DEPART:\IENT OF THE INTERIOR 

~VATER-SUPPLY 

IRRIGATION PAPERS 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

No. 51 

OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1901 

PROPERTYop 

EI 'WEST:f>E 

O. ~l.EC1'. ttt: ·N'~ 
JRRIGATION REPOR'l'S. 

The following list contains titlet> and brief descriptions of the principal reports 

relating to water supply and irrigation prepared by the United States Geological 

Survey since 1890: 

.lS90. 

First Annual Report of the United States Irrigation Survey, 1890; octavo, 123 pp. 

Printed as Part II, Irrigation, of the Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geolog· ical <;urvey, 1888-89. Contains a statement of the origin of the Irrigation Survey, a pre· liminary report on the org:mization and prosecution of the survey of theo arid lands for 

purposes uf irrigation, and report of work done during 1800. 

1S9l. 

Second Annual Report of the United States Irrigation Survey, 1891; octavo, 390 pp. 

Pnblishetl as Part II, Irrigation. of tho Eleventh Annual Report of the United States 

Geological Survey, lbS~-!H Contai<IS a description of the hydrography of the arid region and of the engineering operatio:1s carried on by the I t'I'igation Survey during 1800; also 

the statement of the Director of the Snrvey to the House Committee on Irrigation, and 

othe:· papers, including a bibliography of irrigation litemture. Illustrated by29platesand 

4 figures. . 

Third Annual Report of the United States Irrigation Survey, 1891; octavo, 576 pp. 

Printed as Part II of the Twelfth Annual R"port of the United States Geological Survey, 1800-91. Contains" Report upon the location and survey of reservoir sites during the 

fiscal year ended June 30, 18!ll," by A. H. 'rhompson: "Hydrography of the arid regions," by F. H. Newell; "Irrigation in India," by He:· bert 111. Wilson. Illustrated by 93 plates and 100 figures. 

Bulletins of the Eleventh Census of the United States upon irrigation, prepared 

by F. H. Newell; quarto. 

No. 35, Irrigation in A.rizona; No. 60, Irrigation in New Mexico; No. 85, 

Irrigation in Utah; No. 107, Irrigation in \"Vyoming; No. 153, Irrigation in 

:Montana; No. 157, Irrigation in Idaho; No. 163, Irrigation in Nevada; No. 

178, Irrigation in Oregon; No. 193, Artesian wells for irrigation; No. 198, 

Irrigation in Washington. 189~. 

Irrigation of western United StattJs, by F. H. Newell; extra census bulletin No. 

23, September \J, 1892; quarto, 22 pp. 

Contains tabulations Rlwwing th" total number, average size, etc., of irrigate<l holdings, the total area >tud average size ')f iJTigated farms in the subhumid reginns, the percentage of number of farms irrigatetl, chamcoer of crops. v>tlue of irrigated lands. tho average cost of irrigation, the investment and profits, together with a resume of the water supply and a descriptiou of irrigation by artesian wells. Illustrated by colored maps showing the 

location and relativt> extent of the irrign.ted areas. 

1S9:~. 

Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1891-92, Part 

III, Irrigation, 1893; octavo, Mill pp. 

Consists of three pa.pcrs: ''\Yater suvply ior irrigation,'' hy F. H. Nowell: '~American 

irrigationengineerin~'~ aud "~EnginPer!·'!;:; results of the Irrigat~on Survcy, 11 by Herbert M. 'Vilsou; ··Construction of topogr·tpitiP 1nR-p:-i and 6aleetion and survey of reservoir 

siteo," l>y A. H Thompson. Illustrated by 77 p.ate" and 119 figures. 

A geological reconnoissance in central \Vashington, by Israel Cook Russell, 1893; 

o<.;tavo, 108 pp., l?i plates. Bulletin No. 108 of the United States Geological 

Survey; price, 15 cents. 

Contains a description of the examination of the geologic structm·e in and adjacent to the drainage bash1 of Yakima River and the great plains of tho Columbia to the east of 

this ~trea, with special reference to the occurrence of artesian waters. 

1894. 

Report on agriculture by irrigation in the western part of the United States at the 

Eleventh Census, 1890, by F. H. Newell, 1894; quarto, 28::1 pp. 

Consists of a general description of the condition of irrigation in tho United States, the area irrigated, coot of works, their value and profits; also dt>scl'ibes the water supply, the 

value of water, of artesian wells. reservoirs, and other detai !s: then takes up each State 

and Territory in order, giving a general description of the condition of agrieulture by irri· 

gation, and discusses the physical conditions and local peculiarities in each county. 

Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1892-93, in two 

parts; Part II, Accompanying papers, 1894; octa,vo, 597 pp. 

Contains papers on "Potable waters of the eastern United States," by W J McGee; 

"Natural mineral waters of the United States," by A. C. Peale; aud "Re~ults of stream measurements," by F. H. Newell. Illustrated by maps and diagrams. 

IRR51--2 

(Continued on third page of cover.) 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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WATER-SUPPLY ·~<:;, 

. .0 A... . ~A-~AA. AND ~ . .,... 

IRRIGATION PAPERS 

Ol!' THE 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVJ~Y 

No. 5i 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMEN'l' l>RINTING 0FFICE 

]901 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIREQTOR 

OPERA'riONS AT RIVER 8.11ATIONS, 1900 

A REPORT OF THE 

DIVISION OF HYDHOGRAPHY 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUR\TEY 

PART V 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1901 
• 
CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Measurements at river stations ........ ___ ...... ___ --· .... __ -______________ .- 395 

North Fork of Humboldt River near Pek.o, Nevada ____ ... ___ . __ . __ . __ - 395 

Humboldt River near Elko, Nevada_ .. _ .. ___ . __ . ________ . ________ ... . 395 

South Fork of Humboldt River at Mason's ranch, Nevada_. ___ ._ .... -- 396 

Humboldt River near Golconda, Nevada. ______ .. ___ . ________________ _ 397 

Humboldt River near Oreana, Nevada _ .. _ . _ .... ___ . ___ . __ .. _____ .. ___ . 398 

East Fork Carson River near Gardnerville, Nevada .. __ ... _. ___ ... _. ___ . 399 

West Fork Carson River at W oodfords, California .. ___ . ________ ... __ . 400 

Carson River near Empire, Nevada .. __ . __ .. ____ .... __ . __ .. __ .. _. _. __ 401 

Truckee River at Tahoe, California ...... __ . __ ...... _ . __ . _ .. ___ . _. __ _ 402 

Truckee River at Nevada-California State line .. __ ...... ___ . __ .. _. ___ . 403 

Truckee River at Vista, Nevada .. _ ......... _ ... _ . . . . . .. _. _ .. _ _ _ _. __ . 404 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Truckee Basin .... _. _. _ .. __ _ 405 

Steamboat Creek at Steamboat Springs, Nevada ______ ........ _ .... ___ _ 406 

Willow Creek near Standish, California_ .... ___ .. _ .... ____ . _. _ .... _ . _. 407 

Susan River near Susanville, California_. __ .... ___ .... _. _____ ...... __ . 408 

Bear River at Ba ttlecreek, Idaho. . ___ . __ .... ____ . _. _ ... __ . __ .. _ .... _. 409 

Cub River at Franklin, Idaho __ ._.· __ ._ ..... _. _ ....... ___ .... ___ . _ .... . 410 

Logan River near Logan, Utah_ .. __ . _____ . _ ... _. _ .. _ . __ . ___ .. _ _ _ _ _ . _ 411 

Blacksmith Fork at Hyrum, Utah ______ .. __ . ______ ... _____ ...... ___ .. 412 

Little Bear River, Utah ... _ .. ______ .. _____ .. _______ ... ___ .. __ ...... __ 413 

Bear River near Collinston, Utah _________________ ·-------- ..... _____ _ 413 

Weber River near Uinta. Utah_·--· _______ ._ ... _____ .. _____________ _ 414 

Spanish Fork near Mapleton, Utah . ___ ...... ___ . __ .. _______________ _ 415 

Provo River near Provo, Utah _ ... __ . ____ .... __ . __ . __ .. _. _ ... __ . ____ .. 416 

American Fork near American Fork, Utah ... _______________ ._. ___ . __ . 417 

Utah Lake, Utah _. __ ....... _ . _ ........ _. _. ___ . _. __ ...... _ .. _ ...... . 419 

City Creek near city of Salt Lake, Utah __ . __ ... ___ .... _. __ . _. __ ... ___ _ 420 

Parleys Creek near city of Salt Lake, Utah .... ______ .. ______ .----· __ ... 421 

Mill Creek near city of Salt Lake, Utah __ .. _ ... __ ._. ____ ... ___ . _. _ . _ .. 422 

Big Cottonwood Creek near city of Salt Lake, Utah _ · __ . _ .. ___ ..... _. _. 422 

Salina Creek near Salina, Utah___ . __ . _. _. _ .. ____ . _ _ _ .. __ . _____ . __ . __ 423 

Manti Creek near Manti, Utah ____ . __ . ______________ .. _______________ _ 424 

San Pitch River near Gunnison, Utah .. _ .... ____ .. ____ . __ . ____ . ___ . __ 425 

Sevier River near Gunnison, Utah_ .... ·- ___________ .. _. _. ___ . _., _____ _ 425 

Snake River at Montgomery Ferry, Idaho ... ____ --· ______ ... __ ....... . 426 

Malade River, Idaho ____ .. _· _ ........ ____ .. __ . ______ .. __ .. __ . __ . __ ... _ .. _ 426 

Bruneau River near Grandview, Idaho. _____ .. _ .. __ . _ ... _ ... ___ . _. _ .. , 426 

Boise River near Boise, Idaho_. ____ .. ___ ... _. ____ .. __ . ___ . _ .. _ ~ .. ___ .. _ 427 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Boise Valley, Idaho . __ . _. . . _ 428 

Weiser River near Weiser, Idaho _ . ___ . ______ .. ___ . _ .. ___ . _ .. ________ _ 430 

Blackfoot River near Bonner, Montana ____________ -· ______________ . __ _ 430 

Rattlesnake Creek at Missoula, Montana ___________________ . ____ ..... 431 

Missoula River at Missoula, Montana ___ .. _. _____ .. ___ ... _. ____ _ 432 -· 

393 
394 CONTENTS. 

Measurements at river Rtations-Continued. Page. 

Bitterroot River at Missoula, Montana . ___ . _____ . _______ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 433 

Flathead Lake, Montana _____ . _. _________ . _. __ .. _______ .. __ . ___ . _ _ _ _ _ _ 434 

Swan River near Holt, Montana __ . __ . ___ .. __ . __ ... ____ . ____ . _____ .. __ . _ 436 

Flathead Lake near Holt, Montana._ . _ . ______ . ______ . __ . _______ . _ .. _. 437 

Flathead Lak..e at Polson, Montana __________ .- . -------- -----·----- ____ 438 

Spokane River at Spokane, Washington .. ___ ~ ______ --- __ ......... _---- 438 

LakeChelanatLakeside, Washington __________________ -------------- 439 

Naches River at North Yakima, Washington ________________ . __ . __ .. __ 440 

Yakima River at Union Gap, Washington _________ . __ ..... ____ ...... __ . 441 

Yakima River at Kiona, Washington _______ . ____________ ... __ . ____ .___ 442 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Yakima County, Wasl,ington_ 443 

Palouse River near Hooper, Washington . __ ... ·. ---- ________ . ______ --.. 443 

Umatilla River at Gibbon, Oregon_. __________________ ----------______ 444 

Deschutes River at Moro, Oregon . _ . _______ . ___ . _ . _. _____ ..... _ . __ .. _ _ 445 

Hood River at Tucker, Oregon ___ . _. _. __ .. __ .. _ ... _ . ______ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 445 

White P.iver near Buckley, Washington ____ .. __ . __ . __ . __ .. ____ .. ___ •. 445 

Dungeness -.:tiver at Dungeness, Washington _ . _. __ .... ____ .. ____ .. _ _ _ _ _ 446 

Elwha River at McDonald, Washington .. _. ___ .. ___ . ______ ---- ______ .. 447 

Calo'wa River near Forks, Washington __ . ___ ..... __ . _ .. _________ .. __ . _ _ _ 448 

Soleduck .i:tiver near Quillayute, Washington_ ... _._._. __ ... ______ .. _. 449 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in· northwestern Washington_._ 450 

Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry,· California_~ ... _______ . _ .. ____ .. ____ . _ 450 

North Yuba River near North San Juan, California._. ______ .. _____ .. _ _ 451 

Middle Yuba River near North San Juan, California _________ -----·___ 452 

Yuba River near Smat·tville, California. __ . ____________ . __ . ·----- ___ _ __ 452 

Cache Creek, California _________ . _ . __ . - _______ -.. ____ . __ . __ .. ~. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 453 

Salin.as River near Salinas, California. __________ . ___ ~ .. __ . __ . ____ . __ . _. 454 

Stanislaus River near Oakdale, California_ .. __ ---··-·--------------____ 455 

Tuolumne River at Lagrange, California . _ _ . _. __ . __ . _. _ .. ___ . _. _____ . . 456 

San Joaquin River at Herndon, California_. ________ .. ·--------------- 458 

King R_iver near Red Mountain, California _____ .. _____ .. __ --···_ ... ____ 459 

King River near Kingsburg, California __ . __ . _______ . __ . __ • _______ . _ _ _ 460 

Kern River Basin, California _ . ___ . _ _ _ . ______ . ____ . ________ . __ . ____ . _ 461 

Kern River near Bakerefield, California. _________________ .. ____ .. _ ... _ _ 462 

Mohave River at Victorville, California ___________ -------. _____ . _. _ _ _ _ _ 463 

Los Angeles River at theN arrows, California_._. ______ . _. _____ . _ _ _ _ _ 464 

Arroyo Seco, California .. _ . _____ . _ .. _____ . _. _____ . ______ . ____ . _ _ _ _ _ _ 471 

San Gabriel River above Azusa, California·------·---------------· .. __ 472 

Santa Ana River below Warmsprings, California. __________ . ________ . 475 

Mill Creek in c~nyon, California .. ___ . _. _. ________ . _. ___ . __ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 476 

Chino Creek at Rincon, California ______ . ___ . ___ . _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 478 

Santa Ana River at Rincon, California_·------ __________________ ------ 478 

San Luis Rey River, California . __ . _. __ . ___ . __ . ____ . ______ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 79 

Sweetwater River at Sweetwater dam, California _ _ _ _ _ _____ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 479 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in California .. __ ·-----_________ 479 
OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900. 

PART V. 

MEASURE~IENTS AT RIVER STATIONS. 1 

NORTH FORK OF HUMBOLDT RIVER NEAR PEKO, NK"r ADA. 

This station, established 1\'Iarch 25, 1898, is on the Soutl'a,rn Pacific 

Railroad bridge about 2 miles west of Peko and a shc~·t distance 

above the mouth of the river. It is described in Water-Srpply Paper 

No. 38, page 325. Results of measurement;s for 1899 will be found in 

the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 389. The station was 

discontinued March 3, 1900, and no measurements of discharge -were 

made during the year. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Fork of Hurnboldt River near Peko, Net·ada, 

for 1900. 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ 

L •..... ~~~~12 •..... ~~-- ~------ ~~[~~ 

~::~:::: ~:t ~:~ ~J' it:::::: ~:i gj ~:::::: g:~ ~J -------- 4....... 2.5 3.3 15...... 3.2 3.3 26...... 3.2 3.5 -----·-· 5....... 2.5 3.3 16 .. ---- 3.2 3.4 27------ 3.2 3.5 -------- 6 ....... 2.5 3.3 17 ...... 3.2 3.4 28 ...... 3.2 3.5--------

7....... 3.0 3.3 18...... 3.3 3.3 29...... 3.2 ---------------- 8....... 3.0 3.4 19______ 3.3 3.4 30______ 3.2 I 

9. ·----- 3. 0 3. 4 20 ... --- 3. 3 3.4 31.-. ... 3. 3 -~== ~==: ~:=~ :::: 10~------ 3.0 3.4 21...... 3.11 3.4 

11....... 3.1 3.3 22...... 3.1 3.4: 

HUMBOLDT RJVER NEAR ELKO, NEVADA. 

This station, established by L. H. Taylor on June 17, 1815, is at the 

highway bridge 1 mile southwest of the town. It is described in 

\Vater-Supply Paper No. 38, page 326. Results of measurements for 

1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part. IV, page 

390. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were 

made by L. H. Taylor: 

July 6: Gage height, 2 feet; discharge, 22 second-feet. 

August 31: Gaga height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 4 second-feet. 

1 Continued from Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 50. 

395 
396 OPERATIONS .AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-P.AP.T V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River near Elko, Nevada, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar.! Apr.jMay.' June. July. Aug. Sept. I Oct. Nov. Dec. 

L ·-oo ·o·· ...... ---- ...... ~~- ------------- .. ----- ---- 3 ............ - Oo.ooo OOOooo 4 ........... ---- ooOo -----0 5.-------- OOoo oooo ooo• .... (i- OOOOoO O•Oooo OOOOOo ------ 7 ....... Oo oooo oooooo 000000 80 0000---- •ooo ooOo ooOO oooo !L. oooOO 0000 00-- ...... OOoo 100 OOOooooO ooooOo OOoooO OOOo 11.000.00 Ooooooo-OoO.o OOoOoO 

12. O•oo ------------ ------oo 130 .... ---- oooOOO ------ .... 14. oo•• -------- Oooo -.oo ---o 15.---------- ... 000 ... 0 Oooo 16.---- ............ 000- Oooo 170 OOoooooO Oooo 

18 0 - 00--- --00 -.. --- -- .. -- 0 - 19.---- ---- OOoO~- 0000 ..... 0 200------0 0 ----oo 00 .. oooooo 2l. .... ooooooooOOOOOOo0oOoO 6)'-) 

Z3: ~ ~ ~~~~~ ~:::: ~ :~~:: ~ ~:::: 2!. ..... -------- oOOOoO ----- 25 ..... oooO 0 ..... OOoo- OOOoO 26o000oo0 OoOOooOO OOoOOOOOOo 27 .... 00 ....... OOOOoO oooOoo 

28. ·--- ---- ...... ---------- 29. O•OoooOoOo ...... oOoOOoo 3()_ OOo ---oo 000000 OOoO oOoOoo 31.0 000.0 OOooOOoOOO oooO Oooo 

2. 38 2. 90 2.40 2. 95 2.41 3. ()() 2. 42 3.00 2. 43 2. 95 2. 45 2. 85 2. 48 2. 70 2. 49 2.67 2.50 2. 65 2. 52 2. 60 2.54 2.65 2.55 2.55 

2.54 2.58 2. 65 :J..66 2. 75 2.68 2. 90 2. 75 3.10 2.85 3.au 2. 75 3.20 2.80 3. 00 :~.85 

3. 00 2. 90 2. 90 2. 98 2.85 3. 00 2. 75 3. 08 2. 80 3.00 3.15 3.15 

3.20 3.20 3.10 3.15 

3.00 ······ 2. 95 ·- ... . 2.85, ..... . 

-----------------·---

3.09 

3.00 

3.10 

3.25 

3.20 

3.15 

3.10 

3.13 

3.07 

3.05 

3.00 

3.05 

3.05 

3.10 

3.15 

3.25 

8.20 

3.20 

3.15 

3.10 

2.95 

2.80 

2.95 

~J~- 2.80 

2.85 

2.90 

2.85 

2.85 

2.80 

2. S.'i 3. 70 4. 55 3. 00 1. 95 1. 80 1. 85 1. 9'Z 2. 30 2. 90 3. 70 4. 60 3. ()() 1. 90 1. 80 1. 85 1. 94 2. 30 3. oo 3. 65 4. 10 2.10 1. 85 1. 79 1. 86 1. 92 2. au 2. 95 3. 65 4. 75 2. 80 1. 80 1. 80 1. 87 1. 95 2. 30 2.87 3. 75 4.80 2.60 1. 75 1.80 1.85 1.94 2.3'J 2. 85 3. 60 4. 85 2. 40 1. 70 1. 80 1. 85 2. ()() 2. 30 2. 90 3. 55 4. ss 2. 20 1. 65 1. 7!l 1. s5 2. 04 2. au 2. 95 3. :w 4. 90 3. 30 1. Bo 1. so 1. s5 2. o5 2. au 3. 00 3. 50 4. 95 3. 75 1. 55 1. 80 1. 90 2.10 2. 30 2. 95 3. 55 5. 30 2. 75 1. 55 1. 7!l 1. 85 2.10 2. au 2. 98 3. 60 5. 25 2. 60 1. 55 1. 80 1. 90 2. 05 2. 30 3. 01 3. 65 5. 20 2. 75 1. 50 1. 80 1. 90 2. 10 2. 34 2. 95 4. 25 5.15 2. 80 1. 50 1. 79 1. 90 2. a 2. a4 2. 80 4. 35 5. 05 2. 60 1. 45 1. 80 1. 90 2. 15 2. 35 3. (KJ 4. 45 5. 07 2. 50 1. 50 1. 80 1. 90 2. 18 2. 35 3. 15 4. 75 5.10 2. 45 1. 55 1. 80 1. 94 2. 18 2. 30 a.:;o 4.8515.10 2.45 1.60 1.78 1.94 2.20 2.35 3. 25 4. 65 5. U5 2. 45 1. 60 1. 78 1. 93 2. ao 2. 35 3. 30 4. 45 5. 10 2. 45 1. 60 1. 8(] 1. 94 2. au 2. 35 3. 35 4. 30 4. 95 2. 43 1. 55 1. 82 1. 9(1 2. 30 2. 35 3. 35 4. 58 . 4. 90 2. 40 1. 55 1. 84 1. 90 2. 30 2. 37 3. 25 4. 55 4. 80 2. 35 l. 55 I. b5 1. 94 2. 30 2. 40 3. au 4. sa 4. 75 2. 30 1. 50 1. 85 1. 93 2. 25 2. 40 3. 35 4. 5H 4. 40 2. 25 1. 45 1. 87 1. 92 2. 25 2. 4.0 

~:7Z !:~ !:M ~:fg t~ t~~ t~ ~:~ ~:!8 3. 45 4. 45 3. 90 2. 05 1. 50 1. 86 1. 90 2. 25 42. 40 

3. 55 4. 50 3. 85 2. 05 1. 5511. 87' 1. 90 2. 25 2. 40 3. 60 4. 45 3. 90 2. 05 1. 60 1. 9(] 1. 90 2. 28 2. 40 

-~--~~-- !:~g -~--~~- ~:~ l:~ 0~--~:0 t~ 0~--~- -- ~:~~ 

SOUTH FORK OF HUMBOLDT RIVER AT MASON'S RANCH, NEVADA. 

This station, established August 29, 1896, is 10 miles southwest of 

the town of Elko. U is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, 

page 327. Results of measurements will be found afO: follows: For 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 311; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 430; for 1898, Twentieth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 440; for 1899, Twenty-first Arnual Report, 

Part IV, page 391. During 1900 the following measurements were 

made by L. H. ,.raylor: 

July 6: Gage height, 1.45 feet; discharge, 150 second-fe('t,. 

August 31: Gage height, 0.30 foot; discharge, 0.60 second-foot. 
NEVADA. 397 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Fork of Humboldt River at Mrt.son's ranch, 

Nevada, for 1900. 

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

----------

1. ---·-- ------------------ 0.95 0.70 1.10 1.35 1.60 3.50 1. 8.5 0.55 0.30 0 40 0.75 0.95 

2 .......................... -----· ------ .95 . 70 1.10 1.35 1.65 3.50 1. 70 .50 .30 .45 .75 .90 

3 ....... ------------------ .95 . 70 1.10 1.35 1. 70 3.20 1. 70 .45 .30 .45 . 75 .!10 

'4_ ------------------ ----·· .95 . 70 1.10 1.35 1. 70 3.30 1.60 .45 .30 .50 . 75 .90 5 ................... ------ .95 . 70 1.10 1.35 1.80 3.30 1.55 .40 .30 .50 . 75 .85 

6.------------------------ .95 .80 1.10 1.35 1.95 3.35 1.45 .40 .30 .50 .75 .85 

7.- --···--- ... ------------ .95 .85 1.10 1.35 2.00 3.40 1.40 .40 .30 .50 .75 . 8.5 

~~ :::-:== = =~::: = ===== ====== 

.95 .85 1.10 1.45 2.20 3.50 1.35 .35 .30 .50 . 75 .85 

.95 .90 1.10 1.50 2.30 3.50 1.35 .35 .30 .50 . 75 .80 

10 ..... -- .. ------------ ---- .95 . 90 1.10 1.50 2.50 3.60 1.30 .35 .30 .50 . 75 .80 11. .. -- -.. -... -- -- -- --- - ---- .95 .90 1.10 1.60 2.60 3.40 1.25 . 3.5 .30 .50 . 75 .80 

12.---- -- .. ---- .... ---- .... .95 .90 1.10 1.60 2. 75 3.30 1.20 .35 .30 .50 . 75 .80 

13. ---- ---- ---. ---- ---- ---- .95 .!10 1. 20 1.60 2.80 3.20 1. 20 .35 .30 .50 . 75 .80 14 _________ ------------ .... 1.00 .9.5 1.20 1.60 2.80 3.10 1.15 .3.5 .30 .5.'5 .75 .80 

15 ..... -------------------. 1.20 .95 1.20 1.60 2. 75 3.10 1.10 .31) .30 .M . 75 .80 

16 ..... -------------------- 1.20 .90 1. ~5 1.60 2.75 3.10 1.00 .35 .30 .55 . 75 .80 

17. ------------------------ 1.30 .90 1. ~5 1. 55 2. 75 2. !10 .90 .35 .30 .tiO .7'5 .80 

18.------------ -------- -- .. 1.30 .95 1. 25 1.50 2.80 2.60 .90 .35 .35 .60 .80 .80 

19.---- ..... -------- .... ---- 1.30 .95 1. 25 1.50 2.80 2.50 .85 .30 .35 .6fi .80 .80 

2{)_ -- -------------- -------- 1.10 1.00 1.30 1.50 2. 75 2.50 .so .30 .35 .65 .90 .80 

21. .... -------------------- .90 1.00 1.30 1.50 2. 75 2.50 .80 .30 .35 .65 .00 .SO 

2'2 ...... -------------------- .90 1.10 1.35 1.50 2. 75 2.45 . 75 .30 .35 .65 .90 .80 23. .90 1.10 l.a5 1.50 2.80 2.40 . 70 .30 .35 .70 .90 .70 

2! .• ::: ==~= ======~= =~== ~==~ .90 1.10 1.35 1. 45 2.85 2.30 . 70 .30 .35 .70 .90 .70 

25 ..... ------------- ... ---- .80 1.10 1.35 1. 45 2.85 :!.20 . 70 .30 .40 .70 .95 .G5 

26. ---- ------------ -.. ----- .80 1.10 1.35 1.45 2.90 :~.10 .70 .30 .40 . 70 .95 .65 

27-------------------------- .80 1.10 1.35 1.45 3.35 2.10 . 70 .30 .40 . 70 .95 .65 

~- -------------------- .. -- . 75 1.10 1.35 1.45 3.40 2.10 . 70 .30 .40 .75 .95 .60 

29 ..... ·--------------- ---- .75 ------ 1. 3.5 1.50 3.40 2.00 .65 .30 .40 .75 .95 .60 

30. -- .. -------- .. -- .. ------- .70 ............ 1.35 1.60 3.40 1. 90 .65 .30 .40 . 75 .95 .60 

31. -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- -- -- ---- . 70 ............ 1.35 ------ 3.50 ·----- .GO .30 ------ .75 ------ .60 

HUMBOLDT RIVER NEAR GOLCONDA, NEVADA. 

