

17 

22 

24 

24

29 

35 

40 

77 

72

104 

107 

107 

a!06 

a90

a70 

58 

50 

48 

41

36 

33 

29 

29 

35 

38

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Bay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

alendar year 19C

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

31 

29 

30 

34 

36

40 

42 

50 

S7 

167

156 

214 

312 

370 

320

316 

237 

230 

227 

350

560 

600 

4S6 

430 

275

240 

240 

264 

52S

Mar.

622 

1,540 

2,S90 

4,640 

2,820

1,230 

915 

815 

690 

586

510 

45S 

454 

442 

398

366 

402 

370 

350 

346

331 

318 

282 

250 

233

207 

237 

282 

442 

600 

537

Second - 

foot-days

1.63S 

1,708 

1,901

466,187

1,509 

6,901 

24,557 

16,554 

39,207 

46,574 

3,161 

1,490 

S52

146,052

Apr.

466 

39S 

358 

346 

320

868 

875 

374 

494 

466

631 

494 

690

S90 

1,070

668 

1,040 

690 

965 

S65

668 

591 

546 

510 

474

422 

3S6 

354 

339 

496

Maximum

159 

99 

115

30,800

107 

600 

4,640 

1,070 

6,550 

8,550 

221 

133 

48

8,550

May

4,110 

6,550 

5,040 

2,650 

1,760

1,590 

1,370 

1,070 

940 

S15

740 

66S 

607 

765 

457

457 

748 

341 

41S 

990

790 

631 

52S 

4SS 

546

584 

865 

361 

716 

692 

1,020

Minimum

24 

23 

36

17

17 

29 

207 

26S 

341 

235 

23 

27 

14

14

June

740 

692 

5S9 

515 

452

410 

418 

1,660 

3,740 

1,100

1,640 

7,000 

S.550 

6,450 

2,430

1,700 

1,420 

1,150 

965 

640

603 

542 

452, 

48S

538

444 

5SO 

275 

256 

235

July

221 

207 

193 

169 

163

154 

143 

13S 

130 

127

120 

127 

127 

13S 

117

S3 

S7 

80 

74 

69

65 

62 

61 

59 

48

45 

40 

35 

23 

23 

2S

Mean

52.8 

56.9 

61.3

1,277

48.7 

23S 

792 

552 

1,265 

1,552 

102 

48.1 

2S.4

399

Aug.

56 

61 

53 

53 

50

40 

35 

35 

36 

40

3S 

3S 

36 

35 

36

35 

36 

43 

43 

41

40 

37 

36 

35 

27

36 

62 

61 

133 

182 

61

Per square 

mile

0.041 

.044 

.048

.998

.038 

.186 

.6X9 

.431 

.938 

1.21 

.0?0 

.038 

.032

.312

Sept.

48 

45 

41 

36 

34

38 

38 

33 

32 

38

32 

32 

38 

30 

21

33 

30 

29 

24 

23

28 

15 

21 

22 

21

21 

22 

24 

14 

19

Run-off In 

Inches

0.05 

.05 

.06

13.55

.04 

.20 

.71 

.43 

1.14 

1.35 

.09 

.04 

.02

4.23

peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (7:30 p.m.) 4,SOO sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (1:30 p.m.) 5.730 sec.-ft.; May 2 (3 

p.m.) 7,650 sec.-ft.; June 12 (12 p.m.) 9,050 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of unpublished records for station at Catlin.
370 WABASH RIVER BASIN

West Branch of Salt Fork at Urbana, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°07'12", long. 88°11'30", in center of sec. 9, 

T. 19 N., R. 9 E., at Champaign-Urbana sewage-disposal plant, 0.8 mile downstream 

from Boneyard Creek and 1 mile east of Urbana. Prior to Jan. 30, concrete control 

in conjunction with recorder. Datum of gage is 688.38 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1939). Auxiliary staff gage installed 150 feet upstream Mar. 13, 

1940. Datum of auxiliary gage is 687.43 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1939).

Drainage area.- 71.4 square miles.

Records available.- July 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,100 second-feet June 13 (gage height, 5.38 

feet); minimum recorded, 1.36 second-feet Oct. 23.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 3,410 second-feet Mar. 12, 1939 (gage hslght, 11.84 

feet); minimum, 1.19 second-feet Aug. 19 and Oct. 20, 1936, Oct. 8, 1938.

Maximum stage known, 12.5 feet May 11, 1933, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good to Jan. 30 and fair thereafter except those for periods of no gage 

height record, which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

ZZ 

23 

24 

S5

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.19 

2.07 

2.19 

1.96 

3.5

1.96 

5.4 

5.6 

21 

10.5

5.6 

4.0 

3.30 

3.00 

2.56

2.31 

2.19 

S.31 

2.43 

S.70

1.S5 

1.74 

1.74 

1.S5 

2.19

2.70 

6.2 

S.70 

S.31 

3.15 

3.30

Nov.

3.15 

3.15 

2. 85 

3.00 

S.70

S.70 

2.56 

S.43 

S.56

ie.s

4.4 

3.45 

3.15 

S.56 

S.S5

S.70 

2.85 

2.85 

2.85 

2.85

3.5 

3.15 

3.00 

3.15 

2.85

2.56 

3.15 

3.30 

3.30 

3.45

Dec.

7.4 

9.S 

3.15 

3.30 

3.30

3.30 

3.15 

3.00 

3.15 

S.70

3.00 

3.15 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00

3.15 

3.15 

3.8 

4.0 

3.8

4.2 

3.45 

3.00 

2.56 

2.70

3.00 

2.S5 

S.70 

2.31 

2.19 

2.07

Jan.

S.19 

3.15 

3.30 

3.15 

3.45

4.2 

3.15 

3.45 

3.45 

3.6

5.0 

4.0 

10.0 

23 

7.8

4.0 

3.45 

3.8 

4.0 

3.8

3.00 

2.70 

2.56 

S.56

 2.43

S.31 

S.31 

2.07 

2.56 

2.S5 

2.4

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19;

ater year 1939-i10 ...........

Feb.

S.I 

S.O 

2.2 

2.5 

S.7

3.2 

3.8 

4.7 

6.4 

10

15 

30 

24 

18 

16

13 

13 

13 

SO 

41

S8 

17 

15 

14 

14

15 

19 

S4 

S9

Har.

41 

94 

183 

69 

31

2S 

18 

15 

14 

13

IS 

IS 

12.4 

12.7 

14.7

17.5 

IS. 7 

13.1 

IS. 7 

13.1

IS. 7 

11.5 

9.8 

9.8 

9.5

10.7 

SI 

13.5 

17.0 

SO 

17.0

Secondfoot-days

116.50 

105.82 

106.33

22,286.01

129.69 

417.6 

785.4 

711.3 

1,537.1 

2,293.7 

282.2 

173.5 

107.9

6,767.04

Apr.

16.6 

13.5 

18.0 

11.9 

10.4

9.8 

19.4 

14.7 

IS. 7

13.1

29 

S5 

29 

34 

30

26 

43 

42 

34 

30

SS 

S6 

S7 

20 

18.9

17.0 

16.1 

15.2 

S5 

56

Maximum

SI 

18. e 

9.S

3,080

23 

41 

183 

56 

2S5 

743 

30 

S3 

4.5

743

May

SS5 

SIS 

133 

8S 

67

5S 

44 

4S 

39 

37

34 

34 

33 

3S 

3S

S5 

SO 

19.1 

53 

35

S9 

26 

S5 

S4 

26

25 

24 

S3 

S7 

SS 

S4

Minimum

1.74 

S.43 

S.07

1.74

S.07 

S.O 

9.5 

9.S 

19.1 

IS. 6 

5.1 

3.0 

3.1

1.74

June

SS 

20 

19.1 

19.1 

17.9

IS. 6 

53 

S5 

SO 

28

137 

743 

3S5 

S25 

98

60 

53 

54 

51 

4S

33 

31 

39 

47 

SI

18.S 

17.4 

87 

1S.1 

16.7

July

14.9 

13. S 

13.2 

IS. 6 

11.5

10.0 

9,6 

10-4 

10-0 

9.6

9.6 

30 

S-7 

6-2 

6.2

7.0 

6-6 

6.6 

6.2 

6.6

5.6 

5.9 

5.9 

6.9 

E.9

14.7

e.e

E.I 

F.4 

5.9 

7.0

Mean

3.76 

3.53 

3.43

61.1

4.18 

14.4 

25.3 

S3. 7 

49.6 

76.5 

9.10 

5.60 

3.60

18.5

Aug.

5.4 

5.1 

5.1 

5.6 

5.1

5.4 

5.1 

4.8 

4.S 

16.7

5.1 

5.1 

4.8 

5.1 

4.5

4.8 

5.1 

4.5 

4.0 

3.1

3.0 

3.4 

3.1 

3.7 

4.0

4,2 

23 

4.2 

8.3 

3.7 

3.7

Per square 

mile

0.053 

.049 

.048

.356

.059 

.202 

.354 

.332 

.695 

1.07 

.127 

.078 

.050

.259

Sept.

4.0 

3.1 

3.3 

3.3 

3.7

3.4 

3.7 

3.3 

4.5 

3.7

3.7 

4.0 

4.2 

4.0 

3.7

3.4 

3.7 

3.4 

4.0 

3.4

3.4 

3.7 

4.0 

3.7 

3.1

3.1 

3.4 

3.3 

3.3 

3.4

Run-off in 

Inches

0.06 

.06 

.06

11.61

.07 

.22 

.41 

.37 

.80 

1.19 

.15 

.09 

.06

3.54

., 21-28, Mar. 6-12; discharge computed on 

>r Har. 12, .discharge below 50 second-
WABASH RLVER BASIN 

Sugar Creek at Crawfordsvllle, Ind.

371

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°03', long. 86°54', in NWi sec. 32, T. 19 N., 

R. 4 W., 327 feet upstream from Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power Co. dam, half 

a mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 43, and 1 mile downstream fron Walnut 

Fork Creek.

Drainage area.- 537 square miles.

Records available.- June 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,660 second-feet Apr. 18 (gage height, 4.62 

feet), minimum, 4.0 second-feet August 15-17 (gage height, 0.96 foot).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 15,300 second-feet Mar. 12, 1939 (gage height, 12.07 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,500 second-feet:.minimum, that of August 

15-17, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 17.3 feet March 1913 (from information furnished by local 

resident).

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

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except for period of doubtful gage-height record (gageheight, In feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet)

1.0

1.1 

1.8

1.3

1.4

S.I 

22

72

103

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5

177

267

371

491

702

2.S 

3.1 

3.4 

3.7 

4.1

974

1,340

1,810

2,360

3,050

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

19 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

18 

IS 

19 

19

19 

18 

18 

19 

18

18 

21 

21 

21 

21

21 

19 

21 

21 

60

94 

110 

131 

131 

88 

67

NOT.

54 

49 

41 

41 

36

34 

34 

34 

34 

39

44 

41 

41 

39 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

41 

44 

46 

49 

49

49 

46 

44 

44 

44

Dec.

49 

59 

67 

72 

69

67 

62 

59 

54 

51

49 

49 

46 

44 

44

44 

44 

44 

41 

41

41 

39 

39 

36 

34

36 

36 

36 

39 

36 

35

Jan.

34 

33 

32 

32 

32

31 

30 

29 

31 

32

32 

32 

34 

45 

250

140 

120 

100 

S5 

80

75 

70 

65 

60 

60

60 

55 

55 

55 

55 

55

Feb.

55 

55 

60 

60 

60

65 

70 

80 

110 

200

190 

150 

130 

120 

120

120 

120 

140 

200 

350

240 

200 

190 

170 

160

160 

300 

680 

775

liar.

783 

672 

1,540 

1,210 

7S3

550 

417 

344

ess

239

203 

1S6 

190 

239 

211

207 

181 

173 

173 

165

158 

142 

128 

120 

106

106 

110 

124 

146 

211 

216

Apr.

181 

154 

13S 

131 

120

106 

131 

565 

664 

454

400 

696 

903 

964 

792

599 

1,960 

2,970 

1,660 

1,340

985 

718 

557 

466 

388

328 

282 

244 

229 

277

»°nth foo^a »** 

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

H«y 

Jiin 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

1.145 131 

1,233 54 

1,462 72

..... 184,917 13,200

ater year 1939-*LO

1,899 250 

5,330 775 

10,315 1,540 

19,402 2,970 

9,986 1,110 

3,754 419 

712.3 54 

308.1 29 

347.7 IS

55,894.1 2,970

Bay

1,030 

1,110 

S93 

694 

537

435 

366 

312 

272 

244

225 

19S 

1S1 

173 

161

161 

146 

142 

413 

349

244 

190 

165 

146 

154

15S 

154 

146 

146 

179 

262

Minimum

18 

34 

34

16

29 

55 

106 

106 

142 

56 

8.1 

4.0 

6.S

4.0

June

207 

190 

165 

13S 

124

114 

120 

165 

211 

211

419 

24S 

173 

134 

114

100 

91 

78 

72 

64

56 

56 

56 

59 

62

62 

62 

67 

72 

64

July

54 

49 

44 

41 

39

36 

32 

29 

29 

27

24 

24 

24 

24 

21

21 

19 

19 

IS 

16

16 

15 

14 

12 

11

11 

9.5 

9.5 

8.1 

S.I 

8.1

Aug.

e.i

S.I

e.l

S.I 

S.I

6.S 

6.S 

6.S 

6.S 

6.8

5.S 

5.8 

4.S 

4.S 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

5.8 

S.I 

9.5

9.5 

11 

12 

12 

11

9.5 

IS 

19 

27 

29 

19

Mean ***,£??**

36.9 0.069 

41.1 .077 

47.2 .OT8

507 .944

61.3 .114 

184 ,3<3 

333 .620 

647 1.20 

322 .e^O 

125 .233 

23.0 .043 

9.94 .019 

11.6 .022

153 .235

Sept.

18 

18 

15 

12 

11

9.5 

S.I 

14 

15 

16

18 

16 

14 

11 

9.5

9.5 

S.I 

8.1 

8.1 

8.1

8.1 

8.1 

6.8 

8.1 

9.5

S.I 

11 

15 

14 

12

Run-off In 

Inches

0.08 

.09 

.10

12.82

.13 

.37 

.71 

1.34 

.69 

.26 

.05 

.02 

.02

3.86

Peak discharge.- Apr. 18 (2 a.m.) 3,660 aec.-ft. 

Note.- Doubtful gage-height record Doc. 31 to Feb. 28; discharge computed on basis cf weather 

records and records for Eel River at Bowling Green and Raccoon Creels at Hansf ield.
372 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Raccoon Creek at Mansfield, Ind.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39°41', long. 87°07', in sec. 8, T. 14 N., R. R. 6 W., at 

bridge on State Highway 59 at Mansfield, 1 mile downstream from Rocky Fork. Prior 

to Sept. 26, 1939, staff gage above mill dam 400 feet upstream and at datum 13.00 

feet higher.

Drainage area.- 252 square miles.

Records available.- May 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,800 second-feet Apr. 18 (gage height, 7.60 

reet); minimum observed, 1.8 second-feet Oct. 12 (gage height, 1.39 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge observed, 2,780 second-feet July 19, 1939 (gage height, 

3.00 feet, site and datum then In use), from "rating curve extended above 1,300 secondfeet; minimum observed, 1.8 second-feet Sept. 28, Oct. 12, 1939; minimum gage height, 

1.37 feet Sept. 28, 1939.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily. Some regulation at mill dam above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage-height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 16 to Sept. 30)

1.4 1.9

1.5 2.8

1.6 4.9

1.7 10

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.5

37

66

102

2.S 158

3.2 238

3.6 340

4.0 464

4.5 634

5.0 809

6.0 1,180

7.0 1,560

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.5 

2 3 

6*. 2 

2.9 

2.0

2.1 

4.3 

2.0 

3.1 

3.4

3.2 

3.8 

3.4 

4.9 

2.0

5.3 

5.3 

2.9 

1.9 

2.0

3.1 

2.1 

3.6 

4.1 

11

22 

24 

47 

35 

32 

20

Nov.

17 

16 

16 

12 

17

14 

14 

14 

12 

12

16

IS 

15 

14 

15

14 

13 

14 

17 

14

15 

16 

19 

14 

12

11 

11 

11 

12 

11

Dec.

14 

19 

25 

20 

18

18 

20 

23 

19 

22

17 

17 

IS 

17 

19

18 

20 

16 

17 

16

16 

15 

14 

17 

17

14 

15 

14 

15 

15 

16

Jan.

16 

16 

16 

4.9 

4.9

12 

5.7 

14 

14 

13

12 

17 

17 

186 

464

168 

*120 

89 

61 

b50.

b40 

b32 

b30 

b27 

b25

b23 

b21 

b20 

b!9 

blS 

b!8

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

blS 

1)18 

b!8 

b!9 

b20

b22 

b26 

30 

73 

177

139 

98 

91 

80 

58

48 

48 

56 

120 

177

139 

97 

71 

68 

52

49 

61 

186 

186

Mar.

238 

326 

1,560 

*704 

399

286 

216 

186 

158 

130

116 

104 

130 

130 

115

107 

9S 

84 

89 

68

S4 

79 

71 

66 

56

56 

63 

77 

88 

104 

113

Secondfoot-days

269.4 

426 

541

-

1,573.5 

2,245 

6,120 

11,041 

9.SS5 

3,005 

294.0 

159.6 

120.5

35,680.0

Apr.

80 

66 

63 

59

51

54 

102 

227 

261 

186

196 

354 

431 

415 

326

250 

916 

1,520 

1,020 

1,480

669 

431 

354 

326 

261

216 

196 

177 

15S 

196

Maximum

47 

19 

25

-

464 

1S6 

1,560 

1,520 

1,330 

354 

19 

11 

7.2

1,560

May

1,330 

844 

630 

399 

299

809 

704 

299 

261 

216

186 

158 

148 

139 

139

139 

120 

115 

431 

260

177 

354 

286 

148 

158

177 

16S 

158 

148 

196 

399

Minimum

1.9 

11

14

-

4.9 

18 

56 

51 

115 

IS 

2.3 

2.5 

2.3

1.9

June

354 

238 

186 

139 

120

109 

107 

196 

168 

120

158 

186 

139 

109 

84

77 

71 

66 

58 

52

45 

41 

30 

26 

24

23 

20 

18 

18 

21

July

19 

18 

15 

15 

13

13 

8.8 

11 

8.8 

11

8.3 

14 

14 

12 

11

5-7 

4.6 

8.3 

7.8 

6.7

2.3 

6-7 

5-3 

7.8 

3.6

4.9 

6-S 

6-7 

8.3 

11 

6.2

Mean

8.69 

14.2 

17.5

-

50.8 

77.4 

197 

368 

319 

100 

9.48 

5.15 

4.02

97.5

Aug.

4.9 

4.1 

4.6 

9.4 

11

4.9 

4.1 

3.6 

2.8 

5.3

7.8 

4.9 

4.1 

4.3 

4.6

3.1 

2.5 

2.8 

4.1 

4.9

4.3 

3.8 

4.6 

3.8 

4.9

7.2 

8.8 

8.8 

6.2 

5.3 

4.1

Per square 

mile

0.034 

.056 

.'069

-

.202 

.307 

.782 

1.46 

1.27 

.397 

.038 

.020 

.016

.387

Sept.

4.9 

6.7 

7.2 

6.2 

6.7

4.1 

4.3 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

4.1

4.6 

5.3 

4.1 

4.6

S.3 

3.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

3.1 

4.1

4.3 

3.2 

3.6 

3.8 

3.4

Run-off in 

inches

0.04 

.06 

.08

-

.23 

.33 

.90 

1.63 

1*46 

.44 

.04 

.02 

.02

5.25

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Embarrass River near Dlona, 111.

373

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°20'40", long. 88°10'20", in NWi sec. 2, T. 10 

N., R. 9 E., at Ryans Bridge, 2f miles southwest of Diona, 7 miles downstream from 

Indian Creek, and 9 miles upstream from Hurricane Creek.

Drainage area.- 903 square miles.

Records available.- December 1938 to June 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- 1938-39: Maximum discharge during period, 14,600 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage 

height, 53.62 feet); minimum, 9.0 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 33.97 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge during period, 3,950 second-feet May 1 (gage height, 

45.45 feet); minimum, 7 second-feet (occurred during period of Ice effect) several 

times In January; minimum gage height, 33.95 feet Oct. 6.

Remarks.- Records are poor to June 22, 1939, fair thereafter except those for periods 

of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are poor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record for Dec. 17, 1938, to Sept. 30, 1939, and results of 

26 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, Dec. 17, 1938, to June 30, 1940, except periods of ice effect (page 

height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Dec. 17, 193S, to Nov. 30, 1939 Dec. 1, 1939, to June 30, 1940

33.95 S.O 34.4 68 36.5 540 43.0 2,S70 33.95 4.5 34.3 38

34.0 10.5 34.5 S9 37.0 690 46.5 4,440 34.0 6.2 34.4 66

34.1 16.7 35.0 1S3 3S.O 990 4S.O 5,SOO 34.1 11.5 34.5 89

34.2 2S 35.5 293 39.0 1,320 51.0 9,650 34.2 21

34.3 44 36.0 415 41.0 2,070 53.6 14,600 Note.- Same as preceding

table above 54.43 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1936-40 

1938-39

Day

1

2

S

4

5

8

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. Nov. Dec.

_

-

-

..

-

_

M

_

_

-

-

-

«

-

_

191

154

*194

*155

#140

*b78

b80

ToSS

b86

b90

*b9S

b!20

154

19S

173

Jan.

154

«144

«148

#148

#165

173

221

282

282

328

340

402

402

378

340

340

340

378

390

415

428

452

440

428

42S

440

390

352

508

3,230

3,100

Feb.

2,710

3,320

3, ISO

2,960

2,790

2,430

1,910

1,560

1,360

2,350

2,310

2,190

2,110

1,830

1,500

1,140

990

840

930

2,020

2,350

2,920

3,230

2,750

1,S70

1,390

1,140

2,350

.

_

-

Mar.

2,830

2,790

2,830

2,710

2,350

2,110

2,190

2,190

1,870

1,500

4,570

12,500

10,700

14,100

12,100

9,200

6,020

3,410

2,070

1,640

1,420

1,250

1,110

1,020

960

930

1,320

960

S40

7SO

750

Apr.

720

675

630

600

600

1,020

930

S10

720

660

660

615

600

600

1,940

4,500

8,070

7,190

6,590

6,020

5,210

4,310

3,540

3,050

2,550

2,070

1,670

1,420

1,180

1,050

-

Hay

930

S70

7SO

720

675

645

600

585

585

570

540

490

350

340

330

330

320

290

2SO

2SO

2SO

290

300

290

260

240

2SO

502

304

245

240

June

249

252

622

2S2

263

249

243

249

249

275

1,320

990

1,000

1,000

800

490

390

330

300

1,700

4,200

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,000

3,000

1,900

1,200

1,100

950

-

July

700

550

4SO

430

400

500

440

415

3SO

300

270

240

225

214

206

204

200

204

202

202

2OO

200

198

194

274

6S8

217

194

150

140

130

Aug.

130

120

120

170

140

96

98

98

98

9S

100

194

179

140

13S

136

134

516

1,380

1,910

1,530

1,790

1,870

1,360

780

440

304

25S

210

1S1

163

Sept.

154

142

142

134

127

121

103

75

40

19.6

16.1

15.4

12.9

12.3

12.9

13.5

14.8

16.7

16.7

16.1

15.4

14.8

12.9

12.3

11.7

11.1

11.1

11.1

9.5

11.7

-

Winter discharge measurement made on this day

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

Note.- No gage-height record May 13 to 27, June 13 to July 7, 9 to 12, and July 29 to Aug. 5; 

discharge computed on basis of two discharge measurements and gage-height record at Copper Cave

rinm dam ffl1+-«_ site, 1-i- l£ mil miles 1 An ohmrA above s+-.afc1nn_ statio
374 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feat, of Embarrass River near Dlona. 111., 1938-40 Continued

D"T

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

82

83

84

25

26

87

28

89

30

31

Oct.

11.7

12.3

11.1

10.0

8.5

9.5

12.3

13.5

13.5

14.1

14.1

14.1

14.1

12.9

12.9

11.7

14.1

18.6

15.4

14.8

16.7

21

19.6

21

29

65

24

16.7

13.5

12.3

11.7

HOT.

11.7

11.1

14.1

19.6

18.5

16.1

15.4

14.8

14.8

18.6

31

40

23

19.6

17.7

16.7

19.6

23

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

20

20

20

20

-

Dec.

18

18

18

16

16

16.8

18.8

24

24

21

18.3

16.3

13.0

14.8

13.0

12.2

13.0

12.2

12.2

11.5

10.2

9.6

10.2

10.2

9.0

b8

b8

b8

b8

bS

b8

Jan.

b8

b8

b8

b8

b7

b7

W

b7

b7

*b7

b8

blO

14.8

74

183

b75

b74

b72

b66

b60

b56

b54

b50

b48

b45

b43

b42

b4l

b41

b41

b4l

Pel).

b42

b43

b44

b45

b48

b50

1)54

b60

112

270

236

208

256

304

286

232

208

175

229

272

198

183

208

191

281

161

142

169

152

_

-

Mar.

140

152

328

540

«720

750

535

440

340

288

S43

221

234

268

247

247

243

229

208

191

179

163

155

146

136

134

133

148

167

177

204

Apr.

210

198

187

175

163

152

161

189

183

189

240

465

570

660

645

570

900

1,950

1,990

2,190

1,600

1,220

990

1,080

1,050

930

780

660

570

600

«ar

3,000

3,500

2,960

2,630

2,310

1,750

1,320

1,050

870

750

645

570

502

465

428

390

352

328

352

358

352

328

293

272

275

352

352

328

316

286

277

June

270

249

234

208

191

179

173

238

219

478

960

1,640

2,230

2,390

2,430

1,910

1,140

750

645

478

390

316

284

258

236

212

191

183

171

150

JulT Aug. Sept.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Mote.- Ho gage-height record Nov. 19 to Dec. 5; discharge computed on basis of one discharge 

measurement, records for Newton and Ste. Marie, and weather records.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1938-40

Month

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

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

Water year ...........

Secondfoot-days

-

70,200

13,741

40,803

1,326.6

-

337,250.9

4 V99

-

PlELxinnun

-

8,070

930

4,400

1,910

154

-

40

14,100

 3Lf\A

-

Minimum

78

-

840

600

240

243

130

96

' 9.5

-

8.5

11.1

8

272

-

Mean

133

-

2,340

443

1,360

302

480

44.2

-

16.4

20.0

924

rf\ c

902

-

Pn" square 

mile

0.147

-

2.59

.49

1.51

.334

.532

.049

-

.018

.022

1.02

299

793

999

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.08

-

8.89

.57

1.68

.38

.61

.05

-

.08

.08

13.89

-
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Embarrass River at Newton, 111.

375

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°00', long. 88°09', in SEiSWi sec. 31, T. 7 N., 

K. 10 s,, 1 mile northeast of Newton and about 6 miles upstream from Crooked Creek. 

Datum of gage Is 465.71 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1?29). Prior 

to June 26, 1940, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 1,330 square miles.

Records available.- June 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1939: Maximum discharge observed during period, 4,880 second-feet June 26 

(gage height, 13.77 feet); minimum observed, 26 second-feet Sept. 28, 29 (fage height, 

1.38 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge observed during year, 8,890 second-feet May 3 (gage 

height, 16.83 feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.16 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or shifting control, which 

are fair. Prior to June 26, 1940, wire-weight gage read twice daily.

Cooperation.- Gage readings June 23 to Oct. 31, 1939, and 16 discharge measurements 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, June 25, 1959, to Sept. SO, 1940, except period of ice effect (gage height,

in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 19, 1940, to Sept. SO, 1940)

1.2 

1.5 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

6*

16

66

86

2.0 

2.6

5.0

3.9

4.0

115 

206 

SIS 

436 

663

6.0 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

829

1,110

1,470

2.560

5,550

14.0 6,000

15.9 6,260

16.4 7,880

17.0 9,400

Discharge, in aecond-feet, 1959-40 

1959

D«y

i

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

25

84

26

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

4,540

4,660

4,770

4,770

3,820

2,170

1,400

1,290

-

July

996

884

748

667

641

589

667

667

694

524

44S

410

362

338

515

2S1

261

242

229

221

204

190

ISO

169

161

152

912

304

538

259

175

A-jg.

143

129

140

155

161

146

246

650

316

281

196

485

1,450

460

281

198

166

155

996

1,600

2,O40

1,750

1,860

2,170

1,510

912

721

455

360

292

248

Sept.

2OO

180

163

148

133

125

112

104

98

90

SO

74

69

64

62

57

69

66

65

48

46

45

41

38

56

56

55

50

28

34

-

461679 O - 42 - 25
376 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Embarrass River at Newton, 111., 1939-40 Continued

1939-40

D«y

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

81

28

83

24

85

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

33

30

28

28

28

28

25

24

22

22

21

22

20

21

20

20

20

20

20

80

20

20

17

17

20

21

26

36

34

30

25

NOT.

22

22

21

20

20

21

22

22

22

24

33

30

25

38

32

28

25

22

22

29

29

28

28

30

33

30

28

29

30

36

Dec.

33

30

30

30

30

*29

28

28

28

29

28

28

28

26

25

) 25

25

22

22

22

21

20

19

19

17

16

15

15

15

15

15

Jan.

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

 19

20

20

20

19

28

33

62

85

109

a90

67

62

56

56

53

50

49

50

50

49

46

49

Feb.

50

53

55

56

57

60

60

67

76

158

261

210

176

140

167

163

266

398

563

775

550

410

130

292

268

281

235

202

266

_

-

Mar.

206

186

374

460

694

*775

775

615

485

398

338

304

362

775

448

333

326

315

292

270

257

223

198

182

163

152

141

144

175

206

214

Apr.

221

235

223

223

204

176

190

802

398

281

304

2,040

1,180

912

829

775

775

3,710

4,360

4,710

4,310

2,040

1,560

2,040

1,600

1,330

1,150

996

884

1,360

-

May

4,940

7,880

8,390

4,940

3,200

2,600

2,040

1,560

1,290

1,110

968

884

775

748

694

641

602

563

889

968

615

550

511

460

435

472

884

615

511

485

448

June

410

398

362

338

304

281

259

246

362

315

563

1,050

1,680

2,080

2,260

2,260

1,810

1,180

829

721

576

' 485

422

398

350

315

281

259

244

223

-

J'lly

202

182

165

148

136.

126

115

108

102

96

91

98

165

159

104

98

108

114

88

78

70

69

67

63

59

56

52

50

48

46

59

Aug.

213

86

57

50

48

46

43

41

39

38

39

39

37

36

34

33

33

50

106

55

39

34

33

30

29

28

37

266

136

118

85

Sept.

56

42

37

36

33

30

29

28

26

24

69

57

32

25

22

21

19

17

17

17

16

15

14

15

19

20

29

28

25

20

~

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day,, 

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated. 

 Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 24 to Feb. 17.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1939-40

Month

Mater year ...........

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

27,410 

13,228 

20,447 

2,358

-

738 

791 

733

-

1,272 

6,445 

10,791 

39,818 

51,608 

21,261 

3,122 

1,958 

838

139,375

Maximum

4,770 

996 

2,170 

200

-

36 

36 

33

-

109 

775 

775 

4,710 

8,390 

2,260 

202 

266 

69

8,390

Minimum

1,290 

152 

129 

28

-

17 

20 

15

-

16 

50 

141 

176 

435 

223 

46 

28 

14

14

Mean

3,426 

427 

660 

78.6

-

23.8 

26.4 

23.6

-

41.0 

222 

348 

1,327 

1,665 

709 

101 

63.2 

27.9

381

Per square 

mile

2.58 

.321 

.496 

.059

-

.018 

.020 

.018

-

.031 

.167 

.262 

.998 

1.25 

.533 

.076 

.048 

.021

2.86

Run-off in 

inches

0.77 

.37 

.57 

.07

-

.02 

.02 

.02

-

.04 

.18 

.30 

1.11 

1.44 

.59 

.09 

.05 

.02

3.90
WABASH RIVER BASIN 377

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 3S°56'10", long. 88°01'10", in sec. 30, T. 6 N.,

 R. 14 W., at highway bridge at Ste. Marie. Prior to June 30 chain gage at same site 

and datum. Datum of gage Is 446.1 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1929).

Drainage area.- 1,540 square miles.

Records available.- October 1909 to December 1912, August 1914 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 26 years (1914-40), 1,187. second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 8,600 second-feet May 3 (gage height,

 18.24 feet); minimum, 16 second-feet(occurred during period of ice effect) Dec. 30.

1909-12, 1914-40: Maximum discharge observed, 39,000 second-feet May 30, 1927 

(gage height, 24.3 feet), from rating curve extended above 19,000 second-feet; minimum, 

1.0 second-foot Oct. 5-9, Nov. 19, 1914.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

1 to Hay 3 May 4 to Sept. 30

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.5 

l.S

11

21

37

54

108

165

2.2 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

Oct., 

244 

331 

443 

624 

740 

S54

5.0 

5.5

1,000

1,160

1,350

1,750

2,150

3,000

12

14

16

18

20

3,900

4,300

5,300

7,300

14,100

0.7 

.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 i.e

14

32

55

79

104

150

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

187

300

438

594

740

Kote.- Same as preceding table above 4.C feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 i-u September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

40 

37 

39 

37 

37

39 

34 

31 

39 

29

27 

27 

24 

27 

20

20 

21 

21 

21 

21

21 

21 

19 

19 

23

21 

27 

23 

37 

23 

24

Nov.

24 

21 

21 

19 

18

20 

23 

20 

20 

29

37 

35 

32 

32 

32

32 

29 

29 

29 

37

35 

32 

29 

35 

29

20 

32 

32 

31 

31

Dec.

49 

42 

32 

32 

32

34 

*32 

31 

29 

29

29 

31

26 

26

24 

23 

23 

20 

23

18 

18 

18 

19 

16 

17

Jan.

17 

17 

IS 

20 

17

18 

18 

 .48 

*17 

20

20 

24 

27 

74 

94

90 

90 

97 

9.7 

92

81

«65 

59

59 

56 

54 

54 

44 

54

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1940 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

54

54 

56 

61 

65

65 

76 

79 

119 

146

236 

236 

265 

214 

204

204 

134 

194 

581 

940

720 

383 

286 

344

Sol

204 

234 

234 

265

Mar.

265 

224 

331 

970 

304

*782 

732 

700 

586 

443

356 

331 

356 

782 

624

383 

356 

331 

331 

308

265 

244 

234 

214 

194

|84 

174 

174 

184 

224 

244

Secondfoot-days

849 

345 

342

493,575

1,561 

7,007 

12,380 

42,464 

55,627 

22,545 

3,403 

1,892 

1,016

150,431

Apr.

244 

244 

244 

244 

234

204 

214 

511 

511 

331

383 

1,910 

1,790 

1,000 

632

828 

1,000 

3,270 

4,530 

4,350

4,900 

2i 510 

1,750 

2,190 

1,910

1.478 

1J24Q 

1,060 

910 

1,100

Maximum

40 

37 

49

19,000

97 

940 

970 

4,900 

8,200 

2,270 

209 

193 

71

8,200

May

4,660 

6,680 

8,200 

7,070 

4,040

2,910 

2,310 

1,370 

1,510 

1,270

1,100 

970 

882 

304 

762

715 

674 

627 

715 

1,240

740 

627 

562 

499 

468

468 

362 

760 

576 

530 

484

Minimum

19 

IS 

16

16

17 

54 

174 

204 

463 

229 

55 

31 

21

13

June

433 

424 

366 

353 

313

283 

409 

252 

330 

380

330 

394 

1,670 

2,030 

2,190

2,270 

2,070 

1,670 

1,310 

S2S

683 

578 

499 

594 

394

340 

295 

266 

252 

229

July

209 

189 

172 

155 

145

135 

126 

117 

111 

105

101 

103 

133 

178 

123

106 

111 

126 

105 

91

85 

80 

79 

74 

72

69 

65 

61 

59 

56 

55

Mean

27.4 

28.2 

27.2

1,366

50.4 

242 

399 

1,415 

1,794 

752 

110 

61.0 

33.9

411.0

Aug.

142 

130 

68 

55 

49

45 

43 

42 

41

41

41 

43 

40 

33 

38

36 

35

ftl 

73 

67

48 

39 

35 

33 

32

31 

36 

130 

193 

103 

99

Per square 

mile

0.01S 

.018 

.018

.887

.033 

.157 

.259 

.919 

1.16 

.488 

.071 

.040

.DBS

2.67

Sept.

71 

54 

44 

41 

39

36 

34 

35 

33 

31

47 

62 

45 

35 

31

29 

27 

26 

25 

23

22 

21 

21 

21 

23

26

24 

33 

30 

28

Run-off in 

Indies

0.02 

.02 

.02

12.05

.04 

.17 

.30 

1.03 

1.34 

.54 

,08 

.05 

.OS

3.63

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hote.- Stage-disaharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 24 to Feb. 17.
378 WABASH RIVER BASIN 

West Fork of White River at Muncie, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°12', long. 85°23', in sec. 10, T. 20 N., R. 

10 E., 200 feet downstream from Walnut Street Bridge In Muncie and 6 miles upstream 

from Bell Creek. Datum of gage Is 924.10 feet above mean sea level. Low-water staff 

gage installed at same site and datum Sept. 13, 1940.

Drainage area.- 259 square miles.

Records available.-. November 1930 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July 1923 to December 1929 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1923-29, 1931-40), 254 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,320 second-feet Apr. 21 (gags height, 8.57 

reet); minimum, 1.8 second-feet Aug. 18 (gage height, 0.75 foot); minimum gage height 

observed, -3.32 feet Sept. 14, 15, caused by dredging of channel.

1925-29. 1930-40: Maximum discharge, 11,500 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937 (gage height. 

14.07 feet); minimum, 0.6 second-foot regulated Sept. 16, 1937 (gage height, 0.88 foot); 

minimum daily, 1.2 second-feet Aug. 5, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 25 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of ice effect, which are poor. Staff gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except pei-iods of ice effect (gage-he iglt, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Hap. 5 to Apr. 17, Sept. 13-30)

1.0 1.1

1.2

1.3

1.5

1.7

0

8.0

14

24

36

64

9S

ot. 1 to Apr. 21

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.S

3.2

3.6

140

212

293

380

505

650

4.0

4.5

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

820

1,070

1,360

2,030

2,820

3,720

0.8

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

Apr. 22 to Sept.

2.3

3.9

7.5

16

29

1.3

1.5

1.7

1.9

2.2

44

81

126

175

254

30

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

339

495

670

870

1,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 Oct.

15

16

13

10

9.2

10

9.2

70

45

9.S

9.8

9.2

9.S

11

11

12

11

12

12

12

12

14

14

13

28

49

67

70

48

31

26

Nov.

23

21

18

18

18

16

18

14

15

20

24

2S

25

22

20

19

19

20

21

23

28

37

44

41

35

32

28

25

24

23

-

Dec.

26

31

42

41

35

32

30

29

28

26

25

23

25

24

25

23

24

23

23

22

21

14

23

18

18

21

15

15

19

18

18

Jan.

16

12

10

9.5

9.5

«9.5

9.0

9.0

9.0

10

11

13

16

50

210

150

100

70

55

45

40

35

33

33

32

32

32

32

31

31

31

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

April........................... X*T........ .....................

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

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

Water year 1939-<to ...........

Feb.

30

30

29

2S

26

26

24

26

63

307

447

710

710

395

046

1S2

125

142

473

356

212

129

102

94

S2

96

91

310

362

-

Mar.

395

489

522

575

395

262

200

168

138

120

102

S7

89

98

S9

SS

84

78

78

82

78

72

62

58

54

52

54

54

58

58

56

Secondfoot-days

689.0

719

767

62,403.2

1,135.5

5,863

4,792

20,017

5^979

3,512

518.0

148*8

97.3

42,267.6

Apr.

54

S7

140

154

125

96

112

362

410

276

220

321

410

395

333

279

475

2,730

2,660

3,360

3,420

1,050

618

462

369

299

246

206

178

170

-

Maximum

7ff

44

42

5,380

210

710

575

3,42O

697

652

61

17

6.1

3,420

May

162

155

145

131

114

105

172

145

114

101

94

83

79

73

81

S3

77

75

83

103

85

71

63

63

67

71

69

73

155

390

697

Minimum

9.2

14

14

4.4

9»Q

24

52

54

63

<ff\

ov

3.4

2.1

2.3

2.1

June

652

399

2S2

201

158

124

119

206

193

138

117

108

85

71

63

58

52

47

41

40

35

34

42

38

36

32

30

38

3S

35

-

Jlly

29

24

21

21

20

19

17

16

15

15

24

61

38

26

20

20

25

20

14

12

11

8.4

6.1

5.3

3.7

3.4

3.9

5.3

5.0

3.6

5.3

Mean

22.2

24.0

24.4

171

33 £

202

155

6.67

128

117

16.7

4. SO

3.24

115

Aug.

6.S

4.6

3.4

3.9

6.1

3.9

5.3

5.3

5.7

3.9

3.3

3.4

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

3.5

3.9

4.6

6.8

4.6

3.6

3.3

3.3

4.6

3.7

3.9

10

17

8.4

Per square 

mile

0.086

.093

.094

.

.660

.147

.780

.593

2.58

.494

.462

.064

.019

.013

.444

Sept.

6.1

5.3

4.6

3.4

3.1

2.6

2.3

2.3

2.6

3.1

a2.8

a2.6

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.6

3.1

3.3

3.4

2.5

2.5

3.4

2.5

2.9

1 5.3

5.3

5.7

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.10

.10

.11

8.96

.17

84

1 69

2*87

.57

.50

.07

.02

.01

6.06

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (3 a.m.) 4,320 see.-ft. 

* winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a to gage-height record; discharge Interpolated. 

Sot«.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 4 to Feb. 4. 461670
WABASH RIVER BASIN 379

West Fork of White River at Anderson, Ind.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 40°06', long. 85°41', In sec. 18, T. 19 N., R. 8 E., at

 municipal water-supply plant In Anderson, 1 mile upstream from Klllbuck Creek. Datum 

of gage Is 825.02 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 412 square miles.

Records available.- July 1932 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Sirvey.

 July 1§25 to September 1927 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation. Oagahelght records collected at site 700 feet downstream December 1910 to February 1918 

and at same site since February 1918 are contained In reports of U. S. Weathe" Bureau.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1925-27, 1932-40), 406 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,560 second-feet Apr. 19, 21 (gage

 height, 12.00 feet); minimum observed, 8.8 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 6.92 

feet). 1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 17,100 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937 (ga?e 

height, 18.63 feet); minimum observsd, that of Sept. 24, 1940. 

Maximum stage known, 22.9 feet Mar. 25, 1913.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 100 second-feet, which are fair, and those

 for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 25 to May 31, Sept. 10-30)

30

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.3

Oct. 1 to Apr. 24, June 15 to Sept

7.S 7.4 67 8.4 534

11 7.6 122 S.7 7S5

16 7.S 192 9.0 1,090

25 S.O 282 9.5 1,720

S.2 396 10.0 2.430

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

44

10.5

11.0

12.0

3,130

3,960

5,560

Apr. 25 to Jure 14

7.4 145 8.4 619

7.6 196 6.V S75

7.S 263 9.C 1,170

8.1 410

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

49

40

25

25

25

34

34

34

25

34

34

34

34

29

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

49

67

99

122

93

88

67

HOT.

67

67

62

49

67

67

56

62

67

72

88

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

80

67

67

67

67

67

-

Dee.

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

56

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

Jan.

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

67

67

155

396

282

b200

b!40

blOO

b84

b75

b68

b62

b62

b60

b60

b60

b58

b57

b57

b57

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

b57

b57

b57

b58

b58

b60

b60

b60

b70

272

496

1,090

1,210

534

282

272 ise

200

573

573

309

200

155

155

122

122

155

498

654

_

-

Mar.

462

534

654

930

612

366

2S2

234

192

174

155

155

155

155

155

155

129

122

122

122

122

122

122

122

108

93

93

93

93

93

80

Secondfoot-days

1,291

2,010

1,905

118,378

2,651

8,596

7,006

30,040

6,056

6,794

1,589

777

628.1

69,343.1

Apr.

SO

SO

80

185

174

174

213

282

534

396

336

325

49S

534

462

396

654

2,880

5,240

3,300

5,080

3,330

1,210

832

543

442

382

330

2S4

2S4

-

Maximum

122

88

67

9,640

396

1,210

930

5,240

581

1,120

93

40

31

5,240

May

245

245

245

212

212

212

212

245

212

182

1S2

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

157

245

581

Minimum

25

49

44

25

44

57

SO

80

157

67

20

14

9.1

9.1

June

1,120

700

442

330

263

227

227

263

354

305

263

212

196

e!60

122

108

10S

108

108

108

108

99

93

122

122

122

122

122

93

67

-

July

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

62

56

72

93

80

44

49

49

53

44

42

40

33

33

27

24

20

46

40

25

25

29

Mean

41.6

67.0

61.5

324

85.6

296

226

1,001

195

226

51.3

25.1

20.9

189

An?.

33

29

29

25

36

27

22

20

20

23

24

SO

16

18

17

15

14

21

38

27

23

21

23

25

24

25

24

31

31

36

40

Pep square 

mile

0.101

.16J

.149

,78f

.20? .7ie

.54?

2.43

.47?

.54£

.12f

.061

.051

.45E

Sept.

23

23

25

21

21

20

16

16

19

IS

20

21

21

27

27

20

19

IS

19

IS

16

16

14

9.1

23

31

29

27

27

24

~

Run-off In 

Inches

0.12

.18

.17

10.69

.24

.78

.63

2.71

.55

.61

.14

.07

.06

6.26

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

e Flash boards altered during the day; discharge interpolated.
380 WABASH RIVER BASIN

West Fork of White River near Noblesville, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 40°07', long. 85°58', In sec. 4, T. 19 N., R. 5 E., 

at highway bridge, 1 mile west of Strawtown, 7 miles northeast of Noblesville, and 9.5 

miles upstream from Cicero Creek.

Drainage area.- 819 square miles.

Records available.- May 1915 to June 1922 (at site 2 miles downstream), July to September 

19£2, and October 1927 to- September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. October 1922 to September 1927 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 21 years (1915-25, 1929-40), 818 second-feet.

Extrenes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,020 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 12.95 

reet); minimum, 45 second-feet Sept. 23, 24 (gage height, 4.01 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Mar. 21, 1927 (gage height, 16.05 

feet); minimum, that of Sept. 23, 24, 1940.

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

wnicn are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in seeond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Hov. 10)

4.a 

4.5 

4.7 

4.9 

5.2

1 to Feb. 13

75

106

150

211

340

5.5 

5.8

6.1 

6.5 

7.0

505

710

940

1,280

1,730

4.0 

4.2 

4.4 

4.6 

4.9

Feb. 14 to Sept. 30

126

222

5.2 

5.5 

5.8 

6.1 

6.5

365

538

735

960

1,280

1,730

2,640

4,650

7,380

9,020

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

2S 

29

30 

31

Oct.

150 

108 

96 

96 

92

93 

95 

92 

S2

84

106 

103 

88 

82

81

81 

81 

84 

87 

90

90 

86 

84 

82 

124

178 

230 

284 

208 

170 

145

Nov.

131 

126 

124 

120 

116

114 

116 

120 

120 

126

153 

148

128 

126 

124

122

118 

120 

118 

118

' 126 

148 

153 

148

148

140 

128 

126 

124 

126

Dec.

128 

153 

156 

143 

148

143 

138 

131 

128 

124

120 

118 

122

118 

120

118 

116 

114 

110 

110

110 

108 

108 

103 

100

95 

95 

101 

103 

100 

95

Jan.

a94 

a94 

a94 

a94 

a94

a92 

a92 

a92 

a92 

a92

alOO 

*116 

133 

b300 

b600

b640 

a450 

a320 

a240 

b200

b!60 

a!40 

a!25 

a!20 

a!20

a!20 

al!5 

a!15 

*bl!2

allO 

al!5

Month

Get 

Nov 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19 59 ...........

e

tember. ......................

ater year 1939-

Pet).

a!20 

a!20 

a!20 

a!20 

a!25

a!20 

a!20 

a!20 

al50 

t>350

b700 

bl,150 

bl,400 

bl,200 

b800

b550 

432 

416 

b850 

bl.OOO

828 

526 

370 

303 

279

231 

252

858 

1,600

Mar.

1,200 

1,480 

3,120 

2.8SO 

1,730

1,080 

756 

606 

508 

426

365 

334 

334 

329

318

308 

284 

275 

270 

275

265 

256 

235 

211 

195

188 

203 

218 

222 

218 

218

Secondfoot-days

3,552 

3,855 

3,676

276,120

5,381

15,210 

19,307 

59,327 

11,945 

10,976 

3,231 

2,153 

1,762

140,375

Apr.

214 

248 

409 

461 

409

349

431 

1,600 

1,600 

1,160

872 

1,160 

1,500 

1,640 

1,370

1,080 

1,160 

4,000 

6,350 

7,080

8,320 

7,450 

2.S40 

1,960 

1,460

1,160 

936 

777 

679 

652

Maximum

284 

153 

156

13,500

640 

1,600 

3,120 

8,320 

805 

1,460 

138 

102 

78

8,320

May

620 

613 

600 

550 

496

461 

443 

496 

461 

409

329 

344 

329 

323 

329

323 

299 

284 

294 

299

289 

284 

275 

265 

261

261

261 

261 

261 

420 

805

Minimum

81 

114 

95

78

92 

120 

188 

214

261 

144 

74 

52 

46

46

June

1,460 i,oeo

700 

532 

426

360 

313 

355 

729 

646

449 

349 

318 

279 

231

214 

24S 

270 

222 

192

168 

154 

151 

192 

181

151 

148 

144 

168 

146

Jily

136 

128

120 

116 

112

110 

104 

103 

104 

108

124 

138

141 

131 

112

106 

106 

104 

103 

100

95

88 

86 

86 

81

76 

74 

99

87 

75 

78

Mean

115 

12S 

119

756

174 

524 

623 

1,978 

385 

366 

104 

69.5 

58.7

384

Aug.

76 

75 

74 

71 

66

77 

71 

63 

61 

61

60 

57 

55 

54 

54

53 

53 

52

100 

88

72 

63 

63 

67 

63

65 

74 

80 

102 

93 

90

Per square 

mile

0.140 

.156 

.145

.923

.212 

.640 

.761 

2.42 

.470 

.447 

.127 

.085 

.072

.469

Sept.

78 

71 

65 

62 

61

60 

58 

58 

a58 

59

5S 

57 

56 

56 

55

53 

52 

52 

53 

 54

52 

50 

46

50 

77

63 

72 

63

68 

55

Run-off in 

inches

0.16 

.IS 

.17

12.54

.24 

.69 

.SB 

2.69 

.54 

.50 

.15 

.10 

.08

6.38

ale discharge.- Mar. 4 (3 a.m.) 3,310 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (11 

/.inter discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height ird; discharge computed on basis of records for other

of White River, 

b Stage-diach

9,020 sec.-ft.

itations on West Fork

 Re relation affected by ic
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

West Fork of White River near Nora, Ind.

3S1

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°54', long. 86°06', in sec. 20, t. 17 N., R. 4 

t;., at highway bridge, 2 miles east of Nora and 14 miles upstream from Fall Creek.

Drainage area.- 1,190 square miles.

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July 1925 to September 1926 and October 1929 to March 1930 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1925-26, 1930-40). 1,000 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,480 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 10.70 

feet); minimum daily, 59 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 1.52 feet): minimum gage 

height, 1.36 feet Aug. 18.

1925-26, 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 26,900 second-feet Jan. 16, 1937 (ga?e 

height, 17.23 feet); minimum, 36 second-feet Sept. 10, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.20 

feet Sept. 5, 1936.

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

which are poor. Discharge for periods of backwater from dam and intakes of Indianapolis Water Co. 3-J miles below gage, which occurs during some periods of low and 

medium flow, computed by using fall between gage and dam as a factor.

Cooperation.- Gage-height records furnished by Indianapolis Water Co.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

133 

161 

126 

109 

123

128 

116 

121 

121

116

111 

121 

131 

109

111

111 

106 

111 

114 

116

114 

116 

114 

109 

144

215 

286 

402 

402 

294 

205

Nov.

205 

179 

179 

158

155

161 

150

161 

155 

161

179 

205 

202 

173 

173

179 

170 

}64 

147 

155

161 

173 

205 

202 

192

211 

202

173 

170 

173

Dec.

179 

202 

195 

195 

192

198 

198 

185 

170 

161

164 

164 

#158 

161 

158

161 

152 

150 

152 

144

144 

144 

142 

131 

133

128 

139 

142 

133 

130 

130

Jan.

128 

126 

123 

120 

120

120 

119 

*119 

119 

120

125 

135 

200 

4OO 

800

900 

700 

500 

350 

250

230 

200 

190 

190 

190

180 

180 

180 

180 

180 

180

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jvm 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-^10 ...........

Feb.

175 

175 

175 

180 

180

175 

175 

180 

220 

400

800 

1,350 

1,600 

1,400 

1,100

800 

660 

640 

1,000 

1,200

1,050 

800 

620 

530 

465

431 

418 

930 

1,830

Mar.

1,670 

- 1,440 

3,300 

3,500 

2,770

1,710 

1,230 

1,020 

852 

701

630 

544 

526 

562 

521

513 

482 

439 

439 

444

431 

427 

385 

349 

313

298 

302 

337 

353 

353 

377

Secondfoot-days

4,796 

5,273 

4,935

394,957

7,654 

19,659 

27,218 

69 , 770 

18,115 

15,096 

4,858 

2,980 

2,208

182,562

Apr.

357 

361 

427

575 

575

482 

478 

1,680 

2,190 

1,670

1,300 

1,550 

2,070 

2,230 

1,990

1,630 

1,570 

3,960 

5,910 

7,340

7,760 

8,330 

4,940 

2,590 

1,950

1,550 

1,300 

1,080 

990 

935

Maximum

402 

211 

202

18,200

900 

1,830 

3,500 

8,330 

990 

1,360 

218 

126 

100

8,330

May

935 

935 

990 

935 

825

873 

S52 

725 

725 

630

566 

508 

486 

474 

469

474 

456 

439 

452 

456

444 

431 

394 

365 

373

402 

418 

402 

390 

491 

800

Minimum

106 

150 

128

89

119 

175 

298 

357 

365 

225 

118 

70 

59

59

June

1,140 

1,360 

990 

775 

630

539 

499 

474 

725 

1,020

750 

566 

482 

435 

410

341 

337 

390 

357 

302

275 

257 

242 

253 

283

272 

275 

246 

225 

246

July

218 

208 

198 

192 

192

179 

170 

164 

155 

150

164 

195 

179 

185 

167

164 

142 

142 

139 

139

136 

131 

121 

118 

128

'121 

121 

126 

142 

133 

139

Mean

155 

176 

159

1,082

247 

678 

878 

2,326 

584 

503 

157 

96.1 

73.6

499

Aug.

126 

118 

121 

121 

121

111 

111 

109 

100 

91

96 

91 

87 

81 

72

76 

70 

72 

81 

104

1*J2 

87 

83 

81

87

89

87 

94 

100 

109 

102

Per square

mile

0.130 

.148 

.134

.909

.208 

.570 

.738 

1.96 

.491 

.423 

.132 

.081 

.062

.419

Sept.

100 

89 

85 

83 

79

74 

74 

72 

69 

74

69 

59 

67 

67 

65

74 

70 

62 

64 

60

64 

62 

60 

64 

65

83 

89 

91 

89 

85

Run-off In 

Inches

0.15 

.16 

.15

12.33

.24 

.61 

.85 

2.18 

.57 

.47 

.15 

.09 

.07

5.69

Peak dlacharge.- Apr. 22 (3 p.m.) 8,480 sec.-ft.

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 30 to Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Feb. 4-24, Mar. 3, 4. 

Mo gage-height records Jan. 3-7, Jan. 9 to Feb. 3; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on V.'est Fork of White River and weather records.
382 WABASH RIVER BASIN

West Fork of White River at Indianapolis, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°45'05", long. 86°10'30", at Morris Street Bridge 

in indianapplls, 2i miles downstream from Fall Creek. Datum of gage is 2,26 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,620 square miles.

Records available.- May 1904 to July 1906 (at Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis 

Ry. bridge three-quarters of a mile upstream from Morris Street) and April 1930 to 

September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. July 1925 to Mrrch 1930 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 14 years (1925-26, 1927-40), 1,468 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 672.S5 

TeeTTT minimum, 20 second-feet Sept. 22 (gage height, 662.90 feet).

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 32,700 second-feet Jan. 16, 1937 (gagfl height, 681.57 

feet); minimum, that of Sept. 22, 1940.

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

wnicn are poor. City of Indianapolis diverts water for municipal supply 12 miles above 

gage.

Cooperation.- Oage-helght record furnished by Indianapolis Department of Sanitation.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

121 

131 

136 

133 

123

133 

133 

131 

156 

128

133 

126 

128 

123

126

126 

12S 

121 

121 

119

121 

115 

123 

121 

267

183 

416 

301 

409 

408 

343

Nov.

257 

217 

176 

183 

176

180 

156 

156 

183 

236

192 

183 

196 

166 

146

169 

176 

159 

169 

166

176 

176 

187 

196 

196

196 

200 

209 

180 

183

Dec.

222 

204 

20O 

217 

241

226 

226 

222 

222 

222

226 

200 

196 

200 

204

20O 

196 

217 

204 

200

2O4 

192 

192

187 

187

187 

187 

180 

176 

180 

176

Jan.

176

176 

176 

159 

a!60

1

a!60 

a!60 

a!60 

a!65 

a!65

a!65 

a!70 

a250 

537 

1,220

1,350 

1,O90 

890 

a600 

a350

a290 

a265 

a250 

a250 

a250

a240 

a240 

a240 

a24O 

a240 

a230

Month

Oet 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sef

VI

alendar year 19«59 ...........

ate,r year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

b230 

b240 

b240 

b245 

b240

b24O 

b240 

b240 

b290 

b700

1,050 

1,720 

2,000 

1,810 

1,310

1,080

874 

866 

1,260 

1,620

1,530 

1,150 

890 

686 

596

544 

544 

986

1,760

Mar.

1,580 

1,580 

3,260 

4,180 

3,000

1,900 

1,480 

1,220 

1,040 

898

819 

764 

717 

710 

710

671 

664 

611 

581 

566

551 

544 

522 

5O1 

458

423 

4O9 

423 

444 

451 

451

Second - 

foot-days

5,352 

5,541 

6,293

517,774

11,014 

25,181 

32,128 

87,152 

27,849 

22,546 

4,952 

2,225 

1,964

232,197

Apr.

458 

458 

544 

537 

611

633 

741 

1,240 

2,190

1,810

1,58O 

1,580 

2,100 

2,340 

2,290

1,950 

1,980 

6,3OO 

7,450 

9,480

10,400 

10,200 

6,950 

3,220 

2,390

1,950 

1,670 

1,440 

1,310 

1,350

Maximum

416 

257

241

21,700

1,350 

2.OOO 

4,180 

10,400 

1,980 

1,530 

356 

152 

175

10,400

Hay

1,220 

1,180 

1,180 

1,170 

1,110

1,260 

1,980 

1,400 

1,180 

1,070

962 

890 

834 

788

741

710 

702 

717 

749 

717

717 

725 

664 

618 

648

648 

596 

596

618 

671 

h788

Minimum

115 

146 

176

100

159 

230 

409 

458 

596 

336 

60 

36 

22

22

June

hi, 010 

hi, 530 

hi, 220 

hl,03O

h978

922

ese

898 

1,040 

1,170

1,310 

1,150 

1,010 

850 

749

671 

596 

537 

508 

5O1

486 

430 

416 

402 

382

389 

416 

389 

362 

336

July

356 

330 

306 

267 

h"?77

h-336 

hl56 

149 

138 

121

147 

153 

156 

158 

180

165 

165 

h!51 

163 

117

113 

125 

115 

107 

109

h72 

h74 

h91 

h93 

kl02 

h60

Mean

173 

185 

203

1,419

355 

868 

1,036 

2,905 

898 

752 

160 

71.8 

65.5

634

Aug.

h67 

h68 

44 

68 

85

77 

71 

68 

68 

44

43 

65 

65 

59 

49

46 

44 

152 

140 

80

36 

41 

55 

55 

55

71 

88 

148 

96 

96 

81

Pf"* Bquare 

mile

0.107 

.114 

.125

.876

.219 

.536 

.640 

1.79 

.554 

.464 

.099 

.044 

.040

.391

Sept.

81 

SO 

137 

175 

96

85 

57 

40 

82 

85

72 

56 

44 

44 

44

47 

65 

75 

56 

36

36 

22 

32 

46 

71

46 

38 

74 

67 

75

Run-off In 

Indies

0.12 

.13 

.14

11.89

.25 

.58 

.74 

2.00 

.64 

.52 

.11 

.05 

.05

5.33

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (8 p.m.) 4.450 aec.-ft. : Apr. 21 (12:30 a.m.) 10,600 sec. -ft.

of White River.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

h Discharge computed from once-daily staff gage readings.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 383

West Fork of White River at Spencer, Ind.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 39°16'49", long. 86°45'42", In sec. 29, T. 10 N., R. 

3 w., at highway bridge at Spencer, 3.3 miles upstream from McBrtdes Creek. Datum of 

gage Is 526.04 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,980 square miles.

Records avallaple.- October 1927 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July 1925 to September 1927 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1925-40), 3,196 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 22,700 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage

neigiit, 17.89 feet); minimum observed, 194 second-feet Sept. 18, 19, 23-26, 30; minimum gage height, 1.14 feet Sept. 18, 19.

1925-40: Maximum discharge observed, 50,900 second-feet May 15, 1933, Jan. 16, 

1937 (gage height, 23.2 feet); minimum observed, 162 second-feet Sept. 16, 19S6 (gage 

height, 0.89 foot).

Maximum stage known, 28.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or of no or doultful gageneignt record, which are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 24 to Sept. 30)

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.3

194

252

522

408

508

674

2.6 

5.0 

5.5

850

1,100

1,810

2,660

3,320

4,140 

5,020 

5,960 

6,990 

S,100 

9,500

15

14

15

16

17 

IS

10,500 

11,900 

13*400 

15,808 

19,200 

23,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Si

Oct.

365

386

342

342

342

342

342

542

542

342

342

342

322

322

322

322

322

322

322

504

504

504

304

304

304

342

482

508

645

61S

618

Nov.

61S

562

60S

456

452

40S

386

386

386

40S

432

456

452

408

40S

386

386

3S6

385

408

408

40S

452

408

408

408

432

40S

408

408

-

 Dec.

408

408

432

452

452

452

432

452

452

452

40S

408

40S

408

40S

see

586

386

386

5S6

386

386

386

363

363

565

365

365

365

365

322

Jan.

d320

520

540

340

350

. 550

520

310

510

310

320

340

370

460

910

2,040

2,410

2,040

1,170

S50

700

600

530

500

500

500

480

480

480

480

. 460

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1959 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1959- 10 ...........

Feb.

460

460

460

460

460

450

450

450

700

1,400

2,200

5,200

5,700

3,030

2,560

2,110

1,310

1,810

3,010

a4,000

a5,200

2,710

2,040

1,660

1,450

1,240

1,170

1,450

 1,960

_

-

Mar.

2,480

5,080

5,150

4,400

5,480

4,480

5,240

2,640

2,260

l.SSO

1,590

1,520

1,450

1,520

1,450

1.3SO

1,510

1,240

1,170

1,100

1,040

975

975

910

350

350

790

790

350

850

S50

Secondfoot-days

11,461

12,766

12,265

1,101,265

19,850

50,120

56,560

191,645

63,550

34,218

12,525

3,004

6,672

484,652

Apr.

790

790

790

790

790

613

975

1,660

2,710

3,160

2,940

4,250

4,480

4,400

4,140

3,720

6,360

12,000

13,700

20,300

22,700

13,700

14,700

12,700

S,100

5,480

4,480

3,800

5,520

3,520

-

Maxlsum

646

613

452

34,800

2,410

4,000

5,480

22,700

4,570

1,810

590

365

285

22,700

May

4,140

4,570

4,050

3,480

5,030

2,360

5,300

4,320

5,160

2,640

2,340

2,040

1,380

1,740

1,660

1,520

1,520

1,450

1,520

1,660

1,520

1,580

1,510

1,240

1,240

1,450

1,520

1,510

1,380

1,530

1,580

Minimum

504

386

<XOO

O&d,

304

510

450

790

618

1,240

562

285

222

194

194

June

1,590

1,740

1,740

1,S10

1,520

1,380

1,510

1,590

1,310

1,590

1,450

1,590

1,450

1,240

1,100

1,040

975

350

350

790

752

752

674

705

705

674

705

674

646

562

-

July

590

552

536

508

482

456

452

432

432

403

565

365

482

432

403

408

408

452

40S

386

536

365

342

542

342

522

504

304

504

504

235

Mean

570

426

396

3,017

640

1,723

1,825

6,583

2,211

1,141

404

258

222

1,524

Aug.

385

285

285

268

268

252

252

252

252

252

252

237

237

257

257

257

257

257

257

263

304

252

252

257

222

222

222

257

504

365

522

Per square 

Bile

0.124

.143

.155

1.C1

.f!5

.eso

.612

2.14

.T42

.385

.136

.CS7

.C74

.4-44

Sept.

285

268

252

237

257

257

368

252

237

237

222

257

257

222

203

203

20S

194

194

203

222

208

194

194

194

194

208

208

203

194

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.14

.16

.15

13.74

.25

.65

.71

2.39

.35

.45

.16

.10

.08

6.06

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations on West Fork 

of White River.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.

H6te>.- Stage-discharge relation affected by lee Jain. 2-14, Jan. 20 to Feb. IS.
384 WABASH RIVER BASIN

West Fork of White River at Newberry, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°55'42", long. 87°01'00", in sec. 25, T. 6 N., R.

6 W., at highway bridge at Newberry, 2.3 miles downstream from Doans Creek. Datum of

gage is 465.59 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 4,690 square niles. 

Kecoras available.- September 1928 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 12 years, 4,409 second-feet. 

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 31,800 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 19.34

reet); minimum, 248 second-feet Sept. 20, 21 (gage height, 0.60 foot).

1928-40: Maximum discharge, 65,900 second-feet Jan. 18, 1937 (gage height, 23.51

feet), from rating curve extended above 50,000 second-feet; minimum, 241 second-feet

Aug. 27, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 26.2 feet, from floodmarks, Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, 90,000

second-feet). 

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

wnich are poor.

o.s

.9

1.1

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21

307

370

511

667

942

1,330

1,S20 

2,300 

3,270 

4.240 

5,210 

7,170

10

12

14

16

18

20

9,200

12,000

15,900

20,700

26,500

36,600

0.6 248

.S 35S

1.0 490

1.3 722

Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

1.6 995

2.0 1,380

2.5 1,850

3.0 2,320

4.0 3,280

5.0 4,240

6.0 5,220

Note.- Same as preceding table above 

5.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

418 

411 

453 

425 

404

418 

404 

391 

391 

391

391 

384 

384 

391 

370

364 

364 

357 

351 

357

357 

370 

370 

370 

391

411 

453 

549 

627 

744 

701

Nov.

744 

727 

684 

627 

579

549 

526 

511 

482 

4S9

511 

519 

549 

534 

504

497 

482 

468 

482 

526

534 

526 

519 

534 

534

519 

511 

526 

511 

504

Dec.

519 

534 

526 

534 

541

526 

534 

541 

534

534

534 

519 

526 

511 

469

482 

482 

482 

475 

468

46S 

461 

461 

461 

446

439 

453 

468 

446 

440 

440

Jan.

430 

420 

430 

430 

430

420 

420 

410 

410 

410

410 

430 

480 

600 

827

1,100 

1,720 

2,690 

2,780 

a2,500

al,500 

al,150 

al.OOO 

a920 

a880

a850 

a850 

a850 

a850 

aSOO

aeoo

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V)

alendar year 19 59 ...........

ater year 1939- 40 ...........

Feb.

soo

780 

780 

780 

780

770 

770 

810 

1,000 

2,000

3,850 

5,410 

5,700 

5,000 

4,000

3,500 

3,100 

2,900 

3,200 

6,200

4,530 

3,950 

3,270 

2,690 

2,250

1,960 

1,S20 

1,820 

2,060

Mar.

2,880 

3,460 

3,950 

4,630 

6,190

6,190 

5,110 

4,050 

3,270 

8,880

2,450 

8,150 

8,060 

8,060 

8,110

8,060 

1,910 

1,770 

1,720 

1,620

1,520 

1,480 

1,3SO 

1,330 

1,280

1,210 

1,150 

1,140 

1,140 

1,170 

1,200

Secondfoot-days

13,162 

16,203 

15,274

1,738,647

28,197 

76,480 

76,520 

292,900 

130,480 

70,200 

20,654 

12,482 

9,522

762,079

Apr.

1,180 

1,150 

1,130 

1,130 

1,180

1,230 

1,230 

1,520 

3,080 

3,950

4,240 

5,990 

6,680 

6,580 

6,190

5,600 

5,900 

12,700 

19,700 

28,200

31,800 

30,200 

28,200 

24,700 

19,900

13,600 

8,350 

6,5SO 

5,600 

5,410

Maximum

744 

744 

541

49,300

2,780 

6,200 

6,190 

31,800 

9,680 

5,900 

995 

632 

505

31,800

May

7,370 

S.980 

9,6SO 

6,150 

6,290

5,220 

5,510 

6,480 

6,480 

5,020

4,150 

3,570 

3,190 

2,900 

2,710

2,610 

2,520 

2,370 

2,710 

3,670

3,360 

2,710 

2,370 

2,280 

2,280

3,480 

3,280 

3,090 

 2,710 

2,610 

2,710

Minimum

351 

468 

439

351

410 

770 

1,140 

1,130 

2.2SO 

1,080 

456 

323 

253

253

June

3,000 

3,190 

3,000 

2,900 

2,610

2,230 

2,040 

2,800 

5,220 

5,900

3,910 

3,000 

3,670 

2,800 

2,420

2,420 

1,850 

1,800 

1,610 

1,470

1,330 

1,220 

1,160 

1,330 

1,380

1,170 

1,080 

1,250 

1,330 

1,110

July

995 

930 

873 

837 

792

757 

714 

689 

656 

640

625 

656 

873 

976 

792

722 

648 

632 

625 

594

571 

556 

548 

534 

526

512 

490 

490 

476 

469 

456

Mean

425 

540 

493

4,763

910 

2,637 

2,468 

9,763 

4,209 

2,340 

666 

403 

317

2,082

Aug.

435 

428

421 

415 

408

402 

377 

371 

371 

364

364 

358 

358 

358 

346

341 

335 

335

341 

408

490 

497 

421 

371 

341

323 

335 

371 

632 

594 

571

Fer square 

mile

0.091 

.115 

.105

1.02

.194 

.562 

.526 

2. OS 

.897 

.499 

.142 

.086 

.068

.444

Sept.

505 

456 

415 

371 

346

329 

352 

358 

358

377

352 

317 

312 

306 

300

290 

274 

264 

258 

253

253 

258 

264 

264 

295

284 

258 

279 

290

< 284

Run-off In 

Inches

0.10 

.13 

.12

13.78

.22 

.61 

.61 

2.32

1.03 

.56 

.16 

.10 

.08

6.04

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (7 a.m.) 31,800 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and recopd for other 

stations on Best Pork of White River.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 30 to Jan. 14, Feb. 1-10, 14-20.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 385

White River at Petersburg, Ind.

Location.,- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38030'41", long. 87°17'17", in SWi sec. 15, T. IN., R.

 8 W., "at highway bridge 1 mile north of Petereburg. Datum of gage is 400.00 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 11,100 square miles.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 77,400 second-feet Apr. 35, 26; maxi-

 mom gage height observed, 23.27 feet Apr. 26; minimum discharge observed, 690 secondfeet sept. 24, 25, 26; minimum gage height-observed, 0.34 foot Sept. 24.

1937-40: Maximum discharge observed, 104,000 second-feet Apr. 23, 1939 (gage 

height, 24.87 feet); minimum, that of Sept. 24-26, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 29.2 feet in March 1913, from floodmarks.

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

which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, i-n feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2S, Apr. 15-27, July 26 to Sept. 20)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 26 Apr. 27 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

1,250

1,500

2,020

2,560

3,260

4,000

3.5 4,750

5,550

7,220

8,920

12,500

16,200

20,400

14 26,000

16 

IS 

20 

22 

£3 

23.5

30,000

35,600

43,900

53,000

69,900

77,400

0.3 

.6

1.2 

1.6

690

8S5

1,210

1,680

2,180

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

2,700

3,400

4,120

4,870

5,650

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

6,460

7,260

3,100

8,960

Note.-'Same as preceding table above 6.0 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6 

7 

S

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,250 

,250 

,250 

,190 

,250

,190 

,190 

1,190 

1,190 

1,130

1,130 

1,190 

1,190 

1,080 

1,080

1,130 

1,130 

1,020 

1,080 

1,080

1,080 

1,OSO 

1,OSO 

1,130 

l.OSO

1,080 

1,190 

1,190 

1,250 

1,250 

1,250

Nov,

1,310 

1,370 

1,370 

1,370 

1,310

1,310 

1,250 

1,250 

1,190 

1.250

1,250 

1,190 

1,190 

1,190 

1,190

1,130 

1,130 

1,130 

1,130 

1,190

1,190 

1,190 

1,130 

1,130 

1,080

1,130 

1,130 

1,OSO 

1,080 

1,020

Dec.

1,030 

1,080 

1,130 

1,030 

1,080

1,030 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1,130

1,080 

1,130 

1,080 

1,080 

1 080

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080

1,080 

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

1,020

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

bl.OOO 

b990

Jan.

b920 

aS60 

a640 

aSOO 

a900

al.OOO 

al,000 

al.OOO 

al,000 

1)1,050

bl.150 

1,190 

1,250 

1,500 

2,020

2,150 

2,980 

2,930 

2,340 

4,000

4,750 

4,350 

3,550 

3,260 

2,980

3.12O 

3,260 

3,260 

3,120 

3,120 

2,980

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

 Tan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

««7

Jun

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

2,840 

2,700 

2,700 

2,560 

2,560

2,560 

3,400 

3,700 

4,910 

5,230

8,410 

9,260 

11,000 

12,600 

13,200

14,700 

13,400 

9,950 

11,000 

12,300

14,500 

16,800 

16,000 

16,200 

13,400

11,000 

6,920 

3,070 

7,390

Mar.

7,050 

7,360 

11,800 

13,700 

15,100

17,000 

17,600 

16,800 

15,200 

13,200

11,200 

S,750 

7,220 

6,370 

5,710

5,710 

5,370 

5,870 

5,550 

5,230

6,070 

4,750 

4,450 

4,160 

3,860

3,700 

3,660 

3,260 

3,260 

3,120 

3,120

Seeondfoot-d«ys

35,850 

35,860 

32,930

4,577,350

69,180 

260,260 

244, 770 

864,770 

379,450 

164,380 

66,250 

39,030 

27,536

2,220,316

Apr.

2,980 

2,930 

3,120 

2,930 

2,980

2,930 

2,930 

2,340 

3,260 

4,600

6,830 

9,090 

13,600 

17,200 

18,600

13,000 

15,600 

18,900 

27,700 

40,000

43,000 

60,000 

69,900 

72,800 

77,400

77,400 

72,800 

64,600 

55,300 

49,300

JftLXlmUB

1,250 

1,370 

1,130

102,000

4,750 

16,300 

17,600 

77,400 

40,900 

8,440 

3,120 

1,560 

1,500

77,400

Hay

40,900 

33,000 

29,000 

26,200 

23,100

18,600 

15, 100 

13,000 

12,300 

12,800

11,300 

10,300 

9,290 

8,270 

7,590

7,090 

6,610 

6,290 

6,290 

6,450

7,250 

7,420 

6,930 

6,290 

5,970

6,450 

6,930 

7,250 

7,420 

6,770 

6,290

Minimum

1,080 

1,020 

990

990

800 

2,560 

3,120 

2,340 

5,970 

2,980 

1,440 

990 

690

690

June

5,970 

6,130 

6,450 

",250 

7,590

7,090 

6,130 

5,490 

5,970 

8,270

8,440 

7,760 

6,450 

7,090 

6,130

5,490 

5,330 

5,170 

4,720 

4,570

4,670 

4,270 

3,820 

3,970 

3,540

3,630 

3,540 

3,400 

3,120 

2,930

July

2,930 

3,120 

3,120 

2,340 

2,570

2,440 

2,310 

2,130 

2,180 

2,130

2,050 

2, ISO 

2,840 

2,310 

2,440

2,440 

2,180 

2,050 

1,920 

1,920

1,300 

l.SOO 

1,300 

1,680 

1,660

1,680 

1,680 

1,630 

1,440 

. 1,440 

1,440

Mean

1,156 

1,195 

1,064

12,540

2,232 

8,974 

7,896 

23,830 

12,240 

5,479 

2,137 

1,259 

918

6,066

Au,T.

1,440 

1,440 

1,380 

1,380 

1,380

1,320 

1,320 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,210 

1,260 

1,210

1,380 

1,320 

1,260 

1,210 

1,160

1,160 

1,210 

1,210 

1,260 

1,160

1,100 

990 

990 

1,100 

1,320 

1,560

Per square 

mile

0.104 

.1.08 

.096

1.13

.201 

.808 

.711 

2.60 

1.10 

.494 

.193 

.113 

.083

.546

Sept.

1,500 

1,260 

1,210 

1,100 

1,040

990 

990 

990 

990 

1,210

1,040 

1,040 

990 

385 

835

835 

785 

738 

990 

835

7S5 

738 

738 

690 

690

690 

738 

738 

738 

738

Run-off in 

Inches

0.12 

.12 

.11

15.36

.23 

.87 

.82

1.27 

.55 

.22 

.13 

.09

7.43

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Newberry and 

Shoals.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
386 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Fall Creek at Millersvllle, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°51', long. 86°05', In sec. 9, T. 16 N., R. 4

E.", at highway bridge Just south of Millersvllle, 8.5 miles upstream from mouth. Datum 

Of gage Is 722.16 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 19P.9).

Drainage area.- 327 square miles.

Records available.- April 1930 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July I92t> to September 1926 and October 1929 to March 1930 In reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1925-26, 1930-40), 255 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,290 second-feet Apr. 18 (gage height, 5.53 

reet); minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 22 (gage height, 0.92 foot).

1925-26, 1929-40: Maximum discharge, 10,300 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937 (gage 

height, 11.33 feet); maximum gage height, 11.77 feet May 14, 1933; minimum discharge, 

that of Sept. 22, 1940.

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

vwuch are poor.

Cooperation.- Qage-height record furnished by Indianapolis Water Co.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

34 

33 

32 

31 

30

31 

31 

31 

32 

31

30 

29 

29 

28 

2S

29 

29 

30 

32 

32

32

34 

30 

30 

46

46 

65 

57 

55 

50 

45

Hov.

41 

38 

37 

36 

36

36 

37 

36 

35 

40

41 

42 

44 

41 

40

40 

3S 

38 

38 

38

41 

42 

45 

45 

42

42 

41 

41 

41 

41

Dee.

44 

46 

49 

52 

44

50 

47 '45 

46 

45

44 

45 

45 

42 

44

44 

42 

42 

44 

44

42 

41 

40 

44 

47

38 

44 

39 

37 

35 

34

Jan.

33 

33 

32 

»32 

32

31 

31 

31 

31 

31

32 

33 

35 

200 

350

300 

180 

100 

60 

50

45 

48 

48 

*48 

47

45 

44 

42 

41 

41 

40

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dee

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

40 

39 

3S 

37 

37

41 

41 

37 

70 

250

400 

300 

200 

170 

150

130 

120 

190 

400 

300

200 

170 

149 

131 

113

99 

113 

386 

422

Mar.

300 

258 

321 

396 

325

247 

202 

177 

152 

131

116 

108 

116 

137 

131

116 

111 

1O2 

99 

97

94 

86 

77 

74 

72

69 

69 

72 

74 

72 

69

Seeondfoot-days

1,102 

1,193 

1,345

91,713

2,146 

4,773 

4,470 

15,361 

5,426 

3,504 

1,140 

611 

509

41,580

Apr.

67 

65 

69 

69 

65

60 

88 

214 

215 

174

15S 

228 

292 

336 

296

241 

373 

2,040 

1,620 

1,840

2,120 

1,440 

745 

588 

482

392 

321 

275 

244 

244

Maximum

65 

45 

52

3,650

350 

422 

396 

2,120 

546 

377 

49 

31 

21

2,120

May

244 

234 

222 

193 

168

342 

546 

358 

258 

209

174 

155 

143 

131 

134

134 

125 

116 

134 

140

122 

108 

97 

97 

102

111 

105 

94 

113 

140 

177

Minimum

28 

35 

34

24

31 

37 

69 

60 

94 

53 

26 

14 

14

14

June

212 

174 

149 

a!20 

alOO

a88 

84 

143 

315 

377

264 

166 

140 

111 

99

86 

77 

74 

65 

64

58 

57 

58 

58 

57

55 

58 

65 

57 

53

July

49 

46 

45 

45 

44

42 

41 

41 

41 

40

42 

42 

40 

41 

38

41 

38 

35 

35 

34

33 

34 

31 

30 

29

27 

27 

27 

26 

26 

30

Mean

35.5 

39.8 

43.4

251

69.2 

165 

144 

512 

175 

117 

36.8 

19.7 

17>.0

114

Aug.

24 

24 

25 

24 

23

21 

20 

19 

18 

18

18 

17 

15 

15 

15

14 

15 

19 

20 

18

18 

18 

18 

16 

17

17 

16 

26 

31 

26 

24

Pi^" square 

mile

0.109 

.122 

.133

.763

.217 

.505 

.440 

1.57 

.535 

.358 

.113 

.060 

.052

.349

Sept.

21 

20

19 

18 

18

17 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

15 

14 

14 

16 

18

16 

19 

21 

19 

18

Run-off In 

Inches

0.13 

.14 

.15

10.43

.24 

.54 

.51 

1.75 

.82 

.40 

.13 

.07 

.06

4.74

Peak discharge.- Apr. 18 (11 a.m.) 2,290 see.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.

Soto. - Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 27 to Feb. 22.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 387

Eagle Creek at Indianapolis, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°46«51", long. 86°14'28", in sec. 6, T. 15 N., 

R. 3 E., at highway bridge on Lynhurst Drive, 6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 170 square miles.

Records available.- November 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,860 second-feet Mar. 3 (gage height, 6.30 

feet); minimum, 0.9 second-foot Sept. 22; minimum gage height, 1.92 feet Se^t. 21, 

22.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 9,810 second-feet Mar. 12, 1939 (gage height, 10.6 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, that of Sept. 22, 1940: minimum gage height, that 

of Sept. 21, 22, 1940.

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

which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water fear October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.3 

3.1

3.1 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.1

3.3 

4.5 

5.2 

4.5 

3.9

5.2 

5.6 

6.0 

6.4 

11

26 

22 

44 

29 

20 

16

HOT.

13 

11 

10 

8.8 

8.3

8.3 

7.8 

7.3 

6.9 

8.8

11 

11 

11 

10 

10

9.4 

8.8 

8.8 

8.8 

9.4

alO 

all 

a!2 

a!2 

all

all 

all 

alO 

alO 

alO

Dec.

all 

a!4 

al8 

al6 

a!5

al4 

al3 

a!3 

a!2

a!2

all 

11 

*11 

10 

10

10 

10 

11 

11 

11

11 

10 

9.4 

9.4 

9.4

8.3 

9.5 

10 

9.0 

9.0 

9.0

Jan.

8.5 

8.0 

8.0

7.5 

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

«7.5 

8.0 

7.5

8.5 

9.0 

9.5 

200 

*300

120 

80 

60 

40 

35

35 

39 

35 

24 

20

20 

20 

21 

20 

«14 

11

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Ci

Jam 

Febj 

Har< 

Apr "ay

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

fft

ilendar year 193

iter year 1939-4

Feb.

9.5 

9.0 

9.0 

9.0 

10

12 

12 

11 

20 

200

333 

654 

376 

162 

127

104 

84 

129 

403 

245

168 

137 

151 

93 

104

97 

78 

329 

216

Mar.

223 

188 

1,180 

528 

312

212 

156 

132 

106 

91

80 

73 

85 

104 

87

78 

73 

69 

68 

66

66 

63 

58 

52 

49

47 

. 47 

52 

57 

57 

57

Secondfoot-days

260.3- 

296.4 

348.5

59,216.0

1,198.5 

4,291.5 

4,516 

8,307 

3,730 

1,093 

242.0 

81.9 

53.1

24,418.2

Apr.

54 

49 

55 

61 

51

44 

120 

412 

280 

181

159 

316 

368 

333 

245

181 

426 

1,180 

598 

1,010

613 

354 

253 

212 

172

142 

122 

104 

100 

112

Maximum

44 

13 

18

4,280

300 

654 

1,180 

1,180 

467 

93 

13 

4.9 

3.1

1,180

May

156 

238 

226 

178 

148

356

467 

219 

151 

120

102 

89 

82 

78 

78

78 

73 

68 

80 

82

69

61 

68 

61 

60

60 

60 

54 

52 

51 

71

Minimum

2.8 

6.9 

8.8

i 2.8

7.5 

9.0 

47 

44 

51 

14 

4.9 

1.8 

1.0

1.0

June

84 

69 

55 

48 

41

37 

42

69 

93

73

55 

51 

39 

34 

29

27 

26 

25 

22 

19

17 

16 

15 

17 

17

15 

15 

15 

14 

14

July

13 

12 

11 

9.4 

8.8

8.3 

7.8 

7.3 

7.3 

6.9

6.9 

7.8 

8.3 

7.8 

7.8

9.4 

8.8 

8.3 

8.3 

7.8

7.8 

7.3 

6.4 

6.0 

5.2

5.6 

6.0

7.8 

6.4 

5.6 

4.9

Mean

8.40 

9.88 

11.2

162

38.7 

148 

146 

277 

120 

36.4 

7.81 

2.64 

1.77

66.7

Aug.

4.5 

3.9 

3.3 

3.1 

3.0

2.8 

2.6 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

2.4 

4.9 

3.1 

2.8

2.1 

2.0 

2.0 

1.8 

2.0

2.1 

2.1 

2.8 

3.0 

3.1 

3.3

Per squar* 

mile

0.04P 

.05F 

.06P

.ssr

.22? 

.871- 

.85? 

1.63 

.706 

.21* 

.04f 

.016 

.010

.39F

Sept.

3.1 

2.8 

2.6 

2.6 

2.8

2.8 

2.1

2.0 

2.6 

2.6

2.1 

2.1 

l.S

1.2 

1.0

1.8 

1.3 

1.3 

1.8 

1.8

1.1 

1.0 

1.2 

1.3 

2.2

1.7 

1.3 

1.3 

1.4 

1.6

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06 

.06 

.08

12.97

.26 

.94 

.99 

1.82 

.02 

.24 

.05 

.02 

.01

5.35

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (7 a.m.) 1,860 sec.-ft.j Apr. 18 (2 a.m.) 1,590 sec.-ft.j May 7 (1 a.m.) 

1,860 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Fall Creek at Mlllersvllle.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 27 to Feb. 10. j * j (; - ,
388 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Eel River at Bowling Green, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°23'02", long. 87°01'12", in sec. 24, T. 11 N., 

R. 6 W., at highway bridge at Bowling Green, three-eighths of a mile downstream from 

Jordan Creek. Datum of gage is 548.79 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 832 square miles.

Records available.- November 1934 to September 1940. January 1931 to November 1934 at 

site near centerpoint, 5& miles downstream, published as Eel River near Centerpoint, 

Ind.

Extremes..- Maximum discharge during year, 8,640 second-feet Apr. 20 (gape height, 16.65 

feet); minimum, 20 second-feet Oct. 15-22, Sept. 23; minimum gage height, 0.51 foot 

Sept. 23.

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 18,500 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937- (gape height, 21.79 

feeth minimum, 15 second-feet Aug. 25, 26, 1936; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 

23, 1940.

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised 

as stiown in the following table. They supersede those published in water-supply papers 

indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

823.........

853.........

Water 

year

1936-37

1937-38

Date

Jan. 15

Apr. 1

Gage height 

(feet)

19.09

21.79

20.75

Discharge 

(second- feet)

12,400

18,500

16,200

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are fair, and those for periods of ice effect and no gage-height record, which are 

poor.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods in water years 1935, 1937 

to 1939 are given herein. They supersede those published in Water-Supply Papers 7C3, 

823, 853, and 873.

Day 

(water year)

1934-35

1936-37 

Nov. 4

1937-38

19

Discharge 

( second -reet )

11,800 

11,400

le,ooo

14,300

12,600 

10,900 

11,200 

10,100

Period

Water year 1934-35..... 

Calendar year 1935 .....

Calendar year 1936.....

Water year 1936-37. ....

Calendar year 1937 .....

March 1938. ..............

Water year 1937-38 ..... 

Calendar year 1938.....

Water year 1933-39.....

Day 

(water year)

1937-38

1938-39

Discharge 

(second-feet)

15,000 

10, 100 

11,400 

13,000 

9,580 

10,100 

11,200 

10,900

9,020 

8,860

Day 

(water year)

Pet

Mar

Apr

1938-39

1 a

21

Discharge In second-feet

Secondfoot-days

98, 424

257,513 

248,877

43,316

217,376

157,955

413,232

52,558

436,543

119,141 

99,773 

54,289

497, 611 

426,752

44,531 

7O,921 

83,701 

94,484

359,165

Maximum

11,800

11,800 

11,800

11,400

11,400

18,000

18,000

12, 600

18,000

11,200 

15,000 

11,200

15,000 

15,000

12,400 

8,860 

13,000 

13,000

13,000

Mean

3,175

706 

682

1,444

594

5,095

1,132

1,695

1,196

3,843 

3,326 

1,751

1,363 

1,169

1,436 

2,533 

2,700 

3,149

984

Per squan

mile

3.76

.830 

.807

1.74

.714

6.12

1.36

2.04

1.44

4.62 

4.00 

2.10

1.64 

1.41

1.73 

3.04 

3.25 

3.78

1.18

Discharge 

(second-feet)

7,050 

12,400 

13,000 

8,640 

4,680 

9,210 

12,600 

13,000 

9.450 

5,840 

5,240 

5,900

Run-off 

In 

Inches

4.33

11.32 

10.95

1.94

9.61

7.06

18.46

2.35

19.50

5.33 

4.46 

2.43

22.22 

19.05

1.99 

3.17 

3.74 

4.22

16.04
WABASH RIVER HAS III 389

Discharge, In second-feet, of Eel River at Bowling Green, Ind., 1939-40

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

35

31

27

28

27

25

24

24

25

25

28

33

37

119

765

1,020

501

369

210

150

120

100

90

70

60

50

45

40

40

40

35

35

35

35

30

30

30

30

30

150

740

1,730

1.220

865

680

428

304

246

234

932

1,580

1,040

640

482

349

336

297

228

407

800

620

842

2,230

2,280

1,180

780

580

464

383

320

285

263

282

393

362

285

246

237

226

212

203

190

178

165

150

144

144

155

183

214

206

190

178

188

254

226

180

255

1,710

1,470

820

772 

1,930 

2.O30 

1,780 

1,270

865

1,570

7,440

6,840

8,030

6,230

3,730

2,330

2,080

1,630

1,220

978

800

700

888

3,410

4,300

2,330

1,680

1,270

1,180

2,330

1,780

1,090

820

660

560

501

439

404

400

379

349

810

1,020

620

450

482

424

482

780

680

520

640

800

1,140

1,180

760

540

410

333

285

362

700

3,030

978

580

1,110

al,100

al,500

al,000

a600 

a 400 

a300 

a200 

a!50

a!30 

alSO 

a!50 

alSO 

a!90

alSO 

a350 

aSOO 

a250 

alSO

a.140 

123 

112 

106 

102

98

94

92

90

86

92

305

190

150

114

98

84

79

46

44

42

39

38

37

35

34

34

34

42

40

34

33

32

31

31

64

193

168

84

57

46

42

38

37

217

260

132

82

86

Secondfoot -days

Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

982

1,261

1,291

31.7

42.0

41.6

0.038

.050

.050

Calendar year 1939

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

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

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

April.......;.......

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

344,867 13,000 20 945 1.14 15.41

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

4,193

13,943

14,402

58,584

32,730

17,718

2,934

2,132

951

1,020

1,730

2,280

8,030

4,300

3,030

305

260

82

24

30

144

178

349

120

48

31

21

135

481

465

1,953

1,056

591

94.6

68.8

31.7

.162

.578

.559

2.35

1.27

.710

.114

.083

.038

.19

.62

.64

2.62

1.46

.79

.13

.10

.04

151,121 8,030 20 413 . 496 6.75

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (2 p.m.) 8,640 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Mill Creek near Manhattan. 

Mote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 19 to Feb. 8. Fragmentary gage-height record 

Apr. 21 to May 30; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
390 WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Mill Creek near Manhattan, Ind.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 39°29', long. 86°55', in sec. 11, T. 12 N., R, 5 W., 200 feet 

downstream from Cagle's mill, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Deer Creek, and 

5f miles south of Manhattan. Prior to Sept. 26, 1939, staff gage above mill dam and 

at datum 6.00 feet higher.

Drainage area.- 296 square miles.

Records available.- May to September 1931, May 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,020 second-feet Apr. IS (gage height, 13.40 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.0 second-feet Oct. 16, 

17; minimum gage height, 1.32 feet Sept. 16, 17.

1931, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of April 18, 1940; minimum observed, 1.2 

second-feet Sept. 27, 1939 (gage height, 1.23 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1959-40, except periods of ice effect (gage

feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 19 to June 19)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 18 Apr, le t> Sept. SO

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

a.o o o

3.0

7.1

14

26

40

8,4

8.8 

3.2

3.6 

4.0

59

107 in

252

340

460

600

900

1,240

1,600

10

11

12

2,000

2,410

2,860

3,580

1.5

1.4

1.5

Hot 

table

2.7 1.7 12 

4.1 1.9 20 

6.0 2.1 52 

j.-Sami as preceding 

'above 8.1 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 19*0

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

7 

8 

9

10

11 

18 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

82 

25 

84 

25

86 

87 

88 

89 

30 

31

Oct.

S.9

t? 

4,8 

4.3

4.1 

3.4 

5,4 

4.1

4.1 

3.4 

5.4 

5.0 

2.5

2.0 

2.8

2,6 

8.9 

5.0

5.9 

5.7 

3.9 

4.1 

4.4

4.6 

66 

69 

63 

67 

16

Hov.

12

s.e

8,6 

8,5 

7.7

7.1 

6.6

616 

7.1

7.1 

7.1 

6.6 

6.9 

7.1

7,1 

7.7 

7.7 

7.7 

7,7

7.7 

7.7 

7.7 

9.4

12

9.7 

9.1 

8.0 

8.8 

8.S

Dec.

8.5

e.s

3.8 

8.8 

9.1

9,7 

10 

9.4 

9.1

8,3 

8.0 

7.7 

7.7 

7.7

7.7 

7.7 

7.7 

7.4 

6.9

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.6

6.9 

7.1 :.i

6.6 

6.6 

6.6

Jan.

6.2 

6.2 

6.2

5.7 

5.7

5.5 

4.8 

5.3 

05,3

5.3

5.5 

5.7 

56 

587

190 

»b70 

D46 

b32 

b20

14 

13 

15 

12 

9.4

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8,0 

8.0

Month

Oct 

ROT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Sal 

Aug 

S«p

«

alendar year

6h. ..........................

ust.. ........................

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

8.0 

8.0 

3.6 

8.6 

8.6

10 

13 

IS 

880 

720

690 

540 

180 

82 

54

56 

51 

88 

570 

485

251 

IBS 

156 

121 

295

220 

231 

295 

280

liar.

884 

258 

284 

340 

280

153 

188 

100 

94 

88

69

64 

94 

136 

121

88 

82 

76 

63 

59

53

51 

48 

44 

59

55 

57 

42 

49 

68 

53

Second - 

foot-days

341.8 

241,1 

242.1

-

962.5 

5,515.8 

3,298 

20,692 

6,913 

5,635 

487.2 

795.8 

206.5

43,328.6

Apr.

51 

70 

94 

94 

88

59

107 

660 

411 

251

2S4 

690 

660 

310 

540

252 

995 

5,270 

2,780 

2,950

2,040 

1,050 

690 

660 

486

317 

248 

190 

188 

540

Maximum

63 

12

10

-

587 

720 

540 

3,270 

950 

435 

78 

163 

88

3,270

May

870 

930 

510 

387 

884

280 

517 

8W 

190 

153

114 

100 

94 

88

el

80 

80 

77 

280 

275

156 

94 

76 

78 

181

831 

171 

136 

144 

171 

880

Minium

2.0 

6.6 

6.6

-

4.8 

8.0 

55 

51 

72 

23 

5.2 

4.0 

3f l

2.0

June

242 

280

156 

100 

SI

68 

94 

865 

433

800

121 

163 

144 

273 

280

114 

78 

62 

48 

58

32 

25 

86

55 

55

26 

88 

94 

68 

33

July

83

IS 

IS 

17 

15

13 

12 

10 

10 

10

11 

28 

78 

48 

32

32

12 

12 

13 

12

10 

9.3 

8.2

6.7 

6.0

6.8 

5.4 

5.2 

5.6 

5.6 

5<+

Mean

11.0 

8.04 

7.81

-

31.0 

190 

106 

. 690 

225 

121 

15.7 

25.6 

6.88

US

Aug.

5.2 

4.9 

4,7 

4.7 

4.6

4.5

4.1 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

4,5

4.1 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

5.4 

107

156

32

15 

10 

10 

9.6

9.0 

100 

153 

65 

52 

59

Pa"* square

mile

0.037 

.087 

.086

-

.105 

.642 

.558 

2.53 

.763 

.409 

.063 

.086 

.083

.599

Sept.

28 

17 

9.6 

9.3 

9.0

8.2 

7.9 

7.7 

d7.0

5.S

5.8 

5.8 

5.6 

5.2 

4.9

5.8 

5,1 

5.8 

4.0 

4.0

5.7 

3.4 

3.1 

3.1 

4.9

6.8 

6.7 

6.7 

6.7 

6.7

Run-off In 

Inches

0.04 

.03 

.03

-

.12 

.69

.41 

£.60 

.87 

.46 

.06 

.10 

.05

5.44

* Winter discharge neaatirement made on this day.

b atsj»-dlsoharee relation affected by lea.

d Doobtfttl gaga raadlng} dlschargs oonputed on basis of records for Bel River at Bowling Qreen.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

East Fork of White River at Seymour, Ind.

391

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°58'57", Ions. 85°53'57", in sec. 7, T. 6 N.,

 R. 6 I!., 1,700 feet downstream from highway bridge, Imile north of Seymour, and 9.6 miles 

downstream from Sand Creek. Datum of gage is 550.67 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,340 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey.

 Iky 19Ji3 to September 1927 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 2,264 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 46,400 second-feet April 20 (gage height, 18.37

 feet); minimum, 138 second-feet Sept. 29, 30, minimum daily,168 second-feet S^pt. 29; 

minimum gage height, 0.73 foot Oct. 19.

1923-40: Maximum discharge, 65,600 second-feet Jan. 16, 1937 (gage height, 19.50 

feet), from rating curve extended above 37,000 second-feet; minimum, 86 second-feet 

Aug. 25, 1936 (gage height, 0.26 foot); minimum daily, 126 second-feet Aug. £7, 1936.

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

 which are poor. Regulation at low stages by power plant 1,200 feet above station.

1.1

1.3

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in

feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 20-30)

Oct. 1 to May 31 June 1 to Sept. 30

150

194

260

315

1.5 390

1.7 476

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

830

1,000

1,160

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

S.O

2,700

3,650

4,690

5,790

3.5 1,500 9.0 6,950 

4.0 1,860 10.0 S,150

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

13,700

16,500

21,100

28,600

1.9 570 4.5 2,260 12.0 10,600

1S.O 40,300 

1S.6 48,000

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1,6 

2.0

Ho 

tab!

140

176 2.6 

S.O 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

.- Same aa preceding 

above 4.6 fe»t.

291

373

468

569

790

1,050

1,410

1,810

2,850

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

SI

Oct.

2S1 

288 

288 

277 

277

279 

273 

270 

298 

266

26S 

262 

262 

254 

253

277 

268 

267 

246 

256

249 

264 

266 

246 

262

2S3 

307 

323 

385 

367 

347

Nov.

343 

333 

319 

306 

304

303 

304 

290 

2S5 

294

295 

295 

302 

308 

299

307 

301 

290 

301 

327

322 

317 

313 

321 

324

318 

324 

512 

310 

SOS

Dec.

311 

324 

319 

332 

328

334 

327 

326 

321 

SIS

316 

SOS 

308 

302 

298

304 

306 

308 

299 

299

291 

2S6 

280 

28S 

286

295 

293 

293 

287 

279 

275

Jan.

a250 

a230 

a EDO 

aElO 

a270

a350 

a350 

a360 

a350 

a360

264 

a266 

274 

560 

bl,400

bl,000 

b800 

b400 

al,000 

al,400

al.100 

a800 

a600 

b700 

aS 50

a850 

aSOO 

aBOO 

748 

708 

713

Month

Oct 

Hov

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Bar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19,

 ust........ ... .............

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

664 

620 

596 

562 

544

b700 

bl,400 

bl,100 

bl,500 

b3,000

b7,000 

6,710 

4,SOO 

3,060 

2,100

1,600 

1,360 

1,840 

8,150 

8,630

6,010 

3,450 

2,430 

1,940 

1,680

1,460 

1,300 

1,600 

2,700

Mar.

2,790 

2,700 

5,900 

6,950 

5,130

3,750 

2,880 

2,340 

1,980 

1,710

1,540 

1,360 

1,3OO 

1,300 

1,300

1,270 

1,180 

1,120 

1,090 

1,030

940 

891 

S46 

802 

766

723 

705 

698 

706 

716 

713

Secondfoot-days

8,637 

9,272 

9,434

947,283

18,952 

78,495 

57,126 

182,966 

66,010 

37,504 

12,501 

6,993 

6,861

484,061

Apr.

688 

661 

660 

621 

586

564 

572 

794 

1,090 

1,210

1,180 

3,850 

3,360 

2,880 

2,430

2,100 

2, ISO 

7,430 

10,600 

37,500

31,600 

20,000 

14,200 

9,740 

6,830

5,350 

4,360 

3,660 

3,150 

3,260

Maximum

367 

345 

334

33,700

1,400 

8,630 

6,960 

37,500 

3,660 

2,700 

776 

259 

236

37,500

Itey

3,650 

3,060 

2,700 

2,430 

2,180

2,020 

2,100 

2,700 

2,520 

2,180

1,900 

1,740 

1,680 

1,540 

1,500

1,460 

1,430 

1,360 

1,400 

1,540

1,500 

1,400 

1,300 

1,240 

1,210

1,360 

1,430 

1,330 

1,270 

1,240 

1,640

Minimum

246 

2S6

275

246

200 

544 

698 

564 

1,210 

627 

26S 

206 

16S

168

June

2,700 

8,520 

2,260 

1,810 

1,630

1,300 

1,160 

1,OSO 

1,300 

1,490

1,370 

1,410 

1,450 

1,410 

1,300

1,160 

1,050 

1,020 

910 

820

743 

676 

657 

627 

676

738 

980 

1,120 

1,300 

946

July

776 

666 

610 

564 

540

604 

 488 

484 

472 

423

412 

450 

432 

416 

410

394 

384 

371 

369 

346

332 

346 

324 

306 

310

290 

289 

284 

268 

26S 

268

Mean

279 

309 

304

2,696

611 

2,707 

1,643 

6,099 

1,507 

1,250 

413 

226 

195

1,323

Au{(.

252 

254 

260 

2S9 

250

238 

246 

249 

258

214

230 

P54 

226 

P06 

219

P08 

207 

F09 

P26 

P22

P10 

P19

roe 

roe 

roe

roa 

ros rie

F22 

PIS 

F34

Per squaremile

0.119 

.132 

.130

1.11

.261 

1.16 

.788 

2.61 

.772 

.534 

.176 

.097 

.083

.666

Sept.

215 

210 

236 

214 

214

212 

200

201 

202 

213

206 

186 

201 

202 

201

191 

186 

192 

186 

194

1S1 

174 

178 

178 

191

192 

180 

182 

16g 

175

Run-off in 

inches

0.14 

.15 

.16

15.07

.30 

1.25 

.91 

2.91 

.89 

.60 

.20 

.11 

.09

7.70

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (4 p.m.) 46.400 sec.-ft. 

S_Bo Rage-height record; discharge computed on baais of weather records and records fiat SnoaXs.

b Stage-dlsoharge relation affected by lee. 

461678 O - 42 - 26
392 WABASH RIVER BASIN

East Fork of White River near Bedford, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°49'33", long. 86°30'48", in NWi sec. 34, T. 5 N., 

K. 1 w., at bridge on U. S. Highway 50, 2 miles south of Bedford and 2.9 miles upstream 

from Salt Creek. Datum of gage is 469.20 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Prior to Feb. 6, 1940, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 4,000 square miles.

Records available.- May 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 50,200 second-feet Apr. 23 (gage height, 29.96 

reet); minimum daily, 210 second-feet Sept. 20-24.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 23, 1940; minimum daily, that of Sept. 20- 

24, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good above 15,000 second-feet and poor below. Gage read twice dally 

to Feb. 5. High-water records obtained to supplement those for station at Shoals. 

Stage-discharge relation at low and medium flows affected by power plant near Williams, 

15 miles below station; discharge below 2,000 second-feet computed on basis of records 

for stations at Seymour and at Shoals.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

S

10

11

15

16

13

19

20

21

25 

24 

25

26

27

29 

30

Oct.

 »

1

> 400

I

'

410

390

3SO

360

360

360

380

380

I 400

'

Nov.

..

1

> 400

1

'

400

3SO

}

360

^

I 370

f

)

 )

\ 3SO

> 410

j

-

Dec.

420

440

450

410

420

420

420 

420

400

420

370

370

370

3SO 

380

3SO

350

3SO

390

370

350

350 

350 

360 

370

350

380

390 

390 

390

320

Jan.

260

250

230

240

350

400

450 

450

450

450

450

450

450

650 

1,500

1,000

900

450

1,600

1,900

1,100

900 

750 

840 

960

960

840

900 

SOO 

760

740

Month

Decembers .......................

Calendar year ...........

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

Water year 1939-4

Feb.

740

720

710

700

690

SOO

1,500 

1,200

1,700

3,400

4,200

4,700

6,000

3,400 

3,500

6,400

4,900

4,500

6,580

3,230

9,620

10,200 

9,860 

S,340 

6,470

4,780

3,480

S,280 

3,4SO

-

Mar.

4,380

5,590

7,350

8,560

9,500

9.S60

9,500 

8,780

7,680

5,920

4,180

3,030

2,710

2,S90 

3,180

3,480

3,080

2,620

2,350

2,120

1,940

1,900 

1,720 

1,680 

1,540

1,460

1,460

1,420 

1,420 

1,340

1,420

Secondfoot-days

11,960

-

7,765

901,995

Apr.

1,3SO

1,460

1,500

1,420

1,260

1,180

1,260 

1,480

1,810

2,120

2,440

5,280

7,570

S.450 

8,010

7,240

6,470

7,900

13,500

20,600

24,100

40,000 

48,800 

44,800 

37,200

30,200

23,600

17,200 

12,800 

9,9SO

-

Maximum

450

_

350

48,800

Bay

8,900

S,7SO

8,230

6,800

5,230

4,380

3,7SO 

3,280

3,130

3,230

3,030

2,620

2,440

2,920 

2,120

1,990

1,360

1,360

1,900

2,100

2,300

2,200 

2,200 

2,100 

2,000

2,100

2,200

2,600 

2,400 

g,200

2,100

Minimum

320

-

210

210

June

2,300

2,500

3,000

3,500

2,300

2,400

2,200 

1,900

1,800

1,700

1,700

1,900

1,900

1,900 

1,300

1,700

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,800

1,600

1,300 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100

1,100

1,200

1,200 

1,200 

1,200

Ju]y

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,000

900

800

750 

740

680

640

620

630

800

740 

640

620

530

560

560

540

540

520 

480 

450 

470

470

420

400 

400

400

400

Mean

336

-

259

2,464

Aug.

400

380

360

360

360

360

360 

360

360

360

330

340

330

340 

400

350

310

350

320

SOO 

280 

270 

270

265

290 

310 

310

310

Pe~ square

mile

.096

_

448

.065

.616

Sept.

310

300

290

270

310

300

230 

270

260

280

350

300

270

260 

260

250

240

220

210

210

210 

210 

210 

250

250

250 

250 

230

Run-off in 

inches

.11

.11

-

.07

3.38

Peak dlscharge.- Apr. 23 (4 p.m.) 50,200 sec.-ft.

Hote.- Ho gage-height record Feb. 3, 4, May 20 to Sept. 30, and undefined stage-discharge relation 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2; discharges computed on basis of records for stations at Seymour and Shoala. Stagedischarge relation affected by ice Feb. 5-18.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

East Fork of White River at Shoals, Ind.

393

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°40'02", long. 86°47'32", in sec. 30, T. 3 N 

R. 3 w., at highway bridge at Shoals,400 feet above Baltimore and Ohio R. R. bridge 

and 1 mile upstream from Beaver Creek. Datum of gage is 442.25 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 4,940 square miles.

Records available.- June 1903 to July 1906, October 1908 to September 1916 and October 

isze to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. June 1923 to September 

1926 in reports of Indiana Department of Conservation. Gage-height records collected 

at same site since May 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau

Average discharge.- 17 years (1923-40) 5,361 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 52,400 second-feet Apr. 25 (gage height, 28.97 

feet); minimum, 159 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage-height, 1.74 feet).

1903-6, 1908-16, 1923-40: Maximum discharge, about 136,000 second-feet Mrr. 28, 

1913 (gage height, 42.2 feet); minimum, 44 second-feet Oct. 6, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good. Low flow regulated by power plant 17 miles above station.

cooperation.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gago-helght, in fset, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 4, F»b» 13-26, Apr. 12 to Hay T)

1.7

1.9

2.1

2.4

2.7

3.0

3.4

145

224

329

532

780

1,060

1,530

3.S

4,2

4.6

5

6

7

S

2,110

2,340

3,640

4,460

6,500

8,400

10,200

9

11

13

16

17

19

21

12,000

15,400

IS ,500

21,400

24,000

26,900

30,100

23

24

25

86

27

28

29

33,700

35,80Q

38,200

41 ,OOO

44,800

48,000

52,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50 

31

Oct.

571

418

459

445

466

452

452

459

432

466

452

385

41S

459

503

295

391

432

379

360

391

510

335

313

425

393

481

528

393

418 

445

Nov.

445

466

439

425

439

452

411

439

439

425

405

432

445

366

379

393

393

379

496

405

474

39S

372

452

452

432

432

432

432

439

Dec.

466

503

517

439

439

445

452

439

413

459

445

348

398

439

413

510

372

416

439

391

372

372

360

385

398

372

425

432

452

488 

439

Jan.

253

366

211

273

532

632

632

532

693

391

391

693

638

693

1,530

966

966

459

1,950

2,460

1,170

1,280

780

371

1,060

1,060

371

966

671

693 

693

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 3 ...........

Feb.

610

730

780

730

632

745

1,670

1,290

2,130

3,640

4,250

4,360

6,760

9,350

9,710

7,700

5,150

4,660

6,430

8,960

10,900

11,300

11,300

9,520

7,300

5,390

4,210

3,840

3,840

-

Mar.

4,290

5,250

7,480

9,340

10,700

11,000

10,300

9,790

3,690

6,930

5,100

4,000

3,310

2,940

3,140

3,440

3,440

3,040

2,840

2,650

2,460

2,250

2,060

1,880

1,800

1,620

1,500

1,430

1,430

1,360 

1,230

Second - 

foot-days

13,341

12 >798

13,250

2,123,891

25,270

147 f 7S7

137,240

474,930

133,450

62 ,330

23,667

11,504

9,260

1,064,327

Apr.

1,390

1,360

1,400

1,430

1,390

1,250

1,190

1,630

2,230

3,240

3,640

6,340

9,540

10,700

9,690

7,560

5,200

6,400

16,300

26,800

29,900

33,300

42,900

51,200

50,500

45,100

38,200

30,200

20,600

14,400

Maxima

571

496

517

55,900

2,460

11 Jooo

51,200

12,300

4,14O

1,650

572

613

51,200

May

12,300

12,000

11,100

9,070

7,190

5,340

5,090

4,560

4,250

4,250

4,140

3,740

3,240

2,940

2,650

2,650

2,370

2,260

2,460

2,650

2,650

2,340

2,740

2,460

2,180

2,280

2,560

3,040

2,840

2,650 

2,460

Minimum

295

566

348

295

211

632

11 on

2. ISO

1,170

405

207

174

174

June

2,460

2,650

3,940

4,140

3,640

2,S40

2,460

2,160

2,160

2,060

1,900

2,140

2,110

2,140

1,930

1,900

2,080

1,880

1,340

2,230

1,900

1,540

1,270

1,260

1,300

1,230

1,320

1,200

1,170

1,330

July

1,530

1,650

1,300

1,170

1,060

390

880

371

763

736

668

771

947

966

693

676

652

618

610

602

610

618

632

474

540

632

496

405

459

459 

439

Mean

430

427

427

5,335

815

5 > 096 

4,427

15,330 

4,305

2,073

763

371

309

2,909

A-*.

439

445

335

398

39S

379

379

391

406

445

341

391

335

427

572

391

360

341

360

385

366

360

366

234

207

220

312

329

354

360 

379

Per square 

mile

0.087

.086

.086

1.13

.165

 39*1

3.20

.371

.421

.154

.075

.067

.589

Sept.

379

360

312

295

360

329

341

329

263

360

445

341

316

290

284

234

613

348

295

273

244

185

174

239

318

284

279

290

279

194

Run-off in 

Inches

0.10

.10

 10

16.03

.19

1.11

1.03 3 58

iloo

.47

.18

.09

.07

8. O2

Peak discharge.- Apr. 25 (1 a.m.) 52,400 sec.-ft.

Hote.- Discharge Jan. 4 to Feb. 5 computed from once-daily wire-weight gage readings.
394 WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Flatrock Creek at St. Paul, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°25', long. 85°38', in sec. 10, T. 11 N., R. 

s E., 400 feet downstream from highway bridge, half a mile southwest of St. Paul, and 

li miles downstream from Mill Creek.

Drainage area.- 303 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 316 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,860 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 7.69 

^eet); minimum, 0.9 second-foot Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.15 foot).

1930-40: Maximum discharge observed, 16,600 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937 (gage height, 

13.0 feet); minimum discharge, 0.5 second-foot Aug. 7, 9, 1931.

Remarks.- Records good above 20 second-feet and fair below except those for periods of 

ice effect, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 19S9 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

10 

12 

IS 

IS 

11

9.3 

8.7 

S.2 

8.7 

11

11 

12 

10 

8.7 

S.2

8.7 

11 

IS 

13 

11

S.7 

9.3 

8.7 

IS 

16

28 

39 

69 

41 

S4 

26

HOT.

26 

21 

19 

20 

18

IS 

IS 

17 

18 

18

22 

23 

23 

22 

20

22 

20 

21 

21 

21

24 

26 

24 

26 

26

26 

25 

22 

21 

21

Dec.

23 

27 

SO 

34 

SI

31 

28 

28 

21 

26

26 

24 

27 

26 

25

26 

25 

24 

24 

26

84 

22 

22 

22 

26

19 

22 

22 

22 

20 

22

Jan.

20 

16 

14 

12 

*1S

18 

22 

20 

28 

28

26 

28 

28 

400 

660

650 

360 

ISO 

100 

160

ISO 

100 

70 

60 

66

60 

48 

48 

44

38 

SO

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V*

alendar year 1959 ...........

y.j... .......................

ater year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

30 

2S 

30 

25 

26

400 

1,000 

500 

1,000 

1,400

1,450 

1,100 

776 

424 

S2S

287 

224 

1,250 

2, ISO 

1,000

476 

S2S 

219 

184 

148

120 

176 

660 

482

Mar.

482 

580 

1,260 

1,110 

720

502 

386 

817 

258 

214

179 

152 

152 

165 

162

144 

1S2 

124 

120 

111

9S 

95 

89 

82 

77

74

n

84 

87 

68 

S2

Secondfoot-days

494.2 

643

778

124,308,3

3,296 

16,089 

8,168 

27,801 

6,562 

6,S25 

971 

375.1 

145.2

71,142.5

Apr.

79

72 

70 

66 

63

67 

70 

136 

203 

170

202 

560 

548 

424 

364

298 

424 

1,720 

3,540 

6,000

4,600 

,2,080 

1,150 

860 

699

654 

431 

861 

311 

806

»*«.

69 

26 

34

8,020

650 

2,180 

1,260 

6,900 

802 

797 

74 

83 

IS

6,900

Peat discharge.- Feb. 18 (S p.m.) 4,020 aec.-ft; Apr.

May

881 

263 

252 

214 

179

207 

361 

287 

230

184

160 

144 

132 

128 

136

132 

120 

114 

165 

166

1S2 

117 

111 

111 

120

148 

124 

128 

148 

S02 

776

Minimum

8.2 

17 

19

6.6

12 

25 

63 

67 

111 

66 

12 

4.4 

1.3

1.3

20 (10 a.m

June

797 

674 

380 

1369 

214

179 

162 

170 

208 

275

463 

823 

241 

174 

16O

132 

111 

101 

S9 

82

74 

66 

88 

160 

108

116 

197 

198 

136 

89

July

74 

63 

55 

50 

47

44

41 

89 

36

36

36 

86 

S4 

34 

34

SO 

28 

25 

25 

24

23 

19 

19 

18 

20

17 

16 

IS 

IS 

12 

12

Mean

16.9 

21.4 

24,9

S41

106 

556 

26S 

910 

212 

211 

31.8 

12.1 

4.84

194

Aug.

11 

10 

9.8 

43 

85

25 

16 

12 

9.S 

8.7

7.6 

7.1 

6.7 

6.4 

6.0

6.8 

4.7 

6.9 

S.2

11

11 

S.7 

7.1 

6.8 

6.0

6.0 

6.4 

7.1 

7.6 

6.7 

IS

p>i- square 

mile

0.052 

.071 

.082

1.18

.360 

1.8S 

.868 

3.00 

.700 

.696 

.103 

.040 

.016

.640

Sept.

IS 

9,5 

7.6 

7.1 

7.1

5.4 

6.0

4.0 

6.0

6.4

6.8

6.4 

6.4 

4.7 

4.0

8.7 

8.7 

4,0 

8.7 

8.2

2,3 

1.6 

1,3 

1.9 

S.O

2.0 

6.0 

6.2 

5.0 

4.4

Run-off In 

inches

0.06 

.08 

,09

15.26

.40 

1,97 

1.00 

3.85 

.81 

.78 

.12 

.05 

.02

8.78

) 7,860 sec. -ft; Hay SO (6 p.m.)

2,880 sec,-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

Hotgi- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 24, 25, 27, 28, Dec. 30 to Feb. 12.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 395

Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°46', long. 85°49', In sec. 23, T. 4 N., R. 6 E., 

at> ondge on U. S. Highway 31, 2 miles north of Austin and 4 miles upstream from 

Stucker Creek. Datum of gage Is 513.96 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929). Auxiliary chain gage at Slate Ford Bridge, 3 miles upstream, since Aug. 1, 

1940.

Drainage area.- 368 square miles.

Records available.- August 1932 to Septenter 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,100 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 24.96 

reetj; minimum observed, 0.8 second-foot Sept. 23.

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 25,100 second-feet Jan. 15, 1937; maximum gag<? height, 

26.60 feet May 14, 1933; minimum discharge observed, that of Sept. 23, 1940.

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 100 second-feet and those affected by Ice, 

which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to, September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

35

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

2.8 

3.1 

1.9 

1,9 

2.0

1.4 

1.5 

2,0 

2.0

> 2.0 

2.0 

> 2.0

2.0 

2.0

I 8.0

2.6 

2.6 

2,6

HOT.

2.6 

2.5 

2.5 

2.3 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

3.6

4.0 

4.3 

4.3 

3.2 

2.6

2.6 

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.8

4.5 

4.7 

4.0 

5.1 

5.1

5,1 

4.7 

4.5 

4.1 

4.0

Dec.

4.5 

6.9 

6.4 

6.6 

6,4

6,2

6.0 

5.7 

5.7 

5.6

5.4 

5,3 

5.2 

5.1 

5.5

6.0 

6.3 

5.S 

5.4 

5.6

5.7 

5.4 

5,4 

5.2 

5.0

4.8 

4.6 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

Jan.

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4,0 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.5 

20 

60 

ISO

232 

129 

SI 

60 

50

45 

40 

35 

30 

25

20 

20 

20 

18 

IS 

IS

Month

Oct 

Kov

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1929 ...........

atsr year 1939-4

Feb.

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

ISO

eoo

680 

337 

347

1,230 

1,090 

555 

316 

204

144 

123 

412 

2,200 

2,650

1,540 

798 

483 

302 

232

197 

185 

295 

465

Mar.

1,800 

3,990 

2,670

1,090 

611 

409 

267 

190

159 

147 

302 

671 

492

295 

218 

1S3 

169 

153

138 

126 

117 

108 

105

99 

99 

96 

93 

99 

153

Second - 

foot-days

64.4 

10S.3 

169.7

187,485.3

1,143.5 

15,S3S 

15,737 

55,071 

6,202 

4,993 

533.6 

62.9 

382.4

100,305.8

Apr.

1S3 

159 

129 

111 

99

90 

90 

150 

295 

253

276 

2,150 

2,740 

1,190 

590

353 

402

1,810 

4,170 

16,700

12,600 

4,420 

1,740 

1,100 

838

651 

519 

409 

309 

545

Maximum

5.1 

6.9

15,600

232 

2,650 

3,990 

16,700 

1,000 

601 

73 

4.2 

53

16,700

May

1,000 

564 

345 

337 

225

190 

169 

211 

190 

144

129 

117 

105 

99 

99

99 

99 

93

117 

166

185 

132 

105 

96 

102

147 

129 

166 

267 

218 

159

Minimum

2.3

4.5

-

3.0 

15 

93 

90 

93 

62 

2.6 

1.0 

.8

.8

June

433 

585 

211 

153 

126

105 

90 

105 

108 

190

211 

185 

120 

141 

190

144 

218 

601 

295 

153

111 

90 

78 

108 

96

SI 

73 

66 

62 

66

July

73 

52 

38 

30 

25

21 

20 

17 

16 

15

15is is

17 

15

15 

14 

13 

12 

12

12 

11 

10 

9.0 

8.0

7.0 

6.3 

5.0 

4.0 

3.0 

2.6

Ms an

2.08 

3.61 

5.47

514

36.9 

546 

508 

1,836 

200 

166 

17.2 

2.03 

12.7

274

Av*.

2.3 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2,0

2.1 

2.3

8.2 

2.1 

2.1

2.6 

4,2 

3.8 

2.6

2.1

1.6 

1.4 

1.5 

1.5 

1.2

1.2 

1.1 

1.2 

1.0 

1.0

1.2 

l.S 

2.5 

2,7 

2.6 

2.7

Sept.

8.8 

53 

40 

20 

12

10 

3.2 

7.6 

8.2 

7.6

4,5 

3.4 

2.5

s«o

1.4

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

,9 

.8 

1.0 

10

46 

43 

42 

28 

15

Par squaro 1 Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.0057 

.0098 

.015

1.40

.100 

1.48 

1.36 

4.99 

.543 

.451 

.047 

.0055 

.035

.745

0.007 

.01 

.02

IS. 96

.12 

1,60 

1.59 

5.57 

.63 

.50 

.05 

.006 

.04

10.14

Peak discharge.- Mar. 4 (3 p.m.) 4,800 sec.-ft; Apr. 20 (1 p.m.) 21,100 sec.-ft.

Mote.- Intake action faulty Oct. 1 to HOT. 7, Dec. ^0-16; discharge computed on basis of occasional chain- gage readings and records for Vernon Fork at Vernon and Blue RlTer near White Cloud, Stagedischarge relation affected by Ice Dec. 24 to Jan. 15, Jan. 19 to Feb. 7. Stage-dlsohar.^e relation 

seriously affected by shifting earth dam Oct. 15, 22, July 23-31; discharge computed on basis of 

records for Vernon Fork at Vernon and Blue RlTer near White Cloud. Discharge Nor. S to Dec, 90 computed on basis of twice-daily readings of staff gage at site half a mile upstream, that for Aug. 1 

to Sept. 30 computed on basis of twice-daily readings of auxiliary chain gage.
396 WABAStt RIVER BASIN 

Vernon Fork at Vernon, Ind.

Locati on.-Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°57', long. 85°37', in sec. 10, T. 6 N., R. 8 E.,

 at bridge 1 mile southwest of Vernon and 2 miles downstream from confluence of North 

and South Forks. Prior to Jan. 14, 1940,staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 208 square miles.

Records available.- November 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 14,700 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height,

 20.va feet); no flow at times during August and September.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 20 second-feet, and those for periods of ice 

errect or no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage-height, in feet,

and discharge, in seoond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Dec. 22, July 10 to Sept. 30}

Got. 9 to Apr. 12-

0.4 0.1

.5 .5

.7 2.2

1.0 8.0

1.5 37

2.0

3

4

6

8

Apr. IS to Sept. 30

120- 2.5 270 S 3,680 16 10,200

456 3 480 10 5,200 IS 12,000

960 4 1,000 12 6,800 20 14,000

2,120 6 2,260 14 8,400 21 15,000

3,500 Mote.- Same as preceding table below 2.2

feet 

Discharge, In second-feet, water yaar October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

to.i

t.l

Nov.

1.0 

.7 

.6 

a. 6 

a. 5

.6 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4

al.6 

al.2 

1.0 

.8 

a. 7

.6 

.4

a.4 

a.4 

1.4

1.9 

1.7 

al.V 

1.7 

1.7

al.4 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.0

Dec.

1.0 

a3.0 

a4.0 

3.4 

3.3

6.9

5.6 

4.6 

4.1

3.6 

2.7 

a2.6 

a2.5

a2.4 

a2.4 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3

2.3

a£.2

Jan.

a2.1 

2.0 

al.8 

1.6 

1.6

al.4 

al.2 

1.1 

 1.1

2.0 

alO 

*400 

*300

*100 

*75 

a50 

a30 

s20

al4 

alO 

7.4 

S.4 

13

9.8 

8.0 

7.1 

7.1 

7.1 

6.9

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

atsr year

Feb.

6.3 

*6.3 

6.1 

6.1 

6.6

600 

#480 

184 

166

440 

«267 

170 

127

107 

96 

2,110 

1,390 

514

314 

581 

137 

120 

127

109 

118 

392 

360

liar.

210 

652 

3,240 

1,030 

376

228 

167 

127 

107 

94

82 

68 

166 

207 

127

100 

82 

75 

92 

84

66 

68

49 

47 

41

39 

38 

39 

41 

46 

73

Becondfoot-days

28.9 

91.6

-

1,101.9 

11,320.4 

7,851 

26,550 

3,522 

2,828 

176.1 

.1 

8.6

-

Apr.

71 

56 

54 

48 

40

35 

39 

336 

220 

134

744 

1,650 

377 

824 

163

127 

1,040 

2,190 

7,500 

7,790

1,610 

485 

289 

262 

183

149 

130 

66 

68 

490

Maximum

1.9 

6.9

-

400 

2,110 

3,240 

7,790 

732 

335 

41 

.1 

2.3

May

289 

171 

144 

US 

96

147 

218 

154 

102 

7S

66 

53

47 

41 

41

45 

42 

37 

71 

158

88 

46 

40 

39 

48

109 

116 

71 

SB 

57 

732

Minimum

0.4 

1.0

-

1.1 

6.1 

38 

36 

37 

11 

.2 

0 

0

-

June

341 

158 

105 

73 

52

41 

35 

66 

104 

147

57 

36 

27 

53 

335

82 

61 

70 

56 

31

20 

15 

12 

11 

55

62 

1S7 

260 

199 

75

July

41 

26 

20 

14 

11

9.1 

7.1 

5.6 

5.0 

4.1

3.3 

4.1 

4.8 

4.4 

a3.4

a2,5 

al.8 

1.4 

al.2 

al.O

a. 9 

a.S 

a.7 

a. 6 

a.S

a.4 

a.4 

a.S 

a.S 

a.2 

.2

Mean

0.96 

2.95

-

35.5 

390 

253 

885 

114 

94.3 

5.68 

.003 

.29

-

Aug.

0.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0

£8

Per square

mile

0.0046 

.014

-

.171 

1.S7 

1.22 

4.25 

.548 

.453 

.027 

.000014 

.0014

-

Sept.

0 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

0

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

.2

2.1 

2.3 

1.4 

1.0 

a. 8

Run-off in 

 Inches

0.006 

.02

-

.20 

2.02 

1.40 

4.75 

.63 

.51 

.03 

.00002 

.002

-

Pea£ discharge,- Anrll 19 (11 p.m.) 14,7OO sac. -ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Result of discharge measurement.

a No gage-height record, discharge computed on basis of records for Kuscatatuck Hirer near Austin. 

Mote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 8-12, 14, 17, Peb. 6,7.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 397

Salt Creek near Peerless, ind.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 38°56'35", long. 86 030'38", In 

NWt sec. 22, T. 6 N., R. 1 W., at Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Ry. bridge, 1£ 

miles north of Peerless and 18.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 609 square miles.

Records available.- February 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Apr. 22 (gage height, 30.06 

reetj; minimum, 0.7 second-foot Aug. 18; minimum gage height observed, 0.54 foot Nov. 18

1939-40: Maximum discharge,. 14,700 second-feet Apr. 18, 1939 (gage height, 30.92 

feet); minimum, that of Aug. 18, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 10 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

effect or incomplete gage-height record, which are poor. Concrete control completed

Discharge,,In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IB 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.2 

5.6 

5.1 

3.9 

2.7

2.3 

2.0 

1.9 

1.4 

1.4

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

1.1 

1.2

1.0 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

1.0 

1.2

2.4 

25 

28 

33 

32 

25

Nov.

20 

17 

15 

14 

25

40 

37 

30 

14 

30

26 

21 

16

14 

8.0

5.6 

4.5 

3.9 

3.5 

4.5

6.0 

10

11 

7.7 

B.O

6.8 

5.4 

4.4 

3.6 

3.0

Dec.

4.5 

5.2 

4.8 

4.2 

3.6

3.0 

2.3 

1.7 

1.5 

1.3

1.7 

2.2 

3.3 

3.8 

4.7

4.1 

2.8 

3.2 

3.7 

3.4

3.2 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

*2.9

2.9 

3.4 

3.1 

2.8 

2.8 

2.9

Jan.

2.6 

2.5 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0

1.8 

1.7 

1.8 

1.7 

1.8

2.2 

2.2 

3.3 

b50 

*b60

*30 

b26 

b20 

b!6 

b!3

b!2 

bll 

b9.0 

7.8 

7.0

6.8 

5.7 

5.5 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

Month

Oct 

Bov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Peb.

5.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.0 

5.5

22 

*62 

30 

b70 

b200

bl80 

b!60 

b!50 

b!40 

b!35

b!30 

b!25 

b!20 

 1,110 

2,110

1,130 

700 

464 

338 

268

229 

222 

296 

492

Mar.

595 

550 

917 

2,050 

1,470

700 

478 

366 

275 

210

172 

150 

160 

166 

216

210 

172 

178 

248 

236

210 

172 

143 

121 

101

88 

82 

78 

79 

81 

76

Secondfoot-days

190.4 

414.9 

98.0

-

322.7 

8,909.4 

10.750 

75,860 

16,011 

2,785 

482.1 

51.6 

119.0

115,994.1

Apr.

73 

70 

65 

61 

54

50 

62 

436 

1,280 

908

831 

2,630 

3,380 

2,860 

1,230

715 

685 

2,830 

4,680 

7,320

10,600 

cll,400 

08,420 

05,430 

03,570

02,330 

01,470 

01,160 

0650 

0610

Maximum

33 

40 

5.2

-

60 

2,110 

2,050 

11,400 

2,520 

3C4 

69 

6.6 

19

11,400

May

1,820 

2,520 

1,910 

1,210 

822

640 

550 

464 

380 

324

262 

216 

190 

160 

154

154 

146 

141 

216 

380

464 

331 

242 

190 

178

248 

408 

422 

345 

282 

242

Minimum

0.9 

3.0 

1.3

-

1.7 

5.0 

76 

50 

141 

24 

2.1 

.8 

1.1

.8

June

246 

310 

324 

242 

178

141 

120 

154 

124 

108

84 

74 

64 

53 

50

49 

50 

51 

42 

38

34 

30 

26 

31 

35

26 

24 

24 

25 

26

July

23 

19 

19 

19 

17

13 

10 

8.8 

7.8 

6.6

7.0 

27 

53 

69 

43

28 

20 

16 

12 

9.S

8.8

7*.0 

5.7 

5.2

5.2 

4.2 

3.4 

2.8 

2<5 

2.1

Mean

6.14 

13.8 

3.16

-

10.4 

307 

347 

2,530 

516 

92.8 

15.6 

1.66 

3.97

317

Av«.

1.6 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.9 

1.0

.8 

.8 

.8 

1.0 

1.1

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.0

1.0 

1.4 

3.4 

4.S 

6.6 

6.6

Per square 

mile

0 010 

.023 

.005?

-

.017 

.504 

.570 

4.15 

.847 

.152 

.026 

.0027 

.006f

.521

Sept.

3.4 

19 

IB 

9.2 

5.7

4.6 

3.6 

2.9 

2.5 

2.5

3.4 

4.2 

3.3 

2.7 

3.6

3.6 

3.3 

2.6 

2.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

1.2

1.4 

3.8 

2.8 

2.0 

1.6

Run-off In 

Inches

0.01 

.03 

.006

-

.02 

.54 

.66 

4.63 

.98 

.17 

.03 

.003 

.007

7.09

Peak discharge.- Apr. 22 (6 a.m.) 12,400 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 14, 15, 17-23 and Peb. 9-18.

c Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from East Pork of White River; discharge computed 

on basis of seven discharge measurements.

Note.- No gage-height record Nov. 1 to Dec. 23; discharge computed on basis of occasional readings 

of temporary staff gage 50 feet below recorder, weather records, and records for East Perk of White 

River near Bedford.
398 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Patoka River near Prlnceton, ind.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 38°23'30", long. 87°32'55", In JSJEiNWi sec. 32, T. 1 S., R. 10 

w., 75 feet upstream from dam of Prlnceton Water & Light Co., 270 feet upstream from 

bridge on State Highway 65 , half a mile downstream from Indian Creek, 2 miles northeast of Prlnceton, and 3 miles upstream from station at Patoka.

Drainage area.- 829 square miles.

Records available.- December 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 8,600 second-feet Apr. 27 (gage height, 

17.60 feet); minimum observed, 0.9 second-foot Aug. 14.18, Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.72 

foot).

Remarks.- Records good above 15 second-feet and fair below. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, Dec. 1, '1939, to September 30, 1940, except period of Ice effect (gage 

. height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 1-31)

9

1.0

1.1

0.6

8.2

22

40

62

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

86

143

216

318

425

3.0 

3.5

4.0

564

678

802

940

1,070

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

1,300

1,520

1,920

2,350

2,870

14.0

15.0

16.0

16.8

17.6

3,640

4,200

5,240

6,620

8,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

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

51

Oct.

*

Nov.

v

Dec.

14

15

14

15

25

31

29

22

19

16

14

14

11

12

12

12

12

11

12

9.4

8.2

7.1

5.8

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

9.4

8.2

Jan.

7.1

5.8

5.5

3.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

5.8

11

140

318

435

772

993

1,070

1,070

940

324

173

122

94

81

b65

b45

b40

34

29

Month

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

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

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

Hay.............................

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

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

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

Water year

Feb.

29

25

25

25

29

51

207

346

742

1,070

1,470

1,620

1,700

1,760

1,800

1,900

2,050

2,050

2,090

2,170

2,240

2,260

2,260

2,240

2,220

2,200

2,200

2,260

2.280

-

Mar.

2,260

2,240

2,310

2,350

2,380

2,400

2,380

2,350

2,240

1,960

1,390

625

425

356

302

263

234

225

454

464

502

440

373

296

225

184

163

156

156

166

156

Second - 

foot-days

400.7

6,805.4 

41,319

50,425

85,184

53,790

2 ,211. 6

346.3

726.3

-^

Apr.

150

140

131

125

113

102

97

125

143

318

520

1,320

1,540

1,620

1,680

1,720

1,820

2,170

2,670

3,300

3,640

4,140

4,720

5,880

7,280

8,320

8,600

8,040

7,280

7,280

-

VajdsiuBi

31

1,070

2 ,280

2,400

8, 600

7,040

383

415

51

86

-

May

7,040

6,240

5,560

4,640

4,270

3,950

3,640

3,340

3,040

2,640

2,000

993

399

244

176

169

150

137

173

192

£80

302

258

215

239

492

529

564

606

606

506

Minimum

5.8

3.0

25

156

97

137

29

8.2

0.9

0.9

-

June

383

318

234

180

150

131

102

97

81

606

464

199

119

79

62

67

64

192

215

137

97

76

64

49

47

36

32

29

32

29

-

July

29

29

22

22

16

14

11

9.4

9.4

8.2

9.4

62

Si

220

415

324

184

119

108

76

58

38

31

22

27

116

74

36

21

12

8.2

Aug.

8.2

5.8

36

51

36

21

14

9.4

8.2

7.1

3.9

3.0

2 '.92

.9

.9

.9

14

15

12

5.8

3.9

5.6

8.2

8.2

5.8

11

21

9.4

5.8

11

Hean *",£?* 

12.9 0.016

220 .265

1 405 1 Y2

OPT T In VOX JL.tJ.S3

2)839 3.42

1,735 2.09

146 . 176

71.3 .OS6

11.2 .014

24.2 .029

-

Sept.

86

84

67

60

40

29

22

18

14

36

32

32

62

40

24

16

11

8.2

5.8

5.8

3.9

2.2

3.9

.9

2.2

4.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

-

Run-off In 

Inches

_

_

0.02

.31

1. 85

1.36

3. 82

2.41

.20

.10

.02

.03

-

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 599

Patoka River at Patoka, Ind.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 38°24', long. 87°35', In sec. 25, T. IS., R. 11 w., at bridge

on u. S. Highway 41 at Patoka, 15.6 miles (revised) upstream from mouth. Dafrni of gage

Is 387.87 feet above mean sea level (Indiana State Highway bench mark). 

Drainage area.- 843 square miles.

Records available.- August 1934 to September 1940 (discontinued). 

Discharge.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,460 second-feet Apr. 27 (gage height, 21.74

reet, rrom graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.0 second-foot Oit. 18, 21:

minimum gage height observed, 0.56 foot on Oct. 18.

1934-40: Maximum discharge observed, 18,700 second-feet Jan. 26, 1937 (gage height,

26.80 feet); minimum observed, 0.4 second-foot, Aug. 31, 1936: minimum gage h3lcht.

0.28 foot Sept. 12, 1936. 

Remarks.- Records good above 300 second-feet and fair below except those for per'od of Ice

errect, which are poor. Gage read once dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gaj

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 16 to Dec. 12)

;e-helght, In f-<9t,

Oct. 1 to Dec. 12

0.6 

.7

1.0

1.2 

1.4

1.4 

3.3 

5.S 

8.7

12

22

35

0.5 

.6

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

Dec. 13 to Sept. 30

0.5

1.4

2.8

4.4

8.5

14

23

36

53

97

19S

495

827

1,180

11 

14 

17 

IS

19

20

21

1,570

2,230

3,120

3,510

4,120

5,220

7,060

Discharge, in second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Daj

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

8.1 

6.4 

6.7 

7.5 

7.0

5.0 

4.8 

5.0 

5.3 

3.S

2.2 

l.S 

l.S 

1.6 

1.6

1.3 

1.3 

1.0 

4.3 

2.9

1.0 

1.4 

2.0 

2.7 

3.6

12 

15 

20 

14 

11 

26

Hov.

17 

14 

13 

12 

10

9.0

7.2 

7.8 

9.7 

10

13 

12 

10 

9.7 

9.7

12 

16 

18 

22 

32

27 

25 

22 

22 

21

18

16 

16 

11 

11

Dec.

20 

27 

20 

16 

22

30 

22 

IS 

14 

14

13 

12 

11 

12 

12

12 

13 

13 

12 

12

12 

12

13 

12 

11

10 

S.O 

8.0 

9.0 

10 

9.0

Jan.

S.O 

7.5 

7.5 

5.5

4.0

4.0 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

4.0 

6.0 

13 

150 

300

450 

SOO 

1,000 

1,050 

1,080

900 

500 

250 

150

110

90 

70 

50 

40 

35 

32

Month

 let 

Sov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

liar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

H

alendar year 193 g

ater year 1939-

Feb.

30 

2S 

26 

28 

35

70 

200 

350 

700 

968

1,390 

1,430 

1,450 

1,650 

1,770

1,920 

2,040 

2,060 

2,090 

2,180

2,210 

2,260 

2,230 

2,230 

2,130

1,990 

2,060 

2,260 

2,330

liar.

2,260 

2,210 

2,280 

2,360 

2,390

2,410 

2,390 

2,330 

1,990 

1,490

,793 

759 

447 

371

311

282 

26S 

326 

416 

495

463 

431 

401 

268 

240

19S 

172 

172 

185 

198 

185

Secondfoot-days

188.1 

453.1 

439.0

494,552.0

7,130.5 

40,115 

29,491 

84,151 

55,149 

4,762 

2,541 

331.4 

512.2

225,263.3

Apr.

166 

152 

140 

133 

121

103 

103 

97 

97 

103

356 

1,150 

1,470 

1,610 

1,650

1,690 

1,810 

2,110 

3,020 

3,300

3,560 

4,040 

4,630 

5,730 

7,260

8,260 

3,460 

8,060 

7,460 

7,260

Maximum

26 

32 

30

7,940

1,OSO 

2,330 

2,410 

8,460 

7,260 

657 

527 

50 

73

8,460

May

7,260 

6,4SO 

5,550 

4,300 

4,280

3,900 

3,510 

3,230 

2,980 

2,700

2,090 

1,220 

591 

296 

212

198 

198 

172 

254 

311

296 

282 

282 

240 

296

431 

591 

623 

674 

691 

511

Minimum

1.0 

7.2 

8.0

1.0

3.5 

26 

172 

97 

172 

35 

10 

1.3 

1.2

1.0

June

401 

326 

268 

193

172

152

146 

140 

159

657

447 

212 

121 

80 

72

64 

58 

226 

166 

152

91 

80 

80 

57 

54

33 

35 

40 

35 

35

July

35 

32 

2S 

25

22

16 

15 

14 

12 

10

10 

91 

35 

326 

416

527 

185 

121 

103 

70

64 

33 

30 

24 

30

121 

31 

24 

17 

13 

11

Mean

6.07 

15.1 

14.2

1,355

230 

1,383 

951 

2,805 

1,779 

159 

82.0 

10.7 

17.1

615

Aug.

9.F.

10 

39 

50 

33

22 

12 

11 

10 

7.8

8.1 

4.8 

3.S 

3.1 

2.8

1.5 

1.3 

2.0 

13 

9.5

6.5 

4.2 

5.0 

6.5 

5.7

4.4 

S.3 

15 

9.5 

3.3 

9.S

Per square

mile

0.0072 

.018 

.017

1.61

.273 

1.64 

1.13 

3.33 

2.11 

.159 

.097 

.013 

.020

.730

Sept.

43 

73 

50 

42 

30

19 

16 

12 

10 

30

22 

2S 

27 

25

16

11 

9.0 

6.3 

4.6 

3.9

2.7 

2.0 

1.5 

5.5 

5.0

4.1 

3.3 

2.4 

1.7 

1.2

Run-off In 

Indies

O.OOS 

.02 

.02

21.62

.31 

1.77 

1.30 

3.71 

2.43 

.21 

.11 

.01 

.02

9.92

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 20 to Feb. 9.
400 WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38 U 38'10", long. 88 U 17'40" in SEi sec. 3, T. 2 N., R. 

8 E., at highway bridge at Wilcox, Clay County, a quarter "of a mile downstream from 

Big Muddy Creek. Datum of gage is 392.10 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,130 square miles.

Records available.- August 1914 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 26 years, 789 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,830 second-feet April 21 (gage height, 

19.90 feet); minimum observed, 1.4 second-feet Sept. 28 (gage height, 2.16 feet).

1914-40: Maximum discharge, 16,300 second-feet (estimated) Aug. 22, 1915; minimum 

observed, 0.3 second-foot, Aug. 3, Sept. 1, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 800 second-feet and those for psriods of ice 

effect, which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table

2.3 3.0

2.4 4.7

2.6 9.0

2.8 19

water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and dlecbarge in second-feet) 

3.0 5 £16 10 1,020 18

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

66

113

163

£16 

337 

485 

650

1,020

1,430

1,670

2,570

3,680

5,980

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7.P 

7.4 

7.2 

6.7 

6.3

6.9 

6.7 

5.7 

5.9 

6.1

5.7 

5.1 

4.9 

4.7 

4.4

4.0 

3.5 

3.7 

4.2

4.7

4.5 

4.7 

4.4 

5.1 

5.9

6.7 

7.2 

6.3 

4.9 

4.7 

4.2

Nov.

6 ,? 

7.6 

6.3 

5.3 

5.9

7.6 

9.0 

6.7 

6.9

6.7

7.6 

7.2 

6.3 

B.5 

7.6

8.1 

18 

14 

12 

13

12 

9.8 

8.1 

8.1 

8.1

8.1 

7.6 

7.6 

7.6 

6.9

Dec.

17 

18 

12 

9.8 

*8.8

8.1 

7.8 

8.1 

7.6 

7.2

6.7 

7.8 

8.5

7.8 

7.6

7.8 

7.6 

7.6 

7.2 

6.7

6.3 

6.7 

7.2 

7.6 

7.6

7.4 

7.6 

8.3 

8.8 

blO 

b8

Jan.

7.6 

b7 

b6 

b5 

b5

b5 

b5

b5 

*b5 

b5

b6 

8.1 

20 

133 

227

205 

183 

173 

183 

183

133 

104 

86 

72 

61

50 

46 

39 

41 

42 

42

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

e

ater year 1939-

Feb.

40 

45 

44 

43 

45

47 

47 

50 

54 

95

324 

616 

616 

425 

337

324 

298 

261 

868 

1,410

1,410 

1,180 

582 

324 

163

133 

194

599 

868

Mar.

704 

440 

410 

1,390 

1,620

1,450 

633 

285 

153 

163

113 

36 

410 

925 

1,100

887 

410 

249 

261 

273

227 

173 

153 

118 

95

86 

77 

82 

95 

104 

100

Secondfoot-days

165.6 

254.5 

265.2

318,109.7

2,092.7 

11,442 

13,222 

56,103 

37,471 

5,157 

437.3 

828.0 

250.8

127,693.1

Apr.

113 

90 

77 

77 

72

86 

128 

351 

365 

285

425 

1,900 

2,770 

2,450 

1,690

668 

1,220 

2,920 

4,400 

5,380

5,830 

5,230 

5,080 

5,080 

3,680

2,920

1,450 

722 

395 

249

Maximum

7.4 

18 

18

8,720

227 

1,410 

1,620 

5,830 

5,230 

963 

40 

143 

61

5,830

May

2,870 

4,320 

4,780 

4,240 

4.7SO

5,230 

4,240 

2,050 

1,020 

455

311 

194 

173 

163 

173

143 

133 

123 

143 

216

285

238 

163 

108 

100

95

108 

128 

173 

183 

133

Minimum

3.5 

5.3 

6.3

3.5

5 

40 

36 

72 

95 

46 

6.3 

5.1 

1.4

1.4

June

113 

108 

100 

86

77

64 

58 

50 

143 

324

337 

365 

963 

633 

273

153 

113 

82

72 

68

72 

61 

50 

68 

113

261 

173 

77 

54 

46

Jul7

40 

34 

27 

23 

21

19 

18 

16 

15ir

11 11

9.4 

11.0 

9.8

9.B

1? 

15 

1*

IS 

11 

11 

9 0 

9 0

8 3 

8 1 

6 7 

6 7 

7 2 

6 3

Mean

5.47 

8.48 

8.55

872

67.5 

395 

427 

1,870 

1,209 

172 

14.1 

26.7 

8.36

349

Aug.

5.5 

5.5

7.2 

23 

47

30

13 

8.5 

7.8 

7.6

6.7 

6.3 

5.7 

5.1 

5.1

9.0 

25 

68 

104

143

61 

39 

27 

13 

11

8.8 

7.6 

6.7 

5.9 

20 

95

Pe~> square 

mile

0.0048 

.0075 

.0076

.772

.060 

.350 

.378 

1.65 

1.07 

.152 

.012 

.024 

.0074

.309

Sept .

61 

4V 

26 

19 

16

11 

8.1 

8.3 

5.9 

4.0

3.7 

3.3 

3.3 

2.7 

2.5

2.2 

S.2 

2.5

z'.s

2;1 

2.0 

1.8 

2.0

1.6 

1.6 

1.4 

1.6 

1.5

Run-off In 

inches

0.01 

.01 

.01

10.48

.07 

.38 

.44 

1.85 

1.23 

.17 

.01 

.0? 

.01

4.22

* Winter discharge measurement made or. this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
WABASH RIVER BASIN 401

Little Wabash River at Carmi, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°03'40", long. 88°09'35", near center of Ei sec. 

25, T. 5 S., R. 9 E., at Possum Bridge, 2£ miles downstream from Carmi and 7f miles 

downstream from Skillet Fork. Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 1939, wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum. Auxiliary gage is water-stage recorder at highway bridge in Cam! since 

Nov. 14. 1939. Datum of gage is 339.91 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929). Former gage at site 3 miles upstream. Datum of gage was 341.4 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 3,090 square miles.

Records ayallable.- October 1908 to December 1912 (gage heights only), October 1939 to 

September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge, 11,600 second-feet Apr. 25, 26; maximum gage height, 26.67 

feet May 1; minimum discharge, 7.4 second-feet Sept. 29, 30; minimum gage height, 0.75 

feet Sept. 16.

Maximum stage known, 36.23 feet in January 1937.

Remarks.- Records good except those for Oct. 1 to Nov. 8 and July 13 to Sept. 30 arid those 

for period of Ice effect, which are fair. Wire-weight gage read twice daily Oct. 1 to 

Nov. 9,

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

1

e

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

32 

23 

34 

25

26 

27 

28 

69 

30 

31

Oct.

17 

18 

18 

16 

20

20 

20 

20 

20 

SO

16 

16 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

16 

20 

24 

20 

16 

14

Nov.

14 

16 

15 

15 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

20 

20 

19 

19 

20

20 

20 

20 

22 

30

30 

29 

32 

35 

35

33 

30 

28 

26 

26

Dec.

30 

33 

34 

35 

36

46 

54 

50 

44 

39

35 

31 

30 

23 

26

25 

26 

25 

25 

25

25 

24 

25 

30

30

29 

31 

30 

29 

28 

27

Jan.

26

25 

24 

23

23 

23 

23 

22

23

25 

27 

241 

318

461 

676 

b715 

b608 

b427

D306 

b238 

b203 

153 

120

96 

75 

61 

52 

46 

40

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Har 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

36 

36 

33 

32 

33

38 

36 

39 

67 

243

593 

830 

1,020 

1,100 

1,070

930 

774 

1,630 

3,730 

4,680

5,030 

5,000 

4,840 

4,370 

3,400

2,260 

1,930 

2,110 

2,400

Har.

2,510 

2,460 

2,220 

2,210 

2,410

2,810 

2,930 

2,690 

2,170 

1,490

1,090 

936 

741 

541 

726

1,630 

1,900 

1,630 

1,270 

9S9

758 

646 

575 

470 

381

316 

269 

242 

235 

229 

230

Secondfoot-daya

506 

672 

989

-

5,147 

45,494 

39,706 

156,102 

134,167 

6,344 

1,265 

1,035 

464.2

398,891.2

Apr.

245 

251 

249 

241 

222

190 

214 

299 

503 

746

1,020 

2,270 

3,530 

4,120 

4,480

4.510 

4,160 

4,710 

6,870 

9,460

9,890 

10,200 

10,300 

11,300 

11,600

11,600 

11,400 

11,200 

10,900 

10,900

Maximum

24 

35 

54

-

715 

5,030 

2,930 

11,600 

10,900 

1,040 

164 

69 

40

11,600

Hay

10,900 

10,700 

10,400 

10,300 

10,200

10,100 

9,830 

9,510 

9.O3O 

6,490

7,960 

7,100 

5,990 

4,550 

2,740

1,100 

522 

381 

352 

350

356 

338 

364

407 

411

414 

393 

304 

247 

214 

214

Minimum

13 

14 

24

-

22 

32 

229 

190 

214 

66 

20 

19 

7.4

7.4

June

236 

251 

231 

19S 

162

147 

151 

147 

171 

307

160 

235 

503 

492 

609

1,040 

784 

500 

331 

238

160 

124 

100 

91 

64

77 

68 

96 

224 

2S5

July

164 

139 

69 

67 

52

44 

36 

33 

30 

28

26

S7 

30 

41

51 

44 

35 

30 

27

25 

25 

23 

23

22

ZZ 

21 

22 

20 

20 

20

Mean

16.3 

22.4 

31.9

-

166 

1,672 

1,261 

5,270 

4,326 

278 

40.8 

33.4 

15.5

1,090

 tug.

23 

22 

21 

20

20

21 

21 

19 

20 

25

30 

29 

26 

25

24

22 

21 

35 

33 

25

20 

20 

51 

69 

79

59 

46 

66 

57 

39 

27

Per square 

mile

O.OOE3 

.0072 

.010

-

.054 

.541 

.415 

1.71 

1.40 

.09C 

.013 

.011 

.0050

.353

Sept.

20 

17 

15 

16 

33

40 

35 

26 

24 

21

IS 

16 

13 

12

11

10 

10 

11 

10 

9.4

10 

10 

10 

11 

12

9 4 

9 0 

8 3 

7 4 

7 6

Run-off In 

Inches

0.006 

.008 

.01

-

.06 

.53 

.43 

1.90 

1.61 

.10 

.02 

.01 

.006

4.79

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
402 WABASH RIVER BASIN

Skillet Fork at Wayne City, 111.

Location.- Water-Stage recorder, lat. 38°21'10", long. 88°35'20", In SWi sec. 7, T. 2 S., 

R. 6 TO., half a mile downstream from highway bridge, 1 mile north of Wayne City, and 24 

miles downstream from Brush Creek. Datum of gage Is 383.4 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929). Prior to Oct. 5, chain gage at site half a mile upstream, 

with datum 380.4 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 475 square miles.

Records -available.- June 1928 to September 1940. August 1908 to December 1912 and June 

1914 to September 1921 at site at Southern Ry. bridge li miles downstream.

Average discharge.- 19 year.s (1914-21, 1928-40), 399 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,420 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 19.25 

feet); no flow on several days In September (gage height, 0.15 foot).

1908-12, 1914-21, 1928-40: Maximum discharge observed, 15,800 second-feet Aug. 22, 

1915; no flow at times In 1908, 1936, 1937, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-4O (gage height, In feet, and discharge, Ir second-feet) 

Oct. 1-4 Oct. 5 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

3.38 O

3.4 .4

3.5 1.0

0.3

.4

.5

.6

.7

.8

1.0

0.2

.3

 5

2.2

8.0

14

27

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

5.0

8.0

12.0

62

103

152

202

402

702

1,2OO

15.0

16.5

1S.O

19.5

21.0

1,95O

2,550

3,7OO

7, ISO

11,820

0.16

2

3

1.3 

3.9

0.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

16

34

64

103

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 1.7 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

O.5 

.5

.4 

.4 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2

.2 

.3

.4 

.5 

.9 

.8 

.8 

.7

HOT.

0.6 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5

.4 

.7

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.9 

1.0

1.7 

1.7 

1.4 

1.4 

3.4

3.4 

2.8 

2.2 

2.2

1.7

1.7 

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

Dec.

3.9

12 

9.8 

3.9 

2.2

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7

1.4 

1.2 

1.0 

l.O 

.9

.9 

.8 

.8 

.8

.7

.7 

.7 

.8 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

Jan.

1.7 

1.2 

.9 

.9 

1.0

.7 

.7 

.8 

.8 

.8

1.0 

1.7 

3.4 

78 

282

217 

101 

47 

37 

21

12 

5.1 

2.2 

1.4 

1.0

.8 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4 

.4

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19:

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

0.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.5

.7 

1.2 

3.4 

6.8 

33

72 

120 

152 

132 

86

67 

50 

134 

843 

1,200

1,000 

642 

332 

182 

147

92 

98 

362 

512

Mar.

442 

237 

302 

799 

966

602 

212 

111 

78 

56

43 

34 

52 

572 

682

352 

137 

94 

122 

113

117 

84 

57 

42 

33

26 

21 

20 

22 

32 

34

Secondfoot-clays

11.2 

38.8 

65.8

141,256.4

823.4 

6,270.2 

6,494 

31,675.8 

9,245.7 

673.6 

61.3 

6.17 

1.39

55,367.36

Apr.

33

30. 

24 

18 

14

9.8 

13 

116 

152 

117

212 

1,160 

1,500 

1,20O 

542

187 

780 

2,700 

3,35O 

6,100

5,220 

3,260 

2,230 

978 

662

412 

217 

127 

87 

145

Maximum

0.9 

3.4

11,500

282 

1,200 

966 

6,180 

2,510 

227 

12 

.4 

.3

6,180

May

1,240 

2,510 

2,470 

1,690

147

92 

SS 

54 

44

37 

32 

28 

24 

22

19 

17 

15 

15 

18

24 

21 

18 

18 

17

15 

14 

13 

11 

11 

8.7

Minimum

0.2 

.4 

.7

.2

.4 

.4 

20 

9.8 

8.7 

2.6 

.4 

.04 

0

0

June

7.4 

6.S 

5.7 

5.2 

4.7

4.3 

3.9 

3.2 

2.9 

2.6

2.9 

8.0 

70 

227 

84

43

38 

27 

19 

13

8.7 

6.2 

5.2 

4.7

4.7

4.3

13'" 

27 

18

Jvly

12 

8.0 

5.2 

3.9 

3.2

2.6 

1.9 

1.5 

1.3 

1.8

1.1 

1.3 

1.2 

1.0 

.9

1.5 

1.9 

1.3 

1.2 

1.8

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.8

.7 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4

Mean

0.36 

1 29 

2ilE

387

26.6 

216 

209 

1,056 

298 

22.5 

1.98 

.199 

.046

151

Aug.

0.4 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.2 

.2 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2

.1 

.04 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.07 

.1 

.2 

.4

Per square 

mile

0.00076 

.0027 

.0045

.815

.056 

. 45S 

.440

.627 

.047 

.0042 

.00042 

. 000097

.318

Sept.

0.3 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1

.08 

.07 

.06 

.05 

.04

.04 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.02

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Run-off In 

Inches

O.0009 

.003 

.005

11.06

.06 

.49 

.51 

2.48 

.72 

.05 

.005 

.0005 

.0001

4.33

Note.- Ho gage-height record Aug. 28 to Sept. 30j discharge computed on basis of recorded range In 

stage and records for Little Wabaah River at Wllcox, 111.
SALINE RIVER BASIN 403

Saline River near Junction, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37041'5EB , long. 88°16'00", In NEi sec. 36, T. 9 

S., R. 8 E., at Island Ripple Bridge, Et miles southwest of Junction, 4 miles downstream from North Fork, and 13f miles upstream from mouth. Auxiliary water-stage 

recorder 3t miles downstream at Eagle.Ripple Fork, 200 feet downstream from Eagle 

Creek. Datum of each gage is 320.72 feet above mean sea level (general adjistment 

of 1907).

Drainage area.- 1,040 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 second-feet Ifey 5; maximum gage-height, 

33.83 feet May 1; minimum discharge, -4,310 second-feet; minimum gage height, 1.03 

feet Oct. 15. Maximum and minimum discharges affected by backwater.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods for which fall was less than 0.10 foot, 

which are poor, and those Interpolated or for which shifting-control method was used, 

which are fair. Backwater from Ohio River produces varying discharge to the extent 

of reversing the flow of the stream under extreme conditions. Discharge from February to May was Influenced by this effect.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e 

e

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4.6 

4.6 

3.7 

3.1 

2.8

2.3

2.6 

24 

5.6 

2.6

1.7 

1.7 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0

1.4 

1.4 

1.7 

1.7 

2.0

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6

2.6 

9.0 

27 

16.3 

10.4 

12.9

HOT.

9.5 

9.0 

7.3 

6.2 

4.6

4.0 

4.6 

4.6 

t 4.6 

4.6

6.8 

9.0 

10.4 

7.3 

5.6

4.0 

4.0 

5.6 

12.9 

33

48 

21 

16.3 

10.4 

9.0

7.3 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2

Dec.

5.6 

6.8 

7.8 

9.0 

8.4

6.8 

5.6 

5.1 

5.6 

5.6

5.1 

6.2 

5.6 

4.6 

4.6

4.6 

5.1 

5.6 

6.2 

5.6

5.1 

4.6 

5.6 

7.8 

10.4

11.2 

11.2 

8.4 

9.0 

9.0 

8.4

Jan.

8.4 

7.3 

6.2 

5.6 

5.6

5.6 

5.6 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1

7.S 

22 

42 

615 

1,120

467 

187 

66 

45 

29

17.2 

11.2 

9.5 

9.0 

8.4

7.3 

6.8 

6.2 

5.6 

5.6 

5.1

Month

Octc 

Hove

Dece

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May

June 

Jul: 

Aug\ 

Sept

fft

ilendar year

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

5.6 

6.S 

7.3 

7.8 

9.0

29 

94 

76 

103 

348

1,120 

1,720 

1,120 

796 

e!21

e209 

e318 

3,600 

7,050 

7,900

8,300 

6,640 

4,270 

1,980 

e422

9-3,130 

eS86 

2,300 

2,020

Mar.

1,310 

2,510 

3,700 

1,950 

e-555

e-1,400 

el, 130 

e-2,540 

e-1,900 

e-1,070

el, 090 

2,780 

3,200 

3,610 

3,310

2,300 

1,580 

1,980 

5,350 

4,700

2,800 

1,440 

586 

233 

e85

215 

e!22 

e77 

153 

725 

866

Secondfoot -days

160.9 

294.4 

210.2

-

2,752.3 

49,823.5 

40,337 

70,646 

70,747 

3,539.5 

2,625.5 

388.0 

60.4

241,589.7

Apr.

339 

263 

262 

e532 

e960

1,590 

el,350 

el,5SO 

el, 470 

el, 460

3,9SO 

5,550 

5,520 

3,080 

1,700

el, 380 

1,870 

4,470 

7,700 

8,870

9,550 

8,660 

5,810 

3,420 

el,870

eO 

e-2,940 

e-4,250 

e-2,500 

e-2,900

Maximum

27 

48 

11.2

-

1,120 

8,300 

5,350 

9,550 

10,100 

567 

880 

101 

3.4

10,100

May

5,120 

6,760 

7,960 

8,950 

10,000

10,100 

6,850 

8,600 

1,730 

724

258 

313 

138 

101 

89

80 

63 

58 

66 

68

52 

42 

37 

39 

80

174 

113 

68 

52 

46 

ell

Minimum

1.0 

4.0 

4.6

-

5.1 

-1,130 

-2,540 

-4,250 

11 

4 

1 

2.3 

1.1

-4,250

June

e!3 

e44 

e35 eie

e211

e4S8 

e567 

e533 

e494 

384

681 

681

126 

42 

80

40 

50

68 

64

e25

e46 

639 

e!7

66

e7

633 

e47 

52 

9.0 

9.5

July

6.8 

1S.O 

el 

650 

91

68 

22 

4.6 

4.0 

4.6

13.8 

880 

666 

453 

240

26 

14.6 

10.4 

7.8 

6.2

5.1 

4.6 

4.0 

4.0 

3.7

3.4 

2.8 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.3

Mean

5.19 

9.81 

6.7S

-

as. e

1,718 

1,301 

2,355 

2,282 

118 

84.7 

12.5 

2.01

660

Aiog.

2.3 

S.4 

36 

13. S 

7.3

4.6 

3.4 

3.4 

3.7 

3.7

5.1 

6.2 

5.1 

4.6 

3.4

9.0 

13.8 

11.2 

27 

101

48 

18 

8 

4 

3

3 

4 

3 

3 

15 

6

 Sept.

3 

3 

3.4 

2.S 

2.6

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.0 

2.0

1.9 i.e

1.7 

1.6 

1.5

1.4 

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

2.0 

1.7

1.7 

3.1 

2.8 

2.3 

2.3

Per squar" 1 Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.005C 0.006 

.009* .01 

.006f .008

-

.085 .10 

1.65 1.78 

1.25 1.44 

2.26 2.53 

2.19 2.53 

.113 .13 

.081 .09 

.012 .01 .ooir .002

.635 8.64

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite.

Hote.- Ho gage-height record July 13-15, Aug. 19 to Sept. 2, Sept. ll-lS} disoharg-j computed 

on basis of gage-relation curve and Interpolation. Figures of monthly mear Discharge and runoff 

In Inches for period February to May affected by changes In channel storage caused by backwater 

from Ohio River.
404 TRADEWATER RIVER BASIN

Tradewater River at Olney, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. SVlS'SS", long. 87°46'45", at highway bridge at Olney, 

HopKins County, 1.1 miles upstream from Cave Creek, 5.1 miles downstream from Flynn 

Creek, and 9& miles northeast of Princeton. Datum of gage is 362.80 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 255 square miles.

Records available.- August and September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 153 second-feet Aug. 20 (gage height, 3.55 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow Sept. 8; minimum gag's height observed, 

1.18 feet Sept. 8.

Maximum stage known, 19.27 feet from floodmarks, in January 1937 (discharge, 17,000 

second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, Aug. IS to Sept. 30 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 18, 19)

1.15

1.2

1.25

1.3

1.35

1.4

1.5

1.6

0.6

.9

1.8

3.2

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

4.9

7.2

10

14-

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

E.6

18

23

34

47

ST.9 72

?.2 IDS

7.6 160

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1P40

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct. NOT. Dec. Jan.

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

W

alendai* year

ust 18-:

ater year

PeD. liar.

Secondfoot-days

233.3

4.1

-

Apr.

Maximum

82

.5

-

May

UlnljBUm

0.6 

0

-

June Jul"

Mean

16.7 

.14

-

Aug.

« _

1.8 

1.6 

80

82 

36 

15 

6.9 

3.2

2.1 

1.4 

1.0 

.9 

.8 

.6

Pe" square 

Bile

0.065 

. 00055

-

Sept.

0.5 

.4 

.3 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

0 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.0006

-
TRADEWATER RIVER BASIN 405

Tradewater River near Dalton, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°16'35". long. 87°47'40", at Wilson Bridge, on line 

between Hopkins and Caldwell Counties, It miles upstream from Donaldson Creek, 2.5 miles 

southwest of Dalton, Hopkins County, and 7.5 miles west of Beulah. Prior to Aug. 16, 

1940, chain gage at same site and datum. Datum of gage is 351.78 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 284 square miles.

Records available.- June 1928 to September 1931, October 1937 to September 1940 

( discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,250 second-feet Apr. 21 (gage height, 17.3 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow on many days in October, November, 

 and September.

1928-31. 1937-40: Maximum discharge, 4,150 second-feet Jan. 10, 1930 (gage height, 

20.52 feet); no flow on many days in 1938, 1933, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 24.10 feet Jan. 22, 1937, from floodmarks (discharge, 17,500 

second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 20 to Dec. 26)

0.7

.75

.8

.85

.9

.95 

1.0

1.05

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5 

1.7

1.6

2.1

3.1

4.4

5.9

7.6

12

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

2.9 

3.6 

4.6 

6.0

25

35

52

87

149

251

26)

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

16.7

17.3

422

630

878

1,180

1,610

1,900

2,250

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.2 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

.1

.4

.2

.1 

.1

Nov.

0.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

.1 .1 .1 .1 .1

.1

0

.1

.4

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

Dec.

0.3 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.4 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.5

.4 

.5 

.6 

.5

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.6 

.6

.5 

.5 

.6

1.3 

1.4

2.1 

3.1 

3.0 

3.0 

3.1 

b2.t

Jan.

b2.2 

bl.8 

b2.1 

b2.0 

tfbl.O

bl.l 

bl.5 

bl.8 

bl.6 

bl.4

bl.9 

b2.5 

12 

355 

619

432 

170 

87 

b36 

b24

b!8 

b!5 

b!2 

b9.5 

b8.0

b7.0 

b6.0 

b5.2 

b4.9 

*b4.8 

U4.8

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 1959 ...........

ater year 1939-40 ...........

Fell.

b4.8 

b4.9 

b5.0 

b5.5 

b7.0

b2S 

b54 

b!20 

b210 

307

522 

699 

667 

963 

1,020

963 

79S 

1,090 

1,370 

1,640

1,760 

1,800 

1,720 

1,580 

1,350

1,010 

597 

442 

422

Mar.

359 

2S3 

837 

1,150 

1,240

1,290 

1,370 

1,370 

1,170 

723

512 

1,090 

1,410 

1,610 

1,760

1,760 

1,630 

1,520 

1,310 

1,050

759 

462 

462 

198 

156

135 

129 

129 

163 

368 

675

Secondfoot-clays

2.7 

2.0 

29.9

151,488.1

1,851.1 

21,179.2 

27,130 

25,097 

7,532 

927.6 

5S.S 

563.3 

9.S

34,333.4

Apr.

785 

641 

404 

233 

227

177 

135 

123 

111 

99

256 

906 

1,150 

1,150 

948

553 

575 

1,020 

1,370 

1,720

2, ISO 

2,130 

2,000 

1,300 

1,520

1,220 

735 

404 

219 

156

Maximum

0.4 

.4 

3.1

2,900

619 

1,300 

1,760 

2,180 

1,020 

105 

S.2 

93 

1.3

2,130

May

571 

978 

1,020 

1,010 

772

413 

219 

149 

111 

93

77 

67 

54 

45 

41

35 

32 

30 

33 

26

25 

25 

25 

43 

169

462

413 

267 

156 

99 

72

Minimum

0 

0 

.2

0

1.0 

4.8 

129 

99 

25 

4.6 

.4 

1.9 

0

0

June

54 

43 

35 

2S 

23

20 

34 

67 

60 

33

26 

22 

16 

15 

20

35 

25 

45 

56 

105

57 

30 

20 

15 

12

8.3 

7.1 

5.S 

5.3 

4.6

July

'3.9 

3.5 

3.3 

2.'s.9 

1.8 

1.8 

1.9 

1.9 

l.S

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

1.0

.9 

.9 

.3 

.7 

.7

.5 

.5 

.4 

.5

.5

.7 

.7 

.7 

3.3 

S.2 

7.3

Mean

0.09 

.07 

.96

415

59.7 

730 

375 

837 

243 

30.9 

1.90 

18.2 

.33

231

A-ig.

6.6 

4.1 

8.9 

32 

23

16 

90 

80 

20 

12

7.3 

5.4 

3.9 

3.4 

3.0

2.9 

2.9 

2.3

1.9 

3.7

93 

54 

28 

16

10

6.9 

4.7 

3.9 

8.6 

6.4 

2.5

Per square 

mile

0.0003? 

. 0002E 

.0034

1.46

.210 

2.57 

3.03 

2.95 

.856 

.109 

.0067 

.064 

.0012

.813

Sept.

l.S 

1.4 

1.3 

1.0 

.9

.7 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Run-off In 

Inches

0.0004 

.0003 

.004

19. 34

.24 

2.77 

3.55 

3.29 

.99 

.12 

.008 

.07 

.001

11.04

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
406 CUMBERLAJTO RIVER BASIN

Poor Pork at Cumberland, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°58'25", long. 82°59'35", at Second Street Bridge 

at Cumberland, Harlan County, 0.1 mile upstream from Cloverllck Creek and 0.5 mile 

downstream from Looney Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,415.15 feet above nean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 88.1 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 2,820 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 5.85 

reet); minimum, 8.2 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.85 foot).

Remarks.- Records fair.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 13 discharge measuremente furnisnea Dy Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Mar. 9 to Sept. SO (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

11.0

17

24

32

43

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.1 

2.6

66

86

181

186

294

2.9 

3.4 

4.0 

4.6 

6.0

455

680

1,060

1,420

1,870

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Cetober 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

le

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. Hcv. Dec.

Month

Jan.

March. 9-51. ....................

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

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

July. i ..........................

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

Water year

Feb. Mar.

_

_

^

-

-

_

_

M

94

79

SO

143

227

319

415

285

214

181

232

245

198

156

121

102 

85

75

77

74

72

625

1,160

Second - 

foot-days

_

_

5,259

8,386

1,386

2,743

5,526

3,113

699.8

-

Apr.

431

880

221

196

179

164

136

137

131

117

112

160

181

179

159

131

118

100

348

1,870

826

466

339

363

80S

234

177

141

119

106

"

Maximum

_

.

1,160

1,870

104

685

1,160

521

94

-

May

104

94

es

79

69

65

62

56

58

55

50

45

42

38

37

37

31

28

28

26

23

88

20

27 

25

23

21

20

19

19

80

Mlnlmm

_

-

72

100

19

21

20

14

9.4

-

June

26

26

21

28

67

49

31

28

27

27

114

121

69

51

38

44

200

526

471

237

131

87

66

59 

63

42

34

28

23

21

"

Jily

20

44

219

365

161

94

72

75

77

95

90

911

1.160

399

221

177

874

804

131

95

74

74

65

65 

68

66

59

48

45

41

37

Mean

_

_

289

280

42.8

91.4

178

100

23.3

-

Aug.

73

50

35

28

23

26

36

25

20

IS

15

14

29

336

581

834

139

99

879

834

137

99

74

If

43

36

29

48

164

158

Per square

_

.

2.79

3.41

.521

1.11

2.17

1.22

.234

-

Sept.

94

65

49

39

89

89

24

28

19

35

29

oo

3.9

17

16

14

13

12

11

11

11

10

9.4

10 so

23

15

18

11

9.4

 

Run-off In 

inches

_ '

-

2.38

3.80

,60

1.24

2.50

1.41

.32

-
CUMBERLAND RTVER BASIN 407

Cumberland River near Harlan, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°50'55", long. 83°21'20", at bridge on U. S. Highway 119 

at Loyall, 1.6 miles upstream from Fourmile Branch, 2.0 miles downstream from confluence 

of Poor and Clover Forks, and 2 miles west of Harlan, Harlan County. Datum o* gage Is 

1,137..54 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 374 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 11,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.1 

reet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 5,700 secondfset by logarithmic plotting: minimum observed, 22 second-feet Sept. 22, 23 (ease 

height, 0.95 foot).

Remarks.- Records good below 2,500 second-feet, fair above. Gage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record Mar. 9 to July 31, and results of 10 discharge neasurements 

rurmsnea by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Mar. 9 to Sept. 30 (gaga height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

0.9 

.95

1.0

1.05

1.1

17.0 

21.6 

2S.O 

35.2 

44.0

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

65

90

121

157

200

1.7 i.e

2.0 

2.4 

3.0

250

310

450

740

1,240

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

10.1

2,250

3,430

6,140

9,320

11,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

1*le

21 

22 

23 

84 

86

96 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

51

Oct. Hov.

'

Dec. Jan.

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fefc 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

ober. ........................

alendar year

tember. ......... ---...-...

ater year

Feb. Mar.

450 

373

380 

905 

1,330 

1,990 

2,420

1,520 

1,060 

820 

1,410 

1,330

1,020 

820 

625 

520 

408

352 

352 

331 

338 

2,250 

5,260

Secondfoot-days

26,264 

40,478 

7,861 

11,500 

20,332 

3,921 

2,176

-

Apr.