"-rhiA station is near the great northern bend of Humboldt Riv·er, arid 

below the central vaUey. It is about 12 miles above tte mouth of 

Little Humboldt River. It was established October g4, 1894, and is 

described in 'Vater-Supply Paper No. 38, page 329. Th8 results of 

measurements will be found as follows: For 1896, Eighteenth Ann_ual 

Report, Part IV, page 306; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Eeport, Part 

IV, page 427; for 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 438; 

for 1899, Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 392. During 1900 

the following measurements were made by L. H. Taylor: 

April14: Gage height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 102 second-fee~. 

May 25: Gage height, 3.83 feet; discharge, 385 second-feet. 

July 13: Gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 66 second-feet. 

August 30: Gage height, 0.20 foot; discharge, 2.5 second-feet. 
398 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO.5]. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River near Golconda,-Ne-t,ada, for 1900, 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May . . June. July. Aug.jSept. 1 Oct. Nov. Dec. 

-- -~ 

1. ---·--- ----------------- 2.25 2.90 3.30 2.65 1.80 3.80 2.90 ·o.45 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.15 

2------------------------- 2.25 2.90 3.30 2.60 1.80 3. 75 2.80 .45 .20 .20 .20 .15 

3.------ ·----- --·---- ·---- 2.25 2.90 3.30 2.50 1.80 3. 75 2. 70 .40 .20 .20 .20 .20 

4.------------------------ ~-30 2.90 3.35 2.20 1. 75 3. 75 2.50 ..!0 .20 .20 .20 .20 

5.------------------------ 2.40 2.90 3.3!j 2.00 1. 70 3.80 2.30 .40 .20 .20 .20 .20 

6 .. ----------------------- 2.40 2.95 3.3.'i 1. 85 1.6Q 3.82 2.20 .35 .20 .20 .20 .20 

7------------------- ·----- 2.M) 2.95 3.35 1. 75 1.50 3.00 2.10 .35 .20 .20 .20 .20 

8.---- ---· ---------------- 2. 4,1j 2.95 3.00 1.65 1.50 4.10 2.00 .30 .20 .20 .20 -~ 9.------------ ------------ 2.45 2.95 3.25 1.65 1.50 4.10 2.00 .30 .20 .20 .20 .25 

10.------ ------------ .. ---· 2.50 3.00 3.20 1. 70 1.50 3. 95 1.90 0 2-'l .:..J() .20 .20 .30 

11------- ---·-- ------------ 2.50 a.oo 3.20 1. 75 1.50 4,.05 1. 70 .20 .20 .20 .ze ·.3.5 

12.------------------------ 2.50 3.00 3.20 1. 70 1.50 4-.10 1.60 .20 .20 .20 .20 .35 

13 _______ ------------ -----· 2.55 3.05 3.15 1. 75 1.50 4-.20 1.50 .20 .20 .20 .20 .40 

14-.------------------------ 2.55 3.05 3.15 1. 75 1.50 4.25 1.40 .20 .20 .20 .20 .50 

15.------------------ ------ 2.55 3.10 3.10 1. 75 1.50 4.30 1.30 .20 .20 .20 .20 .55 

16.------------------ ------ 2.60 3.10 3.10 1. 75 1.80 4.30 1.20 .20 .20 .20 .20 .60 

17 ....... ------------------ 2.60 3.15 3.10 l. 75 2.10 4.10 1.10 .20 .20 .20 .20 .60 HL ........ ----- _ ----.-- _ .. 2.65 3.15 .3.10 1. 75 2.25 a. !lO 1.00 .20 .20 .20 .20 .70 

19.------------------------ 2.65 3.15 3.05 1.75 2.45 3. 70 .90 .20 .20 .20 .20 0 75 

20.------------------ -----· 2. 70 3.20 3.00 1. 75 3.30 3.50 .80 .20 .20 .20 .20 .80 

2L ------ ...... ------------ 2. 70 3.20 3.00 1. 75 3.45 3.40 .80 .20 .20 .20 .20 .90 

22------- -----· ------------ 2. 70 3.20 2.90 1. 75 3.55 3.40 .80 .20 .20 .20 .20 .90 

23 _______ ------------------ 2. 75 - 3. 2.'} 2.90 1. 75 3.60 3.30 0 70 .20 .20 .20 .20 .95 

24.------------ ---------·-- 2. 75 3.25 2.8.'} 1.80 3.70 3.00 0 70 .20 .20 .20 .20 .95 

25.--------------------.... 2.80 3.25 2.85 1.80 3.83 3.30 .60 .20 .20 .20 .15 .95 

26.------ ------------ ------ 2.80 3.25 2.85 1.80 3.85 3.20 .60 .20 .20 .20 .15 .95 

Zl. -------- ...• ------------ 2.80 3.30 ·2.80 1.80 3.90 3.10 .60 .20 .20 .20 .15 .95 

28.------ ...... -- ··-- ------ 2.80 3.30 2.80 1. 80 3.90 3.00 .50 .20 .20 .20 .15 1.00 

29.------------------------ 2.85 ·----- 2. 75 1.80 3.90 2.90 .50 .20 .20 .20 .15 1.00 

30 .. ----0 .. -.... ----- ----00 2.8.5 ............. 2. 70 1. 80 3.90 2.90 .50 .20 .20 .20 .15 1.00 

31. ______ ------------------ 2.85 ............ 2. 70 ............ 3.85 -----· .45 .20 ............ .20 .. .......... 1.00 

HUMBOLDT RIVER NEAR OREANA,· NEVADA. 

This station, established January 27, 1896, is It miles above the old 

Oreana highway bridge. It is 12 miles northeast of I.ovelocks and 

abov-e all of the canals diverting water in the vicinity of that town. 

It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 330. Results of 

measurements will be found as follows: For 1896, Eighteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 307; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 428; for 1898,-Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

439; for 1899, Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 393. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by I..~. H. 

Taylor: 

Discharge measurements n/ Humboldt River near Oreana, Nevada. 

Date. Gage Disheight. charge. Date. Gage Dis· 

height. charge. 

1900. 

March 2 ....................... . 

~;~\ ~.::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

Feet. Sec.-feet. _ 1900. Feet. Sec.-feet. 

1.95 267 May23 ............ ·-----------··- O.:z<) 26 1. 50 157 .Tune 29 ................ -------- 1. 65 190 

1. 30 124 July 8 _ ........ ----- ______ ------ 2. 00 283 

.40 47 
NEVADA. 399 

Daily gage height, in feet, (~f Hnmholdt Rit'er near Oreana, Nevada, for 1900. 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. ,Tuly. Aug. Seopt. o~t. Nov. Dec. 

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

1.----------------------- 2.40 1.90 2.00 1.00 0.40 0. 70 1.50 0.90 o.ro 0.20 0.40 0.30 

2 ••••.• ·-·----------- ---- 2.40 1.80 2.00 1.60 .40 .so 1.70 . 70 .20 .20 .40 .30 3 ________________ ........ 2.40 1.80 2.00 1.50 .40 .20 1.90 .80 .20 .20 .40 .30 4 __________ -------------- a2.60 1.90 2. <Xl 1.50 .40 .ro 2.00 .80 .20 .50 .40 .30 5 ________________ -------- a2.60 1.90 2.00 1.50 .40 .20 2.10 .80 .10 . 40 .40 .30 

6.--------------- --·-- ---- a2.60 2.00 2.00 1.30 .40 .30 2.20 -.80 .10 .40 .40 .30 

1.-----------------·- -· -· a2.60 2.00 2.10 1.30 .40 .40 2.00 .70 .10 .30 .00 .30 8 ______ ---- ·----- -------- a2.60 2.00 2.10 1.40 .40 .50 2.00 .60 .10" .40 .50 .30 9. ______ . --------- -------- ct3.00 1.90 2.10 1.40 .40 .50 2.00 .60 .10 .40 .40 .30 10.-------------------.--. a3.00 1.90 2.10 1.30 .40 .80 1.90 .60 .10 .40 .40 .30 11.---.- ---- ------ . ---. --- a3.80 1.90 2.10 1.30 .35 .80 1.80 .50 .10 .30 .40 .40 12 _______ -----·--- -------- a•i.OO 1.90 2.10 1.00 .35 .80 1.80 .50 .10 .30 .40 .50 

13.----------------------- ]. 80 1.80 2.00 .90 .35 1.50 1. 70 .50 .10 .30 JJO .50 14 ...... ---·- -------------- 2.00 1. 70 2.00 .90 .30 1.20 1. 70 .50 .60 .30 .50 .30 15 ______ ---·. --------- .... 2.00 1. 70 2.00 .90 .30 1.10 1.70 .50 .50 .30 .50 .30 16 ______ -- --.--------- .. -- 1.80 1. 70 1.90 .90 .25 1.10 1. 70 .50 .40 .40 .50 .30 

17 ·----- ---------- ---· ---- 1. 80 1.7'0 1.90 .80 .25 1.10 1.60 .50 .40 .40 .40 .30 18.----- . - .. - ----- ---- ---. 1. 80 1.90 1.90 .80 .25 1.10 l. 60 .50 .40 .40 .40 .30 19 .. --·· ------- ·-· ---- ---· 1. 70 1.90 1. 90 .50 .20 1.30 1.50 .50 •. 30 .30 .40 .30 20 ...... ------------------ 1.60 1.90 1.90 .50 .20 1. 40 1.30 .40 .30 .30 .50 .30 

l!L----- ----- ----- ---- -- -- 1.80 2.00 1.80 .50 .00 1. 70 1.30 .40 .30 .30 .00 .30 

22 ...... ----------------- ]..80 2.00 1. 80 .50 .20 1. 70 1.30 .30 .20 .30 .00 .30 23 ______ ------------------ 1.80 2.00 1.80 .50 .20 1.50 1.30 .30 .20 .30 .00 .30 24 ______ ------------------- 1.80 1.90 1. 80 .40 .ro 1..')() 1.30 .30 .00 .40 ,.')() .30 

25.--------.-------------- 1. 70 1.90 1.80 .40 .20 1.50 1.20 .30 .20 .40 .50 .70 

26 ...... ---- -------· ------ 1.70 1.90 1.80 .40 .20 1. 70 1.20 .30 .20 .40 .50 . 70 :!7 ________________ -------- 1.70 1.90 1.60 .40 .ro 1.90 .90 .30 .20 .w .50 1.00 28. _____ ·- .. -------------- 1.80 2.00 1.60 .40 .20 2.00 .80 .30 .20 .w .40 1.00 29. _____ ---- -----·- 1.90 ------ 1.60 .40 .20 1.80 1.4{) .30 .20 .w .40 1.40 3() ______ ---------- --=: :::: 1.90 ·----- 1.30 .40 ,4{} 1.50 1.30 .20 

!----~- .40 .30 1.40 31. _______________ .... ---- 1.90 ------ 1.30 ------ .50 ............... 1.30 .20 .40 ------ 1. 40 

alee gorge below gage; actual height should be 2.40. 

'"rhe following table gives the discharge measurements of the canals 

diverting water from Humboldt River near Lovelocks: 

Discharge rneasurernents of canals near Lovelocks. Nevada. 

Date. Canal. Locality. Hydrographer. 

1900. March 16 .......... Old Channel ditch~ ____ At head gate------ ______ L~ H. Taylo~-----

March 19 ··-------- ____ .do------------------ ..... do .............. ------ ..... do-----------· June29 ........... 

1 

..... do __________________ 2~al~.rds below head _____ do .......... ,. 

March 16 .... ______ I Last Chance ditch ..... About 1 mile below ..... do------------ head. March 19 .... ------ ____ .do ____ ..... ____ ------ ____ .do·----·-------------- ----.do------...... April7 _________________ do ____ -------------- _____ do ...... -------------- ..... do------------ ,June 29. __________ ..... do ____ .... ---------- ..... do ...... -------------- ..... do-------- .. .. 

March 16...... .... Southwest ditch.------ ..... do ......... ------------ ..... do ..•. ---- .. .. March 19.-----. _______ .do ______ .. ___ ._----- . ___ .do .. ---·--------.----· ----.do--·--·.-----

t~:;~tJg:::: :::::: ~: :::: :~~ :::::::: ~ =~: ~ ::::: ~==: :~~:::: :::::::::: = ::::: :: :::~~ ====~=~--=:~: March 8 ........... M~f~l[. or Rodgers Ato~J\mRi.;~~-oss .Hum- ..... do ___________ _ 

March 16.-----. ___ ..... do ____ . _____________ . __ .. do._ .. ---- .. ----_-- ___ .•... do.-·-----... . 

March 19 .......... 1 ..... do-------- ____ -·---- ____ .do ____ ------·----··--· ..... do------ .... .. April 7 ------. _____ ' ..... do ___ _-________ ------ ____ .do ... ______ -----_----· ____ .do_----· _____ _ June 29 _________ .... ___ .do ____ . ___ ·---- ••.. ______ .do .... ----_ ..... _----- ____ .do ____ .... __ .. 

March 17 -----· ___ Union canal _____ -·---- At head gate------------ ..... do------------ March 19 .... ------ ____ .do ____ -------.------ ____ .do-------------------· ____ .do-------- .... 

tlf~! J:=:::: :::::: :::: :~~ :::: ~=:: :::::::::: : === :~g_::~ :::::::::: :::::: : === =~~ =======--:::: 

Discharge. 

Sec.-ft. 94 

80 

60 

41 

39 

8 

17 

32 

34 

3! 

30 

49 

56 

60 

56 

55 

31 

28 

31 

28 

EAST FORK CARSON RIVER NEAR GARDNERVILLE, NEVADA. 

This branch of Carson River has its source in the hig'l Sierra of 

California, and flows north,vard, crosRing the Nevada-California 
400 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

boundary line and entering Carson Valley at Roden bah's ranch, about 

20 miles a little east of Routh from Carson. There it tur:'ls to the northwest, and a short distance above the town of Genoa unites with the 

West Fork, forming Carson River. The drainage arev. above Rodenbah's is 414 square miles in extent, and ~s mapped on tl'~ Markleeville 

and Dardanelles atlas sheets of the United States Geological Survey. 

The gaging_ station was established by I.J. H. Taylor on October 17, 

1900, at the place where measurements were made in the years 1890, 

1891, and 1892, the results of which are given in the Thirteenth 

Annual Report, Part III, page 95. The rod is an inclined timber 

securely fastened to posts set in the right bank of the stream. The 

bench mark·is on a basalt rock in the edge of the stream, 20 feet from 

the gage, and is at an elevation of 6.3 feet above gag<j datum. The 

channel at the station is straight and the banks are high. The stream 

bed is of cobbles and gravel, and is quite stable. Measurements are 

.. made from a cable and suspended car. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Fork Carson River near Gardnerville, Nevada, 

for 1900. 

} _______ -------- 2.4 2.4 12 •..... ----·--- 2.4 2.3 23 ..•••. 2.6 2. 7 2.4 2 ....... ................ 2.4 2.4 13 ...... -------- 2.4 2.4 24 .••••• 2.5 2. 7 2.4 

3 ....... -------- 2.4 2.4 14 •••••• -------- 2.4 2.4 25 .....• 2.5 2. 7 2.4 4 ....... -------- 2.3 2.4 15 ...... -----·-- 2.4 2.4 26 ...... 2.5 2.6 2.4 

5 ....... -------- 2.3 2.4 16 ...... ----2~3- 2.3 2.4 27------ 2.4 2.4 2.4 6.------ -------- 2.3 2.4 17------ 2.4 2.4 28 ...... 2.4 2.4 2.4 

7------- ____ .,. ___ 2.3 2.3 18 ...... 2.3 2.4 2. 4 29 ...... 2.3 2.4 2.4 

8 ....... -------- 2.6 2.3 19 ...... 2.3 2.5 2.4 30.----- 2.4 2.4 2.4 9.------ -------- 2.5 2.3 20 .. ---- 2.5 2.5 2.4 31. ..... 2.4 2.4 

10 ....... -------- 2.5 2.3 21. ..... 2.6 2.9 2.4 

11. ....... -------- 2.4 2.3 2'l ............. 2.6 2.9 2.4 

WEST FORK CARSON RJVER AT WOODFORDS, CALIFORNIA. 

This stream rises on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in California, immediately to the southeast of the source of ~ruckee River, 

and flowing in a general northeast direction crosses the State line 

into Nevada and joins the East Fork near Genoa, in Carson Valley. 

The drainage area is mapped on the Markleeville atlas sheet of the 

United States Geological Survey. The gaging station, established by 

L. H. Taylor on October 18, 1900, is about three-fourths of a mile 

above the post-office at Woodfords, near th~ point vhere measurements were made in 1890, 1891, and 1892, the results of which are 

given in the Thirteenth Annual Report, Part III, page 96. rrhe gage 

at present in use is a vertical timber, but it is only temporary, the 

equipment of the station being incomplete. The channel at the station is straight, the banks are high and rocky, and the bed is of rock 

and gravel and not likely to shift. Measurements are made from a 

car suspended on a steel cable across the stream. 
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. 401 

Daily gage height, in feet, of TYest Fork Carson River at TVoodfords, UaUfornia, 

for 1900. 

1.------ . -- ~---- 2.55 2.55 12 ______ -.... --- - ~ 2.45 2.50 2j3 ______ 2.40 2.35 

2------- ___ .,. ____ 2.50 2.50 13 ______ -------- 2.40 2.45 24 ______ 2.40 2.45 3 _______ ___ .,. ____ 2.45 2.50 14 ______ -------- 2.40 2.50 25 ______ 2.30 2.60 

4.------ -------- 2.40 2.45 15 ...... -------- 2.45 2.48 26 ...... 2.30 2.50 5 _______ ------·- 2.40 2.40 16 ______ -------- 2.50 2.35 27_ _____ 2.20 2.50 6 _______ ·------- 2.40 2.50 17 ______ 

'""2.'40" 2.40 2.40 28 ... --- 2.20 2.45 7 _______ ·------- 2.50 2.35 18 ______ 2.45 2.35 29 ______ 2.35 2.50 8 ___ . ____ -------- 2.60 2.40 19 ______ 2.50 2.50 

! 

2.40 30 ______ 2.40 2.55 

9.------ -------- 2.60 2.50 20 ...... 2. 70 2.50 2.50 31. ..... 2.50 

10. -----· -------- 2 . .?5 2.45 21. ..... 2. 70 2.55 2.70 n _______ -------- 2.50 2.50 22.----- 2.50 2.40 2.60 

CARSON RIVER NEAR EMPIRE, NEVADA. 

This river has its source on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California, and flows northward into the State of Nevada. At 

Empire, 3 miles east of Carson, after having traversed the upper Carson Valley, it turns to the northeast and enters a deep canyon, Uuongh 

which it flows for several miles, emerging into a second smaller valley 

a short distance above the town of Dayton. After leaving. tl}is valley 

it passes through two other shorter canyons and through one rather 

large valley before entering Lower Carson Valley, or Carson Sink 

Valley, as it is also known, and discharging its waters into tl e Carson 

Sink. 'rhe drainage area is mapped on the Dardanelles, :Markleeville, Carson, and "'\Vabuska atlas sheets of the United State:" Geological Survey. On October 21, 1900, a gaging station was established 

about 2 miles below the town of Empire and about, three-fourths of a 

mile below the point where measurements were made by J\fr. Taylor 

in 1895, the results of which are given in Bulletin of United States 

Geological Survey No. 140 (Report of progress of the Division of 

Hydrography of the United States Geological Survey for the calendar 

year 1895). The gage, a temporary one, is vertical, driven into thestream bed, and spiked to a timber set firmly in the left bank. The 

bench mark is on a stone wall 10 feet from the gage and at an elevation of 7. 5 feet above gage datum. 'rhe channel is straight,, the banks 

are rather high, and the bed is composed of cobbles and gravel and is 

not likely to ~hift or corrode. 

Daily gage he-ight; -in feet, of Carson R-it1er near Empire, Nevada, for 1900. 

-~ ----·--~- --,·,--~---,----;---,---,,------.--~----,,~-

Day. I Oct. I Nov. Dec. Day. Oct. Nov. Dec. Day. Oct. ~~ov. Dec. 

~~=~ 2 _______ :________ 2.40 2.5{) 

2.50 12 13 ______ ______ ~= -------- --;.;· 2.50 2.00 

2.60 22...... 

Zl______ 

2.60 

2.50 

3.0f. 

2.90 ~ 2.60 

.., _______ -------- 2.40 2.50 14 ...... -------- 2.50 2.55 24______ 2.50 2.70 2.60 4 _______ -------- 2.40 2.50 15 ______ ----.--- 2.50 ·2.60 25...... 2.50 2.60 2.60 

5 ....... -------- 2.45 2.50 16 ...... -----·-- 2.50 2.50 26....... 2.50 2.60 2.60 6 _______ ·------- 2.40 2.50 17 ...... -------- 2.50 2.60 27...... 2.50 2.60 2.60 7------- -......... 2. 40 2. 50 18------ ---- ---- 2. 50 2. 60 28 .. ---- 2. 50 2. 60 2. 55 s______ _ ____ ____ 2. 50 2. 50 

1

. 19. _ __ __ __ __ _ __ _ 2. 50 2. 60 29_ _____ 2. 40 2. 60 2. 55 

9 ....... -------- 2.65 2.50 20 ______ -------- 2.50 2.60 3()______ 2.40 2.60 2.40 

10 _______ -------- 2.50 2.50 21...... 2.60 2.65 2.60 31...... 2.40 2.40 u_______ ________ 2.50 2.60 , 

I ----'----'-----'-----"-----'---~------.. -- ·------"-----'-----c----'---......_!--
402 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONB, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

TRUCKEE RIVER AT TAHOE, CALIFORNIA. 

Truckee River, the natural outlet of J,ake Tahoe, leaves the lake at 

the city of Tahoe. About 500 feet from the lake there is a timber dam 

across the river, which has been maintained for more than twenty 

years, for the purpose of controlling the discharge from the lake. 

During the early part. of the year 1900 the gates in this dam were kept 

closed, not being opened until June 17, when a· gage was placed in the 

stream for the purpo3e of recording the height of the water in the 

river. The gage is a vertical timber driven into the si;ream bed at 

the left bank about 300 feet below the dam, and is spiked to the root of 

a tree growing on the bank. The bench mark is cut in the side of the 

tree and is 4 feet above gage datum. The measurements are made 

from a cable and suspended car about one-fourth mile below tlie gage, 

which was placed as near the city of ~rahoe as possible for the convenience of the observer. At the point of measurement tre right bank 

is low and is subject to overflow at very high stages of tlle stream, but 

the left bank is rather high. The channel is nearly straight for a 

short distance above and below the station, and the bed of the river, 

which is of gravel and coarse sand, is smooth and stable. The pur· 

pose of the station is to ascertain the actual outflow from Lake Tahoe, 

with a view to determining its real value as a storage reservoir. The 

following measurements were made during 1900: 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at Tahoe, California. 

Date. 

I 

Gage i Disheight. charge. 

1900. Feet. Sec.-ft. 

June 18 .••.. ---··· .•.. ------.--- 0. 75 92 Juneoo_________________________ 1.45 240 

~~~e~~r-7·~:=~~~~:~~~:~~~~:~: i:~ ~ 

Date. 

1900. 

October 23.---------- ______ .... Do ________________________ _ 

Do .••.. --------------------

Gage Disheight. charge. 

Feet. 

0.40 

.95 

1.15 

Sec.-ft. 52" 

100 

158 
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. 403 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Truckee River at Tahoe, California, for 1900. 

Day. June. July. 

1 __________________ -------- ·--···------------ --------

2 ______ ------ ----··--------- ------------------ -------- 1:1 ______________________ ,. _____________________ ····----

4 ______ - ------------------------ ------------ -------- 5 __________________________________ ------···· ------··-

6 ____________ ------------------ ·------------- --------

7. -·--- -------------------------------------- ---· ---- 8 ...... ------ -·· ------- ··---------- ---------· -------· !) ____________________________________________ ·-------

10 ...... ------------------------ ·--- ---------- ---- ·--- 11 ... -------------------------. -------- ------ - ... ---- 12 ______ -------------------------------------- -------- 13 .. ---- -··---- ------ ·--- ---------------------- -------- 14.------------------------------------------- -------- 15 .. -------------------- ----·-·- ·------- ------ _ _. __ ·--- 16 ______ -------------------------------------- ---· ---- 17------------ ----------------·- ---· ---------- 0. 75 

18 ______ ------------ ·-------------·- ---------- . 75 

19------------ ------ ·- --------------.--------- . 75 

20 .•.... ------------------------ ---· --··- ·----- . 75 21 .. ·--- ------ ------. ___ ----. __ . ----. _.... .... (a) 

22 .....• ------------ ·----------- ----· --------- .80 23 ...... ------------ .... ---------------------- (a) 

24 ...... -------------------------------------- (a) 

25------ ------ --- -- ------------ ---- ---------- 1. 10 

~:~::::~~=~~~==~==~~~::::::::::::~=-~=~~~::~: \~lsi 28.----------------------------- ... -- -·------- 1. 451 

29.----------------- ---- ···-- ---- -------.. ----. 1. 45 

~~~=:~: =~~~== ======~=== ~====~~=~====~=~ :::::: ---~--~~-

(a) 

1.45 

1.45 

(a) 

1. 45 

1.45 

1.45 

(a) 

1.4.') 

1.45 

1.45 

1.45 

1.45 

1.45 

. 75 1.50 

1.45 

1.50 

1.45 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.4.5 1.45 

L50 

1.50 

1. 55 

! Aug. I Sept. 

I 

I ------

! 

1.55 1.35 

1.55 1.35 

1.55 1.30 

1.50 1.30 

1. 55 1.30 

I 1.50 1.30 

1.50 1.40 I 1.50 1.35 I 

I 

1.45 1.35 

1. 4.1) 1.35 

1.45 1.30 

'1.45 1.30 

i 1.45 1.30 J . 1.45 1.30 

I 1.45 1.30 

1.45 1.25 I 1.45 1.20 

1. 45 1.35 

1.40 1.30 

1.45 1.35 

1.40 1.30 

1.40 1.30 

1.40 1.20 

1.40 1.20 

1.40 1.20 

1.40 1.20 

1.40 1.20 

1:40 1.20 

1.40 1.20 

1.35 1.20 

1.35 --------

a All gates closed; no water flowing from lake. 

Oct. No"'. 

------

1.20 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.20 1.10 

1.20 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.15 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.18 1.10 

1.1 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1. JO 

1.10 1.101 I 10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 I 1.10 1.20 

1.10 1.30 

1.10 .90 

1.10 .90 

1.10 .90 

1.10 .90 

1.10 .90 

1.10 (a) 

1.10 (a) 

1.10 (a) 

1-.10 --------

TRUCKEE RIVER AT NEVADA-CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. 