2,030 

1,330 

1,150 

1.S20 

1,240

900 

740 

740 

7SO 

700

590 

740 

860 

820 

740

625 

520 

485 

90S 

8, '060

3,S40 

2,140 

1,520 

1,720 

1,620

1,150 

900 

700 

590 

520

Maximum

5,260 

S,060 

555 

2,720 

4,600 

1,420 

345

-

May

555 

555 

520 

485 

422

366 

333 

304 

286 

280

240 

191 

174 

166 

174

210 

161 

143 

135 

128

109 

102 

96 

230 

268

230 

196 

191 

161 

235 

210

Minimum

331 

485 

96 

78 

115 

40 

23

-

June

200 

1S3 

153 

146 

166

225 

150 

121 

128

112

125 

200 

150 

112 

85

7S 

326 

2,720 

1,820 

1,240

700 

485 

324 

250 

359

262 

205

166 

166 

143

July

115 

115 

193 

1,110 

740

394 

274 

520 

660 

555

450 

2,600 

4,600 

1,720 

9SO

740 

860 

S20 

555 

394

274 

220 

191 

166 

200

256 

366 

220 

174 

220 

150

Mean

1,142 

1,349 

254 

383 

672 

288 

72.5

-

Aug.

US 

99 

96 

75 

63

98

187 

102 

70 

59

48 

40 

62 

T44 

1,4-20

£20 

450 

£80

ess

£20

485 

£04 

£20 

153 

128

115 

102 

82 

92 

344 

£90

Sept.

345 

220 

157 

US 

96

72 

65 

59 

52 

106

93 

80 

61 

48 

38

34 

34 

31 

28 

28

25 

23 

23 

23 

61

78 

63 

44 

37 

34

Per square' Run-off in 

mile Inches

3.05 2.61 

3.61 4.03 

.679 .78 

1.02 1.14 

1.80 2.07 

.770 .89 

.194 .22

-

481679 O - 42 - 27
408 CUMBERLAND BASIN

Cumberland River near Pineville,- KyLocation-- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°49', long, 83°45',- at bridge on U» S. Highway

25E., 0.5 mile south of Flat Lick, 2.3 miles downstream from Greasy Creek, and 5.0

miles northwest of Pineville, Bell County. Datum of gage is 955.45 feet above mean

sea level (Sandy Hook datum)» 

Drainage area.- 835 square miles. 

Kecoras available.- August 1938 to September 1940. 

extremes.- naxlmvm discharge during year, 18,900 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 28.80

reet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet on basis of slope-area

determinations at gage heights 44.34 and 48.3 feet; minimum, 9.8 second-feet Oct. 25

(gage height, 4.88 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 48,500 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (ga-ie height, 44.34

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 6.1 second-feet Sept. 17, 19SS (gaee height, 4'.78

feet).

Maximum stage known, 48.3 feet in March 1929 (discharge, 73,600 second-feet, by

slope-area method), from profile of Cumberland River and data of Corps of Engineers,

U. s. Army). 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period computed from wire-weight gage readings, which are good, and those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record,

and those above 9,000 second-feet, which are fair. Low flow regulated by power plant

1.9 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-4O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 85 to Sept. 30J

4.8 6.4

4.9 10.7

5.0 17

5.1 24

5.2 33

6.4 

5.6 

5.S 

6.0

54

84 122

162

6.6 

7.0 

7.5

312

432

612

817

10

12

15

20

1,780

2,930

6,050

9,150

25 14,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1' 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

26 

23 

22 

22 

24

34 

2S 

36 

42 

49

44 

34 

28 

20 

18

18 

17 

16 

14 

13

14 

15 

14 

12 

9.S

14 

22 

2S 

15 

36 

49

Hov.

42 

39 

28 

3S 

35

32 

36 

34 

34 

34

25 

30 

27 

26 

24

23 

26 

24 

25 

26

38 

28 

34 

40 

33

2S 

41 

34 

33 

2S

Dec.

29 

29 

29 

3O 

34

32 

3S 

36 

33 

31

29 

34 

27 

35 

30

37 

30 

40 

41 

46

67 

126 

136 

162 

214

204 

194 

224 

28O 

257 

197

Jan.

156 

116 

78 

76 

70

57 

47 

54 

54 

54

4S 

50 

65 

S6 

224

592 

417 

3O9 

178 

1SS

112 

104 

110 

91 

79

7S 

65 

57 

57 

4S 

49

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

53 

6O 

73 

71 

76

110 

335 

572 

592 

997

2,390 

1,630 

997 

2.2OO 

2,690

1,53O 

1,040 

1,040 

1,78O 

2,OOO

1,89O 

1,480 

1,06O 

617 

692

572 

52O 

3,260 

6,170

Mar.

2,51O 

1,730 

3,270 

S,400 

3,730

2,160 

1,530 

1.1SO 

93O 

732

692 

2,090 

2,810 

4,060 

5,850

3,590 

2,2SO 

1,680 

2,690 

3,170

2,33O 

1,730 

1,330 

1,040 

S64

752 

672 

652 

692 

3,130 

10,500

Second - 

foot-days

756. S 

945 

2,731

432,593.0

3,719 

36,697 

78,796 

93,362 

19,573 

33,741 

38,697 

10,363 

3,932

323,312.8

Apr.

6,160 

2,990 

2,390 

4,570 

3,310

2,220 

1,680 

1.58O 

1,630 

1.53O

1,380 

1.4SO 

1,940 

1,S40 

1,580

1,330 

1,O9O 

952 

1,370 

14,100

13,OOO 

5,720 

3.45O 

4,150 

3,590

2,690 

1,940 

1,480 

1,180 

1,040

Maximum

49 

42 

2SO

36,300

592 

6,170 

10,500 

14,100 

1,330 

6,890 

9,150 

1,110 

537

14,100

Bay

1,130 

1,330 

1,330 

1,180 

 997

840 

752 

672 

632 

592

537 

467 

417 

4O2 

3S7

432 

417 

351 

312 

294

2SO 

247 

222 

3O9 

752

712 

752 

712 

572 

614 

930

Minimum

9.8 

23 

27

7.3

47 

53 

652 

952 

222 

207 

321 

1O6 

32

9.S

June

S17 

672 

572 

467 

387

369 

402 

417 

432 

360

387 

297 

303 

282 

23O

207 

3,160 

6,S9O 

4,810 

4,010

2,110 

1,180 

884 

712 

692

692 

554 

45O 

554 

502

July

402 

336 

464 

1,O4O 

dl,330

d772 

d572 

d712 

1.2SO 

1,280

1,060 

1,580 

9,150 

4,78O 

2,110

1,630 

1.7SO 

1,730 

dl,2SO 

d907

d652 

d5O2 

d417 

d372 

d345

d321 

d321 

d450 

d417 

d372 

d333

Mean

24.4 

31.5 

6S.1

1,185

120 

1,265 

2,542 

3,112 

631 

1,125 

1,248 

334 

131

883

Aug.

d280 

d230 

d!92 

d!64 

d!44

a237 

33O 

3OO 

207 

160

13O 

116 

106 

212 

816

1,110 

672 

450 

417 

752

712 

4S4 

357 

2S5 

237

204 

1S4 

164 

156 

168 

387

Per square 

mile

O.O29 

.038 

.106

1.42

.144 

1.51 

3.04 

3.73 

.756 

1.35 

1.49 

.4OO 

.157

1.06

Sept.

537 

367 

232 

222 

ISO

156 

132 

112 

102 

114

130 

160 

123 

106 

S8

78 

67 

65 

60 

55

54 

32 

43 

47 

68

116 

136 

108 

S3 

74

Run-off in 

inches

0.03 

.04 

.12

19.25

.17 

1.63 

3.51 

4.16 

.37 

1.50 

1.72 

.46 

.IS

14.39

a Ho gage-height record; discharge interpolated, 

d Doubtful gage-height record due to faulty intake action.

Hote.- Recorder not operating Jan. 19 to Feb. 21; discharge computed from twice-daily readings 

of wire-weight gage.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 409

Cumberland River at Cumberland Falls, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°50'14", long. 84°20 < 36n , 1,200 feet upstream 

from rails and Cumberland Falls post office, Whitley County, and 13 miles east of 

Cumberland Falls railroad station. Datum of gage is 825.49 feet above mean sea 

level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 2,010 square miles.

4C Records available.- August 1907 to December 1911, April 1915 to September 1940.

Aver ge discharge.- 28 years (1907-11, 1915-31, 1932-40), 3,237 second-feet (27 years, 

387 secona-feet; figure published in Water-Supply Paper 873 in error).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,400 second-feet Apr. 21-(gage height, 8.37 

feet); minimum, 16 second-feet Oct. 25 (gage height, 1.09 feet).

1907-11, 1915-40: Maximum discharge, 59,600 second-feet'Jan. 28, 1918 (gage height, 

15.5 feet, present site); minimum, 8.5 second-feet Sept. 19, 20, 1932 (gage height. 

0.97 foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent above 700 second-feet and good below, except those fcr 

periods of Ice effect, undefined stage-discharge relation, or doubtful gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and undefined stage-discharge 

relation (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 26 to Sept. 30) 

1.1 IS 1.4 ISO 2.6 1,600 5.2 8.230 

1.15 31 1.6 335 3.0 2,290 6.0 11,200 

1.2 51 1.8 515 3.5 3,340 7.0 15,100 

1.25 7S 2.0 735 4.0 4,550 8.0 19,500 

1.3 110 2.2 995 4.6 6,230

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«T

1 

Z 

3 

4 

S

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

51 

47 

39 

31 

28

25 

28 

2S 

28 

31

31 

2S 

28 

31 

47

47 

39 

35 

31 

26

2§ 

22 

20

IS 

IS

e25

e50 

e66 

e66 

e62 

e&4

Hov.

e47 

e43 

e39 

e39 

e35

e43 

47 

47 

43 

43

39 

39 

39 

43 

39

39 

39 

39 

39 

43

51 

56 

47 

43 

43

43 

51 

51 

56 

61

Dec.

66 

66 

7S 

66 

61

47 

47 

47 

47 

47

47 

51 

56 

56 

56

56 

51 

51 

66 

116

110 

90 

90 

194 

*303

295 

403 

430 

394 

430 

443

Jan.

412 

412 

335 

b250 

b!95

t>165 

b!50 

b!33 

b!22 

bl!4

bllO 

*b!06 

110 

144 

180

208 

466 

772 

d79S 

d546

d458 

d369 

b31S 

b292 

U270

b253 

b242 

b234 

b225 

b220 

b219

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b21S 

b219 

b220 

b222 

d224

d255 

d311 

344 

652 

1,600

2,780 

3,810 

3,000 

2,420 

3,690

4,300 

2,S90 

2,130 

2,420 

3,570

3,810 

3,460 

2,780 

2,090 

1,670

1,390 

1,240 

1,830 

5,500

Mar.

6,700 

4,550 

4,050 

7,570 

10,800

3,080 

4,300 

2,780 

2,130 

1,730

1,500 

2,900 

6,380 

7,530 

10,800

10,400 

7,190 

4,680 

5,620 

8,230

6,540 

4,680 

3,460 

2,6SO 

2,150

1,850 

1,680 

1,570 

1,650 

3,430 

16,800

Secondfoot-days

1,107 

1,326 

4,365

1,039,134

S,828 

59,045 

169,410 

213,050 

50,443 

76,680 

93,276 

14,717 

5,441

697,688

Apr.

15,500 

12,700 

6,380 

8,410 

10,000

7,530 

5,080 

3,810 

3,340 

3,000

2,680 

2,440 

2,460 

2,890 

2,890

2,580 

2,250 

2,060 

2,740 

13,900

20,400 

19,500 

15,100 

18,300 

10,400

7,700 

5,500 

4,050 

3,000 

2,460

Maximum

66 

61 

448

45,000

798 

5,500 

16,800 

20,400 

3,460 

11,200 

11,600 

1,060 

58S

20,400

May

2,370 

3,110 

3,460 

3,000 

2,480

2,130 

1,830 

1,620 

1,490 

1,360

1,240 

1,160 

982 

874 

822

810 

79S 

772 

712 

654

588 

536 

536 

899 

2,220

2,890 

3,000 

2,350 

1,920 

1,750 

2,090

Minimum

18 

35 

47

18

106 

218 

1,500 

2,060 

536 

689 

7S5 

247 

61

IS

June

2,460 

2;080 

1.680 

1J420 

1,220

9S2 

848 

1,320 

3,000 

3,000

2,200 

1,520 

1,160 

900 

785

689 

1,380 

6,250 

11,200 

10,000

7,360 

4,180 

2,580 

1,050 

1,620

1,460 

1,320 

1,080 

995 

941

July

928 

785 

1,700 

4,420 

3,220

2,440 

1,760 

1,880 

3,110 

3,570

3,000 

2,890 

8,310 

11,600 

8,950

4,810 

5,220 

4,680 

3,570 

2,680

2,630 

2,020 

1,490 

1,150 

1,010

1,020 

860 

941 

874 

848 

S60

Mean

35.7 

44.2 

141

2,S47

2S5 

2,036 

5,465 

7,102 

1,627 

2,566 

3,009 

475 

1S1

1,906

Aug.

6R9 

6*8

sr.e

430 

359

335 

3*9 

557 

6ft8 4-77

3*<) 

215

2r>6 2r*«>

 2'',7

2<-53 

1,0'30 

1,0^0 

700

srse

4S6 

705 

6B9 

5136 

4,10

3^30 

303 

2*1 

2B7 

295 3'<2

Per square 

mile

0.018 

.022 

.070

1.42

.142 

1.01 

2.72 

3.53 

.809 

1.27 

1.50 

.236 

.090

.948

Sept.

327 

394 

588 

468 

369

295 

247 

216 

180 

165

18? 

137 

130 

151 

172

144 

130 

110 

96 

90

78 

72 

66 

61 

96

96 

72 

72 

110 

172

Run-off In 

inches

0.02 

.02 

.08

19.20

.16 

1.09 

3.13 

3.94 

.93 

1.42 

1.73 

.27 

.10

12.89

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

D srage-aiacnarge relation arrecnea oy ice.

d Gage-height record questionable due to Intermittent freezing of gage well, 

e Stage-discharge relation undefined; discharge computed on basis of gage heights, weather records, 

and records for stations near Plneville and at Burnaide.
410 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°59'21", long. 84°36'35", at bridge on U. 8. Highway 27 at Burnside, Pulaski County, 100 feet upstream from South Fork, in pool formed 

by dam 21, which is 28 miles downstream. Datum of gage is 585.60 feet above mean sea 

level iSandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 4,890 square miles, including that of South Fork.

He cords available.- October 1914 to September 1940 (include flow of South Fork).

Average discharge.- 26 years, 7,749 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 68,000 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 35.83 

reet); minimum, 60 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 1.73 feet).

1914-40: Maximum discharge, 163,000 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 69.4 

feet, revised), from rating curve extended above 100,000 second-feet; minimum, 41 secondfeet June 30, 1936 (gage height, 1.69 feet); lowering of pool at dam 21 caused lower 

stages at times.

Maximum stage known, 72.4 feet in March 1826. Flood of Mar. 24, 1929, reached highest stage since 1884.

Revisions.- Because of a redetermination by the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, of 

the gage height for the flood of Jan. 29, 1918, the maximum discharge for the water 

year 1918 has been revised to 158,000 second-feet Jan. 29 (gage height, 68.0 feet), 

superseding figures published in Water-Supply Papers 473, 683, and 847.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no recorder graph or undefined stagecus charge relation, which are fair. Low stages affected by manipulations at dam 21.

Cooperation.- Gage readings for periods of no recorder graph furnished by U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of undefined stage-discharge relation (gage

(height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 21-30)

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.3

48 

S9 

140 

203 

277 

449

2.8

3.5

4.5

6

6

10

1,745

2,930

4,340

7,890

11,170

14,700

20,500

30,800

42,000

53,300

68,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7

e

9 

10

11

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

85 

85 

85 

89 

99

120 

114 

135 

135 

135

146 

140 

h!30 

h!20 

120

h!09 

99 

e92 

e82 

e78

e75 

e72 

e69 

e68 

e69

h99 

h!78 

h360 

h233 

h203 

n203

HOT.

n203 

h203 

h!78 

h!40 

h!40

h!40 

h!20 

hi 30 

h!20 

h!20

120 

130 

125 

120 

120

114 

109 

114 

125 

140

14& 

153 

159 

165 

178

190 

176 

165 

153 

165

Dec.

172 

203 

197 

203 

225

240 

247 

203 

197 

21S

203 

190 

240 

197 

190

203 

218 

197 

233 

343

534 

692 

682 

912 

1,490

1,570 

1,690 

1,920 

1,920 

1,980 

1,690

Jan.

1,420 

1,190 

955 

796 

723

563 

505 

468 

431 

396

396 

387 

449 

796 

2,030

3,560 

2,990 

2,390 

2,210 

1,690

1,300 

1,160 

1,020 

902 

651

553 

543 

524 

468 

468 

413

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19;

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

413 

422 

422 

449 

449

723 

1,860 

2,930 

3,300 

7 930

15,600 

14,500 

9,810 

9,650 

12,900

18,200 

9,490 

8,210 

10,800 

15,300

15,500 

12,900 

9,810 

7,410 

5,360

4,840 

4,320 

6,770 

12,500

Mar.

16,000 

12,700 

12,900 

27,600 

26,400

19,300 

12,900 

8,350 

6,770 

5,410

4,710 

7,590 

15,800 

16,700 

23,700

23,900 

18,300 

13,100 

14,300 

23,900

16,500 

13,400 

10,200 

7,390 

6,310

5,260 

4,340 

4,580 

4,980 

20,700 

64,600

Second - 

foot-daya

3,627 

4,363 

19,399

2,760,887

32,347 

217,268 

474,290 

530,720 

144,490 

175,970 

134,880 

41,517 

17,761

1,796,832

Apr.

47,300 

27,400 

16,700 

16,800 

23,700

18,700 

13,300 

9,980 

8,210 

7,250

6,310 

5,560 

5,120 

5,260 

5,560

"5,260 

4,710 

4,450 

6,990 

48,400

62,200 

42,900 

29,300 

25,300 

23,100

17,700 

13,600 

10,500 

8,050 

6,610

Maximum

360 

203 

1,980

141,000

3,560 

15,600 

64,800 

62,200 

11,300 

17,400 

13,600 

4,840 

3,800

64,800

May

6,010 

9,650 

11,300 

9,010 

7,250

6,010 

4,980 

4,320 

3,800 

3,430

3,130 

2,870 

2,570 

2,270 

2,150

2,270 

2,270 

2,150 

2,030 

1,740

1,480 

1,370 

1,280 

1,520 

4,830

8,530 

10,700 

8,530 

6,310 

5,120 

5,560

MlndjBum

68 

109 

172

68

387 

413 

4,560 

4,450 

1,280 

2,030 

1,460 

422 

153

68

June

7,090 

6,610 

5,360 

4,190 

3,930

3,430 

2,750 

2,750 

7,170 

11,000

7,730 

5,410 

4,710 

3,560 

3,120

2,570 

2,330 

6,230 

14,900 

17,400

15,100 

10,500 

6,610 

4,580 

3,680

3,430 

3,060 

2,630 

2,210 

2,030

Jlly

2,090 

1,860 

1,920 

3,600 

£,410

4,060 

3,300 

2,690 

3,800 

B,120

4,980 

4,190 

£,250 

11,500 

13,600

8,370 

7,090 

8,050 

6,310 

4,710

3,800 

3,680 

2,300 

2,570 

2,030

1,860 

1,740 

1,520 

1,520 

1,460 

2,500

Mean

123 

145 

626

7,564

1,043 

7,492 

15,300 

17,690 

4,661 

5,866 

4,351 

1,339 

592

4,909

Aug.

4,320 

2,570 

1,600 

1,460 

1,140

934 

1,410 

2,210 

1,740 

1,410

1,090 

S16 

672 

612 

572

572 

515 

1,020 

1,320 

1,020

827 

702 

380 

912 

785

621 

524 

422 

661 

3,140 

4,640

Per square 

mile

0.025 

.030 

.128

1.55

.213 

1.53 

3.13 

3.62 

.953 

1.20 

.390 

.274 

.121

1.00

Sept.

3,800 

2,090 

1,380 

1,200 

944

702 

e600 

e500 

6445 

e390

e400 

e360 

6340 

e335 

e330

e300 

e280 

e250 

e230 

e210

197 

184 

172 

153 

327

502 

318 

335 

369 

318

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03 

.03 

.15

21.00

.25 

1.65 

3.61 

4.04 

1.10 

1.34 

1.03 

.32 

.14

13.69

e Stage-discharge relation undefined; discharge computed on basis of records for Cumberland River 

at Jamestown and Cumberland Falls, and South Fork of Cumberland River at ffevelarllle and Rockcastle 

River at Billows.

h Ho recorder graph; discharge computed from once-daily staff-gage readings.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 411

Cumberland River near Jamestown, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°56', long. 85°00', 1.1 miles upstream from Wolf Creek, and 

6 miles southeast of Jamestown, Russell County. Datum of gage Is 562.00 feet above 

mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). Auxiliary gage Is lower staff gage at lock 21, 10 

miles upstream. Datum of auxiliary gage Is 566.55 feet above mean sea level (Sandy 

Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 5,370 square miles.

Records available.- July 1938 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 75,200 second-feet Apr. 21; maximum gafe height,

34.2 reet Apr. 1, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 67 

 second-feet Oct. 2, 23 (gage height, 1.33 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 188,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939; maximum gage height, 

55.80 feet Feb. 4, 1939, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 

54 second-feet Sept. 25, 1939 (gage height, 1.31 feet).

Maximum stage known, 62.5 feet In March 1826, from high-water profile.

Remarks.- Records good. Low flow may be slightly affected by manipulations at dare 21. 

uages read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and results of 9 discharge measurements furnished by 

uorps or Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

8S

67

S8

83

83

9S

130

125

119

119

152

169

141

130

108

103

98

88

7S

78

83

88

72

88

78

88

221

552

321

239

244

Mov.

250

244

215

174

152

152

152

141

130

119

130

146

146

141

135

135

130

125

130

152

186

169

198

198

233

209

215

209

19S

186

-

Dec.

19S

203

209

209

221

244

239

239

233

209

209

209

221

244

233

221

209

233

233

315

424

755

790

1,000

1,300

1,630

1,810

2,000

2,000

2,000

1,810

Jan.

1,540

1,300

1,OSO

930

S25

650

618

552

4S8

4S8

488

488

552

770

1,780

3,440

3,300

2,530

2,310

1,810

1,300

1,150

1,080

1,000

755

650

650

618

552

520

486

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1939- 40 ...........

Feb.

455

455

424

4SS

488

930

1,630

2,530

3,440

7,890

15,600

16,500

11 , 500

11,100

12 , 700

13,200

10,400

9,190

11,300

15,600

17,200

14,100

10,SOO

8,210

6,540

5,460

4,920

6,720

12.700

-

-

Mar.

17,000

14,400

12,700

25,400

e29,200

22,800

15,100

9,790

7,260

6,000

5,280

6,900

14,400

19,900

24,200

e25,500

21,300

15,100

12,900

23,000

21,600

15,300

10,800

8,400

6,720

5,820

5,100

4,740

5,280

19,600

069,300

Secondfoot-days

4 219

5J100

20,050

3,026,842

34,702

232 470

500^790

589 ,940

146,940

179,110

134,160

43,466

21,550

1,912,497

Apr.

e59,800

e37,000

24,400

17,500

23,200

22,300

15,100

10,600

8,590

7,450

6,540

6,000

5,460

5,460

5,820

5,640

5,100

4,920

9,080

643,500

667,600

e51,400

635,200

e26,900

e24,200

20,100

14,800,

10,800

8,400

7,080

-

Maximum

552

250

2,000

162,000

3,440

17,200

69,300

67,600

11,500

12 700

4^740

4,920

69,300

May

6,540

8,020

11,500

9,590

7,830

6,360

5,100

4,570

3,900

3,590

3,160

2,900

2,650

2,310

2,420

2.420

2,420

2,200

2,100

1,900

1,630

1,460

1,460

1,540

3,540

8,400

10,400

9,390

7.0SO

S.280

5,280

Minimum

67

119

198

58

488

424

4,740

4,920

1,460

2,000

1,540

520

180

67

June

6,900

7,080

6,000

4,740

4,060

3,740

2,900

2,770

5,230

10,600

8,590

5,820

5,100

3,900

3,160

2,770

2,420

4,820

13,200

17,700

16,500

11,700

7,450

4,740

3,900

3,440

3,030

2,650

2,200

2,000

-

July

2,000

2,000

1,810

2,770

5,280

4,570

3,590

2,900

3,300

5,460

5,640

4,570

4,570

10,200

12,700

9,790

6,540

S,400

7,080

5,460

3,300

3,160

3,440

2,770

2,200

1,900

1,810

1,630

1,540

1,540

2,240

Mean

136

170

647

6,293

1 119

8 ) 016

16,150

19,660

4,740

5,970

4,328

- 1,402

71S

5,225

Aug.

4,E70

3,C30

2,100

1,630

l.JOO

1,C80

1,COO

2,200

1,900

1.E40

1,300

1,000

790

685

618

618

E<35

720

1,3*0

1,820

930

155

755

930

825

720

685

620

950

2, £10

4,740

Per square 

mile

0.025

.'l20

1.54

.208

1.49

3.01

3.66

.883

1.11

.806

.261

.134

.973

Sept.

4,920

2,670

1,720

1,360

1,220

1,000

790

61S

520

488

393

369

339

363

351

327

304

304

250

244

227

203

198

ISO

393

381

327

339

375

357

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03

.04

.14

20.98

.24

1 *61

3.47

4.09

1.02

1.24

.93

.30

.15

13.26

e Computed by using fall as determined from twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage as a factor.
412 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River near Rowena, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°53', long. 85°08', 2.1 miles upstream from Black Fish 

Creek, 2.9 miles west of Rowena, Russell County, and 3.3 miles downstream from Indian 

Creek. Datum of gage is 540.81 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hock datum).

Drainage area.- 5,810 square miles.

Records available.- November 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 76,200 second-feet Apr. 1; maximum gage

height, 40.8 feet Apr. 21, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 

150 second-feet Nov. 10 (gage height, 2.76 feet).

Maximum stage known, 69.5 feet in March 1826, from profile of Curtberland River.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or doubtful gage-height record, which are poor. Low flow may be slightly affected by manipulations at dam 21. Gage 

read once dally or oftener.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov.

1S3 

190 

179 

168 

15S

16S 

183 

175 

183 

175

175 

168 

175 

163 

183

205 

231 

214 

231 

274

266 

248 

239 

239 

231

Dee.

222 

239 

248 

257 

248

257 

2S3 

274 

270 

261

252 

261 

270 

279 

270

279 

252 

261 

288 

361

485 

715 

915 

915 

1,480

1,920 

2,480 

2,480 

2,580 

2,480 

2,480

Jan.

2,200 

2,200 

1.30O 

1,060 

915

7SO 

74S 

716 

685 

540

' 540

568 

595 

915

1,140

3,180 

4,030 

2,980 

2,780 

2,200

1,820 

1,560 

1,39O 

1,300 

1,060

915 

845 

780 

748 

595 

bB50

Month

Dot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

T

ember 6-

alendar year

he perio

Feb.

b525 

b610 

b480 

595 

595

1,240 

2,380 

2,980 

4,140 

8,400

15,600 

17,800 

13,200 

11,500 

12,700

14,100 

11,900 

11,500 

12,900 

15,900

15,600 

13,400 

11,400 

8,430 

7,020

5,880 

5,620 

7,790 

12,700

Mar.

17,300 

15,400 

' 14,100 

622, 5OO 

631,100

625,600 

21,200 

15,800 

11,200 

8,110

6,440 

5,880 

6,300 

14,800 

e22,80O

e26,900 

623,300 

18,000 

14,400 

25,500

24,000 

IS , 000 

13,200 

9,230 

S.20O

6,90O 

5,900 

5,400 

15,900 

627,300 

e62,100

Secondfoot-days

5,004 

24,262

-

41,634 

246,786 

542.760 

661,630 

167, 9SO 

185,770 

144,200 

50,701 

29,312

-

Apr.

e70,20O 

e45,800 

827,800 

20,500 

22,500

23,200 

1J.OOO 

12,400 

9,070 

7,790

6,870 

6,870 

5,SSO 

5,62O 

5,490

5,490 

5,620 

5,750 

8,320 

645,300

974,000 

960,200 

643,200 

631,000 

626,400

22,300 

17,500 

13,000 

9,390 

7,170

Maximum

274 

2,580

-

4,030 

17,800 

62,100 

74,000 

14,900 

17,100 

12,900 

5,360 

5,360

-

May

7.790 

9,230 

14,900 

11,200 

8,590

7,020 

5,760 

4,970 

4,370 

4,140

3,700 

3,590 

3,180 

2,880 

3,180

3,080 

2.SSO 

2,780 

2,290 

2,000

1,740 

1,740 

2,580 

3,920 

4,610

9.B60 

10,000 

7,790 

5,880 

6,160 

6,440

Hinimuni

158 

222

-

540 

460 

5,400 

5,490 

1,740 

2,480 

1,560 

540 

226

-

June

7,170 

7,170 

6,160 

5,620 

4,610

3,920 

3,590 

3,280 

5,490 

10,2OO

9,000 

7,500 

5,600 

3,920 

3,590

3,280 

2,980 

4,970 

8,910 

15,800

17,100 

12,000 

9,000 

5,230 

4,250

3,810 

3,480 

2,980 

2,680 

2,480

July

2,290 

2,440 

2,280 

3,650 

5,900

5,000 

3,900 

3,250 

4,030 

5,620

4,850 

4,61O 

5,360 

9,390 

12,900

10.7OO 

6,580 

8,590 

7,020 

5,490

4,970 

4,610 

4,250 

2,780 

2,480

2,100 

1,920 

1,740 

1,560 

1,740 

2,200

Mean

200 

7S3

-

1,343 

8,510 

17,510 

22,050 

5,417 

6,192 

4,652 

1,636 

977

-

Aug. '

5,360 

4,490 

3,480 

2,980 

1,660

1,140 

1,560 

1,740 

1,560 

1,820

1,640 

1,220 

990 

748 

595

540 

748 

685 

1,170 

1,560

1,060 

845 

915 

915 

812

748 

655 

595 

1,670 

2,980 

3,920

Per square

mile

0.034 

.135

-

.231 

1.46 

3.01 

3. SO 

.932 

1.07 

.801 

.282 

.168

-

Sept.

5,360' 

4,370 

2,980 

2,100 

1,560

1,390 

1,060 

915 

748 

625

568 

512 

435 

410 

385

314 

292 

292 

274 

292

257 

248 

239 

226

577

845 

626 

568 

435 

410

Run-off in 

inches

0.03 

.16

-

.27 

1.58 

3.47 

4.24 

1.07 

1.19 

.92 

.32 

.19

-

b Stag9-discharg9 relation affected by ice. 

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Not9.- Doubtful gage-height r9cord Mar. 20-23, 25-2S, June 10-13, 26, 23 and July 2-8} discharge 

omputed on basis of one discharge measurement and records for station near Jnmestown.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 4-13

Cumberland River at Celina, Term.

Location." Water-stage recorder, lat. se'SS'SO", long. 85°30'47", at bridge on State 

Highway 52 at Celina, Clay County, 600 feet downstream from Obey River. Datum of 

gage is 489.46 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). Prior to Sept. 3C, 1930, 

staff gage 400 feet downstream at same datum.

Drainage area.- 7,320 square miles.

Records available.- October 1922 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 18 years, 11,46.0 second-feet (computed from revised figures).

Ejxtremes.- Figures of maximum and minimum discharges and gage heights for the water years 

1923 to 1940 are givgn in the following table. All discharges (except those fcr 1939 

and 1940) and some gage heights represent revisions. The revised figures supersede 

thoae published in previous water-supply papers.

Water 

year

1922-23

1923-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-35

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

1939-40

Maximum

Date

Feb. 6

Jan. 6

Dec. 11

Jan. 23

Dec. 29

July 2

Mar. 27

Nov. 20

Mar. 30

Feb. 4

Feb. 21

Mar. 6

15

Apr. 9

Jan. 23

Mar, 6

Feb. 7

Apr. 1

Discharge 

(sec. -ft. )

93,300

100.000

76,400

74,300

145,000

92,200

125,000

54,100

56,600

107,000

86,600

86,800

91,700

88,800

128,000

55.000

112,000

69,000

3age 

height 

(feet)

44.5

46.53

37.90

t37.10

57.25

43.9

52,7

28.76

t28.72

t47.34

t40,03

42.07

t43,75

f42.42

t53,83

30.35

t50,12

35.32

Minimum

Date

Nov. 6, 8-14

Oct. 27 to Nov. 3

Sept. 2, 11-14, 26

Oct. 1, 2

Sept. 27-30

Oct. 22 to Nov. 2,

Nov. 6, 7

Sept. 3. 4

Aug. 6-8, 12-17,

Sept. 8-10

Oct. 1-7, 22-26,

Oct. 30 to Nov. 11

Sep-t. 19, 20

Oct. 16

Oct. 15

Sept. 30

Sept. 8

Oct. 3

Oct. 3

Sept. 29

Oct. 24, 25

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

350

215

69

295

350

295

405

195

245

245

450

276

282

187

191

355.

170

175

Gage 

height 

(feet)

0.80

.48

.£0

.70

.60

.70

.£0

.£0

.eo

.60

.?7

.?2

1.C1

.73

.74

1.12

.70

.72

t Occurred on day following that shown.

typte.- Maximum gage heights for water years prior to 1930-31 

from graphs based on gage readings. Minimum gaga heights and 

years prior to 1930-31 are observed.

and for 1933-34 are 

discharges for water

Maximum stage known, 59.2 feet in March 1826. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of shifting control, fragmentary

gags-height record, or staff-gaga readings, which are good, and those for periods of

no gage-height record, which are fair. Gage read once daily Oct. 1, 1922, to ?ept. 30,

1930, 

Revisions.- Thp figures of discharge for the water years 1923 to 1938 given hereir are

revisions and supersede those published in previous water-supply papers,

Discharge, in second-feet, 1922-40 

1922-23

o»y

i

8

5

4

a

8

7

3

9

10

11

12

18

14

IB

16

IV

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oet.

470

505

752

686

433

406

406

405

493

457

540

626

650

630

612

526

470

444

405

405

405

405

405

418

470

470

470

470

470

47Q

470

Sov,

470

470

470

470

431

350

383

350

350

350

350

350

350

361

405

431

470

498

540

540

540

568

710

774

840

640

340

840

840

840

Dee.

710

1,080

8,340

4,000

6,400

10,300

12,200

020,400

22,000

20,800

19,300

815,300

912,000

912,800

829,100

844,600

863,800

69,500

67,800

B59.600

839,400

821,000

812,800

9,560

7,870

6,280

5,440

6,700

7,260

7,120

7,120

Jan.

7,400

7,260

7,400

8,600

9,810

9,810

8,750

7,850

6,980

6,4EO

5,860

5,300

4,780

5,040

8,460

9,060

8,900

10,100

9,910

9,430

920,700

641,900

e54, 100

62,300

62,000

657,000

950,600

49,200

52,200

656,100

663,700

Feb.

e 61, 700

659,400

679,700

689,200

92,800

92,600

686,100

866,100

938,500

922,200

17,300

918,000

836,500

848,100

856,000

853,200

843,300

928,500

917.800

812,900

10,400

8,900

7,700

6,840

6,140

6,000

9,650

11,900

_

-

Mar.

12,900

14,300

14,600

13,100

11,800

614,800

649,200

863,200

669,200

066,400

666,100

657,200

62,000

63,200

658,800

649,700

644,300

40,100

40,200

830,800

922,600

621,000

335,000

943,900

949,000

948,200

939,500

927,900

818,900

814,400

911,700

Apr.

9,810

8,600

7,550

6,980

11,700

15,300

el6,500

19,100

16,300

13,600

11,600

10,000

610,600

824,000

631,800

34,400

031,400

e25,000

 18,800

614,400

12,000

10,000

8,750

8,750

9,500

8,000

8,150

8,150

11,100

e!3,900

-

May

819,500

21,100

916,900

13,400

10,600

8,750

7,560

6,700

6,700

6,660

6,700

7,200

7,700

7,700

9,200

13,600

11,600

11,200

12,200

9,970

8,450

7,400

6,700

911,300

 20,000

931,900

630,000

822,600

615,400

13,400

14,100

June

15,100

15,100

13,200

10,600

3,600

7,120

5,720

5,170

4,910

5,720

5,440

4,520

4,910

910,700

16,300

13,100

9,200

6,980

5,170

4,000

3,480

3,000

2,820

2,580

2,220

2,040

2,220

4,260

5,170

4,910

~

July

5,720

5,040

3,740

3,360

2,580

2,340

2,100

2,160

4,130

9,500

8,750

6,280

4,780

5,300

2,580

2,280

2,160

2,640

2,760

3,120

3,000

2,520

2,040

1,680

1,800

2,040

. 2,220

1,420

1,360

1,860

2,160

Aug.

1,860

1,740

2,640

3,7*0

3,610

3,24-0

2,880

3,480

5,040

4,650

4,260

4,260

8,600

7,700

9,810

8,000

6,700

6,530

5,040

3,6"0

2.8RO

2.2BO

2,0''0

1,8HO

1,5:30

1,400

1,390

1,390

1,800

1,6130

1,620

Sept.

1,490

1,300

1,300

1,680

1,680

1,390

1,510

1,680

1,920

1,620

1,430

1,680

1,740

1,440

1,370

1,060

900

796

796

741

996

1,180

960

1,060

1,360

1,240

1,240

1,120

785

741

 Computed by using rate of change In stage as a factor. 

Hote.- Shifting-control method used Mar. 7 to Sept. SO.
414 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40 Continued

1923-24

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

on

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

621

603

633

498

450

450

444

431

383

383

383

383

383

366

322

328

322

322

300

270

270

270

270

270

270

255

215

215

215

215

815

Hov.

215

215

235

438

621

526

567

621

621

621

621

621

621

621

621

621

681

681

621

621

521

621

621

621

621

621

621

630

818

1,160

Dec.

1,240

1,330

1,860

2,700

4,520

7,120

9,970

13,200

13,400

10,800

8,300

7,400

7,850

10,300

11,700

12,700

13,8OO

12,200

10,300

8,450

7,400

9,500

817,200

924,400

27,800

925,000

818,100

913,800

11,600

10,900

918,500

Jan.

e48,500

063,700

986,800

995,800

98,200

99,600

693,600

e74,800

641,800

618,200

16,100

682,800

637,100

40,000

630,900

629,100

638,800

648,400

648,700

637,000

623,800

916,000

912,400

9,910

9,780

10,400

10,600

10,300

8,900

8,600

9,350

Feb.

9,350

9,500

9,500

9,050

8,450

3,900

9,050

8,600

7,550

7,120

6,700

6,280

5,860

5,580

5,580

5,040

4,910

5,930

313,200

939,200

954,900

964,500

959,800

946,600

>30,900

24,100

24,800

25,600

26,600

_

-

Mar.

e25,000

e!9,400

el5,200

18,500

11,200

10,900

12,700

14,600

14,600

13,600

12,800

11,600

11,100

10,100

9,350

9,050

8,600

8,450

8,000

8,900

919,500

20,000

925,000

26,000

321,300

917,100

14,100

18,600

>19,300

20,300

929,600

Apr.

29,700

623,200

017,300

13,900

18,400

18,200

13,200

13,900

12,900

11,600

10,600

10,100

9,050

7,700

6,840

6,140

6,280

7,700

10,600

616,100

20,900

018,700

615,100

12,200

10,300

9,810

10,900

11,100

613,700

917,500

-

May

21,600

924,100

33,800

627,100

819,100

614,400

11,600

10,100

10,300

10,300

9,350

8,000

7,260

010,500

019,500

24,000

920,400

916,100

13,100

12,600

16,800

18,200

18,500

17,200

913,500

10,800

10,600

12,700

922,900

951,500

961,700

June

659,300

047,300

e30,700

617,500

012,400

10,000

8,600

6,980

5,860

4,910

4,130

3,610

4,780

8,750

11,700

12,900

11,700

9,970

7,850

5,580

4,130

3,360

2,820

4.000

6,700

8,300

10,600

8,600

6,420

5,170

-

Jvly

4,260

3!,360

2,820

2,700

2,700

2,640

2,820

3,480

2.550

9,050

6.140

5.040

6.140

9,810

913,700

14,100

11.600

8.600

6.280

5.040

4.000

3,610

3.480

3.480

3,360

3,360

3,000

2.640

2,100

1,740

1,520

Aug.

1,400

1,400

1,620

1,400

1,380

1,340

1,620

1,680

1,520

1,260

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,140

924

924

948

1,040

972

829

807

660

660

660

567

567

491

491

567

785

567

Sept.

412

383

290

540

567

567

567

567

567

567

491

491

526

603

660

660

505

450

450

484

864

1,560

2,160

6,760

11,600

8,150

5,040

3,240

2,340

1,800

~

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor. 

Hote.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 7.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,740

2,280

6,700

6,980

5,170

3,740

2,760

2,100

1,680

1,370

1,220

1,020

900

785

700

690

576

519

519

498

450

438

388

388

388

368

378

339

334

334

356

Hov.

334

334

334

334

334

334

334

372

450

450

450

464

519

533

1,080

1,270

1,270

1,330

1,800

1,920

1,740

1,740

1,800

2,340

4,130

4,260

4,130

3,360

2,580

2,100

-

Dec.

1,680

1,560

1,400

1,360

1,180

1,080

4,100

640,500

661,400

670,000

e75,700

668,400

050,000

023,900

811,400

7,640

6,070

5,170

4,520

4,000

3,610

3,120

2,940

3,240

4,390

5,440

11,200

11,900

9,970

8,000

6,420

Jan.

6,560

012,100

e27,600

29,700

625,200

018,600

613,900

10,900

8,750

8,560

015,700

632,200

050,200

650,200

039,900

625,300

017,000

612,700

11,700

13,000

13,800

16,600

16,300

13,800

11,400

9,810

9,050

8,900

8,900

9,050

9,350

Feb.

10,100

11,900

16,300

17,800

21,800

20,500

el7,800

13,900

11,600

10,100

9,050

8,600

8,160

9,430

020,500

645,800

061,600

067,900

062,000

649,100

832,100

019,900

14,900

13,200

11,400

10,900

10,900

10,400

_

-

liar.

10,100

9,810

9,970

12,600

12,200

11,100

9,810

8,600

7,400

6,420

5,720

5,300

4,910

6,560

8,300

7,400

6,980

7,700

616,100

826,200

30,200

26,200

021,300

614,800

11,900

9,810

8,900

12,000

12,700

12,900

11,900

Apr.

10,100

8,600

7,550

6,560

6,420

6,140

6,280

6,140

6,000

8,000

014,700

16,800

16,500

14,800

12,000

9,810

8>150

7,260

6,700

6,280

014,200

014,100

10,100

8,900

7,400

6,480

6,900

612,900

022,400

629,100

-

May

626,400

619,500

615,300

13,600

12,200

10,800

9,220

7,810

6,700

5,720

5,440

7,550

616,700

18,500

15,600

12,400

10,600

12,400

15,300

13,600

10,300

8,000

6,420

5,170

4,130

3,610

3,000

2,520

2,100

1,920

1,860

June

1,800

1,620

1,430

1,320

1,200

1,200

1,020

960

960

936

840

840

840

840

840

936

1,020

960

960

960

960

960

840

900

1,580

8,300

11,400

13,200

12,400

7,700

-

July

4,130

£,820

1,980

1,620

1,480

1,740

1,980

2,760

2,520

2,280

2,160

£,940

2,700

£,160

1,740

1,380

1,150

1,080

1,060

763

660

730

730

730

710

630

612

526

457

405

394

Aug.

350

339

295

295

295

285

245

245

245

245

245

245

255

295

295

280

195

195

195

195

265

405

418

484

450

383

300

431

350

317

141

Sept.

99

101

418

275

195

177

107

107

107

96

69

69

69

73

190

290

540

275

186

149

136

107

107

107

92

80

73

186

347

470

~

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 415

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Tenn., 1922-40 Continued

1926-86

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

e

9

id

11la

18

14

IS

16

1?

1 A if?

18

SO

81

82

99

84

86

26a?

S8

se

30

SI

Oct.

896

295

350

372

418

470

640

960

680

506

438

405

350

350

807

3,480

6,140

8,900

10,100

9,810

6,700

4,680

3,120

3,120

6,840

613,900

621,900

22, pOO

617,900

11,600

6,840

NOT.

4,780

4,26,0

4,390

4,780

5,170

5,300

6,610

e8,080

Bl4,3QQ

B24,200

927,300

e87,8QO

C36.500

e36,400

e42,800

658..100 e.80,800 *fi,jp°

ell, BOO

9*070

8,459

6,980

5,860

5,040

4,680

4,780

614,200

628,100

688,800

986,700

Dec.

820,000

616,100

11,900

9,660

9,560

9,050

10,100

10,300

8,760

7,660

6,420

6,866

6,179

4,580

4,260

4,000 4,ooe

4,860

4,780

5,600

5,040

4,620

4,260

4,130

4,520

5,440

5,580

4,910

4,130

3,610

3,120

Jan.

8,580

8,580

2,680 gjeeo

8,760

8,760

3,000

5,840

3,740

3,460

3,360

3,240

3,000

2,760

8,640

8,460

63,800

ell, 000

613.600

917,, 100

689,800

867,100

973,500

73,100

666,300

647,300

e86,100

916,900

11,900

9,810

8,680

Feb.

8,000

9,970

el4,800

e83,900

689,000

31,800

687,000

681,000

el6.,fOO

12,700

10,600

8,900

7,8,50

7,860

11,700

628,100

26,500

86,800

28,000

19,600

19,600

e26,900

85,600

680,800

17,500

16,300

16,600

18,200

-

"

Mar.

17,800

15,100

18,700

11,400

10,400

9,650

9,360

9,810

11,100

13,200

14,100

16,100

14,300

14,400

14,100

13,800

12,700

11,800

10,300

9,800

8,300

7,860

614,700

17,000

17,500

18,200

17,300

15,800

14,600

13,200

18,600

Apr.

12,800

11,200

10,400

9,650

8,600

7,700

7,120

7,560

8, .750

8,000

8,150

9,600

615,700

617,800

625,300

86,600

e?0,300 eie.ioo ll.ioo

10,400

8,750

7,650

7,260

8,160

8,160

9,800

8,450

7,650

7,860

6,700

~

May

6,280

6,860

4,650

5,040

4,650

4,260

4,000

3,740

3,480

3,240

5,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,240

5,500

ell, 000

e29,lOO

638,900

626,700

elS,000

ell, 200

7,400

6,780

4,780

4,000

3,240

2,880

2,460

§,100

E,540

Jane

4,780

6,140

4,620

3,740

3,740

3,240

2,700

2,280

2,220

1,680

1,680

1,560

1,660

1,560

2,040

2,160

3,240

3,740

4,260

3,870

3,480

4,910

6,140

5,7SO

6,300

5,300

4,860

3,120

2,580

2,160

 "

July

1,800

1,680

1,390

1,200

1,130

1,120

1,460

1,200

1,140

1,680

1,920

2,640

2,100

1,680

1,440

1,640

1,200

960

405

505

630

630

785

1,030

785

900

2,040

4,260

2,880

1,980

2,700

AUK.

3.480

3 120

2,340

2,700

3-740

3.240

3,000

2,880

2,520

1,860

1,560

1,340

1,540

1,340

1,340

1,800

2,760

6 240

elS.300

e20.800

e24,400

25.400

e23.900

e 22, 100

e39,000

e53.900

660.900

e5S,100

632.600

615,700

613.200

Sept.

e!6,800

18,500

619,300

635,800

e87,800

619,000

613,100

9,990

8,250

7,880

7,120

6,300

4,260

3,480

2,880

2,340

1,920

1,560

1,660

1,500

1,320

1,270

1,200

1,130

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,740

3,480

3,480

"

6 Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Day

1

8

9

4

6

6

7

B

9

10

11

18

13

14

16

16

17i JLOfl

19

80

81

88

23

24

25

26

88

89 

30

31

Oct.

8,880

3,840

6,980

7,700

6,700

7,120

6,140

4,650

4,860

3,240

8,880

2,880

5,040

7,860

3,740

8,880

2,460

8,280

1,980

1,560

1,560

1,680

1,380

8,700

6,000

8,150 

10,900

11,700 

10,300 

7,650

8,460

HOT.

11,100

18,600

11,800

10,600

8,600

6,880

6,040

4,680

6,000

9,650

11,600

18,900

18,700

910,900

310,100

321,000

829,800

937,800

831,300

622,900

617,500

614,100

11,700

10,200

10,100

617,800 

632,700

640,900 

45,100 

641,600

Dec.

636,500

e30,900

624,800

e!9,300

615,000

12,100

10,200

9,000

612,500

631,200

642,600

651,300

51,200

646,400

640,700

633,600

625,900

619,200

614,000

615,600

657,300

688,100

e98,500

3106,000

6127,000

s 136, 000 

136,000

139,000 

142,000 

9132,000

9120,000

Jan.

 0.06,000

686,000

e 58, 000

627,700

615,800

18,000

10,500

9,070

7,950

7,080

6,460

5,990

5,710

5,360

5,160

5,190

5,670

5,740

6,700

610,300

680,700

686,500

633,900

33,300

33,100

630,800 

684,900

81,000 

81,400 

630,700

646,400

Feb.

652,700

850,300

»40,600

389,500

982,000

19,300

21,400

28,800

26,600

22,800

919,600

16,300

13,900

18,800

13,000

14,800

16,500

317,700

929,000

935,200

39,600

38,000

38,000

645,400

654,400

658,400 

647,800

834,700

~

Mar.

e2T, 300

616,300

13,000

12,600

12,800

14,100

317,600

344,900

855,000

360,800

356,800

e47,800

636,900

932,100

331,300

344,900

941,400

931,600

627,100

926,900

621,000

18,100

15,800

14,300

13,200

12,600 

11,600

10,300 

9,060 

8,000

7,700

Apr.

9,650

615,600

18,700

21,100

81,100

617,300

14,600

18,800

616,000

622,000

631,200

35,700

34,600

33,800

32,800

33,300

35,700

34,700

34,000

33,500

632,200

26,700

628,500

36,200

632,900

624,700 

618,200

e!4,000 

11,900 

10,100

~

May

9,350

8,750

? ,850

7,120

7,860

8,000

8,750

8,000

7,860

8,600

12,900

11,700

10,300

9,810

9,650

9,050

9,650

8,750

7,400

6,420

5,580

4,910

4,660

5,440

7,090

10,500 

14,300

619,300 

637,800 

651,400

659,400

June

66,500

651,400

651,300

648,300

641,000

634,000

624,500

617,300

618,000

10,400

8,750

7,860

7,400

8,000

7,400

6,980

9,050

9,65O

8,760

7,400

6,140

5,860

5,440

5,300

4,520

4,130 

3,740

3,610 

3,000 

2,520

"

July

2,340

2,160

2,460

2,100

1,500

1,560

1,560

1,680

2,040

1,860

1,400

1,300

1,150

1,080

1,140

1,440

1,680

1,620

1,440

1,680

1,860

2,040

1,980

1,800

1,800

1,680 

2,040

2,040 

1,620 

1,420

1,320

Aug.

1,320

1,260

960

960

730

730

730

1,060

3,480

3,480-

3,000

3.000

4,260

3.360

2.940

2,220

1,860

2,160

3.120

4,650

6.700

6.000

4.520

3.240

8,400

1,800 

1,620

1,520 

1,270 

960

840

Sept.

840

818

630

594

540

540

785

960

1,140

1,150

960

840

730

730

730

730

730

730

630

58E

470

470

470

470

470

444 

350

350 

350 

360

e Computed by using rate of change of stage aa a factor.
416 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40 Continued

1927-28

Day

1

a

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

SB

29

30

31

Oct.

405

405

405

405

394

350

350

350

378

585

457

470

585

383

350

350

378

405

394

350

320

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

Nov.

295

322

350

350

320

295

295

350

438

730

1,320

2,100

1,680

1,260

1,010

1,680

9,820

030,600

656,200

e48,000

627,000

611,800

6,940

4,990

4,000

3,610

2,940

2,520

2,400

2,160

-

Dec.

2,160

2,220

2,280

2,520

4,910

8,750

7,850

6,070

4,720

4,060

4,000

4,340

8,600

612,700

620,800

626,000

628,100

e27,600

626,900

e21,800

616,400

11,000

8,000

6,450

5,370

4,650

4,000

3,640

3,740

6,040

e21,400

Jan.

e44,300

650,100

e44,000

628,800

616,800

11,000

8,420

7,700

9,050

9,350

9,350

9,500

8,750

8,000

7,260

6,560

6,140

7,430

615,400

e27,000

635,900

e34, 600

626,100

620,100

619,500

e20,300

624,600

622,300

617,600

613,900

.10,900

Fell.

9,230

8,300

7,550

6,980

6,560

6,700

8,450

613,500

15,600

18,700

18,900

16,600

13,800

11,900

11,200

11,100

11,700

11,400

10,400

9,650

8,750

8,150

9,350

9,810

9,970

10,300

9,650

9,050

8,150

_

-

Mar.

7,700

7,120

6,560

6,000

5,300

4,780

4,520

4,520

e8,460

12,400

018,100

20,900

18,500

16,300

14,800

620,000

630,600

639,300

41,700

e35,700

e27,9OO

23,800

21,600

19,600

17,500

16,600

16,800

16,600

618,500

e31,500

31,800

Apr.

30,600

27,100

621,900

el7,300

613,300

10,900

9,500

8,450

8,150

7,850

8,450

9,470

10,900

620,300

629,700

631,700

631,600

623,400

620,300

622,700

629,800

645,300

654,700

656,500

655,800

646,100

638,700

638,000

641,000

644,100

-

May

637,400

628,000

621,000

616,700

612,700

610,100

8,600

7,260

6,420

5,720

5,300

4,650

4,520

3,870

3,610

3,360

3,120

3,060

4,320

12,100

616,600

629,200

627,900

623,100

619,800

616,900

619,400

628,100

632,400

635,300

624,500

June

616,500

612,900

e!2,900

625,700

646,000

660,900

659,100

644,100

628,800

626,000

633,900

630,700

622,800

e27,200

825,200

680,800

618,800

615,500

613,200

10,900

10,100

11,300

9,710

9,120

10,300

12,500

616,500

682,900

645,900

681,900

-

July

e9->, 300

691,300

687,500

67*, 800

645,400

623,600

620,700

621,400

621,500

e21.,800

615,900

614,100

614,200

621,900

627,100

621,600

615,900

12,100

8,820

6,980

6,140

6,280

10,900

8,750

7,120

7,550

6,280

4,780

3,870

3,240

3,610

Aug.

3,240

3f-740

3,360

3,360

3,360

3,240

4,520

4,910

4,520

4,000

3,740

3,000

2,700

2,880

2,700

2,700

2,520

2,520

3,360

5,300

5,860

5,170

4,390

4,650

6,140

4,910

4,260

3,610

3,000

2,760

3,480

Sept.

6,840

8,150

9,970

13,400

12 , 700

11,700

10,400

7,400

5,440

4,520

3,610

3,000

2,580

2,280

1,980

1,740

1,540

1,270

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,080

1,080

960

960

960

960

960

960

960

-

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

840

840

840

840

840

840

1,030

1,300

1,080

1,010

960

960

960

960

960

936

1,300

3,480

2,940

1,980

5,040

6,980

5,040

4,000

5,720

10,900

8,450

5,720

4,130

3,240

2,700

Nov.

2,340

2,100

1,860

1,860

1,620

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,440

1,440

1,480

1,680

1,800

1,800

1,860

2,820

8,030

633,300

657,800

666,000

659,700

645,000

627,500

614,700

8,780

6,070

5,210

5,720

Dec.

11,900

620,100

23,000

618,700

e!4,300

11,400

9,050

7,550

6,280

5,440

4,780

4,260

4,260

3,870

3,870

3,610

3,740

7,120

8,450

8,150

10,300

9,650

7,850

6,700

6,140

5,440

4,780

4,260

4,000

4,000

4,000

Jan.

4,130

4,260

4,390

5,300

9,350

11,200

11,200

12,900

616,700

19,100

621,300

24,000

22,800

e!8,300

614,600

12,100

10,700

613,300

e29,100

640,500

645,800

642,000

e 32, 600

625,400

643,600

659,600

668,500

668,000

655,200

e35,300

619,600

Feb.

613,700

11,200

9,350

8,075

7,300

7,550

9,200

11,900

616,300

17,500

15,800

13,600

11,600

9,970

8,750

7,850

7,550

7,120

6,980

9,500

11,100

11,800

12,200

614,100

624,800

655,200

676,900

681,200

«

-

Mar.

687,200

682,900

672,600

649,500

637,200

946,700

661,900

668,700

659,500

644,800

626,900

617,400

e!3,900

e!4,200

626,000

643,200

641,700

630,000

620,200

615,000

12,300

614,300

665,000

693,400

005,000

B115.000

9124,000

8114,000

el 01, 000

683,400

e66,700

Apr.

653,300

e39 , 200

627,000

621,100

617,600

614,500

12,600

11,100

9,810

9,200

9,970

10,300

9,350

8,900

8,150

7,400

6,840

6,560

6,140

5,860

5,720

7,260

7,120

6,840

6,770

6,980

7,460

625,100

640,800

652,000

-

May

651,200

650,400

651,200

843,600

643,100

638,800

653,200

659,400

662,600

859,100

843,500

626,800

616,800

613,300

616,000

624,300

633,100

638,700

636,200

630,600

624,600

629,100

632,300

628,500

822,100

615,900

11,700

8,960

7,850

6,840

6,280

June

5,720

4,910

4,000

3,480

3,240

2,940

2,820

2,700

2,580

3,000

3,240

3,120

3,240

3,360

3,000

2,760

2,820

2,820

2,760

2,820

2,100

1,860

1,800

1,920

2,760

8,750

614,200

80,200

e!4,900

9,650

-

July

6,840

7,550

9,050

6,980

8,750

9,200

7,120

5,580

4,520

4,390

4,000

3,870

4,520

4,910

5,580

5,040

4,130

4,520

6,280

8,300

4,780

3,480

2,880

2,520

2,220

1,980

1,860

1,980

1,680

1,740

2,820

Aug.

2,820

2,100

2,400

2,700

2,280

2,340

S,040

1,680

1,520

1,390

2,040

5,740

3,240

2,100

1,680

1,560

1,540

1,390

1,310

1,200

1,030

900

807

730

630

594

540

470

470

470

470

Sept.

470

457

405

405

519

549

585

796

1,200

1,680

1,800

2,040

3,OOO

3,480

2,460

2,700

3,480

3,610

4,260

3,360

2,580

1,920

1,440

1,270

1,200

1,130

1,200

1,310

1,370

1,920

-

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
CUMBERLAJID RIVER BASIN 417

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Oellna, Tenn., 1988-40 Continued

1989-30

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

&

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

80

81

82

25

24

86

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

8,100

1,860

1,620

1,440

1,320

1,300

1,160

1,080

1,060

960

960

960

960

960

840

818

730

630

630

630

796

1,870

1,440

1,320

1,800

1,080

960

840

1,800

1,800

2,640

Nov.

8,640

4,390

9,350

el4,100

026,000

e23,700

e!7,400

11,900

8,000

6,810

4,780

4,340

6,880

e!4,800

el8,600

e31,800

040,200

e42,700

e49,800

052,800

e40,800

026,300

e!6,700

10,800

8,580

7,560

7,180

6,660

6,880

5,860

Dec.

5,580

6,040

4,520

4,130

4,000

3,870

4,000

6,440

7,180

8,750

9,350

9,350

8,750

7,850

7,860

7,180

9,350

15,100

15,600

e20,700

28,400

80,500

e!7,000

13,800

11,800

9,650

9,800

10,900

13,900

15,300

19,100

Jan.

17,800

15,600

15,600

14,400

14,100

13,900

13,100

e!4,100

17,300

17,700

17,300

14,900

18,400

18,000

13,600

13,400

18,700

11,600

10,300

8,750

7,550

7,860

7,860

7,400

8,000

7,860

8,600

13,600

14,900

17,800

17,000

Feb.

14,600

18,400

10,900

el4,000

022,800

032,300

39,300

e34,300

e24,300

e!7,600

e!3,700

11,900

018,600

634,300

046,800

48,600

eS8,800

e26,700

019,000

15,400

12,700

10,900

10,100

11,800

12,600

14,300

15,300

14,100

_

-

Mar.

18,600

11,400

10,600

9,810

10,600

8,450

8,750

11,100

016,500

80,900

e86,300

86,700

84,000

83,800

80,800

e!6,400

13,600

013,000

021,500

e30,300

35,900

eS8,800

020,600

17,000

15,400

15,300

15,300

16,300

14,900

18,700

11,100

Apr.

9,650

8,750

9,800

e!3,100

15,300

16,800

16,300

14,100

18,200

10,100

8,750

7,550

6,700

6,140

5,580

5,170

4,780

4,580

4,860

4,000

3,740

3,480

3,840

3,120

3,000

8,880

8,760

8,640

8,580

2,520

~

May

8,340

8,340

8,640

2,580

8,400

8,280

8,160

2,100

8,040

8,040

2,220

3,000

3,360

4,000

6,140

6,140

5,860

ell, 100

81,800

e25,900

28,200

023,800

e!7,800

012,800

9,050

6,700

5,440

4,580

4,000

3,870

3,360

June

2,940

8,640

8,400

8,820

8,040

1,980

8,040

1,980

1,740

1,560

1,540

1,430

1,380

1,310

1,800

1,080

1,060

888

864

858

752

741

730

730

730

730

730,

730

730

730

~

July

730

700

630

603

' 540

540

518

470

464

405

405

418

730

1,390

1,320

1,010

840

630

585

505

491

470

470

470

470

457

405

378

339

295

285

Aug.

845

845

845

245

845

195

195

805

318

870

840

195

195

195

195

195

205

978

1,190

594

418

405

405

405

470

470

457

378

320

895

295

Sept.

895

880

845

845

845

845

840

195

195

280

378

378

585

660

1,440

1,020

758

730

796

710

630

505

470

470

405

405

394

895

895

895

"

e Computed by uelng rate of change of stage as a factor.

Day

1

8

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

81

88

83

34

85

36

87

28

89

30

31

Oct.

845

845

845

845

845

845

255

306

361

405

405

405

394

361

339

306

295

295

295

895

285

255

845

846

245

855

285

895

285

255

845

NOT.

845

845

245

845

245

245

845

845

845

845

860

405

567

630

630

558

484

470

470

f500

596

t 1,580

1,450

1,420

1,300

1,090

909

778

685

635

-

Dec.

596

569

551

584

533

876

1,290

1,500

4,870

5,300

4,000

3,160

2,540

8,120

1,760

1,520

1,360

1,880

1,160

1,100

1,050

1,020

956

980

980

1,040

1,580

1,640

1,760

3,460

4,520

Jan.

4,130

3,480

8,840

8,360

2,000

8,000

2,180

3,540

9,050

9,800

7,550

6,880

5,860

5,440

5,440

5,780

5,440

4,650

4,910

4,780

4,390

4,650

4,780

4,390

3,870

3,350

3,080

8,780

2,480

8,300

2,180

Feb.

1,940

1,880

1,700

1,580

1,500

1,400

1,380

1,840

2,690

5,300

4,580

5,040

5,440

8,750

10,400

el4,300

e!9,500

80,500

19,800

19,800

17,800

14,900

11,900

9,350

8,150

8,000

7,120

6,700

_

-

-

Mar.

11,900

11,800

9,350

8,600

7,850

7,260

9,800

10,800

10,600

11,600

18,200

10,900

9,350

8,150

7,860

6,480

6,000

5,440

5,040

4,650

4,390

4,860

4,130

4,130

4,140

4,740

7,180

026,400

645(800

066,300

053,800

Apr.

041,100

eS9,700

624,000

023,100

e23,400

022,900

619,400

016,000

e!3,800

ell, 600

e!3,500

e!4,500

e!8,900

eSO,300

e!7,800

e!3,400

10,900

9,800

7,850

6,700

6,280

18,900

e81,900

e43,900

49,700

043,400

034,800

87,900

25,000

e20,100

-

May

16,000

18,700

10,600

9,050

8,000

7,180

6,840

6,700

6,700

10,800

015,500

16,800

15,500

13,600

11,900

10,300

8,900

7,850

6,700

5,860

5,300

4,780

4,580

4,780

5,860

5,580

5,040

4,520

4,580

4,650

4,780

June

5,300

4,130

3,480

3,840

2,940

2,700

2,400

8,100

1,860

1,680

1,480

1,370

1,270

1,800

1,120

1,060

1,020

1,060

1,140

1,200

1,210

1,360

1,560

1,510

1,380

1,210

1,060

936

840

785

-

July

780

763

840

730

700

900

1,090

1,100

1,060

876

864

984

948

864

763

758

774

752

785

1,130

4,350

4,650

8,150

10,400

7,850

6,140

4,650

4,000

3,120

8,460

1,920

Aug.

1,560

1,440

1,260

1,130

1,200

1,380

8,040

4,000

4,260

3,480

3,180

3,240

3,360

2,940

8,880

3,360

8,940

2,280

2,040

2,880

3,740

2,280

8,760

5,440

5,860

5,580

5,170

3,870

2,880

8,400

2,160

Sept.

E,040

1,980

2,640

2,580

2,100

1,800

1,740

1,620

1,540

1,400

1,880

1,070

924

785

700

630

558

519

491

650

477

424

418

412

405

405

405

400

400

400

-

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. 

Bo to.- Shifting-control method used Mar. 28-30.
418 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40 Continued

1931-32

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

394

394

394

405

405

400

400

361

383

519

512

470

444

444

f457

f4S8

f418

412

405

405

405

405

400

388

394

400

394

418

484

576

585

Nov.

585

558

540

626

505

491

477

470

470

464

444

438

418

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

418

424

412

405

405

405

405

' 405

g438

gl.080

-

Dec.

g2,580

g2,220

g4,390

g5,040

g4,780

4,260

4,520

4,720

8,920

g9,810

gll.300

Ig21,000

Sg42,900

»g58,100

ag58,900

)g55,600

Bg43,400

Sg27,300

ag!7,000

gll.100

g8,990

Sg23,700

635,800

033,700

644,400

641,100

634,700

626,600

Jgl9,900

615,500

el3,300

Jan.

12,100

11,300

11,800

12,800

e!3,600

621,600

625,700

626,500

023,100

e!7,800

613,900

11,500

10,400

10,100

11,000

014,200

e!3,900

015,100

615,200

614,100

e!3,200

11,800

019,300

!g29,400

ig28,900

629,000

628,700

e26,100

050,500

683,000

694,000

Feb.

e96,100

699,300

BlOl.OOO

d.06,000

JL 06,000

0101,000

697,700

688,900

068,100

039,100

022,600

025,000

630,200

633,300

628,900

023,200

624,300

024,200

626,500

026,400

626,800

629,900

026,600

627,200

022,600

017,300

014,400

12,100

10,600

_

-

Bar.

9,200

8,150

7,120

10,600

12,900

15,500

17,600

16,600

14,300

11,700

9,970

8,600

7,550

6,840

6,280

5,860

5,580

5,300

5,170

5,040

5,040

5,040

6,280

7,660

10,100

10,900

616,000

640,200

053,800

061,800

664,400

Apr.

059,100

050,800

642,400

031,900

022,800

017,000

13,300

12,500

16,200

17,200

19,000

17,800

14,900

12,900

11,400

10,300

9,500

8,900

8,150

7,400

6,980

6,420

5,860

5,860

9,340

020,900

633,700

39,800

032,600

e25,100

-

May

22,200

18,000

15,100

12,700

11,100

9,650

8,300

7,850

8,450

7,850

6,840

6,700

6,420

6,840

7,120

6,840

7,700

6,840

5,440

4,520

4,000

4,000

3,870

3,360

2,940

2,640

2,640

2,880

2,580

2,220

1,980

June

1,860

1,800

1,620

1,510

1,400

1,310

1,180

1,080

1,020

996

972

960

1,060

1,620

2,820

2,640

2,760

3,000

3,480

4,910

4,130

4,390

3,870

3,480

3,480

3,740

3,360

4,260

028,100

37,200

~

July

628,700

620,600

013,500

12,900

026,200

034,000

033,600

28,400

025,300

619,100

013,900

9,650

6,840

5,170

4,390

3,480

2,880

2,520

2,220

gl,920

gl,740

gl,560

gl,490

gl,270

gl.100

gl,060

g948

g852

g818

p710

p6SO

Aug.

g603

g549

g526

g470

g470

g470

g470

g512

567

558

533

540

603

670

741

785

852

1,980

2,340

1,980

2,280

1,860

1,460

1,870

1,080

900

763

680

612

540

505

Sapt.

470

444

438

431

.418

424

412

406

383

350

334

306

300

295

295

285

275

256

245

276

350

378

450

438

405

491

892

2,220

1,440

960

~

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, 

g Computed from graph based on Weather Bureau readings.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Oct.

864

840

876

796

785

785

690

650

621

603

585

567

540

512

477

884

3,480

4,520

10,300

11,900

8,300

5,720

4,260

3,240

2,580

2,400

2,880

2,400

2,040

1,860 

2,520

NOT.

7,850

10,300

8,900

6,840

5,170

4,130

3,610

3,360

3,000

2,880

6,280

9,650

8,450

6,420

5,040

4,860

3,740

3,480

5,040

7,550

619,500

21,600

016,000

11,600

8,750

7,400

6,700

6,000

5,580

5,040

Dec.

4,520

4,000

3,610

3,360

3,120

2,880

2,7OO

2,640

2,640

4,910

9,050

12,200

017,600

19,400

18, 600

16,200

14,200

11,900

9,650

8,000

6,840

6,000

5,580

5,440

6,420

6,800

7,500

614,700

629,000

048,100 

663,400

Jan.

665,800

065,200

659, 2OO

643,000

626,300

017,200

613,100

11,600

621,400

830,900

640,800

640,500

631,600

622,500

616,100

012,500

10,500

10,100

11,500

e!3,900

632,600

657,000

666,700

669,400

663,200

e48,800

838,500

035,700

632,700

e28,700 

624,400

Feb.

e20,300

016,600

014,000

12,100

10,700

9,640

10,200

616,000

018,700

626,000

026,200

021,600

017,000

019,200

638,600

066,200

084,800

064,200

059,800

079,600

085,600

085,700

e83,500

070,000

044,800

623,800

617, 600

616,400

"

liar.

013,400

11,100

9,700

8,500

7,600

6,800

6,500

6,500

6,400

6,420

6,560

6,280

5,860

6,500

013,000

e!6,300

024,300

624,900

e48,700

664,000

671,000

064,300

662,000

046,100

828,300

e!9, 600

615,600

013,900

12,500

11,200 

10,400

Apr.

12,200

e!3,500

013,900

614,500

el3,200

013,800

614,300

613,300

12,300

11,200

11,400

014,500

019,200

623,800

622,500

028,900

630,700

639,300

643,600

838,500

029,100

021,600

e!6,800

613,600

e!3,300

e!2,300

11,000

9,800

8,500

7,400

May

6,500

6,450

7,750

9,800

12,500

012,800

11,400

e!4,200

614,000

031,800

664,700

676,700

674,500

663,300

043,600

627,400

620,400

016,400

e!3,600

10,600

8,600

6,980

6,000

5,170

4,780

6,000

7,400

9,350

9,970

13,4OO 

11,900

June

9,350

7,120

5,300

4,260

3,480

2,940

2,580

2,340

2,580

2,400

2,040

2,280

2,520

3,740

3,610

2,760

2,280

1,920

1,680

1,510

1,340

1,200

1,090

1,040

960

924

924

960

1,010

1,160

July

1,240

1,100

1,040

1,310

1,180

984

840

720

640

640

640

585

603

818

1,440

1,190

984

1,180

1,740

1,560

1,220

1,020

900

840

852

5,380

12,400

615,300

18,400

e!6,200 

10,900

Aug*

7,260

5,440

4,260

4,000

5,860

7,700

7,260

5,580

4,260

3,360

3,620

630,900

026,600

013,200

8,150

6,420

5,040

5,580

5,170

5,580

4,780

3,870

3,120

2,520

2,100

1,800

1,680

1,680

2,640

2,880 

3,240

Sept.

3,360

3,240

3,610

8,640

e20,600

35,600

022,800

613,300

8,750

6,140

4,520

3,480

2,900

2,570

2,570

2,440

2,120

1,860

1,790

1,720

1,660

1,460

1,280

1,150

1,090

1,010

924

see

780

736

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor. 

Hote.- Shifting-control method used July 26 to Sept. 6.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 419

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40 Continued

1933-34

Day

1

2

5

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

692

660 

610

580

560

522

484

466

458

441

416

580

622

369

287

314

390

407

390

398

390

390

670

780

660

670

504 

476 

458

466

449

Nov.

432

407 

407

416

997

1,790

1,460

1,340

1,190

1,270

1,270

1,130

1,010

900

780

726

660

630

580

551

532

532

622

650

600

432

369 

424 

475

47E

Dec.

475

475 

651

600

650

3,730

8,900

8,160

8,160

6,700

6,040

4,000

3,160

2,570

2,310

2,180

4,520

9,060

e!5,800

18,900

20,700

620,600

S15.000

10,600

7,850

7,120

8,000 

10,400 

12,600

10,300

8,30O

Jan.

6,980

6.700 

6,420

6,660

7,930

68,120

621,600

643,600

e67,600

e66,400

637,400

e20,200

613,000

10,000

8,750

7,650

6,700

6,000

6,300

4,910

4,650

4,520

4,260

4,260

4,000

3,870

3,740 

3,480 

3,350

3,09O

2,960

Feb.

2,760

2,640 

2,600

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,310

2,180

1,980

1,980

1,920

1,860

1,860

1,790

1,790

1,790

1,790

1,720

1,660

1,660

2,360

3,050

616,400

e54,000

8037,200 

»g69,300

_

-

Mar.

9g84,000

£55,600 

9g67,300

eg?8,600

SgjB4,600

3686,600

2g83,600

3g73,300

BgB5,400

9go9,800

6^3,600

Sg43,200

3g28, 300

9gl8,300

9gl3,600

glO,800

g9,540

g8,550

9gLO,300

3g28,000

Bg54,600

eg59,800

Ug56,300

»g55,800

9g62,600

Bg69,700

eg73,900 

eg71,000 

eg61,000

££48,000

eg34,800

Apr.

9g83,700

9gl7,400 

egl3,600

gll,200

g9,600

g8,300

g7,660

g6,980

g6,700

g7,850

gll.600

g!2,200

gll,200

glO,100

g9,050

g8,000

7,260

6,700

6,420

8,160

10,400

619,000

19,800

615,500

11,700

9,350

8,000 

7,400 

6,980

6,840

~

May

6,560

6,860 

5,440

5,040

4,660

4,390

4,390

4,000

3,740

3,480

3,610

3,870

3,610

3,480

3,610

4,260

4,000

3,740

3,610

3,360

3,020

2,830

3,610

3,870

2,960

2,570

2,440 

2,120 

1,860

1,650

1,530

June

1,430

1,320 

1,230

1,430

1,320

1,270

1,2OO

1,220

1,400

1,610

1,920

3,360

3,870

4,650

4,910

3,740

2,700

12,500

e!3,500

8,750

6,980

5,580

4,000

4,780

6,840

6,140

4,620 

3,220 

2,600

2,180

~

July

2,380

2,120 

1,790

2,600

4,260

3,350

2,440

2,120

2,380

2,700

2,180

2,180

2,240

7,380

8,300

9,810

8,750

8,000

7,560

6,440

4,000

3,020

2,380

' 1,920

1,620

1,400

1,240 

1,270 

1,980

2,830

2,120

Aug.

2,310

2,700 

2,640

2,440

2,050

1,720

1,660

1,860

1,500

1,660

2,050

2,050

1,720

3,480

2,050

1,720

2,640

4,390

6,300

5,300

4,260

3,480

2,960

4,390

5,300

7,400

6,980 

6,560 

9,650

8,300

5,720

Sept.

4,000

2,, 960 

2,310

2,060

1,920

1.72O

1,440

1,480

1,370

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,090

972

900

1,040

1,070

1,200

1,140

934

876

804

780

692

650

610

660 

692 

1,440

3,480

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

g Computed from graph based on Weather Bureau readings.

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,000

5,580

6,140

5,040

4,260

3,360

2,640 

f2,120

f 1,790

fl,610

fl,600

f 1,460

1,440

1,410

1,340

' 1,230

1,140

1,140

1,370

1,530

1,440

1,390

1,570

1,790

1,790

1,600

1,390

1,240

1,100

996

960

Nov.

1,200

2,050

6,780

10,900

11,100

10,300

8,750 

6,420

5,040

4,130

3,610

3,090

2,760

2,440

2,160

1,980

1,860

1,720

1,600

1,620

1,450

1,430

1.52O

1,660

1,530

1,400

1,360

1,500

1,610

1,650

-

Dec.

1,790

1,920

1,920

2,310

2,570

2,500

2,440 

2,570

2,570

2,440

2,240

2,050

1,920

1,860

1,720

1,660

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,720

1,980

2,180

2,380

2,640

3,090

3,870

4,390

4,910

5,720

6,420

Jan.

7,850

10,300

11,200

13,400

12,700

10,400

8,150 

6,700

6,280

5,580

5,440

7,260

9,970

8,750

6,980

6,880

12,600

617,500

624,700

650,200

667,000

671,500

668,400

656,700

642,200

629,200

620,100

614,900

12,400

11,200

10,400

Feb.

9,970

10,100

10,900

12,000

12,600

12,400

11,200 

10,100

10,100

617,400

622,800

26,500

26,800

26,900

634,500

39,500

40,000

631,400

622,600

616,700

13,200

10,800

9,500

8,750

8,450

616,900

625,900

638,100

-

-

-

Mar.

38,600

629,400

620,800

615,600

13,100

11,600

10,900 

10,600

10,400

10,900

618,700

663,200

682,000

688,800

690,900

689,800

680,800

659,300

636,000

32,400

639,200

647,200

646-, 600

639,200

638,700

660,400

670,100

679,900

681,500

77,500

673,200

Apr.

668,000

67,000

664,300

656,000

652,100

666,400

676,400 

679,700

82,800

81,600

676,700

658,600

636,200

623,300

618,100

15,000

12,800

11,200

10,100

9,380

9,200

9,350

9,200

11,400

11,700

10,400

9,200

8,000

7,120

6,560

-

May

6,000

6,000

6,280

5,720

5,170

4,910

6,000 

7,860

11,600

15,300

14,800

13,200

13,200

11,700

10,900

622,100

31,100

29,400

623,100

620,600

631,800

642,900

46,700

636,600

625,000

618,800

615,100

11,900

9,650

9,650

9,350

June

9,050

8,900

10,400

617,800

625,100

25,400

618,000 

14,900

18,200

16,800

14,600

12,200

10,100

8,150

6,840

6,140

6,000

6,700

7,860

7,260

617,500

631,100

639,700

42,600

632,200

620,100

612,800

9,050

6,980

5,860

July

5,300

6,000

5,440

5,720

5,720

7,700

12,900 

14,100

12,000

9,350

6,700

5,040

4,000

3,280

2,760

2,380

2,120

1,920

1,790

1,660

2,050

3,280

2,310

2,240

2,380

3,740

7,260

7,700

7,700

9,500

10,800

Ac*.

9,970

6,840

4,780

3,740

2,960

2,440

2,050 

1,860

1,660

1,500

1,350

1,260

1,280

E.180

2,570

4,130

8,450

7,700

7,850

6,140

3,870

3,220

2,960

2,640

2,240

1,860

1,610

1,410

1,230

1,080

960

Sept.

876

804

840

68,140

26,900

620,400

16,000 

9,060

4,780

3,280

2,500

2,050

1,720

1,560

1,370

1,190

1,070

948

864

780

703

640

600

570

522

494

494 '670

432

304

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. 

Note.- Shifting-control method used Sept. 4-30.
420 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

.Discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40--Continued

1935-36

Day

1

S

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

276

304

314

320

309

887

276

882

282

276

265

270

255

276

354

383

287

298

355

276

245

235

245

276

287

892

287

510

936

792

681

Nov.

681

804

852

640

660

630

640

670

670

780

1,660

4,780

7,400

el4,900

16,600

e!2,700

9,050

6,420

4,910

4,910

5,860

4,910

3,740

3,090

2,640

2,310

2,050

3,160

4,780

5,300

-

Dec.

7,550

8,900

7,850

6,000

4,780

4,000

3,480

3,160

4,000

5,860

10,100

9,500

7,120

6,000

5,720

7,260

10,400

12,600

12,000

9,810

7,700

6,280

5,170

4,390

3,870

g3,350

g8,960

g2,640

g2,380

g2,240

g2,440

Jan.

g2,700

eg7,830

622,000

639,000

646,500

650,500

53,800

55,000

56,200

54J 000

52,600

045,800

633,200

622,000

e!5,700

12,400

10,500

9,540

9,200

9,350

11,400

16,600

16,500

13,800

11,400

g9,200

g7,120

g6,420

g5,860

g5,300

g5,040

Feb.

g4,780

g4,780

g4,910

g8,620

14,300

sf20,600

f28,500

sf26.600

Bfl9,600

614,300

11,900

flO,600

9,650

9,650

10,300

11,100

12,000

12,700

12,700

12,700

13,100

13,100

12,000

10,800

9,810

9,600

10,600

11,700

12,600

_

-

liar.

13,800

13,600

12,600

11,700

11,200

10,900

9,970

9,350

8,900

8,150

7,700

7,120

6,700

6,140

5,850

e!4,300

e36,900

658,700

65,700

651,400

644,200

40,70O

38,200

e41,200

660,000

664,600

678,800

83,400

80,100

672,900

655,000

Apr.

e34,400

29,800

e30,000

35,800

35,700

662,000

677,000

82,200

e86,800

85,500

676,800

660,700

639,600

625,400

eSO.OOO

17,300

14,800

12, 600

10,600

9,20O

8,150

7,260

6,560

6,000

5,580

5,170

4,910

4,520

4,260

4,000

-

May

3,740

3,610

3,480

3,280

3,160

2,960

8,700

8,500

2,310

2,180

2,050

1,980

2,050

8,120

1,980

1,980

1,860

1,790

8,180

8,310

2,640

2,640

8,240

1,860

1,600

1,400

1,270

1,140

1,020

924

840

June

769

703

660

620

600

600

570

551

504

551

580

532

475

441

398

376

376

494

640

570

484

407

369

320

292

276

255

245

245

240

-

July

220

215

265

711

660

725

692

600

551

528

475

466

582

650

630

551

777

1,790

1,400

972

714

640

1,120

1,060

840

670

560

484

407

383

341

Aug.

334

304

292

270

250

230

250

362

287

360

679

551

390

484

334

276

245

265

282

260

240

265

287

276

265

840

225

255

898

270

840

Sept.

265

250

235

825

220

207

199

195

199

1,180

1,100

852

692

551

449

390

365

341

327

304

287

270

250

256

870

292

276

304

282

260

~

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

89

30

31

Oct.

235

203

195

199

207

211

220

215

220 

402

590

504

398

376

341

494

1,030

852

600

747

1,130

1,140

984

840

888

924

816

769

736

670

650

Nov.

736

504

865

elO,400

18,200

21,100

19,300

12,400

7,850 

5,440

3,870

2,960

2,310,

1,860

1,650

1,430

1,240

1,130

1,010

924

840

769

726

714

670

640

600

580

642

632

Dec,

513

504

513

513

522

580

4,170

615,500

e33,800 

627,300

e 18, 300

12,200

8,150

6,560

5,580

4,780

4,130

3,740

4,650

6,700

7,700

9,970

11,100

9,650

3,450

7,120

6,280

8,960

12,900

616,800

629,100

Jan.

e36,300

665,200

684,600

90,900

90,800

89,300

076,300

649,100

624,100 

17,600

17,300

17,100

18,400

19,000

641,400

663,500

678,000

695,700

102,000

BlD9,000

a.20,000

123,000

128,000

127,000

184,000

120,000

111,000

106,000

e 98, 000

682,000

659,100

Feb.

640,700

630,600

626,900

622,800

el8,800

14,700

13,600

13,500

624,800 

646,500

55,200

54,200

644,300

e31,800

620,900

615,200

13,000

11,500

10,700

10,200

11,100

12,600

14,000

14.300

13,800

12,900

11,800

10,500

..

-

Mar.

9,480

8,880

8,280

7,830

7,530

7,530

7,530

7,830

8,130 

8,430

8,880

7,680

6,930

6,640

6,640

7,530

9,630

10,600

10,200

9,780

9,030

8,280

7,530

6,930

6,930

7,630

8,430

9,030

8,430

7,530

6,640

Apr.

6,080

5,520

5,000

4,610

4,350

4,740

4,740

4,610

5,130 

5,660

6,880

7,2SO

6,930

6,360

6,080

6,780

8,430

10,500

10,500

9,630

8,580

7,980

8,280

9,780

13,000

14,200

616,700

17,500

15,900

16,300

May

18,000

19,000

21,400

19,900

22,500

20,600

21,000

22,700

e!9,700 

615,600

12,600

10,800

913,500

624,400

634,900

632,700

e24,600

617,700

13,900

12,100

11,200

9,780

7,830

6,500

5,620

5,000

4,870

4,870

5,800

8,730

10,400

June

10,200

7,530

5,390

5,800

6,360

6,080

8,430

7,380

6,360 

612,900

22,100

686,400

30,100

620,600

e!2,700

8,730

6,780

6,220

6,360

6,080

5,390

4,740

4,480

3,830

3,310

2,860

2,490

2,190

1,890

1,770

July

1,770

1,830

1,710

1,510

4, ,870

3,960

3,700

3,310

2,860 

2,980

2,610

2,250

2,130

2,070

2,010

1,950

2,010

2.070

8,070 3,120

8,370

2.250

2,310

2,850

2,130

1.830

1,650

1,480

1,360

1,490

1,510

Aug.

1,360

1,330

1,230

1,120

1,010

912

816

796

785

1,120

1,330

1,170

1,100

1,330

2,130

3,440

8,960

2,370

2,070

1,890

1,530

1,490

1,450

1,580

2,250

2,790

6,350

6,640

4,870

3,440

2,610

Sept.

2,070

1,710

1,430

1,240

1,210

1,400

1,400

2,490

2,790 

2,370

4,870

4,610

2,730

2,130

1,830

1,590

1,430

1,250

1,110

1,000

890

796

725

647

581

536

500

466

432

408

-

e Computed by using rate of change of stage aa a factor.

Note.- Shifting-control method used Nov. 4 to Dec. 28 and Feb. 9-11.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 421

Discharge, In aecond-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Tenn., 1922-40--Centin-led

1937-38

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

385

370

415

1,770

9,070

8,280

4,220

4,090

4,350

3,440

8,730

2,250

1,890

1,650

1,480

1,950

1,270

1,250

1,350

1,350

1,540

2,250

3,440

3,700 

4,740

5,260

4,870

4,220

3,700

3,310

3,120

Nov.

2,790

2,980

2,920

2,490

2,130

1,890

1,710

1,590

1,530

1,540

2,130

2,370

2,190

2,010

2,130

2,250

2,250

2,130

1,950

1,830

1,710

1,590

1,510

1,450 

1,390

1,550

1,350

1,400

1,710

1,830

Dec.

1,710

1,650

1,650

1,710

1,770

1,770

1,710

1,650

1,590

1,650

1,710

1,530

1,470

3,440

5,260

5,130

8,430

e 21, 400

e29,500

31,900

623,900

e!7,400

15,800

11,400 

9,780

9,050

9,480

12,700

12,600

e!4,000

14,800

Jan.

14,800

13,800

12,400

12,200

11,600

10,200

9,030

7,980

7,230

7,230

7,080

6,780

6,640

6,500

6,360

6,220

5,940

5,660

5,390

4,990

e!5,100

e29,600

e41,900

e50,200 

62,900

49,900

47,400

e39,700

e28,400

e!9,400

e25,300

Feb.

24,600

25,100

24,900

22,000

18,600

15,700

13,600

12,100

10,800

9,640

9,030

8,730

8,880

9,630

11,900

14,000

17,000

17,600

17,300

17,800

17,600

18,OOO

17,600

16,400 

15,300

14,600

13, BOO

12,400

_

_

-

Mar.

11,400

10,100

el3,700

e26,500

641,700

653,800

52,500

047,000

e36,900

30,000

27,800

28,600

27,600

26,700

29,600

33,600

631,700

625,900

621,400

617,600

614,300

12,200

11,400

13,000 

13,200

14,000

14,000

12,200

10,800

9,630

9,030

Apr.

11,800

12,700

13,200

12,100

10,400

9,030

7,980

7,980

612,900

021,600

28,600

26,800

622,000

617,100

13,500

11,000

9,330

8,430

8,680

10,600

13,200

615,800

623,500

30,800 

29,900

022,700

616,600

612,100

9,780

8,280

May

7,830

6,930

6,780

6,360

5,390

4,870

4,240

3,880

4,120

4,240

6,390

5,800

5,390

5,000

5,000

4,740

5,800

8,130

8,130

6,500

5,660

6,360

8,580

e!2,400 

617,000

19,700

18,700

15,600

12,400

10,100

617,700

June

e38,100

638,700

629,100

021,400

18,800

614,800

11,300

8,730

6,780

5,520

4,870

4,480

4,240

4,000

3,760

3,400

2,920

2,500

2,500

5,140

612,800

20,600

19,000

014,900 

11,000

8,580

6,930

5,940

6,080

7,380

-

July

7,680

6,080

5,000

4,120

3,400

3,040

2,860

2,620

2,320

2,740

2,140

2,320

2,680

2,8OO

3,760

6,080

6,360

9,030

11,300

6,780

4,870

10,200

11,400

11,900 

10,200

7-680

5i800

4>870

4,000

3,520

3,400

Aug.

g8,430

g!4,500

3g22,200

g24,100

9gl9,000

g!5,100

fl4,300

14,000

11,600

9,180

7,380

8,880

8,130

8,580

7,830

6,640

5,260

5,520

4,610

4,120

3,520

3,160

2,800

2,440 

2,200

2,200

2,260

2,320

3,400

3,280

2,620

Sept.

2,320

2,200

1,960

. 1,720

1,540

1,380

1,290

1,170

1,120

1,140

1,290

1,600

2,740

2,740

2,860

2,860

2,680

2,620

3,160

3,400

3,280

2,920

2,620

2,200 

1,840

1,600

1,420

1,290

1,180

1,160

-

e Computed by using rate of change of atage aa a factor, 

f Computed on baala of partly estimated gage-height record, 

g Computed from graph baaed on Weather Bureau readings.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

1,220

1,100

1,000

928

928

892

808

727

683

650

606

551

540

529

441

412

412

394

340

340

334

334

316

298

286

280

276

280

286

280

280

Nov.

286

280

270

304

340

430

441

573

650

772

1,140

1,380

1,480

1,540

1,440

1,350

1,220

1,480

06,070

610,900

620,500

23,500

016,100

610,400

6,930

5,260

4,360

4,000

3,760

3,640

Dec.

3,520

3,520

3,400

3,400

3,400

3,760

4,240

4,240

4,000

3,760

3,520

3,640

4,740

6,080

6,500

6,930

6,220

5,130

4,240

3,640

3,280

2,980

2,800

3,880

5,520

e8,OOO

 17,300

023,200

27,000

022,700

016,600

Jan.

12,400

9,630

7,680

6,500

010,800

11,600

11,900

16,100

14,500

12,400

10,700

9,480

624,000

637,700

45,200

644,000

632,500

622,900

18,800

17,000

16,300

15,300

13,700

11,900

11,100

10,700

10,800

11,000

612,400

027,100

640,800

Feb.

650,400

50,OOO

069,700

084,900

91,900

0.00,000

107,000

105,000

694,600

083,300

669,700

659,300

56,000

650,200

061,500

669,700

71,900

70,900

e56,000

642,400

e33,400

29,400

e23,600

618,600

15,400

617,600

19,200

642,000

_

_

-

Mar.

657,500

62,000

059,900

844,000

37,600

049,500

656,300

58,900

052,600

638,000

024,500

18,800

17,3,00

17,600

17,100

15,000

13,400

12,400

11,400

10,700

9,780

8,730

7,980

7,230

6,500

5,940

7,080

7,680

7,680

017,000

25,100

Apr.

635,000

38,200

631,700

024,100

19,400

18,000

18,800

19,400

22,500

21,900

621,900

26,800

28,100

28,800

023,500

20,100

21,400

23,500

22,500

19,000

15,800

13,400

11,600

10,100

9,030

012,400

621,200

21,600

19,000

16,400

-

"ay

14,000

12,100

10,200

8,730

7,530

6,640

5,800

5,260

5,520

5,940

5,800

7,230

6,780

5,660

4,740

4,120

3,760

3,400

3,160

3,160

3,280

3,040

2,800

2,740

2,620

2,560

2,980

3,040

2,920

3,160

3,160

Juno

2,920

2,980

3,160

4,000

3,880

3,760

4,360

4,120

3,400

3,160

2,860

2,620

2,800

2,740

2,500

2,200

1,900

1,780

1,780

2,020

1,900

1,900

2,980

3,640

3,400

3,040

2,620

2,980

3,160

3,520

-

July

4,480

3,760

5,130

5,260

4,360

4,360

5,390

610,800

16,100

13,400

15,300

11,900

7,680

5,260

3,760

2,860

2,260

1,900

1,660

1,480

1,360

1,280

1,250

1,240

1,600

1,840

1,840

2,200

2,320

2,200

1,900

Aug.

1,780

1,780

2,440

3,880

2,740

1,960

1,840

2,260

2,080

1,900

1,600

1,430

1,360

1,250

1,120

1,120

1,190

1,140

1,120

1,460 

/

1,660

1,380

1,130

952

796

661

628

474

394

349

367

Sept.

452

474

412

394

367

367

394

452

394

310

265

260

260

240

230

223

223

209

812

202

202

206

198

192

192

190

180

175

175

190

"

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
433 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Tenn., 1988-40 Continued

1939-40

Day

1

8

s

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

IV

18

19

SO

81

as

25

84

85

86

8V

28

29

SO

51

206

220

216

212

209

192

220

708

639

441

340

292

g240

gS30

g230

g226

g826

g223

g216

g209

g!95

gl88

180

178

180

190

206

320

1,050

928

772

562

412

340

340

334

316

298

280

250

g245

g240

g235

230

223

223

226

230

230

235

255

260

286

328

328

334

322

328

340

340

328

-

334

334

334

340

349

349

340

340

340

349

340

340

g340

g340

g340

g349

gS85

g430

g540

g606

g650

g727

g976

gl,600

g2,860

g2,800

g3,040

g4,240

g3,520

g2,920

g2,800

g2,800

g2,620

g2,260

gl,720

gl,190

gl,140

gl,170

1,070

976

904

880

923

976

1,240

1,840

2,200

3,160

4,240

3,640

2,680

a2,300

82,000

al,700

al,500

al,300

al,200

al,080

al,020

a990

a960

904

a840

a820

a770

a770

784

a880

al,030

4,230

4,720

e!5,900

20,500

21,300

20,900

19,200

17,100

16,700

16,900

020,300

622,500

20,900

21,700

21,900

618,500

614,800

11,900

9,640

8,800

e!4,000

15, 600

_

Ear.

e!7,900

20,500

20,100

621,900

630,200

32,600

626,200

618,700

e!2,700

9,640

7,960

611,600

616,800

022,800

628,700

30,000

30,600

625,500

24,600

24,000

626,700

624,900

618,800

614,000

11,100

9,080

7,960

7,140

7,680

641,000

061,000

Apr.

068,300

67,700

657,600

648,400

636,200

630,200

026,000

619,900

15,200

11,900

10,100

9,220

8,520

7,680

7,140

7,140

7,140

7,960

617,200

632,500

058,500

666,600

66,900

656,100

641,400

631,900

624,600

618,700

614,200

11,400

-

K«T

613,500

614,500

13,200

14,800

612,900

10,600

8,800

7,540

6,620

5,850

5,220

4,720

4,350

3,870

4,110

4,600

4,110

3,630

3,390

3,150

2,850

2,550

2,370

3,390

5,350

6,880

11,100

12,900

11,900

9,360

7,400

June

6,750

7,400

7,960

7,140

5,980

5,100

4,720

4,850

4,350

4,720

9,920

9,920

7,820

6,490

5,220

4,350

3,870

3,750

5,350

013,300

17,700

617,300

613,300

9,360

6,750

5,350

4,460

4,110

3,750

3,870

-

Ju-Xy

3,390

2,970

3,150

3,270

3,150

5,100

5,600

4,850

4,850

4,350

5,480

6,100

6,830

5,820

8,800

12,600

10,900

8,100

8,800

8,100

6,360

5,100

4,350

4,110

3,750

3,150

2,550

2,310

2,190

2,130

2,430

Aug.

2,490

4,720

4,850

3,390

2,550

2,070

1,710

1,470

1,770

2,550

2,250

1,890

1,590

1,390

1,210

1,060

989

967

978

978

1,530

1,460

1,240

1,080

1,020

1,140

1,130

1,000

1,360

2,610

3,510

Sept.

4,720

5,480

3,990

8,670

1,950

1,650

1,480

1,800

1,020

934

923

755

676

578

509

500

500

474

449

440

415

385

368

340

656

880

848

816

638

545

-

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at BurnsIde, Ky. 

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

g Computed from graph based on staff-gage readings.

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1922-40

Month

Water year 1922-23 ...........

Water year 1923-24 ...........

Secondfoot-days

15,051 

16,011 

623,780

-

726,900 

1,087,630 

1,164,000 

437,740 

398,140 

204,860 

103,420 

117,220 

38,205

4,932,357

10,849 

17,845 

353,340

4,659,549

1,199,940 

543,150 

471,850 

391,620 

577,610 

344,680 

155,120 

31,699 

53,861

4,151,504

Maximum

752 

840 

69,500

-

63,VOO 

92,800 

69,200 

34,400 

31,900 

16,300 

9,500 

9,810 

1,920

92,800

621 

1,160 

27,800

92,800

99,600 

64,500 

29,600 

29,700 

61,700 

59,300 

14,100 

1,680 

11,600

99,600

Minimum

405 

350 

710

-

4,780 

6,000 

11,700 

6,980 

6,560 

2,040 

1,360 

1,390 

741

350

215 

215 

1,240

215

8,600 

4,910 

8,000 

6,140 

7,260 

2,880 

1,580 

491 

290

215

Mean

486 

534 

20,120

-

23,450 

38,840 

37,550 

14,590 

18,840 

6,809 

3,336 

3,781 

1,874

13,510

350 

595 

11,400

12,770

38,710 

18,730 

15,220 

13,050 

18,630 

11,490 

5,004 

1,023 

1,795

11,340

Per square 

mile

0.066 

.073 

2.75

-

3.80 

5.31 

5.13 

1.99 

1.75 

.930 

.456 

.517 

.174

1.85

.048 

.081 

1.56

1.74

5.89 

2.56 

8.08 

1.78 

2.55 

1.57 

.684 

.140 

.845

1.55

Run-off in 

Inches

0.08 

.08 

3.17

-

3.69 

5.5S 

5.91 

2.28 

2.02 

1.04 

.53 

.60 

.19

85.06

.06 

.09 

1.80

83.68

6.10 

8.76 

2.40 

1.99 

8.93 

1.75 

.79 

.16 

.27

21.10
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 423

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Celina, Tenn., 1922-40--0ontinued

Month

HaT- ............................

Water Tear 1924-85 ...........

HaT.............................

Water year 1925-86 ...........

HaT . ............................

Water year 1986-27 ...........

Hay. ............................

Water year 1987-28 ...........

HaT .. ...........................

Secondfoot-days

48,426

511,290

4,369,314

617,640

8,902,868

3,143,379

3,664,355

724 480

848*900

52 V90

6,625,896

4,673,710

V24 420

5,045,564

-X0Q Tf-t f\

5,194,776

Maximum

6,980

4,260

75,700

99,600

67,900

75,700

67,900

73,500

148,000

106,000

91,300

91,300

20 200

*

Minimum

334

334

1,080

290

6,56O8,160

6,000

1,860

394

69

69

7 260

295

350

295

295

295

1 440

840

4 130

405

Mean

1,488

1,414

16,490

11,940

88,060

11,800

10,580

9,818

1,517

296

7,953

8,612

10,040

18,150

18,800

10,740

18,840

27,120

26,070

13,790

12 320

14,193

25 330

17 V90

Per square 

mile

0.2C3

.1SS

2.2f

1.6?

3.01

1.61

1.4E

1.34

.3f3

.8C7

.040

.0^4

l.OS

2 1JT

1.18

1.3V

.668

2.48

1.03

1.7E

1.47

8.49

3.70

2.06

3.56

1.88

«0«

1.94

2 10

Run-off in 

inches

0.23

.22

2.60

22.20

2.83

3.14

1.86

1.61

1.55

.24

.05

.03

14.77

15.99

18.63

.79

9.26

2.40

33.66

1.15

23.75

1.58

2.37

4.13

2.41

3.97

.60

.61

25.62

44

1.25

26.37

2V

461679 O - 42 - :
424 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cellna, Term., 1922-40 Continued

Month

nay.............................

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

Water year 1969-30 ...........

Man

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

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

Water year 1931-32 ...........

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

Water year 1932-33 ...........

M»y.... .........................

Secondfoot-days

36,564 

525,220 

325,830

5,785,416

397,170 

597,500 

538,210 

212,850 

231,320 

40,357 

17,957 

10,896 

14,018

2,947,892

9,082 

17,807 

54,815

6,141,986

134,860 

236,460 

387,440 

642,730 

261,750 

53,601 

76,085 

96,870 

31,073

1,993,573

13,309 

14,018 

695,530

2,634,726

719,600 

1,355,300 

471,080 

590,010 

219,570 

134,008 

307,448 

28,169 

15,064

4,563,106

79,475 

824,120 

370,960

4,614,804

1,061,400 

1,028,840 

654,220 

548,000 

627,950 

77,298 

103,846 

194,950 

162,952

5,134,011

15,348 

22,956 

237,381

4,735,141

386,800 

258,700 

1,590,190 

318,530 

113,150 

120,060 

111,650 

116,240 

41,830

3,328,835

H&xiffitus

2,640 

52.800 

22,400

124,000

17,800 

48,600 

35,900 

16,800 

28,200 

2,940 

1,390 

1,190 

1,440

68,800

405 

1,520 

5,300

48,600

9,200 

20,500 

65,300 

49,700 

19,800 

5.300 

10,400 

5,860 

8,640

56,300

585 

1,080 

58,900

58,900

94,000 

106,000 

64,400 

59,100 

22,200 

37,200 

34,000 

2,340 

8,220

106,000

11,900 

21,600 

63,400

106,000

69,400 

85,700 

71,000 

43,600 

76,700 

9,360 

18.400 

30,900 

35,600

85,700

780 

1,790 

20,700

85,700

57,600 

69,300 

86,600 

23,700 

6,560 

13,500 

9,810 

9,650 

4,000

86,500

Minimum

630 

2,640 

3,870

405

7,260 

10,100 

8,450 

2,520 

2,040 

730 

285 

195 

195

195

245 

246

564

195

2,000 

1,240 

4,130 

6,280 

4,520 

785 

700 

1,130 

400

245

361 

405 

2,260

361

10,100 

10,600 

5,040 

5,860 

1,980 

960 

630 

470 

245

245

477 

2,880 

2,640

245

10,100 

9,640 

5,860 

7,400 

4,780 

924 

585 

1,680 

736

477

287 

369 

475

287

2,960 

1,660 

8,550 

6,460 

1,530 

1,200 

1,240 

1,600 

610

287

Mean

1,179 

17,510 

10,510

15,850

12,810 

21,340 

17,360 

7,095 

7,462 

1,345 

579 

351 

467

8,076

693 

594

1,7«8

5,866

4,350 

8,302 

12,500 

21.460 

8,444 

1,787 

2,466 

2,996 

1,036

5,462

429 

467 

22,440

7,218

23,610 

46,730 

15,200 

19,670 

7,083 

4,467 

9,918 

909 

502

12,470

2,564

7,471 

11,970

12,340

34,240 

36,740 

21,100 

18,270 

20,260 

2,577 

3,350 

6,289 

5,432

14,070

 496 

765

7,657

12,970

12,360 

9,239 

51,300 

10,620 

3,650 

4.002 

3,602 

3,760 

1,394

9,120

Per square 

mile

0.161 

2.39 

1.44

2.17

1.75 

2.92 

2.37 

.969 

1.02 

.184 

.079 

.048 

.064

1.10

.040 

.081 

.242

,802

.594 

1.13 

1.71 

2.93 

1.15 

.244 

.331 

.409 

.146

.746

.059 

.064 

3.07

.986

3.17 

6.38 

2.08 

2.69 

.968 

.610 

1.35 

,124 

.069

1.70

.350 

1.08 

1.64

1.69

4.68 

8.02 

2.88 

2. SO 

2.77 

.356 

.458 

.859 

.742

1.92

.068 

.105 

1.05

1.77

1.69 

1.26 

7.01 

1.45 

.499 

.547 

.492 

.512 

.190

1.25

Run-off In 

Inches

0.19 

2.67 

1.66

29.41

2.02 

3.04 

2.75 

1.08 

1.18 

.21 

.09 

.06 

.07

16.00

.06 

.09 

.28

10.90

.69 

1.18 

1.97 

3.27 

1.33 

.27 

.38 

.47 

.16

10.14

.07 

.07 

3.53

13.39

3.66 

6.89 

2.39 

3.00 

1.12 

.68 

1.56 

.14 

.08

23.19

.40 

1.14 

1.88

22.94

5.59

5.23 

3.32 

2.78 

3.19 

.39 

.53 

.98 

.83

26.07

.08 

.16 

1.21

24.06

1.94 

1.31 

8.08 

1.66 

.67 

.61 

.57 

.59 

.21

16.91
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 425

Honthlj- discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland Hirer at Cellna, Tenn., 1922-40 Continued

Month

MnvMfe

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

Water rear 1935-36 ...........

Water rear 1936-37 ...........

Water year 1937-38 ...........

Secondfoot-days

"\QA RA.Q

3,302,996

595,070

1,466,300

1,053*634

588,380

468.280

174,840

103,790

110,551

6,333,507

m l nrt

5,412,079

3,437,730

1 pi 791

3,535,624

ATtrt c/Vl

4,854,912

92,850

4,855,070

434,010

726,860

<ZAA OCA

3,698,040

221,140

3,645,736

83,080

44,841

HaTJmiim

6 Ann

36,500

40,000

90,900

82,800

46,700

42,600

14,100

9,970

26,900

90,900

90,900

3 740

86,800

86,800

128,000

9,070

31,900

128,000

26,100

53,800

53,800

27,000

57,800

3,880

Minimum

610

3,450

10,400

6,560

4,910

5,860

1,660

960

304

304

2 * 240

235

195

604

504

196

170 A

196

370

9,030

370

2,800

270

9

n«i->

Mean

9,049

18,110

. 47,800

36,190

16,850

16,810

5,640

3,343

3,685

14,610

14,830

9,393

9,660

17 ( nan

8 A on

13,300

2,995

13,300

15,500

23,450

10,130

RArt

7,134

9,988

2,936

1,427

Per square 

mile

0.2118

.3-)8

1.2'

2.6".

4.8". -

2.30

2.13

.770

.4-57

.60S

2.00

.0'',7

2.0.^

3.16

o«a

.0^3

1.2P

1.32

.31.4

1.82

.4C°

1.21

1.8F

2. If

3.2T

2. Of

1.36

.975

i.se

,4C1

.1S<5

Sun-off in 

inches

0.33

.68

.41

15.77

3.29 !'.«

6,S6

a. es

2^8

'.89;

.63

.56

27*10

.06

27.49

3.64

5.10

17.46

17.97

1

00

24.67

.47

1.40

24.67

2.88

2.21

3.69

2.33

18.79

1.12

18.52

2.82

.82

.46

.22

.04

22.53
426 CUWBIKUND RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Oellxta, Tenn., 1922-40 Continued

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Hay.............................

Water Tear 1959-40 ...........

Secondfoot-daya

10,082

4,120,773

214,930

159 440

2.712.213

Maximum

1,050

4,240

107,000

68.300

Hiniaum

178

223

534

175

540

178

Mean

325

297

1,082

11,29O

1 gQA *

7.410

Pe~> square 

mile

0.044

.041

.148

1.54

.232

994

1.01

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06

.17

20.93

X9

13.79
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Cumberland River at Carthage, Term.

427

Location^- water-stage recorder, lat. 36°141 42n , long. 85°57'15", at Cornell Hull Bridge, 

on state Highway 80 In Carthage, Smith County, 1 mile downstream from Caney Fork and 8t 

miles upstream from lock and dan 7. Datum of gage Is 437.87 feet (revised) above mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook datum). Auxiliary staff gage at lock and dam 7. Datvm of auxiliary gage Is 438.85 feet above tiean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 10,700 square miles.

Records available.- October 1922 to September 1940.

Average discharge"?- 18 years, 17,500 second-fset (computed from revised figures).

Extremes.- Figures of maximum and minimum discharges and gage heights for watsr years 1923 

to i»40 are shown In the following table. All discharges (except those for 1939-40) and 

some gage heights represent revisions. The revised figures supersede those publlshed'ln 

previous water-supply papers.

Water 

year

1922-23

1923-24

1924-25

1926-S6

1926-27

1927-28

1923-29

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-36

1936-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

1939-40

Maximum

Date

Wsb. 5

Jan. 6

Feb. is

Jan. 24

Dec. 30

July 1

Mar. 24

Feb. 15

Mar. 30

Feb. 4

Feb. 21

Mar. 4

Mar. 14

Mar. 23

Jan. 26

Jan. 25

Feb. 5

Apr. 1

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

129,000

136,000

90,300

93,900

186,000

139,000

182,000

32,700

73,300

149,000

121,000

134,000

127,000

132,000

166 ,000

32,300

148,000

93,000

Gage height 

Tfeet)

42.90

44.90

t31.20

32.40

69.80

t45.17

t55.85

28.86

t26.40

t4S.78

t40.80

t44.10

t42.04

t44.20

54.66

t29.75

t48,10

35.40

Minimum

Date

HOT, 14

Oct. 31

HOT. 2

Sept. 15, 16

July 81

Sept. 38,30

Oct. 22-25,

27-31

Sept. 4

Aug. 30

Sept. 25

HOT. 9

Oct. 5

e

14

16

IS

Sept. 24

30

Oct. 9

Aug. 30

Oct. 8

1, 2

Sept. 26

Oct. 25, 26

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

637

582

434

694

595 46e

694

384

480

434

990

M

670

_

$880

_

442

417

837

509

456

Qsg*> height' 

?feet)

7.9S3

M

7.42

_

7.97

7.77

7.64

7.72

7.34

7.20

«

7.20

H

7. 34

6. 35

_

4.76

_

4.46

.

e.27

e.47

S.25

8.21

t Occurred on day following that shown.

J Minimum daily discharge.

Note.- Maximum gage heights for water years prior to 1936 37 are from graphs baseft on 

gage readings. Minimum gage heights and discharges for water years prior to 1934-3,' are 

observed rather than absolute.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 5,000 secoad-foet, which are good, except 

those for periods of shifting control, doubtful gage-height record, open valves at 

Dam 7, and those below 5,000 second-feet prior to June 1, 1925, which are poor. Some 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant on Caney Fork.

Revisions.- The figures of discharge for water years 1923 to 1939 given herein are revisions and supersede those published in previous Water-Supply Papers.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1922-40 

1922-23

DT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

82AWAd

84

26

86

87

88

89

31

Oct.

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,250

1,720

1,620

1,430

1,430

1,250

1,160

l.OSO

1,000

804

1,080

1,030

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,160

1,260

1,160

1,080

1,080

1,160

1,080

1,160

1,250

1,080

Nov.

730

754

1,080

1,000

860

754

754

888

846

730

730

S04

1,000

659

S04

1,080

1,080

1,260

1,430

1,430

1,250

1,080

1,080

1,340

1,620

1,620

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,920

-

Dec.

1.92C

2,470

4,200

6,640

13,100

16,300

15,900

15,500

624,800

25,600

26,000

25,300

20,700

17,000

628,700

662,500

e91 ,800

699,700

99,600

688,300

671, 2OO

644,300

625,200

17 ,700

13,400

10,400

9,720

12,700

12,700

15,900

13,800

Jan.

13,100

14,800

15,900

14,800

14,100

14,800

12,700

12,100

12,400

9,720

9,390

9,060

8,100

8,420

11,700

14,500

14,800

14,500

14,600

13 ,800

620,600

648,100

666,400

eS3 ,400

685,900

681,900

679,700

663,200

e79,300

e82 ,500

e91,200

Feb.

094,600

692,500

5108 ,000

9124,000

e!28,OOC

0123,000

c!17,OOC

0109,000

091,000

664 ,600

336,200

632,600

644 ,600

674,700

634,300

676 ,600

666,600

649,700

633,900

624,000

18,100

15,900

12,700

11 ,400

9,720

10,000

14,500

16,800

-

-

Mar.

20 ,300

20,700

21,300

19,600

16,100

21,600

669,300

684,000

SS,000

88,700

097 ,900

plOS,000

106,000

693,500

087,700

87,000

681,500

e70,'4OO

660,500

650,600

639,600

35,800

663,500

64,600

68,800

69,600

660,000

047,600

633,300

025,700

21,400

Apr.

16,60C

15,200

13,300

11,400

17 ,700

27,600

28,000

28,300

27,200

22,900

19,600

14,500

19,900

637,200

650 ,300

50,100

45,900

639,900

632,500

624,800

21,400

18,400

15,900

13^400

14,100

12,700

12,100

13 ,300

15,900

19,900

May

23,300

27,600

625,300

21,400

17,700

14,800

13,100

12,100

11 ,000

11,000

10,000

9,720

12,100

17,000

627,800

627,300

23,300

19,200

18,300

13,100

17, SCO

15,500

15,600

16 ,300

18,300

637,900

45 ,900

42 ,300

636,500

31,700

29,200

June

28.00C

25,600

21,800

19,200

16,3OO

13,800

10,000

11 ,700

10,400

10,700

10,400

9,720

9,060

9,060

15,500

17,300

13,800

11,400

8,100

7,150

6,220

5,310

5,020

5,020

4,740

4,470

4,470

9,720

14,100

11,700

July

9,060

3,740

7,730

6,840

5,910

5,310

4,470

4,200

4,470

7,460

10 ,700

9,390

S,100

6,220

5,310

5,020

5,310

6,840

9,060

7,460

6,840

5,610

4,740

3,680

3,940

4,740

5,310

4,740

3,940

3,430

5.610

Au«.

4,470

4,740

4,470

4,470

4,740

5,310

6,630

6,220

10,700

11,700

9,390

9,720

12,400

18,400

624,900

21,800

16,300

16,300

15,900

14,100

S,740

7,460

5,310

5,020

4,470

3,680

3,180

3,680

5,020

7,150

5.310

Sept.

4,740

3,940

3,180

2,320

2,940

3,180

4,740

4,740

4,740

5,310

4,200

4,20O

3,630

3,940

3,940

3,430

2,940

2,250

2,360

2,700

2,820

2,820

d2,300

dl,7OO

dl,700

dl,900

dl,660

dl,950

dl,960

dl,SOO

o Computed using fall as determined by twice dally readings of auxiliary gage as a frfltor. 

A Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Oellna and

Nashville.

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a faoter.

Kate.- Shlftlng-eontrol method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 3,
428 ClftffiERLAND RIVER BASIN.

Discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn,, 1922-40 Continued

1923-24

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

34

86

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

dl,80C

2,140

1,720

1,820

1,890

1,680

1,490

1,430

1,160

1,080

1,080

1,260

1,490

1,580

1,630

1,160

1,160

1,430

1,590

1,430

1,340

1,080

930

930

888

930

818

818

764

694

694

Nov.

79C

k90C

ksec

89S

1,080

1,340

1,620

1,920

2,030

2,030

1,820

1,820

1,680

1,620

1,820

1,820

1,720

1,720

1,520

1,340

1,850

1,260

1,430

1,690

1,540

1,260

1,690

1,920

2,470

2,820

-

Dee.

2,620

2,560

2,250

3,560

9,060

13,800

18,400

19,600

19,900

19,200

14,100

11,400

11,000

16,900

19,600

21,400

21 ,400

21,400

18,400

14,600

12,700

17,000

 31,000

34,100

38,400

eS7,600

630,600

25,300

20,300

17,300

16*500

Jan.

639,600

 79,700

 122,000

«132,OOC

 132,000

Bl24,000

9116,000

)106,000

094,100

062,200

eS3,800

634,800

644,600

49,800

648,200

645,600

958,400

e69,600

 64 ,300

654,700

646,200

630,000

622,100

17,600

16,600

17,000

17,300

17,000

14,500

13,100

14,600

Feb.

14,100

13,100

15,100

13,800

13,100

12,400

12,700

13,100

13,100

12,100

10,700

10,000

9,780

9,390

9,390

9,060

8,740

9,060

15,600

 50,800

e72,700

680,400

 76 ,400

e71,100

658,700

642,800

645,000

e52,800

64,400

-

Har.

e43,90C

e35,30C

e28,700

923, 10C

19,900

624,600

32,100

28,800

25,300

23,500

21,400

19,600

18,100

17,300

16,900

14,800

13,400

12,100

IE-,400

15,200

e 27 ,400

32,600

36,000

36,000

33,500

e27,800

25,300

19,600

18,100

e27,800

28,800

Apr.

056,700

034,800

027,400

22,6OO

20,300

21,400

21,000

20,300

19,600

18,400

16,900

16,200

14,600

13 ,100

11,700

10,400

10,400

11,000

16,600

926,000

29,200

29,200

 26,100

20,700

16 ,600

14,800

16,200

15,500

17,000

024,700

-

Hay

640,100

46,900

45,000

41,500

054,500

825,400

20,700

18,100

17,000

17,000

15,600

14,600

12,400

13,100

19,900

e27,500

28,800

025,100

21,000

16,500

15,600

21 ,400

21,800

21,800

19,800

16,600

16,500

050,000

066,000

72,500

74,600

June

74,500

070,500

055,000

 55,200

22,600

17,000

15,800

11,400

9,720

9,060

7,780

6,840

7,460

7,460

10 ,400

15,800

15,600

12,400

11,000

9,590

8,100

6,840

6,610

6,020

7,160

9,060

10,400

11,000

9,590

8,100

-

July

8, &">

5,0%

4,210

4,210

4,2TO

4,470

4,7^>

4,470

6,010

8,4"0

9, 7'*)

8,100

9,010

11,7"X) is.sto

16 ,570

15,270

12.4TO

10,000

9,060

8,rx>

8,£<?0

5,020

4,7<0

4,7*0

4,470

4,470

4,S'>0

3,8*0

s.e1^

5,430

Aug.

3,180

3,060

3,450

3,180

2,700

2,880

5,180

3,060

2,700

2,940

2,940

2,000

d2,100

d2,100

d2,100

ai.soo

dl,700

dl,700

dl,700

dl,6OO

dl,650

dl,500

dl,SOO

dl,800

dl,150

dl.OOO

3930

d9SO

d950

d9SO

dl.100

Sept.

d900

dSOO

d900

dl,040

dl,040

dl.OOO

dl,050

d860

d850

dl,050

dl,060

dl,060

dl,060

dSOO

dl.100

dl,100

dl.100

dl.100

dl.100

dl.060

d960

dl,400

dE.OOO

2,700

7,780

10,700

7,780

5,510

3,680

2,260

-

e Computed using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage as a factor,

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Celine and 

Hs«hvllle.

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of 

records for stations at Cellna and Nashville.

Sote«- Shifting-control method used Nov. 5-19,

1924-26

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

1 fi J.O

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

Oft eZO

29 

50

51

Oct.

1,780

1,43C

1.83C

6,40C

6,840

5,310

4,740

d3,800

d2,500

d2,100

dl ,900

dl.800

dl ,300

dl ,250

dl,050

dl,200

dl ,100

dl,050

d950

dSOO

dSOO

dSOO

dSOO

d900

dl.OOO

d950

d850

d860

d760

d770

d770

Nov.

d77C

d770

d770

d765

d620

d700

d720

d740

d?40

dSOO

dSOO

dSOO

dl,100

dl,160

dl.OOO

dl,200

dl,450

dl,600

dl,700

d2,000

da, 260

2,780

2,700

2,250

2,650

4,080

6,020

4,740

3,680

2,700

-

Dee.

2,140

1,980

1,340

1,540

1,430

1,430

6,310

629,700

e59,BOO

e70,600

e75,900

683,500

e89,100

645,000

e24,600

15 ,200

9,060

8,420

7,780

6,220

5,020

4,740

4,200

4,890

6,220

6,550

7,460

12,100

15,100

12,400

10,400

Jan.

12,400

15,200

21 ,400

633,400

033,400

028 ,000

22,200

16,600

13,800

14,500

e28,200

645,400

063,200

65,700

067,700

843,000

926 ,800

20,500

16 ,500

18,100

19,900

19,200

25,700

21,000

18,400

16,600

14,800

14,100

12,100

12,100

12,100

Feb.

12,100

14,600

80,500

25,700

24,600

28,000

24,900

19,900

16 ,500

12,400

11,000

10,700

10 ,700

10,700

e26 ,800

868,000

075,800

088,600

88,700

e82,500

886 ,800

645,800

027,300

23,500

19,900

18,400

17 ,700

16,600

_

_

-

Har.

15,900

15,200

13,800

14,800

17,300

17,300

14,800

13,100

11,400

8,420

8,740

9,390

9,590

9,060

11,400

12,100

11,400

13 ,400

21,000

e27,800

834,100

34,100

088,500

22,600

18,100

13,800

14,600

12,700

13,800

15,200

16,200

Apr.

13,800

12,400

11,000

9,390

8,100

7,780

7,780

7,780

7,780

11 ,000

17,000

19,600

22,200

35,500

19,900

15,500

15,100

11,700

9,390

8,420

9,390

18,400

16,500

12,400

10,700

10,700

11 ,400

629,900

850,500

56 ,700

Hay

042,800

e32 ,600

634,100

20,300

18 ,800

19,600

14,500

12,100

10,000

9,720

9,720

12,100

17,300

20,700

21,400

18,100

15 ,200

14,100

14,800

17,700

14,600

11,700

9,390

8,740

7,460

4,940

6,020

5,080

4,740

4,640

3,940

June

3,430

2,820

2,940

2,880

2,700

2,580

2,700

2,360

2,050

2,560

2,360

2,140

2,140

2,250

1,920

1,940

2,710

3,180

2,820

2,260

2,030

1,680

1,620

1,980

3,450

4,870

8,500

12,400

13,400

12T100

JulT

7,380

4,610

5,180

2,700

2,360

1,980

1,980

3,160

6,910

4,180

3,430

3,180

3,430

5,060

5,060

2,700

2,360

2,260

2,050

1,680

1,340

1,680

2,030

1,520

1,430

1,250

1,160

930

846

1,160

902

Aug.

1,000

916

k760

k880

k900

kl,300

888

950

888

778

k600

k670

k860

k810

kl.OOO

k980

kl,OSO

k600

k750

k860

k940

kl,000

kl.lSO

kl,100

k870

kl.OOO

k900

k975

1,000

1,000

874

Sept.

670

67C

750

778

874

766

682

626

671

580

626

764

706

670

454

460

58C

592

706

90S

835

730

718

75C

6«

626

84£

75(

694

694

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Celine 

Nashville.

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of 

records for stations at Cellna and Nashville.

Bote.- Shifting-control method used Aug. 89 to Sept. SO.
CUMBERLAND RlVER BASIN 429

Discharge, In aeeond-feet, of Cumberland Rlvei> at Carthage, Team,, 1622-40 -Centlnued

 1988-96

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

SB

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

778

1,250

1,430

1,720

1,520

1,430

1,620

2,030

2,250

8,250

1,820

1,520

1,340

1,340

2,940

5,910

12, gOO

12,100

12,400

13,100

12,100

9,390

6,840

6,840

15,500

22,200

34,100

34,100

027,800

21,800

14,800

HOT.

10.70C

8.42C

7,46C

8,42C

9,06(3

9.06G

9,390

12,700

18,000

832,800

37,100

046,900

860,700

62,500

e55, 100

047,400

035 ,300

024,400

18,800

15,900

14,500

18,400

10,700

9,390

9,060

9,060

033 ,700

35,800

33 ,300

35,400

-

Dee.

esi, eoc

084,800

20,300

17,000

15,900

15,200

13,800

14,600

14,600

13,100

11,400

10,000

8,740

7,780

7,780

8,740

9,060

9,060

9,060

9,390

8,740

8,420

9,060

9,060

8,100

8,100

8,740

8,420

8,420

7,780

7,460

Jan.

6,840

6,530

6,630

6,610

5,910

5,910

5,610

5,310

5,910

5,910

5,610

6,220

5,610

5,310

5,310

5,020

6,350

13,800

20,700

21,400

638,600

077,200

091 ,100

92,400

91,100

077,900

850,400

029,000

21,000

17,700

14,800

Feb.

13,100

12,700

18,100

831,400

41,500

42,300

41,000

033,300

026,700

21 ,400

17,300

15,200

13,800

12,700

12,400

21,000

030,700

32,900

31 ,700

28,400

25,300

26,000

31 ,700

30,400

025,800

23,300

81,800

23 ,300

_

_

-

Bar.

24,60G

23.30C

19,200

17,300

16,300

15,200

17,700

16,600

19,900

19,200

21,800

22,900

22,200

23,700

28,300

83,300

21 ,400

19,200

16,300

15,200

13 ,800

12,100

15,500

22,900

23,300

25 ,300

24,500

22,900

20,700

19,600

19,200

Apr.

18,100

17,000

17,000

14,800

14,500

15,100

11,400

11,000

12,400

12,400

13,100

13,400

16,600

23,300

27,600

32,900

629,800

025,500

20,700

16 ,600

14,100

12,400

12,700

12,700

12,100

10,700

12,100

12,400

11,700

11,000

-

May

10,400

9,060

8,100

8,100

7,780

7,150

6,840

5,910

5,310

4,740

4,200

5,310

5,020

4,740

6,310

5,910

8,420

18,700

036,100

834,400

027,300

20,700

13,400

9,060

7,150

7,150

6,220

5,910

5,610

5,310

3,940

June

4,320

8,420

9,060

7,780

6,100

7,460

7,150

5,910

5,910

5,310

4,740

4,800

3,680

2,820

2,940

4,200

4,470

5,310

5,910

5,910

5,310

6,220

11,400

19,900

19,200

13,100

10,000

7,460

6,530

6,220

-

July

6,020

4, BOO

4,200

3,180

2,030

1,620

1,720

8,140

2,140

2,030

2,360

4,200

2,82Q

2,700

2,260

2,030

8,140

2,260

1,430

902

832

1,260

1,520

1,520

1,450

1,250

2,030

4,200

5,610

3,430

2,250

Aug.

3,430

6,310

5,020

5,010

5,910

7,150

6,840

5,910

4,740

3,940

4,200

4,200

4,200

8,940

8,580

2,580

3,180

9,390

17,700

030,700

37,100

0*6,500

042,800

35,800

056,800

070,000

70,000

70,400

055,800

032,800

822,500

Sept.

21,800

24,100

23,300

632,900

37,100

829,100

623,400

18,400

14,500

12,400

11,400

9,720

7,460

6,910

7,150

6,280

5,910

5,310

4,740

3,940

3,940

4,740

4,200

2,580

2,140

8,250

2,030

1,820

2,140

3,940

-

e Computed using rate of change of stage aa a factor.

Note.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-15, Jan. 16, 16, May 10, 15, 30, 31, Jur« 11-17, 

July 1 to Aug. 3, Aug. 9-17, Sept, 19-30.

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

86

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,740

5,910

7,150

8,420

9,060

8,740

7,780

5,910

5,610

5,020

4,200

3,680

3,430

9,520

7,460

4,740

3,430

kS.SOC

k3,000

k2,70C

k2,40C

2,140

2,250

3,060

5,460

8,10C

9.72C

12,400

11.70C

10.00C

13,80<

NOT.

13 ,400

13,100

15,200

14,500

11,400

9,390

7,460

6,280

8,100

11,700

14,100

15,500

16 ,300

15,200

16,300

22,600

e29,700

043,200

e42,700

035,600

027 ,500

022,400

18,100

15,600

14,800

624,600

038,300

646,900

055,200

58,000

-

Dec.

053,200

042,300

37,500

e30,200

624,500

19,600

16,600

14,800

28,600

041,800

652,300

060,500

071 ,900

73 ,800

063,600

048,200

638,500

031,000

624,000

020 ,400

e70,000

9119,000

3129,000

9140,000

9156 ,000

9174,000

9182,000

180,000

182,000

B183.000

3167,000

Jan.

0150,000

0130,000

0119 ,000

089,200

046,200

623,100

19,200

16,600

14,100

12,600

12,000

10,600

9,720

10,400

9,720

9,720

8,420

9,720

10,400

12,100

81 ,400

032,700

647,500

52,100

53 ,000

51,100

843,100

037,100

35 ,400

643,900

662,400

Feb.

675,900

76,700

671 ,800

659,400

644,500

38,800

38,000

38 ,400

38,400

37,100

33,300

29,800

26 ,000

26 ,400

29,600

27 ,600

26,400

629,900

042,100

52,500

54,000

53,500

061,000

073,200

682,900

82,000

676,300

e62 ,300

_

-

Mar.

6*1,600

e29,100

26,000

22,900

22,600

22,600

632,900

661 ,600

678,100

690,000

93,100

e82,700

671,000

664,100

657,600

59,300

62,100

653,800

645,200

43,200

638,000

031,200

626,600

24,500

21 ,800

21,000

20,300

18,400

15,900

14,500

14,500

Apr.

16 ,300

627,900

32,100

34,600

32,100

30,800

29,600

26,000

23,700

635,500

054,200

065,900

061,200

855,900

52,500

47,800

48,700

49,700

46 ,900

47,300

47 ,800

040,800

36,700

e42,300

45,500

e37 ,700

029 ,200

622,600

18,400

16,600

-

May

15,200

13,100

12,400

11,700

11,700

14,800

14,500

18,100

12,700

13,100

15,500

18,100

16 ,300

15,900

15,900

13,800

13,400

13,400

15,100

11,700

9,390

8,420

7,150

7,460

10,400

10,700

15,200

19,200

631 ,300

649,300

662,300

June

65,700

063,100

61 ,700

63,300

e54 ,300

644,100

035,600

627,300

20,300

15,500

12,700

10,700

10,000

10,700

10,700

9,390

10,900

83,300

17,300

12,700

10,000

10,700

10,700

10,700

9,390

7,460

6,530

5,910

5,910

5,910

-

July

5,310

5,310

4,740

4,200

3,060

8,580

2,820

3,680

3,940

3,430

2,700

2,260

2,030

1,920

2,250

3,680

3,680

3,430

3,430

2,700

2,360

3,200

4,740

3,940

3,430

2,700

8,820

3,430

3,430

3,680

3,180

Aug.

7,380

5,910

4,740

4,200

3,940

3,680

3,430

2,700

4,360

8,740

7,780

6,840

6,220

6,840

5,610

5,020

5,310

6,530

6,840

6,220

6,530

8,740

7,460

6,530

5,020

4,740

4,200

3,680

2,820

2,250

2,580

Sept.

2,700

2,580

2,700

2,580

2,140

1,250

860

1,000

1,250

1,430

1,340

kl,300

kl,150

kl,05C

kl,050

1,52C

1,250

83£

l.OOC

1,780

1.43C

1.72C

1,68C

1.5SC

1,34C

1,08<

67C

64£

64£

64E

~

e Computed ualng rate of change of stage as a factor.

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Cellna and Nashville.

Mote.- Shlftlng-eontrol method used Oct. 1, 10-13, 16, 17, 22-25, July 5-8, 10-22, 25-31, Aug. 

6-9, 28-31, Sept. 1-11, 16-30.
430 CUMBER1AND RIVER BASIN

Diseharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthaga, Tenn., 1922-40 Continued

1987-28

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IS

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

86

86

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,470

2,700

2,580

2,360

2,140

1,340

1,340

1,520

1,520

1,000

846

2,050

2,140

888

804

1,000

694

659

682

659

648

571

452

452

480

500

490

490

460

470

480

HOT.

550

637

930

888

718

659

626

846

930

1,340

1,430

1,820

2,820

2,360

1,620

3,520

14,200

23,300

046,700

e60,VOO

953 ,600

926,300

15,200

10,400

7,460

6,220

6,530

5,910

5,610

5,910

-

Dec.

5,910

5,910

5,910

5,310

4,740

6,700

11,400

10,700

8,420

7,150

6,530

6,840

8,420

15,500

21,800

632,800

28,400

38,800

40,100

934,200

926 ,400

19,600

14,500

11,400

9,720

7,780

6,220

6,530

8,100

10,400

945,100

Jan.

e66 ,100

e78,400

e67,600

951,800

e33 ,200

22,600

16 ,300

13,800

15,200

17,700

17,000

15,900

15,500

14,100

13,100

11,000

10,400

12,400

20,700

e42,500

45,500

48,700

642,100

033,700

31,700

34,600

35,400

34,600

029,600

23,300

18,400

Feb.

16,300

14,500

13,800

12,700

12,100

11,000

12,400

15,900

21,400

26,000

27,600

25,600

22,600

19,600

17,000

16,300

15,900

16,300

15,600

13,400

13 ,400

13 ,400

13 ,800

15,200

14,100

14,500

13 ,400

13,800

13,800

_

-

Mar.

13,100

12,400

12,100

11,000

9,390

9,060

9,060

9,060

15,200

20,700

21,800

31,700

31,200

28,400

28,000

934,000

956,600

66 ,100

64,900

056,300

945,800

e37,800

33,700

29,600

27,200

26,800

27,200

30,400

28,800

044,600

50,100

Apr.

49,200

e40,000

034,100

028,600

023,900

19,200

16,600

14,800

15,200

14,500

15,200

18,100

22,600

031,500

050,300

54,400

048,600

039,500

031,200

033,000

e41,10O

064,800

094,300

0103,000

e95,300

081,000

069,700

061,200

57,100

58,000

-

««y

57,100

048,300

038,100

929 ,900

023,400

20,300

15,900

13 ,800

11,400

11,000

9,390

8,740

8,740

7,160

5,910

6,220

6,820

6,530

8,100

13,400

19,900

028,000

35,400

033 ,800

029,000

25,300

22,600

033,800

34,600

40,100

036 ,600

June

029,000

024,800

21,400

042,100

066,400

084,400

83,100

074,200

053,200

034 ,700

037,400

41,900

39,700

068,100

68,800

049,300

035,600

929,600

023,900

20,300

19,600

19,900

17,700

020,400

e29,100

035,500

028,400

029,600

074,900

e!20,000

-

Jul9136 ; 000

e!30 OOC

cl!3 000

clOS-OOO

089,800

059,100

932,600

31,000

31,700

32,500

029,600

24,500

26,400

083,900

031,700

32,500

023,900

19,900

15,900

15,200

12,400

12,100

18,100

17,300

13,400

12,400

12,400

9,390

7,780

6,220

5,910

Aug.

6,530

7,160

7,150

7,150

6,820

5,610

5,610

7,160

7,150

6,530

6,220

5,310

4,200

3,680

4,470

5,080

4,740

4,740

5,610

6,840

7,150

8,420

8,100

6,840

8,420

9,390

6,840

5,310

6,080

5,910

10,000

Sept.

15,600

17,000

17,300

22,800

21,400

18,400

16,600

13,800

10,400

7,780

6,530

6,530

5,910

5,310

4,470

4,800

3,680

2,680

3,160

3,180

3,060

2,70Q

2,4*6

2,030

l,8ip

1,780

1,620

2,140

2,860

2,880

c Computed using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage as a facfcor. 

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor. 

Mote.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to HOT. 16.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

88

83

84

85

86

87 

ooco

S9

30

31

Oct.

1,820

1,520

1,520

2,030

2,360

2,140

2,700

2,470

2,030

2,470

2,470

2,360

2,360

2,140

1,920

1,620

2,780

8,100

10,400

6,840

5,910

9,060

9,060

8,740

7,150

10,400

14,500

11,700

8,000

5,910

6,530

HOT.

5,910

5,610

5,310

5,310

4,080

3,570

4,740

4,200

3,180

3,180

2,940

2,700

2,250

2,940

3,060

3,060

3,060

5,610

19,600

e50,400

085,800

85,200

82,400

070,000

e48,300

029,400

18,400

12,700

10,700

14,100

-

Dec.

20,700

26 ,000

031,200

030,600

023 ,600

19,900

16 ,300

13 ,800

11,700

9,720

9,060

9,060

8,740

8,740

8,420

8,100

7,460

10,000

12,700

12,400

13,400

14,500

13,100

11,000

9,060

8,100

7,780

9,390

9,060

8,420

7,780

Jan.

8,420

9,060

8,420

8,420

10,400

15,200

15,500

15,200

19,200

630,400

30,800

30,800

32,100

28,000

23,300

21,000

18 ,400

19,900

041,200

056,100

60,900

61,300

053,800

46 ,400

e77 ,400

8100,000

0109,000

699,500

991 ,500

070,100

e41,800

Feb.

e27,000

21,800

17,300

15,500

13,800

14 ,100

15,200

18,100

20,700

25,600

24,900

21,800

19 ,600

17,300

15,200

14,500

13 ,100

11,400

10,700

13,100

19,900

029,400

32,900

28,100

039,300

673 ,700

099,600

8113,000

_

«

-

liar.

0116,000

9113, OOC

9109,000

697 ,100

981 ,600

e77 ,800

982 ,600

986 ,900

e86,500

077,700

052,200

032,000

e24 ,400

030,400

946 ,600

963 ,000

e65 ,100

952,900

e37,OOO

e27,800

921 ,600

953,900

0114,000

6174,000

9167,000

c!47,000

0135,000

0133,000

0130,000

cE8,000

0116,000

Apr.

093,000

066 ,600

048,100

037,500

830,400

623,600

21,400

19,700

16,000

15,500

15,900

17,000

16 ,300

15,500

14,500

13,800

12,400

12,100

11,700

10,700

9,720

9,720

11,400

11,700

11,700

12,100

11,400

929,200

057,800

075,500

May

71,500

70,400

75,600

070,700

e60,300

e65,800

e81,600

e90,600

88,700

87,300

074,300

063,200

031,900

623,800

e27,100

e37,700

044,500

48,200

52,500

55,800

044,800

40,600

41,500

40,600

034,900

027,900

21,400

17,000

13,800

12,100

10,400

June

10,000

9,060

7,780

7,160

7,160

6,530

6,530

6,530

5,910

5,020

4,740

5,310

5,020

5,310

5,020

5,020

3,940

4,200

5,310

5,020

4,200

3,420

3,680

4,800

11,000

15,800

925,000

25,600

26,400

21,000

July

12 ,700

11,700

15,500

13,400

10,700

12,100

12,100

8,740

7,460

8,420

7,780

7,150

5,910

7,460

9,060

7,780

8-100

7,780

8,420

12,400

11,700

7,150

5,610

5,310

3,940

3,680

3,180

2,940

2,700

3-940

6,840

Aug.

17,700

19,200

11,000

8,100

6,880

6,610

5,610

5,33.0

4,800

3,680

4,740

4,740

5,310

5,610

3,680

8,940

2,820

8,680

8,470

1,980

2,030

8,090

1,780

1,780

1,620

1,860

1,080

1,080

1,850

1,340

1,160

Sept.

990

888

730

718

1,000

1,160

1,160

1,430

1,720

1,680

1,340

2,580

7,160

9,060

6,840

4,740

4,470

5,610

6,530

6,220

5,020

4,470

3,430

8,140

8,580

3,430

3,680

3,680

3,430

8,940

e Computed using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary gagr» as a factor', 

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 431

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Term., 1922-40 Continued

1929-30

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

SI

£2

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,480

3,180

2,940

2,030

1,920

1,920

2,140

1,720

2,250

2,250

2,250

2,250

2,030

1,620

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,340

1,430

2,400

5,460

5,020

5,940

3,180

2,700

2,580

2,140

1,720

4,640

5,910

Nov.

5,310

8,420

19,600

628 ,500

636 ,500

36,200

630,200

622,400

16,600

12,100

9,390

8,740

14,800

628,200

640,200

659,600

667 ,000

69,600

71 ,100

69,600

e62,400

645,500

630,800

21,800

16,300

14,100

13,400

13,100

13,100

12 ,100

-

Dec.

10,400

9,390

9,060

8,740

7,780

7,780

7,780

9,060

9,720

11,400

13 ,800

14,100

13,800

13,100

15,500

15,500

15,500

23,300

25,300

28,400

31,700

30,400

28,400

e23 ,200

19,200

16 ,300

15,900

17,000

21,800

25,300

26,400

Jan.

28,400

25,600

27,600

28,400

26 ,000

23 ,300

21 ,800

22,900

630,600

29,200

27,200

25,300

22,200

21 ,400

24,100

22,200

20,300

19,200

17,000

13,800

12,700

13,100

13,100

13,100

13,100

13,100

13,800

18,400

22,600

23,300

25 ,300

Feb.

23,300

20,300

16,600

21 ,400

633,400

638,300

650,100

49,200

639,400

630,600

623,200

19,900

638,100

668,400

680,900

674,900

065,100

647,600

e33 ,600

626,300

22,200

19,200

18,800

23,300

28,400

25,600

26 ,400

25,600

..

_

-

, Mar.

22,600

20,700

19 ,200

16 ,600

15 ,900

14,800

19,600

631 ,400

36,700

35,000

642,500

49,200

644,300

e38 ,800

833,000

627,800

623,400

831,500

652,700

57,600

56,200

849,700

637 ,500

629,100

28,000

29,600

29,200

27,600

26 ,400

22,600

20,300

Apr.

17,300'

16,300

19,600

626,000

28 ,400

27,200

27,600

24,500

21,400

18,400

15,900

13,800

12,400

10,400

9,720

10,700

9,720

9,720

9,390

8,420

6,840

6,220

7,150

6,220

5,910

5,910

5,910

4,740

5,310

5,91O

-

May

4,470

3,940

3,940

4,470

3,680

3,180

3,180

3,680

4,200

5,940

4,200

4,200

4,470

5,020

6,840

8,100

7,780

8,740

19 ,900

332,300

334 ,800

36,700

328,900

22,900

17,000

12,100

9,390

9,060

8,100

7,460

7,150

June

6,530

5,310

3,680

4,470

4,200

4,200

3,680

3,430

2,940

2,700

3,060

3,060

. 2,820

2,700

2,360

1,820

1,620

1,920

2,140

1,720

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,520

1,920

1,720

1,820

1,930

1,720

1,430

-

July

1,000

1,340

1,620

1,620

1,430

1,080

846

766

1,080

1,520

1,340

1,340

1,250

1,250

1,340

2,250

2,140

1,820

1,340

1,340

1,250

1,250

1,060

1,080

1,340

1,340

1,080

930

818

682

1,430

Avu.

1,000

804

593

530

500

490

490

630

510

706

593

682

637

550

593

1,250

1,000

?,120

2,250

?,140

1,920

1,620

1,250

1,000

530

706

742

648

604

530

571

Sept.

659

682

637

637

659

659

615

682

637

637

706

1,860

1,820

1,820

1,520

1,820

1,920

1,920

1,920

2,140

2,140

2,050

1,620

2,200

1,620

1,520

1,620

1,430

1,060

1,080

-

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Note.- Shifting-control method used May 2, 3, 5-10, 12, June 5 to Sept. 30,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct;

1,620

1,520

1,520

1,430

1,080

778

604

706

1,080

1,430

1,250

1,520

1,430

1,520

1,520

1,720

1,620

1,340

1,080

790

626

659

766

846

1,000

1,080

1,000

930

930

902

874

Nov.

846

778

742

682

637

615

648

593

530

604

637

718

1,000

1,080

1,430

1,820

1,920

1,520

1,620

1,620

1,920

2,360

2,580

2,250

1,820

1,620

1,720

1,920

1,430

1,250

-

Dec.

1,160

1,160

1,430

1,430

1,620

1,620

1,920

2,250

2,700

6,220

7,460

6,840

5,610

4,470

3,430

2,700

2,940

2,360

2,250

2,250

2,030

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

2,030

2,580

2,940

3,430

3,680

6,220

Jan.

7,150

6,530

5,610

5,020

4,470

4,740

4,740

5,910

9,390

13,100

12,400

10,000

8,740

8,740

8,420

8,420

8,740

8,100

7,150

7,150

7,780

7,780

7,780

7,780

7,150

5,910

5,610

5,910

5,910

5,310

5,310

Feb.

5,020

3,680

3,180

2,940

2,820

2,820

2,700

2,470

3,430

5,020'

6,840

6,530

 7,460

12,100

13,800

15,900

625,100

29,200

28,000

26,800

26 ,800

624,400

19,200

16,300

15,900

16,300

14,800

14,800

-

-

Mar.

18,800

22,200

18,100

15,200

14,100

12,700

13,100

16,300

15,200

15,200

17,000

16,600

14,800

13,400

12,400

10,400

9,720

10,000

9,060

8,740

8,420

8,100

7,780

7,460

7,780

7,460

10,400

638 ,800

652 ,600

670,400

70,800

Apr.

663.900

647,800

e37,400

33,700

32,100

30,800

628,600

24,500

20,700

18,100

18,100

19,200

19,600

624,600

24,900

21,400

17,000

14 ,500

12,400

10 ,000

8,100

15,500

624,600

634,900

652,300

56,200

648,800

e40 ,600

633,800

629 ,300

-

May

624,200

19 ,600

16,600

13 ,800

12,400

12 ,700

12,100

11,400

11,000

13,100

18,100

23,300

24,900

21 ,000

17,700

15,200

13,400

11,700

10,400

10,000

9,720

8,420

8,100

7,150

7,150

7,460

8,420

8,100

7,780

7,150

7,780

June

7,150

7,150

5,610

4,740

3,940

3,680

3,430

3,060

2,580

2,360

2,360

2,250

2,140

2,030

1,920

1,620

1,430

1,340

1*430

1,430

1,620

2,030

1,920

2,250

2,250

1,920

1,720

1,620

1,340

kl,340

-

July

1,000

1,000

1,160

1,620

2,360

2,360

2,250

1,720

1,620

1,520

1,340

1,160

kl,200

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,160

1,160

1,160

2,360

7,150

5,910

10,000

10,700

8,420

6,530

5,310

4,470

3,680

3,060

A»g.

?,360

?,140

1,920

1,720

1,520

1,520

1,520

r.oso

4,200

4,740

3,940

3,680

3,940

4,200

3,680

3,940

3,680

3,180

3,060

4,200

4,200

4,200

2,820

3,060

5,610

5,910

5,910

5,610

4,200

3,430

2,700

Sept.

2,250

1,720

1,7EO

3,060

2,820

2,250

1,920

1,920

2,030

1,920

1,820

1,520

1,430

1,250

1,160

1,000

1,340

1,430

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,000

kl ,200

kl.OOO

kl,100

kl.100

888

754

670

670

-

k Stage-dlsoharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of

records for station at Cellna,

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Note.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; June 5-9, July 1-12, 14-21, July 30 to

Aug. 9, Aug. 11-19, 22-24, Aug. 30 to Sept. 22, Sept. 27-30.
432 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn,> 1922-40 Continued

1931-32

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

J.6

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,160

1,340

1,520

818

kl,100

kl,200

k800

k700

kl ,000

kl ,100

kl ,180

1,000

888

930

1,720

1,830

1,720

888

659

604

604

615

615

637

637

766

1,340

1,340

1,000

1,380

1,520

Hov,

3.08C

l.OOC

90S

l.OOC

860

888

804

754

706

670

730

68E

648

63V

637

637

718

730

754

868

888

804

754

694

694

694

718

754

1,160

1,430

-

Dec.

2,130

3,180

3,430

5,610

6,840

6,530

5,910

5,610

10,700

13,400

12,100

15,500

649,700

678,900

685,000

682,800

666,900

647,900

630,900

921,200

15,900

640 ,700

661,200

669,200

675,000

671,900

656,100

642,500

832,400

624,200

19,600

Jan.

18,400

17,300

17,000

17,700

18,100

629,100

34,600

37,100

35 ,400

626,000

22,600

18,800

17,700

17,000

17,300

22,200

22,600

22 ,900

23,300

22,200

20,300

18,500

627 ,300

645,500

641 ,400

e41 ,600

45 ,700

47 ,300

666 ,100

6112,000

6122,000

Feb.

B120 ,000

0115,000

B127.000

0146 ,000

0145,000

0136,000

0128,000

8121.000

0114,000

092,500

656,900

e42,300

644 ,500

46 ,400

46,000

644,400

660 ,000

657,200

649,800

644,600

e42,500

852,900

855,700

646 ,800

639,700

e31 ,800

25,100

22,000

18,800

-

Mar.

15,500

14,100

13 ,400

18,800

21,800

22,200

24,100

24,900

21 ,800

18,800

15,900

13,800

12 j 400

11,400

10,700

10,400

10,000

9,720

9,060

8,100

7,150

9,720

9,720

9,390

11,400

13,400

IS ,500

839,700

654,200

666 ,000

684 ,700

App.

84,800

e76 ,300

660,900

e48,500

635,900

627,000

21,800

22,200

28 ,800

32,900

29,600

28,800

24,900

20,300

18,400

16,300

14,500

13,100

12,400

11 ,400

11,000

10,700

9,720

9,720

620,900

656,700

671 ,000

e61 ,300

651,600

47 ,300

-

May

48.20C

e41,50C

e30,50C

25,600

21,OQC

18 ,10C

15.20C

12,70C

13 ,80C

13.40C

12 ,70C

11,OOC

1Q.40C

10.40C

JO, 70C

10,000

9.72C

11.40C

lO.OOt

9,060

7,1BC

6,84C

6,84C

6,840

6,530

6.53C

6,220

6,530

6,220

4,740

3,680

June

4,200

4,470

4,200

3,430

3,180

2,700

2,360

2,360

2,700

2,820

2,580

2,580

2,360

2,260

2,830

3,940

3,940

3,430

4,200

4,740

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,020

5,310

5,310

5,310

11 ,000

635,000

-

July

37,100

30,000

21 ,800

15,900

22 ,600

637,200

647,200

666,200

638,000

928,300

22 ,600

17 ,000

12,100

9.0PO

7,460

6,530

5,310

3,680

3,180

3,180

3,430

3,9<*0

4,200

3,9*0

3,180

2,520

3,180

2,470

1,920

1,930

2,0?0

Aug.

1,430

1,250

1,160

1,240

1,260

1,160

1,000

1,160

1,080

1,000

1,080

1,430

1,430

1,520

2,700

2,470

1,920

3,860

4,740

3,680

3,060

2,940

3,060

3,430

3,060

2, 640

3,060

3,180

g,820

2,580

2,820

Sept,

1.52C

1,06C

93C

1.08C

1,34C

1,08C

1,25C

2.25C

1,880

1,QOO

754

656

659

1,16C

1,78C

1,000

818

l.OOC

1,000

930

846

1.52C

1.43C

1,34C

1,520

1.92C

2,82C

4.20C

3,94C

2,70C

~

e Computed using fall as determined by twice daily readings ef auxiliary gage tt a faetor,

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor,

k Stage-discharge relation affected by epen valves at Dan 7; dlaeharge compute? on basis of 

records for station at Celina.

Mote.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-4, Oct. 12 to Deo, 3, Hay 31, June 1, 4-18, JulT 18- 

22, July 24 to Aug. 18, Aug. 20 to Sept. 36,

1932-33

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

83

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,820

1,720

1,520

1,340

1,920

2,250

1,820

1,520

1,520

1,080

1,000

1,000

1,000

930

1,000

4,560

12,100

9,060

11,400

19,600

16,300

11,400

8,100

6,530

5,020

5,310

6,220

5,610

4,740

4,200

4,600

Hov,

10 ,700

16,300

15,200

13,100

10 ,400

8,100

6,530

5,910

5,610

5,610

5,020

8,100

12,100

9,720

7,780

7,780

6,220

6,220

8,420

9,720

16 ,600

827,000

25 ,300

19,200

14 ,500

14 ,800

14 ,100

15,900

13 ,400

10,700

-

Deo.

9,060

8,740

7,150

6,840

5,910

5,310

5,310

5,910

6,840

11,400

18 ,100

628,100

631,900

35,800

34,100

33,700

e27,400

23,300

18 ,800

15,500

13 ,400

11 ,000

10,400

10,700

12,100

14,500

16,300

629,200

e50,000

665,200

690,300

Jan.

996 ,400

95,100

983,900

e72 ,700

648,600

631 ,500

e21 ,700

19,600

627,400

650,200

56,200

57,100

651,100

637 ,100

628,700

622,200

18,400

16,600

15 ,900

17 ,300

eSO ,900

e62,900

e76,000

881,500

81 ,400

675 ,300

657,000

648,500

44,600

839 ,300

633,400

Feb,

30,400

e25,100

20,300

18 ,100

16,300

14,500

617,400

629,100

635,500

634,500

636 ,400

633,200

e27,200

635 ,400

669,000

670,500

6103,000

893 ,300

694 ,700

9116,000

a so, ooo

6117,000

0106,000

097,100

c85,10Q

C49,800

629,600

625,400

_

-

Mar.

22,400

18 ,500

16,400

14,500

12,60P

11,000

10,400

9,720

10 ,400

10 ,400

10,400

11,000

10,400

9,720

12,400

18 ,400

684,700

e33 ,700

680,100

895,400

97,500

993,700

086,000

973,700

652,800

634 ,600

625,700

22,600

19,600

17,700

18,400

Apr.

926,400

632,400

830,200

26,400

24,100

23 ,300

24 ,1/30

23,300

20,300

18,100

17 ,000

18 ,800

21 ,000

e26 ,300

830,200

39,600

47,300

48,700

53,500

53,500

a44,100

633,800

625,600

22,600

20,700

21,000

18 ,400

15,900

13 ,800

13,100

May

10,700

11 ,700

12 ,400

12 ,400

18 ,100

20,300

18,100

e23 ,900

828,300

e41 ,800

672,600

693,900

95 ,500

692,200

877,200

650,200

632,300

825,000

21 ,000

18,100

14,500

11,700

11,700

10,700

9,060

8,740

11 ,000

15,900

14,500

16,300

18,100

June

15,900

13,100

9,720

7,780

6,530

4,740

4,800

3,680

3,430

3,430

3,430

3,060

3,180

3,180

4,080

4,200

3,680

2,940

2,360

2,250

2,140

2,360

2,140

1,920

2,030

1,920

1,620

1,820

1,820

1,720

July

1,920

2,030

1,820

1,520

1,820

1,720

1,520

1,620

1,520

1,880

2,47O

2,250

1,820

1,720

1,720

2,140

2,1*0

1,620

1,250

1,820

2,3fO

1,920

1,620

1,520

1,620

6,1FO

26 ,800

20,300

' 19,600

21 ,000

17,701

Aug.

12,100

9,390

8,100

6,530

6,220

7,780

8,740

7,460

5,610

4,470

3,680

9,390

a33,30Q

825 ,000

15,500

10,700

8,420

8.1QO

7,460

6,530

6,220

5,020

4,200

3,680

3,180

3,060

2,820

2,470

7,780

6,530

9,060

Sept.

7,780

6,530

8,420

834,500

627,800

836 ,400

937,600

825,600

17,000

11,000

6,100

6,220

6,530

5,910

5,310

4,200

3,680

3,060

2,580

3,680

3,500

2,700

2,470

2,360

1,730

1,520

2,420

2,470

2,360

2,250

v. uwiuyuucu uoj.»i£ IU.LJ. MB ww?i/wi-mxueu uj twice UKlxy reaamgo OJ auxmHU^ et^g^

e Computed using rate of change of stage as e factor.

Note.- Shifting-control method used Dot. 1-15, June 8-15, June 17 to July 26,
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 433

Discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland Hirer at Carthage, Venn,, 1922-40 Ocntiimed

1933-34

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,040

1,340

1,160

1,370

2,360

2,470

2,260

2,140

1,720

1,720

1,620

1,260

kl ,300

kl,000

1c800

k800

k750

754

790

804

790

804

1,170

1,340

1,250

1,440

1,820

1,920

1,72O

1,250

1,160

HOT.

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,390

4,320

3,780

3,680

3,060

2,140

1,920

1,720

2,030

1,520

1,340

1,250

1,430

1,160

930

804

818

790

1,010

1,260

930

632

674

874

766

818

1,000

-

Dec.

902

860

1,080

1,080

1,430

11,200

12,400

12,400

10,4OO

10,000

8,100

6,840

5,910

5,310

4,740

4,470

5,310

7,460

15,900

925,000

24,900

26,400

eSS ,100

17,300

12,700

11 ,000

10,700

11,000

14,800

15,500

13,100

Jan.

11,000

9,720

8,420

10,000

11,000

12 ,700

032,600

944,500

e74,000

75,200

961,300

e39 ,700

924,200

18,100

14,800

12,700

11,000

10,400

10 ,400

9,390

9,390

8,740

8,420

8,420

7,780

7,780

7,150

6,840

6,530

6,530

6,220

Feb.

5,910

5,310

4,740

4,740

4,740

4,740

4,470

4,740

4,200

4,200

4,470

4,200

3,430

3,430

3,430

3,180

3,060

2,940

2,820

2,700

2,820

2,940

3,060

3,180

ell ,100

e60 ,400

e72,200

679,300

-

*

-

Mar.

983,500

e87,900

0115,000

*a32,000

6130,000

(118,000

0107,000

6104,000

094,200

084,000

073 ,400

c64 ,300

e46 ,700

631,700

022,500

e!8,200

915,400

613,400

622,100

954 ,500

677,200

683 ,400

079,500

688,300

6111,000

9124,000

0120 ,000

0111,000

0102,000

082,800

065,000

Apr.

044,500

e31 ,000

e25 ,100

20 ,600

16,600

14,700

12,700

11,400

11,000

11,400

13,100

16 ,600

16,600

15,900

14,800

13 ,100

11,700

10 ,700

11 ,700

12,100

13,100

14,800

624,700

24 ,500

20,300

15 ,900

13 ,400

12,400

11 ,700

10,400

-

May

10,000

10,400

9,060

8,420

8,100

7,780

6,840

6,220

6,820

5,310

5,610

5,910

5,910

5,310

5,310

5,310

5,910

5,610

5,310

5,310

4,740

5,310

7,150

7,780

7,150

6,220

5,910

5,610

5,020

4,470

3,940

June

3,680

3,430

3,430

2,700

2,820

3,180

3,430

3,430

3,680

3,430

3,430

5,110

9,060

7,780

8,420

8,100

6,530

18,400

24,500

17,300

12,100

9,720

8,100

7,150

7,780

9,060

8,100

5,910

5,310

4,740

-

July

4,740

4,470

3,940

3,430

4,500

5,910

4,740

4,200

3,680

3,680

4,470

4,740

4,200

4,470

9,720

11,000

11,400

10,700

9,390

8,740

6,840

5,310

3,940

3,940

3,430

3,430

3,840

4,470

3,430

3,180

3,680

Aug.

3,180

3,430

4,200

3,940

3,680

3,060

2,940

2,940

3,430

2,940

2,940

3,180

3,180

3,940

5,020

3,940

4,620

6,530

6,220

6,530

5,910

4,740

4,740

5,020

6,530

8,420

10,700

8,420

10,400

11,700

9,720

Sept.

7,460

5,910

5,020

4,740

4,470

3,680

3,430

3,060

2,820

2,820

2,700

2,700

3,060

2,940

2,820

2,360

2,140

2,140

2,250

2,700

2,470

2,470

2,360

1,620

1,620

2,030

1,720

1,720

1,920

3,430

-

o Computed using fall as determined by tnice daily readings of auxiliary gage as a factor.

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of 

records for stations at Cellna and Old Hickory.

Hote.- Shifting-control method used Jan. 22 to Feb. 24, Hay 4 to June 18, June 23-25, June 27 to 

July 14, July 21 to Aug. 28, Sept. 1-30.

1934-35

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

«n <o\J

31

Oct.

5,020

4,740

6,220

6,220

5,020

4,470

3,680

3,180

2,700

2,470

2,470

2,700

2,470

2,470

k2,330

k2,180

2,030

2,470

2,470

2,470

2,700

2,700

2,360

2,820

2,940

3,180

3,180

2,940

2,820

2,700

2,820

Hov.

4,200

4,200

4,200

12,400

14,100

12,400

11,400

9,390

7,460

6,220

5,310

4,740

4,470

4,470

4,200

3,940

3,940

4,200

4,200

3,680

2,700

2,470

2,580

2,820

2,470

2,470

2,360

2,700

3,180

3,430

-

Dec.

3,180

3,060

3,180

3,430

4,740

5,020

5,020

4,740

4,740

4,470

4,470

3,680

3,430

3,180

3,060

2,820

2,700

2,700

2,580

2,580

2,700

2,820

3,430

3,430

3,430

4,200

4,740

6,840

7,460

8,100

8,740

Jan.

11 ,700

14,800

15,500

16,300

17,300

16 ,300

13,100

11,400

11,400

10,400

9,060

8,740

11 ,000

12,100

11,000

10,700

13,400

18,400

026,100

049,000

077 ,500

687,900

87,600

680 ,800

666,200

946 ,000

031,700

024 ,100

19 ,900

18,800

17,300

Feb.

16 ,600

16 ,300

17,000

18,100

19 ,200

19,200

18,100

16 ,300

17 ,000

025,900

28,800

033 ,500

35,800

940,000

650,000

56,200

57,100

048,800

e37 ,500

028 ,700

22,200

17,700

15,500

14,100

13,100

031,000

047 ,900

56,700

_

-

Mar.

55,300

946,300

e35 ,200

e26 ,100

22,600

21,800

24,100

22,900

20 ,300

619,200

023,200

e87,100

e 114,000

9126,000

0121,000

OILS ,000

0108/300

098,600

080,000

054 ,900

047 ,000

054,000

059,500

654,600

648,000

666,200

076,400

688 ,000

694 ,500

697,200

698,200

Apr.

095,800

091,400

087,300

680,600

«79 ,500

9103, OOO

9120,000

6119,000

0112,000

0105,000

C98 ,600

092,900

073,400

054,100

629,900

624,100

20 ,700

18,000

16,000

15,000

14,100

13,100

15,200

15,900

17 ,700

16,600

14,500

12,700

11,000

10,000

May

9,720

9,390

9,390

9,060

8,740

8,100

8,740

11,400

12,700

17,000

20,300

18,400

17 ,700

17 ,300

15 ,500

16 ,600

e31 ,600

35,800

33,300

626 ,500

633 ,700

641 ,600

650,800

050,200

638 ,300

627 ,500

21 ,000

16 ,300

13 ,800

12 ,700

12,100

June

11,700

11 ,700

13 ,100

20,700

626 ,300

31,200

628,600

25 ,600

24,900

22,600

19,900

18,100

15 ,500

12,700

10 ,700

8,740

7,460

7,460

8,420

9,060

9,720

029 ,200

637,600

e43 ,600

642,500

631 ,900

621,100

14,500

10,400

7,780

-

July

6,530

6,220

k7 ,600

k8 ,000

k8,000

k8,600

11,000

14,800

15,200

13,100

9,720

7,150

5,310

4,200

3,680

2,940

2,700

2,580

2,360

2,250

2,140

2,250

3,430

2,820

2,820

3,940

5,020

7,780

8,740

12,100

11 ,400

Aug.

12,700

11 ,000

7,780

5,610

3,940

3,180

3,180

2,470

2,250

2,030

1,720

1,620

1,520

1,520

2,250

5,020

11,000

15,200

13,400

11,000

8,100

5,610

4,470

4,470

3,680

2,940

2,580

2,700

2,030

2,360

2,470

Sept.

1,720

1,250

1,080

1,820

e!4,000

26,800

21,800

16,300

9,060

5,610

3,940

2,940

2,700

k2 ,700

k2,500

k2,120

kl,860

kl,690

kl,810

k2 ,000

kl ,700

kl ,700

kl,100

k920

kl,100

kl ,220

kl,130

kl,040

k940

k880

-

o Oonpnted using fall as determined by twice daily readings ot auxiliary gage as a factor, 

e Oonpnted using rate of ohange of stage as a factor. 

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7; discharge computed on basis of 

records for stations at Cellna and Old Hickory,

Hpte.- Shifting-control Method used Oct. 1-14, Oct. 17 to Hov. 3, Hov. 9 to Dec. 31.
434 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Dally discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland Elver at Carthage., Tenn.,1928-40 Continued

1935-56

Da7

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

k880

k900

k940

1(980

k920

k920

kl,450

kl.600

kl,150

kl,000

kSOO

k700

k640

k700

854

958

1,210

1,050

821

709

694

773

680

694

709

694

694

904

1,460

1,770

1,980

Nov.

1,720

1,770

1,720

1,770

1,700

1,400

1,480

1,360

1,330

1,400

2,920

5,320

7,070

11,200

17 ,600

17,600

14,000

9,620

7,070

5,980

6,240

6,930

6,110

5,060

4,560

4,190

4,190

6,380

8,390

7,790

Dec.

8,690

10,300

11,600

10,300

8,690

8,090

6,790

6,380

6,790

6,650

8,090

12,200

10,900

9,000

7,790

8,090

9,310

14,000

16,100

15,100

12,600

10,900

9,310

8,390

7,790

6,650

6,110

5,320

4",560

3 ',830

3,720

Jan.

4,440

9,620

921,000

e34,700

e47,800

859,100

63 ,300

e72,200

981 ,800

989,900

e85 ,300

968,600

951,400

636 ,500

926 ,000

619,400

16,500

14,300

12,900

12,900

16 ,500

18,700

22,100

20,600

18,000

14,700

11,600

9,620

9,620

9,000

8,390

Feb.

7,790

7,500

7,210

13,600

922,400

e32,500

35,600

35,600

931,600

e24 ,000

919 ,400

16,500

14,300

14,300

15,100

15 ,400

16,900

18,000

18,700

18,700

18,000

18,000

16,900

14,700

14,000

12,900

14,700

16,500

17,200

-

Mar.

17,600

17,200

16,900

16,50C

15,800

15 ,800

14,700

14,300

12,900

12,200

11,600

10.90C

9,94C

9.94C

9,940

925, 90C

953.40C

658,600

e68,600

e67 ,700

956, 20C

e51,OOC

946 ,100

e54,KX

e79,10C

elll ,000

B126.000

9131 ,003

e!30,000

cll6 ,000

098,100

Apr.

c77 ,700

e54 ,400

049,100

e51 ,500

e49,000

989,500

9116,000

9120,000

9117,000

9117,000

9114,000

9106,000

e82,600

954,100

934,100

e27 ,300

e2S,000

20,000

17,400

14,700

12,600

11 ,600

10,600

9,630

9,000

8,390

7,790

6,930

8,090

7,210

May

6,930

6.79C

5,580

4,81C

4,810

5,980

5,710

5.45C

5.19C

4,560

3,480

3,140

3.60C

3,600

3,480

3,96C

4.07C

S,72C

3,140

3,600

3,720

3,830

4,070

3,14C

2,770

2.48C

2,350 2, sec

2.21C

1.81C

1,580

June

1,540

1,360

1,330

1,330

1,250

1,120

1,010

1,120

958

922

886

854

854

740

635

650

635

694

773

773

821

886

805

740

680

650

591

563

522

496

-

JulT

455

522

805

1,500

5,050

5,320

4,440

3,830

3,030

3,260

3,140

2,660

2,290

2,080

2,790

3,610

3,490

3,140

3,720

3,370

3,600

2,850

1,700

1,930

2,440

2,000

1,400

1,660

1,360

1,250

1,29C

Aug.

904

740

740

680

694

694

724

1,100

740

854

1,270

922

1,050

904

773

821

740

680

606

606

591

576

563

576

665

650

591

563

469

48E

620

Sept.

591

591

591

724

680

591

576

563

549

469

650

1,660

1,480

1,160

922

773

789

709

606

591

563

576

591

694

606

591

536

563

650

709

-

c Computed using fall aa determined by twice dally readings of auxiliary gage as a factor, 

e Computed using rate cf change of stage as a factor,

k Stage-discharge relation affected by open valves at Dam 7} discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Cellna and Old Hickory,

Hot*.- Shifting-control method used May 25 to July 5, July 12-25, July 22 tc Sept. 30.

1936-57

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

993

740

591

549

496

469

442

576

1,290

1,210

1,080

821

805

789

1,060

2,850

2,350

1,580

1,870

1,420

1,330

1,620

1,850

1,980

1,720

2,160

2,000

1,980

2,020

1,870

1,740

Nov.

1,660

1,330

1,840

615,500

22,500

22,900

24 ,400

20,200

13,300

9,940

8,090

6,650

5,840

5,190

4,810

3,720

3,460

3,830

3,830

3,140

2,920

2,440

2,060

1,620

1,740

1,890

1,740

1,310

1,340

1,340

-

Dec.

1,180

1,140

1,360

1,340

1,180

2,080

11,200

e23,000

e43 ,500

640,000

630,300

621,200

15,400

11 ,900

10,300

9,310

8,690

8,390

9,310

11 ,600

18,200

13,300

15,100

15 ,100

13 ,600

10,900

9,940

15,000

19,700

624,000

643,500

Jan.

e55 ,700

elll ,000

6138,000

9143 ,000

9132,000

9122 ,000

9118,000

9104,000

967 ,700

e29,OOC

26 ,100

e28,10C

e37',20C

e42 ,900

e68,OOC

697.80C

9118.00C

9129, OOC

9134,000

9142,000

9147 ,000

6152, OOC

9156,000

9160,000

9164, OOC

165, OOC

9158,000

9148,000

9141 ,000

9133,000

e!22,OOC

Feb.

9100,000

e71 ,400

642,400

e35,400

930, 50C

624,900

622,800

e24,80C

e58,70C

e73, 10C

82,100

678,000

668 ,500

651 ,400

637 ,300

627,100

22,50C

19.50C

17 ,20C

17 ,20C

17 ,60C

19 ,80C

22.10C

22,90(

21 ,70(

21.30C

19.10C

17 ,60C

«

_

-

Mar.

16,500

14,300

13,600

12,900

12,200

11,900

11,900

11,600

12,600

14,000

13 ,600

12,600

11 ,900

11,200

10,900

10,900

12,600

14,300

15,100

15,100

15,400

13,600

12,600

11,600

11,600

11,900

12,900

13 ,600

13,300

12,200

11,600

Apr.

10,600

9,940

9,620

8,690

8,390

8,090

8,690

9,000

9,000

9.31O

9,620

9,940

10,300

10,600

10,300

9,940

11,200

12,900

14,300

14,000

13,300

12,200

11,600

12,600

19,800

20,200

18 ,700

23,200

22,900

23,200

-

May

25,500

26,300

e35,700

643,400

50,100

643,100

637 ,9OO

34,800

631,800

626,800

621,600

19,100

e34,900

e53 ,600

53 ,300

646,700

640,800

631,000

628,200

20,200

17,600

15,800

13,600

10,900

9,310

9,310

9,000

8,390

9,000

9,620

11,900

June

13,300

12,900

12,200

11,900

10,600

10,300

11,200

10,300

9,000

11,900

e24 ,900

25,500

e32,200

eSO.100

621,500

15,100

13 ,300

10,300

9,310

8,090

7,210

6,380

5,580

5,710

4,940

4,560

g4,070

g3,260

g2,590

g2,270

-

Jul^-

g2,270

g2,270

g2,480

g2,590

g4,560

8,090

5,450

5,060

4,680

g4,310

g3,830

g3,600

g3,370

gS.OSO

g2,700

g2,700

g2,480

g3,140

g3,370

g3,260

g3,600

g3,370

g2,590

g2,590

g2,480

g3,370

gS.OSO

2,610

2,270

1,980

2,080

Aug.

2,380

2,000

1,830

1,700

1,400

1,620

1,740

1,830

2,000

1,860

1,830

2,380

3,480

3,950

4,440

4,190

4,940

4,680

3,600

2,740

2,550

2,520

3,140

3,140

3,950

5,320

5,840

9,000

8,390

6,380

4,680

Sept.

3,950

2,830

2,790

2,790

2,520

2,310

2,100

2,100

2,920

g3,370

g3 ,720

g5,580

g5,450

g4,440

g3,260

3,030

3,030

2,700

2,080

1,960

1,910

1,560

1,340

1,210

1,160

1,120

1,060

993

854

886

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a faotu* .

g Computed from graph based on dally D. S. Weather Bureau reading,

Hote.- Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to HOT. 3.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 435

Discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Term., 1922-40 Oontlrued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

854

870

1,030

3,030

5,580

13,300

10,300

6,660

6,110

5,710

4,190

3,480

3,600

2,880

3,140

2,770

2,520

2,270

2,190

2,660

2,400

3,370

3,950

4,810

5,710

6,240

6,790

6,520

6,110

5,710

4,810

NOT.

3,830

3,480

4,310

4,810

4,310

3,480

2,830

2,850

2,350

2,660

2,850

3,260

3,720

3,260

3,030

2,850

3,030

3,480

3,600

3,260

3,370

2,920

2,420

2,480

2,330

2,160

2,060

2,100

2,720

3,030

-

Dec.

2,920

2,880

2,850

2,680

3,030

3,030

2,660

2,880

2,810

2,700

2,440

2,440

2,560

2,720

5,060

6,790

7,790

18,000

27,400

32,900

32,500

26 ,700

22,100

18,000

14,700

13,300

14,300

21 ,700

21,700

19,100

20,600

Jan.

22,500

23,200

22,500

19 ,500

18,400

16,500

14,700

13,300

12,200

11,200

11,600

11,200'

10,900

10,600

10,600

10,300

10,300

9,940

9,620

9,000

16,200

643,900

49,200

666,900

e78,400

81,200

672,000

e59 ,500

646,000

634,000

639,100

Feb.

42,300

40,300

38,300

635,200

30,900

625,700

22,500

19,500

17,200

15,800

14,300

13,600

13,300

14,000

16,500

19,500

22,100

24,400

27,400

29,000

27,400

27,800

27,000

26,300

24,400

22,500

20,600

19,100

_

_

-

Mar.

17,600

15,800

19,100

628,600

645,100

661,300

e70.100

665,900

655,200

50,500

52,600

049,300

643,100

38,700

37,900

41,100

42,700

38,700

32,500

27,800

22,900

18,700

17,200

18,000

19,100

18,700

19,800

18,400

16,100

15,100

14,000

Apr.

15,800

18,400

21,000

19,100

16,900

14 ,300

12,900

13,300

626,200

38,300

40,300

38,700.

633,500

627,800

622,200

18,000

15,100

12,900

14,000

15,100

18,400

623,800

e34,200

e44,100

e41,800

e36,300

628,200

621 ,000

16,900

14,000

-

May

12,600

11,200

10,300

10,300

9,940

9,000

8,090

7,070

7,360

12,900

13,600

11,600

9,940

9,940

12,200

10,900

9,620

10,300

11 ,900

11,600

10,600

10,300

10,600

10,600

623,400

27,800

26,300

23,600

22,900

20,200

622,700

June

638,400

649,400

e47,300

e37,000

628,900

623 ,500

19,500

16,100

12,200

10,900

10,600

9,310

9,000

7,500

7,210

7,070

6,380

5,840

6,190

6,110

8,390

18,000

23,200

21,700

17,600

13,300

11,200

9,620

8,690

9,310

-

July

10,300

10,300

9,000

7,500

6,380

6,110

4,940

4,810

5,060

6,060

4,190

3,600

4,070

4,810

4,810

5,710

7,360

8,090

11,600

14,300

10,300

9,620

14,000

16,900

16,900

12,600

9,940

8,090

7,070

6,520

5,580

Avre.

16,500

635,600

34,800

39,100

e34 ,900

626,100

22,100

20,600

18,700

15,800

12,600

15,100

14,300

11,600

11,200

10,300

10,300

10,600

8,390

6,790

6,110

5,320

4,680

4,680

3,950

g3,720

g3,370

g3,260

g3,370

g4,070

4,190

Sept.

g3,480

g3,140

g3,030

g2,700

g2,330

g2,160

g2,100

2,190

2,000

2,100

2,680

2,480

2,610

4,190

4,680

4,810

4,560

4,190

4,070

4,310

4,810

4,810

4,190

3,600

3,140

2,920

2,420

2,460

2,550

2,880

-

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor,

g Computed froa graph based on dally U. S. Weather Bureau readings.

1938-39

Day

1

2

3

 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,720

2,160

1,930

1.740

1,680

1,700

1,660

1,540

1,460

1,360

1,330

1,270

1,310

1,270

1,310

1,210

1,100

1,030

1,060

1,120

1,080

1,030

1,030

976

940

922

940

940

940

940

922

NOT.