Dec. 

---

(a) 

0.80 

.80 

.60 

.60 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.so 

.80 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

This station is deseribed in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 33J_. 

During 1900 the following measurements were made by L. H. Taylor: 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at Nevada-California State line. 

Date. 

1900. 

April 10 •..... ·----- ------------ May 15 --------·----- ·--·-·--·--- May 22------------------------- June 1 ------------------- -----· June 15 ~----- ------ ...... ------

Gage Dis- Date. Gage I Dis- height. ~barge. _____________ height. charge. 

Feet. 

2.90 

4.10 

4.30 

3. 70 3.20 

Sec.~tt. 1900. Feet. Sec.-ft. 

1.I~ i~~~ k:~:::::::::::::::: :::::: ~:~ ~ 1,629 September 6 ------ ---·-· ------ 2.30 447 

1,112 October2...................... 1.90 318 uo1 
404 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-P.ART. V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Truckee River at Nevada-California State Une, for 

1900. 

· I I Day. Jan. i Feb. , Mar. A pr. 1\fay. June. 

------1--· --~---

L ______________ -- ---- __ __ 1. 90 

2.- ·-------------- -------- 2. 00 B.------ ........ ---------- 2.80 4-----------------·------- 3.20 5.-- .. -------------------- 2. 80 6.------------------------ 2. 70 7- ---- . --- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2. 30 8 ..... -------------------- 2.10 9 ... ---------------------- 2.00 10 ...... ------------------- 2.00 11. .... -------------------- 2.00 12 .. --- -- .. -- ------------ 2. 00 13.-- -- ------------ ---- ---- 2. 10 14 ..... -------------------- 2. 30 15 ... : ..... -----------·--- 2.20 16 ...... --- ----------- .... 1 2. 20 17--------- ----. --- ---- . --. 2. 20 18 ..... -- .... -------------- 2. 20 19 ....... ------------------ 2.20 20.------------------------ 2.20 21.------------------------ 2.00 22.------------ ------ ------ 2. (]() 

24 23 ........ _________________________ ------------ -----· 1.90 

25.------------------------ 1.90 26 ....... ------------------ 1. 90 21------------------------- 1.90 

28 ... ---------------------- 1.90 29.------------------------ 1. 90 30.-------------------- -~-- 1. 90 31. ________________________ 1.90 

.40 

.20 

.00 

.00 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.20 

.10 

.00 

.90 

. 90 

1. 90 2. 00 3 1.90 1.90 3 

1.90 1.90 3 1. 90 2.00 3 1. 90 2.1Yl 3 1.80 2.00 3 1. 80 2. 30 3 1. 80 2. 40 3 1.80 2.60 3 1. 80 2. 60 3 1. 80 2. 60 3 

1. 90 2. 90 3 2.00 3. ()() 2 2.00 3. 40 2 2.oo 1 a. 6o '.110 

2. 00 13.40 2 2. 00 3. 40 3 2.(10 3. 20 3 2. 00 3.40 3 2.10 3.40 3 2.10 3. 60 3 

2.10 3. 50 3 2.10 3.40 3 2.10 3. 40 3 2.10 3. 40 3 2.10 3. 60 3 2.10 3. 60 3 2.10 3. 40 3 

.!M 

.00 

.OJ 

.40 

.60 

.61! 

.50 

.10 

.00 

.ao 

.50 

.10 

.00 

.40 

.00 3.40 3 3.40 4 3. 40 -----

4.00 3. 70 4.00 3. 70 3.80 3.60 4.00 3. 60 4.30 3.50 4.00 3. 70 4.10 3. 70 

4.30 14.00 4. 4U 4. no 4. 60 3. 70 4.60 3.70 4.00 3.60 3.80 4.00 3.80 3. 70 4.30 3.20 

4. 40 I 3. 20 4. 40 3. 20 4. 50 1 3. 20 4.50: 3.10 4.60 I 3. 00 4. 40 ! 3. 00 

4.50 12.90 4. 40 3. 00 4.CO 

1

2.00 4.0P 2. 70 4. 00 2. 70 

3. 80 i 2.60 3. 80 . 2.60 3. 8o 1 2.oo 

3. 70 12.60 3. 70 ------

July. Au:Jsept. 

2.50 2.10 2.40 2.50 2.10 2.00 2.50 2.10 1.80 2.40 2.10 2.40 2.40 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.10 2.30 2.40 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.10 2.10 2.40 2.10 2.10 2.40 2.10 2.10 2.40 2.10 2.10 2.40 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.10 2.30 2.40 2.10 2.30 2.40 2.10 2.30 2.30 2.10 2.30 2.20 2.10 2.30 2.20 2.20 2.30 2.80 2.20 2.30 2.30 2.20 2.10 2.30 2.40 2.00 2.30 2.40 2.00 2.30 2.40 1.60 2.30 2.40 1.60 2.20 2.00 1.60 2.20 2.20 2.00 2.20 2.20 1. 70 2.20 2.40 1. 90 2.20 2.40 2.10 2.20 :uo ------

TRUCKEE RIVER AT VISTA, NEVADA. 

Oct. Nov.l Dec. 

2.30 2.30 1 1.60 2.00 2.00 1.60 2.10 2.00 I 

1.60 2.10 2.40 1.80 2.20 2.40 1.80 2.20 2.40 1.80 2.30 2. 70 2.00 2.20 2.50 2.20 2.20 2.40 2.20 2.10 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.30 2.00 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.30 2.20 2.00 1.70 2.20 2.00 2.00 2.20 2.20 2.30 2.20 2.40 3.20 2.20 3.60 3.10 2.50 3.00 3.fl0 3.20 3.00 2.90 3.00 2.90 2.90 2.80 2.00 2.80 2.50 2.20 2.80 2.50 2.20 2. 70 2.30 2.00 2. 70 2.00 2.00 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.20 2.40 ------ 2.00 

This station is described in vVater-Supply Paper No. 38, page 331. 

During 1900 the following measurements were made by L. H. Taylor: 

Discharge measurements of Truckee River at Vista, Nevada. 

Date. Date. Gage Disheight. charge. 

Gage Disheight. charge. 

----------------------ll------------11---------------------------------

1900. 

April 25 .. __ ...... ---- ...... __ __ May 14 . ____ . __ ..... --- ______ ... 

May 23 _______ ------------------ J nne 9. ____ .. ____ . ___ . _. _____ . __ June 14 .... __ ...... ___________ __ 

Jun~ 19 .... -----·-----·----- __ __ 

Feet. 

3.30 

3.80 

4.30 

3.80 

4.10 

2.90 

Sec.-ft. 757 

989 

1,:~ 

1,150 471 

1900. 

June 28------------------------ July 2 .... ____________________ __ 

July 10 ..... -------------- ____ __ July 24 ...... ________ . ___ .... __ __ 

August 2'Z • -------- ___________ _ ~eptember 28 .... ____ ...... __ __ 

Feet. 

2.70 

2.20 

2.05 

2.'00 

2.30 

2.25 

Sec.-ft. 372 

207 

138 

99 

198 

226 
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. 405 

Daily gage height, in feet, of T~kee River at Vista, Nevada, for 1900. 

Day. I.Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. :May.IJune. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

I 

1------------------------- i 2.85 2. 70 2. 75 3.60 4.50 3.40 2.45 1. 85 2.10 2.15 2.80 2.90 

2 ..... --------------------' 2.80 2. 70 2.80 3. 70 4.50 3.60 2.35 1.85 2.00 2.35 2.85 3.00 

~:::::::::::::::::::::::::1 4.15 

I 

2.70 2.80 3.60 4. 60 3.50 2.20 1.90 2.10 .2.40 2.90 2.85 3.{15 2.60 2.80 3.40 4.30 4.(J5 2.20 1. 85 2.40 2.50 2.50 2.80 3.45 

I 

2.60 2.80 3.40 4.00 3.60 2.20 1.90 2.4o 1 2.75 .2.55 2.90 t\. ..................•••.•• 3.20 2.65 2.90 3.3o' 4.50 I 3.60 2.20 ]. 80 2.40 2. 75 2.60 2.90 

7-----.------------------- 3.15 2.70 3.00 3.30 4.55 3.60 2.15 1.85 2.25 I 2. 70 2.65 2.70 

8 _____ ---------- ·--------- 3.10 2. 70 3.15 3.30 4.60 4.20 2.10 1.85 2.20 2. 70 2. 70 2.85 

9. _____ -----.------------- 2.50 2.60 3.3.') 3.20 4.45 3. 75 2.10 1.85 2.20 2. 70 2. 75 2.85 

10. ···- ·----- ·------- ------ 2.80 2.60 3.40 3.10 4.60 3.60 2.00 1.90 2.15 2.40 2.80 2.80 !!. ________________________ 2.90 2. 70 3.45 3.10 4.60 3.55 2.00 1. 90 2.10 2.50 2.80 2.80 

12 ..... ------ --·. ---------- 2.90 2. 70 3.50 3.10 4.60 3.55 2.00 1.90 2.20 2.55 2.80 2.80 

13.-------- -----· ··-- ------ 3.00 2. 75 3.65 3.00 3.80 3.60 1.90 1.90! 2.30 2.60 2.80 2.80 

14 ..... - ------------------- 2. 90 2. 75 3.80 2. 90 3. 75 4.00 1.90 ~:~I~:~ 2.50 2. 75 2.75 

15 .. ----------------------- 2.95 2.80 3.80 2.90 4.15 3.50 1.95 2.50 2.80 2.80 

1t\. ---- -----· ---- --------·- 2.90 2.85 3.80 2.90 4.5!) 3.30 1.90 2.10 2.20 2.55 3.00 2.80 

17 ..... ·-------·· -----·--·- 2.85 2.90 3. 90 2.80 4.40 3.10 2.00 2.0.'i 2.30 2.60 2.!l0 2.80 

11:\ _____ ·------ ·-··--- ------ 2.80 2.60 3. 90 2.80 4.25 3.10 1.90 1.90 2.20 2. 75 2. 90 2. 75 

19.---------- ---· ··-- ------ 2.80 2.60 3. 90 I 2.80 4.40 2.90 1.80 2. 21' 2.20 2. 70 2.85 2.85 2() _________ -----·-·-------· 2.80 2.60 3.90 I 2.00 4.55 3.00 1. 75 2.10 2.35 4.00 2 90 2.95 21 _______________ ----···-·- 2.80 2. 70 3.95 ol.20 4.35 2.85 1. 75 2.10 2.3U 3.00 4.00 4.25 22 _________________________ 2.85 2. iO 3.95 4.20 4.35 2. 75 1. 75 2.25 2.20 3.00 4,.30 4,.00 2J _________________________ 2.80 2. 75 3.90 3.50 4.25 2. 70 1.80 2.30 2.20 2.95 3.90 3.30 24 ______________________ 2. 70 2. 75 3.80 3.40 4.00 2. 70 2.10 2.30 2.10 2.85 3.30 3.00 

25.---- -----------------··· 2. 70 2.70 3.80 3.40 3.85 2.70 1.90 2.40 2.10 2.80 3.10 2.80 2ti. ________________________ 2. 70 2. 70 3.80 3.40 3.80 2.6.5 l.95 2.20 2.10 2. 75 3. 2.5 3.05 

27. ------·- ---·-- ---------- 2.60 2. 70 3. 70 3.50 3.90 2.65 1.90 2.20 2.10 2. 75 3.00 2. 90 

28.---- ·--- ---------------- 2.60 2. 75 3. 70 3.60 3. 75 2.65 1. 90 2.10 2. 311 2.60 2.90 2. 70 zg _________ ---·-- ---------- 2.60 ------ 3. 70 3.50 3.80 2.35 1.80 2.00 2.20 2. 70 2.80 2.85 30 _______________ ·--------- 2. 70 ------ 3. 70 4.00 3.80 2.55 1.80 :uo 2.20 2. 75 2.80 2.05 

31. ........•..............• 2.65 ------ 3.60 ............ 3 . .')0 -----· 1.85 2.10 ------ 2. 75 ·----- 3.20 

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN TRUCKEE BASIN. 

During the year discharge measurements were made of a number 

of st.reams in this basin, as recorded in the following table: 

Miscellaneous discharge 1neasurements in Truckee Basin. 

Date. Stream. Locality. Hydrographe~. 

1900. 

May 5------------- Ward Creek----- Sunnyside, CaL ..... ---·------ L. H. Taylor ..... June 16 .... ___ ·---- Deer Creek-----· Near Truckee River, CaL .... C. V. Taylor-----

June 5.------------ Squaw Creek---- ----.do.------------------------ ----.do------·-----

June 16 ....•.••••.•..... do------------ ..... do ------------- -----· ------ ..... do------------

September 14 _________ .do·----------- ----.do _ ------ ------------ .. ---- ..... do .••. ____ ---- :May 16------------ Donner Creek _ _._ Near Donner Lake, CaL ______ L. H. Taylor ..... 

rf*~£i~-~~~~ ::JL:~~ ~ ~::~~ ::A~ ~ ~~~~~: :~ :::~ :~:::: :~~:~: :~ar:~':::~:: Do ....... ______ Cold Creek.------ At Cold Creek Canyon, Cal. .. _____ do------------

}~aJo2:L = = ===: = = == = . ~~~d~~ -~-~~~~-= == . ~~~~~e-~,- ~~~- = =:: = = = =~~ ~:: =:: :: : = ==:~~ = =:::=: =: ::: 1~!ie13 :=:: ===~ :::: -Tru~~ee-:River::: :::: =~~ ::::::: ~===:~:=::=~=:=::: :::: :~~ ===:== = :=:=~ .June 1:3 ...... ------ ____ .do----·------- ----.do ------ .. ----------------- .... do·----------· 

J~~ie2l. :::::::::::: -~~~J~s- ~-~~~~-:::: -~~~J~s~ ?.~~----:~:: :::· ~----:~: :::: :::: :~~ :::::::::::: 

September 14 _____ ..... do----·------- ..... do_ ...... -----------------_ -----_do ___________ _ ,June<~, _______ ------ Prosser Creek ___ Two miles above railroad---- _____ do ___________ _ 

~~1~27~:-~-~ :::::: :::::~~ :::·:: ::::=: -~~~~~e~·-~~~= :::::: :::::::~ :.:: :::::a~:::::::::::: September 15 ...... Little Truckee Boca, Cal ...... ----··---------- ..... do ____ -------· River. 

August 16 __ ........... do-----·------ ___ .. do ....... --··-- -·-······--- ..... do----------·-

September 15 _____ Juniper Creek ___ Burkhalter, CaL ...... ____ ......... do------ _____ _ 

fiW.if:~:;~ ::~~~ :~~~r§~H> :;~1~:;:;; ~:~~:::::~~ ~~:~~~ ~~JL~~~ ~~~~~: July 2tl ______ ------ Dog Creek.------ Verdi, Nev .... -------------··- ..... do ...... --- .. . September 10----- __ ... do------------ ..... do _ .... ·----. ·----- -----··· ..... do ...... -----· 

~~;:e~hel:-ii~:==: -~~-d.~=-~-~~~~-==: -~~~-~~~=:..·.~~~: ~~::==:==: ==== :::==~g :::::::::::= 

IRR 51-01--2 

Discharge. 

Sec.-ft. 

147 

25 

81 

46 

3 128 

73 

1 

69 

111 

1 324 

127 

15 

36! 

26! 

25 

18 

9 

H5 

10 

25 

27 

9 

1 

20 

12 

13 

10 

0.4, 

1 

41 

6 
406 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PAR"':' V. (NO, 51. 

STEAMBOAT CREEK AT STEA~OAT SPRINGS, NE".,. ADA. 

~.rhis stream is the outlet of the Washoe Lake Basin, lying on the 

eastern slope of the Tahoe range of mountains. The total drainage 

area above the station at Steamboat Springs is 123 square miles. The 

Rtation was established May 31, 1900, for the purpose of ascertaining 

the volume of water entering Reno Valley through this stream. It is 

at a footbridge across the creek about 200 yards east of the Virginia 

and Truckee Railroad station at Steamboat, at the point where the 

stream enters Reno Valley, on the main Truckee River. The gage is 

a vertical timber driven into a seam in the rock of tire stream bed 

and spiked to the footbridge which spans the creek, frorr. which measurements are made. The channel is straight for a short distance 

above and below the station, and the banks are high and not subject 

to overflow. The stream bed is of limestone and is perfectly stable. 

The bench mark is on a post driven in the ground on t.b~ right bank 

of the stream at the end of the bridge, and is at an eleva.tion of 5 feet 

above gage datum. The following measurements were made during 

1900: 

May 31: Gage height, 1.06 feet; discharge, 23 second-feet. 

June 9: Gage height, 1.30 feet; discharge, 34 second-feet. 

July 2: Gage height, 0.75 foot; discharge, 12 second-feet. 

July 11: Gage height, 0.55 foot; discharge, 6 seeond-feet. 

August 21: Gage height, 0.35 foot; discharge, 3 second-feet. 

September 16: Gage height, 0.35 foot; discharge, 3 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Stemnboat Creek at Steamboat Springs, Nevada, for 

1900. 

Day. I May. June. July. Aug. Sept. I Oct. Nov. I Dec. 

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

~~:: ~~~~ =~~~~~=====~====~~~= =~==: ==: i:: = ====: u~ 

~~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~;I~~~~~~~~ t i 7. ·-· .... ______ ---------· ____________ I ______ .. 1.50 

8 ....... ·--------------------------- -------- 1.50 9 ......... ---- __ _. ___ ---------------- ._ ------ 1.10 

10. ---- ---- -------- ------ . ----- ------ ------ -- 1. 40 11. .. ---- -------· -------------------- -------- 1.40 1~ _____________ _. _______ -----------· -------- 1.45 

1:J. ----- ... ----·- -------------------- --- ..• -- 1.60 lL ............ ·---------------------- ........ 1.60 15 ..... ------------------------------ .________ 1.55 1fi. .............. -------------·--·--- -------- 1.50 17----- -----· ------------------------ ..... ---- 1.00 18 .. -.--- ____ .-- ------- --- ---------- -------- 1.10 HI ................... ------ .............. ---" 1.00 :!0 .....• ------------------ ............ ----·--- .90 2L ·-----·-----·· .... ................ ........ .90 ~ .~ 

z:i: ~ ====--= :== =·~~~== ~= =======- :~== ==~ = = ====: == .oo 2±. ·----------.-........ --- ---------- -------- . 50 25 ......... -------------- ... - ·---·---- -~----~- ;00 2lL .... ---- . .. : . .................. ·... .. .. .... .40 27----------------------------------:. -----· ~- • 40 

28 ... ------·------------------------~ -------- .40 29 .. -·--- ............ ---------- -----· ··--···· .50 :::o ..... ----------·------------------- 1.06 .55 31. .... -------·---------------------- 1.06 ------·· 

0.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

.80 

.70 

.55 

.55 

.50 

.55 

.5.1 

.60 

.60 

.51) 

.55 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.45 

.45 

0.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.. 40 

.40 

.00 

.00 

.40 

.40 

.00 

.a& 

.40 

.40 

.35 

.30 

.00 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.30 

.32 

.00 

.30 

.32 

.35 

0.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.00 

.00 

.40 

.00 

.35 

.ro 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.30 

.00 

.35 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.25 

.00 

.30 

.35 

.30 

0.00 0.60 

.35 .60 

.40 .60 

.40 .65 

.35 .65 

.35 .65 

.35 .75 

.35 .70 .30 .65 

.35 .65 

.35 .65 

.35 .60 .40 .60 

.40 .60 

.40 .60 .40 .70 .40 .65 .45 .65 -~ .65 .60 .70 .50 2.00 .50 . 70 

.50 .65 .ro .60 

.eo .60 .f~ .60 .fO .60 

.fO .60 

.f(} .60 .fO .60 

.fO 

I 

0.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

-~ 

.65 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.00 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.tiO 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 
CALIFORNIA. 407 

WILLOW CREEK NEAR STANDISH, CALIFORNIA. 

This stream, which is tributary to Susan River about 12 miles east 

of the town of Susanville, has its source among the outlying spurs of 

the Sierra Nevada to the northeast of the watershed of that river. It 

is more regular in its discharge than is Susan River, and although its 

waters are employed for the irrigation of considerable land in Willow 

Creek Valley, on its upper course, during the latter part of the irrigating season it is the main reliance for the water supply for the lands 

bordering Honey Lake on the nort,hwest. The gaging station, established by L. H. Taylor on June 4, 1900, is at the highway br~dge about 

4 miles west of north from the post-office at Standish and about li 

miles north of Susan River. As in the case of the latter st,ream, a 

temporary gage is being used. Measurements are made from the 

bridge. The channel at the station is straight for a short distance. 

The left bank is high, but the right bank is low and is subjE'ct to overflow at extreme high water, which does not, however, occur oftener 

than once in five or six years. The stream bed is sandy and shifts 

~om e. 

Ravenscroft ditch diverts water from the creek near the station. 

During 1900 its discharge was measured three times, as follows: 

June 4, discharge, 1.5 second-feet; July 30, discharge, 1 se"3ond-foot; 

October 10, discharge, 0.3 second-foot. 

During the year the following discharge measurements '"'ere made 

at the main station by L. H. Taylor: 

June 4: Gage height, 2.60 feet; discharge, 16 second-feet. 

July 30: Gage height, 2.85 feet; discharge, 26 second-feet. 

October 10: Gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 20 second-fee~. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Willow Creek near Standish, California, for 1900. 

I 

_______ n_a_Y·------·I-J-un_e_. July. Aug. Sept. ~~-Nov. Dec. 

1 ...... .................. ------ ·---...... ---· ---- ... . 2 .................. -----· -------- ...... ------ ....... . 

3 ...... ----------------------------------- ... ---- ---· 4 ................... -------------------------- 2.60 5 ...... ------ --------·------- ---------- ...... 2.60 6 ... ----.-------------------- .... -..... ·-·--· 2. 60 7------.----------- .......... ---------- ...... 2. 60 8 ............ -------------------------------- 2.60 9 ...... ------.----- .. ------------ .. ---- ------ 2. 60 10 ...... -- ---- ....... ----- .... ----- ------ ------- 2. 60 

11 ...... ------ ....... ----- ---· ... -- .... ------ 2. 65 12 ...... ------ .. ---- ------.--- ---- .. ---- .. ---- 2. 65 13 ........ ---- ------------ ---- .......... ------ 2. 65 14 ........................ -------------- ------ 2.65 15 ...... ------ ........................... ----- 2.80 

16 ...... -----·- --------------- .......... ------ 2. 80 

17 ...... ·----- ------ ------·------------------- 2.80 18 ....... ----- ------ -----· -------- ...... ------ 2.80 19 ............ -------------------- ...... ------ 2. 70 

~---- ---------------------------------------- 2. 70 21 ............... ----- ...... ------------------ 2. 70 22 ........ ------------------ ------. ..... ...... 2. 70 23 ... >---------- ------------........ ---------- 2. 70 24 .... ---------------------------- ------------ 2. 70 25 ........ ------ ...... ------------ -----·. ..... 2. 70 

26 .... ·------------.... ----------- ------------ 2. 70 27--------------------------.---........ ---... 2. 70 28 ____________________ ------------------------ 2. 70 

29--------------------....... ------------------ 2. 70 3() ____________________ ------ ...... ------ ...... 2.70 

31 ________ ------------------------ ................... . 

2. 70 3.10 2. 70 3.20 3.00 3.10 2.80 3.10 2.80 3.10 2. 65 3.10 2. 65 3.10 2.fJ3 3. 00 2. 70 . 3.00 

2.'10 I 2.95 2. 70 2.95 2. 70 2. 95 2. 70 2. 95 2. 70 2. 95 2. 70 2. 95 2. 70 2. 90 2. 70 2. 90 2. 70 2.80 2. 70 2.90 2. 71) 2. 90 2. 70 2. 90 2. 70 2. 90 2. 70 2. 90 2. 70 2.90 2.80 3.00 2.80 2.80 2. 90 2.80 3.00 2.80 3.10 2.80 3.10 2.80 3.10 2.80 

2. 90 2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.!_15 

2. 95 3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.90 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.10 

3.10 

3.10 

3.l0 

3.10 

3.10 

3.00 

2.90 

2.75 

3.10 

3.00 

2.80 

3.40 

3.90 

3.30 

3.20 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.60 

3.60 

3.60 

3.60 

3.60 

~: 3. ~8 70 ~ 3. 70 3.80 

3.80 

3.80 

3.80 

3.85 

3.95 

4.00 

4.10 

4.10 

4.20 

4.~ 

4.10 

4.00 

3.90 

3.80 

3. 70 3.70 

3.70 

3.70 

3. 70 3. 70 3. 70 3. 70 3.70 

3. 70 3. 70 3.70 

3. 75 4.90 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

8.00 

8.00 

8:60 

8.50 

8.ro 

7.90 

7.60 

7.50 

7.20 

6. 70 6.50 

5.80 

4.60 
408 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PAR~~ V. (NO. 51. 

SUSAN RIVER NEAR SUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA. 

This river has its source in the Sierra Nevada in northeastern California, and flowing eastward discharges into Honey Lake-one of the 

land-locked lakes of the Great Basin-of which it is the principal 

feeder. A considerable area of land is irrigated from the waters of 

the river below the gaging station, and during the last ten or twelve 

years several projects have been started for irrigating other very 

extensive areas by the storage of its waters both above and below the 

town of Susanville. The_gaging station is about three-fourths of a 

mile southwest of the town, at the electric-light plant. It was established June 3, 1900, by L. H. Taylor, a tempo:rary gage being placed 

in the right bank of the river. The station is designed to be equipped 

with a cable and suspended car from which to make measurements of 

the discharge, but these and the permanent gage have not yet been put 

into place. The channel is straight for a distance above and below 

the station, and the banks are high. rrhe stream bed is of gravel and 

cobbles, and is rather stable. 

A short distance above t,he station a small irrigating ditch, known 

as the Masten ditch, is taken out on the right bank of the stroom. 

Near its head· is a flume in which a gage has been placed and measurements are made. On July, 5, HlOO, this ditch was discharging 7 

second-feet. During 1900 two measurements were made of the discharge of the river at Susanville, under the direction of L. H. Taylor, 

as follows: 

June 3: Gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 4C second·fr.~t. 

July 5: Gage height, 2.60 feet; discharge, 8 second-fee<;, 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Su:~an River near Susanville, CalifCJrnia, for 1900. 

Day. June. July .. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

1 ______ ---··· -------------------------------- ---- ---· 2-------------- -----·- ... ---- .... ------------ ---- ---· 3 ...... ------------ ................ ----------- -------- 4 ...... ---- ---·-- ------ .... ---- .... ---------- 3. 20 5 .... -- ----.----- ------------------------.... 3.15 6 .... - -----------.--------------------------- 3.10 7 ...................... ------ .......... ------ 3 10 

8 .... -----------· ---------------------------- 3.05 9----- ... ---------- .. ------.----- .. ·--------- 3. 00 10.--- .. -------------------.--------------.... 3. 00 1l.----------.----------.--------------- .. ---- 3. 00 12 ... ----.------------------------ .. ------ .... 2. 95 13 ........ - ..... ---------- ---- -----.. --- ------ 3.10 

14.--------------- .. ----. -----------------.... 3.10 15 ...... ---------- -----------------------..... 3.10 

16 ..... ----- ------. --------------- ------------ 3.15 17---- .. -------------------------------------- 3.10 

18 .... ---------------------------------------- 3. 05 19.----- .. ------------ ------ -----...... ---- ---- 3. 05 20 .... ------.---------- ------------- -----.---- 3. 05 21. .... --------.. --- --------------.. ---------- 3. 05 22 .... ----------- --------- -------------------- 3. 00 23.----------- .... ---------------------------- 3. 00 24.--------------- ---- ------------------------ 3. 00 25.-----.----------- .. ------ --------------..... 2. 95 26 ...... ---~---- ...... ------ ...... ...... ...... 2.HO 

27------------------.----------------- -------- 2. 75 28.----- . -... - ------ -.---- ------ ---.. - --.. -- .. 2. 80 

29 .... ------------ .. ---------- .. -- -· ---------- 2. 70 30.----------------- ------ ---- ·- .. ------------ 2. 60 31 .... -------------------------------- -------- --·- .... 

----------~-~~--~--·-· 

2.70 

2.65 

2.65 

2.ti0 

2. fiO 2.60 

2.55 

2.55 

2.M 

2.50 

2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2. 45 

2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.35 

2.3.1) 

2. 40 2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2. 40 2.40 

2.45 

2.45 

2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.35 

2.40 

2.40 

2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 I 2.40 

2. 40 2.40. 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

---~~~-1 

2.40 

2.40 

2. 70 2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.65 

2.65 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.55 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.90 

3.10 

~Jgl 

2.80 

2.80 

2. 75 2.60 

2.60 

2.65 

2.6.1) 

2. 70 2.65 

2.65 

2.65 

2.65 

2.65 

2.65 

2.60 

2. 70 

~:f81 2.70 

2. 70 2. 70 2. 70 2.70 

2. 70 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

4.60 

3.80 

3.50 

3.30 

3.80 

3.40 

3.30 

3.30 

3.20 

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

~.95 

2.95 . 2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

2.911 

2.90 

2.9CI 

2.90 

2.90 

2.!10 

2.90 

3.00 

3.00 

3.10 

4.80 

4.40 

3.80 

.3.50 

3.40 

3.30 

3.20 

3.20 

3.20 

3.10 

3.10 

3.10 
CALIFORNIA AND IDAHO. 409 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Masten ditch near Susanville, California, for 1900. 

Day. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

--------------1----------- ~----

} ____________ -------------------------------- -------- 2 ...... ------------------ ------------ ~----- .. -------- 3 ...... -------------------------------------- -------- 4 ...... -------------------------------------- .... ----

5 ··---- ....... ------------------ -------------- -------- 6 ...... -------------------------------------- -------- 7------------ ------------------------ ..... ---- -------- 8.--------------------------------------- ---- -------- 9 ...... ------------------------------------- -------- 10 ____________________________________________ --------

11 .• ---------------- _·_. --- .. -- .. ------.------- . ------- 12 ...... --------------- ... ---------------- ___ ·_ --------

13 ...... -------------------------------------- -------- 14 ...... -------------------------------------- --·· ---. 15 ...... -------------------------------------- -------- 16 ...... -------------------------------------- ---· ---- 17------- --------------------------------- ---· -------- 11:-------------------------------------.. ----- -------- 19 ...... ------------ ............. -------------- -------- 20------------------ ------------------ -------- ---- .. -- 21 ...... ------ ...... ------- ·---- -------------- -------- 22 ...... -------------------------------- .. ---- -------- 23-·----- - • ---- -- ---- - -- --- - - ---- - - ---- ---- ---- .. -- ---- 24 ...... ------------------- ·---- -------------- -------- 2.5---------- .. ------ ------------------ ------.. o. 30 26 ...... -------------------------------------- .65 

27------ .... ----------------- .. -- -------------. . 85 28---... -----.-------------------------------- . 85 29 ·----· ------------ •••••.• ----------- ..... ---- . 85 30 ............ -------------------------------- .80 31 .. ---------- ...... ------ ------------ ---- .... --------

0. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 70 

.65 

.60 

.60 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.60 

.60 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

0.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.45 

.55 1 

.551 .50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.451 .45 

.45 

.60 

.60 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.55 

0.55 

.50 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.tiO 

.tiO 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.70 

. 70 

.80 

.80 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

.75 

.RO 

.80 

.85 

.85 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

.75 

BEAR RIVER AT BATTLECREEK, IDAHO. 

0. 75 

.80 

1.00 

.85 

.90 

.85 

.80 

. 75 

. 75 

.70 

. 70 

.70 

.70 

.65 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.80 

.90 

. 70 

00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

. 70 

.70 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.60 

0.60 0.60 .60 .50 .60 .50 .60 .45 .60 .45 

.60 .40 

.55 .40 

.55 .40 .55 .40 

.55 .40 .55 .40 .55 .40 .50 .40 .50 .40 .50 .40 .60 .40 .60 .50 .60 .50 .60 .60 

.60 .90 

.90 .90 . 70 .80 . 70 .60 .60 .60 . 70 .60 

.60 .60 .60 .40 .60 .00 

.60 .00 

.60 

ThiR station, established October 11, 1889, is about 10 rriles north 

of the_ Utah-Idaho boundary line. It is described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 38, page 332. 'rhere are two bench marks to which the 

gage is referred; the first is a nail in the bridge floor ber.m close to 

the gage, and the second is three nails in the east side of the north 

post which supports the station cable. Both of these bench marks are 

11.118 feet above the gage datum. Results of measurements will be 

found as follows: For 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

315; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 432; for 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 459; for 1899, Twenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 394. During 1900 the follm""'Ting measurements of discharge were made by George I ... Swendsen: 

Discharge measurements of Bear River at Battlecreek, Idaho. 

Date. 

1900. 

February 12 .................. .. March 20 ..................... .. April23 ....................... . 

f:J~ July ~~:=:========::=~========: 27 ........................ . 

Gage· Disheight. charge. 

Feet. 

1. 75 

2.95 

2.88 

3.50 

2.15 

1.57 

Sec.-ft. 958 1,880 

1,58.1) 

2,232 

973 

543 

Date. Gage Dis· he~~ht. charge. 

1900. 

August 31 .................... . September 26 ........ ---- •...•. October 20 ................... . 

Feet. Sec.-ft. 

1. 40 487 1.60 604 

1. 70 627 

November 5 ................. .. 1. 75 662 

December22 ................ .. 1.85 664 
410 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PAR~ V. [NO. 51. 

Daay gage height, in feet, of Bear River at Battlecreek, Idahc, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. I ~~J l\far. Apr. May. June. July.\ Aug.\8ept.

1 

Oct. Nov. i Dec. 

l_ _____________ : __________ 1.90 

2. ·----- -------- ·--------- 1. 90 3--·--------------·---- .•. 1.90 

4_ ----------------· ······· 2.10 5 ..............• ---------- 2.10 6 ....... ------------------ 2.00 7 .....•....... ------ ....... 2.00 

8.---- ·------------------- 2.00 9 .•...... ·---------- ·------ 2.00 10.----- ....... -------- .... 2.00 11. ........................ 1.90 

12 - ..... ----.--------- ---- 1. 95 13 _____ , ___________________ 2.10 

l·L .... ____ ....... --------- 2.20 

15. ---· -------- ...... -- .... 2.23 16.----.. --. --------------- 2. 00 17.. ... __________________ . 2.15 

18.------------------------ 2.10 19.---------------------- .. 2.10 

~~: :::~ :::::::::::::::::::: ~:~ 

~::::::::_·::::~::::::::::: r:gg 2-L ........................ 1.90 

25.---------- .... ---------- 1.80 26 ............. -------- .... 2.10 27- ...... --... - .. .. .. .. .. . . 2. 10 

28 ....... ------------------ 2.00 29 .• -. ---------------.----- 1. 90 30 ......................... 1.80 3L ........................ 1.90 

2.00 

1. 90 1. 90 1. 90 

1.80 

1. 80 1.70 

1. 60 1. 3i> 1. 70 2.45 

1.80 

1. 73 1. 75 1.83 

1. 75 2.00 

1. 8.5 1. 78 1. 88 1. 88 1. 90 

1. 80 

1.80 

1. 80 1. 85 1. 80 

U\5 

1. 85 2. 70 1. 90 2. 70 1. 95 2. 80 1. 95 2.80 2.().1) 2.80 2.().1) 2.80 2. 05 2. 8.1 2.23 2.85 2.23 2. 90 2. 3.1') 2. 90 2.48 2. 90 2.58 2. 90 2.60 2.90 2. 75 2. 90 2.83 2.85 2. !'15 2.85 3.08 2. 78 3.28 2. 70 3.31'i 2. 70 3.50 2. 70 3. 65 2. 80 3. 3.5 2. 95 3.20 2. 90 3. 05 2. 90 2. 95 2. 90 3. 00 3.00 3.00 3.13 2. 95 3.28 2.85 3.30 2.so 1 3.30 

2.751·-----

3.35 

3.40 

3.40 

3.45 

3.45 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.55 

3.70 

3. 70 3. 75 3. 70 

3.60 

3.60 

3.55 

3.55 

3.50 

3.43 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.38 

3.45 

3.50 

3.45 

3.45 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.45 

3.45 

3.40 

3.40 

3.35 

3.35 

3.30 

3.20 

3.10 

3.00 

2.90 

2.80 

2. 75 2. 75 2.60 

2.55 

2.50 

2.50 

2.43 

2.40 

2.35 

2.30 

2.25 

2.15 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1. 95 

1.95 

1.90 

1.90 

1.85 

1.8.'> 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.75 

1. 75 1. 70 

1. 70 1.70 

1. 70 1.70 

1. 70 1.7'0 

1.70 

1. 70 1. 70 1. 75 

1.75 

1. 70 1. 70 1.60 

1.60 

1.55 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 1.35 1.60 1. 50 1. 35 1. 60 1.50 1.35 1-.60 1. 50 1. 35 1. 60 1. 50 1. 35 1. tiO 1. 50 1. 35 1. 60 1. 50 1. 35 1. 60 1. 50 1. 35 1. 60 1.48 1.35 1.60 1.45 1.35 1.60 1.45 I 1.35 1.60 1.45! 1.35 1.60 1.45 I 1.35 1.60 1.45 I }.3;): 1.60 1.40 1.35 1.60 1. 40 1. 3.5 1. 60 1. 35 1. 35 1. 60 1.35 i 1.3.5' 1.60 

1.35 1.4811.60 1.35 1.46 1. 70 }. 35 I 1.40 . 1. 70 1. 35 1.40 ! 1. 70 1.35 1.50: 1. 70 1.35 1.50 I 1.80 1.35: 1.60 1.80 1. 3.5 i 1. 60 1.80 1.35: 1.60 1.80 1.35 I 1.60 1.80 

1. 35 ! 1. 60 1. 75 1. 35 1. 60 1. 75 

1. 35 -----. 1. 75 

1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 7!> 1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 

1.75 

1. 75 1. 75 

1. 75 

i:~~: 1. 75 i 

1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1.80 

1. 85 1.80 

1.90 

1. 90 1. 90 1. 80 1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1. 80 

1. 75 

1. 75 

1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 75 1. 7.'> 1.80 

1.8.'> 

1.55 

l.M 

1. 5.') 

1.55 

1.5h 

1.55 

1. 55 1.55 

1.55 

--~----'--

CUB RIVER AT FRANKLIN, IDAHO. 

Cub River rises in the southern part of Idaho, and flowing in a 

southwesterly direction into Utah discharges its waters into Bear 

River. Six canals are supplied from this stream, the total area irrigated being about 7,000 acres, part of which is in Idaho and part in 

Utah. During the irrigation season the supply of water in the river 

is consi<lerably below the needs of the lands, but in the early spring 

the discharge exceeds 500 second-feet, and already some consideration 

has been given to the storage of this surplus by the con~truction of a 

reservoir at a very favorable site near the headwaters of the river. 

The gaging station, established July 23, 1900, is a sbJrt distance 

above the head gates of the Lewiston canal. Daily readings are 

made on a vertical gage graduated to feet and tenths. The bench · 

mark is a cross cut in the top of a cedar stump 95. fee~ west of the 

gage, and is 6.95 feet above the gage datum. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by George L. Swendsen: 

May 29: Gage height, --feet; discharge, 462 second-fee~. 

July 2?: Gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 74 second-feet. 

August 30; Gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 67 second-fE'f-lt. 

September 22: Gage height, 1.65 feet; discharge, 55 secon1-feet. 

October 27: Gage height, 1.82 feet; discharge, 61 second-feet. 

November 19: Gage height, 1.41 feet; discharge, 43 second-feet. 

December 24: Gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 46 seconc1 .. feet. 
IDAHO AND UTAH. 411 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cub River at Franklin, Idaho . .fo1' Jnno. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. I Oct. Nov.! Dec. II.. Day. July. Aug. i Sept. Oct. IN ov. Dec. 

----1----------~--~: --~----1--. -- L ............... 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 , 17 ................ 1.9 1.9 1.81 1.3 1.2 2 ................. 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.4 i 18 ................ 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.2 3 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 119 ................ 1.9 1.7 Ul 1.3 1.2 4 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 120 ............... 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.2 5 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.8

1

1.6 1.6. 21.......... ..... 1.9 1.8 l.G 1.3 1.2 6 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5. 2'J ................ 1.9 1.8 l.G 1.3. 1.~ 

7 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 23 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.4 8 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.1 24 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 l.o 1.3 1.5 9 ................. 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 25 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.611.4 1.5 10 ................. 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 26 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 l.G 1.4 1.4 11 ................. 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6 27 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.-1 1.3 12........... ..... 2.0 Ul 1.8 1.3 1.5 128---------- 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.8' 1.3 1.2 13 ................. 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.41 1.4 i 29 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.2 14 ................. 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.411 30 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.3 15 ................. 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 131 .......... 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.4 16 .. ___ . _ .. __ ... __ • 1. 9 1. 8 1. 8 I 1. 3 1. 3 

----~---~------~--~--~--~--~----~--

LOGAN RIVER NEAR LOGAN, UTAH. 

This station, established June 1, 18!)6, is in the river eanyon about 

2 miles east of Logan. It is described in '\Vater-Supply Paper No. 38, 

page 334. During the low-water season the entire Rupply of the river 

is used for irrigation. Within the last two years it has become very 

prominent as a source of water power, and there is in course of construction a very large plant intended to utilize the low-water supply. 

Results of measurements will be found as follows: For 18~6, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 316; for 1898, Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 434; for 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 462; for 1899, Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 

397. During 1900 the following discharge measurements were made 

by George L. Swendsen: 

Discharge measurernents of Logan River near Logan, Utah. 

Date. I !J-!1-ge Dis- Date. Gage I Dis 

------------------!~-li-e-lg_h_t. _c_h_a_rg_e_. -ll--------------------1-h-B.-ig_h~t-/ charge. 

January 8---~~~: ---------- ____ ! F2~Ji February16 -----------------·-- 2.55 March19 ....................... 2.65 