837

958

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,230

1,180

2,270

2,350

1,910

1,640

1,740

2,120

2,160

2,020

2,680

3,370

4,450

18,000

19 ,100

19,800

628,600

626,700

020,200

14,000

10,600

8,090

6,380

5,840

6,930

-

Dec.

6,240

6,650

6,110

5,580

4,680

4,440

5,580

5,710

5,580

5,190

4,940

4,440

4,560

6,110

7,360

7,790

8,090

7,210

5,710

4,940

5,060

4,560

4,680

6,650

7,210

10,600

19,800

e27,000

32,100

33,600

627,300

Jan.

621,000

16,500

13 ,600

11,600

920,700

21 ,700

18 ,400

19,500

21,300

20,200

18,000

16,100

943,000

50,500

957,000

59,100

619,900

938,500

B30.600

26,300

24,400

22,900

21,000

21,700

20,600

19,100

19,100

17,900

e!8,800

935 ,200

346,100

Feb. Mar.

657,900' 085,200

664,000

e!09,000

6134,000

0146,000

c!39,000

0132,000

0133,000

0130,030

0126,000

0119,030

0107,000

C91.10C

075,400

089,400

0121 ,000

C125.00C

C112,OOC

C94,10C

C78.500

661.60C

646,900

638,400

631,900

026, 20C

e28 ,800

632,300

656 ,30C

_

_

-

096,900

089,000

e81 ,700

666,500

e78,400

690, 80O

92,700

682,200,

066,100

644, 10C

633,100

29 ,OOC

26,700

25,900

24,400

21,30C

19.50C

17,600

16,100

15,100

14,700

13,300

12,200

11,200

10,600

15,800

16,100

14,300

e27 ,400

044,100

Apr.

48,400

50 ,500

a48,200

638,900

631,200

631 ,100

33 ,300

33,300

32,100

32,100

635,100

642,500

44,300

42,300

636,500

631,200

032,500

35,200

35,200

629,700

625,300

21,700

18,700

16,100

14,700

17 ,600

825,500

34,400

630,100

025,700

-

May

22,500

19,500

16,900

14,700

12,900

11 ,600

10 ,600

9,620

10,300

10,900

10,300

9,940

11,200

9,310

7,360

6,240

5,980

5,710

5,320

4,940

4,940

4,940

4,810

5,450

5,060

4,560

4,440

4,940

5,060

4,310

5,190

June

5,320

5,060

4,94Q

5,450

5,980

5,190

5,840

6,520

6,240

5,710

6,520

5,980

4,810

6,520

6,240

5,450

4,940

5,450

9,940

7,500

6,790

6,240

6,240

7,070

7,360

5,710

4,940

5,580

6,520

7,790

-

July

9,310

7,790

7,790

8,090

7,360

6,520

6,930

8,390

14,300

17,600

16,100

17,200

12,900

9,000

6,790

5,320

4,190

g3 ,140

g3 ,370

g2,700

g2,700

g2,48.0

g2,270

gl,960

g2,060

g2,810

g3,260

g2,380

g3 ,260

g3,480

£2,590

Avft.

g2,380

g2,380

g3,720

4,940

5,060

4,310

g3,260

g3,830

4,810

5,580

4,560

3,950

g3,370

g2,460

g2,140

g2,630

g2,440

g2,040

g2,350

g2,920

g£,350

gl,930

gl,520

gl,330

gl,330

gl,360

gl ,360

gl,330

gl,230

f958

958

Sept.

1,210

1,120

1,140

1,010

958

1,030

1,100

1,160

1,120

1,140

1,100

854

870

789

694

680

650

620

635

854

922

837

805

789

635

549

694

756

789

789

e Computed using fall as determined by twiee daily readings of auxiliary gage as a footer.

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

g Computed frcn graph based on daily U. 8. Weather Bureau readings.
436 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn,, 1922-40 Continued

1939-40

Day

1

e

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

773

620

549

549

5S2

509

522

724

958

976

958

958

1,140

940

591

522

496

482

509

522

522

606

606

496

469

549

620

563

606

740

1,180

Nov.

1,160

1,140

993

837

837

694

680

650

773

756

789

870

789

591

691

805

773

740

886

773

680

821

709

650

773

821

854

680

635

665

-

Dec.

854

904

922

904

740

789

837

694

694

837

805

665

773

886

886

904

922

904

805

958

1,360

1,330

1,660

2,210

2,610

3,260

3,370

4,560

5,580

4,680

4,190

Jan.

3,830

3,370

2,920

2,480

2,230

2,140

1,850

1,640

1,520

al ,390

al,130

al,100

al,250

1,580

2,270

2,660

3,140

4,440

5,190

a3,840

a2,830

a2,480

a2,830

a2,530

al,750

61,360

al ,200

al ,180

al ,390

al,270

al,440

Feb.

al,680

al,410

el, 270

el, 270

al,300

1,810

3,600

5,450

6,520

17,700

26 ,300

24,400

25,100

25,500

25,500

25 ,100

23,600

629,100

e39,000

41 ,300

37,200

33,200

828,700

e23,700

20,200

16 ,500

15,100

622,006

e 30, 000

_

-

Mar.

29,100

28,300

30,200

e35 ,600

39,100

40,900

e37 ,500

e30,200

e 23, 400

18 ,000

14 ,700

e21,600

636,900

945,500

48,300

48 ,000

642,600

39 ,800

41,700

39,800

37,200

36,500

e30,900

924,700

920,200

16,900

15,100

13,600

14,300

053,100

688,900

Apr.

94,200

689,000

680,500

674,000

657,200

641,700

36 ,800

631,400

625,600

20,900

17,600

15,800

14,000

12,900

10,600

9,940

10,600

15,400

629400

e41,900

e58 ,600

672,100

976 ,800

76,800

666 ,300

648,800

638,200

630,400

624,800

20,800

-

May

23 ,900

27,200

27,200

24,600

22,400

19,100

15 ,800

14,000

11 ,600

10,300

9,310

7,790

6,110

6,240

7,210

7,500

7,500

6,520

5,580

4,560

4,810

5,320

5,060

7,070

8,090

9,620

10,900

14 ,700

17,200

15 ,400

12,200

June

10,300

9,310

9,310

9,620

9,620

8,390

7,500

9,000

7,210

5,980

7,500

12,900

11,900

9,620

8,090

6,650

5,580

5,060

5,450

8,690

17,200

20,600

19,100

14,300

9,940

7,790

7,070

6,520

7,500

6,110

-

Jul-r

4, £40

4.E60

5,190

5,199

4, £10

4,310

6, £40

6,110

5,E80

6, 50

6,650

8,390

9,620

7 ,790

6,650

12,600

15,fOO

14,700 i2,roo i2,eoo

ii.eoo

8,390

6,f30

6,F50

6,520

5,f80

4,?40

4,070

3,260

3,140

3,720

Aug.

4,190

4,190

6,240

5,980

4,190

3,480

3,600

3,370

3,030

2,610

3,140

3,260

3,030

2,920

2,350

2,570

2,270

2,270

2,380

1,910

1,640

1,870

2,250

1,910

1,790

1,770

1,620

1,680

1,910

3,370

4,810

Sept.

8,090

9,620

7,790

5,980

4,940

4,190

3,950

3,030

2,080

1,930

2,460

2,290

2,420

2,020

2,290

1,310

1,180

2,270

2,210

1,830

1,380

1,250

993

928

1,720

2,190

2,290

1,870

1,720

1,380

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations, 

at Celina and at Dam 3, near Old Hickory

e Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet,1922 40

Month

Mnir

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

Calendar year 1925 ...........

Till -7

Water year 1923-24 ...........

Calendar year 1924 ...........

Water year 1924-25 ...........

Secondfoot-days

36,084 

32,863 

933 ,750

-

1,055,490 

1,688,580 

1,830,200 

701,500 

669,080 

349,760 

190,230 

281,580 

94,760

7,863,757

39,196 

47,349 

560,760

7,508,265

1,735,200 

827,360 

754,100 

594,700 

874 ,700 

497,280 

219,930 

62,370 

64,530

6,277,375

57,520 

52,945 

606 ,750

6,347,385

777,600 

891 ,400 

498 ,100 

483,310 

445,630 

112,340 

78 ,508 

27,799 

20,286

4,052,188

Maximum

1,780 

1,920 

99,700

-

91,200 

128,000 

108,000 

50,300 

45,900 

28,000 

10,700 

24,900 

5,310

128,000

2,140 

2,820 

S8, 400

128,000

132,000 

80,400 

43,900 

36 ,700 

74,500 

74,500 

16,300 

3,430 

10,700

132,000

6,840 

5,020 

83 ,500

132 ,000

65 ,700 

88 ,700 

34,100 

56,700 

42,800 

13,400 

7,320 

1,300 

902

88,700

Minimum

804 

659 

1,920

' -

8,100 

9,720 

18,100 

11,400 

9,720 

4,470 

3,430 

3,180 

1,700

659

694 

790 

2,250

694

13,100 

8,740 

12,100 

10,400 

12,400 

5,020 

3,430 

930 

800

694

760 

620 

1,340

620

12,100 

10,700 

8,420 

7,780 

3,940 

1,620 

846 

570 

434

434

Mean

1,164 

1,095 

30,120

-

34,050 

60,300 

59,040 

23,380 

21,580 

11,660 

6,136 

9,083 

3,159

21,540

1.S64 

1,575 

18,090

20,570

55,970 

28,530 

24 ,330 

19,820 

28,280 

16,580 

7,095 

2,012 

2,151

17,180

1,855 

1,765 

19 ,570

17,340

25,080 

31,840 

16,070 

16,110 

14 ,380 

3,745 

2,533 

897 

676

11,100

Per square 

mile

0.109 

.102 

2.81

-

3.18 

5.64 

5.52 

2,19 

2.02 

1.09 

.573 

.849 

.295

2.01

0.118 

.147 

1.69

1.92

5.23 

2.67 

2.27 

1.85 

2.64 

Ii55 

>@S3 

.186 

.201

1.60

0.173 

.165 

1.83

1.62

2.34 

2.98 

1.50 

1.51 

1.34 

.350 

,237

:8!3

1.04

Run-off in 

Inches

0.18 

.11 

3.25

-

3.67 

5.87 

6.36 

2.44 

2.33 

1.22 

.66 

.98 

.33

27.35

0.14 

.16 

1.95

 -26.11

6.03 

2.88 

2.62 

2.07 

3.04 

1.73 

.76

.2E

.22

81.82

0.20 

.18 

2.11

22.06

2.70 

3.10 

1.73 

1.68 

1.55 

.39 

.27 

.10 

.07

14. Of
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 437

Monthly discharge, id second-feet, of Cumberland River at Cartilage, Tenn., 1922-40 Continued

Month

March.......................*...

April...... !..........,.....*...

Water year 1925-26 ...........

Water year 1927-28 ...........

Calendar year 1928 ...........

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

Water year 1928-29 ...........

Calendar year 1929 ...........

Secondfoot-days

naa *1O

4,717,821

618 ,300

483 ,100

5,565,492

7,529,744

9 ,892 ,836

922 0*70

aoQ Ttftft

8,034,769

8,385,370

8,906,196

79,160

896,660

525,010

9,240,516

39 992

Maximum

62,500

88,700

25 ,300

32,900

92,400

183 * 000

183,000

183,000

22,200

136,000

136,000

93 ,000

19 200

174,000

5,910

71,100

31,700

174 ,000

2 250

2 * 200

Minimum

7,460

434

12,100

2,820

778

832

8 420

2 250

648

45S

452

5,910

3,680

1,520

452

1,520

10,700

9,720

718

1,340

5,310

7,780

718

Mean

9,23£

24,430

12,930

19,950

10,100

7,298

2,474

21 ,81C

15,250

22 770

20,630

27,100

1,125

20,17C

30,090

29,740

44,200

22,220

44,100

36 ,42C

6,383

7,600

21,950

19 920

22,910

40,440

28 ,090

86,440

25,060

48,90O

8,675

8,118

4,507

3,357i

24 ,400

2,554

29,890

16,94f

25,320

21,230

10,770

Per square 

mile

0.862

2,28

1.31

2.28

2.35

1.86

.944

.682

.231

2.04

1.43

1.93

2.53

0.10E

1.89

2.81

1.52

2.78

4.13

2.08

4.12

3.40

.597

.710

2.05

0.479

2.14

3.78

2.63

8.08

2.34

4.57

.811

.759

.421

.314

2.28

0.239

2.79

1.58

2.37

1.98

2.98

1.24

1.01

.254

.085

1.30

Run-off in 

inches

l.OC

2,55

1.26

16.40

2.63

2.45

2.16

1.68 

l.OS

*76

.27

2.3E

1.18

19.36

0.68

26.1V

4. IS

34. 3£

0.1J

25.5S

3.24

1.64

3.2C

4,61

2.3E

4.6C

3.92

.68

.75

27 .8£

0.5E

1.4E

29.12

4.36

2.7S

 9.3:

2.6]

5.21

-9C .8"!

.4£

.35

30.94

0.2£

3.1J

1.8E

32.11

2.2£

3.4<

3.44

1.3E

1.16

.26

.1A

.1C

.14

17.55
438 CUHBERLAMD RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Cumberland Hirer at Carthage, Tenn,, 19f8-40 Continued

Month

Water year 1930-31 ...........

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

Water year 1931-32 ...........

Water year 1933-34 ...........

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

Secondfoot-days

3,724,412

2,913,223

32,611

3,866,998

6,992,302

258 500

7,778,610

331 '292

7,031,240

5,122,200

5 ,084 ,880

onA oftn

135,450

Maximum

I

nnfi

80,900

63,900

3,060

70,800

1,850

85,000

35 000

146 ,000

37.00C

90.300

120,000

2,470

120,000

75,200

79 ,500

44,500

10 ,400

7,460

132,000

6,220

8,740

132,000

87,900

126,000

43,600

15,200

26,800

Minimum

490

4,470

2.47C

7,46C

8,100

1,340

1,52C

670

530

604,

657

2,130

604

17,000

7 15C

9 72C

I

"Z AQfl

i Q^r

1 OOC

604

930

9.72C

8,74£

2 470

9S£

760,

750

' 6,820

2,700

13,400

10,400

3,940

2,70Q

2,940

1.62Q

750

2,030

2»36C

2,58C

1,620

8,740

19,200

10,000

8,100

7.46Q

8,140

1,580

680

880

Mean

10,200

7,315

12,650

18,480

28,760

12,900

2,665

3,108

3,510

1,499

7,981

1,052

810

34.2SC

10,590

33,710

71 AAJT

20.3SC

32,689

13.S4C

19,100

5,038

B1.56C

48.34C

55,550

51,770

27 ,780

28,610

21,300

1*394

19,260

18,870

11,900

79,410

16,560

6,360

7,387

6,407

5,36S

3,01£

14,030

3,192

5,210

4,153

13,930

27,92C

29.22C

64,62C

52.57C

21 ,14C

19,42C

6,59C

5,15E

4,914

30,230

Pe" square 

mile

.963

.684

1.18

1.75

2.69

1.21

.248

.291

.328

-,14C

,746

0.096

.076

3.20

.99C

3.16

3.68

 1«

1,79

0.471

2.00

4.58

6.17

2.87

2,60

8.77

 473

.779

noft

1.99

0.190

.146

,988

I '19

1,76

1.06

7,48

1.60

.594

.685

.506

.501

.888

1.31

0.29|

.481)

.881

1.30

2,?1

2.78

6.04

4 'S

1.98 i.el W.485

.48S

1,89

Run-off in 

Inches

12.96

.7J

1,2!

1.9!

3.0C

1.3S

.26

.3!

.5£

.it

10.13

0.11

.0£

5,6t

15.43

3.63

7.2(

24.2!

0,64

1.2!

3.30

&A 41

6« SJ

6.3t

3.41

g g/

3,11

.41 «B

.«

.91

37 P0^

O.lf

»u i.U

24. «

Sj.Ql

J*«

8.H

IjTJ

1,7t

v «

. 6(

rSj

17. 8(

C.JH

.»

.4f

17. &

3.0] 2 .a 6,91

5,«i

2.2J

8.«

,73

,6f

,«

85.67
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 439

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Cumberland River at Carthage, Tetm., 1922-40 Continued

Month

Hay. ............................

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

Water year 1936-37 ...........

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

Water year 1938-39 ...........

Secondroot-days

274 JW* 040

7,479,734

528,000

79,982

5,171,086

42,251

5,390,463

3

AQQ Kftf\

7,505,474

92 840

712,600

497,420

255 ,520

422,100

97,590

40,620

6,631,775

1,282,000

6,924,410

51,493

6,465,670

1,042,600

374 ,790

283 ,810

225,380

91,600

87 ,595

Maximum

126,000

89,900

36,600

131 ,000

120,000

6,930

5,320

1,660

131,000

2,350

131,000

B rtoii

165, OOC

81,200

70,100

44,100

27,800

49,400

16,900

39,100

4,810

2,720

81,200

59,100

146,000

96,900

50,500

22,500

9,940

17,600

5,580

1,210

146,000

1,160

5,580

146 ,000

6,190

41,300

88,900

94,200

27,200

20,600

16,800

6,240

9,620

Minimum

640

4,440

7,210

9,940

6,930

1,680

496

466

469

469

456

442

1,310

1,140

442

44J

2,440

864

9,000

14,000

12,900

7.07C

5,190

3,60C

3,26C

2,000

854

922

837

4,440

837

11,600

26,200

10,600

14,70C

4,310

4,810

1,960

958

549

549

469

691

665

469

1,100

1,270

13,600

9,940

4,560

5,060

3,14C

1,620

922

Mean

20,490

18,210

47,770

47,510

3,939

872

2,580

789

711

14,130

1,363

6,685

14 ,670

14,730

112,600

26 ,81C

3,328

3, 63! 2,50:

20,560

4,502

11,650

20,280

27 ,890

24,180

33,270

83,760

15,530

16,580

8,243

13,62C

3,26!

15.26C

1,310

7,27«

9,531

15,160

27,110

89.49C

41,35C

32,45(

8,69<

6,12S

6,582

2,73£

877

18,970

670

780

1,661

17,710

2,265

19.09C

33,63C

41 ,40(

12,09(

9,460

7,270

2,955

2,920

Per square 

mile

,82f

1,91

2.97

1,70

4,46

4.44

,36fl

,08f

,241

.06f

,06f

1.32

0.121!

.62C

1.37

1.38

10.52

3.56

1.19

2.51

1.09

.311

.330

,234

1.92

0.421

.289

1.09

1.90

2.61

2.. 26

3.11

2.22

1.26

1.56

.770

1,27

,304

1,43

0.12S

.680

.891

1.42

2.63

8.36

3.86

3.03

.813

.672

.615

,25(

.082

1.77

0.063

.073

.155

1.66

.212

1.78

3.14

3.87

1.13

.884

.276

.273

Run-off In 

Inches

0.11

.60

.96

26, Od

3.49

1.84

5. IE

4.96

,4£

.09

.26

.08

.07

17.OT

0.1£

.70

1.66

18,74

12, IS

3.71

1.88

1.3!

2.8C

1.2S

.38

,3G

.26

26.10

0.49

.3£

1.26

25.74

3.00

2.3£

3.69

2,48

1.4C

1.73

.8S

1.47

.34

19. 3t

0.14

.7«

1.0!

19.24

2.9£

8.71

4.4C

.94

.71

,2£

.OE

24.07

0.07

.08

.18

22.47

.24

1.9S

3.62

1.30

481079 0-42-29
440 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at dam 3, near Old Hickory, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°16'36", long. 88°38'42", at old Intake tower,

300-feet upstream from Dam 3, 1 mile north of Old Hickory, Davldson County, and 4 miles

downstream from Drake Creek. Datum of gage Is 390.85 feet above mear sea level (Sandy

Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 11,700 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1931 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 88,400 second-feet Apr. 2; maximum gage height,

30.00 feet Apr. 3; minimum discharge, 418 second-feet Oct. 18 (gage height, 7.05 feet). 

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 173,000 second-feet Jan. 27-29, 1937; maximum gage

height, 47.40 feet Jan. 29, 1937; minimum discharge, about 150 seconcf-feet Oct. 19,

1933; minimum gage height, 6.59 feet Aug. 15, 1936, caused by manipulation of valves

In locks upstream.

Maximum stage known, 51.2 feet Dec. 31, 1926, from floodmarks (discharge, 200jdoo

second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below 2,000 second-feet or for periods of no recorder

graph, which are fair, and those for periods of no gage-height recorc1 , which are poor. 

Figures of dally discharge Include from 24 to 57 second-feet whlct was diverted above

gage and returned to river below dam. 

Cooperation.- Record of dally diversion furnished by E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. Waterstage recorder Inspected by employee of that company.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods computed by using pate of change of stage 

as a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in .second-fee*;)

7.1

7.2 

7.5 

8.0 

S.5 

9.0

490

655

1,260

2,450

3,370

5,550

10.0

11.0

15.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

9,500

15,600

24,600

36,500

42,600

48,300

1S.O 

19.0 

20.0 

22.5 

25.0 

29.9

52,800

56,400

59,400

66,800

75,800

87,500

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Si

Oot.

736

753

6S8

568

538

571

572

587

686

S90

1,040

1,020

965

996

847

633

S67

490

502

555

553

529

582

630

567

550

602

685

648

665

751

Nov.

1,070

1,180

1,160

1,050

919

844

752

678

646

694

770

695

750

752

648

614

716

698

680

809

791

697

769

753

681

697

752

808

731

694

-

Dec.

714

S06

918

957

898

824

824

865

789

751

826

825

787

806

882

956

957

977

994

957

1,050

1,590

1,540

2,100

2,580

2,980

5,700

4,070

5,250

5,780

4,880

Jan.

4,380

3,820

3,500

2,950

2,500

2,290

2,110

1,890

1,680

1,570

1,500

1,450

1,430

1,520

2,160

2,600

2,910

5,250

a4,500

B5.400

a3,700

a2,980

h5,020

a5,400

a5, 150

a2,100

al,680

al,500

al,430

al,750

al,600

Month

Harch. ..........................

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

Hay.............................

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

Hater year 1959- 10 ...........

Feb.

al.800

hi, 980

al,S50

hi, 450

fl,560

1,610

2,860

4,580

7,420

18,900

27,600

28,800

26,400

28,800

28,200

28,200

26,400

30,500

41,400

46,200

45,600

59,600

55,300

50,000

24,600

20,000

17,200

22,500

28,200

_

-

Mar.

32,900

31,100

31,700

34,700

40,200

45,200

45,900

58,400

30,500

82,900

17,200

23,500

33,500

e49 , 500

54,000

54,700

651,400

47,300

50,200

48,300

43,200

39,600

57,800

31 , 100

25,200

20,600

17,800

15,600

18,900

e59,800

e79,100

Secondfoot-days

20,918

23,458

52,571

7,116,571

79,700

618,890

1,167,800

1,411,900

415,380

298,940

256,450

92,250

94,850

4,515,087

Apr.

e84,700

86,700

87,600

85,600

e79,400

e66,900

049,600

58,400

52,500

26,400

21,200

17,800

16,100

14,600

15,200

11,000

11,000

15,600

38,400

46,800

654,600

664,400

672,200

75,800

76,600

e70,800

056,500

41,400

31,100

25,200

-

Vaxlmum

1,040

1,180

5,780

141,000

5,400

46 , 200

79,100

87,600

31,100

21,200

15,600

6,700

9,550

87,600

May

28,200

30,500

51,100

28,200

25,800

22,900

18,900

16,100

15,600

11,900

10,600

9,340

7,790

6,490

7,250

7,980

7,980

7,600

6,680

5,590

4,880

5,410

5,590

5,950

8,360

9,950

10,600

12,700

15,600

17,200

14,600

Minimum

490

614

714

490

1,430

1,360

15,600

11,000

4,830

5,410

3,260

1,680

1,070

490

June

11,900

10,300

9,540

9,750

9,960

9,540

8,550

8,940

8,940

7,420

6,860

9,540

12,700

11,400

h9,540

h8,170

h7,050

5,950

5,410

5,960

11,000

18,900

21,200

17,800

15,200

9»750

7,980

7,240

6,860

7,790

-

July

6,130

5,060

5,420

5,410

5,410

4,710

4,880

6,500

6,510

6,150

6,870

7,610

9,760

9,750

7,800

7,990

14,100

15,600

13,600

13.700

12,700

11,000

8,180

7,240

6,870

6,690

5,960

4,880

5,850

5,260

4,080

Aug.

4,720

4,400

4,720

6,700

5,780

4,080

5,660

5,540

3,010

2,560

2,550

5,180

8,980

2,740

8,690

8,550

2,380

2,500

2,870

2,240

1,800

1,620

1,890

2,090

1,850

1,800

1,780

1,670

2,020

2,240

3,920

Hean * *£[?* 

675 0.058

782 .067

1,696 .145

19,500 1.67

2,571 .820

21,340 1.88

37,670 3.82

47,060 4.02

15,400 1.15

9,965 .852

7,627 .658

2,976 .254

5,168 .270

12,550 1.05

Sept.

5,600

9,540

9,650

7,610

6,510

5,240

4,540

4,070

3,000

2,190

2,130

2,440

2,580

2,280

2,130

2; 050

1,410

1,560

2,130

2,090

1,760

1,480

1,300

1,070

1,320

1,800

2,250

2,510

1,960

1,790

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.07

.07

.17

88.63

.25

1.97

5.71

4.49

1.32

.95

.75

.29

.30

14.34

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at 

Carthage.

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gaga-height record.

h Ho recorder graph; discharge computed from staff-gage readings.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Cumberland River at Nashville, Term.

441

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09'45", long. 85°46'17", at Sparkman Street

 Bridge in Nashville, Davidson County, 2.7 miles upstream from lock and dam 1 and 3.3 

miles downstream from Mill Creek. Datum of gage is 368.17 feet above mean sea level 

(Sandy Hook datum). Prior to Apr. 20, 1940, staff gage 700 feet downstream. Auxiliary gage is upper staff gage at lock 1. Datum of auxiliary gage is 367.83 feet above 

mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 12,860 square miles.

Records available.- January 1902 to December 1904 (gage heights only), October 1918 to 

September 1931 and October 1939 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

October 1887 to September 1924 in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 45 years (1887-1931, 1939-40) 20,450 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 98,100 second-feet Apr. 3 (ga?e height,

 37.3 feet); minimum daily, 481 second-feet Oct. 20, 22; minimum gage height, 8.55 feet 

July 30.

1918-31, 1939-40: Maximum discharge, 203,000 second-feet Jan. 1, 1927 (ga?e height, 

56.2 feet); minimum dally, 380 second-feet Aug. 13, 14, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of crest wicket manipulation or no recorder 

grapn, which are fair. Gage read once daily Oct. 1 to Apr. 19. Auxiliary ga-re read 

four times daily.

Cooperation.- Gage readings for period Oct. 1 to Apr. 19 furnished by U. S,. Weather Bureau.

Water-stage recorder graph, readings of auxiliary gage, and results of 31 discharge 

mmeasurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water rear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

894

748

744

698

553

539

539

533

569

637

982

977

949

1,000

927

877

624

613

483

481

485

481

593

483

592

577

554

580

716

677

574

Nov.

652

1,130

1,080

1,080

1,000

945

764

785

771

664

- isb

995 PS

758

766

716

700

697 706'

1,190

747

943

877

782

778

800

793

821

847

787

Dee.

796

810

671

917

1,050

1,010

.789

834

876

835

813

347

881

828

831

885

916

984

1,000

1,050

991

1,110

1,560

2,120

2,690

3,420

4,040

4,650

5,150

6,220

5,470

Jan.

5,020

4,520

3,970

3,450

3,420

2,750

2,440

2,400

1,910

1,920

1,650

1,700

1,600

1,800

2,740

3,620

3,600

3,680

4,260

5,380

5,820

4,460

3,650

3,310

3,240

2,780

2,210

2,070

1,910

1,850

1,580

Month

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

1,610

1,850

1.930

1,570

1,520

1,720

2,270

5,260

6,270

21,400

31,100

31,100

28,600

88,800

30,000

28,800

88,000

e35,500

e50,000

51,500

e49 , 700

643,800

e37,100

e 32, 500

27,500

22,800

19,200

22,200

88,300

_

-

Mar.

32 , 100

32,400

32,100

835,600

639,500

42,600

44,100

e39.800

632,000

26,200

20,100

27,500

647,200

654,000

59,200

58,500

e54, SOO

52,100

54,600

653,500

646,800

642,500

639,000

634,000

28,300

23,100

80,100

17,900

18,200

e61,700

e89,600

Second - 

foot-days

20,679

25,031

55,244

_

94,110

671,300

1 , 259 , 100

1,570,900

449,130

305,790

246,530

300,030

95,620

4,895,464

Apr.

92,800

96,000

97,600

96,400

e90,600

e78,100

657,900

e41,700

e34,000

28,800

23,100

19,500

17.900

15,900

14,500

12,800

11,500

16,300

e55,900

58,900

58,900

066,500

e75,50Q

e82,20Q

83,000

677,700

962J900

1945,400

e33,100

27,500

-

Maximum

1,000

1,190

6,220

_

5,580

51,600

89,600

97,600

36,800

19 , 500

15,200

6,570

9,920

97,600

May

30,300

36,200

33,100

30,300

27,000

24,800

20,400

17,300

14,800

13,200

11,800

10,600

8,970

7,450

7,750

8,660

8,660

8,660

7,750

6,450

5,440

5,260

6,180

6,360

8,840

10,900

11,500

12,500

15,200.

17,300

15,600

Minimum

481

652

789

1,580

1,520

17,900

11,500

5,260

6,000

3,680

1,740

1,100

481

June

12,800

11,200

10,200

9,910

f 10, 200

f9,910

f8,970

8,660

9,590

8,350

7,160

8.660

18,800

12,200

10,200

8,660

7,450

6,580

6,000

6,000

9,230

16,300

19,500

18,200

14,200

10,600

8,660

7,750

7,450

f8,350

-

July

e7,450

?5,720

5,720

f6,000

g6,000

g5,440

g5,160

g6,290

g6,870

f6,580

fV,160

f7,450

f9,910

glO,200

f8,970

f8,050

fl2,500

15,200

14,200

12,800

12,800

11,500

8,970

7,450

7,160

6,870

6,290

5,440

4,390

3,680

4,310

Mean

667

834

1,782

_

3,036

23,150

40,620

52,430

14,490

10,190

7,953

3,227

3,187

13,380

Aug.

5,410

5,C

5,0

6,5

190

00

70

6,340

4,770

3,1

4,C

3,4

50

40

00

2,900

2,690

3,1

3,£ 2, r

60 90

40

2,790

8,580

2,J

2, 

3,C

10

SO

80

2,850

2,100 I, 1" i; r

%,i

r?o

MO

!70

2,180

1,830

1,£

1,£

2,i 2, r

iOO

80

50

rso

3,840

Per square 

mile

0.052

.066

.139

Sept.

5,100

3,480

9,920

8,290

6,520

5,380

4,520

4,240

3,310

2,260

2,OSO

2,300

2,330

2,340

2,170

2,160

1,700

1,100

2,040

2,280

2,020

1,470

1,290

1,240

1,260

1,470

2,030

2,370

2,200

1,750

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06

.07

.18

-

.236

1.80

3.16

4.08

1.13

.792

.618

.251

.248

1.04

.27

1.94

3.64

4.55

1.30

.88

.71

.29

.28

14.15

e Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

f Discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

ind July 29 to Sept. 30; 

.ge through wickets.
442 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Clarksville, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36"31'20", long. 87°22'40", at Louisville & Nashville R. R. 

bridge at Clarksville, Montgomery County, li miles upstream from Red River and 19 

miles upstream from lock and dam C. Datum of gage is 330.86 feet (revised) above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary gage is staff gage at lock 

and dam C, 19 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 336.30 feet above mean sea 

level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 16,000 square miles, including that of Red River.

Records available.- October 1922 to September 1923 (gage heights only) and October 1924 

to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. October 1922 to September 

1924 (gage heights only) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. Records" Include 

flow of Red River.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1924-40), 24,950 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 108,000 second-feet Apr. 4, maximum gage 

height, 42.5 feet Apr. 4, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 323 second-feet Nov. 23, caused by manipulation of wickets at navigation dams; 

minimum gage height observed, 12.5 feet Jan. 30.

1924-40: Maximum discharge, 290,000 second-feet Jan. 24, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 65.7 feet Jan. 25, 1937, from floodmark; minimum discharge observed, that of 

Nov. 23> 1939; minimum gage height observed, 12.3 feet Oct. 7, 24, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of crest wicket manipulation, which are 

fair. Gage read once daily and auxiliary gage read four times daily.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record for base gage furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau and for 

auxiliary gage by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7

e

9 

10

11

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,300 

1,400 

1,160 

900 

5S1

422 

415 

416 

473 

624

892 

1,120 

1,400 

1,100 

861

640 

577 

604 

608 

572

42S 

379 

384 

384 

379

1,120 

1,300 

2,010 

2,090 

1,580 

1,310

Nov.

1,030 

1,020 

966 

1,130 

3,640

1,310 

674 

637 

627 

516

652 

880 

977 

938 

947

950 

921 

1,030 

1,760 

2,930

1,400 

1,680 

1,110 

340 

689

1,130 

1,080 

926 

822 

1,110

Dec.

1,360 

1,310 

1,250 

933 

S15

1,020 

1,340 

1,280 

1,130 

964

1,210 

1,320 

722 

657 

1,310

1,760 

813 

1,010 

1,210 

1,330

1,280 

1,280 

2,640 

8,710 

3,260

3,390 

4,590 

6,050 

5,970 

6,450 

7,720

Jan.

6,070 

4,500 

4,040 

3,660 

2,820

8,430 

2,560 

2,550 

1,900 

1,300

1,730 

1,770 

1,830 

2,550 

4,100

4,980 

4,S90 

4,640 

4,390 

6,750

6,150 

6,680 

4,330 

3,590 

4,720

7,100 

6,460 

2,980 

1,340 

1,180 

2,010

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

AugSep

W

alendar year 193 3 ...........

ater year 1939-4(

Peb.

1,710 

1,810 

2,180 

2,180 

2,210

1,7SO 

1,810 

6,830 

9,240 

e23,200

e35,200 

36,700 

33,900 

33,100 

33,900

53,900 

32,300 

e40,100 

e66,800 

662,900

666,600 

52,800 

e47,000 

038,000 

32,700

e29,100 

25l, 900 

027,800 

635,100

Mar.

37,100 

42,100 

46,900 

48,500 

43,500

49,300 

50,500 

49,500 

e41,400 

e33,100

28,700 

038,500 

660,900 

670,100 

70,800

70,800 

e65,600 

63,600 

65,300 

665,100

056,600 

662,200 

646,800 

45,200 

e37,400

030,500 

27,100 

24,700 

e26,100 

e75,600 

099,600

Secondfoot-days

27,489 

31,472 

69,104

9,371,005

114,050 

794,650 

1,567,600 

1,961,000 

583,910 

336,690 

265,320 

111,170 

103,039

6,965,454

Apr.

)105,000 

104,000 

104,000 

106,000 

106,000

9100, OOO 

e81,200 

061,900 

e47,500 

036,500

e30,700 

27,900 

25,100 

22,400 

20,100

18,200 

15,800 

025,500 

073,300 

069,800

083,500 

81,600 

085,000 

690,500 

91,800

92,200 

084,600 

664,400 

e49,800 

057,200

Maximum

2,090 

2,950 

7,720

162,000

7,100 

62,900 

99,600 

' 106,000 

49,700 

20,400 

15,800 

7,000 

10,500

106,000

May

e46,40C 

49.70C 

46.00C 

e40,10C 

835, OOC

32,30C 

e28,OOC 

24,30C 

20,60C 

18,20C

15.SOC 

14, OOC 

12.20C 

10,600 

6,330

9,490 

10,300 

10.SOC 

10,000 

9,50C

7.85C 

6,54C 

6,48C 

S.94C 

9,900

12,800 

14,000 

15,600 

15,400 

18,200 

19,500

Minimum

379 

340 

657

340

1,180 

1,710 

24,700 

15,800 

6,340 

6,000 

3,380 

1,380 

676

540

June

16,400 

13,600 

11,800 

10,400 

10,700

11,100 

10,800 

9,550 

9^740 

10,300

9,110 

8,590 

10, SOU 

14,100 

12,800

10,900 

9,110 

7,580 

6,550 

6,OOO

6,910 

15,400 

19,000 

20,400 

17,900

14,000 

10,200 

8,720 

8,520 

6,150

July

8.890 

7,580 

5.980 

5.440 

6.450

7,520 

5.540 

5.510 

7,150 

7,590

7,590 

8.250 

3,030 

11,100 

11,400

9,640 

9,650 

15,300 

15,800 

14,400

13,300 

12,600 

11,500 

6,630 

7,050

6,760 

7,140 

6,660 

5,520 

5,910 

3,380

Mean

885 

1,049 

2,229

25,670

5,679 

27,400 

50,570 

65,570 

18,840 

11,220 

8,569 

5,686 

5,455

16,500

Aug.

5,380 

6,370 

5,470 

5,030 

7,000

6,560 

4,890 

3,390 

3,660 

3,950

3,540 

2,950

2* 960 

3,050

3,030 

2,970 

3,250 

3,600 

3,520

5,350 

2,770 

1,820 

1,380 

1,910

2,630 

2,490 

2,380 

2,940 

5,460 

2,820

For square 

mile

0.055 

.066 

.139

1.60

.250 

1.71 

5.16 

4.09 

1.18 

.701 

.555 

.224 

.215

1.02

Sept.

' 5,030 

7,640 

10,300 

9,890 

8,060

6,400 

4,900 

3,910 

4,050 

2,890

1,460 

1,110 

3,770 

3,550 

1,450'

1,500 

1,940 

1,550 

916 

2,200

4,190 

1,670 

1,040 

813 

676

934

2,130 

4,090 

2,900 

2,540

Run-off In 

inches

0.06 

.07 

.16

21.77

.27 

1.86 

3.64 

4.56 

1.36 

.78 

.62 

.26 

.24

13.87

e Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Hote. - Crest wicket manipulation on dam C Oct. 1 to Jan. 26, Jan. 51 to Peb. 9, Hay 14-27, June 

5-22, June 27 to July 18 and July 25 to Sept. 50; discharge computed fron readings of auxiliary gage 

by weir formula plus leakage through wickets.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 443

Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 D29'26M , long. 87°50'20", at bridge on State 

Highway 76 at Dover, Stewart County, 0.1 mile upstream from Dyer Creek, 0.6 mile upstream from Indian Creek, and 0.8 mile upstream from lock and dam D. Datum of gage 

Is 324.25 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). During periods of crest 

wicket operation staff gage above spillway at lock and dam D at same datum. Auxiliary 

staff gage, 19.7 miles upstream, below spillway at lock and dam C. Datura of auxiliary 

gage Is 324.30 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 16,530 square miles.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 110,000 second-feet Apr. 4; maximum gage height, 

 34.63 feet Apr. 5; minimum dally discharge, 569 second-feet Oct. 8; minimum gage height 

observed, 7.49 feet Jan. 31.

1937-40: Maximum discharge, 171,000 second-feet Feb. 16, 1939; maximum gage height, 

45.88 feet Feb. 17, 1939; minimum discharge observed, 552 second-feet Sept. 24, 1939, 

caused by manipulation of wickets at navigation dams; minimum gage height observed, 

. that of Jan. 31, 1940.

1916-37: Maximum gage height observed, 56.8 feet Jan. 25, 1937, at lock D; minimum 

observed, 6.8 feet In September 1925, at lock D. Both extremes from unpublished 

records of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of wicket manipulation, which are fair.

Cooperation.- Records collected and prepared In cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

Z 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,530 

1,470 

1,230 

994 

797

753 

624 

569 

570 

673

982 

S64 

1,430 

1,420 

1,120

833 

623 

964 

957 

913

690 

574 

574 

588 

574

1,170 

1,650 

2,730 

2,600 

1,750 

1,290

Nov.

1,010 

694 

614 

773 

1,520

1,350 

591 

586 

5SS 

575

579 

595 

876 

1,160 

1,100

1,070 

1,050 

1,070 

1,760 

3,690

1,730 

766 

1,020 

S51 

710

361 

1,090 

1,210 

1,120 

1,140

Dec.

1,740 

1,720 

1,480 

1,210 

1,060

1,130 

1,430 

1,500 

1,360 

1,130

1,420 

1,680 

1,070 

943 

1,330

1,510 

1,060 

1,010 

1,050 

1,260

1,510 

1,460 

8,400 

4,210 

3,440

3,470 

4,720 

6,190 

6,040 

6,400 

7,920

Jan.

6,500 

4,530 

4,070 

3,890 

3,000

2,640 

2,690 

2,680 

2,290 

1,620

1,740 

1,910 

1,910 

2,530 

4.2SO

5,120 

5,100 

4,800 

4,510 

5,390

6,110 

5.SOO 

4,680 

3,730 

5,300

6,060 

3,990 

2,630 

2,400 

2,170 

1,790

Month.

Oot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19:

ater year 1939-410 ...........

Peb.

1,590 

1,"530 

1,430 

1,500 

1,750

1,390 

9S7 

5,940 

9,530 

14,000

32,600 

39,400 

36,500 

35,000 

36,500

35,700 

34,200 

37,200 

48,900 

60,000

62,100 

59,400 

52,800 

45,200 

39,000

31,300 

87,000 

26,400 

31,800

Mar.

37,300 

40,700 

49,600 

50,700 

50,300

50,600 

51,800 

51,400 

45,600 

36,300

28,400 

38,400 

55,800 

69,800 

74,400

74,500 

71,200 

66,200 

66,700 

69,700

64,000 

56,300 

50,000 

45,300 

37,600

31,600 

27,000 

24,800 

26,300 

53,500 

93,400

Secondfoot-days

33,606 

31,754 

73,858

9,755,014

115,860 

811,247 

1,583,600 

2,062,100 

603,950 

345,530 

268,410 

112,640 

104,528

6,147,133

Apr.

106,000 

108,000 

109,000 

110,000 

109,000

106,000 

95,600 

76,500 

55,400 

41,300

32,900 

23,300 

25,800 

23,600 

21,500

19,500 

17,600 

19,500 

56,200 

91,000

91,700 

84,200 

35,100 

91,400 

94,500

95,100 

91,000 

77,900 

56,800 

41,800

Maximum

2,730 

3,690 

7,920

169,000

6,500 

62,100 

93,400 

110,000 

51,300 

21,000 

16,600 

6,960 

10,000

110,000

May

42,900 

51,300 

47,500 

48,700 

37,400

33,100 

29,300 

25,200 

22,000 

19,500

17,100 

15,600 

14,200 

11,800 

3,700

9,440 

10,700 

10,600 

10,500 

9,SSO

3,190 

6,600 

6,360 

9,850 

9,890

18,600 

14,000 

14,700 

15,600 

18,500 

19,500

Minimum

569 

575 

943

553

1,620 

937 

24,300 

17,600 

6,360 

6,000 

3,530 

1,280 

844

569

June

17,600 

15,200 

18,000 

10,600 

10,700

11,200 

11,000 

9,610 

9,530 

10,600

9,440 

S,570 

10,400 

14,200 

13,300

11,100 

9,250 

7,520 

6,720 

6,000

6,760 

12,700 

19,000 

81,000 

19,500

15,600 

10,709 

3,770 

8,550 

7,960

July

8,S10 

7,310 

6,120 

5,300 

6,030

6,750 

5,860 

5,500 

7,010 

7,570

7,330 

S.860 

S,730 

10,800 

11,700

9,690 

9,150 

15,200 

16,600 

15,600

14,200 

13,800 

11,600 

S,730 

6,930

6,620 

7,140 

7,040 

5,530 

4,020 

3,580

Mean

1,034 

1,058 

2,363

26,730

3,737 

27,970 

51,080 

68,740 

19,480 

11,520 

8,653 

3,634 

3,434

16,300

Aug.

5,110 

6,450 

5,520 

4,910 

6,960

6,SSO 

5,130 

3,680 

3,520 

4,000

3,500 

3,130 

2,590 

2,350 

3,040

3,040 

3,080 

3,450 

3,960 

3,220

3,360 

2,950 

1,790 

1,280 

1,630

2,670 

2,720 

2,360 

2,910 

4,140 

8,810

Per square 

mile

0.066 

.064 

.144

1.62

.228 

1.69 

3.09 

4.16 

1.13 

.697 

.524 

.220 

.211

1.08

Sept.

4,650 

7,470 

9,760 

10,000 

8,190

6,760 

4,940 

3,S50 

3,950 

3,190

1,680 

1,080 

3,190 

3,800 

1,550

1,400 

1,780 

2,200 

1,710 

1,830

3,440 

2,160 

1,110 

1,010 

844

944 

1,960 

4,110 

3,210 

2,460

Run-off In 

inches

0.03 

.07 

.17

21.97

.26 

1.83 

3.56 

4.64 

1.36 

.78 

.60 

.25 

.24

13.84

Hote.- Discharge for periods Mar. 1 to Apr. 12; Apr. 19 to May 7 computed by using fall as determined from auxiliary staff gage read four times daily as a factor. Stage-discharge relation
444 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 370 10'05", long. 84°17'25", at bridge on State Highway 80 

at Billows, Rockcastle County, 1 mile downstream from Hawk Creek, 1 mile upstream 

from Pine Creek, and 13 miles west of London. Datum of gage is 802. 91 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 600 square miles.

Records available.- July 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,300 second-feet Mar. 31 (ga-^e height, 24.9 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 7.3 seconi-feet Oct. 22 

(gage height, 0.97 foot).

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 32,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 37.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1.1 seconi-feet Sept. 22, 

23, 1936 (gage height, 0.78 foot).

Remarks.- Records good above 2,000 second-feet and fair below. Gage real twice dally.

Cooperation.- Results of three discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12 

17 

20 

22 

18

14 

14 

12 

10 

11

12 

12 

11 

11 

11

21 

15 

11 

8.9 

10

11 

7.8 

9.4 

9.4 

8.4

10 

21 

70 

86 

67 

58

Nov.

47 

36 

28 

23 

22

20 

18 

IS 

16 

15

15 

15 

14 

14 

IS

14 

13 

13 

13 

15

18 

21 

23 

23 

26

26 

23 

24 

22 

22

Dec.

25 

22 

22 

25 

26

24 

22 

22 

21 

21

19 

20 

20 

22 

23

22 

26 

26 

27 

86

183 

166 

132 

132 

124

140 

174 

250 

328 

870 

230

Jan.

1S3 

157 

124 

102 

109

109 

62 

73 

72 

75

S5 

102 

344 

695 

1,570

880 

525 

435 

300 

233

223 

193

174 

174 

184

138 

99 

69 

52 

41 

31

Month

Oct 

fiov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 19.59 ...........

ater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Peb.

24 

47 

58 

59

119

220 

94S 

765 

555 

1,920

3,670 

1,480 

1,210 

3,210 

2,660

1,390 

1,030 

1,080 

2,600 

2.40O

2,350 

1,850 

1,300 

960 

840

660 

590 

2,040 

2,200

Mar.

1,570 

1,160 

1,340 

1,950 

1,620

1,120 

S80 

695 

625 

555

465 

555 

1,210 

1,300 

2,050

1,750 

1,430 

1,120 

2,700 

2,350

1,570 

1,120 

840 

695 

555

495 

435 

405 

325 

4,850 

13,200

Secondfoot-days

630.9 

610 

2,650

370,532.7

7,613 

38,285 

50,985 

49,654 

11,756 

9,775 

2,000 

4,618 

2,136

180,712.9

Apr.

3,700 

2,020 

1,490 

1,330 

1,050

S50 

730 

655 

585 

4S5

455 

425 

425 

365 

340

315 

315 

559 

2,440 

12,600

6,840 

2,870 

1,920 

1,610 

1,290

1,090 

890 

770 

655 

585

Maximum

 86 

47 

328

22,700

1,570 

3,670 

13,200 

12,600 

1,170 

1,370 

204 

2,680 

340

13,200

May

585 

585 

515 

455 

395

365 

340 

315 

290 

278

265 

240 

216 

192 

204

27S 

302 

240 

204 

169

158 

145 

147 

223 

395

585 

810 

620 

515 

550 

1,170

Minimum

7.8 

13 

19

6.0

31 

24 

325 

315 

145 

70 

17 

14 

11

7.8

June

1,370 

1,130 

810 

585 

485

395 

340 

315 

485 

340

252 

204 

169 

132 

103

98 

138 

228 

235 

455

302 

180 

140 

113 

107

169 

169 

134 

92 

70

July

53 

53 

SI 

105 

169

96 

70 

63 

56 

54

53 

48 

48 

107 

71

56 

111 

204 

111 

73

61 

48 

34 

30 

26

23 

23 

19 

17 

17 

20

Mean

20.4 

20.3 

85.5

1,015

246 

1,320 

1,646 

1,655 

379 

326 

64.5 

149 

71.2

494

Aug.

29 

109 

64 

40 

30

21 

28 

33 

42 

31

23 

21 

17 

18 

19

16 

16 

16 

19 

23

24 

23 

20 

17 

16

14 

14 

14 

443 

2,680 

738

Par square 

mile

0.034 

.034 

.142

1.69

.410 

2.20 

2.74 

2.76 

.632 

.543 

.108 

.243 

.119

.823

Sept.

340 

216 

143 

87 

68

50

37 

35 

37 

49

109 

109 

70 

50 

37

30 

24 

21 

19 

17

15 

14 

13 

11 

22

113 

192 

94 

70 

44

Run-off In 

Inches

0.04 

.04 

.16

22.96

.47 

2.37 

3.16 

3.08 

.73 

.61 

.12 

.29 

.13

11.20
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 4X 

New River at New River, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°23'04", long. 84°33'30", 1,000 feet clovnstream 

rrom bridge on U. S. Highway 27, at town of New River, Scott County, 1,000 feet downstream from Phillips Creek, and If miles downstream from Brimstone Creek. Datum of 

gage is 1,092.67 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 383 square miles.

Records available.- August 1934. to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 15,200 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage heigtt 17 22 

feet); minimum, 0.6 second-foot Oct. 26, Nov. 8, 9; minimum gage height, 1.30 feet 

Octi 26 

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 44,300 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 33 58 

feet); minimum, 0.1 second-foot Oct. 14, 1935 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

Maximum stage known, 41.2 feet Mar. 23, 1929, on old U. S. Weather Bureau gage at 

highway bridge 1,000 feet upstream.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 40 second-feet, which are good, end those 

for periods of shifting control or Ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In.aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Oct. 1 to Dec. 4, and Sept. 19-30)

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6 

1.8

0.5

1.6

3.4

6.3

10

21

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.4

39

63

95

156

239

381

4.3 

4.9 

5,5 

6.0 

6.5

557

830

1,200

1,610

1,980

2,380

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

12.0

13.7

2,800

3,710

4,710

5,760

8,030

10,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5.0 

4.2 

3.2 

12 

14

11 

13 

11 

8.8 

8.0

7.3 

10 

10 

8.8 

7.3

5.9 

5.3 

4.5 

4.2 

3.7

3.2

2.9 

2.7 

2.0 

1.8

1.7 

1.8 

1.8 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3

HOT.

1.0 

.9 

.8 

.8 

.8

.7 

.7 

.6 

.6 

1.3

2.3

2.5 

2.2 

2.0 

2.2

2.5 

2.7 

2.5 

2.3 

2.5

2.3 

2.0 

1.8 

1.8 

2.3

5.9 

6.3 

5.0 

5.0 

6.3

Dec.

8.0 

8.0 

7.3 

21 

38

31 

26 

21 

19 

17

15 

14

14 

13 

12

13 

14 

15 

18 

23

30 

30 

53 

93 

320

195 

168 

426 

268 

178 

132

Jan.

103 

80 

58 

49 

41

38 

37 

32 

30 

28

£8 

28 

30 

44 

688

418 

258 

192 

143 

99

81 

70 

b5B 

b50 

b43

W8 

b33 

b31 

b30 

b30 

30

Month

Oct 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

HaiApr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19

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

ater year 1939-4

Peak dl a charge. -

p.m.) 15,200 sec. -I 

b Stage-dig charge

Feb.

32 

36 

35 

36

37

58 

706 

562 

373 

1,660

2,400 

920 

567 

2,490 

1,440

770 

538 

612 

2,380 

2,460

1,370 

830 

567 

426 

377

312 

309 

3,160 

2,020

Mar.

1,110 

742 

2,710 

3,670 

1,540

920 

644 

506 

402 

320

302 

1,070 

1,900 

3,460 

3,430

1,720 

1,040 

920 

4,830 

2,620

1,440 

950 

676 

543 

461

418 

538 

381 

1,140 

10,200 

6,620

Apr.

2,380 

1,370 

1,110 

3,520 

2,620

1,440 

1,010 

890 

830 

671

562 

61S 

770 

715 

628

519 

448 

397 

754 

9,790

5,010 

2,380 

1,680 

3,520 

2,060

1,300 

920 

666 

529 

474

foo^ays * 

179.2 14 

70.6 6.3 

2,240.3 426

240,922.5 29,400

2,913 688 

27,482 3,160 

57,223 10,200 

49,581 9,790 

19,977 2,980 

20,827 4,410 

6,632 660 

1,065 132 

237.7 31

188,432.3 10,200

May

2,140 

2,980 

1,640 

1,040 

742

567 

465 

385 

338 

302

255 

221 

195 

176 

176

195 

164 

134 

120 

110

99 

88 

134 

1,090 

1,200

1,610 

980 

666 

478 

572 

715

Minimum

1.3 

.6 

7.3

.6

28 

32 

302 

397 

88 

178 

78 

12 

.7

.6

June

534 

414 

320 

261 

327

221 

181 

1,970 

4,410 

1,440

704 

496 

346 

278 

230

195 

367 

1,110 

1,080 

1,900

1,040 

612 

426 

346 

406

320 

227 

178 

227 

261

 July

178 

145 

164 

346 

291

203 

161 

206 

295 249-

203 

362 

660 

373 

245

192 

224 

198 

149 

130

249 

158 

114 

95 

88

156 

118 

92 

78 

265 

246

Auf.

132 

83 

60 

55 

43

50 

47 

44 

37 

29

21 

16 

15 

15 

15

23 

36 

29 

24 

34

37 

31 

26 

21 

19

16 

14 

12 

18 

29 

34

Sept.

30 

30 

31 

24 

19

15 

11 

9.2 

7.6 

8.4

6.6 

5.6 

4.5 

3.7 

3.4

3.2 

2.7 

2.2 

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.4 

1.2 

.7 

3.2

2.7 

2.0 

1.7 

1.2 

1.6

 Per square 1 Run-off In 

Mean mile inches

6,78 0.015 0.02 

2.35 .0061 .007 

72.3 .189 .22

660 1.72 23.41

94.1 .246 .28 

948 2.48 2.67 

1,846 4.82 5.56 

1,653 4.32 4.81 

644 1.68 1.94 

694 1.81 2.02 

214 .559 .64 

34.4 .090 .10 

7.92 .021 .02

515 1.34 18.29

Mar. 3 (9 p.m.) 6,970 aec.-ft.j Mar. 19 (11 a.m.) 6,200 sec. -ft.; Mar. 30 (5 

t.; Apr. 20 (1 p.m.) 13,000 sec. -ft.; June 9 (9 a.m.) 5,870 sec. -ft. 

relation affected by Ice.
446 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Cumberland River at Nevelsville, Ky.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°50 I 50", long. 84°35 I 14", half £ mile west of 

Nevelsville, McCreary County, three-quarters of a mile downstream frcm Turkey Creek 

Ferry on Greenwood-Montlcello road, and 2i miles downstream from Little South Fork. 

Datum of gage Is 637.29 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 1,260 square miles.

Records available.- March 1915 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 24 years (1915-31, 1932-40), 2,297 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 39,200 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 29.78 

reet); minimum, 34 second-feet Oct. 24-26 (gage height, 1.50 feet).

1915-40: Maximum discharge, 160,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 69.0 

feet at site then In use from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 32,000 

second-feet on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 3, 1925, 

Oct. 5, 6, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.37 feet Oct. 5, 6, 1936.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no recorder graph, which are good, 

and those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, "rater year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.5

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

34

53

96

146

207

2.6

3.1

3.8

5

7

360

595

990

1,790

3,310 25

5,100

8,470

14,000

24,100

29,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3S

42

51

57

55

51

47

45

121

138

101

87

61

68

55

45

40

3S

38

38

36

36

36

34

34

38

49

59

74

76

76

Nov.

68

57

51

45

42

44

44

45

45

44

44

40

40

40

42

42

42

42

42

47

66

81

89

92

67

81

76

76

78

72

Dec,

70

76

87

110

110

101

92

101

106

96

89

85

87

85

85

87

87

S5

94

217

454

312

261

610

840

726

782

870

840

700

525

Jan.

423

344

265

221

197

185

163

149

155

152

143

155

172

224

482

,1,050

870

656

500

369

300

272

242

232

210

194

178

163

146

133

133

Month

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-<to ...........

Feb.

141

146

160

169

169

2S9

990

1,340

1,310

4,090

6,5SO

4,100

2,380

2,830

4,430

2,910

2,080

2,220

3,740

6,470

4,800

3,230

2,220

1,720

1,440

1,240

1,150

3,000

6,250

_

-

Mar.

3,900

2,750

3,920

9,640

6,140

3,640

2,600

2,000

1,620

1,310

1,240

3,700

5,610

6,140

9,120

6,140

3,980

2,990

8,290

10,400

5,400

3,640

2,680

2,150

1,790

1,580

1,540

1,930

2,450

17,500

29,30Q

Secondfoot-days

1,784

1,704

8,872

762, 328

9,078

71,594

165,290

150,140

57,079

64,534

33,760

17,500

6,666

588,001

Apr.

10,400

5,500

3,820

3,570

9,380

5,100

3,480

2,600

2,080

1,S60

1,680

1,580

1,510

1,510

1,410

1,380

1,150

1,240

3,620

19,600

19,900

8,800

5,600

8,230

6,690

4,340

3,150

2,380

1,930

1,650

Maximum

138

92

870

68 1 800

1,050

6,580

29,300

19,900

5,200

5,500

4,110

2,610

1,620

29,300

May

2,080

5,100

5,200

3,640

2,600

2,000

1,650

1,380

1,210

1,050

930

S10

728

650

645

700

684

605

515

459

414

38£

387

1,300

4,160

4,340

4,800

3,070

2,080

1,650

1,860

Minimum

34

40

70

15

133

141

1,240

1,150

382

645

448

108

57

34

June

1,790

1,410

1,120

960

930

610

870

1,720

5,390

5,240

2,680

2,52O

2,150

1,720

1,540

1,180

1,520

4,610

5,500

5,500

4,340

2,600

1,720

1,380

1,210

1,080

870

689

645

840

-

Jvly

7S2

750

1,020

S10

700

645

515

878

1,510

1,380

990

900

1,510

1,580

1,080

900

2,S30

1,790

1,160

S40

870

1,120

1,020

684

689

620

540

605

464

448

4.110

Mean

57.5

56.8

286

2,089

293

2,469

5,332

5,005

1,841

2,151

1,089

565

222

1,607

Aug.

2,150

1,150

782

605

464

382

2,080

1,410

840

580

432

308

312

320

312

304

261

214

201

194

191

169

172

158

136

128

118

108

120

289

2,610

Per square 

mile

0.046

.045

.227

1.66

.233

1.96

4.23

3.97

1.46

1.71

.864

.448

.176

1.28

Sept.

1,620

840

540

400

316

261

224

1S8

160

143

155

163

141

125

110

103

94

87

83

81

76

70

61

57

76

78

120

113

96

85

Run-off in 

inches

0.05

.05

.26

22.52

.27

2.11

4.88

4.43

1.68

1.90

1.00

.52

.20

17.35

Peak discharge.- Har. 31 (2:30 a.m.) 39,200 sec.-ft.5 Apr. 20 (11 p.m.) 28,200 seo.-ft.

Hote.- Fragmentary gage-height record Apr. 3-15, Apr. 29 to May 5, Aug.. 5-10; discharge computed 

from gage heights partly estimated on basis of several staff gage readings, recorder range in 

stage, and records for Cumberland River at BurnsIda. Discharge for period of no recorder graph, 

Aug. 11-19 computed from once-daily staff gage readings.
CUMBERLAND. RIVER BASIN 447

Clear Fork near Robbins, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36"23'29", long. S^PSV'SS11 , 300 feet downstream 

from Burnt Mill Bridge, 3i miles northwest of Robbins, -Scott County, and 4 nrtles 

upstream from confluence with New River. Datum of &age Is 1,081.46 feet abo-'e mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook Datum). Prior to Aug. 10, 1940, staff gage 300 feet upstream. 

Datum of gage was 1,082.46 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 278 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 426 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,320 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 10.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Oct. 25, 

26 (gage height, 0.44 foot).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 34,000 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 18.5 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum observed, 0.2 second-fjot Sept. 

19-21, 1932; minimum gage height observed, 0.28 foot Oct. 1-3, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are fair, 

twice dally Oct. 1 to Aug. 10.

Gage read

Rating tables, water year 1989-40, except period of ioe effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 

0.46 

.6 

.66 

.6 

.65

1-7 

3.9 

5.4

7.1

9.1

12

Oct. S to Sept. 30

0.4

.5 

.6 

.7 

.8

1.6 

3.8 

7.5

13

S3

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 i.a

56

53

99

183

230

2.2

2.6 

3.0 

3.6 

4.2

4S6

620

326

1,190

1,640

5*0

6.0 

S.O

9.C

8,S6C

3,41C 

6.94C 

7.46C

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

9.1

7.9 

11 

19 

26 

16

11 

9.2 

6.4 

5.6 

4.5

3.8 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3

3.3 

3.3 

3.3

2*9 

2.6

2.4 

3.3 

3.8 

3.8 

6.6 

7.6

Hov.

7.5 

9.2 

8.6 

6.S 

6.8

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

6.S

5.3 

6.0 

6.3 

6.0

6.4 

6.8 

6.0 

6.8 

7.1

7.6 

7.5 

10 

14 

12

12 

11 

10 

9.7 

9.7

Dec.

10 

11 

12 

21 

19

16 

14 

12 

11 

9.7

9.7 

9.7 

10 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

12 

41

71 

44 

33 

64 

126

93

86 

104 

94 

77 

66

Jan.

61 

41 

36 

30 

26

22 

21

21 

21 

21

22

24 

28 

61 

160

214 

129 

116 

71 

63

48 

36 

33 

bSO 

b27

b25 

b24 

b23 

b23 

b24 

b26

Month

Dot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr

««y

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

alendar year 19:

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b27 

32 

36 

36 

43

77 

183 

230 

174 

1,130

1,190 

620 

415 

620 

670

458 

354 

416 

1,230 

1,060

770 

670 

436 

354 

316

263 

316 

1,060 

940

Mar.

620 

625 

1,980 

1,930 

970

670 

602 

'394 

336 

298

298 

720 

1,120 

1,660 

1,660

1,030 

770 

771 

3,080 

1,880

1,000 

77O 

620 

480 

416

374 

548 

770 

872 

7,460 

4,260

Secondfoot-days

202.7 

233.3 

1,129.1

166,579.3

1,474 

13,925 

38,572 

29,887 

16,625 

14,671 

5,727 

5,918 

1,887

130,151.1

Apr.

1,SOO 

1,060 

880 

3,660 

2,230

1,120 

825 

670 

625 

415

364 

316 

280 

263 

230

208 

192 

198 

606 

3,600

2,860 

1,330 

1,120 

1,480 

1,060

826 

620 

502 

394 

374

Maximum

26 

14 

126

23,400

214 

1,230 

7,460 

3,660 

1,640 

1,190 

9SO 

1,320 

505

7,460

May

1,480 

1,640 

1,060 

720 

5.70

458 

374 

316 

263 

230

SOS

177 

160 

140 

134

163 

146 

*107 

94 

92

86 

73 

99 

1,330 

1,120

1,640 

1,190 

720 

602 

670 

670

Minimum

2.4

5.3

9.7

2.4

21 

27 

298 

192 

73 

118 

71 

21 

12

2.4

June

502 

374 

280 

214 

177

198 

198 

620 

770 

670

570 

825 

670 

826 

525

394

720 

1,190 

1.060 

1,060

720 

458 

298 

230 

214

192. 

148 

118 

137 

214

July

174 

123 

104 

99 

39

77 

71 

118 

202 

140

102 

94 

129 

146 

107

118 

3S6 

230 

154 

180

263 

436 

214 

143 

112

112 

110 

104 

73 

388 

9SO

Mean

6.54 

7.78 

36.4

456

47.5 

4SO 

1,244 

996 

636 

486 

186 

191 

62.9

356

Aug.

415 

230 

167 

3.16 

92

312 

770 

394 

P20 

154

115 

89 

 80 

80 

80

66 

53 

44

46 

60

56 

43 

38 

33 

28

27 

22 

21

75 e<H

l.S'O

Sept.

506

273 

177 

121 

89

71 

57 

48 

41 

43

51 

44 

35 

30

27

23 

21 

19 

17 

15

14 

12 

12 

12 

16

22

31 

24 

20 

17

Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

0.024 

.026 

.131

1.64

.171 

1.73 

4.47 

3.58 

1.93 

1.75 

.665 

.687 

.226

1.28

0.03 

.03 

.16

22.28

.20 

1.86 

6.16 

4.00 

2.22 

1.95 

.77 

.79 

.25

17.41

b Stage-digcharge relation affected by Ice
448 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Obey River near Byrdstown, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°32'12", long. 85°10'25", at bridge on State 

Highway 42, 1.8 miles upstream from Eagle Creek and 3.4 miles southwest of Byrdstown. 

Plckett County. Datum of gage is 577.08 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 452 square miles.

Records available.- March 1919 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 21 years, 823 second-feet.

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year. 14,100 second-feet Mar. 30; maximum gage height, 

25.64"feet Mar. 30; minimum discharge, 14 second-feet Oct. 24 (gage height, 1.55 feet).

1919-40: Maximum discharge, 35,000 second-feet June 29, 1928, Mir. 23, 1929 (gage 

height, 36.7 feet, present site, from gage-relation curve), from rating curve extended 

above 14,000 second-feet on the basis of slope-area computation fron cross-sections 

and profile furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; minimum, 7 second-feet Nov. 

3, 1920 (gage height, 0.90 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 50 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table' 

stage

water year 1939-40, except periods computed by using rate of change of 

a factor (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 19

1.6

1.7 

l.S

1.9

2.0

17

29

2.3 

2.7

2.9

3.0

146

260

326

362

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

Jan. 20 to Sept. 30

218

385

585

800

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

1,250

1,700

2,700

3,700

4,900

14.0

16.0

18.0

18.3

6,100

7,350

8,650

8,840

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

22

25

21

19

18

18

SO

83

48

SO

22

20

17

17

17

15

15,

15

16

16

15

15

15

15

17

17

25

32

40

32

26

Nov.

f25

22

21

21

23

22

21

f21

f22

f22

22

23

23

21

19

f20

f20

20

21

f27

a41

a34

a32

a30

a27

a25

a24

f23

23

25

-

Dec.

27

35

41

42

38

38

35

34

29

27

26

25

32

36

f34

34

34

32

3S

195

167

118

f!22

372

316

f222

f247

309

247

180

136

Jan.

113

104

aSS

a7S

a66

a60

a60

50

47

44

49

f50

50

64

208

340

247

189

a!60

a!40

a!20

allO

al!5

f82

54

a50

a 48

a 48

a50

a52

a54

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

a50

a52

a59

74

76

274

1,070

665

565

1,970

f2,850

1,660

1,020

1,140

1,340

1,000

778

890

1,660

1,700

1,380

1,050

778

665

605

525

565

2,160

2,050

_

-

Mar.

1,340

9SO

1,690

2,650

1,610

1,160

S68

710

606

485

505

1,430

f 1,800

2,200

2,450

1,750

1,300

1,190

4,770

3,100

1,800

1,300

980

822

710

665

732

822

980

k8,750

k8,860

Secondfoot-days

733

720

3,268

267,154

2,990

28,671

59,014

55,125

21,264

10,239

5,974

4,068

1,324

193,390

Apr.

3,000

1,800

1,740

6,100

f3,640

1,900

1,380

1,120

890

710

625

566

565

525

485

449

415

827

2,420

6,340

5,050

2,700

2,100

2,650

2,050

1,520

1,160

935

778

688

-

Maximum

83

41

372

18,300

340

8,850

8,860

6,340

1.900

845

505

425

164

8,860

May

1,460

1,900

1,480

1,120

890

732

645

545

485

437

385

540

301

280

301

298

270

239

221

197

176

158

345

984

1,340

1,300

1,480

1,050

755

605

f545

Minimum

15

19

25

15

44

50

485

413

158

138

70

39

22

15

June

f485

405

336

388

441

343

397

605

405

294

270

264

294

312

270

224

246

336

346

350

312

236

191

176

221

203

161

138

746

845

-

July

505

340

254

212

alS5

f!64

143

13S

192

261

197

161

156

150

146

130

152

485

352

227

182

148

130

126

118

133

96

82

70

93

266

Aug.

357

200

182

209

140

102

170

426

242

156

118

92

82

SO

76

82

72

65

72

64

66

63

48

45

40

39

42

40

147

280

274

 Per square Mean mile

23.6 ! 0.052

24.0 .055

105 .232

732 1.62

96.5 .213

989 2.19

1,904 4.21

1,838 4.07

686 1.52

341 .754

193 .427

131 .290

44.1 .098

528 1.17

Sept.

164

113

8S

72

61

50

47

42

40

44

42

36

35

55

29

27

26

25

25

23

23

op

22

22

42

50

34

32

f32

f29

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06

.06

.27

21.97

.25

2.36

4.86

4.54

1.75

.84

.49

.33

.11

16.92

Peak discharge.- Mar. 19 (1:30 p.m.) 5,560 sec.-ft.; Mar. 30 (8 p.m.) 14,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 

(6:30 p.m.) 7,280 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (6:30 p.m.) 7,220 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for statloi near Cellna and 

weather records.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

k Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Obey River near Cellna, Tenn.

449

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°33'30" (revised), long. 85°26'15", at bridge on 

state Highway 53, 4 miles east of Cellna, Clay County, 12.3 miles upstream from mouth, 

and 19 miles downstream from Wolf River. Datum of gage Is 512.46 feet above mean sea 

level (Sandy Hook datum). Auxiliary gage is water-stage recorder on Cumberland River 

at Celtna, 12.3 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage Is 489.46 feet above mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 929 square miles (revised).

Hecords available.- January 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,100 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 29.30 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 32 second-feet Oct. 24 

(gage height, 1.75 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 41,400 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 39.10 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 20,000 

second-feet; minimum observed, that of Oct. 24, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 41.0 feet In March 1929, from high-water profile by Corps of 

Engineers, U. 8. Army.

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

wmcn are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of backwater from Cumberland Ri'er 

or Ice effect (gage height,'in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

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

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.6 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

38

62

148

260

400

583

1,090

2,380

9.0

10.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

20.0

25.0

28.3

3,850

5,400

7,000

8,600

10,200

12,600

17,100

20,100

1.9

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

56

70

162

285

440

655

1,190

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

10.2

1,800

2,480

3,180

3,900

4,650

4,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

1 

2 

3

4

e

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

45 

60 

64 

44 

45

43 

S3 

128 

128 

90

164 

82 

56 

45 

43

39 

38 

39 

40 

37

36 

38 

3S 

33 

34

39 

68 

128 

118 

77 

68

HOT.

54 

60 

50 

45 

45

48 

45 

43 

44 

43

45 

45 

44 

44 

43

45 

42 

39 

46

51

70 

77 

«5

6\ 

56

57 

55 

52 

48 

48

Dec.

51 

60 

66 

71 

68

58 

54 

54 

66 

62

50 

51 

56 

58 

64

65 

58

57 

61 

200

370 

236 

234 

554

s, 676

401 

771 

775 

541 

f356 

f260

Jan.

248 

169 

158 

148 

138

12S 

118 

118 

100 

100

109 

138 

158 

278 

370

502 

432 

314 

236 

169

158 

148 

169 

148 

a 134

alls 

alOO 

a9S 

a96 

a98 

*b!04

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Sec

C

Jan 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

*

alendar year

UBt.. ... . .................

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

a94 

a94 

a94 

alOO 

a!25

SOI 

2,030 

1,400 

1.750 

6,200

5,64<J 

3,180 

2,030 

2,810 

2,740

1,960 

1,440 

3,260 

3,780 

3,780

2,SSO 

2,100 

1,630 

1,320 

1,140

775 

1,090 

4,160 

4,390

Bar.

2,670 

1,890 

3,100 

5,090 

3,480

2,380 

2,100 

1,440 

1,140 

925

775 

3,630 

4,620 

4,700 

5,090

3,620 

2,740 

2,S10 

6,760 

7,000

3,850 

2,600 

2,100 

1,610 

1,500

1,260 

1,040 

775 

1,270 

11,300 

20,100

Secondfoot-days

1,990 

1,502 

6,484

-

5,499 

62,793 

113,365 

125,795 

42,632 

20,460 

11,539 

9,090 

3,832

404,981

Apr.

Cl2,000 

C4,570 

C4,210 

c9,930 

10,500

4,800 

3,180 

2,550 

2,000 

1,610

1,370 

1,250 

1,140 

1,080 

1,020

915 

860 

1,280 

5,560 

11,400

Cl3,000 

C6,600 

c4,600 

c5,200 

04,360

3,230 

2,480 

2,000 

1,670 

1,430

Maximum

164 

77 

775

-

502 

6,200 

20,100 

13,000 

3,900 

1,250 

805 

1,310 

388

20,100

May

3,060 

3,900 

3,100 

2,270 

1,860

1,670 

1,250 

1,140 

1,020 

860

755 

655 

605 

560 

786

755 

605 

520 

460 

38S

3SS 

325 

370 

1,630 

2,900

2,550 

2,550 

2,060 

1,430 

1,190 

1,020

Minimum

33 

39 

50

-

96 

94 

775 

860 

325 

285 

151 

78 

51

33

June

915 

805 

655 

520 

797

655 

605 

1,190 

1JD20 

t»755

520 

480 

838 

655 

560

480 

480 

805 

915 

1,140

915 

605 

480 

405 

480

422 

355 

285 

473 

1,250

July

SOS 

560 

480 

405 

325

272 

260 

2S5 

340 

505

480 

355 

581 

370 

340

370 

38S 

604 

655 

405

325 

310 

260 

235 

298

248 

210 

185 

162 

151 

370

Mean

64.2 

50.1 

209

-

177 

2,165 

3,657 

4,193 

1,375 

6S2 

372 

293 

128

1,107

Av«.

480 

520 

520 

388 

325

235 

185 

351 

478 

370

272 

185 

140 

140 

140

130 

130 

130 

130 

130

120 

120 

110 

92 

SO

78 

7S 

128 

835 

1,310 

760

Per square 

mile

0.069

.05* 

.22,5

-

.191 

2.33 

3.94 

4.51 

1.48 

.734 

.400 

.315 

.13ft

1.19

Sept.

388 

272 

198 

161

140

110 

100 

100 

92 

208

1S5 

120 

92 

84 

80

78 

70 

70 

64 

64

64 

52 

51 

52 

223

301 

151 

110 

S4 

78

Run-off in 

inches

O.OS 

.06 

.26

-

.22

2.51 

4.54 

5.04 

1.71 

.82 

.46 

.36 

.15

16.21

* Y.lnter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, wenther records, 

and records for station near Byrdstown.

c Backwater from Cumberland RiTer; discharge computed using fall as determined by auxiliary waterstage recorder as a factor.

f Computed from estimated gage height.
450 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Roaring River near Hilham, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 36 0 20'24", long. 85°25'46", 

800 reet (revised) downstream from Crawford Mill, a quarter of a mile downstream from 

county highway bridge, li miles upstream from Flat Creek, 4 miles south of Hilham, 

Overton County, and 15 miles north of Cookevllle. Prior to Sept. 23, 1940, staff 

gage at same site and datum. Concrete control installed Sept. 21, 1940.

Drainage area.- 70.8 square miles.

Records available.- July 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 6.20

 reet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 3.3 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 0.24

foot).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 6,920 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 9.00 feet,

from floodmarks); minimum observed, 2.3 second-feet Oct. 5, 1936 (gage height, 0.16

foot). 

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Consider-

 able diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by gristmills upstream. Gage read 

twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In aeoond-feet)

0.3 

.4

.8 

1.0

Oct. 1 to Sept. 17

4.3

7.0

15

27

44

1.2 

1.5 

1.8 

2.0 

2.5

64

98

142

184

322

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.2

492

700

930

1,220

1,690

Sept. 21-30

1.0

1.1

Discharge, in second-feat, water Tear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

7.8 

6.7 

8.0 

5.9 

7.8

5.1 

197 

48 

27 

17

12 

11 

11 

9.0 

8.6

7.4 

5.9 

5.4 

7.6 

7.4

6.2 

6.2 

7.8 

5.6 

5.4

9.0 

14 

23 

18 

11 

9.8

Nov.

10 

9.S 

8.6 

7.8 

6.5

6.5 

7.0 

5.4 

6.2 

6.5

6.5 

6.5 

6.2 

6.7 

7.0

7.4 

5.6 

5.9 

8.2 

9.0

11 

9.4 

8.6 

8.6 

9.0

9.4 

9.0 

8.2 

7.0 

7.0

Dec.

9.4 

11 

10 

10 

7.8

7.4 

7.8 

6.2 

9.1 

8.2

7.0 

6.5 

12 

13 

13

11 lOll 

16 

44

33 

17 

32 

98 

52

40 

86 

64. 

47 

44 

38

Jan.

31 

b28 

b43 

b27 

b25

b41 

21 

18 

18 

16

19 

19 

17 

25 

31

23 

b21 

b!9 

b!9 

b22

b!4 

b!5 

b!2 

b!2 

b!2

bll 

bll 

bll 

b!3 

«b!3 

b!4

Month

Oct 

MOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19:59 ...........

ater year 1939 -'to ...........

Feb.

b!3 

15 

16 

15 

15

72 

114 

80 

99 

399

277 

168 

134 

262 

196

142 

125 

285 

338 

292

234 

208 

173 

134 

104

92 

141 

322 

248

Mar.

196 

162 

277 

277 

208

152 

125 

104 

92

75

81 

314 

307 

370 

338

262 

221 

250 

660 

354

277 

208 

152 

104 

104

111 

111 

104 

243 

1,670 

1,040

Secondfoot-daya

531.8 

230.5 

781.4

45,409.1

621 

4,713 

8,949 

9,178 

3,224 

1,483 

882 

981.2 

447.9

32,022.8

Apr.

403 

307 

283 

1,150 

506

307 

234 

164 

152 

125

118 

118 

98 

86 

80

75 

67 

288 

782 

930

638 

370 

354 

370 

307

248 

196 

152 

125

125

Maximum

197 

11 

9S

3,260

41 

399 

1,670 

1,150 

300 

128 

48 

423 

37

1,670

May

300 

248 

196 

142 

118

104 

92 

80 

80 

73

64 

56 

55 

51 

80

69 

54 

42 

41 

41

40 

38 

204 

257 

162

134 

104 

86 

80 

71 

62

Minimum

5.1 

5.4 

6.2

4.1

11 

13 

75 

67 

38 

25 

14 

5.9 

7.4

5.1

June

54 

50 

49 

44 

40

39 

37 

128 

80 

54

51 

46 

47 

41 

40

39 

40 

40 

3S 

37

34 

31 

25 

71 

53

40 

27 

36 

119 

53

Jvly

37 

54 

37 

33 

2S

26 

24 

2S 

28 

43

37 

38 

37 

34 

36

48 

36 

33 

25 

21

20 

18 

17 

32 

24

16 

14 

14 

16 

20 

28

Mean

17.2 

7.68 

25.2

124

20.0 

163 

289 

306 

104 

49.4 

28.5 

31.7 

14.9

67-5

Aug.

26 

21 

.16 

15 

14

12 

12 

12 

12 

13

16 

14 

13 

17 

15

13 

12 

18 

32

15

12 

9.0 

8.6 

9.5 

7.4

5.9 

7.8 

9.0 

423 

119 

52

P)r aquare 

mile

0.243 

.108 

.356

1.75

.282 

2.30 

4.08 

4.32 

1.47 

.698 

.403 

.448 

.210

1.24

Sept.

37 

29 

26 

22 

19

20 

17 

16 

15 

19

16

14 

13 

12 

9.4

10 

12 

012 

c!2 

013

14 

9.5 

7.4 

8-5 

19

13 

9.4 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9

Run-off In 

Inches

,0.28 

.12 

.41

23.85

.33 

2.48 

4.70 

4.S2 

1.69 

.73 

.46 

.52 

.24

16. S3

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-dlacharge relation affected by Ice.

c Backwater from construction of concrete control; discharge Interpolated.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 451

Caney Fork at Cllfty, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°53'29", long. 85°13'03", at county highway bridge, 

150 feet upstream from Pilot Falls, three-quarters of a mile south of Clifty, White 

County, and 3 miles upstream from Cllfty Creek.

Drainage area.- 114 square miles.

Records available.- September 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 210 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,650 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 3.70 

feet); minimum, 0.02 second-foot Dec. 10 (gage height, 0.20 foot).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 10,200 Second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 5.30 

feet); no flow Sept. 19-24, Oct. 3, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet or for periods of ice effect or no 

gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 11-27)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 27 Feb. 28 to Sept. 30

0 2 0.02 0.7 97 1.7 S60 0 2 0.02 0.7 92 1.7 S25 

3 2.0 .8 140 2.0 1,220 3 2.0 .8 132 2.0 1,190 

4 12 1.0 253 2.4 1,770 4 12 1.0 233 2.4 1,770 

5 30 1.2 394 5 30 1.2 365 3.0 2,830 

6 59 1.5 670 6 58 1.5 615

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

i 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.88 

.88 

.88 

.88 

.88

.88 

.88 

.29 

.29

.16

.10 

.07 

.10 

.16 

.10

.07 

.10 

.07 

.05 

.05

.07 

.10 

.10 

.10 

.10

.10 

.50 

.88 

.10 

.07 

.10

Nov.

0.16 

.29 

.50 

.50 

.16

.16 

.10 

.16 

.10 

.29

.50 

.50 

.88 

.10 

.29

.50 

.50 

.50 

.16 

.88

.16 

.10 

.07 

.10 

.29

.29 

.29 

.29 

.50 

.88

Dec.

1.4 

2.0 

.88 

.50 

.29

.50 

.88 

.88 

.88 

.07

.07 

.10 

.16 

.29 

.50

.88 

.50 

.50 

.50 

2.0

3.6 

9.7 

12 

41 

56

42 

47 

63 

56 

47 

33

Jan.

a23 

a!6 

»b!2 

bll 

blO

blO 

blO 

blO 

blO 

bll

13 

39

74 

161 

244

156 

114 

93 

a70 

a51

a42 

a36 

a31 

a27 

a24

a21 

a!8 

a!7 

a!7 

a!7 

b!7

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19 59

ater year 1939-

Feb.

b!8 

b20 

b24 

27 

30

81 

140 

143 

162 

1,950

847 

434 

358 

803 

522

402 

280 

688 

913 

620

434 

321 

260 

247 

247

229 

440 

1,740 

814

Mar.

482 

365 

1,180 

1,010 

569

396 

302 

252 

201 

170

168 

1,340 

1,230 

1,420 

964

560 

427 

365 

952 

685

458 

358 

295 

283 

258

228 

276 

289 

323 

3,220 

1,520

Apr.

715 

442 

337 

283 

233

185 

201 

156 

124 

108

89 

89 

92 

89 

85

82 

75 

144 

621 

1,190

906 

551 

507 

655 

507

358 

270 

228 

191 

170

Bay

1,230 

915 

507 

351 

270

217 

185 

151 

124 

104

89 

78 

68 

65 

65

75 

58 

46 

41 

36

33 

27 

38 

155 

201

222 

239 

180 

146 

544 

380

foo^s Jfaxlmlm Mlnl]BUIB

9.99 0.88 0.05 

10.2 .88 .07 

\ 424.08 63 .07

83,137.17 6,570 .05

1,405 244 10 

13,194 1,950 18 

20,546 3,2fO 168 

9,683 1,190 75 

6,840 1,230 27 

2,792 233 36 

1,087.4 78 9.7 

560.8 246 2.0 

290.46 89 .50

56,842.93 3,220 .05

June

233 

175 

124 

92 

75

55 

46 

41 

38 

38

61 

52 

58 

61 

46

36 

86 

137 

170 

156

100 

68 

55 

92 

191

108 

68 

70 

156 

104

July

72 

55 

52 

78 

55

38 

36 

55 

65 

52

41 

36 

30 

30 

25

22 

58 

49 

30 

27

27 

30 

23 

22

15

12 

11 

9.7 

11 

9.7 

11

ta«.

14 

11 

f8.6 

f5.5 

f3.6

f2.7 

5.5 

3.6 

2.7

2.0 

2.0 

2.7 

2.7 

2.7

2.0 

2.0 

3.5 

11 

6.5

5.5 

3.6 

2.7 

5.5 

6-5

5.5 

4.5 

3.6 

9.1 

1V2 

246

Sept.

S9 

49 

27 

20 

15

11 

9.7 

9.7 

7.6 

6.5

5.5 

5.5 

4.5 

3.6 

2.7

2.7 

2.0 

2.0 

1.4 

.88

.88 

.50 

.50 

.50 

2.7

2.0 

1.4 

2.0 

2.7 

2.0

 Per square' Run-off In 

MBan mile Inches

0.322 0.002f 0.003 

.340 .003C .003 

13.7 .120 .14

228 2.00 27.14

45.3 .397 .46 

455 3.99 4.30 

663 5.82 6.70 

323 2.83 3.16 

221 1.94 2.23 

93.1 .817 .91 

35.1 .308 .35 

18.1 .159 .18 

9.68 .085 .09

155 1.36 18.53

Peak discharge.- Feb. 10 (12 m.) 2,830 sec.-ft.; Feb. 28 (4 a.m.) 2,270 sec.-ft.} Mar. 30 (10 

a.ra.) 4,650 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Hew River at Hew River, Clear 

Fork near Robblns, and Emory River at Oakdale.

b Stage-discharge relationship affected by Ice.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-heiajit record.
452 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Great Falls Reservoir near Rock Island, Term.

Location.- Remote indicator gage, lat. 35048'10", long. 85°38'00", at penstock inlet on 

 CoTTTns River, 800 feet southwest of powerhouse of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 

1.9 miles northwest of Rack Island, Warren County, ana 2.4 miles upstream from Great 

Falls Dam on Caney Fork. Datum of gage Is 12.82 feet below mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). Gage readings have been reduced to elevations above sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,640 square miles.

Records available.- January 1917 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum midnight elevations and contents for the water years 1917 

to 1940 are contained in the following table:

Water 

year

1916-17t

1917-18

1918-19

1919-20

1920-21

1921-22

1922-23

1923-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-35

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

1939-40

Maximum

Date

June 10

May 14

Jan. l i

May 22

Mar. 18

Mar. 7,

Feb. 25

Mar. 6, 22

July 23

May 15

Nov. 8

Dec. 21

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Nov. 5

Mar. 28,

Mar. 6

Apr. 8,

Feb. 7,

Mar. 8,10,

Mar. 18,31

Apr. 24

Mar. 20

Feb. 14,

Mar. 17

Apr. 14,

Dec. 30,

Feb. 22

Mar. 8

May 13,

Mar. 30

Apr. 6

Mar. 14

Elevation 

(feet)

771.5

774.8

772.5

772.8

772.0

772.2

772.2

770.93

805.29

806.27

805.99

805.94

817.48

805.85

806.00

805.78

805.78

805.75

805.78

805.78

805.78

805.84

805.83

805.87

Contents 

(acre-feet)

9,700

11,800

10,300

10,500

10,000

10,100

10,100

9,300

55,400

57,600

57,000

56,900

( )

56,700

57,000

56.500

56,500

56,400

56,500

56,500

56,500

56,700

56,700

56,700

Minimum

Date

Jan. 3

Aug. 19

Sept .27

Sept. 11, 12

Jan. 18

Oct. 28

Nov. 10

Nov. 22

Sept. 17

Oct. 1

Oct. 1

Nov. 16

Nov. 16

Sept. 30

Oct. 31

Nov. 27

Oct. 7

Nov. 14

Dec. 15

Nov. 6

Dec. 2

Dec. 16

Dec. 9,22

Jan. 9

Elevation 

(feet)

756.7

756.3

759.1

757.2

763.8

758.1

758.4

762.1

759.6

761.7

782.42

770.77

778.33

769.48

759.73

762.18

769.1

762.03

761.8

764.48

762.83

774.58

767.08

762.04

Contents 

(acre- feet)

3,400

3,300

4,200

3,600

5,800

3,900

4,000

5,200

4,300

5,000

18,500

9,300

14,600

8,600

4,400

5,200

8,400

5,100

5,000

6,100

5,400

11,700

7,400

5,100

* Not determined.

t Record started Jan. 1, 1917.

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by a concrete dam with 18 talntor gates 14 feet high and 

25 reet wide. Dam completed and storage began In 1916; dam redesignei and crest raised 

35 feet in 1925. Controlled capacity, 49,400 acre-feet between elevations 762.0 and 

804.9 feet. Figures given herein.are of total capacity or contents for level pool. 

Reservoir is used for navigation,'flood control, and power. A table showing pertinent 

data concerning capacities of the reservoir Is given herein.

Cooperation.- Reservoir elevations and capacity table furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Autnority.

Capacity,

Elevation 

(feet)

730.2 

762.0 

790.8 

804.9

(lowest regulating o^ 

(minimum pool, usual

it let, bottom of sluice conduits.....

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

5,100 

28,900 

54,500

Capacity table (elevation, In feet, and contents, In acre-feet)

(Prepared by Tennessee Valley Authority from data of E. T. Clark

Management Corporation)

758

760

762

764

768

3,800

4,400

5,100

5,900

7,900

778

776

780

784

788

10,000

12,700

16,100

20,300

25,200

790

792

794

796

798

27,800

30,600

33,700

37,000

40,400

800

802

804

806

808

44, 100

46,200

52,500

57,000

61,900
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 453

Monthly elevation and contents of Great Falls Reservoir 

near Rock Island, Term., 1917-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Jan. 31, 1917. .............. 760.8

Feb. 28..................... 758.6

liar. 31........ ............. 758.6

Apr. 30..................... 760.06

May 31..................... 769.3

June 30. .................... 765.9

July 31. .................... 766.8

Aug. 31......... ............ 769.8

Sept. 30............. ........ 770.2

Oct. 31, 1917............... 769.6

Nov. 30..................... 766.4

Dee. 31.... ................. 770.0

Jan. 31, 1918... ............ 766.4

Feb. 28.... ................. 768.3

Mar. 31..................... 771.3

Apr. 30...... ............... 768.2

May 31.... 1. ............... 770.9

June 30...... ............... 769.6

July 31. .................... 768.6

Aug. 31..................... 769.6

Sept .30. .................... 766. 4

Water year 1917-18. .......

Oct. 31, 1918.. ............. 768.4

Nov. 30. .................... 771.6

Dec. 31.............. ....... 770.7

Calendar year 1918. .......

Jan. 31, 1919............... 770.6

Feb. 28..................... 769.5

Mar. 31..................... 770.0

Apr. 30..................... 771.1

May 31..................... 769.7

June 30. .................... 770.6

July 31..................... 768.1

Aug. 31..................... 769.4

Sept . 30 ..................... 769 . 24

Water year 1918-19 ........

Oct. 31, 1919........ ....... 770.9

Nov. 30..................... 769.6

Dec. 31..................... 769.8

Calendar year 1919 ........

Jan. 31, 1920............... 768.8

Feb. 28*... ................. 771.2

Mar. 31........... .......... 770.6

Apr. 30........... .......... 769.8

May 31..................... 771.4

June 30. .................... 768. 5

July 31..................... 763.3

Aug. 31..................... 772.2

Sept. 30. .................... 771.2

Water year 1919-20.. ......

Oct. 31, 1920.... ........... 769.0

Hov. 30...... ............... 770.5

Dec. 31..................... 770.9

Calendar year 1920........

Jan. 31, 1921................ 770.2

Feb. 28..................... 770.2

Mar. 31..................... 771.3

Apr. 30;... ................. 770.7

May 31..................... 770.4

June 30..................... 769.9

July 31..................... 769.8

Aug. 31..................... 769.2

Sept. 30..................... 769.1

Water year 1920-21. ....... -

Oct. 31, 1921............... 761.0

Nov. 30..................... 771.6

Dec. 31..................... 770.8

Calendar year 1921. .......

Jan. 31, 1922............... 770.4

Feb. 28..................... 769.3

Mar. 31..................... 770.8

Apr. 30..................... 771.6

May 31..................... 769.8

June 30..................... 771.2

July 31. .................... 769 . 8

Aug. 31..................... 769.8

Sept. 30..................... 766.6

'Yater year 1921-22. ....... - '

4,700

4,000

4,000

4,500

8,600

6,800

6,800

4,400

9,000

8,700

6,600

8,900

7,100

8,000

9,600

8,000

9,300

8,700

8,200

4,300

7,100

8,100

9,700

9,200

9,200

8,600

8,900

9,400

8,700

9,200

7,900

8,600

4,200

9,300

8,700

8,800

8,300

9,500

9,100

8,800

9,600

8,100

5,600

10,100

9,600

8,400

9,100

9,300

9,000

9,000

9,500

9,200

9,100

8,800

8,500

8,500

8,400

4,700

9,700

9,300

9,100

8,500

9,300

9,700

8,800

9,600

8,800

8,800

7,200

-700 

0

+600 

+4,000

-1,700 

0

-2,400 

+4,600

-300 

-2,100 

+2,300

-1,800

+900

+1,600

-1,600 

+1,300

-600

-600

-3,900 

+2,800

-1,900

+1,000

+1,600

-500

+300

CT

-600- 

+300 

+500

-700 

+500

-1,300 

+700

-4,400

-2,900

+5,100 

-600 

+100

-400

-500 

+1,200

-400

-300 

+800

-1,600

-2,600 

+4,500

-600

+5,300

-1,100 

+700 

+200

+500

-300

0

+500

-300

-100

-300

-300 

0

-100

-1,100

-3,700

+5,000

-400

-200

-600 

+800 

+400

-900 

+700

-700

0

-1,600

-1,200

* No reading Feb. 29.
454 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents 

near Rook Island, Term.,

of Qreat Falls Reservoir 

1917-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change in cortents

during morth

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1922........... 760.2

Nov. 30................. 762.4

Dec. 31................. 770.2

Calendar year 1922..

Jan. 31, 1923........... 770.2

Feb. 28................. 770.5

Mar. 31................. 770.7

Apr. 30................. 768.7

May 31................. 770.2

June 30................. 770.8

July 31................. 768.5

Aug. 31................. 768.0

Sept.30................. 770.8

Water year 1922-23..

Oct. 31, 1923........... 767.9

Nov. 30................. 762.5

Dec. 31................. 768.2

Calendar year 1923..

Jan. 31, 1924........... 769.0

Feb. 29................. 769.2

Mar. 31................. 769.0

Apr. 30................. 769.1

May 31................. 768.7

June 30................. 763.5

July 31................. 766.6

Aug. 31................. 767.4

Sept.30................. 766.5

Water year 1923-24..

Oct. 31, 1924........... 762.3

Nov. 30................. 766.£

Dec. 31................. 765.5

Calendar year 1924..

Jan. 31, 1925........... 767.2

Feb. 28................. 781.9

Mar. 31................. 790.5

Apr. 30................. 798.23

May 31................. 796.58

June 30................. 786.23

July 31................. 783.95

Aug. 31................. 764.6

Sept.30................. 761.9

Water year 1924-25..

Oct. 31, 1925........... 805.21

Nov. 30................. 802.57

Dec. 31................. 799.4

Calendar year 1925..

Jan. 31. 1926........... 803.88

Feb. 28................. 804.69

Mar. 31................. 805.30

Apr. 30................. 796.51

May 31................. 801.28

June 30................. 802.83

July 31................. 803.42

Aug. 31................. 805.74

Sept.30................. 783.13

Water year 1925-26..

Oct. 31, 1926........... 785.31

Nov. 30................. 805.51

Dec. 31................. 805.80

Calendar year 1926..

Jan. 31, 1927........... 805.15

Feb. 28................. 805.16

Mar. 31................. 805.13

Apr. 30................. 805.23

May 31................. 799.27

June 30................. 799.53

July 31................. 802.56

Aug. 31................. 792.28

Sept.30................. 784.94

4,500

5,300

9,000

9,000 

9#1X»0 

9,200 

8,200 

9,000 

9,300 

8,100 

7,900 

9,300

7,800

5,300

8,000

8,400

8,500

8,400

8,400

8,200

5,700

7,200

7,600

7,100

5,200

7.000

6,600

7,500

18,000

28,500

40,900

38,000

22,900

20,200

6,200

5,100

55,200

49,300

43,000

52,200

54,100

55,400

37,800

46,700

50,000

51,200

56,400

19,300

21,800

55,900

56,600

55,100

55,100

55,100

55,300

42,700

43,300

49,300

31,100

21,400

-2,700

+800

+3,700

-300

0

+100 

+100

-1,000 

+800 

+300

-1,200

-200

+1,400

+2,100

-1,500

-2,500 

+2,700

-1,000

+400 

+100

-100 

0

-200 

-2,500 

+1,500

+400

-500

-2,200

-1,900

+1,800

-400

-1,400

+900 

+10,500 

+ 10,500 

+12,400

-2,900

-5,100

-2,700 

-14,000

-1,100

+50,100

-5,900

-6,300

+36,400

+9,200 

+1,900 

+1,300

-17,600 

+8,900 

+3,300 

+1,200 

+5,200

-37,100

+14,200

+2,500

+34,100

+700

+13,600

-1,500 

0 

0

+200

+12,600

+600

+6,000

-18,200

-9,700

Water year 1926-27. +2,100
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 455

Monthly elevation and content! 

near Rock Island, Tenn.,

of Great Falls Reservoir 

1917-40 C ont Imied

Date

Calendar year 1927. . . .

Fob S9

Water year 1927-28....

Calendar year 1928....

Water year 1928-29....

Dec. 31.... ..............

Calendar year 1929....

Water year 1929-30....

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1930....

Water year 1930-31....

Calendar year 1931....

Sept. 30. ................

Water year 1931-32. . . .

Elevation 

(feet)

792 33

-

-

-

-

782 30

805.26

-

-

778.47

-

-

-

792 92

771.68

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

-

-

-

-

55,300

-

-

14,800

-

-

-

44 500

9,800

-

Change In contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

-1,200

+10,000

-28,200

-7,200

0

+28, 100

-15,600

+7,700

-40,500

+13,800

+41,400

-22,100

-12,600

461679 O - 42 - 30
455 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents of Great Palls Reservoir 

near Rock Island, Term., 1917-40 Continued

Date

Dec. 31. ................

Calendar year 1932....

Water year 1932-33....

Dec. 31..... ............

Calendar year 1933....

Water year 1933-34..,.

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1934....

Water year 1934-35. . . .

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1935. . . .

Sept, 30........,,...,,..

Water year 1935-36....

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1936....

'Tater year 1936^37,...

Elevation 

(feet)

805.68

-

805 39

790.88

-

772.63

-

-

771.9

-

800 78

805 SI

788 28

793 80

786 S3

774.30

-

769.38

-

<7flQ "7 ft

788.68

-

806.56

-

805 72

793 88

799 94

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

56,300

-

29,100

-

10,300

-

29 400

-

9 200

9,900

-

11,500

-

8,600

-

26,100

-

56,000

-

-

Change In contents 

during montl 

(acre-feet)

+300

+100

-19,500

+19,300

+5,000

-46,000

+19 700

+3,500

+4,100

-400

-11,800

-14,100

-21,500

-1,300

+27 900

-4,000

+14,600

+50,100

+47,400

+17,600
CUMBERLAND RIVER B/LSIN 457

Monthly elevation and contents of Great Falls Reservoir 

near Rock Island, Term., 1917-40 Continued

Date

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1937....

Sept. 30.................

Water year 1937-38. . . .

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1938. . . .

Water year 1938-39....

Dec. 31.................

Calendar year 1939....

Water year 1939-40....

Elevation 

(feet)

r»O1 1 *

805.50

-

799.18

-

794.23

-

784.08

-

762.33

-

785.18

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

55,900

-

44,800

42,600

-

34,100

-

20,400

-

5,200

-

21,700

-

Change In Contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

-12,900

+38,700

-100

+400

-4,500

+1,300

-11,600

-900

-1,100

-20,400

+19,400

-21,800

-1,100

-21, 500

-10,600

-6,200

-22,200

-4,400

-5,400

-28,900

-33,200

+1,300
458 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Caney Fork near Rock Island, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48'26", long. 85°37'44", 180 fe^t downstream 

from powerhouse of Tennessee Valley Authority, half a mile downstream from dam at 

mouth of Colllns River, and 1 mile northwest of Rock Island, Warren County. Datum 

of gage Is 649.46 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 1,640 square miles.

Records available.- November 1911 to March 1924, April 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharged- 21 years (1914-20, 1925-40), 3,359 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 34,400 second-feet Mar. 30 (ga^e height, 17.53 

feet); minimum, 94 second-feet Feb. 3, by discharge measurement of leakage below dam 

when power plant was shut down; minimum gage height observed, -0.18 foot Feb. 3.

1911-40: Maximum discharge, 210,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (ga^e height, 40.6 

feet, present datum, from floodmark), from rating curve extended abov3 60,000 secondfeet; minimum dally, 45 second-feet several days In 1922 and 1923, which represents 

leakage prior to raising of dam In 1925.

Flood of Mar. 23, 1929, reached highest stage known.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of partly estimated gage-height record, which are fair. Flow regulated by power plant and Great Falls Reservoir 

(see p. 452 ).

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

-0.2 

.1 141 

1S1 

252 

305

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

501

670

900

1,200

1,900

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

3,500 

5,550 

S,130 

12,900 

19.600

5.0 2,650 15.4 24,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct.

222

220

217

217

217

215

215

215

215

472

638

208

200

168

166

206

220

213

208

480

203

203

203

422

203

203

205

203

205

205

418

HOT.

203

423

203

201

199

196

463

192

468

429

192

192

461

472

192

467

476

185

240

470

187

316

183

474

177

177

177

177

458

179

-

Dec,

461

177

177

476

164

166

374

351

160

160

455

357

343

344

328

149

147

340

400

398

617

479

127

130

136

712

1,310

672

680

542

450

Honth

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

Calendar year 1939

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

Haroh. ...............

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

Hay..................

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

330

152

293

472

299

252

296

267

341

192

122

299

286

288

325

1,090

839

1,110

661

300

316

324

327

439

186

125

16S

137

1,270

767

189

Feb.

284

f218

f97

f96

f!92

365

439

863

1,060

1,070

430

2,200

2,550

5,190

5,970

4,290

3,680

8,120

15,100

11,200

6,630

5,320

3,950

3,860

3,680

3,500

3,410

10,800

8,780

-

Har6,330

4,090

10,500

12,400

7,230

'5,430

4,050

3,860

3,500

3,410

3,410

14,700

18 , 700

16,800

14,100

8,420

6,510

5,090

7,820

6,510

5,820

4,190

3,680

3,500

3,410

3,320

3,320

3,320

3,320

24,800

22,300

Apr.

10,200

7,820

5,650

5,200

4,650

3,950

3,420

3,590

3,410

3,320

3,320

2,590

2,820

S27

2,340

2,400

2,690

2,720

2,370

9,320

9,650

6,130

7,680

6,080

7,020

5,280

4,050

3,730

3,140

3,290

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

7,805

8,829

11,782

1,187,996

12,462

113,344

243,840

138,657

67,377

33, 223

48,906

28,485

36,594

751,304

Maximum

638

476

1,310

64,400

1,270

15,100

10^200

7,020

2 200

3^740

5,500

3,600

24,800

Hlnlmum

166

177

127

127

122

96

3,320

827

360

392

400

385

332

96

Mean

252

294

380

3,255*

4O2

3,908

7,866

4,622

I,'l07

1,578

919

1,220

2,053

May

4,230

7,020

5,390

3,770

3,280

3,130

3,280

2,460

2,560

2,330

478

420

2,340

2,320

2, ISO

1,940

1,550

400

397

2,380

1,540

917

906

794

385

360

1,070

3,080

2,430

1,980

2,120

June

514

861

1,480

2,200

1,890

1,880

1,900

392

396

847

1,180

1,160

1,090

604

394

397

880

749

1,220

1,190

1,840

1,070

406

1,010

1,610

2,130

1,600

1,500

420

413

-

Change in 

contents in

Oreat Falls 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

-

-28,900

I

+1,300

July

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

2,

3,

3,

3,

2,

1,

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

050

430

670

577

120

468

411

280

550

280

780

780

692

200

700

210

270

740

340

430

360

150

910

110

600

170

408

400

120

340

360

Aug.

1,320

1,510

578

394

1,330

1,040

926

654

612

570

397

1,090

509

1,180

769

973

1,050

3S5

336

451

660

394

531

606

389

424

666

487

632

2,070

5,500

Sept.

3,600

1,600

2,440

2,010

2,190

1,670

570

420

1,530

1,240

1,600

1,020

1,830

459

381

1,700

1,860

1,260

786

731

365

346

902

1,560

1,480

934

712

420

332

646

-

Adjusted for change 

in reservoir contents

He an

-

3,215

-

2,055

Per square 

mile 1

-

1.96

I

1.25

Run-off 

n inches

-

26.61

I

17.01

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Caney Pork near Silver Point, Tenn.

459

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°02'30", long. 85°49'00", at bridge on State High-

 way 56, 6 miles north of Smithville, DeKalb County, 7 miles downstream from Palling 

Water River, 7 miles southwest of Silver Point, Putnam County, and 49 miles downstream 

from Great Falls Reservoir. Datum of gage is 496.44 feet above mean sea level (Sandy 

Hook datum); datum of gage used prior to Feb. 3, 1939, was 499.60 feet above mean sea 

level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 2,100 square miles.

Records available.- November 1922 to September 1940.

Average d-lschargeT- 17 years (1923-40), 3,656 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 39,900 second-feet Mar. 31; maximum gage height*

 24.66 feet Mar. 31; minimum discharge, 182 second-feet Feb. 5 (gage height, 0.13 foot).

1922-40: Maximum discharge, 178,000 second-feet, by slope-area method, r~.r. 23, 

1929; maximum gage height, 58.6 feet, present site and datum, from floodmarks, Mar. 23, 

1929; minimum discharge, 25 second-feet several days In November 1924 and August, September,and October, 1925 (gage height, 0.00 foot, site and datum then In use).

Flood of Mar. 23, 1929, reached highest stage known.

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

which are poor. Low flow slightly regulated by Great Falls Reservoir (see r . 452 ), 

and by small plant on Falling Water River.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods computed by using pate of change of 

stage as a factor or periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

210

255

305

420

540

670

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

1,020

1,410

2,290

3,350

4,500

5,800

8.0

10.0

12.0

15.0

20.0

23.5

8,800

11,300

14,300

19,600

28,600

36,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

10

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

338

295

285

285

285

265

265

280

270

275

476

716

322

255

232

206

228

270

270

265

456

349

246

246

408

344

310

338

265

242

250

Nov.

422

344

422

349

265

242

255

499

344

466

522

349

246

392

579

344

462

553

344

333

522

349

316

327

462

338

237

237

242

464

-

Dec.

372

535

358

242

456

323

237

386

444

324

224

371

492

462

444

444

330

219

385

676

566

703

657

528

344

290

806

1,370

861

847

742

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

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

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

May. .......;.........

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

650

a4

a3

a3

92

30

60

a540

a 400

f3

4

3

32

08

7S

384

403

2

3

5

95

44

28

504

498

1,0

1,0

1,C

20

20

50

a626

a440

aj

b4

a4

90

00

20

a 480

a250

al

al

f2

1,C

85

85

80

70

a950

Seoondfoot-days

9,577

11,231

15,440

1,479,854

15,611

132,878

291,820

182 , 070

62,716

40,139

53,362

30, 986

42 ,858

903,688

Feb.

a480

a260

*b284

285

190

458

812

709

1,050

2,120

2,010

1,250

2,670

3,800

7,450

6,250

4,260

5,380

k!6,400

k!5,300

klO,400

8,200

5,250

4,740

4,380

4,020

4,020

k7,650

12,800

_

-

Mar8,600

6,100

k7,710

15,400

kl 1,300

7,750

5,250

4,740

4,260

3,910

3,800

Ic9,340

22,200

19,400

18,900

k!2,800

8,800

6,700

8,350

10,300

7,000

6,700

4,500

4,380

4,020

3,910

3,800

3,800

3,800

k!8,000

36,100

Apr.

k!9,300

klO.500

7,600

6,400

6,250

4,870

4,380

4,020

4,020

3,600

3,800

3,190

3,130

2,660

1,390

2,440

2,700

3,570

4,620

k8,220

13,600

10,300

8,050

8.500

9.100

7,450

5,800

4,380

4,010

4,020

-

Observed

Maximum

716

579

1,370

86,100

1,070

16,400

36,100

19,300

8,800

s'flnn

3I550

5,930

36,100

Minimum

206

237

219

206

165

190

3,800

1,390

710

586

638

534

432

185

Mean

309

374

498

4,054

504

4 582

9Ul4

6,069

2*668

1» 338

1,721

1,000

1,429

2,483

Hay

5,250

8,600

7,900

5,380

4,380

3,570

3,800

3,100

3,020

2,690

2,460

875

850

2,450

2,480

2,250

2,030

1,640

716

710

2,320

1,640

1,140

1,290

1,210

950

735

2,020

2,590

2,410

2,060

June

2,200

805

1,010

1,720

2,180

1,970

2,010

1,970

657

657

1,140

1,360

1,280

1,220

SOS

605

586

1,000

1,030

1,320

1,290

1,820

1,190

605

1,090

1,590

2,100

1,780

2,390

756

-

Change in 

contents in

Great Falls 

Reservoir 

acre-feet)

-

-28,900

""

+1,300

July

1

1,

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

3

3

3

3

2

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

63S

140

640

800

798

180

670

650

360

770

380

890

920

950

340

980

170

680

eoo

050

210

440

220

090

280

770

390

696

590

300

570

to«.

1,510

1,430

1,520

770

594

1,360

1,230

1,090

791

756

683

5-79

1,150

722

1,250

933

1,100

1,160

657

540

579

756

534

683

756

553

560

760

1,030

1.400

3-550

Sept.

5,930

2,830

1,420

2,400

2,110

2,280

1,720

763

598

1*560

1,290

1,600

1,140

1,790

644

528

1,680

1,790

1,320

888

80S

610

444

934

1,580

1,520

1,020

798

646

438

«

Adjusted for change 

In reservoir contents

Mean

-

4,014

""

2,485

Per squere 

mile 1

~-

1.91

1.18

Run-off 

n Inches

_

-

25.93

16.06

Peak discharge.- Feb. 20 (2:30 a.m.) 18,600 sec.-ft.; Mar. 4 (12:30 p.m.) 17,600 sec.-ft.j Mar. 

31 (5 a.m.) 397900 sec.-ft.; Apr. 21 (6 p.m.) 14,600 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Rock Island, 

b Stage-diacharge relation affected by Ice. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, 

k Computed by using rate of change of atage aa a factor.
460 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Calfkiller River at Sparta, Tenn.

L°C!H£?:: Staff &&>1<£' 35°56'02", long. 85°27'32", at Sparta Water Co.'s pumping 

stream from Cherr' Creek upstream from Town Creek artf 7 miles dovmDralnaEe area..- 150 square miles.

Records available.- June 1932 to September 1940.

discharge observed during year, 5,420 second-feet ffcr. 30 (cape 

?ei!l4mfeenc0t'SlTed ' U SeCond-feet "« 15 ' 16 > 18 -' »*"»» W 

Maximum discharge observed, 11,100 second-feet Jan. 2, 1937 (gage helflit, 

o^e^SeS!^'^. 360011"-'6611 *»*' **' *' ^35; Vinimui^ge hefght

Remarks.- Records good except those below 30 second-feet or those for teriods of shifting control, which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

fJltli?8 table ' »»ter year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In aeoond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, May 28 to June 18 and Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

3.0

103

235

3.5 

4.0 

6.0

7.0

360

500

1,090

1,420

8.0

10.0

12.0

13.1

1,620

2,750

3,830

4,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

8

_9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30a

Oct.

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

IS

18

18

16

17

18

18

18

18

18

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

18

HOT.

20

22

23

23

22

23

23

23

20

20

22

22

22

22

22

17

17

17

20

23

22

28

22

18

20

18

17

18

17

17

Dec.

26

28

30

33

30

23

20

17

17

17

17

17

23

18

16

14

17

14

24

120

134

79

52

122

167

118

134

189

145

103

83

Jan.

63

55

44

42

37

30

33

30

28

28

86

44

83

111

334

224

145

120

99

79

67

55

55

52

48

46

33

35

35

39

37

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Fob H&i*eh ...........................

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

Hay.............................

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

33

33

33

35

40

148

558

334

271

1,570

1,190

674

416

880

645

500

388

560

970

850

674

529

416

360

360

334

493

2,090

1,150

_

-

Mar.

732

529

1,360

1,320

820

616

500

388

308

271

259

620

1,000

1,250

1,120

820

616

529

1,120

940

703

558

444

f388

416

388

388

416

602

4,490

3,170

Seeondfoot-daya

635

620

1,847

126,786

2,157

16,534 

27,281

18,058

8,864

4,699

3,079

2,762

1,137

87,673

Apr.

1,320

880

674

558

444

388

308

308

271

247

224

212

235

224

212

200

178

200

1,080

2,220

1,780

1,060

820

1,000

820

645

500

416

360

334

-

Maximum

22

28

189

7,470

334

2,090 

4,490

2,220

1,090

645

360

645

107

4,490

May

1,070

1,090

761

558

444

360

308

283

259

224

200

189

167

156

156

145

134

184

120

111

103

99

99

145

224

259

296

224

178

178

200

Minimum

16

17

14

14

26

33

259

178

99

75

44

33

83

14

June

156

134

118

105

134

114

134

118

114

118

105

109

224

178

134

109

109

134

235

247

178

134

116

107

95

87

75

103

845

330

July

189

134

134

134

116

99

91

103

103

99

91

87

83

79

71

91

360

145

103

71

79

75

67

71

67

63

59

46

44

48

75

Mean

20.5

20.7

59.6

347

69.6

570 

880

602

286

157

99.3

89.1

37.9

840

Aug.

Ill

87

67

46

44

86

95

71

52

44

40

37

40

44

44

44

37

40

59

55

44

48

52

46

44

37

33

66

645

388

212

P-<T> iquara 

mile

0.137

.138

.397

2.31

.464

3.80 

5.87

4.01

1.91

1.05

.662

.594

.853

1.60

Sept.

107

87

67

55

52

44

40

40

37

40

40

40

37

30

30

30

30

26

23

26

26

23

23

23

26

26

30

30

26

23

Run-off in 

inches

0.16

.15

.46

31.44

.53

4.10 

6.76

4.48

2.80

1.17

.76

.68

.28

21.73

f Computed on basis of estimated gage-height record.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Collins River near McMinnville, Term.

461

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°42'32", long. 85°43'46", at bridge on U. S.

Highway 70S. If miles (revised) downstream from Barren Fork and 2i miles northeast

of McMinrrville, Warren County. Datum of gage is 825.78 feet above mean sea level

(Sandy Hook datum). 

Drainage area.- 624 square miles. 

Records available.- April 1925 to September 1940. 

average QiscnargeT- 15 years, 1,149 second-feet. 

Extremes.- mximum discharge during year, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 13.30

reet); minimum, 44 second-feet Dec. 8 (gage height, 0.81 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 75,300 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 39.1

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 35 second-feet Sept. 21, 1930; minimum gage

height, 0.70 foot Oct. 16, 1931.

Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929. 

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

wnich are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant on Birren

Fork at McMinnville.

Rating table, ureter year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In fnt,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control metbod used May'20 to Sept. 30)

0.65

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

l.S

50

75

113

157

207

265

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

508

716

955

1,220

1,820

2,520

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.3

3,350

4,300

5,330

6,470

8,090

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

73 

117 

102 

107 

99

105 

91 

58 

85 

94

82 

97 

81 

86 

61

S6 

90 

94 

77 

97

76 

58 

53 

98 

98

94 

75 

60 

80 

112 

94

Nov.

SI 

es

85 

8S 

55

102 

107 

56 

106 

94

58 

72 

105 

67 

84

85

58 

105 

61 

153

a!50 

a!20 

»70 

a55 

a45

48 

52

104 

98 

57

Dec.

92 

117 

93 

126 

92

60 

108 

52 

93 

63

77 

79 

114 

63 

98

66

S4 

80 

116 

117

67 

113 

99 

139 

155

136 

155 

171 

159 

155 

146

Jan.

134 

124 

121 

115 

103

97 

96 

105 

97 

99

103 

122 

89 

133 

169

278 

265

218 

alSO 

a!16

al!4 

a!13 

bl!2 

alll 

allO

al06 

a!04 

a!02 

*b99 

a!04 

a!09

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May

Jun

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

TI

alendar year 19!59

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

al!2 

a!04 

97 

93 

111

203 

672 

694 

688 

2,280

3,530 

2,240 

1,500 

2,570 

2,230

1,620 

1,300 

3,180 

7,830 

5,110

3,090 

2,230 

1,690 

1,440 

1,360

1,320 

1,240 

3,500 

3,620

Mar.

2,380 

1,760 

4,190 

4,900 

3,180

2,160 

1,690 

1,440 

1,300 

1,130

1,130 

7,560 

8,090 

6,870 

5,700

3,620 

2,520 

2,090 

3,180 

2,380

1,880 

1,560 

1,360 

1,190 

1,100

1,100 

1,130 

1,060 

1,230 

8,190 

7,570

Second - 

foot-days

2,679 

2,529

3,305

467,036

3,917 

55,694 

94,640 

50,343 

20,480 

8,821 

20,637 

13,220 

7,643

383,808

Apr.

4,100 

2,680 

2,090 

2,020 

1.S2O

1,420 

1,220 

1,130 

1,000 

905

808 

808 

785

716 

694

650 

607 

1,090 

1,820 

2,600

3,090 

2,520 

2,090 

3,360 

3,000

2,160 

1,690 

1,320 

1,160 

1,000

Maximum

117 

153 

171

25,900

278 

7,830 

8,190 

4,100 

1,820 

586 

2,220 

2,300 

1,570

8,190

May

1,380 

1,820 

1,660 

1,300 

1,060

955 

832 

739 

660

650

327

471 

527 

443

437

434 

428 

392 

885

400

308 

286 

317 

608 

694

716 

739 

566 

463 

396 

407

Minimum

53 

46 

52

46

89 

93 

1,060 

607 

285 

181 

216 

165 

80

46

June

490 

365 

396

337 

314

294 

260 

289 

221 

249

199 

843 

256 

235

266

213 

264 

246 

283 

271

256 

217 

181 

259 

686

344

300 

330 

400 

327

July

361 

290 

273 

531 

471

382 

327 

542 

1,100 

980

672 

566 

856

1,100 

808

739 

2,220 

1,820 

1,130 

955

739 

607 

471 

396 

348

322 

846

215 

243 

227 

701

Mean

86.4 

84.3 

107

1,280

126 

1,917 

3,053 

1,678 

661 

894 

656 

426 

666

776

A'l«.

524 

316 

284 

221 

240

199 

424 

398 

364 

273

224 

234 

206 

187 

840

208 

891 

285 

1,140 

373

269 

221 

216 

208 

169

193 

174 

165 

684 

£,000 e,30o

Per square 

mile

0.13? 

.13" 

.171

2.0E

.2C2 

3.07 

4.89 

2.69 

1.06 

.471 

1.07 

.683 

.409

1.24

Sapt.

1,570 

S80 

607 

432 

352

293 

284 

229 

231 

178

187 

153 

155

138 

131

146 

148 

186 

136 

138

120 

91 

118 

134

144

119 

82 

80 

129 

109

Run-off In 

inches

0.16 

.15 

.20

27.85

.23 

3.31 

5.64 

3.00 

1.28 

.53 

1.23 

.79 

.46

16.92

Peak disonaraa Mar. 13 (9i30 p.»«) 10,600 see.-ft.j Mar. 30 (9 p.m.) 10,700 seo.-f<7. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on Barren Pork near Trousdale and Calfkiller River at Sparta, 

b Stage-dlecharge relation affected by ice.
462 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Barren Fork near Trousdale, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°39'55", long. 85°53'00", at highway bridge on 

Trousaale-McMinnville pike, 3i miles east of Trousdale, Warren County, and 4 miles 

downstream from confluence of South Prong and Flggs Branch. Prior to May 27, 1940, 

staff gage 300 feet downstream at same datum. '

Drainage area.- 132 square miles.

Records available.- June 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,260 second-feet Mar. 12 (gage height, 

7.S4 reet); minimum observed, 45 second-feet Dec. 15, 16, Jan. 28, 29, Sept. 23; minimum gage height observed, 1.06 feet Jan. 28, 29.

1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 13,400 second-feet Jan. 2, 1937 (gage height, 

13.30 feet); minimum observed, 36 second-feet Sept. 27, Oct. 1-7, 1935; minimum gage 

height observed, 1.00 foot Sept. 16-23, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of shifting control, which are fair. Some 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills on tributaries. Staff gage read 

twice dally Oct. 1 to May 27.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Feb. 5)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 12 Mar. 13 to Sep*:. 30

1.1 54 2.1 265 4.5 1,210 1.05 42 1.6 146 

1.2 68 2.4 355 5.0 1,460 1.2 67 1.8 188 

1.4 100 2.6 485 6.0 2,060 1.4 106 2.1 265 

1.6 140 3.2 635 6.5 2,420 Note.- Same as p-eced1.8 185 3.6 800 Ing table above 2.1 feet. 

2.0 237 4.0 980

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1939-40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

58 

57 

57 

54 

54

54 

54 

54 

54 

54

54 

54 

54 

54 

54

54 

54 

54 

54 

54

54 

54 

54 

54

54

54 

54 

54 

54 

54 

54

Nov.

54 

53 

54 

54 

53

51 

53 

54 

53 

51

53 

51 

50 

50 

50

50 

49 

49 

51 

51

53 

50 

50 

50 

50

49 

46 

46 

46 

48

Dec.

54 

57 

54 

50 

49

49 

49 

49 

48 

46

46 

46 

48 

48 

45

45 

50 

48 

54 

62

51 

48 

55 

83 

68

64 

71 

64 

61 

58 

58

 Tan.

58 

58 

55 

55 

54

53 

53 

53 

53 

53

53 

55 

55 

70 

71

64 

62 

58 

58 

53

53 

53 

53 

53 

50

48 

46 

45 

45 

51 

54

Feb.

50 

50 

50 

50 

54

123 

131 

90 

171 

4S5

310 

198 

198 

251 

185

162 

189 

1,260 

1,100 

675

635 

325 

251 

224 

224

198 

297 

635 

370

liar.

280 

251 

1,070 

595 

355

280 

251 

237 

198 

174

220 

2,410 

1,320 

1,160 

675

485 

325 

462 

1,020 

485

355 

2SO 

252 

238 

238

265 

265 

225 

293 

2,240 

1,050

Apr.

4S5 

385 

310 

400 

340

252 

225 

200 

188 

177

166 

188 

177 

166 

156

156 

156 

425 

675 

595

485 

355 

555 

485 

325

265 

238 

200 

188 

188

Month foot-Says mxl »

Octc 

Nove

Dece

Cc

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year 1931

ter year 1939-4C

1,684 58 

1, 522 54 

1,678 83

92,746 6,980

1,697 71 

8,941 1,260 

17,954 2,410 

9,106 675 

4,817 450 

2,521 108 

2,363 285 

3,754 498 

1,652 86

58,189 2,410

May

450 

- 310 

225 

200 

177

166 

156 

146 

136 

136

126 

126 

116 

118 

126

126 

118 

110 

10S 

106

9S 

98 

102 

225 

188

200 

156 

126 

118 

114 

110

Minimum

54 

46 

45

45

45 

50 

174 

156 

98 

69 

55 

58 

45

45

June

102 

98 

96 

94 

92

90 

88 

86 

82 

90

86 

80 

SO 

80 

78

80 

88 

82 

76 

75

71 

71 

71 

86 

78

71 

69 

100 

108 

73

July

71 

69 

73 

75 

71

67 

69 

82 

78 

109

80 

126 

150 

96 

88

103 

98 

86 

76 

73

69 

67 

65 

65 

65

64 

64 

58 

55 

2S5 

266

Aug.

218 

88 

75 

69 

65

176 

193 

80 

73 

71

65 

64 

64 

60 

58

71 

126 

276 

498 

120

94 

80 

78 

92 

96

73 

67 

64 

334 

156 

110

« « "'.ar*

54.3 0.411 

50.7 .384 

54.1 .410

254 1.92

54.7 .414 

308 2 . 33 

579 4.39 

304 2.30 

155 1.17 

S4.0 .636 

92.4 .700 

121 .917 

55.1 .417

159 1.20

Sept.

86 

78 

73 

69 

65

64 

58 

58 

57 

55

55 

53 

52 

50 

50

50 

48 

48 

47 

47

47 

47 

45 

47 

57

53 

50 

48 

48 

47

Run-off In 

Inches

0.47 

.43 

.47

26.12

.48

2.52 

5.06 

2.57 

1.36 

.71 

.81 

1.06 

.47

16.41
CUMBEBLAND RIVER BASIN 

Falling Water River near Cookeville, Tenn.

463

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°04'00", long. 85°31'30", at Burgess Mill, 1 mile upstream

rrom post Oak Creek and 5 miles south of Cookeville, Putnam County. 

Drainage area.- 73.3 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1932 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 2,300 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 16.70

reet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 2.9 second feet Nov. 16-18, 27, 28 (ease

height, 1.44 feet).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, 5,130 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 23.10 feet,

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 0.9 second-foot Oct. 15, 1936

(gage height, 1.13 feet).

Floods of June 28, 1928, and Mar. 23, 1929, reached stages of 24.1 feet (discharge,

5,630 second-feet) and 23.5 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 5,330 second-feet),

respectively. 

Remarks.- Records fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill Just

acove gage. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1959-40 (gage height, In feet and discharge, 

(Shifting-control method used July 31 to Aug. SB, Sept. 21-24,

In second-feet) 

29, 30)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 30 Mar. 31 to Septr 30

1,46

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

3.0

4.0

6,2

9.0

13

IS

24

2.6

3.0

5.0

7.0

S.7

10.0

12.8

61

101

268

442

634

816

1,250

8.7 634

10.0 790

12.0 1,030

13.0 1,180

14.1 1,460

Kote.- Same as

preceding table

below 8,7 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year Oetol»er 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.6

5,3

4.9

4.9

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3,6

3,6

3,6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3,6

3,4

3.2

3.4

3.8

5.6

5.8

6.8

4.9

Nov.

4.4

4,4

4,4

4.9

7.0

6.2

6.S

4.2

4,0

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.9

3.0

3.6

4.0

4.9

6,2

dB.6

d4,9

d4.0

d3.4

2.9

02.9

d3.2

d4.0

-

Dee.

5.1

6,3

6.3

4.9

4.4

4.0

4.0

4.7

6,8

6.2

6.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4,0

4,0

4.0

4.0

7.7

46

26

12

14

44

42

82

29

32

23

18

14

Jan.

13

13

11

9.0

8,7

8.4

8.4

7.6

6.8

6.8

6.8

9.0

6.7

17

53

31

22

IS

16

14

8.7

6.4

7.9

d7.6

d7.3

<J7.3

d7.3

d7.6

8.2

14

7.3

Month i

Kovember. .......................

Jan

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-<10 ...........

Feb.

6.2

8,2

7.6

6.8

6.2

66

208

69

62

317

* 246

117

85

133 n~7

89

73

204

352

271

21S

165

126

109

97

81

134

626

298

-

Mar.

189

141

358

362

205

149

126

101

86

73

61

223

280

388

325

246

181

216

538

343

213

166

133

109

97

97

117

117

117

1,250

1,470

Secondfoot-days

135.8

124.4

412.9

47,167.1

379.8 

4,180.0

8,463

6,337

8,758

980

563.8

1,029.4

312.1

25,606.2

Apr.

517

316

229

181

167

133

109

97

86

77

77

73

73

73

61

67

50

123

612

862

610

362

271

280

213

173

141

117

109

109

Maximum

6.2

7,0

46

2,980

53 

526

1,470

862

396

81

89

479

34

1,470

May

396

343

221

149

125

101

93

81

73

69

61

67

60

47

57

53

42

39

37

36

34

34

33

69

86

93

77

61

63

48

41

Minimum

3.2

2.9

4,0

2.9

6.8 

6.2

61

BO

33

16

7.»

7.3

5.5

2.9

June

37

36

34

37

66

34

29

28

36

32

34

27

34

32

28

23

23

23

25

23

22

20

IS

26

22

16

16

25

81

36

July

27

23

30

23

18

16

14

20

16

21

20

18

19

16

14

13

12

11

11

11

10

9.8

9.0

8,2

14

11

8.7

8.2

7.9

26

89

Mean

4.38

4.15

13.3

129

12.3 

144

273

211

89.0

30.7

17.9

33.2

10.4

70.0

AUT.

ao1"i«?

1=5

1?

11

12

17

10

8.7

8.2

7.3

8.2

8.4

8.2

7.9

7.6

8.2

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.3

9.4

471'

20."'

67

Per square 

mile

0,060

.067

.181

1.76

.168 

1.96

3.72

2.88

1.21

.419

.244

* .453

.142

.966

Sept.

34

26

20

16

12

11

10

9.4

S.T

8,4

8.7

10

9.8

9.8

9.0

8.7

0 g

7^9

7,9

7.3

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.0

8.4

8.2

7.9

7.3

,6.6

5.5

Run-off In 

inches

0.07

.06

.21

23.93

.10 

2.18

4.29

3.88

1.40

.47

.28

.68

.16

3».99

d Doubtful gage-height reoordj discharge computed on basis of weather records and records tme 

Roaring River near Hilham.
464 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Stone River near Smyrna, Tenn.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°00'00", long. 86°27'35", at highway 

bridge at Jerrerson Springs, li miles downstream from confluence of Erst and West 

Forks of Stone River, 3i miles upstream from Falls Creek, and 3i miles northeast of 

Smyrna, Rutherford County. Datum of gage is 459.76 feet above mean sea level (Sandy 

Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 552 square mi lee.

Records^ available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 912 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,500 second-feet Mar. 30; maximum gage

neignt, 17.90 feet Mar. 30; minimum discharge, 5.5 second-feet Sept. 16 (gage height, 

0.S2 foot/) 

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 45,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 36.5 

feet), from rating curve extended above 26,000 second-feet on basis of slope-area 

studies as determined from profile and map of Corps of Engineers, U, S. Army; minimum, 0.8 second-foot Aug. 17, 22, 1925 (gage height, 0.50 foot). 

Maximum stage known, 43.4 feet in March 1902.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of backwater from aquatic vegetation, 

which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by small power plantn on both forks.

Discharge, In sacond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

SO 

15 

13 

26 

28

19 

20 

19 

12 

9.2

18 

16 

14 

16 

15

10 

8.0 

12 

10 

10

9.2 

9.2 

13 

9.2 

10

9.2

19 

80 

20 

14 

9.2

Hov,

7.5

13 

13 

16

13

12 

7.5 

10 

9.2 

12

15 

18 

13 

9.2 

9.2

13 

12 

16 

80 

19

19 

22 

23 

86 

26

26 

14 

6.5 

7,0 

15

Dee.

23

18 

23 

22

14

23 

28 

19 

18 

18

10 

6.0 

16 

18 

20

19 

19 

19 

16 

31

78 

50 

44 

344 

473

275 

378 

533 

306 

211 

167

Jan.

129 

105 

88 

80 

70

50 

48 

40 

44 

48

48 

48 

141 

254 

838

478 

314 

230 

170 

157

126 

94 

91 

38 

88

86 

78 

61 

54 

54 

68

Month

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

uary

ust::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

56 

48 

52 

80 

91

441 

1,260 

674 

609 

5,320

2,860 

1,490 

1,040 

1,720 

1,380

1,010 

818 

7,310 

6,820 

3,650

2,500 

1,880 

1,490 

1,220 

1,120

940 

919 

2,860 

1,880

Mar.

1,340 

1,040 

Z, ISO 

E,160 

1,490

1,120 

912 

824 

753 

636

642 

fell, 500 

7,040 

5,740 

3,750

2,330 

1,720 

1,490 

5,420 

2,690

1,760 

1,340 

1,080 

940 

844

919 

1,040 

940 

1,040 

k!2,600 

7,730

Seeondfoot-days

461.2 

441-.1 

3,223

370,728

4,266 

51,538 

84,910 

61,803 

18,835 

2,877 

3,541 

2,672 

494.5

235,063

Apr.

3,250 

2,180 

1,640 

E.500 

2,040

1,380 

1,120 

f 1,190 

f 975 

f 740

642 

838 

844 

686 

599

533 

488 

5,780 

10,200 

6,630

3,850 

2,420 

2,590 

8,770 

l f 880

1,480 

1,150 

940 

818 

740

Maximum

30 

26 

533

27,300

838 

7,310 

12,600 

10,200 

3,750 

284 

498 

555 

48

12,600

May

3,750 

2,160 

1,410 

1,080 

S64

782 

685 

558 

508 

473

430 

383 

346 

319 

,319

360 

306 

863 

242

211

188 

174 

196 

306 

699

493 

498 

365 

275 

286 

196

Minimum

8.0 

6.5 

6.0

6.0

40 

48 

636 

488 

174 

44 

25 

25 

6.0

6.0

June

170 

151 

141 

129

117

105 

94 

91 

75 

97

102 

86 

129 

88 

73

70 

54 

7B 

73 

66

61 

58 

44 

50 

52

46 

44 

95 

284 

157

July

97 

86 

73 

73 

63

48 

42 

38 

46 

269

123 

433 

493 

230 

144

132 

170 

151 

94 

75

54 

54 

50 

54 

36

34 

33 

28 

25 

100 

198

Mean

14.9

14.7 

104

1,016

138 

1,777 

2,739 

2,060 

608 

95.9 

114 

86.2 

16.5

642

Aug.

555 

2S4 

123 

75 

56

52 

63 

91 

56 

50

40 

42 

33 

56 

88

28 

25

48 

174 

154

78 

66 

61 

74 

94

68 

48 

44 

44 

42 

38

Pr" square 

mile

0.027 

.027 

.188

1.84

.250 

3.22 

4.96 

3.73 

1.10 

,174 

,207 

.156 

X>30

1.16

Sept.

48 

38 

38 

36 

28

BS

16 

15 

12 

10

14 

12 

10 

10 

8.0

6.0 

8.0 

7,0 

6.5 

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

6.5 

10 

19

14 

16 

22 

22 

18

Run-off in 

Inches

0.03 

.03 

.22

84.97

,29 

3.47 

5,72 

4.16 

1.27 

 IB 

.24 

.18 

.03

15.83

Peak discharge... Mar. 12 (1:30 p.m.) 15,500 sac.-ft; Mar. 30 (8 p.m.) 16,600 sec.-ft.

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Hote.- Backwater from aquatic vegetation Oct. 1 to Dec. 24, May'16 to Sept. 3Pj discharge computed 

on basis of eight discharge measurements, gage heights, and records'for stations near Done Is on, 

above Donelson, and Weat Pork of stone River near Murfreesborp."
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 465

Stone River above Donelson, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°04'25", long. 86°33'30", half a mile downstream 

from Hurricane Creek, 3.3 miles upstream from county highway bridge at Couchvllle, 

82- miles southeast of Donelson, Davldson County, and 17.7 miles upstream froir mouth. 

Auxiliary wire-weight gage on county highway bridge, at Couchvllle, 3.3 mllee downstream. Datum of each gage Is 400.00 feet above mean sea Isvel (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 834 square miles.

Records available.- April to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 17,200 second-feet April 19 (gage height, 

33.6i feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Sept. 21, 22 (gage height, 10.73 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 59.6 feet In March 1902, from high-water profile by 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, wMch are

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 12 discharge measurements 

rurnisnea by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, Apr. 16 to Sept. 30 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

10.7 

10.S 

11.0 

11.3 

11.7 

12.3 

12.7

8

16

39

81

155

280

415

13.0

14.0

16.0

20.0

24.0

28.0

32.8

545

1,040

2,130

4,830

7,960

11,600

16,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

IS 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

S3 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan.

Month

Oct 

Hoy 

Dec

0

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

AptMay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

11 16-30

ater year

Feb. liar.

Second - 

foot-days

61,060 

86,946 

4,313 

4,688 

4,407 

849

-

Apr.

740 

640 

6,240 

16,400 

9,S70

5,7SO 

3,640 

3,430 

4,410 

S,S70

2,190 

1,720 

1,390 

1,240 

1,090

Maxlnuffi

16,400 

6,080 

430 

640 

610 

74

-

May

6,020 

5,960 

2,190 

1,600 

1,890

1,090 

940 

790 

690 

615

522

455 

398 

380 

562

3SO 

562 

295 

268 

245

235 

215 

215 

245 

617

640 

640 

455 

328 

26B 

256

Minimum

640 

215 

60 

37 

40 

11

-

June

215 

196 

175 

165 

155

145 

126 

149 

202 

126

175 

145 

175 

185 

135

115 

115 

110 

115 

108

94 

83 

76 

62 

66

68 

63 

60 

430 

280

July

185 

135 

126 

104 

94

85 

72 

63 

63 

214

2S5 

311 

640 

3S9 

235

1S5 

205 

225 

165 

10S

85 

69 

65 

62 

63

48 

44 

43 

38 

37 

255

Mean

4,070 

869 

144 

161 

142 

28.3

-

AU7.

484 

510 

225

146 

104

83 

191 

155 

126 

94

115 

75 

68 

68 

56

48 

40 

75 

240 

235

165 

10S 

92 

86 

117

126 

94 

102 

135 

158 

97

Sept.

72 

74 

59 

68 

53

47 

39 

29 

28 

26

a23

a22 

a22 

a21 

a!8

al6 

a!4 

13 

14 

12

12 

11 

11 

14 

29

25 

B3 

20 

19 

26

Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

4.88 2.72 

1.04 1,20 

.17? .19 

.181 .21 

.17C .20 

.034 .04

-

Ho gage-height rscord; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Donelson,
466 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Stone River near Donelson, Tenn.

Locatlon (revisedj.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°09'05'1 , long. 86°37'05", at County highway bridge/ £.8 miles southeast of Donelson, Davidson County, and 7.15 miles upstream 

from mouth. Auxiliary wire-weight gage at bridge on U. S. Highway 77, 3.25 miles 

downstream. Datum of each gage is 382.00 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 880 square miles.

Reco-rds available.- January 1939 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 27,000 second-feet Mar. 30; maximum gage height, 

39.38 feet Mar. 30, 'from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 10 

second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 8.09 feet).

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 33,700 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939; maximum gage height, 

45.71 feet Feb. 4, 1939, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge, that of 

Sept. 24, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 54.5 feet in March 1902, from high-water profile.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for period Oct. 1 to Feb. 7, which are poor. Gages 

read*twice daily.

Cooperation.- Gage readings and results of 15 discharge measurements furnished by Corps 

of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

84

26

26

24

20

19

36

28

23

23

S3

22

SO

17

16

14 

17

17

17

d!7

d!7

d!6

d!6

d!6 die

d!6 

029

d28

d26

d22

19

Nov.

18

17

18

18

IS

18

18

17

16

16

16

14

14

17

19

19 

20

20

20

84

26

26

26

28

23

26

26

26

28

28

-

Dec.

24

22

20

23

37

36

31

30

31

30

30

30

29

26

26

26 

26

2S

29

46

91

108

US

148

660

710 

770

830

690

310

220

Jan.

d!87

d!69

d!2S

dlOB

d92

080

d62 dee

d67

66

66

66

108

230

830

680 

470

336

240

blS7

b!69

b!36

b!26

bl!6

b!06

blOO 

b98

b94

*bB7

b82

b83

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

bB9

86

S2

91

114

310

1,670

1,190

1,640

7,000

6,730

2,530

1,640

2,160

2,260

1,630 

1,090

6,360

11,300

6,640

4,720

3,530

2,430

1,920

1,640

1,890 

1,180

3,150

2,920

_

-

Mar.

1,890

1,010

1,850

3,300

8,070

1,680

1,840

970

910

960

740

9,360

12,400

7,680

6,670

4,230 

2,910

2,160

6,300

4,700

2,660

2,090

1,670

1,240

1,070

1,160 

1,540

1,610

3,650

16,SOO

18,300

Second - 

foot-days

647

621

5,033

5,370

74,171 

123,120

94 012

27 768

4/192

4*886

4,019

848

344,686

Apr.

6,660

3,120

2,020

3,040

3,110

2,640

a2,220

1,870

1,870

1,150

885

820

1,160

996

910

838 

750

4,480

16,600

10,300

6,700

3,800

3,860

3,980

2,730

2,290 

1,330

1,490

1,200

1,000

-

Maximum

36

OQ<oo

830

830

11,300

18,300

16,500

6,600 

360

690

660

64

18,300

May

5,600

4,900

2,440

1,730

1,290

1,060

902

802

744

590

530

470

410

360

360

360 

360

310

885

860

260

340

220

240

600

620 

606

484

373

256

217

Minimum

14

14

20

66

82

740

750

2i7 

6S

44

41

11

11

June

210

173

173

148

148

136

122

118

280

122

148

148

136

204

136

112 

112

108

112

106

106

100

36

72

72

73 

64

58

360

310

Jx'ly

187

136

122

102

94

91

SO

73

73

136

336

187

590

440

220

173 

220

336

204

116

102

76

69

69

64

64 

49

44

46

148

240

Mean

20.9

20.7

168

T Ji mfO

2,558

3 978 

3*134

396

140

168 

130

26*3

942

Aug.

260

660

240

148

37

76

122

159

116

86

96

74

60

58

47

49 

41

47

187

220

173

106

82

73

1O2

1O2 

36

96

220

130

118

JT square 

mile

0,024

.024

.184

""

.197

2

Q-1

 Wi

4.61

3.66

1.O2

.169 

.180

.148 

.032

1.07

Sept.

64

68

68

62

62

47

41

37

SO

23

24

23

24

84

23

20 

20

16

14

16

14

13

11

26

25

84

20"1ft

J.O

16

14

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03'

.03

gl

23 siis

6.20

3.97

1.17

«X65>-i Si

.17

04

14.67

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Smyrna.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

station near Smyrna.

Note.- Discharge Feb. 9 to Apr. 6, Apr. 8 to May 10, May 27 to June 1, June 21-26 computed by 

using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary wire-weight gage as a factor.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 467

West Fork of Stone River near Murfreesboro, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°49'20", long. 86°25'03", at bridge on State

 Highway 99, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Middle Fork and 24 miles southwest of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County.

Drainage area.- 119 square miles.

Records available.- June 1932 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,880 second-feet Mar. 12 (gage height, 12.78

 feet): minimum, 0.5 second-foot Sept. 18, 19 (gage height, 0.57 foot).

1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 13,100 second-feet Mar. 24, 1934 (gage height, 

16.90 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

0.4 second-foot Oct. 9, 1935 (gags height, 0.56 foot). 

Maximum stage known, 25.0 feet in March 1902.

Remarks.- Records fair.

Eating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect and of backwater from leaves 

and a<piatic vegetation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.6

4.1

5.5

9.8

17

28

43

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

2.8 

3.0 

3.5

61

87

154

244

311

495

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

e.6

695

1,140

1,630

2,220

2,950

3,430

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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

SB

29

30

31

Oct.

2,5

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1,0

1.1

1,0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.3

Hov.

1.3

1.2

1.2

1,3

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

2.3

3.1

2.3

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

-

Dec.

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.6

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

2.2

2.5

2.3

5.9

13

144

101

60

174

146

81

59

47

Jan.

40

a33

a27

a26

a23

22

SO

18

17

16

18

20

48

186

254

139

99

a60

a43

a34

a27

b24

a24

a22

a21

a20

a!4

*b!5

a!5

a!7

a!6

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939 10 ...........

Feb.

a!5

a!5

19

26

37

320

304

179

301

1,490

595

381

355

593

364

276

265

2,930

1,180

892

615

476

360

325

297

238

519

796

467

-

Mar.

336

263

772

472

332

257

206

231

182

154

566

3,470

1,330

1,380

735

515

381

604

1,080

495

360

286

285

206

191

218

200

176

238

3,400

960

Secondfoot-days

39.7

44.4

862.7

83,635.4

1,358

14,620

20,211

12,114

3,197

447,9

171.1

394.6

47.4

53,607.8

Apr.

555

37S

294

558

294

218

194

162

134

114

103

152

118

97

86

76

72

1,7BO

2,110

1,050

675

457

646

484

346

266

218

179

162

146

-

Maximum

2.5

3.1

174

6,640

254

2,930

3,470

2,110

491

40

51

120

3.9

3,470

May

491

2S3

197

152

127

107

91

83

£6

71

63

68

63

49

78

71

54

47

41

37

33

29

37

93

125

231

146

95

71

59

49

Minimum

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.0

14

15

154

72

29

5.1

1.8

1.8

.5

.5

June

40

35

30

26

22

19

17

24

26

19

17

15

14

13

12

11

11

10

9.3

8.8

8.4

7.6

6.6

6.6

6.8

6.3

5.1

8.3

7.2

5.9

-

July

4,8

4,4

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.2

4.7

5.1

4.8

4.1

3.9

3.8

a3.8

a3.7

a3.6

3.6

4.0

5,4

5.9

4.8

4.5

3.9

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.3

2.0

1.8

2.3

51

Mean

1.88

1.48

27.8

229

43.8

504

652

404

103

14.9

5.52

12.7

1.58

146

Au?.

120

23

11

6.6

5.2

6.2

8.8

6.1

4.8

4.5

3.9

3.6

 &.B 3.1

2.3

2.0

1.8

5.5

ZZ

3=

20

15

10

1«

15

9.6

6.4

5.4

6.3

5.2

4.5

Per square 

mile

0.011

.01?

.234

1.92

,36£

4.24

5.48

3.39

.866

.12F

.04f

,10T .oir

1.23

Sept.

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.0

2.7

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.6

.5

.7

.7

.8

1.2

1.2

3.0

1.3

1.0

.9

.8

.8

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.01

.01

.27

26.12

.42

4.57

6.32

3,79

1.00

.14

.05

.12

.01

16.71

Peak dlsel 

(SlSO p.m.)

charge.- Mar. 12 (7 a.m.) 6,S8O second-feet; Mar. 30 {5 a.m.) 5,720 second-feet; Mar. 30

5,140 second-feet.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Stone 

River at Smyrna.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note.- Backwater from leaves on control and aquatic vegetation Oct. 1 to Dee. 22, July 21 to Sept. 

30; discharge computed on basis_.of six discharge measurements and gage heights.
468 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Harpeth River at Bellevlew, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°03'00", long. 86°56'08n , at bridge on State 

Hignway 100, three-eighths of a mile downstream from Little Harpeth River and 1 mile 

southeast of Belleview, Davidson County.

Drainage area.- 404 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1940. April 1920 to October 1929 and 

January 193£ to September 1933 at site 2i miles downstream.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1920-29, 1932-40), second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,780 second-feet Apr. 19 (gfge height, 15.46 

feet); minimum, 2.3 second-feet Sept. 16-19 (gage height, 0.87 foot).

1920-29, 1932-40: Maximum discharge observed, 20,200 second-feet (revised) 

Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 22.3 feet, site then in use), from rating curve extended 

above 10,000 second-feet on basis of flood profile of January 1937; no flow on several 

days in October 1932.

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

which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

p

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23 

24 

25

26

0>7 j£ r

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

5,4

3.8

4.8

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.8

3.4

3.0

3.0.

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6

2.6

3,0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0

3.4

Nov.

6.7

6.0

6.0

5.4

4.8

4.6

6.0

6.7

7.4

8.2

10

12

13

18

15

12

10

10

12

18

36

19 

15 

10 

8.2

6.7

6;7 

5.4 

6.0 

6.7

-

Dec.

alO

a!6

alS

all

13

11

10

10

9.1

6.2

7.4

6.7

e.2

9.1

9.1

12

11

9.1

10

11

11

13 

20 

82 

122

98

91 

117 

112 

73

56

Jan.

46

b38

b27

b21

b!7

b!6

b!5

b!5

b!5

b!5

b!8

27

38

86

217

164

106

80

b54

b32

b25

b!9 

blB 

b!8 

b!8

b!8

b!8 

«b!8 

b!8 

b!8

b!8

Month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

b!9

b21

b23

b29

40

80

246

260

385

2,480

1,560

758

563

611

537

433

391

2,440

3,200

1,770

1,300

985 

800 

678 

622

527

632 

1,340 

1,050

-

Mar.

800

638

794

861

666

568

482

457

414

364

490

4,070

4,560

3,060

2,020

1,450

1,110

1,130

2,340

1,480

1,080

892

712 

644 

589

633

800 

724 

a2,150 

a7,300

a7,800

Secondfoot-daya

98.8

311 . 7

999 . 9

199,169.0

1,255

23,680

51,068

46,363

11,530

1,830

1,395

838.1

306.4

139,725.9

Apr.

a3,000

1,770

1,330

2,280

1,520

1,050

861

800

661

547

482

487

447

396

360

321

297

2,650

9,000

5,090

2,480

1,640 

1,900 

1,830 

1,330

1,080

892 

729 

633 

600

Maximum

5.4

36

122

9 * O4O

217

3,200

7,800

9,000

2,440

490

213

135

76

9,000

May

2,440

1,380

985

753

611

512

438

386

330

301

268

236

216

193

183

190

166

153

144

136

125

116 

123 

154 

198

207

160 

128 

111 

104

93

Minimum

2*6

4.8

6.7

1.6

15

19

364

297

93

82

7.4

6.0

2.3

2.3

June

34

77

73

71

64

60

56

52

46

48

62

56

44

46

44

42

42

40

36

32

32

25 

23 

23 

23

22

22 

22

490 

123

July

66

48

38

36

32

27

29

36

108

213

120

75

68

48

44

74

84

48

34

27

27

22

18 

16 

13

11

10 

10 

8.2 

7.4

7.4

Mean

3 .19

10.4 

32*3

546

40.5

817

1,647

1,545

372

62.7

45.0

27.0

10.2

382

Aug.

22

25

27

19

13

10

9.1

32

27

18

16

15

16

11

9.1

8.2

7.4

7.4

62

56

25

17 

12 

11 

10

8.2

6.7 

6.0 

108 

135

89

Per square 

mile

0.0079

.026

.Uou

1.35

.100

2.02

4.08

3.82

 

QOT 9JGJ.

.155

.111

.067

.025

.946

Sept.

76

27

17

10

8.2

6.7

6.0

4.8

4.3

3.4

3.0

2.6

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

2.6

2

«T 

 O

2 9 

 a

2.6

3.4

3.8 

3.4 

4.3

6,0

64

18 

6.7 

3,8

2 e O

Run-off in 

inches

0.009

.03

.09

18 * 34*

.12

2.18

4.70

4.27

1.06

.17

.13

.08

.03

12.87

Peak discharge.- 9,780 sec.-ft. (3 p.m.) Apr. 19.

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station rear Kingston Springs.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 469

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°07'18", long. 87°Q5'56* t 400 feet upstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 2 miles northeast of Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, 

and 3 miles downstream from Turnbull Creek. Datum or gage is 447.81 feet above mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 687 square miles.

Records available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 940 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 18,000 second-feet Mar» 30 (gage height, 19.10 

feet); minimum, 20 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 0.45 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge observed, 28,500 second-feet Feb. 3, 1932 (gage height, 

25.3 feet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet. Figure of 28,000 

second-feet Mar. 13, 1927, erroneously reported as maximum discharge in previous watersupply papers. Minimum discharge, 12 second-feet Sept. 16, 1939; minimum gage height 

observed, 0.26 foot Sept. 24, 1931.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height 

record, which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by mill at 

Newsom 15 miles above station.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 16 discharge measurements 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. S

0.55 

.6

.8 

1.0

26

31

46

61

1.5 

1.8

2.0

2.1

176

237

297

335

.7

.S

1.0

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

113

150

190

237

290

Feb. 9 to Sept.'SO 

2.3 412 5.0 

2.6 575 6.0 

3.0 795 8.0 

3.5 1,100 10.0 

4.0 1,430 12.0

2,160

2,950

4,620

6,320

8,200

14.0

16.0

16.8

10,500

13,200

14,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

54 

52 

40 

42 

37

38 

36 

31 

31 

32

61 

49 

42 

43 

36

29 

28 

31 

37 

29

36 

28 

28 

827 

a26

a26 

a27 

a28 

a28 

a27 

a30

NOT.

a56 

46 

43 

43 

43

43 

49 

52 

56 

50

67 

61 

55 

48 

46

52 

52 

56 

80 

173

119 

99 

96 

83 

77

71 

64 

61 

60 

61

Dec.

82 

106 

93 

77 

83

82 

71 

67 

66 

61

61 

60 

71 

77 

72

67 

66 

69 

69 

SO

SO 

67 

91 

205 

184

195 

237 

207 

197 

164 

145

Jan.

bl!5 

b83 

b75 

b67 

b63

b60 

b60 

b60 

b63 

*D72

104 

119 

114 

273 

316

361 

256 

193 

b!54 

b!32

bl!5 

blOl 

b90 

b80 

b72

b67 

b64 

b64 

«b64 

a64 

a 64

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

11

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-

Feb.

a65 

a66 

866 

a70 

aBO

al80 

a260 

a300 

740 

3,770

2,870 

1,460 

1,040 

1,000 

975

795 

685 

2,470 

4,880 

2,790

2,020 

1,540 

1,230 

1,040 

975

855 

825 

1,430 

1,570

Mar.

1,200 

1,000 

1,160 

1,330 

1,070

915 

795 

740 

685 

 614

648 

6,250 

7,500 

5,300 

3,350

2,240 

1,680 

1,880 

4,110 

2,710

1,790 

1,430 

1,200 

1,040 

975

975 

1,230 

1,260 

3,580 

12,200 

12,600

Seeondfoot-daya

1,089 

1,961 

3,252

338,514

3,590 

36,047 

83,457 

74,748 

19,928 

4,154 

3,841 

2,306 

1,230

235,603

Apr.

4,830 

2,870 

2,020 

3,600 

2,870

1,720 

1,430 

1,360 

1,160 

975

835 

975 

915 

795 

712

641 

575 

2,370 

14,400 

9,470

4,110 

2,710 

2,390 

2,790 

2,020

1,600 

1,360 

1,160 

1,040 

945

Vajcl3&um

61 

173 

237

12,200

361 

4,880 

12,600 

14,400 

3,100 

407 

318 

211 

118

14,400

May

3,100 

2,710 

1,640 

1,300 

1,070

915 

768 

685 

597 

531

470 

403 

358 

326 

342

312 

290 

268 

260 

244

230 

218 

260 

315 

372

592 

384 

290 

247 

223 

208

Minimum

26 

43 

60

16

60 

65 

614 

575 

208 

77 

51 

43 

22

22

June

190 

178 

170 

158 

150

144 

134 

130 

130 

120

118 

127 

125 

113 

116

130 

148 

123 

111 

101

92 

84 

82 

87 

93

86 

77 

84 

346 

407

July

182 

138 

127 

110 

94

90 

86 

103 

162 

317

318 

192 

150 

125 

110

124 

176 

150 

116 

113

93 

86 

77 

73 

67

60 

57 

52 

51 

68 

174

Mean

35.1 

65.4 

105

927

116 

1,243 

2,692 

2,492 

643 

138 

124 

74.4 

41.0

644

A-l«.

107 

66 

65 

67 

84

73 

6? 

102 

60 

70

73 

63

57 

57 

57

45 

42 

48 

98 

77

102 

77 

60 

52 

48

45 

43 

70 

52 

211 

167

Per aqua-e 

mile

O.Od 

.OS5 

.1£3

1.3E

.169 

1.81 

3.9P

s.er

.9!"6 

.201 

.1PO 

.108 

.060

.937

Sept.

118 

114 

71 

55 

47

38 

34 

30 

32 

33

30 

24 

26 

28

25

25 

24 

24 

23 

22

22 

22 

22 

28 

55

46 

41 

72 

55 

44

Run-off in 

inches

0.06 

.11 

.18

18.34

.19 

1.95 

4.52 

4.05 

1.08 

.22 

.21 

.12 

.07

12.76

Peak discharge.- Mar. 30 (9 p.m.) 18,000 second-feet; Apr. 19 (1:30 p.m.) 16,400 second-feet. 

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Belle-flew, 

b Stage-disoharge relation affected by ice.
470 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Red River near Adams, Term.

Location.,- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°35'25", long. 87005 f 25", at bridge on U. SHighway 41E, half a mile downstream from Elk Creek, and 2 miles norttowst of Adams,

Robertson County. Datum of gage Is 398.34 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Prior to Nov. 14, 1939, water-stage recorder at site half a mile downstream at same

datum.

Drainage area.- 678 square miles. 

kecoras available.- June 1920 to September 1940. 

Average'qiscnargeT- 20 years, 1,030 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Baxlmum discharge during year, 8,ISO second-feet Apr. 20 (gag3 height, 15.51

feet); minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 18, 19.

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 42,000 second-feet Jan. 23. 1937 (gag<? height, from

floodmarks, converted to present site by curve of relation), from rating curve extended

above 35,000 second-feet; minimum, 23 second-f.eet Sept. 10, 1925 (gag* height, 1.28

feet, site then In use). 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, no gi\?e-helght record,

or shifting control, which are fair. 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph and results of 15 discharge measurements furnished

by corps of Engineers, U.'S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet, and dis*

charge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, Jan. 10-18, Feb. 7-17)

1.65 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

42

63

98

142

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

3.4

190

268

356

514

3.8 

4.2 

5.0 

6.0

693

890

1,290

1,860

8.0

10.0

12.0

13.7

3,090

4,990

5,690

6,880

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

72

51

55

67

63

69

63

67

55

56

60

73

58

48

64

51

50

56

60

56

55

52

46

41

50

67

82

1S3

199

139

109

Nov.

76

84

60

67

60

55

67

69

67

55

61

67

f65

h63

h54

f50

f66

63

56

69

94

68

65

74

52

52

50

54

47

54

-

Dec.

65

66

66

54

58

60

56

60

54

52

48

50

57

62

52

56

54

51

58

58

48

51

52

SI

88

85

142

166

168

138

113

Jan.

b92

b81

b74

b69

b67

b65

b62

b60

b66

52

62

77

77

166

265

290

220

173

alSO

al20

alOO

a90

a82

a7S

a76

a74

a72

a72

*b70

b70

b70

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

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

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1939-'to ...........

Feb.

b70

b72

b74

b76

b80

b208

514

339

252

315

940

716

580

790

890

716

626

1,240

3,020

2,220

1,360

1,510

1,220

1,060

990

865

815

1,090

1,240

-

liar.

1,060

965

4,340

4,650

2,220

1,740

1,460

1,260

1,120

990

940

1,570

2,400

3,090

2,760

2,160

1,800

1,560

1,680

1,400

1,220

1,090

965

S90

S15

765

765

765

890

2,360

5,100

Second - 

foot-days

n pap

1*384

2,269

387,477

3,147

24,438

55,230

63,780

27,621

8,097

5,729

4,178

2,047

200,642

Apr.

3,020

2,280

2,280

3,090

2,100

1,620

1,400

1,560

1,400

1,120

1,120

1,510

1,290

1,060

990

915

S16

1,220

5,710

6,880

4,520

3,280

2,760

2,520

2,100

1,800

1,560

1,400

1,240

1,220

-

Kaximum

199

94

168

13,000

290

3,020

5,100

6,880

2,720

510

314

277

142

6,880

May

2,720

2,640

1,800

1,460

1,260

1,140

1,040

940

865

790

740

693

626

603

580

536

510

472

460

435

415

374

343

S90

765

1,020

S40

670

55S

493

443

Minimum

41

47

48

41

52

70

765

815

374

166 in73

39

39

June

412

412

307

334

312

837

2S2

314

324

387

510

367

304

276

260

249

228

228

215

210

195

190

183

173

168

171

166

195

238

200

-

July

166

164

186

271

190

166

156

147

174

195

192

208

314

287

212

205

208

198

173

159

152

142

131

164

277

208

178

147

124

111

124

Mean

71.7

62.8

73.2

1,062

102

843

1

*7 CEO f IQA

2, 3.26

391.

270

185

135

68.2

548

Aug.

205

140

124

109

102

96

114

180

176

135

122

111

94

87

90

90

88

150

277

265

164

127

111

85

94

74

73

81

254

152

208

? > » square 

mile

0.106

.093

.108

1.57

.150

1 *&*t 0A

£ 63

3.14

1.31

.398

.273

.199

.101

.308

Sept.

142

102

87

92

76

66

62

69

58

63

63

60

73

66

85

60

52

39

43

51

45

44

44

51

85

107

76

66

60

60

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.12

.10

.12

21.24

.17

1.34

3.03

3.60

1*52

.44

.31

 83

.11

10.99

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 {6 

6,260 sec. -ft.; Map. 31 {8 p.m. , 

3,180 sec. -ft.; May 1 {9:30 p.m.) 3,610 sec. -ft

. . ">.) 3,350 sec.-ft.; Mar. 3 (8 p.m.) 6,250 sec.-ft.j Mar. 31 (S p.m.) 

sec.-ft.; Mar.^31^{8_p.m.) 6,110_sec.-ft.; Apr. 4 (SsSO a.m.) 3,680 sec.-ft.; Apr, 20 (3 a.m.)

Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Earpetb 

River near Kingston Springs.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed 'on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

h Computed on basis of staff -gage readings.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 471

Sulphur Fork of Red River near Adams, Term.

Location (revised).- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°30'50", long. 87°03'30", at hlghvmy 

oriage 2* miles downstream from Millers Creek, 44 miles south of Adams, Robertson 

County, and 10.2 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is"424.36 feet abcve mean 

sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 185 square miles.

Records available.- January 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,830 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 12.25 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 8.1 second-feet S<*pt. 24; 

minimum gage height observed, 3.84 feet Aug. 16.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 6,790 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 16.30 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; 

minimum observed, that of Sept. 24, 1940, minimum gage height observed, that of Aug. 

16, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 25.1 feet In June 1934, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Gage read twice dally.

Cooperation.- Gage readings and results of 13 discharge measurements furnished by Corps 

or Engineers, u. S. Army.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Hoy. 21 to Dec. 24, Feb. 6-1S, June 11 to July 16, Aug. 31 to Sept.30)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 18 Aug. 19 to Sept. 30

5.6 288 8.0 1,310 4.2 11 4.7 41

5.8 360 9.0 1,850 4.3 12 4.8 55

6.0 418 10.0 2,450 4.4 14 4.9 73

6.5 610 4.5 20 5.0 95

7.0 S30 4.6 30 5.2 145

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2 

4.4

13

16

21

28

46

4.6 

4.S 

5.0 

5.2 

5.4

69

97

135

180

230

5.4 200

5.6 262

5.8 330

Discharge, In second-feat, water year Octabmr 1989 -to September 1940

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 

2788

29

30 

31

Oct.

30 

20 

15 

14 

14

14 

13 

13 

13 

14

14 

16 

14 

13 

13

13 

13 

14 

13 

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

13 

22 

75 

24 

18 

16

Hoy.

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

15 

15 

15 

16

19 

20 

18 

17 

16

16 

16 

17 

19 

33

27 

22 

17 

16 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

15

Dec.

IS 

22 

20 

18 

16

15 

15 

15 

14 

14

14 

14 

16 

15 

16

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

14 

16 

46 

50

35 

64 

60 

41 

30 

25

Jan.

b22 

b20 

b!7 

bl6 

b!5

b!5 

b!5 

b!5 

*b!6 

b!7

21 

26 

25 

95 

115

62 

49 

a40 

a33 

a27

a23 

a22 

a21 

a20 

a!9

a!8 

a!8 

a!8 

*b!7 

a!7 

al8

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

ater year 1939-<

Feb.

a!8 

a!8 

al9 

a!9 

e25

92 

123 

77 

78 

390

350 

244 

230 

273 

288

217 

192. 

610 

785 

650

492 

3S4 

288 

244 

217

168 

192 

650 

454

Mar.

31S 

2SS 

650 

473 

367

303 

244 

204 

168 

146

146 

47S 

1,010 

1,110 

740

570 

418 

401 

350 

273

230 

204 

ISO 

157 

146

157 

180 

168 

325 

2,330 

1,800

foot-days

529 

505 

713

-

872 

7,787 

14,534 

13,795 

5,124 

1,362 

866 

933 

338.3

52,358.3

Apr.

1,010 

695 

1,010 

1,010 

695

492 

418 

367 

288 

230

230 

334 

258 

230 

217

192 

168 

508 

2,810 

2,090

1,110 

830 

830 

695 

530

436 

350 

288 

244 

230

Maximum

75 

33 

64

-

115 

785 

2,330 

2,310 

570 

143 

64 

361 

17

2,330

May

554 

570 

436 

334 

273

230 

192 

168 

146 

131

111 

97 

91 

85 

97

86 

72 

68 

64 

60

54 

51 

214 

204 

180

146 

111 

91 

78 

70 

60

Minimum

13 

14 

14

-

15 

IS 

146 

168 

51 

27 

16 

11 

S.5

8.5

June

53 

53 

48 

43 

41

37 

35 

40 

38 

60

143 

65 

53 

45 

43

43 

43 

43 

41 

36

35 

31 

30 

30 

30

28 

27 

35 

75 

38

July

30 

26 

27 

24 

23

23 

22 

22 

40 

43

36 

31 

28 

24 

22

23 

49 

31 

22 

20

21 

20 

22 

36 

64

34 

24 

18 

16 

18 

27

Mean

17.1 

16.8 

23.0

-

28.1 

269 

469 

626 

165 

45.4 

27.9 

30.1 

11.3

143

Aug.

22

18 

16 

14 

13

13 

13 

14 

14 

15

14 

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

12 

99 

361 

33

21 

16 

14 

13 

12

13 

11 

14 

34 

30 

21

Sept.

17 

14 

13 

13 

14

14 

11 

10 

10 

10

11 

U 

12 

14 

12

11 

11 

10 

9.8 

9.0

8.8 

8.8 

8.5 

8.5 

11

11 

12 

12 

11 

9.9

Per square Run-off in 

mile inches

0.092 

.091 

.124

-

.152 

1.45 

2.54 

3.38 

.892 

.245 

.151 

.163 

.061

.773

0.11 

.10 

.14

-

.18 

1.57 

2.92 

3.78 

1.03 

.27 

.17 

.19 

.07

10.53

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather records, 

and records for Red River near Adams and Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

461679 O - 42 - 31
472 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASltf

Little River near Cadiz, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°47', long. 87°4g', at highway bridge 50 feet downstream from Casey Creek and 8 3/4 miles southeast of Cadiz, Trigg County.

Drainage area.- 249 square miles.

Records available.- February to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during period, 12.7 feet Apr; 18, from floodmark (discharge 

not determined); minimum discharge observed, 9.8 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 

1.98 feet).

Remarks.-- Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

CE

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

Mav

June 

Julj 

Aug\ 

Sepi

WE

lendar year

 uary.6-5 g *

ter year

Feb.

236 

457 

270 

187 

130

476 

476 

354 

763 

438

362

344 

959 

1,580 

1,020

863 

659 

513 

457

419

362 

362 

344 

362

Mar.

288 

561 

2,340 

1,320 

1,020

729 

R94 

623 

550 

476

' 763 

1,620 

1,620 

1,350 

959

763 

659 

587 

729 

587

513 

438 

381 

344 

306

306 

288 

270 

400 

797 

1,OEO

foot-days

12 ,393 

 23,331 

24,469 

11,651 

3,637 

1,649 

1,931 

670

-

Apr.

729 

587 

476 

438 

381

325 

306 

288 

270 

235

381 

763 

513 

362 

325

288 

al,560 

a2,730 

a2,920 

2,240

1,740 

1,140 

9fO 

895 

729

659 

587 

513 

476 

623

Maximum

1,580 

2,340 

2,920 

1,820 

400 

114 

257 

45

-

May

1,820 

1,260 

763 

623 

513

476 

438 

400 

362 

344

306 

288 

270 

252 

235

218 

206 

193 

181 

176

167 

165 

252 

306

288

270 

218 

193 

170 

154 

144

Minimum

130

270 

235 

144 

57 

33 

21 

11

-

June

134 

130 

130 

116 

112

130 

134 

149 

152 

154

130 

100 

85 

83 

94

102 

102 

102 

106 

98

87 

76 

72 

66

58

58 

5V 

250 

400 

170

July

114 

90 

72 

64 

71

66 

54 

66 

54 

51

45 

45 

45 

64 

72

48 

45 

43 

38 

40

37 

43 

38 

36 

51

72 

43 

36 

36 

33 

37

Aug.

47 

79 

58 

40 

43

39 

84 

47 

57 

38

21 

48 

26 

34 

33

33 

91 

204 

257 

132

78 

47 

37 

34 

40

39 

36 

24 

47 

83 

55

..^ Per square

mile

516 2.07 

753 3.02 

816 3.28 

376 1.51 

121 .486 

53.2 .214 

62.3 .250 

22.3 .090

-

Sept.

39 

45 

32 

30

29

28 

28 

16 

27 

29

28 

28 

27 

16 

17

13 

13 

26 

13 

25

12 

11 

14 

12 

17

14 

26 

26 

12 

17

Run-off In 

Inches

1.85 

3.48 

3.65 

1.74 

.54 

.25 

.29 

.10

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of floodmark, one gage reading, and comparison with records for Pond River near White Plains, Tradewater River near Dalton, and East Fork of 

Clarks River near Benton.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 473

French Broad River at Rosman, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°08'20", long. 82°49'30", at bridge on State 

Highway 283 at Rosman, Transylvania County, half a mile upstream from East Fork. 

Datum of gage Is 2,173.83 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 67.9 square miles.

Records available.- May 1907 to June 1909, December 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,410 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 11.86 

reetj, by slope-area method; minimum, 23 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 1.51 feet), 

result of low temperature.

1907-9, 1935-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 3, 

1940.

Maximum stage known, 13.9 feet sometime In July 1916, from floodmarks. 

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for eome water years have be?n revised, 

as snown in tne following table. They supersede those published In water-supply papers 

Indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

803 

853 

873

Water 

year

1935 

1937 

1938

Date

Apr. 6 

Oct. 19 

Aug. 18

Gage height 

(feet)

8.88 

10.15 

10.55

Discharge 

(second- feet)

3,740 

5,400 

6,100

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. 

Revisions.- The figure of discharge for Aug. 18, 1939, has been revised to 2,100 secondreet superseding that published In Water-supply Paper 873.

Month

Water year 1938-39..

Second-footdays

7,363

86,677

Maximum

2,100

2,100

Hlnlmm

117

SO

He an

237

237

Per 

square 

mile

3.49

3.49

Rur-off 

In 

inches

4.02

47.42

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

122 

102 

90 

S6 

S3

79 

79 

76 

74 

74

70 

70 

70 

70 

68

68

72 

72 

70 

70

70 

68 

66 

68 

70

70 

72 

72 

72 

72 

74

Nov.

72 

70 

70 

70 

70

68 

68 

66 

66 

64

64

68 

66 

61 

61

61 

61 

61 

64 

90

83

74 

70 

68 

72

74 

70 

66 

64 

64

Dec.

S6 

92 

70 

66 

64

 61 

61 

69 

69 

69

69 

67 

69 

69 

66

67 

67 

66 

67 

S3

66 

69 

66 

92 

83

83

176 

112 

88 

79 

72

Jan.

68 

57 

67 

b60 

66

57 

b66 

b66 

67 

59

64 

92 

97 

421 

224

143 

122 

110 

97 

bS5

b70 

*b76 

b86 

b75 

b70

b60 

b65 

b66 

b70 

*b70 

b80

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jao 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr *«y

JUT 

Jul 

Aug 

Sop

11

alandar year 19 59 ...........

v»t.... ......................

atar year 1939 

Peak discharge. -

* winter aischarg 

b Stage-discharge

Feb.

b70 

b70 

76 

79 

S6

161 

130 

102 

90 

200

172 

130 

124 

164 

132

120 

112 

379 

375 

287

234

201 

181 

170 

170

169 

162 

213 

210

Mar.

196 

201 

317 

275 

22S

198

1S1 

178 

162 

151

148 

17S 

196 

222 

196

176 

162 

169 

17S 

153

145 

140 

132 

140 

13S

136

135 

1S3 

266 

407 

321

Apr.

263 

222

sot

195 

1S4

170 

223 

S02 

42S 

337

297 

278 

256 

243 

231

219 

213 

210 

9S9 

S20

496

397 

366 

376 

320

300 

2S1 

265 

256 

250

May

262 

237 

228 

216 

207

201 

204 

216 

201 

234

216 

195 

190 

1S1 

181

190 

172 

167 

164 

159

151 

167 

151 

164 

14S

143 

143 

13S 

170 

153 

130

Second- Maximum Minimum 

foot-days

2,339 122 66 

2,046 90 61 

2,251 176 56

S2.180 2,100 55

2,331 421 56 

4,769 379 70 

5,993 407 132 

10,082 9S9 170 

6,679 262 130 

4,256 346 102 

3,769 236 81 

14,716 3,920 74 

6,464 646 118

66,194 3,920 66

June

130 

127 

122 

140 

135

137 

122 

112 

112 

127

130 

148 

164 

138 

145

164 

345 

213 

192 

156

138 

127 

122 

122 

125

112 

104 

114 

130 

102

July

95 

92 

168 

135 

110

100 

114 

132 

167 

135

145 

125 

125 

13S 

117

120 

153 

236 

151 

132

125 

122 

112 

97 

97

95 

95 

86 

SI 

83 

S6

Auf.

81 

79 

76 

74 

74

74 

74 

76 

104 

74

90 

446

3,920 

976 

524

385 

320 

2S4 

256 

231

219 

213 

204 

210 

190

1S1 

175 

167 

923 

3,240 

776

 Per square* Mean mile

75.5 1.11 

68.2 l.OC 

72.6 1.0V

225 3.31

91.3 1.34 

164 2.4£ 

193 2.64 

336 4.9E 

183 2.7C 

142 2.09 

122 l.SC 

475 7.0C 

215 3.17

178 2.62

Aug. 13 (11 a.m.) 9,040 sec. -ft.; Aug. 30 (6 a.m.) 9,410 sec. -ft. 

e measurement made on tola day. 

relation affected by Ice.

Sept.

546 

441 

3S1 

343 

333

312 

290 

259 

228 

219

212 

196 

1S7 

1S4 

176

172 

163 

160 

167 

162

143

141 

138 

141 

166

135 

127 

124 

121 

US

Run-off in 

inches

1.2S 

1.12 

1.23

46.01

1.66 

2.61 

3.26 

5.52 

3.11 

2.33 

2.06 

8.06 

3.64

35.69
474 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Calvert, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°08'45n , long. 82°48'05", at township bridge, 1 

mile downstream from East Fork and 1 mile southeast of railroad station at Calvert, 

Transylvania County. Datum of gage is 2,154.63 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 103 square miles.

Records available.- October 1924 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 339 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,300 second-feet Aug. 13 (gaTe height, 11.66 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 60 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.33 foot), 

result of low temperature.

1924-40: Maximum discharge, 16,100 second-feet Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 13.0feet), 

from rating curve extended above 3,600 second-feet: minimum, 54 seconi-feet Sent 17-23 

1925 (gage height, 0.28 foot).

Maximum stage known, 18.3 feet sometime in July 1916.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

and those for periods of ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 19 to Mar. 29) "

0.5 

.6 

.3

1.0

86

106

156

220

to Jan. 14 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

335 

4SO 

695

0.6 

.8

1.3 

1.6

106

152

211

323

475

Jan. 15 to. Sept. 30

2.0 

2.5

3

4

5

695

995

1,290

1,900

2,450

6

7

S

9

10

3,040

3,650

4,410

5,520

7,330

Discharge, In s«cond-feet,. water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

207 

175 

159 

156 

151

14S 

145 

142 

a!40 

a!40

a!35 

a!35 

a!35 

a!35 

alSO

alSO 

a!40 

a!40 

a!30 

127

122 

120 

US 

118 

120

122 

122 

120 

113 

US 

120

Nov.

US 

115 

115 

115 

115

113 

113 

113 

111 

111

111 

113 

113 

108 

106

106 

104 

104 

111 

151

137 

120 

115 

111 

113

120 

111 

106 

104 

102

Dec.