March 28......... ........ ...... 2.80 

~~~1Ht :~: ~::: :::: ~~:::::: :::: ~JA May 10. --·---- .......... ___ .... 3. 88 Do.......................... 3.88 

Sec.-ft. 272 

!U-'3 

2'Z2 

252 

241 

371 

782 

758 

1900. lTeet. Sec.-ft. 

May 31. ...................... .. 

June 30 .................. ------

4-.00 8-!9 

3.32 H9 

July28 --·--------------------- 2. 83 2i9 

t~~i'!~r zi:: ~ ·. ~:::::::::: ~=: October 26 ................... .. 

:~. 70 168 2.65 U\0 2.65 173 November 15 ................ .. 2.65 162 Decem her 27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 2. 5.5 162 
412 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PAPT V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Logan River near Logan, Utal., for 1900. 

I I . I ' I ____ D_ay_. ____ 

1

_J_a_n_.l Feb.: Mar. 'i Apr. 1 :May. June. July.' Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

2. 6512-~ ! ~-~~o .

1 

l. ------ ------------- .. --- :;-82 I ?· oo 4. o5 3. :m 2. ~5 ~- 10. 2. 65 ~- 651 ~- ~o 2.------ -----· ------ -- ·--- 3 ....... ---·-· -- ..... - .... . 4 .• _____ ·----·----·· ..... . 5 ................ ________ _ 

6. ______ --------·--------- 7. _____ , ---·-- ____ .. ------

8.------ ---·-- ...... ·--·-- 9. ______ ------------ ---·-· 10. ____________ - ·---· ----· 

11 ....... ---·-------· --·--- 12. ------------- ·-·-· -----. 13. ----·- ------ -----· ........ 14 ....... -----· ·----- ·-·-·- 15 ................ ------ ·-·--· 16. ______ ------------ ·--·-- 17 _____________ -----· -----· 

18 ....... --·-------·-· ..... .. 

19. ·----. ------ -----· ----·- 2() _______ ·---- ---·-· -·---· 21. _________ ., ____________ _ 

22.------------- -·--· ------ 23 _______ ------------ ·--·--

24 .. ---·-· ----------··- ·-·--- 25 _______ ·----------- ---·-· 

26.------ ·--·-- ....... ---·-. 

27 .•....• ------------ -----· 28 _____________ .. -·-· ------

29 ••.•••• ------ -----·-----· 3() _______ ---- ·-. ---·- ---·-· 31_ ____________ ·--------... 

2. 65 2. tla 12. W -· 1'.5 3. 30 4. 00 3. 25 2. ~0 .... 70 2. 65 .... 65 2. tiO 

~: ~g I ~: g~ I ~: ~: I ~: ~ ~Jg !: 6g I.~:~~ ~: ~g ~: f~ ~: t~ ~: ~~ I ~: ~~ ~w ~oo ~oo ~w &M ~oo~aw ~w ~n ~65 ~65 ~oo 2. m 1· 2. 60 2. oo ~- 85 3. 65 4. ou 3. lfl 2. w 2. 10 2. 65 2. 65 I 2. oo 2. 70 . 2. 60 2. tlO 2. 90 3. 70 4. 00 8. 15 2. 80 2. 70 :~. ti5 2. 6•i 2. GO 2. 70 ,1. 2. flO 2. 60 2. 90 3. 75 3. 95 I 3. 15 2. 80 2. 7~ 2. 05 2. 651 2. 60 2. 65 2. 60 I 2. w 2. oo i:l. 80 4. 10 3. 15 2. 80 2. 10 2. 65 :!. {)5 2. 60 2. u.'i 2 60 2. 60 2. 85 3. 90 3. 95 3. Iii 2. 75 2. 7C 2. 115 2. 65 2. 60 2. 65 I 2. 60 I 2. 60 2. 80 4. 00 3. 90 I 3. 10 2. '75 2. 70 2. 65 2. 65 i 2. 60 2. 70 ' 2. 55 I 2. 65 2. 80 4. 00 13. 85 3. 10 2. 75 2. 70 2. 65 2. 65 I 2. 60 2. 70 I' ;~. 60 2. 65 :~. 80 3. 80 3. 80 3. 10 2. 75 2.1i5 2. 115 2. 65 I 2. 60 

2. 70 12. 60 2. 65. 2. 8(.) 3 .. 70 3. so 3. 10 2. 75 2. 65 :...~. 65 2. 60 2. 60 2. 10 2. 6n 2. 7o 2.1lo 3. 65 a. 75 3. 05 2. m 2. 6.'i 2. 65 2. 60 2. 60 2. 70 2. M :~. GU 2. 80 B. 65 3. 70 3. 00 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 60 2. 00 2. 70 (a) 2. 70 2. 80 :3. 6!> 3. 65 3. 00 2. 75 2. ti.'i 2. 6.1) 2. 60 2. 60 2.70 (a) 2.70 2.85:3.65 3.60 2.95 2.75 2.65 2.65 2.60 2.6U 

~: ~g ~: ~ ~: ~P, ~J~ I 3: ~g 3: ~~ ~: ~ ~: ~~ ~: ~ ~: ~~ ~: ~~ ~: ~ 2. 65 2. 60 12. 70 3. 00 :1 3. 75 3. 55 2. 90 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 70 2. 60 

~: g~ ~: ~ ~: ~g ~: g~ 3: ~g 3J3 ~: ::8 ~: fg ~J~ ~: gg ~. Jg ~: gg 2. 65 2. 55 2. 80 3. ()() ! 3. 90 3. 50 2. 90 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 60 2. 60 2. oo 2. 60 2. so 3. os I 3. ~5 a. 45 2. oo 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 60 2. 60 2. GO 2. 60 2. 80 3. 10 ·~· 4. 05 3.45 2. 90 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 60 2. 60 2. 60 2. 60 2. 80 3. 15 4.15 3. 40 2. 85 2. 75 2. 65 2. ti5 2. 60 2. 50 

2. 65 2. 75 3. 25 '14. 15 3. 3.5 2. 85 2. 75 2. 65 2. 65 2. 60 2. 55 2. 65 2. 75 3. 80 4. lO 3. 00 2. 85 2. 70 2. 6E 2. 65 2. 60 2. 60 

2. 65 2. 55 2. 75 3 .. 20 4. 20 3 .. 4.0 12.85 2. 75 2. 6.'j 2. 65 2. 60 2. 40 

2.H5 2.75 ...... 4.05 

1 

...••. 2.8512.70 2.65 2.60 

-----------------c~·----

aGage out. 

BLACKSMITH FORK AT HYRUM, UTAH. 

This river is formed by the junction of several streams rising in the 

high mountains forming the southeastern boundary of Cache Valley. 

For the first 25 miles its course is in a northwesterly dire'3tion, through 

a precipitous canyon affording excellent water-power facilities. On 

leaving the canyon the stream enters Cache Valley, an1 finally joins 

IJogan River a few miles· above t,he junction of that river with Bear 

River. Six irrigation canals and one large power canal are supplied 

by this rive~·, and during the irrigation season the entire supply is 

utilized. The present gaging station was established July 19, 1900, 

by George L. Swendsen. It is near the tollgate at the mouth of the 

canyon. Daily readings are made on a vertical gage. The bench 

mark, a line of red paint on the top of a short cedar post nea1· the 

north post of the tollgate, is 8. 29 feet above gage datum. During 1900 

t,he following discharge measurements were made by l\Jr. Swendsen: 

Discharg9 measurement.<; of Blacksmith Fork at Hyrum, Utah. 

Date. Gage Dis- I Date. Gage Disheight. charge. height. charge. 

---------------------1----- 11---------------------11-----

June 28 ____ -~~~: ______________ -~~~~:. Sec.-{lo I October 19. -~~: -------------- Fa~fo July 1!l ......... -------- -------· 3.20 147 November 16 ......... --·- ______ 3.05 August2·9·------·--·----------- 3.10 12'~ Deccmber27 ...... ------·------- 2.90 September 25 ........... -------- 3.12 129 II ----'-'-----~--

Sec.-ft. 126 

129 

115 
UTAH. 413 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Blacksmith Fork at Hyrum, Utah, for 1.900. 

Day. July. Aug.jSept.joct.INov.IDec.: Day. )July.:Aug. Sept.loct. Nov. Dec. 

--1----~---- ~-~--1--- L ________________ 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 17 .......... 1 

...... , 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.00 

2 ........... ______ 3.20 3_.10 3 .. 10 3 •.. 10 3 .. 05. 18 ........... ------~~. 3 .. 10 3.10 3.10 3 .. 05 3 •. 00 3 ___________ - ---- 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 19 .......... 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.00 4 ___________ ------ 3.20 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.05 20 .......... 3.2013.10 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.00 5 _________________ 3.20 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.05 21. ......... 3.20 3.10 a.10 3.20 3.10 3.00 

G ........... ______ 3.20 3.50 3.10 3.10 3.05 2'2 .......... 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.20 3.10 3.00 

~::::::::::: :::~:: ~:~ ~:gg ~:m 3:&g 3:~! it::::::::: ~Jz 13:18 ~Jg g:~ 3:~8 ~:gg 9 ___________ ------ 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.05 25 .......... 3.2013.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.00 lfl... _______________ 3.10 a.1o 3.10 3.o5 3.05 26 .......... 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.10 a.o5 3.00 ll ___________ ------ 3.15 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.05 27 .......... 3.2013.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 2.90 12 ........... ------ 3.15 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.00 28 .......... 3.20 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 2.90 

13 ................. 3.15 3.10 3.10 3.05 3.00 29 .......... 3.20 1 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 2.90 14 ........... ------ 3.15 3.10 3.10 3.05 3 .. 00 3U .......... 3.2013.10 3.10 3.10 3.05 2.90 

15 ................. 3.10 3. JO 3.10 3.05 3.00 31. ...... "-- 3.20 3.10 3.10 2.80 

16 ........... ______ 3.10 3.:ro 3.:..,1 3.05 a.oo I 

LITTLE BEAR RIVER) UTAH. 

This stream has its source on the northern slopes of the mountains 

forming the southern bounda1·y of Cache County, Utah. It flows in 

a northerly direction and enters Bear River a few milE!~ .below the 

mouth of Blacksmith Fork. On June 27, 1900, the east branch of 

Little Bear River was measured by George L. Swendsen, above all 

canal diversions, and a discha1·ge of 37 second-feet was found. The 

south branch of the river was also measured on the same day, above 

all canal diversions, and a discharge of 40 second-feet was found. 

BEAR RIVER NEAR COLLINSTON, UTAH. 

This station, established July 1, 1889, is about 4 miles abo·{e the 

railroad stati011 at Collinston, 2 miles east of the town of Fielding, 

Utah, and below the headworks of the Bear River C"',nal. It is 

described in Water-Supply PaperNo. 38, page 335. The record during 

the summer of 1900 shows the lowest discharge since tl'o, establishment of the station. A large canal is in process of c~1nstruetion, 

which will divert water a considerable distance above the Battlecreek 

station, to irrigate a large tract of land on the west side of Cache Valley. Us operation will greatly modify the discharge at tho, Collinston 

station during the next season. Results of measurements will be 

found as follows: For 189G, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

320; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 435; for1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 460; for 1899, rrwenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 395. The following discharge measurements were made during 1900: 

Discharge measurements of Bear River near Collinston, Utah. 

Date. Gage Dis- I Date. Gage Dis-

----------l-h_e_ig_h_t. charge. 'l-----------l-h_e_ig_h_t. charge. 

1900: Feet. Sec.-ft-1 1900. 

February 17 ...... •••.••. ...... 1. 90 1,567 July 26 ...................... . March 5. ... ............ ........ 2.50 ------ .... 1 

August 28 .................... . March 31. ................. _ .... 2. 90 2, 2:28 . September 24 ............... .. 

A_pa~!l3030_._-_-__ ··.-_ ._._·_-_·_: -_-_-_-__ -_--_-_·_-_-__ - 3. 91 3, 671 I October 29 ....... -----· _______ _ MaJ _ 4.00 3,77.''i ,\November 12 ................. . 

J_u_n_e_29_._--_-·_·_-._ .. _._··_-·_·_--_· ·_··------'----1.~7-2 _.I_ 1.1.'>8 J ~-ecember 26 ................. . 

Feet. Sec.-ft. 

0. 80 627 

.89 M2 1.25 831 1. 29 819 1.85 1,336 1.40 862 
414 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO.!)]. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bear River near Collinston, Utah, for 1900. 

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

1.--------------------..•• 2.10 2.20 2.20 2.80 4.00 3.90 1.60 0.90 0.90 1. 40 1.95 1. 90 

2. ---.. - --•. -- - ... -- - ... -- 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.7'0 4.00 3.80 1.40 .90 .80 1.45 1.90 1.90 

a ............. -..... -..... 2.00 2.10 2.30 2.80 3.90 3.80 1.40 .80 .80 1.50 1.90 2.00 

4.-..... --------.... ------ 1.90 2.20 2.30 2.90 3.90 3. 70 1.40 .80 .80 1.50 1.90 1.95 

5 .............. ------------ 1.90 2.10 2.50 2.00 3.90 3.50 1.40 .80 .80 1.50 1. 85 1.95 

6 ....... ------ ...... -.. --- 1.90 lUO 2.60 2.90 4.00 3.40 1.40 .80 .80 1. 55 1. 90 1. 95 

7.------ -----·---... -..... 2.30 2.10 2.50 2.90 4.10 3.30 1. 40 .80 .80 1.50 l.M 1.95 

8 .. ----- ----.. -----------. 2.20 2.10 2.60 2.90 4.10 8.30 1.20 . 70 .80 1.55 1.85 1.95 

9. -----· ------ ............ 2.30 2.00 2.60 3.00 4.10 3.00 1.~ . 70 .90 1.55 1.85 1. 95 

10 ................... -..... 2.30 2.00 2.60 3.10 4.20 3.20 1.00 . 70 1.00 1.55 1.85 2.00 

11. ............ -----· ...... 2.20 1.90 2.00 3.10 4.20 3.30 .80 .80 1.15 1.60 1.85 2.00 

12.-..... ------ ............ 2.20 2.00 :uo 3.00 4.30 1J.30 .90 .80 1.25 1.60 1.85 2.00 

13 ....... ------------ ...... 2.30 2.10 2.80 3.10 4.50 3.10 .90 .80 1.20 1.60 1.85 1.90 

14 ....... --------------.... 2.40 2.10 2.90 3.00 4.60 2.fl0 .90 .80 1.10 1.60 1.85 1.00 

15.------------ -----·- ..... 2.70 2.00 2.90 3.00 4.60 2.90 .80 1.00 1.00 1.65 1.85 1.90 

16. -----· ------------ ...... 2.80 1.90 3. m I 3.00 4.50 2. 90 .80 1.00 1.00 1.65 1.85 1.85 

17 ....... ------------ -----· 2. 80 1. 90 3.10 2. 90 4. 40 2. 80 . 70 . 90 1.00 1.65 1.85 1.85 

18 .•••.•. ----·· ............ 2. 70 1.80 3. t() 2. 90 4.30 2.50 . 70 .90 1.00 l.li5 1.95 1. 8.1) 

19 ............. --------.... 2.60 1.90 3.30 2.80 ._, 2.40 I .80 .90 1.05 l. 6.1) 2.00 1.85 

20 ....... ------------- ..... 2.00 2.10 3.40 2.80 4.(1() 2.00 .60 .90 1.10 1.65 2.00 1.85 21 .................. 2.50 2.30 3.60 2.80 3. 90 2. 30 .60 .90 1.15 1. 95 2.00 1.90 22.-- .... -........... :::::: 2.40 2.20 3.60 3.00 

g:gl~.~l .50 .90 1.15 1. 75 2.60 1.90 

23 ....... ------ .. ·----..... 2.20 2.20 3.40 3.10 .50 .90 1.20 1.90 2.40 1.90 

24. ........ ------ ...... ------ ~:~· 2.20 3.30 3.10 3.80 2. 00 .60 .90 1.25 1.90 2.::!5 1.85 

25 ....... ---·-- ----·- ...... 2.10 3.10 3.10 3.80 1.90 . 70 .90 1.30 1.85 2.15 1.85 

26 ....... ---·-- ...... -· .... 2.20 2.20 3.10 3.20 3. 80 1. 90 .80 1.10 1.40 1.85 2.10 l. 8(1 

27 ....... -----· -----· ...... 2.20 2.30 3.10 3.40 3. 90 1.80 1.00 1.10 1.55 1. 95 2.00 1. 70 

28 ....... ------------ ...... 2.00 2.40 3.(1() 3. 70 •• 00, .. ,., I . 90 1.00 

, ,., 1'-.. 2.05 1.60 

29 ....... ------------------ 2.00 3.10 3.90 4.00 1. 70 .90 .90 1.90 1.90 2.00 1.50 

30 ......................... 2.10 -----.. 3.00 3.{10 t::ll.'-'0 .90 .90 1.40 I. 95 1.95 1.40 

31 ....... ·----- ·----- ----·· 2. 1u I ~: ~ ~: ~ 2.90 ........... .90 .90 ---·-- 1.95 .. .......... 1.35 

WEBER RIVER NEAR UINTA, UTAH. 

This station, established in October, 1899, is in the c~.nyon 5 miles 

east of Uinta, on the Union Pacifie Railroad, immediately above the 

narrows known as Devils Gate. ·It is described in "lVater-Supply 

Paper No. 38, page 337. There are a number of good reservoir sites 

on the upper tributaries of the river, and within the last few years 

some of them have been utilized by t~he eonst~ruction of notable storage works. Results of measurements will be found as follows: For 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 324; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 440; for 1898, Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 466; for 1899, ,._I'wenty-first Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 398. The following measurements were made 

during 1900: 

July 16: Gage height, 1.15 feet; discharge, 76 second-feet. 

August 22: Gage height, 1.05 feet; discharge, 75 second-feet. 

September 29: Gage height, 1.35 feet: discharge, 172 second-feet. 

October 22: Gage height, 1. 70 feet; discharge, 401 second-feet. 

November 12: Gage height, 1.73 feet; discharge, 426 seco:'ld-feet. 

December 29: Gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 356 secoiJd·feet. 
UTAH~ 415 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Weber River near Uinta, Utah, for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Day. July. I Aug. I Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

-------- -------- L .......... ------ 1.40 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.60 17 ••.•.. ---- 1.10 1.20 1.20 1.50 1. 70 1.50 2 ------ 1.20 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.50 18---------- 1.10 1.20 1.20 1.50 1.80 1.50 

3_ ====== :::: ------ 1.15 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1. 50 19 ---------· 1.10 1. 2() I. 2.'> 1.50 1.85 1.50 

4_ ---------- ~ --.. -.. 1.10 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.50 20---------- 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.50 1.90 1.50 5 ___________ ------ 1.15 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.50 21 .... ······ 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.60 2.40 1.50 6 _______ - ------ 1.20 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.50 ;?2 __________ 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.65 2.50 1.50 7 _________ :: - - ~ - . - 1.20 1.10 1.30 1.60 1.50 23---------- 1.10 1.20 1.30 1. 70 2.50 1.50 

~'~------- ---· ------ 1. 211 1.10 1.30 1.60 1.50 24 ------···· 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.70 2. 45 1.50 

9 __ ·-------· ------ 1.20 1.20 1.30 1.60 1. 50 2.5 -----. --·- 1.10 1.20 1.30 1. 70 2. 2f) 1.50 

10 _____ ------ ........... 1.20 1.20 1.30 1.60 1.50 26---------- 1.10 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1. 75 1.50 

ll _____ ------ ------ 1.20 1.20 1.80 1.60 1.50 27---------- 1.10 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.60 1.50 12 ___ ·- ------ ............ 1.20 1.20 1.30 1.60 1.50 28 ---------- 1.10 1.10 1.30 1.70 1.60 1.50 

13.---------- ------ 1.20 1.20 1. 30 1.60 1. 50 ~---------- 1.25 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.60 1.50 14 ___________ ............ 1.20 1.20 1.30 1.50 1.50 I" ...... 1.30 1.10 1.30 1. 70 1.60 ------ 15_ ---------- -i."io- 1.20 1.20 1.35 1.50 1.50 31 --···· ---- 1.4-0 1.10 ............ 1. 70 ------ ------ 16 _______ ··-- 1.20 1.20 1.45 1.60 1.50 

SPANISH FORK NEAR MAPLETON, UTAH. 

This stat,ion, established by C. C. Babb on May 23, 1900, is in the 

canyon of the river 3 miles above the Rio Grande Western Railroad 

station at Mapleton, and a short distance above the head of the upper 

canal diverting water from the river. The gage rod consists of a 

vertical post driven firmly into the bed of the stream. The bench 

mark is at the t,op of the fourth large post, 4 rods northwest of the gate 

into the field west of the railroad track. The post is blazed on the 

north side and marked in pencil "U. S. G. S. Gage B. M." The bench 

mark is 250 feet northeast of the gage rod, and its eleYation above 

the zero of the gage is 32.86 feet. The channel is straight for a short 

distance above and below the station. Both banks are high and are 

not subject to ove1-·flow. The bed of the stream is of gravel and is 

not likely to shift during high stages. Measurements were made by 

wading. The observer is Levi Thorpe, section foreman. During 

1900 two measurements of discharge were made by C. C. Babb and 

W. P. Hardesty, as follows: 

May 23: Gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 188 second-feet. 

July 14: Gage height, 1.88 feet; discharge, 49 second-feet. 
416 OPER~TIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900,-P.ART V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Spanish Fork near Mapleton, Utah, for 1900, 

Day. ! 

June. I July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. ______________ , ___ ! ______________ _ 

1 2 .... 

____________________________________________ ·----------------- ------ ·----- ---- -----· -------- --------

3 ______ ------------ ---------··· -------------- 2.35 4 ________ ---------------------------- -------- 2.3.') 

5-------------------------------------------- 2.35 6 .•..•. ---·-- -------------------------------- 2.25 7-------------------------------------------- 2.25 g ____________ -----------·-------- ----------.. 2.25 

9.----- ---------- ---------------------------- 2. 25 10.------------------------------------------- 2. 25 

11.--------- ---------------------------------- 2. 20 12.----------- --------..... ·------------------. 2. 50 13 ••••••••..... ------------------------------ 2.50 14. -----------··--------------------------- ---- 2.50 

15.----------------------------·---.... -------- 2. 50 

16 .... ------ ------------ ---- ·----------------- 2. 50 17 ----·- ---------------------------------- --·. 2.15 18 •. ---- ----------- .. --------------- .... ------ 2.10 19 ______ -------------------------------------- 2.10 

2() ____ -----·- ----- ..... ----------------.------- 2.10 21 ______ ------------------------ ·--· ---------- 2. 50 

22 .. ---------------------- ...... -------------- 2. 50 23 ............ ------ ...... ------------------·- 2.50 

2-t -------------------------------------------- 2. 00 2,1) ____________ "·-------------- ---------------- 2.00 

26 ____ ------ ...... ---------------------------- 2.00 27 ............. --------- -----· ...... ------ .... 2.00 

28 .......... ---------------------------------- 2.00 29 •••• __ ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••• ----.----- 2. GO 

30 ••..• ---------- ·---- --------------- ---------- 2.00 31 .•.•.. ------------ ---------·-- -------------- --------

1.90 

1.90 

2.00 

2.00 

1. 90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

UJO 

1. 90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 90 1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.95 

1.95 

1.95 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 90 1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 85 

1.85 

1.85 

1. 90 1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 90 1.90 

1. 90 1.90 

1. 90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

UlO 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1. 90 1.90 

I. 95 1. 95 

1. 95 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 95 

1.95 

2.05 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.95 

PROVO RIVER NEAR PROVO, UTAH. 

. 1. 95 

1. 95 1.95 

U15 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 95 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 95 

1. 95 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 95 1. 95 1. 90 1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

I. 95 

I. 95 1.95 

1.95 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 95 1.95 

1.95 

1.95 

1.95 

1.98 

2.00 1.95 2.00 1.90 2.00 2.00 

1. 95 

1.95 

1. 95 

1. 95 

1. 95 

2.(]0 

2.10 

2.(15 

2.05 

2.00 

2.05 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.95 

1.95 

1.90 

2.00 

1.95 

1. 95 1. 90 1.95 

1.95 

This station, established July 27, 1889, is in the c.<>,nyon about 6 

miles from Provo, and above the head of most of the irrigation canals 

of Ut-ah Valley. The observer is Henry V. Smith. The station is 

described in Water-Supply PaperNo. 38, page 338. The results of 

measurements for 1899 will be found in the "rwenty-first Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 399. During 1900 the following measurements 

were made by C. C. Babb and W. P. Hardesty: 

May 22: Gage height, 5.65 feet; discharge, 834 second-feet. 

July 13: Gage height, 4.23 feet; discharge, 174 second-feet. 

September 5: Gage height, 4.16 feet; discharge, 162 second-feet. 

November 14: Gage hei~t, 4.50 feet; discharge, 257 sec')nd-feet. 
UTAH. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Prm'o Rivet· near Provo, Utah, for 1900 . 

Day. .I May. 

} ______ ----------------------------- ------- 2 .............. -----------·-------·-----···- -------

3 ........... ---------- --------~- ---- ------- 4 ..... ---------------------- -------- ------- 5 ............. ------------ ------·--· ------- 6 ....... -------------- ........ ------ ------- 7------- ------ ---------------------- ------- 8. __________________________________ --------

9 _________ ------------ ... ----------- ....... .. 

10.------ ------.----- ---------------- ------- 11. ............ ---------------------- .... ---- 12 ...... - .... --------------.- .. ------ ---- ... 13 ........................ ---------- --------

:·1 

1-!. -- .... ------ ------------ .... -- --·- ------- 15.----------------------------.-.... ----.-- 16 ___________________ ................ -------

17 _______________ ·------------------- ----- .. 

18.---------------------------------- ------- 19.-----------... -- .. ---- ------------ ..... --- . 20.---------- ---·-- ---------- .... ---- -------- 21. ---· ·-·--..... --- --- .. ------ -----· 5. 5 22 ............... -------------------- 5. 7 

23. ------------- .. ------------------- 5. 7 24 ..... ---------------- ---- .. -·-..... 6. 0 

25.----------------------.--- .. ------ 6. 0 

26 ..................... -------------- 6.1 

27.---------------------------------- 6.6 28................................... 6.5 

29 ............... -------------------- 6.5 30.---------------- ...... ------------ 6.4 

31 .. ---- ----------------------------- 6. 3 

June. July. 

6.2 4.3 

5. 9 4.3 

5. 7 4.3 

5.5 4.3 

5.4 4.3 

5.3 4.3 

5.2 i 4.3 

5.2 4.2 

5.1 4.2 

5.1 4.2 

4.1 4.2 

4.9 4.2 

4.9 4.2 

4.8 4.2 

4. 7 4.2 

4.6 4.2 

4.5 4.2 

4.5 4.2 

4.4 4.2 

4.4 4.2 

4.4 4.2 

4.4 4.2 

4.4 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

4.3 4.2 

. --- ~- .... 4.2 

Aug. I Sept. Oct. 

4 •J 4.2 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.1 4.3 

4.2 4.2 4.'3 

4.2 4.2 4.3 

4.2 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.1 4.2 4.3 

4.2 4.2 4. 4 

4.2 4.21 4. 4 

4.2 4.2 4.4 

4.2 4.2 4. t 4.2 4.2 4.4 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 4.3 4.5 

4.2 -------- 4.5 

AMERICAN FORK NEAR AMERICAN FORK, UTAH. 

Nov. 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

5.0 

56 

56 

5.6 

5. 2 5.(} 

4.8 

4.8 

4. 8 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

--------

417 

Dec. 

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

4. 7 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 4 .............. 

--------

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

--------

--------

--------

--------

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

---·----

--------

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

·-------

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

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

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

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

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

--------

--------

·------· 

_______ 

--------.., 

This station, established by C. C. Babb on ~lay 21, 1900, is 6 miles 

northeast of the town of American Fork, at the power plant which 

has been under course of construction during the last se:'l,son. An 

old vertical rod, driven solidly into the bed of the river, was found 

here, and as it was in good condition it was used for recording heights. 

rrhe rod is just above the tailrace of the new power plant, and observations were taken there until December 17, 1900, when the wat,er 

wheels of the power company were started. After that the gage 

heights did not give the true flow, necessitating a change of location. 

About 200 feet below the tailrace of the power company is the threepartition measuring weir for dividing the water of the strea1n between 

the towns of Pleasant Grove, Lehi, and American Fork. On December 18, 1900, a rail was driven in the face of the weir structure, just 

south of the south opening and level with the crest of the weir, by 

which heights are recorded. This is not a sharp-edged weir, as the 

crest is 4: inches wide; but it is considered that the results will have 

:1-n accuracy within 4 per cent. It is in good condition and seems to 

leak very little. 
418 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V, tNo. 51. 

The following table gives the division of the water of the stream at 

the weir, according to court decrees, the data being fur:'lished by the 

water master for the Lehi district: 

Table showing division of waters of American Fork. 

Season. Town. 

September 20 to April15. ------ ...... Pleasant Grove .... ____ ·--------------------------· Do .••.••• ------ •••.•• -------------- Lehi __ .. __ . ___ ... _____________________ ...... ____ ... _ 

Do ..•...• ---------.----------------- American Fork ____ .......... ---------------- ..... . 

Width of 

opening. 

Feet. 

2.5 

5.5 

25.0 

33.0 

April15 to July L ................ ---- Pleasant Grove ...................... ______ ____ ____ 10.0 

Do ................. --------........ Lehi ...... _____ ....................... ____ .... ...... 7. 0 

Do ....................... -- ... ---- American Fork.................................... 25.0 

Jnlb~~~- ~~~~~~~~ -~:: ::::::::::::: E~1~~~ ~~~~~-: ::: :~::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

Do ......................... -------- American Fork .... ------------ .................. .. 

42.0 

8.0 

14.0 

20.0 

42.0 

On December 18 levels.were taken on the crest of th€, flashboards, 

and also on nails (one for each end of each opening) driven into the 

face of the longitudinal cap resting on the posts of the openings. By 

measuring down from these to the crest of the boards the elevation 

of the crest with reference to the gage point can be found without 

further use of the level. The reference nail for. gaging is 0. 012 

foot too high for the present arrangement of the planke ( divisio_n for 

September 20 to April 15), so that the gage readings by. the observer 

are corrected by +0:01 foot. On December 27, 28, and 29 the river was 

frozen above the new gage, and observations were taken at the old 

stake. Readings were resumed at the new gage, however, on December 30, and during 1901 they will be taken at the weir gage. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by 

C. C. Babb and W. P. Hardesty: 

May 21: Gage height, 0. 70 foot; discharge, 138 second-feet. 

July 13: Gage height, 0.39 foot; discharge, 42 second-feet. 

September 5: Gage height, 0.25 foot; discharge, 26 second-feet. 

November 14: Gage height, 0.29 foot; discharge, 24 second-feet. 
UTAH. 419 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arnerican Fork ne.-ar Arnerican Pork, Utah, for 1900, 

_____ D_a_y_. -----I-M-ay_. June. I July. Aug. Sept. ~ Nov. Dec. 

1. ·--------------------·--··--···"'"" -------- 2 ....... ········•••··· -----------···· ----·--- 3 ..... ------------------------------ ----·--- 4 ................................... --------

5. -----· ---------------------------- -------· 6 ................................... ---·-··· 

7----------------------------------- ·····-·. 8 .....••.•.. ------------------------ -------- 9. --·- .. ------------. --------------- -------- 10 ............... ---------------------------- 11. ..... ------------------------------------ 12 ..... ------------------------------ -------- 13 ................. ------ ·------- ---- ....... . 

14. --·--·- --------------------------- -------- 15 .................................... --------

16 ....•...... ·--------- -------------- ---· ..... 17 ....... - ----------- ------------ .... -------- 18 ................................... ····•··· 

19.--... --------.. - ... -·--.. -------.- -.. -.. -. 

20.---- ·----- ------------------------ ---- ---- 21.----------------------------...... 0. 73 

2:!. -------------------- .... ----- . 75 2:3.-------------------- ---·-- -------· . 76 24.------ ··-------------- ---- .... ---- .85 25.------ ...... ---------------------- . 90 26.--------------.----------- .. ------ 1. 03 27.------------------ •• ----- .•• ------ 1. 03 

28. ·----- ---------------------------- .98 

29. ---------------------------------. . 90 30 .. -- ..• ------------------·------.. - . 90 31.---------- -----· ------------------ . 80 

a At new station on weir. 

0.80 0.50 

.85 .50 

.83 .50 

.80 .50 .75 .50 .70 .48 . 70 .48 .78 .42 

.78 .40 

.65 .40 

.60 .40 

.60 .40 

.60 .40 

.60 .40 

.60 .40 .58 .40 .56 .40 .58 .40 

.51 .40 

.53 .36 

.55 .33 

.50 I .34 .45 .35 

.43 .35 .53 .35 .50 I .35 .50 .35 .50 .35 

.50 .34 

.50 .34 

.34 

0.31 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.3D 

.30 

.30 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.24 

.24 

.24 

.24 

.24 

.25 

.25 

.25 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.27 

.26 

0.25 

.25 

.26 

.28 

.WI 

.27 

:~I .30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.25 

.24 

.24 

.24 

.2i 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.38 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

0.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.80 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.35 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

bAt old station on stake. 

UTAH LAKE, UTAH. 

0.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.32 

.32 

.32 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.32 

.32 

.32 

.32 

.32 

.32 

0.32 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

.33 

a.37 

.37 

.37 

.37 

.36 

.36 

.36 

.37 

.36 

b.30 

b.28 

b.28 

a.34 

a.34 

A station for recording the rise and fall of this body of water ·was 

established November 6, 1896, by C. C. Babb, at Geneva, Utah. It 

was discontinued October 14, 1899. A description of it will be found 

in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 341. The city of Salt Lake has 

erected a new station at the outlet of the lake, plans and section of 

which will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, 

pages 400 and 401. Observations were first started here on February 

6, 1900, under the direction of the city engineer of Salt Lake, F. C. 

Kelsey, by whom the following record was supplied. To the figures 

given there shm;ld be added 4,500 feet in order to obtain the elevation 

of the surface of the water above sea level. The compromise level 

of this lake, as established by the lake commissioners, is at an elevation of 4,515.80 feet above the sea. 
420 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PAR~ V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in .feet, of Utah Lalce, Utah, near its outlet, for 1900. 

I I • I I Day. ! Feb. Mar. Apr. I May. I June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

k===~--==J======== !~~~~- ~=====J i~:~. --~~~~~- '"i4~4f ""ii82" ::::.::= =====~ :::::::: ·--~~~~~ 

;-m~H~ ::~-;;- m~ ~m -m ~:_tm~~ ::~i:: ::;;:~: -:::::~- ::J~: -:~:::~: ::::::, -::~; 8.~-------- ---------------- ----··-- -------- 15.05 ------------------------ 12.76 ··------ 13.19 

9 ...... ---- -------- --·----- --------.------- 15.02 14.33 13.66 -------- .. ------ -------- -------- 10 .......... -------· -------- 15.34 ----·--· ........ 14:.32 -------- ·------· -------- 12.82 13.19 

11 .......... -----·-- -------- 15.34 ---·---- -------- ----·--· ---------------- 12.75 ---· .... -------- 12.......... 15.26 ------·- -----·-- -------· 14.97 14.28 -------· 13.00 -------- --------· -------- 13 .......... 15.20 -----·-- -------- ------·- -------- ······-- ----·--- ··------ ---···-- ····---- 13.21 

14 .......... -------- --······ -------- ---------------- 14.26 -----·-- 12.95 --··---- ··------ -------- 15 .....•...• -------- ........ -------- 15.15 ............................•.. 12.74 1:~.85 13.2'Z 

16 .......... -------- -------- 15.34 ---·---- ----·--- ------------------------ 12.75 12.85 -------- 17 ..••...... -------- ····---- 15.34 -------- -------- -·------ 13.48 ····---- 12.79 ---------------- 18 .......... --------------- 15.34 15.13 14.87 14.14 13.46 -------- 12.ffl ----·--- 13.28 

19.--------- -------- 15. 3-i 15.34 --· ----- 14.85 . ------- -------- 12.88 ---· .. -- --..... - 13.30 

20 .•.••..... 15.31 15.34 ------------------------ 14.05 ------------------------........ 13.30 

21 .......... -------- 15.34 -------- ·------- ......... 14.03 ----·--· --···--- -------- -------- -------- 22 .......... -------- 15.34 15.34 -------- 14.80 -----·-- 13.35 -------- 12.fl_l ---····· -------- 23 .......... ------·- ·-·-·--- 15.32 ·----·-- -------- 14.02 -------- ·------- ---------------- ----·-·- 24 ........... -------- -------- ------·- -------- ........ -------- ---- ... -------- -------- -------- 13.40 25 .......... ---------------- ........ 15.10 -------· ······-- 13.28 ------ .. 12.~'9 -------- -------- 26 .......... ------·- 15.37 ·------- 15.10 ···--·-- -------- -----·-- 12.85 -------- -------- ----··-- Z"l .......... . · ....... -------- -------------------------------- -------- -------- 12.76 ----------------

fi:::_~~ ~:~~ :::::::: li:! ::~:H ::~:~: ~~ ::i~:;~: ::~~~: ::;;;~: ;:~·;~: ::;~:;~ ~~~~~:~~ :::;~:~ 

CITY CREEK NEAR CITY' OF SALT LAKE, UTAH. 

This station is maintained by the engineering department of the 

city of Salt Lake, in connection with the water supply of that city, 

under the direction of Mr. F. C. Kelsey, city engineer, by whom the 

following record for 1900 was furnished: 

Daily mean discharge, in second-feet, of City Creek near· city of Belt Lake, Utah, 

for 1900. 

[Drainage area,19.15 square miles.] 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June.JJuly. Aug. Sept.,_ oct. Nov. Dec. 

!..................... .... 8 

2----------------------·-- 8 

3.-------- ------------ ---- 8 4------------------------- 10 5 .... --------------------- 8 

8 8 9 14 24 12 8 71 6 7 6 7 8 9 15 23 11 8 7 6 7 6 7 8 10 15 2'.3 12 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 10 15 20 12 8 7 6 7 6 7 8 10 17 21 11 8 7 7 6 6 

6 .. ----------------------- 8 8 8 10 19 20 11 8 7 7 6 6 

7 ....• -------------------- 8 8 8 10 19 19 11 8 6 6 6 6 

8 ..... -------------------- 8 8 8 10 21 19 11 8 6 6 6 6 

9.------------------------ 8 8 8 10 23 18 11 8 6 6 6 6 

10 ................. --------- 8 8 8 10 25 18 10 8 6 6 6 6 11......................... . 8 7 9 10 27 17 10 8 6 6 6 6 

12 ...... -------------- ·----- 8 7 10 10 31 16 10 8 6 6 6 6 

13......................... 8 8 11 10 31 16 10 8 6 6 6 6 

14 ... ---------------------- 8 8 11 10 31 16 10 7 6 6 6 6 

15.----- ----· -------------- 8 16......................... 8 

17 ... ---------------------- 8 18 ...... ------------ ..... ---- 8 19 .............. ------·--- 8 

20 ..... -------------------- 8 21.------------------------ 8 22------------------------- 8 23------------------------- 8 24 .•.•.•.•....• ·----------- 8 2/)._________________________ 8 

26 ..... -------------------- 8 ·21------------------------- 8 

28------------------------- 8 

29------------------------- 8 

30 .. --------- ·------- ------ 8 31. .... -------------------- 8 

8 11 10 29 16 10 7 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 27 15 10 7 6 6 6 6 7 10 10 26 15 10 7 6 6 7 6 7 10 10 25 14 9 7 6 6 7 6 7 11 11 25 14 9 7 6 6 7 6 7 11 24 14 9 7 6 7 7 6 7 12 24 13 9 7 6 7 7 6 7 13 25 13 10 7 6 6 7 6 7 12 25 13 10 7 6 7 7 5 7 12 25 13 9 8 7 7 7 5 7 12 26 13 9 7 7 7 7 5 7 13 26 12 9 7 7 7 7 5 

8 13 27 12 9 7 7 7 6 5 

8 """'9" l~ ~~ l~ ~ ~ ~ ~ g g 9 14 26 11 8 7 7 7 6 5 

!) ------ 2.') . 8 7 7 ------ -------

~lean .............. . 11 24, 16 10 7 6 6 6 6 
UTAH. 421 

PARLEYS CREEK NEAR CITY OF SALT LAKE, UTAH. 

This station was established by the engineering department of the 

city of Salt Lake in connection with the water supply of that city. It 

is in the canyon of the stream. Measurements are made over a double 

Cippoletti weir, which is so controlled that the entire weir can be 

lifted, allowing the gravel and deposit from above to b'j washed out 

from time to time. The following record for 1900 was furnished by 

Mr. F. C. Kelsey, city engineer of Salt Lake: 

Daily mean discharge, in :;;econd-feet, of Parleys Creek near city of Srtlt Lake, Utah, 

for 1900. 

[Drainage area., 50.14 square miles.] 

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

Day. Jan Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. 

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

1.------ ------ ------------ 1 2 10 11 ---·-"' 30 24 14 6 

2.------------------------ 1 3 10 12 ............ 29 21 12 7 

3 ........... -------------· 1 3 10 13 ------ 29 20 12 10 4 ..•.... ·----- •..... ···--- 1 6 10 13 ............ 31 20 13 10 

5. ---·-· -------------- --·- 1 6.------------------------ 1 

4 10 13 ""i9" 39 20 13 10 

3 10 13 39 18 11 8 

7------------ ·---· -------- 1 

8.------------------------ 1 

9 ..•.... ---------· ------- 1 10 _______________ ---------- 1 

11.---------------- ·------- 1 12_________________________ 1 

3 10 13 : 21 _,.. ____ 17 11 8 2 10 13 1 23 ------ 18 11 8 2 10 f: I 

23 ___ ., __ 20 11 9 1 9 21 ............ 18 10 8 1 11 161 20 ............. 17 11 8 

3 11 17 20 ............. 17 10 8 13 ________________ --------- 1 5 11 19 21 ............ 16 9 7 14 _____ -------------------- 1 15_________________________ 1 3 11 19 20 ---29- 16 9 7 4 9 18 19 16 9 7 

16.------------------------ 1 3 9 19 18 28 15 8 6 

17 _______ ------------------- 1 2 9 19 15 29 15 8 6 

18------------------------- 1 2 12 18 15 27 15 9 6 19 _____ -------------------- 1 2 11 19 15 27 15 9 6 2() _______________ ---------- 1 1 11 19 18 27 15 8 6 21.________________________ 1 1 11 18 21 27 15 8 6 

22-----------------····---- 1 1 11 18 23 26 13 9 6 

23.------------------------ 1 2 10 19 21 25 13 9 6 

24--------------------- 2.) ________________________ ---· _ 1 

26 _______ ·----· ------ ·----- 27 ___________ -------------

28.------------------------ 29 ________________________ _ 

1 11 19 20 24 }g I 8 8 

8 11 19 18 23 8 9 12 20 21 23 13. 8 ~I 1 12 20 23 22 13 7 7 0 12 16 25 25 11 71 1 

1 ............ 16 31 29 10 6: 7 3() _________________________ _ 1 .............. 16 31 27 11 6 6 

31 .•••• ---- .... ------------ 0 -·---- 16 ------ 25 ------ 61 7 

Mean.--------------

-----------91-7 21 10 16 22 29 16 

IRR 51-01--3 

Sept. Oct. 

----

6 8 6 8 4 8 f) 7 5 8 6 10 6 8 6 8 

7 9 

7 9 7 9 7 9 

7 9 1 8 

7 8 

6 8 

7 8 

7 8 

7 8 

7 12 7 10 7 9 

7 9 

10 11 

9 10 

9 10 

9 9 

9 9 

9 11 

8 10 ........... 8 

--·--

7 9 

Nov. 

--

8 

7· 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

6 

6 

6 

5 

7 

6 

9 

8 

10 

12 

12 

10 

lfJ 

10 

9' 

8! 

81 

8 

------

--

8 

Dec. 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

7 

8 

9 

8 

7 

6 

8 

7 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

6 

7 

9 

8 

8 

3 

3 

4 

3 

--

1 
422 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

MILL CREEK NEAR CITY OF SALT LAKE, UTAH. 

This station was established September 8, 1898, by the engineering 

department of the city of Salt Lake, in connection with the water supply of that city. Measurements are made o-ver a Cippoletti weir in 

the canyon. The following record for 1900 was furnished by Mr. F. C. 

Kelsey, city engineer: 

Daily mean discharge, in second-feet, of. Mill Creek near city of Sal~ Lake, Utah, 

for 1900. 

[Drainage area, 21.29 square miles.] 

I 

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

-------·------------- 1 ..•..•• ·---··-··-------·- 13 10 11 12 14 23 14 10 9 8 9 

2. ····-· -------- ····-·- ·-· 13 10 11 12 14 21 14 10 9 8 9 

3.--------·------- ·------- 13 10 11 12 15 21 14 10 9 8 9 

!l. ------.----------------- 10 10 10 12 15 20 13 10 9 8 9 

5.---------·---------·. --- 12 10 11 12 16 20 13 10 9 8 9 

6 ....... ------ ---· -------- 13 8 11 12 17 18 13 10 9 8 9 

7. ·----- ---··· ------------ 13 10 11 13 19 18 10 10 9 8 8 

8.------------------------ 13 10 11 13 19 17 10 10 8 8 8 

9 .• ----------------------- 13 10 13 13 19 18 9 10 8 8 8 

10 ... ---- ---··· ------------ 13 10 13 13 21 18 9 10 8 8 8 

11. ------ ----·- ------------ 13 10 11 12 21 17 9 10 8 8 8 

12 13 10 11 12 23 17 10 10 8 8 8 

13.: ~::::: ::::: ::~~ :::::::: 13 10 11 13 23 15 ···io· 10 8 8 8 

14.------------------------ 13 10 12 12 21 15 10 8 8 8 

15. ·--------··· ------------ 13 10 12 12 20 15 10 9 8 8 8 

16.------------------------ 13 11 12 12 22 15 10 9 8 8 8 

17 .•.....••..•.......... ---- 13 11 12 12 22 14 10 9 8 8 9 

18. ·--·-- ··---- ------------ 13 11 12 12 21 14 10 9 8 8 9 

19 ..... ·- ···--- ------------ 13 9 12 12 20 14 10 ! 1----:-

8 9 

20.------------------------ 12 9 12 12 20 14 10 9 9 

2L------·--------------·-- 11 9 12 14 22 14 10 9 9 22 _____________ ------------ 13 9 12 14 25 18 11 10 8 8 8 

23 .•••.••••.•.. ------------ 13 11 12 13 28 18 10 10 I 8 8 8 

24----------·-------·-- ---· 13 11 12 13 31 14 10 1g ! ~ 9 8 

25 .•....••••.•• -------- ---· 8 11 12 13 28 14 10 9 8 26 _________________________ 9 11 13 14 3\) 14 10 9 Sl 8 8 

27 .••...• ------ ·---~-·---·-- 10 11 12 14 30 13 10 9 9 8 10 

28 .••.••• ------------------ 10 11 12 14 26 13 10 9 9 8 10 

29.-------------------- ---· 10 ............ 12 14 26 13 10 9 8 8 10 3() _________________________ 10 ............ 11 14 23 13 10 9 8 8 8 

31 .•..... ··•··· ------------ 10 ---..... 11 ........... 23 ............. 10 9 ........... 9 ------ ---------------------- Mean ............... 12 10 12 13 22 16 11 10 8 8 9 

- BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK NEAR CITY OF SALT LAKE, UTAH. 

Dec. 

--

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

5 

3 

3 

3 

1 

7 

This station was established October 30, 1898, by the city engineer 

of the city of Salt Lake, in connection with thP- water supply of that 

city. Measurements are made over a rectangular weir 16 feet long. 
UTAH. 423 

The following record for 1900 was furnished by Mr. F. C. K~lsey, city 

engineer: 

Daily mean discharge, in second-feet, of Big Cottonwood Creek near city of Salt 

Lake, Utah, for 1900. 

[Drainage area, 48.47 square miles.] 

Day. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

-----------1----------------

1...... ••.... .•...•. •..••.•.•••••... ....•... 282 

2 .•........... •··•·••••••·····••···· -------- 277 3 .....• ----------------------------- -------- 276 

4----------------------------------- -··----- 255 5................................... ........ 240 6 ••••..•..... ••···•••••·······•••··· -------- 237 7 ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• ·• .••• .•• 233 

8 •••••••..•.•.•••...•.••.•••••...... -------- 250 

9 ••..•• •····• .•••.••.•• ------ --····· .... ---- 218 10.- -·· ..•..... •······· ··-· ·-----.... .... .. .. 190 

11...... .•....• ........•.......••.... .•.••... 175 

12 .. ----.---.......... ---- .... ---... -------- 168 13 .......•........................... -------- 171 

14.------------.-----------.. -.-.---·· 128 165 

15 .....•......•..................... 127 154 

16 ....• -------... ------ --------.----- 146 155 

17 .............................••.... 16'3 152 

18 ...... ---- ····--------- ------------ 170 145 

Hl. .....••...•••..................... 169 140 

20.----·-··--------------------·----- 162 135 21. .••.••.•.••••••• -------------·---· 180 134 

22. ------ ·---------------- ·········· 218 133 23 ......• ---------------------------- 239 130 24----------------------------------- 264 113 25 .............. ---------- ·----- ---·· 2'73 104 26 ....•...••••...••••....•.... ·•••••• 288 107 27 ....•......•.••..... ---------······ 298 97 28 ....•••••••.••.•......•..•..•.•.... 301 95 

29 ..•. -------------------···········- 280 94 30 ........ -----------·-·---·········· 265 89 

31 .... ·--- ...... ------ ....•...... ---- 278 

Mean......................... 219 170 

84 

75 

75 

78 

71 

71 

68 

65 

63 

64 

62 

60 

60 

59 

55 

56 

58 

56 

54 

55 

55 

56 

59 

52 

39 

39 

42 

as 

38 

59 

39 

33 

36 

37 

37 

36 

34 

35 

35 

33 

35 

33 

35 

30 

37 

34 

32 

31 

33 

32 

29 

31 

33 

36 

38 

35 

36 

32 

28 

29 

30 

34 

26 

26 

a5 

27 

28 

24 

27 

25 

25 

25 

24 

25 

23 

23 

24 

25 

23 

25 

25 

i 

~~ I 

28 

27 

28 

26 

25 

25 

26 

25 

25 

27 

27 

28 

25 

26 

26 

27 

26 

25 

25 

25 

26 

25 

25 

25 

30 

29 

29 

30 

30 

31 

27 

31 

27 

29 

30 

29 

28 

27 

31 

32 

33 

30 

28 

31 

27 

27 

27 

27 

29 

2fi 

27 

28 

29 

26 

30 

00 

30 

29 

30 

30 

31 

32 

28 

31 

28 

29 

29 

27 

29 

------------ --------~- -----~ --------~-- -~----

SALINA CREEK NEAR SALINA, UTAH. 

28 

28 

28 

28 

29 

29 

27 

26 

27 

27 

28 

26 

27 

25 

25 

26 

26 

25 

25 

25 

25 

24 

23 

23 

22 

24 

23 

LB 

23 

25 

14 

25 

This stream drains a portion of the eastern part of Sevier County. 

It flows westerly and enters Sevier River near the town of Salina, 

Utah. A considerable portion of its waters is used for irrigation. 

The station, established by Caleb Tanner on July 2, 1900, is in 

the canyon of the creek, about 5 miles southeast of Sa.lina. The 

gage consists of a vertical post driven into th.e bed of the creek and 

firmly braced on the downstream side. The bench mark is the top of 

a rock, set 12 inches in the ground, 80 feet northeast of the gage. Its 

elevation is 8.80 feet above gage datum. rrhe bed of the stream is 

rough, containing bowlders, but it is fairly permanent. During 1900 

the following measurements of discharge were made by Caleb Tanner: 

July 2: Gage height, 1.05 feet; discharge, 11 second-feet. 

July 23: Gage height, 1.08 feet; discharge, 12 second-feet. 

September 8: Gage height, 1.02 feet; discharge, 8 second-f,~t. 
424 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO, 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Salina Creek near Salina, Utah, for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Day. J nly. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

------ ----------- 1----------- 1.05 1.02 2 ___________ ------ 1.10 1.15 1.10 17 ---·------ 1.08 1.00 1.05 1.12 1.10 1.15 

1.05 1. 0'4 ------ 1.10 1.15 1.10 18 ______ ---- 1.08 1.00 1.05 1.12 1.10 1.15 s ___________ 1.20 1.02 ------ 1.10 1.15 1.10 19 ____ ------

4----------- 1.20 1.02 ----.-- 1.10 1.12 1.10 20 __________ 1.05 (a) 1.05 1.15 1.10 1.15 

1.05 ------ 1.05 1.15 1.10 1.15 

5.-- -·- ----- 1.10 1.02 ------ 1. 07 1.12 1.10 21 .... ------ 1.05 -·-·-· 1.05 1.15 1.10 1.15 6 ___________ 1.08 1.03 ............ 1. 07 1.12 1.10 2'Z .... ------ 1.10 ----·- 1.05 1.15 1.10 1.10 7 ___________ 1.08 1.03 ... -- ...... ~ 1. 07 1.12 1.10 23 __________ 1.08 ------ g ___________ 1.05 ] .15 1.10 1.10 

1.12 1.03 ------ 1. 07 1.12 1.15 24 __________ 1.10 ------ 9 1.05 1.15 1.10 1.10 ___________ 1.12 1.03 1.10 l. 07 1.12 1.15 25 ______ 

JO •. --------- 1.08 1.03 1.10 1.07 1.12 1.15 26 ____ ---~~~ 1.08 -----· 1.12 1.15 1.10 1.10 

1.08 ------ 1.12 1.15 1.10 LlO 11_ __________ 1.08 1. ()'J 

I 

1.05 1.07 1.10 1.15 27 .......... 12 1.08 1.02 1.05 1.07 1.10 1.15 28 .... -----· 13. ~~~~~:~~~~ 1.05 1.02 1.05 1.07 1.10 1.15 29 .......... 

14 ........... 1.05 1.02 

I 

1.05 1.12 1.10 1.15 30 .......... 15 ........... 1.08 1.00 1.05 1.12 1.10 1.15 31 .......... 16 ........... 1.08 1.00 I 

1.05 

I 

1.12 1.10 1.15 

1.05 ................ 1.15 1.15 1.10 1.10 

1.05 .............. 1.15 1.15 1.10 1.10 

1.02 ------ 1.10 1.15 1.10 (b) 

Ui2 ~ ---..... 1.10 1.15 1.10 1.20 

1.02 .............. ............... 1.15 ------ 1.20 

aAugust 19 to September 9 no gage observer. bFrozen. 

MANTI CREEK NEAR MANTI, UTAH. 

This stream drains a small area in the southern portion of Sanpete 

County, Utah. It flows westerly and enters San Pitch R.iver near the 

town of Manti. The station, as originally est.ablished by Caleb Tanner on August 2, 1900, was 1 mile southeast of the town. The rod consisted of a vertical timber driven firmly into the bed of th~ creek and 

wired to a large bowlder near by. The bench mark was the top of a 

large rock 40 feet northwest of the gage, marked with clisel "U. S. 

G. S." Its elevation is 7.14 feet above gage datum. On D~cember 26, 

1900, the station was moved one-fourth mile above the ol1 gage. It 

is 15 feet above the second bridge in the canyon. Obse1·vations for 

1901 will be made on the new rod. During 1900 three measurements 

of discharge were made by Caleb Tanner. The first two were made 

at the old station; the last one was made at the new station. 

August 2: Gage height, 1.58 feet; discharge, 9 second-feet. 

September 7: Gage height, 1.52 feet; discharge, 6 second-feet. 

December 26: Gage height, 1.08 feet; discharge, 5 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Manti Creek near Manti, Utah, for 1900. 

L ...... --- ---- -------- -------- 2....... 1.58 1.55 1.55 

3....... 1.58 1.60 -------- 4_______ 1.60 1.55 1.55 

5 ....... 1.75 1.?31'--------