145 

14S 

113 

108 

104

102 

100 

9S 

9S 

93

96 

94 

100 

100 

94

96 

96 

94 

96 

142

108 

96 

104 

153 

134

132 

285 

173 

142 

127 

113

Jan.

Ill 

94 

b95 

blOO 

106

100 

b90 

b95 

b95 

blOO

102 

148 

151 

691 

341

21S 

1S3 

166 

blBO 

blSO

b!20 

*b!20 

140 

b!20 

b!20

blOO 

bllO 

bllO 

b!20 

*b!20 

b!40

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

a!20 

a!20 

a!20 

alSO 

a!50

a240 

a200 

a!70 

a!50 

a320

a2SO 

a210 

136 

290 

208

139 

177 

734 

743 

536

415 

346 

307 

290 

273

260 

264 

332 

311

Mar.

294 

294 

473 

410 

341

302 

273 

271 

252 

242

23S 

271 

29S 

337 

298

275 

256 

249 

275 

242

235 

225 

213 

225 

221

225 

225 

295 

402 

573 

442

Secondfoot-days

4,218 

3,410 

3,699

126,929

4,586 

3,076 

9,187 

13,579 

7,990 

6,424 

v 5,754 

21,709 

10,481

99,113

Apr.

351 

307 

282 

271 

252

238 

317 

999 

546 

431

379 

355 

319 

302 

290

275 

267 

264 

1,490 

1,080

673 

546 

508 

514 

448

415 

389 

369 

351

346

Maximum

207 

151 

285

3,430

691 

743 

573 

1,490 

369 

425 

349 

5,980 

330

5,930

May

369 

332 

315 

302 

290

282 

232 

290 

275 

319

294 

271 

260 

249 

252

260 

233 

231 

225 

218

225 

260 

225 

249 

221

211 

208 

199 

218 

221 

199

Minimum

118 

102 

94

94

90 

120 

213 

238 

199 

158 

133 

119 

211

90

June

192 

139 

136 

213 

211

203 

192 

ISO 

192 

230

214 

229 

245 

208 

' 213

248 

425 

312 

273 

223

202

192 

136 

1S6 

196

172 

163 

172 

199 

158

July

150 

145 

224 

192 

1S3

152 

172 

189 

261 

205

208 

197 

196 

205 

177

199 

257 

349 

221 

206

192 

136 

174 

155 

152

147 

147 

135 

133 

133 

133

Mean

136 

114 

119

345

143 

278 

296 

453 

258 

214 

136 

700 

349

271

Aug.

12S 

130 

124 

119 

121

128 

124 

12S 

147 

121

140 

580 

5,980 

1,710 

870

630 

514 

442 

384 

346

323

307 

290 

294 

267

252 

245 

235 

1,160 

4,300 

1,130

Ptr square 

mile

1.32 

1.11 

1,16

3.35

1.44 

2.70 

2.37 

4.40 

2.50 

2.08 

1.31 

6.30 

3.39

2.63

Sept.

S30 

670 

580 

530 

514

475 

442 

405 

379 

360

341 

323

315 

302 

294

282 

271 

267 

264 

256

249 

238 

235 

242 

304

238 

225 

221 

213 

211

Run-off In 

Inches

1.62

1.23 

1.34

45.46

1.66 

2.92 

3.32 

4.90 

2.88 

2.32 

2.08 

7.84 

3.78

35.79

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (7 p.m.) 3,930 sec.-ft.j Aug. 13 (1 p.m.) 12,300 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (6*30 

a.m.; 9,sso sec.-ft.

# Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on weather records and records for station at Rosman.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 475

French Broad River at Blantyre, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°17'50", Ions;. 82°37'25", at highway br'dge 700 

reet east of Blantyre railroad station, Traneylvania County, and 3 miles downstream 

from Little River. Datum of gage is 2,060.32 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 296 square miles.

Records available.- December 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 925 eecond-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 18,800 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 21.89 

reetJ. from rating curve extended above 6,500 second-feet; minimum, 216 second-feet 

Dec. 18, 19 (gage height, 2.80 feet).

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 26,500 second-feet Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 22.9 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,500 second-feet; minimum, 143 second-feet 

Sept. 21, 1925 (gage height, 1.83 feet).

Maximum stage known, 27.1 feet sometime in July 1916, from floodmarks.

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

which are fair, and those above 5,000 second-feet, which are poor. Considerable 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in fe<>t, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Jan. 14 Jan. 15 tc Sept. 30

2.8 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

P16 

253 

313 

3S1

4.0 475

5.0 725

6.0 1,000

8.0 1,600

3.2

3.4 

3.7

4

5

258

300

432

677

955

1,250

1,580

2,280

2,980

14

15

16

17

18

3,780

4,230

4,320

5,700

6,950

19 8,500

20 10,700

21 14,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28

eg

30 

31

Oct.

451 

463 

404 

381 

370

335 

324 

313 

324 

335

324 

313 

302 

313 

266

292 

292 

2S2 

292 

292

282 

292 

259 

268 

268

270 

270 

268 

257 

282 

292

Hov.

282

272 

282 

272 

260

282 

272 

255 

264 

253

249 

245 

268 

266 

255

249 

253 

247 

230 

335

381 

324 

282

266 

274

270 

268 

283 

266 

253

Dec.

295 

370 

282 

281 

272

270 

268 

266 

245 

223

#270 

262 

242 

262 

244

236 

221 

236 

242 

299

302 

258 

230 

313 

346

313 

615 

572 

439 

370 

302

Jan,

b280 

b240 

b260 

b280 

292

259 

255 

b260 

b260 

270

282 

358 

416 

1,320 

1,620

730 

601 

527 

491 

375

300 

310 

342 

321 

b300

b260 

b280 

a280 

a300 

b300 

b340

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

P»b 

Mar 

Apr 

*ay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

fl

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-

Feb.

b30O 

bSOO 

b340 

b340 

b3SO

473 

626 

503 

420 

637

984 

*677 

588 

757 

677

601 

564 

1,500 

2,700 

1,890

1,370 

1,100 

926 

841 

785

730 

703 

869 

869

Mar.

813 

785 

916 

1,160 

955

841 

757 

730 

703 

601

564 

677 

730 

757 

785

730 

651 

626 

677 

677

626 

564 

527 

479 

527

588 

576 

527 

926 

1,090 

1,250

Secondfcot-daya

9,676 

8,158 

9,346

324,743

12,709 

23,450 

22,815 

35,268 

20,413 

16,391 

15,553 

63,581 

30,272

267,632

Apr.

984 

S41 

735 

703 

703

651 

626 

1,930 

1,730 

1,190

1,010 

926 

S69 

785 

757

730 

703 

677 

1,600 

3,660

2,680 

1,610 

1,340 

1,440 

1,220

1,100 

1,040 

955 

926 

897

Maximum

463 

381 

615

6,060

1,620 

2,700 

1,250 

3,860 

926 

1,330 

926 

15,800 

5,140

15,800

May

926 

897 

813 

735 

730

730 

703 

730 

703 

730

813 

703 

677 

626 

626

651 

601 

588 

539 

576

551 

626 

601 

601 

614

515 

539 

503 

551 

601 

564

Minimum

257 

230 

221

221

240 

300 

479 

626 

503 

386 

332 

290 

479

221

June

455 

432 

420 

444 

539

491 

467 

409 

3S6 

491

588 

551 

626 

539 

491

539 

1,330 

913 

841 

677

564

503 

467 

479 

515

491 

420 

386 

551 

386

July

409 

332 

400 

564 

444

375 

364 

432 

618 

651

527 

479 

515 

601 

527

' 517 

870 

926 

703 

551

527 

551 

527 

491 

444

386 

432 

342 

342 

342 

364

Mean

312 

272 

301

890

410 

809 

736 

1,176 

658 

546 

502 

2,051 

1,009

731

AVR.

375 

310 

310 

290 

300

310 

364 

321 

364 

310L

321 

332 

5,850 

16,800 

7,700

3,110 

1.540 

1,250 

1,100 

955

869 

841 

785 

813 

813

" 730 

677 

651 

1,200 

6.050 

8,440

Per square 

mile

1.05 

.919 

1.02

3.01

1.39 

2.73 

2.49 

3.97 

2.22 

1.84 

1.7C 

6.93 

3.41

2.47

Sept.

5,140 

2,260 

1,620 

1,400 

1,230

1,280 

1,130 

1,040 

984 

926

89V 

841 

785 

757 

730

730 

703 

651 

651 

651

626 

564 

601 

588

677

626 

576 

564 

479 

515

Run-off In 

inches

1.22 

1.02 

1.17

40.79

1.60 

2.95 

2.87 

4.43 

2.56 

2.06 

1.95 

7.99 

3.80

33.62

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (5 a.m.) 3,940 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (9 a.m.) 18,800 sec.-ft.} Jug. 31 (8 

a .a.) 9,110 aec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement nude on this day.

a He gage-height record; discharge based on weather records, engineers* notes, and records for 

stations at Bent Creek and Calvert.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
476 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Bent Creek, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, let. 35°30'10", long. 82°35'30", 50 feet (revised) 

downstream from Bent Creek, 6 miles upstream from Hominy Creek, and 7 miles south of 

Ashevllle, Buncombe County. Datum of gage Is 1,995.95 feet above meen sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 676 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,600 second-feet Aug. 14 (g£ge height, 12.6 

feet); minimum, 416 second-feet Oct. 30 (gage height, 2.28 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, that of Oct. 30, 

1939.

Maximum stage known, about 27.3 reet July 15, 1916, from floodmarts. Flood of 

August 1928 reached a stage of about 16.1 feet from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair. Occaslonai minor regulation during low flow by power plant above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to July 17 July 18 to Sept, 30

2.3 

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

430

600

810

1,170

1,790

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

2,470

3,260

4,150

6,100

2.4 

2.6 

2.3 

3.0 

3.5

505

670

850

1,060

1,670

4.0 

4.5

5

6

7

2,350

3,120

3,980

5,900

8,000

10,300

12,800

16,600

18,600

21,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4

e

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

744 

S22 

700 

630 

610

573 

555 

537 

519 

537

528 

510 

502 

510 

494

462 

486 

4S6 

4S6 

486

486 

486 

454 

454 

446

454 

454 

454 

454 

430 

462

Nov.

478 

462 

454 

462 

478

438 

470 

462 

446 

454

446 

446 

430 

454 

446

446 

438 

464 

454 

510

591 

573 

52S 

486 

470

502 

470 

470 

478 

462

Dec. .

454 

573 

573 

478 

486

470 

470 

462 

«462 

446

433 

470 

470 

462 

462

454 

446 

430 

446 

510

573 

502 

478 

537 

610

582 

670 

1,060 

799 

670 

573

Jan.

b500 

b460 

Ts460 

b480 

b550

b500 

M60 

M60 

b500 

b500

546 

600 

711 

1,660 

2,920

1,500 

1,110 

966 

bSOO 

b650

b550 

b550 

b600 

b550 

b550

b480 

1:500 

b500 

b550 

Ts550 

b600

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

b550 

b550 

b600 

b600 

b650

b750 

1,100 

954 

777 

942

1,650 

1,220 

1,030 

1,160 

1,220

1,030 

942 

2,290 

4,720 

3,430

2,400 

1,860 

1,560 

*1,390 

1,310

1,820 

1,170 

1,340 

1,390

Mar.

1,340 

1,300 

1,450 

1,860 

1,580

1,390 

1,270 

1,180 

1,130 

1,060

918 

1,060 

1,170 

1,210 

1,300

1,210 

1,120 

1,030 

1,180 

1,160

1,070 

1,000 

930 

882 

870

966 

978 

918 

1,330 

1,650 

1,920

Secondfoot-days

16,211 

14,158 

16,716

553,347

22,333 

39,806 

37,432 

56,570 

32,854 

27,190 

27,740 

113,949 

56,913

463,871

Apr.

1,620 

1,400 

1,280 

1,210 

1,160

1,100 

1,070 

2,320 

2,780 

1,920

1,630 

1,480 

1,400 

1,300 

1,230

1,190 

1,150 

1,110 

1,900 

5,700

*4, 910 

2,930 

2,260 

2,400 

2,050

1,860 

1,720 

1,580 

1,490 

1,420

Maximum

822 

591 

1,060

7,240

2,920 

4,720 

1,920 

5,700 

1,460 

1,880 

1,900 

21,300 

10,300

21,300

May

1,430 

1,460 

1,350 

1,230 

1,230

1,180 

1,160 

1,130 

1,150 

1,220

1,300 

1,180 

1,100 

1,060 

1,000

1,000 

1,000 

942 

918 

670

894 

954 

978 

930 

954

870 

810 

610 

810 

954 

930

Minimum

430 

430 

430

430

460 

650 

870 

1,070 

810 

640 

582 

561 

910

430

June

810 

722 

690 

700 

610

810 

756 

700 

650

777

1,010 

1,090 

1,070 

1,060 

858

846 

1,880 

1,720 

1,360 

1,160

942 

834 

766 

733 

777

777 

711 

640 

766 

766

July

582 

630 

610. 

882 

788

660 

640 

670 

858 

1,130

906 

952 

1,280 

1,040 

930

810 

1,640 

1,900 

1,330 

1,030

930 

880 

910 

850 

S50

733 

724 

697 

610 

644 

644

Mean

523 

472 

539

1,516

720 

1,373 

1,207 

1,886 

1,060 

906 

895 

3,676 

1,964

1,267

Aug.

662

761 

628 

594 

561

594 

686 

706 

628 

628

619 

1,050 

7,920 

21,300 

16,800

8,940 

3,790 

2,350 

2,140 

1,670

1,480 

1,360 

1,310 

1,240 

1,270

1,160 

1,090 

1,060 

3,070 

15,200 

12,700

p.>» square 

mile

0.774 

.698 

.797

2.24

1.07 

2.03 

1.79 

2.79 

1.67 

1.34 

1.32 

5.44 

2.91

1.87

Sept.

10,300 

6,670 

3,290 

2,650 

2,350

2,210 

1,930 

1,860 

1,800 

1,670

1,600 

1,500 

1,440 

1,400 

1,340

1,300 

1,290 

1,220 

1,220 

1,170

1,160 

1,100 

1,060 

1,080 

1,140

1,180 

1,060 

1,030 

983 

910

Run-off in 

inches

0.89 

.78 

.92

30.44

1.23 

2.19 

2.06 

3.11 

1.81 

1.50 

1.53 

6.27 

3.24

25.53

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (6 a.m.) 23,600 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (6 p.m.) 16,900 seo.-ft. 

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C.

477

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°36'25", long. 82°34'30", at Bingham School bridge 

at Asheville, Buncombe County, 2i miles downstream from Southern Ry. station. Datum of 

gage is 1,950.28 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 945 square miles.

Records available.- September 1895 to December 1901, January 1905 to September 1922 (at 

Smith Bridge, li miles upstream), and October 1922 to September 1940 In reports of U.S, 

Geological Survey. September 1S95 to December 1901, March 1903 to September 1922 (at 

Smith Bridge), and October 1922 to December 1923 in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 and Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. 

Records prior to Jan. 1, 1909, have been revised in these two bulletins.

Average discharge.- 43 years (1895-1901, 1903-40), 2,162 second-feet.

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 34,800 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 12.15 

reetj; minimum, 428 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.49 foot), but may have been less 

at other times during period of ice effect.

1895-1901, 1903-40: Maximum discharge, 110,000 second-feet July 16, 1916 (gage 

height, 23.1 feet, present site*and datum, from floodmarks), from rating curv? extended 

above 43,000 second-feet; minimum, 239 second-feet at times in August and September 

1925 (gage height, 0.16 foot).

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

which are fair, Small diversions from tributaries for water supply. Slight diurnal 

fluctuation and occasional slight regulation at low stages caused by power plants and 

small reservoirs above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, an<? discharge,

in seoond-feet)

0.6

.8

1.0

520

720

940

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

1,310

1,710

2,300

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

3,110

4,050

5,110

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

6,220

8,600

11,300

7.0

9.0

11.0

14,300

20,900

29,000

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27

2e

29

30 

31

Oct.

980 

952 

841 

753 

720

742 

640 

620 

600 

630

630 

610 

600 

600 

580

560 

580 

560 

560 

560

570 

600 

580 

570 

560

530 

570 

570 

550 

520 

550

NOT,

590 

590 

560 

570 

580

560 

540 

560 

540 

540

520 

520 

520 

560 

560

560 

560 

570 

570 

640

720 

731 

660 

610 

590

620 

610 

590 

590 

580

Dec.

580 

650 

a750 

a 650 

a600

a 600 

590 

590 

580 

550

*560 

590 

590 

570 

580

560 

560 

540 

550 

620

680 

610 

600 

640 

731

720 

952 

1,180 

952 

819 

720

Jan.

b600 

b550 

b500 

b550 

b600

b550 

b550 

600 

b600 

b650

670 

742 

852 

1,590 

3,470

l.POO 

1,320 

1,120 

1,010 

808

b700 

b650 

b700 

b650 

b650

b550 

b650 

b650 

b650 

b700 

»b800

Month

Oetc 

Move 

Dscc

Ce

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May

J\in« 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

lendar year 193S

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

»b700 

b650 

b750 

b750 

786

907 

1,310 

1,160 

964 

1,010

1,850 

1,480 

1,220 

1,300 

1,440

1,230 

1,120 

2,350 

5,550 

4,360

3,020 

2,380 

1,970 

1,750 

1,640

1,520 

»1 , 440 

1,600 

1,310

Mar.

1,740 

1,670 

1,780 

2,530 

2,150

1,840 

1,630 

1,500 

1,400 

1,320

1,180 

1,320 

1,530 

1,560 

1,710

1,580 

1,450 

1,320 

1,520 

1,570

1,400 

1,320 

1,180 

1,130 

1,120

1,140 

. 1,180 

1,170 

1,470 

2,000 

2,450

Secondfoot-days

19,488 

17,511 

20,464

661,022

26,582 

48,017 

47 , 860 

71,550 

38,426 

32,788 

33,341 

153,798 

69,060

578,885

Apr.

2,080 

1,810 

1,610 

1,520 

1,440

1,360 

1,310 

2,670 

3,470 

2,450

2,000 

1,840 

1,710 

1,570 

1,490

1,440 

1,390 

1,350 

2,450 

7,940

6,220 

3,850 

2,860 

3,020 

2,610

2,380 

2,150 

1,970 

1,840 

1,750

Maximum

980 

731 

1,180

8,790

3,470 

5,550 

2,530 

7,940 

1,780 

2,280 

2,730 

27,300 

11,800

27,300

May

1,740 

1,780 

1,640 

1,530 

1,470

1,400 

1,360 

1,350 

1,340

1,390

1,470 

1,340 

1,240 

1,220 

1,160

1,190 

1,170 

1,100 

1,060 

1,010

1,020 

1,070 

1,130 

1,120 

1,110

1,040 

952 

964 

, 940 

1,070 

1,050

Minimum

520 

520 

540

520

500 

650 

1,120 

1,310 

940 

808 

742 

670 

1,000

500

June

940 

852 

808 

830 

907

929 

896 

852 

819 

a950

al,100 

1,240 

1,270 

1,350 

1,070

1,020 

2,280 

2,250 

1,630 

1,410

1,140 

1,010 

940 

907 

952

940 

874 

808 

896 

918

July

742 

786 

775 

1,040 

964

830 

786 

830 

907 

1,240

1,080 

964 

Ij520 

1,140 

1,070

964 

1,600 

2,730 

1,790 

1,320

1,120 

1,050 

1,180 

1,010 

1,000

896 

852 

841 

742 

786 

786

Mean

629 

584 

660

1,811

857 

1,656 

1,544 

2,385 

1,240 

1,093 

1,076 

4,961 

2,302

1,582

Avg.

775 

852 

742 

700 

670

700 

797 

830 

720 

731

731 

1,710 

14,700 

25,800 

18,500

10,800 

5,290 

3,110 

2,770 

2,300

1,980 

1.B20 

1,740 

1,640 

1,640

1,490 

1,410 

1,340 

4,210 

27,300 

16,000

Per square 

mile

0.666 

.618 

.698

1.92

.907 

1.75 

1.63 

2.52 

1.31 

1.16 

1.14 

5.25 

2.44

1.67

Sept.

11,800 

8,300 

4,260 

3,290 

2,360

2,690 

2,450 

2,220 

2,080 

1,980

1,910 

1,750 

1,670 

1,600 

1,530

1,480 

1,430 

1,380 

1,380 

1,340

1,280 

1,220 

1,140 

1,170 

1,190

1,280 

1,170 

1,130 

1,100 

1,000

Run-off In 

inches

0.77 

.69 

.81

26.01

1.05 

1.89 

1.88 

2.82 

1.51 

1.29 

1.31 

6.05 

2.72

22.79

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (1 a.m.) 31,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (12 m.) 34,800 seo.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for French 

Broad River at Bent Creek and Swannanoa River at Biltmore. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
478 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Hot Springs, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°53'45n , long. 82°49'10", at Hot Springs, Madison 

County, a quarter of a mile upstream from bridge on U. S. Highways 25 and 70 and half a 

mile upstream from Spring Creek. Datum of gage is 1,311.55 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,567 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 75,900 second-feet Aug. 30 (gafe height, 16.1 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 378 second-feet Jan. 26 (gage height, 2.28 feet) 

result of low temperature; minimum daily, 590 second-feet Nov. 12, 14.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 170 second-feet Oct. 6, 

1935, Sept. 28, 1936 (gage height, 2.10 feet); minimum daily, that of Nov. 12, 14, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 19.3 feet (revised) July 16 or»17, 1916, from floodmarks a 

quarter of a mile downstream.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 10,000 second-feet, which are good, and 

those for periods of ice effect or for partly estimated or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Occasional diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by power plants above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 14, 15, 30, 31, Sept. l)

2.4 590

2.6 980

2.8 1,410

3.0 1,890

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

2,730

3,780

5,570

8,260

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

11,300

18,000

25,000

31,600

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

37,70C 

43,500 

49.00C 

54.50C

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,000 

1,410 

1,080 

920 

840

020 

840 

723 

704 

685

704 

704 

685 

685 

647

647 

628 

666 

704 

685

723 

723 

704 

704 

666

666 

628 

704 

685 

666 

628

Nov.

685 

704 

704 

685 

685

685 

666 

647 

647 

628

628 

590 

609 

590 

666

666 

666 

666 

723 

761

820 

940 

900 

820 

761

742 

761 

723 

704 

666

Dec.

704 

704 

820 

800 

685

704 

666 

647 

666 

628

666 

628 

666 

647 

609

685 

647 

628 

P28 

820

840 

742 

723 

920 

900

940 

1,060 

1,410 

*1,300 

1,050 

920

Jan.

760 

b650 

b600 

b650 

b700

b650 

b650 

647 

b650 

b700

820 

880 

1,090 

1,370 

3,480

2,580 

1,660 

1,370 

1,110 

860

bSOO 

*b750 

b850 

b750 

b750

b650 

b750 

b750 

b750 

bSOO 

*b900

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jam; 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

lendar year 1939 , .

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

b850 

bSOO 

b850 

b850 

940

1,080 

1,570 

1,590 

1,340 

1,300

1,860 

2,100 

1,620 

1,740 

1,920

1,760 

1,570 

2,140 

6,500 

5,820

4,110 

3,050 

2,460 

2,150 

1,990

1,840 

1,820 

2,230

2,550

Secondfoot-days

23,27 

21,13 

24,45

812,28.

30, 39" 

60,40 

63,22 

90,08 

47,05 

38,61 

43,98 

204,85 

86,04

733,49

Mar.

2,400 

2,180 

2,230 

*2,920 

2,760

2,320 

2,050 

1,860 

1,740 

1,620

1,550 

1,920 

2,350 

2,290 

2,320

2,150 

1,940 

1,790 

2,230 

2,350

1,990 

1,790 

1,640 

1,550 

1,500

1,460 

1,550 

1,550 

1,590 

2,370 

3,260

Apr.

2,920 

2,460 

2,120 

2,100 

1,970

1,820 

1,690 

2,120 

4,030 

3,220

2,520 

2,210 

2,020 

1,860 

1,790

1,720 

1,640 

1,590 

2,540 

9,730

8,260 

5,620 

3,940 

3,860 

3,590

3,050 

2,730 

2,490 

2,290 

2,180 

1

Maximum

4 1,410 

8 940 

5 1,410

5 11,400

7 3,480 

D 6,500 

3 3,260 

D 9,730 

3 2,120 

D 2,730 

D 3,710 

D 49,900 

D 13 , 800

I 49,900

May

2,120 

2,120 

2,020 

1,890 

1,820

1,720 

1,660 

1,640 

1,740 

1,690

1,760 

1,690 

1,520 

1,480 

1,480

1,520 

1,480 

1,340 

1,320 

1,260

1,230 

1,230 

1,300 

1,370 

1,370

1,320 

1,190 

1,150 

1,130 

1,190 

1,300

Minimum

628 

590 

609

590

600 

800 

1,460 

1,590 

1,130 

960 

920 

840 

1,200

590

June

1,230 

1,060 

1,000 

960 

980

1,080 

1,170 

1,040 

1,020 

960

1,280 

1,460 

1,500 

1,550 

1,370

1,210 

1,570 

2,730 

2,020 

1,720

1,410 

1,190 

1,080 

1,080 

1,320

1,110 

1,020 

960 

1,340 

1,190

July

1,020 

920 

1,320 

1,460 

1,370

1,080 

980 

1,040 

1,040 

1,300

1,550 

1,880 

2,070 

1,590 

1,370

1,230 

1,780 

3,710 

2,370 

1,740

1,460 

1,300 

1,340 

1,230 

1,830

1,110 

1,020 

1,340 

960 

1,360 

1,510

Mean

751 

705 

789

2,225

981 

2,083 

2,039 

3,003 

1,518 

1,287 

1,419 

6,608 

2,868

2,004

Aug.

1,110 

980 

1,000 

860 

840

940 

1,820 

1,170 

1,110 

920

920 

1,270 

12,900 

30,700 

21,300

13 , 600 

7,730 

4,190 

3,590 

2,950

2,490 

2,290 

2,120 

1,990 

1,940

1,860 

1,720 

1,660 

6,730 

49,900 

22,200

Pe*1 square 

mile

0.479 

.450 

.504

1.42

.626 

1.33 

1.30 

1.92 

.969 

.821 

.906 

4.22 

1.83

1.28

Sept.

f 13, 800 

flO,400 

f6, 280 

f4,070 

f3,590

3,260 

3,060 

2,760 

2,550 

2,580

2,490 

2,210 

2,100 

1,990 

1,920

1,790 

1,790 

1,690 

1,640 

1,620

1,590 

1,520 

1,460 

1,430 

1,480

1,550 

al,500 

al,400 

al.300 

al,200

Run-off In 

Inches

0.55 

.50 

.58

19.32

.72 

1.43 

1.50 

2.14 

1.12 

.92 

1.04 

4.86 

2.04

17,. 40

Peak discharge.- Aug. 14 (6 a.m.) 37,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (7:30 a.m.) 75,900 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 479

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°58'54", long. 83°09'40", at bridge on State

 Highway 35 at Oldtown, If miles northeast of Newport, Cocke County, and 4 miles 

upstream from Pigeon River. Datum of gage Is 1,011.61 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,858 square miles.

Records available.- September 1900 to November 1901, November 1902 to December 1905,

 August to December 1907 and November 1920 to September 1940 in reports of U. S.

Geological Survey. Records prior to October 1924 (including revised records prior

to 1908) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. 

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 2,834 second-feet. 

Extremes^ Maximum discharge during year, 76,300 second-feet'Aug. 30 (gage height, 19.25

 feet); minimum, 497 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 1.33 feet).

1900-1905, 1907, 1920-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 210 

second-feet Sept. 9, 1925 (gage height, 0.92 foot).

Floods of Feb. 28, 1902, and July 17, 1916, reached stages of about 23 feet 

(discharge 101,000 second-feet) and 22.5 feet (discharge 97,000 second-feet) respectively, present datum, from floodmarks.

Revisions.- The maximum gage height for the water-year 1928 has been rev'sed to 

13.45 feet, superseding figure published in Water-supply Paper 663. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of incomplete gage-height record, 

which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by power plants above 

station.

Hating tables-, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 14 Aug. 15 to Sept. 30

1.4 560

1.6 770

2.0 1,310

2.5 2,190

3,250

5,620

S,400

11,600

10

12

18,600

26,100

35,100

2.1 

2.4

1,310 

1.S10 

2,950 

5,230

S,010 

11,300 

IS,200 

26,100

12 35,100

14 45-, 300

16 56,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

854 

1,410 

1,160 

9S1 

S7S

666 

890 

759 

74 S 

726

715 

759 

726 

737 

704

693 

682 

682 

726 

770

748 

782 

74S 

74 S 

704

704 

682 

704 

726 

704 

693

MOV.

650 

704 

737 

704 

704

693 

715 

660 

662 

671

660 

671 

650 

650 

650

693 

682 

704 

693 

770

S54 

S90 

916 

818 

782

748 

737 

748 

682 

682

Dec.

682 

693 

74S 

830 

74 S

682 

693 

682 

671 

682

726 

737 

682 

715 

682

682 

704 

682 

660 

726

929 

818 

770 

854 

994

955 

1,020 

1,3x^0 

1,450 

1,160 

1,010

Jan.

854 

693 

560 

640 

726

794 

660 

782 

660 

671

842 

916 

1,030 

1,250 

3,160

3,360 

2,060 

1,590 

1,330 

929

890 

S66 

929 

994 

794

854 

640 

715 

737 

1,020 

1,150

Month

Oct 

HOY 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193 g

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

1,090 

1,130 

955 

916 

1,030

1,060 

1,420 

1,590 

1,420 

1,260

1,540 

2,230 

1,770 

1,780 

1,960

1,950 

1,660 

2,090 

5,930 

6,140

4,520 

3,360 

2,750 

2,350 

2,170

2,000 

1,910 

2,370 

3,030

Mar.

2,790 

2,450 

2,410 

3,030 

3,140

2,600 

2,250 

2,020 

1,860 

1,750

1,640 

1,960 

2,640 

2,640 

2,680

2,580 

2,250 

2,040 

2,580 

3,030

2,500 

2,150 

1,930 

1,770 

1,690

1,570 

1,710 

1,710 

1,730 

2,330 

3,480

Second - 

foot-days

24,409 

21,600 

25,397

907, S62

33,096 

63,431 

70,910 

101,760 

50,300 

41,308 

52,928 

220,914 

100,150

306,203

Apr.

3,480 

2,920 

2,470 

2,410 

2,330

2,030 

1,910 

1,960 

3,820 

3,360

2,310 

2,500 

2,270 

2,100 

1,950

1,840 

1,770 

1,710 

2,210 

10,900

9,630 

6,960 

4,760 

4,400 

4,280

3,710 

3,250 

2,920 

2,620 

2,430

Maximum

1,410 

916 

1,450

14,400

3,360 

6,140 

3,480 

10,900 

2,350 

2,870 

4,280 

54,400 

16,500

54,400

May

2,330 

2,350 

2,270 

2,060 

1,950

1,820 

1,770 

1,710 

1,930 

1,950

1,890 

1,890 

1,690 

1,590 

1,560

1,620 

1,590 

1,490 

1,360 

1,330

1,280 

1,310 

1,300 

1,420 

1,410

1,370 

1,300 

1,160 

1,160 

1,160 

1,280

Minimum

682 

650 

660

650

560 

916 

1,570 

1,710 

1,160 

968 

968 

890 

1,360

560

June

1,260 

1,150 

1,020 

963 

1,010

1,030 

1,180 

l.OSO 

1,130 

1,020

1,130 

1,590 

1,710 

1,640 

1,610

1,280 

1,280 

2,870 

2,470 

2,080

1,640 

1,310 

1,160 

1,120 

1,450

1,240 

1,100 

1,030 

1,440 

1,310

July

1,150 

968 

1,310 

1,640 

1,640

1,310 

1,090 

1,050 

1,120 

1,180

1,690 

1,450 

2,580 

2,270 

1,640

1,570 

2,230 

4,280 

3,250 

2,350

1,770 

1,540 

1,360 

1,470 

1,490

1,260 

1,100 

1,300 

1,080 

2,230 

2,560

He an

787 

720 

819

2,487

1,068 

2,187 

2,237 

3,392 

1,623 

1,377 

1,707 

7,126 

3,338

2,203

Aut.

1,450 

1,180 

1,090 

994 

890

1,010 

3,480 

1,640 

1,370 

1,100

1,030 

1,010 

3,060 

33,500 

24 , 600

16,000 

8,690 

4,580 

3,790 

3,160

2,650 

2,450 

2,180 

2,010 

1,900

1,850 

1,670 

1,620 

2,560 

54,400 

29,000

Sept.

f!6,500 

f 12, 000 

f7,720 

f5,150 

f4,170

f3,660 

3,550 

3,250 

2,990 

2,850

2,950 

2,650 

2,420 

2,320 

2,210

2,130 

2,010 

1,950 

1,860 

1,810

1,790 

1,740 

1,670 

1,590 

1,590

1,660 

1,660 

1,500 

1,420 

1,360

Per square 'Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.424 0.49 

.3SS .43 

.441 .51

1.34 16.18

.575 .66 

1.13 1.27 

1.23 1.42 

1.83 2.04 

.874 1.01 

.741 .83 

.919 1.06 

3.84 4.42 

l.SO 2.00

1-19 16.14

Peak discharge.- Apr. (ll m.) -- --- -

20 (12 m.) 13,300 sec.-ft. 

76,300 sec.-ft. 

f Computed from partly estimated gage heights.

Aug. 14 (7:30 a.m.) 33,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 50
480 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Dandridge, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°00'53", long. 8o°24'43". at highway bridge at 

DaMrTdge, Jefferson County. Datum of gage Is 903?33 feet above mear sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area^- 4,446 square mll-es.

Records available^- October 1918 to September 1940.

Average discharge^- 22 years, 6,687 second-feet.

(gage helght> 20 ' 93

-O.ffoo!)'. 1M° J

Flood of May 21, 1901, reached a stage of 28.0 feet. Stages of 4C feet In March 

1867 and 32 feet In May 1875 or 1876 are said to have occurred.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation during low flows caused by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1,020 

1.3SO 

2,250 

3,310

5,730

8,480

11,400

18,300

26,000

34,400

43,400

53,500

64,800

77,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

S 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,520 

1,460 

2,490 

2,230 

2,030

1,880 

2,050 

1,770 

1,240 

1,150

1,660 

1,650 

1,570 

1,420 

1,340

1,130 

1,030 

1,390 

1,520 

1,600

1,460 

1,340 

1,130 

1,200 

1,700

1,620 

1,650 

1,540 

1,370 

1,050 

1,120

Nov.

1,700 

1,510 

1,520 

1,700 

1,390

1,130 

1,130 

1,650 

1,540 

1,520

1,490 

1,370 

1,010 

1,000 

1,540

1,490 

1,510 

1,460 

1,370 

1,330

1,410 

1,880 

1,990 

1,630 

1,630

1,680 

1,350 

1,390 

1,820 

1,820

Dec.

1,520 

1,620 

1,480 

1,300 

1,510

2,130 

2,250 

2,070 

1,880 

1,390

1,050 

1,180 

1,520 

1,730 

1,600

1,570 

1,410 

1,140 

1,240 

1,880

2,090 

1,990 

1,720 

1,650 

1,680

1,420 

1,700 

2,870 

2,930 

2,980 

1,920

Jan.

1,650 

1,460 

2,190 

1,810 

1,620

1,550 

1,370 

1,080 

1,150 

1,520

1,650 

1,820 

1,900 

1,860 

2,870

5,340 

4,470 

3,310 

2,960 

2,530

2,070 

bl,790 

1,700 

b2,870 

b2,640

1,860 

2,070 

1,520 

1,280 

1,600 

2,450

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

2,620 

2,660 

2,150 

2,050 

1,720

1,880 

2,660 

3,200 

2,760 

3,310

2,980 

2,980 

3,640 

3,990 

4,590

4,590 

3,990 

3,310 

6,810 

11,100

9,640 

7,920 

6,400 

4,960 

4,230

3,420 

3,760 

6,810 

8,200

Mar.

7,640 

6,140 

6,270 

7,360 

7,920

7,080 

6,270 

6,000 

5,600 

4,110

3,640 

6,680 

8,480 

7,920 

7,640

7,080 

5,470 

4,470 

6,400 

7,920

7,080 

6,400 

5,730 

3,860 

2,980

4,350 

4,590 

4,840 

4,350 

5,210 

7,080

Secondfoot-days

47,310 

44,960 

54,470

1,883,740

65,990 

128,330 

186,580 

239,540 

111,440 

93,020 

143,490 

468,430 

202,540

1,786,100

Apr.

7,080 

6,810 

6,540 

6,540 

7,360

6,S70 

5,350 

3,200 

6,140 

7,360

6,680 

6,000 

5,600 

4,710 

3,640

4,110 

4,230 

4,110 

4,350 

17,000

f24,400 

f 17, 600 

f 12, 100 

12,700 

12,100

10,200 

8,200 

7,080 

6,680 

6,400

Maximum

2,490 

1,990 

2,980

37,500

' 5,340 

11,100 

8,480 

24,400 

5,600 

5,210 

12,700 

78,100 

32,900

78,100

Hay

5,600 

5,470 

5,210 

4,350 

3,880

3,420 

3,990 

3,990 

4,350 

4,590

4,710 

4,110 

2,870 

3,760 

3,760

3,880 

3,760 

3,530 

2,600 

2,510

3,420 

2,870 

2,980 

3,090 

2,980

2,600 

2,290 

2,620 

2,870 

2,870 

2,510

Minimum

1,030 

1,000 

1,050

1,000

1,080 

1,720 

2,980 

3,200 

2,290 

1,820 

1,990 

1,840 

2,030

1,000

June

2,660 

2,250 

1,880 

2,600 

2,470

2,490 

2,580 

2,980 

2,450 

1,820

2,980 

3,420 

3,640 

3,880 

3,880

3,530 

2,870 

3,760 

5,210 

4,840

4,230 

3,530 

2,450 

1,840 

2,S70

3,200 

3,200 

3,090 

3,760 

2,660

Jily

1,990 

2,870 

3,530 

4,590 

3,310

3,640 

3,090 

2,070 

2,870 

3,310

3,310 

4,110 

4,840 

6,000 

3,800

4,230 

7,080 

9,060 

8,770 

7,080

5,470 

3,880 

4,470 

4,590 

4,350

3,760 

3,310 

2,410 

2,090 

6,830 

12,700

Mean

1,526 

1,499 

1,757

5,161

2,129 

4,425 

6,019 

7,985 

3,595 

3,101 

4,629 

15,110 

6,751

4,880

Aug.

9,350 

7,360 

4,710 

2,980 

1,920

2,870 

7,OBO 

6,270 

4,960 

3,990

2,490 

1,840 

11,100 

62,500 

68,400

33,200 

21,100 

13,900 

10,900 

9,460

8,260 

7,460 

6,460 

5,S90 

4,670

3,590 

4,080 

4,600 

4,740 

54,200 

78,100

Per square 

mile

0.343 

.337 

.395

1.16

.479 

.995 

1.35 

1.80 

.809 

.697 

1.04 

3.40 

1.52

1.10

Sept.

32,900 

22,500 

15,300 

11,100 

9,590

8,560 

8,000 

6,650 

4,460 

5,240

6,140 

5,210 

5,210 

5,340 

4,840

3,530 

4,350 

4,230 

3,990 

3,760

3,640 

2,980 

2,270 

3,530 

3,880

4,230 

3,420 

3,310 

8,350 

2,030

Run-off In 

Inches

0.40 

.38 

.46

IS. 76

.55 

1.07 

1.56 

2.00 

.93 

.77 

1.20 

3.92 

1.69

14.93

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (2 a.m.) 28,500 sac.-ft.; Aug. 15 (7 8 30 a.m.) 81,400 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 

(1 a.m.) 95,600 sec.-ft.

b Stags-discharge relation affected by ice.

f-Computed on basis of partly estimated gage height.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 481

Tennessee River at Knoxville, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°57'47n , long. 83°54'27", at old city pumping 

plant at Knoxville, Knox County, three-eighths of a mile upstream from First Creek, 

half a mile upstream from Gay Street Bridge, and 4 miles downstream from confluence 

of French Broad and Holston Rivers. Datum of gage is 797.68 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 8,934 square miles (including that of First Creek).

Records available.- January 1899 to December 1912 (1899 and 1910-12, gage heights only) 

and October 1918 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. October 

1899 to September 1924 (including revised records prior to October 1918) In Tennessee 

Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 41 years (1899-1940), 13,160 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 118,000 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 23.90 

feet); minimum, 1,780 second-feet IIov. 15 (gage height, -1.36 feet).

1899-1940: Maximum discharge observed, 195,000 second-feet Mar. 1, 1902 (gage 

height, 36.0 feet, present site and datum), from rating curve extended above 130,000 

second-feet; minimum discharge, 1,390 second-feet Sept. 11, 1925 (gage height, -1.7 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 45.8 feet, present site and datum, Mar. 10, 1867, from highwater profile by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and Tennessee Valley Authority 

(discharge, 270,000 second-feet, revised, from rating curve extended above 130,000 

second-feet).

marks.- Records excellent. Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by po-ver plants 

above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

-1.3

-1.0 

-.5 

0

.5 

1.0

1,820

2,130

2,730

3,440

4,250

5,250

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

6,580

5,340

13,000

17,300

21,400

25,700

8.0

10.0

13.0

16.0

19.0

22.0

34,900

44,300

59,000

74,500

90,700

108,000

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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

2,860

2,660

2,540

3,590

3,590

3,290

3,070

3,070

2,730

2,300

2,13O 

2,540 

2,540 

2,480 

2,360

2,240

1,970

1,920

2,240

2,420

2,480

2,360

2,180

2,020

2,020

2,540

2,480

2,540

2,360

2,240

1,920

2,020

2,540

2,420

2,540

2,600

2,360

2,020

2,020

2,480

2,420

2,480

2,420

2,240

1,870

1,820

2,300

2,360

2,420

2,300

2,420

2,660

2,660

2,930

3,070

2,800

2,800

2,800

2,360

2,480

2,730

2,860

2,540

2,600

2,480

2,240

2,540

3,070

3,220

3,000

2,860

2,360

2,020

2,240

2,600

2,800

2,730

2,600

2,480

2,180

2,360

3,000

3,290

3,140

3,670

3,440

3,290

3,220

3,590

4,430

4,430

4,160

3,290

2,930

2,600

2,930

2,800

2,600

2,540

2,420

2,030

2,240

2,540

2,930

3,000

3,590

4,620

5,S70 

7,240 

6,280 

5,370 

4,520

3,590

2,660

2,600

2,480

2,540

2,660

2,300

2,420

2,240

2,130

2,300

2,800

3,360

3,220

3,070

3,070

3,220

4,000

4,820

5,030

5,740

7,240

6,000

6,000

8,740

8,740

8,340

8,340

7,600

9,160

14,400

16,900

14,400

12,000

9,600

7,960

7,240

6,2SO

9,830

15,700

14,400

13,000

13,900

16,100

14,800

14,300

12,500

11,000

10,100

8,150

7,070

10,100

15,300

18,100

17,700

15,300

13,000

11,000

12,000

14,400

15,300

13,900

12,000

9,830

7,960

7,420 

8,540 

S.540 

8,340 

9,380 

15,300

15,300

15,700

13,900

14,800

16,100

14,400

11,500

8,950

9,160

11,700

11,700

10,800

9,830

9,160

7,960

7,070

7,600

7,420

7,600

17,700

36,800

34.900

26,600

25,300

23,900

22,200

18,500

15,300

13,400

12,000

11,000

10,100

9,600

S,540

7,960

7,240

6,580

7,070

7,070

7,600

7,600

7,600

6,740

5,740

6,580

6,580 

6.2SO 

6,000 

5,740 

4,820

4,920

5,490

6,140

6,280

5,870

5,490

5,030

4,920

5,030

5,740

5,490

4,920

5,370

6,580

5,490

5,740

5,140

5,030

5,250

6,000

4,820

f4,S20 

f 6,1401

6,5SO 

 7,070

7,420

6,740

6,740

5,620

7,780

12,200

10,800

8,740

7,070

5,620

5,370

6,000

5,620

6,140

7,960

6,280

5,030

4,340

5,870

7,070

6,900

5,740

6,430

6,000

5,030

5,740

5,740

6,000

7,600

9,600

8,740

7,070

8,950

11,300

14,800

13,900

10,500

8,150

6,580

6,900

7,780

6,580

6,740

5,740

4,920

4,430

18,100

30,700

23,100

16,100

10,100

7,600

6,140 

3,950 

10,300 

8',950 

7,780

6,140

5,010

4,630

38,300

90,600

106,000

60,000

34,200

26,000

21,400

19,300

17,100

14,000

12,200

10,900

8-630

7,340

7,660

8.010

23,100

87,100

f71,800 

f38,600 

h26,600 

h!8,200 

hi 4, 800

hl3,100

hll.SOO

10,900

8,250

7,260

8,340 

8,340 

7,960 

7,7SO 

7,420

6,580

5,740

6,140

6,140

5,740

5,490

5,140

4,720

4,160

5,250

6,140

5,490

5,140

4,920

4,080

Secondfoot-days

Per square

mile

October.. 

November. 

December.

77,680

73,340

91,440

3,590

3,070

4,430

1,920

1,820

2,020

2,506

2,445

2,950

0.28\ 

.27*

0.32 

.31 

.38

Calendar year 1939. 3,526,290 64,600 1,520 14.63

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40.

100,310

222,800

379,230

457,250

206,840

195,050

238,270

737,340

342,020

7,240

16,900

18,100

36,800

11,000

12,200

18,100

106,000

71,800

2,080 

2,800 

7,070 

7,070 

4,820 

4,S20 

4,340 

4,630 

4,080

3,236

7,683

12,230

15,240

6,672

6,502

7,686

23,790

11,400

1.37

1.71

.747

.723

.860

2.66

1.28

.42

.93

1.58

1.90

.36

.81

.99

3.07

1.42

3,121,570 106,000 1,820 8,529

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (8 p.m.) 41,000 sec.-ft.j Aug. 16 (2 a.m.) 118,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

(7 p.m.; »b,OOO seo.-ft.

f Discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage height. 

h Discharge computed from graph based on once-daily readings of staff gage.
482 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Loudon, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35044'33", long. 84°19'56", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 11, at Loudon, Loudon County, 9f miles downstream from Little Tennessee 

River. Datum of gage Is 726.29 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary 

adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 12,220 square miles.

Records available.- October 1922 to September 1940. Gage-height records collected In 

same vicinity since 1884 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 18 years (1922-40), 19,130 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 123,000 second-feet Aug. 16 (g-?ge height, 

19.86 feet); minimum, 2,930 second-feet Nov. 2, 16 (gage height, 2.04 feet).

1922-40: Maximum discharge, 169,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1936 (ga?e height, 25.75 

feet); minimum, 2.190 second-feet Sept. 12, 1925 (gage height, 0.82 foot, site and 

datum then In use).

Flood of Mar. 5, 1917, reached a stage of 32.9 feet, present site and datum 

(discharge, 225,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 151,000 secondfeet). U. S. Weather Bureau reports stages of 49.7 feet Mar. 10 or 11, 1867, 42.7 

feet Feb. 27, 1875, and 34.9 feet Mar. 31, 1886, present site and datum. Flood of 

Mar. 31, 1886, may have reached a higher stage; no readings obtained that year after 

Mar. 31.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are 

fair. Low-water flow affected by power plants on Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers.

Bating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

3,120

4,480

6,460

11,000

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

16,700

22,900

36,000

49,900

12.0

14.0

16.0

19.0

63,900

76,300

93,100

116,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,860 

5,240 

4,860 

4,480 

5,440

5,440 

4,860 

4,860 

4,860 

4,670

4,480 

4,020 

4,160 

4.160 

3,950

3,610 

3,780 

3,980 

3,710 

3,660

4,120 

3,950 

3,750 

3,810 

3,710

3,750 

4,230 

4,020 

3,710 

3,640 

3,580

Nov.

3,440 

3,250 

3,810 

3,860 

3,710

3,710 

3,710 

3,5SO 

3,150 

3,470

3,780 

3,680 

3,580 

3,710 

3,150

3,060 

3,410 

3,540 

3,510 

3,640

4,340 

4,670 

4,480 

4,670 

4,670

4,300 

4,090 

4,370 

4,120 

4,050

Dec.

4,020 

4,480 

4,120 

3,750 

3,780

3,610 

3,920 

4,860 

4,S60 

4,230

3,960 

3,6SO 

3,920 

4,440 

4,670

4,860 

4,480 

3,810 

4,050 

4,090

4,340 

5,050 

5,640 

5,440 

6,040

5,440 

6,040 

6,040 

6,040 

6,460 

6,040

Jan.

5,640 

5,440 

5,240 

5,050 

5,440

5,050 

4,050 

3,750 

4,160 

4,160

4,160 

4,670 

5,270 

5,440 

10,000

10,300 

11,500 

10,300 

a8,420 

a7,050

a5,780 

a4,800 

a 4, 100 

a4,550 

a 4, 750

a 4, 850 

a 4, 450 

a3,850 

a3,190 

a3,700 

a4,150

Month

Octc 

HOVE 

Dece

Cc

Jam 

Pebi 

Hare 

Apr] 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 1939

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

a4,750 

a5, 380 

a5,600 

a5,380 

a5,000

6,040 

7,300 

7,520 

8,400 

9,OSO

12,500 

11,500 

9,780 

12,000 

16,100

13,700 

13,100 

13,400 

21,600 

24,800

25,4OO 

22,800 

19,100 

16,700 

14,300

11,800 

11,500 

13,400 

22,900

Mar.

22,900 

21,000 

21,000 

24,800 

24,200

22,200 

20,400 

18,500 

16,700 

14,600

11,800 

14, 000 

21,600 

28,700 

34,000

28,000 

23,500 

19,100 

19,800 

21,000

22,200 

21,600 

19,100 

16,100 

13,400

14,000 

14,300 

14,600 

14,600 

14,600 

17,9OO

Secondfoot-days

131,370 

114,530 

146,180

5,768,550

173,350 

369,430 

610,200 

689,600 

358,030 

328,860 

390,880 

910,180 

541,870

4,764,480

Apr.

21,600 

22, 900 

21,600 

21,000 

22,200

21,000 

17,300 

14, 300 

14,600 

16,700

17,900 

17,300 

16,100 

13,700 

12,300

12,800 

12,600 

12,600 

12,800 

26,700

47,800 

52,000 

41,500 

38,000 

37,400

33,300 

28,000 

23,500 

21,000 

19,100

Maximum

5,440 

4,670 

6,460

110,000

11,500 

25,400 

34,000 

52,000 

18,500 

18,500 

20,400 

117,000 

108,000

117,000

May

18,500 

17,300 

16,100 

15,500 

12,800

11,800 

12,300 

12,000 

12,000 

12,300

12,600 

11,800 

11,500 

11,200 

11,000

11,500 

10,800 

10,500 

10,300 

9,080

8,860 

9,540 

10,000 

11,200 

11,000

9,780 

9,080 

9,080 

8,620 

10,000 

10,000

Minimum

3,580 

3,060 

3,610

3,060

3,190 

4,750 

11,800 

12,300 

8,620 

8,400 

9,080 

8,720 

6,460

3,060

June

9,310 

6,850 

9,310 

9,540 

9,080

8,620 

8,400 

8,620 

8,850 

9,780

9,060 

9,540 

11,000 

11,500 

12,000

11,500 

12,000 

11,800 

12,000 

16,700

18,500 

15,200 

11,800 

10,000 

9,780

10,500 

10,300 

10,000 

13,100 

12,200

July

9,540 

9,080 

9,540 

11,500 

13,100

11,200 

10,800 

10,300 

10,800 

10,800

11,000 

10,500 

12,600 

14,300 

14,300

12,800 

15,800 

16,700 

17,900 

20,400

17,300 

13,400 

11,800 

11,500 

12,000

12,300 

11,500 

11,000 

9,540 

9,080 

19,100

Mean

4,238 

3,818 

4,715

15,800

5,592 

12,740 

19,680 

22,990 

11,550 

10,960 

12,610 

29,360 

18,060

13,020

Aug.

27,400 

34,600 

21,600 

15,500 

11,200

10,500 

10,800 

13,700 

13,400 

12,600

10,500 

8,720 

9,360 

38,000 

81,300

il7,ooo

-95,400 

50,100 

31,400 

27,700

24,500 

22,500 

19,700 

17,100 

15,500

12,800 

12,100 

11,2OO 

12,000 

28,200 

95,800

Per square 

mile

0.347 

.312 

.386

1.29

.458 

1-04 

1.61 

1.88 

.945 

.897 

 1.03 

2.40 

1.48

1.07

Sept.

10,800 

62,700 

39,700 

29,300 

21,800

19,900 

17,800 

16,100 

14,300 

12,300

12,600 

13,700 

12,600 

12,600 

12,000

11,200 

10,500 

10,500 

10,600 

10,000

10,000 

9,640 

7,520 

8,180 

8,180

8,85O 

9,540 

8,400 

7,300 

6,460

Run-off in 

Inches

0.40 

.35 

.44

17.56

.53 

1.12 

1.86 

2.10 

1.09 

1.00 

1.19 

2.77 

1.65

14.60

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at KnoxrtUe and 

Little Tennessee River at HcQhee.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 483

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°32'47", long. 84°48'02", at Breedenton, Meigs

County, 14 miles downstream from Sewee Creek, 2i miles north of Decatur, and 48

miles upstream from Chickamauga Dam. Datum of gage is 666.22 feet above mean sea

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). 

Drainage area.- 17,460 square miles. 

Records available.- February 1934 to September 1940 /discharge, Oct. 1, 1939, to Feb.

29; gage heights thereafter). 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period Oct. 1, 1939, to Feb. 29, 1940, 35,200

second-feet Feb. 20 (gage height, 8.13 feet); minimum, 3,760 second-feet Jan. 29

(gage height, 1.55 feet).

Maximum gage height during period Mar. 1 to Sept. 30, 1940, 20.04 feet Sept. 2;

minimum (after Mar. 8, 1940, date water surface in Chickamauga Reservoir first

reached minimum pool elevation), 8.77 feet Mar. 9.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 205,000 second-feet Mar. 29, 1936 (gage height, 27.70

feet); minimum, that of Jan. 29, 1940. 

Remarks.- Discharge records good. Flow regulated by power plant at and storage in

Morris Reservoir (see p.582). Discharge records discontinued Feb. 29, 194C, when

station became affected by backwater from Chickamauga Dam.

Rating table, period Oct. 1, 1939, to Feb. 29, 1940 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

4,OSO 

4,660 

6,480

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

8,400

12,800

17,700

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

22. BOO 

28,4)0

Discharge, In second-feet, or gage-height. In feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

Discharge Qage height

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

12,800

12,300

12,300

11,400

11,400

12,300

12,300

12,100

10,900

10,500

10,700

10,300

10,100

10,100

10,100

9,850

9,430

9,430

9,640

10,100

10,100

10,100

10,300

10,700

10,700

10,500

10,700

10,900

10,700

10,500

10,300

10,300 

10,300 

10,100 

10,500 

f 10, 500

f10,500 

10,500

f10,500 

10,300 

10,100

10,300

10,500

10,300

10,300

10,100

9,850

9,640

9,850

10,300

10,900

10,700

11,200

10,900

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,500

10,300

10,500

10,500

10,500 

10,500 

10,500 

10,500 

9,S50

9,430

9,220

9,640

10,300

9,850

9,430

9,220

9,010

9,220

9,640

9,850

9,850

8,400

6,660

9,430

9,430

9,220

9,640

10,300

9,430

8,400

3,600

9,220

9,010

3,600

9,010

8,400

7,600

7,410

7,410

7,410

7,030

7,030

6,300

5,780

6,120

6,300

6,660

7,030

9,220

10,100

14,700

12,800

12,800

no, 900

9,220

8,000

6,480

5,620

5,460

5,310

f4,580 

f5,010 

5,160 

4,200 

4,200 

4,320

4,580 

4,720 

4,S60 

5,950 

5,460

5,950

7,600

9,010

9,850

21,700

25,500

21,700

16,700

16,200

21,700

21,200

17,700

18,700

24,400

35,200

33,300

31,500

26,100

22,800

20,200

18,700

17,700

19,200

28,400

8.10 

7.6S 

7.75 

9.08 

9.66

9.54

10.00

11.02

12.67

14.03

13.81

13.39

13.13

13.09

13.17

13.06

13.16

13.82

14.21

14.36

14.46

14.53

14.62

14.78

15.44

16.84

17.62 

18.07 

18.39 

IS.52 

18'. 70

18.94

18.50

18.09

17.56

17.33

17.39

17.29

17.49

17.49

17.49

17.15

16.89

16.68

,16.63

17.14

18.07

18.78

19.00

18.80

18.44

18.11

17.74

17.51

17.17

16.30

17.08

16.93

16.63

16.61

16.71

16.68

16.62

16.44

16.32

16.20

16.08

16.09

16.09

16.07

16.04

15.93

15.93

15.89

15.38

15.67

15.49

15.24

15.16

15.22

15.22

15.43

15.46

15.35

15.29

15.33

15.45

15.47

15.53

15.74

15.70

15.67

15.58

15.44

15.30

15.31

15.44

15.51

15.53

15.49

15.55

15.66

16.00 

16.60 

16. SI 

16.97 

17.12

17.37

17.50

17.41

17.39

17.29

17.27

17.23

17.15

17.04

17.06

17.05

16.84

16.68

16.50

16.41

16.51

16.63

16.71

16.73

16.30

16.90 

16.39 

16.34 

16.78 

h!6.59

h!6.58 

16.65 

16.63 

16.40 

16.22

16.07

15.90

15.95

15.97

15.75

15.46

15.43

15.53

15.58

15.44

15.26

15.26

16.03

16.45

16.24

15.97

15.80

15.55

15.36

15.27

15.11

15.05

14.34

14.68

13.88

14.60

17.17

19.15

18.27

16.91

16.43

16.40

16.35

16.32

16.46

16.40

16.04

15.68

15.39

15.23

15.26

13.56

19.48

19.38

17.55

16.56

15.92

15.41

15.19

15.10

14.97

14.91

14.91

14.99

15.04

14.96

14.99

15.10

15.06

15.04

14.97

14.92

14.39

14.99

15.23

15.16

14.80

14.45

14.40

14.36

14.33

14.29

Secondfoot-daya

Per square

mile

Run-off in 

Inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

333,550

312,340

291,860

12,800

11,200

10,500

9,430

9,640

6,660

10,760

10,410

9,415

Calendar year 1939 ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year

8,603,910 148,000 6,660 23,570

228,560

516,580

14,700

35,200

4,200

4,580

7,373

17,810

f Computed on basla of partly estimated gage height, 

h Computed on basis of reading from tape gage.
484 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Chickamauga Reservoir near Chattanooga, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°06'07", long. 85°13'42n , at Chickamauga Dam on 

Tennessee River, 1,000 feet upstream from North Chickamauga Creek, l.fX) feet upstream 

from Southern Ry. bridge, 2£ miles upstream from South Chickamauga Creek, and 5| miles 

northeast of Chattanooga, Hamilton County. Datum of gage is at mean sea. level (South1936). Prior to March 12, 1940, water-stage 

gage ? 663.00 feet above mean sea level (SouthGage readings have been reduced to

eastern supplementary adjustment 

recorder on opposite bank; datum oi 

eastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). 

elevations above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 20,790 square miles.

Records available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum elevation during year, 685.00 feet Apr. 6 (contents, 687,900 acre- 

 feet); minimum midnight elevation (after first filling), 677.78 feet Aug. 15 (contents, 

449,300 acre-feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments and 

spillway with 18 2-section lift gates, 40.44 feet high and 40 feet wide; storage 

began Feb. 6, 1940. Water surface in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation 

Mar. 8, 1940. Controlled capacity is 376,900 acre-feet between elevations 673.00 

and 685.44 feet. Figures given herein are of total capacity or conterts for level 

pool. Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. A table showing 

pertinent data concerning capacities of the reservoir Is given herein.

Cooperation.- Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Total reservoir capacity, In acre-feet, at selected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

627.3 (lowest regulating outlet, bottom of speed ring). ........

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

24 200

705,300

Capacity tabla (elevations, in feet, and contents, in thousands of acre-feet) 

(Prepared by Tennessee Valley Authority from surveys and maps by that agency)

633.5

635

640

645

650

1.3

3.2

11.2

24.2

42.7

655 

66O 

665

70.2

113.7

178.0

227.4

264.8

672

674

676

678

680

306.2

351.6

401.2

455.4

514.7

682

684

686

687

579.5

650.1

727.4

768.8

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Date

Sept. 30.......................

Elevation 

(feet)

680.37

Contents 

(acre -feet)

_

526, 40O

Change in contents 

during mon*;h 

(acre-fee*;)

4-PPR fiOft

+7,900
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 485

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°05'12", long. 85°16'43", on right bank near 

southeast corner of Meadow Lake County Club golf course, half a mile downstream from 

South Chlckamauga Creek, 5 miles downstream from Chlckamauga Dam, and 3i miles upstream from Walnut Street Bridge In Chattanooga, Hamilton County. Auxiliary waterstage recorder at Cltlco Bar, Si miles downstream and li miles upstream from Walnut 

Street Bridge. Datum of gages Is 621.12 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 21,400 square miles.

Records available.- April 1874 to October 1913, March 1915 to June 1930, and January 1936 

to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. April 1874 to September 1924 

In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. July 1930 to September 1940 at Hales 

Bar, 38 miles (revised 1 downstream, published as Tennessee River at Hales Bar near 

Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Average discharge.- 66 years (1874-1940), Including records at Hales Bar July 1930 to 

December 193b, 37,970 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 89,400 second-feet Sept. 2; maximum gage height, 

21.07 feet Sept. 2; minimum dally discharge, 5,950 second-feet Jan. 30; minimum gage 

height, 7.30 feet Feb. 9.

1874-1940: Maximum discharge observed, 410,000 second-feet Mar. 1, 1875 (gage 

height, 53.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 250,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 3,300 second-feet (estimated) Sept. 13, 1925; minimum gage height, 0.0 foot 

Sept. 11-14, 1881, Sept. 19, 1883 (before filling of Hales Bar pool).

Maximum stage known, 57.9 feet Mar. 11, 1867 (discharge, about 459,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height recprd, which are good. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary waterstage recorder as a factor. Flow regulated by power plants and storage at Norrls, 

Hlwassee and Chickamauga Reservoirs. See pages 582 > 598, 484-

Discharge, la. second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

14.6OO 

14,200 

13,800 

13,900 

12,700

12,900 

13, 600 

13,800 

12,800 

12,000

12,800 

13,000 

11,900 

11,500 

11,400

11,000 

11,000 

11,200 

11,000 

11,400

12,600 

11,900 

11,400 

12,600 

13,300

13,200 

12,800 

12,800 

12,500 

12,000 

11,900

NOT.

12,500 

12,500 

12,500 

12,500 

12,600

12,300 

13,100 

13,800 

13,500 

13,500

13,100 

12,500 

12,100 

12,200 

12,900

12,900 

12,200 

11,600 

11,700 

12,000

12,200 

12,800 

13,600 

13,400 

12,900

13,000 

12,400 

12,100 

12,600 

12,900

Doc.

13,200 

12,300 

12,700 

12,800 

13,100

12,600 

11,500 

11,400 

11,800 

12,300

11,500 

11,300 

11,400 

11,400 

11,700

12,000 

11,800 

11,100 

10,200 

9,810

11,700 

11,900 

12,300 

12,200 

12,100

alO,800 

all, 900 

all, 700 

all, 100 

all, 100 

all, 100

Jan.

alO.100 

a9,500 

a9,800 

a9,500 

alO,300

10,000 

9,600 

9,750 

8,350 

8,730

9,400 

9,800 

9,200 

10,600 

14,200

12,400 

13,000 

12,000 

12,900 

10, 500

10,200 

11,400 

1)10,900 

bll.OOO 

1)8,250

1)9, 400 

1)8,400 

1)7,500 

*b6,600 

*b5,950 

1)6,000

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Kar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Fob.

b7,000 

*b8,100 

8,600 

8,710 

9,100

10,800 

13,100 

10,300 

8,600 

13,600

21,000 

16,900 

17,600 

20,800 

22,900

23,800 

24,000 

35,600 

45,800 

45,400

40, 800 

33,700 

32,000 

18,500 

14,000

18,000 

19,000 

22,500 

25,100

Mar.

27,900 

30,600 

30,800 

35,300 

36,100

36,200 

27,800 

20,300 

16,000 

11,800

18,000 

23,400 

33,600 

45,100 

59,100

50,200 

37,100 

33,800 

32,800 

37,500

32,400 

21,300 

16,100 

17,800 

18,100

18,400 

18,900 

18,300 

18,300 

21,600 

25,700

Socondfoot-days

387,500 

379,900 

364,310

11,195,210

305,230 

595, 310 

870,300 

999,100 

549,500 

440,950 

521, 600 

979,600 

801,400

7,194,700

Apr.

26,400 

26,700 

26,900 

26,700 

25,900

30,500 

36,600 

33,400 

30,000 

24,700

24,300 

21,700 

19,200 

18,800 

20,300

22,600 

20,400 

18,800 

22,300 

32,000

54,900 

55,300 

57,800 

64,900 

59,000

51,600 

44,200 

36,900 

36,100 

30,200

Maximum

14,600 

13,800 

13,200

187,000

14,200 

45, 800 

59,100 

64,900 

38,800 

21,600 

26,300 

80,500 

85,100

85,100

May

29,800 

38,800 

50,200 

22,600 

19,500

19,200 

19,400 

20,600 

18,700 

18,400

17,300 

15,600 

15,800 

15,900 

15,900

14,300 

14, 400 

14,600 

14,700 

15,600

15,800 

15,700 

15,500 

16,300 

14,400

9,500 

14,500 

14,200 

13,800 

14,000 

14,600

Hinlnmoi

11,000 

11,600 

9,810

9,810

5,950 

7,000 

11,800 

18,800 

9,500 

8,020 

11,200 

13,400 

14,200

5,950

June

14,000 

8,020 

11,500 

13,000 

14,200

14,900 

16,100 

14,700 

8,110 

10,000

11,900 

14,400 

15,000 

15,200 

12,600

S,020 

14,800 

17,300 

16,600 

17,600

20, 700 

21,600 

19,200 

16,000 

16,100

16,200 

15,900 

15,600 

15,600 

16,100

July

14,900 

16,100 

15,100 

a!5, 500 

a!5,500

all, 500 

all, 500 

a!3,200 

13,800 

14,300

13,200 

14,400 

16,900 

19,000 

19,200

15, 500 

17,800 

21,000 

26,300 

26,200

25, 300 

20,600 

15,600 

15,000 

21,900

18,700 

12,900 

11,200 

16,100 

15,900 

17,500

Mean

12,500 

12,660 

 11,750

30,670

9,846 

20,530 

28,070 

33,300 

17,730 

14,700 

16,830 

31,600 

26,710

19,660

AVR.

21,100 

23.600 

27,600 

24,000 

18-200

17,600 

18-300 

16.500 

17,200 

14,300

13,400 

14,400. 

19,100 

43.000 

68-600

80,000 

80.500 

74,200 

49,100 

35.200

27,900 

26.800 

23.100 

18.800 

22.4*00

23,500 

21,100 

21,000 

21,000 

33,100 

66-000

Per square 

mllo

-

1.43

:

.919

Sept.

85,100 

88,700 

61,900 

46,500 

37, 500

30,700 

23,400 

20,800 

17,600 

16, 500

14,200 

15,600 

17,300 

17,100 

15,600

17,700 

19,500 

19,600 

19,700 

19,700

20,100 

15,200 

16,300 

22,600 

25,300

21,800 

21,700 

21,200 

19,200 

19,300

Run-off in 

indies

-

19.46

\

12.60

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Hales Bar, near 

Chattanooga.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
486 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hales Bar Reservoir near Chattanooga, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°02'48", long. 85°32'33", at Hales Bar Dam on 

 Tennessee River, 5i miles southeast of Jasper, Marion County, 8.5 miles upstream from 

Sequatchie River, 33.0 miles downstream from Chattanooga, 39.9 miles downstream from 

Chickamauga Dam, and 82.1 miles upstream from Ountersville Dam. Datum of gage is mean 

sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, 

water-stage transmitter on opposite bank with datum of gage 626.28 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). Gage readings have been reduced 

to elevations above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 21,790 square miles.

Records available.- October 1914 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1914-39: Maximum and minimum elevations and contents not available. 

' 1539-40: Maximum contents during year, 156,800 acre-feet Sept. 2 (elevation, 

634.35 feet); minimum, 108,200 acre-feet Mar. 23 (elevation, 626.27 feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with earth embankments containing concrete 

core walls. Dam completed and storage began Oct. 13, 1913. Controlled capacity Is 

16,600 acre-feet between elevations 626.25 and 629.25 feet. Figures given herein are 

of total capacity or contents for level pool. Reservoir is used for ravigation, flood 

control, and power. A table showing pertinent data concerning capacities of the reservoir is given herein.

Cooperation.- Capacity tables and records of elevation furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Total reservoir capacity at selected elevations, 1914 and 194C

ElevatIon 

(feet)

600.4 (lowest regulating outlet, bottom of penstock Intakes)... 

626.25 (crest of spillway, ordinary minimum pool)..............

629.25 (top of flashboards).....................................

Capacity 

(fore-feet)

45,£CO 

143,3CO 

162,2CO

23,500

108,200

124,800

Note.- The reduction In capacity between 1914 and 1940 as Indicated abore Is the result of silt deposition In the reservoir.

Monthly elevation and contents, 1914-40

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during nonth

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31,. 1914............... 628.9

Nov. 30..................... 62S.7

Dec. 31..................... 634.3

Jan. 31, 1915............... 632.1

Feb. 28..................... 632.8

Her. 31..................... 629.7

Apr. 30..................... 628.8

Hey 31..................... 629.1

June 30..................... 627.6

July 31..................... 627.4

Aug. 31..................... 630.8

Sept.30..................... 628.1

Oet. 31, 1915............... 627.5

Nov. 30..................... 631.3

Dec. 31..................... 637.9

Calendar year 1915........

Jan. 31, 1916............... 630.4

Feb. 29..................... 631.0

Mar. 31..................... 630.4

Apr. 30..................... 627.7

May 31..................... 631.3

June 30..................... 629.8

July 31..................... 629.7

Aug. 31..................... 626.5

Sept.30..................... 628.1

Water year 1915-16........

Oet. 31, 1916............... 628.8

Nov. 30..................... 628.8

Dec. 31..................... 634.4

Calendar year 1916........

Jan. 31, 1917............... 633.2

Feb. 28..................... 632.4

Mar. 31..................... 634.1

Apr. 30..................... 628.0

Hay 31..................... 629.2

June 30..................... 62S.8

July 31..................... 630.3

Aug. 31..................... 628.3

Sept.30..................... 629.4

Water year 1916-17.......'.

157,100

155,600

192,500

177,400

183,000

163,100

156,400

158,600

143,900

147,400

170,100

151,300

146,900

171,200

220,300

164,400 

168,900 

164,400 

14S, 500 

171,200 

161,200 

160,500 

141,100 

150,100

154,000

154,000

190,200

183,300

177,000

187,700

149,400

155,600

154,000

162,300

150,300

157,000

-1,600 

+36,900

-15,100 

+5,600

-19,900

-6,VOO 

+2,200

-9,700

-1,600 

+22, TOO

-18,800

-4,400 

+24.SOO 

+49,100

+27,800

-55,TOO 

+4,600 

-4,600

-15,TOO 

+22,700

-10,000 

-VOO

-19,400 

+9,COO

-l,fOO

+3,fOO

0

+36, TOO

-30,100

-6,fOO

-6,TOO 

+10,700

-36,?00 

+6, £00

-1,600 

+S,500

-12,COO 

+6, TOO

+6,SOO
TENNESSEE; RIVER BASIN 487

Monthly elevation and contents, Hales Bar Reservoir near 

Chattanooga, Term., 1914-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1917............... 628.3

Nov. 50...................... 628.8

Dec. 31..................... 688.9

Calendar year 1917.......

Jan. 31, 1918............... 640.8

Feb. 88..................... 689.0

liar. 31....................

Apr. 30..................... 689.3

May 31..................... 687.6

June 30..................... 630.9

July 31..................... 689.4

Aug. 31..................... 688.3

Sept.30..................... 628.9

Water year 1917-18.......

Oct. 31, 1918............... 636.0

Nov. 30..................... 630.7

Dec. 31..................... 689.7

Calendar year 1918.......

Jan. 31, 1919....v........... 630.7

Feb. 88..................... 631.9

liar. 31..................... 630.9

Apr. 30..................... 688.3

May 31..................... 689.5

June 30..................... 629.6

July 31..................... 686.0

Aug. 31..................... 628.8

Sept.30..................... 689.1

Water year 1918-19......

Oct. 31, 1919............... 629.4

Nov. 30..................... 630.8

Dec. 31..................... 687.3

Calendar year 1919......

Jan. 31, 1980............... 630.8

Feb. 89..................... 631.3

Mar. 31..................... 638.3

Apr. 30..................... 630.0

May 31..................... '687.8

June 30..................... 687.4

July 31..................... 627.0

Aug. 31..................... 630.5

Sept.30..................... 626.8

Water year 1919-80......

Oct. 31, 1980............... 689.4

Nov. 30..................... 630.6

Dec. 31..................... 630.4

Calendar year 1920.......

Jan. 31, 1981............... 631.0

Feb. 88..................... 630.8

Mar. 31..................... 629.5

Apr. 30..................... 629.8

May 31..................... 688.4

June 30..................... 629.3

July 31..................... 630.7

Aug. 31..................... 688.8

Sept.30..................... 689.2

Water year 1920-21......

Oct. 31, 1981............... 688.7

Nov. 30..................... 633.3

Dec. 31..................... 631.0

Calendar year 1981......

Jan. 31, 1988............... 630.3

Feb. 28..................... 631.8

Mar. 31..................... 633.1

Apr. 30..................... 633.4

May 31..................... 629.2

June 30..................... 627.5

July 31..................... 627.7

Aug. 31..................... 629.0

Sept.30..................... 688.8

Water year 1981-82......

461679 O - 42 - 32

147,900

151,600

152,100

836,800

162,900

152,100

156,000

143,500

165,400

155,700

147,900

152,100

800,500

161,300

166,400

161,300

170,800

162,700

146,700

154,000

154,700

133,600

150,300

151,200

152,000

166,400

138,800

160,700

164,400

170,400

156,200

142,100

139,400

137,900

168,500

136,600

160,700

157,900

156,500

160,800

159,300

151,400

149,400

143,900

150,000

158,600

146,600

149,400

144,700

173,700

169,400

154,500

160,800

172,100

174,500

146,900

136,600

138,000

146,700

146,400

-9,100

+3,600

+600

-38,100

+84,100

-83,300

-800

+2,900

-11,500 

+21,900

-9,700

-7,800 

+4,200

-4,900

+48,400

-39,200

-5,900

+3,300

+5,900 

+8,900 

-7,500

-16,000

+7,300

+700

-81,800

+16,800

 +900

-900

+800 

+4,400 

-17,600

-16,600

+21,900 

+3,700 

+6,000

-14,800

-14,100

-8,700

-1,500 

+20,600

-88,000

-14,700

+14,800 

+7,800 

-1,400

+17,700

+4,300

-1,500

-7,900

-8,000

-5/500 

+6',100 

+8,600 

-18,000 

+8,800

+18.900

-4,700 

+29,000 

-14,300

+2,900

-4,900

+6,300

+11,300

+2,400

-27,600

+10,300

+1,400

+8,700

-1,300

-4,000
488 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents, Hales Bar Reservoir near 

Chattanooga, Term., 1914-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In content!

during montl

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1922............. 628.6

Nov. 30................... 628.7

Dec. 31................... 629.0

Calendar year 1922....

Jan. 31, 1923............. 635.1

Feb. 28................... 630.4

liar. 31................... 630.0

Apr. 30................... 629.9

May 31................... 632.2

June 30................... 630.0

July 31................... 630.3

Aug. 31................... 629.3

Sept.30................... 629.1

Water year 1922-23....

Oct. 31, 1923............. 628.9

Nov. 30................... 628.8

Dec. 31................... 631.8

Calendar year 1923....

Jan. 31, 1924............. 629.3

Feb. 29................... 633.0

liar. 31................... 630.4

Apr. 30..................; 632.0

Hay 31................... 633.4

June 30................... 626.4

July 31................... 629.

Aug. 31................... 629.4

Sept.30................... 628.9

Water year 1933-24....

Oct. 31, 1924............. 628.8

Nov. 30................... 628.8

Dec. 31................... 629.4

Calendar year 1924....

Jan. 31, 1925............. 630.0

Feb. 28................... 630.0

liar. 31................... 628.7

Apr. 30................... 632.2

May 31................... 628.7

June 30................... 629.8

July 31................... 628.5

Aug. 31................... 628.7

Sept.30................... 628.0

Water year 1924-25....

Oct. 31, 1925............. 629.0

Nov. 30................... 630.2

Dec. 31................... 626.9

Calendar year 1925....

Jan. 31, 1926............. 629.2

Feb. 28................... 630.9

liar. 31................... 630.0

Apr. 30................... 627.8

Hay 31».................. 629.0

June 30................... 628.8

July 31................... 628.4

Aug. 31................... 630.0

Sept.30................... 628.1

Water year 1925-26....

Oct. 31, 1926............. 629.1

Nov. 30................... 631.1

Dec. 31................... 638.9

Calendar year 1926....

Jan. 31, 1927............. 630.5

Feb. 28................... 634.2

Mar. 31................... 628.9

Apr. 30................... 628.8

May 31................... 631.4

June 30................... 627.9

July 31................... 628.8

Aug. 31................... 627.7

Sept.30................... 628.0

141,600

142,300

144,300

184,800

152,500

151,000

150,300

164,000

151,000

151,800

146,200

145,000

142,300

141,800

161,100

145,000

168,400

151,200

162,500

171,500

127,400

143,000

145,700

142,300

140,500

140,500

143,200

147,200

147,200

139,800

161,100

139,800

145,800

138,500

139,800

135,200

139,300

145,900

127,200

140,700

150,600

145,900

132,800

139,300

138,100

135,500

145,900

133,600

137,500

150,600

204,700

146,600

171,400

137, 400

136,900

152,700

131,000

136,900

129,900

131,700

-3,800

+700

+2,000

-15,100

+40,500

-32, 300

-1,500

-700

+13,700

-13,000 

+800

-5,600

-1,200

-400

-2,700

-500

+19,300

f16,800

-16,100 

+23,400

-17,200

+11,300

+9,000

-44,100

+15,600

+2,700

-3,400

-2,700

-1,800

0

+2,700

-17,900

+4,000 

0

-7,400 

+21,300 

-21,300

+6,000

-7,300 

+1,300

-4,600

-7,100

+4,100 

+6,600 

-18,700

-16,000

+13,500 

+9,900

-4,700

-13,100 

+6,500

-1,200

-2,600 

+10,400

-12,300

-1,600

+3,900 

+13,100 

+54,100

+77,500

-58,100 

+24,800

-34,000

-500

+15,800

-21,700 

+5,900 

-7,000 

+1,800

Water year 1926-27. -1,900
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 439

Monthly eleTatlon and contents. Bales Bar Reservoir near 

Chattanooga, Term., 1914-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1927............. 628.9

HOT. 30................... 627.5

Dec. 31................... 631.9

Calendar year 1927....

Jan. 31, 1928............. 629.0

Feb. 29................... 627.5

liar. 31................... 639.8

Apr. 30................... 638.9

Hay 31................... 632.6

June 30................... 636.9

July 31................... 628.4

Aug. 31................... 628.5

Sept.SO................... 626.4

Water year 1927-28....

Oct. 31, 1928............. 629.5

Nov. 30................... 627.6

Dec. 31................... 627.3

Calendar year 1928....

Jan. 31, 1929............. 631.9

Feb. 28................... 637.1

liar. 31................... 632.2

Apr. 30................... 632.6

May 31................... 629.9

June 30................... 631.2

July 31................... 629.3

Aug. 31................... 628.7

Sept.30................... 631.7

Water year 1928-29....

Oct. 31, 1929*............ 628.4

HOT. 50................... 630.0

Dec. 31................... 630.7

Calendar year 1929....

Jan. 31, 1930............. 628.6

Feb. 28................... 629.6

liar. 31................... 629.4

Apr. SO................... 628.7

May 31................... 626.4

June 50................... 628.1

July 31................... 628.B

Aug. 31................... 628.8

Sept.30................... 628.8

Hater year 1929-30....

Oct. 31, 1930............. 628.8

HOT. 30................... 628.8

Dec. 31................... 629.6

Calendar year 1930....

Jan. 31, 1931............. 628.8

Feb. 28................... 689.9

liar. 31................... 631.9

Apr. 50................... 629.8

May 31................... 628.0

June SO................... 628.8

July 31................... 628.4

Aug. 31................... 628.8

Sept.30................... 628.8

Water year 1930-31....

Oct. 31, 1931............. 628.8

HOT. SO................... 628.8

Dec. 31................... 629.6

Calendar year 1931....

Jan. 31, 1932............. 637.4

Feb. 28................... 630.8

liar. 31................... 632.7

Apr. 30................... 631.1

May 31................... 627.5

June 30................... 628.7

July 31................... 628.1

Aug. 31................... 629.1

Sept.SO................... 629.1

131,200

127,400

154,800

135,600

127, 400

166,900

160,300

158,200

181,200

131,900

132,400

120,900

137,600

125,800

124,000

152,000

188,600

154,000

156,700

140,100

147,200

136,200

132,500

150,600

129,500

138,100

142,600

130,000

135,700

134,400

131,300

117,600

127,700

132,000

132,000

158,000

129,500

129,500

133,800

129,500

136,200

149,100

135,600

124,700

129,500

127,100

129,500

129,500

128,300

128,300

133,100

185,600

135,600

151,600

141,100

180, 500

187,700

184,100

180,100

150,100

-500

-3,800

+27,400

-49,900

-18,200

-8,200 

+39,600

-6,600

-2,100 

+23,000

-49,300 

+500

-11,500

-10,800

+16,700

-11,800

-1,800

-30,800

+28,000 

+36,600

-34,600 

+2,700

-16,600 

+7,100

-11,000

-3,700

+18,100

+89,700

-21,100 

+8,600 

+4,600

+18,600

-12,600 

+5,700

-1,300

-3,100

-13,700

+10,100

+4,300

0

0

-18,600

-2,500

0

+4,300

-8,800

-4,300

+6,700

+12,900

-13,500

-10,900 

+4,800

-2,400

+2,400

0

-2,500

-1,200

0

+4,800

-700

+52,500

-50,100 

+16,100

-10,600

-20,600

+7,800

-3,600

+6,000

0

Water year 1931-32. +600
490 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents, Hales Bap Reservoir neap 

Chattanooga, Term., 1614-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

duping month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1932............. 628.8

Nov. 56................... 629.5

Dec. 31................... 639.8

Calendar year 1932....

Jan. 31, 1933............. 631.3

Feb. 29................... 632.0

tar. 31................... 628.9

App. 30................... 629.6

tay 31................... 628.2

June 50................... 628.1

July 31................... 629.0

Aug. 31................... 629.1

Sept.30................... 629.1

Water year 1932-33....

Oot. 31, 1933............. 629.1

Nov. 30................... 689.1

Dec. 31................... 629.1

Calendar year 1953......

Jan. 31. 1934............. 628.1

Feb. 28................... 634.0

tar. 31................... 633.8

App. 30................... 627.6

Hay 31................... 639.1

June 50................... 629.1

July 31................... 628.3

Aug. 31................... 629.0

Sept.30................... 628.2

Water year 1933-34......

Oct. 31, 1934............. 628.7

Nov. 30................... 629.1

Dec. 31................... 627.9

Calendar yeap 1934....

Jan. 31, 1935............. 629.8

Feb. 28................... 633.1

Bar. 31................... 632.9

Apr. 30................... 629.0

May 31................... 627.6

June 30................... 629.1

July 31................... 629.9

Aug. 31................... 629.1

Sept.30................... 629.1

Water year 1934-35....

Oct. 31, 1935............. 629.1

Nov. 30................... 627.9

Dec. 31................... 628.1

Calendar year 1935....

Jan. 31, 1936............. 629.1

Feb. 28................... 629.8

Hap. 31................... 637.1

App. 50................... 627.8

Hay 31................... 628.1

June 30................... 628.3

July 31................... 628.3

Aug. 31................... 629.1

Sept.SO................... 629.1

Water yeap 1935-36....

Oot. 31, 1936............. 627.3

Nor. 30................... 627.3

Deo. 31................... 632.6

Calendar yeap 1936....

Jan. 31, 1937............. 631.7

Feb. 29................... 630.5

Har. 31................... 627.8

Apr. 30................... 630.5

May 31................... 627.8

June 30................... 629.0

July 31................... 629.0

Aug. 31................... 628.3

Sept.30................... 629.1

125,900

130,000

200,000

141,100

145,500

126,400

130,600

122,300

121,700

127,000

127,600

127,600

126,400

126,400

126,400

120,600

157,500

156,200

117,700

126,400

126,400

121,700

125,800

121,100

122,800

125,100

118,200

129,200

149,900

148,600

124,500

116,600

125,100

129,800

125,100

125,100

123,900

117,000

118,200

123,900

127,900

176,300

116,500

118,200

119,300

119,300

123,900

123,900

113,800

113,800

145,100

139,400

132,100

116,500

132,100

116,500

123,300

123,300

119,300

123,900

-4,200

+4,100

+70,000

+66,900

-58,900 

+4,400

-19,100

+4,200

-8,300

-600

+5,300

+600

0

-2,500

-1,200 

0 

0

-73,600

-5,800 

+36,900

-1,300

-38,500

+8,700

0

-4,700 

+4,100

-4,700

-6.500

+1,700 

+2,300 

-6,900

-8,200

+11,000 

+20,700

-1,300 

-24,100

-7,900 

+8,500 

+4,700

-4,700 

0

+4,000

-1,200

-6,900 

+1,200

+5,700

+4,000

+48,400

-59,800

+1,700

+1,100

0

+4,600 

0

-1,200

-10,100

0

+31,300

+26,900

-5,700

-7,300

-15,600 

+16.60C

-15.60C

+6.80C

C

-4,OOC 

+4,OOC

Water yeap 1986-37.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN- 491

Monthly elevation and contents, Hales Bar Reservoir near 

Chattanooga, Term., 1914-40 Continued

Date

Dec. 31..................

Calendar year 1937.....

Sept. SO..................

Water year 1937-38.....

Dec. 31..................

Calendar rear 1938.....

Sept. SO..................

Water year 1938-39.....

Dec. 31..................

Calendar year 1939.....

Sept .30 ..................

Water year 1939-40.....

Elevation 

(feet)

631.5

-

eoo o

689.1

689.1

-

antt -I

631.0

-

639.1

-

629.02

_

629.67

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

138,200

-

125,600

123,900

129, 100

123,900

123,900

-

123,900

135,100

-

155, 100

126,800

123,900

123,900

123,900

-

123,400

-

127, 200

-

Change in contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

-25,900

+23,400

-6,900

-7,900

-4,700

+2,300

-4,600

+17,400

-16,800

+5,200

-5,200

0

0

0

-5,700

+16,900

-3, 100

+12,000

+8,000

-24,800

-2,900

-600

-2,900

0

0

0

0

-SOO

+800

-11,600

-1,600

+5,400

-2,800

- -7,800

+2, 300

+2,000

+28, 3DO

-25,800

+3,300

b Elevation doubtful, affected by loe.
492 TENNEESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Term.

tlpn.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°01'43", long. 85°32'48", at bridge on U. S.

Ighways 41, 64, and 72, 1$ miles downstream from Hales Bar Dam, 5$ miles southeast 

of Jasper, Marion County, 7 miles upstream from Sequatchie River, and 34.5 miles 

downstream from Chattanooga. Datum of gage is 5SS.51 feet (revised) above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at Widows Bar lock, 22.0 miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 581.01 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 21,300 square miles.

^Records available.- July 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 33,520 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 87,400 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 15.47 

reet); minimum dally, 6,500 second-feel Jan. 30, 31.

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 264,000 second-feet Dec. 31, 1932, Jan. l, 1933; maximum gage height, 31.2 feet, Dec. 31, 1932, Jan. 1, 1933, Mar. 30, 1936; minimum discharge, 4,630 second-feet Oct. 27, 1931 (gage height, 1.21 feet, site and datum then 

In use).

Maximum stage known, 44.6 feet, present site and datum, in March 1S67. A stage of 

37.4 feet, present site and datum, occurred Mar. 8, 1917 (discharge, 345,000 secondfeet, from rating curve extended above 261,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are good. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary 

water-stage recorder as a factor. Flow regulated by power plants and storage at Norrls, 

Hiwassee, Chlckamauga and Hales Bar Reservoirs. See pages 582, 598, 484and 486.

Discharge, In second-feet, -water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

28

23

84

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oet.

15,100

14,300

13,900

14,000

13,100

13,100

13,800

13,800

13,300

12,200

12,700

12,700 

12,500

11,400

11,900

11,600

11,300

12,000

11,800

12,100

13,400

13,100

11,800

12,500

13,400

13,700

13,500

13,500

12,700

12,500

12,500

Nov.

13,000

12,900

18,700

12,700

18,800

12,600

13,300

14,100

13,500

13,600

15,900

10,300 

12,300

12,200

13,400

13,200

12,500

12,300

12,100

18,500

13,000

13,400

14,000

14,100

13,100

13,500

12,600

12,400

13,000

13,100

-

Dee.

13,500

13,400

12,900

12,300

13,300

12,900

12,000

11,400

18,000

12,600

12,100

11,000 

18,000

11,500

11,900

12,500

12,300

11,100

10,500

10,600

12,100

12,200

12,600

12,300

12,600

11,300

12,600

12,200

11,600

11,600

11,600

Jan.

11,100

10,100

9,960

9,650

11,300

9,700

8,630

10,700

8,180

3,480

9,270

9,990

9,610

11,500

14,100

12,900

13,500

12,800

13,200

11,200

9,560

12,300

11,700

all, 400

a8,800

 9,8OO

 9,OOO

a8, 300

a7,500

 6,500

a6,500

Month

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1939- 40. ..........

Feb.

a7,100

b8,500

bS,900

b9,000

9, ISO

12,700

15,500

10,800

10,400

16,600

24,400

19,500 

20,000

21,400

23,200

83,300

23,200

25,000

54,100

48,400

47,700

31,400

35,400

16,100

13,600

18,500

21,500

24,000

25,400

_

-

liar.

26,700

31,100

32,200

37,800

36,200

39,700

31,400

24,900

19,600

13,800

20,200

82,400 

30,000

44,600

62,700

62,400

44,600

38,900

32,800

37,200

36,000

30,000

21,000

16,700

19,600

18,200

18,700

19,400

19,100

22,000

28,300

Second - 

foot-days

399,200

390,100

374,500

11,565,200

317,230

62 4 y 130 

938,200

1,045,700 

564,100

452,250

536,230

963,600 

846,300

7,451,590

Apr.

29,200

28,900

28,400

27,700

27,600

28,400

37,300

34,200

32,000

26,100

25,300

84,100 

22,500

20,300

20,800

22,000

21,800

19,800

28,300

31,700

54,500

57,400

56,300

66,700

65,000

55,200

48,000

39,200

37,600

34,900

-

Maximum

15,100

15,900

13,500

187,000

14,100

54,100

62,700

66,700

38,300

20,700

86,200 

78 90O

85*800

85,800

May

27,800

38,300

34,500

26,500

22,900

21,700

20,500

20,100

19,300

19,400

IS, 000

15,600 

15,700

16,000

16,800

14,300

13,700

14,200

14,400

15,900

15,800

15,400

13,900

16,800

14,200

10; 100

14,900

15,300

14,100

14,000

14,000

Minlmm

11,300

10,300 

10,500

10,300

6 ( 600

7,100

13,800

19,800

10,100

7,410

9^330

13,800 

14,300

6,500

June

14,500

8,850

13,400

13,000

14,300

14,300

14,200

14,900

9,090

11,800

11,900

14,900 

15,500

15,600

11,900

7,410

15,100

19,800

17,000

18,700

20,300

20,700

19,900

17,800

17,700

17,900

16,200

16,000

15,900

14,300

-

July

16,300

16,700

16,400

15,400

15,- 800

11,800

11,700

14,100

13,600

15,600

15,600

15,800 

16,500

20,500

20,000

18,900

18,300

19,700

24,400

26,200

26,100

21P 500

18,. 300

17,100

13,000

20,400

13,200

9,830

15,400

16,200

16,900

Mean

12*880

13,000 

12,080

31,690

10,230

21,520

50f260

34,860 

18 200

15*080

17,300

31,080 

88,210

20,360

Aug.

21,400

21,800

25,700

24,800

22,100

17,600

18,300

17,400

17,900

18,800

13,800

15,400. 

17,200

29,100

60,900

77,600

78,900

76,300

55,800

38,300

28,900

28,100

25,300

22,200

20,300

20,000

83,100

21,400

22,100

25,100

58,000

p>» square 

mile

1.45

"

"

"

"

_

.934

Sept.

81,800

85,800

69,700

52,400

40,400

33,200

27,200

23,300

21,000

15,900

14,300

15,800 

18,600

18,600

16,800

18,200

20,000

20,500

20,700

20,400

20,700

16,900

16,600

21,300

25,100

84,800

22,900

21,800

80,300

21,900

Run-off in 

inches

19.73

"

*"

"

""

""

""

_

12.71

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Chattanooga, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Tennessee River at Shellmound, Term.

493

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°59'58", long. 85°36'07", 0.4 mile upstream from 

cole City Creek, 0.6 mile northeast of Shellmound, Marion County, 3.9 milers downstream 

from station at Hales Bar and bridge over Tennessee River on U. S. Highways Nos. 41, 

64, and 72, 5.2 miles downstream from Hales Bar Dam, and 76.9 mi^es upstream from 

Quntersville Dam. Datum of gage is 588.52 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 21,830 square miles.

Records available.- January 1339 to September 1940 (gage heights only).

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 14.86 feet Sept. 2, from recorded range of 

stage; minimum, 4.44 feet Feb. 3.

1939-40: Maximum gage height, 25.70 feet Feb. 17, 1939; minimum, that of Feb. 3, 

1940.

Remarks.- This station is in backwater from Quntersville Dam (see p. 496).

Sage height, In feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

28

25

24

26

26

27

88

89

SO

31

Oct.

6.03

5.91

5.90

5.96

5.91

5.90

5.93

6.00

6.00

s.se

5.80

5.89

5.81

5.63

5.55

5.44

5.37

5.37

5.29

5.23

5.32

5.32

5.26

5.84

5.43

5.47

5.51

5.51

5.49

5.49

5.46

HOT.

5.52

5.47

5.42

5.46

5.46

5.47

5.53

5.60

5.54

5.57

5.66

5.88

5.46

5.44

5.53

5.50

5.46

5.42

5.45

5.55

5.62

5.64

5.65

5.71

5.64

5.66

5.65

5.64

5.58

5.64

-

Dec.

5. SO

5.88

5.S5

5. SI

5.S6

5.91

5.89

5.72

5.70

5. 32

5. S3

5.74

5.84

5.79

5.71

5.82

5.89

5.S5

5. SI

5.80

5.76

5.65

5.72

5. 35

6.00

6.07

6.32

6.11

5.99

5.94

5.92

Jan.

5.S9

5.76

5.70

5.54

5.59

5.37

5.39

5.54

5.26

5.13

5.18

5.13

5. IS

5.66

5.98

6.01

6.18

5.97

6.05

5.96

5.75

5.86

5.61

6.00

5.63

5.78

5.83

5.3S

5.84

5.08

4.94

Feb.

4.30

4.68

4.69

4. S3

4.93

5.58

6.13

5.65

5.94

6.95

7.96

7.37

7.26

7.42

7.63

7.59

7.45

8.53

11. S3

11.23

10.93

9.16

9.13

7. 39

6.72

7.17

7.70

7.96

7.84

_

-

Mar.

7.73

8.26

8.50

9.23

9.02

9.27

8.84

7.15

6.58

5.70

6.26

6.73

S.18

10.45

12.55

12.53

10.39

9.56

8.67

9.15

8.90

3.13

7.03

6.54

6.93

6.83

6.9S

7.16

7.25

7.96

3.65

Apr.

S.56

3.49

8.48

3.73

8.60

3.55

9.47

9.18

S.85

3.26

8.27

7.96

7.77

7.48

7.49

7.49

7.47

7.10

7.59

S.S3

11.42

11.83

11.79

13.05

13.05

18.00

11.15

1C. 03

9.64

9.23

May

S.60

9.72

9.44

8.52

8.03

7.76

7.53

7.45

7.28

7.84

7.84

7.27

7.40

7.45

7.46

7.10

6.35

6.72

6.75

6.92

7.02

7.01

6.88

6.99

6.67

6.8S

6.72

6.92

6.94

7.05

7.19

June

7.13

6.67

6.69

6.58

6.S2

6.93

7.09

7.18

6.65

6.81

6.66

6.73

6.94

7.07

6.76

6.26

6.77

7.23

7.07

7.24

7.52

7.60

7.46

7.20

6.91

6.95

6.97

7.05

7.18

6.93

July

6.96

6.62

6.75

6.75

7.05

6.90

6.88

7.05

7.02

7.20

7.25

7.20

7.00

7.33

7.32

7.85

7.28

7.45

7.92

8.11

8.11

7.55

7.OO

6.66

6.6S

6.93

6.34

6.07

6.61

6.62

6.56

Aug.

6.38

6.S5

7.43

7.52

7.44

7.01

6.37

6.63

6.58

6.55

6.04

6.27

6.70

7.98

11.42

13.33

13.75

13.75

11.66

9.66

8.43

S.27

7.86

7.41

7.05

6.34

7.05

6.81

f6.85

-

Sept.

_

f!3.25

11.87

10.26

6.94

S.16

7.67

7.33

6.61

6.10

5.92

5.98

5.83

5.81

6.28

6.44

6.42

6.42

6.28

6.33

6.04

6.00

6.47

6.91

6.71

6.60

6.45

6.40

6.40

f Estimated on basis of partial day's record.
494 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Tennessee River at Widows Bar, near Bridgeport, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°53'02", long. 83045 I 06 n , In NW* sec. 12, T. 2 

 S., R. 8 E., at Widows Bar lock, half a mile downstream from Long Island Creek, 4t 

miles southwest of Bridgeport, and 59 miles upstream from Ountersvllle Dam. Datiaa 

of gage is 581.01 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 22,820 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940 (gage heights only).

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 15.94 feet Apr. 25; minimum, 11.75 feet

1938-40: Maximum gage height, 24.61 f.eet Feb. 18, 1939; minimum, 8.91 feet Nov. 

2, 1938 (before Quntersville Reservoir was filled).

Remarks.- Station is In backwater from Guntersvllle Dam (see p. 496).

Gage height, In feet, water year October 1936 to September 19*0

D«y

1

8

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

81

88

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

SO

SI

Oct.

12.75

12.73

12.75

12,77

12.84

12.84

12.85

18.89

12.92

12.93

12.SG

12.80

12.78

12.63

12. S3

12.46

12.39

12.35

12.26

12.19

12. IS

12.27

12.37

12.26

12.34

12.35

12.49

12.37

12.44

12.45

12.43

Vov.

12.44

12.37

12.34

12.34

12. 3S

12.39

12.48

12.37

12. 3S

12.47

12. 45

12.45

12.40

12.40

12.39

12.41

12.41

12.39

12.42

12.53

12.53

12.51

12.49

12. S3

12.54

12.55

12.56

12.54

12.60

12.65

-

Dee.

12.79

12.86

12. S7

12.87

12.86

12.83

12.83

12.75

12.75

12. S7

12.90

12.85

12.85

12. 7S

12.75

12.80

12.90

12.94

12.95

12.93

12. SO

12.65

12.67

12.86

12.99

13.16

13.35

13.15

13.06

13.00

12.98

Jan.

12. 9S

12.93

12. S5

12.72

12.63

12.50

12.60

12.65

12. 4S

12.35

12.32

12.30

12.33

12.68

12.81

12.97

13.03

12.94

12.97

13.02

12.95

12.90

12.85

12.90

12.80

12.71

12.73

12.67

12.65

12.40

12.22

Fob.

12.07

12.09

12.09

11.96

12.16

12.54

12. S7

12.99

13.08

13.69

14. OS

13.93

13.74

13.83

13.82

13.76

13.57

14.08

15.41

IS. 34

14.93

14.73

14.12

14.88

13.65

13.77

14.06

14.10

13.77

_

-

H*r.

13.41

13.49

13.64

13.80

13.64

13.59

13.21

12.88

12.79

12.54

12.56

12.73

13.40

14.42

15. IS

15.37

14.66

14.13

13.76

13.76

13.63

13.46

13.31

13.27

13.38

13.41

13.54

13.69

13.84

14.36

14.43

Apr.

14.17

14.16

14.25

14.66

14.52

14.33

14.31

14.85

14.25

14.32

14.42

14.11

14.09

13.97

13.94

13.78

13. 7S

13.57

13.79

14.24

14.67

14.90

15.03

15.64

15.87

IS. 58

15. 2S

14. SS

14.53

14.35

-

*«T

14.49

14.56

14.65

14.63

14.36

14.16

14.02

13.96

13.85

13.78

13.93

14. IS

14.89

14.34

14.27

14.06

13.81

13.64

13.67

13.72

13.85

13.88

13.76

13.74

13.61

13.46

13.63

13.79

13.90

14.02

14.18

June

14.14

13.97

13.67

13.57

13.73

13. SS

14.06

14.10

14.11

13.93

13.72

13.62

13.78

13. 9S

13.84

13.57

13.63

13.72

13.79

13.88

14.03

14.03

13.96

13.86

13.53

13.57

13.77

13.89

13. 95

13.69

July

13-74

13-51

13.43

13-55

13-86

13-96

13. 9S

IS.. 95

13-99

14.04

14.06

14.04

13-76

13.71

13.77

13-83

13.95

13-97

14.01

14.02

14-04

13-90

13 58

13-31

13, 12

13.23

13-27

13,21

13.40

13.33

13.18

Aug.

13.05

12.95

13.13

13.42

13.69

13.68

13.40

13.80

13.03

12.95

12. S7

12.97

13.29

13.40

13. 8S

14.61

15.16

15.62

15.09

14.51

14.15

14.00

13. SI

13.68

13.42

13.14

13.04

12.95

12.92

13.01

13.74

Sept.

15.07

15.71

15.44

14.88

14.43

14.18

1S.91

13.80

13.78

13.35

12.91

18.53

18.21

18.13

12.29

12.60

12.68

12.56

12.53

12.40

12.38

12.56

12.56

12.54

12.48

12.37

12.40

12.41

12.56

12.29
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 495

Tennessee River near Scottsboro, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°38'20", long. 85°58'30", in SWi sec. 35, T. 4 S. 

R. 6 E., at B. B. Comer bridge on State Highway 35, 2i miles downstream fron Jones 

Creek, 3t miles upstream from Roseberry Creek, and 4 miles southeast of Scottsboro. 

Datum of gage is 568.79 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 19?9).

Drainage area.- 23,430 square miles.

Records available.- January 1935 to September 1940 (after Jan. 15, 1939, gage heights 

only).

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 26.70 feet Apr. 4; minimum, 24.07 feet

1939-40: Maximum gage height, 29;14 feet Feb. 17, 1939; minimum (after Jan. 25, 

1939. date water surface In Guntersville Reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation) 22.36 feet Feb. 25, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 39.8 feet March 1867, as determined by Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Remarks.- This station Is In Guntersvllle Reservoir (see p. 495).

Gage height. In feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

i

2

S

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

SO

31

Oct.

24.94

24.92

24.93

24.97

25.01

25.02

25.04

25.07

25.11

25.11

25.04

25.01

24.97

24.86

24.76

24.68

24.59

24.52

24.45

24.38

24.32

24.45

24.50

24.43

24.47

24.51

-

-

H

-

-

Nov.

_

24.55

24.53

24.54

24.55

24.55

24.54

24.54

24.55

24.58

24.68

24.65

24.61

24.59

24.59

24.60

24.61

24.60

24.64

24.69

24.73

24.69

24.70

24.73

24.74

24.75

24.78

24.77

24.80

24.84

-

Dec.

24.95

25.01

25.06

26.07

25.05

25.05

25.05

25.01

24.99

25.09

25.14

25.10

25.08

25.02

26.00

25.02

25.11

25.16

25.15

25.11

24.99

24.88

24.92

25.06

25.22

25.38

25.43

25.31

25.23

25-14

25.15

Jan.

25. IS

25.13

25.04

24.94

24.63

24.76

24.81

24.82

24.74

24.57

24.52

24.50

24.56

24.76

(124.95

d25.10

d26.16

325.14

H

-

_

-

-

-

_

d24.83

(124.84

d24.75

(124.59

(124.43

Pel).

(124.28

24.16

24.12

24.22

24.35

24.61

24.93

25.15

25.28

25.64

25.39

25.38

25.71

25.82

25.77

25.72

25.61

25.39

26.24

26.44

26.07

25.84

25.78

25.79

25.32

25.35

25.9S

25.99

25.65

_

-

Mar.

25.26

25.22

25.30

25.32

25.20

25.08

24.92

24.S4

24.81

24.64

24.60

24.72

25.12

25.62

25.73

25.95

25.91

25.59

25.43

25.30

25.22

25.25

25.37

25.42

25.48

25.53

25.64

25.78

25.92

26.32

26. IS

Apr.

25.94

26.00

26.08

26.57

26.45

26.30

25.93

25.90

26.11

26.34

26.38

26.18

26.13

26.04

25.92

25.80

25.7S

25.66

25.73

26.00

25.76

25.31

26.00

26. SI

26.46

26.68

26.54

26.39

26.05

26.00

May

26.26

26.10

26.37

26.43

26.37

26.18

26.08

26.04

25.95

25.91

26.11

26.36

26.43

26.41

26.30

26.13

25.97

25.80

25.77

25.89

26.00

26.03

25.90

25.83

25.70

25.65

25.73

25.95

26.09

26.21

26.32

June

26.31

26.20

25.36

25.79

25.90

26.04

26.20

26.23

26.30

26.09

25.38

25.77

25.94

26.10

26.01

25.80

25.75

25.79

25.93

26.02

26.15

26.09

26.04

25.87

25.63

25.65

25.82

25 99 2e!io

26.07

-

July

25.83

25.61

25.59

25.S1

26.07

26. 20

26.22

26.18

26.19

26.20

26.19

26.15

25.91

25.79

25.34

25.93

26.08

26.08

26.01

26.00

26.01

25.97

25.71

25.41

25.22

25.32

25.45

25.46

25.59

25.49

25.31

Au£.

25-10

25-00

25-12

25. 4S

25-76

25-73

25-51

25.32

25-14

25,- 06

25,-07

26-17

25-36

25,- 25

24.82

24.82

25,33

25.83

26.05

26.19

26.04

25.91

25.77

25.66

25.45

25.18

25.04

24.93

24.97

24.97

24.86

Sept.

24.96

25.40

25.78

25.95

26.02

25.91

25.87

25.81

.

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

24.72

24.60

24.56

24.42

24.42

24.70

24.67

24. 51

24.39

24.38

24.39

24.42

24.65

24.90

-

d Record doubtful, Ice In gage well.
496 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Guntersville Reservoir near Guntersville, Ala.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°25 I 17", long. 86 °23 ' 34: " , in powerhouse at Guntersville Dam on Tennessee River in sec. 14, R. 2 E., T. 7 S., 5.9 miles 

upstream from Paint Rock Fiver, 11 miles northwest of Guntersville, 73.6 miles upstream from Wheeler Dam and 82.6 miles downstream from Hales Bar Dam. Datum or gage 

is mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Prior to October 1, 1939, recorder 

at site 2,750 feet upstream at same datum.

Drainage area.- 24,450 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1938-39: Maximum elevation during year, 595.21 feet July 3 (contents,

 1,002,000 acre-feet); minimum midnight elevation (after first filling), 590.60 feet 

Feb. 24 (contents 714,500 acre-feet).

1939-40: Maximum elevation during year, 595.28 feet Apr. 4 (conterts, 1,007,000 

acre-feet); minimum, 592.80 feet Sept. 13 (contents, 843,600 acre-feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments and spill-

 way with 18 2-section lift gates 40.44 feet high and 40 feet wide. Dam completed and 

storage began Jan. 16, 1939. Water surface in reservoir first reached minimum pool 

elevation Jan. 28, 1939. Controlled capacity is 282,000 acre-feet between elevations 

591.0 and 595.44 feet. Figures given herein are of total capacity or contents for 

level pool. Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. A table 

showing pertinent data concerning capacities of this reservoir is given herein.

Cooperation.- Capacity tables and records of elevation furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Total reservoir capacity, In acre-feet, at selected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

553.5 (lowest regulating outlet,

Capac

591.0 (n

595.44

,ity table

linlraum

top of

water

pool, drawgates in dcdown it

iwn pos

bottom of speed ring)......

i advance ol

Ltion) 

floods

year 1938-39 (gage height, in feet.

Capacity 

(acre -feet)

736* 700 

1,018,700

and contents, in

(Prepared by The Tennessee Valley Authority from maps and surveys of that

555

556

557

558

559

561

15,000

17,900

21,000

24,300

27,800

35,500

563

566

569

572

575

578

44,400

60,400

81,400

109,400

150,800

211,300

580

581

582

583

584

585

263,800

293,800

326,600

361,900

400,000

440,800

586

587

588

589

590

591

484,200 592

530,000 593

578,000 594

628,400 595

681,300 596

736,700 597

icre-feet)

agency)

794,800

856,800

920,000

987,500

1,058,400

1,132,900

Monthly elevation and contents, 193S-40

Date

Dec. 31.............. .........

Jan. 31, 1939.................

Dec. 31. ......................

Elevation 

(feet)

559.69 

559.60 

562.15 

564 . 69

-

593.31 

591.70 

593.98 

594.99 

594.32 

594.30 

594.28 

593.32 

593.54

-

593.25 

593.57 

593.89

-

593.08 

594.05 

594.58 

594.72 

595.07 

594.70 

593.90 

593.08 

593.56

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

30',400 

30,000 

40,500 

53,000

-

875,800 

777,400 

918,800 

986,800 

941,600 

940,300 

938,900 

876,400 

890, 500

-

871,900 

892,400 

913,000

-

861,000 

923,400 

959,200 

968,600 

992,500 

967,300 

913,600 

861,000 

891,800

-

Change in contents 

during ffonth 

(acre-feet)

400 

+10,500 

+12,500

-

+822, POO 

-98,400 

+141,400 

+66,000 

-45, EDO 

-1,300 

-1,400 

-62,500 

+14,100

+660,100

-18,600 

+20,500 

+20,600

+860,000

-52,000 

+62,400 

+35,800 

+9,400 

+23,900 

-25,200 

-53,700 

-52,600 

+30,800

+1,300
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 497

Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°34'27", long. 86°32'42II > In NEi sec. SO, T. 5 

S., R. 1 E., at Whitesburg, a quarter of a mile upstre.am from Aldridge Creek, a third 

of a mile upstream from Clement C. Clay Bridge on State Highway 38, 5f miles downstream from Flint River,11 miles south of Huntsvllle, and about 59 miles upstream from 

Wheeler Dam. Datum of gage Is 549.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1929). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on U. S. Highway 31 at Decatur, 28.5 

miles downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 534.30 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1989).

Drainage area.- 25,610 square miles.

Records available.- March 1937 to September 1940 (discharge and gage heights). October 

1924 to September 1936 (discharge) at site at Decatur, Ala., 28t miles downstream, 

published as Tennessee River at Decatur, Ala.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1924-36, 1937-40), 42,300 second-feet.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge during period March to September, 104,000 s<3condfeet May 5 (gage height, 12.11 feet); minimum daily, 12,000 second-feet July 21; 

minimum gage height observed, 0.06 foot July 16.

1937-38: Maximum discharge during water year, 153,000 second-feet Apr. 11; 

maximum gage height, 15.37 feet Apr. 11; minimum daily discharge, 6,490 second-feet 

Oct. 17; minimum gage height, 1.09 feet Oct. 1.

1938-39: Maximum discharge during water year, 228,000 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 20.26 feet); minimum dally, 6,220 second-feet Jan. 23; minimum gage height, 

1.26 feet Sept. 15.

1939-40: Maximum discharge during water year, 89,900 second-feet Feb. 20; maximum 

gage height, 9.67 feet Apr. 24; minimum daily discharge, 6,100 second-feet Jan. 7; 

minimum gage height, 0.93 foot Dec. 11.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 15,000 second-feet and those for periods of no 

gage-height record, which are fair. Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater 

from Wheeler Dam; discharge computed- using fall as determi-ned by auxiliary ws-ter-stage 

recorder as a factor. Flow regulated by power plants, and storage at Norris, Hiwassee^ 

Chickamauga, Hales Bar, and Guntersvllle Reservoirs (see pp. 582, 598, 484, 486 and

D»y

i

zs

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

13

IS

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

V*

SO

31

Oct.

1.S6

1.63

1.78

1.75

1.73

1.70

1.65

1.62

1.58

1.55

1.5S

1.56

1.50

1.56

1.54

1.57

1.53

1.53

1.56

1.62

1.63

1.45

1.49

1.46

1.44

1.44

1.48

1.61

1.42

1.52

1.60

HOT.

1.51

1.56

1.58

1.63

1.61

1.57

1.60

1.57

1.51

1.50

1.62

1.64

1.69

1.61

1.68

1.55

1.55

1.48

1.51

1.65

1.68

1.63

1.62

1.60

1.65

1.60

1.69

1.60

1.50

1.45

Dec.

1.55

1.64

1.55

1.59

1.59

1.47

1.40

1.44

1.32

1.26

1.41

1.34

1.60

1.43

1.38

1.32

1.26

1.41

1.55

1.72

1.65

1.65

1.51

1.76

1.74

1.78

2.10

2.06

2.17

2.19

E.ll

Jan.

2.45

2.48

2.50

2.41

2.45

2.33

a. 20

2.6S

2.38

2.24

2.17

2.19

1.92

2.12

2.29

2.25

2.35

2.51

2.59

2.57

2.46

2.64

2.81

2.90

2. S3

2.89

2.71

2.57

2.55

2.48

2.35

Pet.

2.19

2.14

1.79

1.56

1.63

1.69

2.30

2.39

2.65

3.44

4.62

4.70

4.61

4.5S

4.70

4.46

4.30

5.22

7.53

8.54

8.68

7.04

5.65

4. 63

4.19

4.23

4.56

5.57

6.46

-

Mar.

5.77

4.68

4.38

5.36

5.45

5.09

4. 33

3.73

3.23

2.50

2.56

2.93

4.20

7.00

8.80

8.76

7.65

6.90

5.47

5.45

5.26

4.48

3.56

3.58

3. 36

3.78

3.52

3.36

3.10

4.68

7.30

Apr.

7.74

7.33

7.28

6.99

7.60

7.59

8.24

8.11

7.52

6.57

6.66

7.30

7.13

7.27

7.20

7.28

7.24

7.38

7.42

S.22

9.2S

9.16

3.68

9.07

9.38

9.18

8.86

8.62

8.46

7.61

Msy

7.74

8.36

7.78

7.68

7.52

7.17

6-96

6.36

6.95

6.79

6.35

6-01

6.02

5.98

5.93

5.89

6.00

6.06

6.04

5.82

5.67

5.77

6.02

6.37

6.38

6.20

6.01

5.80

5.65

5.55

5.36

June

5.38

5.57

5.97

5.72

5.54

5.36

5.23

5.20

5.00

5.44

5.55

5.37

5.20

5.00

5.28

5.38

5.76

5.73

5.80

5.77

5.68

6.03

6.23

6.63

6.89

6.62

6.43

6.31

6.31

6.35

-

July

6.60

6-80

6.72

6.53

6.30

6-34

6.50

6.67

7.24

V.35

7.33

7.23

7. 33

6.97

6.66

6.20

6.05

6.87

6-01

6.24

6.26

6.18

6.13

5.94

5.48

5.34

5.26

4.93

4.76

5.11

5.37

Aug.

5.74

5.78

5.52

5.33

5-06

5.16

5-39

5-54

5-70

5-76

5-36

5-85

5 06

5-82

7.45

7.77

7.90

8-26

8-26

7.76

7.73

7.52

6-90

6.20

5-60

5.30

5-32

5-43

5-76

6-14

7.10

Sept.

S.12

8.37

8.39

7.75

7.00

6.67

6.02

5.70

5.49

5.47

5.34

5.24

5.15

4.72

4.20

3.90

4.11

4.16

4.32

4.54

4.17

3.44

3.73

4.05

4.36

4. IS

4.04

3.67

3.14

3.14

"
498 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala., 1937-40

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. liar.

_

_

_

..

63,200

59,100

55,200

55,400

59,800

60,200

59,100

57,500

55,800

53,700

53,700

58,400

61,100

64,800

67,900

66,400

60,700

53,200

49,100

48,200

51,800

53,700

55,900

56,900

54,400

47,800

42,600

Apr.

39,000

36,500

33,800

31,400

30,200

34,200

33,100

34,300

39,200

39,200

41,200

41,200

37,100

35,000

33,100

30,300

28,700

28,700

28,900

27,000

27,400

25,800

24,700

30,900

44,400

53,300

53,600

54,300

72,400

88,400

Hay

94,200

91,800

95,200

99,500

102,000

102,000

98,600

89,700

75,700

.59,500

48,400

40,200

34,800

43,000

55,200

59,500

53,500

40,800

36,200

35,900

33,900

34,200

34,200

27,400

24,900

23,800

23,800

23,300

23,600

23,300

22,900

June

23,3OO

23,400

22,900

26,200

24,200

24,600

25,700

24,400

23,600

23,800

21,500

21,000

20,700

20,700

20,100

19,900

20,300

19,100

20,400

20,400

'22,800

24,300

20,400

19,200

17,400

18,400

17,800

19,200

19,000

20,000

-

Jvly

18,500

18,500

19,000

18,400

18,200

16-500

18-400

20.300

19,900

18-300

18.400

18.700

a!7,600

a!5,700 aie.ooo

h!6,500

al6,000

a!5,000

a!4,500

13,600

12,000

14,200

17,100

16,700

17,300

lf,400

17,200

IF, 100

1?,700

1P,800

IF, 800

Aug.

20,100

19,000

15,600

16,100

19,800

20,900

20,800

19,800

18,700

16,700

17,700

19,100

22,700

26,300

28,700

28,700

25,000

23,600

a21,700

a!8,300

a!6,700

a!6,100

14,400

13,200

20,100

24,800

34,900

38,400

3&,100

32,100

26,500

Sept.

23,000

19,000

18,100

17,800

20,700

23,100

20,900

19,800

20,400

23,200

24,400

30,200

36,100

31,600

23,900

20,400

19,100

17,500

15,500

15,500

16,200

18,400

18,400

18,500

18,000

19,900

19,800

18,100

17,300

16,800

"

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at GuntersTille. 

h Discharge computed on basis of one reading of staff gage.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

16,300

16,900

15,600

17,300

20,900

23,200 

22,700 

22,900 

20,500 

25,200

31,200 

30,500 

27,200 

22,300 

14,600

8,890 

6,490 

10,400 

18,200 

21,400

22,200 

33,600 

44,500

47,600 

45,200

38,400

37,900

39,400

36,200

36,700

43,100

Nov.

47,200

46,100

40,200

36,100

34,800

32,100 

30,000 

30,300 

27,500 

25,100

23,400 

23,800 

26,400 

30,000 

28,000

28,300 

28,000 

27,200 

30,300 

31,600

26,900 

24,900 

26,600

25,200 

23,100

23,900

23,900

26,400

21,300

17,600

-

Dec.

17,300

16,500

15,000

' 13,800

16,300

18,000 

13,500 

14,300 

15,OOO 

14,300

13,100 

11,200 

8,410 

9,660 

18,000

22,900 

24,900 

30,100 

39,600 

45,100

46,400 

44,100 

41,500

41,500 

44,100

44,300

46,400

49,700

58,500

64,600

63,400

Jan.

58,700

58,500

61,000

64,600

65,500

59(400 

55,700 

53,600 

61,100 

48,400

45,100 

43,800 

41,600 

39,000 

34,900

31,900 

31,000 

29,000 

27,900 

26,100

24,800 

26,300 

31,000

41,200 

58,500

69,800

75,000

73,000

65,800

58,900

53,400

Feb.

50,600

47,700

47,900

49,400

46,400

43,400 

40,400 

34,700 

31,700 

30,600

33,600 

43,800 

44,800 

36,400 

32,500

30,300 

36,700 

40,900 

45,000 

46,400

45,800 

44,200 

43,400

42,900 

43,500

44,000

44,000

41 , 500

_

_

-

Mar.

41,600

36,000

36,700

35,600

36,700

46,100 

56,800 

66,500 

69,800 

84,800

96,300 

106,000 

113,000 

110,000 

92,600

77,000 

66,500 

59,200 

58,100 

74,500

82,900 

83,600 

81,800

78,700 

73,800

70,100

66,300

61,000

57,000

56,100

56,100

Apr.

55,600

56,000

63,000

61,000

48,600

45,000 

44,000 

81,100 

119,000 

141,000

152,000 

146,000 

116,000 

79,400 

59,400

51,800 

49,300 

68,400 

77,800 

82,500

90,700 

90,700 

98,000

105,000 

108,000

99,500

81,000

66,800

56,300

47,700

-

May

41,000

36,700

33,200

31,800

32,900

37,700 

33,600 

34,700 

34,600 

34,000

32,700 

30,600 

29,200 

31,000 

30,100

27,100 

27,000 

26,200 

25,400 

25,800

25,300 

26,700 

27,600

29,400 

29,400

41,800

59,100

62,300

58,700

56,400

56,400

June

64,800

74,800

76,500

73,6OO

70,800

63,200 

64,600 

48,3OO 

46,000 

43,000

44,900 

43,000 

41,000 

37,400 

33,400

29,500 

26,800 

26,200 

29,200 

34,200

42,500 

45,000 

47,600

46,800 

49,100

51,300

50,600

52,700

47,100

40,000

-

July

38,200

35-100

30.400

27,400

25.400

25.000 

27,100 

30,100 

27,800 

32,900

36,600 

32,500 

27,800 

27,800 

30,000

27,600 

26,200 

24,900 

29,80O 

34,100

41,200 

54,900 

7f,900

91,900 

10f,000

11], 000

11F.OOO lie, ooo

10C,OOO

7F,700

5F.500

Aug.

56,700

70,900

72,900

80,100

83,000

75,000 

69,800 

76,600 

71,500 

60,800

56,000 

52,200 

52,100 

51,200 

48,800

45,000 

42,400 

38,600 

36,600 

31,700

29,900 

29,700 

28,300

28,700 

26,500

25,6OO

21,400

19,000

20,300

19,300

19,200

Sept.

18,600

19,400

16,700

18,600

18,400

18,200 

19,000 

21,100 

22,800 

19,9OO

19,200 

18,400 

18,200 

20,700 

21,600

21,800 

18,900 

18,900 

20,400 

20,400

20,600 

18,900 

17,600

16,700 

15,800

16,400

16,500

15,700

17,200

17,900

~
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 499

Discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala., 1937-40 Continued

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

89

30

31

Oct.

17,800

17,800

16,900

84,600

22,400

21,200

14,700

14,600

16,000

18,100

18,000

16,400

16,500

17,500

17,200

16,300

16,800

fl6,300

fl.5,500

17,300

16,100

16,100

17,200

17,500

15,000

14,500

13,800

11,500

8,060

13,200

12,800

HOT.

11,800

9,870

8,690

7,070

11,800

13,400

15,400

22,400

16,100

18,400

21,300

21,300

21,800

20,500

18,400

16,200

15,700

16,400

27,200

31,000

32,800

33,600

37,400

38,100

40,200

43,900

45,500

45,500

44,100

39,600

-

Dec.

36,000

36,800

36,500

35,700

35,200

26,400

18,200

13,600

22,900

18,200

18,500

19,500

19,800

19,000

19,000

19,500

20,900

22,200

23,700

24,500

21,000

20,200

20,100

21,400

21,100

23,500

33,600

36,900

39,300

44,500

44,700

Jan.

42,900

37,700

29,700

25,300

27,000

27,300

30,600

30,600

36,800

34,500

35,400

32,900

35,200

44,900

49,600

40,900

12,100

31,400

17,900

10,200

9,070

10,600

6,220

11,800

11,100

12,900

15,000

51,400

50,500

55,600

57,200

Feb.

56,800

59,200

104,000

176,000

190,000

206,000

205,000

183,000

168,000

158,000

161,000

158,000

152,000

164,000

167,000

194,000

214,000

221,000

213,000

0.96,000

0.53, 000

1152,000

133,000

106,000

-68,200

68,100

83,500

117,000

_

-

-

Mar.

155,000

164,000

175,000

161,000

143,000

141,000

152,000

164,000

171,000

170,000

161,000

147,000

122,000

55,000

94,700

109,000

97,300

71,400

66,100

59,800

55,400

51,000

49,400

a47,800

aS6,5OO

a33,000

a31,5OO

f 31, 200

a31,500

a43,500

a74,400

Apr.

a72,200

69,800

64,200

59,900

57,300

54,000

61,100

69,800

62,300

47,000

46,500

53,600

63,400

59,100

56,700

54,400

49,300

59,400

52,000

48,300

47,000

43,100

41,600

34,400

29,900

28,400

32,900

37,800

42,500

51,800

May

52,800

43,300

34,900

29,600

29,400

28,400

27,200

23,800

23,800

23,200

22,100

25,200

26,200

22,300

16,600

17,900

17,500

18,800

21,000

21,600

25,800

24,000

37,200

42,200

38,900

27,500

12,500

12,200

16,900

36,800

38,200

June

37,700

25.800

13,200

12,700

27,800

38,200

37,100

35,300

17,500

14,600

14,700

26,600

43,300

38,900

31,300

8,090

10,300

14,800

21,100

31,100

29,600

30,100

10,600

9,210

9,010

15,600

23,200

26,500

27,100

12,000

-

July

9,210

7,320

24,000

32,900

24,600

21,300

8,820

8,660

9,790

16,500

32,200

53,300

47,400

16,800

16,500

13,700

13,000

22,900

32,900

30,900

9,580

8,510

8,320

22,300

30,800

27,300

26,200

22,500

10,500

10,200

17,500

Au?.

25,, 100

24,100

27,800

22,600

13,800

12,400

11,100

10,400

29,100

26,900

10,300

9,000

7,350

14,700

17,900

18,300

16,100

11,600

9,680

11,100

22,200

33,500

33,400

22,100

12,000

14,100

13,600

20,300

21,500

20,200

19,200

Sept.

19,000

14,100

10,800

11,400

11,600

10,800

11,400

17,000

20,300

20,600

16,300

13,400

12,900

13,800

14,800

20,600

20,900

16,500

12,600

12,400

12,300

15,200

17,600

14,300

14,600

14,300

14,900

14,900

15,600

16,900

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of power plant recprds at QuntersTllle Dam. 

f Discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage height.

D»y

i

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

IS

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

88

29

SO

31

Oct.

14,800

14,000

12,200

11,500

11,700

11,900

11,600

11,800

11,800

12,600

13,600

14,000

13,500

14,700

13,700

13,800

13,200

13,200

13,300

13,800

12,100

10,400

14,000

12,000

11,700

11,500

12,000

13,800

11,500

13,700

15,200

HOT.

13,200

13,800

13,600

13,600

13,100

13,300

13,800

13,800

12,800

12,800

14,000

13,100

13,700

13,300

13,100

13,100

13,800

12,500

12,000

13,6OO

15,100

14,900

14,500

13,600

14,500

12,600

14,600

13,3OO

12,500

12,400

-

Dee.

14,300

14,700

12,600

13,800

14,300

12,800

12,900

14,100

11,100

9,270

14,600

12,800

16,100

12,700

12,400

11,100

8,140

12,000

14,000

15,800

14,500

14,000

7,960

10,400

7,450

10,400

17,100

15,500

16,500

15,100

10,300

Jan.

14,600

14,100

16,400

13,800

15,300

12,700

6,100

17,600

14,600

13,400

12,300

13,600

10,500

12,200

16,200

13,900.

15,300

15,700

17,000

17,000

12,300

15,300

16,700

18,100

16,300

17,100

15,200

11,900

14,000

14,700

14,100

Feb.

12,300

13,500

9,050

6,760

11,800

15,800

18,600

15,100

13,800

21,700

40,900

41,900

37,500

29,700

34,700

32,100

32,800

46,800

71,200

80,700

81,900

64,500

51,100

35,700

25,600

24,900

27,800

45,700

56,800

_

-

Mar.

51,800

46,400

46,400

57,600

59,000

57,200

51,100

42,500

35,700

27,000

29,200

30,700

45,800

68,900

85,400

84,400

73,200

66,900

52,400

52,200

50,100

40,600

23,700

23,200

23,600

21,100

18,300

19,000

19,100

43,100

59,800

Apr.

55,100

42,400

42,200

50,000

54,700

50,500

58,500

45,800

32,600

32,900

33,400

38,400

27,300

29,800

29,000

28,000

23,600

25,300

25,600

42,400

68,400

68,800

61,900

66,300

70,800

65,500

61,700

59,100

57,000

37,800

May

39,400

51,700

37,000

34,800

35,900

32,200

27,400

25,700

27,100

22,000

14,500

15,200

18,800

22,800

24,100

26,100

24,900

22,600

18,800

18,300

18,200

21,900

24,000

26, 600

21,800

13,200

15,900

14,000

14,800

15,800

16,200

June

19,300

20,100

21,000

12,100

12,300

12,200

14,400

13,000

10,800

21,700

21,000

15,600

15,100

14,600

21,200

17,200

21,000

17,300

17,300

19,800

18,500

23,100

22,900

25,900

26,300

16,500

15,900

17,200

19,200

20,900

-

July

22,000

24,200

15,900

12,700

12,500

19,200

19,100

20,600

27,500

27,500

27,400

28,700

34,100

25,900

27,200

19,700

24,600

25,600

29,300

28,900

29,300

28,900

29,800

29,100

19,100

16,800

17,400

9,600

13,700

22,400

23,400

Au,T.

25,200

20,400

15,300

11,800

17,500

23,300

24,500

24,300

25,200

22,500

9,140

12,000

16,600

40,500

64,700

65,700

63,300

64,200

60,000

43,700

38,100

32,000

27,500

26,400

27,700

27,200

25,100

85,300

27,900

. 33,100

54,100

Sept.

67,900

69,700

67,700

58,000

45,700

41,800

29,600

38,100

24,900

27,800

27,700

27,800

27,000

15,600

6,150

10,100

23,500

22,900

23,300

25,400

15,900

10,400

22,900

24,600

24,900

24,900

24,100

20,100

10,800

17,100

-
500 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala., 1937-40

Month

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

Water year 1937-38 ...........

October 1938 ...................

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

Water year 1938-39 ...........

October 1939 ...................

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

Q 420 600

15,906,850

507,560

15,007,630

398,600

14,143,560

1,405,400

712 000

9,317,820

Maximum

67,900

75,000

62,300

22,800

152,000

24,600

43,300

221,000

15,200

221,000

81,900

85,400

85,400

Minimum

42,600

6,490

24,800

30,300

25,300

24,900

19,000

15,700

6,490

8,060

8,090

6,220

10,400

6,220

18,300

6,100

Mean

56,500

26,360

28,870

29,720

48,530

41,510

68,750

80,690

35,720

47,740

49,640

46,410

18,870

43,580

16,370

QQ Qcn

41,120

12,860

38,750

32,600

45,340

23,930

oo o*7n

35,460

Pi>r square 

mile

«.

«.

_

-

_

_

_

_

1.70

-.

__

_

___._

1.61

-

1.51

_

.994

Run-off in 

inches

_

_

_

_

23.10

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

21.79

-

20.64

13.65
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 501

Tennessee River at Decatur, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°36'47", long. 86°58'26", In NEi sec. 17, R. 

4 W., T. 53., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, at Decatur, half a mile upstream from 

Louisville & Nashville R. R. bridge and 3f miles downstream from Flint Creek. Datum 

of gage is 534.30 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 26,900 square miles.

Records available.- October 1924 to September 1940 (after September 1936, gage heights 

only).

Average discharge.- 12 years (1924-36) 43,700 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 22.04 feet Apr. 20; minimum, 15.65 feet

1936-40: Maximum gage height, 24.05 feet Jan. 25, 26, 1937; minimum (after Dec. 

8, 1936, date water surface in Wheeler Reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation), 13.47 feet Mar. 24, 1937.

1924-36: Maximum discharge, 283,000 second-feet Jan. 1, 1927 (gage height, 23.2 

feet); minimum, 3,520 second-feet Aug. 19-24, Sept. 7-13, 19, 1925 (gage height, 

-0.4 feet).

Maximum stage known, 29.5 feet Mar. 15, 1867, at site half a mile downstream.

Remarks.- Gage Is in backwater from Wheeler Dam (see p. 502).

Gage height. In feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D*y

i

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

16.16

16.16

16.16

16. IS

16.15

16.11

16.07

16.03

15.99.

15.93

15.92

15. SS

15.64

15.87

15.67

15.90

15. 8S

15.88

15.91

15.95

16.03

15.91

15.81

15. S6

15. S5

15.86

15.88

15.94

15.84

15.85

15.87

NOT.

15.86

15.89

15.92

15.97

15.97

15.92

15.93

15.90

15.88

15.87

15.94

16.00

16.03

15.96

15.94

15.91

15. 8S

15.86

15.91

15.99

15.96

15.91

15.92

15.94

15.95

15.98

15.99

15.95

15.88

15.83

Dee.

15.86

15.93

15.93

15.92

15.90

15. S4

15.76

15.75

15.75

15.76

15.70

15.70

15. S3

15. SO

15.76

15.75

15. SO

15. SI

15.87

15.97

15.95

15.97

16.06

16.25

16-31

16.25

16.31

16.34

16.41

16.49

16.59

Jan.

16.78

16.83

16.76

16.77

16.75

16.73

16. S2

16.90

16.71

16.61

16. 5S

16.55

16.39

16.53

16-56

16.60

16.65

16.80

16.63

16.81

ie.es

16.95

17.07

17.11

17.11

17.14

17.03

17.01

16.91

16.81

16.70

Feb.

16.60

16.50

16.31

16.15

16.04

16.15

16.46

16.70

17.02

17.53

17. S9

17.91

18.06

18.42

IS. 30

IS. 17

17. 9S

18.15

18.59

IS. 96

19.12

18. 6S

18.25

18.23

18.17

18.24

18.48

18.72

IS. 78

-

liar.

18.36

17.53

17.09

17.08

17.00

16.73

16.55

16.67

16.62

16.28

16.24

16.57

16.88

18.04

18.67

1S.S7

18. 4S

18.15

17.68

17.90

17.91

17.73

17. 5S

17.62

17.90

17.92

17.75

17.56

17.28

17.85

19.60

Apr.

20. 6S

20.93

20. S5

20.15

20.49

20.78

21.03

21.43

21.47

20.44

20.52

21.02

21.23

21.30

21.25

21.37

21.46

21.56

21.59

21.87

21.74

21.53

21.39

21.55

21.64

21.68

21.66

21.52

£1.51

21.38

May

21.46

21.67

21.60

21.57

21.35

21.11

21.05

21.02

21.05

21.04

20. SI

20.44

20.34

20.17

20.07

19.96

20.12

20.26

20.36

20.15

20.00

19. 9S

20.17

20.45

20.62

20.69

20.42

20.26

20.08

19.95

19.74

June

19.66

19.83

20.22

20.23

20.04

19. S6

19.66

19.67

19.53

19.64

19.78

19.77

19.61

19.42

19.49

19.73

20.00

20.14

20.16

20.05

20.00

20.21

20. 4S

20.75

£1.01

21.03

20.85

20.69

20.63

20.62

-

July

20.76

20.98

21.15

21.04

20.81

20.66

20.83

21.17

21.34

21.50

21.44

21.29

21.27

21.11

20.74

20.46

20.18

19.96

19.97

20.23

20.24

20.17

20. OS

19.90

19.77

19.70

19.60

19.49

19.20

19.27

19.51

Aug.

19.83

20.04

19.93

19. S4

19.39

19.29

19.49

19.65

19.79

19.97

19.94

19.75

19.42

19.31

19.29

19.73

20.15

20.55

2"K97

21.33

21.51

21.49

20. 9S

20.28

19.59

19.29

19.39

13.50

13.76

19.95

19.90

Sept.

19.93

20.21

20.41

20.43

20.38

20.18

19.97

19.29

19. 5S

19.45

19.31

19.20

19.14

19.10

IS. 84

18.43

18.17

IS. 27

16.40

IS. 55

18.52

17.95

17.79

IS. 06

18.38

18.19

18.07

17.84

17.63

17.40

-
502 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala,

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°47'52", long. 87°22'51", at Wheoler Dam, Ala., on 

Tennessee River, In SWi sec. 9, R. 8 W., T. 3 S., 0.9 mile upstream fom Big Nance Creek, 

15.5 miles upstream from Wilson Dam, 29.5 miles downstream from Decatur, and 74.1 miles 

downstream from Guntersvllle Dam. Datum of gage Is mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929). Prior to Feb. 17, 1938, datum of gage was 0.31 foot above mean sea level. 

Gage readings have been reduced to elevations above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 29,590 square miles.

Records available.- October 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1936-37: Maximum elevation during water year, 556.87 feet Ap~ll 30 (contents, 

1,214,000 acre-feet); minimum midnight elevation (after first filling), 547.21 feet 

Mar. 21 (contents, 694,000 acre-feet).

1937-38: Maximum elevation during water year, 556.62 feet Dec. 7 (contents. 

1,197,000 acre-feet); minimum, 549.23 feet Nov. 1 (contents, 774,600 acre-feet).

1938-39: Maximum elevation during water year, 556.15 feet May 7 (contents, 

1,141,000 acre-feet); minimum, 549.72 feet Mar. 12 (contents 791,300 acre-feet).

1939-40: Maximum elevation during water year, 556.06 feet Apr. 19 (contents. 

1,135,000 acre-feet); minimum, 549.88 feet Dec. 13 (contents, 797,900 acre-feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir Is formed by concrete dam with 60 talntor gates 15 feet high by 40 

feet wide operated by individual hoists; also 2 trashway gates 6 feet high by 37.5 feet 

wide. Storage began Oct. 3, 1936; water surface in reservoir first reached minimum pool 

elevation Dec. 8, 1936. Controlled capacity, 430,000 acre-feet between elevations 

548.0 and 556.3 feet. Figures given herein are of total capacity or contents for level 

pool. Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. SIIght^reduction In 

capacity due to closure of Guntersville Dam Dec. 11, 1937. A table showing pertinent 

data concerning capacities of this reservoir is given herein.

Cooperation.- Elevations and capacity tables furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority. 

Total reservoir capacity at selected elevations

556.3

Elevation 

(feet) Capacity 

(acre-feet)

491,600

721,800

1,151,800

Capacity tables (elevation, in feet, and contents, in acre-fee1;} 

(Prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority from Silt Survey and land maps)

Oct. 1, 1936, to Dec. 10, 1937 

(prior to closure of Quntersville Dam) Dec. 11, 1937, to Sept. 30, 1940

505

510

515

520

525

530

535

540

541

16,000

31,100

53,400

86,900

139,300

217,300

321,300

452,800

482,400

542

543

544

545

546

547

548

549

550

513,100

544,900

577,900

612 , 100

643,500

685,900

724,200

764,800

809,100

551

552

553

554

555

556

556.9

856,700

907 , 900

963,200

1,022,600

1,085,700

1,152,500

1,216,500

545 618,100

546 647,400

547 683,900

548 721,800

549 761,300

550 802,900

551 847,400

Hote.- Same ss 

below 545 feet.

552 895,900

553 948,500

554 1,005,200

555 1,066,000

556 1,131,000

557 1,800,200

558 1,273,600

preceding table
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 503

Monthly elevation and contents of Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala., 1936-40

Date

Dec. 31...................

Sept. 30...................

Dec. 31...................

Dec. 31...................

Sept. 30...................

Water year 1939-40.......

Elevation 

(feet)

552.53

549.74

_

550.41

-

554.04

_

550.36

.

550.30

_

_

Contents 

(acre-feet)

936,800

797,300

_

812,100

_

1,008,000

_

818,900

.

992 700

816,200

-

_

Change In contents 

during month 

(acre -feet)

+413,400

on ftftn

+2 9 100

-96,400

+778,800

-344,900

-124,700

+56,700

+210,700

-63,400

+63,900

-110,700

-191,800

+64.700

461679 O - 42 - 33
504 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Wilson Reservoir near Florence, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°47'46", long. 87°37'27", in SE3 sec. 18, R. 10 

W., T. 33., at cooling water Intake at Wilson Dam on Tennessee River, 2.9 miles southeast of Florence, 4.1 miles above mouth of Cypress Creek, 15.5 miles downstream from 

Wheeler Dam, and 52.7 miles upstream from Pickwick Landing Dam. Datum of gage is 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). From Oct. 6, 1932 to Feb. 15, 1938, datum 

of gage was mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). Prior to Oct. 6, 1932, datum 

of gage was at zero, Bingham datum. All elevations lave been reduced to mean sea 

level (genera.1 adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 30,750 square miles.

Records available.- August 1926 to September 1940.

Extremes.,- 1935-36: Maximum contents during year, 538,000 acre-feet Dec. 8, Feb. 4, 

" July 22, 23 (elevation, 506.32 feet); minimum, 495,800 acre-feet Aug. 14 (elevation, 

503.56 feet).

1936-37: Maximum contents during year, 538,600 acre-feet May 5 (elevation, 506.36 

feet); minimum, 490,400 acre-feet July 16 (elevation, 503.20 feet).

1937-38: Maximum contents during year, 539,200 acre-feet Jan. 31 (elevation, 506.40 

feet); minimum, 487,800 acre-feet Feb. 22 (elevation, 503.03 feet).

1938-39: Maximum contents during year,, 534,900 acre-feet Feb. 15 (elevation, 506.12 

feet); minimum, 490,400 acre-feet Feb. 3 (elevation, 503.20 feet).

1939-40: Maximum contents during year, 533,600 acre-feet June 16 (elevation, 506.04 

feet); minimum, 489,000 acre-feet Jan. 8 (elevation, 503.11 feet).

Maximum and minimum contents and elevations for water years prior to 1936 are not available.

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam with fixed ogee crest and spillway 

with 58 Stoney gates, 18 feet high and 30 feet wide, with 0.77-foot flashboard bolted 

to top of each gate. Storage began Apr. 14, 1924. Controlled capacity is 47,200 

acre-feet between elevations 503.0 and 506.1 feet. Figures given herein are of total 

capacity or contents for level pool. Reservoir is used for navigation and power. A 

table showing pertinent data concerning capacities of the reservoir is given herein.

Cooperation.- Capacity tables and records of elevation furnished by Tenressee Valley 

Authority.

Total reservoir capacity at selected elevations, 1924 and 1940

Elevation 

(feet)

469.34 (lowest regulating outlet, bottom of penstock intakes...

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

1924

196,300 

374,300 

581,200 

638,400

1940

148,800 

296,600 

487,400 

534,600

Hote.- The reduction in capacity between 1924 and 1940 as indicated above is the result 

of silt deposition in the reservoir.

Monthly elevation and contents, 1926-40

Date

Oct. 31, 1926. ..............

Jan. 31, 1927...............

Water year 1926-27. .......

Elevation 

(feet)

504 59

504.90

504 87

-

504.41

505 21

-

504.08

-

505 . 18

503 92

Contents 

(acre-feet)

588,400

-

579,800

-

564,000

-

582,800

Change in contents 

during month 

(acre- feet)

-4,800

-

-s.ooo

-10,400

-18,800

-2,300

-2,700

 19 800
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 506

Monthly elevation and contents, Wilson Reservoir near Flbrerico, tla.,1926-40 Con.

Oct. 31, 1988............... 504.88

HOY. 30..................... 505.81

Dec. 31..................... 504.3

Calendar, year 1988........

Jan. 31, 1929............... i505.86

Feb. 28..................... 504.41

Mar. 31..................... 505.68

Apr. 30..................... 503.37

Hay 31..................... 505.70

June 30..................... 504.67

July 31..................... 504.31

Aug. 31..................... 504.58

Sept.30..................... 503.30

Water year 1928-29 ........ -

Oct. 31, 1929............... 505.35

'Nov. 30..................... 505.22

Dec. 31..................... 505.24

Calendar year 1929........ __ -

Jan. 31, 1930............... 505.26

Feb. 28..................... 505.22

Har. 31..................... 505.24

Apr. 30..................... 506.00

Hay 31..................... 505.19

June 30..................... 504.99

July 31...................... 504.89

Aug. 31..................... 504.22

Sept.30..................... . 506.02

Water year 1929-30-....... ~

Oct. 31, 1030............... 505.68

HOT. 30..................... 506.04

Dec. 31..................... 506.03

Calendar year 1930........ -

Jan. 31, 1931............... 504.34

Pet. 28..................... 504.34

Har. 31..................... 504.32

Apr._3Q-.................... 504.58

Hay 31..................... 504.53

June 30..................... 505.49

July 31..................... 504.81

Aug. 31.................°.... 505.22

Sept.30..................... 503.82

Water year 1930-31, ....... -

Oct. 31, 1931............... 503.81

Nov. 30..................... 503.98

Dec. 31..................... 505.78

Calendar year 1931........ -

Jan. 31, 1932............... 505.89

Feb. 29..................... 505.14

Har. 31..................... 504.64

Apr. 30..................... 505.32

Hay 31..................... 505.39

June 30..................... 505.47

July 31..................... 504.10

Aug. 31..................... 504.30

Sept.30..................... 504.74

Water year 1931-32........ -

Oct. 31, 1932............... 505.23

Nov. 30..................... 505.33

Dec. 31..................... .5Q5.40

Calendar year 1932........ *___

Jan. 31, 1933............... 805.34

Feb. 28..................... 505.29

Haz-. 31................;.:.. 505.98

Apr. 30.........:::.....;..; 805.28

Hay 31........;;.:.:....... 505.26

June 30.......:;.....,;.,.;. 505.22

July 31....;:;:..i.iii...... 504.96

Aug. 31.............;:..;... 504.85

Sept.30...:........;;..;;... 504.71

Water year 1932-33 i. i,»i s. -

Oct. 31j 1933.....;.;,.,.,., 504.71

Nov. 30;............i,....., 504.89

Dec. 31..................... 505.18

Calendar year 1933,,,.....

Jan. 31, 1934....«,,.j, ,, ,. 505.00

Feb. 28........,..,.,..,..., 505.51

Mar. 31.<.......,.,...,...,. 504.61

Apr. 30...,...,..,,,,.,..,., 504.14

Hay 31..,,,..,..,,.....,,.. 505.10

June 30..................... 504.20

July 31... » .,...,....... 504.81

Aug. 31..,...,.....,,,...... 606.C5

Sept.30....,,,......,....... 506.01

Water year 1933-34........ 

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

572,500

583,100

562,800

583,900

564,500

580,900

547,200

581,200

569,000

562,900

567,400

546,000

570,100

567,900

568,200

568,500

567,900

568,200

581,000

567,300

564,000

562,300

551,200

581,300

565,100

571,000

570,800

548,200

548,200

547,900

562,100

551,700

561,900

555,900

557,500

539,700

529,600

532,200

561,400

563,200

551,000

542,800

553,800

555,000

556,300

534,100

537,400

544,400

541,900

543,600

544,800

543,700 

543,000 

554,000 

542,800 

542,500 

541,800 

542,800 

541,100" 

538,900 

528,600

531,400

536,000

533,100

541,300

527,100

519,600

534,700

520,600

530,100

549,800

549,200

Change In content^

during month

(acre-feet)

-16,800

-1-10,600

-20,300

-22,700

+21,100

-19,400 

+16,400

-33,700 

+34,000

-12,200 

-6,100 

+4,500

-21,400

-43,300

+24 ,100

-2,200

+300

+5,400

+300

-600

+300

+12,800

-13,700

-3,300

-1,700

-11,100 

+30,100

+35,300

-16,200

+5,900

-200

+2,600

-22,600 

0

-300 

+4,200

-400

+10,200

-6,000

+1,600

-17,800

-41,600

-10,100

+2,600

+29,200

-9,400

+1,800

-12,200 

-8,200

+11,000 

+1,200 

+1,300

-22,200 

+3,300 

+7,000

+4,700

-2,500 

+1,700 

+1,200

-16,600

-1,100

-700 

+11,000 

-11,200

-300

-700 

+1,000

-1,700

-2,200

-5,500

-10,300 

+2,800 

+4,600

-8,800

-2,900 

+8,200

-14,200

-7,500 

+15,100

-14,100

+9,500

+19,700

-600

+10,300
506 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents, Wilson Reservoir near Florence, Ala., 1926-40 Con.

Date

Oct. 31, 1934............... 506.06

Nov. 30..................... 506.07

Dec. 31..................... 506.04

Calendar year 1934........ -

Jan. 31, 1935............... 506.04

Feb. SB..................... 506.09

Mar. 31..................... 506.04

Apr. 30..................... 506.03

Hay 31..... ................ 506.06

June 30..................... 506.02

July 31..................... 506.15

Aug. 31..................... 506.07

Sept.30..................... 506.OB

Water year 1934-35........ -

Oct. 31, 1935............... 506.01

Nov. 30..................... 506.24

Dec. 31..................... 506.05

Calendar year 1935......... -

Jan. 31, 1936............... 506.02

Feb. 29..................... 506.23

Mar. 31..................... 504.75

Apr. 30..................... 504.B5

Hay 31..................... 505.13

June 30..................... 504.69

July 31..................... 505.09

Aug. 31..................... 504.77

Sept.30..................... 504.92

Water year 1935-36........ v -

Oct. 31, 1936............... 504.B7

Nov. 30..................... 504.93

Dec. 31...................... 506.16

Calendar year 1936........ -___

Jan. 31, 1937............... 505.97

Feb. 2B..................... 505.40

Mar. 31..................... 506.OB

Apr. 30...................v. 506.06

Hay 31..................... 505.99

June 30..................... 504.45

July 31..................... 504.62

Aug. 31..................... 503.36

Sept.30..................... 505.49

Water year 1936-37........ -

Oct. 31, 1937............... 505.84

Nov. 30..................... 506.02

Dec. 31..................... 505.51

Calendar year 1937 -

Jan. 31, 193B............... 506.00

Feb. 28..................... 505.15

Har. 51..................... 505.30

Apr. 50..................... 505.54

Hay 51..................... 504.40

June 30..................... 505.79

July 31..................... 505.77

Aug. 31................'..... 505.71

Sept.30..................... 505.56

Water year 1937-38........ _

Oct. 31, 1938............... 503.82

Nov. 50..................... 505.29

Dec. 31..................... 503.SS

Calendar year 1958........ -

Jan. 51, 1959............... 505,61

Feb. 23..................... 504.51

Mar. 31..................... 505.50

Apr. 30..-................... 505.82

Hay 31..................... 505.11

June 30..................... 505.19

July 31..................... 504.4B -

Aug. 31..................... 503.89

Sept.30..................... 5Q5.93

Water year 1933-39 -

Oct. 31, 1939............... 504.02

Nov. 30..................... 504.00

Dec. 51..................... 503.83

Calendar year 1959........

Jan. 31, 1940............... 504.73

Feb. 29..................... 503.32

Har. 51..................... 505.68

Apr. 30..................... 505.91

Hay 31..................... 504.83

June 30..................... 505.51

July 31..................... 504.15

Aug. 31..................... 504.24

Sept.30..................... 504.94

Water year 1959-40 -

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

539,300

539,400

553,900

553,900

559,700

553,900

553,300

559,500

558,600

540,700

539,400

539,500

533,200

536,700

555,800

555,500 

536,600 

513,800 

515,300 

519,600 

512,900 

519,ODO 

514,100 

516,400

515,600

516,500

535,500

532,500

525, 300

554,200

554,000

552,800

509,200

511,800

492,300

494.300

550,500

555,300

495,000

533,000

489,600

491,900

522,800

503,500

529,300

529,500

493,000

492,800

499,700

522,100

493,100

496,600

507,100

491,900

530,200

519,300

520,500

509,700

500.800

502,100

502,700

502,400

500,600

513,500

499,700

528,100

551,600

515,000

522,400

504,700

506,000

516,700

Change in contents

during month

(acre-feet)

-9,900 

+100 

-500

 2,900

0 

+800

-800

-100 

+500

-700 

+2,100 

-1,500

+100

-9,700

-6,500 

+5,500

-2,900

-5,100

-500 

+5,500 

-22,800 

+1,500 

+4,500

-6,700 

+6,100

-4,900 

+2,500

-23,100

-800

+900

+19,000

-1,700

-5,000

-3,700

+10,400

-200

-1,200

-25,600 

+2,600

-19,000 

+2,000

-21,600

+35,700 

+2,800 

-33,300

-40,500

+38,000

-45,400

+2,500

+30,900

-14,300

+21,300

-300

-31,500 

-5,200

-2,000

+6,900 

+22,400 

-29,000

-1,900

+5,500 

+10,500

-15,200 

+53,300

-10,900 

+1,200

-10,800 

-3,900 

+1,300

+9,300

+600

-300

-1,800

+7,500

+12,900

-13,800

+28,400

+5,500

-16,600 

+7,400

-17,700

+1,300

+10,700

+14,600
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 507

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°47'12", long. 87°40'08", In SWi sec. 14, T. 3 

a., R. 11 W., at lower end of Patten Island, 700 feet upstream from Southern Ry. 

bridge, 1,000 feet upstream from new bridge on U. S. Highway 72, 1 mile south of 

Florence, li miles upstream from Cypress Creek, and 2i miles downstream froii Wilson 

Dam. Datum if gage Is 401.12 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Auxiliary water-stage recorder, near Smlthsonla, 13.9 miles downstream from Cypress 

Creek, 15.4 miles downstream from base gage and 17.9 miles downstream from Wilson 

Dam. Datum of gage }s 400.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 30,810 square miles.

Kecoras available.- November 1871 to September 1894 (gage heights only), Octobsr 1894 to 

September 1940.

Average discharge.- 46 years (1894-1940), 51,430 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 118,000 second-feet Apr. 21; maximum gage

heignt, 17.98 feet Apr. 19; minimum dally discharge, 6,530 second-feet Dec. 25 (computed on basis of power-plant records at Wilson Dam); minimum gage height, 6.78 feet 

Nov. 6, 10.

1871-1940: Maximum discharge observed, about 444,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1897 

(gage height, 32.5 feet), from rating curve extended above 320,000 second-fset; minimum discharge, 2,400 second-feet Oct. 8, 1925 (gage height, -3.0 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Discharges computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary 

water-stage recorder as a factor except those below 25,000 second-feet whlc^i were 

computed on a basis of records for power plant at Wilson Dam. Flow regulated by 

power plants and storage at Norrls, Hlwassee, Chlckamauga, Hales Bar, Guntersville, 

Wheeler, and Wilson Reservoirs (see pp. 582, 598, 484, 486, 496, 502, and 504).

Cooperation.- Power-house discharges and auxiliary water-stage recorder graph furnished 

by tne Tennessee Valley Authority.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

gg

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12,500 

14,900 

15,000 

13,300 

14,100

14,900 

15,300 

12,600 

15,200 

14,600

15,200 

15,600 

14,300 

14,000 

11,800

15,900 

13,200 

14,800 

15,400 

13,600

12, 200 

12,600 

13,500 

12,700 

13,500

13,200 

12,400 

10,000 

11,600 

12,700 

12, 500

Nov.

11,100 

11,600 

14,500 

14,900 

12,300

14,600 

14, 500 

13,300 

12,900 

14,300

11, 100 

13,000 

16,000 

14, 100 

14, 500

14, 100 

12,600 

12,700 

10,400 

16,400

14,100 

13,600 

13,000 

13, 900 

12,200

9,100 

15, 100 

14,400 

14,400 

14,000

Dec.

12, 500 

12, 400 

9,730 

15,600 

14,900

14, 100 

13,000 

13,800 

12,400 

7,550

14,400 

15,500 

15, 100 

13,900 

14, 100

11,700 

7,380 

12,800 

16,600 

16,200

13,800 

12,600 

12,700 

3,120 

6,530

10,700 

15, 100 

16,900 

14,300 

14,600 

3,620

Jan.

10, 100 

13,800 

13, 400 

14, 000 

12,000

13, 300 

10, 600 

16,500 

13,600 

14,500

16, 200 

14,300 

6,950 

8,480 

11,600

12,900 

14,300 

13,900 

14,900 

11,300

10, 100 

17, 500 

14,800 

14,300 

16,000

14,900 

12,400 

13,800 

18, 400 

17, 700 

18,500

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ci

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 193

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

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

13,300 

17,800 

10,900 

8,520 

19,000

17,500 

17,200 

15,400 

13,500 

25,700

54,300 

50, 100 

44,600 

33, 100 

46, 900

40,900 

47,300 

63, 300 

91,100 

92,200

103, 000 

90,800 

62,400 

48,600 

31,900

28,000 

30, 500 

45,300 

69,200

Mar.

72, 600 

70, 300 

69,200 

75, 400 

79,600

69,000 

59,000 

42, 600 

47.700 

38, 900

32, 600 

46,700 

71,600 

83,800 

101,000

101,000 

98,300 

82, 100 

66,000 

56, 200

60,700 

46,900 

32, 700 

24,800 

27,200

28, 000 

27,900 

28, 100 

26, 100 

29,100 

39,800

Secondfoot-days

423, 600 

403, 200 

398, 130

16,981,130

425,530 

1,242,320 

1,734,900 

1,725,600 

831, 900 

528,710 

1,029,900 

1,045,900 

910,500

10,700,690

Apr.

53,100 

54,200 

64,600 

81,600 

56,300

55, 000 

64,000 

47,300 

52, 100 

64,500

30,600 

31,900 

28, 800 

34,900 

32, 100

27,500 

28, 000 

48,800 

82, 400 

77, 200

93,700 

84,900 

71,500 

70,200 

77,800

69,500 

69,300 

66,000 

53, 400 

48,900

Maximum

15,900 

16,400 

16,900

265,000

18,500 

103, 000 

101,000 

93,700 

52, 300 

22,700 

60, 200 

60,900 

63, 800

103,000

May

47,900 

52, 300 

44,900 

43, 300 

49,300

37,500 

32, 100 

28,500 

31,000 

23,600

26,600 

19,400 

25,300 

26,400 

28,500

26,500 

25,300 

IS, 500 

15,300 

22,700

21,700 

20, 300 

19,300 

17,400 

12,200

13, 300 

20,500 

19,600 

21,000 

16,500 

19,200

Minimum

10, 000 

9,100 

6,530

6,530

6,950 

8,520 

24,800 

27,500 

12,200 

6,720 

12,500 

12,800 

13,900

6,530

June

13,800 

6,720 

17, 200 

21,000 

20,800

21,700 

20,300 

17, 100 

6,790 

19, 100

22, 300 

21,400 

18,700 

13,700 

11,600

8,660 

19,700 

17, SOO 

21,600 

22, 000

20, 900 

17,200 

14,800 

17,300 

18,900

19,600 

22,700 

22, 300 

18,700 

9,340

July

16,500 

18, 200 

23,900 

13, 400 

19,800

21,400 

18,700 

34,700 

48,900 

60,200

59,300 

58, 500 

53,700 

51,600 

50,200

41,400 

44,600 

41,600 

25,200 

29,700

32,900 

35,000 

35, 300 

39,200 

26, 400

26,100 

19,600 

12, 500 

21,900 

22,300 

21,700

Mean

13,660 

13,440 

12,840

46, 520

13,730 

42,360 

55,960 

57,520 

26,840 

17,620 

33,220 

33,740 

30,350

29,240

Aug.

13,200 

23, 100 

23,400 

18,300 

23,200

22,500 

24,50Q 

25,000 

24,600 

21,900

12,800 

22,300 

25, 100 

44,800 

60,900

54, 100 

45,000 

45, 500 

45,000 

38, 400

37,000 

48,900 

55, 300 

46,700 

38,100

27,900 

f26,900 

f27,600 

f 26, 000 

34,200 

58,. 700

Sept.

56,000 

58, 100 

63, SOO 

55,700 

57,200

47,200 

29,500 

26,800 

31,300 

33,800

29,200 

29,900 

25, 600 

19,300 

13,900

22,500 

22,900 

23,000 

24,500 

25,200

22,600 

15,200 

23,900 

25,000 

22,900

21,500 

22,300 

22,300 

15,400 

24,000

Per square 1 Run-off in 

mile inches

" "

1.51 20.50

: ~~

.94P 12.90

f Dlscoarg
508 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Waterloo, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34054t 53B , long. 88°03'25", In NVtf sec. 6, T. 

2 s., R. 14 W., at county Highway bridge at Second Creek Cove at Waterloo, 2* miles 

upstream from Bear Creek and 20 miles upstream from Pickwick Landing Dam. Datum of 

gage Is 400.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 31,550 square miles.

Records available.- February 1938 to September 1940 (gage heights only). October 1926 

to February 1938 (gage heights only) at site at Riverton, 2 miles downstream, published 

as Tennessee River at Riverton, Ala.

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 17.75 feet Apr, 19; minimum. 7.86 fe&t

1938-40: Maximum gage height, 19.27 feet Feb. 15, 1939; minimum (after liar. 14, 

1938, when water surface In Pickwick Landing Reservoir first reached minimum pool 

elevation) that of Nov. 3, 1939.

Remarks,- This station Is In Pickwick Landing Reservoir (see p. 509). 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Gage height, In feet, water year October 1939 to September lf*0

B«T

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

«,

«

8.96

8.94

S.85

8.S4

8.86

S.S5

8.74

8.75

S.75

8.76

S.74

S.67

8.58

S.55

8.61

8.60

8.70

6.76

8.71

8.67

8.65

8.63

8.60

6.62

8.60

8.50

8.40

8.28

8.26

Nor.

8.16

S.05

7.96

7.99

S.02

8.04

8.08

8.11

S.10

S.ll

8.11

8.06

8.09

8.14

8.21

8.25

S.26

S.21

8.18

8.17

8.26

_

_

_

-

_

_

M

_

8.17

-

Dec.

S.26

8.22

8.14

8.04

8. IS

8.25

S.28

8.28

8.50

8.15

3.00

8.17

8.34

S.41

8.48

3.49

8.36

S.22

8.37

8.56

6.69

8.71

8.75

8.76

6*56

8.36

8.46

6.66

8.85

8.95

S.90

Jan.

S.76

S.72

S.7S

S.91

8.91

8.97

6.99

9.02

9.16

9.27

9.46

9.62

9.60

9.42

9.32

9.28

9.34

9.31

9.25

9.20

8.96

8.S6

8.92

8.89

8.66

_

_

..

8.70

8.85

9.03

Feb.

9.16

9.2S

9.22

8.92

S.84

9.12

9.36

9.05

9.67

9.89

10.85

11.66

12.23

11.81

11.99

12.18

12.20

12.37

18.65

12.92

13.45

13.63

12.86

11.32

10.08

9.09

9.04

9.66

10.34

-

Xar.

11.36

11.58

11.57

11.70

12.21

12.49

12.18

11.36

10.92

11.01

10.73

10.38

10.83

10.81

11.16

11.74

12.89

13.19

12.96

12.21

12.00

11.95

12.04

12.40

12.68

13.16

13.64

13.94

14.11

14.24

14.07

Apr.

14.77

15.37

15.91

17.21

17.29

16.69

15.78

14.91

14.00

13.70

13.12

15.26

13.40

13.64

14.20

14.45

14.71

15.94

17.62

16.72

16.14

15.63

14.70

14.02

14.11

14.50

14.78

15.29

15.63

15.79

««r

15.69

15.21

14.87

14.97

14.38

14.53

14.43

14.35

14.21

14.11

13.78

13.32

12.82

12.82

13.13

18.44

13.78

12.95

13.84

13.85

13.95

14.03

14.11

14.33

14.33

14.11

15.96

14.05

14.13

14.15

14.09

4ran6

14.02

13.63

15.84

13.23

13.35

13.40

13.47

13.45

13.19

18.87

19.03

13.20

13.38

13.47

13.43

13.02

12.78

12.38

12,95

13.12

13.30

13.31

13.16

13.04

13.08

13.08

13.16

13.36 I3.ee

13.41

-

July

13.10

15. 06

15.03

12,96

12.32

12.86

12.84

15- IB

14,16

14.92

14.89

14.64

14.46

14.61

14-37

13.85

13.56

13-68

13-85

12.89

12.85

12.80

12.82

13.10

13.06

12.68

12.57

IS. 41

IS. 33

If. 53 ir.7i

Au«.

12.78

18.89

12.89

12.7S

12.48

12.44

12.43

12.54

12.66

12.80

12.67

12.34

12.51

12.60

13.17

13. 6S

15.75

13.60

15.60

13.15

12.80

12.64

12.94

15.20

13.09

12.816

11.98

11.88

12.02

12.02

12.39

Sept.

12.76

12.84

13.02

13.15

15.08

13.03

12.88

12.13

11.64

11.64

11.95

12.06

12.19

12.08

11.67

11.42

11.66

11.70

11.89

12.16

12.88

12.20

12.07

12.17

11.95

11.68

11.40

11.54

11.10

10.88

-
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 509

Pickwick Landing Reservoir near Pickwick Dam, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°04'16", long. 88°15'04", at Pickwick Landing 

Dam, on Tennessee River, li miles north of town of Pickwick Dam, Hardin County, 6.1 

miles upstream from Lick Creek, and 52 miles downstream from Wilson Dam. Datum of 

gage Is mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 32,820 square mij.es.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- 1937-38: Maximum elevation during year, 418.21 feet Apr. 12 (consents, 

 1,101,000 acre-feet); minimum midnight elevation (after first filling), 410.53 feet 

Sept. 30 (contents, 769,800 acre-feet).

1938-39: Maximum elevation during year, 418.44 feet Feb. 15 (contents- 1,112,000 

acre-feet); minimum, 408.48 feet Nov. 12 (contents, 691,000 acre-feet).

1939-40: Maximum elevation during year 417.74 feet Apr. 19 (contents, 1,079,000 

acre-feet); minimum, 407.93 feet Nov. 3 (contents, 670,500 acre-feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with rlprapped earth embankments with 

£2 2-seotion lift gates 40 feet high and 40 feet wide, one of which is us<3d as a 

trash gate. Controlled capacity is 418,400 acre-feet between elevations 408.0 and 

418.0 feet. Dam completed and storage began Feb. 7, 1938. The water sur'ace of the 

reservoir first reached elevation 408.0 feet (minimum pool elevation) Feb. 1C, 1938. 

Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. A table showing pertinent 

data concerning capacities of the reservoir is given herein.

Cooperation.- Reservoir elevation and capacity table furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Total reservoir capacity, in acre-feet, at selected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

Total capacity 

(acre-feet)

1,091,400

Capacity table, water years 1938-40 (elevation, in feet and contents in acre-feet) 

(Prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority from Tennessee River Survey Mr<os)

352

360

365

370

375

0

9,600

21,300

35,800

54,900

380

385

390

395

400

31,200

119,500

182,600

280,800

409,300

405

408

409

410

411

566,500

673,000

710,500

748,900

788,300

412

413

414

415

416

323,600

369,900

912,200

955,500

999,800

417

413

419

420

1,045,100

1,091,400

1,138,700

1,137,000

Monthly elevation and contents, 1937-40

Date

Sept. 30.......................

Dec. 31.......................

Sept. 30. ......................

Water year 1938-39. . ........

Elevation 

(feet)

410.53

409.12

409.17

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

769,300

715,100

907 500

717,000

-

Change' in contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

+43 000

+18 200

-91,000

-22,300

-65,000

-52,890

Hote.- Figures for capacity and contents are baaed on level storage.
510 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents, of Pickwick Lauding Reservoir nerr 

Pickwick Dam, Tenn., 1937-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

'Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1939................. 408.29

Mov. 30....................... 408.30

Dec. 31....................... 409.02

Calendar year 1939.........

Jan. 31, 1940................. 409.27

Pet). 29....................... 411.00

Mar. 31....................... 414.50

Apr. 30....................... 415.95

Hay 31....................... 414.27

June 30....................... 413.29

July 31....................... 412.88

Aug. 31....................... 412.78

Sept.30....................... 410.98

Water year 1939-40.........

683,900 

684,200 

7U.300

720,900' 

788,300 

933,800 

997,600 

923,900 

882,200 

864,900 

860,800 

787,600

-33,100

+roo

+27,100

+9,600

+67,400

+145,POO

+63,fOO

-73,TOO

-41,700

-17,500 

-4,100

-73,!TOO

+70,POO

Mote.- Figures for capacity and contents are based on level storage.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 511

i Tennessee River at Savannah, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 350 13'29", long. 88°15'36", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 64, at Savannah, Hardln County, and 16.8 miles downstream from Pickwick Dam. 

Auxiliary water-stage recorder at Coffee Landing, 22,800 feet downstream. Datum of 

each gage Is 341.61 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 33,140 square miles. 

Records available.- September 1930 to September 1940. 

Average discharge.- 10 years, 51,130 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 111,000 second-feet Mar. 16; maximum gage

22.39 feet Mar. 16; minimum discharge, 13,000 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 

_ et).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 314,000 second-feet Apr. 9, 10, 1936; maxinum gage 

height, 47.44 feet Apr. 10, 1936; minimum discharge, 7,440 second-feet Oct. 13, 1935; 

minimum gage height, -0.41 foot Oct. 28, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 59.6 feet, from floodmarks, Mar. 21, 1897 (discharge, 450,000 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 320,000 second-feet). Flood of Jan. 2, 

1927, reached a stage of 51.1 feet (discharge, 349,000 second-feet).

Minimum stage known, -2.8 feet Sept. 8, 1925.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of partly estimated gage heights, 

wnicn are good. Flow regulated by power plants and storage at Norris, Hlwassee, 

Chicamauga, Hales Bar, Guntersvllle, Wheeler, Wilson and Pickwick Reservoirs (see 

pp. 582, 598, 484, 486, 496, 502, 504, and 509).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods adjusted for rate of change of stage 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

l.S 13,400

2.1 14,300

2.5 15,600

3.0 17,400

4.0 21,000

6.0 2S,eOO

8.0 37,500

10.0 46,500

14.0 65,500

1S.O 36,000

22.0 103,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

16,300 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

15, 300

14,600 

14,300 

14,300 

14,000 

14,300

14,300 

14,300 

14, 000 

14, 000 

14,300

14, 300 

14,000 

14, 300 

14,000 

14,300 

14,300

Nov.

14,300 

14, 600 

14, 600 

14,600 

14,300

14,300 

14,300 

14,300 

14,300 

14,300

14, 300 

14,300 

14, 300 

14, 300 

14, 300

14,300 

14,000 

14,300 

14,300 

14, 300

14,300 

14,000 

14,000 

14, 300 

14, 300

14,300 

14,300 

14, 300 

14,300 

14,300

Dec.

14, 300 

14, 000 

14,000 

14,000 

14,000

14,000 

14, 000 

13,700 

13,400 

13,400

13,700 

13,400 

13,400 

13,400 

13, 400

13, 400 

13,400 

13,400 

13, 400 

13, 400

13, 400 

13,400 

13,700 

14,000 

13,400

13,700 

13,700 

13,700 

13, 400 

13,400 

14, 000

Jan.

13,400 

13, 400 

13,400 

13, 400 

13, 400

13, 400 

13, 400 

13, 400 

13,400 

13,400

13,400 

14,000 

14,000 

14,600 

15,000

14,600 

14,600 

16,000 

16,300 

16,000

16,300 

16,300 

16,300 

16,300 

f 16, 300

f 16, 300 

f 16, 300 

f 16, 300 

f 16, 300 

f 16, 300 

f 16, 300

Month

Octc 

Nov« 

Dec«

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr

June

Julj 

Aug\ 

Sep1

Vt

ilendar year 193!

iter year 1939-4

Feb.

17,000 

16,600 

17, 400 

16, 600 

16, 300

16,600 

16,600 

16, 300 

17, 400 

23,200

e35, 100 

42, 000 

42,900 

42,900 

42,900

43,600 

651,700 

670,600 

e93,700 

96,400

93,600 

100,000 

97, 000 

661,000 

665,500

647, 200 

630,900 

636,500 

853,300

Bar.

661,400 

e73, 100 

75,000 

74, 500 

75,000

75,500 

74,500 

e64, 600 

650,600 

45,200

44,200 

656,000 

688,900 

B102.000 

107,000

e96,900 

94,200 

6S9.000 

62,700 

672,600

64,500 

e53, 100 

635,600 

24.SOO 

21,000

20,600 

21,000 

25,200 

27,600 

634,600 

39,300

Secondfoot-days

467,200 

429,000 

422, 900

19,176,300

461,600 

1,346,000 

1,872,700 

1,352,100 

929,000 

597,600 

1, 137, 500 

1, 074, 600 

978, 800

11,569,400

Apr.

643, 400 

47, 400 

43, 300 

656,200 

67, 500

875,800 

32,200 

e6S,300 

664, 500 

666,300

644,000 

630,900 

27,200 

26,400 

26,000

85,600 

25,200 

636,000 

6107, 000 

107,000

109,000 

109,000 

e96,900 

eS3, 100 

674,700

69,500 

663, 700 

56, 500 

57, 500 

654,500

Maximum

16,300 

14,600 

14,300

234,000

16,300 

100,000 

107,000 

109.000 

60,000 

21,000 

66,000 

47,600 

57,500

109,000

May

653, 30C 

60, OOC 

e57, 20C 

650, 80C 

47,80C

45,600 

637,800 

33,900 

33, 400 

33,000

34, 80C 

34,400 

e31, 200 

26,400 

21.SOO

20,600 

20,600 

20, 600 

20,600 

20,600

20,600 

20,200 

20,60C 

21, OOC 

20,60C

20, 600 

20,200 

20.20C 

20.20C 

20,200 

20.20C

Minimum

14,000 

14,000 

13, 400

13, 400

13, 400 

16,300 

20,600 

25,200 

20,200 

19,100 

19,100 

19,100 

20,200

13,400

June

20,200 

20, 200 

20, 600 

20,600 

20,600

20,600 

20,600 

21,000 

19, 500 

19,500

19,500 

19,500 

19,500 

19,500 

19, 100

19,900 

20, 200 

19,900 

19,900 

19,900

19,500 

19,500 

19,500 

19,500 

19,500

19,900 

19,500 

19,900 

20,600 

19,900

July

19,900 

20,200 

23, 600 

24,000 

21,000

82,900 

22,900 

24,400 

633, 100 

853, 400

64,000 

66,000 

e64, 100 

54,600 

59,000

59 , 000 

651, 100 

46,500 

643,900 

35, 700

37,500 

3S.OOO 

36,600 

36, 600 

36, 200

634,700 

26,400 

19,900 

19,100 

19, 100 

19,100

Mean

15,070 

14,300 

13, 640

52,540

14,900 

46,410 

60,410 

61,740 

29,970 

19,920 

36,690 

34,670 

32,630

31,610

Aug.

19,100 

19,900 

25,200 

21' -000 

2(^,000

25,600 

2''.000 

23,600 

23,600 

213,500

23,600 

2'V.OOO 

22,900 

634,200 

46,500

4^,000 

47,400 

4^,400 

4^,800 

47,400

47,400 

47,000 

47,000 

4^,400 

47,400

44,700 

633,000 

e2P,.500 

26,000 

632,000 

44,700

Per square 

mile

:

1.59

:

.954

Sept.

651,900 

56,000 

57,000 

57,500 

57,000

651,800 

47, 000 

45,600 

639,700 

630,300

28, 400 

28,000 

27,200 

25,200 

24,600

23,600 

20,600 

20,200 

20,200 

20,200

21,800 

21,800

82,100 

24, 400 

29,200

29,200 

25,600 

24,000 

24,000 

24,000

Run-off In 

Inches

_

21.52

j

12.98

e Discharge computed by using rate of change as a factor.

f Discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage height.
512 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River near Johnsonvllle, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°01'02", long. S7°59'59", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 70, 4 miles upstream from Johnsonville, Humphreys County, 6 niles southeast 

of Camden, and 10 miles downstream from Duck River. Datum of gage is 319.61 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary gage, water-stage 

 recorder at Johnsonville, half a mile upstream from Trace Creek and 4 miles downstream from base gage. Datum of auxiliary gage is 320.49 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 38,520 square miles.