~~~~~:~~ t~ t~ ---~~~-~ 8_______ 1.58 1.55 1.55 

9....... 1.58 1.55 

10....... 1.58 1. 70 

11....... 1.58 1.60 

12 ...... 

13------

14 .... .. 15 ..... . 16 .. ---- 1'7 ...... 

18.-----

19 .... .. 20 ..... . 21 .... .. 22 ..... . 

1.58 

1.55 

1.55 

1.55 

1.55 

1.55 

1.55 

1.60 

1.58 

1.58 

1.58 

1. 58 -- -- -- -- 1. 55 -------- 1. 55 ---- ---- 1.53 

1.53 -------- 1.55 -------- 1.53 

1.55 

1. 55 ---- ---- 1.58 -------- 1.55 --------

~------ 1.58 1.55 

24...... 1.58 1.70 

25...... 1. 73 1.68 

26...... (a) 1.65 27 .............. 1.70 

28 ...... -------- 1. 68 29 .. ---- -------- 1. 60 

00 ...... -------- 1.58 ------- 31 .......... ---- -------- --------

a August 26 to September 2 no readings. 
UTAH. 425 

SAN PITCH RIVER NEAR GUNNISON, UTAH. 

This stream drains the major portion of Sanpete County, Utah. Its 

general course is southerly. It enters Sevier River near the town of 

Gunnison. The station, established by Caleb Tanner on June 30, 

1900, is 4 miles northeast of the town of Gunnison, at the ranch of the 

observer, J. P. Jensen. The gage consists of a vertical post driven 

firmly into the bed of the stream and strongly braced. The bench 

mark is the top of a cedar post 1 foot in diameter, set f.rmly in the 

ground, 40 feet west of the gage rod. Its elevation is 5. 96 feet above 

gage datum. During 1900 the following measurements were made by 

Caleb Tanner: 

June 30: Gage height, 2.35 feet; discharge, 88 second-feet. 

July 24: Gage height, 2.15 feet; discharge, 58 second-feet. 

August 5: Gage height, 1.85 feet; discharge, 18 second-feet. 

September 9: Gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 15 second-feet. 

December 27: Gage height, 1.73 feet; discharge, 12 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of San Pitch River near Gunnison, UtQ:h, for 1900. 

Day. ,July. Aug./Sept. Oct.INov. Dec.! Day. July. Aug.ISept./oct. Nov. Dec. 

L .......... 2.35 1.8611.80 1.82 1.86 1.92117---------- 2.25 1.8011.7811.80 1.84 1.70 2 ........... 2.40 1.84 1.80' 1.80 1.86 1.86 18 .......... 2.20 1.92 1.80 1.80 ------ 1.70 

3 ........... 2.30 1.80:1.8011.90 1.84 1.86 19 .......... 2.15 1.86 1.78 1.80 1.70 4 ___________ 2.35 1.80 1.84 1.82 1.84 1.90 I~---------- 2.00 1.80 ,1.78 1.90 1.70 

5 ........... 22 .. 3030 1.90 1.90 1.80 1.86 1.90 21 .......... 2.00 1.80 i 1.80 1.88 1.68 

6........... 1.90 1.9411.78 1.84 1.90 2".3. •••••..•. 2.16. '1.7811.80 1.84 1.68 7 ........... 2.30 1.80 1.80 1.78 1.82 1.90 23 ........•. 2.10 1.78 1.80 1.84 1.70 

8 ........... 2.2.=> 1.78 1.00 1.80 1.84 1.881' 24 ·--------- 2.18 1.76 1.86 1.84 . 1.70 

9 ........... 2.25 1.80 t.90 1.80 t.84 1.86 25 .......... 2.18 1.80 1.90 1.84 T88. 1.10 

10 ........... 2.25 1.78 1.78 1.80 1.86 1.86 26 ...••...•. 2.16 1.90 [1.84 1.82 1.88 1.70 11 .....•..... 2.25 1.78 1.78,1.80 1.86 1.86 27 ......... 2.14 1.78'1·1.84 1.82 1.86 1.70 12 ......•.... 2.25 1.80 1.76 1.94 1.86 1.86 28 .•........ 214 1.80 1.86 1.84 1.86 1.70 

13 ........... 2.25 1.8011 1.88 1.80 1.86 1.841· 29 ---·······12.12 1.78 1.96 1.84 1.86 1.70 14. ••••••...• 2.~ 1.78 1.80 1.80 1.84 1.80 30 .......... 2.10 1.7811.82 1.84 1.86 1.70 

15 ........... 2.25 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.84 1.70 31 .......... ; 2.10 1.80 1' ...... 1.84 1.70 

16 ..•........ 2.25 1.~~ 1.80 1.84-~ I 

------------~---~---~~--~---

SEVIER RIVER NEAR GUNNISON, UTAH. 

This st,ream drains a large area in the southwestern p~.rt of Utah. 

It flows northerly until it enters Juab County; then it makes a short 

bend and flows southwesterly until its waters are lost in the Sevier 

Sink. The station, established by Caleb Tanner on June 29, 1900, is 

at the bridge which crosses the stream 4 miles west of the town of 

Gunnison. The gage, which is vertical, is nailed to one of the bridge 

piles. The bench mark consists of a post at the southeast corner of 

the hridge, marked, in pencil, "U. S. G. S. gage B. M.," and its elevation is 13.23 feet above gage datum. During 1900 the following measurements were made by Caleb Tanner: 

Discharge measurements of Sevier River near Gunnison, Utah. 

------D-ate_. ----l·h-~-i~-~-et.~_c_h~-~-~_e._II-----D-a_te_. _______ jl-1-~-~-~-~~ ch~ 1900. 

June29 ..........••........••••• July 25. _ ...................... . August 7 ............•.......... 

Feet. 

0.50 

.66 

.62 

Sec.-ft. 

10 

22 

20 

August 8 a-~~: .......... ----~-~~~~:-~· Sec.-fti!JJ September10 ............•.... 0.62 18 

December26 .....•............ 1.00 49 

a Thirty miles downstream from gage. 
426 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sevier River near Gunnison, Utah, for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Day. \July ·I Aug ·I Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

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

1 ••...•••... 0.50 0.63 0.63 0.80 0.90 0.95 17 .......... 0. 73 0.60 0. 6.'3 0 81 0.85 0.98 2 ...... ----- .50 .63 .63 .80 .88 .95 18.----- .... 1.10 .60 .63 .80 .93 .98 

3 ...... -- --- .55 .63 .63 .80 .88 .95 19 .......... .83 .00 .63 .88 .93 .95 

4 ...... ----- .63 .63 .80 . 78 .85 .83 20 ...... ---- . 78 .60 . .63 .88 .90 .90 

5 ....... ---- . 75 .63 . 70 . 78 .85 .90 21.--------- .80 .60 .63 .88 .90 1.10 6 ...... ----- . 73 .63 .65 . 78 . 83 .90 22 .......... .80 .60 I .63 .85 .90 .88 

7------- ---- . 73 .63 . 65 i . 78 .83 .88 23 ........... .80 .60 I .63 .85 .93 .83 

8 ........... . 73 .63 .63 I . 78 .83 .88 24.--------- .80 .60 . 70 .85 .93 1.13 

9 ...... ----- . 73 .63 .63 ! .78 .83 .!18 25------ ---- .65 .60 . 75 .85 .93 1.00 

10 ........... . 73 .63 .63 I . 78 .83 I 1.05 20 ...... ---- .70 .60 .75 .85 .93 1.00 

11 ...... ----- . 70 .63 .63 . 78 .83 1.03 27---------- .70 .60 . 75 .83 .93 1.13 12 ........... . 73 . 63 .63 . 78 .83 1.00 28 .......... .65 .60 .80 .83 .93 1.13 

13 ...... ----- . 76 .63 .63 I . 78 .03 1.00 29 ...... ---- .65 .63 .80 .85 .93 1.15 

14 ....... ---- . 76 .60 .63 . 78 .83 .95 30 ...... ---- .65 .63 .80 .85 .88 ............ 15 ...... - .... . 73 .60 .63 

I 

.80 . 83 .95 31 .......... .63 .63 ------ .90 ------ ------ 16 ........... .73 .60 .63 .83 .85 .95 

SNAKE RIVER AT MONTGOMERY FERRY, IDAHO. 

This station, established October 5, 1895, is on the stag€. road from 

Minidoka to Albion. It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, 

page 351. Results of measurements for 1899 will be fo•1nd in the 

Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 405. No records of gage 

heights were kept during 1900, and only-one discharge measurement 

was made during the year, by N. S. Dils, as follows: 

August 25: Gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 2,801 second-feet. 

MALADE RIVER, IDAHO. 

During 1899 stations were maintained on this river at Toponis and 

at Bliss, as described in Water-Supply PaperNo. 38, pages 354 and 355. 

Results of measurements for that year will be found in the Twentyfirst Annual Report, Part IV, pages 408 and 409. No stations were 

maintained on this river during 1900 and no discharge measurements 

were made. It is reported, however, that the low-water flow for that 

year did not vary greatly from that of 1899. 

BRUNEAU RIVER NEAR GRANDVIEW, IDAHO. 

This station, established by Mr. A. J. Wiley for the Ov·ryhee Land 

and Irrigation Company, immediately below the headworks of the 

canal system of that company, 10 miles eaRt of Grandview, is described 

in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 356. Records of me~.surements 

will be found as follows: For 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 341; for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IY, page 450; 

for 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 482; for 1899, 

Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 410. No me,·~.surements 

of discharge were made at this station during 1900. 
IDAHO. 427 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bruneau River near Grandview, Idal.o, for 1900. 

Day. .Jan. Feb. i Mar. Apr. i May.JJune.l July., Aug. Sept. Oct.JNov., Dec. 

----1-~~----:-~--1---

1 --------------------- .... 2 ...... ---- ..... ------ ----

3 ...... ------------------· 4 ........... -------------- 5 ....................... .. 

6 ·····----- ..... ------ ... . 7 ·----- ---- -· ... ------- ·--- 8 --------------- ........ .. 9 ....................... .. 10 ....................... .. ll-- ...................... . 12 ........ ------ ......... .. 13 ...... --------.. ------- .. 14 ....................... .. 15 ........................ . 16 .. -- ---.. -.... -..... - .. .. 17 ...... ---- ............. .. 18 . ------- .............. --- 19---- .................... . 20 ....................... .. 21 ....................... .. 2'Z ....................... .. 23 ........................ . 