Records available.- October 1931 to September 1940. October 1875 to September 1931 (prior 

to October 1B89, gage heights only), at site at Johnsonville, 4 miles downstream, published as Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tenn.

Average discharge.- 51 years (1889-1940), 63,140 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 162,000 second-feet Apr. 21; maximum gage 

height, 24.15 feet Apr. 22; minimum discharge, 14,500 second-feet Dei. 17 (gage 

height, 2.54 feet).

1889-1940: Maximum discharge, 460,000 second-feet Mar. 24, 1897 (gage height, 48.0 

feet, at former site at Johnsonville); minimum, 3,500 second-feet Se^t. 11, 1925 (gage 

height, at Johnsonvllle, -2.0 feet), caused by filling of Wilson Reservoir.

Remarks.- Records good. Normal stage-discharge relation used below 30,000 second-feet. 

Flow regulated by power plants and storage at Norris, Hiwassee, ChicXamauga, Hales 

Bar, Guntersville, Wheeler, Wilson, and Pickwick Landing Reservoirs (see pp. 582, 

598, 484, 486, 496 , 502, 504, and 509 ^.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record for auxiliary gage furnished by Tennesiee Valley 

Authority.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September IT40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e 

e

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

OCt.

18,300 

17,800 

17,400 

17,400 

17,000

17,000 

17,400 

17,400 

17,000 

17,000

17,400 

17,400 

17,400 

17,000 

17,000

16,500 

16,100 

15,700 

15,700 

15,300

15,300 

15, 700 

15,700 

15,300 

15,300

15,300 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,300 

15,300

Nov.

15,300 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

16,100

16,100 

16,100 

15, 700 

15,700 

15,700

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700

Dec.

16,100 

16,100 

16,100 

15,700 

15,700

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

15,300 

14,900

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

15,700 

16,100

16, 100 

16,500 

16,500 

16,500 

16, 100 

16, 100

Jan.

16,100 

15,700 

15,300 

15,300 

15,300

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900 

14,900

14,900 

15,300 

16,100 

16,500 

18,300

18,300 

IS, 300 

18, 300 

18,800 

18,800

16,800 

18,300 

18,300 

18,300 

18,300

ris.soo

f 17, 800 

f 17, 800 

f 17, 800 

17,800 

17,800

Month

Oct< 

Nov< 

Dec*

C

Jam 

Feb] 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

JulAug\ 

Sept

W

ilendar year 193!

iter year 1939 -4C ..... ... .

Feb.

18,300 

18,800 

13,800 

18,800 

18, 800

IS, 800 

19,200 

19,800 

20.SOO 

25,200

636,500 

650,600 

55,700, 

54,400 

52, 400

51,800 

53,800 

e70, 400 

9101,000 

5119,000

123,000 

124, 000 

120,000 

3108,000 

693,500

e76,500 

656,300 

643,900 

651,200

Mar.

663,900 

676,400 

e89, 400 

88,900 

88, 200

88,900 

89,600 

86,600 

673,800 

660,200

55,700 

667,300 

3101,000 

9129,000 

9141,000

141,000 

5121,000 

117,000 

111,000 

3101,000

e8S,500 

678, 400 

662,500 

646,300 

634,300

30, 100 

29,000 

29,600 

634,500 

651,700 

673,800

Secondfoot-days

509,500 

471,800 

480,300

22,756,200

525,100 

1,639,300 

2,448,800 

2,419,700 

1,161,000 

673,000 

1,233,000 

1,112,300 

1,064,700

13,728,500

Apr.

77, 000 

81,900 

674,500 

68,700 

675,100

79, 800 

990,300 

90,300 

676, 400 

77,700

670,000 

652, 100 

638,700 

34,200 

31,800

30,600 

30,100 

632,900 

089,400 

C144.000

0160,000 

B156.000 

0137,000 

0118,000 

0106,000

c94,100 

C85.700 

077,600 

071,100 

069,700

Maximum

IS, 300 

16,100 

16,500

289,000

18,800 

124,000 

141,000 

160,000 

76,400 

23,800 

71,400 

50,500 

60,900

160,000

May

069,600 

071,900 

c76, 400 

071,500 

063,900

059,600 

053,600 

047,200 

042,200 

39,600

38, 400 

39,000 

38, 400 

35,400 

30,100

26,200 

24, 200 

24,200 

23,800 

23,800

23, 800 

23,200 

23,200 

23, 800 

24,200

24, 200 

24,200 

24,200 

24,200 

23,800 

23,200

Minimum

15,300 

16,300 

14,900

14,900

14,900 

18,300 

29,000 

30,100 

23,200 

21,800 

21,200 

21,200 

21,800

14,900

June

23, 200 

23, 200 

22,800 

22,800 

22,800

22, 800 

22,800 

23,200 

23,800 

22,200

21,800 

21,800 

22,800 

22, 800 

22,200

22,200 

22,200 

22, 600 

22,200 

22,200

22,200 

21, 800 

21,800 

21,800 

21,800

21,800 

21,800 

21,800 

22, 800 

22,800

Ji'ly

22,200 

22,200 

22,200 

25,200 

26,200

23, 800 

24,800 

24, 800 

'27,900 

641,700

659,700 

668,900 

71,400 

666,200 

62,200

64,200 

62,800 

653,900 

51,800 

e45r 700

40 ,.200 

40 ,-200 

40.200 

39,000 

39,000

38-400 

635.200 

28 400 

23 200 

21.200 

21,200

Mean

16, 440 

15,730 

15,490

62,350

16,940 

56,630 

78,990 

80,660 

37, 460 

22,430 

39,770 

36,880 

35,160

37,510

Aug.

21,200 

21,200 

22,200 

25,800 

26,800

26,800 

26,800 

25,800 

25,200 

25,200

24,200 

25,200 

25,200 

26,200 

636,400

46,600 

49,200 

49,800 

50,500 

50,500

50,500 

49,800 

49,200 

49,800 

49,800

49,800 

46,600 

639,200 

632,900 

29,000 

635,900

PM« square 

mile

_

1.62

-

.974

Sept.

e47,200 

655,300 

59,000 

60, 200 

60,900

60,200 

55,700 

50,500 

647,000 

640,700

633,400 

30,100 

29,600 

27,900 

26,800

26,200 

24, 800 

22,800 

21,800 

21,800

21,800 

22,800 

22, 800 

23,200 

25,200

29,000 

29,600 

27,400 

25,800 

25, 200

Run-off In 

Inches

~-

21.97

-_

13.25

- Backwater from dam 52; discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage 

recorder as a factor.

e Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor, 

f Discharge computed on basis of estimated gage height.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 513

Tennessee River near Buchanan, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°26'38", long. 88 a 03'43", at bridge on State 

Highway 76, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Big Sandy River and 8 miles 

east of Buchanan, Henry County. Datum of gage is 303.04 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929). Auxiliary gage, staff gage at Fort Henry, 4.8 miles 

downstream. Datum of auxiliary gage is 303.15 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 39,730 square miles.

Records available.- October 1935 to September 1940. July 1930 to September 1931, at 

site at Aurora Landing, Ky., 22i miles downstream, published as Tennessee River at 

Aurora Landing, Ky.; October 1931 to September 1935, at Shannon Dam Site, near Murray, 

Ky., 7i miles downstream, published as Tennessee River at Shannon Dam Site near 

Murray, Ky.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1930-40), 61,230 second-feet.

Extremes.- naxlmum daily discharge during year, 160,000 second-feet Apr. 22; minimum 

discharge, 15,200 second-feet Dec. 12, 16-20, 22, Jan, 9, 10; minimum gage height, 

Dec. 18.

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 335,000 second-feet Apr. 13, 1936; maximum gage height, 

51.49 feet Jan. 25, 1937; minimum discharge observed, 8,850 second-feet Oct. 24-27, 

1931 (Shannon gage); minimum gage height observed, -0.45 foot Oct. 21-23, 1931 

(Shannon gage).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or incomplete gage 

neignt record, which are good. Auxiliary gage read twice daily. Flow reg-ilated by 

power plants and storage at Norris, Hiwassee, Chickamauga, Hales Bar, Guntersville, 

Wheeler, Wilson, and Pickwick Landing Reservoir (see pp. 582, 598, 484, 486 » 496 , 

602 , 504 , and 509 ).

Rating table, water year 1939-4O, except period of Ice effect, or when discharge waa 

computed using fall aa a factor (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In aeeond-f>«t)

6.3 15,200

6,7 16,880

7.0 18,200

7.5 20,440

8.0 22.SOO

9.0 27.SOO

10.0

11.0

33,400 

39,20O

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27

26 

29 

30

31

Oct.

18,600 

18,200 

17,800 

17,300 

17,300

17,300 

17,300 

17,800 

17,300 

17,300

17, 300 

17,300 

17,300 

17,300 

17,300

16,900 

16,500 

16.00O 

15,600 

15,600

15,600 

15, 600 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600

15,600 

16,000 

16,000 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600

NOT.

15,600 

15,600 

15,600 

15, 600 

15,600

15,600 

15, 600 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000

16,000 

16,000 

15,600 

16,500 

16,900

16,900 

16,500 

16,500 

16,500 

16,500

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000

Dec.

16,500 

16,500 

16,500 

16,500 

16,000

16, OOO 

16,000 

16,000 

16,000 

15,600

15,600 

15,200 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600

15,200 

15,200 

15,200 

15,200 

15,200

15,600 

15,200 

15,600 

16,000 

16,900

16,900 

16,900 

17,300 

17,300 

16,900 

16,900

Jan.

16,900 

16, 500 

16,000 

15,600 

15,600

15,600 

15.6OO 

15,600 

15.20O 

15,200

15,600 

15,600 

16,000 

16,500 

IS, 20O

19,100 

18,600 

18,600 

18,600 

18,600

18,600 

18,600 

18, 600 

a!8,600 

a!8,600

a!8,600 

1)18,600 

a!8,500 

al8,500 

al8, 400 

alS, 400

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dec<

CE

Jam 

Febi 

 arc 

Apr 

«»T 

JUIM 

Julj Aug1 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 193

iter year 1939-4C

Feb.

alS, 500 

alS,500 

18,600 

18,600 

19,100

19,100 

19,500 

20,000 

20,400 

23, 300

31,100 

44,900 

53,700 

57,300 

55.900

53,900 

53, 200 

62, 000 

86,400 

107,000

120,000 

123, 000 

121, 000 

114,000 

101, 000

87, 500 

70, 400 

53,600 

50, 000

Mar.

66,900 

77,500 

91,400 

91,900 

92, OOO

88,700 

90,900 

SS, 500 

83,100 

71,000

62,900 

65,100 

84,600 

113,000 

136,000

141,000 

133,000 

122,000 

114,000 

108,000

98,300 

87,500 

74,400 

57,300 

42, 100

35,100 

32,200 

32, 200 

34,600 

51,000 

74,000

Secondfoot -daya

515,700 

479,900 

496,700

23,302,900

537,200 

1,641,500 

2,539,200 

2,515,500 

1,244,200 

683, 500 

1,258,500 

1,114,200 

1,076,700

14,102,800

Apr.

81,800 

84,300 

83,500 

76,700 

75,300

79,000 

85,300 

90,100 

88,000 

85,900

81,400 

74,300 

57,900 

39,900 

34,200

34,600 

32, 300 

35,500 

61,300 

a!20,000

a!55,000 

al60,000 

 145, 008 

123,000 

110,000

99,800 

87,800 

82,700 

76,200 

74,700

Maximum

18,600 

16,900 

17,300

295,000

19,100 

123,000 

141,000 

160,000 

80,300 

24,500 

72,700 

52,200 

61,200

160,000

May

76, OOO 

73,400 

75,300 

80,300 

873,000

865,000 

a59,OOO 

a53,000 

a4S,000 

844,000

a41,000 

841,000 

41,000 

39,200 

34, 000

28,900 

26,200 

25,200 

24,700 

24,200

24,200 

24, 200 

24,700 

24,700 

25,700

25,200 

25, 200 

25,200 

24,700 

24,200 

23,800

Minimum

15,600 

15,600 

15, 200

15,200

15,200 

18,500 

32, 200 

32,300 

23,800 

21,800 

21.4OO 

21, 400 

21,800

15,200

June

23.8OO 

23,300 

23,3OO 

23,300 

23, 30O

23, 30O, 

22,700 

23, 100 

24,500 

23,300

22,400 

22.300 

22,800 

23,300 

23,300

22, SOO 

22,800 

22,800 

22, SOO 

22,800

22,300 

21,800 

21,800 

21,300 

21,800

21,800 

21,800 

21,800 

22, SOO 

23,300 

-

July

22, SOO 

22, 300 

22,300 

23,800 

25, 700

24,200 

24,200 

24,700 

25,700 

34,600

50,500 

66,20O 

71,600 

72,700 

63, 200

64,000 

65, 100 

60,900 

54,200 

50,300

43,900 

41,000 

41,600 

41,000 

39, SOO

39, SOO 

38,600 

33,400 

26,200 

22,800 

21,4OO

Mean

16,640 

16,000 

16,020

63,840

17,330 

56, 600 

81,910 

83,850 

40,140 

22,780 

40,600 

35,940 

35,890

38,530

Aug.

21,400 

21, 400 

21.40O 

24,200 

2f,80O

27, 300 

27,300 

26,2OO 

2f,700 

2f,200

24, 700 

24,700 

2f,700 

27,800 

2f,9OO

4C,500 

4£,100 

45,600 

5!T,200 

5f,100

50,200 

a 49, 500 

a49,000 

a4£,000 

a49,000

a49,000 

a49 , 000 

a41,000 

37, 500 

31,700 

31,100

Per aquare 

mile

:

1.61

:

.970

Sept.

45,200 

51,400 

58,300 

60,500 

61,200

61,200 

57,700 

52,000 

50,000 

46, SOO

38,000 

32,200 

30,500 

29,400 

27,800

26,800 

26,200 

23, SOO 

22,300 

21,800

21,800 

22,300 

22,800 

22,800 

24,700

27,800 

30,000 

28,900 

26,800 

25,700

Run-off In 

inches

~-

21.81

-

13.20

 Gage-height record Incomplete; discharge computed on baala of records for atatlona at Johnsonvllle, Tenn. and Paducah, Ky.

b Stage-d'laeharge relation affected by ice.

Note.- Discharge computed using fall, aa determined by auxiliary ataff gage, aa a factor Feb. 12 

to Mar. 25, Mar. 30 tp Apr. 19, Apr. 24 to May 4, June 7-11, July 11-21, Aug. 16-21, Sept. 1-10.
514 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky.

Location.-water-stag" recorder, lat. 37°02'15", long. 88°31'50", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 60, 1 mile upstream from Clarks River, 3 miles upstream from mouth, and 3 

miles southeast of Paducah, McCracken County. Auxiliary gage Is water-stage recorder, lat. 370 01'08", long. 88°16'45", at Gllbertsvllle, Marshall County, 2,500 

feet downstream from Illinois Central R. R. bridge, 2.4 miles upstream from Shadle 

Creek, and 16.4 miles upstream from the base gage. Datum of each gage Is 286.35 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). Prior to July 30, 1940, 

datum of each gage was 290.00 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 40,320 square miles.

Records available.- February 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 155,000 second-feet Mar. 16; naximum gage

iieigtiC, 42.09 feet, present datum, May 2; minimum dally discharge, 11,900 second-feet 

Oct. 29; minimum gage height, 9.83 feet, present datum, Jan. 28.

1939-40: Maximum discharge, 294,000 second-feet Feb. 22, 1939; maximum gage height, 

49.73 feet, present datum, Feb. 21, 1939; minimum dally discharge, that of Oct. 29, 

1939; minimum gage height, that of Jan. 28, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 61.4 feet, present datum, Feb. 2, 1937, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record at the 

auxiliary gage, which are good. Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from 

Ohio River and dam 52; discharge computed using fall as determined by auxiliary waterstage recorder as a factor. Flow regulated by power plants and storage at Norrls, 

Hlwassee, Chlckamauga, Hales Bar, Guntersvllle, Wheeler, Wilson, and Pickwick Landing 

Reservoirs (see pp. 582 , 598 , 484 , 486 , 496 , 502 , 504, and 509 ).

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

20, 200 

16,300 

17,900 

17, 500 

16,800

f 17, 400 

15,900 

16, 700 

17, 200 

16,400

17,200 

17,200 

18,800 

15,900 

16,500

16,200 

15,600 

14,300 

15,500 

14,000

14,100 

16,500 

15,300 

15, 200 

14,700

12,500 

16,300 

16,600 

11,900 

17,000 

16,400

Nov.

15,100 

16, 500 

16,000 

16,600 

15,900

12,600 

17,100 

16,300 

15,500 

17,500

17,100 

16,800 

17,000 

14,300 

17, 200

17,300 

15,600 

14,400 

16,800 

16,300

19,100 

16,000 

16,500 

16,700 

16,500

16,500 

16,700 

16,700 

17,700 

17,300

Dec.

18.100 

19,500 

13,300- 

17/400 

17,200

16,500 

14,700 

12,800 

13,400 

17,300

15,900 

15,300 

16,500 

14,800 

15,200

13,700 

15,000 

15,000 

15,600 

12,600

15,300 

12,500 

14,100 

14,500 

16,200

13,500 

17,700 

16,800 

16,500 

16,300 

17,200

Jan.

19,200 

16,900 

15,300 

16,300 

16,700

15, 600 

16,800 

16, 100 

14,900 

15,900

16,400 

15,400 

15,100 

23,800 

21,000

13,900 

19,800 

f 21, 400 

821,900 

f 20, 100

20,400 

19,500 

18,900 

19,600 

a20, 000

a20,000 

a20, 000 

a!9,500 

a!9,500 

a!9,500 

a20,000

Month

Oetc 

Hove 

Deoc

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr) 

May

Jun< 

Julj 

Augt 

Sept

We

ilendar year

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

ter year 1939-40

Feb.

a20, 000 

Ra20, 500 

a20,500 

a20, 500 

a2 1,000

a21,000 

a21,600 

a22,500 

a23,000 

a24, 000

25,400 

33,200 

47,100 

50,400 

49,700

47,800 

46,500 

60,700 

82,600 

106,000

119,000 

125,000 

124,000 

118,000 

108,000

93,300 

67, 100 

62,400 

53,900

Hap.

61,100 

70, 600 

95,200 

99,900 

95,000

69,100 

84, 600 

83, 500 

79,400 

68, 700

56,900 

63, SOO 

81,700 

113,000 

136,000

152,000 

153.000 

143,000 

132,000 

122, 000

111,000 

96,000 

81,800 

65, 000 

49,500

38,300 

33,400 

31,800 

34, 100 

43,300 

63,900

Secondfoot-days

500, 200 

494,300 

435, 400

-

576,400 

1,641,900 

2, 630, 000 

2,433,100 

1,378,500 

716,500 

1,224,900 

1,036,700 

1,061,300

14,229,200

Apr.

SO, 200 

86,300 

87,500 

76, 700 

71,700

74,900 

80,700 

89,700 

86,900 

30,800

83,000 

74,900 

58, 600 

46,500 

39,900

36,000 

38,000 

44,000 

59,900 

108,000

138, 000 

148,000 

143,000 

125,000 

108,000

91,400 

81,200 

71,600 

63,500 

59,200

Maximum

20,200 

19,100 

19,500

-

23,600 

125,000 

153, 000 

148,000 

81,800 

26,800 

66,000 

48, 700 

58, 500

153,000

May

69,900 

75,200 

76,600 

31,800 

78,800

81,200 

79,900 

75,900 

66,900 

f 56, 700

49,600 

44,500 

42,000 

f 41, 300 

36,700

a30,300 

a27,000 

a26,500 

a26,OOQ 

a25, 000

a25,000 

25,800 

25, 900 

25,900 

26,800

26,300 

26,100 

30,000 

27,700 

25,300 

23,900

Minimum

11,900 

12,600 

12,500

-

14,900 

20,000 

31,800 

36, 000 

23,900 

22,400 

20, 400 

22,500 

22,500

11,900

June

22,600 

22,600 

23,500 

23,400 

22,800

22,800 

22,600 

22,600 

26,500 

26,800

26,500 

26,300 

25,000 

26,100 

25,300

24,600 

f 23, 800 

f 22, 700 

23,200 

22,800

23,200 

23,200 

23,300 

23,000 

22,400

22, 700 

22,600 

23,500 

24,700 

24,800

July

f 24, 800 

a23,000 

f 20, 400 

20,600 

24,000

24,800 

25, 100 

24,800 

24,800 

28, 100

39,100 

55,200 

63,800 

67,600 

63,700

a66,400 

a68,000 

864,500 

858,800 

49,700

44,500 

39,600 

38,700 

39,100 

38,500

37,600 

38,100 

34,700 

28,200 

25,200 

23,300

Mean

16,140 

16,480 

15,660

-

18,590 

56,620 

84,840 

81,100 

44,470 

23,880 

39,510 

35,050 

35,380

36,880

Aug.

22, 500 

22,900 

23,600 

24,200 

26,500

28,300 

27,800 

26, 600 

f 25, 900 

25, 000

f 24, 600 

f 24, 600 

25,300 

24,400 

25,900

36,000 

43,900 

48, 000 

47, 500 

47,500

47,500 

47,000 

48,700 

47,100 

47,300

47,800 

47, 200 

48,200 

42,000 

32,500 

30,400

Pe" square 

mile

0.964

Sept.

37,900 

44,600 

51,500 

53,500 

57,800

56,700 

55,400 

52,600 

48,600 

45,800

40,200 

34,000 

30,500 

29,100 

28,900

27,900 

27,200 

25,300 

24,200 

23,100

22,500 

23,600 

24,000 

25,100 

25,900

27,500 

29,200 

29,900 

27, 500 

26,100

Run-off in 

Inches

13.12

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record at auxiliary gage; discharge computed on basis of records for stations 

near Buchanan, Term., and Johnsonvllle, Tenn.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage height at auxiliary gage.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 515

Davldson River near Brevard, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°16'2011 , long. 82042'10", at bridge on State Hlgh-

 way 284, Ifc miles upstream from mouth, 2 miles downstream from Avery Creek, and 3$ miles 

northeast of Brevard, Transylvania County. Datum of gage Is 2,115.13 feet above mean 

sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 40.4 square miles.

Records available.- December 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 129 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,100 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 9.20

 feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 22 second-feet Jan. 2 [gage height, 0.42 foot).

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 8,400 second-feet Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 11.8 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 1,300 second-feet; minimum, 15 second-feet (result of 

temporary regulation) Sept. 19-21, 1925 (gage height, 0.34 foot).

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

which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5S 

49 

41 

39 

38

38 

37 

36 

36 

33

33 

32 

31 

31 

31

31 

31 

31 

31 

31

30 

29 

27 

28 

29

30 

30 

28 

28 

28 

29

Nov.

2S 

28 

29 

29 

29

29 

29 

29 

29 

28

29 

29 

28 

28

28 

28 

28 

29 

48

44 

34 

32 

31 

32

33 

31 

30 

29 

29

Dec.

32 

39 

30 

29 

29

*28 

28 

27 

27

2S 

27 

28 

28 

b28

27 

27 

26 

26 

37

29 

26 

28 

44 

36

34 

60 

44 

38 

33 

b32

Jan.

30 

b26 

bE8 

b30 

32

b30 

b32 

b32 

a32 

a32

a32 

aS6 

a40 

a!60 

98

62 

51 

46 

b40 

b36

b32 

b34 

37 

b36 

b32

b28 

b30 

b30 

b32 

*b36 

b36

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet> 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b32 

b32 

b38. 

b40 

b48

b75 

65 

b50 

47 

112

85 

 63 

60 

96 

 63

58 

56 

124 

also 

a!20

alOO 

a85 

a75 

a75 

a70

a70 

82 

150 

142

Mar.

134 

140 

1 215 

179 

138

117 

103 

99 

87 

82

79 

110 

113 

126

112

97 

89 

84 

110 

87

80 

77 

72 

74 

a70

a70 

a75 

101 

160 

237 

183

Secondfoot-days

1,034 

915 

> 982

41,433

1,268 

2,261 

3,500 

5,311 

2,719 

1,989 

2,042 

8,640 

3,384

34,045

Apr.

144 

123 

112 

104 

96

87 

118 

407 

209 

166

146 

134 

121 

112 

104

99 

96 

94 

710 

388

252 

209 

190 

211 

175

160 

148 

138 

130 

128

Maximum

58 

48 

60

1,100

160 

150 

237 

710 

142 

174 

180 

2,500 

294

2,500

May

142 

123 

115 

110 

104

101 

97 

97 

96 

113

101 

90 

87 

84 

84

90 

80 

77 

74 

72

71 

85 

74 

79 

69

66 

65 

62 

72 

76 

63

Minimum

27 

28 

26

26

26 

32 

70 

87 

62 

45 

42 

43 

60

26

June

60 

58 

57 

60 

62

62 

60 

53 

76 

72

68 

65 

69 

62 

65

72 

174 

101 

85 

72

62 

58 

56 

53 

56

53

48 

48 

57 

45

July

43 

42 

65 

a60 

a50

a44 

a50 

a55 

a55 

a50

a46 

a60 

a75 

a75 

a60

ass

allO 

a!80 

alOO 

a80

a75 

a65 

a70 

57 

53

82 

69 

56 

51 

52 

57

Mean

33.4 

30.5 

31.7

114

40.9 

78.0 

113 

177 

87.7 

66.3 

65.9 

279 

113

93.1

Al«.

51 

47 

46 

43 

45

61 

62 

49 

61 

49

75 

389 

£,500 

602 

319

239 

197 

171 

150 

134

119 

104 

97 

119 

92

82 

76 

71 

522 

1,660 

408

Per square 

mile

0.827 

.755 

.765

2.82

1.01 

1.93 

2.80 

4. 38 

2.17 

1.64 

1.63 

6.91 

2.80

2.30

Sept.

294 

239 

203 

180 

165

154 

144 

133 

125 

120

114 

108 

102 

96 

92

88 

83 

92 

87 

79

74 

71 

69 

71 

85

66 

64 

63 

63 

60

Run-off In 

Inches

0.95 

.84 

.90

38.14

1.17 

2.08 

3.22 

4.89 

2.50 

1.83 

1.88 

7.95 

3.12

31.33

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (5:30 p.m.) 2,220 sec.ft.; Aug. 13 (10:30 a.m.) 6,100 sec.ft., (3 p.m.) 

4,760 see.-ft.; Aug. 30 (5 a.m.) 4,310 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on tills day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
516 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Mills River at The Pink Beds, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and two sharp-crested weire, lat. 35°21'50", long. 

82"44'30", at The Pink Beds in Plsgah National Forest, 400 feet downstream from 

Thompson Creek and 9 miles north of Brevard, Transylvania County. Datum of gage Is 

3,138.38 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 9.99 square miles.

Records available.- February 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 30.9 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,610 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 7.16 

feet), from rating curve extended above 425 second-feet on basis of computation of flow 

over weirs; minimum recorded, 2.7 second-feet Dec. 15, result of low temperature (gage 

height, 2.02 feet), but may have been less during period of no gage-hele;ht record In 

January.

1926-40: Maximum discharge, 2,220 second-feet Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 8.0 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 425 second-feet on basis of computation of flow over 

weirs; minimum, 1.6 second-feet Sept. 3, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In reeond-feet)

2.1

2.2

2.3 

2.5 

2.7

4.5

7.3

10.5

18

31

3.0 

3.3

4.0 

4.5

87

126

202

339

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

504 

700 

92S

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

15 

11 

8.Z 

7.6

7.0

6.7 

6.7 

6.7 

6.! 

6.2

6.2 

5.9 

5.6 

5.6 

5.f

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.9

5.6 

5.3 

5.1 

5.3 

5.6

5.6 

5.6 

5.3 

5.3 

5.6 

5.6

Hov.

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.9 

5.9

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.3 

5.3

5.1 

5.3 

5.1 

4.S 

4.8

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

5.3 

11

8.9 

6.7 

6.2 

5.6 

5.9

6.5 

5.9 

5.6 

5.6 

5.3

Dec.

7.3 

7.9 

6.2 

5.6 

5.6

5.1 

5.1 

4.8 

4.5 

4.8

5.9 

5.1 

5.3 

5.1 

5.1

5.1 

4.8 

4.8 

5.1 

9.9

6.5 

5.6 

5.9 

10 

7.9

7.6 

12 

9.9 

7.9 

6.5 

6.7

Jan.

5.6 

4.5 

85 

a5 

a5

as 

as 

as 

as 

aS

a6 

as 

alO 

a36 

SZ

14 

13 

14 

11 

a9

a7 

a7 

a7 

a7 

a6

as 

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19 39 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6

all 

a!8 

a!4 

a 12 

a36

834 

822 

21 

37 

32

20 

IS

50 

33

25 

22 

19 

19 

18

17 

23 

39 

42

Mar.

45 

48 

91 

70 

52

41 

36 

32 

28 

25

24 

28 

26 

30 

26

23 

22 

22 

32 

23

22 

20 

19 

19 

IS

18 

19 

30 

41 

71 

52

Secondfoot-daya

198. S 

174.0 

199.6

10,355.2

263.1 

639 

1,053 

1,621 

 34 

657 

583 

3,256 

960

10,238.5

Apr.

41 

34 

31 

29 

26

24 

37 

122 

59

47

41 

37 

33 

30 

28

27 

25 

24 

250 

146

S6 

68 

64 

62 

52

45 

42 

39 

37 

35

Maximum

15 

11 

12

274

36 

50 

91 

250 

37 

84 

66 

900 

91

900

May

37 

33 

30 

28 

27

25 

24 

23 

23 

27

23 

21 

20 

19 

20

20 

IS 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

15 

17 

15

14 

14 

13 

16 

16 

14

Mlnljnom

5.1 

4.S 

. 4-5

4.5

4.5 

6 

18 

24 

13 

11 

11 

11 

16

4.5

June

13 

13 

12 

13 

13

12 

12 

11 

19 

21

17 

15 

57 

41 

28

24 

84 

41 

30 

25

20 

19 

17 

16 

17

15 

14 

13 

13 

12

Jul-r

11 

12 

20 

16 

13

12 

15 

16 

17 

14

12 

12 

14 

17 

14

14 

24 

66 

28 

32

28 

25 

22 

21 

19

18 

16 

14 

13 

15 

13

Mean

6.41 

5.80 

6.44

2S.4

S.49 

22.0 

34.0 

54.0 

20.5 

21.9 

18.8 

105 

32.0

28.0

Aug.

12 

12 

11 

11 

12

34 

20 

14 

17 

15

2S 

278 

900 

230 

146

104 

30 

66 

56 

49

45 

42 

38 

3S 

35

32 

30 

28 

204 

487 

132

Per square 

mile

0.642 

.581 

.645

2.84

.850 

2.20 

3.40 

5.41 

2.05 

2.19 

1.8S 

10.5 

3.20

2.80

Sept.

91 

73 

62 

54 

49

45 

41 

37 

34 

33

32

30 

28 

27 

25

24 

23 

25 

23

21

20 

19 

19 

19 

22

18 

17 

17 

16 

16

Run-off In 

Inches

0.74 

.65 

.74

3S.53

.98 

2.38 

3.92 

6.03 

2.36 

2.45 

2.17 

12.12 

3.57

38.11

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (5:15 p.m.) 65S sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (2 p.m.) 1,610 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 

(4 a.m.) 1,110 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge baaed on weather records and records for Hills River near Hills 

River.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 517

Mills River near Mills River, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°23'45", long. 82°35'25", at ford li miles downstream from confluence of North and South Forks, 2 miles upstream from village of Mills 

River, Henderson County, and 4i miles northwest of Horseshoe. Datum of gage Is 2,088.42 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 66.7 square miles.

Records available.- September 1924 to September 1926, May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,400 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage helg-ht, 13.62 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,500 second-feet on basis of slope-area measurement of peak; minimum, 21 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.43 feet) result of low 

temperature.

1924-26, 1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 20 second-feet 

Sept. 20, 21, Oct. 7, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no 

ice effect, which are poor. The city of Hendersonvllle diverts 

water supply, an average of 3.4 second-feet.

gage-height record or 

from tributaries, for

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-14, Feb. 19-29)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 30 Aug. 31 to Sept. 30

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

28

56

116

197

300

3.0 482

780

1,150

2,000

3,010

4,120

5,320

6,620

1.9

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

S9 

110 

190 

299

3.0 

3.5

4.0

482

780

1,150

Discharge, In sscond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

79 

73 

56 

52 

48

47 

47 

50 

46 

44

42 

40 

40 

38 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

37

37 

36 

33 

33 

33

34 

36 

36 

37 

37 

37

Hov.

38 

3S 

38 

38 

38

38 

3S 

38 

38 

37

36 

37 

37 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

37 

56

61 

52 

46 

41 

40

44 

42 

d38 

d36 

d36

Dec.

d34 

d46 

d42 

d38 

. d36

*d34 

36 

33 

33 

33

40 

38 

36 

34 

31

b34 

34 

33 

33 

46

47 

34 

37 

50

47

47 

75 

66 

53 

46 

36

Jan.

b38 

29 

32 

b34 

b36

b34 

b36 

b36 

37 

38

37 

46 

53 

209 

146

77 

77 

64 

54 

b48

b42 

*b44 

b4S 

b48 

b44

b36 

b40 

b42 

b42 

a44 

b44

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

atsr year 1939-

Feb.

b46 

*b46 

b48 

50 

52

79 

107 

71 

64 

133

141 

100 

87 

134 

95

89 

79 

182 

226 

1S2

138 

116 

9S 

95 

1 93

81 

89 

136 

154

Mar.

154 

165 

248 

239 

188

157 

138 

128 

116 

107

102 

111 

114 

121 

118

104 

100 

95 

128

107

100 

95 

91 

91 

91

87 

93 

98 

168 

228 

213

Secondfoot-days

1,308 

1,198 

1,262

53,528

1,635 

3,011 

4,095 

6,624 

3,344 

2,495 

2,574 

19,323 

6,330

53,199

Apr.

177 

154 

138 

134 

124

111 

121 

398 

263 

210

185 

171 

154 

146 

134

126 

121 

118 

621 

617

371 

293 

267 

285 

239

216 

200 

188 

174 

168

Maximum

79 

61 

75

1,420

209 

226 

248 

621 

171 

230 

304 

6,160 

583

6,160

May

171 

160 

149 

141 

134

128 

124 

121 

118 

136

121 

111 

107 

104 

102

107 

98 

95 

91 

89

89 

93 

85 

95 

85

81 

81 

79 

83 

93 

73

Minimum

33 

36 

31

31

29 

46 

87 

111 

73 

52 

46 

47 

108

29

June

71 

71 

68 

66 

70

64 

63 

59 

64 

98

S7 

79 

91 

140 

89

87 

230 

138 

114 

95

.79 

75 

71 

66 

70

64 

59 

56 

59 

52

July

50 

46 

75 

79 

59

52 

56 

73 

73 

68

56 

89 

81 

83 

6S

59 

140 

304 

134 

100

104 

89 

102 

81 

85

70 

68 

81 

54 

56 

59

Mean

42.2 

39.9 

40.7

147

52.7 

104 

132 

221 

108 

83.2 

83.0 

623 

211

145

Av«.

53 

48 

4S 

47 

48

50 

83 

53 

48 

50

70 

379 

6,160 

1.450 

585

424 

334 

282 

249 

219

200 

191 

180 

171 

165

152 

144 

138 

666 

5,790 

846

Par square 

mile

0.633 

.598 

.610

2.20

.790 

1.56 

1.98 

3.31 

1.62 

1.25 

1.24 

9.34 

3.16

2.17

Sept.

583 

472 

400 

353 

320

295 

276 

253 

234 

220

206 

197 

184 

176 

172

163 

152 

152 

152 

142

137 

129 

127 

127 

134

122 

115 

115 

112 

108

Run-off In 

Inches

0.73 

.67 

.70

29.82

.91 

1.68 

2.28 

3.69 

1.86 

1.39 

1.44 

10.77 

3.53

29.65

Peak diecharge.- Aug. 13 (4 p.m.) 12,700 BOO.-ft.; Aug. 30 (7 a.m.) 13,400 BOO.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge based on weather records and records for nearby streaas. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ics.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records, and rsc-jrds for 

nearby streams.
518 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Mud Creek at Naples, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°22'51", long. 82°29'53", at bridge on old

Asneville-Hendersonville highway, just downstream from Byers Creek, O.e mile south of 

Naples, Henderson County, and 2.2 miles upstream from mouth. Daljum of gage Is 2,047.48 

feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 19?6).

Pralnage area.- 109 square miles.

Records available.- May to December 1907, September 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,250 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 13.00 

reetJ; maximum gage height, 13.07 feet Aug. 13; minimum daily discharge, 50 second-feet 

Jan. 2.

1907, 1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, ZO second-feet 

Sept. 17, Oct. 15, 28, Dec. 6, 1907.

Remarks.- Records fair. Several small artificial ponds may produce slight regulation, 

nua creek receives sewage from city of Hendersonville, which diverts Its water supply 

from tributaries of Mills River. See records for Mills River near Mills River, N. C. 

on preceding page.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

, 7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

OQ

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

29

30 

31

Oct.

86 

80 

73 

68 

67

67 

64 

61 

59 

56

58 

56 

56 

56 

53

56 

58 

57 

58 

58

56 

58 

55 

55 

56

57 

58 

56 

55 

56 

58

Nov.

56 

56 

56 

56 

57

56 

56 

56 

56 

55

56 

57 

59 

57 

57

57 

62 

73 

69 

73

63 

62 

60 

58 

59

62 

59 

57 

56 

57

Dec.

58 

67 

59 

57 

56

56 

55 

55 

54 

55

5S 

55 

59 

58 

55

56 

56 

56 

55 

71

61 

58 

58 

75 

70

69 

150 

98 

88 

73 

68

Jan.

67 

a50 

a5 5 

a60 

a60

a60 

56 

69 

63 

59

60 

88 

97 

453 

377

164 

121 

104 

a 85 

a75

a65 

a70 

a75 

a75 

a70

a55

a60 

a65 

a65 

a.10 

a75

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

875 

a 80 

a 80 

a 85 

89

122 

132 

107 

97 

202

198 

136 

119 

139 

111

105 

101 

692 

918 

450

292 

218 

179 

165

156

143 

139 

158 

139

Mar.

131 

126 

185 

182 

151

138 

129 

127 

117 

113

111 

130 

137 

151 

154

137 

127 

102 

173 

141

130 

121 

112 

114

115

116 

116 

120 

167 

219 

169

Secondfoot-days

1,873 

1,773 

2,013

63,514

2,970 

5,627 

4,261 

5,442 

3,157 

3,706 

3,291 

20,260 

5,179

59,572

Apr.

a!40 

a!30 

a!30 

121

116

106 

116 

330 

211 

160

142 

133 

121 

114 

110

107 

106 

112 

374 

a669

a240 

220 

196 

273 

204

204 

156 

142 

132 

127

Maximum

86 

73 

150

1,260

453 

918 

219 

d669 

172 

464 

522 

4,290 

793

4,290

May

132 

127 

116 

116 

110

101 

100 

102 

105 

172

13O 

111 

105 

100 

96

99 

93 

92 

90 

8S

66 

97 

87 

98 

87

82 

82 

76 

83 

103 

89

Minimum

53 

55 

54

53

50 

75 

102 

106 

78 

71 

60 

65 

91

a50

June

82 

77 

76 

91 

99

80 

77 

71 

77 

205

186 

244 

217 

115 

96

110 

464 

197 

158 

121

101 

91 

86 

82 

94

81 

75 

73 

105 

73

July

66 

64 

86 

86 

75

68 

74 

80 

126 

109

86 

99 

144 

101 

93

92 

522 

243 

147 

112

97 

66 

60 

79 

67

74 

68 

63 

60 

61 

63

Mean

60.4 

59.1 

64.9

174

95. S 

194 

137 

181 

102 

124 

106 

654 

173

163

Aug.

72 

177 

86 

73 

69

66 

72 

132 

76 

a65

a75 

a414 

a3,860 

c4 , 29O 

cl,240

0615 

c346 

306 

353 

229

196 

171 

163 

145 

142

132 

137 

126 

852 

c3,800 

cl.800

Per square 

mile

0.554 

.542 

.595

1.60

.879 

1.78 

1.26 

1.66 

.936 

1.14 

.972 

6.00 

1.59

1.50

Sept.

0793 

a51<7 

a331 

251 

218

213 

182 

164 

160 

150

142 

132 

129 

126 

122

117 

112 

111 

109 

110

103 

101 

97 

101 

113

101 

96 

95 

92 

91

Run-off In 

Inches

0.64 

.60 

.69

21.63

1.01 

1.92 

1.45 

1.S6 

1.08 

1.26 

1.12 

6.92 

1.77

20.32

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (9 p.m.) 8,250 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 30 (2 p.m.) 4,520 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on recorded range in stage, discharge measurement Feb. 2, 

engineers' notes, weather records, and records for nearby streams.

c Backwater from French Broad River; discharge computed from loop curves base! on discharge 

measurements Aug. 13, 14, 15.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 519

Swannanoa River at Blltmore, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and masonry control, lat. 35°33'55", long. 82°3?.'35", at 

Bi-ltnore, Buncombe County, 100 feet downstream from Biltmore Avenue Bridge, 200 feet 

upstream from Southern Ry. bridge, and li miles upstream from mouth. Datura of gage Is 

1,976.58 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 130 square miles.

Records available.- December 1920 to September 1926, May 1934 to September 1940.

iflctremesT^Maximum discharge during year, 18,400 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 19.00 

feet), by computation of flow over dam 3 miles above station; minimum, 4.0 second-feet 

Nov. 7, 10 (gage height, 0.96 foot) caused by filling of Lake Cralg; minimum dally, 4.5 

second-feet Nov. 10.

1920-26, 1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, that of Nov. 7, 

10, 1939; minimum dally, that of Nov. 10, 1939; minimum gage height, 0.82 foot Aug. 31, 

1925.

Maximum stage known, 21.5 feet July 1916, from floodmarks. Flood of Aug. 16, 192S, 

reached a stage of 18.74 feet, from floodimarks. Extremely high stages subject to backwater from French Broad River.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Incomplete or no gage-height record or 

ice effect, which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant at 

Ashevllle recreation park 3 miles above station. Occasional large diurnal fluctuation 

and regulation from Lake Cralg at recreation park. The city of Ashevllle diverts Its 

water supply, above this station, from Beetree Reservoir (capacity, 700,000,000 gallons) 

and from North Fork of Swannanoa River. (See records for North Fork of Swannanoa River 

near Black Mountain, N. C., p. 520.)

Cooperation.- Records of diversion, storage, and evaporation were furnished by Ashevllle 

water Department,. Division of Water Sheds.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

e

6

7

s

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17ie

19

20

81

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

129

22

43

40

42

76

14

14

16

42

31

24

27

30

17

43

27

8.8

9.4

7.8

16

44

39

40

23

11

38

44

31

9.4

12

HOT.

39

39

38

36

43

30

5.6

6.1

7.2

4.5

8.8

12

17

3S

36

3S

36

44

42

40

38

36

36

34

39

40

36

36

a34

a34

-

Deo.

a36

a40

aSS

a36

a36

a34

a32

a34

a34

a36

36

34

35

35

36

42

46

46

42

21

»12

15

46

52

48

44

50

43

40

42

44

Month

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

Calendar year 1939

Mar oh. ...............

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

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

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

t

42

36

38

40

40

44

44

43

39

39

42

48

46

69

94

6S

56

50

44

b42

b40

t40

42

39

b38

b3S

I

I

t

Seoondfoot-days

970.4

923.2

1,165

51,491.6

1,423

2; 8*73

4,814

6,145

2,250

2,142

2,074

25 677

5*264

55,720.6

42

46

44

46

44

Feb.

43

4

4

4

0

4

4

44

42

4

4

4

3

0

2

54

60"

6

10

6

1

4

94

79

 J

2E

29

4

9

3

226

167

13

11

11

2

1

1

109

100

9

14

17

_

-

0

8

3

Mar.

161

179

262

300

204

156

130

115

105

92

a95

a!40

al80

a200

a!90

a!70

a!50

al40

a200

a!70

145

137

123

113

109

100

96

102

132

182

236

Apr.

182

159

140

135

123

109

107

223

213

170

142

135

123

111

100

92

88

87

325

1,110

432

314

262

259

220

191

170

156

137

130

-

Observed

Maximum

129

44

52

1,110

94

293

300

1,110

130

310

1 «o XG£

7,560

677

7,560

Minimum

7« 8

4.5

12

4.5

36

40

92

87

36

32

43

50

72

4.5

Mean

31.3

30. S

37.6

141

45.9

99 1

155

£05

72.6

71.4

66. &

8g ft

175

152

May

130 lie

109

105

100

105

88

S5

83

59

36

43

66

66

63

79

69

66

64

60

56

58

58

64

66

68

63

63

61

60

39

June

43

43

32

54

42

39

36

41

44 ' 56

63

60

61

94

76

68

310

1S5

123

92

72

66

61

56

58

52

50

52

55

58

-

Adjustment

(million

gallons )t

178.2

66.0

97.3

2,189.2

131.6

296.1

461.3

214.6

236* 8

26S.4

239.4

246.4

244. S

2,680.9

July

Mean

40.2

34.2

42.4

150

52.5

115

178

216

84 4

85 '.2

78 8

841

188

164

52

54

46

56

43

55

49

55

55

60

54

56

61

69

60

55

103

120

132

105

92

78

72

64

63

56

61

64

56

68

60

Aug.

66

58

56

61

50

58

60

56

54

5S

69

878

7,560

3,920

998

621

525

390

313

264

196

181

161

148

132

114

103

«7

738

6,420

1,270

Sept.

677

558

392

329

290

256

219

193

178

187

193

146

141

134

118

105

97

93

90

97

88

84

77

80

77

72

77

77

73

66

-

Adjusted

Per square 

mile ]

0.309

.263

.326

1.15

.404

.8E5

1.37

1.66

.649

.655

.606

6.47

1.45

1.26

Run-off 

n Inches

0.36

.29

.38

15.70

.47

Qe

 J7O

1.5S

1

01= OO

 75

.73

.70

7.46

1.62

17.14

Peak discharge.- Apr. fiO (1:30 a.m.) 2,530 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (7:30 p.m.) 16,400 sec.-ft.j Aug. 

14 (12:30 p.m.) 2,150 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (1:30 p.m.) 9,650 sec.-ft.

» Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjustment for diversion by city of Ashevllle, evaporation from Beetree Reservoir, and change 

In contents In Beetree Reservoir.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

461679 O - 42 - 34
520 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

North Fork of Swannanoa River near Black Mountain, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°39'25", long. 82°21 I 05"," a 

quarter of a mile downstream from emergency pumping plant of Asheville Water Department, 

3 miles downstream from forte, and 3 miles northwest of town of Black Mountain, Buncombe 

County. Datum of gage is 2,428.03 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary 

adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 23.8 square miles.

Records available.- January 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 51.6 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes-- Maximum discharge during year, 8,200 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 8.55 

reet), by slope-area method; minimum, 2.7 second-feet Jan. 6, 9 (gage height, 1.08 

feet), result of low temperature.

1926-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 0.73 second-foot July 

20, 21, 1926 (gage height, 0.88 foot).

Revisions.- The maximum discharge for water year 1926 has been rev'sed to 1,830 

second-feet Jan. 18 (gage height, 4.6 feet), superseding figure published in WaterSupply Paper 623.

Remarks.- Records fair. The city of Asheville diverts part of Its water supply 3 miles 

above station.

Revisions.- The figure of discharge for Jan. 18, 1926, has been revised to 908 second-feet, 

superseding figure published In Water-Supply Paper 623.

Cooperation.- Records of diversion furnished by Asheville Water Department, Division of 

water sneds.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17ie

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

8.1

8.3

6.9

5.8

5.1

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7 3.5

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.1

4.1

Hov.

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

5.6

4.4

5.3

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.1

3.9

-

Dec.

4.1

4.3

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

6.1

5.1

5.1

5.3

6.9

6.1

5.8

7.4

6.9

6.1

5.3

4.6

Honth

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

Calendar year 1939

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

Hay. .................

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

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

4<3

|

2

.7

.5

.7

3.7

3.4

1

2

1

.5

.5

.4

.4

3.7

e

 if

24

.1

.4

24

13

£

E

r

t

.6

.6

r.7

.6

5.6

bE

bE

bE

.0

.5

.0

b4.6

3.7

B.4

a<

a4

a4

.2

.6

.6

.4

a4.4

Secondfoot-days

131.9

124.2

142.8

14,843.8

193. 4

766.8

2,035

2,606

589

647.4

776.0

10,693

1,509

20,219.5

Feb.

a4.4

a4.6

a4.6

a4.8

a5.O

8.0

16

10

7.4

35

34

20

16

58

29

23

21

75

76

53

33

30

24

a22

a2O

*alS

17

33

55

_

-

Har62

IS

1£

£

35

39

28

39

66

'

;

>2

13

55

30

28

r

J

J

ro

35

32

79

59

i

S

>0

16

33

63

57

,

'

2

is

IE

7

33

30

i

t

c

9

1

>8

38

103

Observed

Maximum Minimum

8.3 3.2

5.6 3.7

7.4 3.5

626 3.2

24 3.4

76 4.4

199 23

501 ' 23

43 10

1O3 7.0

66 7.5

3, 82O 13

223 12

3.82O 3.2

Apr.

74

64

55

52

47

40

36

125

92

70

61

53

47

41

37

34

31

28

501

300

150

115

93

96

81

70

61

53

43

44

Mean

4.25

4.14

4.61

40.7

6.40

26.4

65.6

86.9

19.0

21.6

25.0

345

50.3

55.2

Hay

43

39

34

32

28

26

24

22

21

20

21

18

16

15

15

20

16

14

13

12

12

12

11

12

19

16

14

12

11

11

10

June

8.8

8.0

7.2

7.0

7.0

8.2

9.5

7.3

9.9

18

20

15

26

45

23

20

103

63

44

35

26

20

17

16

19

14

12

11

12

10

-

Diversion by 

city of 

Asheville

(million 

gallons)

97.3

76.5

SO .9

1,396.3

73.0

156.4

212.9

202.7

207.4

204.5

207.0

174.9

222.7

1,916.2

July

3

'c

8.5

7.5

12

22

17

3

3

3

3

3

L3

L3

14L"5

L<5

24

;

£

£

.3

.6

1

1?

18't

j

£

29

51

 >-->

¥>.

5?

|

\

3

 5

1

3

L?

IS

£

|

£

£

7

3

1

7

40

Aug.

23

19

15

13

14

22

23

17

32

20

112

814

3,320

976

350

236

189

150

124

106

86

72

63

57

49

41

34

32

653

2,120

406

Sept.

223

162

131

110

91

82

71

63

55

57

47

39

37

37

32

27

26

23

22

20

19

17

16

16

16

17

15

14

13

12

' ~

Adjust 3d for diversion

Hean

9.11

8.08

8.65

46.6

10. 0

34.8

76.3

97.3

29.3

32.1

35.4

354

61.8

63.3

Per square 

mile 1

0.383

.339

.363

1.96

.420

1.46

3.21

4.09

1.23

1.35

1.49

14.9

2.60

2.66

Run- off 

n inches

0.44

.33

.42

26.56

.49

1.58

3.69

4.56

1.42

1.51

1.71

17.13

2.90

36.23

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (7:3O p.m.) 2,44O sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (12 m.) 8,200 serc.-ft., (2 p.m.) 

7,280 sec.-ft., (5:30 p.m.) 7,820 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (6:30 a.m.) 6,560 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on records for nearby streams, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Beetree creek near Swannanoa, N. C.

521

Location.- Water-stage recorder and 1-foot Cippoletti weir set In masonry control, lat.

 3Sci59' 15", long. 82 024'20", 200 feet upstream from upper Intake to Aehevllle water supply, 1,000 feet upstream from Beetree reservoir, and 4 miles north of Swartnanoa, Buncombe County. Datum of gage Is 2,728.39 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 5.46 square miles.

Records available.- February 1926 to September 1940.

Average discharge"?- 14 years, 10.9 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,370 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 6.20

 feet), by computation of flow over weir; minimum, 0.92 second-foot Jan. 1, 3 (gage 

height, 0.42 foot), result of low temperature.

1926-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 0.67 eecond-foot July 

22, 1926, and Aug. 6, 1930 (gage height, 0.34 foot). Revisions.- Revised figures of maximum discharge for some water years are shown in 

the following table. They supersede those published in water-supply papers indicated.

Water-supply 

Paper

S23.........

Water 

year

1936-37

Date

Oct. 16

Gage height 

(feet)

5.40

3.66

Discharge 

( eoond-feet)

830

463

216

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

of backwater from debris on control, which are fair. 

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for high-water period in water

year 1928, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 663, are as follows:

Aug. 15, 272, Aug. 16, 263.

Maximum

gl7g

272

Minimum Mean Per square mile Run-of." In Inches

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

3.4 

2.2 

1.76 

1.64 

1.60

1.60 

1.60 

1.52 

1.52 

1.52

l.*52 

1.52 

1.52 

1.49 

1.49

al.4 

al.4 

al.4 

al.4 

al.4

al.4 

al.3 

al.2 

al.3 

al.3

al.4 

1.38 

1.56 

1.41 

1.41 

1.45

NOT.

1.41 

1.41 

1.41 

1.45 

1.45

1.45 

1.41 

1.45 

1.41 

1.41

1.38 

1.41 

1.38 

1.38 

1.3S

1.3S 

1.3S 

1.34 

1.49 

2.25

1.64 

1.81 

1.64 

1.52 

1.49

1.45 

1.41 

1.34 

1.34 

1.30

Dec.

1.41 

1.49 

1.3S 

1.30 

1.26

1.34 

1.30 

1.23 

1.23 

1.26

1.30 

1.26 

1.3S 

1.26 

1.23

1.23 

1.26 

1.30 

1.45 

3.9

1.76 

1.45 

1.64 

2.45

1.81

1.76 

2.75 

1.89 

1.76 

1.52 

1.45

Jan.

1 23 

l!l6 

1.09 

1.26 

1.30

1.16 

1.23 

1.30 

1.23 

1.26

1.56 

3.4 

3.35 

8.6 

5.3

3.35 

2.7 

2.45

1.81 

bl.6

bl.5 

bl.5 

bl.6 

bl.6 

bl.4

bl.S 

bl.3 

bl.S 

bl.4 

bl.S 

bl.S

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Deee

Ct

Jam 

Pebi 

Mart 

Apr1

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

We

lendar year 193S

ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

bl.S 

bl.4 

bl.4 

bl.S 

2.0

3.2 

2.9 

2.2 

2.2 

7.4

6.2 

4.6 

4.55 

12 

7.8

7.3 

6.7 

15 

16 

13

9.9 

8.1 

7.3 

7.1 

6.4

5.6 

6.0 

11 

13

Secondfoot-days

48.0 43.9- 

49.0

3,422.0

61.7 

123.0 

425.5 

458.4 

181.5 

145.4 

162.5 

1,914.4 

422.2

4,105.7

Mar.

15 

18 

28 

25 

18

15 

13 

11 

9.4 

8.5

S.8 

16 

17 

17 

15

14 

12 

11 

17 

14

13ia 11

10 

9.0

8.6 

8.9 

9.3 

10 

14 

17

Apr.

15 

14 

13 

12 

11

9.7 

9.9 

16 

15 

13

18 

12 

10 

9.6 

9.2

8.4 

8.0 

7.6 

38 

42

28 

24 

21 

19 

17

15 

14 

13 

11 

11

Maximum

L 3.4 

7 J2.25 

1 3.9

0 76

4 8.6 

5 16 

28 

42 

5 11 

0 18 

0 8.8 

0 528 

61

3 528

May

11 

9.7 

8.9 

8.2 

7*8

7.2 

6.8 

6.6 

6.4 

6.2

6.4 

5.6 

5.2 

5.0 

5.9

6.5 

5.2 

4.95 

4.7 

4.5

4.35 

4.05 

4.0

5.5 

5.8

4.55 

4.35 

4.0 

4.15 

4.25 

3.8

Minimum

1.2 

1.30 

1.23

1.2

1.09 

1.3 

8.5 

7.6 

3.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.75 

4.0

1.09

June

3.6 

3.45 

3.25 

3.3 

3.15

3.65 

3.2 

2.S 

4.25 

5.2

4.3 

3.35 

4.3 

4.1 

3.75

3.75 

18 

9.9 

7.6 

6.4

5.3 

4.75 

4.4 

4.75 

6.0

4.15 

3.6 

3.5 

4.46 

3.2

July

2.8 

2.8 

5.6 

6.6 

4.5

3.75 

4.4 

4.85 

4.85 

4.7

6.6 

6.8 

8.2 

7.0 

6.2

6.0 

8.2 

6.2 

5.7

5.4

8._8 

5,6 

4.9 

4.5 

4.4

3.7 

3.45 

3.3 

2.9 

5.3 

4.5

Mean

1.55 

1.47 

1.58

9.38

1.99 

6.66 

13.7 

15.3 

5.86 

4.85 

5.24 

61.8 

14.1

11.2

Av«.

J.8 

3.15 

e.85 

F.75 

3.15

?.5 

4.35 

3.3. 

3.55 

5.2

7.8 

 9T 

528 

16P 

8F

57 

44 

3? 

26 

21

19 

16 

14 

13 

IP

11 

10 

10 

156 

c448 

clOV

Per square 

mile

.284 

.26? 

.28?

1.72

.364 

1.22 

2.51 

2.80 

1.07 

.888 

.960 

11.3 

2.58

2.05

Sept.

661 

c44 

e34 

26 

22

20 

16 

14 

13 

20

12 

11 

9.6 

8.6 

8.2

8.0 

7.5 

7.2 

7.2 

7.5

7.2 

7.2 

a7.0 

a7.5 

aS.O

a7.0 

a6.5 

a6.0 

a5.0 

a4.0

Run-off In 

Inches

.33 

.30 

.33

23.32

.42 

1.31 

2.90 

3.12 

1.24 

.99 X.ii

13". 04 

2.88

27.97

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (3 p.m.) 1,370 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (5 a.m.) 1,160 sec.-ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge based on records of nearby streams, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

o Stage-discharge relation affected by debris on control; discharge based on gage-height record, 

anglnaers' notes, weather records, and records of nearby streams.
522 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

"Ivy River near Marshall, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°46'05", long. 82°37'15", 300 feet downstream 

from county bridge, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 4 miles southeast of Marshall, 

Madison County. Datum of gage is 1,700.41 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 158 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,880 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 12.67 

reetj, by slope-area method; minimum, 3 second-feet Jan. 20 (gage height, 1.56 feet), 

result of low temperature.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 20, 1940.

Remarks.- Records poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

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 

SO 

31

Oct.

138 

67 

30 

30 

31

31 

31 

31 

30 

30

30 

29

29 

29 

29

28 

2S 

27 

27 

26

26 

27 

26 

26 

26

26 

26 

25 

25 

25 

25

MOT.

26 

26 

26 

26 

26

27 

28 

28 

29 

29

31 

31 

31 

31 

aSO

a28 

a28 

a26 

a26 

31

31 

31

aSO

Dec.

> aSO

32 

31 

31

31 

31 

31 

31 

64

56 

36 

40 

78 

60

48 

80 

*69 

48 

42 

34

Jan.

31 

19 

29 

b42 

*b42

bSS 

b46 

b46 

b46 

b46

b50 

b55 

b65 

116 

149

78 

70 

62 

44 

21

b30 

*b30 

b30 

bSO 

bSO

bSO 

bSO 

bSO 

b32 

b34 

b36

Month

Oot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V»

alendar year 193 3 ...........

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

b38 

b38 

b40 

b42 

b46

b80 

b65 

bSO 

b55 

b55

blOO 

b70 

b60 

bSO 

b70

b65 

b65 

b280 

380 

260

176 

134 

*110 

102 

94

78 

84 

174 

176

Mar.

154 

151 

259 

268 

190

149 

127 

113 

98 

89

88 

1S9 

265 

233 

224

178 

151 

130 

210 

192

160 

141 

122 

115 

110

105 

110 

106 

130 

178 

283

Second - 

foot-days

1,014 

866 

1,233

43,789

1,437 

3,077 

5,016 

5,527 

2,422 

2,022 

2,521 

13,766 

3,212

42,115

Apr.

219 

178 

154 

205 

192

149 

130 

229 

195 

158

141 

132 

122 

113 

103

97 

92 

89 

229 

503

323 

252 

212 

283 

231

203 

178 

154 

136 

125

Maximum

138 

31 

80

1,450

149 

380 

283 

503 

125 

141 

193 

4,340 

485

4,340

May

125 118" 

105 

98 

92

86 

80 

77 

89 

95

95 

77 

70 

67 

65

95 

72 

65 

60 

59

56 

64 

56 

72 

94

76 

70 

62 

59 

63 

60

Minimum

25 

26

17

19 

38 

88 

89 

56 

42 

50 

51 

44

19

June

56 

50 

4S 

47 

51

48 

50 

42 

48 

57

120 

106 

64 

103 

64

63 

78 

84 

67 

68

4S 

45 

46 

64 

141

58 

50 

50 

138 

68

July

57 

98 

130 

193 

76

65 

65 

72 

69 

74

76 

70 

115 

73 

63

63 

110 

82 

73 

59

76 

59 

54 

50 

51

52 

6S 

84 

63 

156 

123

Mean

32.7 

28.9 

39.8

120

46.4 

106 

162 

184 

78.1 

67.4 

81.3 

444 

107

115

Aug.

97 

70 

63 

59 

58

82 

125 

69 

57 

51

51 

272 

2,460 

1,460 

647

441 

383 

304 

248 

190

158 

151 

122 

108 

97

90

84 

76 

435 

4,340 

918

Pvp square 

mile

0.207 

.183 

.252

.759

.294 

.671 

1.03 

1.16 

.494 

.427 

.515 

2.81 

.677

.728

Sept.

485 

331 

244 

195 

162

141 

127 

113 

103 

102

103 

86 

80 

73 

69

67 

62 

59 

58 

56

53 

50 

50 

48 

50

57 

a50 

a 48 

a46 

a44

Run-off In 

Inches

0.24 

.20 

.29

10.29

.34 

.72 

1.18 

1.30 

.57 

.48 

.59 

3.24 

.76

9.91

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (8 p.m.) 5,860 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 30 (5:30 a.m.) 8,880 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge based on discharge measurement Dec. 2, engineers' notes, 

-eather records, and records for nearby streams, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 523

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°55'05", long. 82°45'45", midway between Big 

Hum cane and Little Hurricane Creeke, 50 feet west of State Highway 208 and 3 miles 

north of Stackhouse, Madison,County. Datum of gage Is 1,595.68 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 126 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,920 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 6.66 

feet); minimum, 18 second-feet sometime during period Dec. 15-27 (gage height, 1.03 

feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 7,260 second-feet Mar. 25, 1935 (gage height, 7.94 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet; minimum, 14 second-feet Dec. 

21, 1935 (gage height, 0.97 foot), result of low temperature; minimum dally, 25 secondfeet Oct. 15, 23, 1939.

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

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

22

37

62

98

169

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

269

407

640

1,050

1,550

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

2,090

2,650

3,260

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

38

45

33

31

29

2S

26

27

27

27

27

28

26

26

25

26

27

27

27

27

27

27

25

26

26

27

27

36

39

30

31

HOT.

31

29

28

30

30

30

29

29

29

28

28

29

28

28

27

2S

2S

28

29

45

44

46

40

33

33

37

a32

a32

a32

aSO

-

Dec.

a32

33

35

33

31

32

32

30

28

28

35

35

34

37

a32

a26

aSO

a32

a 40

a65

a 50

a44

a55

a85

a75

a65

80

72

54

47

a42

Jan.

a38

aSO

a36

a38

«42

35

36

bSS

b40

41

44

. 61

S4

164

153

90

72

59

36

29

b26

*bSO

b32

b32

b32

bSO

a28

a28

aSO

a34

a36

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

 arch. ..........................

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

 ay.............................

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

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

b38

b40

b38

b50

75

113

S2

64

61

99

119

88

76

195

151

121

106

186

228

211

a!80

a!60

a!40

a!20

alOO

a95

a90

a200

a280

-

Mar.

242

186

184

175

14S

131

113

104

90

80

84

255

326

27S

246

205

169

14S

429

36S

246

192

153

138

124

113

126

131

129

175

286

Secondfoot-days

900

950

1,349

49,940

1,504

3,506

5,774

6,036

2,615

2,107

4 V15 10)223

3,222

42,901

Apr.

246

198

166

186

151

133

124

143

143

131

119

117

113

104

96

92

90

88

300

636

49S

37S

303

335

282

235

192

161

143

131

-

Maximum

45

46

85

1,320

164

280

429

636

133

417

£j980

432

2,980

May

133

126

111

102

92

84

78

80

108

113

108

88

SO

75

S2

126

90

82

76

82

73

67

64

75

72

62

64

56

55

56

55

Minimum

25

27

26

25

26

38

80

88

55

41

70

80

49

25

June

52

49

47

46

49

44

47

62

55

75

73

70

82

90

58

54

56

5S

S4

82

54

45

41

41

92

65

55

54

274

153

July

96

98

178

166

a!20

a90

a90

a!20

allO

allO

a!50

alSO

alSO

a!50

alSO

132

311

164

121

131

293

261

156

117

96

82

7S

a70

a70

417

308

 ean

29.0

31.7

43.5

137

48.5

121

186

201

84.4

70.2

152

330

107

117

AujT.

169

117

96

82

80

14S

772

P5S

?35

153

124

110

ffS

473

634

462

S19

?35

PS1

184

156

146

121

106

98

92

88

80

?37

2,P80

P64

Per square 

mile

0.230

.252

.345

1.09

.385

.960

1 .46

1.60

.670

.557

1.21

& »6£

.849

.929

Sept.

432

291

215

172

148

129

121

108

104

129

113

92

84

80

75

72

67

65

64

62

59

56

54

55

77

84

59

54

52

49

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.27

.28

.40

14.75

.44

1.03

1.70

1*78

.77

.62

1.39

3.02

.95

12.65

Peak discharge.- Aug. 30 (8 a.m.) 4,920 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on recorded range in stage, weather records, engineers' 

notes, and records for nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
524 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Pigeon River at Canton, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°31'50B , long. 82°50'30", a third of a mile upstream from State Highway bridge at Canton, Haywood County. Datum of gage is 2,572.22 

feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 133 square miles.

Records available.- May 1907 to June 1909 (fragmentary) and December 1928 to September 

1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. May 1907 to June 1909 (complete) In North 

Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bullfitin 34 and Tennessee Division 

of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1929-40), 307 second-feet.

Extremes.- naximul discharge during year, 31,600 second-feet Aug. 30 (ge.ge height, 20.75 

feet, from high-watermarks irr gage well); minimum, 37 second-feet Jsn. 2 (gage height, 

0.39 foot), result of low temperature; minimum daily, 50 second-feet Jan. 2.

1907-9, 1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minlmrm, that of Jan. 2, 

1940; minimum daily, 44 second-feet Sept. 3, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Occasional 

diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation caused by gristmill and smfll reservoir above 

station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Jan. 14-24, Feb. 1 to Apr. 8, Aug. 15-30)

.8 

1.0 

1.3

46

55

83

125

218

Oct. 1 to Aug. 29

1.6

2

3

4

337

522

1,100

1,840

2,750

3,820

5,080

7,930

11,100

14,600

Aug. SO to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

186

243

314

482 i,oao

1,840

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 

5

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

SO 

50 

31

Oct.

126 

151 

89 

78 

75

70 

70 

69 

69 

67

67 

65 

65 

62 

62

62 

63 

62 

63 

63

63 

62 

59 

59 

59

59 

61 

60 

61 

59 

59

Nov.

59 

59 

57 

61 

62

60 

59 

60 

59 

59

59 

60 

60 

59 

56

56 

56 

56 

57 

72

80 

72 

63 

S9 

61

65 

61 

57 

56 

57

Dec.

62 

92 

70 

61 

59

57 

56 

55 

*54 

54

57 

55 

55 

*59 

52

55 

55 

53 

52 

89

80 

56 

59 

7S 

69

63 

117 

89 

70 

62 

56

Jan.

59 

b50 

b70 

b65 

54

b65 

b65 

b65 

b70 

b70

b70 

b70 

80 

357 

283

132 

114 

100 

85 

*90

120 

96 

81 

81 

b75

bSO 

bSO 

b80 

bSO 

*bSO 

bSO

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Bar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19' 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

78 

78 

77 

75 

80

136 

138 

100 

98 

308

336 

183 

161 

384 

197

186 

164 

461 

478 

377

279 

233 

200 

208 

197

168 

197 

368 

423

Mar.

568 

517 

840 

860 

666

542 

399 

341 

316 

295

275 

244 

259 

441 

435

359 

329 

316 

474 

359

320 

303 

279 

275 

259

248 

255 

251 

399 

620 

532

Secondfoot-days

3,159 

1,817 

2,001

108,210

2,947 

6,368 

12,576 

16,317 

7,665 

5,535 

7,810 

45,769 

12,650

123,614

Apr.

404 

363 

337

329

308

275 

279 

857 

450 

372

333

324 

291 

271 

255

236 

225 

218 

2,740 

1,620

950 

728 

632 

728 

606

493 

473 

431 

408 

381

Maximum

151 

80 

117

2,840

357 

478 

860 

2,740 

412 

333 

1,230 

12,800 

1,480

12,800

May

412 

372 

337 

320 

299

283 

271 

267 

283 

295

299 

248 

236 

225 

218

312 

236 

214 

204 

197

194 

244 

221 

202 

208

180 

177 

168 

171 

204 

168

Minimum

59 

56 

52

52

50 

75 

244 

218 

168 

120 

107 

138 

197

50

June

155 

147 

144 

141 

161

141 

152 

141 

161 

197

190 

244 

274 

325 

194

263 

333 

267 

218 

200

171 

155 

147 

 147 

197

147 

128 

123 

152 

120

Jily

107 

146 

251 

248 

171

138 

147 

174 

225 

211

208 

168 

183 

240 

180

174 

301 

1,230 

459 

350

291 

255 

248 

214 

204

202 

240 

177 

161 

244 

263

Mean

69.6 

60.6 

64.5

296

95.1 

220 

406 

544 

247 

184 

252 

1,476 

422

338

Aug.

180 

164 

152 

138 

138

148 

208 

147 

392 

244

345 

3,100 

12,800 

3,310 

1,740

1,220 

980 

800 

676 

589

522 

473 

440 

454 

386

350

324 

299 

1,620 

11,200 

2,230

Per square 

mile

0.523 

.456 

.485

2.23

.715 

1.65 

3.05 

4.09 

1.86 

1.38 

1.89 

11.1 

3.17

2.54

Sept.

1,480 

1,130 

913 

766 

658

580 

547 

482 

437 

411

390 

357 

337 

318 

299

296 

288 

274 

267 

257

250 

237 

234 

225 

216

206

197 

197 

205 

197

Run-off In 

Inches

0.60 

.51 

.56

30.24

.82 

1.78 

3.52 

4.56 

2.14 

1.55 

2.18 

12.80 

3.54

34.56

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (8r30 p.m.) 10,300 sec.-ft.} Aug. 12 (12 p.m.) 8,990 aec.-ft.; Aug. 13 

ISrSO p.m.) 25,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (6:30 a.m.) 31,600 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 525

Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°38'15", long. 82°59'15", three-quarters of a 

mile downstream from Jonathan Creek and 24 miles upstream from Fines Creek and from 

Hepco, Haywood county. Datum of gage Is 2,335.95 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 350 square miles.

Records available.- July 1927 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 691 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 32,700 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 15.82 

feet, from high-water mark In gage house), from rating curve extended above 10,600 

second-feet on basis of slope-area determination at 15.82 feet; minimum discharge, 95 

second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 0.85 foot), result of low temperature.

1927-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 6, 1940. 

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have be-sn revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in water-supply papers 

indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

AQQ

rtov

Water 

year

1928

-1Q«T

Date

Hay 1

Oage height 

(feet)

Discharge 

(eecond-feet)

7,970

13,200

11,800

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or partial or no gage-

 height record, which are fair. Occasional minor regulation caused by small reservoirs 

above station.

Revisions.- Revised figures of daily discharge in second-feet for high-water periods in

 tne water years 1928-31, 1933-36, superseding those published in Water-Supply Papers 

663, 683, 698, 713, 743, 758, 783, 803, are given herein.

Day 

(water 

year)

1927-28

Dec. 16

* Mar. 30

Hay 7

S

June 29

30

Aug. 15

16

Sept. 5

5

1923-29

Feb. 28

Mar. 1

5

6

13

14

Discharge 

(eecondfeet)

3,980

3,660

3,840

3,710

1,670

4,830

5,090

11,500

3,580

2,780

5,510

2,960

6,200

3,580

2,260

7,350

Day 

(water 

year)

192S-29

Mar. 15

23

24

Hay 7

Sept. 26

1929-30

Oct. 2

1930-31

Apr. 4

5

22

1932-33

Oct. 16

17

Dec. 14

Discharge 

(secondfeet)

4,890

3,060

2,810

2,530

4,390

4,330

4,080

2,720

3,950

2,940

7,350

3,120

Day 

(water 

year)

1932-55

Dec. 25

26

27

2S

29

SO

Jan. 1

2

1933-34

Jan. 7

Feb. 26

Mar. 3

4

5

27

Die charge 

(secondfeet)

3,030

3,210

3,890

11,800

6,500

3,900

3,000

2,530

2,210

4,360

7,500

5,890

3,960

2,500

Day 

(water 

year)

1934-36

Jan. 9

liar. 12

1935-36

Nov. 13

Jan. 2

3

6

8

9

IS

20

Mar. 26

27

28

Discharge 

(secondfeet)

5,550

3,800

3,280

2,400

3,760

3,700

3,190

3,270

3,250

4,040

4,630

4,550

4,390

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and diecharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 3 to Jan. 14, June 18 to July 17, Aug. 17-82)

0.9 

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

110

133

217

322

490

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

750

1,060

1,870

3,070

4,630

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

11.0

6,470

8,680

11,300

14,100

17,000
526 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C., water year 

October 1939 to September 1940

Nov. Feb. Hue. Apr. Jjly Aug. Sept.

824

318

214

178

169

a!60 

a!60 

a!60 

a!60 

a!50

a!50 

al50 

al50 

a!40 

a!40

a!40 

a!40 

a 140 

a!40 

a!40

a!40 

a!40 

alSO 

alSO 

alSO

a!30 

a!40 

a 140 

a!40 

a!40 

a!40

a!40

alSO

150

156

164

161

156

153

153

148

150

156

153

153

150

150

153

153

156

208

884

217

183

166

164

178

166

156 

153 

15Q

164

887

186

156

146

138

136

133

136

136

148

146

146

150

140

146

143

143

146

243

243

180

240

292

264

280

334

338

274

250

834

227 

b!90 

b200 

blSO

131

104 

b!20 

b!30 

blSO

119

140

178

186

614

558

300

288

843

205

143

198 

blSO 

b!60 

b!50 

b!30

b!40 

b!40 

b!40 

b!40 

b!40 

b!40

b!40 

b!40 

b!70 

b!95 

b808

888

330

827

180

481

553

365

315

640

419

369

330

899

1,100

839

604

500

436

441

438

386

431

841

968

1,100

1,030

1,330

1,510

1,800

1,030

938

598

543

519

504

578

578

786

908

694

636

614

916

640

614

598

604

619

568

568

543

621

893

968

558

630

558

504 

495 

1,140 

779 

6 SO

573

573

543

504

481

458

450

436

1,890

3,460

1,410

1,060

935

1,060

916

750

788

678

684

533

558

543

486

463

441

484

406

406

484

441

450

390

373

345

357

445

388

349

338

348

338

394

398

369

373

349

345

390

365

348

338

334

334

338

349

348

573

357

408

398

476

481

543

386

468

509

518

386

357

307

888

871

271

438

307

264

284

399

874

237

358

694

614

445

357

353

386

463

495

563

486

438

540

1,090

2,040

908

785

619

543

514

476

458

468

504

441

415

580

609

445

394

373

365

353

365

476

386

521

458

468

2,540

f17,100

6,490

3,850

8,300

1,760

1,470

1,240

1,100

968

870

a860

a850

a750

a650

f600

f550

fl,420

f16,400

3,870

8,170

1,900

1,470

1,470

1,170

935

1,000

935

839

870

808

788

694

667

640

609

614

583

573

558

538

519

504

500

504

454

445

458

450

Peak discharge.- Apr. 80 (18:30 a.m.) 11,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (6:30 p.m.) 29,500 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

30 (10:30 a.m., estimated) 38,700 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge baaed on records for station at Canton arai for other nearby 

streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1987-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Per squai 

mile

Run-off in 

Inches

July 26-31, 1927.....

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

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

Water year

October 1927 ........

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

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

Calendar year

January 1988 ........

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

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

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

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

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

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

August...............

September............

Water year 1927-88

October 1988 ........

November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1988

January 1989 ........

February.............

March................

April................

May..................

June.................

July.................

August...............

September............

Water year 1988-29

1,857

14,021

7,955

9,865

11,595

36,273

81,884

17,595

23,876

30,718

43,897

88,686

85,469

45,557

36,480

,330,689

22,113

14,388

12,040

321,377

26,308

30,493

76,110

27,759

42,365

24,949

18,968

10,429

16,300

322,156

384

1,400

458

1,590

2,170

3,980

1,350

1,160

3,660

1,760

3,840

4,880

1,510

11,500

3,580

11,500

2,280

998

579

11,500

8,050

5,510

7,350

1,430

2,530

1,510

1,010

658

4,390

875

860

196

310

458

865

196

880

458

318

386

1,170

452

477

405

718

824

508

528

579

553

687

607

770

1,080

1,397

956

828

1,470

1,214

196 903

368

384

343

713

478

389

343 878

405

605

1,280

605

945

528

428

246

233

849

1,089

2,455

925

1,367

832

618

336

543

7,350 233 883

0.886

1.89

.757

.909

1.10

3.34

1.96

1.73

8.80

2.91

3.99

8.73

2.35

4.80

3.47

8.58

8.04

1.37

1.11

2.51

8.43 

3.11 

7.01 

2.64 

3.91 

2» 58 

1.75

.960 

1.55

2.58

0.80

1.46

.86

1.05

1.23

3.85

8.26

1.87

8.54

3.86

4.60

3.06

2.71

4.84

3.87

35.13

2.35

1.53

1.88

34.16

8.80

3.84

8.08

2.94

4.51

8.66

8.02

1.11

1.78

34.85
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 527

Monthly discharge, In sec'ond-feet, of Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C., 1087-40 Continued

Month Secondfoot-days

Per squarol Run-off In 

mile I Inches

October 1926 .................

November......................

December......................

Calendar year 1929 .........

January 1930 .................

February......................

March.........................

April.........................

May...........................

June..........................

July..........................

August........................

September.....................

Water year 1989-30 .........

October 1930 ...................

November......................

December......................

Calendar year 1930 .........

January 1931 .................

February......................

March.........................

April.........................

May...........................

June..........................

July..........................

August........................

September.....................

Water year 1930-31 .........

October 1931 .................

November......................

December......................

Calendar year 1931 .........

January 1938 .................

February......................

March.........................

April.........................

May...........................

June..........................

July..........................

August........................

September.....................

Water year 1931-38 .........

October 1938 .................

November......................

December......................

Calendar year 1932 .........

January 1933 .................

February......................

March.........................

April.........................

May...........................

June..........................

July..........................

August........................

September.....................

Water year 1932-33 .........

October 1933 .................

November......................

December......................

Calendar year 1933 .........

January 1934 .................

February......................

March.........................

April.........................

May...........................

June..........................

July..........................

August........................

September.....................

Water year 1933-34 ...........

88,743

33,354

21,267

357,039

18,962

19,877

27,389

19,796

81,246

11,064

7,240

5,317

9,365

283,620

5,958

10,664

18,166

169,034

15,654

18,226

16,796

38,765

17,730

10,195

9,517

9,954

6,145

165,760

4,336

6,268

82,342

169,922

35,273

33,095

25,655

23,034

21,812

11,404

7,955

12,036

5,555

208,758

27,632

22,740

65,869

292,059

41,403

40,650

31,419

26,797

30,258

13,148

9,700

9,442

15,494

334,552

7,472

6,295

7,623

239,701

15,447

12,604

45,738

19,080

13,383

20,621

15,509

10,779

7,714

183,265

4,330

2,290

7,350

840

1,460

1,760

1,160

1,680

480

348

415

816

4,330

360

1,150

927

1,760

1,300

817

1,300

4,020

338

639

749

660

4,020

256

381

2,110

4,020

3,280

1,940

2,880

1,980

3,530

666

625

1,270

491

3,530

7,350

1,700

11,800

11,800

3,000

2,860

1,520

3,840

2,040

959

486

941

1,360

11,800

441

390

375

3,840

2,210

4,360

7,500

1,100

778

1,670

933

485

477

388

670

570

927

1,110

233 978

540

470

502

475

434

263

184

118

109

612

710

884

660

685

369

234

172

312

109 613

149

166

236

192

355

392

463

324

371

649

399

213

189

229

136

505

437

542

1,292

572

340

307

321

205

136 454

118

123

256

140

209

721

118 466

599

718

497

497

419

236

171

183

118

1,140

1,140

828

768

704

380

257

388

185

118 570

492

497

891

758

2,125

118 798

748

591

778

492

586

313

233

195

239

1,336

1,450

1,010

893

976

438

313

305

516

166 917

180

174

174

241

210

246

657

265

223

540

399

320

460

316

255

186

531

450

1,475

636

432

687

500

348

257

7,500 174 502

2.65

3.17

1.96

2.79

1.75

2.03

2.63 ,

1.89 I

1.96

1.05 

.669 

.491 

.891

1.75

.549

1.01

1.12

1.32

1.44

1.25

1.55

3.69

1.63

.971

.877

.917

.400

.597

2.06

1.33

3.26

3.26

2.37

2.19

2.01

1.09

.734

1.11

.529

1.63

2.55

2.17

6.07

2.28

3.82

4.14

2.89

2.55

2.79

1.25

.894

.871

1.47

.689

.600

.703

1.88

1.52

1.29

4.21

1.82

1.23

1.96

1.43

.994

.734

1.43

3.06

3.54

37.95

2.02

2.11

2.92

2.11

2.26

1.17

.77

.57

.99

23.78

.63

1.13

1.29

17.97

1.66

1.30

1.79

4.12

1.88

1.08

1.01

1.06

.65

17.60

.46

.67

2.38

18.06

3.76

3.52

2.73

2.44

2.32

1.22

.85

1.28

.69

22.22

2.94

2.42

7.00

31.07

4.40

4.31

3.33

2.84

3.22

1.40

1.03

1.00

1.64

35.53

25.44

1.75

1.34

4.85

2.03

1.42

2.19

1.65

1.15

.82

19.47
528 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, of Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C., 1927-40 Continued

Month Secondfoot-daya Maximum Minimum Pe- square Run-off In

October 1934 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1934 .

January 1935 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1934-35 .

October 1935 .........

November..............

December.............

Calendar year 1935 .

January 1936 .........

February..............

March................

April................

May...................

June..................

July.................

August...............

September.............

Water year 1936-36

October 1936 ........

November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1935

January 1937 .........

February..............

March................

April................

May..................

June.................

July.................

August...............

September............

Water year 1936-37

October 1937 ........

November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1937

January 1958 ........

February.............

March................

April................

May..................

June.................

July.................

August. ..............

September............

Water year 1937-58

October 1958 ........

.November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1938

January 1939 ........

February.............

March................

April................

May..................

June.................

July.................

August...............

September............

Water year 1938-39

12-, 980 

15,685 

21,610

212,160

32,770

19,454

30,360

27,739

19,591

10,780

12,207

18,595

10,599

232,370

6,866

15,338

10,828

216,127

67,295

49,423

50,286

60,385

18,218

9,872

10,565

10,662

10,375

320,013

27,667

12,740

24,028

348,336

70,620

35,670

22,633

25,828

19,094

12,730

10,854

15,816

17,262

294,842

21,367

15,613

14,300

279,687

20,270

16,960

30,903

23,490

17,790

17,046

20,389

14,233

8,470

218,831

5,679

15,661

11,029

201,820

22,560

57,310

39,867

24,475

16,363

12,227

8,042

11,357

5,926

230,396

1,710

1,520

2,140

292

490

419

523

697

7,500 186 581

5,550

1,400

3,800

2,040

884

495

765

2,220

863

579

528

584

574

444

270

238

238

210

1,057

695

979

925

632

359

394

600

353

5,550 209 637

771

3,280

554

178

195

260

221

511

349

5,550

10,200

6,600

4,890

7,000

890

610

1,560

542

2,960

280

830

686

830

323

212

200

212

186

2,171

1,704

1,622

2,010

588

329

341

344

346

10,200 874

5,590

704

2,990

355

319

319

425

775

10,200 186 952

7,360

2,200

1,030

2,070

890

613

596

1,230

2,000

1,300

860

562

540

435

264

228

267

260

2,276

1,274

730

861

616

424

350

510

575

7,360 808

3,660

606

1,080

271

339

260

689

454

461

7,360 228 766

1,400

830

2,680

1,360

1,230

925

2,180

740

490

440

510

495

562

360

585

292

267

197

654

606

997

783

574

568

658

459

282

3,660 197 600

240

1,790

760

164

166

267

180

522

356

164 553

3,610

5,060

3,150

1,060

763

711

478

2,320

300

331

1,030

750

619

440

264

172

194

156

728

2,047

1,286

816

528

408

259

366

198

5,060 156 631

1.20

1.49

1.99

1.66

5v02 

1.99 

2.80 

2.64 

1.81 

1.03 

1.13 

1.71 

1.01

1.82

0.631

1.46

.997

i.e

6.20 

4.87 

' 4.63 

5.74 

1.68 

.940 

.974 

.983 

.989

2.50

2.55

1.21

2.21

2.72

6.50

3.64

2.09

2.46

1.76

1.21

1.00

1.46

1.64

1.97

1.30

1.32

2.19

1.87

1.75

2.86

2.24

1.64

1.62

1.88

1.31

.805

1.71

.514

1.49

1.02

2.08

5.85

3.67

2.33

1.51

1.17

.740

1.05

.566

1.80
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 529

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, of Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C., 1927-40 Continued

Month Secondroot-days Minimum Per squars 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

October 1939 ........

November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1939

January 1940 ........

February.............

Harch................

April................

Hay..................

June.................

July.................

August...............

September............

Water year 1939-40

4,823

4,870

6,978

213,798

6,022

13,161

23,923

24,641

12,493

11,322

17,725

69,632

24,085

218,676

31S 

224 

338

130

140

133

166

162

193

6,060 130 686

614

1,100

1,S10

3,460

668

673

2,040

17,100

2,170

104

140

504

436

338

264

237

353

445

194

464

772

821

403

377

672

2,246

803

17,100 104 597

0.446

.465

.661

1.67

.654

1.30

2.21

2.36

1.16

1.08

1.63

6.42

2.29

1.71

0.61 

.62

.64

22.72

.64

1.40

2.54

2.62

1.33

1.20

1.88

7.40

2.56

23.24
530 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Pigeon River at Hartford, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48'52", long. 83°08'42", 600 feet downstream 

from Highway bridge at Hartford, Cocke County, and 4.5 miles downstream from Big Creek 

and North Carolina-Tennessee State line. Datum of gage Is 1,245.84 feet above mean 

sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 547 square miles.

Records available.- August 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 996 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 38,600 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 12.79 

 feet); minimum recorded, 14 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 0.61 foot), but may have

been less during other periods of low flow; recorder does not operate below gage height

0.67 foot.

1925-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 11 second-feet Aug.

17, 18, 1930; minimum gage height recorded, that of Dec. 10, 1939.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 40 second-feet and for periods of no gageheight record, which are fair. Flow regulated by power plant 4.5 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

.9 

1.0 

1.2

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.4 

2.8

133

190

280

405

705

1,080

3.2 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

1,540

2,100

2,730

3,540

4,440

5,360

6.0 6,500

7.0 9,440

8.0 13,000

10.0 2'.,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

26

204

324

322

313

312

40

24

254

288

256

253

173

31

20

211

238

269

2S6

232

34

20

319

301

276

278

256

41

21

319

359

Nov.

227

232

244

62

24

266

249

203

144

145

f30

f!8

f!83

290

279

219

165

f34

f!9

212

271

249

146

207

71

25

415

314

343

221

-

Dec.

336

1S2

52

459

615

738

632

483

f30

f!7

246

S2

126

156

111

86

f22

260

264

340

431

322

S7

79

70

106

543

574

697

176

32

Jan.

325

f576

a420

a230

a220

a50

f33

267

243

333

262

263

59

391

446

484

467

582

514

165

52

375

264

57S

594

254

42

48

268

244

258

Month

October. ........................

November. .......................

December. .......................

January. ........................

March. ..........................

April...........................

May.............................

July. ...........................

August. .........................

September .......................

Water year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

206

217

70

41

207

351

386

37S

398

115

117

556

562

642

622

670

363

582

1,460

1,360

1,250

1,070

93S

636

438

619

748

1,440

1,230

-

Mar.

1,090

1,200

1,630

1,430

1,420

1,330

1,330

1,320

1,160

1,000

1,370

1,580

1,590

1,770

1,620

1,040

1,050

942

1,340

1,280

1,180

1,140

564

262

J569

650

637

634

611

496

260

Secondfoot-days

6,300

5,507

3,354

313 j 236

9,307

17,672

33,495

32 23.7

16)913

15,670

29,010

89,302

35,501

299,243

Apr.

767

1,040

993

9S7

901

467

134

745

961

929

881

932

936

81S

909

904

S99

908

1,430

1,770

1,360

1,770

1,910

2,000

1,830

1,550

975

715

S46

950

-

Maximum

359

415

738

8,600

594

1,460

1,770

2,000

944

894

1,930

22,100

3,350

22,100

May

944

S45

S03

727

632

785

7S6

803

886

866

449

120

635

798

779

555

502

218

75

501

482

475

461

442

80

68

488

459

452

37S

419

Minimum

20

IS

17

17

33

41

260

134

68

57

76

75

83

17

June

S4

57

607

635

635

614

627

74

61

555

609

579

710

714

669

894

S8S

793

822

a840

a570

a70

a60

623

671

649

626

670

1S4

SO

-

Jily

644

649

701

263

f742

450

187

917

S89

910

854

884

693

815

1,090

1,190

1,640

1,480

1,930

1,610

1,450

1,680

1,720

1,680

754

665

205

76

640

S35

767

Mean

203

184

269

858

300

609

1,080

1,074

546

&22

936

2,881

If 183

81S

Aug.

71S

656

202

75

629

630

756

758

764

170

93

637

15,400

9,860

5,740

3,660

2,7SO

2,210

2,090

1,760

1,750

1,480

1,460

926

7S8

1,090

1,240

1,180

1,370

22,100

6,330

Per square 

mile

0.371

.336

.492

1.57

 54S 1.11

3. 97

1.96

 998

 954

1.71

5.27

2.16

1.50

Sept.

3,350

3,150

2,110

2,130

1,950

1,790

1,620

860

1,320

1,380

1,370

1,300

1,290

1,040

82S

1,150

1,120

1,080

970

656

100

91

S80

S19

813

740

690

115

83

706

Run-off in 

inches

0.43

.37

.57

SI.* 32

.63

1.20

2*28

2.19

1.15

1.07

1 97

elo?

2.41

20.34

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (7:30 p.m.) 34,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (5:30 a.m.) 38,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 

(1:30 p.m.) 38,600 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis

love station.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage height.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of release at Waterville Dam, 4.5 miles 

above station
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 531

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°37'40", long. 83°00'00", 500 yards dovnstream 

from rord, three quarters of a mile upstream from mouth, and 2 miles downstream from 

Cove Creek and Cove Creek post office, Haywood County. Datum of gage Is 2,J"73.78 feet 

above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 65.3 square miles.

Records available.- May 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 126 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 eecond-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 7.51 

reet), from rating curve extended above 1,350 second-feet; minimum, 18 second-feet Jan. 

2 (gage height, 0.54 foot), result of low temperature.

1930-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for perlode of no gage-height record or Ice effect, 

whicn are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill above 

station.

Rating tables, water fear 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In foot,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 27-29, Apr. 20 to June 8)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19 Apr. 20 to Sept. 30

0.6

.3

1.0

1.3

21

33

48

77

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

114

189

304

452

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

46

73

114

189

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

304

452

640

880

5.0 

6.0

1,460

2,120

Discharge, In second-feat, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

42 

39 

31 

29 

28

28 

28 

23 

23 

27

26 

26 

26 

26 

25

26 

27 

27 

26 

27

27 

25 

24 

25 

26

25 

26

34 

28 

27 

28

Nor.

27 

28 

28 

31 

30

28 

28 

28 

27 

27

28 

29 

28 

26 

26

26 

26 

26 

28 

44

42 

37 

31 

29 

31

34 

31 

29 

29 

29

Dec.

38 

46 

34 

32 

30

29 

23 

028 

27 

27

32 

28 

32 

32 

28

28 

28 

28 

28 

68

39 

31 

34 

54 

40

39 

87 

52 

42 

37 

35

Jan.

33 

b24 

b34 

b28 

b26

b2S 

b28 

b30 

b30 

b30

34 

55 

54 

358 

152

92 

75 

66 

b60 

b55

b50 

«b44

b40 

b36 

a30

a34 

a34 

a34 

a34 

a34 

b34

Month

Oct 

NOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sop

«

alendar year 19!

at.er year 1939-'

Feb.

b34 

b34 

b36 

b48 

b60

blOO 

95 

67 

62 

228

150 

101 

92 

215 

131

107 

96 

196 

225 

137

140 

117 

106 

103 

100

92 

131 

186 

 139

Mar.

122 

129 

264 

208 

160

133 

116 

106 

95 

88

90 

131 

126 

197 

148

122 

111 

110 

185 

128

116 

108 

100 

100

96

93 

90 

90 

95 

171 

144

Secondfoot-days

864 

891 

1,141

40,501

1,696 

3,378 

3,972 

3,598 

2,386 

2,112 

4,271 

8,217 

4,250

36,776

Apr.

114 

106 

1OO 

106 

93

88 

94 

154 

110 

93

93 

103 

92 

86 

84

80 

79 

73 

236 

234

179 

152 

154 

167 

140

129 

121 

112 

106 

106

Maximum

42 

44 

87

893

358 

228 

264 

235 

117 

115 

308 

1,540 

358

1,540

May

117 

105 

96 

92 

88

81 

80 

80 

31 

99

35 

75 

72 

68 

78

96 

73 

69 

65 

71

65

74 

66 

69 

66

62 

66 

60 

61 

66 

60

Minimum

24 

26 

27

24

24 

34 

88 

73 

60 

49 

52 

72 

77

24

June

57 

55 

53 

53 

53

65 

57 

87 

73 

102

106 

97 

75 

69 

68

73 

34 

84 

64 

60

52 

51 

49 

55 

101

55 

49 

S3 

115 

57

July

52

121 

193 

163 

111

39 

92 

96 

115 

138

132 

130 

166 

124 

111

216 

308 

230 

167 

153

162 

142 

126 

111 

106

96 

119 

124 

104 

150 

119

Mean

27.9 

29.7 

36.3

111

54.7 

116 

128 

120 

77.0 

70.4 

138 

265 

142

100

Auf.

99 

91 

84 

SI 

79

86 

104 

80 

75 

72

92 

?57 

1,100 

720 

487

?17 

£61 

£25 

f!2 

191

163 

154 

1+2 

141 

184

116 

110 I'M 

466 

1,6«O 

S14

Per square 

mile

0.427 

.455 

.564

1.70

.838 

1.78 

1.96 

1.84 

1.18 

1.08 

2.11 

4.06 

2.17

1.53

Sept.

358 

293 

251 

228 

210

191 

177 

165 

154 

180

154

137 

128 

122 

117

110 

105 

104 

102

96

95 

91 

89 

88

96

89 

83 

81 

79 

77

~*"n-off In 

Inches

0.49 

.51 

.65

23.08

.97 

1.92 

2.26 

2.05 

1.36 

1.20 

2.43 

4.68 

2.42

20.94

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (7 p.m.) 2,190 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (4 a.m.) 3,200 sec.-ft. 

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby streams 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
532 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°39'55", long. 83*041 50", at 

triage on State Highway 284, Just upstream from Little Cataloochee Creek and 2 miles 

north of Cataloochee, Haywood County. Datum of gage is 2,457.48 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 49.2 square miles.

Records avallable.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,390 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 7.01 

reet), from rating curve extended above 1,500 second-feet; minimum, 9 second-feet 

Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.87 feet), result of low temperature.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gape-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40,.except periods of lee effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 30 to Sept. 30)

11

19

69

119

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

335

420

555

940

5.0 

5.5

1,280

1,680

Discharge, in. second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

30

30

a24

a£2

a22

a22

a22

aBE

a22

a22

a21

a21

a21

aSl

a20

a21

a22

a22

a21

aS2

a22

a20

19

19

20

20

21

32

23

22

22

Nov.

22

21

21

23

24

23

£2

22

21

21

21

22

21

20

20

20

£0

19

20

£9

30

27

23

22

22

25

£5

22

21

21

-

Dec.

31

33

23

El

20

20

19

 19

19

19

21

19

21

21

b20

19

19

19

19

72

27

22

25

43

27

27

54

33

27

24

b22

Jan.

b20

b!2

bSO

b!8

b!6

bE2

b2E

b22

b24

b26

b30

56

40

214

86

b60

b50

1)40

b24

aSO

a34

*a27

a24

a22

a20

a22

a24

a24

a24

a24

a24

Month

October. ........................

December. ......................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939 

Feb.

a24

a24

a24

a26

aSS

a 60

a60

a55

a50

a!40

64

54

*54

135

86

71

64

U2

119

101

S2

73

64

61

59

54

78

178

137

-

Mar.

124

132

306

252

1S1

145

124

110

96

66

87

132

119

216

190

157

135

127

175

135

124

114

103

101

92

as

86

82

SO

119

112

Secondfoot-days

690

670

805

33,395

1,101

2 147

4^130

3,478

£,178

2,592

3,561

6,901

3,013

31,266

Apr.

96

92

90

96

86

73

S2

101

S4

80

76

92

80

76

74

73

71

69

225

277

Ell

175

169

1S1

154

140

127

114

108

101

-

Maximum

32

30

72

791

214

178

306

277

110

162

182

1,310

312

1,310

May

110

98

92

88

82

78

74

76

82

92

80

?3

69

68

73

76

68

64

62

66

59

57

56

61

56

56

57

51

51

54

49

Minimum

19

19

19

19

IE

24

80

69

49

43

68

68

4S

IE

Junje_

48

46

45

43

43

46

49

43

70

121

114

135

162

160

114

9S

94

103

101

94

80

74

71

91

122

S4

74

84

109

74

-

July

68

71

119

112

92

84

86

88

103

103

108

117

127

108

98

137

166

132

124

141

182

148

129

119

110

9S

108

105

9S

145

135

Mean

22.3

£2 3

26*0

91.5

35.5

74.0

133

116

70.3

86.4

115

223

100

S5.4

Aug.

105

94

90

82

eo

86

80

73

71

68

80

133

742

589

455

320

249

217

196

163

145

137

122

119

IDS

98

92

86

' 252

1,310

459

Per square

mile

0.453

.453

.528

1.86

.moo

- >/<!<! 

liBO

2 4 70

2.36

1.43

1.76

2.34

4.63

2.03

1.74

JSept.

312

246

204

178

154

137

1E2

112

101

124

101

88

84

82

76

73

69

68

66

62

62

59

57

57

62

56

53

51

49

48

"

Run-off In 

Inches

0.52

.51

.61

25.26

.83

1.62

3.12

2«63

1.65

1*96

2.69

5.22

2.28

23.64

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (3«30 p.m.) 1,360 sec.-ft.} Aug. 30 (3 a.m.) 3,390 sec.-ft.

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on records for nearby atreamse

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 533

North Toe River at Altapass, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°53'59", long. 82°01'5011 , 0.1 mile upstream from 

Rose Creek and 1 mile northwest of Altapass, Mitchell County.

Drainage area.- 105 square miles.

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1940. May 1934 to September 1938 at site 

1.1 miles downstream (published as North Toe River above Spruce Pine, N. C.).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 22,200 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 19.5 

feet, from high-water mark), by slope-area method; minimum, 24 second-feet Die. 14, 15 

(gage height, 1.01 feet), result of low temperature; minimum daily, 41 seconl-feet Dec. 

10.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, that of Dec. 14, 15, 

1939; minimum daily, that of Dec. 10, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by small grist mills abov? station.

Diacharge, in second-rest, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

116 

136 

77 

63 

61

57 

65 

53 

55 

53

51 

53 

49 

49 

45

53 

51 

49 

49 

51

51 

45 

47 

49 

45

47 

49 

53 

55 

53 

53

Hov.

53 

51 

49 

53 

51

53 

53 

51 

49 

47

45 

45 

49 

49 

45

45 

45 

47 

45 

86

77 

72 

68 

61 

53

57 

59 

53 

49 

51

Dec.

51 

53 

53 

53 

51

49 

*47 

45 

45 

41

63 

53 

51 

49 

b46

43 

47 

45 

43

77

b60 

D55 

b50 

b70 

b60

D55 

b65 

61 

57 

55 

51

Jan.

b50 

b48 

b46 

b44 

*b55

b55 

b46 

b48 

b50 

b50

b55 

b60 

WO 

b200 

b!50

*blOO 

b85 

b75 

b65 

b55

b50 

«a48 

a55 

a50 

a48

a48 

a48 

a 48 

a50 

«a55 

a55

Month

Oet 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar

Apr 

May

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 19!

ater year 1959-^

Feb.

a50 

a50 

a50 

a50 

a60

a80 

b!50 

b95 

*b70 

b!50

bSOO 

b!80 

*122 

235 

bl80

141 

122 

184 

329 

254

180 

141 

125 

136 

130

107 

130 

237 

315

Mar.

264 

254 

373 

359 

25S

210 

180 

163 

144 

125

133 

204 

189 

183 

180

152 

141 

136 

316 

172

149 ' 

144 

130 

128 

122

117 

149 

144 

169 

219 

288

Seeondfoot-days

1,773 

1,611 

1,644

60,087

1,962 

4,353 

5,895 

8,478 

4,277 

3,945 

3,986 

26,684 

6,720

71,328

Apr.

210 

192 

ISO 

216 

172

152 

147 

293 

244 

19S

177 

172 

163 

149 

141

130 

125 

128 

582 

1,450

580 

411 

353 

422 

324

286 

253 

224 

209 

195

Maximum

136 

86 

77

1,340

200 

329 

373 

1,450 

206 

237 

515 

8,350 

705

8,350

May

200 

206 

178 

166 

15S

150 

139 

139 

172 

172

150 

136 

128 

121 

115

136 

118 

110 

108 

121

113 

110 

105 

118 

164

118 

126 

105 

103 

148 

144

Minimum

46 

45 

41

41

44 

50 

117 

125 

103 

81 

68 

79 

110

41

June

147 

134 

131 

10S 

123

95 

83 

143 

118 

131

134 

175 

215 

189 

142

126 

237 

172 

166 

139

110 

100 

95 

95 

147

115 

95 

86 

108 

81

July

70 

68 

83 

136 

98

74 

83 

118 

123 

105

100 

91 

115 

115 

98

111 

515 

a280 

a200 

a!60

123 

110

110 

98 

142

95 

83 

91 

81 

147 

158

Mean

57.2 

53.7 

53.0

165

63.3 

150 

190 

283 

138 

132 

129 

861 

224

195

Ai-<?.

93 

S6 

81 

79, 

91

98 

161 

105 

86 

79

108 

730 

3,350 

4,780 

1,340

871 

646 

520 

454 

370

321 

307 

265 

241 

224

227 

205 

239 

562 

3,760 

1,200

Per square

mile

0.545 

.511 

.505

1.57

.603 

1.43 

1.81 

2.70 

1.31 

1.26 

1.23 

8.20 

2.13

1.86

Sept.

705 

524 

464 

370 

346

304 

274 

253 

235 

224

218 

197 

192 

a!90 

a!80

a!70 

a!60 

a!60 

alSO 

alSO

142 

142 

alSO 

alSO 

alSO

alSO 

a!20 

allO 

allO 

allO

Run-off in 

Inches

0.63 

.57 

.58

21.27

.69 

1.64 

2.09 

3.00 

1.51 

1.40 

1.41 

9.45 

2.38

25.25

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (3:15 a.m.) 2,860 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (9 p.m.) 22,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 

(11 a.m.) 6,620 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge based on weather records, three discharge measurements, recorded range in stage, and records for nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
534 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nollchucky River at Poplar, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°04'25", long. 82°20 I 20", at Poplar, Mltchell 

County, 4 miles downstream from Cane River and 5 miles upstream from North CarolinaTennessee State line. Datum of gage Is 1,971.96 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 608 square miles.

Records available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 1,080 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 74,500 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 19.7 

feet); by slope-area method; minimum, 146 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.00 foot), 

result of low temperature.

1925-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 89 second-feet Sept. 

7, 1925.

Floods of 1901 and. 1916 reached a stage slightly over 21 feet (revised), from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or doubtfrl or partly estimated gage-height record, which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14ia

15 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

89 

30 

31

Oct.

551 

586 

427 

359 

275

280 

259 

254 

249 

259

254 

254 

254 

224 

224

210 

249 

244 

275 

238

259 

228 

210 

238 

233

224 

254 

275 

298 

249 

259

Nov.

259 

233 

238 

254 

264

238 

264 

259 

270 

254

244 

238 

219 

244 

249

254 

238 

228 

228 

298

359 

392 

333 

304 

270

270 

264 

264 

264 

254

Dec.

238 

259 

2S6 

264 

280

270 

*238 

238 

23S 

238

304 

280 

264 

d260 

b240

244 

238 

249 

264 

359

365 

292 

270 

420 

b380

339 

392 

420 

359 

315 

286

Jan.

b240 

b!60 

b200 

b260 

bS80

b240 

b220 

b240 

b240 

b220

b280 

339 

442 

723 

1,040

b600 

*b440 

b380 

b320 

b220

b240 

b220 

bS40 

b220 

b200

b!90 

b200 

b200 

b210 

b220 

b240

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pel) 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19: 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

b250 

b240 

b250 

b280 

315

b420 

b600 

b500 

b440 

502

893 

632 

494 

807 

b750

641 

586 

f 1,550 

f8, 120 

1,580

1,100 

838 

641 

577 

543

494

456 

f926 

f 1,330

liar.

1,130 

1,040 

1,590 

2,330 

1,550

1,240 

1,000 

849 

761 

670

d650 

d950 

dl,200 

dl,400 

dl,300

dl.100 

d850 

idSOO 

d950 

dl.300

dl.OOO 

d850 

d750 

d700 

d650

d600 

d650 

d650 

d750 

dl,100 

dl,600

Secondfoot-days

8,652 

7,947 

9,089

291,329

9,464 

20,755 

31,960 

43,956 

16,328 

17,680 

22,245 

134,130 

35,238

359,446

Apr.

dl,200 

dl,100 

d950 

dl,200 

dl.OOO

dSOO 

d700 

dl,00o 

dl,700 

dl,100

d950 

dS50 

dSOO 

d750 

d700

d650 

d650 

650 

2,110 

8,090

3,140 

2,190 

1,780 

2,260 

1,780

1,490 

1,270 

1,130 

1,020 

948

Maximum

586 

392 

420

5,000

1,040 

2,120 

2,330 

8,090 

915 

1,190 

1,720 

33,200 

4,060

33,200

Hay

915 

S93 

838 

761 

660

632 

614 

586 

700 

761

660 

577 

535 

535 

502

660 

516 

463 

449 

527

478 

510 

494 

502 

577

559

502 

463 

427 

471 

559

Minimum

210 

219 

238

810

160 

240 

600 

650 

427 

372 

372 

449 

537

160

June

502 

398 

372 

379 

405

392 

463 

449 

577 

568

670 

831 

970 

882 

680

543 

749 

1,190 

871 

740

559 

486 

405 

405 

736

568 

518 

412 

518 

442

July

372 

372 

543 

761 

641

463 

427 

543 

595 

518

595 

543 

761 

632 

559

551 

1,450 

1,350 

1,270 

959

690 

586 

595 

527 

614

559 

543 

502 

434 

1,720 

1,570

Heaa

279 

265 

293

798

305 

716 

1,031 

1,465 

591 

589 

718 

4,327 

1,175

982

Aug.

948 

670 

510 

449 

456

559 

970 

700 

518 

478

809 

5,070 

33,200 

23,600 

7,190

4,440 

3,420 

2,740 

2,620 

2,080

1,710 

1,630 

1,400 

1,250 

1,120

1,090 

996 

965 

2,070 

23,500 

6,970

Per square

mile

0.459 

.436 

.482

1.31

.502 

1.18 

1.70 

2.41 

.972 

.969 

1.18 

7.12 

1.93

1.62

Sept.

4,060 

3,010 

2,420 

2,080 

1,810

1,630 

1,470 

1,310 

1,230 

1,190

1,140 

1,010 

955 

915 

847

829 

802 

741 

732

732

698 

641 

633 

649 

690

707 

649 

576 

545 

537

Run-off In 

Inches

0.53 

.49 

.56

17.80

.58 

1.27 

1.95 

2.69 

1.12 

1.08 

1.36 

8.20 

2.16

21.99

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (11:45 p.m.) 19,800 see.-ft.; Aug. 13 (7 p.m.) 74,500 sec.-ft.; Aug. SO 

(8 a.m.) 32,500 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Gage-height record doubtful; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Embreeville, 

Tenn. and for stations on tributaries.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 535

Nollchucky River at Enibreevllle, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 010'35lt , long. 82°27'27", 2,000 feet urstream from 

oricige on State Highway 81 In Embreevllle, Washington County, 3 miles northwest of 

Erwln, and 5i miles downstream from North Indian Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,519.30 feet 

above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment qf 1936).

Drainage area.- 805 «iuare miles.

Kecoroi ayaiiaole.- July 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 20 years, 1,347 second-feet.

Extremes.- naximilLdischarge during year, 82,500 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage helpht, 18.57 

reet; Dy slope-area method; minimum; 116 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.49 foot); 

minimum dally, 157 second-feet Jan. 3.

1920-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 85 second-feet Sept. 8, 

9, 1925 (gage height, 1.60 feet, site and datum then In use); minimum dally, 88 secondfeet Sept. 8, 1925.

Revision.- Figure of discharge for flood of Mar. 26, 1935, has been revlred to 

36,600 second-feet (gage height, 10.69 feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-telght recora, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, ard discharge,

in second-feet)

1.0 

1.3 

1.6

138

208

316

545

835

Oct. 1 to Aug. 13

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

1,350

2,180

3,190

4,350

5,700

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

9,090

13,100

17,600

22,600

27,800

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

Aug. 14 to Sept. 30

610

910

2,080

3,050

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

4,190

5,520

8,850

IS]000

17,600

22,600 

27.60O

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

26

30 

31

Oct.

548 

730 

563 

452 

357

323 

323 

296 

292 

298

292 

292 

292 

26S 

256

242 

251 

2 SO 

304 

236

274 

292 

242 

242 

262

246 

262 

310 

343 

298 

286

NOT.

292 

262 

251 

268 

280

268 

274 

286 

274 

292

274 

274 

251 

256 

268

260 

268 

251 

246 

292

414 

445 

407 

364 

310

304 

298 

292 

286 

298

Dec.

262 

274 

316 

304 

304

310 

292 

262 

274 

268

343 

343 

323 

316 

274

286 

274 

280 

286 

445

494 

377 

316 

502 

511

437 

511 

528 

468 

399 

350

Jan.

304 

213 

157 

269 

310

274 

316 

323 

310 

256

310 

350 

486 

f599 

al,190

a900 

a 650 

a520 

a460 

a320

a320 

a300 

a320 

316 

286

280 

b260 

b290 

bSOO 

b315 

b325

Month

Oct< 

Hove

Dece

C(

Jam 

Febi 

Mar< 

Apr 

toy 

Jun 

Jul-i 

Augi 

Sepl

W«

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

b340 

357 

364 

330 

364

460 

654 

572 

545 

572

988 

681 

682 

846 

1,090

856 

804 

1,360 

2,660 

2,130

1,600 

1,240 

1,000 

916 

858

772 

751 

1,200 

1,930

Mar.

1,720 

1,530 

2,760 

2,760 

1,960

1,510 

1,250 

1,100 

988 

858

814 

1,200 

1,620 

1,570 

1,700

1,390 

1,200 

1,060 

1,680 

1,820

1,440 

1,240 

1,080 

983 

938

858 

927 

950 

975 

1,310 

2,090

Secondfoot-days

10,004 

8,825 

10,929

380,382

11,849 

27,124 

43,286 

56,253 

24,825 

23 , 163 

32,704 

151,161 

39,972

440,095

Apr.

1,720 

1,530 

1,360 

1,600 

1,510

1,270 

1,120 

1,410 

1,910 

1,410

1,200 

1,100 

1,050 

962 

904

858 

835 

824 

1,420 

10,000

3,990 

2,760 

2,280 

2,970 

2,520

2,020 

1,700 

1,4SO 

1,320 

1,220

Maximum

730 

445 

528

6,760

1,190 

2,660 

2,760 

10,000 

1,180 

1,360 

2,550 

30,700 

4,780

30,700

May

1.1SO 

1,140 

1,090 

1,010 

904

835 

814 

772 

892 

1,040

892 

S14 

751 

730 

682

870 

730 

664 

644 

782

720 

720 

682 

711 

740

762 

702 

654 

608 

608 

682

Minimum

242 

246 

262

242

157 

330 

814 

824 

608 

502 

572 

664 

628

157

June

673 

563 

502 

511 

545

536 

581 

572 

654 

720

814 

927 

1,340 

1,040 

892

740 

692 

1,360 

1,090 

1,020

804 

673 

581 

563 

927

804 

711 

608 

.916 

804

July

617 

572 

730 

916 

S92

673 

581 

664 

804 

751

1,100 

916 

1,310 

1,120 

892

975 

2,410 

1,950 

1,590 

1,340

975 

824 

772 

730 

793

711 

762 

751 

673 

2,360 

2,550

Mean

323 

294 

353

1,042

382 

935 

1,396 

1,875 

801 

772 

1,055 

4,876 

1,332

1,202

Aug.

1,510 

1,050 

814 

720 

664

1,050 

2,290 

1,280 

927 

772

804 

3,590 

30.700 

27,900 

f8,730

ff,770 

4,370 

3,330 

3,120 

f,480

f ,060 

f 1,860 

f 1,610 

1,430 

1,320

1,260 

1,060 

1,080 

1,380 

27,200 

£-,030

Per square 

mile

0.4D1 

.36? 

.43°

1 29

,47'i 

1.16 

1.73 

2.33 

.99? 

.959 

1.31 

6. 06 

1.65

1.49

Sept.

4,760 

3,400 

2,690 

2,260 

1,960

1,790 

1,620 

1,470 

1,380 

1,350

1,300 

1,160 

1,100 

1,060 

970

958 

922 

855 

833 

822

780 

740 

720 

730 

780

844 

740 

673 

637 

62 S

Run-off In 

Inches

0.46 

.41 

.50

17.57

.55 

1.25 

2.00 

2.60 

1.15 

1.07 

1.51 

6.98 

1.85

20.33

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (2:30 a.m.) 19,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (9:30 p.m.) 82^500 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 

(10 a.m.) 39,5UO aec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baala of records for South Fork of Ho] 'ton River at 

Bluff City and Watauga River at Butler.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed on basla of partly estimated gage height.

461679 O - 42 - 35
536 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nolichucky River near Morristown, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°07'59", long. 83°10'31", 150 fee>t upstream from 

Jones Bridge on old Morristown-Newport road, 3 miles downstream from Pent Creek, and 9 

miles southeast of Morristown, Hamblen County. Datum of gage is 1,00*.40 feet above 

mean sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 1,686 square miles.

Records available.- November 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1931-40), 8,263 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 61,900 second-feet Aug. 14 (gare height, 32.68 

feet), computed on basis of records for station at Embreeville and of peak flow over 

Greenville Dam; minimum, 85 second-feet Oct. 30-31 (gage height, 1.24 feet).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, 2E second-feet Sept. 7. 

28, 1925 (gage height, 1.00 foot).

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years tave been revised, 

ae shown in the following table. They supersede those published in wrter-supply papers 

indicated.

Water-supply 

Paper

663.........

803. ........

823.........

Water 

year

1 QPft P"7

1 QP7 PR

1936-37

Date

Oct. 17

Gage height 

(feet)

17.1

IRQ

18.97

16.04

Discharge 

(second-feet)

PR cno

34 900

35,500

22.800

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 30,000 second-feet or thore affected by return of overbank storage, which are good, and those for periods of fragmentary or no 

gage-height record, which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation at low flow 

caused by power plant 22 miles above station.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods in the water years 1928 

and 1935 are given herein. They supersede those published in Water-Supply Papers 663 

and 783.

(water year) 

1927-28 

June 29 

Aug. 16

Discharge 

(second-feet)

7,890

13,200

1934-35 

Mar. 26 46,700

Month

March 1935. . ....................

Seeondfoot-days

113,140 

102,170

1,107,546

252,000

999,713 

954,617

Discharge, In second-feet

Maximum

16,800 

17,000

17,000

46,700

46,700 

46,700

Minimum

1,820 

1,230

210

2,270

227 

154

Mean

3,771 

3,296

3,026

8,129

2,739 

2,615

Prr square 

mile

2.24 

1.95

1.79

4.82

1.62

1.55

Run-off In 

Inches

2.50 

2. 25

24.44

5.56

22.04 

21.05

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of backwater (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

1.3 100

1.5 170

1.7 255

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

400

705

1,060

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

1,480

1,950

3,010

6.0

8.0

10.0

4,140

6,700

10,100

12.0

14.0

16.0

14,000

18,300

22,800

17.0

18.0

20.0

25,300

29,000

42,300
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 537

Discharge, In second-feet, of Nolichucky River near Herrlatown, Tenn., water year October 1939 to

September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

SO 

SI

Oct.

360 

537 

740 

706 

594

640 

856 

452 

134 

446

600 

554 

515 

482 

312

159 

354 

496- 

494 

538

428 

265 

117 

471 

598

542 

546 

530 

181 

95 

428

NOT.

590 

492 

512 

623 

254

127 

443 

626 

584 

580

519 

163 

115 

461 

538

450 

520 

492 

382

185

584 

672 

644 

280 

765

575 

168 

547 

630 

642

Dee.

300 

604 

263 

130

581

641 

607 

586 

580 

164

109 

523 

682 

729 

646

655 

259 

138 

582 

832

624 

464 

510 

586 

302

171 

556 

876 

772 

f675 

590

Jan.

181 

a707 

a 850 

a? 80 

a720

a506 

a460 

100 

432 

500

474 

584 

571 

300 

716

1,590 

1,160 

864 a^o

f771

g690 

288 

390 

643 

632

678 

630 

306 

a543 

a640 

al,100

Month

Oott 

SOYC 

Dece

C(

Jam 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr 

May 

June 

Jul; 

Aug 

Sep

We

ilendar year 193S

»ter year 1939-4C

Feb.

al,360 

al,240 

a 800 

a450 

a730

, 900 

1,000 

957 

895 

1,680

1,020 

,552 

1,130 

1,700 

1,950

1,720 

1,060 

1,440 

1,720 

3,220

3,240 

2,450 

1,630 

1,270 

812

336 

1,180 

3,720 

3,420

Mar.

2,700 

1,830 

2,380 2,750' 

3,270

2,360 

2,370 

2,400 

1,230 

714

861 

3,500 

3,600 

2,920 

2,570

2,090 

1,480 

1,210 

2,640 

3,640

2,730 

2,660 

1,800

818 

850

2,000 

2,130 

1,860 

1,850 

2,410 

2,690

Secondfoot -days

'14,169 

14,163 

15,737

593,889

19,636 

43,582 

68,313 

94,806 

35 , 477 

28,953 

51,321 

174,934 

56,916

618,007

Apr.

3,210 

2,630 

2,720 

3,430 

3,940

2,420 

1,020 

1,480 

1,970 

2,720

2,540 

2,230 

1,910 

796 

680

1,280 

1,280 

1,260 

2,470

9,390

9,500 

5,900 

4,340 

5,100 

5,140

3,780 

3,150 

3,090 

2,980 

2,450

Maximum

856 

765 

876

13,800

1,590 

3,720 

3,640 

9,500 

2,060 

1,390 

5,580 

40,800 

9,150

40,800

May

1,800 

2,060 

1,140 

1,020 

748

688 

1,320 

1,280 

1,480 

1,680

1,740 

1,240 

783 

1,140 

1,110

1,290 

1,330 

894 

751 

1,570

1,030 

1,040 

1,060 

938 

1,030

760 

652 

1,120 

1,090 

991 

702

Minimum

95 

115 

109

95

100 

336 

714 

680 

652 

224 

273 

294 

219

95

June

906 

647 

694 

926 

734

743 

772 

1,210 

716 

862

1,360 

1,170 

1,390 

1,380 

1,320

926 

452 

a880 

al.300 

al,350

al,130 

a890 

526 

224 

1,110

1,160 

1,200 

1,000 

1,310 

665

July

536 

892 

1,860 

1,640 

849

1,380 

968 

273 

1,080 

878

1,080 

1,600 

2,380 

1,990 

732

1,270 

3,610 

3,470 

2,660 

2,040

1,190, 

772 

1,080 

1,150 

1,380

1,290 

1,120 

851 

360 

5,580 

5,360

Mean

457 

478 

508

1,627

633 

1,503 

2,204 

3,160 

1,144 

965 

1,656 

5,643 

1,897

1,689

AujT.

6,000 

3,800 

1,520 

972 

350

1,400 

2,750 

3,120 

2,040 

1,260

f692 

f294 

f8,270 

040,800 

019,100

C8.720 

6,060 

4,760 

3,900 

3,600

f3,090 

f2,780 

f2,320 

1,900 

784

332 

1,300 

1,430 

1,690 

14,200 

025,700

Per square 

mile

0.271 

.280 

.301

.965

.375 

.891 

1.31 

1.87 

.679 

.572 

.982 

3.35 

1.13

1.00

Sept.

09,150 

5,520 

4,100 

3,470 

3,130

2,930 

2,760 

1,110 

510 

1,450

1,370 

1,500 

1,780 

1,760 

1,260

742 

1,180 

1,180 

1,160 

1,140

1,130 

904 

638 

1,120 

2,100

1,090 

958 

878 

677 

219

Run-off In 

Inches

0.31 

.31 

.35

13.09

.43 

.96 

1.51 

2.09 

.78 

.64 

1.13 

3.86 

1.26

13.63

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (6 p.m.) 16,700 sec.-ft.; July 30 (5:30 p.m.) 12,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 

(8p.m.) 61.90O seo.-ft.j Aug. 31 (5 a.m.) 40,900 ^ec.-ft,

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Tennessee River at Knoxville 

and French Broad River at Dandridge.

o Stage-discharge relation affected by return of overbank storage; discharge computed on basis of 

backwater curve defined by discharge measurements.

f Discharge computed on basis of wholly or partly estimated gage heights.
538 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Toe River at Newdale, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°54'30", long. 82°11'30", at bridge on State 

Highway 69 at Newdale, Yancey County, li miles upstream from Little Crabtree Creek 

and 6i miles east of Burnsville. Datum of gage is 2,443.98 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 60.8 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 29,400 second-feet Aug. 13 (ga.ge height, 17.4 

feet), from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet on basis of discharge measurement at 16.9 feet and contracted-opening computation at 17.4 feet; minimum, 21 

second-feet Nov. 15, 16, Dec. 6-11 (gage height, 1.E3 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 13 second-feet Aug. 

7, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

64 

85 

55 

46 

48

39 

35 

39 

35 

33

33 

31 

33 

33 

31

31 

35 

39 

26 

35

26

27 

35 

27 

25

33 

23 

25 

29 

39 

37

Hov.

25 

23 

35 

33 

22

27 

23 

35 

27 

23

37 

22 

35 

22 

33

21 

22 

23 

23 

39

4S 

37 

37 

31 

27

29 

27 

25 

26 

22

Dec.

23 

37 

23 

40 

31

86 

#26 

26 

27 

27

25 

23 

27 

31 

31

27 

23 

23 

25 

37

46 

29 

31 

44 

42

39 

42 

39 

35 

55 

29

Jan.

b2S 

b24 

b26 

*25 

26

b26 

27 

31 

b2S 

b26

27 

33 

42 

126 

b!30

*b65 

b50 

b48 

b46 

b36

b2S 

»b2S 

b30 

b30 

b30

b2S 

b2S 

b28 

b28 

*b30 

b30

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

JUD 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

n

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

b30 

30 

31 

30 

34

42 

85 

71 

*53 

91

173 

97 

S2 

176

112

103 

68 

112 

167 

148

115 

97 

S5 

85 

88

76 

S8 

263 

246

Mar.

20S 

227 

700 

500 

295

223

181 

161 

138 

125

122 

198 

205 

250 

212

158 

141 

135 

255 

184

151 

138 

122 

119 

112

103 

109 

112 

242 

404 

343

Second - 

foot-days

1,132 

859 

969

47,632

1,1SS 

2,898 

6,573 

11,982 

3,359 

3,860 

3,531 

34,646 

7,071

76,268

Apr.

216 

201 

164 

184

151

128 

125 

755 

320 

219

188 

171 

154 

138

131

122 

115 

112 

3,070 

1,660

754 

473 

431 

4S5 

340

2S6 

250 

223 

208 

188

Maximum

S5 

48 

46

1,790

130 

263 

700 

3,070 

171 

480 

346 

11,800 

963

11,600

May

161 

171 

161 

154 

144

135 

128 

125 

128 

122

122 

109 

100 

97 

91

103 

8S 

S8 

85 

85

S2 

100 

85 

SS 

112

88 

S2 

79 

76 

8S 

82

Minimum

23 

21 

23

21

24 

30 

103 

112 

76 

63 

65 

69 

92

21

June

74 

71 

69 

69 

71

63 

69 

127 

139 

106

140 

217 

177 

209

125

112

480 

276 

174 

151

122 

106 

100 

96 

109

91 

79 

76 

88 

74

July

88 

65 

66 

131 

91

69 

71 

85 

79 

79

122

es

85 

94 

65

74 

142 

2S6 

346 

177

135 

112 

119 

97 

94

76 

76 

97 

S2 

154 

146

Mean

36.5 

28.6 

31.3

130

38.3 

99.9 

212 

399 

10S 

129 

114 

1,124 

236

214

Aug.

85 

76 

69 

69 

85

109 

144 

97 

103 

94

736 

2,840 

11,800 

2,900 

1,140

763 

577 

471 

407 

342

305 

309 

256 

234 

216

202 

192 

185 

1,710 

6,710 

1,620

Per square 

mile

0.600 

.470 

.515

2.14

.630 

1.64 

3.49 

6.56 

1.78 

2.12 

1.88 

18.5 

3.8S

3.52

Sept.

963 

665 

516 

427 

376

326 

297 

267 

245 

231

216 

199 

1S9 

175 

166

158 

148 

142 

139 

132

126 

120

117 

114 

117

110 

101 

9S 

95 

92

Run-off In 

Inches

0.69 

.53 

.59

29.13

.73 

1.77 

4.02 

7.33 

2.05 

2.36 

2.16 

21.31 

4.33

47.87

Peak dls (ITS 

_._- Apr. 19 (6 p.m.) 10,600 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (4 p. 

"sec.-ft.

.) 29,400 fee.-ft.; Aug. 30

) 12,

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 539

Cane River near Sioux, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°01', long. 82°20', on State Highway'19, 1.4 miles 

upstream from mouth and It miles east of Sioux, Yancey County. Datum of. gage is 

2,045.24 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 157 square miles.

Itecoras available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 27,300 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 17.8 

reetTT by slope-area method; minimum, 18 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 1.14 feet), 

result of low temperature; minimum daily, 31 second-feet Oct. 14, 16.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 6, 1940; 

minimum daily, that of Oct. 14, 16, 1939.

Revision.- The maximum discharge for the water year 1934 has been revised to 11,400 

second-feet July 15 (gage height, 12.10 feet), superseding figure published in WaterSupply Paper 758.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by small 

mills and power plant above station.

Rating tables, water year 1959-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In fiet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 15 Aug. 14 to Sept. 50

1.5 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

31

53

83

137

207

SOS

448

675

4.0 

4.5

7

e 

10 

12

955

1,260

1,660

2,520

3,560

4,740

7,450

11,200

1.6 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

80

116

184

266

410

660

955

1,660

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

191 

116 

93 

112 

42

65 

55 

59 

49 

55

59 

65 

55 

51 

41

31 

52 

47 

62 

46

67 

36 

52 

41 

38

37 

52 

81 

110 

43 

45

Nov.

47 

a 40 

a44 

46 

51

48 

54 

67 

70 

5S

59 

37 

44 

49 

65

59 

49 

55 

3B 

79

76 

95 

80 

aSO 

a70

855 

a50 

a60 

a60 

a50

Dec.

< a55 

a60 

a55 

a50 

a55

a50 

«a50 

52 

48 

52

69 

65 

49 

61 

52

57 

49 

64 

70 

100

58 

60 

57 

122 

99

eo

106 

121 

S5 

66 

61

Jan.

65 

42 

b60 

b50 

66

56 

79 

101 

58 

46

61 

112 

156 

205 

209

175 *iie

b95 

b85 

a70

a65 

a65 

a60 

55 

45

a50 

a50 

a50 

a50 

a55 

a60

Month

Oct 

NOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Pel 

Mar 

Apr 

MW

JUD

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

in

alendar year 19.59 ..........:

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

*a70 

b65 

68 

S4 

99

159 

154 

76 

96 

105

140 

150 

107 

208 

162

148 

140 

451 

521 

555

256 

255 

194 

155 

156

120 

105 

*279 

509

Mar.

261 

257 

511 

56S 

564

278 

226 

200 

200 

135

156 

285 

561 

5S6 

587

279 

253 

217 

384 

512

251 

226 

197 

186 

182

165 

185 

176 

202 

529 

461

Secondfoot-days

1,928 

1,715 

2,053

67,684

2,490 

5,101 

8,598 

9,407 

4,058 

5,965 

5,910 

55,794 

6,990

86,010

Apr.

328 

306 

274 

352 

294

235 

210 

374 

328 

245

226 

217 

195 

173 

175

160 

177 

173 

304 

1,200

548 

420 

375 

475 

374

515 

276 

244 

226 

208

Maximum

191 

93 

122

1,460

209 

521 

588 

1,200 

205 

522 

501 

10,200 

957

10,200

Bay

201 

205 

195 

175 

127

139 

140 

134 

167 

171

140 

124 

122 

132 

127

177 

96 

96 

99 

113

104 

95 

92 

104 

122

115 

110 

98 

96 

119 

123

Mini* 

51 

35 

37

31

42 

65 

135 

160 

92 

61 

86 

129 

87

31

Juno

127 

63 

61 

67 

65

76 

96 

104 

8S 

146

185 

522 

256 

195 

157

117 

135 

192 

169 

157

124 

122 

79 

9S 

1S7

127 

158 

94 

113 

65

July

86 

157 

207 

245 

175

127 

127 

151 

142 

12S

187 

149 

267 

185 

164

ISO 

254 

225 

238 

209

178 

161 

202 

156 

170

175 

144 

150 

150 

501 

5S4

Mean

62.2 

57.1 

66.4

185

SO. 5 

176 

277 

514 

131 

132 

191 

1,090 

255

255

Au«.

241 

185 

161 

136 

129

179 

546 

202 

171 

159

365 

1,960 

10,200 

4,140 

1,740

1,150 

S54 

65S 

617 

465

590 

556 

305 

276 

246

245 

226 

209 

555 

5,510 

1,440

Per square 

mile

0.396 

.564 

.423

1.16

.511 

1.12 

1.76 

2.00 

.854 

.841 

1.22 

6.94 

1.48

1.50

Sept.

957 

660 

496 

398 

343

305 

276 

246 

254 

252

224

169 

179 

186 

150

160 

164 

159 

138 

142

151 

105 

110 

118 

137

147 

131 

101 

105 

S7

Run-off In 

Inches

0.46 

.41 

.49

16.05

.59 

1.21 

2.04 

2.25 

.96 

.94 

1.40 

8.01 

1.66

20.40

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (4:30 p.m.) 27,300 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (7:45 a.m.) 8,780 sec.-ft. 

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on recorded range In stage, two discharge measurements, 

weather records, and records for nearby streams. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
540 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Pigeon River at Sevlerville, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°52'34", long. 83°34'36", at Eckel farmhouse, half 

a mile downstream from Sevlerville, Sevler County, and half a mile downstream from confluence or East and West Forks. Datum of gage Is 881.44 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 353 square miles.

Records available.- November 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 561 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,760 second-feet Aug. 14 (gafe height, 9.17 

feet); minimum, 30 second-feet Oct. 27 (gage height, 0.58 foot); minimum dally, 40 

second-feet Oct. 22, 25.

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 32,000 second-feet June 29, 1928 (gage height, 15.4 

feet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet; minimum, 2.8 second-feet 

Sept. 21, 1925 (gage height, 0.33 foot); minimum dally, 8.4 second-feet Sept. 9, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants on forks.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 30 Aug. 31 to Sept. 30

47

67

93

124

198

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

343

626

975

1,400

1,860

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

2,350

2,860

3,430

4,030

0.9 97

1.0 129

1.2 207

1.5 355

2.0 650

2.5 1,020

3.0 1,440

3.5 1,860

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

72 

112 

88 

67 

63

54 

55 

49 

55 

53

49 

53 

49 

49 

44

47 

46 

47 

46 

44

42 

40 

47 

41 

40

44

41 

53 

44 

61 

49

Nov.

57 

53 

51 

53 

46

59 

51 

47 

51 

53

55 

51 

59 

55 

51

49 

51 

53 

46 

77

115 

85 

80 

f83 

f57

a58 

f61 

63 

55 

55

Dec.

65 

65 

85 

80 

65

61 

55 

59 

55 

47

65 

61 

67 

99 

77

65 

55 

59 

59 

124

156 

99 

83 

186 

f!48

6120 

a!65 

a 140 

a!20 

99 

83

Jan.

83 

61 

a54 

a57 

a60

59 

59

65 

63 

55

67 

102 

142 

928 

610

301 

207 

167 

124 

86

108 

63 

142 

118 

f72

a70 

f75 

f63 

f77 

88 

85

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

85 

99 

60 

90 

99

163 

359 

229 

171 

562

687 

386 

307 

742 

499

365 

307 

797 

1,220 

797

586 

459 

359 

322 

317

271 

317 

1,320

983

Mar.

716 

671 

1,340 

938 

616

487 

397 

343 

291 

252

252 

1,140 

975 

1,640 

1,440

840 

610 

510 

1,320 

922

665 

545 

459 

414

370

343 

317 

301 

312 

1,090 

1,380

Secondfoot-days

1,644 

1,780 

2,767

153,170

4,333 

12,978 

21,896 

20,517 

7,258 

9,223 

14,305 

21,464 

6,762

124,927

Apr.

762 

598 

510 

690 

690

510 

431 

640 

566 

442

386 

403 

365 

322

301

276 

266 

247 

904 

2,350

1,530 

1,040 

952 

1,440 

1,010

748 

604 

504 

436 

392

Maximum

112 

115 

186

6,330

92S 

1,320 

1,640 

2,350 

436 

855 

1,220 

3,860 

855

3,860

May

386 

370 

3S7 

301 

266

242 

2S9 

216 

305 

436

354 

281 

247 

2S4 

233

276 

211 

190 

182

175

167 

156 

148 

163 

190

167 

167 

152 

148 

167 

182

MlnlMma

40 

46 

47

40

54 

80 

25S 

247 

148 

131 

190 

171 

103

40

June

167 

152 

152 

138 

159

145 

131 

152 

198 

248

381 

419 

592 

527 

338

276 

333 

386 

386 

464

266 

207 

175 

186 

622

333 

229 

198 

855 

406

Jvly

276 

294 

1,030 

1,220 

710

476 

381 

353 

386 

453

386 

380 

1,100 

729 

504

442 

610 

487 

386 

322

276 

238 

211 

190 

306

2S3 

198 

226 

312 

498 

707

Mean

53.0 

59.3 

89.3

420

140 

448 

706 

684 

234 

307 

461 

692 

225

341

Aug.

1,060 

436 

307 

247 

211

207 

381 

271 

276 

252

207 

193 

703 

2,130 

3,860

1,230 

732 

533 

535 

481

381 

345 

286 

252 

220

202 

182 

171 

343 

3,080 

1,750

p\v square 

mile

0.150 

.168 

.253

1.19

.397 

1.27 

2.00 

1.94 

.666 

.870 

1.31 

1.96 

.637

.966

Sept.

655 , 

584 

448 

366 

315

276 

243 

219 

200 

216

319 

221 

195 

178 

162

151 

140 

133 

126

183

113 

110 

103 

103 

123

249 

148 

123 

110 

110

Run-off In 

inches

0.17 

.19 

.29

16.14

.46

1.37 

2.31 

2.16 

.76 

.97 

1.51 

2.26 

.71

13.16

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Little River near Walland 

and Tellieo River at Tellieo Plains.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

South Fork of Holston River at Vestal, Va.

541

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°39'06", long. 81°50'39 n , at highway bridge at 

Vestal, Washington County, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Laurel Creek and 

4f miles upstream from Middle Fork of Holston River. Datum of gage Is 1,792.30 feet 

above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 301 square miles.

Records' available.- November 1931 to September 194O.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 13.25 

feet); minimum, 39 second-feet Oct. 12 (gage height, 2.29 feet); minimum dally, 76 

second-feet Oct. 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, Dec. 10.

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 26, 1935 (gage heigtt, 13.26 

feet); minimum, 33 second-feet Feb. 10, 1934 (gage height, 2.29 feet); minimum daily, 

64 second-feet Sept. 18, 1932.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-lreight record, which are fair. Flow regulated by power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In fret, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

2.5

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

5.5

5.6 

4.0 

4.5

549

505

750

1,040

1,770

2,650

3,620

5,960

8,750

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

150 

129 

97 

89 

88

86 

84 

80 

85 

79

81 

80 

81 

80 

76

76 

82 

76 

81 

82

84 

76 

82 

80 

76

82 

92 

102 

98 

90 

90

Nov.

86 

86 

62 

82 

84

86 

89 

79 

84 

82

82 

7S 

80 

80 

82

82 

78 

82 

77 

91

96 

114 

107 

95 

89

85 

83 

78 

84 

80

Dec.

80 

86 

92 

86 

86

83 

86 

83 

S2 

76

85 

86 

84 

92 

82

86 

78 

82 

80 

168

156 

96 

89 

120 

98

98 

110 

116 

98 

95 

80

Jan.

76 

TOO 

b80 

b80 

b80

b80 

b80 

77 

79 

b80

*81 

88 

108 

206 

275

- 150 

156 

118 

102 

blOO

97 

97 

92 

90 

b90

b85 

b90 

b85 

b85 

a85 

a90

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1959-4

Feb.

a95 

alOO 

a90 

a90 

alOO

124 

21S 

164 

148 

199

508 

250 

215 

458 

584

303 

267 

685 

922 

712

568 

424 

538 

29S 

280

256 

242

420 

602

Mar.

574 

554 

662 

828 

689

542

457 

580 

524 

278

2S8 

492 

514 

526 

546

510 

457 

406 

674 

724

618 

520 

450 

574 

528

288 

292 

268 

288 

528 

515

Secondfoot-days

2,692 

2,559 

2,901

120,590

5,144 

9,220 

14,652 

15,067 

8,188 

10,625 

15,625 

56,995 

6,689

128,555

Apr.

489 

442 

594 

452 

418

584 

548 

548 

557 

298

272 

294 

26S 

267 

259

246 

252 

227 

500 

1,500

1,400 

946 

745 

915 

845

6S5 

552 

452 

388 

348

Maximum

150 

114 

168

5,680

275 

922 

828 

1,800 

938 

911 

3,440 

9,180 

552

9,180

May

356 

562 

514 

504 

278

254

240 

251 

256 

274

242 

226 

214 

206 

196

204 

186 

175 

166 

272

224 

205 

194 

208 

216

208 

250 

215 

198 

416 

938

Minimum

76 

77 

76

72

77 

90 

278 

227 

166 

190 

174 

238 

156

76

June

607 

451 

346 

2S6 

258

220

20S 

245 

506 

275

505 

298 

566 

506 

252

248 

554 

911 

746 

647

470 

564 

505 

276 

421

502 

255 

224 

225 

190

July

174 

204 

2718 

50.0 

419

518 

278 

277 

275 

246

526 

504 

528 

271 

258

262 

1,050 

814 

481 

564

290 

252 

227 

246 

560

254 

204 

196 

191 

5,440 

2,580

Mean

86.8 

85.5 

95.6

550

101 

518 

475 

502 

264 

554 

504 

1,193 

223

551

Av«.

2,190 

1,100 

708 

536 

442

594 

563 

512 

272 

248

240 

238 

1,040 

9,180 

4,790

5,150 

2,080 

1,840 

1,400 

1,050

814 

684 

572 

478 

419

578 

349 

557 

552 

500 

559

Per square 

mile

0.28F 

.26? 

.511

1.10

 35C 

1.06 

1.57 

1.67 

.877 

1.18 

1.67 

3.96 

.743

1.17

Sept.

552 

441 

370 

322 

293

266 

252 

234 

226 

262

264 

222 

204 

192 

186

182 

170 

165 

158 

158

150 

146 

146 

143 

185

203 

155 

146 

136 

138

Run-off in 

inches

0.33 

.32 

.36

14.92

.39

1.14 i.ei

1.86 

1.01 

1.31 

1.93 

4.57 

.83

15.66

Peak discharge.- July 50 (5 p.m.) 7,600 sec.-ft.j Aug. 14 (6-7 a.m.) 10,600 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Ho gage-height record) discharge computed on basia of records for Middle Fork of Holston River 

ear Meadowview. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
542 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°28'38", long. 82°15'47", 100 feet upstream from 

bridge on U. S.-Highways HE and 19 at Bluff City, Sullivan County, 6CO feet downstream 

from Southern Ry. bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Inc'ian Creek, and 5 

miles upstream from Beaver Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,368.35 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 813 square miles.

Records available^- July 1900 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

July 1900 to December 1906 (revised) and January 1907 to September 1924 In Tennessee 

Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 40 years, 1,211 second-feet.

Extremes.- mxlmum discharge during year, 18,200 second-feet Aug. 14 (gafe height, 11.60 

feetj; minimum, 45 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.00 foot), result of low temperature; minimum daily, 106 second-feet Jan. 20.

1900-40: Maximum.discharge observed, 28,000 second-feet May 22, 1P01 (gage height, 

15.0 feet, site then In use, from rating curve extended above 5,500 second-feet: minimum discharge, that of Jan. 3, 1940; minimum gage height, -0.18 foot, site then In use, 

Sept. 9, 1925; minimum daily discharge recorded, that of Jan. 20, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by snail mills above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

.6

102

140

218

352

1.5 

2.0 

2.7 

3.5

482

809

1,350

2,100

4.5 

6.0

e.o

10.0

3,200

5,460

9,280

14,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1">4Q

Day

1 

& 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

215 

248 

201 

204 

195

166 

184 

1S1 

191 

134

179 

179 

179 

f!68 

f!68

173 

136 

1S1 

179 

166

161 

158 

170 

f!36 

f!68

176 

171 

184 

206 

206 

179

Nov.

204 

195 

179 

173 

179

204 

173 

189 

189 

181

178 

168 

173 

158 

171

163 

168 

16S 

179 

197

168 

241 

231 

215 

186

193 

192 

147 

176 

171

Dec.

173 

168 

172 

195 

166

186 

, 166 

168 

168 

170

171 

149 

198 

195 

201

179 

180 

189 

147 

281

560 

2S1 

228 

255 

284

231 

244 

277 

262 

238 

215

Jan.

201 

125 

109 

165 

206

142 

171 

192 

173 

166

204 

212 

221 

325 

564

545 

579 

288 

250 

106

156 

206 

163 

1S9 

173

165 

136 

1)121 

126 

163 

168

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

0

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

n

alendar year 19!

ater year 1959-^to ...........

Feb.

192 

198 

177 

179 

201

215 

389 

461 

456 

419

585 

668 

539 

795 

948

766 

609 

552 

1,550 

1,260

1,260 

992 

795 

648 

689

539 

516 

S75 

1,180

Mar.

1,260 

1,070 

1,030 

1,260 

1,310

1,070 

869 

759 

648 

583

545 

1,030 

1,070 

1,100 

1,550

1,100 

955 

S31 

1,140 

1,480

1,510 

1,070 

897 

809 

6S2

642 

602 

615 

615 

635 

955

Second - 

foot-days

5.542 

5,505 

6,497

269,569

6,510 

18,351 

29,312 

30,772 

16,190 

19,911 

34,717 

78,516 

17,520

269,341

Apr.

1,070 

992 

860 

689 

8S2

824 

751 

702 

730 

682

628 

609 

655 

609 

585

570 

528 

516 

b.461 

hl,SOO

h2,900 

h2,400 

hi, 610 

hi, 660 

al,610

al,350 

al,180 

al,050 

a882 

a809

Maximum

248 

241 

360

6,810

564 

1,350 

1,480 

2,900 

1,190 

1,660 

7,920 

13,400 

1,440

13,400

May

a773 

a730 

a6S2 

a 655 

a609

a577 

a535 

f482 

482 

570

559 

499 

461 

466 

434

429 

414 

389 

374 

552

602 

471 

434 

404 

424

409 

389 

424 

399 

394 

1,190

Minimm

126 

147 

147

126

106 

177 

545 

461 

374 

389 

328 

540 

557

106

June

1,550 

911 

696 

596 

499

450 

414 

389 

461 

471

505 

522 

635 

609 

482

440 

493 

1,280 

 1,660 

1,180

935 

730 

689 

488 

642

615 

539 

488 

450 

394

Jul-r

352 

328 

440 

860 

1,030

751 

615 

552 

558 

552

1,740 

809 

897 

757 

683

533

1,760 

2,300 

1,350 

853

759 

622 

552 

516 

751

602 

477 

434 

404 

4,100 

7,920

Mean

179 

183 

210

739

210 

635 

946 

1,026 

522 

664 

1,120 

2,555 

584

736

Aug.

4,510 

2,620 

1,610 

1,220 

1,030

911 

675 

795 

682 

622

582 

540 

642 

11,800 

13,400

6,480 

4,640 

3,850 

5,670 

5,490

2,280 

1,810 

1,650 

1,590 

1,180

1,070 

992 

911 

855 

1,220 

1,590

Per square 

mile

0.220 

.225 

.258

.909

.258 

.779 

1.16 

1.26 

.642 

.817 

1.38 

3.12 

.718

.905

Sept.

1,440 

1,140 

955 

S67 

787

725 

66S 

648 

589 

668

682 

596 

559 

505 

482

440

471 

440 

424 

419

414 

399 

374 

384 

424

488 

454 

404 

579 

557

Run-off In 

inches

0.25 

.25 

.50

12.35

.50 

.84 

1.54 

1.41 

.74 

.91 

1.59 

3.59 

.60

. 12.32

Peak discharge.- July 30 (11 p.m.) 16,300 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 14 (4 p.m.) 18,200 s<»c.-ft.; Aug. 15 

(4 a.m.) 18,200 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Watauga Fiver at Butler and 

Nolichucky River'at.Bnbreevllle.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Oomnuted on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

h Computed on basis of gage-height graph based on once-daily readings of staff gage.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 543

South Fork of Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°30'37", long. S2°32'10", 0.5 mile downstream 

from Carolina, Cllnchfleld & Ohio Ry. bridge, 1 mile upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 81, 3 miles southeast of Kingsport post office, Sullivan County, and 5f miles 

upstream from confluence with North Pork of Holston River.. Datum of gage Is 1,184.31 

feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,931 square miles.

Records available.- September 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 2,664 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 68,500 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 18.80 

feet); minimum, 210 second-feet Jan. 28 (gage height, -0.20 foot): minimum dally, 400 

second-feet Jan. 21.

1925-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 28, 1940: 

minimum dally, that of Jan. 21, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent, Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

OCt. Oct. 3_ 1 tn to Aug. AllfT. 1313 A~,« T A 4. _ ft ___t. frr.

0.1 

.3 

.5

400

570

780

1,010

1,410

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

2,150

3,010

3,960

4,940

7,020

Aug. 14 to Sept. 30

9,250

11,600

14,100

16,800

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

795 

1,020 

1,270 

2,020 

2,S50

2.5

3

4

5

6

3,730

4,660

6,720

9,150

11,900

10

12

14

14,800

18,000

24,800

32,200

40,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

580 

1,020 

1,000 

747 

600

590 

630 

591 

489 

552

510 

570 

49S 

- 552 

4 93

507 

507 

464 

543 

498

552 

489 

470 

552 

448

498 

507 

516 

590 

543 

570

Nov.

561 

525 

570 

525 

525

489 

580 

561 

553 

489

534 

480 

480 

553 

456

489 

498 

534 

489 

516

630 

681 

670 

670 

543

630 

516 

552 

489 

552

Dec.

49S 

590 

498 

570 

590

534 

525 

507 

534 

516

516 

610 

670 

640 

590

590 

498 

543 

610 

610

857 

890 

681 

706 

780

747 

747 

S02 

802 

758 

660

Jan.

590 

552 

463 

489 

548

4SO 

561 

498 

620 

49S

516 

650 

610 

890 

1,440

1,520 

1,110 

903 

S13 

590

400 

498 

620 

570 

534

534 

464 

412 

429 

552 

600

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

0

Jan 

F»b 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

525 

610 

552 

580 

525

630 

811 

1,130 

998 

974

1,230 

1,530 

1,330 

1,400 

2,150

1,720 

1,510 

1,350 

3,550 

3,480

3,100 

2,480 

1,900 

1,530 

1,540

1,300 

1,230 

2,150 

3,100

Mar.

3,480 

2,920 

2.56O 

3,300 

3,200

2,650 

2,230 

1,900 

1,660 

1,420

1,440 

2,400 

2,650 

2,560 

3,200

2,740 

2,400 

2,150 

2,480 

3,300

3,010 

2,480 

2,230

1,880 

1,860

1,650 

1,580 

1,700 

1,740 

1,800 

2,650

Secondfoot-days

17,681 

16,338 

19,669

697,213

19,953 

45,045 

73,220 

86,610 

46,620 

47,930 

71.987 

197,440 

50,645

693,138

Apr.

2,920 

2,740 

2,400 

2,480 

2,660

2,230 

1,930 

1,990 

2,150 

1,990

1,840 

1,780 

1,7SO 

1,660 

1,560

1,540 

1,400 

1,310 

1,490 

6,570

7,240 

5,540 

4,150 

5,140 

5,340

4,150 

3,390 

2,830 

2,310 

2,150

MflyVirtw

1,020 

681 

890

15,100

1,520 

3,550 

3,480 

7,240 

2,150 

3,100 

17,600 

39,900 

5,270

39,900

Itay

1,960 

1,990 

1,940 

1,780 

1,660

1,540 

1,450 

1,340 

1,380 

1,690

1,650 

1,420 

1,410 

1,230 

1,190

1,230 

1,240 

1,150 

1,040 

1,630

2,150 

1,750 

1,480 

1,350 

1,370

1,440 

1,310 

1,330 

1,230 

1,280 

1,960

Minimum

448 

456 

49S

448

400 

526 

1,420 

1,310 

1,040 

1,110 

879 

1,400 

823

400

June

3,100 

2,070 

1,720 

1,520 

1,300

1,220 

1,110 

1,140 

1,380 

1,420

1,400 

1,450 

1,940 

1,300 

1,550

1,270 

1,380 

1,760 

2,920 

2,740

1,990 

1,630 

1,300 

1,170 

1,350

1,510 

1,260 

1,110 

1,190 

1,230

July

902 

S79 

926 

1,350 

1,810

1,450 

1,240 

1,060 

1,240 

1,240

2,470 

1,780 

1,820 

1,930 

1,520

1,260 

2,80O 

4,640 

3,480 

2,230

1,740 

1,430 

1,350 

1,340 

2,150

1,700 

1,330 

fl,350 

1,410 

f4,460 

t 17, 600

Mean

570 

545 

634

1,910

644 

1,553 

2,362 

2,887 

1,504 

1,598 

2,322 

6,369 

1,688

1,894

Aug.

8,560 

5,740 

3,770 

2,740 

2,400

2,150 

2,400 

2,400 

1,900 

1,650

1,420 

1,400 

4,390 

35V900 

29,200

14,500 

10,200 

7,460 

6,760 

6,300

4,620 

3,830 

3,470 

3,020 

T,680

?,510 

f.340 

f,100 

?,110 

6,120 

P.400

Per equate 

mile

0.2f5 

.2f2 

.3F9

.9f9

,3f*

.SC4 

1.2? 

1.5C 

.779 

.828 

1.2C 

3.3C 

.874

.9fl

Sept.

5,270 

3,830 

3,080 

2,680 

2,340

2,130 

1,940 

1,800 

1,700 

1,740

1,940 

1,710 

1,500 

1,410 

1,330

1,270 

1,240 

1,170 

1,140 

1,100

1,070 

1,030 

1,010 

986 

1,060

1,190 

1,130 

1,020 

951 

828

Run-off In 

Inches

0.34 

.31 

.38

13.43

.38 

.87 

1.41 

1.67 

.90 

.92 

1.39 

3.80 

.98

13.35

Peak discharge.- July 31 (5 a.m.) 25,400 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (10 a.m.) 68,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

(ll p.m.) 18,700 sec.-ft. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Holston River near Rogersvllle, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°22'13", long. 82°59'58", 300 feet downstream

 from bridge on State Highways 66 and 70, half a mile upstream from Southern Ry. bridge, 

half a mile downstream from Dodson Creek, and 3 miles south of Rogersvllle, Hawklns 

County. Datum of gage Is 1,054.83 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 3,035 square miles.

Records available.- March 1902 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey.

 March 1902 to October 1924 (Including revised records prior to January 1906) In 

Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 38 years, 4,156 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 59,000 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 17.76

 feet); minimum, 278 second-feet Jan. 22 (gage height, -0.41 foot); mlrlmum dally, 525 

second-feet Oct. 24.

1902-40: Maximum discharge, 70,900 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 (gage, height, 20.0 

feet, site and datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 3F.OOO second-feet; 

minimum, that of Jan. 22, 1940; minimum dally, 459 second-feet Sept. P, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 38.4 feet Mar. 10, 1867 (referred to original site and datum).

Remarks.- Records excellent, 

above station.

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

-0.2 

0 

.4

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

455

660

1,110

0.7 

1.0 

1.5

1,520

1,970

2,790

3,700 

5,870 

S,430

14,700

21,700

29,100

14

36,700

44,300

52,000

Day

1

2

Z

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

681

744

1,160

990

842

712

702

744

681

566

660

597

639

576

608

577

597

608

555

618

597

628

545

525

639

535

5S6

62S

597

702

639

Nov.

670

681

628

670

628

597

586

702

61S

650

586

608

555

576

639

545

586

597

639

650

681

809

831

831

S42

692

734

597

670

597

-

Dec.

660

597

681

60S

670

692

60S

60S

586

639

62S

586

723

754

712

712

712

586

62S

754

734

990

1,030

978

978

1,010

1,010

1,030

1,040

978

910

Jan.

S20

734

6 IS

545

597

618

555

692

61S

734

597

61S

754

S20

1,200

2,030

1,970

1,370

1,160

967

776

768

618

831

1,140

1,040

910

692

608

608

765

Month

Oc toiler. ........................

November ........................

December. .......................

Calendar year 1939 ...........

January. ........................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May. ............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

910

723

990

809

776

831

1,090

1,580

1,610

1,700

1,820

2,290

2,290

2,370

2,960

2,960

2,540

2,290

2,450

4,840

4,310

4,100

3,230

2,540

2,210

2,020

2,150

3,700

4,310

-

'Mar.

4,950

4,520

4,420

4,620

5,060

4,520

3,600

3,050

2,620

2,210

2,210

3,420

4,620

4,420

4,730

4,730

4,100

3,420

4,000

5,400

5,280

4,310

3,600

3,050

2,880

2,620

2,450

2,450

2,450

3,580

5,280

Secondfoot-days

20,478

19,695

23,832

1,083,538

26,773

66,379

118,570

145,020

63,780

77,940

91,250

268,960

72,230

994,907

Apr.

5,870

5,060

4,420

5,170

4,620

3,900

3,420

3,060

3,230

3,320

2,880

2,880

2,700

2,620

2,450

2,370

2,210

2,080

3,200

8,430

12,400

9,870

7,890

7,890

8,430

7,100

5,630

4,620

3,800

3,510

_

Maximum

1,160

842

1,040

22,900

2,030

4,840

5,400

12,400

3,140

6,850

20,400

54,700

9,870

54,700

May

3,140

2,960

2,880

2,700

2,450

2,290

2,100

1,960

1,920

2,100

2,210

2,110

1,940

1,910

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,620

1,540

1,410

2,450

2,540

2,130

1.960

1,800

1,840

1,900

1,780

1,780

1,620

1,520

Minimum

525

545

586

525

545

723

2,210

2,080

1,410

1,610

1,180

1,780

1,200

525

June

3,500

3,700

2,880

2,290

1,960

1,880

2,070

1,800

1,800

2,210

2,210

2,450

2,790

2,790

2,290

1,970

1,880

2,180

8,850

5,400

4,310

3,230

2,540

2,000

1,850

2,130

2,000

1,730

1,640

1,610

-

July

1,540

1,180

1,200

1,490

2,290

2,370

1,820

1,790

1,680

1,740

1,720

2,960

2,370

2,700

2,540

2,020

2,340

5,630

5,280

3,600

2,620

2,210

1,910

1,720

2,700

2,620

1,910

1,700

1,840

3,360

20,400

Mean

661

656

769

2,969

864

2,289

3,825

4,834

2,057

2,598

2,944

8,676

2,408

2,718

Aug.

13,300

9,280

5,870

4,200

3,230

2,960

2,790

3,140

2,880

2,370

1,970

1,780

1,990

25,100

54,700

28,100

15,300

1Q.800

9,700

10,100

7,940

5,950

5,380

4,620

3,800

3,420

3,140

2,880

2,700

5,870

13,700

Per square 

mile

0.218

.216

.253

.978

.285

.754

1.26

1.59

.678

.856

.970

2.86

.793

.896

Sept.

9,870

6,600

4,730

3,800

3,230

3,050

2,700

2,45O

2,290

2,130

2,290

2,37O"

2,050

1,880

1,790

1,670

1,600

1,550

1,490

1,440

1,390

1,370

1,300

1,250

1,270

1,350

1,460

1,390

1,270

1,200

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.25

.24

.29

13.27

.33

.81

1.45

1.78

.78

.96

1.12

3.30

.89

12.20

Peak discharge.- Apr. 80 (11 p.m.) 14,100 sec.-ft.; July 31 (5 p. 

(6 a.m.} 59,OO5 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (9 a.m.) 18,500 see.-ft.

.) 31,400 aec.-ft.; Aug. 15
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 545

Holston River near Morristown, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°15'42", long. SST/'IS", at Morrlstown municipal 

power nouse, Just downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 25E, 300 feet upstream from 

Turkey Creek, and 3.3 miles north of Morristown, Hamblen County. Datum of gage is 

964.02 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 3,244 square miles.

Records available.- April 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 58,900 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 26.70 

feet), from rating curve 'extended above 28,000 second-feet on basis of measured floods 

at Rogersvllle and Jefferson City; minimum recorded, 422 second-feet Jan. 22 (gage 

height, 4.16 feet); minimum daily, 590 second-feet Jan. 24.

1937-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 15, 1940, minimum recorded, that of Jan. 

22, 1940; minimum daily, that of Jan. 24, 1940.

Flood of Mar. 27, 1935, reached a stage of 28.4 feet, from iloodmarlc (discharge, 

65,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage-height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

4.3

4.4 

4.7 

5.0 

5.5

550

650

1.050

1,470

2,220

6.0 

6.5

7 

S 

9

3.000

3,870

4,790

6,700

8,800

10 

12 

14 

16 

IS

11,100

15,900

20,800

25,300

31,200

22

25

43,600

53,300

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Oct.

722

746

9SO

1,260

924

770

734

710

770

686

620

674

640

662

620

686

640

650

650

620

674

650

710

630

620

722

610

693

686

698

768

Uov.

698

722

734

698

710

674

662

650

710

686

698

650

686

640

650

710

610

650

650

79S

770

812

S68

924

93S

S54

798

722

69S

722

Dec.

69S

722

662

758

674

722

758

686

662

662

758

686

734

S68

812

764

770

7S4

640

812

S54

1,050

1,190

1,220

1,130

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,180

1,130

1,050

Jan.

952

868

a770

a705

a660

a640

a710

a6SO

a740

a700

a760

a700

a770

a980

al,200

1,S80

2,300

1,840

1,390

1,010

SS2

826

6SO

590

S96

1,060

S96

798

662

610

710

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

11.T>r

Pel

April. ..........................

May.............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

868

868

S82

8S2

958

868

1,390

1,480

1.920

1,920

2,070

2,220

2,6SO

2,920

2,920

3,260

«,S40

2,600

2,520

4,790

4,600

4,410

3,690

3,920

2,520

2,370

2,220

4,600

4,700

_

-

Mar.

4,980

4,9SO

5,170

5,360

5,360

4,980

4,140

3,420

2,920

2,600

2,370

3,510

5,170

4,980

5,170

5,170

4,500

3,870

4,410

5,360

5,740

4,790

4,050

3,600

3,170

3,000

2,S40

2,760

2,S40

3,870

6,120

Secondfoot-days

22,220

21,792

27,026

1,141,243

2S,605

72,866 

131,200

157,490

70,590

81,340

90,210

272,560

76,860

1,052,959

Apr,

6,120

5,740

4,980

5,930

5,360

4,600

3,960

3,600

3,600

3,600

3,340

3,OSO

3,OOO

2,920

2,760

2,680

2,600

2,370

2,740

8,140

13,000

10,600

3,360

3,800

8,800

7,51O

6,120

5,170

4,320

3,690

~

Maximum

1,260

938

1,220

23,600

2,300

4,790 

6,120

13,000

3,510

5,930

15,500

54,800

10,600

54,300

May

3,510

3,170

3,170

3,000

2,760

2,600

2,370

2,300

2,140

2,140

2,440

2,370

2,220

2,070

2,000

2,000

1,900

1,900

1,770

1,620

2,070

2,76fO

2,440

2,220

2,070

2,000

2.070

1,920

2,000

1,820

1,770

Mini***

610

610

840

610

590

S68 

2,370

2,370

1,620

1,740

1,500

1,990

1,300

590

June

2,360

4,230

3,080

2,600

2,220

2,000

2,140

2,000

1,920

2,000

2,370

2,440

2,680

3,080

2,520

2,300

2,070

2,140

5,680

5,930

4,700

3,600

2,840

2,370

2,070

2,070

2,300

2,000

1,890

1,740

-

July

1,760

1,500

1,650

1,580

1,920

2,520

2,220

2,000

1,900

1,920

1,860

2,840

2,520

2,680

2,760

2,370

2,140

4,500

5,740

4,060

3,000

2,440

2,140

1,920

2,220

2,92O

2,370

1,830

1,920

3,520

15,500

Mean

717

726

872

3,127

929

2,513 

4,232

5,S50

2,277

2,711

2,910

8,792

2,562

2,877

Avs;.

17,400

9,700

6,500

4,600

3,510

3,080

2,920

3,000

3,170

2,600

2,920

B.010

1,990

18,100

54,800

35,600

16, 600

11,500

9,640

9,550

3,320

6,110

5,500

4,980

4,140

3,600

3,340

3,000

2,920

5,360

11,800

Per square 

mile

0.221

.224

.269

.964

.286

.775 

1.30

1.62

.702

.836

.897

2.71

.790

.SS7

Sept.

10,600

7,100

5,170

4,140

3,420

3,080

8,920

2,600

2,370

2,220

2,300

2,440

2,220

2,000

1,890

1,780

1,680

1,620

1,590

1,560

1,470

1,430

1,410

1,340

1,37O

1,410

1,500

1,520

1,410

1,300

-

Run-off In 

Inches

0.25

.25

-.31

13.08

.33

.84 

1.50

1.81 -.81

.93

1.03

3>12

.88

 1*.06

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (5j30 a.m.) 14,500 sec.-ft.; July 31 (10:30 p.m.) 30,100 sec.-ft,; 'Aug. 15 

(2 to 2:30 p.m.; 68,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (3 p.m.) 17,400 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Rogersville and 

Jefferson City.
546 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 0 10'07", long. SS^SO'lO", 250 ferct upstream from 

bridge on State Highway 92, 0.4 mile downstream from Mossy Creek, and 3 miles north 

of Jefferson City, Jefferson County. Datum of gage is 920.02 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 3,429 square miles.

Records available.- April 1937 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 58,700 second-feet Aug. 15 (ga^e height, 21.80 

feet); minimum recorded, 462 second-feet Jan. 25 (gage height, 1.05 f3et); minimum 

dally, 660 second-feet Oct. 20, 25, Jan. 24.

1937-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 15, 1940; minimum recordad, that of 

Jan. 25, 1940; minimum dally, that of Oct. 20, 25, 1939, Jan. 24, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no 

which are fair. Some 'diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by 

statlon.

-height record, 

mills above

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of ioe effect (gage heig-ht. In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 

1.6 

8.0 

2.5 

5.0

610

1,080

1,470

8,120

8,840

3.5

4

3,640

4,580

8,500

13,400

18,900

18

14

16

18

20

84,900

31,000

37,400

44,100

51,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

790 

770 

862 

1,260 

1,090

957 

820 

810 

848 

790

730 

740 

700 

730 

680

670 

710 

710 

690 

660

690 

720 

720 

670 

660

710 

700 

710 

730 

690 

790

HOT.

750 

750 

780 

760 

760

720 

720 

680 

760 

740

760 

720 

710 

700 

670

730 

670 

670 

710 

790

842 

810 

904 

926 

946

946 

800 

852 

730 

780

Dec.

740 

790 

780 

780 

740

760 

820 

750 

740 

710

770 

770 

760 

862 

894

831 

810 

310 

750 

760

894 

873 

1,150 

1,260 

1,180

1,130 

1,200 

1,800 

1,170 

1,140 

1,110

Jan.

1,030 

986 

800 

760 

710

670 

760 

780 

810 

710

831 

730 

760 

904 

1,080

1,520 

2,330 

1,980 

1,460 

1,170

968 

680 

b670 

b660 

b890

al,130 

a950 

a870 

a820 

a750 

a720

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fetr 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

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Feb.

a8SO 

a900 

750 

968 

986

936 

1,240 

1,350 

1,850 

1,850

2,120 

2,120 

2,620 

3,070 

2,840

3,390 

8,990 

2,690 

2,690 

3,980

4,890 

4,520 

3,980 

3,230 

2,690

2,400 

2,260 

4,580 

4,890

Mar.

5,080 

5,870 

5,460 

6,030 

5,650

5,870 

4,520 

3,810 

3,830 

2,760

2,540 

3,230

5,270 

5,460 

5,650

5,650 

4,890 

4,340 

4,520 

5,270

6,030 

5,270 

4,430 

3,900 

3,390

3,230 

3,150 

2,990 

2,990 

3,470 

6,420

Secondfoot-days

23,801 

23,086

27,874

1,197,893

29,769 

73,480 

139,170 

167,450 

73,960 

82,750 

85,740 

278,050 

80,420

1,085,550

Apr.

6,620

6,820 

5,460 

6,030 

6,030

5,080 

4,340 

3,980 

3,810 

3,720

3,720 

3,310 

3,230 

3,150 

2,990

2,840 

2,760 

2,540 

2,540 

7,020

12,600 

11,600 

9,160 

9,640 

9,160

8,280 

6,820 

5,840 

4,890 

4,070

Maximum

1,260 

946 

1,250

23,400

2,330 

4,890 

6,420 

12,600 

3,900 

6,420 

10,400 

49,000 

11,300

49,000

May

3,900 

3,560 

3,390 

3,150 

2,990

2,760 

8,540 

2,470 

8,260 

2,260

2,470 

2,540 

2,400 

2,190 

2,120

2,050 

1,980 

1,980 

1,850 

1,720

1,780 

2,840 

2,540 

2,400 

2,120

1,980 

2,120 

1,980 

1,980 

1,920 

1,780

Minimum

660 

670 

710

660

660 

750 

2,540 

2,540 

1,720 

1,780 

1,590 

2,020 

1,360

660

June

1,850 

4,850 

3,390 

2,340 

8,330

2,050 

2,260 

2,190 

1,980 

1,920

2,400 

2,400 

2,620 

3,150 

2,760

2,330 

2,120 

2,120 

4,440 

6,420

4,890 

3,980 

3,070 

2,540 

2,120

2,050 

2,330 

2,120 

2,050 

1,780

Jxly

1,720 

1,590 

1,660 

1.590 

1,730

2.400 

2,400 

2,050 

2,050 

1,920

1,920 

2,520 

2,760 

2,620 

2,920

£.540 

2,330 

5,710 

£,840 

4,520

3,310 

f,620 

f,330 

?,050 

1,980

3,150 

2,540 

1,980 

1,980 

2,620 

10,400

Mean

768 

770 

899

3,282

960 

2,534 

4,489 

5,582 

2,386 

2,758 

2,766 

S,969 

2,681

2,966

Aug.

21,000 

10,400 

7,480 

5,080 

3,810

3,230 

2,990 

2,990 

3,310 

2,760

2,330 

2,100 

2,02O 

6,160 

49,000

43,800 

18,700 

12,400 

9,840 

9,510

9,170 

6,630 

5,640 

5,270 

4,340

3,720 

3,390 

3,150 

2,990 

4,700 

10,800

Per square 

mile

0.824 

.225 

.268

.957

.280 

.759 

1.31 

1.63 

.696 

.804 

.807 

2.62 

.782

.865

Sept.

11 ,-300 

7,840 

5,650 

4,430 

3,640

3,230 

8,990 

8,690 

2,470 

2,330

8,260 

2,400 

2,190 

2,120 

1,920

1,850 

1,720 

1,720 

1,660 

1,580

1,490 

1,480 

1,430 

1,370 

1,410

1,400 

1,470 

1,550 

1,470 

1,360

Run-off in 

inches

0.26 

.25 

.30

18.99

.32 

.80 

1.51 

1.88 

.SO 

.90 

.93 

3.02 

.87

11.78

Peak discharge^- Apr. 21 (12 a.) 14.400 sec. -ft.: AUK. 1 (4 a.a. ) 28,800 sei.-ft.; Aug. IB (9

p.m.) 66,700 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (8:30 p.m.) 16,100 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Morristown and 

Strawberry Plains.

b Stage-discharge relationship affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 647

Holston River at Strawberry Plains, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38 003'29", long. 83°42'18", 100 feet downstream 

from concrete highway bridge, 1 mile west of Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, and 

17 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 838.39 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 3,6£6 square miles.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 4,46£ second-feet.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 57,100 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 18.62 

feet); minimum, 600 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 0.61 foot).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 6£,900 second-feet (revised) Mar. £8, 1935 (gage height, 

20.£0 feet); minimum, that of Jan. 7, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent except for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

0.6 690

.S 805

1.0 1,040

1.3 1,450

1.7 

2.0

2,070

2,600

2.5 3,640

4,820

4 7,470

5 10,400

6 13,600

8 20,800

10

12

15

18

28,800

36,000

45,200

55,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

SOS 

828 

840 

1,030 

1,310

1,050 

944 

862 

861 

886

816 

728 

783 

728 

750

695 

739 

750 

760 

761

695 

760 

717 

761 

695

696 

783 

728 

728 

761 

717

HOT.

794 

761 

783 

S51 

772

783 

728 

728 

684 

772

772 

772 

706 

717 

706

706 

750 

684 

706 

805

932 

874 

840 

932 

980

968 

944 

816 

S28 

739

Dec.

794 

761 

805 

739 

783

728 

761 

816 

739 

750

717 

783 

794 

783 

908

897 

861 

840 

S40 

783

S16 

908 

1,040 

1,310 

1,240

1,180 

1,250 

1,230 

1,210 

1,180 

1,130

Jan.

1,080 

992 

932 

794 

772

696 

642 

794 

728 

794

728 

851 

761 

840 

1,000

1,230 

1.S90 

2,190 

a2,050 

al,600

al,200 

al,000 

b860 

b850 

bl,130

bl,070 

b980 

b900 

b820 

b840 

b820

Month

Oct 

MOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

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ater year 1939-4

Feb.

944 

980 

1,070 

8S8 

1,030

1,030 

1,040 

1,450 

1,600 

1,990

2,050 

2, ISO 

2,290 

2,990 

3,200

3,200 

3,310 

2,890 

2,790 

2,990

6,320 

4,820 

4,580 

3,640 

2,990

2,510 

2,510 

3,550 

5,440

Mar.

5,200 

5,570 

5,570 

6,630 

5,960

5,830 

5,200 

4,340 

3,640 

3,100

2,790 

3,100 

4,S20 

6,090 

6,360

6,090 

6,670 

4,940 

4,700 

5,200

6,220 

5,960 

5,070 

4,340 

3,760

3,530 

3,420 

3,310 

3,310 

3,530 

6,090

Secondroot-days

24,936 

23.S33 

28,366

1,278,910

31,633 

76,152 

149,240 

17S.740 

79,730 

85,500 

84,960 

261,740 

87,390

1,131,220

Apr.

6,910 

6,770 

6,090 

6,220 

6,910

5.S30 

5,070 

4,460 

4,100 

4,100

4,100 

3,760 

3,640 

3,420 

3,310

3,100 

2,990 

2,790 

2,790 

5,780

11,400 

12,300 

10,100 

9,810 

9,510

9,210 

7,750 

6,500 

5,440 

4,580

Maximum

1,310 

980 

1,310

E4,800

2,190 

5,440 

6,630 

12,300 

4,340 

7,050 

5,700 

53,400 

13,OOO

53,400

May

4,340 

3,980 

3,640 

3,530 

3,310

3,100 

2,890 

2,700 

2,510 

2,380

2,510 

2,700 

2,600 

2,380 

2,370

2,220 

2,140 

2,090 

2,020 

1,910

1,750 

2,400 

2,790 

2,600 

2,330

2,140 

2,120 

2,170 

2,010 

2,160 

1,940

Minimum

695 

684 

717

684

642 

828 

2,790 

2,790 

1,750 

1,880 

1,680 

E.120 

1,420

642

June

1,880 

3,200 

3,980 

3,100 

2,600

2,220 

2,070 

2,330 

2,140 

1,990

2,210 

2,400 

2,600 

2,890 

2,890

2,510 

2,420 

2,210 

2,660 

7,060

5,570 

4,680 

3,536 

2,890 

2,510

2,120 

2,210 

2,510 

2,290 

2,040

July

1,860 

1,880 

1,680 

1,810 

1,690

2,070 

2,700 

2,290 

2,160 

2,010

1,990 

1.910 

3,100 

2,600 

2,790

2,790 

2,420 

a4,600 

f5,700 

6,440

3,980 

2,990 

2,600 

2,380 

2,420

2,700 

2,990 

2,400 

1,970 

2,070 

6,070

Mean

804 

794 

915

3,504

1,020 

2,591 

4,814 

5,958 

2,572 

2,850 

2,741 

9,088 

2,913

3,091

A']«.

22,400 

11,400 

8,620 

6,090 

4,460

3,530 

3,200 

2,990 

3,310 

3,100

2,510 

2,260 

2,120 

2,320 

38,600

53,400 

24,600 

13,700 

1C, 300 

9,640

5,900 

7,690 

6,100 

E,700 

4,820

4,100 

3,640 

2,420 

!,100 

3,530 

7,190

Per square 

mile

0.21T2 

.219 

.2E2

.9f6

,2fl 

.715 

1.33 

1.64 

.7C9 

.7E6 

.7E6 

2.51 

.8C3

.8f2

Sept.