24 ...... --------- ........ .. 25 ...... ---- ..... ---------- 26 .... ---- ...... - ......... . 27 ........................ . 28 ....................... .. 

29- ......... ---- ........ -- 30 ....................... .. 31 ....................... .. 

1. 65 1. 65 1. 85 2. 00 2. 15 2. 70 1. 55 11.15 1. 10 l. 2{) 1. 50 1. 50 

1. 70 1. 85 L 85 2. 05 2. 20 2. 75 1. 55 I 1.15 1. 05 1. 20 1. 50 1. 60 

1. 75 1. 65 1. 85 2. 05 2. 25 2. 75 1. 55 I 1.15 1. 05 l. 20 1. 50 l. 60 

1. 80 1. 65 i 1. 95 2. 20 2. 20 2. 80 1. 50 L 151 1.05 1. 25 1. 50 1. 60 

1. 80 l. 6511. 90 2. 20 2. 25 2. 70 1. 45 1. 20 1. 10 1. 25 1. 50 1. 60 1. 80 1. 65 1. 95 2. 15 2. 70 2. 65 1. 45 1. 20 1. 20 1. 30 1. 50 1. 60 1. 80 1. 60 1. 85 2. 20 2. 60 2. 65 1.40 1. 20 . 1. 20 1. 30 1. 50 1. 60 1. 75 1. 60 1. 85 2. 30 2. ti5 2. 65 1. 35 1. 20 1. 25 l. 30 1. 50 1. 60 

1.75 1.60 1.80 2.25 2.65 2.60 1.35 1.15 1.20 1.35 1.50 1.60 

1.75 1.60 1.80 2.25 2.75 2.60 1.35 1.15 1.20 1.35 1.50 1.55 

1. 70 1. 65 L 85 2. 25 2. 90 2. 55 1. 30 1. 15 1. 15 1. 35 1. 50 I. 55 1. 70 1. 65 2. 00 2. 25 3. 00 2. 40 UJ) 1. 15 1. 15 J. 35 1. 50 1. 60 

1.70 1.65 2.10 2.25 3.10 2.35 1.30 1.15 1.15 1.35 1.50. 1.60 

1. 75 1. 65 2. 25 2. 15 3. oo 2. 30 1. 30 1. 10 1. 15 1. 35 1. 50 I 1. 55 

1.80 1.60 2.30 2.20 3.20 2.25 1.25 1.10 1.15 1.40 1.50 1.55 

1. 85 1. 60 2. 30 2. 20 2. 85 2. 25 1. 25 1.10 1. 15 1.40 1. 50 1. 55 

1. 85 1. 60 2. 25 2. 10 2. 80 2. 20 1. 20 1.10 1. 15 1.40 1. 50 1. 00 1. 90 l. 55 2. 25 2. 15 2. 85 2. 20 1. 20 1.10 1.15 1.40 1. 50 1. 60 

1. 80 1. 60 2. 25 2.15 2. 2{) 2.10 1. 20 1.10 1. 20 1.40 1. 50 I. 60 

1. 75 1. 65 2. 25 2. 15 2. 80 2. 00 1. 20 1.10 1.20 1. 4.0 1. 50 1. 60 

1. 75 1. 70 2. 25 2. 25 2. 75 2. 00 1. 20 1. 05 1. 2U 1. 40 1. 55 1. 60 

1. 70 "1. 75 2. 25 2. 25 2. 70 1. 95 1. 15 1. 05 1.15 1. 40 1.55 1. 60 

1. 65 1. 90 2. 25 2. 25 2. 80 1. 00 1.15 1. 05 1. 15 1. 40 1. 00 1. 5.'i 

1. 65 2. 00 2. 20 2. 25 2. 75 1. 90 1. 15 1. 05 1. 15 1. 50 1. 55 1. 55 1.65 1.85 2.20 2.20 2.80 1.65 1.15 1.00 1.20 1.50 1.60 . 1.55 

1. 60 1. 80 2. 25 2. 15 2. 80 1. 80 1. 15 1. 00 1. 20 1. 50 1. 60 1. 55 

1. 60 1. 90 2. 25 2. 15 2. 80 1. 70 1. 15 1. 00 1. 20 1. 50 1. 60 1. 55 

1.50 1.90 2.2012.10 2.85 1.65 1.15 1.05 1.20 1.50 1.50 1.50 

1.50 2.20 2.15 2.80 1.65 1.15 1.05 1.20 1.50 1.5511.50 

1.55 2.15 2.10 2.75 1.60 1.15 1.05 1.20 1.50 1.55 ..... . 1.60 I 2.15 ...... 2.70 1.15 1.05 ....... 1.50 .......... .. 

BOISE RIVER NEAR BOISE, IDAHO. 

This station is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 3\ page 356. 

Results of measurements for 1899 will be found in the ':':'wenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 411. During 1900 the New York Canal 

Company built a wing dam of timber and loose rock, headed about 

150 feet below the station and extending from the north bank diagonally down and across the stream a distance of about 50 feet, in order 

to protect the north bank from erosion. The construction of this wing 

dam did not seem to interfere with the flow of the river at the station. 

During the year new cable supports were set, bench marks were carefully verified, and the following discharge measurements were made 

by N. S. Dils: 

Discharge rheasurements of Boise River near Boise, Idal..o. 

Date. 

April18 ..................... . June6 ...................... .. June14 ..................... .. June28 ..................... .. July 13 ..................... .. 

Gage 

height. 

Discharge. 

Feet. Sec.-feet. 4.30 5, 701 

4.95 7,853 

3.80 5,391 

2.60 2,371 1. 85 1, 644 

Date. I Gage I Dis- h~ight. j charge. 

Ji'eet. 1.30 

1.05 

.118 

.98 

Sec.-feet. 

1,108 

871 

797 

810 
428 OPERATIONS A'l' RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Boise River near Boise, Idaho, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. o~.t. Nov. Dec. 

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

1 ------------------------- 1.90 2.10 2.20 3.90 4.40 4.30 2.40 1.10 .85 1.00 1.40 1.30 

2 ------- .. ---- ------------ 2.00 2.10 2.30 4.50 4.50 4.30 2.30 1.08 .85 1.10 1.40 1.30 

3 ------- ------ -----· ------ 2.00 2.10 2.30 4.80 4.60 4.50 2.25 1.05 .83 1.10 1.40 1.20 

4 ---·---------- ------------ 1.90 2.10 2.40 4.60 4.80 4.60 2.20 1.05 .85 1.10 1.40 1.30 

5------------- ·----- ·--··· 2.00 2.0G 2.30 4.50 4.80 4. 70 2.00 1.00 1.10 1.30 1.40 1.30 

6----------- ~ ... ---.... --- -.. - 2.00 1.85 2.50 4. 70 5.30 4.95 1. 95 1.05 1.20 1.40 1. 40 1.30 

7 ------------------------- 2.00 1.90 2. 75 4.90 5.50 4,.80 1.90 1.00 1.05 1.20 1.30 1.30 

8------------- -----------· 1.90 1.90 2.90 4.80 5.80 4.60 1.80 1.03 .95 1.15 1.30 130 

9 ------------------------- 1. 70 2.00 3.40 4.50 5.90 4.60 1.80 1.00 .95 1.10 1.30 1.30 

10 ----------------------... 1. 70 1.90 3.55 4.50 6.30 4.30 1.85 .90 .98 1.10 1.25 1.20 

11 ....... ------------------ 1.90 1.80 3.80 4.20 6.50 4.00 1.85 .88 1.05 1.10 1.20 1.20 

12 -..... ------------------- 2.20 1.80 4.25 4.40 6.50 3.85 1.85 .95 .88 1.10 1.15 1.10 

13 ------------------· ------ 2.20 1.80 4.25 4. 70 5.20 3.85 1.80 .98 .88 1.08 1.20 1.10 

14------------------- ----·-- 2.60 1.80 4.20 4.30 5.20 3.85 1. 75 1.00 .85 1.08 1.20 1.20 

15------------------------- 3.50 1.80 4.20 4.10 5.30 3.80 1.60 .93 .90 1.05 1.20 1.30 

16------.--.--------- -----· 3.40 1.80 4.30 4.30 5.30 4.15 1.60 .90 .85 1.05 1.20 1.30 

17------------------------- 3. 20 1. 70 4.30 4.20 5.20 3.80 1.55 .93 .88 1.00 1.20 1.40 

18------------------------- 2.80 1.80 4.40 4.30 5.10 3.55 1.50 .90 .90 1.05 1.30 1.30 

19-------------------.----- 2.50 1.80 4.40 4.30 5. 20 3.55 1. 45 .88 .98 1.25 1.30 1.30 

20 -------- ----· ---... ------ 2.45 1.80 4.30 4.30 5.10 3.55 1. 45 .90 .95 1.25 1.15 1.30 

21 ......... ......................................... ~.40 2.00 4.30 4.30 5.00 3.65 1.35 .88 .93 1. 70 1.10 1.80 

22------------------------- 2.30 2.60 4.30 4.30 4.90 3.60 1.35 .88 .90 1.50 1.15 1. 70 

23 ------------- -----· ...... 2.30 2.50 4.50 4.30 4.80 3.40 1.30 .95 .93 1. 75 1.20 1.40 

24 --·---- ------ ...... ------ 2.30 2.40 4.50 4.30 4.80 3.30 1.30 1.00 .90 1.55 1.30 1.30 

25 -------- --·-- ............ 2.00 2.30 4.50 4.30 4. 70 3.20 1.40 1.05 .95 1.40 1.30 1.40 

26------------------------- 2.00 2.40 4.60 4.20 4. 70 3.10 1.40 .98 .98 1.40 1.35 1.30 

27 ------------· ------------ 2.00 2.30 4.50 4.20 4.60 2.90 1.30 .95 1.00 1.40 1.40 1.30 

28------------------------- 2.00 2.30 4.00 4.20 4.60 2.80 1.30 .95 1.00 1.33 1.20 1.10 

29------------------------- 2.00 ................. 4.00 4.20 4.50 2.60 1.20 .88 .98 1.35 1.10 1.00 

30------------------- ----·· 2.00 ................ 3.90 4.30 4.50 2.50 1.18 .90 1.00 1.30 1.20 1.10 

31 ...... ------------- ·----- 2.00 ............... 3.90 ............. 4.40 ................ 1.15 .90 .. .............. 1.30 .. ............ 1.20 

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN BOISE VALLEY, IDAHO. 

A series of miscellaneous measurements of Boise River and of canals 

taking water from it was also made by N. S. Dils, from September 25 to 

29, 1900. A similar series of measurements was made in 1899 (see 

Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 358) and in 1898 (see Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, pages 485 to 488). 
IDAHO. 429 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements of Boise River and other •treams and canals 

' in Boise Valley, Idaho. 

______ D_a_t_e. _____ , __________ s_t_r_ea __ m_. __________ ,, ___________ L_o_ca __ li-ty_. __________ l c~~~e. 

1900. 

July 30------ _____ _ 

September 25 _ .. __ 

Do ------------ Do ------------ Do Do ------------

___________ _ Do ______ . ____ _ Do ___ ... _____ _ 

September 26 ..• __ 

Do------------

I 

Sec.-feet. Boise River .....• ---------------- Near CaldwelL ______________ ------ 65 

Sebree canaL-----·-------------- Near head.------------------------ 190 Seitenburg slough.------ ____ ---- ..... do------ .... ------_-----________ 16 

Riverside canaL ...... ----------- Caldwell road bridge . ____ -------- 9 Waste east of Caldwell. ____ .... Near river.----------------________ 3 

Waste from Tenmile Creek ____ Lower road ______ ----------________ 15 

Boise River ...... ____ ._ .... ------ Star Bridge._----. ____ ----- ____ .___ 171 Waste south of Star Bridge.----~ Near river. ________ .... ____________ 20 

Eureka canal ...... -------------- Fifty feet below bead gate.------~ 26 Phylliscanal ____________________ Five hundred feet below head 46 

j gate. I Do------------ Settlers'canaL __________________ 

1 

One thousand feet below head I 48 

Do ------ -- .... Davis canal ........ ________ ...... 1

1 

N~:~ehead .. ----- ------------------ 28 

Do ------------ McCarty canaL ______ ------------ One hundred feet below head____ 38 

Do ------------ Waste from Rossi canal.----.... Near river.---- ________ ---- .... ____ , 42 

Do _ ----------- Wastefromelectric-ligbtworks ______ ------ ------------ _ _____ ____ ____ 25 

September 8~ ~::::::::::: 27. ... Perault 

f~rF~:~?t~~~~~~=~=~:::::~==~~==~~ canaL _______ ------______ -~~~~li::;~~~~~~~~::::~~~~~~~~:::: Below waste ~ate----------------- 85 ~ Do . ----------- Boise River ____ ------------._____ U.S. G. 8. gagmg station ____ ------ 810 

Do ------------ New York canaL .... ------------ Opposite gagingstation ..... ------ a 10 

Do _. ----.----- Costin canal _______ ------ ____ ---- Near bead _________ .... ______ ------ 7 

Do------------' Lamburger&Ryancanal ...... Flume-------------------·--------- 1 

Do ------------ Ridenbaugh canal.-------------- Two hundred feet below head ____ ,

1 

252 

Do------------ WastefromCottonwoodCreek. Nearriver ..... ------------------- 3 

Do --------- ... Front street canal ...... ________ Below waste gate .. _____ ------____ 30 

September 28 ..... WastefromCarlinepowerhouse Road bridge ..... ________ ---------- 33 

Do -------- ____ Farmers' Union canal.---------- Near head. __ .... ------------_----- 67 

~ i~lll~~~ ~~~~ll!iif~~~k-~)l_;~~); :;~ro·-~o~·_;~;;;~;;;;;; ·1 

September 29 ..... i Middleton Water Company ________ .do------------------____________ 32 

Do------------ Waste ... ------------------------ EastMiddletonRoadbridge _____ 86 

Do ------------ Waste from Willow Creek ...... Road bridge_------ ______ ------____ 8 

Do ------------ Waste------------ ______ ---------- East of Caldwell, near river______ 4 

Do ------------ Boise River-------------- ____ ---- Three hundred feet below CaJd- 24.0 

well road bridge. 

a Not used in computations. 

Summary of miscellaneous discharge measurements in Boise Valley, Idaho. 

Second-feet. 

In river at Caldwell, below all canals ______ .. __ ..... _ _ _ _ _ 240 

Taken out by canals _ . ___ . _____ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _______ . _ _ _ _ _ 1, 177 

TotaL .... _. ___ . _ . _______ . __ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .. ___ . _. 1, 417 

In river above canals__ _ _ ___ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .. ______ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ 810 

Return waters _____ . __ . _ . _ _ _ _ _ ____________________ . _ _ _ _ 251 

Total _______ . __ ... _ . __ . _. ____ .. ___________________ .. ____ . 1, 061 

Gain in 34 miles ___ . _______ ... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 356 

Gain per mile, 1900 ___ . _______________ . _. __ ··- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 

Gain per mi.le, 1899 ______ . _ .. _ . ____ .. _. _ _ _ _ ________ . _____ . . _ _ _ _ 11 

Gain per mile, 1898 _ . _ .. ___ . _______________ • ___ . __ .. _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 
430 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

WEISER RIVER NEAR WEISER, IDAHO. 

This station, established December 6, 1894, is describ<Jd in WaterSupply Paper No. 38, page 35!J. The results of measurements for 

1899 are given in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 4f3. 

The new gage rod from which observations are now made was located 

October 31, 1899. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by N. S. Dils: 

May 28: Gage height, 3.40 feet; discharge, 2,074 second-:l'eet. 

Jane 19: Gage height, 1.90 feet; discharge, 646 second-feet. 

July 23: Gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 87 second-feEJ.t. 

August 15: Gage height, 0.25 foot; discharge, 47 second-feet. 

The second measurement on July 23 was made 1 mile above the 

regular station. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Weiser River near Weiser, Idaho, for 1900. 

Day. Mar. I 

Apr.!May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

--1------ I --------

1 ----- ------·--- -------------------....... 4.0 3.2 3.3 3.1 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.2 

2.-.-·- -------- -------------------- ---- 4.6 3.3 3.4 3.1 1.1 .3 .4 . 7 1.2 

3-------------- ·----- -----------· -----· 5.0 3.6 3.4 3.0 1.1 .3 .4 . 7 1.2 

4 ---- ---------------.--- ... ......................... 6.0 3. 7 3.6 3.0 .9 .3 .4 . 7 t.2 

5---------------------- .... ------------ 5.6 3. 7 3.9 2.9 .9 .2 .4 .8 1.2 6 .... 5.4 3.8 4.2 2.8 .9 .2 .5 .8 1.2 7 _____ ·_·:~~~~:·::::~: ~~~~:~:~~~~=~= ~=~:== 6.0 3.8 4.4 2.8 .9 .2 .5 .9 1.2 

8 ----·------- ---- .. ------ ...... -------- 8.0 3. 7 4.0 2. 7 .9 .2 .6 .9 1.2 

9 ----------.----- ---------- -------- ---- 6.9 3. 7 I 4.1 2. 7 .9 .2 .6 .9 1.1 

10 ----.. --- . -----. ------ - .. - -------- . --- 6.1 3.8 

I 

4.2 2.6 .9 .3 .6 .9 1.1 

11 .... ------ ...... ---- ----·------------- 5. 7 3.9 4.4 2.6 .8 .3 .5 .9 1.1 

12 ... ------------------- .... ------------ 5.3 4.0 4.6 2.5 .8 .3 .5 ;8 1.1 

13---- ...... ---- ...... ------------------ 5.2 4.1 4.8 2.5 .8 .3 .5 .8 1.1 

14-------- -------- --.... ------ ---------- 4.9 3.8 4. 7 2.4 .8 .3 .5 

I 

.8 1.1 

15----------------.. ---.--.... ------ ... - 4. 7 3.6 4.8 2.3 . 7 .3 .5 .8 1.1 

16 ------ --· ... ----------------- 4.5 3.5 4. 7 2.2 . 7 .3 .5 .8 1.2 

17 --... --------- .. -------- --.... : =: =:: :: 4.4 3.4 4.6 2.1 . 7 .3 .5 .8 1.2 

18 --- 4.3 3.5 4.4 2.0 . 7 .3 .5 .8 1.2 19 ---- ~::::::::: .. ------ ------ --.. ------ 4.2 3.6 4.2 1.9 .6 .3 .5 .8 1.2 

20------------ ----==~:~~~~--=::: :~~~~::~:: 4.1 3.6 4.0 1.8 .6 .3 .5 1.0 1.2 

21--------------.. ------ ------ .... ------ 4.1 3. 7 3.9 1.7 .6 .3 .5 1.6 1.2 

22------------------------------.... -- .. 4.0 3"' .. 3.8 1.6 .5 .3 .5 1.6 1.2 

23 ---------.... ----.-------- ... --.------ 4.0 3.6 3. 7 1.5 .5 .3 .5 1.5 1.2 24 4.0 3.5 3.6 1.4 .5 .3 .6 1.5 1.2 25:::: :~~::::~::::: ::::: :::~ :::~:: :::::: 3.9 3.4 3.5 1.4 .5 .3 .6 1.4 1.2 

2fl ................. ----· ...... ------ .... 3.9 3.4 3.4 1.3 .4 .3 .6 1.4 1.3 

27 -------------·------------------------ 3.8 3.3 3.4 1.3 A .3 .6 1.2 1.3 

28 ------- ..... -- .............. ---- ...... 3. 7 3.3 3.4 1.2 .4 ,4, .6 1.2 1.3 

29 ................................ ------ 3.5 3.3 3.3 1.2 .4 .4 .6 1.1 1.3 

30 ---··----------- ------ ............ ---- 3.4 3.3 3.2 1.1 .4 .4 .6 1.1 1.3 

31 .......... ---- ... -- ................... 3.3 ------ 3.2 __ ,. ___ .3 .4 ----- 1.2 ------

BLACKFOOT RIVER NEAR BONNER, MONTANA. 

Dec. 

--

1.3 

1.3 

1.4 

1.5 

1.6 

1. 7 1.8 

1.9 

1.8 

1.8 

1. 7 I. 7 1. 7 1.7 

1.8 

2.1 

2.4 

2.1 

2. 

2. 2 4 

5.1 

4.1 

3.3 

~.9 

2. 7 2. 

2. 

2. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

5 

3 

0 

9 

9 

5 

This station, established July 7, 1898, is at the wagon bridge onehalf mile west of Bonner .. It is_ described in Water-Supply Paper 

No. 38, page 362. Results of mea-surements for 1899 will be found in 

the r~rwenty-first Annual Report; Part IV, page 416 .. During 1900 the 

following measurements of discharge were made by Prof. F. D. Smith 

and George West by: 

March 17: Gage height, 1.05 feet; discharge, 1,094 second-feet. 

May 30: Gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 4, 592 second-fe,-t. 

December 15: Gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 565 seconi-feet. 
MONTANA. 431 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Blackfoot River near Bonner, Montana, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. 

----

1------------------------- 0. 70 0.60 0.50 

2 -------·----·------------ . 70 .50 .50 

3 -··--··········-········· .80 .50 .55 4 ......................... . 75 .50 .40 5 ......................... .65 .55 . 15 6 ......................... .55 .45 .20 

7 ---.---·--····----------- . 70 .50 .30 

8------------------------- .65 .40 .55 9 .65 .35 .80 

lO ~~~~~~~= ~~~=== ==~~== = ~~~= .65 .45 1.55 11 .65 .55 2.15 

12 ~=~=~~.~=~~~~==::::::~:::: .55 .55 2.85 

13 --------------. ---------· .85 .40 2.95 

14 ----------·--- ........... .80 .40 2.15 

15 --·------- --------------- . 75 .35 1.85 

16---- .... ------ ...... ····· . 75 .~ 1.65 17 .65 .45 1. 70 

18 ~~~~~:==~~===:::::::::::: . 75 .35 1.35 

19----------- .............. . 75 .55 1.40 

20 ········ ................. .60 .50 1.10 21 ---------·--····--------- .65 .50 1.05 22 . 70 .55 1.05 

23 :::~:::: ~===~= ::::::=:::: .60 .55 1.15 24 .50 .50 1.25 

25 ::::~==~==:::: ==:::=:~::: .55 .50 1.20 

26.---.-----------.---..... .60 .40 1.15 

27-------- .50 .45 1.25 

28---- ·---~==~== ~:::::::::: .55 .45 1.30 

29 ----·-------------------- .55 ------ 1.15 30 ......................... .60 ------ 1.20 31 .............. ............................ .60 ............... 1.30 

Apr. May. June. 

------

1.30 3.20 3.45 1.40 3.50 3.55 L.45 3.50 3.55 1.80 3.60 3.55 2.05 4.00 3.35 2.35 4,.30 3.50 2.50 4.35 3.35 2.60 4.30 3.20 2.65 4.10 3.20 2.55 4.35 3.10 2.55 4.60 2.95 2.50 5.15 2.85 2.45 6.90 2.80 2.35 6.40 2.85 2.45 5.90 2.85 2.50 5.40 2.95 2.50 5.55 3.25 2.50 5.50 3.20 2. 70 5.35 2.95 2.85 5.00 2.80 3.00 4.85 2.85 3.05 4.80 2.75 3.25 4.50 2.65 3.35 4.50 2.60 3.30 4.30 2.50 3.30 4.05 2.35 3.30 4.00 2.25 3.15 3.95 2.15 3.10 3.95 2.10 3.05 3.85 1. 95 

------ 3.50 ------

July. 

--

1.90 

1.85 

1.80 

1. 70 

1. 70 1.60 

1.60 

1.55 

1.50 

1.50 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.30 

1.35 

1.35 

1.25 

1.20 

1.25 

1.20 

1.15 

1.05 

.95 

.95 

1.10 

1.20 

1.00 

1.00 

1.05 

1.05 

Aug 

0.95 

.95 

.90 

.90 

.. 00 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.85 

.95 

.90 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

LOO 

.80 

1.00 

.80 

. 75 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

. 75 

.85. 

. 75 

Sept. 

--

0.90 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.70 

.10 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.10 

.70 

. 70 

.80 

. 70 

.70 

.80 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

.60 

.60 

.70 

. 70 

. 7tl ------

aN ovember 20 to December 6 slush ice blocking channel. 

Oot. 

--

0. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

.10 

.60 

.60 

. 70 

. 70 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.70 

.85 

.65 

.55 

.55 

.50 

.60 

.55 

.65 

.55 

.60 

. 70 

.65 

.60 

.65 

.60 

RATTLESNAKE CREEK AT MISSOULA, MONTANA. 

Nov. 

--

0.60 

.60 

.65 

.60 

.65 

. 70 

.65 

.65 

.65 

. 70 

.65 

.60 

.65 

.55 

.60 

.60 

.65 

.50 

.55 

(a) 

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

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

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

------

------

------

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

------

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

·-----

------

-

Dec. 

-

(a) 

------

------

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

··c· 

:7 

00 

90 

0 

60 

55 

.61 

:7 

.61 

. 7 

:7 

5 

55 

55 

55 

50 

50 

40 

45 

45 

50 

5 

80 

5 

0 

65 

0 

65 

55 

55 

55 

40 

rrhis station, established .May 27, 1899, is at the Ivy street bridge in 

the center of the city. It is desm·ibed in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, 

page 363. Results of measurements for 1899 will be found in the 

Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 417. During the blizzard 

in the latter part of November, 1900, the wire gage was broken, and 

readings were discontinued. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by Prof. :B .... D. Smith: 

May 19: Gage height, 4.27 feet; discharge, 704 second-feet. 

June 18: Gage height, 4.13 feet; discharge, 645 second-feet. 
432 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rattlesnake Creek at Missoula, Montana, for 1900. 