13,000 

9,210 

6,600 

4,940 

4,100

3,630 

3,200 

2,890 

2,600 

2,420

2,260 

2,330 

2,510 

2,190 

2,040

1,910 

1,830 

1,740 

1,690 

1,640

1,580 

1,620 

1,500 

1,440 

1,460

1,420 

1,440 

1,520 

1,540 

1,440

Run-off In 

Inches

0.26 

.24 

.29

13.11

.32 

.77 

1.53 

1.S3 

.82 

.88 

.87 

2.89 

.90

11.60

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (8 p.m.) 14,300 sec.-ft.; Aug. 1 (12.-30 p.m.) 28,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 16 

(9 a.m.) 57,1OO sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (5 a.m.) 15,700 sec.-ft.

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at 'Jefferson City, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
548 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Middle Fork of Holston River near Meadowview, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°42'47", long. 81°49'08", at highway bridge threequarters of a mile upstream from Cedar Creek and 4 miles southeast of Meadowvlew, 

Washington County. Datum of gage Is 1,820.22 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 211 square miles.

Records available.- November 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,570 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 8.00 

rest); minimum, 6 second-feet Jan. 81, 22, Feb. 1 (gage height, 1.47 feet): minimum 

daily, 9 second-feet Oct. 15.

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 5,360 second-feet Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 8.59 

feet); minimum, 6 second-feet Nov. 10, 1933, Dec. 4, 1936, Jan. 21, 22, Feb. 1, 19 

minimum daily, 9 second-feet Sept. 24, Oct. 15, 1939 (Sunday regulation) .

1940;

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.5

1.6

8.0

7

12

33

69

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

3.0

119

179

247

410

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

660

955

1.S30

2,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

ie

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2V

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11

58

61

61

60

60

62

13

59

60

60

58

62

60

9

53

54

44

42

42

45

10

46

54

46

42

60

4S

46

55

60

Nov.

42

44

46

58

46

4S

56

53

49

43

48

47

46

4S

50

50

56

61

22

59

60

53

51

56

60

32

53

52

49

47

-

Deo.

47

56

42

55

47

50

47

46

47

30

53

53

54

35

50

50

26

55

4S

5S

66

63

56

46

36

66

59

53

56

54

41

Jan.

4S

45

' a40

41

44

50

60

162

110

76

70

68

50

15

61

57

3S

41

48

48

44

38

50

48

Month

October. ........................

November ........................

January. ........................

February ........................

II arch

April. ..........................

MBT ... .

June ............................

July............................

August ..........................

Water year 1939-'to ...........

Feb.

46

51

54

59

51

57

100

146

102

93

176

148

105

124

194

138

104

94

200

245

292

204

154

158

188

130 tie

176

353

_

-

Mar.

2S2

220

IS 6

274

262

209

172

132

155

97

132

114

186

1S8

206

211

167

178

231

376

267

216

191

133

154

114

122

120

124

136

194

Secondfoot-days

1,501

1,485

1,547

59,646

1,632

3,926

5,729

6,326

3,602

4,997

7,921

20,125

4,038

62,329

Apr.

250

206

174

176

210

178

136

144

162

160

140

144

138

132

144

122

128

127

108

380

670

407

278

518

324

264

223

171

168

144

-

Maximum

62

61

66

1,290

162

333

376

670

676

746

1,060

2,600

262

2,600

May

140

148

140

121

99

124

104

90

120

107

111

96

112

96

87

91

86

62

64

93

90

84

66

74

79

68

82

89

86

95

676

Minimum

9

22

28

9

15

39

97

108

64

66

85

122

70

9

June

321

194

160

120

112

111

96

90

86

106

98

162

122

106

78

66

200

746

400

276

204

154

112

130

143

164

150

114

99

77

-

Ju]y

85

102

162

461

304

206

141

158

129

122

112

122

139

110

112

100

865

804

323

243

171

156

140

134

154

124

104

92

104

862

1,060

Mean

4S.4

49.5

49.9

163

52.6

135

185

211

116

167

256

649

135

172

Aug.

1,420

516

326

246

250

197

222

182

167

150

122

143

164

2,600

2,390

1,480

999

1,370

1,870

1,230

701

60S

492

393

318

288

264

237

240

258

300

Pe" square 

mile

0.229

.235

.236

.773

.249

.640

.877

1.00

.550

.791

1.21

3.08

.640

.815

Sept.

262

228

203

186

174

161

163

130

157

154

152

139

130

124

103

133

120

112

108

105

109

83

112

105

98

102

106

104

70

105

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.26

.26

.27

10.51

.29

.69

1.01

1.12

.63

.88

1.40

3.55

.71

11.07

Peak discharge.- Aug. 1 (4 a,m.) 2,500 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (8 p.m.) 4,570 sec.-ft. Aug. 18 (6:30 

a.m.; 2,860 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for North Pork of Holston River 

near Saltville and South Pork of Holston River at Vestal.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 549

Watauga River at Stump Knob, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°18'36", long. 81°57'39", at former post office of Stump 

Knob, 1,000 feet downstream from Dagger Bridge, 2i miles upstream from Elk Creek, and 

4i miles upstream from Butler, Johnson County. Datum of gage Is 1,869.03 fi?et 

(revised) above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 19,36). Prior 

to Aug. 13, 1940, water-stage recorder at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 171 square miles.

Hecoras available.- October 1927 to September 1931, May 1934 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 310 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 50,000 second-feet, Aug. 13 (gage height, 24.0 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 4,050 second-feet; minimum 

recorded, 38 second-feet Jan. 1 (gage height, 0.85 foot), but may have been less during 

period of Ice effect.

1927-31, 1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum. 28 second-feet 

Aug. 4, 5, 13, 1930 (gage height, 0.70 foot, site and datum then In use).

Flood of May 21. 1901, reached a stage of 19.5 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 

34,400 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 5,000 second-feet and those for periods 

or ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Water-stage recorder 

destroyed by flood of Aug. 13; staff gage read twice dally from Aug. 16.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in aecond-feet)

0,9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

40

43

74

117

178

Oct. 1 to Aug. 12

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

257

345

445

605

895

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.6

1,230

1,660

2,170

2,740

3,360

2.0 

2.5

123

189

263

350

605

Aug. 13 to Sept. 30

3.0 

3.5

4

S95 

1,230 

1,660 

2,740 

4,010

5,400

6,900

8,500

10,200

12,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

241 

244 

120 

91

S4

78 

72 

70 

68 

66

65 

65 

66 

62 

59

59 

59 

60 

60 

62

59 

59 

54 

57 

57

57 

59 

63 

66 

59 

60

Nov.

64 

60 

59 

68 

60

60 

59 

58 

57 

55

55 

56 

54 

54 

54

52 

54 

54 

55 

72

89 

9S 

84 

7S 

66

62 

66 

60 

59 

60

Dec.

59 

64 

70 

64 

59

59 

59 

55 

55 

56

105 

S7 

71 

70 

57

65 

64 

59 

57 

93

103 

64 

65 

91 

71

80 

91 

98 

89 

82 

65

Jan.

51 

b4S 

b44 

b48 

b50

4S 

54 

55 

58 

56

62 

68 

112 

202 

296

144 

126 

103 

70 

48

64 

64 

68 

64 

56

a56 

a53 

a50 

a51 

a68 

64

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

HI

alendar year 191

ater year 1939~<

Feb.

65 

66 

6P. 

60 

70

129 

221 

129 

112 

156

296 

1S2 

156 

311 

241

217 

19S 

405 

775 

605

405 

2S3 

221 

217 

209

164 

186 

425 

649

Mar.

517 

445 

594 

682 

495

375 

300 

257 

217 

1S2

205 

300 

300 

327 

336

291 

253 

225 

322 

291

257 

241 

209 

201 

1S2

165 

209 

225 

229 

27S 

425

Secondfoot-days

2,406 

1,872 

2,227

35,266

2,390 

7,215 

9,535 

15,53S 

6,746 

7,605 

7,591 

42,648 

8,312

114,085

Apr.

345 

300 

266 

345 

278

241 

213 

327 

370 

291

249 

241 

233 

205 

190

172 

162 

162 

1,220 

3,210

1,270 

769 

654 

1,090 

757

566 

450 

365 

314 

283

Maximum

244 

9S 

105

1,910

296 

775 

682 

3,210 

465 

435 

1,400 

12,000 

1,040

12,000

May

270 

283 

241 

229 

209

175 

168 

168 

245 

278

225 

194 

175 

162 

152

168 

143 

137 

132 

257

190 

175 

168 

194 

300

201 

266 

213 

178 

3S5 

465

Minimum

54 

52 

55

52

44 

60 

165 

162 

132 

132 

107 

230 

132

44

June

350 

274 

237 

205 

222

175 

168 

291 

370 

327

309 

370 

415 

340 

309

249 

435 

375 

291 

249

201 

175 

159 

152 

205

168 

143 

132 

175 

134

July

112 

107 

117 178' 

129

112 

107 

143 

152 

165

152 

146 

217 

178 

152

227 

506 

300 

253 

217

165 

143 

134 

123 

137

115 

120 

140 

134 

1,310 

al,400

Mean

77.6 

62.4 

71.8

234

77.1 

249 

308 

518 

218 

254 

245 

1,376 

277

312

A'i«.

a780 

a460 

a320 

a255 

a240

a250 

a460 

aSSO 

a240 

a230

a245 

f280 

f If, 000 

fT,660 

fZ,800

1,980 

1,120 

899 

690 

538

460 

406 

361 

332 

310

328 

288 

297 

279 

4,420 

2,390

Per squa-e

mile

0.45* 

.36b 

.420

1.37

.461 

1.46 

l.SO 

3.03 

1.27 

1.49 

1.43 

8.05 

1.62

1.82

Sept.

1,040 

680 

519 

461 

508

361 

315 

282 

268 

301

2S4 

259 

233 

218 

207

200 

1S2 

168 

168 

164

161 

154 

148 

142 

161

175 

145 

13S 

138 

132

Run-off In 

Inches

0.52 

.41

.43

18.55

.52 

1.57 

2.07 

3.38 

1.47 

1.65 

1.65 

9.28 

1.S1

24.81

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (11 p.m.) 7,260 sec.-ft.j July 30 (3s30 p.m.) 2,440 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 

(9 p.m.) 50,000 sec.-ft.j Aug. 30 (11 a.m.) 10,900 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-nelght recordj discharge computed on basis of records for station at Butle-, Roan Creek 

at Butler, and Doe River at Elizabethton.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed on basis of estimated gage-height record.

Hote.- Discharge for period Aug. 16 to Sept. SO computed from graph based on gage reidings.
550 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Watauga River at Butler, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 0 19'59B , long. 82000'16", at Butler, Johnson 

county, 1,000 feet downstream from highway bridge and 1,100 feet dowms»-,ream from Roan 

Creek. Datum of gage is 1,809.38 feet above mean sea level (southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 427 square miles.

Records available.- August 1900 to December 1901 and November 1920 to September 1940 In 

reports or u. s. Geological Survey. Records prior to October 1924 (including revised 

records prior to October 1921) In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 19 years (1921-40), 682 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 71,500 second-feet Aug. 13 (gag3 height, 25.4 

reet, from floodmark) by contracted-opening method; minimum, 95 second-feet Jan. 20 

(gage height, 0.20 foot).

1920-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, 76 second-feet Feb. 10, 

1934 (gage height, 0.21 foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those after Aug. 13, which are good, and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 13 Aug. 14 to Sept. 30

0.3

.5

.7

1.0

1.3

1,6

2.0

2.5

116

165

229

340

479

655

935

1,360

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

12.0

1,820

2,330

2,930

4,130

5,940

S.320

12,400

19,100

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

224

325

466

700 

l.OSO 

1,520 

2,040

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

S.O 

11.0

2,640

3,330

4,130

5,940

10,100

16,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

411 

468 

260 

209 

196

190 

1S4 

177 

16S 

168

165 

165 

165 

160 

155

158 

155 

155 

155 

157

155 

155 

147 

147 

144

147 

155 

162 

165 

157 

160

Hov.

162 

155 

157 

155 

157

f!57 

f!55 

f!49 

£144 

149

147 

149 

147 

144 

142

144 

142 

147 

a!45 

a!70

a210 

a240 

206 

ISO 

162

157 

155 

152 

149 

149

Dec.

147 

155 

160 

155 

149

152 

149 

147 

144 

147

219 

196 

16S 

174 

152

160 

157 

162 

152 

219

246

171 

162 

219 

196

199 

' 222 

232 

aS35 

aSlO 

a!90

Jan.

a!65 

a!40 

a!25 

a!50 

a!60

a!65 

a!70 

a!75 

&170 

a!60

in

ISO 

239 

408 

562

2S9

274 

232 

1S6 

137

157 

162 

171 

162 

152

155 

147 

139 

142 

152 

160

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19' 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

162 

162 

155 

157 

162

243 

411 

263 

289 

262

501 

340 

296 

676 

469

429 

397 

1,190 

1,780 

1,280

al,050 

aS60 

a700 

a570 

a530

a495 

a470 

aSSO 

1,880

Mar.

1,080 

875 

1,100 

1,260 

935

748 

605 

533 

464 

411

429 

694 

700 

714 

734

642

568 

501 

727 

655

586 

533

474 

444 

415

aSSO 

a440 

a460 

a470 

a530 

aS20

Second - 

foot-days

5,703 

4,777 

5,536

190,458

5,957 

16,079 

19,867 

28,915 

15,199 

16,032 

19,425 

80,120 

15,711

233,321

Apr.

a740 

a660 

586 

762 

605

539 

484 

630 

707 

557

490 

495 

469 

429

401

379 

353 

344 

1,480 

4,800

8,880 

1,490 

1,260 

2,220 

1,630

1,220 

935 

783 

655 

592

Maximum

468

840 

246

3,720

562 

1,720 

1,860 

4,800 

1,060 

S60 

3,580 

18,500 

1,940

18,600

May

586 

605 

506 

4S4 

439

397 

366 

353 

501

568

469

415 

383 

362 

344

370 

328 

312 

312 

707

539 

484 

480 

469 

642

464

611 

495 

420 

788 

1,060

Minimum

144 

148 

144

142

125

155 

380 

344 

312 

296 

253 

469 

246

126

June

762 

592 

601 

439 

469

383 

353 

670 

746

580

592 

811 

860 

681 

574

511 

741 

776 

734 

59S

469 

401 

362 

340 

469

379 

324 

296 

415 

304

July

8-5

S.--5 

878 

4->6 

3T4

s-«>

850 

3^8 

3^9 

374

3<«! 

358

51.7 

434 

355

6TO 

1,4 TO 9"><3 

605 

4T9

a*5

340 

S'«5 

3*9 *"<»

3^<3

*"H 

&*6 

4:30 

3, 6f*Q 

3,180

Mean

184 

159 

179

622

192

554 

641 

964 

490 

534 

627 

2,585 

524

638

Aug.

1,820 

1.06O 

734 

592 

539

668 

1,260 

720 

646 

469

484 

838

flS,600 

17,100 

6,810

3,900 

8,740 

8,060 

1,860 

1,300

1,070 

964 

810 

707 

640

688 

686 

698 

660 

6,020 

3,800

Per square 

mile

0.431 

.378 

.419

1.22

.460 

1.30 

1.50 

8.26 

1.16 

1.85 

1.47 

6.06 

1.83

1.49

Sept.

1,940 

1,330 

1,010 

836 

908

692 

614 

660 

618 

698

580 

460 

486 

397 

379

361 

338 

385 

381 

308

891 

884 

868 

268 

884

317 

368 

868 

266 

246

Run-off In 

Inches

.60 

.48 

.48

16.61

.68

1.40 

1.73 

8.68 

1.38 

1.40 

1.69 

6.98 

1.37

80.33

Peajc discharge.- Aorll 19 (lljSO pjn.) o^SO sso.-ft.j July so (s i>- r ) 7,B«o «^,^.f^T . i^n. 13

seo.-ft,; Aug. 30 (12 m.) 14,000 sec^-ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Stump Knob and 

Roan Creek at Butler.

f Computed on basis of partly or wholly estimated gage-height records.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 551

Watauga River at Ellzabethton, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°21'21", long. 82°13'S6", between bridge on U. S. 

Highway 19 East and Southern Ry. bridge at Ellzabethton, Carter County, 0.6 mile downstream fron Doe River. Datum of gage Is 1,486.23 feet above mean sea level (Foutheastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 692 square miles.

Records available.- February 1926 to September 1940. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since December 1909 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureav.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 1,136 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 75,100 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 20.87 

feet), by contracted-opening method; minimum, 63 second-feet Oct. 24, Nov. 4, Dec. 15 

(gage height, 1.62 feet); minimum dally discharge, 184 second-feet Nov. 14.

1926-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, 48 second-feet Nov. 17, 

1933; minimum gage height, 1.54 feet Nov. 29, 1931; minimum dally discharge, 162 

second-feet July 25, 1926.

Maximum stage known, 22.0 feet *'eb. 27 or 28, 1902 (discharge, 83,700 secord-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are 

fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Watauga Power Co.'s plant (destroyed 

by flood of Aug. 14), 7 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.2 200

2.4 273

2.7 405

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

567

883

1,270

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

1,720' 

2,220 

2,820

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

3,550

5,150

7,170

9.0

10.0

11.0

9,620

12,400

15,700

12.0 19,800

13.0 24,400

14.0 2S,400

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

581 

731 

444 

308 

309

352 

264 

249 

306 

270

280 

222 

274 

253 

251

880 

238 

265 

243 

,300

218 

199 

328 

228 

246

235 

230 

304 

250 

270 

280

NOT.

222 

294 

245 

242 

202

302 

273 

252 

232 

238

202 

234 

322 

184 

237

260 

270 

232 

191 

340

356 

322 

378 

271 

331

232 

309 

254 

283

189

Dec.

306 

193 

254 

356 

230

240 

224 

270 

230 

200

328 

366 

300 

284 

302

200 

258 

296 

265 

378

428 

322 

226 

356 

361

358 

396 

407 

364 

293 

284

Jan.

300 

262 

280 

274 

197

293 

186 

332 

233 

214

295 

265 

364 

551 

930

613 

415 

402 

349 

192

275 

292 

294 

266 

290

259 

a240 

a230 

a265 

a293 

a310

Month

Oot 

Nov

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jim 

Jul 

Augi 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

iter year 1939-4

Feb.

290 

322 

318 

216 

284

356 

594 

426 

380 

422

706 

637 

468 

894 

782

718 

671 

1,010 

2,380 

1,740

1,430 

1,050 802- 

696 

636

670 

690 

1,130 

1,760

Mar.

1,670 

1,410 

1,420 

1,790 

1,460

1,200 

1,050 

843 

685 

672

738 

1,060 

1,160 

1,200 

1,190

1,170 

940 

934 

1,210 

1,270

1,090 

976 

739 

846 

811

646 

752 

790 

843 

954 

1,630

Secondfoot-days

9,208 

7,899 

9,275

311,987

9,969 

22,478 

33,151 

43,852 

24,674 

22,8-58 

30,951 

104,531 

23,746

342,572

Apr.

1,340 

1,240 

1,150 

1,340 

1,170

996 

843 

965 

1,140 

842

932 

817 

764 

700 

738

599 

572 

606 

734 

5,960

3,390 

2,240 

1,870 

3,330 

2,630

1,970 

1,610 

1,190 

1,220 

954

Maximum

731 

373 

428

6,480

930 

2,380 

1,790 

5,960 

1,470 

1,090 

4,770 

28,400 

2,720

28,400

May

958 

956 

880 

782 

665

730 

560 

606 

760 

864

790 

675 

658 

600 

584

644 

595 

474 

558 

1,470

1,140 

984 

825 

781 

882

800 

878 

760 

740 

645 

1,430

Minimum

199 

184 

193

176

186 

216 

646 

572 

474 

505 

388 

674 

354

184

June

1,040 

1,000 

704 

663 

651

628 

580 

652 

986 

792

762 

1,090 

1,060 

932 

752

781 

832 

1,090 

1,040 

847

720 

584 

505 

560

788

539 

538 

507 

614 

601

July

471 

388 

494 

596 

610

472 

408 

485 

594 

578

623 

628 

888 

908 

622

879 

2,680 

1,810 

1,210 

866

704 

604 

608 

690 

854

584 

710 

937 

710 

3,570 

4,770

Mean

297 

263 

299

855

322 

775 

1,069 

1,462 

796 

761 

998 

3,372 

792

936

Aug.

2,980 

1,780 

1,270 

978 

949

862 

1,430 

1,170 

816 

674

704 

748 

10,900 

28,400 

10,900

5,890 

4,260 

2,960 

2,440 

1,940

1,610 

1,450 

1,230 

1,090 

986

1,030 

915 

849 

900 

6,970 

5,450

Sept.

2,720 

1,850 

1,440 

1,220 

1,200

1,020 

913 

834 

781 

864

904 

737 

687 

638 

608

579 

567 

538 

510 

510

488 

467 

467 

494 

516

538 

488 

446 

368 

354

Per square Run-off in 

mile Inches

0.429 0.49 

.380 .42 

.432 .50

1.24 16.78

.465 .54 

1.12 1.21 

1.54 1.78 

2.11 2.36 

1.15 1.33 

1.10 1.83 

1.44 1.66 

4.87 5.62 

1.14 1.28

1.35 18.42

roeJK oiscnargp.- Aprix &\j v*.^>^' a.m./ j.u,«±uu sou. it., A (12! 75,100

30 (3 p.m.J 17,300 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for South Pork of HoIston River 

at Bluff City and at Klngsport.

461679 O - 42 - 36
552 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Elk Creek near Banner Elk, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09'55", long. 81°54'25", 200 feet south of State 

Hignway 194 and 2 miles west of 'Banner Elk, Avery County.

Drainage area.- 17.8 square miles.

Records available.- October 1934 to June 1940 (discontinued; station destroyed by flood 

or Aug. 13, 1940).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 2,580 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 7.01 

feet), from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 16.9 feet; minimum, 3 second-feet Nov. 10 (gE.ge height, 0.73 

foot).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 2,860 second-feet (revised) Jan. 9, 1935 (gage height, 

7.34 feet), from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet on basis- of slope-area 

determination at gage height 16.9 feet; minimum, 3 second-feet Aug. £0, 21, 1937, 

Sept. 26, 28, 29, Nov. 10, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 16.9 feet, from floodmarks, Aug. 13, 1940 (discharge, 21,900 

second-feet, by slope-area method).

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have" been revised, 

as snown in the following table. They supersede those published In water-supply papers 

Indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

823.... .....

Water 

year

1934 35

1 Q'Zfi "37

1938 39

Date Gage height 

(feet)

7 <2/

5

*xn

Discharge 

(second-feet)

1 26 ""I

s-height record, 

fluctuation

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, or no

and those below 10 second-feet, which are fair. Considerable diurnal

during low flow caused by power plant above station. 

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge,for high-water periods in the water years 1935

and !939 are given herein. They supersede those published in Water-S .-pply Papers 783

3flu 8V3 

1934-35

Jan. 8 ..... 225 

Jan. 9 ..... 710

1938-39 

Nov. 5 ..... 402

Month

January 1935.. ......

Water year 1934-35

Calendar year 1935

November 1938 ......

Calendar year 1938

Water year 1938-39

Secondfootdays

2,848

17,276

16,621

1,502

13,570

12,706

Maximum

710

710

710

402

402

402

Minimum

38

13

11

7

6

6

Mean

91.9

47.3

45.5

50.1

37.2

34.8

Per

square fille

5.16

*2.66

*2.56

2.81

2.09

1.96

Run-off

, in

5.95

36.09

34.73

3.14

28.33

26.51

* Computed on basis of drainage area 17.8 square miles.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

S3

16

11 

10 

8

9

8

8

7

1

6

1

6

e

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

7

6

7

Nov.

7

6

6 

6 

7

6

6

6

5

6

6

6

5

5

5

6

5

6

8

10

S

10

6

7

7

6

6

6

6

5

-

Dec.

6

7

6 

6 

6

6

6

6

5

6

9

*5

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

9

7

W

7

8

1)7

b6

7

8

7

b7

1)7

Jan.

b6

b6

b5 

b5 

bo

a5

a6

6

7

6

6

9

12

40

b24

bl5

b9

bS

b7

b7

b6

b6

6

vr

a6

a6

a6

a6

a7

a7

*b7

Feb.

b7

b6

b6 

b6 

blO

31

20

11

10

31

28

20

*19

46

35

36

23

63

74

51

3S

31

32

29

27

34

24

58

65

_

-

Mar.

63

71

157 

110 

81

64

55

48

41

38

44

49

43 47

44

42

38

39

68

47

44

42

39

37

36

42

37

38

36

a65

a55

Apr.

a44

a42

aSO 

52 

42

39

39

53

46

39

39

38

36

33

31

29

2S

28

479

375

196

134

152

153

110

92

76

64

55

51

-

May

53

47

41 

38 

35

32

30

42

44

39

35

31

29

2S

28

28

26

24

24

25

25

24

22

3S

34

27

2S

24

22

51

38

June

42

32

a28 

a32 

a30

a26

a28

a60

a40

aS4

a48

9S

76

58

51

62

..

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

Jrly Aug. Sept.

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (7 p.m.) 2,580 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a. No gage-height record; discharge based on weather record^ and records for station near Elk 

and for nearby streams,

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 553

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Elk Creek near Banner Elk, H. C., water y«ar 

October 1939 to September 1940

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

October..............

November.............

December.............

Calendar year 1939

January..............

February.............

March................

April................

May. ., uiJ ...........

June 1-16............

July.................

August...............

September............

Water year_____

236

190

206

7.6 

6.3 

6.6

0.42T 

.354 

.371

0.49 

,40 

.43

10,697 224 29.3 1.65 22.32

264

873

1,630

2,645

1,012

745

40

74

137

479

53

8.5

30.1

52. 6

88,2

32.6

46.6

/478 

1.69 

2.96 

4.96 

1.83 

2,68

.66- 

1.8 

3,41 

5.53 

2.11 

1.56
554 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk Creek near Elk Park, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°11'10", long. 81°57'40", 1 mile downstream from 

Little Elk-Creek, 2 miles northeast of Elk Park, Avery County, and 3 iriles upstream 

from North Caro Una-Tennessee State line.

Drainage area.- 42.0 square miles.

Records available.- October 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 27,500 second-feet Aug. 13 (gape height, 17.8 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum, 4 second-feet F^c. 15 (gage 

height, 0.78 foot), result of lew/ temperature; minimum dally, 12 secord-feet Oct. 23, 

24, Nov. 10, 14-16, 18.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum, that of Dec. 15, 1939; 

minimum daily, that of October, November, 1939.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 1,500 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

errect, or incomplete or no gage-height record, which are fair. Sllglt diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above station. Recorder destroyed by flood of Aug. 13, 

1940; staff gage read twice daily Aug. 18 to Sept. 30.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

82 

23 

84 

86

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

53 

42 

24 

20

20

17 

19 

16 

15 

15

14

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

12 

12 

13

13 

14 

15 

15 

14 

16

NOT.

14 

14 

13 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

12

14 

14 

13 

12 

12

12 

13 

12 

14 

86

21 

28 

20 

16 

16

16 

14 

14

31

Dec.

14 

16 

16 

16 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

IS 

*17 

14 

bl4 

13

14 

14 

14 

14 

26

21 

14 

14 

b!6 

b!6

b!6 

bl6 

b!7 

b!6 

16 

15

Jan.

14 

14 

13 

b!4 

b!4

13 

14 

18 

17 

19

17 

84 

39 

88 

58

*37 

8S 

b88 

18 

15

b!4 

bl4 

b!6 

bl6 

b!6

b!5 

bl6 

b!5 

b!5 

b!7 

*b!7

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b!6 

bis 

b!6 

b!6 

b20

b60 

b50 

b26 

b22 

77

73 

48 

«44 

116 

7S

71 

56 

836

811 

140

97 

76 

68 

66 

69

54 

54

108 

188

liar.

117 

124 

231 

808 

166

184 

108 

91 

77' 

70

78 

96 

84

94 

98

83 

76 

74

139 

101

89 

83 

74 

71 

65

72 

71 

. 67 

70 

98 

119

Second - 

foot-days

632 

446

475

82,682

668 

8,09s 

3,088 

5,015 

8,368 

2,626 

2,839 

13,676 

2,864

35,966

Apr.

95 

39 

96 

134 

99

86 

80

111 

101 

36

80

eo 

74 

68 

65

69 

57 

67 

629 

726

358 

835 

280 

348 

838

186 

154 

130 

116 

104

Maximum

53 

86 

85

474

88 

836

831 

726 

111 

171 

197 

5,000 

410

5,000

May

106 

101 

86 

78 

73

65

61 

94 

111 

106

98 

78 

73 

66 

66

67 

67

H74

61 

60 

53 

70 

84

71 

81 

63 

67 

107 

34

Minimum

12 

18 

13

12

13 

16 

66 

67 

53 

50 

40 

60 

36

18

June

94 

73 

67 

74 

71

69 

68 

136

101 

81

108 

171 

154 

111 

95

101 

110 

89 

83

74

63 

60 

56 

57

78

60 

61 

65 

84 

50

Jvly

42 

43 

50 

68 

47

40 

46 

60 

66 

67

56 

61 

86 

66 

56

54 

130 

89 

73

61

64 

48 

46 

44

45

67 

156 

106 

66 

197 

164

Mean

17.2 

14.S 

16.3

68.1

81.8 

72.3 

99.6 

167 

75.9 

S4.8 

7S.S 

441 

95,5

9S.3

Aug.

186 

a80 

h70 

a60 

aTO

eSO 

a!80 

a90 

hTO 

a66

a80 

a350 

aB.OOO 

al,500 

aSOO

aSOO 

a360 

297 

235 

183

160 

132 

115 

101 

a90

a90 

aSO 

86

196 

al,8OO 

a700

Per square 

mile

0.410 

.358 

.364

1,48

.505 

1.72 

8.37 

3.98 

1,81 

8.00 

1.72 

10.6 

8.87

8.34

Sept.

410 

881 

208 

160 

160

188 

112 

105 

91 

3X18

89 

89 

78

69 

66

68 

58 

55 

64 

58

48 

46 

46 

46 

58

47 

48 

37 

36 

36

Run-off In 

Inches

0.47 

.39 

.42

20.06

.68 

1.86 

2,73 

4.44 

2.08 

8.24 

1.98 

18.11 

8.54

31.84

Peak discharge.- Apr, 19 (7j30 p.m.) 8,S60 seo.-ft.j Aug. 13 (6:30 p.m.) 87,600 sec.-ft.

* Winter dlsoharge measurement made on this day,

a No gage-height record; dlsoharge based on weather reeorda and records for nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

h Computed on basis of once-daily reading of staff gage.

Hote.- Discharge Aug. 1S-24, 2S, 29, Sent. 1-30 comnuted on the basis of twice dally readings of
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Roan Creek at Butler, Term.

555

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. se^O'SS", long. 81°59'3611 , half a mile northeast 

or Butler, Johnson County, and 1 mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 1,826.78 

feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 166 square miles.

Records available.- August 1900 to November 1901 (at site half a mile downstream) and 

my 1934 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. Revised records for 

1900 and 1901 In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,920 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 6.62 

reet); maximum gage height, 10.09 feet Aug. 13, caused by backwater from Watauga 

River; minimum discharge, 20 second-feet Jan. 19 (gage height, 0.20 foot), but may 

have been less during period of Ice effect.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 4,940 second-feet Mar. 26, 1935 (gage height, 7.68 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,500 second-feet; maximum gage height, that 

of Aug. 13, 1940; minimum discharge, that of Jan. 19, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 13 Aug. 14 to Sept. 30

0,3 

.6 

,7

1.0 

1.3

26

41

64

118

1S4

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

26S 

414 

664 

955 

1,260

0.5 

.7 

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

45

73

133

208

300

446

2.6

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.O 

6.0

700

990

1,380

1,630

2,500

3,380

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oot.

69 

76 

49 

43 

40

40 

39 

39 

39 

39

38 

38 

3S 

36 

35

35 

38

37 

37 

37

37 

37 

35 

36

35

36 

36 

39 

39 

37 

38

Nov.

38 

36 

36 

38 

38

37 

38 

37 

36 

36

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

36 

36 

39

44

49 

46 

39 

39

37 

36 

36 

36

37

Dec.

37 

39 

39 

39 

38

37 

36 

35 

35 

35

39 

39 

38 

40 

36

39 

38 

36 

36

71

68 

40 

39 

50 

45

45 

49 

61 

46 

43 

37

Jan.

b33 

o29 

b27 

bSO 

b32

W3 

34 

35 

W4 

b33

W6 

39 

48 

63 

79

47 

48 

44 

39 

b£9

33 

b34 

35 

35 

054

b32 

b31 

30 

31 

32 

35

Month

Oot 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

fob 

Mar

Apr

M«y

Jun 

Jul

AUR

8ep 

H

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

35 

37 

36 

36 

38

48 

67 

51 

44 

49

78 

59 

54 

107 

97

S5 

81 

284 

366 

241

IS4 

138 

110 

97 

90

72 

S5 

172 

262

Mar.

213 

170 

165 

165 

147

123 

110 

101 

90 

79

88 

165

179 

174 

172

151 

136 

122 

160 

151

138 

128 

114 

107 

95

86

97 

99 

106 

112 

165

Secondfoot-days

1,246 

1,124 

1,285

46,568

1,154 

3,103 

4,117 

4,769 

3,686 

3,777 

5,329 

12,703 

2,2S3

44,475

Apr.

162 

147 

130 

145 

124

114 

105 

107 

116 

103

94 

97 

94 

86 

81

74 

71 

71 

99 

314

320 

241 

221 

423 

353

256 

197 

162 

138

124

Maximum

76 

49 

71

1,140

79 

366 

21S 

423 

331 

256 

1,360 

3,120 

140

3,120

May

126 

124 

108 

103 

95

83

76 

72 

79 

110

92 

S3 

74 

71 

66

72 

64 

59 

59 

230

167 

142 

120 

13S 

136

118 

138 

128 

116 

206 

331

Minimum

35 

35

36

34

27 

35 

86 

71 

59 

63 

52 

83 

49

27

June

224

166 

136 

114 

107

90 

SI 

126 

153 

122

131 

147 

149 

132 

107

95 

118 

186 

256 

194

142 

114 

97 

88 

128

90 

74 

67 

81 

63

July

56 

52 

59 

88 

63

64 

66 

69 

35 

64

88 

90 

88

71 

60

63 

244

207 

128 

97

81 

67 

64 

121

1S6

108 

85 

122 

114 

1,260 

1,360

Mean

40.2 

37.5 

41.5

128

37.2 

107 

153 

159 

116 

126 

172 

410 

76.1

122

Ax;.

632 

342 

232 

177 

161

132 

145 

112 

97 

85

83 

96 

559

3,120 

.2,140

998 

649 

466

387 

301

248 

216 

187 

162 

147

140 

129 

116 

113 

190 

152

Per Bquai-e 

mile

0,249 

.2?*$

.2EO

.771

.224 

.64* 

.8C1 

,9f8 

.659 

.7E9 

1.04 

2.47 

,4f«*

,7?5

Sept.

140 

118 

105 

97 

97

87 

82 

77 

77 

132

118 

87 

77 

72 

68

66 

64 

61 

60 

57

66 

64 

63 

63 

57

64 

64

62 

60 

49

Run-off In 

inches

0.28 

.25 

.29

10.43

.26 

.70 

.92 

1.07 

.80 

.85 

1.19 

2.86 

.51

9.97

feak discharge.- Feb. 18 (7 p.m.) 777 sec.-ft.; July 30 ((;30 p.m.) 3,020 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (4 a.m.) 

<5,6SO seo.-ft.; TCug. 14 (4 a.m.) 3,920 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from Watauga River for 5 hours on Aug. 13; 

discharge computed on basis cf estimated effective gage height.
556 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Doe River at Ellzabethton, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°20'40", long. 82°12'37", 0.2 mile upstream from 

covered highway bridge at Elizabethton, Carter County, and 1 mile upstream from mouth. 

Datum of gage is 1,524.73 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 137 square miles.

Records available.- June 1907 to June 1908, September to December 1912, Jme 1932 to 

septemoer 1940 (prior to 1913, gage heights only).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,300 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 6.75 

f6et); from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; minimum, 30 second-feet 

Jan. 20 (gage height, 0.36 foot).

1932-40: Maximum discharge, that of July 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 20, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage-height. In feet, and discharge, in setond-feet)

0,6

.6

.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.7

44

56

89

134

139

255

373

2.0 

2.6 

3.0 

3.6 

4.0 

4.6 

6.0

616

806

1,190

1,700

2,340

3,110

3,940

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

136

144

80

66

62

69

58

56

66

54

54

55

54

62

50

51

52

52

52

52

52

62

51

50

50

51

54

69

64

68

56

Nov.

58

55

54

54

54

54

54

54

62

51

61

62

52

51

51

51

61

52

62

66

75

91

80

65

62

60

59

64

66

56

Dec.

58

60

65

62

58

59

59

58

56

56

36

71

66

75

56

64

59

58

58

127

98

66

65

117

35

32

112

104

87

76

65

Jan.

58

a48

a44

a49

a50

a51

a52

a54

a55

58

59

71

108

214

224

122

112

91

71

44

65

60

62

62

68

a58

a52

a50

a61

a54

58

Month

November. .......................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

V,y.... .........................

June ............................

July. ...........................

August. .........................

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

58

60

56

59

65

102

1S2

78

76

102

163

106

100

217

163

142

137

360

432

331

255

201

169

163

155

124

147

308

404

..

-

Mar.

319

259

356

356

277

227

195

177

155

139

160

266

270

283

285

241

214

195

352

30O

255

224

195

183

169

160

183

201

204

241

423

Secondfoot-daya

1 ,891

I

rrnf! fl (CO

2,263

69,274

2^366

A 054

7^469

9 ,136

5,057

3,310

11,606

13,784

4,453

67,709

Apr.

327

323

888

360

288

244

217

230

230

196

183

189

133

169

155

147

139

139

276

731

526

409

410

799

667

414

323

270

234

214

-

HcLXlonm

144

91

127

1,360

224

432

423

799

477

196

3,410

1 »630

423

3,410

May

211

198

180

169

137

144

137

127

139

172

139

124

116

108

106

144

116

106

106

477

288

224

180

174

169

144

166

137

127

137

137

Minimum

50

51

56

50

44

56

139

139

106

75

82

152

82

44

June

120

112

106

97

104

91

102

122

108

102

116

159

139

110

97

100

122

115

104

115

87

78

76

76

169

106

87

38

195

120

-

July

91

32

108

169

117

93

89

115

129

112

110

120

284

195

150

612

1,140

542

312

227

180

167

162

194

304

166

222

339

255

3,410

1,330

Mean

61.0

57.6

73.2

190

73.1

167

241

305

163

no«rn O (J445

148

185

Aug.

665

432

304

241

214

208

296

201

172

152

156

188

1,610

1,630

895

817

766

631

448

345

288

262

225

201

186

204

174

169

156

1,120

630

Pe** square

mile

0«446

.420

.534

1.39

,534

1

00

 AA 

1»V6

2 23

l!l9

 803

2.71

3.25

1 *08

1.35

Sept.

423

323

266

234

204

186

174

160

152

178

1«»

142

132

127

122

112

108

104

100

97

96

91

89

89

106

127

95

87

85

82

Run-off in 

inches

0.51

.47

.62

18.82

.61

1

-»o 

 o«s

2.02

2 48

1 3"7

*vuon

3 12

3^74

1.21

18.37

Peak discharge.- July 16 (10 p.m.) 2,340 sec.-ft.; July 30 (11 a.m.) 7,300 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 

9 p.m.) 4,830 sec.-ft.j Aug. 30 (11:30 a.m.) 1,760 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baaia of records for Roan Greek at Butler and 

Watauga River at Stump Knob and at Butler.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 557

North Fork of Holston River near Saltville, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 D53'48 11 , long. 81°44'47", half a mile upstream 

rrom cedar .Branch bridge, li miles northeast of Saltville, Smyth County, and 4$ miles 

upstream from McHenry CreeK; Datum of gage Is 1,703.53 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 222 square miles.

Records available.- November 1920 to September 1940. June 1907 to November 1908 at site 

2 miles downstream.

Average discharge,.- 19 years (1921-40), 299 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 5,840 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 6.23 

feet;: minimum, 21 second-feet Oct. 17, 18 (gage height, 0.57 foot).

1907-8, 1920-40: Maximum discharge observed. 8,220 second-feet Feb. 3, 1923 (gage 

height, 13.97 feet, site and datum then In use); minimum discharge, 18 second-feet 

Sept. 29, 1939 (gage height, 0.55 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, 

whicn are fair. Some regulation of low flow by mills above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-40, except periods of lee effect

(gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17 to Jan. 14)

0.6

.6 

1*0 

1.2 

1.4

24

63

93

141

203

1,7 

2.0

2.5

2.6 

5.0

540

510

710

940

1,290

5.5 1,SOO

4.0 2,400

4.5 5,070

5.0 5,610

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

15

, 14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

33 

50 

55 

52 

54

30 

28 

25 

28 

28

29 

27 

27 

26 

26

24 

22 

24 

27 

26

26

27 

22 

21 

27

24 

29 

53 

53 

28 

29

HOT.

28 

27 

28 

29 

25

24 

24 

29 

29 

27

25 

22

23

25 

27

26 

27 

25 

26 

28

27 

33 

54 

34 

53

32 

29 

27 

27 

28

Dec.

30 

32 

27 

29 

30

28 

28 

27 

29 

28

25 

22 

27 

27 

27

28 

28 

25 

24 

39

51 

51 

39 

42 

42

34 

34 

40 

37 

42 

S3

Jan.

36 

50 

25 

26 

26

22 

26 

26

26 

26

50 

55 

46 

94 

857

130 

100 

75 

60 

45

30 

30 

36 

33 

32

32 

31 

30 

30 

30 

32

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May

JUH

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V ater year 1939 

Peak discharge.-

a No gage-height 

Hote.- Stage-disc

Feb.

35 

40 

56 

40 

46

60 

180 

538

166 

160

404 

280 

203 

269 

520

215 

180 

164 

a!90 

439

439

299 

211 

177 

161

136 

144 

286 

498

liar.

428 

356 

406 

689 

536

383 

280 

219 

186

166

136 

170 

223 

262

340

320

271 

227 

426 

620

460 

346 

266

216 

190

161 

170 

164 

164 

195 

666

Second - 

foot-days

864 

826

1,006

71,315

1,581 

6,115 

9,609 

12,005 

6,603 

11,817 

6,904 

19,118 

2,565

75,800

Tune 16 (5:50 a.m.) 2,340 

record; discharge computed 

barge relation affected by

Apr.

562 

406 

514 

526 

289

259

211 

216 

266 

267

227 

219 

216 

200 

195

183 

187 

168 

217 

1,210

1,590 

836 

576

724 

682

623 

406 

314 

267 

227

Maximum

34 

34

51

2,000

557 

498 

6S9 

1,390 

1,010 

1,860 

646 

3,530 

198

3,530

May

211 

207 

190 

177 

164

147 

144 

138 

164 

193

186 

177 

163

144 

154

128 

118 

111 

109 

131

163 

156 

121 

12S 

126

121 

111 

109 

98 

264 

1,010

Minimum

21 

22 

22

20

22 

35 

156 

168 

98 

107 

68 

74 

51

21

June

662

361 

248 

273 

611

504 

219 

317 

309 

278

514 

294 

227 

183

144

168 

666 

1,860 

1,070 

1,040

594 

383 

275 

219 

225

186

155 

151 

118 

107

J»ly

95

114 

163 

271 

180

128 

114 

109 

109

114

116 

141 

336 

243 

160

163 

463 

439 

261 

186

147 

126 

111 

114 

98

93 

82 

74 

68 

444 

646

Aug.

478 

ff^O

sir 111

196

1*4

in

118 

96 

86

78 

74 

103 

5,5^0 

5,5"")

1,5^0 

»M 

8^

1,270 

1,010

6?1 

6*7 

418

5^4 

252

2r.9

190 

170 

162

207 

2N5

Per square 

Mean mile

27.5 0.124 

27.5 .124 

52.4 .146

196 .878

61.0 .230 

211 .960 

307 1.38 

400 Ic80 

178 .802 

594 1.77 

190 .866 

684 2.63 

86.5 ,585

207 .932

Sept.

108 

168 

148 

126 

116

107 

100 

96 

91 

96

100 

91 

82 

78

74

76 

68 

66 

64 

61

69 

67 

66 

61 

57

66 

61 

SB 

S3

61

"^'n-off In 

Inches

0.14 

.14 

.17

11.94

.27 

1.08 

1.69 

2.01 

.92 

1.98 

.99 

5.03 

.43

12.69

iec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (10 p.m.) 5,840 sec. -ft, 

on basis of records for station near Gats O'ty. 

Ice Jan. 1-12, Jan. 16 to Feb. 7.
558 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Fork of Holston River near Gate City, Va.

Location.- water-stage recorder, lat. 36°36'31", long. 82034'05n , at highway bridge 1$ 

miles downstream from Big Moccasin Creek and 2 miles southeast of Gste City, Scott 

County. Datum of gage is 1,197.56 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 672 square miles.

Records available.- November 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,700 second-feet Aug. 14 (page height, 14.75 

reet;; minimum, 38 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 1.00 foot).

1931-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 6, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good. Low flow slightly regulated by small dam above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage-height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shlftlng-oontrol method used Oct. 1-30, May 9 to Aug. 13)

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

50

66

116

224

365

660

3

4

6

8

10

11

1,030

1,940

4,360

7,950

12,200

14,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September* 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

5

6

10

11

16

17

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

64 

66 

75

75 

73

6S

68

68 

77

S3

63

61

63

66

63

61

63

63 

66

58 

60 

61 

66 

68

68 

75 

86 

S6 

Bl 

91

Nov.

91

84 

79

79 

75

73

77

79

75

66

66

75

77

68

66 

63

68

68

77

86 

86 

91 

86 

81

75 

77 

81 

75 

73

Dec.

75 

73 

79

75 

79

77

70

6S 

70

70

68

70

75

79

77 

76

73

73 

88

110 

122 

126 

159 

152

135 

138 

138 

132 

126 

116

Jan.

99 

88 

64

79 

34

63

77

77

84

77

70

84

96

135

887

602 

381

246

196

161

113 

86 

110 

113 

96

102 

99 

91 

86 

94 

94

Month

Water yeari939-4C

Feb.

102 

119 

110

122 

122

148

427

558

564 

533

608

905

681

681

852

772 

576

468

440 

564

875 

905 

660 

509 

440

392 

370 

779 

958

Mar.

1,110 

942 

882

1,110 

1,320

1,030

786

608

498

41S

402

647

Y72

800

1,070

1,070 

S75

723

1,150 

1,840

1,450 

1,110 

838 

674 

570

498 

446 

429 

440 

665 

1,840

Secondfoot-days

227,962

4,134

27,013

12,605

209,856

Apr.

1,790 

1,400 

1,070

1,030 

966

793

674

640

730 

737

674

621

634

621

570

545 

509

468

648 

2,250

2,860 

2,300 

1,640 

1,690 

1,640

1,450 

1,150 

920 

751 

647

Maximum

91

7,460

602

958

1,840

4,OOO

13,900

2,400

13,900

Hay

602 

66S

515

46S 

435

392

365

335

320 

345

376

376

335

316

292

287 

264

242

224 

220

325 

376 

330 

296 

255

250 

237 

216 

188 

177 

233

Minimum

58

63

402

ACO

180

234

162

58

June

1,190 

758 

527

392 

345

714

457

325

363

545

660

654

576

424

345

282 

325

2,730

3,040 

1,S90

1,450 

928 

640 

492 

440

474 

381 

306 

292 

237

July

200 

180

350 

558

402

306 

292

292

350

509

660

652

435

467

1,010

875 

602

452

381 

320 

367

457

463 

315 

259

224 

480

4,000

Aug.

1,840 

1,600

634

486

402

3S1

435 

336

316

10,600

13,900

6,410 

2,740

1,880

2,330 

3,020

1,930 

1,660 

1,580 

1,160 

898

758 

647 

564 

536 

1,600 

2,630

-an P"mgre

625 ,930

133 .198

871 1.30

535 .796

420 .625

573 .853

Sept.

2,400 

1,380 

940

730 

589

AAft

360 

360

282

24S

242 

228

216

204 

200

198 

180 

177 

173 

177

196 

212 

196 

180 

162

Run-off in 

Inches

12.62

.23

1.50

1

t*O

.92

,70

11.62

Pealc discharge.- Aug. 14 (10 p.m.) 23,700 sec,-ft.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Little River near Walland, Tenn.

559

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35045'48", long. S3°51'00", half a mile upstream 

from Drldge oa State Highway 73, 1 mile upstream from Ellejoy Creek, and 3 miles downstream from Walland, Blount County. Datum of gage Is 877.21 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 192 square miles.

Records available.- July 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,900 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 4.86 

feet); minimum, 11 second-feet Oct. 26, 27 (gage height, 0.77 foot).

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 16,200 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 13.18 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet; minimum, 7.8 seconc"-feet 

Sept. 23, 1932; minimum gage height, that of Oct. 26, 27, 1939.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, wUch are 

fair. Diurnal fluctuation during low flow by power plants above station.

Rating tablei water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second- 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 16)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

29

42

59

80

130

l.V 

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.5

191 

265 

352 

452 

5VO

2.V V10

3.0 950

3.5 1,420

4.0 1,920

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

i

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

V2 

V2 

61 

53 

44

42 

38 

33 

43 

33

39

41 

37 

33 

2V

36 

38 

38 

34 

32

36 

25 

39 

33 

23

33 

23 

39 

30 

45 

43

Nov.

33 

3V 

34 

42 

30

41 

38 

38 

33 

36

36 

32 

43 

38 

36

33 

40 

36 

55 

50

63 

63 

56 

49 

47

45

50 

4V 

45 

3V

Dee.

42 

52 

6V 

56 

49

45 

39 

3V 

46 

34

43

41 

42 

65 

54

50 

42 

50 

42 

56

99 

6V 

59 

122 

104

V8 

120 

122 

8V 

76 

6V

Jan.

63 

a52 

a50 

a55 

a55

a50 

4V 

61 

54 

4V

4V 

V6 

94 

396 

366

191 

150 

125 

99 

a81

aSO 

a84 

a89 

aVS 

a65

a60 

a62 

a60 

V4 

76 

V2

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Bar 

Apr 

Hay 

JTun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

*

alendar year 19 C

ater year 1939-'10 ...........

Feb.

VO 

VO 

65 

63 

72

144 

234 

153 

125 

292

405 

25V 

219 

523 

343

2V3 

233 

S6S 

1,080 

V03

491 

366 

294 

265 

249

203 

234 

99V 

V62

Mar.

555 

469 

742 

V48 

514

405 

338 

299 

253 

222

219 

549 

59V 

1,210 

1,080

68S 

49V 

410 

533 

696

539 

44V 

366 

325 

290

25V 

249 

234 

226 

493 

V78

Seeondfoot-days

1,240 

1,251 

1,933

108,264

2,959 

10,068 

15,531 

13.V90 

6,113 

9,648 

13,032 

12,054 

5,253

92,91V

Apr.

533 

436 

371 

386 

331

316 

286 

376 

335 

299

2VS 

290 

265 

249 

242

226 

216 

205 

588 

1,460

1,050 

755 

652 

85V 

696

558 

455 

386 

334 

303

Maximum

72 

63 

122

4,120

396 

1,030 

1,210 

1,460 

330 

1,100 

1,090 

1,560 

59S

1,560

Hay

330 

294 

265 

246 

222

20S 

198 

155 

202 

25V

226 

202 

1S5 

1V8 

194

226 

188 

1V5 

165 

159

144 

139 

136 

172 

198

162 

1V2 

14V 

139 

205 

191

Minimum

25 

30 

34

25

4V 

63 

219 

205 

136 

120 

202 

133 

94

25

June

159 

144 

136 

130 

136

125 

122 

120 

35V 

219

30V 

303 

386 

352 

2V3

25V 

2V3 

25V 

463 

5S4

390 

290 

242 

230 

618

35V 

2V3 

543 

1,100 

502

July

35V 

413 

1,090 

1,020 

V25

520 

426 

381 

366 

334

30V 

381 

V55 

442 

345

390 

385 

520 

416 

562

312 

265 

234 

222 

294

230 

202 

219 

212 

203 

216

Mean

40.0 

41. V 

64.0

29V

95.5 

34V 

501 

460 

19V 

322 

420 

389 

1V5

254

Aug.

sei

2?2 ies

172 

1£9

156 

1F1 

153 

1*V 

14-2

1?3 

141 

3fl i.oro

1,5PO

V*9 

4fO 

3V9 

412 

359

312 

27S 

243 

212 

IPS

1B1 

169 

159 

25V 

1,400 

1,130

Per square 

mile

0.208 

.21V 

.333

1.55

.49V 

1.S1 

2.61 

2.40 

1.03 

1.68 

2.19 

2.03 

.911

1.32

Sept.

598 

413 

329 

2SO 

243

218 

201 

136 

1V4 

1V5

155 

156 

144 

136 

133

125 

120 

11V 

109 

109

10V 

99 

99 

99 

114

159 

112 

125 

94 

94

Run-off In 

Inches

0.24 

.24 

.33

20.96

.5V 

1.95 

3.01 

2.6V 

1.18 

l.SV 

2.52 

2.33 

1.02

17.98

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Little Pigeon Rive- at Sevlervllle and Telllco River at Telllco Plains.
560 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Little Tennessee River at lotla, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 350 14'05", long. 83°23'35", 500 feet upstream from 

lotla Creek and 1,000 feet upstream from State highway bridge at lo^la, Macon County. 

Datum of gage Is 1,958.9 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 323 square miles.

Records available.- June 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 753 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19.600 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 13.5 

reet, from floodmarKs), by computation of flow over dam at Franklin, 2i miles upstream: 

minimum, 44 second-feet Jan. 28 (gage height, 0.62 foot), result of low temperature 

and regulation; minimum dally, 170 second-feet Jan. 2.

1929-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum and ninimum daily, 31 

second-feet Nov. 26, 1933 (Sunday regulation).

Remarks.- Records'good except those above 10,000 second-feet and those for periods of 

Incomplete or no gage-height record or ice effect, which are fair. Considerable 

diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant 2& miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

166

259

447

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

1,150

1,610

2,120

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

3,400 

4,940 

S,530

10.0 12,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

289 

302 

252 

239 

a220

a220 

a220 

8220 

a200 

a200

a200 

a200 

a200 

a200 

a200

a!90 

a200 

a200 

203 

203

203 

206 

188 

197 

200

210 

239 

213 

210 

203 

216

Nov.

203 

210 

206 

203 

203

203 

208 

191 

188 

194

197 

197 

210 

200 

191

197 

200 

200 

203 

256

216 

210 

200 

203 

213

222 

206 

200 

197 

188

Dec.

219 

302 

213 

200 

200

203 

194 

200 

194 

197

183 

186 

200 

206 

188

186 

188 

188 

197

267

249 

200 

200 

368

332

270 

560 

372 

286 

270 

252

Jan.

a220 

a!70 

al80 

a!90 

a£00

*al80 

216 

263 

219

210

216 

344 

362 

978 

*922

506 

399 

342 

293 

240

240 

258 

289 

274 

b220

b200 

b220 

b200 

b220 

210 

b240

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Pec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V»

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

*b240 

242 

232 

250 

235

514 

579 

407 

370 

624

714 

530 

438 

684 

518

465 

436 

2,320 

2,720 

1,420

1,020 

828 

685 

660 

558

561 

547 

892 

728

Mar.

653 

607

717 

817 

681

624 

580 

562 

569

472

502 

613 

699 

910 

846

708 

653 

606 

692 

586

554 

534 

486 

512 

508

494 

484 

500 

732 

954 

1,090

Secondfoot-days

6,643 

6,115 

7,450

269,390

9,221 

20,417 

19,945 

29,275 

17,432 

15,576 

12,114 

42 , 092 

21,291

207,571

- Apr.

836 

760 

666 

660 

638

560 

582 

1x100 

' 906 

752

677 

1 667 

630 

587 

, 574

540 

530

517 

1,750 

3,870

1,910 

1,380 

1,200 

1,380 

1,160

1,020 

948 

852 

818

805

KaxlMion

soe

256 

560

5.100

978 

2,720 

1,090 

3,870 

898 

968 

536 

12,300 

2,010

12,300

May

898 

840 

736 

732 

681

660 

640 

622 

593

713

666 

600 

562 

530 

530

586 

516 

507 

488 

468

501 

446 

446 

462 

436

418 

429 

407 

446 

471 

402

Minimum

188 

188 

183

183

170 

232 

472 

517 

402 

346 

278 

234 

392

170

June

402 

355 

364 

458 

442

38S 

400 

372 

736 

529

553 

581 

968

751 

604

634 

952 

748 

598 

550

458 

448

413 

445

474

422 

352 

399 

454

346

Jily

371 

352 

536 

457 

399

362 

396 

466 

523 

456

494 

418 

447 

424 

392

420

501 

437 

410 

348

365 

342 

358 

324 

343

290 

321 

299 

303 

278 

282

Mean

214 

204 

240

738

 297 

704 

643 

976 

562 

519 

391 

1,358 

710

567

Aug.

274 

316 

267 

234 

246

246 

294 

266 

270

257

255 

469 

4,590 

5,120 

2,000

1,240 

'950 

828 

762 

678

593 

607 

546 

530 

470

463 

426 

415 

f 1,960 

f 12, 300 

f4,220

Per square 

mile

0.663 

.632 

.743

2.28

.920 

2,18 

1.99 

3.02 

1.74 

1.61 

1.21 

4.20 

2.20

1.76

Sept.

2,010 

1,480 

1,260 

1,100 

1,020

a950 

a900 

a850 

a800 

a 750

a700 

a650 

636 

590 

576

552 

530 

494 

524 

488

476 

466 

454 

445 

540

455 

409 

408 

392 

396

Run-off in 

inches

0.76 

.71 

.86

31.03

1.06 

2.35 

2.29 

3.37 

2.01 

1.80 

1.40 

4.84 

2.46

23.91

Peak discharge.- App. 20 (1:30 a.m.) 4,940 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (9t30 p.m.) 7,770 sec.-ft.! Aug. 30 

(10 a.m.) 19,600 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

at Judson and for nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 561

Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°24'20", long. 83°33'45", a quarter of a mile

 downstream from highway bridge at railroad station at Judson, Swain County, arid a 

quarter of a mile upstream from Sawyer Branch. Datum of gage is 1,521.76 feet above 

mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 664 square miles.

Records available.- June 1896 to September 1913 (at Southern Ry. bridge 1'mile downstream)

 and April 1912 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 1896-1934, including revised records prior to April 1913, in Tennessee Pivision of Geology Bulletin 

34. 1896-1933, Including revised records prior to April 1912, in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34. (Revised records prior to March 

1905 in Tennessee Bulletin 34 supersede revised records of same period in the North 

Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34.)

Average discharge.- 44 years (1896-1940), 1,783 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 23,100 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 37.63

 feet); minimum, 330 second-feet Dec. 16 (gage height, 17.08 feet), but may have been 

less during period of ice effect; minimum daily, 340 second-feet Jan. 3.

1896-1940: Maximum discharge observed, 40,800 second-feet Feb. 28, 1903 (gage 

height, 16.19 feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 

3,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 165 second-feet Oct. 10, 1935 (gage height, 16.70 

feet); minimum daily, 200 second-feet Sept. 6, 7, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height, in f,^t,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control methoa used Feb. 16 to Apr. 19, Sept. 1-30)

17.1

17.2

17.4

17.6

17.8

340

393

510

635

780,

1S.O 

18.3 

18.6 

19.0 

19.5

945

1,220

1,530

1,970

2,560

20.0

21.0

22.0

24.0

26.0

3,290

4,900

6,800

11,300

16,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

e

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

427 

450 

462 

433 

422

422

422 

404 

399 

393

393 

393 

377 

372 

382

361 

377 

372 

377 

377

377 

372 

361 

351 

366

377 

393 

433 

399 

377 

377

Hov.

377 

366 

372 

372 

372

366 

366 

372 

361 

361

366 

372 

372 

372 

361

356 

361 

361 

366 

422

486 

422 

388 

372 

388

410 

393 

377 

372 

366

Dee.

382 

576 

504 

393

377

377 

366 

361 

366 

366

366 

351 

377 

410 

377

361 

361 

361 

366 

609

528 

422 

404 

608 

649

556 

790 

804 

590 

504 

450

Jan.

b420 

b400 

b340 

b420 

b440

b420 

b420 

b420 

b420 

b440

b460 

b500 

706 

1,820 

2,220

1,080 

860 

664 

602 

564

b650 

b650 

b600 

b550 

b480

b440 

b420 

b400 

b400 

b420 

b440

Month.

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19S59 ...........

ater year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb. 

b480 

b500 

b550 

b600 

b650

b750 

b900 

796 

691 

1,210

1,530 

1,080 

970 

1,420 

1,190

1,030 

945 

3.S30 

5,220 

3,000

2,080 

1,640 

1,370 

1,230 

1,140

1,000 

1,030 

2,020 

1,700

Mar.

1,480 

1,310 

1,640 

1,860 

1,530

1,370 

1,240 

1,170 

1,110 

1,010

962

1,320 

1,580 

2,140 

2,080

1,700 

1,480 

1,370 

1,580 

1,320

1,220 

1,140 

1,030 

1,080 

' 1,060

1,020 

1,010 

1,000 

1,220 

1,680 

2,260

Seeondfoot-days

12,193 

11,368 

14,314

547,198

19,085 

40,552 

43,022 

57,590 

36,438 

33,409 

29,099 

69,5'03 

37,380

403,953

Apr.

1,750 

1,550 

1,420 

1,370 

1,310

1,170 

1,150 

1,800 

1,750 

1.480

1,370 

1,310 

1,240 

1,130 

1,110

1,050 

1,040 

1,010 

2,750 

6,920

4,060 

2,860 

2,450 

2,860 

2,450

2,140 

1,970 

1,800 

1,700 

1,640

Maximum

462 

486

804

13,300

2,220 

5,220 

2,260 

6,920 

1,860 

1,800 

1,780 

16,800 

3,590

16,800

May

1,860 

1,800 

1,580 

1,480 

1,420

1,320 

1,270 

1,300 

1,300 

1,370

1,480 

1,250 

1,180 

1,120 

1,100

1,230 

1,100 

1,030 

1,010 

1,010

945 

996 

92S 

1,000 

970

902 

936 

860 

844 

979 

868

Minimum

351 

356 

351

351

340 

480 

962 

1,010 

844 

765 

656 

552 

720

340

June

844 

765 

772 

S04 

1,000

828 

860 

886

1,380 

1,200

1,210 

1,290 

1,920 

1,530 

1,280

1,370 

1,800 

1,640 

1,370 

1,220

1,060 

970 

911 

945 

1,140

920 

844 

804 

1,010 

836

July

750 

788 

1,200 

1,250 

911

S2S 

868

936 

1,070 

1,130

1,100 

1,030 

1,050 

1,050 

928

1,050 

1,780 

1,150 

1,030 

886

S77 

828 

780 

750 

698

812 

705 

765 

663 

780 

656

Mean

393 

379 

462

1,499

616 

1,398 

1,383 

1,920 

1,175 

1,114 

939 

2,242 

1,246

1,104

Auf.

691 

628 

656 

596 

652

576 

663 

628 

?95 

628

596

619 

5,990 

S,f40 

4,380

2,390 

l.ESO 

1,E80 

1,480 

1,300

1,170 

1,310 

1.C70 

3,C50 

579

920 

£60 

836 

2,160 

16,800 

7,610

Per square 

mile

0.592 

.571 

.696

2.26

.928 

2.11 

2.09 

2.89 

1.77 

1.68 

1.41 

3.38 

1.88

1.66

Sept.

3,590 

2,590 

2,170 

1,860 

1,750

1,640 

1,480 

1,420 

1,300 

1,280

1,240 

1,120 

1,100 

1,040 

1,010

1,000 

 928 

902 

936 

894

860 

836 

804 

804 

920

936

780 

750 

720 

720

Run-off In 

Inches

0.68 

.64 

.80

30.64

1.07 

2.28 

2.41 

3.22 

2.04 

1.87 

1.63 

3.90 

2.10

22.64

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (11 p.a.) 6,400 sec.-ft. ; Apr. 20 (1 a.m.) 7,860 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

(10J3O p.m.} 11,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (3:30 p.m.! 22,100 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
562 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Tennessee River near Fontana, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°26'50", long. 83°48'25", 0.7 mtle downstream 

rrom Payne Branch and 1.1 miles southwest of Fontana, Swain County. Datum of gage Is 

1,275.09 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.-'1,572 square miles.

Records available.- August 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 71,200 second-feet Aug. 30'(gige height, 15.94 

reetj, by computation of flow into Cheoah Reservoir below station; minimum, 482 secondfeet Jan. 3 (gage height, 3.62 feet), result of low temperature.

1938-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 3, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 40,000 second-feet and those for periods of lag 

errect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low 

flow caused by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

3.8 690

4.0 950

4.3 1,330

4.6 1,690

5.0 2,690

5.5 3,960

6.0 5,600

7.0 9,600

S.O 14,700

10.0 23,200

12.0 42,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7

a

9

10 

wIS 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,080 

1,240 

1,160 

1,010 

964

937 

984 

911 

872 

898

859 

859 

846 

833 

846

781 

846 

833 

807 

833

833 

846 

872 

872 

885

911 

964 

1,010 

1,060 

964 

898

Nov.

911 

898 

859 

833 

S20

620 

820 

833 

820 

794

807 

833 

833 

846 

833

807 

B07

seo

833

911

1,240 

1,130 

992 

911 

924

992 

978 

898 

859 

833

Dec.

859 

1,160 

1,200 

9 73 

696

833 

833 

794 

794 

781

755 

755 

833 

911 

872

794 

781 

742 

768 

1,320

1,490 

1,090 

964 

1,350 

1.-510

1,290 

1,590 

1,950 

1,400 

1,190 

1,090

Jan.

1,010 

850 

678 

911 

bl.OOO

b950 

b950 

b950 

b950 

b950

964 

1,200 

1,610 

4,250 

5,380

2,650 

1,970 

1,690 

al,500 

al,200

al.100 

al,200 

al,400 

al,200 

al.OOO

a950 

a950 

a950 

a950 

al,000 

al.100

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19 39 ...........

ater year 1939- 40 ...........

Feb.

bl,200 

bl,200 

bl,200 

bl,200 

bl,300

b2,000 

b2,800 

2,700 

1,680 

2,320

4,110 

2,780 

2,320 

3,390 

3,140

.2,580 

2,320 

5,120 

9,600 

6,120

4,420 

3,520 

3,020 

2,760 

2,630

2,360 

2,340 

4,420 

4,260

Mar.

3,660 

3,390 

6,410 

5,600 

4,260

3,660 

3,260 

3,020 

2,340 

2,580

2,480 

3,520 

4,260 

5,420 

6,500

4,900 

4,110 

3,660 

4,260 

3,960

3,390 

3,140 

2,910 

2,870 

2,800

2,690 

2,610 

2,610 

2,780 

3,680 

5,780

Secondfoot-days

28,384 

26,495 

32,575

1,209,776

43,413 

88,810 

117,010 

128,840 

82,750 

71,680 

71,650 

168, 4EO 

94,800

954,827

Apr.

4,260 

3,660 

3,390 

3, '260 

3,140

2,340 

2,760 

3,780 

4,420 

3,390

3,140 

3,140 

3,020 

2,780 

2,690

2,680 

2,500 

2,430 

3,770 

15,800

8,500 

6,300 

6,420 

6,120 

5,420

4,740 

4,420 

3,960 

3,660 

3,520

Maximum

1,240 

1,240 

1,950

28,900

5,380 

9,600 

6,500 

15,800 

3,960 

3,520 

3,520 

40,900 

9,310

40,900

Hay

3,960 

3,310 

3,390 

3,140 

3,020

2,910 

2,300 

2,760 

3,140 

3,140

3,520 

2,910 

2,730 

2,610 

2,540

2,760 

2,540 

2,380 

2,300 

2,320

2,140 

2,420 

2,300 

2,360 

2,320

2,140 

2,180 

2,040 

1,950 

2,140 

2,030

Minimum

781 

794 

742

742

678 

1,200 

2,480 

2,460 

,950 

,750 

,710 

,430 

,760

678

June

1,930 

1,840 

1,760 

1,750 

2,080

1,870 

1,870 

1,850 

2,500 

2,680

2,670 

2,630 

3,140 

3,020 

2,650

2,800 

3,390 

3,520 

3,080 

2,760

8,480 

2.160 

2,080 

2,000 

2,780

2,280 

1,980 

1,850 

2,400 

2,120

Jily

1,730 

1,730 

f,520 

3,520 

?,630

2,200 

g,120 

2,280 

2,710 

2,650

2,650 

2,480 

8,670 

8,480 

8,280

9,840

3,520 

9,910

a, 710

8,330

8,160 

2,200 

8,000 

1,970 

1,910

1,850 

1,880 

1,870 

1,850 

1,710 

1,910

Mean

916 

883 

1,051

3,314

1,400 

3,062 

3,775 

4,295 

2,669 

2,389 

2,311 

5,433 

3,160

2,609

Aug.

1,S20 

1,660 

1,610 

1,490 

1,430

1,430 

1,5SO 

1,590 

1,800 

1,590

1,430 

1,440 

9,480 

23,600 

11 , 100

6,200 

4,730 

3,940 

3,660 

3,260

a,89Q 

2,730 

g,630 

2,480 

2,400

8,280 

2,160 

2,040 

8,630 

40,900 

20,500

Per square 

mile

0.683 

.562 

.669

2.11

.391 

1.95 

2.40 

2.73 

1.70 

1.52 

1.47 

3.46 

2.01

1.66

HP*.

9,310 

6,800 

6,660 

4,900 

4,580

4,110 

3,810 

3,820 

3,250 

3,260

3,260 

2,890 

8,730 

8,650 

8,540

2,460 

2,360 

2,280 

2,580 

2,260

8,120 

2,040 

1,930 

1.970 

8,080

2,260 

1,950 

1.840 

1,800 

1,760

Run-off In 

Inches

0.87 

.68

.77

28.68

1.03 

2.10 

2.77 

3.05 

1.96 

1.70 

1.70 

3.99 

2.24

28.61

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (4:30 a.m.) 21,200 sec.-ft.j Aug. 14 (2 a.a.) 35,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 

(4«15 p.m.) 717200 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on records for station at Judson ar<3. Tuckasegee River 

at Bryson.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°30'24", long. 84°00'14". at Scona Lodge Ferry, 

TOO-tnlrds of a mile west of Calderwood, Blount County, and 2* miles downstream from 

Oalderwood Dan. Datum of gage is 861.41 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,862 square miles.

Records available.- January 1912 to December 1918, January 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 34 years (1912-18, 1922-40), 4,306 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 63,900 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 9.70 

feet); minimum, 715 second-feet Jan. 11 (gage height, 0.45 foot).

1912-18, 1921-40: Maximum discharge, 82,000 sedcnd-feet Mar. 4, 1917 (gage height, 

10.97 feet), from rating curve extended above 40,000 second- feet; maximum gage height 

observed, 11.75 feet Mar. 4, 1917. before breaking of levee near gage; minimum discharge, 50 second-feet (estimated) Apr. 16-18, 1930 (gage height, -0.1

by closing of gates in Calderwood Dam.

12 foot), caused

Remarks.- Records excellent. Some regulation of flow by power plants above station. 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Aluminum Company of America.

Rating table, water year 1959-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

0.5

.8

1.1

1.4

780

1,230

1,800

2,550

2.0 

2.5 

5.0 

4.0

4,450

6,250

S.510

13,500

19,500

27,300

55,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1959 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

SB

29

30

31

Oct.

1,670

1,510

1,480

1,570

1,550

1,550

1,570

1,550

1,570

1,650

1,550

1,260

1,250

1,170

1,070

1,250

1,590

1,460

1,250

1,570

1,230

1,090

1,500

1,330

1,400

1,480

1,250

1,100

965

965

1,200

Hov.

1,040

1,060

995

920

S78

9SO

920

920

906

950

955

935

1,090

995

1,020

935

878

850

822

1,150

1,880

1,260

1,1SO

1,100

955

955

1,090

1,260

1,250

S92

Dee.

1,200

1,120

S56

920

1,060

1,070

1,380

1,210

864

794

836

1,550

1,590

1,590

1,510

1,260

794

1,100

1,210

1,260

1,570

1,550

1,210

1,230

1,150

1,480

1,S70

1,520

1,550

1,040

920

Jan.

1,460

1,300

al,510

al.500

al,150

a995

a906

al,400

1,550

1,510

1,480

1,480

1,520

1,760

6,040

4,430

2,030

1,960

1,960

1,060

965

1,510

1,S70

1,S70

1,870

1,870

892

878

1,480

1,650

1,700

Month

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

1,740

2,010

1,370

9SO

1,590

1,S50

1,920

2,060

2,160

2,550

2,950

2,230

2,420

3,350

3,570

2,610

2,520

6,040

10,200

6,620

4,7SO

3,100

5,600

3,160

2,280

3,160

2,690

5,990

4,600

_

-

Mar.

4,450

4,600

5,790

6,040

4,940

4,250

4,260

4,430

2,890

2,420

2,830

5,440

5,500

4,450

6,040

5,500

4,450

4,120

5,260

4,160

4,090

4,290

2,510

1,650

4,190

4,090

4,090

4,160

4,190

2,200

1,700

Second - 

foot-days

40,920

30,541

57,454

1,425,135

53,616

92,580

124, 2SO

138,420

39,490

75,610

91,470

174,290

117,010

1,065,481

Apr.

4,560

4,400

4,600

4,600

4,250

1,980

1,550

5,850

3,650

5,850

5,960

4,430

2,080

1,510

3,500

5,760

5,540

3,600

4,600

12,800

8,580

7,25O

6,620

6,S60

6,420

5,120

3,570

3,850

4,600

4,600

-

Maximum

1,670

1,280

1,870

29,400

6,040

10,200

6,040

12,800

4,400

4,090

5,S50

37,700

9,590

57,700

May

4,160

4,400

4,090

2,580

a2,500

a2,610

a5,990

a5, 570

a5, 470

a2,500

2,250

2,660

3,700

3,550

3,040

2,830

2,890

2,720

2,550

2,520

2,950

2,890

2,950

2,690

2,550

1,920

2,500

2,280

2,560

1,980

2,500

Minimum

965

822

794

794

S7S

980

1,650

1,510

1,920

1,610

1,800

1,400

1,070

794

June

2,550

1,S20

2,100

1,7SO

1,720

1,7SO

2,100

1,850

1,930

2,750

2,860

2,860

5,010

2,980

2,660

2,690

2,980

4,090

5,750

5,660

5,700

2,080

1,740

2,470

2,690

2,610

2,560

2,580

1,820

1,610

-

July

2,440

2,590

2,610

2,200

5,010

2,S60

1,800

3,250

5,2SO

5,190

2,980*

3,350

2,950

2,420

5,440

5,540

5,850

3,540

5,590

5,290

2,200

5,110

5,170

3,250

5,550

3,510

5,020

2,850

2,880

2,550

2,020

Mean

1,320

1,011

1,20S

3,904

1,750

3,192

4,009

4,614

2,887

2,520

2,951

5,622

5,900

2,911

Aug.

1,900

2,190

1,620

1,400

1,760

2,010

1,680

2,570

2,770

1,910

1,760

2,860

10,600

19,300

J.0,500

6,820

6,510

5,200

4,560

4,030

5,500

5,600

5,770

5,120

2,810

5,880

2,860

2,780

4,620

57,700

17,100

Per square 

mile

0.709

.543

.649

2.10

.929

1.71

2.15

2.48

1.55

1.35

1.5S

5.02

2.09

1.56

Sept.

9,590

7,000

6,760

5,290

4,880

5,090

4,080

5,550

5,920

4,360

4,560

4,560

4,290

3,890

3,450

4,050

5,980

5,840

5,410

3,380

3,950

1,610

2,940

2,7SO

2,610

2,470

2,500

1,520

1,070

2,310

-

Run-off in 

Inches

0.82

.61

.75

28.47

1.07

1.S5

2.48

2.76

1.79

1.51

1.83

5.48

2.34

21.29

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (7 to 9 a.m.) 17,500 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (11 to 12 p.m.) 52,200 see.-ft.; 

Aug. 30 (3:30 p.m.) 65,900 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Pontana, H. 0., 

and McOhee, Tenn.
564 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°36'16", long. 84°12'43", at mouth of Tellico 

River, 100 feet upstream from bridge on State Highways 33 and 72, 0.? mile upstream 

from Louisville & Nashville R. R. bridge, and 0.5 mile south of McGhee, Monroe County. 

Datura of gage is 760.18 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 2,443 square miles, including that of Tellico River.

Records available.- January 1905 to December 1913 and October 1918 to September 1940 in 

reports or u.'s. Geological Survey. November 1904 to September 1924 (including revised records prior to 1914) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 35 years (1905^0) 5,881 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 52,100 second-feet Aug. 30 (gf.ge height, 21.56 

reet); minimum, 834 second-feet Jan. 29 (gage height, 2.94 feet).

1904-40: Maximum discharge observed, 92,000 second-feet Apr. 2, 1920 (gage height, 

30.5 feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended atove 66,000 secondfeet; minimum observed, 480 second-feet Oct. 2, 1925 (gage height, 2.59 feet, present 

site and datum).

Maximum stage known, 39.0 feet (original site and datum) in March 1867.

pemarks.- Records excellent. Some regulation of flow by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

3.0 4.5

3.3 

3.6

4.0

900

1,290

1,750

2,480

3,500

4,590

6,810

9,140

11,500

16,500

21,700

26,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,940 

1,960 

1,750 

1,590 

1,500

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,590

1,750 

1,460 

1,320 

1,340 

1,260

1,250 

1,500 

1,670 

1,500 

1,400

1,440 

1,260 

1,280 

1,440 

1,410

1,720 

1,280 

1,230 

1,080 

1,070 

1,140

Nov.

1,250 

1,120 

1,140 

1,080 

1,030

1,020 

1,080 

1,020 

1,030 

1,020

1,110 

1,060 

1,070 

1,190 

1,140

1,120 

1,030 

996 

972 

1,120

1,380 

1,540 

1,410 

1,280 

1,150

1,060 

1,110 

1,280 

1,420

1,150

Bee.

1,150 

1,320 

f 1,150 

f 1,020

1,100

1,160 

1,400 

1,420 

1,180 

924

960 

1,180 

1,620 

1,940 

1,670

1,610 

1,150 

1,030 

1,300 

1,610

1,690 

1,610 

1,590 

1,700 

1,560

1,620 

2,100 

1,840 

1,530 

1,420 

1,120

Jan.

1,340 

1,770 

1,850 

2,000 

1,970

1,400 

1,060 

1,150 

1,470 

1,610

1,580 

1,700 

1,590 

1,470 

f6,280

4,810 

3,020 

2,210 

2,180 

1,590

1,180 

1,410 

1,890 

1,990 

2,060

2,100 

1,590 

1,060 

1,400 

1,700 

1,890

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Bee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ruary.

59 ...........

ater year 1939-4 3 ...........

Feb.

1,920 

2,080 

1,900 

1,340 

1,580

2,290' 

2,780 

2,370 

2,520 

3,080

4,590 

3,180 

2,880 

4,590 

4,920

3,500 

3,180 

5,580 

13,000 

9,140

6,580 

4,150 

4,370 

3,820 

3,180

3,500 

3,710 

5,360 

6,580

Mar.

5,470 

5,140 

5,580 

7,270 

6,350

5,250 

5,030 

5,140 

4,040 

3,600

2,780 

5,030 

7,040 

8,660 

10,100

7,500 

6,130 

5,250 

6,810 

5,350

5,030 

5,030 

3,600 

2,560 

3,820

4,590 

4,480 

4,590 

4,480 

3,600 

3,710

Seeondfoot-days45,010 

34,378 

43,674

1,716,102

60,320

117,670 

163,010 

172,140 

109,240 

93,530 

105,110 

179,600 

124,110

1,247,792

Apr.

4,700 

5,250 

5.140 

5,690 

4,920

3,290 

2,500 

3,710 

4,590 

4,370

4,480 

5,030 

3,500 

2,460 

3,290

4,260 

4,150 

4,040 

4,810 

17,000

13,000 

9,140 

8,190 

9,140 

8,660

7,040 

4,810 

4,810 

5,140 

5,030

Maximum

1,960 

1,540 

2,100

35,500

6,280 

13,000 

10,100 

17,000 

5,360 

4,810 

4,700 

27,600 

11,900

27,600

May

5,250 

5,360 

4,700 

3,710 

2,680

3,930 

4,150 

3,820 

3,820 

3,820

3,400 

3,400 

3,710 

3,930

3,710

3,600 

3,400 

3,290 

3,080 

2,680

3,180 

3,400 

3,400 

3,500 

3,400

2,480 

3,080 

2,980 

2,880 

2,520 

2,980

Minimum

1,070 

972 

924

924

1,060 

1,340 

2,560 

2,460 

2,480 

2,100 

2,420 

1,690 

1,410

924

June

2,680 

2,480 

2,440 

2,120 

2,330

2,100 

2,350 

2,330 

2,660 

3,080

3,290 

3,500 

3,710 

3,500 

3,400

3,290 

3,290 

4,480 

4,590 

4,610

4,480 

3,400 

2,290 

2,480 

3,290

3,600 

2,980 

2,880 

3,080 

2,420

July

2,460 

2,860 

3-080 

2,780 

3,600

3.500 

2.60O 

3.180 

3.710 

3.710

3,500 

3.710 

3.930 

3-180 

3-930

4,040 

4,700 

4,150 

4,040 

3,820

2,880 

3,180 

3-290 

3,500 

3.500

3.400 

3-400 

3.080 

2,980 

2,980 

2,420

Mean

1,452 

1,146 

1,409

4,702

1,946 

4,058 

5,258 

5,738 

3,524 

3,118 

3,391 

5,794 

4,137

3,409

Aug.

2,010 

2,460 

2,100 

1,690 

1,770

2,210 

1,940 

2,210 

2,980 

2,480

2,100 

2,580 

4,540 

22,800 

12,600

7,540 

6,880 

4,330 

4,130 

4,820

3,630 

3,590 

3,940 

3,500 

2,780

2,980 

3,180 

2,880 

4,010 

27,600 

27,400

Per aquare 

mile

0.594 

.469 

.577

1.92

.797 

1.66 

2.15 

2.35 

1.44 

1.28 

1.39 

2.37 

1.69

1.40

Sept.

11,900 

7,240 

6,670 

6,130 

4,550

5,470 

4,670 

3,600 

3,890 

4,480

4,480 

4,590 

4,590 

4,150 

3,710

4,040 

4,040 

3,820 

3,600 

3,400

4,370 

1,940 

2,780 

f2,680 

f2,780

2,780 

2,640 

1,960 

1,410 

1,750

Run-off in 

inches

0.69 

.52 

.66

26.11

.92 

1.79 

2.48 

2.62 

1.66 

1.42 

1.60 

2.73 

1.39

18.98

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (It30 pun.) 22,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (6:30 a.m.) 2S,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

30 (11 p.m.) 52,100 sec.-ft.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 565

Cullasaja Creek at Highlands, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°03'55", Idng. 8#°13'30", a quarter of a mile

downstream from Highlands municipal dam, half a mile downstream from Big Cree\, and 2

miles northwest of Highlands, Macon County. Datum of gage is 3,373.63 feet above mean

sea level.

Drainage area.- 14.9 square miles. 

Records available.- August 1931 to September 1940. December 1927 to August 1931, at

municipal aani, a quarter of a mile upstream. 

Average discharge.- 12 years (1928-40), 53.8 second-feet. 

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 5,100 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 9.35

reet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 0.4 second-foot Nov. 28 (gag<3 height,

0.23 foot).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 0.4 second-foot July

24,30, Sept. 13, 1936, Nov. 28, 1939. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Low rlow regulated by Sequoyah Lake. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by poiver plant

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 19 to Mar. 30, Aug. 16-29)

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

Oct. 1 to Aug. 30

0.8 

Z.Z 

7.0

12.5

25

39

59

85

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

140

219

330

464

660

920

1,200

l.SOO

Aug. 31 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

137

218

330

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14

14

14

14

13

12

11

11

10

9.8

.9.8

9.8

9.S

9.S

9.8

8.6

8.1

8.1 e.i

8.1

8.1

5.0

7.0

7.0

8.6

20

8.0

9.S

9.2

9.2

9.2

Nov.

9.8

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

8.1

8.6

8.1

S.6

8.6

8.0

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.6

8.1

8.6

8.6

8.6

6.1

1.3

8.1

9.2

-

Dec.

13

17

9.8

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.1

5.4

5.4

a6

a9

a9

aS

a8

a8

as

aS

a22

alO

a9

alO

a20

a!6

a!4

aS4

a20

a!4

a!2

alO

Jan.

a9

a5

a7

aS

a9

a8

S.6

S.6

8.6

7.0

8.1

S.6

10

128

56

31

25

21

17

16

14

13

14

16

13

11

al2

all

all

all

a!2

Month

October. ........................

Calendar year 1939 ...........

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.... .................. .......

July. ...........................

August. .........................

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

al2

12

all

all

13

64

49

30

26

91

67

44

41

86

46

39

36

238

200

125

95

78

67

61

56

50

55

82

67

_

-

liar.

61

59

120

90

71

63

58

59

51

47

47

59

72

81

66

56

54

51

58

49

44

42

41

42

40

39

39

80

101

162

110

Secondfoot-daya

313.9

247.3

356.7

17,926.9

536.5

1,852

2,012

2,775

1,250

789

620

5,951

2,134

18,837.4

Apr.

79

67

60

57

51

47

66

199

99

81

72

65

60

56

52

48

45

42

339

268

136

134

106

117

101

96

57

44

65

66

-

Maximum

20

9 t&p 

34

427

128

238

162

339

on O«£

59

30

1,560

231

1,560

May

82

64

54

50

47

47

46,

46

44

54

47

42

40

38

42

42

36

35

33

32

30

32

31

33

31

2S

27

26

32

32

27

Minimum

5.0

1.3

5.4

1.3

5

11

39

42

26

17

13

15

28

1.3

June

25

24

23

23

28

30

2S

25

29

24

25

27

31

25

31

44

59

38

31

28

24

20

18

18

22

17

17

17

20

18

-

July

17

17

17

21

19

18

18

24

30

23

24

21

28

22

20

20

26

28

20

20

17

18

18

17

16

18

13

18

17

18

17

Mean

10.1

8.24

11.5

49.1

17.3

63.9

64.9

92.5

40.3

26.3

20.0

192

71.1

51.5

Aug.

17

24

£0

£0

1?

15

1?

20

21

22

SI

255

1,460

437

22?

155

121

101

83

79

72

71

61

58

54

50

4S

44

428

1,560

35*

Per square 

mile

0.67S

.553

 * YV2

3.30

1.16

4.29

4.36

6

O-1 

 fcj.

2.70

1.77

1.34

12.9

4.77

3.46

Sept.

231

172

143

124

120

106

95

88

84

76

70

64

60

56

53

51

46

46

47

42

39

38

35

38

54

36

32

31

28

SO

-

Run-off in 

inches

0.7S

.62

 89

44.63

1.34

4.63

6.03

6 93

3.11

1.98

1.54

14.87

5.32

47.04

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (7:30 p.m.) 838 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (10 a.m.) 2,120 sec.-ft., (2:30 p.m.) 

2,400 sec.-ft.5 Aug. 30 (3 a.m.) 5,100 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on weather records and records for station at Cullasaja.
566 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Cullasaja creek at cullasaja, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, *lat. 35°10'05", long. 83°19'2511 , at Cullasaja, Macon

County, 1 mile downstream from Ellljay Creek and 3i miles upstream from mouth. Datum of

gage Is 2,023.37 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of

1936).

Drainage area.- 86.5 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1907 to December 1909 and February 1921 to September 1940 In

reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 1907-9 (revised) In North Carolina Department of

Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 and Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. 

Average discharge.- 21 years (1907-9, 1921-40), 232 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19,300 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 20.83

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 19 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 0.42 foot),

result of low temperature.

1907-9, 1921-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; mlnlnnin, 19 second-feet

Sept. 18-E2, 1925, Jan. 2, 1940.

Maximum stage known, that of Aug. 30, 1940. A stage of 17.2 feet, from floodmarks,

occurred In July 1916 but has been exceeded at other times (from Information by state

Highway Commission).

Revisions.- The maximum discharge for the water year 1928 has been revised to 11,800

second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 17.04 feet, from floodmark), superseding figure

published In Water-Supply Paper 663 and In succeeding water-supply papers, where It has

been recorded as the maximum discharge for period of record. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect and those above 3,000 secondfeeT, which are fair. Low flow regulated by Sequoyah Lake.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

51

Oct.

73 

64 

57 

55 

54

53 

52 

50 

4S 

48

4S 

48 

46 

46 

46

46 

46 

45 

45 

45

45 

44 

39 

42 

43

48 

57 

45 

46 

45 

46

HOT.

45 

44 

44 

44 

44

44 

43 

43 

42 

43

44 

46 

45 

44 

43

42 

42 

41 

40 

a55

a46 

a42 

a40 

aS8 

a40

842

a40 

3S 

35

44

Dec.

49 

68 

51 

45 

43

43 

43 

42 

41

41

*37 

39 

46 

45 

40

43 

42 

41 

42

74

50 

44 

49 

73 

66

60 

134 

77 

61 

53 

47

Jan.

44 

b36 

b40 

b42 

44

*b50 

b55 

b50 

46 

44

b.49 

»h61 

hl!2 

h300 

h!8S

107 

93 

80 

69 

b50

b70 

b70 

93 

86 

b60

b50 

b55 

b50 

b55 

b55 

b55

Month

Oct 

HOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Har 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

*b55 

b55 

b50 

b55 

b60

138 

146 

98 

88, 

190

186 

131 

119 

200 

137

123 

117 

935 

675 

394

288 

235 

203 

186 

174

156 

157 

240 

203

liar.

185 

178 

258 

246 

201

183 

168 

173 

156 

148

146 

180 

219 

252

227

196 

180 

171 

201 

171

159 

151 

143 

148 

146

140 

141 

161 

262 

374 

342

Secondfoot-days

1,515 

1,283 

1,629

71,339

2,259

5,794 

6,006 

9,406 

4,744 

3,343 

2,604 

20,661 

7,075

66,319

Apr.

259

227 

207 

19S 

1S6

169 

1S6 

440 

282 

240

215 

207 

190 

181 

173

164 

159 

151 

1,170 

1,030

532 

421 

381 

421 

342

317 

263 

231 

233 

231

Maximum

73 

55 

134

1,590

300 

935 

374 

1,170 

259 

213 

114 

7,550 

701

7,550

May

259 

229 

207 

196 

185

178 

171 

171 

166 

201

181 

161 

152 

148 

. 151

161 

141 

135 

128 

127

122 

128 

120 

124 

118

113 

113 

107 

119 

IBS 

107

Minimum

39 

35 

37

35

36 

50 

140 

151 

107 

79 

67 

62 

113

35

June

100 

96 

92 

117 

104

101 

101 

102 

120 

99

101 

128 

166 

132 

119

154 

213 

152 

130 

118

103 

94 

89 

69 

104

85 

80 

81 

94 

79

July

74 

73 

108 

97 

82

77 

89 

101 

112 

100

92 

89 

100

85 

79

80 

96 

114 

83 

80

77 

80 

76 

68 

6S

67 

74 

76 

72 

68 

67

Mean

48.9 

42.8 

52.5

195

72.9 

200 

194 

314 

153 

111 

84.0 

666 

236

181

Aug.

68 

83 

67 

63 

62

65 

64 

70 

82 

71

65 

399 

4,970 

1,190 

604

433. 

333 

277 

242 

211

194 

185 

168 

157 

148

138 

130 

122 

1,370 

7,550 

1,080

Per square 

mile

0.565 

.495 

.607

2.25

.843 

2.31 

2.24 

3.63

1.77 

1.28 

.971 

7.70 

B.73

2.09

Sept.

701 

551 

459 

421 

381

342 

30S 

277 

2S5 

242

226 

209 

198 

190 

180

169 

162 

169 

164 

151

143 

138 

133 

135 

171

136 

124 

119 

114 

113

Run-off in 

inches

0.65 

.55 

.70

30.67

.97 

2.49 

2.58 

4.05 

2.04 

1.43 

1.18 

8.88 

3.05

28.51

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (7 p.m.) 3,8SO sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (4 p.m.) 9,020 S'sc.-ft.; Aug. 30 (3t30 

a.m.) 19,300 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge based on records for station at Highlands and Little Tennessee 

River at lotla.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

h Computed on basis of twice-daily .gage readings and recorded range In ata^e.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 567

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°22'35", long. 83°33'55", at highway bridge at 

Almond, Swain County, a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 

1,596.53 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 174 square miles.

Records available.- April 1912 to December 1913 (at site 900 feet downstreem), January 1914 

to November 1917 (at site 1,100 feet downstream), January 1921 to June 1934 (at site 700 

feet downstream) and June 1934 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

April 1912 to December 1924 (Including estimated discharge for December 1917 to January 

1921) In North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34.

Average discharge,.- 28 years (1912-40), 527 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,000 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 6.30 feet, 

from floodmarks); minimum, 28 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 0.20 foot), result of low 

temperature; minimum daily, 70 second-feet Jan. 2.

1912-17, 1921-40: Maximum discharge probably occurred on Mar. 4, 1917 (record of crest 

stage not available; daily discharge, 15,200 second-feet, from rating curve expended 

above 6,000 second-feet); minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940; minimum dally, that of Jan. 2,

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of fragmentary or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in f-"Jt,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 19 to Apr. 19)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19

0.5 6S

.7 117

1.0 193

1.3 874

1.6

8.5

3.0

370

530

775

1,070

3.5

4.0 

5.0

1,480

1,810

8,680

Apr. 80 to Sept. 30

1.0 175 1.6 356 

1.3 859 2.0 586

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 8.8 feet.

Discharge, i

D»y

i

2 

S 

4 

8

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

ao

21 

22 

23 

24 

85

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

S3.

Oct.

157 

148 

138 

130 

127

184 

182 

188 

128 

124

180 

117 

112 

110 

110

110 

112 

112 

118 

118

112 

110

104 

104 

104

 110 

124 

148 

alSO 

a!80 

allO

HOT.

allo 

allO 

allO 

allO 

allO

allO 

allO 

allO 

allO 

allO

104 

118 

112 

104 

108

100 

108 

100 

104 

138

157 

134 

114 

107 

114

124 

a!80 

allO 

allo 

allO

Dee.

a!20 

aSOO 

a!40 

a!80 

allO

allO 

allO 

alOO 

100 

100

97 

94 

128 

130 

ISO

110 

102 

100 

102 

854

170 

120 

130 

816 

801

160 

866 

814 

167 

flSO 

f!20

n second- feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Jan.

flSO 

f70 

f85 

b!30 

b!30

bllO 

b!80 

b!20 

b!20 

182

157 

830 

238 

722 

538

307 

857 

887 

801 

144

186 

188 

806 

177 

b!30

blOO 

b!30 

b!20 

b!80 

b!30 

b!40

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

F»b 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

1

69ber ..... .. . ...... «.

alendar year 192

ate? year 1939-4

Feb.

b!40 

blSO 

b!60 

blTO 

175

310 

367 

846 

819 

503

468 

339 

307 

555 

395

356 

333 

1,580 

1,810 

860

665 

558 

470 

489 

406

367 

595 

884 

660

liar.

580 

544 

762 

775 

655

58S 

526 

508 

468 

489

418 

580 

695 

920 

860

695 

616 

570 

665 

562

521 

491 

458 

458 

441

426 

429 

433 

468 

708 

775

Secondfoot-days

3,699 

3,372 

4,355

170,634

5,754 

13,665 

18,008 

18,833 

12,835 

11,730 

10,936 

16,535 

9,394

127,966

Apr.

635

570 

526 

530 

581

466 

474 

650 

546 

504

479 

504 

462 

441 

489

418 

410 

408 

1,130 

1,260

890

74 S 

720 

890 

748

670 

615 

564 

521 

SOS

Maximum

157 

157 

266

4,250

728 

1,580 

980 

1,260 

645 

618 

758 

2,210 

613

8,210

May

645 

559 

508 

476 

468

436 

438 

449 

46S 

467

476 

419 

394 

379 

375

436 

364 

349 

348 

349

322 

386 

318 

360 

332

309 

326 

893 

aEBO 

a320 

a280

Minimum

104 

100 

94

94

70 

140 

418 

402 

280 

260 

250 

201 

809

70

June

aESO 

a260 

a860 

a400 

aSEO

303 

309 

364 

498 

379

375 

43S 

618 

449 

419

494 

587 

508 

485 

436

375 

346 

338 

359 

454

339 

318 

382

418 

303

July

281 

284 

446 

446 

332

303 

309 

342 

360 

371

360 

36S 

390 

383 

339

478 

75S 

480 

398 

360

339 

329 

306 

284 

284

268 

293 

306 

274 

265 

250

Mean

119 

112 

140

467

186

471 

581 

60S 

395 

391 

354 

533 

313

350

Aug.

2111

2-' 7

Bra 

223 

221

226 

2-'7 

829 

8.M 

807

801 

856 

8,810 

1,670 

994

7-'0 

603 

5T5 

485 

483

390 

371 

353 

364 

389

318

306 

896 

8C-7 

1,680 

800

Per square 

mile

0.684 

.644 

.805

2.6S

1.07 

2.71 

3.34 

3.49 

2.27 

2.25 

2.03 

3.06 

1.80

2.01

sept.

613 

531 

471 

432 

419

390 

371 

353 

336 

336

322

306 

300 

290 

2S1

271 

259 

256 

253 

247

241 

235 

229

229 

296

259 

226 

218 

215 

209

"*in-of f In 

Inches

0.79 

.72 

.93

36.44

1.23 

2.92 

3. SB 

3.89 

2. 82 

2.51 

2.34 

3.53 

2.01

27.34

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (12:15 p.n.) 2,680 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (6 p.m.) 4,000 seo.-ft.} Aug. SO 

(6 a.m.) 2,500 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby Btreame.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.

461679 O - 48 - 37
568 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tuckasegee River at Tuckaseigee, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°16'45" J long. 830 07 1 50", 1 mile downstream from 

confluence of East and West Forks and Tuckaseigee, Jackson County. Datum of gage is 

2,124.51 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 143 square miles.

Records available.- June 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 40,800 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 21.1 

reet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum, 65 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage 

height, 1.26 feet), result of low temperature.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 5,000 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

errect, backwater from flood debris, or no gage-height record, which are fair. Recorder 

instillation destroyed by flood of Aug. 30; staff -gage read twice daily Sept. 7-30.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect or baclfiater (gage height, 

In feet, and discharge, In aecond-feet)

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

Z.Z

71

88

135

207

300

470

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

670

965

1,340

1,740

2,145

2,570

11

13

15

3,470

4,460

6,700

9,150

11,800

15,000

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

18

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

165

130

112

105

105

9S

98

96

94

94

92

92

90

88

88

88

90

88

88

90

90

92

86

85

86

90

90

94

90

88

88

Nov.

88

83

86

86

88

86

38

86

85

83

83

90

92

86

83

83

83

83

85

105

allO

a95

a90

a90

a90

a95

a90

a90

a 85

a85

Dec.

a95

a!20

allO

a95

a90

a 90

aSS

a 80

a80

a80

a 80

a 80

a85

a90

a85

*80

80

78

76

125

98

81

90

112

105

103

a220

a!80

al50

a!30

allO

Jan.

allO

a70

a85

*90

b95

tiSO

94

a95

aS5

a85

a 85

also

a!70

a420

a380

al80

a!50

a!30

a!20

a70

aSS

103

105

107

tiSO

b90

l>90

92

98

101

*98.

Month

Oc tolier .........................

November. .......................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.............................

July............................

Water year 1939-4 0 ...........

Feb.

96

a90

a95

a90

a90

a!40

a240

al50

a!20

a220

a300

a!90

a!70

a280

a200

a200

a!80

a750

a850

a550

a360

aSOO

a260

a240

a220

a200

a220

a340

a340

-

Mar.

a300

a400

a650

600

483

410

.364

353

311

290

285

399

452

503

428

370

337

321

399

321

290

676

256

261

256

247

256

266

a280

a500

a460

Secondfoot-daya

0

B', 659

3 V 163

138,369

3 793

7,481

18^157

9,602 

8 422

6*960

42,140

15,957

132,633

Apr.

a400

a360

a340

a320

300

276

310

830

520

428

382

364

337

316

300

285

276

266

a, 690

2,030

1,120

868

755

815

656

593

546

502

470

452

Maximum

165

110

ggO

2,990

430

850

650

2 * 690

483

642

629

14,900

1,520

14,900

May

483

440

404

382

359

342

332

337

326

416

337

326

305

390

390

326

276

361

251

242

261

353

271

280

251

238

242

216

238

261

216

Minimum

85

83

76

76

70

90

247

266

216

176

158

132

240

70

June

207

195

191

235

251

216

220

240

247

233

266

316

443

450

364

423

642

434

364

305

266

242

229

220

23 3

199

188

184

233

176

July

161

158

203

216

176

15S

184

216

266

260

276

195

203

191

176

180

261

629

266

243

364

242

256

199

180

213

203

195

168

161

161

Mean

95* 8

88*6

102

379

122

258

365

605

310

281

225

1,359

532

362

Aug.

155

152

142

135

135

132

163

180

176

142

148

1,190

8,470

2,720

1,410

1,020

808

684

607

640

489

458

440

446

434

376

342

321

a2,420

a!4,900

a2,400

Per square 

mile

0.670

.620

 713 flMJ

2.65

 853

la 80

2.55

4 23

2

1 "7

 x * 

1.97

1* 57

9^50

3. 72

2.53

Sept.

al,520

al,200

al,000

a 900

aSOO

7.50

69S

649

c650

C600

0580

C480

0460

C440,

C420

c400

c380

0380

0380

0360

C340

C320

0300

C300

0340

0300

0280

C260

02SO

0240

Run-off In 

inches

0.77

.69

 82

35.98

 99

1*98

2 OR »o 

4.72

2 ISA

 ou 

2*19

1.81

 Jrt Qft J.U* WO

4.15

34.80

Peak dlacharge.- Apr. 19 (6:30 p.m.) 7,420 aeo.-ft.; Aug. 13 (11 a.m.) .13,700 aec.-ft-; Aug. SO 

(3:30 a.m.) 40,800 aeo.ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge baaed on recorded range in atage and on records for stations 

at Dilleboro and Bryaon and nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

c Flood detirla on control; dlaoharge computed on baaia of two diacharge mea^urementa, gage 

helghta, englneera 1 and obaerver'a notea, and recorda for nearby atreama.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 569

Tuckasegee River at Dillsboro, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°21'50", long. 830 15'30B , at county footl~ldge, 

hair a mile downstream from Scott Creek and Dillsboro, Jackson County. Datum of gage 

1,950.15 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 347 square miles.

is

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940. 

upstream.

June 1928 to May 1934 at site hrlf a mile

Average discharge.- 1£ years (1928-40), 783 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 52,600 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 21.96 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 8,400 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination and computation of flow over dam; mlnimumj 29 second-feet Jan. 

6 (gage height, 1.69 feet), result of low temperature and regulation; minimum dally, 

140 second-feet Jan. 2. -

1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30. 1940; minimum, that of Jan. 6, 1940; 

minimum dally, 140 second-feet Sept. 2, 3, 1930, Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 9,000 second-feet and those for periods of no 

gage-height record, which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by amall power 

plant three-quarters of a mile above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 

.2.2 135 3.5 830 

2.4 210 4.0 1,190 

2.7 345 4.5 1,580 

3.0 505

Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

2.7 335 4.5 1,580 9 7,610

2.8 3S5 5 2,010 11 11,900

3.0 490 6 3,060 13 17,000

3.5 800 7 4,340 15 83,200

4.0 1,160 8 5,860

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SO 

51

Oct.

390 

290 

250 

242 

230

222 

214 

214 

214

a200

a200 

a200 

a200 

a200 

202

206 

206 

206 

202 

206

202 

194 

190 

182 

190

196 

206 

210 

210 

198 

202

NOT.

202 

202 

198 

202 

202

19S 

19S 

190 

156 

174

190 

194 

202 

190 

178

174 

178 

178 

1S2 

246

254 

222 

206 

208 

202

214

206 

198 

190 

190

Dee.

21S 

272 

234 

206 

193

198 

190 

182 

178 

178

178 

17 S 

190 

206 

190

17S 

190 

186 

182 

310

263 

206 

218 

330 

290

264

478 

380 

277 

850 

aS40

Jan.

a240 

a!40 

al90 

a200 

214

170 

202 

218 

19S 

196

210 

370 

406 

1,100 

S56

428 

375 

320 

290 

152

202 

259 

259 

246 

1S7

206 

210 

228 

246 

246 

246

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

*V

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Watw y«w 1939-'10,. .........

Feb.

254 

234

250 

286 

23S

370 

547 

355 

305 

598

688 

444 

400 

662 

461

444 

395 

1,580 

1,710 

1,080

807 

670 

568 

550 

502

457 

502 

794 

780

Har.

709 

735 

1,020 

1,050 

821

716 

634 

616 

574 

526

514 

728 

807 

1,050 

940

780 

690 

658 

82S 

676

616 

580 

550 

556 

556

526 

532 

53S 

748 

953 

1,010

Seccmdfoot-days

6,676 

5,948 

7,243

273,114

9,006 

16,871 

22,237 

29,222 

16,144 

16,073 

16,387 

64,111 

30,105

242,023

Apr.

794 

702 

652 

634 

610

550 

556 

1,190 

891 

742

670 

664 

616 

580 

556

538 

580 

514 

8,720 

3,530

1,660 

1,360 

1,200 

1,320 

1,060

975 

905 

849 

800 

794

Maximum

390 

254 

47S

5,620

1,100 

1,710 

1,050 

3,580 

863 

900 

1,200 

81,700 

2,820

21,709

Ma>

363 

730 

735 

696 

664

610 

628 

610 

610 

742

728 

610 

562 

538 

550

688 

532 

502 

496 

479

479 

709 

526 

544 

502

474 

484 

440 

457 

526 

440

Minimum

182 

174 

17S

174

140 

226 

514 

514 

440 

390 

360 

326 

490

140

June

425 

400 

390 

425 

505

425 

a440 

a480 

a500 

a480

a550 

a650 

a700 

a750 

a600

a650 

a900 

a 800 

a700 

a600

a550 

a500 

a480 

a460 

a550

a440 

a420 

a400 

a 500 

a400

July

aSSO 

a360 

a550 

a650 

a4SO

a420 

a440 

aSOO 

a650 

a600

a650 

a4SO 

a500 

a480 

a440

a440 

a650 

al,200 

a650 

a550

a700 

a550 

a550 

46e 

440

425 

482 

462 

390 

430 

420

Mean

215 

19S 

234

748

291 

582 

717 

974 

585 

536 

529 

S.06S 

1,004

661

Aup.

3SO 

370 

S40 

f30 

326

330 

375 

420 

446 

370

335 

794 

10,900 

4,900 

2,350

1,730 

1,440 

1,280 

1,120 

1,010

986 

884 

821 

807 

7S7

a700 

a<550 

aSOO 

a2,240 

a21,700 

a4,450

Fez- square 

mile

0.620 

.571 

.674

2.16

.83? 

1.68 

gi07 

2. Si 

1.60 

1.54 

1.52 

5.96 

8.69

1.90

Sept.

a2,820 

a2,270 

al,920 

al,700 

.al,550

1,450 

1,320 

1,240 

1,160 

1,120

1,050 

891 

350 

800 

750

750 

700 

700 

700 

670

640 

622 

598 

580 

634

580 

540 

508 

508 

400

Run-off In 

Inches

0.72 

.64 

.73

29.30

.97 

1.81 

2.3S 

3.13 

1.94 

1.78 

1.76 

6.87 

3.23

25.95

?«ak discharge*- Apr. 19 (10:30 p.m.) 9,630 sec.-ft.; Aug. 13 (3:30 p.m.) 20,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 80 (e *KS, y sii^BoMc. -f t. e Ho gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Tuekaseigee and 

Bryson and nearby streams.
570 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tuckasegee River at Bryson, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°S5'45", long. 83°S7'10", 400 feet downstream from 

bridge on State Highway 888 at Bryson, Swain County, and half a mile downstream from 

Deep Creek. Datum or gage is 1,716.54 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustoient of 1936).

Drainage area.- 655 square miles.

Records avallable.- November 1897 to September 1940. November 1897 to September 1913 

(revised) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34 and North Care Una Department of 

Conservation and Development Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 42 years (1898-1940), 1,606 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 61,600 second-feet Aug. 30 (gaoce height, 15.96 

feetj, from rating curve extended above 85,000 second-feet on basis cf logarithmic 

plotting and slope-area determination at gage height 15.96 feet; minimum, 198 secondfeet Jan. 8, 3 (gage height, 0.56 foot), result of low temperature; irlnlmum dally, 868 

second-feet Jan. 3.

1897-1940: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 87 second-feet Sept. 10, 

1925 (gage height, 0.48 foot); minimum dally, 31 second-feet Sept. 9, 10, 1925 (caused 

by filling of reservoir on Oconalufty River), or 186 second-feet Oct. 13, 1925 (normal 

regulation).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 300 second-feet, those above 45,000 second-feet, 

and those for period of ice effect or incomplete gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.6 224

.3 385

1.0 570

1.3 900

1.6 1,290

2.0 1,900

2.5 2,780

3.0 3,760

3.5 4,830

6,020

8,690

11,700

7 15,000

S 18,500

10 26,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

84

25

26

27

88

29

30

31

Oct.

522

610

475

44S

430

412

403

385

385

376

36S

376

360

351

334

360

351

342

342

351

351

342

342

342

351

360

368

376

368

376

385

Nov.

376

351

342

342

342

360

36S

360

360

360

36S

36S

385

376

368

360

360

360

360

439

551

466

421

394

385

385

412

403

376

376

-

Dec.

421

504

475

430

385

3S5

385

376

368

360

360

368

394

412

403

368

351

351

385

694

580

430

412

610

570

494

769

714

532

466

412

Jan.

430

376

268

376

412

368

368

412

376

368

376

513

670

2,470

2,110

960

7SO

660

590

fSOO

f440

f550

610

560

475

MOO

D460

b440

b420

1)400

D420

Month

Novosibor. « .. . . ...

April. ..........................

May.............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-410 ...........

Feb.

b440

b460

bSOO

b550

b650

876

1,070

725

600

962

1,640

1,050

912

1,600

1,180

1,020

900

2,110

2,780

2,020

1,520

1,260

1,080

1,030

972

864

924

1,550

1,550

-

Mar.

1,390

1,420

2,500

2,600

1,870

1,550

1,360

1,260

1,160

1,060

1,020

1.5SO

1,760

2,880

2,510

1,930

1,660

1,500

2,240

1,760

1,500

1,370

1,260

1,220

1,190

1,110

1,100

1,080

1,260

1,940

2,310

Second - 

foot-days

11,942

11,474

14,164

507.941

18* SSQ

32^795

50,350

53,364

33,296

27, 198 

31,676

68*516

46,446

419,779

Apr.

1,690

1,500

1,390

1,360

1,290

1,140

1,110

2,060

1,720

1,430

1,300

1,290

1,210

1,140

1,080

1,030

1,010

984

2,720

6,280

3,160

2,510

2,190

2,600

2,100

1,880

1,710

1,580

1,480

1,420

-

Vaxlffium

610

551

769

10,300

2,470

2,780

2,380

1 j 560

1,480

1,550

27,400

4,450

27,400

May

1,560

1,440

1,330

1,250

1,180

1,120

1,080

1,100

1,320

1,440

1,430

1,180

1,100

1,030

1,030

1,150

984

936

912

912

852

1,160

948

960

924

852

876

804

780

876

780

Minimum

334

342

351

334

26S

440

1,020

984

780

681

670

600

800

268

June

747

714

703

681

816

714

736

692

926

888

1,060

996

996

1,160

948

1,140

1,460

1,280

1,110

996

864

780

747

780

 1,180

804

725

736

1,030

769

-

J>ly

692

670

1,420

1,550

1,120

924

924

1,050

1,260

1,140

1,180

1,010

1,160

1,060

936

924

1,330

1,550

1,150

960

1,050

936

924

816

88S

804

864

840

780

792

972

Mean

385

382

457

1,392

599

1,131

1,624

1,779

1,074

907

1,022

2,855

1,548

1,147

Aug.

769

714

670

640

630

630

692

681

769

650

600

753

10,400

8,750

4,810

2,960

2,290

1,930

1,800

1,550

1,400

1,330

1,250

1,210

1,150

1,060

1,010

94S

2,130

27,400

6,920

Per square 

mile

0.588

.583

.698

2.13

.915

1.73

2.48

2.72

1.64

1.38

1.56

4.36

2.36

1.75

Sept.

4,450

3,460

2,870

2,510

2,350

2,120

1,920

1,770

1,660

1,640

1,610

1,420

1,350

1,290

1,220-

1.180

1,110

1,120

1,150

1,050

996

984

936

924

972

996

888

fSSO

f8SO

fSOO

~

Run-off In 

Inches

0.68

.65

.80

28.83

l.OS

1.87

2.86

3.04

1.89

1.S4

1.80

5.03

2.63

23. «4

Peak disch 

10(30 a.m.)

harge.- Apr. 20 (12:45 a.m.) 11,700 sec. -ft.; Aug. 13 (9 p.m.) 22,5'MJ sec. -ft.; tmg. 30

61,600 sec. -ft.

to Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

f Computed from partial gage-height record, neather records, and records for station at Dlllsboro 

and nearby streams.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 571

Scott Creek at Sylva, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°22'25", long. 83°13'05", Just downstream from 

ounter Creek at Sylva, Jackson County. Datum of gage Is 2,033.23 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 55.0 square miles.

Records available.- February 1921 to March 1922 (gage heights only), May 1928 to September

1940.

Average discharge.- 12 years (1928-40), 108 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,360 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 8.61 

reet;, by slope-area method; minimum, 10 second-feet Jan. 20 (gage height, 1.17 feet), 

result of low temperature; minimum dally, 20 second-feet Jan. 20.

1928-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, 5 second-feet Jin. 30, 

1934, result of low temperature; minimum dally, that of Jan. 20, 1940.

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, as 

shown in tne following table. They supersede those published In the water-supply papers Indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

663, 303

663, 803

713

728

743, 803

75S, SOS

803

825

853

873

Water 

year

1827-2S

192S-29

1830-31

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

Date

June 29

July 10

Nov. 16

July 4

Dec. 2S

Hay 8

Mar. 26

Jan. 3

July 23

Feb. 3

Gage height 

(feet)

4.87

6.00

2.71

3.65

4.57

4.90

5.85

4.60

4.13

4.55

Discharge 

(second-feet)

1,720

2,200

685

905

1,330

1,460

2,040

1,530

1,130

1,330

Remarks.- Records fair except those above 150 second-feet and those for periods cf estimated

 or no gage-height record, which are poor. Sylva Paperboard Co. diverts about 2,000,000

gallons dally (3.1 second-feet) around station. 

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods In water years 1ST28, 1929,

 1931 'to 1934, 1936 to 1937, and 1939 are given herein. They supersede those rubllshed 

In Water-Supply Papers 663, 683, 713, 728, 743, 758, 803, 823, and 873.

Day

(water 

year)

1927-28

June 29

30

Aug. 15

16

Sept. 2

3

5

1928-29

Pet. 27

28

Bar. 5J

Discharge

(secondfeet)

672

634

533

946

603

673

650

362

776

613

Day

year)

1928-29

Mar. 14

15

23

Apr. 28

July 10

17

1930-31

Nov. 16

Apr. 4

22

Discharge

feet)

733

719

544

443

352

284

267

380

243

Day

year)

1931-32

Dec. 3

1932-33

Dec. 27

28

29

1933-34

Mar. 3

May 8

July 1

Discharge

feet)

144

499

9S7

77S

699

163

182

Day

(water 

year)

1935-36

Jan. 19

Feb. 4

Mar. 26

Apr. 6

1936-37

Jan. 3

1938-39

Feb. 3

15

Discharge

feet)

961

990

700

992

834

525

674

Day

1

8

5

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

34

36

30

27

26

26

26

26

26

26

f27

f28

f28

28

28

f30

f28

f30

f28

30

30

30

27

27

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

Dlsch 

HOT.

27

27

27

27

28

28

28

26

26

26

27

28

28

26

26

24

24

24

26

30

36

32

30

27

27

28

28

27

26

26

arse. In 

Dec.

42

38

28

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

27

27

30

32

30

28

30

28

32

64

32

27

38

56

44

42

68

42

36

32

32

Jan.

32

24

28

32

34

32

32

30

28

28

36

72

68

266

96

58

50

44

36

20

27

32

34

32

go

a2S

a28

a28

a30

a32

a32

Feb.

3S

38

42

34

3S

66

56

42

40

131

85

66

60

112

68

66

62

f!78

f!46

mo

f91

f78

f70

fTO

f68

f64

f66

fllO

f95

_

-

Mar.

f85

f82

f!27

f!05

82

74

68

66

60

60

60

105

105

179

140

112

100

100

138

103

93

89

82

87

82

80

78

78

80

134

117

Apr.,

93

85

80

82

76

70

76

105

78

72

70

72

66

66

62

62

60

60

238

201

143

120

123

126

105

98

91

89

85

87

Hay

100

87

78

76

76

70

66

66

66

91

72

64

60

58

72

74

64

60

60

60

64

85

64

70

66

62

64

56

60

64

58

June

56

54

52

54

60

58

48

48

66

62

68

64

68

54

72

103

93

80

70

62

54

50

48

72

109

60

52

56

66

52

-

July

46

104

169

190

112

93

98

112

115

105

98

95

107

105

89

156

137

137

100

91

98

89

78

68

72

68

76

87

70

78

72

Auf.

66

62

62

58

58

60

70

76

74

56

58

f:39

659

445

299

232

198

179

162

143

134

1S9

123

110

103

98

91

89

322

f 1,190

f.'f)7

Sept.

f320

f266

f207

f!99

f!72

f!59

147

138

126

123

116

101

98

91

SS

88

85

85

SS

80

74

74

74

74

SS

74

71

71

68

63

-

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (4 p.m.) 1,510 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (4 a.m.) 3,360 sec.-ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby streams, 

f Computed from wholly or partly estimated gage-height record.
572 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Monthly discharge, In aeeond-faet, of Scott Or»ak at 8ylva, H. P., 1888-40

Month Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mils

Run-off in 

Inches

Hay 16-31, 192B......

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year .

Ootober 1928.........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year .

January 1929 .........

February..............

Harch.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1938-29 .

Ootober 1929 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1929 .

January 1930 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1929-30 .

October 1930 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1930 ,

January 1931 .........

February..... .........

Harch.................

April.................

n&7 ...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1930-31.

October 1931 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1931 .

January 1932 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

Hay...................

June..................

July.........:........

August................

September.............

Water year 1931-32 .

S, 075 

6,742 

5,226 

6,113 

6,906

3,452

2,932

2,389

4,710

5,694

12,413

6,002

7,812

5,975

5,192

2,374

2,290

61,135

2,291

5,224

3,408

63,285

3,178

2,860

4,212

3,371

5,855

2,369

1,535

1,418

1,648

35,360

1,096

2,049

1,820

28,402

2,475

2,137

2,437

4,759

3,191

2,139

1,848

1,303

1,037

26,291

861

905

3,557

3,644 

5,703 

3,871 

3,701 

3,794 

2,261 

1,980 

1,934 

1»178

33,389

312

672

338

946

673

320

150

103

265

776

813

443

409

474

352

112

331

813

175

446

177

813

174

198

261

176

300

124

62

150

140

446

267

136

165

137

136

380

126

103

80

59

49

73

310

380

384

284

306

221

311

126

194

125

125

384

154

122

103 169

197

230

111

97.7

77.1

86

131

257

147

173

119

99

54

63

152

200

400

200

252

199

167

76.6

76.3

167

73.9

174

110

173

103

102

136

112

124

79.6

49.6

46.7

54.9

98.9

35.4

68.3

68.7

80.8

80

46

59

106

82

55

47

25

79.8

76.3

78.6

159

103

71.3

59.6

42.0

34.6

72.0

27.8

30.2

115

73.0

65

141

61

86

79

52

38

31

26

118

197

125

123

122

76.4

63.9

62.4

39.3

81.2

3.49

3.47

3.07

3.58

4.18

2.02

1.78

1.40

2.76

3.64

7.27

3.64

4.58

3.62

3.04

1.39

1.39

1,34 

3.16 

B.00

3.15

1.87

1.85

2.47

2.04

2.25

1.44

.900

.831

.998

1.76

.644

1.24

1,07

1.47

1.45

1.39

1.43

2.88

1.87,

1.30

1.08

.764

.506

.549

2.09

1.33

2.15 

3.58 

Z.Z7 

2.24 

B.22 

1.S7 

1.1ft 

1.13 

.715

1.66
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 573

Monthly discharge, In aecond-feet. of Seott Creek at Sylva, W. C., 1988-40 Contlnved

Month Secondfoot-days Maximum Minimum Mean Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

October 1932 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1932 .

January 1933 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1932-33 .

October 1933 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1933 .

January 1934 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

Hay...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1933-34 .

October 1934 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1934 .

January 1935 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1934-35 .

October 1935 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1935 .

January 1936 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1935-36 .

October 1936 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1936 .

January 1937 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1936-37 ,

2,176

2,429

7,573

40,244

8,097

8,752

6,031

4,636

5,389

2,551

1,672

1,693

1,506

52,505

995

946

1,081

43,349

1,706

1,411

4,812

2,886

2,427

2,520

2,094

1,792

1,337

23,807

2,037

2,166

2,737

27,725

3,498

3,033

4,777

5,410

3,894

2,375

2,390

2,198

1,252

35,767

1,108

2,235

1,669

33,839

9,390

8,109

7,353

11,481

3,637

2,157

2,509

1,750

1,899

53,297

2,233

1,786

3,904

56,208

10,234

6,197

4,316

3,922

3,594

3,215

2,564

3,364

2,242

47,571

162

133

987

987

401

520

261

228

303

112

82

110

115

987

187

322

699

125

163

122

182

263 

201 

1S1

699

220

216

371

404

177

116

198

138

60

404

84

280

97

404

961

990

700

992

175

179

273

94

424

992

222

127

449

834 

467 

163 

316 

175 

2C5 

151 

243 

137

70.2

81.0

244

26 110

834

178

199

145

125

107

66

40

40

30

261

313

195

155

174

85.0

53.9

54.6

50.2

30 144

32.1

31.5

34.9

119

55.0

50.4

155

96.2

78.3

77.3

67.5

57.8

44.6

65.2

65.7

72.2

22 76.0

82

68

95

124

90

58

44

46

30

113

108

154

180

126

79.2

77.1

70.9

41.7

30 98.0

35.7

74.5

53.8

29 92.7

44

150

112

169

84

55

49

42

37

303

280

237

383

117

71.9

80.9

56.5

63.3

29 146

72.0

59.5

126

154

186

160

113

94

S7

76

57

58

330 

S21 

139 

131 

116 

107

82.7 

109

74.7

130

1.28

1.47

4.44

4.75 

5.69 

3.55 

2 OS 

s!l6 

1.55 

.980 

.993 

.913

.584

.573

.635

2.16

1.00

.916

2.82

1.75

1.42

1.41

1.23

1.05

.811

1.19

1.19

1.31

1.61

1.38

2.05

1.96

2.80

3.27

2.29

1.44

1.40

1.29

.758

1.78

.649

1.35

.978

1.69

5.51

5.09

4.31

6.96

2.13

1.31

1.47

1.03

1.15

2.65

1.31

1.08

2.80

6.00

4.02

2.53

2.38

2.11

1.95

1.50

1.98

1.36

2.36

1.47

1.64

5.12

27.22

5.48

5.92

4.08

3.13

3.64

1.72

1.13

1.14

1.02

35.49

.67 

.64 

.73

29.30

1.15

.95

3.25

1.95

1.64

1.57

1.42

1.21

.90

16.08

1.38

1.46

1.85

18.73

2.37

2.05

3.23

3.66

2.63

1.61

1.62

1.49

.85

.75

1.51

1.13

22.90

6.35

5.48

4.97

7.76

2.46

1.46

1.70

1.18

1.28

36.03

1.51

1.20

2.64

6.92

4.19

2.43

2.18

1.73

2.28

1.52

32.18
574 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, la second-feet, of Soott Ordek at Sylva, H. P., 192F-40 Continued

Month Secondfoot-days Maximum Minimum Mean Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

October 1937 ........

November..............

December.............

Calendar year 1937 ,

January 1938 .........

February.............

Karen.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

Augfust................

September.............

Water year 1937-38 ,

October 1938 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1938 .

January 1939 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August................

September.............

Water year 1938-39 ,

October 1939 .........

November..............

December..............

Calendar year 1939 ,

January 1940 .........

February..............

March.................

April.................

May...................

June..................

July..................

August...............

September.............

Water year 1939-40 ,

2,588

2,031

2,353

46,620

3,394 

2,892 

4/950 

4,300 

3,575 

3,813 

4,762 

3,280 

1,851

39,789

1,366

1,965

1,746

37,894

3,116

8,857

6,193

4,102

3,064

2,512

2,115

1,625

1,008

37,669

867

880

1,067

35,346

1,371

2,190

2,951

2,841

2,133

1,911

3,115

5,952

3,508

28,726

215

85

146

834

176

152

365

220

225

212

561

163

53

207

103

561

444

674

480

198

112

113

141

150

44

674

674

266

178

179

238

100

109

190

1,190

321

1,190

83.5

67.7

75.9

128

80

85

91

109

80

87

72

63

49

109

103

160

143

115

127

154

106

61.7

109

44.1

65.5

56.3

40 104

54

158

120

105

87

64

48

40

26

101

316

200

137

98.8

83.7

68.2

52.4

33.6

26 103

28.0

27.3

34.4

96.8

20 

34 

60 

60 

56 

48 

46 

56 

63)

44.2

75.5

95.2

94.7

68.8

63.7

100

192

117

78.5

1.52

1.83

1.38

2.33

1.98

1.87

2.91

2.60

2.09

2.31

2.80

1.93

1.12

1.98

1.19

1.02

1.89

1.84 

5.75 

3.64 

2.49 

1.80 

1.S2 

1.24 

.953 

.611

1.87

.508

.496

.625

1.76

.804

1.37

1.73

1.72

1.25

1.16

1.82

3.49

2.13

1.43

1.7S 

1.37 

1.59

31.54

8.28 

1.95 

3.36 

2.90 

2.41 

2,58 

3.23 

KV22 

1.2S

£6.89

1.33

1.13

25.61

2.12

5.99

4.20

2.78

2.08

1.70

1.43

1.10

.68

25.51

.59 

.66

.72

23.94

.93

1.48

2.00

1.92

1.44

1.29

2.11

4.03

2.37

19.43
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 575

Oconalufty River at Cherokee, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°29'15", long. 83°18 1 4511 , at cable footbridge, a

 quarter of a mile upstream from Cherokee Indian Reservation, three-quarters o* a mile 

upstream from Cherokee, Swain County, and 2 miles upstream from Soco Creek. Datum of 

gage is 1,938.37 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 131 square miles.

Records available.- January 1921 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 19 years, 387 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,310 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 8.84

 reet); minimum, 53 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 2.87 feet), result of low temperature; minimum dally, 66 second-feet Dec. 18.

1921-40: Maximum discharge, 8,760 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 10.25 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 3,800 second-feet on basis of slope-area det3rmlnatlon 

at gage height 8.84 feet; minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940; minimum dally, 56 second-feet 

Sept. 9, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In fee*;, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 80 to Jan. S, Jan. 5, 8, 10-14, July 3 to Aug. 13)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6, Aug. 13 to Sept. 30

3.0 67

3.8 106

3.4 163

3.7 877

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

419

730

1,130

1,680

6.0 

7.0

8,880

3,550

Feb. 7 to Aug. 13 

3.3 134 4.5 SIS 

3.5 813 5.0 1,810 

3.7 811 5.5 1,700 

4.0 480

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

81 

88 

83 

84 

85

26 

87 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

93 

98 

85 

81 

SI

80 

78 

78 

78 

76

76 

76 

74 

74 

74

74 

76 

76 

76 

76

76 

74 

72 

74 

74

76 

SI 

100 

S7 

80 

7S

NOT.

78 

76 

76 

SI 

80

7S 

76 

76 

74 

74

76 

7S 

74 

72 

72

74 

78 

78 

74 

98

 119 

96 

81 

78 

81

f87 

f76 

f74 

f74 

74

Dec.

90 

138 

S9 

7S 

74

72 

71 

69 

67 

67

74 

71 

74 

7S 

67

69 

67 

66 

67 

225

114 

87 

91 

135 

109

100 

157 

187 

104 

93 

SS

Jan.

SS 

69 

b80 

*bS5 

85

b75 

b80 

87 

bSO 

81

81 

114 

13S 

1,110 

451

836 

184 

151 

132 

bllO

b80 

bllO 

blSO 

blSO 

bllO

b90 

bllO 

blOO 

blOO 

blOO 

*blOO

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Kay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-

Feb.

blOO 

blOO 

blOO 

blOO 

blOO

b!70 

31S 

174 

158 

574

546 

348 

296 

650 

414

34 S 

301 

465 

572 

486

39S 

33 S 

891 

871 

247

813 

827 

480 

450

liar.

409 

462 

1,830 

910 

657

588 

450 

398 

343 

306

296 

593 

578 

1,300 

916

677 

560 

504 

957 

644

534 

474 

426 

398 

353

327 

311 

306 

316 

750 

674

Secondfoot-days

2,452 

2,371 

2,S75

113,539

4,654 

9,229 

17,581 

14,083 

8,706 

6,486 

8,368 

14,366 

6.69S

97,869

Apr.

498 

450 

414 

486 

381

338 

338 

608 

474 

403

370 

386 

343 

316 

896

2S1 

871 

861 

786 

1,010

684 

592 

572 

798 

598

588 

474 

486 

392 

381

Maximal

100 

119 

825

3.420

1,110 

650 

1,300 

1,010 

510 

348 

480 

2,460 

565

8,460

May

414 

386 

348 

388 

301

886 

866

sea

492 

510

414 

353 

316 

296 

296

296 

261 

248 

838 

237

218 

209 

800 

21S 

804

196 

804 

179 

174 

183 

170

Minimum

72 

78 

66

66

69 

100 

296 

261 

170 

138 

174 

1S8 

124

66

June

163 

156 

152 

152 

166

145 

145 

138 

261 

861

315 

847 

823 

847 

804

813 

345 

306 

256 

847

800 

179 

163 

167 

348

804 

179 

1S6 

31S 

800

July

174 

176 

480 

438 

311

856 

256 

891 

338 

291

276 

871 

414 

306 

871

861 

34S 

266 

838 

21S

809 

813 

196 

183 

876

804 

200 

818 

187 

298 

316

Mean

79.1 

79.0 

98.7

311

150 

318 

567 

469 

281 

216 

270 

463 

223

267

AujT.

823 

192

179 

166 

159

152 

174 

158 

163 

13S

136 

169 

1,320 

1,610 

1,370

658 

475 

484 

424 

349

312 

295 

861 

844 

838

817 

206 

194 

520 

2,460 

796

Sept.

565 

456 

3S7 

340 

308

281 

861 

244 

828 

881

265 

281 

206 

198 

1S8

177 

170 

184 

174 

157

151 

151 

141 

141 

154

15.4 

135 

189 

187 

184

Per square ' Run-off in 

mile inches

0.604 0.70 

.603 .67 

.70S .82

8.37 38.24

1.15 1.33 

8.43 8.62 

4.33 4.99 

3.58 3.99 

2.15 2.4S 

1.65 1.84 

8.06 2.38 

3.53 4.07 

1.70 1.90

8.04 87.79

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (5:30 p.m.) 3,870 sec.-ft.j Aug. 14 (11:30 p.m.) 2,990 sec.-ft.; Aug. 50 

(4 a.m.) 6,310 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
576 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Noland Creek near Bryson, N. c.

Location (revised).- water-stage recorder, lat. 35°29'06 n , long. 83 030'15n i i miles 

aownstream fromTttil creek, 1.2 miles south of boundary of Great Smcky Mountains 

National Park, and 5 miles northwest of Bryson, Swain county. 

Drainage area.- 13.8 square miles. 

Kecoras available.- October 1935 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,530 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 4 87

i/Uc ?« °£e~area method ; minimum, 3.5 second-feet Oct. 24 (gage height, 0.66 foot), 

1935-40: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 30, 1940; minimum, that of Oct. 24, 1939 

Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for several water ye?.rs have been 

revised, as shown In the following table. They supersede those published In watersupply papers Indicated.

Water-supply 

Paper

803 

823 

863 

S73

Water 

year

1935 

1936 

1937 

1938

Date

Apr. 8 

Jan. 3 

Apr. S 

Feb. 3

Gage height 

(feet J

4.44 

3.68 

3.28 

3.7S

Discharge 

(second-feet)

1,080 

849 

447 

708

Records fair except those for periode of no gage-height record, which are poor, 

diurnal fluctuation caused by small power plant above statlor. 

- Revised figures of discharge, In second-feet, for the high-water periods In 

;er year 1936, superseding those published In Water-Supply Paper 803, are given

Jan. 8.

January.. 

February. 

April....

Water year 1935-36 

Calendar year 1936,

Second-foot 

days

3,983

2,555

3,449

16,383.1

16,379.2

304

322

482

Pet). 4........ 421

Apr. 6........ 558

462 

421 

S56

556.

556

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

16

43

34

7.0 

7.0

128

SS.l 

115

44.7

50.2

Per 

square

* mile

9.21 

8.34 

S.27

3.22

3.64

Run-off

In 

inches

10.62 

8.S4 

9.23

43. SI 

49.54

Day Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jily Aug. Sept.

6.4 

8.2 

5.9

5.9 

5.9 

5.9

5.9 

5.9

5.9 

5.9 

5.7 

5.4 

5.2

5.2 

5.2 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

4.8 

4.6 

4.5 

4.7

4.7

4.8 

5.9 

S.3 

5.7 

5.2 

5.5

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.7 

5.7

5.7 

5.7 

5.7 

5.9 

5.9

6.4 

6.4 

5.9 

5.7 

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.4

12

15 

S.3 

8.4 

5.7 

6.S

6.S 

6.2 

5.7 

6.2 

8.4

10

12

8.0

6.8

6.4

6.4 

8.4 

6.4 

6.2 

8.2

8.2 

8.2 

7.5 

7.1 

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.7

8.6

28

10 

7.S 

S.8

16

12

10 

IS 

12 

10

7. 

a7 

a? 

a6 

a6

a6.

a6

a6

a8

a6

alO

137

55

30

25

21

19

17

a!5 

a!3 

all 

all 

alO

a9 

a8 

a8 

a8

a9 

a9 

9. 

10 

12

31

34

22

20

53

39

40

78

48

42

38

73

88

70

56

47

41

31

40

72

82

57

58

143

92

73

63

57

53

46

43

41

90

94

160

116

90

75

78

107

71

70

68

64

62

60

57

55

53

52

124

78

65

62

58

56

50

44 

48 

S6 

56 

50

47

49

44

41

40

38

37

36

134

116

S4 

71 

73 

84 

68

62

56

51

48

49

27

28

54

55

39

35

37

45

46

39

37

40

39

35

33

35

a60 

a46 

a40 

a34

a32 

a46 

a36 

a2S 

a26

a24 

a22 

a.22 

a24 

a24 

a2S

a24 

a22 

a20 

a!9 

a!8

a!7 

a!8 

a!7 

a!7 

16

16

16

204

219

114

83

50

43

42

36

34 

31 '28 

27 

25

23

22

21

203

343

114

Secondfoot-days

Per square 

mile

Run-off in 

inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

175.0

193.4

283.4

4.5 

5.2 

5.7

5.65

8.45

9.14

0.409

.467

.682

0.47 

.52 

.76

Calendar year 1939

January... 

February.. 

March.....

April.....

May.......

June......

July......

August....

September.

13,514.6 37.0 2.68 36.41

503.8 

1,231.6 

2,344 

1,303 

1,100

S99 

1,114 

1,362

S21

160

134

59

42

80

343

79

16.3

42.5

75.6

80.1

35.5

30.0

35.9

80.1

27.4

1.13

3.08

5.48

4.36

2.57

2.17

2.60

4.38

1.99

1.36

3.32

8.32

4.88

2.96

2.42

3.00

5.03

2.22

Water year 1939-40 12,330.4 343 4.5 5.7 2.44 33.24

Peak discharge.- Aug. 13 (2 p.m.) 540 sec.-ft. ; Aug. 14 (4:15 a.m.) 422 sec.-ft., (10:30 p.m.) 

268 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (12:15 a.m.) 1,530 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Oconalufty 

Rive Lver at Cherolcee and other nearby streams.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Tellico River at Tellico Plains, Term.

577

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°21'42", long. 84°16'44", 200 feet upsf-eam from 

Driage on Tellioo Plains-Rafter road, 0.4 mile downstream from Laurel Creek, and 0.8' 

mile east of Tellico Plains, Monroe County. Datum of gage is 846.64 feet above mean 

sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936;.

Drainage area.- 118 square miles.

Records available.- July 1925 to September 1927, October 1930 to September 1940. October 

19Z7 to September 1930 at eite near Tellico Plains, half a mile upstream, published as 

Tellico River near Tellico Plains, Tenn.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 299 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,540 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 6.00 

reet); minimum, 28 second-feet Oct. 23-26 (gage height, 0.82 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 10,900 second-feet Aug. 5, 1938 (gage height, 11.39 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,500 second-feet; maximum gage height, 12.20 

feet. Feb. 4, 1936; minimum discharge, 13 second-feet Sept. 7, 1925 (gage'height, 0.25 

foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

0.8

.9

1.0

1.2

26

37

50

65

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.4

2.6 

3.2 

3.6 

4.1

662

850

1,060

1,320

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4a

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

81 

56 

46 

41 

38

37 

36 

35 

36 

34

34 

34 

33 

32

30

30 

30 

30 

32 

33

32

30 

39 

28 

28

28 

33 

40 

42 

34 

33

Hov.

32 

32 

32 

34 

34

53 

33 

33 

33 

33

53 

37 

36 

34 

33

33 

33 

53 

34

47

74 

61 

45 

40 

40

44 

38 

36 

35 

35

Dee.

47 

106 

55 

45 

40

38 

37 

36 

36 

35

35

34 

44 

61 

41

38 

37 

37 

40 

159

74 

53 

68 

127 

83

70 

119 

96 

74 

63 

56

Jan.

53 

b48 

b45 

55 

58

bea

58

63 

47 

b45

55 

107 

96 

380 

339

140 

107 

e92 

72 

b67

b73 

77 

72 

68 

bSS

bSl 

65 

58 

f61 

66 

63

Honth

Oct 

NOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Har 

Apr 

Hay 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19 ZQ

ater year 1939-4 3 ...........

Feb.

63 

64 

b61 

61 

81

343 

345 

154 

127 

325

313 

212 

1S1 

374 

251

196 

188 

500 

450 

380

290 

230 

190 

170 

156

145 

200 

660 

400

liar.

300 

340 

375 

370 

320

380 

335 

2OO 

170 

156

150 

300 

460 

SCO 

638

403 

319 

281 

303 

251

227 

312 

195 

195 

1S4

179 

181 

173 

167 

44S 

470

Secondfoot-days

1,113 

1,130 

1,884

77,590

2,581 

6,997 

9,221 

11,633 

6,742 

4,687 

3,762 

3,776 

1,749

54,375

Apr.

319 

266 

236

204 

198 

257 

227 

204

193 

227 

204 

195 

190

179 

170 

165 

924 

1,320

750 

522 

527 

900 

670

42S 

356 

513 

466 

446

Xaxlmum

SI 

74 

159

3,820

3SO 

650 

S50 

1,330 

383 

363 

333 

558 

100

1,330

May

383 

325 

294 

266 

239

234 

209 

201 

198 

207

181 

167 

162 

154 

162

170 

146 

137 

133 

127

123 

117 

114 

227 

195

166 

159 

135 

137 

167 

140

Minimum

28 

33 

34

38

46 

61 

150 

165 

114 

110 

68 

66 

41

28

Juno

127 

117 

110 

171 

143

114 

130 

122 

352 

137

134 

132 

170 

163 

176

181 

339 

190 

173 

234

156 

135 

133 

140 

321

140 

120 

120 

313 

127

July

112 

110 

166 

333 

154

132 

122 

127 

127 

154

193 

190 

218 

156 

133

124 

120 

107 

98 

96

93 

92

SI 

79 

SI

74 

68 

76 

77 

96 

76

Hean

35.9 

37.7 

60. S

313

83.3 

341 

297 

388 

 186 

166 

131 

133 

53.3

148

Air?.

79 

76 

64 

60 

58

56 

66 

61 

58 

70

56 

57 

301 

558 

346

1S4 

135 

113 

131 

103

90 

87 

80 

85 

76

70 

66 

64 

168 

209 

151

Per square 

mile

0.304 

.319 

.616

l.ei

.706 

3.04 

2.52 

3.29 

1.67 

1.32 

1.03 

1.03 

.494

1.35

Sept.

100 

86

77 

72 

SI

68 

64

61 

60 

61

77 

58 

55 

53 

52

49 

47 

46 

46 

45

46 

44 

42 

41 

61

84 

47 

44 

42 

41

Run-off In 

Inches

0.3S 

.36 

.59

94.46

.81 

3.21 

2.91 

3.67 

1.81 

1.48 

1.19 

1.19, 

.65

17.12

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Hote.- Ho gage-height record Feb. 15 to Her. 13; discharge computed on basis of records for Valley 

ilver at Tomotla, N. C., Little River near Walland, and Little Pigeon at Sevlerville.
578 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River at Cleveland, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 056'41", long. 82°09'18", 500 feet upstream from 

highway bridge at Cleveland, Russell County, 0.5 mile downstream from Muddy Hollow, and 

2.3 miles downstream from Weaver Creek. Datum of gage is 1,500.24 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 528 square miles.

Records available.- October 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 18 years (1921-23, 1924-40), 714 second-feet.

Extremes.- Haximum discharge during year, 22,500 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 20.60 

feet), from rating curve extended above 8,SOO second-feet on basis of flood records for 

station at Speer Ferry; minimum, 45 second-feet Jan. 6, 10 (gage height, 1.11 feet); 

minimum dally, 52 second-feet Oct. 24, 25.

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 22,500 second-feet Dec. 22, 1926 (gage height observed, 

21.1 feet, site and datum then in use) and Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 20.60 feet); 

minimum, 39 second-feet Feb. 10, 1934 (gage height, 0.96 foot); minimum dally, 42 

second-feet Oct. 5, 1930.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect and ttose above 12,000 

second-feet, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage heigl '-., in feet, 

and discharge, -in second-feet)

1.2 61 2.6 614 6 2,980 

1.4 102 3.0 710 6 5,010 

1.7 173 ' 3.5 1,000 10 7,310 

2.0 266 4 1,320 13 11,000 

2.3 384 5 2,080 16 15,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October ^1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

88 

29

30 

31

Oct.

61 

69 

71 

67 

71

63 

66 

65 

57 

69

57 

73 

67 

65 

61

61 

56 

57 

57 

61

63 

56 

63 

52 

52

65 

85 

81 

81 

73 

71

Nov.

69 

71 

73 

67 

63

63

61 

59 

61 

61

59 

67 

61 

57 

56

67 

63 

61 

57 

65

71 

71 

71 

79 

71

67 

61 

59 

57 

63

Dec.

61 

65 

59 

69 

65

63 

63 

65 

67 

54

57 

57 

65 

71 

71

71 

67 

61 

61 

88

122 

122 

100 

113 

109

87 

94 

124 

136 

109 

98

Jan.

77 

70 

60 

55 

55

56 

55

60 

60 

60

61 

73 

87 

126 

274

326 

201 

130 

100 

90

85 

80 

80 

80 

70

70 

70 

65 

60 

60 

60

Feb.

65 

80 

70 

70 

70

100 

350 

400 

300 

281

397 

479 

363 

430 

551

448 

359 

307 

397 

648

792 

648 

479 

363 

315

273 

242 

363 

668

Mar.

710 

574 

510 

638 

643

546 

448 

380 

326 

277

246 

296 

384 

409 

633

653 

560

470 

710 

1,060

910 

684 

560 

457 

392

342 

330

334 

338 

414 

1,680

Apr.

1,560 

1,030 

792 

1,050 

860

643 

532 

501 

560 

496

426 

422 

488 

488 

470

448 

405 

376 

380 

1,200

1,600 

1,460 

1,090 

970 

S50

73S 

643 

546 

479 

422

Month Second- Kaximn, foot-days

Oct 

NOT

Dec

C

Jan 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay

tJTJOOt

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 19: g

ater year 1939-4

2,005 85 

1,921 79 

2,601 136

196,579 7,870

2,855 326 

10,298 792 

16,914 1,680 

21,925 1,600 

7,799 456 

27,802 3,480 

14,383 1,300 

50,847 14,400 

10,493 2,090

169,743 14,400

Peak discharge.- AUR. 14 (8 a.m.) 22.500 aeo.-ft. .

May

405 

397 

367 

342 

326

288 

273 

252 

273 

273

256 

235 

216 

210 

201

204 

195 

181 

170 

246

281 

242 

210 

195 

213

195 

195 

173 

166 

163 

456

Minlmm

52 

56 

54

52

55 

65 

346 

376 

163 

239 

816 

206 

143

52

June

643 

474 

367 

299 

281

259 

239 

343

910 

792

910 

1,120 

1,390 

970 

608

523 

1,320 

3,480 

2,880 

3,380

1,800 

1,090 

765 

618 

560

488 

397 

338 

299 

259

July

232 

303 

288 

376 

376

266 

220 

223 

232

249

216 

229 

812 

792 

501

388 

870 

910 

684 

461

359 

299 

256 

428 

549

311 

296 

318 

579 

1,300 

1,060

Aug.

2,760 

1,150 

643 

461 

367

353 

901 

461 

322 

259

226 

206 

371 

14,400 

5,960

3,310 

2,130 

1,730 

2,560 

2,160

1,410 

1,300 

1,010 

792 

668

574 

519 

470 

412 

522 

2,450

Hean P-Jg-re

64.7 0.123 

64.0 .121 

80.7 .153

539 1.02

92.1 .174 

355 .672 

546 1.03 

731 1.38 

252 .477 

927 1.76 

464 .879 

1,640 3.11 

350 .663

464 .879

Sept'.

2.O90 

1,050 

724 

565 

470

405 

355 

322 

296

330

338 

299 

259 

232 

216

201 

195 

190

176 

170

163 

160 

148 

143 

160

193

187 

173 

150 

143

Run-off in 

Inches

0.14 

.14 

.18

13.86

.20 

.73 

1,19 

1.64 

.55 

1.96 

1.01 

3.68 

.74

11.96

lote.- stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 2-10, Jan. 18 to Feb. 9
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 579

Clinch River at Speer Ferry, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°38'55", long. 82045'02Vat highway br'dge, half 

a mile downstream from Copper Cireek, three-quarters of a mile from Speer Ferr-y, Scott 

County, and 2 miles downstream from Cllnchport. Datum of gage is 1,196.52 fe^t above 

mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,126 square miles.

Recorde available.- October 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 20 years, 1,621 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 25,100 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 20.98 

feet); minimum, 42 second-feet Oct. 23 (gage height, 0.87 foot); minimum dally, 100 

second-feet Oct. 21, 23, 24.

1920-40: Maximum discharge observed, 37,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1923 (gage height, 

24.35 feet); minimum discharge, 42 second-feet Sept.i29, Oct. 23, 1939; mlnlnum dally, 

77 second-feet Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 22, 1930.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 4,000 second-feet, which are good. Low flow 

regulated by mill above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

1.3

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

103 

123 

19S

2.3 

2.6

3.0 

3.6

426

688

862

1,200

1,550

2,350

3,300

6,450

7,850

10,400

13,200

17,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28

29 

SO 

51

Oct.

112 

118 

110 

114 

115

116 

111 

115 

112 

107

110 

102 

102 

' 101 

109

103 

104 

106 

101 

102

100 

108 

100 

100 

101

103 

126 

142 

147 

132 

130

Nov.

130 

124 

120 

118 

121

122 

114 

110 

110 

108

108 

113 

105 

101 

110

105 

102 

104 

103 

122

138 

134 

129 

126 

123

125 

127 

118 

114 

110

Dec.

112 

113 

122 

120 

118

116 

117 

116 

110 

112

US 

111 

114 

122 

118

122 

124 

118 

122 

162

172 

188 

218 

267 

237

212 

234 

234 

238 

262 

232

Jan.

194 

152 

136 

118 

119

114 

US 

128 

130 

126

120 

129 

146 

224 

432

666 

616 

437 

300 

283

204 

190 

171 

172 

164

162 

162 

138 

126 

126 

124

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19 59 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Fell,

126

136 

168 

146 

160

192 

478 

760 

873 

887

1,260 

1,220 

1,070 

1,680 

1,770

1,390 

1,090 

961 

997 

1,260

1.620 

1,690 

1,310 

1,030 

868

710 

680 

1,620 

2,040

liar.

1,910 

1,600 

1,980 

2,950 

2,300

1,750 

1,400 

1,170 

970 

810

732 

1,250 

1,620 

1,680 

2,310

2,240 

1,820 

1,610 

1,970 

2,460

2,340 

1,890 

1%640 

1,310 

1,130

976 

889 

872 

888 

1,420 

4,400

Second - 

foot-days

3,457 

3,494 

4,871

470,101

6,286 

27,941 

51,987 

62,860 

17,321 

49,730 

28,088 

84,760 

24,919

366,713

Apr.

4,050 

2,940 

2,300 

2,710 

2,510

1,980 

1,590 

1,430 

1,430 

1,430

1,270 

1,200 

1,300 

1,390 

1,340

1,250 

1.13& 

1,040 

1,360 

6,100

4,630 

3,480 

2,820 

2,740 

2,460

2,150 

1,800 

1,630 

1,320 

1,190

Maximum

147 

138 

262

21,500

616 

2,040 

4,400 

6,100 

1,120 

6,310 

2,070 

17,900 

5,910

17,900

May

1,120 

1,070 

992 

.916 

83S

762 

696 

652 

618 

633

621 

567 

512 

467 

454

461 

435 

414 

384 

357

408 

490 

441 

408 

406

408 

410 

386 

360 

326 

332

Minimum

100 

101 

110

100

114 

126 

732 

1,040 

326 

392 

440 

443 

266

100

June

612 

947 

732 

673 

484

462 

420 

392 

471 

1,600

2,160 

2,060 

2,360 

2,620 

1,610

1,190 

1,900 

6,310 

5,360 

3,960

3,620 

2,230 

1,580 

1,290 

1,160

1,000 

852 

712 

648 

640

July

456 

440 

740 

802 

848

726 

677 

648 

624 

684

738 

716 

848 

1,610 

1,320

946 

936 

1,610 

1,390 

1,090

807 

692 

681 

692 

1,130

1,080 

768 

774 

666 

1,230 

2,070

Mean

112 

116 

157

1,2S8

203 

963 

1,677 

2,096 

669 

1,658 

906 

2,734 

831

999

An?.

1,900 

3,030 

1,600 

1,020 

750

630 

1,730 

1,900 

1,030 

700

538 

443 

448 

8,970 

17,900

6,640 

3,770 

2,790 

3,870 

4,360

2,970 

2,760 

2,230 

1,700 

1,380

1,170 

1,010 

901 

860 

2,410 

3,470

Per square*

mile

0.09? 

.10? 

.13f

1.14

.18C 

.85E 

1.49 

1.86 

.496 

1.47 

.806 

2.43 

.738

.887

Sept.

5,910 

3,040 

2,010 

1,520 

1,180

938 

842 

722 

666 

668

698 

638 

648 

480 

428

400 

364 

346 

334

314

296 

292 

271 

271 

279

274 

298 

306 

290 

266

Run-off In 

Inches

0.11 

.11 

.16

15.61

.21 

.92 

1.72 

2.08 

.67 

1.64 

.93 

2.80 

.82

12.07

Peak discharge.- Aug. 16 (4 a.m.) 26,100 sec.-ft.
580 TENNESSEE RIVER'BASIN 

Clinch River above Tazewell, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°25'30B , long. 83°23'64B , 0.4 mile upstream from 

Grlssom Island, 4.6 miles downstream from Big War Creek, and 10 miles east of Tazewell, 

Claiborne County. Datum of gage is 1,060.7 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,474 square miles.

Records available.- July 1935 to September 1940. August 1927 to December 1936, at Site 

7.7 miles downstream, published as Clinch River near Tazewell, Tenn.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 2,007 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,300 second-feet Aug. 15 (ga^e height, 13.29 

feet); minimum, 125 second-feet Oct. 15, 16 (gage height, 0,46 foot).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 37,800 second-feet Jan. 31, 1932 (gag-? height, 14.90 

feet, site and datum then in use); minimum, 122 second-feet Sept. 23, 1932 (gage height, 

1.02 feet, site and datura then in use).

Maximum stage known, about 24 feet, present site and datum, in 1863, from information supplied by local resident.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage Height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

0.5

.7

1.0

1.4

1.5

136 

208 

344 

582 

SS5

2.5

3.2

4

6

1,500

2,240

3,220

4,670

6,330

10,100

14,300

20,400

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25.

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

f!70 

f!56 

156 

156 

150

150 

153 

153 

153 

150

150 

143 

139 

133 

130

128 

136 

139 

136 

136

136 

130 

130 

- 133 

136

133 

139 

156 

170 

174 

178

Nov.

170 

163 

163 

167 

f!63

f!60 

f!60 

156 

150 

146

146 

143 

f!43 

f!43 

f!46

f!36 

f!43 

f!50 

f!43 

f!60

139 

197 

135 

174 

170

167 

163 

160 

160 

156

Dec.

153 

153 

153 

156 

160

156 

153 

ISO 

150 

153

153 

156 

160 

163 

167

160 

156 

160 

163 

200

254 

233 

237 

370 

424

349 

329 

365 

349 

315 

315

Jan.

300 

D229 

bS04 

blS9 

b!76

b!74 

b!70 

167 

167 

163

178 

178 

185 

250 

419

*52S 

596 

625 

b453 

b413

b396 

b355 

329 

315 

b280

b268 

b246 

b233 

203 

221 

212

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

E04 

208 

229 

233 

225

fSOO 

f639 

*f72S 

885 

1,030

1,360 

1,400 

1,220 

1,900 

2,240

1,840 

1,400 

1,310 

1,500 

1,590

1,900 

1,960 

1,690 

1,360 

1,110

951 

975 

2,960 

2,960

Mar.

2,480 

2,180 

2,780 

4,350 

3,480

2,540 

1,900 

1,500 

1,260 

1,050

1,000 

1,340 

2,660 

2,780 

3,350

3,280 

2,600 

2,060 

2,480 

2,960

2,960 

2,540 

1,960 

1,640 

1,400

1,260 

1,180 

1,180 

1,140 

1,890 

4,990

Seeondfoot-daya

4,532 

4,772 

6,715

605,215

3,329 

36,357 

70,550 

91,320 

23, 588 

60,753 

89,239 

89,370 

30,394

446,413

Apr.

6,330 

4,510 

3,220 

4,200 

4,050

2,960 

2,300 

2,060 

2,010 

1,840

1,690 

1,540 

1,500 

1,590 

1,590

1,500 

1,360 

1,260 

1,340 

7,020

6,100 

5,650 

4,350 

4,510 

3,760

3,090 

2,540 

2,120 

1,790 

1,540

Maximum

173 

197 

424

27,000

625 

2,960 

4,990 

8,100 

1,500 

6,670 

1,740 

13,500 

5,920

18,500

May

1,500 

1,400 

1,260 

1,180 

1,100

1,010 

926 

863 

813 

732

782 

751 

690 

646 

625

618 

539 

562 

52S 

503

472 

496 

575 

569 

548

503 

503 

490 

453 

442 

413

Minimum

123 

136 

150

123

163 

204 

1,000 

1,260 

413 

413 

522 

558 

334

128

June

413 

590 

853 

690 

582

515 

473 

459 

442 

592

1,960 

2,120 

2,010 

2,600 

2,120

1,360 

1,310 

3.89O 

6,670 

4,330

4,200 

3,020 

1,900 

1,450 

1,310

1,090 

951 

321 

829 

698

July

582 

522 

575 

845 

821

821 

736 

728 

942 

321

790 

853 

967 

1.040 

1,,590

1,400 

1,140 

1,100 

1,450 

1,310

992 

738 

690 

683 

706

1,140 

951 

759 

743 

1,020 

1,740

Mean

146 

159 

217

1,658

285 

1,254 

2,276 

3,061 

728 

1,692 

943 

2,863 

1,030

1,220

Aug.

2,420 

2,660 

2,300 

1,310 

942

751 

766 

2,100 

1,450 

910

683 

565 

568 

1,360 

13,500

12,600 

5,510 

3,810 

3,100 

4,790

3,810 

3,030 

2,640 

2,010 

1,640

1,310 

1,120 

964 

941 

2,260 

3,440

Itr square 

mile

0.099 

.108 

.147

1.12

.193 

.351 

1.54 

2.08 

.494 

1.15 

.640 

1.96 

.699

.828

Sept.

5,920 

5,290 

2,780 

1,890 

1,450

1,170 

987 

857 

770 

728

728 

728 

. 676 

610 

548

503 

478 

436 

413 

407

386 

365 

354 

334 

360

375 

344 

354 

365 

354

Run-off in 

Inches

0.11 

.18 

.17

15.27

.22 

.92 

1.78 

2.32 

.57 

1.23 

.74 

2.25 

.78

11.26

Peak discharge.- Apr. 21 (2 a.m.) 8,900 sec.-ft.; June 19 (6 a.m.) 7,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (5 

p.m.J 24,300 sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (10:30 p.m.) 7,560 see.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

f Computed on basis of estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 581

Clinch River near Tazewell, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°23'57", long. Q3°Z7'S5n , 600 feet downstream 

from bridge on U. S. Highway 25 East, 3.5 miles upstream from Indian Creek, 7 miles 

southeast of Tazewell, Clalborne County, and 72 miles upstream from Nbrrls Dan. 

Datum of gage Is 1,013.5 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,482 square miles.

Records available.- August 1927 to September 1940 (after December 1936, gage heights 

only).

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 10.62 feet Aug. 15; minimum, 1.02 feet 

Oct. 16, 23.

1937-40: Maximum gage height, 18.58 feet Feb. 10, 1937; minimum, that of Oct. 

16, 23, 1940.

The flood of March (previously published as May) 1917 reached a stage of 21.5 

feet; flood of 1862 reached a stage of 24.5 feet.

Remarks.- Station Is In backwater from Norrls Dam.

Sage height, in feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

1

z

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

2122

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

1.17

1.14

1.11

1.13

1.10

1.11

1.11

1.12

1.13

1.10

1.10

1.09

1.08

1.05

1.04

1.03

1.05

1.08

1.06

1.07

1.07

1.05

1.04

1.04

1.08

1.06

1.08

1.10

1.15

1.17

1.18

HOT.

1.18

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.14

1.12

1.14

1.12

1.10

1.10

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.09

1.07

1.08

1.09

1.08

1.12

1.19

1.23

1.22

1.17

1.17

1.17

1.15

1.14

1.15

1.12

-

Dec.

1.12

1.12

1.12

1.13

1.13

1.14

1.12

1.10

1.11

1.12

1.12

1.12

1.15

1.14

1.16

1.14

1.13

1.14

1.15

1.21

1.34

1.31

1.30

1.50

1.64

1.53

1.48

1.55

1.53

1.47

1.45

Jan.

1.45

1.39

1.31

1.26

1.19

1.12

1.16

1.17

1.14

1.17

1.17

1.18

1.18

1.29

1.58

1.74

1.83

1.S9

1.75

1.69

1.41

1.46

1.36

1.33

1.31

1.2S

1.2g

1.23

1.21

1.24

1.24

Feb.

1.23

1.83

1.24

1.38

1.29

1.36

1.87

2.05

2.12

2.2S

f2.50

_

_

_

-

_

_

f2.74

2.76

2.94

3.06

3.08

2.92

2.67

2.47

2.28

2.81

3.58

3.68

_

-

Mar.

3.45

3. SI

3.50

4.39

4.03

3.40

2.99

2.71

2.48

2.32

2.23

2.87

3.46

3.52

3.S7

3.S2

3.44

3.11

3.32

3.64

3.66

3.41

3.05

2.81

2.63

2.48

2.42

2.39

2.3S

2.75

4.53

Apr.

5.88

4.54

3.84

4.29

4.27

3.78

3.87

3.07

3.08

2.96

2.85

2.73

2.67

2.73

2.75

2.69

2.59

2.50

2.55

5.34

6.12

5.11

4.56

4.52

4. IS

3.77

3.43

3.14

2.91

2.73

-

n«y

8.66

2.60

8.50

2.42

2.34

2.26

8.19

2.12

2.07

2.04

2.03

2.00

1.95

1.89

1.S6

1.86

1.83

1.80

1.76

1.73

1.69

1.69

l.SO

1.81

1.78

1.74

1.72

1.70

1.66

1.64

1.61

June

1.60

1.74

8.03

1.97

1.64

1.75

1.69

1.67

1.66

1.69

2.S8

3.12

3.02

3.35

3.13

2.62

2.45

3..69

5.60

4.77

4.32

3.73

3.00

2.65

2.50

2.34

2.20

2.08

2.07

1.97

-

July

1.84

1.77

1.79

2.08

2.07

2.07

2.00

1.96

2.16

2.09

2.03

2.09

2.21

2.19

2.72

2.56

2.42

2.86

2.63

2.50

2.26

2.05

1.94

1.93

1.94

2.30

2.25

2.01

2.02

2.08

2.S5

Au£.

3.31

3-31

3-33

2.54

2.21

2,02

2,01

2,86

2.72

2.20

1.96

1.81

1.77

2,15

S.46

7.90

5-14

4,01

3.62

4.49

4.22

3.68

3.40

3-06

2,72

2.50

2,35

2,23

2,19

3^04

3-91

Sept.

4.87

4.94

3.68

3.00

2.68

2.43

2.27'

2.16

2.08

2.02

2.02

2.02

1.98

1.91

1.84

1.77

1.74

1.70

1.66

1.64

1.63

1.59

1.57

1.55

1.57

1.60

1.55

1.55

1.68

1.57

-

f Gage height partly estimated.
582 TENJESSEE RIVER BASIN

Norris Reservoir at Morris Dam, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°13'29", long. 84°05'29", at Norris Dam on 

Clinch River, Anderson County, 2i miles northwest of Norris and 3| miles east of 

Lake City (formerly known as Coal Creek). Datum of gage Is mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1912) and 0.11 foot above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary 

adjustment of 1936). Elevations given herein are referred to general adjustment of

Drainage area.- 2,912 square miles.

Records available.- June 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum contents during year, 1,818,000 acre-feet Sept. 13 (elevation, 

1,013.01 feet); minimum, 327,000 acre-feet Jan. 14 (elevation, 934.73 feet).

1935-40: Maximum contents, 2,453,000 acre-feet Feb. 11, 1937 (elevation, 1,031.10 

feet); minimum (after first filling), that of Jan. 14, 1940.

Remarks.- Reservoir Is formed by concrete gravity dam with three drum gages, each 100 

feet wide and 14 feet high. It was completely closed and placed In operation Mar. 4, 

1936. Water surface In reservoir first reached ordinary minimum pool elevation, 

Mar. 28, 1936. Controlled storage, 2,020,000 acre-feet between elevation 954.5 and 

1,034.0 feet. Figures given herein are of total capacity or contents for level pool. 

Reservoir Is used for navigation, flood control, and power. A table showing pertinent 

data concerning capacities of the reservoir Is given herein.

Cooperation.- Gage-height record and contents furnished by the TennesseT Valley 

Authotiority.

Total reservoir capacity, In acre-feet, at solected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

S60.0 

930.0

954.5

1,020.0 

1,034.0

(occasional minimum pool, exceptional draw-down for lowwater releases), 

(ordinary minimum pool, exceptional draw-down for flood 

control ) .

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

17,000 

236,000

547,000

2,047,000 

£,567,000

Contents at midnight. In thousands of acre-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«y

1

8

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

Si

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,324

1,312

1,300

1,2SS

1,275

1,262

1,250

1,239

1,228

1,217

1,206

1,194

1,182

1,171

1,159

1,148

1,137

1,126

1,114

1,102

1,090

1,077

1,064

1,051

1,037

1,025

1,012

1,000

9S7.8

974.7

961. S

HOT.

949.6

936.8

924. S

911.5

899.7

S87.0

874.4

861.3

S49.0

S35.7

S23.4

810.5

79S.2

785.3

773.3

761.4

749.3

736.1

724.0

713.2

701.3

690.S

679.4

668.1

657.2

645.S

634.5

683.0

612.1

600.6

-

Dee.

590.1

57S.9

567.4

557.5

547.8

537.4

526.7

517.5

508.7

499.3

489. 5

479.9

471.2

462.2

452.5

444.6

440.9

431.6

422.6

413.5

405.7

39S.O

393.0

391.5

389. 0

3S5.7

3S3.0

380.1

377.3

374.8

372.5

Jan.

369.9

367.1

363.2

360.3

357.2

353.8

351.0

347.6

344.5

340.2

337.1

332.4

328.3

327.5

329.0

330.8

333.1

335.6

337.2

338.0

339.2

340.2

342.0

342.9

343. 5

344.3

345.0

345.6

346.4

347.2

34S.5

Feb.

349.3

350.4

351.3

352.3

353.4

355.7

358.0

347.7

332.6

337.6

343.2

34S.4

355.6

364.6

373.4

381.0

387.3

393.4

400.7

408.8

416.6

424.0

429.9

434.1

43S.4

442.0

447.7

460.6

474.2

_

-

Mar.

4S5.3

493.9

509.9

528.8

547.0

558.3

566.6

573.2

578. S

583.2

588.3

596.6

609.2

626.0

643.5

659.4

671.6

683.2

696.8

70S. 7

720.5

730.6

739.0

747.1

752.6

758.2

763.6

769.4

774.5

790.7

S12.1

Apr.

839.4

858.7

S73.7

891.3

910.7

924.4

935.0

944.2

952.8

96O.6

967.4

973.7

979.6

9S6.3

992.2

99S.3

1,003

1,009

1,019

1,047

1,OS3

1,112

1,136

1,159

1,177

1,190

1,201

1,211

1,219

1,227

-

"«r

1,235

1,241

1,247

1,253

1,258

1,262

1,266

1,270

1,273

1,277

1,280

1,233

1,285

1,287

1,292

1,294

1,296

1.29S

1,301

1,303

1,304

1,306

1,310

1,311

1,314

1,317

1,318

1,320

1,323

1,327

1,329

 Tune

1,332

1,333

1,336

1,33S

1,340

1,341

1,342.

1,344

1,346

1,348

1,352

1,356

1,363

1,363

1,373

1,378

1,384

1,392

1,413

1,329

1,440

1,448

1,452

1,458

1,462

1,464

1,467

1,470

1,472

1,475

-

July

1,476

1,479

1,484

1,487

1,490

1,492

1,496

1,501

1,504

1,508

1,510

1,514

1,51S

1,523

1,528

1,534

1,539

1,542

1,546

1,549

1,552

1,554

1,556

1,560

1,561

1,563

1,566

1,568

1,569

1,571

1,574

Aug.

1,67S

1,584

1,589

1,593

1,595

1,59S

1,599

1,602

1,605

1,607

1,609

1,610

1,614

1,617

1,643

1,677

1,690

1,699

1,706

1,715

1,725

1,731

1,73S

1,742

1,746

1,749

 1,751

1,753

1,756

1,761

1,768

Sept.

1,781

1,793

1,799

1,803

1,806

1,809

1,812

1,813

1,816

1,816

1,817

1,818

1,815

1,807

1,802

1,792

1,784

1,776

1,766

1,766

1,743

1,731

1,721

1,714

1,706

1,693

1,680

1,666

1,663

1,641

-
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 583

Monthly elevation and contents, of Korris Reservoir at 

Morris Dam, Term., 1939-40

Date Elevation 

(feet)

996 04

979 49

958 3V

957 15

948 77

995 73

!L * * " ' OO7 ' < ' 17

tiontents 

(acre-feet)

346 500

474 £00

1 227 000

n 5>74 000

Change In contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

84 OOO

+ 337 900

 +414 900

_1 017 IWl

461679 O - 42 - 38
584 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River below Norrls Dam, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°12'56", long. 84°04'56", 0.5 mile upstream from

 Clear Creek, 0.9 mile downstream from Norrls Dam, Anderson County, and 14 miles north 

of Norrls. Datum of gage Is 819.11 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 2,913 square miles.

Records available.- April 1936 to September 1940. May 1927 to September 1937, at site 

near mouth of coal Creek, 2.7 miles downstream, published as Clinch Kiver near Coal 

Creek, Term.

Average discharge.- 13 years, including records for station near Coal Creek October 1927 

to September1936, 4,019 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,300 second-feet Feb. 8 (gag<* height, 6.79

 feet); minimum, 18 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 1.09 feet).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 70,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gag? height, 33.7 

feet, site and datum then In use); minimum, 1.3 second-feet May 17, 18, 24-26, May 29 

to June 5, 1936 (gage height, 0.62 foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 200 second-feet, which are fair. Flow 

completely regulated by Norrls Reservoir (see p. 582 ).

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.1 18 5,120

1.2 38

1.3 S4

1.4

1.5

1.6

14S 

227 

332

l.S 

2.0 

2.5

567

790

1,430

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

2,210 

3,O6O 

4,050

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

.£,310 

7,620

6.O 9,OOO 

6.4 10,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September If40

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

P8

20

30

31

Oct.

7,080

7,080

6,620

6.S20

7,080

7,080

6,060

6,060

6,180

6,060

5,940

5,940

5,820

5,520

6,060

5,700

5,700

6,310

6,310

6,060

6,060

7,050

7,080

7,080

7,080

6,820

6,820

6,820

6,820

6,820

7,080

NOT.

6,820

7,080

6.S20

6,820

7,080

6,820

7,080

7,080

6,820

7,OSO

6,S20

7,080

6,560

6,820

6,820

6,560

6,560

7,350

7,080

6,320

6,820

6,180

6,180

6,310

6,560

6,310

6,310

6,310

6,560

6,310

-

Doc.

6,180

6,310

6,310

5.S20

5,580

5,620

5,700

5,240

5,240

5,240

5,240

5,350

5,240

5,120

5,120

4,260

2,460

5,350

5,350

5,240

4,580

4,360

3,750

1,970

2,380

2,990

2,460

2,550

2,420

2,300

2,050

Month

October ..............

Calendar year 1939

March. ...............

April................

May..................

July.................

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

2,030

2,1

2,4

1,9

90

60

20

2,260

2,110

1,9

2,3

2,1

10

70

50

2,6SO

2,050

3,C

2,£

1.T

Seoondf cot-days

201,540

201,820

137,980

1,515,292

32,448

17,887

1,896

2,119

2,064

6,576

6,400

6,126

100,581

717,437

60

SO

60

91

30

30

30

30

30

36

33

36

33

33

38

33

45

30

30

30

Feb.

30

30

30

30

3O

30

33

6,230

10,000

490

30

30

33

30

28

204

33

70

36

33

30

30

30

1S3

30

28

30

33

33

_

-

Mar33

250

36

36

33

214

33

33

30

33

92

S9

36

303

42

38

38

30

21

174

21

20

21

23

21

21

SO

21

24

86

24

Apr.

23

21

90

244

IS

51

54

59

IS

20

18

h£02

hlS

hl8

h!8

hl8

h23

h59

61

38

279

42

93

42

42

227

199

36

38

50

-

Observed

Maximum

7,030

7,350

6,310

17,100

3,060

10,000

303

279

460

533

389

622

7,060

10,000

Minimum

5,700

6,180

1,970

107

30

28

20

18

36

45

57

57

53

18

Mean

6,501

6,727

4,461

4,151

1,047

617

61.2

70.6

66.6

219

206

198

3,353

1,960

May

94

36

36

36

5S

36

36

36

110

36

36

36

36

36

38

38

38

92

128

42

45

45

49

460

49

45

42

38

108

104

45

June

45

53

45

174

202

249

19S

366

9S

1S4

306

345

368

66

283

59

81

410

533

242

80

43S

381

300

53

224

66

373

297

57

 -

Change in 

contents in

Horris Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

_

-

-461,500

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

+303,900

July

57

213

66

71

57

57

62

257

384

266

296

272

66

h!24

110

372

82

245

3<3

240

an

62

62

276

226

273

208

319

283

291

319

Aug.

622

97

84

70

62

363

274

299

366

288

72

66

72

78

66

91

285

271

73

62

62

403

269

171

57

57

259

568

293

278

39

Sept.

62

62

420

62

62

62

62

62

62

249

53

53

3.59O

4,790

3,180

5,580

4,790

4,680

5,460

5,460

6,820

6,310

5,120

4,790

5,120

6,820

7.0SO

7,080

7,080

6,560

-

Adjuste-1 for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

_

_

-

3,514

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

2,379

Per square 

mile

_

_

-

1.21

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

.817

Run- off 

in inches

_

_

-

16.37

_

_

_

_

_

^

-

11.12

h Computed on basis of
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 586

Clinch River near Lake City, Term. 

(Formerly published as Clinch River near Coal Creek, Tenn.)

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°12'22", long. 84°06'29", 300 feet upstream from 

rtassengill Bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Coal Creek, 2 mile?? northwest of Norrls, 3t miles east of Lake City (formerly known as Coal Creek), Anderson 

County, and 3.6 miles downstream from Norris Dam. Datum of gage is 805.61 f^et above 

mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 2,921 square miles.

Records available.- May 1927 to September 1940 (after September 1937, gage heights only).

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 12.52 feet Feb. 9; minimum, 2.69 feet 

Jan. 19.

1937-40: Maximum gage height, 18.58 feet, Feb. 9, 1938; minimum, that of Jan. 19, 

1940.

Remarks.- Flow regulated by Norrls Reservoir (see p. 582 ).

ge height, In feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D«T

1

Z

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

86

27

28

29

30

91

Oct.

10.20

9. 34

9. S3

9.S5

9. 93

9.99

9.33

9.89

9. 32

9.35

9.21

9.32

9.19

9.16

9.20

9.05

9.04

9.50

9.51

9.26

9.23

10.01

10.03

10.08

10.05

9.89

9.87

9.89

9.89

9.87

9.92

NOT.

9.90

9.35

9.80

9.37

9.99

9.33

9.95

10.00

9.82

9.95

9.81

9.30

9.69

9.71

9.88

9.69

9.73

10.08

9.85

9.76

9.78

9.35

9.40

9.37

9.50

9.44

9.44

9.35

9.60

9.58

Dec.

9.38

9.42

9.36

Q pp

s!gi

9.09

9.04

8.63

8.62

3.61

8.69

3.71

8.76

8.61

S.61

8.04

S.92

3.70

8.71

8.61

8.22

7.94

7.4S

5.62

5.77

6.64

6.10

6.30

5.99

5.90

5.60

Jan.

5.72

5.72

6.16

5. 45

5.91

5.66

5.56

5.86

5.90

6.10

5.98

6.60

6.60

5.49

3.01

2.72

2.72

2.72

2.72

2.72

2.74

2.72

2.77

2.73

2.73

2.77

2.73

2.81

2.73

2.73

2.73

Feb.

2.73

2.74

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.75

2.75

3.49

12.12

3.99

2.79

2.73

2.80

2.81

2.78

3.10

2.78

2.93

2.80

2.80

2.79

2.79

2.78

3.10

2.78

2.77

2.80

2.80

2.79

-

Mar.

2.79

3.10

2.99

2.35

3.83

3.10

8.83

2.81

2.80

2.80

2.96

3.00

2. SI

3.18

3.08

2.88

2.85

2.85

2.79

3.08

,2.78

2.76

2.73

2.78

2.72

2.71

2.72

2.73

2.75

3.40

3.05

Apr.

2.88

2.31

2.90

3.37

2.31

2.3S

2.90

3.00

2.78

2.74

2.73

3.05

2.73

2.72

2.72

2.71

2.71

2.87

3.00

3.24

3.34

3.02

3.10

3.00

3.01

3.05

3.28

2.89

2.88

2.88

-

*«y

3.08

2.37

2.85

2.34

2.91

8.83

8.83

8.S3

3.03

8.35

2.82

8.38

8.61

2.88

8.35

8.88

2.88

8.93

3.11

2.84

8.85

8.87

8.85

3.54

8.89

8.86

8.83

8.88

8.93

3.10

2.86

June

8.S5

8.83

8.S5

3.09

3.10

3.86

3.10

3.43

3.05

3.18

3.84

3i33

3.33

3.00

3.19

3.00

2.99

3.36

3.75

3.89

8.89

3.25

3.50

3.32

8.90

3.16

8.90

3.31

3.40

8.88

-

July

8.S7

3.81

S.92

2.95

8.88

2.38

8.S9

3.13

3.56

3.28

3.31

3.30

2.9S

3.O1

3.03

3.41

3.01

3.88

3.43

3.81

3.49

8.98

2.90

3.84

3.24

3.29

3.17

3.39

3.30

3.30

3.44

Auf.

3.68

3.07

8.95

2.91

8.33

3.35

3.34

3.29

3.48

3.39

8.92

2.92

8.94

2.93

8.91

8.93

3-89

3.89

3-00

8.98

8.98

3-35

3-24

3-16

8.91

8.90

3-17

3.75

3«32

3-33

3^01

Sept.

2.91

2.90

3.39

B.91

2.91

8.91

2.90

8.90

8.90

3.88

8.90

8.90

5.35

8.83

6.9S

S.76

S.88

8.83

8.85

8.86

9.70

9.46

8.63

8.58

8.45

9.96

10.08

10.04

9.97

9.78

-
586 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River near Wheat, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°54'1311 , long. 84°23'2011 , li miles upstream from 

 Gallaghers Ferry, 2i miles' southwest of Wheat, Roane County, 2i miles upstream from 

Poplar Creek, and 10 miles upstream from Emory River. Datum of gage Is 717.36 feet 

above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 3,385 square miles.

Records available.- September 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,800 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 9.87 

 feet); minimum, 137 second-feet Sept. 9, 10 (gage height, 2.29 feet .

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 42,900 second-feet Feb. 9, 1937 (gage height, 23.45

feet); minimum, that of Sept. 9, 10, 1940; minimum gage height, 2.23 feet Nov. 19,

1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Norrls Reservoir (see p. 582).

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

140

179

226

346

3.0 

3.4 

4.0 

5.0

570

970

1,730

3,300

6.0 

7.0 

S.O

4,900 

6,610 

S,360

Discharge, in seeond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Dfey

1

2

5

4

8

6

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

28

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

3,360

7,480

6,960

7,140

7,310

7,140

7,310

3,440

6,260

6,440

6,260

6,260

6,260

6,260

6,260

6,260

5,910

5,910

6,260

6,440

6,280

6,440

7,140

7,310

7,310

7,310

7,310

7,310

a7,310

aV,310

a7,310

Nov.

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

aV.310

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

a7,310

aV,310

a7,310

aV,310

aV,310

aV,310

a7,100

aV,000

a7,300

aV,300

aV,080

a6,900

a6,720

a6,650

a6,650

a6,700

a6,6OO

a6,600

ae.eoo

a6,7SO

D00.

a6,620

f 6,440

6,610

6,440

5,910

5,910

6,080

6,080

5,570

5,570

5,570

5,570

5,740

5,570

5,570

5,570

4,250

2,990

f6,080

a6,OSO

aS,080

a5,500

a5,100

a4,350

a2,500

2,990

3,380

2,990

2,910

2,680

2,530

Month

Hovember .............

Calendar year 1939

March................

April................

May. .................

Julv. ...

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

2,300

f2,300

aS, 000

a3,410

a2,S50

aS, 150

a2,S50

a2,680

a3,150

a2,920

a3,330

ag.SOO

a3,050

a2,400

al,600

a900

a600

f284

a!80

a!50

a!52

156

163

167

163

a!63

a!63

a!70

a!70

a!70

a!55

Feb.

al50

a!50

a!50

a!50

a!50

aieo

f346

522

7,500

9,440

2,120

882

606

1,020

1,440

300

642

790

1,100

1,290

1,120

600

606

506

638

475

460

1,280

1,470

-

Mar.

994

730

1,170

2,460

1,720

1,070

S60

750

546

475

431

1,020

1,710

2,330

3,220

2,300

1,370

1,040

1,230

1,580

1,260

926

720

642

f58S

f570

554

642

730

1,120

2,530

Apr.

2,000

1,300

970

994

2,080

1,190

S32

770

770

642

530

514

522

606

453

409

38S

374

506

2,180

3,140

1,920

1,340

2,340

2,530

1,710

1,300

1,370

640

740

-

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

211,240

212,940

155,230

1,797,620

45,596

36,633

37,338

36,290

13,176

13,243

13,063

9,731

97,709

SS5.1S9

Maximum

3,360

7,310

6,620

23,600

3,410

9,440

3,220

3,140

937

926

790

670

7,140

9,440

Mining

5,910

6,600

2,500

249

160

150

431

374

245

261

217

167

140

140

Mean

6,314

7,096

5,007

4,925

1,471

1, 263

1,204

1,310

425

441

421

314

3,257

2,419

May

840

937

780

642

570

514

463

446

409

402

409

374

327

309

309

340

334

303

272

261

315

284

243

272

446

532

327

284

272

334

606

June

562

402

327

284

261

290

346

431

367

480

340

261

374

475

506

327

431

460

483

651

670

395

399

409

53S

633

353

334

498

926

-

Qhange in 

contents in

Morris Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

_

_

-

-461,500

I

+303,900

J>ly

570

315

58S

790

642

423

334

321

346

780

651

493

49S

453

340

255

284

468

334

381

416

409

431

284

217

264

360

353

327

381

360

Aug.

381

423

670

296

188

212

207

303

367

340

475

383

327

340

303

265

212

179

272

381

296

202

249

346

25E

236

226

167

255

897

3S1

Sept.

396

296

193

171

381

221

180

144

140

140

140

221

207

1,770

4,900

3,610

5,570

4,900

5,080

5,740

5,910

6,610

6,260

5,400

5,060

6,910

6,980

6,960

7,140

7,140

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir content*

 Per square Kean mile i

_

_ _

-

4,233 1.27

- -

2,337 .838

Run- off 

.n Inches

_

-

17.19

-

11.41

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station below Horrls Dam. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RlVER BASIN 587

Powell River near Jonesville, Va.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°39'43", long. 83°05'42", at highway bridge 2mile8 

southeast of Jonesvllle, Lee County, and 10 miles upstream from Wallen Creek. Datum of 

gage is 1,259.08 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 319 square miles.

Records available.- November 1931 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,200 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 14.02 

feet;; minimum, 23 second-feet Oct. 23, 24, Jan. 6 (gage height, 0.81 foot).

1931-40: Maximum discharge, 19,700 second-feet Jan. 30, 1932 (gage height, 25.64 

feet); minimum, 18 second-feet Oct. 2, 3, 1933 (gage height, 0.86 foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those above 7,000 second-feet, which are good, and 

those for period of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of loe effect (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

0.8 22 1.5 113 S. 6 430 5.0 1,740 

.9 31 . 1.7 155 3.0 620 7.0 2,940 

1.1 54 2.0 231 3.5 915 9.0 4,220 

1.3 81 2.3 322 4.0 1,190 12.0 6,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water- year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

21 

22 

23

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

SI

Oct.

33 

43 

41 

36 

33

29 

29 

29 

29 

29

23 

26 

26 

26 

26

26 

26 

26 

26 

26

26 

26 

25 

25 

25

26 

40 

60 

60 

49 

41

NOT.

35 

32 

31 

32 

31

31 

32 

29 

29 

29

28 

28 

27 

27 

27

26 

27 

27 

27 

32

39 

41 

40 

36 

34

32 

30 

30 

29 

27

Dec.

27 

30 

31 

32 

33

33 

30 

28 

29 

27

26 

29 

29 

33 

35

34 

32 

29 

31 

64

108 

87 

64 

84 

90

74 

74 

129 

123 

92 

74

Jan.

63 

50 

48 

40 

35

34 

33 

34 

33 

33

34 

36 

48 

74 

216

196 

123 

bSO 

b60 

b55

b60 

bSO 

b50 

b45 

b45

b40 

b40 

b40 

b35 

b35 

b35

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Decs

Ct

Jam 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May. 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

WE

ilendar year 1939

iter year 1939-40

Feb.

b40 

b45 

b40 

b40 

b40

73 

266 

275 

196 

306

794 

497 

322 

1,110 

942

497 

353 

363 

609 

668

632 

462 

346 

281 

251

207 

213 

1,330 

1,360

Secondfoot-days

99 

92 

1,64

178,755

1,79" 

12,55 

27,32 

34,51 

5,77: 

12,85 

9,76 10,82' 

3,82.

122,78

Mar.

888 

604 

1,360 

2,550 

1,300

794 

535 

419 

339 

278

266 

525 

794 

1,160 

1,740

1,220 

830 

609 

1,050 

1,080

860 

644 

484 

400 

342

300 

284 

275 

272 

1,040 

4,080

Apr.

1,920 

1,190 

1,140 

2,340 

1,240

830 

644 

626 

752 

632

540 

535 

598 

570 

520

.454

392 

353 

594 

6,340

3,520 

1,780 

1,240 

1,380 

1,220

970 

740 

565 

470 

415

Maximum

5 60 

5 41 

L 129

5 9,190

3 218 

3 1,360 

I 4,080 

3 6,340 

5 415 

L 3,480 

3 1,410 

r 1,050 

> 780

3 6,340

May

415 

392 

346 

319 

287

254 

243 

231 

220 

218

204 

166 

174 

165 

160

172 

162 

140 

131 

125

115 

106 

103 

111

144

133 

117 

108 

99 

94 

99

Minimum

25 

26 

26

25

33 

40 

£66 

353 

94 

86 

110 

89 

49

25

June

117 

127 

101 

90 

152

142 

108 

92 

86 

248

577 

400 

278 

254 

237

189 

535 

3,480 

1,610 

1,160

668 

422 

316 

263 

269

328 

192 

165 

192 

153

July

123 

110 

176 

392 

322

218 

172 

268 

356 

290

411 

339 

1,410 

942 

515

363 

388 

370 

287 

223

186 

162 

169 

135 

146

162

129 

125 

113 

227 

539

Aug.

982 

E06 

293 

204 

160

1S7 

184 

212 

140 

113

99 

89 

89 

478 

1,050

692 

399 

280 

7?5 

731

414 

291 

230 

184 1-51

129 

131 

108 

114 

632 

890

~ Per square 

Mean mile

32.1 0.101 

30.8 .097 

52.9 .166

490 1.54

57.8 .181 

433 1.36 

881 2.76 

1,150 3.61 

186 .583 

428 1.3^ 

315 .987 

349 1.09 

128 .401

335 1.05

Sept.

780 

429 

287 

218 

169

142 

123 

108 

99 

110

129 

1Q6 

88 

73 

74

71 

64 

62 

59 

57

54 

53 

50 

49 

55

70 

76 

60 

54 

49

Run-off In 

inches

0.12 

.11 

.19

20.85

.21 

1.47 

3.18 

4.03 

.67 

1.50 

1.14 

1.26 

.45

14.33

Peak discharge.- Mar. 31 {7t45 a.m.) 6,060 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (11:46 a.m.) 8,200 sec.-ft, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
588 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Powell River near Arthur, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°32'30", long. 83°37'49", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 25E, 2.3 miles east of Arthur, Clalborne County, and 2.4 miles downstream 

from Indian Creek. Datum of gage is 1,045.84 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee 

River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 685 square miles.

Records available.- October 1919 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 21 years, 1,188 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,760 second-feet Apr. gl (gag"? height, 11.79 

feet); minimum, 47 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, -0.11 foot), result of low temperature; minimum dally, 79 second-feet Oct. 16, 23.

1919-40: Maximum discharge, 27,800 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gag? height, 23.8 

feet), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; minimum, that of Jan. 6, 

1940; minimum daily, 76 second-feet Oct. 10, 1933.

Maximum stage known, 27.2 feet Jan. 29, 1918 (discharge, 33,000 second-feet, from 

rating curve extended above 16,000 sec,ond-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent.

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

109 

100 

107 

100 

102

104 

9S 

100 

102

104

91 

93 

88 

88 

84

79 

86 

82 

82 

84

68 

84 

79 

86 

81

84 

93 

102 

98 

102 

125

Nov.

117 

114 

102 

109 

102

100 

102 

93 

93 

86

91 

91 

86 

86 

82

86 

86 

86 

84 

91

112 

112 

109 

107 

104

100 

95 

91 

88 

88

Dec.

88 

95 

93

91 

93

91 

93 

83 

86 

8S

86 

86 

98 

98 

98

88 

86 

91 

93 

114

148 

158 

192 

255 

300

251 

235 

239 

228 

247 

217

Jan.

1S1 

148 

122 

117 

109

95 

100 

98 

98 

95

95 

95 

100 

139 

263

304 

372 

287 

213 

174

145 

136 

133 

122 

114

104 

102 

91 

91 

98 

98

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Bay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1939 ...........

uary

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

98

95 

110 

122 

117

180 

438 

520 

520 

728

930 

1,110 

930 

1,300 

1,700

1,530 

960 

810 

990 

1,270

1,330 

1,170 

930 

702 

595

515 

525 

2,360 

2,750

Mar.

2,360 

1,560 

2,200 

3,590 

3,930

2,280 

1,500 

1,140 

900 

72S

676 

1,330 

1,770 

2,510 

3,250

3,160 

2,280 

1,630 

1,840 

2,060

1,910 

1,560 

1,270 

1,050 

870

7S2 

702 

676 

651 

1,440 

3,080

Seoondfoot-dsys

2,905 

2,893 

4,314

348,226

4,439 

25,335 

54,715 

69,885 

15,959 

19,580 

16,996 

14,901 

8,547

240 .463

Apr,

5,670 

3,250 

2,200 

2,750 

3,760

2,280 

1,630 

1,400 

1,270 

1,300

1,170 

1,080 

1,020 

1,050 

990

930 

840 

755 

960 

3,500

8,660 

6,570 

3,420 

3,340 

2,910

2,430 

1,910 

1,560 

1,270 

1,110

Maximum

125 

117 

300

16,300

378 

2,750 

3,930 

8,660 

1,110 

3,930 

1,620 

1,170 

1,170

8,660

May

1,110 

1,080 

990 

870 

755

702 

646 

600 

575 

560

520 

500 

461 

442 

438

438 

415 

406 

376 

359

333 

316 

312 

402 

372

359

380 

337 

312 

308 

295

Minimum

79 

82 

86

79

91 

95 

651 

755 

295 

243 

235 

209 

117

79

June

291

279 

287 

283 

271

308 

342 

291 

279 

243

276 

600 

651 

480 

376

410 

420 

862 

3,930 

2,130

1,460 

960 

676 

565 

550

471 

480 

384 

565 

461

July

376 

333 

380 

380 

500

555 

428

550 

960 

840

680 

702 

870 

1,520 

1,240

840 

7S2 

641 

605 

505

424

376 

359 

324 

324

275 

287 

275 

247 

235 

243

Mean

93.7 

96.4 

139

964

145 

874 

1,765 

2,330 

515 

651 

548 

481 

285

657

Aug.

6QO 

960 

S10 

530 

397

333 

279 

259 

389 

300

239 

209 

224 

320 

406

1,170 

960 

646 

505 

646

960 

651 

500 

406 

337

300 

271 

243 

235 

271 

605

Per square 

mile

0.137 

,141 

.203

1.39

.212 

1.28 

2.58 

3.40 

.752 

.950 

.800 

.702 

.416

.959

Sept.

1,170 

1,170 

72S 

530 

410

337 

291 

255 

232 

22S

224 

220 

228

202 

178

167 

164 

155 

148

139

136 

133 

188 

117 

152

152

139 

139 

148 

133

Run-off In 

Inches

0.16 

.16 

.23

16.91

.24 

1.38 

2.97 

3.79 

.87 

1.06 

.92 

.81 

.46

13.05

Peak discharge.- Mar. 5 (3:30 a.m.) 4.450 sec. -ft.; Apr. 1 (9 a.m.) 6.270 s->o.-ft.; Apr. 21(12 m.

9,760 sec.-ft.; June 19 (9 a.m.) 4,540 see.-ft.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 589

Emory River near Wartburg, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°06'46", long. 84°36'54", at highway bridge on 

wartourg-Lancing road, li miles northwest of Wartburg, Morgan County, li miles downstream from Rock Creek, and 5 3/4 miles upstream from Obed River. Datum of gage Is 

1,002.14 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 83.2 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,900 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 11.72 

reet); minimum, 0.3 second-foot Nov. 14, Sept. 24; minimum gage height, 1.22 feet 

Sept. 24.

1934-40: Maximum discharge 18,700 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, £5.62 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 7,700 second-feet; no flow Sept. 27 to Oct. 27, 1935, 

June 23 to July 2, 1936.

Remarks.- Records fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

1.6 

1.6

1.4 

1.2 

1.0

.6 

1.2

1.4 

1.4 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.S 

.8

.7 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.7 

.8

1,0

.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.2 

.8 

.7

Hov.

0.6 

.6 

.6 

.7 

.7

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.5 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4

.5 

.8

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.2 

1.0 

1.7 

2.1 

2.1

Dec.

2.5 

2.3 

2.5 

3.0 

2.7

2.1 

1.7 

1.4 

1,4 

1.2

IX) 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1,0 

.8 

.8 

.8 

1,0

1.2 

1.6 

3.0 

43 

55

41 

56 

76 

52 

38 

29

Jan.

20 

12 

7 

6 

5

4 

3 

3 

3

a3

a3 

a4 

a7 

a35 

120

66

47 

37 

23 

17

13 

9. 

9. 

8 

7.

5. 

5. 

4. 

3. 

3. 

3.

Month

Oct 

Kov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19:

ater year 1939-4 Q

Peak discharge.- Mar. 30 (IQiSO

a No gage-height record; dlaehai 

at Oakdale and Daddy Creek near C]

6 

6

6

4 

6 

6 

6 

6

7 

2

0

2 

2

7

1

6 

2 

4

6 

3 

3

Feb.

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.0 

6.2

47 

142 

91 

71 

580

342

176 

136 

390

£30

166 

112 

180 

486 

402

248 

166

US 

94

87

71 

110 

660 

330

Mar.

217 

163 

679 

635 

296

206 

153 

120

94 

77

72 

387 

474 

1,220 

610

330 

213 

191 

810 

460

269 

182 

127 

106 

87

86 

129 

175 

180 

2,290 

900

Apr.

414 

257 

186 

269 

268

210 

169 

165 

122

93

86 

87 

77 

74 

70

66 

60 

68 

293 

1,640

720 

390 

364 

426 

319

224 

162 

122 

96

94

Second- Maximum

29.6 1.6 

24.1 2.1 

426.0 76

51,757.1 9,100

503.1 120 

5,362.1 580 

11,757 2,290 

7,554 1,640 

3,960 833 

4,479 672 

562.8 38 

710.6 190 

223.6 68

35,581.9 2,290

May

833 

585 

319 

199 

144

112 

89 

74 

62 

56

47 

41 

37 

32 

33

36 

28 

23 

20

17

15 

13 

13 

112 

144

110 

116 

89 

74 

276 

213

Minimum

0,6 

.4

.8

.3

3.3 

3.3 

72 

58 

13 

36 

6.6 

1.7 

.4

.4

June

142- 

98 

70 

55 

44

42 

35 

438 

672 

217

122 

91 

66 

52 

44

41 

220 

308 

287 

660

232 

129 

86

77 

78

57 

42

40 

84 

52

July

38 

32 

32 

37 

27

21 

19 

31 

28 

22

18 

18 

19 

18 

16

16 

17 

14 

12 

10

11 

9.2 

8.1 

6.6 

15

19 

13 

12 

8.7 

7.6 

7.6

Aup.

7.6 

5.6

4.0 

3.0 

2.5

2.3 

2.5 

2.1 

3.3 

3,6

2.7 

1.7 

2.3 

2.7 

2.3

1.9 

1.7 

1.9 

5.6 

3.0

5.6 

S.I 

40 

60 

34

19 

12 

7.6 

120 

191 

16 3

» » ^JST

0.95 0.011 

.80 .0096 

 13.7 .165

142 1.71

16.2 .195 

186 2.22 

379 4.66 

252 3,03 

128 1.64 

149 1.79 

IS. 2 .219 

22.9 .275 

7.45 .090

97.2 1.17

a.m.) 3,900 sec. -ft.; Apr. 20 (9 a.m.) 2,120 Bee. -ft. 

ge computed on basis of range In stag! and records for 

*ab Orchard.

Sept.

63 

41 

29 

19 

13

9.2 

7.6 

5,6 

4.7 

3.6

3.0 

2.5 

2.1 

1.9 

1.6

1.4 

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

.8

.6 

.6 

.5 

,4

.7

1.0 

' .8 

.7 

.6 

.5

Run-off In 

Inches

0.01 

.01 

.19

23.13

.22 

2.39 

5.26 

3.38 

1.77 

2.00 

.25 

,32 

.10

16.90

stations
590 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Emory River at Oakdale, Tennessee

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°58'59n , long. 84°33'29", at Oaklale, Morgan

county, 1,000 feet downstream from highway bridge and Mud Lick Creek. Datum of gage

is 763.26 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum). 

Drainage area.- 764 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1929 to September 1940. 

Average aischargeT- 11 years, 1,224 second-feet. 

Extremes.- naximum discharge during year, 20,300 second-feet Mar. 30 (ga*e height, 14.50

reet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Nov. 11-13, 21-24: minimum gage heigh* recorded, 0.78

foot Nov. 11-13.

1929-40: Maximum discharge, 100,000 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gag3 height, 30.9

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Sept. 6, 7, 1930, NOT. 11-13, 21-24,

1939; minimum gage height, that of Nov. 11-13, 1939.

Maximum stage known, about 42.3 feet, from floodmarks at highway bridge Mar. 23,

1939. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those below 50 second-feet and those for periods of

ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage heiffct. In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 7, Sept. 19-30)

Oct. 1 to Nor. 6

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

0.5

1.3

3.4

6.7

11

O.S 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

0,5

1.2

2.3

4.3

7.0

10

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.3

2.6

Nor. 7

14

26

43

67

187

818

to Sept. 30

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

6.0

366

620

970

1,420

1,930

3,060

8.0

10. P

12.P

6^40

9,000

15,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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

Oet.

8.3 

9.2 

10 

10 

9.6

S.3 

9.2

9.6 

11 

10

9.6

S.7 

S.7 

8.3 

7.1

6.3 

5.6 

4.9 

3.9 

3.4

3.1 

2.4 

2.0 

2.0 

1.6

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.2

1.8 

1.4

NOT.

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.0

1,0 

.9 

.8

.5 

.5

.4 

.4 

.4

.5 

.5

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

a.5

a.4 

a.4 

a.4 

a.4 

a.5

a2.0 

a2.5 

a2.8 

2.9

3.1

Dee.

4.6 

7.3 

S.6 

9.9

11

13 

13 

13 

12 

11

10 

9.9 

10 

10 

9.9

9.2 

S.9 

8.6 

9.2

11

11 

10 

13 

28 

80

97 

120 

212 

199 

ISO 

155

Jan.

127 

101 

75 

66 

60

53 

48 

45 

42 

40

41 

44

53 

161 

1,040

868 

587 

435 

303 

215

blS5 

b!50 

b!20 

blOO 

b90

D8S

b78 

b74 

72 

70 

69

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

H«y 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar year 19;

11......................*.....

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

69

73 

78 

83 

91

236 

852 

922

7S6 

3,950

5,220 

2,820 

1,930 

3,780 

3,180

2,150 

1,620 

2,040 

5,780 

4,670

3, ISO 

2,260 

1,720 

1,420 

1,320

1,140 

1,110 

4,080 

4,150

Secondfoot-days

184. 

29. 

1,305.

482,017.

5,494

60,650 

110,565 

63,211 

33,168 

25,760 

7,644 

17,841 

6,377

332,229.

Mar.

2,700 

1,980 

4,940 

6,420 

3,780

2,640

1,930 

1,570 

1,230 987"

868 

2,880 

5,500 

8,280 

6,420

3,900 

2,700 

2,150 

5,220 

4,410

3,060 

2,320 

1,770 

1,470 

1,280

1,230 

1,520 

1,930 

1,880 

13,400 

10,200

Apr.

5,080 

3,30O 

2,420 

2,420 

8,370

1,820 

1,520 

1,470 

1,280 

1,060

922

S75 

815 

732 

662

609 

548 

538 

1,620 

6,260

5,500 

3,420 

2,940 

3,900 

3,180

2,420 

1,680 

1,470 

1,140 

1,040

Maximum

B 11

5 3.1 

1 812

8 58,000

1,040 

5,780 

13,400 

6,260 

4,800 

2,820 

705 

6,740 

1,980

1 13,400

May

3,180 

4,800 

3,300 

2,320 

1,720

1,420 

1,120 

946 

801 

6SO

582 

495 

420 

366 

360

370 

384 

318 

263 

235

199 

177 

158 

302 

1,030

962

1,130 

938 

732 

1,590 

1,880

Minimum

1.4 

.4 

4.6

.4

40 

69

see

538 

158 

322 

72 

64 

15

.4

June

1,280 

946 

738 

565 

470

425 

362 

994

1,320 

745

521 

406 

334 

532 

495

401 

895 

2,100 

2,480 

2,820

1,570 

954 

662 

538 

626

576 

415 

322 

516 

752

July

480 

342 

292 

318 

330

270 

202 

235 

284 

334

263 

226 

296 

256

215

180 

225 

401 

315 

228

177

155 

135 

105 

105

168 

127 

113 

101 

72 

705

Mean

5.96 

.98 

42.1

1,321

177 

2,091 

3,567 

2,107 

1,070 

S59 

247 

576 

213

908

Aug.

495 

299 

225 

228 

167

126 

563 

516 

307 

208

192 

138 

117 

108 

105

95 

75 

64 

66 

97

108 

78 

93 

281 

235

208 

168 

110 

1,110 

6,740 

4,640

!er square 

mile

0.0078 

.0013 

.055

1.73

.232

2.74 

4.67 

2.76 

1,40 

1.12 

.323 

.764 

.279

1.19

Sept.

1,980 

1,130 

719 

490 

368

277

21S 

180 

149 

101

97 

SI 

70 

63 

55

62 

46

40 

35

31

28 

24 

22 

20 

24

18 

17 

15 

16 

22

Run-off In 

inches

0.009 

.001 

.06

23.46

.27 

2.95 

5.38 

3.08 

1.61 

1.25 

.37 

.87 

.31

16.16

Peak discharge.- Mar. 3 (7i30 p.m.) 9,200 sec.-ft.; Mar. 14 (3:30 p.m.) 10,2Ci see.-ft.; Bar. 80 

(1 p.».) 20,300 see.-ft.; Apr. 20 (12 m.) 9,000 sec.-ft.

 Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for New RlTer at New RlTer. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Daddy Creek near Crab Orchard, Tenn.

591

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°55'33", long. 84°54'47", 0.6 mile upstream from 

Norin Creek, 1.4 miles downstream from Bird Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from bridge 

on U. S. Highway 70, and 2 miles northwest of Crab Orchard, Cumberland County. Datum 

of gage is 1,569.19 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment 

of 1936).

Drainage area.- 93.5 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 160 second-feet.

gfactremes.- naxlmum discharge during year, 1,400 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 6.9 feet, 

from fioodntark); minimum, 0.3 second-foot Nov. 18, 19; minimum gage height, 0.63 foot 

Oct. 24-26.

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 10,200 second-feet Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 20.00 

feet); no flow Sept. 23, 24, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 10 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

effect, shifting control, or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, excopt periods of ioe effect (gage height, In fr

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 10 to Dec. 15)

.9

1.0 

1.2

Dot. 1 to Feb. 10

0.3 

1,2 

3.1 

6.1 

9.S 

18

1.5 

l.S 

2.2 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

34

59 

10S 

166 

23S 

346

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

736

1,040

Feb. 11 to Sept. 30 

0.7 0.7 1.5 34 

.8 2.1 1.3 60 

,9 4,6 2.2 106 

1.0 S.O 2.6 166 

1.2 16

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 2.6 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day Jan. Mar. Apr. May July Au«. Sept.

5.2

3.4 

2.S 

2.0 

1.3

1.0 

1.0

1.2

1.3 

1.2 

1.0

0.5 

.5 

.6 

.7

.8

.8 

.S 

.8 

.8 

.7

.7 

.7 

.6

1.0 

1.5 

1.8 

1.6 

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.7 

.6 

.7 

.7 

.7

a.7 

a,7 

a.7

a.8 

al.l

al.l 

al.O 

a.9 

al.3 

a2.0

a3.5 

a6.0

alO 

a23 

aSO 

a!6

a!4

all

*b9.5 

b8.6 

D7.4

be.e

b6.0 

b5.4 

b5.1 be.o

1)5.2 bio

56

234

346

182 

123 

90 

f66 

f47

f38 

b28 

b22 

b!9 

b!7

a!5 

al4 

a!3 

a!3 

a!2 

a!2

a!2 

a!2 

a!3 

a!4 

al5

a35 

a96

alOO

a250

al.OOO

a800 

416 

356 

764 

503

335

f240 

a240 

a700 

a540

a350 

a270 

aSOO 

al60 

a!40

al30 

a!20 

a450 

a600

a350 

a250 

a600 

B700 

477

324

242

192 

14S 

123

113

905

1,000

1,110

764

464

324

280

529

428

313

246

192

164

144

144

174

179

155

969

910

516

357

258

218

208

163

136

126

109

90

79

75

73

66

64

50

70

412

850

542

357

313

380

302

248

192

132

123

140

470

542

357

269

201

156

119

103

56

46

40

34

39

57

47

37

32

30

26

23

21

96

169

141

160

119

88

123

130

17

14

12

11

8.7

9.5

9.5

9.1

28

61

99

68

42

29

21

19

56

41

26

20

39

31

21

15

40

44

32

25

50

51

48

46

33 

28 

SB 

21

16

15

21

37

24

17

13

12

12

8.0

6.1

4.9

3.5

3.0

2.1

2.1

17

31

17

10

6.5

4.3

2.5 

8.3

2?. 

17 

10

6.5 

4.3 

3,5 

3.0 

2.3

SV1

1.9 

1..6 

2.1 

P..5

P,7 

1.7 

1.3 

1.6 

f.7

3.5

30E 

19?

107 

68 

40 

27 

SO

16

24

16

18

9.5

7.6 

5.8 

4.6 

8.8 

2.5

1.9

1,6

1.1

.7

.6

.4

.4 

,4 

.4

.7

.9 

1.0 

1.0

.9

Secondfoot-days

Per square Run-off In 

mile inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

34.3

19.5

105.1

6.2 

.S 

23

0.4 

.3 

.6

1.11

.65

3.39

0.012

.0070

.036

0.01 

.01 

.04

Calendar year 1939

January... 

February.. 

March.....

April.....

lUy.......

June......

July......

August....

September.

64,333.41 6,340 .19 176 1.8

1,440.8

8,761

12,913

6,697

3,879

1,067.8

665.7

825.6

371.1

346

1,000

1,110

850

542

99

51

302

107

5,0

12

113

50

21

8.7

2.1

1.8

.4

46.5

302

417

223

125

35.6

21.5

26.6

12.4

.497

3.23

4.46

2.39

1.34

.381

.230

.284

.133

Water year 1939-40 56,779.9 1,110 .3 100 1.07

.57

3.48

5.14

2.66

1.54

.42

.26

.33

.15

14.61

« Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

 Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for White Creek near Qlen Alice 

BdBBory River at Oakdale and near Wartburg. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

t Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
593 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

White Creek near Glen Alice, Tenn.

Location.- Waters-stage recorder, lat. 35047'49", long. 84°45'37B , a quarter of a mile

 SiSsTream from Black Creek (also known as Hlnes Creek), half a mile upstream from 

Southern Ry. bridge, and 1* miles southwest of Glen Alice, Roane County. Datum of 

gage is 758.62 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 123 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

hixtremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,410 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 8.12

 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Oct. 16-26; minimum gage height, 0.70 foot Oct. 19, 20. 

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 15,600 second-feet Jan. 2, 1937 (gage height, 17.6

feet), from rating curve extended above 8,300 second-feet; minimum, 0.1 second-foot Oct.

3-5, 1936 (gage height, 0.55 foot). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet and those for period of Ice effect

or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 8 to HOT. 13)

9

1.0

1.1 

1.3

0.4

.9

1.9

4.0

6.S

13

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.4

22

33

53

89

131

1S1

3.8 

4.4 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

279

410

600

S16

1,080

1,660

Discharge. In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.7 

3.0 

2.5 

l.S 

1.6

1,6 

1.3 

1.1 

.9 

.6

.7 

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4

.5 

.5 

.5 

,5 

.6

Nov.

aO.6 

a.6 

a.6 

a.6 

a.6

a.7 

a.7 

a.7 

a.7 

a.7

a.7 

a.7 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.7 

1.0

1.4 

1.7 

1.6 

1.5 

1.6

1.7 

al.6 

al.5 

al.5 

al,5

Dec.

aS.O 

a2.5 

a3.5 

a3.5 

a3.5

a3.0 

a2.8 

a2,5 

aS.2 

al.9

al.7 

al.5 

al.5 

al.5 

al.4

al.4 

al.4 

al.4 

fl.9 

2.3

2.5 

2.7 

3.S 

17 

23

19 

39

47 

28 

23 

18

Jan.

15 

11 

9.4

S.7 

S.4

6.8 

b6.6 

b6.4 

b6.2 

b6.0

6.6 

16 

29 

274 

256

138 

9S 

74 

50 

45

36 

30 

bS7 

b24 

bSl

b!9 

bis 

b!7 

b!7 

b!7 

b!7

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Sec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alsndar year 19!

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

IS 

20 

22 

23 

26

276 

362 

224 

189 

1,500

912 

450 

362 

915 

526

351 

261 

S32 

1,426 

S40

510 

362 

270 

226 

204

176 

223 

660 

494

Mar.

362 

27S 

1,210 

965 

562

374 

279 

223 

177 

150

145 

1,440 

1,240 

1,600 

965

681 

386 

318 

464 

410

SIS 

261 

208 

185 

160

159 

163 

160 

154 

1,390 

1,130

Secondfoot-days

27.1 

2S.8 

266.4

75,300.2

1 ,314.3 

12,654 

16,417 

8,266 

4,463 

1,966 

1,324 

2,387.1 

769.0

49,SS1.7

Apr.

620 

410 

308 

308 

270

216 

189 

252 

221 

195

173 

16S 

137 

123 

118

98

39 

86

211 

748

662 

3S6 

391 

510 

423

318

243 

196 

165 

147

Maximum

3.0 

1.7 

47

6,790

274 

1,500 

1,6OO 

748 

691 

170 

156 

822 

216

1,600

May

691 

680 

436 

SOS 

234

194 

160 

135 

116 

100

82

68 

56 

50 

55

6S 

49 

40 

35 

31

26 

23 

21 

5S 

6S

56 

65 

45 

39 

292 

192

Minimum

0.4 

.6 

1.4

.4

6.0 

IS 

145 

86 

21 

19 

16 

3.4 

2.3

.4

June

137 

108 

S3 

64 

62

47 

42 

38 

33 

30

2S 

24 

28 

21 

19

21 

f!60 

al65 

a!70 

a!60

allO 

aSO 

a62 

a52

fee

50 

35 

28 

36 

31

July

22 

18 

23 

51 

26

IS 

16 

88 

37 

51

37 

125 

166 

95

66

62 

91 

67 

53 

42

34 

2S 

23 

19 

16

16 

16 

22 

40 

25 

19

Mean

O.S7 

.96 

8.59

206

42.4

436 

530 

276 

144 

66.5 

42.7 

77.0 

25.6

136

Aug.

50 

30 

20 

15 

12

11 

20 

15 

11 

8.7

7.1 

6.8 

12 

14 

12

9.0

7.1 

5.7 

5.4 

4.S

3,8

3.4 

13 

26 

12

S.4 

6.2 

5.7 

S22 

702 

60S

Ptr square 

mile

0.0071 

.0078 

.070

1.67

.345 

3.54 

4.31 

2.24 

1.17 

.533 

.347 

.626 

.208

1.11

Sept.

216 

129 

S5 

68 

42

36 

88 

22 

18 

16 -

13 

11 

9.7 

8,4 

7.4

6.5 

5.7 

4,8 

4.3 

3.6

3.2 

2.7 

2.3 

2.3

7.6

S.4 

6.5 

4.6 

3.S 

3.0

Run-off In 

Inches

O.OOS 

.009 

.08

22.77

.40 

3,83 

4.96 

2.50 

1.86 

.89 

.40 

.78 

.23

15.08

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Daddy Creek near Crab Orchard 

and Bnory RlTer at Oakdale and near Wartburg. 

to Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

t Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 593

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recroder, lat. 35034'53", long. 84044'53", a third of a mile downstream from bridge on State Highway 58, half a mile downstream from Dry Fork, 4| miles 

upstream from mouth, and 5 miles north of Decatur, Melge County. Datum of ga?e Is 

694.45 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 117 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,600 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 4.57 

feet); minimum dally, 11 second-feet Jan. 7-10; minimum gage height, 0.16 foo*; Sept. 

83.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 8,330 second-feet Mar. 24, 1936 (gage height, 14.23. 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet; minimum, 11 second-feet 

Sept. 24, 1935, Jan. 7-10, 1940; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 23, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 40 second-feet and for periods of Ice effect 

or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

6

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

82 

23 

24

25

86 

27 

28

29 

30 

5-1

Oct.

23

37 

21

19 

17

18 

18

16 

17 

18

21 

19 

al9 

a!9 

a!9

a!9 

 19 

a!9 

 18 

a!8

 18 

a!8 

al8 

a!8 

 18

al8 

a!8 

a!8 

alS 

a!8 

a!8

HOT.

alS 

a!8 

a!9 

119 

 19

o20 

 20 

 21 

 21 

22

23 

23

22 

22 

22

23 

23 

23 

24 

28

30 

26 

24 

23 

24

26 

23 

23 

23 

22

Dec.

28 

34 

26 

23 

23

23 

22

21 

21 

21

21 

21 

22 

21 

21

21 

21 

21 

21 

32

26

21 

34 

69 

30

24 

74 

32 

24

21 

18

Jan.

Iti 

16 

14 

blS 

b!2

bl2 

bll 

bll 

bll 

bll

12 

17 

18 

300 

162

89

70 

66 

47 

30

36 

bSS 

b30 

b28 

b27

b26 

b26 

b26 

b26 

b28 

bSO

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr ««y

Jun 

Jul 

Aug

Sep

11

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

32 

34 

36 

38 

44

300 

226 

137 

118 

474

330 

236 

230 

363 

236

180 

156 

571 

676 

453

326 

262 

203 

172 

164

129 

194 

390 

267

liar.

224 

188 

490 

373 

281

230 

196 

164 

129 

112

112 

933

704 

1,360 

765

494

see

267 

293 

236

203 

172 

142 

129 

129

129 

118 

112 

108 

622 

350

Secondfoot-doya

694 

674

827

74,691

1,264 

6,877 

10,046 

7,414 

3,019 

1,578 

2,213 

1,009 

569

36,064

Apr.

272 

230 

196 

188 

156

129 

123 

210 

148

123

112 

118 

103 

98 

03

85 

81 

77 

260

878

467 

319 

588 

770 

425

315 

262 

224 

197 

177

Maximum

37 

30 

74

'6,190

300 

676 

1,360 

878 

320 

270 

240 

66 

36

1,360

May

320

224 

197 

170 

145

127 

121 

111 

106 

101

87 

83 

79 

75 

79

83 

71 

67 

64 

64

67 

54 

67 

79 

60

67 

54 

61 

48

71 

67

Minimum

17 

18 

18

17

11 

32 

108 

77 

48 

34 

31 

20 

14

11

June ,

51 

48 

46 

43 

43

40 

40 

46 

40 

36

36 

38 

38 

64 

38

38 

270 

83 

67 

61

43

40

38 

56 

70

40 

36 

36 

40 

34

July

33 

31 

53 

67 

43

38 

33 

61 

61 

64

alOO 

a!60 

&240 

a!82 

a!24

«92 

 140 

alOS 

aV9 

a62

a5B 

aSO 

a44 

a37 

a35

a42 

a35 

 41 

a49 

a44 

a37

Mean

19.2 

22.5 

86.7

804

40.5 

237 

324 

247 

97.4 

52.6 

71.4 

32.6 

18.6

98. S

Aug.

29 

43 

54 

31 

29

66 

40 

S3 

38 

43

27 

26 

38 

43 

33

27 

26 

26 

26 

24

23 

23 

21 

23 

23

21 

23 

20 

46

67 

27

Sept.

23 

20 

20 

20 

20

19 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

18 

19 

19

18 

17 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

36

23 

16 

15 

16 

14

Per square' Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.164 0.19 

.192 .21 

.228 .26

1.74 23.70

.346 .40 

2.03 2.19 

2.77 3.19 

2.11 2.36 

.832 .96 

.450 .50 

.610 .70 

.278 .38 

.159 .18

.842 11.46

.. T**ar&1 discharge computed on basis of records for Rlchland Greek near Dayton 

and White Greek near Olen Alice, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee.
594 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Rlchland Creek near Dayton, Tenn.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°30'17", long. 85°01'20", at Morganton, 

0.4 mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 30, 1 mile northwest of Dayton, Rhea 

County, and 1 3/4 miles downstream from Payne Creek (formerly Qooch Creek). Datum of 

gage is 728.59 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of

Drainage area.- 50.2 square miles.

records available.- June 1934 to September 1940. June 1927 to September 1931, at site 

at uayton, i mile downstream, published as Rlchland Creek at Dayton.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1927-31, 1934-40) 109 second-feet.

Extremes.- mxlmum discharge during year, 1,200 second-feet Feb. 18 (gare height, 3.89 

reet); minimum, 0.1 second-feet Oct. 6-10, 27-31, Nov. 3, 8-19, Dec. 17, 18; minimum 

gage height, 0.25 foot, Nov. 11-15.

1927-31, 1934-40: mxlmum discharge, 7,940 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 

8.00 feet, site and datum then In usel, from rating curve extended atove 3,500 secondfeet; no flow July 28, Aug. 19 to Sept. 12, 1929, Sept. 14-30, 1931.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 10 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

errect or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage heigh*., In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

tShifting-control method used Oet. 1 to Dec. 20, Sept. 14-30)

0.3 0.4

.4 2.2

.6 5.4

.6 12

0.7

.S

1.0

1.2

1.6 

2.0

e.6

3.0

130

841

406

626

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

IS 

19 

80

81 

28

as

24

85

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

0.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.2 

.2 

.S 

.2 

.8

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

,8

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

NOT.

0.2 

,2 

.1 

.2 

,2

.2 

.8

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.2 

,2 

.2 

.2 

,2

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

D«C.

0,3 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.8 

.2 

.8

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.8

.2 

.2 

.4

.7 

2.0

3.0 

5.4 

7.5 

7.0 

6.0 

3,5

Jan.

2.7 

2.0 

fl.2 

f.7 

f.6

f.4 

f.4 

f.4 

f.4 

.4

.4

.7 

8.2 

55 

73

43 

33 

26 

b21

b!8

b!6 

b!3 

bll 

bS.O 

bS.O

b7.0 

b6.0 

D6.0 

bC.O 

5.0 

5,4

Month

Oct 

Mov 

Dec

0

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

5.4 

6.4 

bS.O

11 

15

170 

195 

126 

131 

6S1

437 

258 

207 

303 

286

173 

148 

805 

STB 

465

297 

216 

167 

150 

144

120 

134 

291 

234

Mar.

ISO 

142 

416 

358 

244

182 

142

122 

97 

84

75 

,434 

498 

660 

413

272 

200 

165 

182 

160

124 

104 

86 

79 

72

75 

78 

73 

71 

586 

445

Seeondfoot-days

5,3 

5.2 

38.8

37,055 JOS

370.9 

6,993.3 

6,797 

4,047 

1,426.9 

1,046.6 

9S0.2 

243.7 

118.3

22,073.7

Apr.

278 

200 

164 

140 

117

94 

S4 

111 

92 

79

69 

61 

56 

49 

44

39 

36 

36 

158 

330

236 

175 

222 

344 

247

188 

158 

108 

88 

i 80

Maximum

0.3 

.3 

7.6

2,290

73 

878 

660 

344 

197 

207 

22S 

78 

35

878

May

197 

182 

146 

115 

91

76 

64 

56 

46 

40

34 

28 

26 

21 

20

86 

28 

16 

16 

13

10 

8.7 

8£ 

31 

31

22 

20

17

14 

15 

17

Minimum

0.1 

.1 

.1

.1

.4 

5.4 

71 

36 

8.2 

4.3 

4,6 

.3 

.2

.1

June

13 

10 

S.2 

6.4 

5,4

6.4 

6.4 

4.3 

28 

26

48 

34 

48 

36 

26

28 

207 

144 

92 

69

43 

33 

26

21 

20

16

11 

9.5 

13 

12

J,ly

7.5 

6.4

5.0 

9.5 

11

7.0 

5.0 

13 

19 

14

11 

16 

£28 

ISO 

85

71 

65 

47 

36 

29

37 

31 

23

16 12 '

11 

8.2 

9.6 

7.5 

4.6 

6.0

Mean

0.17 

.17 

1.26

102

12.0 

341 

219 

136 

46.0 

34.9 

31,6 

7.86 

3.94

60.3

Aug.

4,6 

3.0 

2.0 

1.2

.9

1.1 

8.9 

6.4 

3.5 

2.3

1.6 

1.2 

1,8 

4.3 

3,9

2,7 

1.6 

,9 

.7 

.4

.4

.3 

.3 

1.1 

2.2

1.4 

.9 

1.1 

46 

78 

60

Per square

mile

0,0034 

.0034 

.025

2.03

.239 

4.80 

4.36 

2.69 

,916 

.695 

.629 

.157 

.078

1.20

Sept.

36 

23 

16

11 

8.2

6.0 

4.6 

3,6 

2.3 

8,0

1.4 

1.2 

.8 

.4 

.3

.5

.2 

,2 

.8 

,8

.8

.8 

.2 

.2 

.6 .

.2

.8 

.2

A 

.2

Run-off In 

Inches

0.004 

.004 

.03

27.45

,27 

5.18 

5.04 

3,00 

1,06 

.77 

.73 

.18 

.09

16.36

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice,

f Computed from wholly or partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 595

Hlwassee River below Hayesvllle, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°04'30", long. 83°49 1 551*, three-quarters of a 

mile downstream from Tusqultee Creek and 2 miles downstream from Hayesvllle, Clay 

County. Datum of gage Is 1,760.4 feet (revised) above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 251 square miles.

Records available.- June 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,610 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 7.97 

rest); minimum, 83 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 2.02 feet), result of Ion temperature.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 10,600 second-feet Apr. 2, 1936 {gage height, 12.42 

feet); minimum, that of Jan. 3, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 16.1 feet Oct. 3, 1898, from floodmark cut In tree b^ gage 

observer shortly after the flood.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or ice effect, 

which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 6-13)

2.1 

2.3

106

169

2.6

3.0

296

490

3.6 

4.0

776

1,080

4.6 

5.0

1,430

1,820

6.0

7.0

2,660 

3-670

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

D»y

i

2 

3 

4

6

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

Oct.

200 

192 

1S6 

177 

173

173 

169 

166 

169 

168

169 

162 

156 

166 

152

162 

156 

152 

152 

152

152 

149 

142 

145 

146

156 

177 

169 

155 

162 

155

Hov.

152 

152 

162 

152 

149

149 

149 

149 

145 

146

149 

162 

162 

145 

142

142

145 

145 

149

173

169 

169 

162 

145

152

169 

149 

145 

142 

142

Dec.

173 

200 

159 

152 

146

142 

142 

138 

13S 

138

138 

132 

169 

169 

138

138 

138 

135 

136 

237

166 

145 

208 

350 

a260

a£20 

a320 

264 

208 

188 

173

Jan.

169 

162 

169 

b!60 

b!60

169 

173 

1S6 

«169 

169

192 

385 

336 

763 

616

390 

aSOO 

a260 

a220 

a!90

6200 

a!90 

a 220 

a200 

alSO

alSO 

a!70 

a!70 

a!70

 MlSO

b!80

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

"ay 

Jun 

Jill 

Aug 

Sep

w

alendar rear 19:

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

wteo

13190 

192 

1S6 

233

406 

400 

308 

277 

526

496 

400 

360 

628 

426

376 

385 

2,260 

1,610 

988

757 

611 

528 

480 

456

410 

451 

S06 

606

liar.

528 

486 

607 

572 

618

470 

440 

436 

400 

380

370 

480 

682 

896 

805

667 

678 

640 

611 

623

480 

460 

436 

445 

440

430 

416 

415 

436 

726 

733

Secondfoot-days

4,996 

4,602 

6,628

196,606

7,307 

16,818 

16,399 

21,126 

13,377 

12,741 

11,697 

17,101 

9.661

140,252

Apr.

622 

556 

518 

E1S 

480

440 

456 

584 

523

480

460 

465 

430 

415 

405

390 

390 

3SO 

2.11& 

2,070

1,220 

966 

972 

1,090 

866

776 

697 

644 

606

611

Maximum

200 

173 

350

4,230

753 

2,250 

S96 

2.110 

703 

784 

611 

3,240 

658

3,240

May

703 

622 

689 

560 

618

496 

480 

475 

475 

506

470 

440 

420

410 

430

450 

400 

386 

376 

370

360 

360 

340 

366 

380

340 

340 

340 

322 

331 

356

Minimum

142 

142 

132

132

162 

185 

370 

380 

322 

282 

229 

177 

212

132

June

308 

295 

262 

313 

296

282

360 

426 

390 

409

517 

569 

784 

540 

612

600 

691 

567 

496 

440

390 

366 

346 

360

470

360 

322 

318 

438 

318

July

296 

315 

537 

440 

376

336 

350 

410 

62S 

4BO

400 

462 

480 

546 

450

513 

611 

456 

395 

366

336 

308 

290 

277 

268

259 

254 

269 

242 

233 

229

Mean

161 

150 

178

536

236 

645 

529 

704 

432 

426 

377 

652 

382

383

Attjf.

250 

237 

212 

204 

196

208 

221 

204 

192 

181

177 

328 

3,240 

1,590 

903

668 

646 

476 

456 

396

S70 

366 

340 

345 

308

Jt>6

me

P72 

1,080 

1,690 

f"8

Per »quar« 

mile

0.641 

.698

.709

2.14

.940 

2.17 

2.11 

2.80 

1.72 

1.69 

1.50 

2.20 

1.28

1.53

Sept.

658 

550 

483 

446 

440

436 

390 

365 

360 

340

331 

308 

300 

290 

282

272 

£69 

269 

254 

260

242 

233 

226 

250 

318

250 

233 

221 

216 

212

"«n-off In 

Inches

0.74 

.67 

.82

28.97

1.08 

2.34 

2.43 

3.13 

1.96 

1.89 

1.73 

2.53 

1.43

20.77

Peajt discharge.- Aug. 13 (4:30 p.m.) 4,610 sec. -ft.

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at and

b Stage -discharge relation affected by Ice.

Murphy.
596 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Hlwassee River above Murphy, N. C,

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 350 04'50", long. 84°OO'10°, on U. S. Highway 64, 

600 reet upstream from Will Scott Creek and 2 miles east of Murphy, Cherokee County. 

Datum of gage Is 1,538.23 feet above mean se!a level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 404 square miles.

Records available.- August 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 5,940 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 

7.88 reet); minimum, 125 second-feet Dec. 31 (gage height, 2.16 feet), result of low 

temperature.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gag-e-helght record, 

wnicn are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1939-40 

1959

Day

1

2

Z

4

e

6

7

S

9

10

Aug.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

_

.

Sept.

465

434

446

387

364

336

325

325

520

289

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Aug.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

^

_

,

Sept.

299

289

263

263

570

278

263

294

364

570

Day

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

26

29

30

51

Aug.-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

393

416

422

Sept.

336

289

283

285

265

278

555

294

263

294

-

1959-40

i»y

i

z

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

I9

SO

81

28

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

299

283

27S

254

259

249

254

239

235

244

230

235

230

216

220

212

225

225

220

220

225

220

212

207

216

220

249

239

235

225

225

Nw.

225

220

225

225

220

216

250

212

220

220

225

225

225

216

212

207

207

212

212

859

268

244

250

816

225

255

220

216

212

212

Dee.

255

526

249

225

216

216

216

207

202

207

202

212

255

254

202

212

212

198

207

381

278

225

355

5S1

575

320

465

387

336

294

268

Jan.

259

1)250

b250

b250

b260

b250

239

268

b240

b240

285

538

505

1,150

1,060

670

503

434

370

b520

b540

b520

342

b520

b280

b260

b280

b280

b280

299

*b300

Feb.

13300

t>320

b320

b320

355

595

642

505

428

845

875

677

602

860

719

635

622

2,980

*2,340

*1,540

1,160

928

810

747

705

615

691

1,410

1,080

-

Mar.

882

796

972

1,000

875

789

786

677

642

588

575

726

1,140

1,690

1,410

1,120

952

860

944

824

754

719

670

663

677

665

628

628

642

1,000

1,240

Apr.

1,040

890

831

624

768

691

677

868

796

747

712

698

665

628

602

588

5S8

56S

2,560

5,440

2,020

1,500

1,560

1,870

1,410

1,240

1,080

992

936

912

-

K«y

1,080

96S

905

852

796

754

755

719

747

775

782

677

655

608

655

705

602

568

555

542

522

503

503

595

522

497

529

478

510

542

472

June

455

454

422

440

446

416

446

785

581

548

745

788

1,170

855

817

1,020

1,280

960

817

755

635

575

536

581

755

555

501

484

677

497

-

Jtly

450

436

775

691

568

497

503

586

734

747

655

771

747

817

691

677

962

698

615

568

516

465

434

410

381

400

369

400

337

356

552

Aug.

550

364

507

299

299

509

520

325

32S

268

266

294

3,620

2,600

1,450

1,050

816

719

656

615

522

510

478

478

445

367

407

375

515

2,560

1,590

Sept.

914

765

666

608

581

602

522

505

478

459

465

416

410

416

559

570

556

559

38J5

536

336

a320

a320

a560

a440

a560

a520

a520

aSOO

aSOO

-

Peak discharge.- Aug. 15 (7 p.m.) 5,940 sec.-ft. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gags-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station at Hayesville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected- by ice.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1959-40

Month

Water year 1959-40 ...........

Secondfoot-days

-

6 flO1

-

13 * 292

211,563

Maximum

-

299

-

3,620

3,620

Minimum

265

-

207

207

-

230

568

472

268

300

198

Mean

324

-

255

-

375

849

1,077

746

578

Per square 

mile

0.802

-

.582

-

.925

2.10

2.67

1.84

1.10

1.43

Run-off In 

Inches

0.89

-

.67

.62

.78

-

1.07

2.27

2.43

2.97

1.87

1.85

1.62

2.13

1.22

19.48
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 597

Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35CQ5'OQ", long. 84°02'3011 , 500 feet downstream from

 6oncre'te bridge at Murphy, Cherokee County, and hall a mile upstream from Valley River. 

Datum of gage Is 1,510.03 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 419 square ttlles.

Records available.- June 1896 to June 1917 and October 1918 to April 1940 (discontinued)

 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. October 1897 to December 1923 (Including revised records for January 1901 to December 1902 and January 1904 to June'1917) In 

North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34. October 1897 

to September 1924 (Including revised records for January 1901 to December 1902 and 

January 1904 to June 1917) In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 41 years (1898-1939), 959 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 6,010 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 6.16

 feetJT minimum, 158 second-feet Dec. 31 (gage height, 1.79.feet), result of low temperature; minimum dally, 210 second-feet Oct. 24, Dec. 18.

1896-1917, 1918-40: Maximum discharge observed, 23,100 second-feet Mar. 19, 1899 

(gage height, 18.4 feet, site and datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 

5,000 second-feet; minimum dally, 10 second-feet Dec. 3, 1924 (caused by Ice and fillIng of Andrews Reservoir); or 84 second-feet Nov. 26, 1933 (normal week-end regulation).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record,

 which' are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above static-?.

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1939, to Apr. 30, 1940, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, la feet, and discharge, in seeond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 5-17)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 4 Feb. 5 to Apr. 30

1.9 210

2^0 270

2.2 415

2.4

2.7 

3.0

580

665

1,210

2.2 430

2.4 605

2.7 900

3.0 1,230

3.5

4.0

4.5

. 5.0

1,880

2,510

3,250

4,030

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September ^ 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

319

296

296

258

270

258

264

252

246

252

240

246

240

228

234

222

234

234

228

228

234

228

216

210

216

222

258

252

246

228

234

Nov.

228

228

234

234

228

22S

240

216

222

ogg

228

234

234

222

222

216

216

216

228

270

277

258

240

228

240

246

234

228

216

222

Dec.

256

340

258

234

228

228

222

216

216

216

216

216

240

270

216

22S

228

210

228

408

291

240

375

589

385

340

479

408

348

305

291

Jan.

270

b240

b260

b260

b280

b250

264

291

252

246

305

563

520

1,190

1,140

698

53S

471

406

b360

bSSO

b340

b380

b340

b300

b280

b300

a300

a300

319

319

Month

Fab 

Har

Apr< l --......----------.-------.

Jan

Itol

Water year 1939-4O ...........

Feb.

b320

b340

b340

b340

447

641

659

524

447

868

911

706

614

879

725

641

614

2,910

2,530

1,630

1,210

988

837

775

725

641

708

1,480

1,110

_

-

Mar.

922

816

995

1,060

911

816

745

695

668

614

596

763

1,200

1,640

1,450

1,150

966

868

970

83V

765

715

677

668

677

677

641

632

650

1,020

1,260

Secondfoot-days

7,593

6,955

8,927

296,125

12,364

25,559 

27,064

32,808

_

_

-

Apr.

1,050

911

837

637

775

715

686

879

816

756

715

706

677

641

614

605

596

578

2,270

3,680

2,020

1,530

1,360

1,880

1,430

1,260

1,110

1,010

944

922

-

Maximum

319

277

589

7,510

1,190

2,910 

1,640

3,660

~

_

-

May

Minimum

210

216

210

210

240

320

- 596

578

_

_

-

June *4y

Moan

245

232

288

817

399

881 

873

1,094

_

_

-

lira..

Per squar*

 lie

0.58'3

.*65*

.667

1.96

.96-2

2.10

2.08

2.61

_

_

-

Sept.

Run-off in 

inches

0.67

.62

.79

26.47

1.10

2.27 

2.40

2.91

_

_

-

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (10 p.m.) 6,010 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station above Munhy.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
598 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Hiwassee Reservoir at Hiwassee Dam, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°09'05", long. 84°10'40", at Hiwassee Dam on Hissee River, a third of a mile northwest of village of Hiwassee Dam, Cherokee County,

e Is mean sea level (prei, staff gige at same datum

and about 3.9 miles upstream from Shoal Creek. Datum of 

llmlnary general adjustment of 1929). Prior to Mar. 7, 19 

and about 200 feet upstream from axis of dam.

Drainage area.- 968 square miles.

teooras available.- October 1939 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum contents during year, 426,200 acre-feet July 22 (elevation, 1,524.44 

feet); minimum (after first filling), 343,800 acre-feet Sept. 30 (elevation, 1,509.89 

feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by gravity overflow type concrete dam'with seven talntor 

gates 23 feet high and 32 feet long. Controlled storage, 864.700 acrs-feet between 

elevations 1,415.0 (minimum reservoir pool) and 1,526.5 feet (top of gates). Additional 

storage available, 35,600 acre-feet between elevations 1,526.5 and 1,5*8.0 feet (maximum 

high-water level). Some storage, beginning Apr. 13, 1939, during construction; systematic operation began Jan. 14, 1940; dam completed February 1940; wate~ surface In reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 23, 1940. The figures given herein 

are of total capacity or contents for level pool. The reservoir Is utilized to improve 

navigation, for flood control, and for power development. A table sh-Jwlng pertinent 

data concerning capacities of the reservoir is given herein. Records Oct. 1 to May 20 

are from 7 a.m. elevations from staff gage, generally read to tenths of a foot Oct. 1 

to Mar. 6 and to hundredths Mar. 7 to May 20. Records May 21 to Sept. 30 are from midnight elevations from water-stage recorder.

Cooperation.- Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

1,310

1,320

1,330

1,340

Total reservoir capacity at selected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

473,600

Capacity table (elevation, In feet, and contents, in thousands of acre-feet) 

(Prepared toy Tennessee Valley Authority from surveys and maps of the Authority

2.6

4.6

7.3

10.8

1,360

1,360

1,370

1,380

15.4

20.9

27.6

36.3

1,390

1,400

1,410

1,420

44.3

64.7

80.4

1,430

1,440

1,450

1,460

96.2

114.4

135.3

169.4

1,470

1,480

1,490

1,500

18P-9 

21S.6 

266.0 

296.7

1,610

1,620

1,630

344.4

398.7

460.4

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Date

Dec. 31. .................

Calendar year 1939.....

Sept.30. .................

Water year 1939-40.....

Elevation 

(feet)

1,317.2

-

1,609.89

-

Contents 

(thousands of 

acre-feet)

4.0

-

343. 6

-

Change in contents 

during month 

(thousands of 

acre -feet)

,-.1

+4.0

1 p

-75.5

+339.6
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 599

Hiwassee River at Hlwassee Dam, N. C.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35 008'44", long. 84°11'09", 3,500 feet

 flownstream rrom Hiwassee Dam and Reservoir, Cherokee County, and 3.2 miles upstream 

from Shoal Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,263.40 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

general adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 968 square miles (revised).

Records available.- September 1934 to September 1940.

mtremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,200 second-feet (regulated) June 14 (gage 

neignt, 6.87 feet); minimum not determined (occurred during period of no gage-height 

record); minimum dally, 1 second-foot (regulated) several days In period Feb. 24 to 

Apr. 7.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 42,800 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 13.41 

feet); minimum dally, that of Feb. 24 to Apr. 7, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent above 1,000 second-feet, good from 250 to 1,000 second-feet, 

ancTTalr below 250 second-feet except thoee for periods of fragmentary or no gageheight record, which are poor. Flow completely regulated by Hiwassee Reservoir (see 

p. 598).

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nor. 18 to Dec. 26)

Oct. 1 to May 20

4.4 

5.0

2,030

3,150

Note.- Same aa 

following table 

below 4.4 feet.

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

May 21 to Sept. 30

l.S

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2 

2.4

31

47

67

90

117

1S4

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

4.0 

4.4 

5.0

495

710

1,000

1,450

2,030

3,040

5.5 4,100

Discharge, In second-feet, miter year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

P8

29

30

31

Oet.

521

752

534

514

521

343

126

132

139

145

266

489

4S9

f!53

162

376

60S

495

471

447

459

459

465

453

459

465

471

4S3

483

463

453

Nov.

429

435

435

567

1,090

1,030

1,000

1,100

1,070

6S4

296

429

796

910

256

266

275

21S

320

331

672

766

471

477

296

465

463

705

940

605

-

Dao.

342

447

465

471

471

471

471

471

465

465

469

521

534

646

476

342

348

411

447

60S

764

710

654

702

791

1,230

764

620

1,190

473

234

Month

Calendar ysar 1939

April................

May. .................

July......... ........

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

248

6

1,3

5

92

00

69

f36

2

7

6

3S

89

46

38

560

595

1,0

1,3

1,5

1,6

30

00

30

60

537

f

f

1,4

20

15

30

630

124

e

6

6

93

40

26

307

f!7

1

1

4

1,2

54 45

S7

70

1,540

Seoondfoot-days

12,716

17,821

17,695

654,086

20,266

10,800

46

6S5

12,779

40,449

32,418

30,396

59,959

256,029

Feb.

1,540

1,47

1,30

1,65

0

0

0

1,910

1,800

1,08

al

a

0

0

5

as

a2

a

a

a

2

2

2

a2

a2

 a

a

a

2

2

2

a.2

a

a

a

a

2

2

2

1

al

al

a

a

a

1

1

1

Maral

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

al

a2

5

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

Apr.

1

1

4

4

1

1

1

62

155

136

132

63

5

4

5

S

11

7

9

6

5

4

4

7

4

5

5

5

5

5

-

Observed

Maximum

752

1,100

1,230

17,100

1,660

1,910

5

155

1,820

1,920

2,020

2,000

3,330

3,330

Minimum Mean

126 410

218 594

234 571

126 1,792

15 654

1 372

1 1.5

1 22.6

2 412

33 1,348

34 1,046

33 961

31 1,999

1 700

May

7

a

6

8

8

7

6

5

5

5

5

5

113

256

159

12

21

3

2

55

1,060

933

941

732

56

23

1,140

1,740

1,620

1,620

1,S20

June

33

33

1,900

1,760

1,920

1,650

1,330

37

39

1,740

1,880

1,310

1,900

1,360

134

34

1,320

1,390

1,820

1,640

1,830

1,S60

1,550

1,320

1,860

1,610

1,610

1,590

9S6

33

-

Change In 

contents In 

Hiwassee

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

+6,700

_6,SOO

-100

+4,000

+12,400

+80,100

+115,300

+136,400

+58,200

-2,300

-1,600

+17,000

-75,500

+339,600

July

1,180

1,100

5S

39

1,450

34

36

622

494

535

ess

65S

37

39

1,400

1,550

1,460

919

936

41

42

1,910

1,900

1,920

l.SOO

1,680

1,930

1,670

2,020

1,950

1,930

Aug.

1,690

1,240

sa

33

1,650

548

310

620

526

33

34

1,140

742

1,POO

1,380

1,850

555

38

1,580

1,600

1,660

1,*10

1,660

481

33

1,820

1>670

2,000

1,760

742

33

Sept.

31

31

305

1,760

1,710

1,770

31

31

1,S20

1,960

1,970

2,000

l.SSO

1,860

1,500

1,960

1,970

1,950

2,050

2,230

2,940

3,000

8,870

2,9SO

3,000

3,220

3,330

3,090

3,090

3,120

-

Adjusted for change 

In reservoir contents

Mean

519

480

569

1,796

S55

1,765

1.S77

2,315

1,359

1,310

1,016

1,257

730

1,167

Per square Run-off 

mile In Inohea

0.536 0.62

.496 .56

.588 .68

1.86 26.21

.SS3 1.02

1.82 1.97

1.94 S. 24

2.39 2.67

1.40 1.62

1.35 1.51

1.05 1.21

1.30 1.50

.754 .84

1.21 j 16.43

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of limits of stage and engineers' notes. 

t Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage-height record. 

Note.- The run-off In Inches for the calendar year 1939 has been computed directly fro-* adjusted 

total second-foot-days.

461679 O - 42 - 39
600 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hiwassee River near Reliance, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°13'20", long. 84°31'34", on S".ate Highway 40, 

just upstream from notch between rock bluffs, half a mile downstream from Spring Creek, 

3 miles downstream from highway bridge at Reliance, Polk County, and 31 miles downstream from Hiwassee Dam. Datum of gage Is 71S.34 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). Prior to Mar. 4, water-stage recorder at 

site 10 feet upstream, at same datum.

Drainage area.- 1,223 square miles.

Records. avaiiaDle.- October 1926 to September 1940 In reports of U. S. Geological Survey. 

August 1900 to December 1913 and February 1919 to September 1926 at site at Reliance, 

3 miles upstream, published as Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn., In reports of U. S. 

Geological Survey. August 1900 to September 1924 (Including revised records January 

1909 to March 1913), at site at Reliance, In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 14 years (1926-40), 2,442 second-feet (unadjusted for change In reservoir contents;.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,200 second-feet June 13; maximum gage height, 

8.-O3 feet Jan. 31 (Ice Jam); minimum discharge, 104 second-feet Jan. 20 (gage height, 

1.56 feet); minimum dally, 142 second-feet Sept. 3.

1926-40: Maximum discharge, 45,300 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 23.01 

feet); minimum, that of Jan. 20, 1940.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of fragmentary gage-height record, 

which are good, and those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Flow regulated by power plant and storage at Hiwassee Reservoir (see p. 598).

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge-, in second-feet)

1.7 

2.1

150

229

.2.5 

3.0

348

565

5.5 

4.2

850

1,380

5.0 

6.0

2,160

3,360

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

S

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

?e

29

30

31

Got.

648

779

729

626

595

600

443

224

221

226

229

323

540

540

290

184

443

545

560

510

492

506

501

501

497

510

515

525

515

515

510

Nov.

483

465

465

469

962

1,180

1,140

1,140

1,220

1,110

537

374

491

1,070

792

326

324

336

312

406

474

1,060

641

565

570

414

575

575

1,060

1,030

-

Dec.

607

560

610

605

600

590

5S5

675

570

570

570

610

703

792

fSll

f615

f474

f478

590

330

980

972

1,030

1,140

1,070

1,370

1,210

995

1,030

1,330

490

Month

October. .............

Calendar year 1939

March. ...............

April................

May. .................

June .................

July.................

August... ............

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

363

^ i,: i,.534

290

510

532

190

5

L6S

104

935

658

692

e

l.f

It!

i50

>90

00

3,060

1,150

.

I]

)86

242

L93

1,800

417

, 1,(

S

123

570

40

b520

b250

b

a!

a!

at

L80

230

220

;eo

bl,600

Seoondfoot-days

14,852

20,590

23,982

805,221

24,882

24,373

13,540

16,931

19,448

50,775

35,696

35,640

60,656

341,365

Feb.

b2,500

1,750

1,440

1,920

1,790

3,020

2,050

906

305

751

755

422

314

443

332

290

256

402

681

525

414

334

273

253

256

248

251

767

670

_

-

Mar456

356

451

590

443

348

296

302

293

259

242

2S1

525

1,670

1,210

692

492

394

394

345

299

276

256

251

253

248

245

242

234

353

844

Apr.

515

398

338

502

763

469

378

378

356

430

402

414

398

293

256

242

232

£29

1,400

2,130

1,140

703

590

1,070

785

585

465

3S6

345

334

-

Observed

Maximum

779

1,220

1,370

22,200

3,060

3,020

1,670

2,130

2,150

2,260

2,110

2 180

3^370

3,370

Minimum

164

*>O OXa

474

184

168

248

234

gg9

171

270

176

142

142

Mean

479

666

774

2,206

803

840

437

564

627

1,692

1,151

1,150

2,022

933

May

492

565

460

336

338

308

264

273

259

259

245

226

211

219

426

402

242

206

203

186

171

1,130

1,200

1,160

1,000

287

440

1,630

2,020

2,150

2,070

June

1,460

270

691

2,000

2,110

2,140

2,130

1,460

378

330

2,190

2,230

2,190

2,210

1,630

552

1,230

1,860

2,220

2,200

2,130

2,020

2,080

2,030

2,260

1,970

1,930

1,760

1,820

744

-

Change in 

contents in 

Hiwassee

Reservoir 

(a ere -feet)

-

+4,000

_

_

I

+339,600

July

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

2

2

426

,560

,110

350

602

,200

248

218

926

734

,030

684

790

250

544

,560

,810

,280

916

,010

246

642

,990

,990

,000

,770

,390

,880

,920

,110

,040

Aug.

2,010

1,330

1,110

224

516

1,300

549

424

688

606

176

493

1,500

1,260

1,740

1,730

1,290

672

620

1,560

1,680

1,730

1,500

1,340

524

562

1,89C

1,79C

2,180

1,560

917

Sept.

245

161

142

1,340

1,890

1,770

1,280

210

378

2,080

2,060

2,070

8,050

1,900 i,eeo

1,720

2,050

2,030

2,060

2,130

3,030

3,040

2,970

3,030

3,030

3,320

3,370

3.20C

3,110

3,170

-

Adjusted fop change 

in reservoir contents

Mean

_

_

-

2,212

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

i,4cn

Per square 

mile

_

_

-

1.81

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

1.15

Run-off 

in inches

_'

_

-

24.55

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

16.59

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records an<? records for station 

at Eiwassee Dam.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Hiwassee River at Charleston, Term.

601

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°17'16", long. 84°45'07", at Epperson packing 

plant, 250 feet (revised) downstream from old highway bridge, 250 feet upstream from 

Southern Ry. bridge, and 1,700 feet upstream from new bridge on U. S. Highway 11 at 

Charleston, Bradley County. Datum of gage is 665.56 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 2,298 square miles.

Records available.- January 1899 to December 1902 and October 1920 to September 1940

(gage heights only after January 1940), in reports of U. S. Geological Survey. November 1898 to April 1903 and October 1919 to September 1924 in Tennessee Division of 

Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1919-39), 4,714 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period Oct. 1, 1939, to Jan. 31, 1940, 4,610 secondreet Jan. 15 (gage height, 5.47 feet); minimum, 614 second-feet Oct. 16, but may have 

been less on Jan. 8; minimum gage height recorded, 0.91 foot Oct. 16, caused by closing 

of gates In Hiwassee Dam.

Maximum gage height during period Feb. 1 to Sept. 30, 1940, 19.42 feet Apr. 6; minimum (after water surface in Chlckamauga Reservoir first reached elevation of minimum 

pool) 7.80 feet, Mar. 8.

1898-1903, 1919-40: Maximum discharge, 55,800 second-feet Dec. 29, 1932 (gage 

height, 28.58 feet); minimum, that of Oct. 16, 1939.

Maximum stage known, 34.0 feet, present datum, Mar. 31, 1886 (discharge, about 

70,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

flow regulated by power plants and by Hiwassee, Blue Ridge, and Parksvllle Reservoirs 

(see pp. 598, 608, 614). This station Is In pool formed by Chickamauga Dam after Feb. 

24, 1940. 

Rating table, period October 1939 to January 1940 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In second-feet)

0.9 

1.2 

1.6

610

750

960

2.0 

2.5

3.0

1,190

1,550

1,960

4.0 

5.0

2,910

4,010

Discharge, In second-feet, October 1939 to January 1940

DT

i

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,140

1,010

1,210

1,010

958

940

933

a800

a600

al,400

S.100

1,190

1,110

1,390

817

674

1,520

1,620

1,280

1,660

1,610

922

1,120

1,690

1,790

1,450

1,790

1,440

974

1,130

1,800

Nor.

1,630

1,750

1,870

1,470

1,120

1,380

2,600

2,490

2,560

2,430

1,970

1,070

1,070

S,S10

2,300

1,760

1,590

1,540

1,010

1,100

1,860

2,250

2,260

1,720

1,920

1,320

1,250

1,930

2,150

2,280

-

Dee.

1,670

1,780

1,550

2,220

2,150

1,850

1,340

1,850

1,720

1,270

1,250

1,840

2,000

S,010

2,120

1,620

850

1,230

1,770

2,070

2,220

2,350

1,930

1,650

1,500

1,850

2,660

1,480

1,390

1,700

1,160

Jan.

812

745

f 1,220

f2,310

2,230

1,490

1,740

f&66

1,700

2,270

2,230

1,190

1,760

2,240

3,780

2,910

2,170

2,020

1,610

a2,900

a2,000

al,150

al.800

a2,100

al.SOO

al,600

al,200

aSOO

a720

al,500

al.SOO

Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Reliance and 

Oeoee River at Parksvllle.

1 Computed on baala of partly estimated gage-height record.
602 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Hlwassee River at Charleston, Tenn., October 1959

to January 1940

Month

May.............................

Secondfoot-days

54,550

1,473,698

_

-

- .

Maximum

2,600

2,660

32,000

3,780

_

_

_

-

-

Minimum

600

1,010

850

600

656

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

Mean

1,260

1,812

1,760

4,038

1,767

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

Per square 

mile

Run-off In 

Inches

Gage height, In feet, February to September 1940

D«y

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

IS

19

SO

21

22

28

24

26

26

27

28

29

«/l 

OU

51

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

3.29

3.45

3.11

2.95

3.87

4.72

4.73

3.94

2.76

2.87

3.31

3.24

2.87

2.64

3.09

2.83

2.70

2.53

3.51

3.94

4.09

3.99

3.29

2.52

2.69

3.40

3.86

3.83

4.50

_

-

Mar.

4.83

6.09

5.34

6.00

6.90

6.92

7.14

8.02

8.62

9.37

9.86

10.10

10.54

11.93

12.72

18.78

13.03

13.08

13.21

 13.00

12.94

13.20

14.06

14.60

14.80

14.92

14.98

15.05

16.18

16.71

16.82

Apr.

17.74

18.32

18.71

18.92

19.15

19.28

18.93

18.61

18.10

17.84

17.76

17.87

17.99

18.02

17.98

17.68

17.35

17.20

17.18

17.60

17.61

18.03

18.63

18.60

18.23

18.06

17.83

17.72

17.46

17.14

-

*«T

17.48

17.29

17.08

17.08

17.19

17.19

17.17

17.01

16.91

16.79

16.66

16.67

16.66

16.60

16.62

16.62

16.61

16.49

16.42

16.31

16.15

15.86

15.75

15.78

15.77

15.96

16.02

16.94

16.90

16.02

16.08

June

16.10

16.17

16.34

16.38

16.32

15.28

16.10

15.99

16.96

16.02

16.17

16.21

16.16

16.18

16.28

16.60

17.19

17.40

17.58

17.77

17.96

18.07

17.99

18.00

17.98

17.90

17.81

17.78

17.70

17.61

July

17.60

17.45

17.87

17.08

17.00

17.07

17.20

17.30

17.31

17.39

17.45

17.48

17.47

17.50

17.14

17.18

17.22

17.17

16.90

16.66

16.65

16.46

16.65

16.60

16.37

1«.10

16.06

1«.16

16.20

1«.1S

315.98

Aug.

15.74

16.21

16.80

16.79

16.64

16.58

16.19

15.95

15.88

15.71'

16.66

16.60

16.40

14.40

13.81

13.47

16.75

17.01

16.89

16.70

16.72

16.71

16.75

16.97

16.90

16.56

16.24

16.00

f!6.80

-

Sept.

_

f!7.20

16.61

16.26

16.89

16.70

16.68

15.48

16.60

15.60

15.66

16.69

16.55

15.62

15.68

16.68

16.64

16.65

15.66

16.60

16.66

16.90

16.85

15.60

16.28

13.10

16.04

14.96

14.96

14.99

f Gage height partly estimated.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 608

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°08'30", long. 83°FR'45", 

at nignway bridge at Tomotla, Cherokee County, half a mile upstream from Rodrers 

Creek. Datum of gage Is 1,556.46 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 104 square miles.

Records available.- June 1904 to December 1909, January 1914 to April 1917, October 1918 

to septemoer 1940.

Average discharge.- 28 years (1904-9, 1914-16, 1919-40), 263 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,440 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 6.02 

 feet); minimum, 30 second-feet Jan. 3, 26 (gage height, 1.64 feet), result of low temperature .

1904-9, 1914-17, 1918-40: Maximum discharge observed, 9,030 second-feet I'ov. 19, 

1906 (gage height, 17.3 feet), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; 

minimum discharge. 12 second-feet several times In August and September 1925 (gage 

height, 0.52 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-40 

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19

1.6 25

1.7 37

l.S 52

2.0 90

2.2 140

2.4 200

2.7 300

5.0 411

height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

Apr. 20 to Sept. SO

3.3 504

3.6 590

4.0 710

4.5 880

1.7 42

l.S 51

2.0 78

2.2 118

2.4 17S

2.7 295

3.0 411

3.3 516

3.6 612

4.0 744

4.5 915

5.0 1,090

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

43

46

43

40

38

37

37

35

33

33

33

33

33

33

32

33

35

35

35

55

53

33

32

31

32

36

40

48

40

37

36

Nov.

35

35

35

36

36

35

35

36

36

35

37

40

37

36

55

35

35

35

37

54

65

49

43

40

44

48

42

40

38

37

-

Dec.

74

72

52

46

43

42

40

40

38

38

37

37

48

49

43

42

40

38

43

140

68

56

82

140

92

84

130

100

82

74

66

Jan.

65

50

49

57

56

50

57

66

56

5S

66

140

119

421

276

172

132

109

95

72

78

70

82

74

59

54

59

59

61

65

63

Month

March. ..........................

April...........................

Xsj....... ......................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939- 10 ...........

Feb.

63

65

61

65

84

203

1S4

143

122

25S

242

1S8

176

304

235

197

188

460

444

352

276

226

194

178

172

149

224

572

386

_

-

Mar.

300

252

352

360

296

255

222

210

184

166

166

307

459

620

532

414

333

300

315

262

239

222

203

206

200

197

191

188

184

349

424

Secondfoot-days

1,125

1, 181

1,976

77,400

2,884

6*411

8,908

9,774

5,114

5,226

5,361

2,761

1,565

50,286

Apr.

337

2S2

252

265

239

216

226

276

248

229

213

226

203

191

181

175

169

163

713

917

564

443

451

549

464

392

339

303

274

274

-

Maximum

48

65

140

2,610

421

572

620 91*7

385

436

182 0*70 & to

85

917

May

385

323

291

262

234

215

200

193

211

189

171

162

152

142

145

140

126

123

116

114

107

103

103

145

116

116

114

a!05

alOO

111

100

Minimum

31

35

57

31

49

61

166

163

100

85

68

53

42

31

June

96

91

S5

94

91

124

98

134

344

158

132

152

165

171

196

263

436

327

283

231

178

148

132

137

165

121

109

194

231

140

July

US

1O7 158*

182

132

116

123

129

134

123

123

137

140

137

118

111

118

100

92

87

89

83

76

75

80

76

80

99

76

74

68

He an

36.3

39 * 4

63* 7

21 2

93*0

221

287

326

165

174

108

89 1

52.0"

137

Aug.

66

63

61

59

53

57

64

59

75

59

57

59

F78

?32

140

103

86

76

75

69

66

66

61

61

59

56

55

53

f09

173

106

Sept.

85

75

69

64

62

59

56

55

52

55

55

49

49

49

48

46

45

45

48

46

45

45

44

44

52

49

46

a«

a42

842

Per square 'Run-off In 

mile inches

0.349 0.40

 379 .42

f-1 O W1

 DJ.& t ±

2 * O4 * 27 * 68^°

.894 1.03

2*12 2*29

2.76 3.18

3.13 3.49

1.59 1.83

1.67 1.86

1.04 1.20

 857 «99

.500 .56

1.32 17.96

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (9:15 p.m.) 1,440 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

nearby streams.
604 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nottely River near Ivylog, Ga.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°55'321t , long. 84°03'39", just downstream from 

Ivylog Creek and 21 miles south of Ivylog, Union County. Datum of page is 1,680.47 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 191 square miles.

Records available.- October 1936 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,940 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 4.52 

reet); minimum, 76 second-feet Jan. 2 (gage height, 1.25 feet) result of low temperature; minimum daily, 91 second-feet Oct. 23.

1936-40: Maximum discharge, 11,500 second-feet July 22, 1938 (ga^e height, 12.25 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, that of Jan. 2, 1940; minimum daily, that of 

Oct. 23, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gag?-height record, 

which are fair.

Bating tables, water year 1939-4O, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct.-1 to Feb. IS, June 13 to Sept. 30 Feb. 19 to JUE9 13

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

126

165

210

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

265 

462 

695 

99O

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

1,470 

2, ISO 

3,020

1.5

1.6

1.7 

2.0

172 

223 

2S4 

505

2.3 766

2.6 1.O5O

3.0 1,490

3.5 2,180

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

134

130

122

119

116

116

112

112

105

105

105

105

102

102

98

102

98

102

102

102

105

98

91

94

98

105

122

112

105

105

105

Hov.

102

102

102

102

105

102

102

105

102

102

105

108

108

102

102

102

98

98

102

119

122

116

105

108

108

112

108

102

102

102

Dec.

116

153

116

108

102

102

96

94

98

94

98

94

122

*126

108

108

105

105

108

178

134

112

181

277

174

153

226

178

153

142

130

Jan.

130

bllO

bllO

b!20

130

b!20

130

134

119

116

142

260

210

596

388

254

221

201

163

b!60

b!50

b!50

157

b!50

alSO

a!20

alSO

alSO

a!40

alSO

*b!60

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May. ............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-^to ...........

Feb.

a!60

a!70

a!70

a!60

b!90

b360

315

232

201

449

353

271

243

353

265

238

247

1,830

1,O90

702

539

441

367

311

291

266

272

425

332

-

Mar.

298

278

388

352

318

284

266

272

254

235

229

298

£42

590

473

396

346

399

505

374

332

304

278

291

284

284

266

266

284

614

548

Secondfoot-days

3,329

3,155

4,093

128,752

5,401

11,243

10,647

14,017

7,675

6,276

6,623

9,948

5,448

90,255

Apr.

433

374

338

359

359

298

311

449

374

332

304

298

27S

272

260

254

254

241

1,900

1.36O

774

607

602

633

489

441

388

359

338

33S

-

Maximum

134

122

277

2,950

596

1,630

614

1,900

403

550

478

2,340

338

2,340

May

4O3

352

325

304

291

284

272

305

298

311

284

260

247

241

254

266

235

223

218

213

203

203

198

235

213

203

208

198

213

223

192

Hlnlmmn

91

96

94

91

110

160

229

241

192

170

126

108

130

91

June

182

172

172

237

182

236

229

325

284

491

359

356

550

348

340

434

480

315

265

238

201

188

178

1S3

260

178

170

183

34S

192

-

July

17O

188

2O1

226

196

174

183

192

478

308

232

344

265

284

232

320

362

221

196

192

183

170

165

157

153

149

142

138

142

126

134

Mean

107

105

132

353

174

388

350

467

254

276

214

321

182

247

Aug.

138

166

126

119

116

175

161

130

146

119

108

183

2,340

839

483

350

287

248

260

210

196

192

183

174

165

157

153

146

727

663

489

Per square 

mile

0.560

.550

.691

1.85

.911

2.03

1.83

2.45

1.33

1.45

1.12

1.68

.953

1.29

Sept.

338

277

242

238

262

288

210

196

188

178

176

165

165

161

153

149

146

142

142

142

138

134

130

165

216

165

146

134

130

130

Run-off In 

Inches

0.65

.61

.60

25.06

1.05

2.19

2.11

2.73

1.53

1.61

1.29

1.94

1.06

17.57

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (5 p.m.) 3,940 sec.-ft. 

* winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

near Ranger.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.,
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 605

Nottely River near Ranger, N.,C.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°01'40", long. 84°07'00", 200 feet upstream from 

nignway bridge, half a mile downstream from Ranger, Cherokee County, and 7i miles 

southwest of Murphy. Datum of gage is 1,544.28 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 272 square miles.

Records available.- February 1901 to December 1905, January 1914 to April 1917, October 

1918 to September 1940.

Avarage discharge.- 27 years (1901-5, 1914-16, 1919-40), 524 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge, 3,560 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 10.01 feet); minimum, 

118 second-feet Jan. 26 (gage height, 1.63 feet), result of low temperature.

1901-5,1 1914-17, 1918-40: Maximum discharge observed. 14,100 second-feet Fob. 28, 

1902 (gage height, 21.0 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum discharge, 41 secondfeet Sept. 6, 7, 23, 24, 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In. second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 21 tc Aug. IS) 

Oct. 1 to Aug. 13 Aug. 14 to Sept. 30 

1.6 110 4.0 S84 1.7 142 4.0 

1.8 168 5.0 1,260 2.0 226, 5.0 

2.0 230 6.0 1,650 3.0 514 6.0 

3.0 550 7.0 2,080

814

1,140

1,510

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

193

184

174

165

162

159

159

152

149

146

143

143

143

137

134

137

137

140

140

146

146

143

137

137

143

149

177

171

162

159

159

Nov.

156

159

156

159

156

156

152

149

152

146

152

156

156

152

149

152

149

149

152

171

187

177

166

159

162

162

156

149

149

146

-

Dec.

162

211

171

152

149

143

140

140

137

137

137

134

152

*187

156

146

146

143

156

249

206

168

230

422

268

224

297

272

221

199

187

Jan.

177

159

b!70

b!70

blSO

b!70

b!80

b200

*177

156

174

345

297

732

686

364

2S4

246

227

b200

b!90

b200 bseo

b200

174

b!70

blSO

blSO

b!90

b200

*b220

Month

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May. ............................

July. ...........................

August. .........................

September. ......................

Water year 1939-1 10 ...........

Feb.

b220

b240

b230

b220

b300

M20

454

332

278

543

567

393

339

470

380

329

326

1,650

1,490

832

614

502

422

387

368

332

339

566

454

_

-

Mar.

390

968

422

486

403

368

348

342

329

300

291

348

637

797

647

518

454

416

681

486

422

390

358

355

371

368

339

329

342

633

713

Secondfoot-days

4,726

4,691

5,341

168,524

7,418

13,997

13,625

16,801

10,342

11,498

8,281

11,164

6,519

114,903

Apr.

550

470

419

438

438

374

368

518

470

409

374

1 368

345

329

320

307

304

300

1,250

8,080

1,030

763

697

862

630

550

502

470

438

438

-

Maximum

193

1S7

422

3,650

732

1,650

797

2,080

518

731

560

1,890

421

2,080

May

518

470

422

403

384

368

355

348

412

380

380

345

323

316

316

352

gio

294

288

278

268

262

262

316

294

273

288

268

275

307

265

Minimum

134

146

134

134

156

220

891

300

262

230

152

132

159

132

June

249

243

230

268

291

233

 352

486

384

476

550

394

566

751

454

664

713

502

403

364

307

272

259

256

361

265

236

230

464

275

-

July

227

230

291

304

272

224

230

243

457

476

297

415

377

352

284

2S4

560

291

246

249

230

205

193

184

180

174

165

159

162

152

168

Mean

152

156

188

462

239

483

440

560

334

383

267

360

217

314

Aug.

177

196

162

137

134

140

227

166

168

140

132

141

1,890

1,?30

eso

458

346

?90

307

reo

P34

T32

P23

P20

201

192

187

184

490

947

663

Sept.

421

332

287

274

279

368

254

232

226

218

215

198

19S

192

187

17S

173

170

170

170

167

162

162

167

254

206

176

170

164

159

~

Per square Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.559 0.64

.574 .64

.691 .80

1.70 23.02

.879 1.01

1.78 1.92

1.62 1.87

£ 06 2*30

1.23 1.42

1.41 1.57

.982 1.13

1.38 1.52

.798 .89

1.15 13.71

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (12 p.m.) 3,560 sec.-ft. 

* winter discharge measurement made en this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
606 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Turtletown Creek at Turtletown, Tenn.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07'57", long. 84°20'3.7", half a mile 

nortn or Turtletown, Polk County, three-quarters of a mile downstrean from Nigger Creek, 

and 6 miles above mouth. Datum of gage Is ,1,490.61 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary skijus'tment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 36.9 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 177 second-feet Jan. 14 (gage height, 2.16 feet); 

minimum, 10 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 0.89 foot).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 746 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 5.98 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet; minimum, that of Sept. 23, 1940; 

minimum gage height, 0.88 foot Oct. 6, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which are fair, 

urnal fluctuation caused by grist mills above station.

Some dlRatlng tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 27

0.95

1.0

1.1

14

17

24

1.3

1.5 

l.S

Feb. 27 to Sept. 30

42

66

110

0.9

1.0

1.1

11

16

22

1.3 

1.5 

l.S

42

66

110

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13. 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

23 

21 

20 

IS 

IS

IS 

17 

17 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

15 

15 

15 

15

16 

IS 

17 

16 

16 

16

Nov.

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

15

17 

17 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

20

21 

20 

18 

18 

19

19 

IS 

17 

17 

17

Dec.

25 

21

IS 

17 

16

16 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

21 

IS 

16

16 

15 

15 

23 

3S

20 

IS 

34 

3S 

25

23 

31 

23 

22 

20 

19

Jan.

IS 

IS 

b!7 

17 

IS

18 

18 

 20 

IS 

IS

24

37 

SB 

97 

46

33 

29 

26 

b23 

b23

b22

bee

b20 

b!9 

b!9

b!9 

blS 

blS 

b!8 

b!7 

b!7

Month

Oct

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Auff 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

blS 

19 

20 

20 

27

65 

40 

30 

28 

63

44 

35 

33 

39 

30

28 

31 

55 

48 

40

37 

33 

30 

29 

32

28 

21 

63 

43

liar.

3V 

35 

45 

37 

34

32 

30 

36 

30 

28

26 

39 

58 

77 

59

47 

40 

S3 

41 

35

34

31 

29 

30 

33

33 

31 

29 

29 

76 

55

Second - 

foot-days

519 

509 

638

16,755

755 

1,029 

1,214 

1,2SS 

S9S 

1,013 

737 

595 

396

9,591

Apr.

43 

38 

36

54 4*4

37 

39 

40 

35 

32

30 

34 

30 

29 

28

27 

27 

27 

i 100 

SO

56 

47 

60 

68 

50

44 

40 

38 

36 

39

Maximum

23 

21 

38

335

97 

65 

77 

100 

59 

57 

3S 

68 

19

100

May

59 

44 

40 

37 

35

33

30 

30 

30 

31

28 

26 

25 

24 

27

27 

24 

22 

21 

21

21 

20 

21 

38 

27

25 

26 

23 

24 

34 

25

Minimum

15 

15 

15

15

17 

IS 

26 

27 

20 

19 

15 

13 

11

11

June

22 

21 

19 

19 

19

39 

31 

37 

57 

36

30 

33 

31 

25

57

54 

53 

3S 

37 

32

27 

25 

24 

43 

54

30 

26 

32 

35

27

July

24 

23 

38 

37 

29

26 

26 

29 

30 

27

25 

29 

33 

26 

24

25 

26 

23 

23 

21

21 

19 

19 

18 

19

IS 

16 

16 

16 

16 

15

Mean

16.7 

17.0 

20.6

45.9

24.4 

35.5 

39.2 

42.9 

29.0 

33.8 

23.8 

19.2 

13.2

26.2

Aug.

21 

16 

15 

15

14

14 

16 

15 

14 

14

13 

15 

68 

35 

26

20 

IS 

17 

17 

16

16 

15 

15 

14 

15

13 

13 

14 

21 

34 

26

Per square

mile

0.621 

.632 

.766

1.71

.907 

1.32 

1.46 

1.59 

1.08 

1.26 

.885 

.714 

.491

.974

Sept.

19 

17 

15 

IB 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

14 

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

12 

12 

12

12

11 

11 

" 11 

11 

14

14 

13 

12 

12 

12

Run-off In 

Inches

0.72 

.70 

.88

23.15

1.04 

1.42 

1.68 

1.78 

1.24 

1.40 

1.02 

.82 

.55

13.25

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Toccoa River near Dial, Qa.

607

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°47'24", long. 84°14'24", 1.4 miles upstream from 

Shallow Ford Bridge, 1.8 miles upstream from Stanley Creek, and 2.5 miles northwest of 

Dial, Fannln County. Datum of gage Is 1,781.13 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee 

Electric Power Co. bench mark).

Drainage area.- 177 square miles.

Records available.- January 1913 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- £7 years, 496 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, £,940 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 5.34 

reet); minimum, 87 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 0.56 foot).

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 9,£00 second-feet July 9, 1916 (gage height, 10.0 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; minimum, 60 second-feet 

Sept. 6, 1925 (gage height, 0.40 foot).

Revisions.- The date of the maximum discharge for the water year 193£ was Dec. 14 

(published erroneously In Water-Supply Paper 7£8).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by small mills above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, In feet,, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

0.7

.8

1.0

1.3

117 

137 

1S5 

266

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

366

540

785

1,060

3.5 

4.0

4.6

1,400

1,770

2,290

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

185 

178 

170 

170 

160

160 

158 

158 

153 

151

148 

148 

144 

144 

146

142 

144 

144 

142 

142

142 

142 

135 

133

137

155 

17S 

153 

146 

142 

142

Nov.

142 

139 

137 

135 

142

139 

135 

137 

135 

133

135 

144 

139 

135 

133

131 

131 

131 

137 

153

175 

151 

144 

133 

137

144 

135 

131 

131 

129

Dec.

195 

220 

162 

142 

137

133 

131 

129 

127 

129

127 

123 

14S 

144 

127

127 

127 

125 

136 

210

155 

137 

185 

27B 

19S

1S2 

284 

215 

1S2 

165 

160

Jan.

t>145 

U117 

U123 

D148 

U142

U128 

U144 

U142 

b!33 

U131

158 

243 

224 

717 

463

294 

249 

224 

U190 

W.65

D190 

U180 

U170 

U165 

U158

a!52 

a!49 

al46 

a!47 

a!57 

al68

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

F«t> 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

alendar year 19!

ater year 1939-4

Peh.

1)168 

hlBO hieo

b!78 

208

501 

389 

2S2 

252 

546

446 

340 

317 

414 

320

294 

323 

1,110 

S95 

620

490 

418 

369 

354 

348

320 

369 

600 

436

Mar.

3S5 

358 

516 

472 

414

3S1 

358 

389 

351 

330

317 

373 

618 

685 

576

504 

446 

432 

536 

436

405 

389 

373 

389 

377

365 

358 

362 

377 

612 

562

Secondfoot-days

4,692 

4,153 

5,037

169,334

' 6,062 

11,667 

13,446 

16,310 

11,579 

10,175 

9,985 

11,875 

7,036

112,017

Apr.

482 

436 

414 

450 

459

393 

41S 

610 

504 

450

423 

418 

393 

381 

373

365 

358 

364 

1,600 

1,250

840 

685 

625 

605 

554

531 

508 

486 

468

477

Maximum

185 

175 

284

2,320

717 

. 1,110 

686 

1,600 

620 

534 

516 

2,240 

340

2,240

May

620 

522 

486 

464 

436

423 

410 

393 

393 

405

393 

365 

354 

348 

373

377 

340 

334 

327 

320

317 

314 

314 

365 

323

310 

310 

300 

320 

323 

300

Minimum

133 

129 

123

123

117 

168 

317 

354 

300 

263 

215 

185 

188

117

June

2S2 

272 

269 

294 

282

2S5 

310 

377 

430 

320

327 

362 

327 

304 

358

459 

464 

362 

348 

340

297 

27S 

27S 

297 

351

278 

263 

493 

534 

334

July

291 

288 

304 

365 

314

288 

310 

304 

510 

464

369 

516 

432 

381 

348

a400 

a450 

a360 

a325 

a305

a290 

h277 

257 

249 

243

237 

232 

226 

224 

215 

221

Mean

151 

138 

162

437

196 

402 

434 

544 

374 

339 

322 

383 

236

306

Aug.

23.5 

208 

200 

1P8 

1P5

235 2n.

205 

IPS 

IfS

If5 

304 

2,240 

978 

564

428 

369 

340 

393 

320

314

300 

291 

285 

272

263 

254

264 

471 

522 

475

Per square 

mile

0.863 

.780 

.915

2.47

1.11 

2.27 

2.45 

3.07 

2.11 

1.92 

1.82 

2.16 

1.33

1.73

Sept.

340 

304 

2S2

278 

282

282 

260 

257 

246 

246

237 

229 

226 

221

215

210 

205 

202 

200 

200

19S 

195 

190 

247 

278

226 

205 

195

. 192 

188

Run-off In 

Inches

0.99 

.87 

1.06

33.48

1.27 

2.45 

2.83 

3.43 

2.43 

2.14 

2.10 

2.50 

1.48

23.55

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (ItSO p.m.) 1,500 sec.-ft.: Apr. 

(10 a.m.) 2,94S sec.-ft.j Aug. 13 (5 p.m.) 2,840 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of w 

on Hottely River near Ivy Log, Sa.

h Stage-discharge relation affected hy Ice.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

19 (2 p.m.) 2,S40 sec.-ft.; An;. 13 

other records and records for station
608 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Blue Ridge Reservoir near Blue Ridge, Ga.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°52'52", long. 84°16'49", 400 feet above Blue 

Ridge Dam on Toccoa River, 2 miles west of Morganton, and 2£ miles northeast of Blue 

Ridge, Fannln County. Datum of gage Is 0.12 foot below mean sea le^el (Southeastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936). Gage readings have been reduced to elevations 

above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 233 square miles.

Records available.- December 1930 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum midnight elevations (after first filling) for the water 

years, 1931 to 1940 are contained In the following table.

Water

year

1930-31t

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-35

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1958-3?

1939-40

Date

June 21

July 5,18,

19,25

June 3

June 24

May 19

Apr. 6

Apr. 30

Aug. 7

Hay 14

July 24

Maximum

Elevation 

(feet)

1,684.51

1,688.91

1,688.06

1,685.12

1,689.34

1,690.06

1,683.31

1,638.92

1,685.15

1,681.95

.Contents 

(acre-feet)

180,700

194,600

191,900

182,600

196,000

198,300

177,000

194,700-

182,600

172,700

Date

Sept. 30

Dee. 2

Sept. 30

Dec 25

Dec 30

Dec 20

Dec 18

Dec 23

Jan 4

Peb 5

Minimum

Elevation 

(feet)

1,649.02

1,611.33

,654.01

,600.08

,605.98

,606.49

,605.25

,621.44

,603.92

1,594.18

Contents 

(acre-feet)

90,000

33,700

lOOiSOO

22,700

28,200

28,700

27,400

45,400

26,100

17,300

t Record started Dec. 6, 1930.

Note,- The momentary minimum elevation for the 1940 water year was 1,594.09 

feet Feb. 6 (contents, 17,700 acre-feet).

Remarks.- Reservoir is formed by earth dam with five taintor gates, 15 feet high and 

22 feet wide. Controlled storage, 183,000 acre-feet between elevation 1,589.8 and 

1,689.8 feet. Dam completed and storage began Dec. 6, 1930. Figures given herein 

are of total capacity or contents for level pool Reservoir Is used to Improve 

navigation, for flood control and power. A table showing pertinent data concerning 

capacities of the reservoir Is given herein.

Cooperation.- Elevations and capacity table furnished by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Total reservoir capacity, In acre-feet, at selected elevations

Elevation 

(feet)

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

Capacity table (elevation, In feet, and contents. In acre-fret) 

(Prepared by Tennessee Valley Authority from Tennessee Electric Power Co. data)

1,570

1,575

1,580

1,585

1,590

3,800

5,700

' 8,200

11,200

14,600

1,595

1,600

1,605

1,610

1,615

13,500

22,600

27,200

32,200

37,700

1,620

1,625

1,630

1,640

1,650

43,600

50,100

56,900

73,000

92,000

1,660

1,670

1,680

1,689.9

113,900

138,600

166,900

197,800

Monthly elevation and contents, 1930-40

Date

Calendar year

Elevation 

(feet)

-

_

Contents 

(acre-feet)

-

_

Change In contents 

durlrg month 

(acre-feet)

-

_.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 609

Monthly elevation and contents of Blue Ridge Reservoir at Blue Ridge Dam 

near Blue Ridge, Ga., 1950-40 Continued

Date

Water year 1933-34

Dec. 31.......... ...........

Water year 1934-35

Water year 1935-36......*.

Elevation 

(feet)

1 624 88

-

1,606.03

-

-

Contents 

(acre-feet)

139 400

177 800

49 880

-

28,230

192 800

-

30 * 220

-

Change in contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

+ 41 900

+800

24 900

27 730

+11,000

-21,540

-32,480

+7,400
610 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents of Blue Ridge Reservoir at Blue Ridge Dam 

near Blue Ridge, Qa., 1930-40 Continued

Date Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1936............... 1,630.61

Nov. 30..................... 1,612.28

Dec. 31..................... 1,613.14

Calendar year 1936........

Jan. 31, 1937............... 1,657.29

Feb. 28..................... 1,673.02

Mar. 31..................... 1,676.57

Apr. 30..................... 1,683.31

May 31..................... 1,680.66

June 30...................... 1,681.25

July 31..................... 1,678.62

Aug. 31..................... 1,676.28

Sept.30..................... 1,664.29

Water year 1936-37........

Oct. 31, 1937............... 1,653.73

Nov. 30..................... 1,635.35

Dec. 31..................... 1,625.77

Calendar year 1937........

Jan. 31, 1938............... 1,630.57

Feb. 28..................... 1,643.76

Mar. 31..................... 1,661.66

Apr. 30..................... 1,685.88

May 31..................... 1,685.30

June 30..................... 1,685.13

July 31..................... 1,688.82

Aug. 31..................... 1,681.07

Sept.30..................... 1,666.51

Water year 1937-38........

Oct. 31, 1938............... 1,647.98

Nov. 30..................... 1,625.50

Dec. 31..................... 1,606.70

Calendar year 1938........

Jan. 31, 1939............... 1,618.97

Feb. 28..................... 1,661.06

Mar. 31..................... 1,675.10

Apr. 30..................... 1,682.55

May 31..................... 1,684,76

June 30..................... 1,679.69

July 31..................... 1,671.49

Aug. 31..................... 1,665.49

Sept.30..................... 1,662.45

Water year 1938-39........

Oct. 31, 1939............... 1,641.18

Nov. 30..................... 1,618.42

Dec. 31..................... 1,605.78

Calendar year 1939........

Jan. 31, 1940............... 1,596.34

Feb. 29..................... 1,617.95

Mar. 31..................... 1,640.72

Apr. 30..................... 1,657.63

May 31..................... 1,668.30

June 30..................... 1,676.45

July 31..................... 1,680.72

Aug. 31..................... 1,679.56

Sept.30..................... 1,668.04

Water year 1939-40........

57,620

34,760

55,640

107,600

146,900

156,900

177,000

168,900

170,600

162,900

156,100

124,200

99,760

65,300

51,070

57,740

79,920

117,900

184,900

183,200

183,600

194,400

170,100

129,600

87,960

50,700

28,900

42,270

116,400

152,700

174,600

181,500

166,000

142,700

127,100

97,060

76,100

41,600

28,000

19,500

41,000

74,200

108,400

134,200

156,600

169,100

165,600

133,500

-28,600

-2T,860 

+880

+5,420

+71,960 

+SP.-SOO 

+1CVOOO 

+20,100

-8,100 

+1,700

-7,700

-6,800 

-31.90Q

+3V,980

-24,440

-34,460

-U,2SO

+If,430

+6,670 

+2?,180 

+37,980 

+67,000

-1,700

-600

+11,800

-24,300

-4C.500

+£,400

-41,640

-37,260

-21,800

-22,170

+13,370 

+74,130 

+36,300 

+21,900 

+6,900 

+15,500

-23,300

-15,600

-30,040

-32,540

-22,000

-33-500

-13,600

-900

-8,500 

+21,500 

+33,200 

+34-800 

+25-800 

+22,400 

+12,500

-3.500 

-32,100

+36,400
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 811

* Toccoa River near Blue Ridge, Ga.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°53'14", long. 84°17'07", three-eighthr of a 

mile downstream from Blue Ridge Dam of Tennessee Valley Authority, 2i miles west of 

Morganton, and 2i miles northeast of Blue Ridge, Fannin County. Datum of grge is 

1,538.77 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 233 square miles.

Records available.- November 1898 to March 1903 and April 1913 to September 1940 in 

reports of U. S. Geological Survey. November 1898 to March 1903 (revised) and April 

1913 to September 1924) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34, in which this 

station appears as Toccoa River near Morganton, Ga.

Average discharge.- 27 years (1913-40), 595 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,820 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height, 5.16 

feet JT; minimum, 0.5 second-feet Mar. 17 (gage height, 0.60 foot).

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 13,900 second-feet July 9, 1916 (gage height, 13.0 

feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; 

no flow Dec. 6, 1930, to Mar. 3, 1931 (caused by closing of Blue Ridge Dam).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record or those below 

200 second- feet, which are fair. Flow completely regulated by Blue Ridge Reservoir 

(see p. 608).

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Tennessee Valley Authority. 

power-plant record furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

.Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

0.6 

.7

1.0

0.5 

1.2 

S.S 

S.4 

14

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

50

62

92

148

213

2.6 

3.0 

3.6 

4.6

400

624

S70

1,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

P8

29

30

31

Oct.

10

10

10

9.0

11

S.I

7.2

268

703

746

702

739

759

394

224

77S

776

773

794

7S4

422

224

307

906

830

327

1,030

562

274

S37

338

NOT.

879

SS7

914

22

272

333

912

925

1,000

994

13

289

1,020

1,030

1,000

S19

841

15

238

339

SSO

394

922

920

11

260

904

S72

334

864

-

Dec.

SS6

56

260

S16

772

706

736

759

14 2521

794

776

740

700

638

13

242

746

740

689

664

643

9.3

5.9

220

313

6.4

5.9

6.4

6.4

6.4

Month

October. .............

Calendar year 1939

March. ...............

April................

May. .................

July........... ......

Mater year 1939-40

Jan.

6.4

6.4

5.9

370

522

7.2

152

726

793

7S4

922

522

6.3

7.7

7.2

134

447

602

692

341

205

597

591

579

562

500

214

254

343

597

549

Feb.

.482

486

246

305

4S6

215

173

2S7

2S9

71

100

223

236

227

231

143

S.S

4.3

4.3

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

5.2

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.3

_

-

Mar4

4

4

4

4

4

5

13

5

5

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

5

7

7

 6

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

16,062.3

21,097.0

13,226.7

191,532.7

12,045.6

4,259.5

145.2

2,087.1

420.0

688.0

4,547.0

14,332.0

23,185.0

112,595.4

Maximum Minimum

1,030 7.2

1,030 11

886 5.9

1,160 2.0

922 5.9

4S6 S.S

13 .7

347 5.2

16 12

72 14

597 14

804 14

1,360 15

1,360 .7

3

3

7

7

7

7

2

2

2

8

2

5

2

1

0

7

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

6

6

0

0

1

Apr.

347

63

19

53

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

5.6

5.2

5.6

5.2

111

205

13

12

12

13.

12

12

12

13

560

12

12

12

12

12

13

Mean

513

703

427

525

3S9

147

4.6S

69.6

13.5

22.9

147

47S

773

308

May

15

13

13

13

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

13

14

14

16

15

14

14

14

14

15

14

14

June

14

14

14

37

15

28

27

72

15

14

14

48

16

14

14

14

14

14

45

14

14

14

53

44

14

14

15

32

17

14

Change In 

contents

(acre-feet)*

_

_

-

-1,000

_

_

_

_

_

_.

_

..-

 4-36,240

July

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

176

2S8

105

14

27

14

14

14

29

14

14

14

26

15

14

14

199

335

570

405

SSO

583

597

588

Auff.

581

401

14

14

456

783

507

685

593

406

268

606

537

198

527

602

454

304

598

606

614

61£

796

41C

28E

71£

80C

S04

564

37£

1£

Sept.

15

292

534

271

580

582

420

210

616

812

316

SIS

S22

S16

813

770

815

S06

841

848

844

S60

909

1,040

1,100

1,250

1,360

1,120

1,100

1,100

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

 Per square Mean mile 1

_

_

-

523 2.2';

_

_ _

_

_

_

_ _

-

_ _

-

358 1.54

Run- off 

n Inches

_

-

-

30.49

_

-

-

-

-

-

«

-

20.89

* Change In contents In Blue Ridge Reservoir. 

Mote.- Ho gage-height record June 14 to Aug. 16; discharge represents average daily powerhouse 

release.
612 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Ocoee River at McHarg, Tenn. 

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°00'25", long. 84°24'46", half a mile downstream

 from highway bridge, 1 mile downstream from McHarg railroad siding, Polk County, 1 

mile downstream from Potato Creek, and 3 miles downstream from Copperhill. Datum of 

gage is 1,427.16 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 447 square miles.

Records available.- May 1917 to September 1940 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey.

 Prior to October 1924 (including revised records November 1918 to September 1920) In

Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 21 years (1919-40), 1,077 second-feet (unadjusted). 

Extremes,- Maximum discharge during year, 3,750 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 3.85

 feet); minimum, 124 second-feet Oct. 22 (gage height, 0.44 feet).

1917-40: Maximum discharge, 17,300 second-feet July 22, 193S (gage height, 9.58 

feet)>maximum gage height observed, 11.4 feet Jan. 21, 1922, site and datum then in 

use; minimum discharge, about 105 second-feet Oct. 3, 4, 1931 (gage height, -0.1 foot, 

estimated, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or ice effect,

 which are fair. Discharge regulated by power plant and storage at Blue Ridge Reservoir

(see p. 608). 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder graph for periods Nov. 1-7, Nov. 22 to Dec. 2, Dec. 4-

 lii and Jan. 2, 3 furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect 

discharge, in second-feet)

0.45 

.5 

.6

12S 

145 

1S5

230 

2SO 

395

1.5 

2.0 

2.2

ge height, in feet, and

SOS 

1,300 

1,520

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

PS

29

30

31

Oct.

 194

180

169

153

151

156

153

150

863

910

S49

899

904

783

150

S52

908

910

920

929

768

162

910

1,050

971

977

1,160

906

191

99S

1,010

Nov.

1,040

1,030

1,050

499

160

9SO

1,000

1,080

1,160

1,150

49S

14S

1,120

1,210

1,200

963

1,000

488

144

910

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,060

541

165

992

1,070

977

1,010

Dec.

1,070

629

a!65

922

925

861

S67

S92

407

145

895

900

940

S66

SOS

368

142

S72

930

960

S40

804

451

320

223

718

257

221

188

173

162

Month

October. .............

Calendar year 1939

March. ...............

April ................

May..................

June .................

July.............. ...

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

159

149

157

303

SS1

163

165

S20

923

93S

1,080

1,090

2S7

913

552

313

611

S12

S46

587

332

755

770

729

733

b600

b500

242

b400

58S

733

Feb.

630

630

457

395

672

872

531

527

524

778

453

554

530

63S

529

503

296

448

494

402

353

31S

2S6

270

270

260

290

494

366

H

-

Mar324

302

362

354

313

296

280

325

302

275

270

347

614

698

548

440

3S3

385

542

397

359

335

313

320

324

3081

286

280

280

574

526

Apr.

94S

77S

330

415

342

308

318

351

308

291

275

2S6

275

265

614

260

255

255

733

706

4S1

395

445

1,000

630

383

353

330

318

324

-

Observed

Seoondfoot-days

20,276

25,815

18,921

344,245

18,131

13,770

11,662

12,972

8,518

9,746

11,474

21,149

27,296

199,730

Maximum

1,160

1,210

1,070

3,070

1,090

873

698

1,000

466

493

834

1,120

1,460

1,460

Minimum

150

144

142

142

149

060

270

255

225

208

198

161

221

142

Mean

654

S60

610

943

585

475

376

432

275

325

370

682

910

546

May

466

380

347

324

308

591

2S6

291

280

286

275

265

, 260

255

260

260

250

245

235

230

226

226

225

300

260

263

250

235

240

264

235

June

221

212

208

236

272

396

314

396

493

266

255

3S7

4S4

30S

357

414

440

425

353

353

330

291

265

2S6

286

2S6

270

260

422

260

-

Change in 

contents

(acre-feet)*

_

_

-

-1,000

~

_

_

_

-

+36,240

July

226

240

272

330

296

270

255

265

574

512

254

290

2SO

272

265

262

402

255

235

277

266

221

198

235

444

664

834

364

733

733

760

Aug«

760

742

177

161

367

976

787

S05

733

706

252

760

1,080

338

769

778

742

322

769

76d

769

769

957

664

330

872

92S

93S

1,120

760

258

Sept.

221

33S

656

409

742

724

742

218

706

S62

957

938

957

94S

93S

843

938

928

966

995

995

995

1,060

1,140

1,280

1,400

1,460

1,380

1,270

1,290

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

-

-

-

942

_

_

'-

596

''er square 

mile 1

-

-

-

2.11

M

^

_

_

_

-

1.33

Run-off 

n inches

-

-

~

SB. 60

_

_

_

-

IS. 14

* Change in contents in Blue Ridge Reservoir.

a Ko gage-height record; diacharge computed on basis of records for stations at Bnf, Tenn. and 

Blue Ridge, Qa.

b Stage-discharge relation affected' by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 613

Ocoee River at Emf, Term.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°05'48", long. 84°32'07", 700 feet down-

 stream from Tennessee Valley Authority's power' plant, formerly Tennessee Electric

Power Co.'s plant No. 2 (Caney Creek plant), half a mile upstream from Emf, Polk County, 

and 2 miles downstream from Ooforth Creek. Datum of gage is 838.15 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 524 square miles.

Records available.- January 1913 to September 1940.

Average discharge"?- 27 years, 1,235 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,680 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 6.11

 feet); minimum recorded, 30 second-feet (regulated) Dec. 10 (gage height, 2.40 feet);

minimum dally discharge, 138 second-feet Jan. 3.

1913-40: Maximum discharge, 29,400 second-feet July 10, 1916 (gage height, 13.7

feet), from rating curve extended above 17,000 second-feet; minimum, 5..0 gecond-feet

(regulated) Apr. 14, 1934 (gage height, 2.12 feet); minimum dally, 117 secpnd-feet

Aug. 19, 1914. Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Plow regulated by Blue Ridge Reservoir (see p. 608 ) and by power plant above station. 

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Tennessee Valley Authority.

 Power-plant record furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-foot)

2.9

3.0 

3.2

136

170

248

3.4 

3.6 

3.8

347

468

610

4.0 

4.4 

4.8

770

1,170

1,670

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

80

21

22

23

24

26

2627-

?8

29

30

31

Oct.

320

208

200

189

1S9

1S5

174

174

666

940

940

960

920

860

236

714

920

920

930

920

870

244

738

940

1,060

980

990

1,1SO

286

815

1,010

Nov.

1,010

1,030

1,060

536

163

890

1,040

1,130

1,080

1,210

746

161

920

1,250

1,290

1,130

1,020

603

flTS

f851

fl.080

1,090

1,120

1,130

658

193

940

1,100

1,000

1,040

Dec.

1,120

722

212

890

1,000

870

920

930

502

170

833

970

970

910

833

455

fL70

£870

960

1,130

890

833

595

443

289

730

370

289

253

224

212

Month

October. .............

November. ............

Calendar year 1939 .

January. .............

March. ......... . ....<

April................

May. .................

July. ................

Water year 1939-40.

Jan.

208

1

1

^

74

38

 05

920

236

£

1

j.

OS

97

90

990

1,020 i,a

4

If!

50

75

.30

880

449

e

8

e

32

90

42

824

376

e

7

7

9S

86

30

700

660

E

4

I

"

20

00

00

00

7SO

Seeondfoot-daya

20,667

26,69d

20,565

404, 2Q6

20,550

19,480

16,870

19,234

11,758

13,073

13,384

22,976

28,775

234,031

Feb.

720

720

580

450

698

1,450

870

690

650

1,040

S15

722

674

S25

690

648

430

944

929

672

536

460

405

392

368

356

386

752

588

_

-

Mar.

483

426

493

514

435

411

364

426

398

356

352

548

1,120

1,290

895

656

558

498

706

530

476

442

406

426

408

41S

395

390

388

746

916

Apr.

958

1,190

481

550

494

416

420

506

422

401

372

398

372

360

714

351

344

336

1,570

1,520

888

670

650

1,230

1,080

600

533

490

456

462

-

Observed

Maximum

1,180

1,290

1,130

4,760

1,350

1,450

1,290

1,570

674

337

1,020

1,450

1,500

1,570

Minimum

174

163

170

163

13S

356

352

336

279

264

232

163

260

136

Mean

667

890

663

1,107

663

672

544

641

379

436

432

741

959

639

May

674

592

519

480

443

420

406

388

380

388

368

352

332

337

340

342

320

312

304

294

288

284

279

430

350

321

492

302

308

399.

314

June

2S2

277

264

282

366

405

485

348

Si 9

366

332

446

679

394

543

684

S37

514

480

520

358

318

29S

427

525

330

27S

326

559

332

-

Change In

contents 

acre-feet)»

_

-

-1,000

_ 

_

_

_

_

_

-

+36,240

July

273

252

3S1

362

285

248

260

287

590

5S9

344

336

368

330

317

332

550

348

285

444

415

282

248

232

517

592

1,020

424

814

829

S30

Aug.

733

V48

247

163

167

952

954

842

840

770

300

750

1,300

450

760

830

SOO

370

770

SOO

S10

820

1,010

740

410

S60

980

1,040

fl,450

870

370

Sept.

260

350

680

460

750

790

800

270

712

873

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,030

1,010

990

960

960

1,010

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,100

1,200

1,320

1,420

1,500

1,450

1,350

1,350

"

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

 Per square Mean mile

" _

-

1,106 2.11

~ ~

 

_ _

_ _

_ _

_ _

-

689 1.31

Run-off 

in Inches

-

28.65

~

_

_

_

_

_

-

17.91

ft Change in contents in Blue Ridge Reservoir.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Mote.- Ho gage-height record Jan. 25 to Feb. 4, Aug. 9-28, Aug. 30 to Sept. 8, Sept. 17-30; discharge computed on basis of power-plant record and records for stations at McHarg, Tern, and near 

Blue Ridge, Qa.
614 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Parksvllle Reservoir at Parksville, Term.

Location.- Indicator gage, lat. 35°05'44", long. 84°38'51", at Parksvllle Dam on Ocoee 

River at Parksville, Polk County, 13f miles east of Cleveland. Datvm of gage Is 

7.00 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustmert of 1936). Gage 

readings have been reduced to elevations above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 595 square miles.

Reoorcis available.- June 1914 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum and minimum midnight elevations and nontents for the water years 1914 

to 1940 are contained In the following table:

Water 

year

1913-14t

1914-15t

1915-16

1916-17

1917-18

1918-19

1919-20

1920-31

1921-22

1922-23

1923-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1934-35

1935-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39

1939-40t

Maximum 

Date

Aug. 11

Dee. 25

July 9

Mar. 4

Jan. 28

July 6

July 18

Dec. 13

Jan. 19

July 17

Apr. 18

Jan. 19

Apr. 13

Dec. 28

Sent. 2

May 6

Nov. 16

Apr., 4

Apr. 30

Dec. 28

June 23

Aug. 11

Apr. 2

Sept. 22

July 23

Feb. 15

Sept. 2,3

Elevation 

(feet)

828.3

S38.3

83S.9

838.6

S37.5

838.0

838.0

839.2

839.2

838.8

837.9

836.9

837.8

838.3

839.6

838.2

837.83

837.83

837. 75

838.7

836.9

837.4

838.2

836.2

839.6

837.0

836.4

Contents 

(acre-feet)

35,600

105,300

105,700

104,100

100,800

100,900

100,900

102,500

102,500

100,800

98,900

96,000

97,800

97,900

100,500

96,800

96,000

95,100

95,000

95,900

92,400

92,400

94,000

89,300

95,800

89,900

88,700

Minimum

Date

July 2

Oct. S

May 20

Dec. 21

Aug. 30,31

Oct. 16,17

Dec. 5

Mar. 17

Oct. 27

Nov. 28

Feb. 19

Dec. 23

Oct. 1

Dec. 10

Nov. 28

Dec. 21

Sept. 2

Nov. 30

Nov. 29

June 23,24

Jan. 30,31

Dec. 14

Jan. 1

Dec. 18

Feb. 17

Feb. 3

Jan. 29,30

Elevation 

(feet)

820.0

822.4

824.0

815.6

821.8

820.5

820.1

819.4

820.2

817.0

821.0

816.0

816.7

819.6

817.2

817.4

817.45

817.7

817.5

824.9

816.0

814.9

816.8

822.3

816.1

818.6

815.2

Contents 

(acre-feet)

71,600

74,800

76,700

63,200

71,900

69,300

68,700

67,000

68,200

62,900

68,800

60,900

61,900

65,500

62,000

61,700

61,800

61,500

61,300

71,300

58,600

56,600

59,100

66,100

57,600

60,400

55,900

t Observed; records Incomplete.

t Momentary minimum elevation, 815.1 feet Jan. 11, 

feet).

30 (contents, 55,800 acreRemarks^-- Reservo-ir Is formed by concrete dam with four hinged flood gates, motor 

operated, 7 feet high and 20 feet wide. Dam completed and storage began In 1911. 

Controlled storage, 32,900 acre-feet between elevations 817.0 and 837.66 feet. 

Figures given herein are of total capacity or contents for level pool. Reservoir is 

used for navigation, flood control, and power. Capacity of reservoir has been 

considerably reduced by silting. Gage read hourly. A table showing pertinent data 

concerning capacities of the reservoir Is given herein.

Cooperation.- Elevations and capacity tables furnished by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Total reservoir capacity at selected elevations, 1940

Elevation 

(feet)

837.66 (top of flash boards). ...........................................

Capacity 

(acre-feet)

91,100

t The regulating sluice conduits, bottom elevation 722.6 feet, are no longer operative 

since part of the valve mechanism has been removed.

Capacity table (elevation, In feet, and contents, In acre-feet), 1940 

(Prepared iredby the Tennessee Valley Authority from surveys and maps of thnt agency)

729 0

740 730

750 3,610

760 8,360

770

780

790

800

14,110

20,880

28,840

38,250

810

815

820

825

49,420

55,620

62,300

69,370

830

835

840

844

77,240

86,130

95,630

103,500

Table of coefficients to be applied to the above capacity table to adjust for the effect of silt

Water year

1914 

1915 

1916 

1917

Coefficient

1.15 

1.14 

1.13 

1.12

Water year

1918 

1919, 1920 

1921, 1922 

1923, 1924

Coefficient

1.11 

1.10 

1.09 

1.08

Water year

1925, 1926 

1927, 1928 

1929, 1930 

1931, 1932

Coefficient

1.07 

1.06 

1.05 

1.04

Water year

1933, 1934 

1935, 1936 

1937, 1938 

193?

Coefficient

l.OS 

1.02 

1.01 

1.00
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 615

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksville Reservoir at Parksville, 

Tenn., 1914-40

Date

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change in content-*

during month

(acre-feet)

June 30, 1914............... 820.90

July 31..................... 825.70

Aug. 31..................... 826.82

Sept.30..................... 822.92

Water year...............

Oct. 31, 1914............... 828.88

Nov. 30..................... 831.95

Dec. 31..................... 835.95

Calendar year............

Jan. 31, 1915..............

Feb. 28..................... 836.1

Mar. 31..................... 836.OS

Apr. 30..................... 835,9

Hay 31..................... 836.7

June 30..................... 836.6

July 31..................... 835.8

Aug. 31..................... 836.3

Sept.30..................... 831.0

Water year 1914-15......,

Oct. 31, 1915............... 831.1

Nov. 30..................... 828.3

Dec. 31..................... 833.2

Calendar year 1915.......

Jan. 31, 1916............... 831.8

Feb. 29..................... 835.7

Mar. 31..................... 836.2

Apr. 30..................... 832.0

May 31..................... 836.3

June 30..................... 832.4

July 31..................... 835.7

Aug. 31..................... 832.3

Sept.30..................... 828.5

Water year 1915-16.......

Oct. 31, 1916............... 820.0

Nov. 30..................... 822.0

Dec. 31..................... 827.15

Calendar year 1916......

Jan. 31, 1917............... 836.0

Feb. 28..................... 833.2

Mar. 31..................... 833.5

Apr. 30..................... 835.7

May 31..................... 833.8

June 30..................... 828.5

July 31..................... 832.4

Aug. 31..................... 833.9

Sept.30..................... 835.7

Water year 1916-17.......

Oct. 31, 1917............... 832.7

Nor. 30..................... 822.5

Dec. 31..................... 825.4

Calendar year 1917.......

Jan. 31, 1918............... 835.1

Feb. 28..................... 835.8

Mar. 31..................... 827.1

Apr. 30..................... 836.3

May 31..................... 836.0

June 30..................... 836.0

July 31..................... 828.4

Aug. 31..................... 821.8

Sept.30..................... 828.1

Water year 1917-18.......

Oct. 31, 1918............... 834.3

Nov. 30..................... 834.7

Dec. 31..................... 833.4

Calendar year 1918.......

Jan. 31, 1919............... 835.5

Feb. 28..................... 835.4

Mar. 31..................... 834.3

Apr. 30..................... 834.7

May 31..................... 832.7

June 30..................... 834.3

July 31..................... 834.9

Aug. 31..................... 835.0

Sept.30..................... 822.1

Water year 1918-19.......

73,070

80,970

82,930

76,330

85,930

91,900

100,200

100,500

100,400

100,100

101,800

101,600

99,890

101,000

90,000

89,410

84,180

93,610

90,800

98,800

99,860

91,190

100,100

91,990

98,800

91,790

84,480

69,780

72,880

81,330

98,550

92,780

93,390

97,920

94,000

83,730

91,180

94,200

97,980

90,960

73,020

77,670

95,820

97,260

80,520

98,290

97,670

97,670

82,810

71,920

82,260

93,320

94,140

91,520

95,770

95,560

93,320

94,140

90,140

93,320

94,540

94,740

71,730

+7,900 

+1,960 

-6,600

+9,600 

+5,970 

+8,310

-100

-300 

+1,700

-200

-1,710

+1,110

-11,000

+13,670

-590

-5,290

-9,490

-6,600

-2,810 

+8,000 

+1,060

-8,670

-8,810

-8,070 

+6,810

-7,010

-7,310

-5,520

-14,700 

+3,100 

+8,450

-12,2

+17,220

-5,770

+610

+4,530-

-3,920 

-10,270 

+7,450 

+3,020 

+3,720

+13,440

-6,960 

-17,940 

+4,650

-3,660

+18,150 

+1,440

-16,740

+17,770

-620

0

-14,860

-10,890 

+10,340

-15,660

+11,060

+820

-2,620

+13,850

+4,250 

-210

-2,240 

+820

-4,000

+3,180

+1,220

+200

-23,010

-10,530

461679 O - 42 - 40
616 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksvllle Reservoir at Parksvllle, 

Tenn., 1914-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change in contents

during m-mth

(aere-fiet)

Oct. 31, 1919............... 834.6

Nov. 30..................... 822.5

Dec. 31..................... '855.8

Calendar year 1919.......

Jan. 31, 1920............... 836.3

Feb. 29..................... 832.6

Mar. 31............. ........ 835.3

Apr. 30..................... 835.1

May 31..................... 836.3

June 30..................... 835.8

July 31..................... 832.5

Aug. 31..................... 836.2

Sept.30..................... 835.5

Water year 1919-20.......

Oct. 51, 1920............... 835.7

Nov. 30..................... 836.7

Dec. 31..................... 833.5

Calendar year 1920.......

Jan. 31, 1921............... 831.4

Feb. 28..................... 832.0

Mar. 31..................... 830.0

Apr. 30..................... 836.4

May 31..................... 836.3

June 30..................... 835.8

July 31..................... 833.8

Aug. 31..................... 835.5

Sept.30..................... 835.3

Water year 1920-21.......

Oct. 31, 1921............... 821.3

Nov. 30..................... 835.9

Dec. 31..................... 835.5

Calendar year 1921.......

Jan. 31, 1922............... 833.2

Feb. 28..................... 835.6

Mar. 31..................... 833.7

Apr. 30..................... 836.6

May 31..................... 833.5

June 30..................... 835.7

July 31..................... 836.0

Aug. 31..................... 836.3

Sept.30..................... 827.7

Water year 1921-22.......

Oct. 31, 1922............... 819.

Nov. 30..................... 817.

Dec. 31..................... 834.

Calendar year 1922.......

Jan. 31, 1923............... 833.5

Feb. 28..................... 834.0

Mar. 31..................... 835.5

Apr. 30..................... 837.0

May 31..................... 836.9

June 30..................... 835.7

July 31..................... 836.5

Aug. 31..................... 837.4

Sept.30..................... 836.5

Water year 1922-23.......

Oct. 31, 1923............... 832.7

Nor. 30..................... 830.4

Dec. 31..................... 834.1

Calendar year 1923.......

Jan. 31, 1924............... 834.5

Feb. 29..................... 830.4

Mar. 31..................... 834.7

Apr. 30..................... 837.6

May 31..................... 835.8

June 30..................... 833.7

July 31..................... 829.2

Aug. 31............ ......... 829.6

Sept.30..................... 834.6

Water year 1923-24.......

93,930

72,360

96,380

97,400

89,950

95,360

94,950

97,400

96,380

89,750

97,210

95,770

95,300

97,350

90,880

86,820

87,960

84,190

96,730

96,520

95,510

91,480

94,900

94,490

69,870

95,700

94,900

90,300

95,100

91,290

97,140

90,880

95,300

95,910

96,520

80,090

66,990

64,210

92,830

90,050

91,030

94,020

97,060

96,850

94,420

96,040

97,880

96,040

88,510

84,150

91,230

92,030

84,150

92,430

98,290

94,630

90,450

81,970

82,700

92,220

+22,200 

-21,570 

+24,030

+4,8<50

+1,0:30

-7,450

+5,410

-410

+ 2,450

-l,o;30

-6,630 

+7,460

-1,440

+ 24,0:'0

-370 

+2,050 

-6,470

-5,500

-4,0^0 

+1,140

-3,770 

+12,5*0

-210

-1,0:0

-4,0,10 

+3,430

-410

-1,280

-24,620

+25,8,30

-800

+4,0130

-4,600 

+4,800

-3,810 

+5,850

-6,260

+ 4,420

+610

+610

-16,430

-14,400

-13,100

-2,780

+28,620

-2,070

-2,780

+980

+2,990

+3,040

-210

-2,430 

+1,620 

+1,8*0

-1,8*0

+15,950

-7,530

-4,360 

+7,080

-1,600

+800

-7,880 

+8,880 

+5,860

-3,660

-4,180

-8,480

+730

+9,5!30

-3,8!30
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 617

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksvllle Reservoir at Parksvllle, 

Tenn., 1914-40 Continued

Date

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In content's

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1924............... 825.3

Nov. 30..................... 819.6

Dec. 31..................... 819.1

Calendar year 1924.......

Jan. 31, 1925..............

Feb. 28..................... '824.4

Mar. 31..................... 331.3

Apr. 30..................... 329.8

May 31..................... 829.5

June 30..................... 321.6

July 31..................... 819.3

Aug. 31..................... 818.25

Sept.30..................... 816.6

Water year 1924-25.......

Oct. 31, 1925............... 828.2

Nov. 30..................... 821.9

Dec. 31..................... 822.6

Calendar year 1925.......

Jan. 31, 1926............... 331.2

Feb. 28..................... 835.3

Mar. 31..................... 836.9

Apr. 30..................... 831.4

Hay'31..................... 834.3

June 30..................... 834.4

July 31..................... 336.7

Aug. 31..................... 832.4

S ept.30..................... 321.7

Water year 1925-26.......

Oct. 31, 1926............... 828.3

Nov. 30....................

Dec. 31..................... 835.7

Calendar year 1926.......

Jan. 31, 1927............... 330.6

Feb. 28..................... 836.1

Mar. 31..................... 836.4

Apr. 30..................... 334.3

Hay 31..................... 333.4

June 30..................... 333.7

July 31..................... 833.6

Aug. 31..................... 828.8

Sept.30..................... 822.3

Water year 1926-27.......

Oct. 31, 1927............... 322.8

Nov. 30..................... 817.9

Dec. 31..................... 837.1

Calendar year 1927.......

Jan. 31, 1928............... 827.3

Feb. 29..................... 822.1

Mar. 31..................... 835.5

Apr. 30..................... 837.3

May 31..................... 837.1

June 30..................... 836.1

July 31..................... 837.15

Aug. 31..................... 834.3

Sept.30..................... 830.1

Water year 1927-28.......

Oct. 31, 1923............... 330.35

Nov. 30..................... 821.55

Dec. 31..................... 321.1

Calendar year 1928.......

Jan. 31, 1989............... 329.4

Feb. 28..................... 837.45

Mar. 31..................... 834.7

Apr. 30..................... 835.65

Hay 31..................... 834.5

June 30..................... 836.95

July 31..................... 834.3

Aug. 31..................... 330.6

Sept.30..................... 327.5

Water year 1928-29.......

74,710

66,070

65,340

93,360

73,280

85,040

32,290

81,750

69,030

65,630

64,110

61,750

79,470

69,480

70,530

84,850

92,760

95,960

85,230

90,780

90,930

95,560

87,110

69,180

78,910

76,080

92,680

82,970

93,470

94,060

89,930

88,190

88,780

88,580

79,760

69,420

70,170

63,020

95,460

77,220

69,120

92,230

95,870

95,460

93,470

95,570

89,930

82,050

81,720

67,670

67,010

80,050

95,270

39,860

91,710

89,470

94,270

90,050

32,130

76,820

-17,510

-8,640

-730

-25,890

4-28,020

-20,030 

4-11,760

-2,750 

-540

-12,780

-3,400

-1,520

-2,360

-30,470

+17,780 

-9,990 

+1,050

+5,190

+14,320 

+7,910 

+3,200

-10,730

+5,560

+200

+4,580

-8,460

-17,930

+7,430

+9,730

-2,830

+16,660

+22,150

-9,710

+10,500

+590

-4,130

-1,740 

+590 

-200

-8,820 

-10,340

+240

+750

-7,150

+32,440

+2,780

-18,240

-8,100

+23,160

+3,590

-410

-1,990 

+2,100

-5,640

-7,880

+12,630

-330 

-14,050

-660

-27,460

+13,040 

+15,220

-5,410 

+1,850

-2,240 

+4,300

-4,220

-7,870

-5,360

-5,230
618 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksville Reservoir at Parksville, 

Term., 1914-40 Continued

Datfr Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change in contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1989............... 818.5

Nov. 30..................... 836.65

Dec. 31..................... 836.4

Calendar year 1929

Jan. 31, 1930............... 828.8

Feb. 28..................... 826.3

Mar. 31..................... 836.5

Apr. 30..................... 826.45

Hay 31..................... 832.6

June 30..................... 826.55

July 31..................... 823.1

Aug. 31..................... 818.5

Sept.30..................... 821.1

Water year 1989-30.......

Oct. 31, 1930............... 820.4

Nov. SO..................... 817.7

Dec. 31..................... 822.7

Calendar year 1930.......

Jan. 31, 1931............... 820.1

Feb. 28..................... 827.4

Mar. 31..................... 833.2

Apr. 30..................... 834.5

May 31..................... 828.6

June 30..................... 833.1

July 31..................... 834.5

Aug. 31..................... 831.1

Sept.30..................... 833.6

Water year 1930-31.......

Oct. 31, 1931............... 825.55

Nov. 30..................... 818.3

Dec. 31..................... 836.3

Calendar year 1931.......

I

Jan. 31, 1932............... 834.6

Feb. 29..................... 836.5

Mar. 31..................... 836.5

Apr. 30..................... 837.75

May 31..................... 836.8

June 30..................... 830.5

July 31..................... 825.0

Aug. 31..................... 831.4

Sept.30..................... 834.9

Water year 1931-32.......

Oct. 31, 1932............... 836.5

Nov. 30..................... 836.5

Dec. 31..................... 836.8

Calendar year 1932.......

Jan. 31, 1933............... 834.3

Feb. 28..................... 834.5

Mar. 31..................... 833.8

Apr. 30..................... 836.4

May 31..................... 835.5

June 30..................... 827.3

July 31..................... 830.6

Aug. 31..................... 833.4

Sept.30..................... 831.3

Water year 1932-33.......

Oct. 31, 1933............... 830.4

Nov. 30..................... 819.2

Dec. 31..................... 822.8

Calendar year 1933.......

Jan. 31, 1934............... 816.0

Feb. 28...................... 823.8

Mar. 31..................... 834.6

Apr. 30..................... 825.5

May 31..................... 833.4

June 30..................... 835.6

July 31..................... 836.2

Aug. 31..................... 836.5

Sept.30..................... 834.9

63,270

93,680

93,180

79,010

74,890

93,380

75,130

85,860

75,280

69,950

63,270

67,010

65,360

61,550

68,700

64,940

75,930

86,150

88,620

77,920

85,970

88,620

82,280

86,910

73,000

62,380

92,090

88,810

92,490

92.490

94,950

93,070

81,220

72,140

82,840

89,390

91,600

91,600

92,170

87,390

87,770

86,450

91,400

89,670

75,040

80,620

85,700

81,860

80,260

63,040

68,190

58,630

69,650

87,950

72,220

85,700

89,870

91,020

91,600

88,530

-13 -550

+30,410

-600

+26-170

-14,170

-4,120 

+18-490

-18,250 

+10-730

-10-580

-5-330

-6-680 

+3-740

-9,810

-1,650

-3.810 

+7,150

-24.480

-3.760 

+10-990 

+10-220

+2.470 

-10,700

+8,050

+2,650

-6-340 

+4,630

+19,900

-13-910

-10,620 

+29,710

+23,390

-3,-280

+3.680

0

+2,460

-1,880 

-11,850

-9,080

+10,700

+6,550

+2,480

+2,210

0

+570

+80

-4,780 

+380

-1,320 

+4,950

-1,730 

-14,630 

+5,580 

+5,080

-3,840

-7,530

-1,600 

-17,220 

+5,150

-23,980

-9,560

+11,020

+18,300

-15,730

+ 13,480

+4,170

+1,150

+580

-3,070

Water year 1933-34 +6,670
TENNESSEE RIVER RA.SIN 619

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksville Reservoir at Parksvllle, 

Tenn., 1914-40 Continued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month

(acre-feet)

Oct. 31, 1934............... 832.5

Nov. 30..................... 818.3

Dec. 31..................... 822.1

Calendar year 1934.......

Jan. 31, 1935............... 816.7

Feb. 28..................... 824.7

Mar. 31..................... 817.5

-Apr. 30..................... 835.2

May 31..................... 833.2

June SO..................... 835.8

July 31..................... 836.7

Aug. 31..................... 835.1

Sept.30..................... 835.2

Water year 1934-35.......

Oct. 31, 1935............... 833.4

Hov. 30..................... 829.6

Dec. 31..................... 817.5

Calendar year 1935.......

Jan. 31, 1936............... 819.8

Feb. 29..................... 818.6

Mar. 31..................... 827.9

Apr. 30..................... 835.5

May 31..................... 834.1

June 30..................... 831.8

July 31..................... 835.8

Aug. 31..................... 836.4

Sept.30..................... 834.4

Water year 1935-36

Oct. 31, 1936............... 830.9

Nov. 30..................... 823.1

Dec. 31..................... 827.9

Calendar year 1936.......

Jan. 31, 1937............... 830.2

Feb. 28..................... 828.2

Mar. 31..................... 833.1

Apr. SO..................... 834.4

Hay 31..................... 835.8

June 30..................... 833.1

July 31..................... 835.2

Aug. 31..................... 834.6

Sept.30..................... 835.2

Water year 1936-37.......

Oct. 31, 1937............... 835.6

Nov. 30..................... 833.7

Dec. 31..................... 833.2

Calendar year 1937.......

Jan. 31, 1938............... 825.9

Feb. 28..................... 819.1

Mar. 31..................... 817.9

Apr. 30..................... 834.5

May 31..................... 834.1

June 30.................'.... 835.1

July 31..................... 835.1

Aug. 31..................... 835.9

Sept.30..................... 834.7

Water year 1937-38.......

Oct. 30, 1938t.............. 835.5

Nov. 30..................... 823.9

Dec. 31..................... 821.8

Calendar year 1938.......

Jan. 31, 1939............... 820.7

Feb. 28..................... 835.0

Mar. 31..................... 828.8

Apr. 30..................... 823.6

May 31..................... 829.5

June 30..................... 832.5

July 31..................... 831.0

Aug. 31..................... 829.2

Sept.30..................... 829.8

Water year 1938-39.......

83,220

61,180

66,510

59,000

70,310

60,090

88,230

84,500

89,370

91,100

88,050

88,230

84,860

78,100

60,090

63,270

61,600

75,270

88,800

86,160

81,960

89,370

90,510

86,730

79,570

67,290

74,530

78,360

75,010

83,490

85,880

88,500

83,490

87,360

86,240

87,360

88,120

84,590

83,670

71,420

61,680

60,040

86,060

85,310

87,180

87,180

88,680

86,440

87,060

67,770

64,790

63,270

86,130

75,250

67,340

76,400

81,590

78,950

75,900

76,910

-5,310 

-22,040 

+5,330

-1,680

-7,510 

+11,510 

-10,220 

+28,140

-3,730 

+4,870 

+1,730

-3,050 

+180

-300

-3,370

-6,760 

-18,010

-6,420

+3,180

-1,670 

+13,670 

+ 13,530

-2,640

-4,200 

+7,410 

+1,140

-3,780

-1,500

-7,160 

-12,280 

+7,240

+14,440

+3,830

-3,350 

+8,480 

+2,390 

+ 2,620

-5,010 

+3,870

-1,120 

+1,120

+630

+ 760

-3,530

-920

+9,140

-12,250

-9,740

-1,640

+26,020

-750

+1,870

0

+1,500

-2,240

-920

+620

-19,290

-2,960

-18,880

-1,520 

+22,860 

-10,880

-7,910 

+9,060 

+5,190

-2,640

-3,050 

+1,010

-9,530

t llo recording Oct. 31.
620 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Monthly elevation and contents of Parksvllle Reservoir at Parksyllle, 

Tenn., 1914-40--Contlnued

Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

Change In contents

during month 

___(acre~feet)

Oct. 31, 1939........

HOT. 30..............

Dec. 31..............

Calendar year 1939.

Jan. 31, 1940........

Feb. 29..............

Mar. 31..............

Apr. 30..............

May 31..............

June 30..............

July 31..............

Aug. 31..............

Sept.30..............

Water year 1939-40.

829.1

825.4

821.0

75,700

70,000

63,700

815.7

818.9

824.4

833.4

832.9

832.5

834.8

836.3

830.0

56,500

60,800

68,500

83,200

82,300

81,600

85,800

88,600

77,200

-1,200

-5-700

-6,300

-1,100

-7,200

+4,300

+7,700

+14,700

-900

-700 

+4-200 

+2,800 

-11,400

+300
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 621

Ocoee River at Parksville, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°05'48", long. 84°39'15", 0.4 mile (revised)

 cRSwnsTream from dam and Ocoee No. 1 power plant of Tennessee Valley Authority at 

Parksville, Polk County. Datum of gage is 717.58 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 595 square miles.

Records available.- January 1911 to September 1916, March 1921 to September IE'40.

Average cuscnargeT- 24 years, 1,273 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,550 second-feet Dec. 11 (gage height, 6.79

 ffeet); minimum, 143 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 3.02 feet); minimum Oaily, 163

second-feet July 21.

1911-16, 1921-40: Maximum discharge, 19,000 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (Rage

height, 18.32 feet); minimum daily, 6 second-feet Oct. 28, 1925. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which

 are fair. Flow regulated by Blue Ridge and Parksville Reservoirs (see pp. 608 and

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder Inspected by employee of Tennessee Valley Authority.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

3.0 

5.1 

3.2

135

176

222

3.4 

5.7 

4,0

535 

532 

75E

4.4

4,8 

6,4

1,100

1,470

2,040

Discharge, In secend-feet, water year Ootoljer 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

5

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

23 

24 

25

26

Oct.

203 

227 

248

233 

253

233 

227 

258 

248

1,930

1,430 

621 

1,120 

222 

235

1,100 

1,170 

612 

1,090 

1,170

665

215 

1,160 

1,300 

1,040

1,160

1,060

Nov.

1,200 

1,310 

1,140

678 

217

1,270 

1,400 

1,500 

1,140 

1,180

666 

222

1,230 

1,200 

1,240

1,170 

1,180 

712 

379 

1,170

1,200

1,580 

1,020 

1,230 

996

213

1,260

1,230

508

-

Dec.

1,260 

69S 

1,120

1,760 

1,110

1,130 

1,130 

1,200 

6S6 

227

1,170 

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,190

19S 

299 

1,080 

1,210 

1,200

fl,240

f 1,130 

213 

198 

222

1,180

276

208

203

217

213

Calendar year 1959

May. .................

Water year 1939-40

Jan.

222

335 

5SS

1,150 

1,160

1,020 

1,030 

662 

1,060 

1,470

746 

323 

217 

217 

634

777 

1,380 

1,120 

1,190 

1,110

466

1,270 

967 

846 

1,050

1,060

662

336

966

646

270

Feb.

496

461 

198

248

364

460 

626 

916 

824 

676

224

1,300 

916 

819 

987

1,340 

S09 

172 

1,090 

1,900

1,840

1,490 

1,120 

276 

262

764

912

320

186

_

-

Mar.

604 

180 

174

642 

379

379 

1,260 

801 

644 

219

1,610 

1,160 

216 

f204 

f!76

f!80 

180 

f913 

f369 

f367

673

202 

456 

204 

583

694

737

724

403

4S6

292

Apr.

196 

194 

6S1

184 

226

194 

S76 

704 

198 

364

709 

444

194 

189 

216

588 

209 

446 

369

198

217

304 

S48 

903 

336

687

222

210

1,800

1,310

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

22,021

30,285

25,447

430, S06

14 V9V

256,284

Maximum

1,930

1,760

3,770

1 900

2,040

linlmm

196

181

217

1 AA

201

198

163

Mean

S21

1,180

Tft.fi

700

May

1,310 

908 

316

212 

208

669 

1,290 

892 

813

213

208 

203 

222 

241 

246

203 

188 

189 

197 

1,240

230

300 

222 

224

274

236

228

233

301

232

234

June

274 

266 

ooo

226

616

226 

314 

238 

232 

246

612 

668 

639 

213 

258

227 

262 

661 

709 

729

1,330

222 

208

476 

1,050

1,060

1,1SO

1,320

263

201

-

Change in

contents 

(acre-feet)*

-

-2,090

+ 36,630

July

630 

986

222

933

624 

222 

S27 

1,040 

258

255

1,010 

243 

264 

226

432 

416 

274 

466 

180

163

624 

940 

658 

262

716

196

205

1,100

1,070

1.060

Aug.

1,000 

1,260

204 

1,010

986

1,120 

1,040 

660 

374

198 

969 

394 

860

1,110

1,010 

1,060 

762 

763 

664

292 

610 

696 

208

11,220

1,020

S70

664

640

308

Sept.

198

194

1,190 

1,210

1,040 

600 

227 

1,360 

1,660

1,480 

1,410 

1,490 

410 

224;

1,380 

1,340 

1,090 . 1,640 ' 

1,800

246

1,680 

1,680 

2,040

2,020

1,670

1,760

424

1,840

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean Per s(*'iare

^ _

-

1,177 1.98

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

750 1.26

Run-off 

In Inches

-

26.86

17.17

 Change In contents In Blue Ridge and Parksville Reservoirs.

r Fragmentary gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of partly or wholly estimated gage 

heights.
622 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Mill Creek at Copperhill, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir, lat. 34°59'43", long. 84°22'56*, 

at Tennessee Copper Co.'s acid neutralizing plant in Copperhill, Polk County, 700 feet 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 5.22 square miles.

Records available.- July to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 315 second-feet Aug. 29 (gag3-height, 2.70 

feet); minimum, 2.4 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 0.62 foot).

Remarks.- Records poor. Flow includes an unknown quantity of water from other drainage 

oasins through Tennessee Copper Co.'s acid neutralizing plant. Diurnal fluctuation 

caused by plant.

Cooperation.- Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Tennessee Copper Co.

Discharge, In second-feet, water Tear October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

e

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

19

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

84

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

Calendar year ...........

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.............................

July 16-31 ....................

Water year

Feb. liar.

Secondfoot-days

_

73. 5

278.4

191. S

-

Apr.

Maximum

3

_

6.4

27

S.3

-

May

Minimum

3.1

4.2

4.8

-

June July

«

_

_

-

..

_

_

-

_

_

.

_

-

fn.5

6.1

6.1

4.8

fp,4

a5.6

a4.8

f4.0

6.1

4.8

ff.l

rt.6

ff,5

4.2 r.i

4.S

Mean

_

_

_

_

4.91

S.79

6.39

-

Aug.

a4.S

a4.8

h4.8

a4,6

a4,6

a4.4

f4,2

re. 8

f6.4

f7.6

f7.6

flO

26

13

11

11

fll

mf!4

f9.B

rr.8

f8.3

f6.0

6.1

4.8

4.8

6.4

4.8

27

16

e.4

Per* square 

mile

Sept.

6.0

6.6

4.8

6.3

f6.2

f6.2

f6. 2

a6.0

f6.7

8.3

7.0

7.0

7.8

7.0

6.8

6.8

6.0

6.6

f6.6

re ,6

re. 6

6.2

6.2

6.2

7.3

re. 4

f6.6

6,4

6,0

6,0

Run-off In 

Inches

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.

f Computed on basis of wholly or partly estimated gage-height record,

h Computed on basis of staff-gage reading.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 623

Potato Creek near Ducktown, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume, lat. 35°00'5411 , long. 84°22'5811 , 

50 reet upstream from bridge on State Highway 40, 1& miles south of Ducktown, Polk 

County, and 2 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1,492.51 feet above mean 

sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 13.0 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,200 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 4.98 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,000 second-feet; minimum daily, 4.6 secondfeet Sept. 30.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 7,080 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 7.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,000 second-feet: minimum, 2.0 secord-feet 

Dec. 7, 1937.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge includes an average daily diversion from Brush Creek 

or 0.7 second-foot. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Tennessee Copper Co.'s 

power plants above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

10 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

00

01 

00 

03 

04 

05

26 

07 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

11.1 

9.6 

9,4 

9.9 

10.0

9.0 

9.0 

9.0 

S.O 

7.5

S.O 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

6.7

7.5 

7.5 

7.1 

7.5 

7.6

7,5 

5,4

5,4 

6.7 

6.0

9.9 

9.0 

7.1 

6.7 

7.1 

7.1

Nov.

7.1 

7.1 

8.0 

7.5 

6.0

7.1 

7.6 

7.1 

6.0 

6,7

9,0 

8.0 

6.2 

7.1 

7.1

5.8 

6.7 

7,6 

9.3 

10.5

11,5 

S.O 

7.6 

7.1 

10.S

S.O 

7.5 

6.7 

7.5 

7.1

Dec.

14,8 

9,9 

S.5 r.i

7.1

6.7 

6.7 

5.4 

5.4 

6,0

6.2

re. 4

12.3 

7.9 

7.8

7.5 

7.6 

7.3 

06 

15.6

10.1 

8.6 

a03 

a27 

a!0.7

alS.O 

alS.O 

11.9 

10.7 

10.0 

10.9

Jan.

10.9 

8.7 

10.5 

10.6 

10.7

10.3 

11.7 

10.4 

9.7 

9.4

19.6 

16.0 

11. S 

74 

16.7

14.0 

10.4 

11,0 

6.1 

b7.6

b8.5 

bS.S 

S.4 

8.0 

8.1

b8.0 

b8.4 

b7.5 

6.7 

W.O 

W.7

Month

Oct 

Hoy 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

fl

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

b8.3 

b8.4 

S.4 

10.1 

19.1

32

14.9 

11,1 

11.4 

44

16,0 

14.0 

IS. 3 

14.9 

13.1

11.9 

19.4 

07 

IS. 6 

15.9

13.0 

10. S 

10.3 

13,3 

10.4

11.7 

2S 

03 

16.4

Mar.

13. S 

13.0 

21 

14.3 

11. S

11.6 

10.9 

19.0 

11.9 

11 .3

11.0 

27 

3S 

36 

22

17.5 

15.4 

17.8 

16.0 

13,6

13.1 

10.0 

11.1 

16.6 

14.8

13.0 

10.6 

12,0 

11. S 

41 

16.S

Secondfoot-days

046.1 

009.4 

336.3

7,885.3

379.8 

481.1 

626,0 

474.6 

364.6 

570.8 

354. S 

514. S 

044,7

4,726.0

Apr.

14jJ3 

13.0 

13.3 

14.3 

11.9

10.8 

17.1 

14.0 

11.3 

10.5

9.9 

10.6 

10.1 

10.7 

9.8

10.S 

10.9 

10.9 

69 

07

17.3 

14.6 

29 

18.4 

15.0

13. S 

10.8 

10.3 

10.0 

16.8

Maximum

11.1 

11,5 

07

004

74 

44 

41 

69 

04 

91 

07 

107 

10.5

127

May

04 

14.2 

10.7 

11.5 

11.0

10.9 

10.4 

10,3 

10.6 

10.6

9.7 

9.0 

9,4 

9.0 

10.S

10.1 

9.2

9.C 

8.2 

8.6

S.6 

S.0 

11.8 

00 

10. S

18. 2 

11.7 

10.7 

10.1 

01 

9.8

Minimum

6.4 

6.8

5.4

5.4

6.1 

8.3 

10.9 

9.S 

S.0 

7.9 

7.3 

5.S 

4.6

4.6

June

9.5 

8,6

7.9 

10.4 

S,0

91 

11.9 

74 

15.8 

18.6

11.0 

03 

11.9 

10.4 

37

34

03 

13.0 

13.5 

11.3

11.6 

11.0 

11.0 

19.8 

10.1

10.4 

10.0 

00 

11.0 

9.5 

_

July

8.7 

11.3 

27 

ll.S 

10.9

10.6 

11.8 

14.0 

ll.S 

14.6

11.2 

20 

11.4 

f!6.4 

f!0.1

fll.« 

10.2 

9.6 

f8.6 

f!0.3

flZ.O 

f9.0 

f7.3 

S.9 

9.1

7.9 

13.2 

7.7 

7.S 

8.4 

8.7

Mean

7.91 

7.66 

10. S

01.6

12.3 

16.6 

17.0 

15.S 

11. S 

19.1 

11.4 

16.6 

8.16

12.9

Aur.

S.9 

7.4 

7.0 

6.9 

5.3

8.5 

7.7 

36 

11,7 

11.8

11.7 

13.1 

66 

14.3 

11.9

10.5 

11.0 

11.9 

11.5 

10.0

10.9

10.0 

9.3 

8.0 

7.1

6.4 

6.7 

7.6

107 

Kf rr.i.s

Per squar> 

mile

0.60F 

.58f 

.83]

1.66

.94f 

1.08 

1.31 

1.20 

.90P 

1.47 

.87^ 

1.08 

.628

.990

Sept.

10.5 

9.0 

S.5 

8.0 

S.6

8,5 

8.6 

S.O 

8.0 

10.2

9.0 

9.0 

9.3

9.0 

9.0

S.0 

9.0 

7.5 

6.7 

7.7

6.7 

6.8 

6.0 

8.8 

10.4

6.9 

8.1 

6.6 

7,5 

4.6

Run-off In 

Inches

0.70 

.66 

.96

22.66

1.09 

1.38 

1.61 

1.36 

1.04 

1.64 

1.02 

1.47 

.70

13.53

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on Brush Creek near 

Duektoim and Turtletown Greek at Turtletorai. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
624 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Brush Creek near Ducktown, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°02'12", long. 84°26'09", 100 test downstream 

from bridge on U. S. Highway 64, three-quarters of a mile upstream fnm mouth, and 3 

miles west of Ducktown, Polk County. Datum of gage is 1,421.37 feet above mean sea 

level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 14.4 square miles.

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 460 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 2.33 feet); 

minimum, 1.9 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 0.63 foot).

1934-40: Maximum gage height, 7.24 feet July 19, 1938; minimum discharge, that of 

Jan. 3, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Tennessee 

Copper Co. diverts an average of about 0.7 second-foot to Potato Cree'c about 5 miles 

upstream.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 194O

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

Oet.

10 

8.6 

7.5 

7.5 

7.2

6.S 

6.0 

6.0 

6.6 

6.3

6.S 

6.3 

5.8 

5.6 

6.0

6.0 

6.O 

6.0 

5.5 

5.5

5.3 

6.1 

5.3 

5.5 

5.8

6.8 

6.6 

7,5 

5,8 

5.8 

6.0

NOT.

6.0 

5.5 

5.3 

6.3 

6.0

5.5 

6.0 

6.3 

5.8 

5.5

6.8 

6.8 

6.0 

5,8 

5.8

6,0 

6,0 

6.3 

7.3 

8.9

10 

7.8 

7.2 

6.8 

8.2

7,5 

6.6 

6.0 

6.0 

6,0

Dec.

12 

8.6 

7,2 

6.6 

6.0

5.8 

5.8 

5.8 

6.0 

6.3

5.8 

5.8 

11 

7,2 

6.3

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

15 

14

7.5 

5.8 

13 

17 

11

10 

14 

11 

10 

7.8 

6.8

Jan.

6.8 

5.1 

6.0 

7.5 

7.5

6.3 

9.3 

10 

7.5 

8,2

14 

19 

16 

76 

30

19

16 

13 

9.7 

10

9.5 

blO 

bS.5 

blO 

bll

blO 

8.3 

7.4 

7.8 

8.6 

9.3

Month

Oet 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater yearl939_4(

Peb.

11

11 

14 

11 

17

42

31 

20 

16 

44

33 

24

21 

2& 

18

17 

20 

35 

39 

33

25 

22 

19 

19 

20

18 

26 

40 

30

Mar.

25 

21 

26 

22

19

18 

16 

20 

16 

15

15 

24 

39 

68 

39

28 

22 

22 

22

18

18 

16

16 

18 

17

16 

16 

16 

15 

40 

36

Secondfoot-days

197.4 

196.0 

267.1

9,702.6

397.3 

69S 

709 

849 

529 

780 

350.3 

403.0 

206.8

5,684.9

Apr.

27 

23 

2g 

23 

19

18 

21 

21 

19 

18

17 

18 

16 

16 

16

15 

16 

16 

124 

78

40 

28 

38 

45 

33

28 

25 

23 

22 

24

Maximum

10 

10 

17

363

76 

44 

68 

124 

34 

61 

18 

66 

11

124

May

34 

28 

25 

22 

20

19 

18 

17 

18 

18

16 

14 

14 

13 

16

14 

13 

13

13 

12

12 

11 

12 

23

16

16 

14 

13 

15 

26 

14

Minimum

6.1 

5.3 

5,8

5.1

5.1 

11 

15 

15 

11 

11 

8.2 

6.3 

5.1

5.1

June

13 

12 

11

14 

11

34 

24 

48 

63 

27

24 

41 

33 

20 

36

61 

52 

32 

24 

23

19 

16 

16 

17

31

18 

15ei

20 

14

July

12 

11 

16 

18

13

12 

12 

12

13 

12

11 

11 

12 

11 

11

12

13 

12 

11 

11

32 

11 

10 

9.3 

10

9.3 

8.6 

8.2 

10 

10 

8.9

Mean

6.37 

6.53 

8.62

26.6

12.8 

24.1 

22.9 

28.3 

17.1 

26.0 

11.4 

13.0 

6.89

15,3

Aug.

10

s.e

7.8 

7.5 

8.2

8.6 

8.9 

7.8 

7.2 

6.3

7.5 

10 

66 

21 

16

12 

11 

10 

10 

8.2

8,2 

7.8 

7.S 

7.5 

6.8

6.6 

6.3 

9.4 

52 

24 

14

Pp-n square 

mile

0.442 

.453 

.599

1,85

.889 

1.67 

1.59 

1.97 

1.19 

1.81 

.792 

.90S 

.478

1.06

Sept.

11 

10 

8.9 

8.6 

8,6

8.6 

7.8 

7.8 

7.6 

8,6

7,2 

6.6 

6.3 

6.8 

5.5

5.8 

5.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.3

5.1 

5.1 

5.5 

5.3 

9.3

6.6 

6.3 

5.8 

6.0 

6.0

Run-off In 

Inches

0.51 

.51 

.69

25.07

1.03 

1.80 

1.83 

2.19 

1.37 

2.01 

.91 

1.04 

.63

14.42

b Stage-discharge relation affected by loe.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 625

South Chlckamauga Creek near Chlckamauga, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°00'50'1 , long. 850 12'27", a third of a m'le 

upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 11, It miles south of Chlckamauga, Hamilton 

County, 6 miles east of Chattanooga, and 12 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage 

Is 651.12 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 428 square miles.

ftecoras available.- October 1928 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 12 years (1928-40), 688 second-feet.

J&tremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,200 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 12.18 

feet); minimum, 73 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 0.79 foot).

1928-40: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Feb. 5, 1936 (gage height, 18.47 feet); 

. minimum, 66 second-feet Oct. 17, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.48 foot Sept. 10, 1931.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no. gage-height record, which are fair, 

ana those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low 

stage caused by grist mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In fe^t,

and discharge, In second feet) 

(Shifting-control method need Oct. 1 to Jan, 14, Sept. 16-30)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6

1.0 94

1.2 144

1.4 208

1.6 270

2.0 

4.0 

5.7

412

1,190

1,910

O.S 

1.0 

1.2

80 

ISO 

170

1.5 

2.0 

4.0

Feb. 7 to Sept. 30 

258 6.0 1,970

42e e.o 2,s60

1,190 10.0 3,940

11.0

11.7

4,720

5,470

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

SB 

23

84 

25

86 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

113 

113 

111 

101 

108

94 

101 

94 

99 

99

96

90 

101 

96 

85

85 

90 

101 

85 

96

96 

92 

92 

94 

99

92 

96

101 

96 

92 

101

Nov.

94 

96 

99 

96 

99

94

101 

99 

96 

96

99 

96 

99 

99 

99

99 

99 

96 

96 

108

116 

111 

106 

99 

101

92 

92 

99 

96 

94

Dec.

Ill 

139 

12S 

116 

106

106 

106 

101 

101 

96

96 

101 

101 

108 

108

101 

96 

92 

101 

111

126 

116 

126 

17S 

175

136 

158 

181 

144 

121 

106

Jan.

106 

101 

92 

92 

92

92 

96 

92 

101 

96

99

144 

196 

460 

735

333 

839 

199

17S 

155

139 

b!28 

b!23 

bl!8 

bl!6

bill 

b!08 

bl06 

b!06 

b!06 

b!08

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1931

at«r year 1939-4

Feb.

118 

126 

136 

158 

265

1,940 

2,830 

1,070 

599 

1,600

2,190 

998 

713 

789 

580

470 

470 

4,130 

5,470 

4,220

2,230 

1,070 

808 

675 

675

580 

618 

1,300 

1,040

Mar.

751 

657 

1,260 

1,420 

865

694 

599 

903 

S27 

618

542 

960 

1,970 

4,620 

4,S10

2,860 

1,300 

1,040 

1,110 

808

637 

561 

500 

466 

489

439 

399 

382 

382

1,040 

1,300

Secondfoot-days

3,009 

2,966 

3,692

239,500

4,967 

37,258 

36,189 

13,252 

7,229 

7,641 

3,247 

6,314 

3,518

133 ,282

Apr;

789 

616 

542 

548 

523

424 

389 

389 

361 

527

307 

304 

500 

274 

264

255

242 

236 

601 

1,300

751 

542 

474 

504 

417

368 

338 

304 

290 

277

VcLxlmum

113 

116 

181

10,400

735 

5,470 

4,810 

1,300 

614 

1,770 

680 

928 

447

5,470

May

614 

680 

403 

351 

310

2S7 

268 

252 

242 

242

252 

223 

209

198 

195

192 

184 

176 

170 

165

152 

152 

152 

167 

160

154 

152 

148 

142 

167 

176

Minimum

85 

92 

92

86

92 

118 

382 

236 

142 

122 

137 

96 

77

77

June

144 

132 

139 

187 

123

122 

185 

182 

130 

148

131 

125 

185 

134 

132

237 

1,770 

904 

358 

307

236 

196 

181 

808 

406

818 

167 

154 

173 

178

July

144 

137 

157 

291 

471

818 

198 

865 

341 

388

470 

386 

580 

509 

327

384

338 

884 

307 

887

232

804 

176 

168 

167

176 

149 

139 

144 

144 

156

Mean

97.1 

98.9 

119

656

160 

1,885 

1,135 

442 

833 

856 

866 

804 

117.

364

Au,T.

866

144 

125 

114 

114

158 

348 

316 

158 

134

188 

180 

147 

858 

184

148 

127 

125 

112

112

114 

135 

136 

108 

96

100 

104 

114 

( 464 

*928 

a713

Sept.

a447 

a307 

a21S 

a!44 

alie

allO 

a!04 

alOO 

alOO 

a!04

a!04 

96 

98 

90 

94

84 

94 

90 

80 

86

84 

94 

77 

88 

88

a90 

a88 

a86 

a84 

77

Per squarnl Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.88V 0,86 

.831 .86 

,27T .38

1.53 20.81

.374 .43 

3.00 3.24 

2.65 3,06 

1.03 1.15 

.544 ,63 

.596 .66 

.681 .72 

.477 .65 

.273 .31

.850 11.59

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (4 a.m.) 6,200 seo.-ft.; Har. 15 (lljSO p.m.) 6,600 seo.-ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Sequatchle 

Rlrer near Whltwell.

b Stage-diecharge relation affected by Ice.
626 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Sequatchie River near Whltwell, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°12'2211 , long. 85°29'4811 , at highway bridge, 

14 miles east of Whltwell, Marion County, and 3 miles upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 27. Datum of gage Is 632.73 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 384 square miles.

Records available.- December 1920 to September 1940.

Average aiscnargeT- 19 years (1921-40), 726 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,940 second-feet Feb. 19 (,gage height, 

11.91 feet); minimum, 39 second-feet Dec. 13, 18, 19 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1920-40: Maximum .discharge, 19,000 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 16.0 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet; minimum, 

19 second-feet Sept. 6-21, 27, 28, 1925; minimum gage height, 0.63 foot, Oct. 19, 23, 

1931.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect or fragmentary gageheight record, which are fair.' Some 'diurnal fluctuation caused by two small mills 

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Fob. 10 Feb. 11 to Sept. 30

0.8

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

91

118

154

1.9 

2.2 

3.0 

4,0 

5.5

195

268

485

795

1,290

0.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.8

54 2.2

73 2.7

96 4.0

126 6.0

184 8.0

278

420

850

1,490

2,150

10.8

11.2

11,7

3,270

3,470

3,780

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

63 

62 

61 

61 

60

69 

56 

58 

57 

57

55 

64 

48 

50 

51

50 

52 

47 

52 

45

45

46 

45 

48 

44

49 

45

47 

47 

44 

47

Hov.

44 

44

50 

50 

52

44

46 

47 

46 

48

46 

52 

45 

45 

44

45 

48 

46 

45 

47

48 

49 

47 

48 

45

47 

44 

46 

44 

44

Dec.

4S 

49 

50 

44 

45

45 

45 

45 

44 

44

44 

45 

41 

43 

43

41 

42 

40 

42 

44

43 

44 

49 

52

61

68 

77 

84 

78 

84 

85

Jan.

73 

66 

62 

58 

57

63 

52 

51 

51 

46

49

52 

51 

82 

132

259 

253 

176 

141 

115

blOO 

b92 

b83 

b78 

b72

b68 

b65 

b64 

b63 

b62 

62

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

63 

62 

61 

62 

64

145 

311 

293 

298 

1,230

2,260

1,560 

995 

896 

1,030

929 

718 

1,960 

3,780 

3,090

2,260 

1,560 

1,160 

962 

863

798 

782 

1,520 

1,720

Mar.

1,390 

1,090 

1,620 

2,470 

1,980

1,460 

1,130 

1,030 

863 

766

702 

1,090 

2,550 

3,230 

3,270

2,510 

1,750 

1,320 

1,23O 

1,160

1,060 

896 

798 

71S 

664

590 

56S 

542 

526 

1,520 

2,950

Secondfoot-days

1,605 

1,396 

1,610

267,133

2,688 

31,422 

43,423 

31,817 

12,973 

6,419 

8,497 

7,138 

3,881

151,869

Apr.

2,250 

1,690 

1,230 

1,060 

962

630 

760 

718 

670 

690

542 

510 

480 

460 

420

405 

375 

357 

989 

2,440

2,050 

1,620 

1,390 

2,220 

1,890

1,460 

1,130 

929 

782 

718

Haximsn

63 

52 

86

12,OOO

259

3,780 

3,270 

2,440 

1,090 

283 

686 

1,750 

638

3,780

May

830 

1,030 

1,090 

929 

782

670 

606 

542 

495 

460

406 

375 

343 

321 

301

294 

286 

866 

262

237

225 

213 

213 

225 

232

230 

228

211 

206 

225 

261

Minimum

44

44 

40

40

46 

61 

526 

357 

206 

139 

123 

80 

55

40

June

283 

252 

218 

197 

186

176 

168 

166 

180 

162

164 

174 

162 

164 

150

164 

204 

226 

237 

242

202 

176 

162 

164 

168

148 

140 

139 

146 

140

July

131 

123 

166 

144 

139

135 

131 

164 

247 

340

321 

271. 

390 

450 

307

264 

590 

480 

686 

626

406 

362 

273 

223 

195

174 

166 

184 

180 

162 

208

Mean

51.8 

46.5 

51.9

732

86.7 

1,084 

1,401 

1,061 

418 

181 

274 

230 

129

415

Aug.

218 

193

164 

135 

126

118 

133 

204 

176

139

120 

112 

113 

113 

110

106 

102 

99 

96 

92

90 

89 

95 

84 

80

90 

89 

90 

fl,060 

f 1,750 

f962

F"tr square 

mile

0.135 

.121 

.135

1.91

.226 

2.82 

3.66 

2.76 

1.09 

.471 

.714 

.699 

.336

1.08

Sept.

638 

406 

286

216 

174

172 

166 

1S6 

180

110

100 

96 

91 

88 

84

88 

80 

76 

75 

72

69 

67 

66 

62 

66

61 

60 

$ 

66 

55

Run-off In 

Inches

0.16

.14 

.16

26.89

.26 

3.04 

4.21 

3.08 

1.26 

.52 

.82 

.69 

.38

14.72

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

t Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 627

Paint .Rock River near Woodvllle, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34 037 I 27n , long. 86°18'23", In NWi sec. 10, T. 5 

S., R. 3 E., 20 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 72, 1,000 feet downstream from Southern Ry. bridge, 2 miles west of Woodvllle, and 4 miles upst-eam from 

Little Paint Creek. Datum of gage Is 570.95 feet above mean sea level (gene*-al adjustment of 1929). Prior to July 25, 1940, water-stage recorder 20 feet upstream at same 

datum.

Drainage area.- 320 square miles.

Records available.- December 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,920 second-feet Feb. 19; maximum gaje height, 

16.89 feet Feb. 19; minimum discharge, 10 second-feet Oct. 24, and Nov. 20; minimum 

gage height, 0.67 foot Oct. 24.

1935-40: Maximum discharge, 29,200 second-feet Feb. 4, 1939 (gage height, 20.35 

feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Aug. 14, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, 1937, Nov. 1, 

1938, Oc.t. 24, Nov. 20, 1940; minimum gage height, that of Oct. 24, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

88 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

26 

27 

2S 

28 

27

26 

2422

20

22

20

17 

16 

16 

16

15 

13 

13 

12 

12

12 

13 

12 

10 

12

12 

13 

13 

16 

13 

12

Nov.

12 

13 

13 

12 

11

12 

11 

12 

12 

f!2

12 

12 

12 

12 

13

13 

12 

12 

12 

10

11 

16 

16 

18 

18

18 

16 

16 

15 

15

Dec.

16 

14 

13 

14 

16

16 

16 

16 

14 

14

12 

12 

13 

12 

12

12 

12 

13 

12 

16

16 

20 

28

36 

46

fee

88

190 

173 

109 

77

Jan.

62 

54 

48 

41 

38

35 

34 

36

37 

36

38 

104 

437 

546 

1,500

659 

a275 

al69 

a!22 

a92

a76 

a62 

a5S

a47 

a41

a40 

a42 

a5O 

h56 

a68 

a62

Month

Oct 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

MaxApr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

a64 

a67 

aTl 

a80 

a300

f 1,040 

1,880 

957 

579 

1,440

2,480 

1,820 

848 

790 

832

614 

498 

2,060 

5,800 

6,050

2,770 

1,490 

937 

789 

810

862 

746 

1,920 

1,980

liar.

1,160 

832 

1,150 

2,150 

1,390

922 

784 

680 

702

614

530 

860 

f2,630 

4,210 

5,300

2,470 

1,290 

86T 

768 

768

636 

530 

457 

397 

368

330 

302 

292 

282 

2,740 

5,370

Secondfoot-days

537 

399

1,162

264,236

4,947 

40,564 

41,711 

26,834 

10,222 

2,118 

14,009 

1,728 

991

145,302

Apr.

3,770 

1,570 

931 

1,700 

1,760

1,030 

S31 

746 

636 

520

437 

f417 

509 

467 

417

368

340 

311 

673 

1,290

1,200 

927 

768 

1,290 

1,060

811 

680 

551 

467 

417

Maximum

28 

18 

190

19,700

1,500 

6,050 

5,370 

3,770 

1,430 

136 

1,700 

407 

157

6,050

May

832

fl,430 

910 

746 

636

551 

488 

417 

330 

292

264 

228 

201 

182

171

f!62 

148 

136 

126 

115

107 

99 

95 

271 

349

220 

174 

143 

129 

127 

144

Minimum

10 

10 

12

10

34 

64 

282 

311 

96 

46 

62 

22 

14

10

June

136 

112 

97 

S6 

76

69 

64 

60 

56

54

62 

48 

48

47 

46

4S 

59 

37 

90 

103

84 

72 

60 

54 

60

52 

51 

56 

96 

106

July

84 

68 

62 

68

35

90 

241 

1,260 

1,360 

1,700

1,050 

768 

. 914 

677 

467

416 

1,390 

837 

530 

417

330 

246 

197 

166 

140

124 

107 

93 

79 

70 

63

Mean

17,3 

13.3 

37.2

697

160 

1,399 

1,346 

394 

330 

70.6 

455 

55.7 

33.0

397

Aug.

55 

48 

45 

42 

39

36 

36 

34 

64

39

39 

51 

44

46 

36

34

31 

31 

31 

29

23 

27 

25 

24 

23

22 

22 

25 

90 

407 

255

Per square"

mile

0.054 

.042 

.116

2.18

.500 

4.37 

4.21 

2.79 

1.03 

.221 

1.42 

.174 

.103

1.24

Sept.

167 

104 

64 

48 

40

37 

36 

35 

42 

38

31 

28 

27 

24 

23

22 

21 

20 

20

IS

17 

18 

16 

16 

16

14 

16 

15 

16 

14

Run-off In 

Inches

0.06 

.05 

.13

29.55

.57 

4.71 

4.36 

3.12 

1.19 

.26 

1.64 

.20 

.12

16.89

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Flint Elver near Chase.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

h Computed on basis of staff-gage reading.

Mote.- Discharge above 670 second-feet computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.
628 TENNESSEE HIVER BASIN

Flint River near Chase, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°49 I 08B , long. 86°28'52B , in SWi sec. 36, T., 2 

S., R. 1 E., 250 feet downstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. bridge, a 

third of a mile downstream from Brier Pork, and 5 miles northeast of Chase. Datum of 

gage is 640.37 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 342 square miles.

Records available.- May 1930 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 509 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,870 second-feet Mar. 14 (gag<? height, 7.44 

reet);-minimum, 68 second-feet Oct. 11 (gage height, 0.94 foot).

1930-40: Maximum discharge, 22,000 second-feet July 4, 1936 (gage height, 18.13 feet); 

minimum, 44 second-feet Sept. 20, 27, 30, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.87 foot Oct. 5, 

1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of incomplete or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low stages caused by gristmills above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge in second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.4 189

1.6 261

2.0 440

2.5 710

3.0 1,010

4.0 1,700

1.0 78

1.1 99

1.2 125

1.4 186

1.6 259

2.0 431

2.5 687

3 969

4 1,550

5 2,140

6 2,790

7 3,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

122 

120 

107 

99 

99

95 

95

86 

88 

84

84 

91 

88 

91 

86

 82 

88 

91 

91 

88

88 

84 

86 

84 

82

86 

88 

86 

88 

86 

86

Nov.

86 

86 

93 

f88 

f93

97 

99 

97 

93 

95

99 

97 

95 

93

88

91 

88 

88 

97 

115

122 

107 

99 

99 

97

99 

97 

95 

99 

99

Dec.

107 

115 

115 

109 

107

104 

104 

102 

99 

99

102 

99 

102 

107 

104

104 

104 

120 

f!47 

al40

a!32 

f!25 

f!34 

a!39 

a!45

a!51 

a!59 

a!64 

f!56 

h!50 

138

Jan.

a!31 

a!24 

al20 

al!7 

al!4

hl!5 

al!6 

al!7 

allB 

120

125 

147 

189 

346

340

228 

196 

182 

159 

153

144 

134 

144 

f!37 

f!34

fl!7 

f!20 

f!20 

f!22 

125 

120

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 191

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

122 

122 

128 

134

176

869 

682 

440 

556 

2,550

1,710 

890 

790 

1,700 

920

633 

578 

2,530 

2,600 

1,610

1,140 

885 

687 

638 

799

638 

649 

1,430 

969

Mar.

709 

612 

3,070 

1,970 

1,110

827 

693 

969 

940 

698

655 

2,110 

3,210 

3,610 

2,160

1,290 

969 

827 

1,080 

855

687 

597 

529 

494 

499

460 

441 

426 

413 

2,050 

1,350

Secondfoot-days

2,819 

2,891 

3,783

242,979

4,674 

27,575 

36,310 

19,607 

8,460 

3,905 

13,229 

3,840 

2,782

129,875

Apr.

799 

602 

864 

2,130 

1,060

665 

555 

560 

479 

426

394 

665 

633

474 

417

372 

350 

436 

1,140 

1,060

737 

565 

660 

940 

623

499 

431 

376 

345

350

Maximum

122 

122 

164

14,600

346 

2,600 

3,610 

2,130 

998 

186 

2,340 

188 

122

3,610

May

998 

771 

504 

399 

345

312 

287 

263 

251 

244

229 

214 

204 

193 

193

186 

183 

173 

170 

167

157 

154 

186 

299 

271

221 

193

173 

170 

180 

170

Minimum

82 

86 

99

82

114 

122 

413 

345 

154 

104 

112 

95 

82

82

June

160 

154 

151 

148 

142

137 

131 

131 

125 

125

120 

125 

125 

125 

125

131 

142 

137 

128 

122

112 

112 

104 

109 

120

115 

104 

122 

186 

137

Jrly

120 

112 

128 

145 

125

125 

469 

1,360 

2,340 

1,400

1,200 

743 

687 

484 

367

341 

413 

316 

255 

229

218 

207 

186 

180 

173

157 

154 

151 

148 

142 

134

Mean

90.9 

96.4 

122

6f6

151 

951 

1,171 

654 

273 

130 

427 

124 

92.7

355

Aug.

131 

131 

122 

122

120

120 

117 

117 

137 

180

176 

140 

142 

128 

125

120 

115 

115 

125 

104

99 

102 

97 

97 

95

97 

104 

103 

188 

140 

131

Pel* square 

mile

0.266 

.282 

.357

1.95

.442 

2.VS 

3.42 

1.91 

.798 

.380 

1.25 

.363 

.271

1.04

Sept.

122 

109 

102 

102 

99

104 

64 

102 

109 

86

95 

93 

95 

 93 

93

93 

88 

88 

86 

84

82 

84 

82 

64 

88

91 

86 

86 

86 

86

Run-off In 

inches

0.31 

.31 

.41

26.42

.51 

3.00 

3.95 

3.13 

.92 

.42 

1.44 

.42 

.30

14.12

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station on paint Rock River 

near Woodville.

f Discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. 

h Discharge computed on basis of staff-gage reading.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 629

Elk piver at Estlll Springs, Term.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°15'30", long. 86 007'17", at site of 

rormer highway bridge, 250 feet upstream from highway bridge, 400 feet downstream from 

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry. bridge, three-quarters of a mile southeast of 

Estlll Springs, Franklin County, 1.0 mile upstream from Taylor Creek, 1.4 miles upstream 

from Rock Creek, and 1.8 miles downstream from Estlll Springs hydroelectric plant. Datim 

of gage Is 859.10 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 282 square miles.

Recoras available.- December 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge"?- 19 years (1921-40), 478 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 second-feet Mar. 14, 31; maximum gage

neigrac, 6.53 feet Mar. 14; minimum discharge, 39 second-feet Dec. 7, 9, 12 (gage height,

1.3V l66t}.

1920-40: Maximum discharge, 22,900 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height. 20.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-Jfeet; minimum, 10 second-feet 

Oct. 9, 10, 1925; minimum gage height, 0.4 foot several days in September, October, 

November 1924, and October 1925.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by power plant above station.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in secon<?-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 22)

Nov. 23 to Mar. 14

1.4 42

1.5 56

1.6 73

1.7 92

1.8 114

2.0 168

2.2 230

2.5 350

3.0 590

4.0 1,170

5.0 1,820

6.4 2,920

Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

1.4 4S 1.8 lie

1.5 61 2.0 168

1.6 76

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 2.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

57 

57 

57 

57 

57

57 

55 

55 

54 

55

55 

55 

55 

55 

54

54 

55 

54 

54 

54

54 

54 

54 

54 

52

55 

55 

55 

54 

55 

57

Nov.

55 

55 

57 

57 

57

55 

54 

54 

54 

55

70 

74 

61 

55 

59

61 

66 

66 

68 

72

72 

74 

71 

71 

61

49 

49 

45 

43 

43

Dec.

45 

43 

45 

43 

43

42 

41 

41 

41 

42

42 

41 

42 

42 

42

42 

42 

42 

46 

46

48 

49 

50 

50 

52

53 

55 

55 

55 

55 

56

Jan.

56 

a54 

a 53 

a 52 

a51

a50 

a51 

53 

56 

56

53 

50 

52 

55 

55

66 

124 

56 

5S 

5S

59 

84 

66 

a53 

a 52

a50 

a50 

a50 

55 

55 

55

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

8ep

VI

alendar year 19;

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

53 

49 

46 

48 

49

53 

185 

267 

230 

670

1,290 

1,010 

a820 

al,050 

a900

a750 

a680 

al,400 

h2,120 

h2,280

hl,480 

hS70 

h640 

a695 

a750

h668 

h590 

hi, 200 

hi, 580

liar.

hi, 420 

h930 

a 722 

hi, 680 

al,750

hi, 020 

a750 

750 

695 

605

545 

1,640 

2,520 

2,920 

2,600

1,820 

1,200 

950 

1,120 

1,010

612 

695 

610 

550 

515

471 

442 

433 

414 

1,990 

2,680

Secondfoot-days

1,705 

1,783 

1,431

207,674

1,778 

22,423 

36,259 

19,634 

9,532 

4,139 

8,115 

3,601 

2,373

112,773

Apr.

1,890 

1,110 

870 

722 

630

535 

480 

442 

404 

368

337 

337 

324 

303 

279

267 

260 

346 

515 

750

930 

810 

900 

1,510 

1,350

900 

656 

535 

456 

418

Maximum

57 

74 

56

10,500

124 

2,280 

2,920 

1,890 

810 

311 

614 

340 

212

2,920

Hay

625 eio

673 

545 

456

395 

350 

324 

291 

267

248 

234 

217 

201 

204

198 

201 

186 

177 

165

158 

152 

165 

201 

303

283 

234 

204 

192 

426 

447

Vinlunuu

52 

43 

41

41

50 

46 

414 

260 

152 

70 

94 

48 

50

41

June

311 

248 

211 

186 

168

158 

147 

194 

102 

130

110 

122 

116 

120 

106

120 

118 

114 

145 

106

70 

114 

89 

74 

116

136 

120 

95 

152 

139

July

120 

114 

126 

132 

126

117 

171 

547 

614 

408

307 

267 

260 

422 

320

319 

440 

350 

458 

409

316 

279 

271 

205 

170

184 

135 

153 

151 

94 

130

Mean

55.0 

59.4 

46.2

569

57.4 

773 

1,170 

654 

307 

138 

262 

116 

79.1

308

Aug.

106 

152 

66 

105 

136

79 

215 

152 

171 

142

146 

115 

114 

66 

108

94 

75 

106 

61 

62

62 

100 

61 

148 

48

76 

54 

57 

190 

340 

194

Per square 

mile

O.lfS 

.211 ,ie4

2. Of

.2C4 

2.74 

4.15 

2.3F 

l.Of 

.489 

.9F9 

.411 

.280

l.OP

Sept.

212 

146 

112 

126 

140

92 

54 

60 

61 

62

75 

118 

102 

54 

57

56 

58 

58 

72 

84

52 

54 

56 

58 

58

58

se

51 

51 

50

Run-off in 

inches

0.22 

.24 

.19

27.39

.23 

2.96 

4.78 

2.59 

1.26 

.55 

1.07 

.47 

.31

14.87

Peak discharge.- Mar. 14 (7 p.m.) 3,000 sec.-ft.j Mar. 31 (12:30 a.m.) 3,000 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

above Payetteville.

h Computed from graph based on readings of staff gage.
630 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk River above Fayettevllle, Tenn.

Location.- water-stage recorder, lat. 35°08'04", long. 86°32'23", at highway bridge, 15 

miles southeast of Fayettevllle, Lincoln County, and 4 miles upstreair from Norris 

Creek. Datum of gage Is 650.58 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 827 square miles.

Records available.- August 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,800 second-feet Mar. 14 (gag° height, 13.00 

reetj; minimum, 162 second-feet Sept. 23, 30 (gage height, 1.20 feet).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 21,700 second-feet Feb. 15, 1939 (gage height, 22.00 

feet; minimum, 128 second-feet Oct. 14, 1935 (gage height, 1.19 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant at Estlll Springs.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except day of Ice effect (gage heigh*., in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct, 1 to Mar. 14

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

173

280

398

635

910

4.0

5.0

6.0

10.0

12.8

1,470

2,080

2,760

5,640

7,660

Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

1.2 162 3.0 980 

1.5 270 4.0 1,500 

2.0 486 5.0 2,O60 

2.5 724

Hote.- same as preceding 

table above 5.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Oct.

262 

233 

212 

204 

201

201 

19S 

194 

194 

187

184 

184 

180 

176 

176

176 

176 

176 

180 

190

190 

184 

180 

180 

176

180 

180 

184 

184 

180 

184

NOT.

184 

184 

184 

1S7 

1S7

184 

184 

184 

184 

176

1S7 

190 

184 

176 

176

176 

176 

176 

190 

230

226 

204 

194 

184 

184

180 

176 

180 

176 

176

Dec.

212 

237 

212 

19S 

190

187 

184 

176 

180 

173

176 

173 

ISO 

194 

190

180 

180 

176 

190 

244

237 

208 

240 

485 

317

276 

436 

34E 

291 

269 

248

Jan.

237 

226 

215 

212 

208

204 

204 

208 

201 

201

212 

258 

258 

589 

595

490 

360 

b310 

290 

270

255 

245 

230 

220 

210

200 

200 

205 

233 

233 

237

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Augi 

Sep

w

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

240 

250 

240 

270 

340

900 

1,600 

1,300 

1,100 

2,300

3,700 

2,700 

2,300 

2,500 

2,300

1,800 

2,500 

4,5OO 

5,350 

4,920

4,130 

3,050 

2,270 

1,890 

1,830

1,710 

1,830 

2,470 

2,980

liar.

2,690 

2,140 

5,060 

4,990 

4,060

2,980 

2,200 

2,140 

1,950 

1,770

1,650 

4,490 

6,720 

7,660 

7,300

5,420 

3,700 

2,760 

2,620 

2,540

2,200 

1,900 

1,700 

1,500 

1,350

1,250 

1,150 

1,100 

1,150 

4,000 

5,400

Secondfoot-days

5,886 

5,579 

7,187

600,297

8,216 

63,270 

97,540 

52,580 

23,932 

11,578 

25,387 

10,372 

7,111

318,638

Apr.

4,270 

3,190 

2,200 

1,900 

1,660

1,450 

1,300 

1,100 

1,000 

900

870 

960 

920 

880 

840

820 

790 

760 

2,000 

2,500

2,300 

2,650 

3,000 

3,300 

2,650

2,200 

1,900 

1,650 

1,400 

1,200

Maximum

262 

230 

485

20,600

595 

5,350 

7,660 

4,270 

1,700 

774 

2,980 

1,110 

602

7,660

May

1,500 

1,700 

1,500 

1,300 

1,200

1,050 

960 

900 

824 

774

724 

674 

626 

602 

578

569 

541 

632 

523 

496

472 

445 

458 

774 

699

650 

650 

569 

523 

518 

602

Minimum

176 

176 

173

173

200 

240 

1,100 

780 

445 

270 

327 

196 

165

165

June

774 

602 

632 

461 

468

422 

400 

387 

387 

405

344 

344 

339 

339 

310

352

361 

348 

331 

34S

310 

294 

270 

298 

327

302 

298 

323 

509 

383

Jx-ly

339 

339 

383 

454 

361

327 

524 

1.780 

2,980 

2,540

1,610 

1.270 

1,140 

S76 

876

876 

902

876 

799 

774

876 

674 

578 

541 

486

409 

405 

361 

348 

335 

348

Mean

190 

186 

232

1,645

265 

2,182 

3,146 

1,753 

772 

386 

819 

336 

237

871

Aug.

294 

327 

282 

270 

240

286 

262

290 

400 

578

481 

323 

310 

310 

282

236 

259 

251 

232 

243

214 

210 

203 

240 

210

262 

196 

200 

443 

1,110 

928

PV" square 

mile

0.230 

.225 

.281

1.99

.320 

2.64 

3.80 

2.12 

.933 

.468 

.990 

.405 

.287

1.05

Sept.

602 

445 

392 

339 

302

335 

270 

247 

214 

207

203 

196 

225 

231 

214

182

176 

176 

172 

172

196 

186

165 

169 

186

189 

179 

196 

186 

169

Run-off in 

inches

0.26 

.25 

.32

26.98

.37 

2.B5

4.39 

2.36 

1.08 

.62 

1.14 

.47 

.32

14.35

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.- No gage-height record Jan. 19-29, Jan. 31 to Feb. 19, Mar. 23-31, Apr. 6 to Hay 9j 

discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, and recorder for stations 

at Estill Springs, and near Prospect.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 631

Elk River near Prospect, Term.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°01'39", long. 86°56'52", at highway 

bridge, l.l mile downstream from Rlchland Creek, 3.2 miles east of prospect, Giles 

County, 5.2 miles upstream from Ford Creek, and 7.7 miles upstream from TennesseeAlabama State line. Datum of gage Is 563.29 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,784 square miles.

Records available.- January 1934 to September 1940. July 1904 to February 1908 and Januaiy 

1919 to Maren 1934. at site llf miles downstream, near Elkmont, Ala. (drainage area, 

1,843 square miles) published as Elk River near Elkmont, Ala. July 1904 to February 

1908 and January 1919 to September 1924 (Including revised records prior to September 

1924) In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 24 years (1904-7, 1919-40) 3,003 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,700 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 19.59 

feet); minimum, 201 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 1.36 feet).

1904-8, 1919-40: Maximum discharge, 51,800 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 

30.5 feet, from floodmarks, site and datum then In use), from rating curve extended 

above 30,000 second-feet; minimum, 85 second-feet Sept. 18-20, 1925, Sept. 11, 1931: 

minimum gage height, 0.98 foot Sept. 11, 1931, site and datum then In use.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants above 

station.

Plating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 

l.S 

2.1 

2.5

232

307

445

680

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19

1,060

1,980

2,800

3,640

10

14

18

7,150

11,000

15,600

Apr. 20 to Sept. 30

1.4 215 3.5 1,630 12.0 9,000 

1.8 380 4.0 2,020 16.0 13,100 

2.1 540 5.0 2,720 18.5 16,200 

2.5 800 6.0 3,450 

3.0 1,200 8.0 5,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

299

333

295

276

250

246

246

236

236

232

232

239

236

236

232

232

229

226

222

229

239

239

232

232

239

236

239

232

229

226

226

Nov.

266

232

232

236

239

250

246

246

243

250

257

268

26S

261

250

250

246

250

264

316

359

350

307

284

276

264

261

254

250

250

Dec.

28S

341

372

324

295

276

268

264

257

243

257

246

261

264

276

280

264

257

276

303

364

368

354

750

81S

573

885

908

660

522

450

Jan.

b400

b360

a330

b305

b295

f288

303

307

303

288

307

408

478

895

1,550

1,080

825

641

8540

a450

a400

a350

&320

8300

8290

8280

a270

a270

8290

f32e

f324

Month

October. ........................

November ........................

January. ........................

March. ..........................

April...........................

May.............................

June ............................

July. ...........................

August ..........................

Water year 1939-40 ...........

Feb.

f320

333

322

346

419

1,930

3,120

2,060

2,060

8,000

7 , 720'

5,060

4,320

5,080

4,400

3,600

3,300

10,900

15,600

10,500

8,100

6,250

4,«60

3,890

3,800

3,380

3,300

5,710

5,350

_

-

Mar.

5,080

4,320

7,620

9,240

7,530

5,710

4,320

3,980

3,690

3,460

3,210

8,380

15,000

18,500

13,600

11,000

7,720

5,530

5,000

4,400

3,980

3,380

2,960

2,640

8,400

2,150

1,980

1,880

1,930

7,440

11,600

Second - 

foot-days

7,531

7,885

12,264

1,323,670

13,775

134,050

166,830

137,980

44 570

17 j 163

50,491

16,769

10,042

639,350

Apr.

9,240

6,880

5,000

3,980

3,300

2,720

2,400

2,240

2,020

1,800

1,650

1,750

1,650

1,500

1,410

1,360

1,280

8,230

16,200

16,200

8,100

S.370

5,460

6,210

5,460

4,760

3,850

3,000

2,580

2,380

-

Maximum

333

359

908

41,000

1,550

15,600

15,500

16,200

3 *952 220

6,300

1,750

1,100

16,200

Bay

3,150

3,220

2,930

2,650

2,310

2,020

1,830

1,670

1,550

1,460

1,370

1,240

1,160

1,080

1,080

1,160

992

944

912

880

824

786

793

1,200

1,460

1,200

1,110

1,020

92S

848

793

Minlsnim

222

226

243

222

270

320

1,880

1,280

786

380

450

295

215

215

June

904

952

824

737

688

654

606

594

618

600

588

534

540

522

534

504

540

552

522

498

486

450

400

380

440

465

425

430

552

624

-

July

S16

450

542

664

779

600

1,180

2,860

6,300

5,830

4,010

2,720

2,240

1,870

1,500

2,520

2,520

1,790

1,500

1,280

1,280

1,200

976

8SO

786

702

630

600

546

516

504

Mean

243

263

396

3,626

444

4,622

6,027

4 599

1^438

572

1,629

541

335

1,747

Aug.

492

425

445

385

385

335

376

371

550

1,200

904

642

492

470

445

415

400

371

362

344

344

307

295

327

353

303

362

736

1,750

863

1,320

Per square 

mile

0.136

.147

.22£

2.03

.24?

2.59

3.38

2.58

.806

.321

.913

.303

.188

.979

Sept.

1,100

730

588

522

435

395

410

348

327

295

271

259

255

263

295

283

239

215

223

215

215

219

247

215

255

247

247

243

227

259

~

Run-off in 

Inches

0.16

.16

.26

27.60

.29

2.79

3.89

2.88

.93

.36

1.05

.35

.21

13.33

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of rt-, 

and Richland Creek near Pulaski.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

461679 O - 42 - 41

irds for stations above Faj-etteville
632 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Rlchland Creek near Pulaski, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°12'51", long. 87°06'05", a quarter of a mile 

upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 64, 1 mile downstream from Weakly Creek, and 4 

miles west of Pulaski, Giles County. Datum of gage Is 642.54 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 366 square miles.

Records available.- April 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,950 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 16.35 

reet); minimum, 16 eecond-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 0.64 foot).

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 25,400 second-feet Jan. 2, 1937 (gage height, 20.08 

feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 17-19, 1936.

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 7)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19

O.S5

.9 

1.0 

1.4 

1.8

37

44

60

134

218

2.5 

3.0 

3.6 

5.0 

7.0

39S

560

800

1,360

2,160

10.0 

12.0 

14.0 

15.S

3,640 

4,700 

6,060 

S,400

0.65 

.7

Apr, 

17 

22

20 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

64 

100 

141 

2ZZ

2.2 340

2.S 520

3.6 800

Mote.- Same as preceding table 

above 3.6 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

54 

44 

3S 

36 

30

36 

31 

30 

30 

25

29 

30 

29 

26 

29

28 

29 

30 

29 

29

31 

33 

30 

28 

31

41 

37 

38 

40 

37 

37

Nov.

3S 

37 

40 

41 

43

44 

42 

41 

41 

41

50 

52 

46 

46 

43

43

43 

43 

57 

62

73 

58 

54 

55 

46

41 

43 

40 

46 

44

Dec.

62 

74 

62 

54 

43

40 

37 

36 

37 

41

44 

3S 

47 

57 

55

SO 

50 

52 

57

71

69 

62 

80 

156 

130

103 

172 

146 

109 

92 

83

Jan.

b74 

b62 

b5S 

b54 

b52

54 

60 

60 

52 

54

69 

78 

7S 

223 

215

152 

122 

100 

SO 

b68

b60 

b56 

b52 

b50 

b4S

b47 

b47 

b4S 

50 

58 

52

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fab 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul AUR

8ep 

W

alendar year 193!) ...........

ater year 1939-4C

Feb.

57 

54 

55 

62 

78

253 

321 

216 

257 

1,830

1,130 

620 

458 

526 

428

356 

362 

3,330 

3,240 

1.6SO

1,240 

940 

700 

640 

580

475 

560 

960 

S60

Mar.

700 

5SO 

920 

860 

720

600 

509 

560 

543 

492

614 

3,000 

3,740 

3,090 

2,040

1,440 

1,030 

880 

900 

680

560 

492 

413 

396 

356

324 

306 

293 

377 

3,280 

4,170

Second - 

foot-days

1,025 

1,413 

2,209

2S5,634

2,334 

22,268 

34,937 

34,623 

9,948 

2,564 

6,450 

2,266 

S71

120,910

Apr.

i,eoo

1,240 

1 920 

720 

543

443 

413 

428 

339 

290

271 

311 

266 

249 

232

223 

216 

3,420 

8,400 

4,210

2,000 

1,400 

1,320 

1,120 

920

765 

642 

555 

490 

475

Maximum

54 

62 

172

16,800

223 

3,330 

4,170 

6,400 

1,040 

143 

831 

330 

66

8,400

May

1,040 

765 

625 

505 

445

376 

334 

305 

294 

307

256 

233 

209 

198 

359

240 

202 

184 

181 

163

150 

141 

243 

520 

367

337 

24S 

211

ise

170 

152

Minimum

25 

37 

36

22

47 

54 

293 

218 

141 

55 

52 

35 

17

' 17

June

143 

135 

124 

114 

106

102 

94 

94 

94

se

S6 

80 

92 

62 

80

84 

86 

SO 

74

67

61 

56 

55 

71 

84

62 

5S 

56 

70 

64

July

55 

52 

137 

214 

116

98 

172 

275 

567 

536

400 

260 

226 

193 

280

831 

397 

253 

198 

163

148 

124 

114 

100 

92

82

77 

75 

70 

62 

61

Mean

33.1 

47.1 

71.3

783

75.3 

76 S 

1,127 

1,154 

321 

85.5 

208 

73.2 

29.0

330

Aug.

60 

58 

54 

49 

4S

46 

45 

45 

56 

192

94

72 

66 

64 

60

55 

52 

52 

56 

45

39 

35 

79 

74 

54

45 

39 

94 

330 

102 

108

Per square

mile

0.090 

.129 

.195

2.14

.206 

2.10 

3.08 

3.15 

.377 

.234 

.568 

.200 

.079

.902

Sept.

66 

56 

46 

§6 

5

32 

32 

30 

27 

25

23 

23 

22 

21 

21

21 

20 

19 

IS 

IS

19 

19 

J.7 

25 

39

38 

32

31 

30 

28

Run-off in 

Inches

0.10 

.14 

.22

29.03

.24 

2.26 

3.55 

3.52 

1.01 

.26 

.66 

.23 

.09

12.28

Peak discharge.- April 19 (4t«0 a.m.) 9,950 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. *
TENNESSEE RIVER BA8TN 

Big Nance Creek at Courtland, Ala.

633

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 34°40'12", long. 87°19'02", in SWi sec. 30, T. 4 S R 7 w 

EE?T g!*Sn«it»ee . H1gh»wy 20 » at Courtland, I2f miles upstream from mouth. Datum of' 

gage is 537.62 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 166 square miles.

Records available.- July 1935 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extr!m!s '~ Maxlmum discharge during year, 4,100 second-feet July 10 (gage height 17 00 

Teepj minimum observed, 1.7 second-feet NOV. 25-30; minimum gage height observed,' 1.38

1661 UCt 6 1 

1935-40: Maximum discharge, 5,090 second-feet, Feb. 16, 1939 (gage height, 19 SO 

inll' fr°7 graph based 2n && readings); minimum observed, 0.7 Second-feet Sept. 24, 

1935; minimum gage height observed, 1.22 feet, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 1935.

Remarks.- Records'good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

sUming control, or ice effect, all of which are fair. Gage read twice daily?

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice-effect (gage height, In f v)t,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14, and Sept. 4-25)

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5 

1.7

2.3

5.0

8.8

14

28

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

76

113

178

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

248

327

520

624

750

7.0

9.0

11.0

13.0

16.2

1,010

1,570

2,150

2,770

3,830

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

SL

Oct.

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.4

4.4 

4.4 

4.1

5.S 

3.1

2.6 

2.6 

2.8 

3.1 

3.1

3.1 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.6 

2.6

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.3 

2.6 

2.3

Nov.

2.1 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

Dec.

1.9 

2.8 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1. 9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

2.3 

3.5 

14

5.0 

4.1 

4.1 

7.8 

4.4 

3.8

Jan.

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

4.1

4.1 

4.1 

3.8 

S.O 

8.3

8.3 

8.8 

11 

26 

65

58 

42 

31 

b26 

b24

b!3 

bll 

bll 

alO 

alo

89,3

a9:2 

a9.2 

ae.e

ae.3 

*b7.8

Month

Oct 

Mov 

Dec

C

Jen 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

bS.3 

b9.2 

b!2 

32 

327

672 

672 

263 

248 

624

906 

460 

400 

3S1 

294

192 

263 

1,090 

1,630 

906

460 

344 

248 

220 

344

294 

220 

381 

400

Bar.

248 

263 

1,910 

2,710 

958

278 

294 

263 

248 

206

178 

602 

2,450 

3,030 

1,630

776 

310 

294 

294 

248

206 

178 

146 

126 

362

440 

178 

162 

152 

1,090 

1,650

Second - 

foot-days

99.5 

56.2 

91.7

115,630.0

451.7 

12,300.5 

21,870 

13,900 

2,217 

1,243 

19,829 

1,395 

350.3

73,603.9

Apr.

1,010 

278 

278 

1,970 

2,640

906 

327 

263 

220 

178

152 

248 

220 

158 

126

106 

76 

648 

1,710 

906

344 

234 

178 

146 

126

106 

100 

88 

76 

82

Maxlmon

4.4 

2.1 

14

4,580

65 

1,630 

3,030 

2,640 

327 

113 

3,830 

362 

28

3,830

Bay

327 

310 

234 

178 

120

67 

63

61 

57 

45

34 

30 

47 

47 

36

29

27 

26 

26 

24

20 

20 

20 

S8 

76

41 

27 

27 

46 

41 

24

Minimum

2.3 

1.7 

1.9

1.7

3.S 

8.3 

126 

76 

20 

17 

22 

14 

5.4

1.7

June

20 

20 

20 

20 

19

17 

22 

32 

82 

100

100 

113 

65 

75 

39

34

41 

58 

50 

32

22 

20 

20 

20 

22

20 

20 

34 

51 

55

July

28 

22 

34 

76 

139

63 

520 

1,740 

3,220 

3,830

2,800 

1,790 

1,210 

1,150 

828

580 

480 

381 

178 

152

139 

120 

88 

54 

42

33 

28 

28 

28 

26 

22

Mean

3.21 

1.87 

2.96

317

14.6 

424 

705 

463 

71.5 

41.4 

640 

45.0 

11.7

202

Aug.

20 

20 

19 

19 

24

(720 

<J20 

<J20 

29 

34

28 

21 

25 

31 

27

20 

19 

14 

94 

8S

34 

20 

18 

16 

15

14 

17 

27 

J62 

P34 

46

Per square 

mile

0.019 

.011 

.018

1.91

.088 

2.55 

4.25 

2.79 

.431 

.249 

3.86 

.271 

.070

1.22

Sept.

28 

20 

20 

19 

19

18 

16 

14 

12 

11

11 

11 

10 

9.7 

8.8

8.S 

8.3 

8.3 

7.8 

7.8

7.4 

7.4 

10 

11 

12

dlO 

d7.0 

d5.9 

d5.7 

d5.4

Run-off In 

inches

0.02 

.01 

.02

25.90

.10 

2.76 

4.90 

3.11 

.50 

.28 

4.44 

.31 

.08

16.53

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather records, 

and records for station at Red Bank.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather 

records, and records for station at Red Bank.
634 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Nance Creek at Red Bank, Ala.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 34°45'58", long. 87°22'18", in NEi sec. 28, T. 3 S., R. 8 W., 

at nignway bridge at Jted Bank, 2i miles south of Wheeler Dam on Tennessee River and 

2f miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.- 188 square miles.

Records available.- July 1935 to September 1940 (discontinued).

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,480 second-feet, July 10 (gage height, 8.38 

feet); minimum observed, 5.6 second-feet, Oct. 25-27; minimum gage height observed, 

1.38 feet Oct. 17.

1935-40: Maximum discharge observed, 4,930 second-feet, Apr. 3, 1936 (gage height, 

10.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,300 second-feet; minimum observed, 3.9 

second-feet, Oct. 4-14, 1935 (gage height, 1.36 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to Septembe-" 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IB 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

11 

10 

9.4 

8.9

8.5 

8.5 

8.2 

8.5 

8.2

6.7 

5.9 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

6.7 

6.7 

5.6

5.6 

5.6 

6.7 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

Nov.

7.0 

6.7 

7.0 

8.2 

8.2

7.4 

6.7 

6.7 

7.0 

6.7

7.0 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.0

7.0 

6.7 

7.0 

8.2 

7.4

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.0 

7.4

Dec.

S.9 

.S

.4 

.0 

.4

.4 

.5 

.8 

.4 

.4

' ]4

^4 

.0

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

8.2 

7.8 

16 

16 

20

28 

20

16 

17 

16 

13

Jan.

12 

10 

8.9 

8.9 

8.2

7.4 

7.4 

7.8 

8.9 

12

13 

13 

15 

22 

68

59 

44 

32 

28 

23

IB 

17 

17 

16 

15

15 

12 

11 

12 

12 

12

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

12 

13 

15 

IS 

31

258 

680 

205 

144 

605

900 

458 

240 

411 

365

205 

158 

900 

1,580 

955

482 

342 

278 

2E2 

342

342 

222 

29 8 

434

Mar.

258 

205 

1,180 

2,570 

1,280

3SS 

29S 

278 

278 

205

185 

580 

1,880 

2,570 

1,700

628 

420 

332 

332

311

254 

224 

213 

185 

311

290 

209 

181 

185 

724 

1,580

Secondfoot-days

259.7 

217.7 

327.4

124,957.8

565.5 

11,115 

20,234 

12,985 

2,800 

1,414 

20,726 

2,076 

613

73,333.3

Apr.

/24 

376 

262 

1,340 

2,570

1,020 

398 

311 

250 

209

175 

171 

243 

188 

155

132 

185 

443 

970 

724

420 

311 

239 

217 

206

195 

171 

135 

120 

125

Maximum

13 

8.2 

28

3,900

68 

1,580 

2,570 

2,570 

376 

114 

3,420 

290 

50

2,570

May

290 

376 

199 

13S

118

107 

98 

92 

90 

86

78 

73 

69 

65 

64

61 

57 

54 

54 

52

48 

47 

50 

64 

71

62 

53 

49

47 

45 

43

Minimum

5.6 

6.7 

7.0

5.6

7.4 

12 

181 

120 

43 

26 

31 

32 

14

5.6

June

41 

39 

37 

37 

35

35 

36 

39 

35 

105

56 

43 

78 

114 

60

45 

55 

48 

47 

42

35 

34 

32 

29 

27

32 

26 

26 

64 

82

July

35 

31 

32 

332 

202

107 

628 

1,520 

2,760 

3,420

2,900 

1,760 

1,240 

1,120 

1,070

870 

558 

398 

239 

199

220 

168 

138 

127 

114

107 

98 

92 

86 

80 

75

Aug.

73 

71 

68 

73 

66

60 

56 

50 

50 

55

56 

55 

48 

54 

78

57 

46 

39 

53 

135

56 

44 

39 

35 

32

39 

37 

43 

290 

152 

66

«» _ Per square 

Mean mile

8.38 0.045 

7.26 .039 

10.6 .056

342 1.82

18.2 .097 

383 2 . 04 

653 3.47 

433 2.30 

90.3 .480 

47.1 .251 

669 3.56 

67.0 .356 

20 . 4 . 109

200 1.06

Sept.

50 

37 

32 

2S 

26

26 

25 

23 

21 

19

18 

17 

17 

17 

17

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

15 

14 

14 

14 

19

20 

19 

16 

16 

15

Run-off in 

Inches

0.05 

.04 

.06

24.72

.11 

2.20 

4.00 

2.57 

.55 

.28 

4.10 

.41 

.12

14.49
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 635

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Term.

Location - Water-stage recorder, lat. 35"01'20", long, 87°34'44n , 700 feet upstream 

from Louisville & Nashville R. R. bridge, a quarter of a mile east of Iron City, 

Lawrence County, and a third or a mile downstream from Holly Creek. Datum of gage 

is 534.91 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 348 square miles.

Kecoras available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average QiscnargeT- 15 years, 631 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 22,000 second-feet Apr. 19 [gage height, 16 60 

reet;; minimum, 68 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.34 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge, 42,900 second-feet Mar. 13, 1927 (gage height, 22.1 

feet, present site and datum), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet: 

minimum, 39 second-feet Sept. 22, 1925 (gage height, 0.60 foot, site and datun then 

In use).

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or Ice effect, 

which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant at Lawrenceburg.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 3O-31 and May 1-20)

0.6 

.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

125

162

201

247

306

382

Oct. 1 to Apr. 30

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

470

575

S85

1,210

1,910

3,320

8.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

13.4

4,960

7,020

8,600

10,600

12,800

13,800

May 1 to Sept. 30

0.4

.6

.8

1.0

1.2

76

105

137

171

210

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

3.0

267 

342 

437 

 650 

1,210

ta

Note. Same as preceding 

ible above 3.0 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

185

156

156

143

141

141

136

149

136

136

139

152

149

139

132

V

134

132

134

132

141

141

136

132

132

138

143

147

145

141

141

147

Nov.

152

147

134

147

149

152

158

152

149

147

170

170

147

145

149

147

145

149

156

175

170

154

152

151

139

120

123

158

147

1B1

-

Dec.

185

201

17O

138

152

154

149

147

147

145

121

139

172

187

170

166

160

139

158

181

173

168

183

277

205

2O8

302

240

208

195

158

Jan.

143

164

a!60

&155

a!52

a!47

a!50

al50

8148

a!50

h210

212

2O3

374

331

242

193

199

187

164

158

134

168

175

166

162

b!52

b!40

134

136

h!39

Month

October. ........................

Hovember. .......................

Calendar year 1939 ...........

January. ........................

February. .......................

March. ..........................

April...........................

Uo-v

July. ...........................

August. .........................

Water year 1939-4 3 ...........

Feb.

a!46

a!55

a!69

a!90

a21S

a300

a310

a280

a320

al,100

a760

a635

575

55S

475

403

395

, 2,070

2,750

1,660

1,180

885

701

635

605

542

553

820

820

_

-

Mar.

707

581

743

788

659

564

490

520

461

424

411

1,160

2,960

2,960

1,910

1,280

950

788

820

671

564

a520

a490

a465

a4SO

a400

a400

a400

a400

al,000

b2,470

Secondfoot-days

4,406

4,505

5,498

289 «379

5,498

20 ,212

27 f 386

42 £59

11^295

8 ,258

IV f 786

5,533

3,452

156,088

Apr.

1,600

1,110

852

6S3

570

470

429

429

382

338

313

354

324

300

293

287

277

6,930

13,600

3,340

1,910

1,320

1,210

1,080

852

737

653

570

520

526

Maximum

185

175

302

13 f 900

374

2,750

2,960

13 ,600

874

691

2 *378 190

171

13,600

May

874

801

678

588

520

453

412

378

364

369

326

302

288

281

322

306

270

252

245

236

220

213

231

459

374

326

281

252

233

226

215

Minimum

132

120

1 n-t J.CJ.

118

134

148

AT\C\ TbUU

277

213

TQrr J.O 1

161

126

82

82

June

208

202

200

195

193

193

187

510

248

236

423

428

691

374

306

281

288

252

236

218

204

193

191

213

314

231

206

231

351

255

July

218

195

582

841

475

356

314

659

2,190

2,120

1,560

1,040

768

582

437

1,120

808

515

387

326

295

261

236

210

200

193

189

197

176

175

161

Mean

142

150

177

793

177

697

883

1,409

364

275

574

-irra if O

115

426

Aug.

164

164

132

161

152

1*7

156

266

IfO

3V8

246

1T9

1V1

1V6

IPS

1V1

149

156

1V3

146

139

144

If9

149

146

irg

126 ire

336

248

172

Per square 

mile

0.408

.431

.509

2 * 28

509

2 00

2*54

4.05

1*05

 790

1*65

.511

.330

1.22

Sept.

171

152

147

139

105

124

124

127

116

121

108

105

111

110

111

111

107

105

104

100

98

100

82

90

132

126

118

115

107

86

Fun-off In 

Inches

0.47

.48

.59

30 * 92

.59

2.16

2 95

4\52

1.21

88

1*90

.59

.37

16.69

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 (1 a.m.) 22,000 sec.-ft. 

a~Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Cypress Creek near Florence, 

Ala.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

h Computed fron staff-gage reading.
636 TENMES8EE RIVER BASIN

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34048'27", long. 87042'02", In lEi sec. 9, T. 3 S., 

 R. 11 W., at bridge on State Highway 2, 2 miles west of Florence, 4 miles downstream

from Cox Creek, and 4 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 423.78 feet above

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 209 square miles. 

Records available.- May 1934 to September 1940. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,000 second-feet Apr. 19 (gr?e height, 12.97

reetj; minimum, 57 second-feet Sect. 24 (gage height, 0.47 foot).

1934-40: Maximum discharge,20,600 second-feet May 4, 1937 (gage height, 16.60

feet); minimum, 42 second-feet Aug. 27, 1936 (gage height, 0.35 foot). 

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record,

wnicn are fair.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except period of Ice effect (gage helsht, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 13

Oct. 1 to Har. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept, 3C

0.5

.6

.8

1.0

1.2

48

72

1S2

207

S10

1.4 

1.8 

,2.0 

'2.5 

3.5

435

720

870

1,240

2,040

0.6 66

.8 162

1.0 2S7

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

359

563

903

2.5 

3.5 

5.0

1,26C 

2,040 

3,310

7.0 

9.0

6,510

7,760

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29

SO 

31

Oct.

106 

97 

92 

86 

SS

85 

83 

80 

78 

78

80 

SO 

78 

76 

72

76 

75 

70 

TO 

76

72 

70 

67 

66 

67

75 

80 

78 

78 

83 

83

Nov.

83 

83 

55 

86

es

so 

ss 

so

80

so

86 

89 

86 

80 

80

80 

80 

83 

89 

92

94 

92 

89 

86 

83

80 

80 

75 

75 

78

Dec.

59 

97 

89 

80 

78

76 

70 

67 

67 

67

67 

70 

72 

83 

78

76 

72 

72 

78 

78

76 

72 

89 

146 

126

113 

180 

154 

132 

116 

106

Jan.

103 

' 97 

92 

89 

89

86 

89 

89 

86 

86

97 

113 

116 

208 

226

180 

161 

164 

flS2 

f!26

flS9 

f!22 

122 

119 

116

bllO 

blOB 

b!06 

110 

106 

110

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sap

W

alendar year 193 3 ...........

ater year 1939-

Feb.

106 

106 

110 

119 

136

184 

196 

176 

197 

672

449 

328 

316 

370 

294

255 

260 

1,366 

886 

631

506 

422 

370 

S76 

409

346 

346 

463 

376

Har.

340 

316 

530 

416 

346

310 

304 

3S4 

299 

277

336 

962 

1,880 

9S8 

699

597 

522 

481 

495 

434

393 

366 

S46 

326 

299

281 

281 

286 

276 

515 

447

Secondfoot-days

2,454 

2,498 

2,833

184,465

5,687 

10,768 

14,622 

SO, 499 

6,696 

3,486 

8,344 

3,821 

2,419

82,106

Apr.

352 

312 

299 

286 

254

237 

237 

264 

233 

221

209 

242 

229

201 

201

197 

197 

2,860 

7,140 

1,190

787 

624 

665 

670 

495

441 

407 

373 

366 

420

Maximum

106 

94 

180

8,140

226 

1,366 

1,880 

7,140 

515 

170 

1,100 

582 

148

7,140

May

616 

407 

362 

305 

292

264 

237 

229 

221 

213

197 

194 

190 

186 

197

197 

186 

183 

176 

169

162 

158 

 176 

209 

186

166 

158 

161 

148 

1S7 

134

Minimum

65 

76 

67

65

86 

106 

276 

197 

1S4 

87 

93 

75 

60

60

June

131 

128 

126 

121 

116

109 

109 

109 

112 

106

103 

103 

128 

121 

112

118 

137 

131 

121 

109

97 

90 

a87 

allO 

a!50

allO 

a94 

allO 

a!70 

al20

July

al06 

a95 

a!60 

a212 

al60

a!44 

al80 

a240 

al.100 

a9OO

a5OO 

a250 

a390

a276 

a235

a270 

a427 

305 

264 

335

237 

209 

190 

180 

169

162 

161 

144 

134 

1S8 

126

Aug.

125 

121 

118 

109 

106

103 

100 

100 

103 

121

109 

100 

97 

90 

87

90 

103 

100 

90 

84

81 

78 

75 

76 

103

87 

78 

195 

532 

219 

242

 Per square Mean mile

78.6 0.376 

83.3 .399 

91.4 .437

505 2.42

119 .569 

371 1.78 

472 2.26 

683 3.27 

216 1.03 

116 .555 

269 1.29 

123 .589 

80.6 .386

224 1.07

Sept.

148 

128 

112 

103 

97

93 

90

87 

87 

87

81 

78 

76 

75 

76

72 

68 

68 

66 

63

63 

63 

60 

72 

81

72 

66 

66 

63 

60

Run-off in 

inches

0.43 

.44

.50

38.88

.66 

1.92 

2.60 

3.65 

1.19 

.62 

1.48 

.68 

.43

14.60

Peak discharge.- Apr. 19 {3 a.m. } 14.OOP sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station on Shoal Creek 

City, Tenn.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed on basis of partly or wholly estimated gage-height record.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 637

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°39'21", long. 88°07'21", In SEi sec. 5, T. 3 

S., R. 15 W., at highway bridge half a mile downstream from Little Bear Cree'<- and 

three-quarters of a mile southwest of Bishop. Datum of gage Is 419.91 feet above mean 

sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 667 square miles.

Records available.- August 1926 to March 1932, June 1933 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1926-27, 1929-31, 1933-40) 1,024 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,280 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 14.59 

reet); minimum, 60 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.68 foot).

1926-40: Maximum discharge, 32,000 second-feet Dec. 26, 1926 (gage height, 22.0 

feet, present datum, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 18,000 secondfeet; minimum, 28 second-feet Sept. 21, 1927 (gage height, 0.2 foot).

Remarks.- Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shlftlng-oontrol method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 14)

Oct. 1 to Har. 13

0.9 80 2.0 22S 4.0 800 

1.8 112 2,5 329 5.0 1,200 

1.5 14S 3rO 463 7.0 2,110

Hote,- Same as following table above 

7.0 feet.

Har. 14 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.6 

2.0

66

SO

114

176

256

2,6

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7,0

3S6

540

S70

1,240

2,110

9.0

11.0

12.0

13.2

3,150

4,530

5,450

6,930

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

296

379

232

162

130

111

104

100

93

98

137

97

93

84

S2

SI

S2

83

81

76

SO

SI

76

76

91

76

77

76

108

122

120

HOT.

116

104

102

96

98

97

103

104

110

110

117

126

131

140

124

180

123

119

131

136

134

135

136

126

119

117

113

111

113

111

-

Dec.

144

168

169

165

154

138

119

112

112

112

105

112

140

158

137

137

125

124

131

137

140

154

1SS

307

286

361

569

393

329

276

223

Jan.

199

176

165

151

13S

140

154

172

199

2O8

230

286

393

766

860

800

6S5

449

366

266

232

221

276

232

224

219

20S

197

203

206

201

Month

Novambar ........................

December. .......................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May. ............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-4to ...........

Feb.

212

221

217

276

463

1,040

1,780

1,920

1,640

3,930

3,210

2,450

8,060

2,210

1,420

1,120

1,080

2,840

3,720

3,160

2,920

1,970

1,460

1,290

1,460

1,250

1,160

1,460

1,460

-

-

Mar.

1,370.

1,1SO

1,S90

3,790

3,660

4,140

2,010

1,510

1,860

1,040

940

3,950

6,930

6,520

4,780

4,220

2,600

1,800

1,620

1,460

1,200

1,060

93S

904

1,010

S70

819

S02

786

1,180

1,580

Secondfoot-days

3,5S4

3,520

5,919

658,389

9,108

49,389

67,678

58,586

20,097

S,466

44,582

S,O06

2,964

281,883

Apr.

1,450

1,160

1,010

3,170

4,300

3,580

2,760

1,710

1,370

1,160

1,010

974

938

S70

7S5

736

718

3,690

S,520

6,160

3,270

2,110

1,620

1,330

1,120

1,010

S70

808

736

819

-

Maximum

379

140

669

16,900

860

3,930

6,930

8,520

*694

4,610

736

818

8,620

May

1,880

1,540

1,160

938

S19

735

669

620

672

640

608

461

431

401

401

3S6

367

338

320

899

885

876

664

1,930

S70

669

f508

f446

f401

f364

f320

Minimum

76

96

106

76

13S

212

786

71S

876

158

117

64

64

June

f290

261

236

222

210

194

189

192

198

190

234

694

465

508

386

492

60S

369

322

276

238

194

172

194

258

190

167

158

898

304

July

302

268

451

865

870

762

1,460

2,080

4,610

3,930

3,580

2,S10

2,980

1,930

2,600

2,260

2,810

1,930

1,410

1,500

1,240

870

686

672

498

431

586

346

307

290

866

Mean

116

117

191

1,630

894

1,703

8,183

1*965

848

OQO CX3C

1,43S

258

98.5

770

AUJT.

834

894

514

479

847

800

178

187

218

736

646

344

876

824

194

172

160

160

243

304

181

165

145

178

190

144

117

181

169

465

358

Sept.

800

818

165

185

107

105

100

88

83

79

76

74

68

67

66

66

64

65

68

64

69

76

65

65

88

184

185

148

108

88

Per square' Run-off In 

mile Inches

0.174 0.20

.176 .80

.285 .53

2.89 51.14

.441 .51

8.55 8.76

3.27 5.77

S QK ^ Cff VO O »UY

.9T2 1.18

.423 .47

2 16 2 49

I387 '.46

.148 .16

1.16 16.78

t Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
638 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River below Manchester, Tenn.

Location (revised).-Vater-stage recorder, lat. 35°28'15", long. 86°07'18n , at highway 

Dridge, 2 miles southwest of Manchester, Coffee County, 3i miles downstream from 

Little Duck River, and 7 miles upstream from Crumpton Creek. Datum cf gage Is 878.23 

feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 107 square miles.

Records available.- April 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,E20 second-feet Mar. 12 (gage height, 8.10 

feet); minimum, 11 second-feet Oct. 19, 20, 22-26, 29; minimum gage \ eight, 0.78 foot 

Oct. 23.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 12,900 second-feet Jan. 2, 1937 (gage height, 14.65 

feet); minimum, 8 second-feet Aug. 12, 1934 (gage height, 0.58 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those below 200 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

periods of no gage^helght record or Ice effect, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

27 

25 

29 

23 

22

20 

20 

20 

19 

19

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

11

12

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

12 

12 

11 

12 

12

Hov.

12 

12 

12 

13

14

20 

21 

22 

21 

22

27 

23 

22 

22 

22

22 

22 

22 

25

?4

26 

22

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

20 

20 

20

Dec.

43 

38 

31 

29 

28

27 

27 

26 

25

26

26 

25 

30 

29 

27

27 

27 

26 

30 

34

30 

28 

36 

50 

39

36 

44

39 

35 

32

31

Jan.

31 

28 

28 

27 

27

27 

27 

28 27" 

27

31 

31 

30

41 

43

39 

36 

34 

29 

28

b27 

b26 

b24 

b83 

t>23

a23 

a23 

b24 

1)24 

b25 

b26

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet) 

Har 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-

Pet.

b27 

29 

30 

31 

32

98 

136 

97 

112 

528

385 

220 

199 

402 

259

187 

172 

1,080 

1,180 

590

406 

308 

247 

214 

a!90

a!80 

a!70 

a380 

a400

liar.

a280 

a210 

a640 

a800 

a470

a290 

a230 

a210 

a!80 

a!70

a!60 

a2,500 

1,530 

1,260 

734

413 

298 

259 

550 

371

255 

202 

169 

153 

148

172 

205 

181 

175 

1,910 

1,070

Secondfoot-days

469

618 

981

81,800

387 

8,289 

16,193 

7,365 

2,719 

1,014 

1,834 

952 

680

42,001

Apr.

452 

308 

250 

301 

229

169 

148 

138 

124 

111

104 ieo

129 

108 

87

88

84 

351 

750 

670

444 

271 

323 

560 

294

211 

166 

138 

122 

116

Hctzlffliun

29

34 

50

6,060

43 

1,180 

2,500 

750 

322 

70 

303 

139 

38

2,500

Bay

292 

322

193 

141

115

102 

86 

78 

72 

68

63 

56 

51 

49 

49

51 

48 

44 

44

41

39 

37 

39 

88 

138

104 

97 

68 

54 

48 

42

lIlnlsEUin

11

12 

25

11

23 

27

148 

84 

37 

25 

23 

21 

20

11

June

40 

39 

37 

35 

34

32

31 

31 

31 

29

28 

28 

34 

28 

28

31 

35 

31 

29 

28

26 

25 

25 

70 

64

32 

28 

31 

44 

28

July

28 

26 

38 

38 

28

28

40 

82 

50 

44

861

84 

91 

71 

44

86 

303 

82 

49 

49

36 

32 

29 

28 

26

25 

25 

25 

24 

23 

29

Mean

15.1 

20,6 

31.6

224

28.6 

286 

522 

246 

87.7 

33.8 

59.2 

30.7 

22.7

116

Aug.

26 

24 

23 

22 

22

23 

35 

25 

23 

25

23 

23 

25 

24 

22

21 

22 

24 

46 

28

25 

23 

28 

26

23

23 

23 

23 

139 

65 

48

Per square 

mile

0.141 

.193 

.295

2.09

.267 

2.67 

4.88 

2.30 

.820 

,316 

.553 

.287 

.212

1.07

Sept.

38 

29 

26 

25 

24

23 

23 

23 

22 

22

22 

21 

21 

22

a21

a21 

a21 

a21 

a21 

a20

a20 

a20 

aSO 

a20 

a23

a26 

a24 

a21 

a20 

a20

Run-off in 

inches

0.16 

.21 

.34

28.43

.31 

2.88 

5.63 

2.56 

.95 

.35 

.64 

.33 

.24

14.60

Peak discharge.- Mar. 12 (4t30 D.m.) 3,220 sec. -ft.? Mar. SO (3iSO p.m.l 2,440 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Shelbyrtlle. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 639

Duck River near Shelbyville, Term.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°28'49", long. 86°29'58" 15C feet downstream from covmty highway bridge, 2 miles upstream from Sugar Creek, 2i miles west of 

Ihelbyville, Bedford County, and 2 3/4 miles downstream from Flat Creek. Datum of 

gage is 685.51 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 

1936).

Drainage area.- 481 square miles.

Records available.- April 1934 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,500 second-fset Mar. 12 (gage heigtt, 13.00

 feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Sept. 20 (gage height 0.22 foot, estimated); minimum 

daily, 48 second-feet Oct. 15.

1934-40: Maximum discharge, 24,200 second-feet an. 3, 1937 (gage heigtt, 26.25 

feet); minimum, 5 second-feet Aug. 23, 1936; minimun/daily, 26 second-feet July 15,16, 

1935.

Remarks.- Records good except, those for periods of no gage-height record, whict are fair.

 Diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In fe9t, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct.-1-to Feb. IS Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2 

1.6

50

72

97

125

172

1.8 

2.0 

2.5

3

4

24S 

309 

526 

770 

1,320

1,890

2,490

3,790

5,200

6,800

0,5 

.8 

1.2 

1.5 

l.S

49

35

146

201

2.0 

2.5

3

4

6

360

566

790

1,320

2,420

9

10

12

3,650

4,300

5,000

6,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

72 

122 

100 

100 

93

S3 

94

61 

104 

34

SO 

73 

32 

76 

48

94 

76 

74 

74 

76

70 

51 

87 

76 

76

68 

72 

30 

60 

101 

a82

Nov.

aSO 

a32 

a80 

aBO 

a60

a83 

SO 

77 

89 

84

88 

69 

119 

76 

79

90 

84 

75 

84 

140

126 

108 

101 

94 

97

60 

108 

92 

90 

80

Dec.

94 

128 

110 

134 

92

10S 

82 

94 

35 

66

116 

79 

97 

103 

104

96 

64 

119 

108 

140

167 

132 

119 

328 

288

197 

209 

263 

197 

169 

143

Jan.

130 

128 

108 

104 

108

105 

110 

97 

101 

108

101 

120 

150 

266 

450

284 

219 

178 

153 

111

111 

101 

115 

117 

a86

a6S 

a88 

a63 

98 

92 

100

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

96 

96 

119 

124 

137

593 

856 

588 

555 

3,010

2,130 

1,290 

996 

1,400 

1,200

391 

750 

5,100 

4,790 

3,200

2,040 

1,600 

1,110 

932 

660

766 

759 

1,670 

1,730

Mar.

1,200 

922 

2,800 

3,520 

2,040

1,270 

976 

S96 

730 

693

653 

5,470 

6,520 

4,700 

3,580

2,130 

1,480 

1,130 

1,650 

1,490

1,120 

393 

720 

644 

595

579 

534 

593 

632 

5,000 

5,130

Secondfoot-days

2,494 

2,655 

4,240

377,118

4,169 

39,297 

60,490 

29,643 

11,649 

4,066 

4,873 

3,696 

2,199

169,461

Apr.

2,540 

1,530 

1,120 

951 

848

699

608 

571 

518 

466

420 

444 

408 

394 

376

342 

339 

655 

2,250 

2,480

8,000 

1,420 

1,460 

1,630 

1,450

1,020 

819 

688 

696 

651

Ifajdjsuin

122 

140 

328

19,200

450 

6,100 

6,520 

2,540 

966 

206 

378 

232 

159

6,520

May

963 

960 

333 

647 

542

476 

428 

389 

360 

351

312 

304 

257 

256 

263

275 

199 

226 

224 

228

199 

194 

192 

434 

424

402 

334 

291 

244 

222 

210

Minimum

43 

60 

64

48

63 

96 

579 

339 

192 

96 

74 

70

48

June

ISO 

173 

164 

162 

154

143 

146 

134 

139 

128

125 

124 

124 

118 

120

134 

125 

162 

124 

112

96 

111 

102 

102 

124

206 

131 

119 

131 

143

July

103 

111 

100 

161 

166

132 

123 

150 

273 

373

237 

282 

232 

178 

168

152 

152 

314 

200 

152

132 

126 

121 

104 

98

102 

90 

90 

90 

82 

74

He an

80.5 

86.5 

137

1,033

134 

1,355 

1,951 

988 

376 

135 

157 

119 

73.3

463

Av«.

104 

90 

71 

76 

86

70 

S2 

92 

106 

120

102 

90 

105 

94 

100

62 

78 

126 

244 

192

133 

109 

94 

110 

118

132 

94 

100 

147 

282 

267

Per square 

mile

0.167 .!& 

.23*5

2.15

.271 

2.82 

4.06 

2.05 

.783 

.28\ 

.323 

.247 

.15<3

.963

Sept.

159 

126 

112 

104 

36

78 

67 

72 

63 

68

66 

72 

62 

62 

63

67 

60 

62 

68 

68

60 

68 

56 

54

73

72 

84 

66 

66 

66

Run-off In 

Inches

0.19 

.21 

.33

29.17

.32 

3,04 

4.68 

2.29 

.90 

.31 

.38 

.29 

.17

13.11

Peak discharge.- Mar. 12 (2 p.m.) 7,600 sec. -ft.

a Mo gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of records for station at Columbia
640 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn.

Location._ Water-stage recorder, lat. 35 037'05", long. 87°01'57", at bridge on U S 

Highways 31 and 43, 2 blocks north of public square at Columbia, Maur-' County, threequarters of a mile downstream from Columbia hydroelectric plant, and 2i miles (revised) 

upstream from Rutherford Creek. Datum of gage is 535.52 feet above moan sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,208 s.quare miles.

Kecorns available.- October 1904 to December 1908 and April 1920 to September 1940 in 

reports or U. S. Geological Survey. Prior to October 1924 (including revised records 

prior to October 1921) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1920-40), 1,886 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum diecharge during year, 18,200 second-feet April 19 (ease height, 25.92 

ree^JT minimum, 22 second-feet Feb. 1 (gage height, 1.67 feet).

1904-8, 1920-40: Maximum discharge, 43,800 second-feet probably on March 25, 1929 

(gage height, 43.1 feet, present datum, from floodmarks): no flow October 22. 1922. caused by regulation. ' ' 

Maximum stage known, 48.0 feet, present datum, March 30, 1902.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are rai-r. Low flow regulated by power plants above station.

Rating table, nater year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.66 

l.S

1.9

2.0

2.1

20

37

63

74

104

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

143

234

396

563

830

4.0 

4.6 

6

6

7

1,100

1,380

1,680

2,300

2,970

8

10

12

14

16

3,670 

5,100 

6^600 

8,100 

9,650

18

20

22

24

11,200

12,300

14,400

16,200

16,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

120 

46 

113 

39 

70

124 

166 

48 

111 

81

151 

42 

96 

134 

105

79 

46 

119 

44 

93

73 

32 

176 

40 

42

168 

41 

46 

60 

117 

38

Nov.

136 

38 

98 

98 

92

74 

80 

79 

S3 

113

69 

42 

112 

113 

88

100 

101 

106 

56 

136

103 

112 

143 

129 

138

130 

166 

31 

100 

104

Dec.

127 

122 

122 

32 

123

130 

131 

166 

38 

190

100 

25 

133 

107 

100

106 

117 

107 

165 

153

160 

83 

287 

480 

432

597 

627 

740 

606 

480 

341

Jan.

349

125 

278 

223 

134

162 

144 

139 

180 

124

214 

121 

262 

549 

810

1,040 

673 

676 

295 

305

299 

201 

249 

236 

173

f!40 

f!81 

91 

413 

238 

140

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Bep

W

alendar year 19!

ater year!939-4C

Feb.

23 

28

161 

159 

274

513 

1,440 

1,680 

1,470 

4,300

6,900 

4,300 

2,690 

2,560 

2,900

2,300 

1,360 

6,920 

14,000 

10,600

7,050 

4,720 

3,390 

2,620 

2,360

2,100 

1,920 

2,830 

3,600

Mar.

3,260 

2,560 

2,560 

4,830 

5,100

3,530 

2,430 

1,980 

1,860 

1,680

1,560 

8,540 

14,100 

12,900 

9,730

6,680 

4,440 

3,320 

4,300 

4,160

3,180 

2,600 

2,040 

1,680 

1,600

1,470 

1,560 

1,600 

1,760 

8,320 

16,100

Secondfoot-days

2,752 

2,964 

7,176

851,423

9,164 

96,168 

141,160 

111,261 

27,795 

7,245 

10,134 

5,341 

3,640

484,800

Apr.

10,500 

5,700 

3,6OO 

2,690 

2,240

1,800 

1,560 

1,330 

1,240 

1,100

990 

935 

923 

889 

818

625 

771 

3,110 

17,400 

12,600

7,580 

5,250 

4,160 

4,580 

3,810

3,040 

2,300 

1,860 

1,560 

1,360

Maximum

1.76 

166 

740

29,900

1,040 

14,000 

16,100 

17,400 

2,690 

570 

1,100 

408 

334

17,400

May

1,800 

2,690 

2,040 

1,740 

1,350

1,160 

990 

880 

838 

716

704 

573 

528 

515 

580

303 

612 

527 

411 

366

363 

333 

333 

702 

1,160

1,290 

1,130 

992 

636 

571 

462

Minimum

38 

31 

25

25

91 

23 

1,470 

625 

333 

135 

64 

108 

62

23

June

415 

365 

252 

275 

343

234 

301 

227 

199 

204

224 

228 

570 

256 

237

276 

206 

208 

215 

150

191

162 

135 

190 

186

177 

178 

205 

232 

205

Jul"

191 

148 

171 

240 

212

193 

304 

236 

645 

842

1,1OO 

660 

512 

508 

413

539 

426 

334 

317 

273

356 

281 

216 

187 

116

152 

865 

64 

98 

112 

120

Mean

88.8 

98.8 

231

2,333

296 

3,316 

4,554 

3,709 

897 

242 

327 

172 

121

1,161

Aug.

135 

131 

127 

135 

131

147 

156 

186 

244 

143

131 

120 

116 

112 

108

130 

142 

133 

186 

186

162 

234 

234 

215 

160

143 

164 

177 

408 

356 

196

Pe-* square 

mile

0.074 

.082 

.191

1.93

.245

2.75 

3.77 

3.07 

.743 

.200 

.271 

.142 

.100

.961

Sept.

310 

334 

242 

196 

160

169 

169 

147 

12O 

124

112 

104 

101 

98 

92

83 

SO 

80 

77 

77

80 

137 

67 

62 

62

64 

71 

71 

74 

77

Run-off In 

Inches

0.08 

.09 

.22

26.21

,28 

2.96 

4.35 

3.43 

.86 

,22 

.31 

.16 

.11

15.07

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Duck River at Centervllle, Tenn.

641

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°47'16", long. 87°27'56", at Centerville,

HiCKman County, half a mile downstream from bridge on State Highways 48 and 100, half 

a mile downstream from Defeated Creek, 1| miles upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga 

& St. Louis Ry. bridge, and 4 miles downstream from Swan Creek. Datum of ga^e Is 

450.8 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,048 square miles.

Records available.- March 1919 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 20 years (1920-40) 3,001 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 32,600 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 22.06 

reet); minimum dally, 160 second-feet Sept. 23.

1919-40: Maximum discharge, 51,700 second-feet Apr. 2, 1920 (gage height, 29.0 

feet, present datum, from floodmarks); minimum, 68 second-feet Aug. 30, 1925 (gage 

height, 0.39 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Rating tables, mater year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 19

0.9 

1.0 1.2

1.4 

1.7

220

260

325

420

620

2.0 

3.0 

3.2

4.0 

6.0

360

1,750

1,950

2,780

5,100

8

10

13

16

19

7,640

10,400

14,800

19,600

25,200

20.0

21.1

27,400

30,200

Apr. 20 to Sept.

0.8 ISO 2.0 

.9 215 2.5 

255 3.0 

350 3.2 

530

1.0

1.2 

1.5

30

910

1,340

1,770

1,950

Mote.- Same aa preceding 

table above 3.2 fe^t.

Dlacharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

286 

264 

257 

236 

241

235

223 

247 

271 

226

220 

238 

271 

226 

215

232 

244 

232 

223 

229

223 

212 

215 

223 

271

232 

218 

244

241

220 

218

NOT.

247 

235 

244

 241

223

257 

257 

250 

247 

260

271 

282 

274 

247

260

1574 

267 

268 

305 

450

415 

386 

317 

309 

321

305 

297 

305 

325

267

Dec.

289 

386 

376 

334 

317

271 

313 

313 

305 

325

264 

325 

289 

264 

297

289 

285 

282 

301 

305

348 

325 

352 

604

980

796 

1,030 

1,110 

1,060 

940 

740

Jan.

660 

477 

511 

341 

399

370 

325 

365 

326 

334

380 

395 

456 

690 

1,090

1,340 

1,420 

1,160 

916 

716

684 

578 

474 

376 

468

456 

466 

444 

370 

343 

608

Month

Oct 

Nov

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet) 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

415 

334 

268 

250 

361

590 

1,200 

2,150 

2,360 

5,590

9,230 

3,160 

6,220 

4,020 

4,020

3,900 

3,220 

6,240 

16,000

la ,200

13,000 

7,900 

6,210 

4,980 

4,140

3,660 

3,330 

4,140 

6,220

Mar.

6,340 

4,620 

3,900 

4,620 

6,600

5,950 

4,260 

3,440 

3,000 

2,780

2,560 

8,880 

20,700 

22,700 

17,900

12,200 

8,420 

6,210 

6,730 

7,120

5,950 

4,860 

3,900 

3,330 

3,000

2,720 

2,760 

2,890 

3,520 

12,200 

25,400

Secondfoot-days

7,334 

8,575 

14,403

1,345,260

17,726 

144,298 

228,480 

213,970 

54,330 

15,730 

17,810 

9,512 

6,715

738,883

Apr.

22,800 

13,000 

7,640 

5,680 

4,620

3,780 

3,220 

2,890 

2,500 

2,260

2,050 

1,960 

1,850 

1,750 

1,650

1,600 

1,380 

4,990 

27,900 

30,200

17,700 

10,200 

7,900 

7,250 

6,990

5,700 

4,740 

3,780 

3,220 

2,890

Maximum

285 

460

1,110

33,600

1,420 

18,200 

25,400 

30,200 

4,380 

894 

1,420 

517 

360

30,200

May

3,660 

4,260 

4,380 

3,440

3,000

2,450 

2,100 

1,860 

1,680 

1,590

1,460 

1,380 

1,250 

1,160 

1,080

1,120 

1,340 

1,160 

1,030 

910

846 

766 

798 

1,080 

1,500

1,860 

1,900 

1,680 

1,460 

1,210 

1,030

Minimum

212 

223 

254

191

325 

260

2,660 

1,380 

766 

350 

282 

187 

160

160

June

894 

822 

774 

608 

662

630 

530 

530 

510 

465

478 

472 

447 

744 

630

644

615 

517 

466 

425

400 

350 

361 

356 

372

394 

361 

360 

504

530

July

429 

378 

360 

372

459

378 

372 

498 

910 

1,080

1,210 

1,420 

1,060 

864

734

682 

720 

701 

630 

478

484 

478 

504 

383 

350

340 

282 

291 

325 

291 

367

Mean

237 

286 

465

3,666

572 

4,976 

7,370 

7,132 

1,763 

524 

575 

307 

224

2,019

Aug.

282 

350 

2S2 

251 

231

219 

227 

340 

315 

325

411 

296 

255 

223 

204

187 

204 

393 

517 

435

366 

300

282 

335

315

296 

255 

239 

282 

417 

478

Sept.

f346 

a310

aseo

aS40 

a320

a300 

a275 

a260 

a236 

a220

a210 

a200 

a200 

a200 

a!90

a!86 

alSO 

a!75 

a!70 

a!65

a!65 

a!65 

al60 

alSO 

a!90

a205 

a220 

a215 

a200 

a!85

Per square 'Run-off In 

mile Inchea

0.116 0.13 

.140 .16 

.227 .26

1.80 24.44

.279 .32 

2.43 2.62 

3.60 4.15 

3.48 3.89 

.856 .99 

.256 .29 

.281 .32 

.160 .17 

,109 .12

.986 13,42

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Hurricane Hllla. 

t Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
642 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River near Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°56'39", long. 87°49'07", at bridge on State 

Highway 13, 3 miles southwest of Hurricane Mills, Humphreys County, 3* miles upstream 

from Hurricane Creek, and 5 miles upstream from Buffalo River. Datum of gage is 361.73 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,571 square miles.

Records available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 3,889 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 35,400 second-feet Apr. 21 (gare height, 20.11 

feet); minimum, 269 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.34 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge observed, 65,000 second-feet Mar. 14, 1927 (gage height, 

24.95 feet), from rating curve extended above 45,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

185 second-feet Sept. 11, 22, 1925; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 23, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, it second-fe*et)

0.35

.5

.8 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

273 

33S 

503 

630 

970 

1,320

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

1,700

2,130

3,100

4,200

6,600

9,400

11.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

18.5

19.6

12,600

16,400

20,600

25,300

29,600

33,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

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 

2S 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

491 

509 

479 

461 

449

426 

426 

410 

416 

473

455 

404 

h38S 

h394 

h416

h38S 

h399 

h443 

h438 

h394

hSSS 

h388 

h38S 

h3S8 

h399

461 

473 

438 

410 

461 

416

Nov.

H388 

404 

438 

421 

h443

h388 

h416 

h443 

h443 

h443

h443 

473 

h503 

h497 

h443

443 

479 

473 

515 

637

h756 

h736 

h689 

h630 

h534

h534 

h503 

h473 

h503 

h534

Dec.

h473 

h509 

h643 

h670 

h624

h515 

522 

534 

540 

52S

534 

455 

52S 

503 

467

473 

491 

473 

485 

515

509 

565 

591 

709 

970

1,250 

1,140 

1,360 

1,400 

1,360 

1,250

Jan.

1,080 

970 

811 

817 

643

689 

670 

604 

610 

584

624 

696 

689 

886 

1,080

1,470 

1,660 

1,740 

1,430 

1,220

970 

859 

900 

790 

650

663 

703 

817 

716 

670 

604

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19i 9 ...........

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

783 

716 

610 

503 

467

670 

970 

1,510 

2,600 

3,540

7,940 

9,350 

7,380 

5,400 

4,560

4,680 

4,200 

4,440 

11,600 

13,400

18,200 

12,400 

8,500 

6,430 

5,520

4,800 

4,320 

4,320 

5,400

Mar.

6,000 

5,760 

5,160 

4,300 

6,120

6,990 

5,880 

4,560 

3,870 

3,540

3,320 

5,780 

17,200 

24,200 

24,500

18,200 

12,200 

8,800 

8,950 

9,400

8,500 

6,860 

5,640 

4,800 

4,200

3,760 

3,650 

3,760 

4,560 

11,200 

24,200

Secondfoot-days

13,269 

15,025 

SI, 536

1,644,771

27,315 

160,759 

266,960 

282,220 

75,400 

27,926 

27,314 

16,633 

12,062

946,471

Apr.

23,400 

24,000 

12,900 

8,500 

6,990

5,640 

4,800 

4,200 

3,760 

3,320

2,990 

2,790 

2,690 

2,400 

2,400

2,220 

2,180 

2,310 

IS, 200 

32,200

33,400 

18,800 

11,300 

9,250 

8,500

7,660 

6,480 

5,400 

4,560 

3,980

Maximum

509 

756 

1,400

35,000

1,740 

18,400 

24,500 

33,400 

5,500 

1,400 

1,660 

797 

770

33,400

May

4,320 

a5,100 

a5,500 

a5,000 

a4,400

a3,800 

a3,350 

f2,S90 

f2,600 

f 8,400

f2,220 

f 8,080 

fl,910 

1,740 

1,660

1,580 

1,620 

1,740 

1,540 

1,470

1,360 

1,250 

1,250 

1,320 

1,580

1,910 

2,310 

2,220 

1,950 

1,820 

1,510

Minimum

3SS 

388 

455

305

584 

467 

3,320 

2,180 

1,250 

689 

491 

368 

281

281

June

1,400 

1,250 

1,180 

1,140 

1,040

1,040 

1,000 

935 

900 

935

879 

900 

879 

852 

1,080

1,040 

970 

1,000 

900 

859

783 

750 

639 

703 

709

716 

716 

743 

970 

970

Ji'ly

900 

797 

743 

683 

676

750 

709 

689 

893 

1,250

1,430 

1,540 

1,660 

1,320 

1,140

1,110 

1,000 

1,040 

1,000 

900

790 

733 

770 

797 

670

610 

578 

515 

491 

540 

540

Mean

428 

501 

696

4,506

881 

5,543 

6,612 

9,407 

2,432 

931 

881 

537 

402

2,586

Aug.

689 

522 

573 

509 

461

438 

426 

432 

528 

573

565 

637 

553 

491 

432

394 

368 

421 

630 

797

709 

617 

559 

497 

540

534 

503 

491 

497 

534 

703

Fer square 

mile

0.166 

.195 

.271

1.75

.343 

2.16 

3.35 

3.66 

.946 

.362 

.343 

.309 

.156

1.01

Sept.

770 

656 

559 

617 

604

534 

479 

432 

410 

394

383 

358 

343 

329 

334

389 

316 

306 

302 

298

269 

293 

231 

285 

334

363 

373 

404 

353 

329

Run-off In 

Inches

0.19 

.22 

.31

23.80

.40 

2.33 

3.86 

4.08 

1.09 

.40 

.40 

.24 

.17

13.69

a Ho gage-height record; dis 

station at Centervllle.

jharge computed on basis of recorded range In stige and records for

f Computed on basis of wholly or partly estimated gage-height record, 

h Computed from graph baaed on twice-daily radio-gage readings.
TENNESSEE MVER BASIN 643

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°52'17", long. 87°30'00", at highway 

 bridge 600 feet upstream from Pretty Creek, 0.2 mile northwest of Vernon, Hlckman

County, and 2.2 miles downstream from Mill Creek. Datum of gage is 470.67 feet above

mean sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 193 square miles.

Records available.- July 1925 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 303 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,580 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 9.12 

feet); minimum, 41 second-feet Sept. 21, 22 (gage height, 0.72 foot).

1925-40: Maximum discharge observed, 32,500 second-feet Dec. 21, 1926 (gage height, 

lff.5 feet); minimum discharge, 35 second-feet Sept. 19, 20, 1936; minimum g£ge height, 

that of Sept. 21, 22, 1940.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet after Mar. 31 and ttose for 

period of Ice effect or no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect ;e height, in feet, and

discharge, in seoond-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

0.9 60 1.4 ISO 2.5 620 0.75 48 1.2 179 2.5 641 

1.0 83 1.7 272 3.0 860 .3 61 1.4 245 3.0 S61 

1.2 129 2.0 390 .9 38 1.7 350 3.5 1,000 

Kote.- Same as following table above 1.0 117 2.1 494 4.0 1,360 

3.1 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

7.3

1,970

2,790

3,730

4,040

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

83 

76 

74 

74 

76

74 

74 

76 

74 

83

88 

81 

76 

74 

74

74 

72 

72 

72 

69

65 

60 

60 

62 

67

72 

76 

78 

78 

76 

74

Nov.

69 

67 

65 

65 

65

65 

67 

67 

62 

58

72 

67 

62 

62 

60

62 

65 

67 

94 

111

88 

73 

74 

72 

72

67 

67 

62 

65 

62

Dec.

83 

78 

69 

69 

65

62 

62 

58 

60 

62

62 

60 

65 

65 

62

62 

65 

65 

67 

65

65 

67 

83 

113 

97

94 

113 

104 

94 

90 

85

Jan.

S3 

73 

76 

78

74

69 

72 

69 

72 

72

90 

S3 

81 

129 

149

127 

113 

101 

90 

88

S3 

81 

83 

78 

74

b74 

b72 

b72 

69 

69 

67

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 191

ater year 1939 

Feb.

67 

65 

57 

67 

69

97 

94 

92 

176 

563

517 

356 

294 

290 

258

229 

224 

580 

312 

620

517 

412 

340 

. 304 

272

233 

258 

382 

365

Mar.

324 

290 

336 

365 

323

294 

272 

255 

226 

209

209 

1,950 

1,900 

1,360 

909

668 

512 

595 

1,600 

384

620 

4S5 

390 

352 

301

263 

304 

316 

1,150 

3,710 

2,190

Secondfoot-days

2,284 

2,079 

2,316

107,734

2,616 

8,625 

23,637 

19,988 

7,857 

3,420 

3,985 

2,297 

1,588

80,692

Apr.

1,100 

745 

603 

83 5 

661

530 

476 

447 

332

343

318 

323 

300 

296 

293

296 

296 

1,040 

4,000 

1,580

934 

681 

622 

530 

476

433 

386 

354 

332 

321

Maximum

38 

111 

113

4,620

149 

812 

3,710 

4,000 

641 

147 

270 

153 

69

4,000

May

641 

530 

476 

408 

368

32S 

296 

236 

279 

265

245 

f222 

210 

193 

136

178 

170 

163 

155 

150

146 

144 

142 

200 

290

250 

220 

200 

183 

170 

158

Minimum

60 

58 

56

53

67 

65 

209 

293 

142 

94 

66 

56 

44

44

June

147 

137 

123 

120 

115

fill 

111 

114 

117 

120

117 

111 

114 

108 

111

120 

123 

114 

120 

108

102 

94 

94 

97 

100

94 

94 

102 

140 

137

July

105 

96 

115 

150 

135

117 

110 

125 

170 

270

230 

200 

180 

165 

185

205 

180 

150 

130 

113

100 

92 

84 

77 

f74

f77 

74 

72 

70 

68 

66

Mean

73.7 

69.3 

74.7

295

84.4 

297 

762 

666 

253 

114 

129 

74.1 

52.9

220

Aug.

70 

77 

72 

64 

60

53 

58 

62 

78 

85

96 

90 

75 

f69 

f66

64 

80 

85 

105 

74

69 

66 

64 

64 

61

61 

58 

61 

69 

153 

83

Per square 

mile

0.38E 

.359

.337

1.53

.437 

1.54 

3.95 

3.45 

1.31 

.591 

.668 

.384 

.274

1.14

Sept.

69 

61 

61 

61 

61

61 

56 

56 

54 

51

51 

51 

51 

48 

48

48 

46 

44 

44 

44

44 

44 

44 

54 

66

68 

56 

54 

51 

51

Run-off in 

inches

0.44 

.40 

.45

20.76

.50 

1.66 

4.55 

3.85 

1.51 

.66 

.77 

.44 

.31

15.54

Peak discharge.- Mar. 12 (9:30 a.m.) 3,060 sec.-ft. ; Mar. 13 (12 m.) 2,290 aec.-ft.j Mar. 19 (2 

a.m.) 2,620 sec.-ft.; Mar. 29 (7 p.rt.) 2,540 see.-ft.; Mar. 30 (5 p.m.) 6,580 sec.-ft.; Apr. 19 

(2:30 a.m.) 5,550 sec.-ft.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

f Computed on basis of partly or wholly estimated gage-height record.

Note.- Ho gage-height record May 13 to June 5, June 28 to July 24, July 27 to Aug. 13; discharge 

computed on basis of range of stage, weather records and records for Buffalo River near Flatwoods.
644 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Buffalo River near Flat Woods, Term.

Location (revised).- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°29 1 45", long. 87°49'58B , 0.5 mile 

downstream from Little Opossum Creek and new bridge on State Highway 13, 1.3 miles 

north of Flat Woods,Perry County, and 3.9 miles upstream from Sinking Creek. Datum 

of gage is 513.58 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 447 square miles.

Records available.- May 1920 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 20 years, 706 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 17,600 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 20.55 

 feet); minimum, 124 second-feet Sept. 17-24 (gage height, 1.51 feet).

1920-40: Maximum discharge observed, 34,800 second-feet Mar. 13, 1927 (gage height, 

29.3 feet), from rating curve extended above 19,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 65 

second-feet Sept. 9, 1925; minimum gage height observed, 1.12 feet S^pt. 26, 1931.

Remarks.- Records good except those above 8,000 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

errect, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage heifht, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. IS Apr. 19 to sept. 30

1.65

1.8

2.0

166 

SOO 

249 

SOS 

426

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.4

582

808

1,040

1,240

1.5

1.6 

l.S 

S.O 

S.S

122 

144 

194 

252 

31S

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.4

458

612

S26

1,030

1,240

5.0

6.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

1,56C 

2,120 

3,320 

4.02C 

4.87C

13.0

16.0

19.1

7,770

11,300

15,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

28 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

205 

193 

179 

175 

175

175 

170 

170 

168 

175

1S4 

1S6 

179 

175 

175

175 

179 

182 

1S4 

184

186 

184 

1S4 

179 

179

198 

814 

210 

210 

205 

200

NOT.

200 

202 

202 

202 

202

205 

205 

207 

210 

212

222 

239 

224 

210 

207

207 

207 

210 

238 

267

275 

242 

222 

217 

210

810 

207 

202 

202 

202

Dec.

236 

250 

252 

226 

212

205 

202 

198 

195 

195

198 

195 

207 

226 

219

205 

205 

205 

202 

224

224 

214 

224 

339 

348

2S3 

319 

342 

286 

249 

232

Jan.

229 

217 

195 

200 

212

19S 

193 

202 

195 

191

212 

239 

239 

28S 

444

351 

291 

259 

232 

217

b210 

b210 

b210 

b217 

b214

b236 

b242 

b249 

234 

222 

b214

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19.

ater year 1939-'

Feb.

b210 

20V 

207 

207 

224

2S6 

402 

34S 

339 

1,160

1,680 

1,120 

331 

693 

604

520 

462 

1,620 

3,740 

2,300

1,620 

1,240 

994 

354 

762

693 

648 

854 

923

Mar.

354 

739 

693 

670 

604

540 

500 

500 

462 

426

444

2,330 

4,730 

4,100 

2,540

1,680 

1,240 

1,070 

1,320 

1,190

994 

854 

739 

643 

5S2

540 

481 

462 

462 

1,530 

4,820

Second - 

foot-days

5,737 

6,461 

7,347

239,998

7,262 

25,748 

38,794 

48,390 

14,505 

8,237 

10,665 

6,299 

4,312

183,757

Apr.

2,780 

1,680 

1,220 

970 

735

670 

581 

581 

500 

444

402 

444 

426 

392

376

360 

351 

1,630 

15,400 

6,700

2,540 

1,730 

1,340 

1,240 

1,080

918 

804 

717 

654 

675

Maximum

214 

275 

348

6,090

444 

3,740 

4,320 

15,400 

964 

379 

760 

352 

222

15,400

May

941 

964 

S49 

738 

675

592 

532 

494 

458 

458

435 

400 

379 

359

379

393 

345 

328 

313 

301

291 

. 281 

294 

494 

532

476 

433 

3S3 

352 

325 

308

Minimum

168 

200 

195

147

191 

207 

426 

351 

281 

214 

178 

161 

124

184

June

2S7 

278 

265 

252 

246

237 

231 

346 

315 

278

294

379 

345 

308 

273

301 

376 

321 

2S4 

262

237 

219 

214 

231 

240

231 

214 

222

321 

325

July

252 

222 

871 

349 

291

255 

846 

249 

586 

760

738 

592 

476 

408 

471

612 

494 

333 

328 

308

287 

262 

237 

225 

216

208 

200 

191 

136 

134 

173

lie an

185 

215 

237

795

234 

88S 

1,251 

1,613 

468 

275 

344 

203 

144

502

Aug.

194 

214 

1S6 

168 

163

163 

166 

191 

202 

208

252 

214

136 

178 

173

168 

178 

237 

352 

273

211 

1S4 

171 

171 

191

173 

161 

176 

255 

265 

265

Per square

mile

0.414 

.481 

.530

1.78

.523 

1.99 

2.30 

3.61 

1.05 

.615 

.770 

.454 

.322

1.12

Sept.

222

1S6 

171 

161 

154

149 

146 

146 

144 

140

133 

131 

129 

131 

131

129 

126 

124 

124 

124

124 

124 

124 

124 

151

178 

154 

146 

144 

142

Run-off in 

inches

0.43 

.54 

.61

24.12

.60 

2.14 

3.23 

4.03 

1.21 

.69 

.89 

.52 

.33

15.30

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (6 a.m.) 4,130 sec. 

(1 p.m.) 17,600 sec.-ft. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

-ft.; Mar. 31 (11:30 a.m.) 5,500 sec.-ft.j Apr. 19
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 645

Buffalo River near Lobelville, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48'46", long. 87°47'51", at Standing Rock Bridge 

on State Highway 13, 3 miles (revised) north of Lobelville, Perry County, and 13 miles 

downstream .from Cane Creek. Datum of gage Is 403.15 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 707 square miles.

Records available.- November 1927 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 12 years (1928-40), 1,147 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19,400 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 14.91 

reet); minimum, 182 second-feet September 21, 24 (gage height, 1.10 feet).

1927-40: Maximum discharge, 31,600 second-feet Jan. 3, 1937 (gage height, 16.83 

feet, from floodmarks In gage well); minimum, 142 second-feet Oct. 1-8, 1931 (gage 

height, 0.35 foot).

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 20 Feb. 21 tc Sept. 30

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

220 4.0 

292 6.0 

416 S.O 

602 S.8 

806

1,260

2,510

3,830

4,440

1.1 182

1.3 220

1.5 270

2.0 442

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

838 

1,2SO 

1,860 

2,510

10.0

12.0

3,160

3,330

5,670

7,990

12.3 3,460

12.7 9,380

13.5 12,400

14.5 17,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 tc September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

SI

Oct.

252 

264 

269 

261 

264

249 

244 

242 

240 

240

240 

256 

259 

254 

247

247 

247 

249 

254 

254

252 

249 

249 

247 

247

249 

261 

274 

284 

2S4 

282

Mov.

276 

271 

276 

276 

276

279 

2S4 

2S4 

284 

282

292 

306 

309 

306 

292

284 

282 

279 

295 

344

360 

372 

356 

332 

312

300 

292 

2S9 

2S9 

2S7

Dec.

306 

341 

363 

369 

347

326 

309 

298 

295 

292

292 

292 

29S 

309 

314

320 

309 

298 

29S 

303

306 

317 

332 

399 

44S

488 

488 

470 

488 

445 

392

Jan.

360 

344 

323 

306 

292

303 

29S 

295 

a307 

aSOO

a290 

f344 

356 

48S 

564

602 

583 

507 

441 

389

341 

317 

320 

329 

320

306 

300 

300 

2S7 

303 

306

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V*

alendar year 19,

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

300 

300 

300 

303 

314

369 

470 

645 

642 

1,030

1,800 

2,060 

1,600 

1,330 

1,140

1,020 

935 

1,440 

3,100 

4,440

3,360 

2,510 

1,990 

1,600 

1,400

1,230 

1,200 

1,860 

1,400

Mar.

1,460 

1,380 

1,320 

1,220 

1,180

1,090 

1,010 

964 

922 

901

859 

1,410 

4,360 

6,660 

 5,890

3,620 

2,640 

2,060 

2,060 

2,180

1,990 

1,660 

1,430 

1.2SO 

1,220

1,090 

1,070 

1,050 

1,270 

3,160 

5,170

Seeondfoct-daya

7,900 

S,966 

10,852

443,495

11,121 

40,638 

63,576 

80,533 

25,364 

12,784 

14,764 

8,901 

6,600

291,399

Apr.

6,110 

4,060 

2,640 

2,060 

1,600

1,350 

1,130 

1,070 

985 

922

859 

838 

S17 

796 

733

712 

671 

1,140 

7,920 

17,000

9,770 

3,720 

2,700 

2,250 

1,990

1,660 

1,430 

1.2SO 

1,160 

1,110

Maximum

284 

372 

488

7,830

602 

4,440 

6,660 

17,000 

1,920 

564 

880 

395 

366

17,000

May

1,520 

1,920 

1,730 

1,4SO 

1,230

1,160 

1,030 

943 

SSO 

817

754 

712 

671 

631 

612

612 

612 

554 

535 

516

498 

472 

475 

516 

692

754 

712 

651 

592 

535 

498

Minimum

240 

271 

292

214

287 

300 

859 

671 

472 

328 

259 

246 

1S6

186

June

475 

446 

424 

406 

392

377 

370 

363 

356 

413

424 

442 

535 

554 

498

460 

464 

516 

498 

446

406 

374 

346 

328 

442

420 

3S1 

388 

420 

420

Jjily

449 

406 

370 

370 

424

420 

388 

406 

423 

573

338 

8SO 

817 

712 

612

573 

733 

692 

573 

498

442 

417 

384 

352 

328

308 

295 

282 

270 

265 

259

Mean

255 

299 

350

1,215

359 

1,381 

2,051 

2,684 

818 

426 

476 

287 

220

796

Aug.

267 

267 

279 

270 

251

264 

301 

259 

265

S82

289 

315 

308 

279 

259

254 

251 

251 

298 

374

395 

332 

286 

262 

246

251 

246 

256 

342 

342 

370

Per qua-'e

mile

0.3iU 

.483 

.495

1.7ft

.&18

1.9.7 

2.9i1 

3.8(1 

1.16 

.6H3 

.6^3 

.406 

.3T.1

1.13

Sept.

366 

323 

292 

265 

243

234 

226

213 

216 

210

208 

204 

200 

196 

196

195 

193 

193 

191 

189

136 

186 

186 

187 

196

208 

227 

232 

218 

212

Run-off In 

inched

0.42 

.47 

.57

23.32

.58 

2.11 

3.34 

4.24 

1.33 

.67 

.78 

.47 

.35

15.33

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (3 p.m.) 19.400 sec. -ft.

station near Flatwoods.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
TEOTIESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Tenn.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°02'19", long. 88°13'42", at bridge on U. S.

Highway 70, 0.6 mile upstream from Cherry Creek and 0.9 mile east of Bruceton, Carroll 

County. Datum of gage Is 380.76 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929X 

Prior to Mar. 1, 1940, chain gage at same site ana datum.

Drainage area.- 205 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 284 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,680 second-feet Mar. 19 (gag3 height, 10.91

 feet); minimum, 37 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 2.36 feet).

1929-40: Maximum discharge observed, 21,200 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height;, 

16.16 feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 35 

second-feet Oct. 9, 1937; minimum gage height, 2.12 feet Aug. 1, 17, 30, 31, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of fragmentary, doubtful, or no gage-

 height record, which are fair, and those for periods of Ice effect, which are poor. 

Chain gage read once dally to Feb. 28.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of Ice effect (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 19 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Bar. 3 Mar. 4 to Sept. 30

2.45 

2.6 

2.3 

3.0

3.5

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

173

266

464

634

8.0 

9.5

974

1,270

2.3

2.4 

2.6

2.S

37

44

61

82

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

105

183

487

7.0 

9.0

10.4

359

1,250

1,550

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

3 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

60 

52 

49 

47 

47

49 

47 

48 

47 

48

47 

47 

47 

46 

46

48

47 

47 

47 

46

46 

47 

50 

54 

64

63 

71 

71 

63 

61 

61

Mov.

60 

59 

5S 

59 

59

62 

64 

63 

63 

64

101 

83- 

64 

63 

62

62

67 

77 

121 

171

112 

86 

83 

82 

78

76 

72 

73 

74 

73

Dec.

171 

190 

108 

87

S2

80 

73 

73 

80 

32

S3 

80 

94 

87 

83

83 

86 

35 

104 

111

91 

74 

SO 

204 

132

106 

140 

136 

138 

104 

93

Jan.

b86 

b80 

b73 

b73 

b73

76 

85 

99 

86 

84

214 

192 

108 

381 

236

130 

115 

112 

110 

b94

b75 

b64 

b66 

b68 

b68

b66 

b64 

b66 

b70 

b78 

86

Month

Oct 

MOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1939-4

Peb.

90 

93 

99 

108 

128

296 

236 

437 

313 

192

256 

276 

276 

276 

185

142 

396 

1,130 

1,130 

956

455 

227 

223 

236 

173

148 

187 

276 

213

liar.

154 

197 

1,230 

1,310 

1,130

358 

206 

360 

239 

173

286 

1,550 

1,480 

1,310 

582

258 

196 

590 

1,500 

601

247 

135 

154 

164 

232

330 

430 

281 

468 

1,300 

1,270

Secondfoot-days

1,613 

2,290 

3,229

98,591

3,378 

9,063 

13,726 

7,916 

5,236 

3,313 

3,586 

2,593 

1,241

61,084

Apr.

677 

253 

200 

226 

143

128 

133 

133 

121 

114

127 

212 

144 

130 

121

113 

113 

519 

1,440 

1,020

320 

204 

347 

200 

149

133

121 

113 

139 

218

Maximum

71 

171 

204

4,920

381 

1,130 

1,550 

1,440 

1,370 

209 

536 

394 

57

1,550

May

1,370 

375 

230 

' 149 

132

113 

101 

95 

90 

94

36 

31 

79 

74 

85

31 

74 

72 

75 

d76

d74 

d72 

150 

258 

161

f!05 

f91 

fS2 

f76 

69 

66

Minimum

46 

58

74

42

64 

90 

154 

113 

66 

52 

46 

42 

38

38

June

d73 

d70 

d68 

d66 

d64

d62 

d61 

94 

116 

S3

82 

71 

66 

113 

91

79 

SO 

70 

64 

f59

f54 

f53 

f52 

f54 

80

59 

54 

94 

309 

72

July

61 

60 

64 

65 

56

55 

60 

r.33 

f246 

128

36 

74 

536 

479 

350

358 

93 

73 

65 

61

58 

f58 

855 

a53 

a50

d49 

d48 

d47 

d46 

d48 

d6S

Mean

52.0 

76.3

104

270

106 

313 

604 

264 

169 

77.1 

116 

83.6 

41.4

167

Aug.

133 

65 

f51 

f46 

f46

46 

46 

47

47 

55

52 

48 

47 

46 

46

46 

145 

394 

134 

58

49 

46 

45 

43

42

42 

42 

49 

150 

363 

124

Per square 

mile

0.254 

.372 

.507

1.32

.517 

1.53 

2.95 

1«S9 

.824 

.376 

.566 

.408 

.202

.315

Sept.

57 

f50 

f47 

f46 

f43

f42 

41 

40 

f40 

f39

38 

38 

39 

39 

39

39 

39 

39 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

40

49

43 

41 

43 

41 

40

Run-off in 

inches

0.29 

.42 

.59

17.87

.59 

1.64 

3.40 

1.44 

.95 

.42 

.65 

.47 

.23

11.09

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Big Sandy and 

Buffalo River at Lobelville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Gage-height record doubtful; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Big Sandy.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of wholly or partly estimated gage 

height.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 647

Big Sandy River at Big Sandy, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°13'50", long. 88°06 t 16", at bridge on State 

Highway 69, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Sugar Creek and 1 mile wast of 

Big Sandy, Benton County. Datum of gage Is 342.85 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 379 square miles.

Records available.- February 1935 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,370 second-feet Apr. 19 (gage height, 13.41 

reet); minimum, 58 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.09 feet).

1935-40: Maximum discharge observed, 18,400 second-feet Jan. 24, 1937 (gage height, 

19.90 feet); minimum, 37 second-feet Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 1936; minimum gage hslght observed, 0.98 foot Sept. 1, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except thos« for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

 are fair, and those for periods of no gage-height record or ice effect, which are 

poor.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

l.S

65

71

36

105

131

2.0 

2.5 

3.5 

5.0 

6.3

162 

243 

413 

67S 

920

1.1 58

1.3 70

1.5 39

2.0 154

Feb. IS to Sept. 30

2.5 226

3.0 306

4.0 471

6.0 318

3.0 1,180

10.0 1,550

12.0 1,960

13.2 2,280

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

f83

73

70

69

69

69

67

67

66

67

72

70

67

67

68

70

70

71

72

72

72

74

74

74

74

SO

37

a97

94

34

S3

Hov.

SO

80

f80

f81

82

34

37

92

S9

90

133

114

95

91

90

90

92

94

146

331

132

127

111

106

104

103

100

99

101

103

Dec.

f205

a265

157

127

117

115

110

fill

f!07

107

109

106

114

136

f!20

fl!5

115

113

129

f!68

a!42

a!23

allO

552

27S

176

376

266

134

157

£151

Jan.

144

12S

b!27

b!26

b!26

b!24

127

143

a!29

a!24

a297

a264

f210

571

513

234

202

a!90

a!32

b!57

b!38

a!20

a!26

a!2S

a!28

a!23

a!20

b!24

blSO

b!39

a!49

Month

November. .......................

Calendlr year 1939 ...........

January. ........................

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

May.............................

July. ...... v ...................

August. .........................

Water year 1939-4to ...........

Feb.

a!53

a!61

al65

b!76

bl83

a360

a335

f260

410

920

706

447

530

765

481

345

294

1,390

1,650

1,530

1,300

642

420

409

454

320

336

607

437

-

Mar.

322

415

1,790

1,470

1,390

1,060

471

556

471

354

325

1,430

1,710

1,710

1,670

948

471

613

1,380

1,410

374

437

338

322

394

539

675

522

1,050

1,910

1,370

Secondfoot-days

2,292

3,257

5,163

196f 760

5,543

16,241

23,947

13,092

3,438

3,613

4,265

3,702

1,390

101,453

Apr.

1,690

1,000

522

488

354

232

274

266

234

210

242

360

274

234

213

196

400

1,270

2,230

2,030

1,740

749

573

505

360

293

253

226

258

301

-

Maximum

97

331

552

6 V 230

571

1,650

1,910

2,280

1,420

293

607

607

93

2,280

May

1,420

1,390

924

370

232

234

203

182

168

164

157

134

126

113

133

143

122

113

113

113

111

106

222

370

274

175

137

122

113

103

96

Minimum

66

SO

106

60

120

153

322

196

96

74

63

60

58

58

June

91

S3

35

62

73

76

75

112

175

154

202

113

99

282

189

161

146

127

113

91

82

76

74

74

93

37

74

99

293

127

-

July

36

SO

SS

89

79

74

75

94

293

218

129

107

333

607

. 320

354

155

107

91

84

79

81

76

73

69

67

66

64

63

66

93

Mean

73.9

109

167

539

179

560

934

603

272

121

138

119

63.0

277

AJ«.

155

136

78

67

64

63

93

87

67

70

72

66

65

63

62

60

105

607

290

122

86

77

73

70

69

66

66

69

160

325

229

Per square 

mile

0.195 ,2i-<e

.411

1 = 4?

.472

1.43

2.45

1.5-3

.713

,S\9

.SH

.3\4

.166

.751

Sept.

93

74

69

66

64

63

62

61

61

60

60

60

60

61

61

60

60

59

58

58

58

58

58

60

72

67

62

62

62

61

~

Run-off in 

inches

0.22

.32

.51

19.30

.54

1.59

2.84

1.7S

0* oo

.36

.42

.36

.19

9.96

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Big Sandy River at Bruceton 

and Buffalo River at Lobelvllle.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

t Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of wholly or partly estimated gage 

heights.

461679 O - 42 - 42
648 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

East Fork of Clarks River near Benton, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°53', long. 88°20', at bridge on U. S. Highway 63 

ana State Highway 95, 1 mile north of Benton, Marshall County, and 5 miles upstream 

from tributary entering on left. Datum of gage Is 344.53 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 262 square miles.

Records available.- May 1938 to September 1940.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,320 second-feet Feb. 19 (gag's height, 13.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.6 seconl-feet; Oct. 15, 

16 (gage height, 2.15 feet).

1938-40: Maximum discharge, 6,750 second-feet Apr. 17, 1939 (gage height, 14.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2.6 seconl-feet Sept. 12, 

13, 16-19, 22-27, Oct. 15, 16, 1939 (gage height, 2.15 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 17.8 feet February 1937, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for period of Ice effect, which are poor. Gage 

read once dally prior to Aug. 12, and twice daily thereafter.

Rating table, water year 1939-40, except periods of loe effect (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

;-control method used C

1.9 

3.3 

5.3

2.7 

2.9 

3.2 

3.6 

4.2

IS 

28 

43 

67 

109

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

S.5 

10.0

29 to Feb. 6, July 1 to Aug. 17)

181 11.0 1,240 13.1 4,320

293 11.5 1,430

427 11.8 1,670

663 12.0 1,930

972 12.4 2,710

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1°40

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3.5 

3.3 

3.2 

3.2 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

2.9 

2.9

3.0 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

2.6

2.6

2.7 

2.7 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

3.7 

26 

S7 

32 

28 

27

NOT.

6.9 

5.3 

4.5 

4.3 

3.5

3.7 

3.7 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

4.3 

7.6 

7.6 

4.7 

3.9

3.7 

3.5 

3.5 

9.1 

5.1

8.5 

5.3 

4.9 

4.3 

4.1

3.7 

3.5 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3

Dec.

4.9 

4.7 

4.1 

4.3 

4.5

4.5 

4.3 

4.3 

4.3 

4.3

4.3 

4.3 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

4.7 

4.7 

4.7 

6.1 

5.8

5.8 

5.S 

7.4 

24 

28

14 

16 

23 

22 

22 

16

Jan.

15 

13 

12 

11 

11

10 

10 

10 

10 

9.4

13 

19 

58 

1.620 

1,260

208 

117 

67 

64 

64

64 

52 

b42 

b35 

b32

b30 

b2S 

b27 

b27 

b27 

b27

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. .. ....... -

alendar year 193

ater year 1939-4

Feb.

27 

27 

23 

28 

32

417 

546 

223 

181 

482

S16 

737 

1,050 

1,670 

1,260

594 

541 

2,660 

4,320 

3,400

1,510 

594 

319 

234 

269

191 

212 

500 

332

Mar.

181 

2S3 

1.S90 

2,280 

1,030

371 

191 

161 

152 

125

942 

1,930 

1,790 

1,970 

585

257 

1S1 

246 

546 

306

281 

234 

171 

94 

101

117 

212 

281 

245 

1,230 

1,020

Secondfoot-days

278.0 

139.6 

276.3

110,796.5

3,992.4 

23,400 

19,403 

19.S72 

6,334 

1,795 

466.3 

49S.7 

115.2

76,570.5

Apr.

35S 

201 

176 

515 

181

109 

94 

90 

SO 

67

,172 

1,910 

1,090 

2S1 

191

143 

2S2 

2,400 

3,630 

3,400

1,260 

371 

319 

371 

171

125 

101 

34 

140 

1,560

Maximum

S7 

9.1 

23

5,760

1,620 

4,320 

2,280 

3,630 

2,490 

540 

46 

157 

6.9

4,320

May

2,490 

1,420 

306 

171 

134

109 

34 

70 

61 

61

46 

43 

38 

38 

36

32 

2S 

32 

23 

26

24 

22 

48 

281 

191

201 

125 

64 

49 

40 

36

Minimum

2.6 

3.3 

4.1

2.6

9.4 

27 

94 

67 

22 

12 

5.8 

4.5 

3.3

2.6

June

29 

30 

26 

22 

21

IS 

17 

16 

16 

15

16 

35 

56 

16 

15

14 

IS

les

292 

49

29 

21 

16 

14 

14

13 

12 

131 

540 

96

July

43 

30

2?, 

16

16 

16 

14 

15 

13

15 

12 

2R 

12 

IS

46 

12 

10 

10 

10

9.1 

8.5 

8.2 

S.2

s.e

7.4 

7.1 

6.3 

5.S 

6.3 

7.6

Mean

e.97

4.65 

S.91

304

129 

S07 

626 

662 

' 204 

59.8 

15.0 

16.1 

3.S4

209

Aug.

7.6 

7.4 

7.4 

6.3 

6.3

6.3 

9.1 

13 

7.9 

14

14 

12 

S.S 

7.4 

6.9

6.3 

6.3 

157 

36 

24

13 

8.5 

6.3 

5.S 

4.9

4.7 

4.5 

4.7 

6.3 

64 

12

Pe" square 

mile

0.034 

.013 

.034

1.16

.492 

3.08 

2.39 

2.53 

.779 

.223 

.057 

.061 

.015

.798

Sept.

6.9 

4.9 

4.5 

4.3 

3.9

3.7 

3.7 

3.7 

3.7 

4.5

4.5 

4.1 

3.7 

3.7 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.3 

3.3

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

4.1

3.5 

3.5 

3.3 

3.5 

3.7

Run-off In 

Inches

0.04 

.02 

.04

1 15.70

.57 

3.32 

2.75 

2.82 

.90 

.25 

.07 

.07 

.02

10.87

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
CACHE RIVER BASIN 649 

Cache River at Forman, 111.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 37°21'0011 , long. 8P 054'5011 , In 

 NE± sec. 31, T. 13 S., R. 3 E., at Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy R. R. brldre at Forman,

1 mile downstream from Dutchman Creek. Datum of gage Is 333.77 feet above mean sea

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 242 square miles.

Records available.- October 1922 to September 1940.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1924-40), 310 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,770 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.38 

feet); minimum, 0.13 on Sept. 22 (gage height, 0.17 feet).

1922-40: Maximum discharge observed, 9,120 second-feet Ifer. 13, 1935 (gage height, 

16.69 feet, present datum); no flow at times In dry years.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1939-40 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In secord-feet) 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

0-2 0.2

.4 1.1

.6 3.3

.3 7.2

1.0 13

1.2 22

1.5 40

2.0 87

Note.- Same as following table above 2.0 feet.

0.2

.4

.6

1.0

1.5

2.0

0.2

1.4

4.1

16

44

87

2.5

2.7

2.8 

3.5 

4.5 

5.0

160

199

217

309

461

548

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0 

11.0

732

937

1,160

1,400

1,930

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1939 to September 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0.8

.9

.9

.8

.7

.7

23

4.4

1.3

.8

.7

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.7

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

1.0

1.1

2.9

9.8

63

31

16.3

Nov.

9.4

6.1

4.1

3.2

2.5

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.7

3.4

3.0

2.0

1.7

2.4

6.8

5.2

4.1

3.3

3.0

2 9

2.5

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

2.4

2.5

-

Dec.

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.4

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.0

1.0

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.8

3.0

3.5

4.7

5.4

5.8

7.2

11.2

10.6

7.1

4.7

4.5

5.0

5.6

5.0

Jan.

4.5

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.2

2 »9

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.0

4.3

9.7

10.9

266

268

221

122

36

24

14.8

9.7

6.8

5.4

4.7

3.8

2.9

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

Month

March. ..........................

April. ..........................

Hay.............................

July. ...........................

Water year 1939-410 ...........

Feb.

2.8

2.3

2.9

3.0

3.6

6.6

14.8

9.4

25

55

184

323

236

143

102

91

87

1,020

1,450

1,090

832

752

675

530

344

255

278

478

413

_

-

Mar.

274

532

879

337

236

178

140

116

95

85

466

1,110

792

675

512

330

255

396

951

620

478

295

217

167

146

138

135

133

253

302

255

Second - 

foot-days

169.0

Q*7 O < *OQ 

116.0

99 164 9 » ***

1,054.2

9,408.3

11,498

22,080 

8,462

415.4

811*5

562.1

98.00

54,762.30

Apr.

171

124

100

86

72

62

143

495

461

26S

638

1,480

937

832

772

713

656

1,110

1,400

1,740

1,560

1,630

1,610

1,350

1,050

812

620 -461

360

367

-

XfljclMuni

63

9.4

3.1 2

4,170

268

1 450

ijuo

1,740

1,500 

52

295

OQT 4SOJ.

14.1

1,740

May

1,500

1,210

895

832

772

566

397

309

262

255

229

165

129

105

91

80

72

64

58

52

48

43

42

40

39

43

42

37

34

28

23

Minimum

0.2

1*2

1.0

.1

2«1

2 .2

85

62

23

1.7

1.5

1.2

.16

.16

June

a!8

a!5

a!3

all

alO

a9

a9

a.20

a!6

a!5

22

52

40

28

24

15.6

17.3

16.0

13.3

8.5

6.6

5.9

4.5

3.8

3.1

2.3

1.7

2.4

6.3

6.1

July

9.8

6.3

5.2

4.5

3.5

3.1

2.2

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.8

242

295

83

35

22

13.7

9.1

6.6

5.2

3.9

3.3

2.5

2.2

2 *3

17.3

13.3

6.3

3.1

2.1

2.4

Mean

5.45

2 .93

3.74

272

34.0

324

371

736

273

13 *8

26.2

18.1

3.27

150

Aug.

12.9

4.3

2.0

1.5

1.2

2.3

6.9

6.3

2.2

8.8

7.1

3.6.

2.3

21

281

59

27

11.8

14.1

13.7

15.6

14.4

10.8

6.1

3.6

3.5

3.6

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.8

Per aq-iare

mile

0.023

.012

.015

1.12

.140

1.34

1.53

3.04

1.13

.057

inft . J.UO

.075

.014

.620

Sept.

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.1

1.7

1.4

14.1

8.5

12.9

8.5

6.1

3.9

2.3

1.2

.57

.34

.20

.16

.16

.27

.52

.30

.18

2.8

5.9

3.3

Run-off In 

Inches

0.03

.01

.02

15 >223

.16

1.45

1.77

i!so

.06

.12

.09

.02

8.42

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (1 p.m.) 1,500 sec.-ft.j Mar. 3 (4 a.m.) 1,230 sec.-ft.; Mar. 12 

(6 a.m.) JL,BBO aec.-ft.; Apr. 12 (11 a.m.) 1,580 sec.-ft.; Apr. 20 (3 p.m.) 1,770 s^c.-ft.; May 1 

(5 p.m.) 1,610 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage aid weather 

records.
650 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

In addition to the records of stream flow obtained at gaging stations in the Ohio River 

Basin and reported in the preceding pages, measurements of flow were made at other points, 

as shown in the following table:

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Ohio River Basin during water year October 1939 to

September 1940 i/ 

Allegheny River tributaries

Date

Feb. 9

1 Q

Oct. 10

May 7

Mar. 31

Stream

Davis Brook. .....

....do...........

Tionesta Creek. . .

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

Cherrytree Run. . .

Tributary to or 

diverting fromConewango Creek....

Allegheny River. . . .

Oil Creek..........

Locality

Mouth, near Waterboro, N. Y. .........

One half mile above Tionesta, Pa.....

Mouth, 1 mile north of Rouseville, Pa.

Petersburg, Pa.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1.06

769

9V 3

275

Chartiers Creek Basin

Sept.10 Chartiers Creek.. Ohio River......... Carnegie, Pa..

Huakingum River Basin

Mar. 5

7 

Apr. 18

Oct. 16

30

30

June 29

23 

Mar. 5

....do...........

....do.... .......

....do...........

....do...........

Chlppewa Creek...

Sandy Creek. .....

....do........;..

Nlmishillen Creek 

Conotton Creek. . .

....do.............

....do.. ...........

Tuscarawas River...

....do.............

do

....do. ............

Sandy Creek. ....... 

Tuscarawas River. . .

Tuscarawas, Ohio. .....................

West Lafayette, Ohio. ................. 

Clinton, Ohio....... ..................

Bolivar Dam, Ohio. ....................

....do...... ...........................

Sandyville, Ohio... ................... 

Leesvllle, Ohio. ......................

21,100

20,500 

994

83.8

99.5

634

54.0 

1,680

I/ Miscellaneous discharge measurements made in the Beargrass Creek Basin during the water year 

1938 and In the Oreen Riyer Basin during the water year 1939 are given in the table on page 655.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 651

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In Ohio River Basin during water year October 1939 to 

September 1940--Continued

Muskingum River Basin--Continued

Date

liar. 6

Oct. 3

Oct. 3

18

Mar. 5

liar. 6

Mar. 4

Apr. 23

Stream

Conotton Creek. . .

Boggs Fork. ......

Brushy Fork. .....

Little Stillwater 

Creek.

....do...........

Clear Fork. ......

....do...........

Tributary to or 

diverting fromTuscarawas River...

Stillwater Creek...

....do.............

....do.............

....do... ..........

....do.............

....do.............

Locality

Leesville, Ohio. ......................

P ledmont , Ohio ........................

Clendening Dam, Ohio. .................

Station 15, Ohio. .....................

Below mouth of Klllbuck Creek. ........

Loudonville , Ohio. ....................

... .do .................................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1,290

427

.40

3 52

.16

299

10,200

2,070

973

368

Scioto River Basin

Aug. 13 Scioto River..... Ohio River. ........ Just 

at

at

upstre 

Kent on

Kent on

am from 

, Ohio.

, Ohio.

Foraker Road bridge 3 45

Whiteoak Creek Basin

Dec. 281] Sterling Run..... | Whiteoak Creek..... [ Mount Orab, Ohio......................[ 0.04

t Erroneously published as December 28, 1938,In Water-Supply Paper 873.

Licking River Basin

Jan. 13

22

Sept. 28

State Road Fork. .

....do...........

Licking River. .....

....do.............

At Salyersville, Ky., 1/3 mile upstreem 

from confluence.

... .do. ...............................

7.32 

54 4

3.68

Miami River Basin

Sept.10 Middletown Miami River........ Middletown, Ohio.

hydraulic canal

Kentucky River Basin

June 12 

12

13

Euckhorn Creek. . .

....do...........

Troublesome Creek..

do

....do.. ...........

4 miles upstream from mouth, nesr 

Noble, Ky.

....do................................

11.4

6.46
652 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Ohio River Basin during water year October 1939 to 

September 1940 Continued

Green River Basin

Date

Apr. 18 

18

S tream

Mud River. ....... 

....do...........

Tributary to or 

diverting fromGreen River. ....... 

. ...do.. ...........

Locality

At bridge on Gus-Huntsvllle road...... 

....do. ...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

412

680 

813

Cumberland River Basin

pass

Ky.. ..................

Tennessee River Basin

Aug. 31

31 

Aug. 31

15

Dec. 12 

Aug. 13 

Oct. 17

17

Tennessee River..

Cane Creek.. ..... 

Hominy Creek. ....

Mclntosh Branch.. 

Watauga River. . . . 

Town Creek... ....

Conosauga Creek..

Ohio River.. .......

French Broad River. 

... .dc. ............

Cane River.... ..... 

Ho Is ton River. ..... 

Cane Creek. ........

Hiwaasee River.....

At bridge on State Highway 58 at 

Kingston, Term.

and 100 at Perryvllle, Term. 

Near Fletoher , N. C ................... 

Near West Asheville, N. C. ............

70 In Newport, Term.

Qreenvllle, Term. 

At Burnsvllle, N. C.. .................

At Horseshoe Dam, at Hilbur, Term...... 

At Louisville & Nashville R, R. 

station in Etowah, Term. 

At IfcSpadden Spring, 1$ miles southeast 

of Etowah, Term.

of Etowah, Term.

Athens, Term.

101,000 

15,600

32.0 

814

.799

1,190

19,900

a73,500

.047 

a73,800 

.10

17.1

5.45

a Computation of flow over dam.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 653

Miscellaneous discharge measurements made in the Beargrass Creek Basin during the 

water year 1937-38 and in the Green River Basin during the water year 1938-39 were Inadvertently omitted from Water-Supply Papers 853 and 873, respectively. These measurements are given in the following table:

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the Beargrass Creek and Green River Basins, during 

the water years 1937-38 and 193S-39

Beargrass Creek Basin

Date

1938 

Feb. 17

30

Feb. 18

17

31

31

Stream

South Pork of 

Beargrass Creek.

....do............

Middle Pork of 

Beargrass Creek.

....do............

Tributary to or 

diverting fromBeargrasa Creek....

....do.............

....do.............

Locality

Trevllllan Way Bridge, Louisville, Ky.

Payne Street Bridge, Louisville, Ky..

....do...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

16.7

284

142

211

432

52.6

189

1 AQ

901

784

Green Ri,ver Basin

1939 

Jan'. 31 

31 

Feb. 1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

3 

4 

6 

6 

7 

7 

8 

8 

9 

17 

21 

23 

July 2.

Aug. 12 

Sept. 10 

30

Rough River. ......

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

....do............

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

....do............

....do............

Green River....... .

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do............. 

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Falls of Rougn, Ky... ................

....do...............................

... .do. ..............................

....do...............................

....do........... ....................

....do............................... 

....do...............................

....do...............................

Bridge 6.2 miles upstream from Dundee, 

Ky.

....do...............................

6,070 

6,420 

5,850 

5, "430 

6,130 

6,500 

7,280 

8,100 

8,870 

4,840 

4,350 

3,760 

3,670 

3,120 

2,690 

2,240 

3,390 

2,590 

1,060 

290

75.5 

25.1 

14.0

INDEX

Accuracy of field data and computed

results.......................... 3-4

Acre-foot, definition of............... 1

Adams, Term., Red River near........... 470

Sulphur Pork of Red River near....... 471

Adamsvllle, Ohio, Raccoon Creek at..... 243

Agencies other than Geological Survey,

records collected by............. 9

Airdale, Ky., Horth Pork of Kentucky

River near....................... 309

Alderson, W. Va., Oreenbrler River at.. 223 

Allegheny River at Eldred, Pa.......... 12

at Franklin, Pa...................... 15

at Klttannlng, Fa.................... 19-23

at Hatrona, Fa....................... 24

at Parkers Landing, Pa............... 16

at Red House, N. Y................... 13

near Kinzua, Pa...................... 14

near Rimer, Fa....................... 17-18

Alllsonla, Va., Big Reed Island Creek

near............................216-217

Hew River at....................205, pl.l.A.

Almond, N. C>, Nantahala River at...... 567

Alpine, Ind., Whitewater River near.... 305

Altapass, H. C., Horth Toe River at.... 533

Alum Creek at Columbus, Ohio........... 268

Alvaton, Ky., Drakes Creek near........ 344

Anderson, Ind., West Fork of White

River at......................... 379

Arden, W. Va., Tygart River at......... 77-78

Arlington Heights, Ohio, West Fork of

Mill Creek at.................... 291

Arthur, Tenn., Powell River near....... 588

Ashevllle, H. C., French Broad River at 477 

Ashford, W. Va., Goal River at......... 237

Ashland, Ky., Ohio River at............ 33

Athens, Ohio, Eocklng River at......... 200

Atwood Reservoir, Ohio, contents of...146,148 

Austin, Ind., Muscatatuck River near... 395

Balnbrldge, Ohio, Paint Creek near..... 272

Bane, Va., Walker Creek at............. 219

Banner Elk, H. C., Elk Creek near.....552-553

Bardstown, Ky., Beech Fork at.......... 329

Barrackvllle, W. Va., Buffalo Creek at. 93 

Barren Fork near Trousdale, Tenn....... 462

Barren River at Bowling Green, Ky...... 343

near Pagevllle, Ky................... 342

Barretta Mills, Ohio, Rocky Fork near.t 276 

Beach City, Ohio, Sugar Creek near..... 155

Beach City Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................146,148

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala.............. 637

Beargrass Creek, Middle Fork of, at

Louisville, Ky..................323-324

discharge measurements of.......... 653

South Fork of, at Louisville, Ky..... 322

discharge measurements of.......... 653

Beargrass Creek Baain, Ky., discharge

measurements in.................. 653

gaging-station records in...........322-384

Beaver River at Beaver Palls, Pa......119-122

at Wampum, Pa........................ 118

Beaver River Basin, Ohio-Pa., gagingatation records in..............115-135

Bedford, Ind., Eaat Fork of White River

near............................. 392

Beech Fork at Bardstovm, Ky............ 3S9

Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, N. C..... 5S1

Belington, W. Va., Tygart River at..... 75

Bellaire, Ohio, Ohio River at.......... 26-27

Bellevlew, Tenn., Earpeth River at..... 468

Belva, W. Va., Oauley River above...... 230

Bent Creek, H. C., French Broad River

at............................... 476

Benton, Ky., East Fork of Clarks River

near............................. 648

Berlin Center, Ohio, Mahonlng River

near............................. 115

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse, N. C. 523

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Big Hance Creek at Courtland, Ala...... 633

at Red Bank, Ala..................... 634

Big Piney Run near Salisbury, Pa....... 107

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonla,

Va..............................216-217

Big Sandy River (directly tributary to

Ohio River) at Louisa, Ky........ 249

Big Sandy River Basin, Ky.-Va.-W. Va.,

gaging-station records in.......246-255

Big Sandy River (Tennessee River Basir)

at Big Sandy, Tenn............... 647

at Bruceton, Tenn.................... 646

Big Walnut Creek at Central College,

Ohio............................. 266

at Rees, Ohio........................ 267

Billows, Ky., Rockoastle River at...... 444

Biltmore, H. C., Swannanoa River at.... 519

Bishop, Ala., Bear Creek at............ 637

Black Fork at Loudonville, Ohio........ 162

below Charles Mill Dam, near Mifflln,

Ohio............................. 161

diacharge meaaurements of............ 651

Black Mountain, N. C., Horth Fork of

Swannanoa River near............. 520

Blackllck Creek at Blackliok, Pa....... 70

Blackwater River at Davis, W. Va....... 100

Blalne Creek at Yatesville, Ky......... 255

Blantyre, H. C., French Broad River at. 475 

Blue Lick Springs, Ky., Licking River

at............................... 285

Blue Ridge, Oa., Blue Ridge Reservoir

near............................ 608-610

Toccoa River near.................... 611

Blue Ridge Reservoir near Blue Ridge,

Oa..............................608-610

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind....... 330

Blue River Basin, Ind., gaging-statioi

records in....................... 330

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va........ 221

Bluff City, Tenn., South Fork of

Eolston River at................. 542

Bluffton, Ind., Wabash River at........ 351

Boggs Fork, Ohio, discharge measurements of......................... 651

Bolivar Reservoir, Ohio, contents of..146,148 

Booneville, Ky., South Pork of Kentucky

River at......................... 318

Boston, Ky., Rolling Fork near......... 328

Bourneville, Ohio, Paint Creek near...273-275 

Bowling Green, Ind., Eel River at.....388-389

Bowling Qreen, Ky., Barren River at.... 343

Braddock, Pa., Monongahela River at.... 87

Bradford, Ohio, Greenville Creek near. 299 

Branchland, W. Va., Guyandot River at. 245 

Breedenton, Tenn., Tennessee River at. 483 

Brevard, H. C., Davidson River near... 515 

Bridgeport, Ala., Tennessee River neer 494 

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngsville, Pa.. 45 

Brookville, Ind., Whitewater River at. 306 

Brownsville, Ky., Qreen River at...... 334

Bruceton, Tenn., Big Sandy River at... 646 

Brush Creek near Ducktown, Tenn....... 624

Brushy Fork, Ohio, discharge measurements of......................... 651

Bryson, H. C., Holand Creek near....... 576

Tuckasegee River at.................. 570

Bubbling Springs, H. C., discharge

measurements of.................. 652

Buckhorn Creek, Ky., discharge measurements of......................... 651

Buchanan, Tenn., Tennessee River near.. 513 

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio........ 303

Buckeye, W. Va., Oreenbrier River at... 222 

Buokhannon River at Ball, W. Va........ 89

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W. Va... 93 

Buffalo River near Flatwoods, Tenn..... 644

near Lobelville, Tenn................ 645

Burnside, Ky., Cumberland River at..... 410

Burnsville, W. Va., Little Kanawha

River near......................186-188
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Butchervllle, W. Va., West Pork River

at............................... 90

Butler, Ky., Licking River at.......... 288

Butler, Tenn., Roan Oreek at........... 555

Watauga River at.....~................ 550

Byrdatown, Tenn., Obey River near...... 448

Cache River at Forman, 111............. 649

Cache River Basin, 111., gaging-atation

records In....................... 649

Cadiz, Ky., Little River near.......... 472

Calderwood, Tenn., Little Tennessee

River at......................... 563

Calfkiller River at Sparta, Tenn....... 460

Calvert, H. C., French Broad River at.. 474 

Cambridge, Ohio, Wills Creek at........ 176

Camden on Gauley, W. Va., Gauley River

at............................... 228

Camp Nelson, Ky., Kentucky River near.. 312 

Cane Creek, N. C., discharge measurement of.......................... 652

Cane River near Sioux, N- C............ 539

Caney Fork at Clifty, Tenn............. 451

near Rock Island, Tenn............... 458

near Silver Point, Tenn.............. 459

Canton, H. C., Pigeon River at......... 524

Caperton, W. Va., Hew River at......... 211

Canal, 111., Little Wabash River at.... 401

Carters Corners, Pa., French Creek at.. 49 

Carthage, Tenn., Cumberland River at..427-439 

Caaaelman River at Markleton, Pa....... 106

Cataloochee Creek near Oatalooohee,

N. C............................. 532

Catawba, Ky-, Licking River at......... 287

Celina, Tenn., Cumberland River at....413-426

Obey River near...................... 449

Centerville, Tenn,, Duck River at...... 641

Central College, Ohio, Big Walnut Creek

at............................... 266

Centralia, W. Va., Elk River at........ 234

Chadakoin River at Falconer, N. Y...... 44

Chandlersville, Ohio, Salt Creek near.. 185 

Charleroi, Pa., Monongahela River at... 86 

Charles Mill Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................147,148

Charleston, Tenn., Hiwassee River at..601-602 

Charleston, W. Va., Kanawha River at... 213 

Chartiers Creek, Pa., discharge

measurement of................... 650

Chartiers Creek Basin, Pa., discharge

measurement in................... 650

Chase, Ala., Flint River near.......... 628

Chattanooga, Tenn., Chickamauga Reservoir near........................ 484

Hales Bar Reservoir near............486-491

Tennessee River at................... 485

Tennessee River near................. 492

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va....... 95-98

near Parsons, W. Va.................. 94

near Pisgah, W. Va................... 99

Cherokee, H. C., Oconalufty River at... 575 

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va......... 232

Cherrytree Run, Pa., discharge measurements of......................... 650

Chestuee Creek, Tenn., discharge

measurement of................... 652

Ohickamauga, Tenn., South Chiokamauga

Creek near....................... 625

Chickamauga Reservoir near Chattanooga,

Tenn............................. 484

Chilllcothe, Ohio, Soioto River at..... 262

Chippewa Creek, Ohio, discharge

measurements of.................. 650

Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio River at........ 35

Circleville, Ohio, Scioto River near... 261 

Cisko, W. Va., Hughes River at........197-198

Clarion River at Cooksburg, Pa......... 53

discharge measurements of............ 650

near Piney, Pa....................... 54

Clarka River, East Fork of, near

Benton, Ky....................... 648

Cl&rkaburg, W. Va., West Fork River at. 91 

Clarkaville, Tenn., Cumberland River at 442 

Clay City, Ky., Red River at........... 319

Clear Creek near Rockbridge, Ohio...... 201

Clear Fork (Cumberland River Basin)

near Robbins, Tenn............... 447

Clear Fork (Muakingum River Basin) below Pleasant Hill Dam, near 

Perryaville, Ohio................ 165

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Clear Fork, Ohio, discharge measurements of......................... 651

Clendening Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................147,148

Cleveland, Va., Clinch River at........ 578

Clifty, Tenn., Caney Fork at........... 451

Clinch River above Tazewell, Tenn...... 580

at Cleveland, Va..................... 578

at Speer Ferry, Va................... 579

below Morris Dam, Tenn............... 584

near Lake City, Tenn................. 585

near Tazewell, Tenn.................. 581

near Wheat, Tenn..................... 586

Clinton, Ohio, Tuscarawas Riv<sr at..... 138

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va........... 237

Colfax, W. Va., Tygart River at........ 82

Collina River near McMinnville, Tenn... 461 

Columbia, Ky., Russell Creek near...... 339

Columbia, Tenn., Duck River at......... 640

Columbus, Ohio, Alum Creek at.......... 268

Scioto River at...................... 260

Computations, accuracy of reaulta of... 3-4 

Conemaugh River at Seward, Pa.......... 66

at Tunnelton. Pa..................... 67

Conewango Creek at Russell, Pa......... 43

at Waterboro, N. Y................... 42

Confluence, Pa., Youghiogheny River

below............................ 103

Connellsville, Pa., Youghiogheny River

at............................... 104

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa....133-134

Conosauga Creek, Tenn., discharge

measurement of................... 652

Conotton Creek, Ohio, discharge

measurements of.................650-651

Control, definition of................. 1

Cookeville, Tenn., Falling Water River

near............................. 463

Cooksburg, Pa., Clarion River at....... 53

Cooperation, record of................. 10-11

Copperhill, Tenn., Mill Creek at....... 622

Coshocton, Ohio, Mill Creek near....... 174

Muskingum River near................. 142

Courtland, Ala., Big Nance Creek at.... 633

Cove Creek, H. C., Jonathan Creek near. 531 

Covington, Ind., Wabash River at....... 356

Crab Orchard, Tenn., Daddy Creek near.. 591

Crawfordaville, Ind., Sugar Creek at... 371

Crooked Creek at Crooked Creeli Dam, Pa. 63

at Idaho, Pa......................... 61

Crooked Creek Dam, Pa., Crooked Creek

at............................... 63

Crooked Creek Reservoir at........... 62

Crooked Creek Reservoir at Crooked

Creek Dam, Pa.................... 62

Grumpier, N. C., Nortn Fork of Hew

River at.......................... 214

Cullasaja Creek at Cullasaja, H. C..... 566

at Highlands, N. C................... 565

Cumberland, Ky., Poor Fork at.......... 406

Cumberland Falls, Ky., Cumberland River

at............................... 409

Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky....... 410

at Carthage, Tenn...................427-439

at Celina, Tenn.....................413-426

at Clarksville, Tenn................. 442

at Cumberland Falls, Ky.............. 409

at dam 3, near Old Hickory, Tenn..... 440

at Dover, Tenn....................... 443

at Nashville, Tenn................... 441

near Harlan, Ky...................... 407

near Jamestown, Ky................... 411

near Pineville, Ky................... 408

near Rowena, Ky...................... 412

South Fork of, at Nevelsville, Ky.... 446

Cumberland River Basin, Ky.-Tein.,

discharge measurements ii........ 652

gaging-station records-in...........406-472

Cynthiana, Ky., South Fork of Licking

River at......................... 289

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala....... 636

Daddy1 Creek near Crab Orchard, Tenn.... 591

Dailey, W. Va.,Tygart River near....... 74

Dalton, Ky., Tradewater River near..... 405

Dandridge, Tenn., French Broad River at 480

Danville, 111., Vermilion Rive- near... 369

Darby Creek at Darbyville, Ohio........ 269

Darbyville, Ohio, Darby Creek at....... 269

Data, accuracy of...................... 3-4

explanation of....................... 1-3
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Davldaon River near Brevard, K. C...... 515

Davls, W. Va., Blaokwater River at..... 100

Davia Brook, N. Y-, discharge measurements of......................... 650

Dayton. Ohio, Had River near........... 302

Miami River at....................... 294

Dayton, Fa., Hahoning Creek near....... 58

Dayton, Tenn., Ricbland Creek near..... 594

Decatur, Ala., Tennessee River at...... 501

Decatur, Tenn., Sewee Creek near....... 593

Deer Creek at Williamsport, Ohio....... 270

Delphi, Ind., Tlppecanoe River near.... 368

Wabash River at...................... 354

Dial, Ga., Toccoa River near,.......... 607

Dillon, Ohio, Licking River at......... 182

Dillsboro, N. C., Tuckasegee River at.. 569 

Diona, 111., Embarrass River near.....373-374

Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn........ 556

Donelson, Tenn., Stone River above..... 465

Stone River near..................... 466

Dora, Ind., Salamonie River at......... 364

Dover, Ohio., Tuscarawas River near.... 140

Dover, Tenn., Cumberland River at...... 443

Dover Reservoir, Ohio, contents of....146,148

Drakes Creek near Alvaton, Ky.......... 344

Dresden, Ohio, Muskingum River at...... 143

Dublin, Ohio, Scloto River near........ 259

Duck River at Centerville, Tenn......... 641

at Columbia, Tenn.................... 640

below Manchester, Tenn............... 638

near Hurricane Hills, Tenn........... 642

near Shelbyville, Tenn............... 639

Ducktown, Tenn., Brush Creek near...... 624

Potato Creek near.................... 623

Dundee, Ky., Rough River at............ 348

Dyer, W. Va., Williams River at........ 231

Eagle Creek (Beaver River Basin) at

Phalanx Station, Ohio............ 124

Eagle Creek (Kentucky River Basin) at

Glencoe, Ky...................... 321

Eagle Creek (Wabash River Basin) at

Indianapolis, Ind................ 387

East Conemaugh, Pa., Little Conemaugh

River at......................... 69

East Liverpool, Ohio, Little Beaver

Creek near....................... 136

Eel River (directly tributary to Wabash

River) at North Manchester, Ind.. 366 

Eel River (White River Basin) at

Bowling Green, Ind..............388-389

Eggleston, Va., Sew River at........... 207

Eldred, Pa., Allegheny River at........ 12

Elizabethton, Tenn., Doe River at...... 556

Watauga River at..................... 551

Elk Creek near Banner Elk, N. C.......552-553

near Elk Park, N. C.................. 554

Elk River (Kanawha River Basin) at

Centralla, W. Va................. 234

at Queen Shoals, W. Va............... 236

at Button, W. Va..................... 235

Elk River (Tennessee River Basin) above

Payettevllle, Tenn............... 630

at Estill Springs, Tenn.............. 629

near Prospect, Tenn.................. 631

Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, Ky . 320

Embarrass River at Newton, 111........375-376

at Ste. Marie, 111................... 377

near Diona, 111.....................373-374

Embreeville, Tenn., Nolichucky River at 535 

Emf, Tenn., Ocoee River at............. 613

Emory River at Oakdale, Tenn........... 590

near Wartburg, Tenn.................. 539

Englewood, Ohio, Stillwater River at... 298 

Enterprise, Ohio, Hocking River at..... 199

Enterprise, W. Va., West Pork River at. 92 

Estill Springs, Tenn., Elk River at.... 629

Evansville, Ind., Ohio River at........ 39

Falconer, N. Y., Chadakoin River at.... 44

Fall Creek at Millersville, Ind........ 386

Falling Water River near Cookeville,

Tenn............................. 463

Falls of Rough, Ky., Rough River near.. 347

Farmers, Ky., Licking River at......... 284

Fayetteville, Tenn., Elk River above... 630

Fenwick, W. Va., Cherry River at....... 232

Perndale, Pa., Stony Creek at.......... 65

Pishtrap, Ky., Levisa Fork at.......... 246

Platrock Creek at St. Paul, Ind........ 394

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Platwoods, Tenn., Buffalo River near... 644 

Flint River near Chase, Ala............ 628

Floods, special reports on............. 9

Florence, Ala., Cypress Creek near..... 636

Tennessee River at................... 507

Wilson Reservoir near...............504-506

Fontana, N. C., Little Tennessee River

near............................. 562

Forman, 111., Cache River at........... 649

Fort Ancient, Ohio, Little Miami Hirer

near............................. 279

Frankfort, Ky., Elkhorn Creek near..... 320

Kentucky River at.................... 314

Franklin, Pa., Allegheny River at...... 15

Frazeysburg, Ohio, Wakatomika Creek

near............................. 178

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C.. 477 

at Bent Creek, N. C.................. 476

at Blantyre, N. C.................... 475

at Calvert, N. C..................... 474

at Dandrldge, Tenn................... 480

at Hot Springs, N. C................. 478

at Rosman, N. C...................... 473

near Newport, Tenn................... 479

French Creek at Carters Corners, Pa.... 49

at Btica, Pa......................... 51

at Venango, Pa....................... 50

Galax, Va., New River near............. 203

Gate City, Va., North Fork of Holston

River near....................... 558

Oauley River above Bel<va, W. Va........ 230

at Camden on Qauley, W. Va........... 228

near Summersville, W. Va............. 229

Georgetown, Ohio, Whiteoak Creek neir.. 277 

Germantown, Ohio, Twin Creek near...... 304

Glen Alice, Tenn., White Creek near.... 592

Glencoe, Ky., Eagle Creek at........... 321

Glenlyn, Va., Hew River at............. 208

Glenville, W. Va., Little Kanawha River

at............................... 189

Qolconda, 111., Ohio River at.......... 40

Qrafton, W. Va., Tygart Reservoir n^ar. 79 

Tygart River near.................... 80-81

Grahams Forge, Va., Reed Creek at...... 215

Grantsville, W. Va., Little Kanawha

River at......................... 190

Granville, Ohio, Raccoon Creek at...... 183

Grayson, Ky., Little Sandy River near.. 256 

Qraysonton, Va., Little River at....... 218

Great Falls Reservoir near Rock Island,

Tenn............................452-457

Green River at Green River, Ky......... 336

at Greensburg, Ky.................... 331

at Livermore, Ky....................337-338

at lock 4, at Woodbury, Ky........... 335

at lock 6, at Brownsville, Ky........ 334

at Mammoth Cave, Ky ................. 333

at Munfordville, Ky.................. 332

discharge measurements of............ 652

Green River Basin, Ky., discharge

measurements in.................652,653

gaging-station records in...........331-350

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. V*.... 223

at Buckeye, W. Va.................... 222

at Hilldale, W. Va..................224-227

Greenfield, Ohio, Paint Creek near..... 271

Greensboro, Pa., Monongahela River at.. 85 

Greensburg, Ky., Green River at........ 331

Greenville, Pa., Little Shenango River

at............................... 131

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio... 299 

Greer, Ohio, Mohican River at.......... 163

Guntersville Reservoir near Ohintersville, Ala....................... 496

Guyandot River at Branchland, W. Va.... 245

at Man, W. Va........................ S44

Guyandot River Basin, W. Va., gagingstation records in..............244-245

Hales Bar Reservoir near Chattanooga,

Tenn............................486-491

Hall, W. Va., Buckhannon River at...... 89

Hamilton, Ohio, Miami River at......... 295

Harlan, Ky., Cumberland River near..... 407

Harpeth River at Belleview, Tenn....... 468

near Kingston Springs, Tenn.......... 469

Hartford, Tenn., Pigeon River at....... 530

Hayesville, N. C., Hiwassee River below 595 

Haysi, Va., Found River near........... 251

Russell Fork at...................... 250
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Hazard, Ky., Horth Pork of Kentucky

River at......................... 307

Hazen, Fa., Connoquenessing Creek at..133-134 

Hebron, Ohio, South Fork of Licking

River near....................... 179

Heidelberg, Ky., Kentucky River at..... 310

Hepco, H. C-, Pigeon River near.......525-529

Hlgby, Ohio, Scioto River at........... 263

Highlands, H. C., Cullasaja Creek at... 565 

Hllham, Tenn., Roaring River near...... 450

Hllldale, W. Va,, Greenbrier River at.224-227 

Hlnton, W. Va., Hew River near........209-210

Hlwassee Dam, H. C., Hlwassee Reservoir

at............................... 598

Hlwassee River at.................... 599

Hlwassee Reservoir at Hlwassee Dam,

Hiwassee River above Murphy, H- C...... 596

at Charleston, Tenn.................601-602

at Hlwassee Dam, H. C................ 599

at Murphy, H. C...................... 597

below Hayesvllle, H. C............... 595

near Reliance, Tenn.................. 600

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio.......... 200

at Enterprise, Ohio.................. 199

Hocking River Basin, Ohio, gagingstation records In..............199-201

Hollsopple, Pa., Stony Creek at........ 64

Holston River at Strawberry Plains,

Tenn............................. 547

Middle Fork of, near Meadowview, Va.. 548 

near Jefferson City, Tenn............ 546

near Morristown, Tenn................ 545

near Rogersville, Tenn............... 544

Horth Pork of, near Gate City, Va,... 558 

near Saltville, Va................. 557

South Pork of, at Bluff City, Tenn... 542 

at Kingsport, Tenn................. 543

at Vestal, Va...................... 541

Home Creek near New Philadelphia, Ohio. 156 

Hominy Creek, H. C., discharge measurement of.......................... 652

Hot Springs, H. C., French Broad River

at............................... 478

Hoult, W. Va., Monongahela River at.... 83-84

Hughes River at Cisko, W. Va..........197-198

South Pork of, at Macfarlan, W. Va..194-196 

Huntlngton, W. Va., Ohio River at...... 32

Hurricane Mills, Tenn., Duck River near 642

Idaho, Fa., Crooked Creek at........... 61

Indian Fork below Atwood Dam, near Hew

Cumberland, Ohio................. 164

Indianapolis, Ind., Eagle Creek at..... 387

West Pork of White River at.......... 382

lotla, H. C., Little Tennessee River at 560

Iron City, Tenn., Shoal Creek at....... 635

Ivanhoe, Va., Hew River at............. 204

Ivy River near Marshall, H- C.......... 522

Ivylog, Ga., Nottely River near........ 604

Jackson, Ky., Horth Fork of Kentucky

River at......................... 308

Jamestown, Ky., Cumberland River near.. 411 

Jefferson, H. C., South Pork of Hew

River near....................... 202

Jefferson, Pa., South Pork of Tenmlle

Creek at......................... 101

Jefferson City, Tenn., Holston River

near............................. 546

Jerome Fork at Jeromeville, Ohio......166-170

Johns Creek near Prestonsburg, Ky...... 252

Johnsonville, Tenn., Tennessee River

near............................. 512

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, H. C... 531 

Jonesvllle, Va., Powell River near..... 587

Judson, H. C>, Little Tennessee River

at............................... 561

Junction, 111., Saline River near...... 403

Kanawha Palls, W. Va., Kanawha River at 212

Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va..... 213 

at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.............. 212

Kanawha River Basin, H. C.-Va.-W. Va.,

gaglng-station records In.......202-242

Kentucky River at lock 2, at Lockporfc,

Ky..............................315-316

at lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky.......... 314

at lock 6, at Warwick, Ky............ 313

at lock 8, near Camp Nelson, Ky...... 312

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Kentucky River at lock 10, near

Winchester, Ky............'....... 311

at Ipck 14, at Heidelberg, Ky........ 310

Middle Pork of, at Tallega, Ky....... 317

Horth Fork of, at Hazard, Ky......... 307

at Jackson, Ky..................... 308

near Airdale, Ky................... 309

South Fork of, at Booneville, Ky..... 318

Kentucky River Basin, Ky., dis-.harge

measurements In.................. 651

gaging-statlon records in...........307-321

Kermit, W. Va., Tug Fork near.....254, pl.l.B.

Killbuck Creek at Killbuck, Ohio....... 173

Kingsport, Tenn., South Pork of Holston

Hiver at......................... 543

Kingston, Fa., Loyalhanna CreeY at..... 71

Kingston Springs, Tenn., Harpeth River

near............................. 469

Kinzua, Fa., Allegheny River n?ar..... 14

Klskiminetas River at Vandergrift, Pa. 68 

Klttanning, Fa., Allegheny Rlvnr at... 19-23 

Knoxville, Tenn., Tennessee River at.. 481 

Kokoslng River at Mlllwood, Ohio...... 172

Kyrock, Ky., Holln River near.......... 341

Lafayette, Ind., Wabash River at....... 355

Lake City, Tenn., Clinch River near.... 585

Lake Fork below Mohlcanville Dam, near

Mohicanville, Ohio............... 171

discharge measurements of............ 651

La Rue, Ohio, Scioto River at........... 257

Laurel Hill Creek at Urslna, Ft-.......108-113

Lebanon, Ky., Rolling Pork near........ 327

Leesville, Ohio, McQulre Creek near.... 153

Leeaville Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................146,148

Levisa Fork at Flshtrap, Ky............ 246

at Paintsvllle, Ky................... 248

at Pfkeville, Ky..................... 247

Lewlsburg, Ky., Mud River near......... 345

Licking River (Muskingum River Basin)

at Dillon, Ohio.................. 182

at Toboso, Ohio...................... 181

near Newark, Ohio.................... 180

Horth Fork of, at Utica, Ohio........ 184

South Fork of, near Hebron, Ohio..... 179

Licking River (directly tributary to

Ohio River) at Blue Lick Springs,

Ky............................... 285

at Butler, Ky........................ 288

at Catawba, Ky....................... 287

at Farmers, Ky....................... 284

at McKlnneysburg, Ky................. 286

at Yale, Ky.......................... 283

near Salyersville, Ky................ 282

South Pork of, at Cynthlana, Ky...... 289

Licking River Basin, Ky., discharge

measurements in.................. 651

gaglng-station records In...........282-289

Lilly, W. Va., Bluestone River at...... 221

Little, W. Va., Middle Island C-eek at. 137 

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio....................... 136

Little Beaver Creek Basin, Ohio,

gaglng-station record in......... 136

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va.... 238

Little Conemaugh River at East Conemaugh, Fa........................ 69

Little Kanawha River at Glenvllle,

W. Va............................ 189

at Grantsville, W. Va................ 190

near Burnsville, W. Va..............186-188

West Fork of, at Rocksdale, W. Va...191-193 

Little Kanawha River Basin, W. Va.,

gaging-statlon records In-......186-198

Little Mahoning Creek at McCormlck, Fa. 60 

Little Miami River at Mllford, Ohio.... 280

at Spring Valley, Ohio............... 278

East Pork of, at Perintown, Ohio..... 281

near Port Ancient, Ohio.............. 279

Little Miami River Basin, Ohio, gaglngstation records in..............278-281

Little Pigeon River at Sevlerville,

Tenn............................. 540

Little River (Cumberland River Basin)

near Cadiz, Ky................... 472

Little River (Kanawha River Basin) at

Graysonton, Va......'............. 218

Little River (Tennessee River Bnsin)

near Walland, Tenn............... 559
INDEX 659

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Little Sandy River near Qrayson, Ky.... 256

Little Sandy River Basin, Ky., gaging3tation record in................ 256

Little Soioto River above Marion, Ohio. 264 

Little Shenango River at Greenville,

Fa............................... 131

Little Stillwater Creek below Tappan

Dam, at Tappan, Ohio............. 1601

discharge measurements of............ 651

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood,

Tenn............................. 563

at lotla, H. C....................... 560

at Judson, N. C...................... 561

at MeGhee, Tenn...................... 564

near Fontana, N C................... 562

Little Wabash River at Carmi, 111...... 401

at Wileox, 111....................... 400 I

Litwar, W. Va., Tug Pork at............ 253

Livermore, Ky., Green River at........337-338

Lobelville, Tenn., Buffalo River near.. 645 

Lockington, Ohio, Loramie Creek at..... 296

Lockport, Ky., Kentucky River at......315-316

Logansport, Ind., Wabash River at...... 353

Loramie Creek at Lookington, Ohio...... 296

Loudon, Tenn., Tennessee River at...... 482

Loudonville, Ohio, Black Pork at....... 162

Louisa, Ky., Big Sandy River at........ 249

Louisville, Ky., Middle Pork of Beargrass Creek at..................323-324

Ohio River at........................ 38

South Pork of Beargrass Creek at..... 322

Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, Fa....... 71

at Loyalhanna Creek Dam, Pa.......... 73

at New Alexandria, Pa................ 72

Loyalhanna Creek Dam, Fa., Loyalhanna

Creek at......................... 73

Lynch, Pa., Tlonesta Creek at.......... 46

HcConnelsville, Ohio, Muskingum River

at............................... 145

MoCormiok, Pa., Little Mahoning Creek

at............................... 60

MoQhee, Tenn., Little Tennessee River

at............................... 564

HoQuire Creek below Leesville Dam, near

Leesville, Ohio.................. 153

HcHarg, Tenn., Ocoee River at.......... 612

Holntosh Branch, H. C., discharge

measurement of................... 652

HcKinneysburg, Ky., Licking River at... 286 

McHinnville, Tenn., Colllns River near. 461 

Hacfarlan, W. Va., South Pork of Hughes -

River at........................194-196

Had River near Dayton, Ohio............ 302

near Springfield, Ohio............... 301

near Urbana, Ohio.................... 300

Madison, Ind., Ohio River at........... 36-37

Hadison, W. Va., Little Coal River at.. 238 

Madrid, Ky , Rough River near.......... 346

Mahoning Creek at Mahoning Creek Dam,

Pa............................... 59

at Punxsutawney, Pa.................. 57

near Dayton, Pa...................... 58

Mahoning Creek Dam, Pa., Mahoning Creek

at............................... 59

Hahoning River at Pricetown, Ohio...... 116

at Youngstown, Ohio.................. 117

near Berlin Center, Ohio............. 115

West Branch of, near Hewton Palls,

Ohio............................. 123

Mammoth Cave, Ky., Qreen River at...... 333

Man, W. Va., Quyandot River at......... 244

Manchester, Tenn., Duck River below.... 638

Manhattan, Ind., Hill Creek near....... 390

Mansfield, Ind., Raccoon Creek at...... 372

Marion, Ind., Mlssissinewa River at.... 365

Marion, Ohio, Little Scioto River above 264 

Harkleton, Pa., Casselman River at..... 106

Marshall, H. C-, Ivy River near........ 522

Masslllon, Ohio., Tuscarawas River at.. 139 

Hathews Run, Pa., discharge measurements of......................... 650

Mayport, Pa., Redbank Creek at......... 55

Maysville, Ky., Ohio River near........ 34

Meadow River at Hallen, W. Va.......... 233

Headowvlew, Vft., Middle Pork of Holston

River near....................... 548

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio... 126 

Metropolis, 111., Ohio River at........ 41

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Miami River at Dayton, Ohio............ 294

at Hamilton, Ohio.................... 295

at Sidney, Ohio...................... 292

at Taylorsville, Ohio................ 293

Miami River Basin, Ohio-Ind., discharge

measurement in................... 651

gaging-station records in...........292-306

Middle Pork at Midvale, W. Va.......... 88

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va... 137 

Middle Island Creek Basin, W. Va.,

gaging-station record in......... 137

Mlddletown hydraulic canal, Ohio, discharge measurement of............ 651

Midvale, W. Va., Middle Pork at........ 88

Mifflin, Ohio, Black Pork near......... 161

Milford, Ohio, Little Miami River at... 280 

Mill Creek (directly tributary to Ohio

River) at Reading, Ohio.......... 290

West Pork of, at Arlington Heights,

Ohio..........................'... 291

Mill Creek Basin, Ohio, gaging-station

records in......................290-291

Mill Creek (Muskingum River Basin) near

Coshocton, Ohio.................. 174

Hill Creek (Tennessee River Basin) at

Copperhill, Tenn................. 622

Mill Creek (Wabash River Basin) near

Manhattan, Ind................... 390

Mlllersville, Ind., Pall Creek at...... 386

Mills River near Mills River, H. C..... 517

South .Pork of, at The Pink Beds,

H. C...r......................... 516

Millwood, Ohio, Kokosing River at...... 172

Mineral Ridge, Ohio, Meander Creek at.. 126 

Hississinewa River at Marion, Ind...... ~ 365

Mohawk Reservoir, Ohio, contents of...147,149 

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio........... 163

Mohicanville, Ohio, Lake Fork near..... 171

Hohleanville Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................147,149

Monongahela River at Braddook, Pa...... 87

at Charleroi, Pa..................... 86

at Greensboro, Pa.................... 85

at lock 15, Hoult, W. Va............. 83-84

Monongahela River Basin, W. Va.-Pa.,

gaging-station records in........74-114

Montezuma, Ind., Wabash River at....... 357

Montioello, Ind., Tlppeeanoe River near 367

Morristown, Tenn., Holston River nea".. 545

Nolichucky River near...............536-537

Mosquito Creek at Hiles, Ohio.......... 125

Mount Carmel, 111., Wabash River at.... 361

Mud Creek at Naples, N. C.............. 518

Mud River, Ky., discharge measurements

of............................... 652

near Lewisburg, Ky................... 345

Munoie, Ind., West Pork of White River

at............................... 378

Munfordville, Ky., Green River at...... 332

Murfreesboro, Tenn., West Pork of stone

River near....................... 467

Murphy, H. C., Hlwassee River above.... 596

Hiwassee River at.................... 597

Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind..... 395

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio....... 143

at McConnelsville, Ohio.............. 145

at Zanesville, Ohio.................. 144

near Coshocton, Ohio................. 142

Huskingum River Basin, Ohio, discharge

measurements in.................650-651

gaging-station records in...........138-185

reservoirs in.......................146-149

Hallen, W. Va., Meadow River at........ 233

Hantahala River at Almoud, N. C........ 567

Haples, H. C., Mud Creek at............ 518

Narrows, Va., Wolf Creek hear.......... 220

Nashville, Tenn., Cumberland River at.. 441 

Hatrona, Pa., Allegheny River at....... 24

Nebraska, Pa., Tlonesta Creek at....... 47

Hellie, Ohio, Walhonding River at...... 164

Nevelsville, Ky., South Pork of Cumberland River at.................... 446

Hew Alexandria, Pa., Loyalhanna CreeV

at............................... 72

Hew Cumberland, Ohio, Indian Pork near. 154 

Hew Harmony, Ind., Wabash River at....362-363

Hew Philadelphia, Ohio, Home Creek near 156 

Hew River (Cumberland River Basin) at

Hew River, Tenn.................. 446
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Hew River (Kanawha River Basin) at

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Allisonia, Va. 

at Caperton, W. Va. 

at Eggleston, Va... 

at Glenlyn, 7a..... 

at Ivanhoe, Va..... 

at Radford, Va. 

near Galax, 7a.

..205, pl.l,A 

211

207

208

204

206

203

near Einton, W. Va..................209-210

North Fork of, at Grumpier, N. C..... 214

South Fork of, near Jefferson, N. C.. 

Newark, Ohio, Licking River near.......

Newberry, Ind., West Fork of White

River at.........................

Newcomerstown, Ohio, Tuscarawas River

at...............................

Newdale, N. C., South Toe River at.....

Newport, Tenn., French Broad River near 

Newton, 111., Embarrass River at......375-376

Newton Falls, Ohio, West Branch of

Mahoning River near............

Niles, Ohio, Mosquito Creek at.......

Nimishillen Creek at North Industry, 

Ohio...........................

discharge measurement of...........

Noblesville, Ind., West Fork of White 

River near.....................

Noland Creek near Bryson, N. C.......

Nolichuoky River at Embreevllle, Tenn

at Poplar, N. C....................

discharge measurement of............. 652

near Morristown, Tenn...............536-537

Nolin River at Wax, Ky................. 340

near Kyrock, Ky...................... 341

Nora, Ind., West Fork of White River

near....."........................ 381

Norris Dam, Tenn., Clinch River below.. 584

Norris Reservoir at.................582-583

Norris Reservoir at Norris Dam, Tenn..582-583 

North Industry, Ohio, Nimishillen Creek

at............................... 152

North Manchester, Indr, Eel River at... 366 

North T,oe River at Altapass, N. C...... 533

Nottely River near Ivylog, Ga.......... 604

near Ranger, N. C.................... 605

202

180

384

141

538

479

590 

448 

.449 

613 

612 

621 

575

33 

26-27

35

39

40 

32 

38

36-37 

41 

31

28-30 

25 

34

12-41 

48

440

265

404

652

132

Faducah, Ky., Tennessee River near..... 514

Pageville, Ky., Barren River near...... 342

Faint Creek near Balnbrldge, Ohio...... 272

near Bourneville, Ohio..............273-275

near Greenfield, Ohio................ 271

Paint Rock River near Woodville, Ala... 627 

paintsville, Ky., Levisa Fork at....... 248

Barkers Landing, Fa., Allegheny River

at............................... 16

Parksville, Tenn., Ocoee River at...... 621

Parksvllle Reservoir at............. 614-620

Parksville Reservoir at Parksville,

Tenn............................614-620

Oakdale, Tenn., Emory River at.........

Obey River near Byrdstown, Tenn........

near Cellna, Tenn....................

Ocoee River at Emf, Tenn...............

at HcHarg, Tenn......................

at Parksville, Tenn..................

Ooonalufty River at Cherokee, N. C.....

Ohio River at Ashland, Ky..............

at BellaIre, Ohio....................

at Cincinnati, Ohio..................

at Evansvllle, Ind...................

at Qolconda, 111.....................

at Euntington, W. Va.................

at Louis ville, Ky....................

at Madison, Ind......................

at Metropolis, 111...................

at Fomeroy, Ohio.....................

at St. Marys, W. Va..................

at Sewickley, Fa.....................

near Mayaville, Ky...................

Ohio River main stem, Pa.-N. Y.-OhioW. Va.-Ky.-Ind.-Ill., gagingatation records In...............

Oil Creek at Rousevllle, Fa............

Old Hickory, Tenn., Cumberland River

near.............................

Olentangy River at Stratford, Ohio.....

Olney, Ky., Tradewater River at........

Oostanaula Creek, Tenn., discharge

measurement of...................

Orangeville, Pa., Pymatuning Creek near

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Parsons, W. Va., Cheat River noar...... 94

Fatoka River at Patoka, Ind............ 399

near Prince ton, Ind.................. 398

Peerless, Ind., Salt Creek nea"........ 397

Perlntown, Ohio, East Fork of Little

Miami River at................... 281

Perrysville, Ohio, Clear Fork near..... 165

Petersburg, Ind., White River at....... 385

Phalanx Station, Ohio, Eagle C'eek at.. 124 

Philippi, W. Va., Tygart River at...... 76

Pickwick Landing Reservoir nea" Pickwick, Tenn......................509-510

Piedmont, Ohio, Stillwater Ore^k at.... 157

Piedmont Reservoir, Ohio, contents of.146,148 

Pigeon River at Canton, N. C........... 524

at Hartford, Tenn.................... 530

discharge measurements of............ 652

near Eepco, N. C....................525-529

Pikeville, Ky., Levisa Fork at......... 247

Pinevllle, Ky., Cumberland Rivnr near.. 408 

Piney, Pa., Clarion River near......... 54

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn............ 643

Pisgah, W. Va., Cheat River near....... 99

Pleasant Hill, Ohio, Stillwate:- River

at............................... 297

Pleasant Hill Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................147,149

Focatalico River at Slssonville,

W. Va...........................239-242

Pomeroy, Ohio, Ohio River at........... 31

Fond River near White Plains, Ky......349-350

Poor Fork at Cumberland, Ky............ 406

Poplar, N. C., Nolichucky River at..... 534

potato Creek near Ducktown, Tenn....... 623

Found River near Haysi, Va............. 251

Powell River near Arthur, Tenn......... 588

near Jonesvllle, Va.................. 587

Prestonsburg, Ky., Johns Creek near.... 252

Fricetown, Ohio, Mahoning River at. 

Princeton, Ind., Fatoka River near.....

Prospect, Ohio, Scioto River near......

Prospect, Tenn., Elk River near........

Publications on stream flow by

Geological Survey................

by State agencies....................

Pulaski, Tenn., Rlchland Creek near....

Punxsutawney, Pa., Mahoning Creek at... 

Pymatuning Creek near Orangeville, Pa.. 

Pymatuning Dam, Fa., Pymatuning Reservoir at..........................

Shenango River at....................

Sugar Run at.........................

Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymaturlng Dam, 

Pa...............................

Queen Shoals, W. Va., Elk River at.....

Raccoon Creek (directly tributary to

Ohio River) at Adamaville, Ohio.. 

Raccoon Creek Basin, Ohio, gaglngstation record in................

Raccoon Creek (Muskingum River Basin)

at Granvllle, Ohio...............

Raccoon Creek (Wabash River Basin) at

Mansfield, Ind...................

Radford, Va., New River at.............

Ranger, N. C., Nottely River near.

116

398

258

631

4-7,9

7-8

632

57

132

12V 

128 

130

3V2 

206 

605

Reading, Ohio, Mill Creek at........... 290

Red Bank, Ala., Big Nance Creel at..... 634

Red House, N. Y., Allegheny River at... 13 

Red River (Cumberland River Basin) near

Adams, Tenn...................... 470

Sulphur Fork of, near Adams, Tenn.... 471

Red River (Kentucky River Basir ) at

Clay City, Ky.................... 319

Redbank Creek at Mayport, Pa........... 55

at St. Charles, Pa................... 56

Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Vs........ 215

Rees, Ohio, Big Walnut Creek at........ 26V

Reliance, Tenn., Hiwassee River near... 600 

Richland Creek (Giles County) rear

Pulaski, Tenn.................... 632

Rlchland Creek (Rhea County) near

Dayton, Tenn..................... 594

Rimer, Pa., Allegheny River nerr....... 17-18

Riverton, Ind., Wabash River at........ 359

Roan Creek at Butler, Tenn............. 555

Roaring River near Hilham, Tenr........ 450

Robblns, Tenn., Clear Pork near........ 44V

Rock Island, Tenn., Caney Fork near.... 458

Great Falls Reservoir near..........452-45V
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Rockbrldge, Ohio, Clear Creek near..... 201

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky........ 444

Rockadale, w. Va., West Fork of Little

Kanawha River at............... .191-193

Rocky Pork near Barretts Mills, Ohio... 276

Rogersvllle, Tenn., Holston River near. 544

Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky........... 328

near Lebanon, Ky...................... 327

Rosman, N. C-, French Broad River at... 473

Rough River at Dundee, Ky.............. 348

discharge measurements of............ 653

near Falls of Rough, Ky.............. 347

near Madrid, Ky...................... 346

Rousevllle, Pa., Oil Creek at.......... 48

Rowena, Ky., Cumberland River near..... 412

Rowlesburg, W. Va., Cheat River at..... 95-98

Run-off In Inches, definition of....... 1

Russell, Pa., Conewango Creek at....... 43

Ruaaell Creek near Columbia, Ky........ 339

Russell Fork at Haysl, Va.............. 250

St. Charles, Pa., Redbank Creek at..... 56

St. Marys, W. Va., Ohio River at....... 28-30

St. Paul, Ind., Flatrock Creek at...... 394

Ste. Marie, 111., Embarrass River at... 377 

Salamonle River at Dora, Ind........... 364

Saline River near Junction, 111........ 403

Saline River Basin, 111., gaglngstatlon record In................ 403

Salisbury, Pa., Big Plney Run near..... 107

Salt Creek (Musklngura River Basin) near

Chandlersville, Ohio............. 185

Salt Creek (Wabash River Basin) near

Peerless, Ind.................... 397

Salt Fork, West Branch of, at Urbana,

111.............................. 370

Salt River at Shepherdsville, Ky....... 326

near Van Buren, Ky................... 325

Salt River Basin, Ky., gaglng-station

records in......................325-329

Saltville, Va., North Fork of Holston

River near....................... 557

Salyersville, Ky., Licking River near.. 282 

Sandy Creek at Sandyvllle, Ohio........ 151

at Waynesburg, Ohio.................. 150

discharge measurements of............ 650

Sandyvllle, Ohio, Sandy Creek at....... 151

Savannah, Tenn., Tennessee River at.... 511

Scloto River at Chllllcothe, Ohio...... 262

at Columbus, Ohio.................... 260

at Higby, Ohio....................... 26S

at La Rue, Ohio...................... 257

discharge measurements of............ 651

near Clrclevllle, Ohio............... 261

near Dublin, Ohio.................... 259

near Prospect, Ohio.................. 258

Scloto River Basin, Ohio, discharge

measurements in.................. 651

gaglng-station records in...........257-276

Scott Creek at Sylva, Jt. C............571-574

Scottsboro, Ala., Tennessee River near. 495 

Second-feet per square mile, definition

of............................... 1

Second-foot, definition of............. 1

Second-foot-day, definition of......... 1

Seneca Fork below Senacavllle Dam, near

Senacavllle, Ohio................ 175

Senacavllle, Ohio, Senaca Fork near.... 175

Senacaville Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................147,149

Sequatchle River near Whltwell, Tenn... 626 

Seviervllle, Tenn., Little Pigeon River

at............................... 540

Seward, Pa., Conemaugh River at........ 66

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Tenn......... 593

Sewlckley, Pa., Ohio River at.......... 25

Seymour, Ind., East Fork of White River

at............................... 391

Sharpsvllle, Fa., Shenango River at.... 129

Shelbyville, Tenn., Duck River near.... 639

Shellmound, Tenn., Tennessee River at.. 493

Shenango River at Pymatunlng Dam, Pa... 128

at Sharpsville, Pa................... 129

Shepherdsville, Ky., Salt River at..... 326

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Tenn......... 635

Shoals, Ind., East Fork of White River

at............................... 393

Sidney, Ohio, Miami River at........... 292

Silver Point, Tenn., Caney Fork near... 459 

Sioux, N. C., Cane River near.......... 539

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Slssonville, W. Va., Focatalico River

at..............................239-242

Skillet Fork at Wayne City, 111........ 402

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa.. 135 

Smyrna, Tenn., Stone River near........ 464

South Chlckamauga Creek near

Chlckamauga, Tenn................ 625

South Toe River at Newdale, N. C....... 538

Sparta, Tenn., Calfklller River at..... 460

Speer Ferry, Va., Clinch River at...... 579

Spencer, Ind., West Fork of White Rivi^r

at............................... 383

Spring Valley, Ohio, Little Miami Rivo»r

at............................... 278

Springfield, Ohio, Buck CVeek at....... 303

Mad River near........................ 301

Stackhouse, N. C., Big Laurel Creek

near............................. 523

Stage-discharge relation, definition of 1 

State Road Fork, Ky., discharge

measurements of.................. 651

Sterling Run, Ohio, discharge measurement of.......................... 651

Stillwater Creek at Piedmont, Ohio..... 157'

at Tlppecanoe, Ohio.................. 158

at TJhrlehsville, Ohio................ 159

discharge measurements of............ 651

Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio.... 298

at Pleasant Hill, Ohio............... 297

Stone River above Donelson, Tenn....... 465

near Donelson, Tenn.................. 466

near Smyrna, Tenn.................... 464

West Fork of, near Murfreesboro,

Tenn............................. 467

Stony Creek at Perndale, Pa............ 65

at Hollsopple, Fa.................... 64

Stratford, Ohio, Olentangy River at.... 265

Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Holston River

at............................... 547

Stump Knob, Tenn., Watauga River at.... 549

Sugar Creek (French qreek Basin) at

Sugar-creek, Pa................... 52

Sugar Creek (Buskingum River Basin) below Beach City Dam, near Beach 

City, Ohio....................... 155

discharge measurements of............ 651

Sugar Creek (Wabash River Basin) at

Crawfordsvllle, Ind.............. 371

Sugar Run at Pymatunlng Dam, Fa........ 130

Sugar-creek, Pa., Sugar Creek at........ 52

Sulphur Fork. See Red River, Sulphur

Fork of.

Summersvllle, W. Va., Oauley River near 229 

Sutersvllle, Pa., Youghiogheny River at 105 

Sutton, W. Va., Elk River at........... 235

Swannanoa, N. c., Beetree Creek near... 521 

Swannanoa River at Blltmore, N. C...... 519

North Fork of, near Black Mountain,

N. C............................. 520

Sylva, N. C., Scott Creek at..........571-574

Tallega, Ky., Middle Fork of Kentucky

River at......................... 317

Tappan, Ohio, Little Stillwater Creek

at............................... 160

Tappan Reservoir, Ohio, contents of...147,148

Taylorsvllle, Ohio, Miami River at..... 295

Tazewell, Tenn., Clinch River above.... 580 

Clinch River near.................... 581

Tellico River at Telllco Plains, Tenn.. 577

Teiimile Creek, South Fork of, at

Jefferson, Pa.................... 101

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Tenn.... 483

at Chattanooga, Tenn................. 485

at Decatur, Ala...................... 501

at Florence, Ala..................... 507

at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenr. 492 

at Knoxville, Tenn................... 481

at Loudon, Tenn...................... 482

at Savannah, Tenn.................... 511

at Shellmound, Tenn.................. 493

at Waterloo, Ala..................... 508

at Whitesburg, Ala..................497-500

at Widows Bar, near Bridgeport, Ala.. 494 

discharge measurements of............ 652

near Buchanan, Tenn.................. 515

near Johnaonvllle,. Tenn.............. 512

near Paducah, Ky..................... 514

near Scottsboro, Ala................. 495
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Tennessee River Basin, H. C.-Tenn.- 

Ala.-Ky.-Va.-Ga., discharge 

measurements in.................. 652

gaglng-station records in...........473-698

Terms, definition of.

Terre Haute, Ind., Wabash River at....

The Pink Beds, N. C., South Pork of

Mills River at..................

Tionesta Creek at Lynch, Fa...........

at Nebraska, pa.....................

discharge measurements of...........

Tlppecanoe, Ohio, Stillwater Creek at. 

Tlppecanoe River near Delphi, Ind.....

near Monticello, Ind................

Toboso, Ohio, Licking River at........

Toccoa River near Blue Ridge, Ga......

near Dial, Ga.......................

Tomotla, N. C., Valley River at.......

Town Creek, Tenn., discharge measurement of.........................

Tradewater River at Olney, Ky.........

near Dalton, Ky.....................

Tradewater River Basin, Ky., gaging1

358

516

46

47

650

158

368

367

181

611

607

603

658

404

405

station records In..............404-405

Trafford, Pa., Turtle Creek at......... 114

Trousdale, Tenn., Barren Pork near..... 468

Tuckasegee River at Bryson, N. C....... 570

at Dillsboro, N. C................... 569

at Tuckaselgee, N. C................. 568

Tug Pork at Lltwar, W. Va.............. 253

near Kermit, W. Va..............254, pi.1,2

Tunnelton, Pa., Conemaugh River at..... 67

Turtle Creek at Trafford, Fa........... 114

Turtletown Creek at Turtletown, Tenn... 606 

Tuscarawas River at Clinton, Ohio...... 138

at Masslllon, Ohio.... .J. ............ 139

at Newcomerstown, Ohio............... 141

below Dover Dam, near Dover, Ohio.... 140

discharge measurements of............ 650

Twin Creek near Germantowu, Ohio....... 304

Tygart Reservoir near Grafton, W. Va... 79 

Tygart River at Arden, W. Va..........» 77-78

at Belington, W. Va.................. 75

at Coifax, W. Va.....v............... 82

at Philippi, W. Va................... 76

at Tygart Dam,near Grafton, W. Va.... 80-81

near Dailey, W. Va.................... 74

Uhrichsville, Ohio, Stillwater Creek at 159 

Urbana, 111., West Branch of Salt Fork

at............................... 370

Urbana, Ohio, Had River near........... 300

Ursina, Pa., Laurel Hill Creek at.....108-113

Utica, Ohio, North Pork of Licking

River at......................... 184

TJtica, Pa., French Creek at............ 51

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.......... 603

Van Buren, Ky., Salt River near........ 385

Vandergrift, Pa., Kiskiminetas River at 68

Venango, Pa., French Creek at.......... 50

Vermilion River near Danville, 111..... 369

Vernon, Ind., Vernon Pork at........... 396

Vernon, Tenn., Piney River at.......... 643

Vernon Fork at Vernon, Ind............. 396

Vestal, Va., South Fork of Holston

River at......................... 541

Vincennes, Ind., Wabash River at....... 360

Wabash, Ind., Wabash River at. 

Wabash River at Bluffton, Ind.

at Covington, Ind...........

at Delphi, Ind..............

at Lafayette, Ind...........

at Logansport, Ind..........

at Montezuma, Ind...........

at Mount Carmel, 111........

at Hew Harmony, Ind.........

at Rlverton, Ind............

at Terre Haute, Ind.

352 

351 

356 

354

, 355 

353 

357 

361

368-363 

359 

358

at Vlneennes, Ind.................... 360

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Wabash Elver at Wa~bash, Ind............ 358

Wabash River Basin, gaging-s^ation

records in......................351-408

Wakatomika Creek near Frazeyburg, Ohio 178 

Walhonding River below Mohawk Dam, at

Nellie, Ohio..................... 164

discharge measurements of............ 651

Walker Creek at Bane, Va............... 319

Walland, Tenn., Little River near...... 559

Wampum, Fa., Beaver River at........... 118

Wartburg, Tenn., Emory Rfver near...... 589

Warwick, Ky., Kentucky River at........ 313

Watauga River at Butler, Tern.......... 550

at Elizabethton, Tenn................ 551

at Stump Knob, Tenn.................. 549

discharge measurement of............. 658

Waterboro, N. Y., Conewango Creek at... 42 

Waterloo, Ala., Tennessee River at..... 508

Wax, Ky., Nolin River at............... 340

Wayne City, 111., Skillet Fo-k at...... 408

Waynesburg, Ohio, Sandy Cree't at....... 150

West Pork River at Butcherville, W. Va. 90 

at Clarksburg, W. Va................. 91

at Enterprise, W. Va................. 92

Wheat, Tenn., Clinch River nsar........ 586

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala.508-503 

White Cloud, Ind., Blue Rive- near..... 330

White creek near Glen Alice, Tenn...... 598

White Plains, Ky., Pond Rive- near....349-350

White River at Petersburg, Ind......... 385

East Fork of, at Seymour, Ind........ 391

at Shoals, Ind..................... 393

near Bedford, Ind.................. 398

West Fork of, at Anderson, Ind....... 379

at Indianapolis, Ind............... 388

at Muncie, Ind..................... 378

at Newberry, Ind................... 384

at Spencer, Ind.................... 383

near Noblesville, Ind.............. 380

near Nora, Ind..................... 381

Whiteoak Creek near Georgeto-'m, Ohio... 877 

Whiteoak Creek Basin, Ohio, discharge

measurement In................... 651

gaging-station record In............. 277

Whitesburg, Ala., Tennessee River at..497-500 

Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind.... 306

near Alpine, Ind..................... 305

Whitwell, Tenn., Sequatchie River near. 686 

Wilcox, 111., Little Wabash River at... 400 

Williams River at Dyer, W. Va.......... 831

Willlamsport, Ohio, Deer Cre-ik at...... 870

Wills Creek, Ohio, Wills Cre"5k at...... 177

Wills Creek at Cambridge, Ohio......... 176

below Wills Creek Dam, at Wills

Creek, Ohio...................... 177

discharge measurements of............ 651

Wills Creek Reservoir, Ohio, contents

of..............................148,149

Wilson Reservoir near Florence, Ala...504-506 

Winchester, Ky., Kentucky River near... 311 

Wolf Creek near Narrows, Va............ 880

Woodbury, Ky., Green River at.......... 335

Woodville, Ala., Paint Rock River near. 687 

Work, division of...................... 11

scope of............................. 1

Wurtemburg, Pa., Slippery Rock Creek at 135

Yale, Ky., Licking River at............

Yatesville, Ky., Blaine Creek at.......

Yellow Creek bypass, Ky., discharge

measurements of..................

Youghiogheny River at Connellsville,

Pa...............................

at Sutersville, Fa...................

at Youghiogheny River Dam, Pa........

below Confluence, Fa.................

Youghiogheny River Dam, Pa.,

Youghiogheny River at............

Youngstown, Ohio, Mahoning River at....

Youngsville, Pa., Brokenstraw Creek at.

283

855

652

104

105

108

103

108

117

45

Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum River at... 144

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