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

--------------------- 1------------ ------ -------------- 2.60 2. 63 2.40 3.20 3.95 3.68 3.05 2.18 2.35 2.53 2. 4:5 

2---------·---------------------- 2.60 2.60 2.40 3.43 4.15 3.65 2.98 2.20 2.35 2.55 2.45 a ________ ............................................... 2.60 2.45 2.40 3.63 4.40 3. 75 2.90 2.20 2.35 2.53 2.48 

4 ______ ------ 2.60 '2.43 2.40 4. ().') 4.88 3.85 2.90 2.18 2.35 2.58 2.65 

5 ______ ------ -===== :==~=~~-~=~=~:: 2.53 2.43 2.45 3.95 4.85 3. 90 2.90 2.20 2.33 2.58 2.60 6 ______ ------ ------ -------------- 2.55 2. 75 2.40 3.83 4. 78 3.88 2.85 2.20 2.33 2.58 2.60 

7------------------ --- ..................... 2.53 '2.35 2.45 3.85 4.68 3.as 2. 78 2.18 2.30 2.60 2.55 

8 ...... -------------------------- 2.55 2.35 2.43 3.73 4.70 3.83 2. 75 2.20 2.30 2.55 2.55 

9 ____________ -------------------- 2.53 2.40 2.50 3.63 4.83 3.63 2.68 2.20 2.30 2.55 2.58 

10 ______ -------------------------- 2.50 2.43 2.50 3.50 4.93 3.58 2.53 2.18 2.30 2.55 2.55 

11.------------------------------- 2.53 2.45 2.58 3.30 5.23 3.53 2.48 1218 I 

2.30 2.58 2.53 

12---------------------------- .... 2.55 2.38 .. ......... 3.40 6.00 3.53 2.38 2.20 2.28 2.55 2.50 

13 ...... -------------------------- 2.80 (a) ":f95" 3.38 5.60 3.53 2.35 2.18 2.25 2.55 2.50 

14 ______ -------------------------- 2.85 (a) 3.43 4. 73 3.48 2.35 2.15 2.25 2.55 2.50 

15 .. 2.85 (a) 2.95 3.40 4.40 3.53 2.33 2.15 2.25 2.53 2.50 

16. __ ::: = ::::: =~ ::== ::::::: :~~:::~ 2.83 : (a) 2.95 3.45 4.40 3. 70 2.35 2.15 2.25 2.50 2.50 

17-------------------------------- 2.80 (a) 2. 98 3.45 4.50 4.08 2.35 2.15 2.33 2.50 2.55 

18 .•••••. ------------------------- 2.73 (a) 3.05 3.60 4.43 4.5a 2.30 2.15 2.53 2.48 (b) 

19 ____________ -------------------- 2. 70 (a) 3.13 3.80 4.17 4.03 2.25 2.15 2.53 2.48 ............. 

20 •. ---------------------.-------- 2.68 (a) 3.15 3.83 4.20 3.83 2.30 2.15 2.50 2.48 ............ 2} ______ -------------------------- 2.68 2.40 3.08 3.80 4.13 3.88 2.25 2.18 2.53 2.50 ............ 22 ...... - ------------------------- 2.63 2.35 3.10 4.03 4.17 3. 78 2.25 2.20 2.55 2.58 ------ 23.----- ------ ------ --------- ----- 2.58 2.40 3.18 3. 90 4.00 3.58 2.23 2.20 2. 70 2.60 ------ 24 .. ---------- ---------- ---------- 2.55 2.40 3.18 3.83 4.00 3.60 2.23 2.25 2.80 2.55 ............. 25---------------------- ... 2.60 2.45 3.20 3.80 3.93 3.63 2.'20 2.30 2. 78 2.53 ------ 26.-------------------------=::::: 2. 75 2.43 3.25 3.8.'> 3.98 3.60 2.25 2.50 2. 73 2.55 --- ..... 27 -----· -------------------------- 2.58 2.40 3.18 3. 70 4.03 3.35 2.28 2.45 2.68 2.53 ------ .28 ••• ·-- -------------------------- 3.15 2.10 3.13 3. 70 3.93 3.30 2.23 2.35 2.63 2.53 ------ 29 __________________ -------------- 2.50 ............. 3.13 3. 70 3. 78 3.18 2.20 2.33 2.58 2.58 ............ 30 ______ -------------------------- 2.55 ------ 3.05 3.85 3.68 3.13 2.20 2.35 2.55 2.50 ------ 31 ______ ------ ----------·--·------- 2.58 ------ 3.00 ............. 3. 70 ------ 2.20 2.35 ------ 2.45 .... ----

alee. bGage broken; readings discontinued. 

MISSOULA RIVER AT MISSOULA, MONTANA. 

Missoula River is generally regarded as formed by the junction of 

Blackfoot and Hellgate rivers at Bonner, Montana. HAllgr.te River was 

measured by Prof. F. D. Smith on June 21, 1900, below B0nita, at the 

wagon bridge a short distance above the mouth of Roc]· Creek, and 

a discharge of 1,028 second-feet was found. Rock Creek is an important tributary of Hellgate River, entering it. a few miles b<)low Bonita. 

It was measured by Professor Smith on June 21, 1900, about 6 miles 

above its mouth and about 3 miles below Quigley, and a discharge of 

1,670 second-feet was found. This creek is about 100 miles long, and 

in spring is a fierce torrent. At all times it probably carries more 

water than Hellgate River. 

The Missoula River station at Missoula was originally established 

July 10, 1898, at the Higgins avenue bridge in the city. Owing to the 

occurrence of two channels in this section, on May 27,1899, the station was moved, being placed below the junction of the two branches 

and 150 yards east of the railroad bridge. During 1900 observations 

of gage heights were taken on this lower rod. The statior is described 

in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 364. Results of measurements 

for 1899 will be found in the TwP.nty-first Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 418. During 1900 the following measurements of di~charge were 

made by Prof. F. D. Smith and George Westby: 

June 18: Gage height, 6.25 feet; discharge, 8,164 second-feet. 

December 22: Gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 1,710 seco11d-feet. 
MONTANA. 433 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Missoula River at Mis:wula, Montana,jor 1900, 

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

~-~~---·--

1------------- ------------ (a) ?a) 3.58 4.23 5.98 

~:~I 4.68 3.48 3.38 3.5C 3.60 (a) 

2--------------------.---- (a) a) 3.60 4.3.'3 6.08 4.63 3.43 3.35 3.55 3.60 (a) 

3------- ------·-····------- (a) (a) 3.55 4.63 6.25 

-~:-~- 4.53 3.48 3.40 3.5a 3.60 ~a) 4------------------------- (a) (a) 3.45 4.83 6.45 4.40 3.43 3.38 3.68 3.65 a) 

5------------------- ------ (a) (a) 3.10 5. 08 6. 73 4.35 3.35 3.48 3.6.'1 3.68 3.83 

6------------------------- ~a) (a) 3.15 5. 20 6. 95 ------1 4.35 3.35 3.48 3.60 3.65 3.85 

7----------.-------------- \a) (a) 3.45 5.40 7.10 6.45 I 4.33 3.30 3.55 3.68 3.65 3.80 

8- ·--------- -------------- (a) (a) 3.60 5.30 6. 98 6.45 4.25 3.30 3.50 3.65 3.65 3.80 

9------------------------- (a) (a) 4.30 5.33 6.90 6.33 4.20 13.35 3.48 3.60 3.6a 3. 70 

10 ...... -------------------- (a) (a) 4.85 5.23 7.23 6.28 4.13 3.25 3.45 3.6C 3.65 3.63 

11------------------------- (a) (a) 5.63 5.20 7.65 6.05 4.08 3. 40 3.45 3./MI a. 58 3.53 

12------------------------- (a) (a) 6.10 5.20 9.45 5.88 4.00 a. 35 3.40 3.55 3.50 a.45 

13------------------------- 3. 70 (a) 5.90 5.13 I !!.45 5. 78 3.98 3.35 3.38 3.55 3.50 3.40 14----- .. ----------- _. ___ ---- 3.90 (a) 5.05 5.18 1 9.05 5.6.1) 3.95 3.33 3.35 3.5.'l 3.53 3.40 

15------------------------ 3. 73 (a) 4. 75 5.15 8.63 5. 70 3.90 3.30 3.38 3.55 3.50 3.45 

16------------- ·----- ------ 3.68 (a) 4.27 .1).23 8.30 5. 78 3.85 3.30 4.15 3.55 3.50 3.43 

17- ·---------- ----- ·--- ---· 3.58 2.55 4.40 5.23 8.43 6.05 3.83 3.20 3.63 3.5.'l 3.63 3.45 

18------- ·----· ------------ 3.60 3.05 4.33 5.20 8.40 6.28 ! 

3.80 3.23 3.65 3.5(] ~a) 3.43 

19--------------------- -·-- 3.60 (a) 4.07 5.33 8.23 5. 93 3. 75 3.23 3. 70 3.5.'l a) 3.40 

20 ....... ------------------ 3. 6(, (a) 4.15 5.48 8.15 5.80 3. 6.1) 3.20 3.68 3.5.1 (a) 3.43 21. __________ ------ -·--·---- 3.6.3 (a) 4.18 5.58 7.85 5.65 3.58 3.15 3.65 3.5(] (a) 3.68 

22 ..•.... ····-- ------------ 3.58 3.55 4.23 5. 75 7.68 5.63 3.53 3.35 3.60 3.60 (a) 3.85 

23----------------- ··---·-- 3.58 3.58 4.35 5.85 7.63 5.50 3.58 3.38 3.60 3.60 (a) 3.60 

24------------- -----· ------ 3.5.') 3.68 4.25 5.90 7.48 5. 45 3.55 3.43 3.65 3.60 (a) 3.50 

25----------- --·-·- -------- 3.33 3.68 4.23 5.90 7.33 5.40 3.58 3.48 3.60 3.58 ------ 3.43 

26-.-- ·-- ------------ ···--- 2.95 3.65 4.28 5.95 7.17 5.40 a. 58 3.50 3.60 3.55 (a) 3.40 

27------------------------- 8.10 3.65 4.28 5. 95 7.18 5.20 3.55 3.50 3.60 3.53 (a) 3.43 

28------------------- ----·· 2.85 3.65 4.28 5.90 ~:i8 I ~jg 3.55 3.43 3.58 3.55 (a) 3.30 

29.------------------------ ta) ------ 4.20 5.90 3.58 3.40 3.58 3.6.1 (a) 3.13 30 _____ ., ___________________ (a) ------ 4.10 5. 90 6. 9514.78 3.50 3.45 3.50 3.5e (a) 3.10 

31 _______ ------------------1 (a) ------ 4.15 ------ 6.85 ------ 3.50 3.43 .............. 3.60 ------ (a) 

a Ice. 

BITTERROOT RIVER AT MISSOULA, MONTANA. 

This station, established July 6, 1898, is at the Buckhouse wagon 

bridge. The gage was verified June 19, 1900, and the lengtl of cable 

was found to be 22.83 feet. On December 1, 1900, the wire "\Vas again 

tested, and was found to measure 22.95 feet, showing a fi;retch of 

0.12 foot, which was not corrected. The station is described in WaterSupply Paper No. 38, page 368. Results of measurements for 1899 

will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 420. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by 

Prof. F. D. Smith and George Westby: 

March 17: Gage height, 2.40 feet; discharge, 1,875 second-feet. 

December 15: Gage height, 1.60 feet; discharge, 1,185 second-fe"'t. 

Lolo Creek is a tributary of Bitterroot River, entering it from the 

west, about 12 miles above its mouth. On June 18, 1900, it ,~as measured by Professor Smith, at Littleman's bridge, 5 miles abovf' the Lolo 

post-office and above all ditches, and a discharge of 609 se1ond-feet 

was found. 
434 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-P.A.PT V. [N0. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bitterroot River a,t Missoula, Montana, for 1900. 

L. 

2--

3--

L. 

5--

6--

7__ 

8 --

9--

10--

11.. 

12--

13--

1L. 

15--

16--

17.-

18--

19-- 2() __ 

21.. 

22--

2.L. 

2-L. 

25--

26 ·- 27.. 

28 -- 29--

30--

31.. 

---~----·-------- --------------

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

............ -............... -.............. -"' ---- 1. 70 1. 70 (b) 2.40 (b) 5.30 3.60 1.30 1.511 1.60 2.35 1.55 .............................................. 1.60 1. 70 (b) 2.50 (b) 5.35 3.40 1.30 1. 511 1.50 2.40 1.55 

------.............. ----------- 1. 5.1 1. 70 (b) 2.90 5.00 5.60 3.30 1.25 1.40 1.50 2.ro 1.55 ................................................. 1.55 1.60 1.20 3.25 5.25 5.90 3.00 1.20 1.30 1.60 2.20 1.55 ................................................. 1.60 1.45 !.25 3.60 5.80 6.10 2.00 1.15 1.3(1 1.60 2.10 1.60 

.... ----------------- ---- 1.60 1. ro 1.25 3. 75 6.10 6.30 2.85 1.10 1.40 1.55 2.10 1.60 

--·-----------·-------- 1.60 1.35 1.35 3.85 6.50 6.~ 2.85 1.10 1. 4."i 5.60 1.90 1. 70 -- ---- .............. - ..... ---- ............ 1.60 1.30 1.45 3. 70 6.40 6.00 2.85 1.10 1. 4,1') 5.65 1.80 1.80 

~= ~~== :::::: = ====== ====~ 1.55 1.30 1.50 3.55 6.15 5.80 2. 70 1.10 1.40 5.65 2.00 1. 70 

1.50 1.35 1.50 3.50 6.55 5.50 2.65 1.10 1.40 5.60 1.80 1. 70 ............................................. 1.50 (a) 1. 70 3.45 7.10 5.00 2.65 1.10 1.40 5.60 1. 70 1.60 ............................................................ I 1.55 (a) l. 75 3.ro 7.65 4.90 2.40 1.05 1.35 5.60 1.65 1.55 ............................................... 1.60 (a) 1.80 3. 45 8.50 4.90 2.30 1.05 1.31> 5.50 1. 65 1.50 

-------·-----·-·----·-· 1.eo (a) 1.90 3.40 7.80 4.80 2.30 1.05 l.:J' 1.45 1.60 1.50 .......................................... ~:~I (a) 1. 95 3. 40 6.80 4.80 2. 2{) 1.05 1.30 1.45 1.60 1.5() _____________ ., _________ (a) 2.15 3.50 6.30 5.80 2.10 1.05 l.:J' 1.40 1 00' 1.50 

---------------------·- 1.90 (a) 2.30 3. 70 6.35 5.65 2.00 1.05 1.80 1.40 1.60 1.60 

-----.... -......... ----------- 1. 85 (a) 2. 40 3.95 6.W 5.50 1.90 1.05 1.80 1.45 1.60 1.60 ___ _. __ ---------· ------.. 1.80 (a) 2.45 4.00 6. 45 5.40 1.85 1.00 1.80 1.45 (a) 1. 70 

-- -----· -----.......... -........ 1.80 (a} 2.50 4.05 6.10 5.15 1.85 1.00 1. 70 1.50 ?~~ 1. 70 

----------··-----.. ---·- 1. 70 (a) 2.50 4.10 5. 70 ...30 1. 70 .90 1. 70 1.60 1. 70 ............................. ............... 1.65 t) 2.55 4.20 5.80 5.40 1.65 .90 1. 70 1. 70 ~~~ 1. 70 

----------------------- 1.65 ~~ 2.55 4.10 5. 70 5.45 1.60 .90 1.6/'l 1.80 1. 70 

--·-------------------- 1.65 2.60 4.00 5.65 5.40 1.60 1.00 1. 70 1.90 (a) 1.60 

-----------------·----- 1.55 (a) 2.60 3. 90 5.60 5.50 1.55 : 1.00 1. 70 J.60 1. 70 1.60 .............................................. 1.55 (a) 2. 70 3.90 5.60 5.10 1. 55 1.00 1.80 2.00 1.60 1.60 

----------------------- 1. 55 (a) 2.60 3.8.1 5.65 4. 70 1.55 1.05 1.80 2.20 1.60 1.50 

----.......... ----------......... 1.60 (a) 2.50 3.85 5.65 4.30 1.55 1.10 1. 80 2.25 1.60 1.W .............................................. 1.60 (a) 2.55 (b) 5.65 4.00 1. 55 1.10 1. 70 2.25 1.60 1.30 

.... --........ -.. -- ---------.. 1.60 (a) 2.40 ~b) 5.35 3.90 1.40 1.30 1. 70 2.30 1.55 1.30 ............................................. 1. 70 (a) 2.W b) 5.15 ------ 1.35 1.40 ............ 2.35 ............ 1.30 

a Frozen. bNo record. 

FLATHEAD LAKE, MONTANA. 

On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in norttwestern Montana, in the vicinity of Col urn bia Falls, three large streams combine to 

form the upper Flathead River, which flows through a rich, fertile 

valley for a distance of about 40 miles, and empties into the northern 

end of Flathead Lake. The several tributaries of the river drain a 

large area, a portion of which extends northward into Canada. The 

drainage basin is entirely mountainous, and is in a re~ion of heavy 

snowfall. Swan River flows northwardly behind the J~fission range 

of mountains, which rise abruptly on the eastern shor~ of the lake, 

until it finally rounds the northern end of the range and empties into 

the lake within 3 miles of the mouth of Flathead River. These two 

rivers supply nearly all of the water which flows into Flathead Lake, 

the other sources being small creeks. 

Flathead Lake is a large body of fresh water, its nortl'.~south length 

about 30 miles, its width varying from 6 to 15 miles. It is said to be 

very deep, although probably no reliable soundings haYe been made. 

At its northern end Flathead River, which carries imnense quantities of silt, has formed a delta or bar. Swan River, on the contrary, 

is a clear stream, and carries little silt into the lake. At the southern 

end the outlet of the lake is Flathead River, a tributary of Clark Fork 

of the Columbia. 

The valley of Flathead River requires no irrigation, its rich, alluvial soil producing abundant crops without the aid of water. On the 
MONTANA. 435 

contrary, it often suffers from too much water, by inundation from 

the river when, after a winter of heavy snowfall, a mild spring, with 

its accompaniment of chinook winds, causes too rapid melting of the 

snow to produce overflow. The river has very little fall, causing a 

slow current; its course is sinuous; its banks are not high, and 

behind them the valley is quite level; and with its mouth partially 

dammed by its own deposits of silt it is not surprising that overflows 

have occurred and will continue to occur until some method is adopted 

to allow the flood waters to escape before rising to the top of the 

banks. Several plans have been suggested to remedy th8 evil, but 

until measurements have been obtained of the flow of the wr.ter in the 

lake, and particularly of the amount of flood water to be provided 

against, it is impossible to arrive at a ~onclusion. It will also be necessary to det.ermine the quantity of water passing out of the lake and 

the amount of evaporation. Level lines should be run and a topographic map of the area be prepared, after which it may b'3 possible 

to determine a feasible plan for the relief of the farming lr.nd in the 

valley of the river. 

During the summer of 1900 a reconnaissance trip encircling Flathead Lake was made by Prof. F. D. Smith. Besides the two main 

streams at the head of the lake-Flathead River and Swan Rivet·-a 

number of minor streams discharge into this body of water. Among 

these are Dayton Creek, which drains a small area on the west side of 

the lake, discharging into it south of the town of Dayton. There is 

a considerable body of agricultural land located in the valley of this 

creek, most of it within the Flathead Indian Reservation, and not 

at present available for settlement by whites. Lake Ronan~ which is 

3 miles long and a half mile wide, is within the drainage area of 

Dayton Creek, and is reported to be a good reservoir site. Dayton 

Creek was measured on J nne 26, 1900, immediately above its mouth, 

and a discharge of 31 second-feet was found. It is reported that this 

stream is often dry during September. 

Big Creek enters the lake from the west, about halfway between the 

upper end of the lake and the northern boundary line of the Flathead Indian Reservation. It was measured on June 26, 1POO, and a 

discharge of 38 second-feet was found. It is reported that this is the 

average amount of water that this stream carries during t.h~ remaining months of the year. Dayton Creek and Big Creek are the only 

streams of importance entering Flathead Lake from the west.. The 

first stream of importance on the east side of the lake and south of 

Swan River is Glen Creek, which on June 28, 1900, had a·diseharge 

of 4 second-feet near its mouth. 

Continuing southward, the next stream of importance 011 the east 

side enters the lake near the ranch of H. N. Chapman, just below the 

northern boundary of the Indian reservation. Its discharg1'j on J nne 

29, 1900, was found ·to be 19 second-feet. Four miles to the south of 
436 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

this stream there is a creek which on June 29 was carrying 10 secondfeet. It enters the lake at the foot of the north end of the Blue 

Grade, a dangerous graded road along the lake shore. Four miles 

still farther south is another small stream, which on June 29, 1900, 

was discharging 20 second-feet. It enters the lake immA,diately north 

of the peninsula in the southeastern corner of the lake. The only 

stream of importance which enters the lake south of this peninsula 

was discharging 24 second-feet on June 29, 1900. 

During this trip Professor Smith made measurements of a number 

of streams which enter the lower Flathead (Pend Oreille) River. 

They all are included within the Flathead Indian Reservation. Crow 

Creek was measured on J nne 30, 1900, at the highway bridge on the 

lower lake road, about 16 mi_les from St. Ignatius Mission, and was 

found to have a discharge of 180 second-feet. This stream, with Post 

and Mission creeks, will be of great value when the reservation is 

thrown open to settlement, as they carry a consideral:lle amount of 

water throughout the year, and the many acres of ara.ble lands can 

thus be served from them. Post Creek enters the lower E'lathead 

River 10 miles south of Crow Creek. On June 30 it was measured 

about 2 miles above the mouth of Mission Creek, and a discharge of 

473 second-feet was found. It has it.s source in a small lake 2 miles 

long and a half mile wide, locally known as McDonald Lake. This 

'ibody of water could easily be transformed into a lar~:e reservoir to 

Phold waters for all lands below. At the time of measurement Post 

Creek was carrying more than its normal summer discharge. Mission 

Creek is a tributary of Post Creek. It was measured on J nne 30 at 

the highway bridge in the limits of the village of St. Ignatius, and a 

discharge of 412 second-feet was found. This stream is used for irrigation more than the other two creeks, its waters se1·ving the lands 

around the mission. The principal ditch is taken out about 1,000 feet 

above the highway bridge. It is 4. 7 feet. wide, with a capacity of 100 

second-feet. At the time of the visit the ditch was carrying 24 secondfeet. J ocko River, a tributary of lower Flathead River, was measured 

on June 30, at the Northern Pacific Railway bridge, and a discharge of 

660 second-feet was found. Water from this stream is used to a limited extent for irrigation purposes in Jocko Valley, and also at the 

Indian agency near Arlee, where a ditch has been constructed by the 

Government for the use of the Indians. . 

SWAN RIVER NEAR HOLT, MONTANA. 

This river lies in the basin or valley in northwert,ern Montana 

formed l?Y the Swan Range on the east and the Missior Range on the 

west. It flows northerly, entering Flathead Lake at its upper end, 

within a short distance of the mouth of the upper F'athead River. 

During the season of 1900 private surveys were prosecuted, with the 

idea of developing the water power of this stream near its mouth and 

transmitting electric power to Kalispell, 15 miles distant, in an air 
MONTANA. 437 

line. The g8,ging station, which was established by Prof. F. D. Smith 

on June 28, 1900, is at the highway bridge 3 miles east of Holt and 

a short distance above the mouth of the river. A wire gage was placed 

with a pulley distance of 1.23 feet ·and a length of cable from the end 

of the weight to the index marker of 21.65 feet. The bed of the river. 

is rocky and gravelly. Above the .station the stream has a considerable fall for a mile or more, making a long course of beautiful rapids. 

On June 28 a measurement of discharge was made by Professor Smith, 

and a gage height of 4.10 feet and discharge of 0.39 secon1-foot were 

found. The observer is E. L. Sliter, who also has charge of the gage 

at the lake. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Swan River near Holt, Montana, for 1900. 

I ' I __ D_a_y_. -+J_u_n_e. July. _A_u_g._

11 

__ D_a._y_. __ 

1

_J_u_n_e. July. _A_u_g_.

11 

__ D_ay_. __ J._~:_·.n_e. _Ju_I_y. _A_ug_. 

1. ...... ------ ------ 3.60 1.60 2 ....... ·-· --- ------ 3.50 1.50 3 _____________ ------ 3.40 1.50 

4 ....... ---·-- ------ 3.30 1.40 

5 ............. ------ 3.10 1.40 6 _____________ ------ 2.90 

7 .....•. ------ ------ 2.80 ------ 8.------------ ------ -..... -- ··-· 9 ....... ---·-- ------ 2.50 

10 ............. ------ 2.30 ------ 11. ............ ·----- 2.30 ------

12 .... -------- ------ 2.20 ---·-- 13 ...... ------ ------ 2.10 ---·-- 14 ........ ---- ------ 2.00 ------ 15 ...... ------ ------ 2.00 16 .. __________ ·----- 1.90 

17 ............ ------ 1.90 

18 .... -------- ------ 1.80 

19.----------- ------ 1. 70 

20 .... - ·-- ---- ------ 1. 70 21 .. __________ ------ 1.60 

22 ...•...•.•.. ------ 1.60 

23 ......•..... ------ l.GO ..... . 24 ......••.••• ------ -1.60 ------ 25 ............ ------ 1.60 ------ 26 ...••••...•. --·--- 1.70 

27--- ·---- ---- ······ 1. 70 28 ____________ 4.10 1.70 

29 ..•...•••.•• 4.00 1.80 30 •••••••••••• 3. 70 1.80 

31. ........... ------ 1.70 

FLATHEAD LAKE NEAR HOLT, MONTANA. 

On April 24, 1900, Prof. F. D. Smith established a station on this 

lake near its head. The gage is a vertical rod fastened securely to 

the logs of the boathouse of the Flathead Club, of Helena. It is about 

2 miles east of the mouth of Flathead River. Owing to tho, height of 

the lake at the time of the erection of the gage, an additional length 

will have to be added at the lower end when the level is at a lower 

stage. The lake was calm at the time of the erection of the gage, and 

read 7.05 feet; forty-four hours later the gage at Polson, at the lower 

end of the lake, read 7.15 feet. The observer is E. L. Sliter. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Flathead Lake near Holt, Montana, fm· 1900. 

Day. Apr. I' May. June. 'I July. I Aug. Day. 

1 

Apr. Ma.y. June. ·

1 

July. J Aug. 

--11------ ------~--~--

1 ........... ------ 7. 70 10.05 8.80 4.50 17 ........... -····· 12.60 9.00 6.40 ~------ 2 ........... ------ 7.80 9.80 8.60 4.40 18 ........... 1 

•••••• 12.:'!0 8.00 6.00 ..... . 

L~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ l~B !1~ ~~~ i:~ 23~: :::_-~_;_-:_·~--~:_\~--~-~~-~ r1.·:1

50

og I·~ !5:; :::::: 7 ······· ·--- ------1 8.50 9.50 7.60 

8 ........... --···· 9.00 9.40 -------------- 24 .....••.•.• 7.00 11.00 9.03 5.50 

9 ........... -----· 9 20 9.30 7.40 ----·- 25 ........... 7.10 10.90 9.00 5.30 

10 ........... ------ 9.50 9.30 7.30 ------ 26 ........... 7.20 10.80 9.00 5.20 ------ ll .••........ ------ 10.80 9.20 7.20 ------ 27 ........... 7.40 10.90 9.00 5.00 ------ 12 ........... ------ 10.60 9.20 7.10 28 ........... 7.50 10.60 8.90 4:.80 

13----------- ------ 10.60 9.10 6.'90 29 .••••••.... 7.60 10.50 8.80 4:.80 14 ... -------------- 10.80 9.00 6.80 30 ........... 7.65 10.20 8.90 4:.70 

15------·---- ------ 11.30 9. 00 6. 60 31.---------- ------ 10.10 -------- 4. 60 

16........... ...... 12.00 9.00 6.50 

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438 OPERATIONS .AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900. -PART V. (NO. 51. 

FLATHEAD LAKE AT POLSON, MONTANA. 

This station, which is at the lower end of the lake, at the Polson 

. post-office, was established by Prof. F. D. Smith on Arril 20, 1900 

~he gage is a 16-foot rod, graduated to feet and tenths,. and nailed 

to a double pile of the abandoned steamboat pier near the outlet of 

the lake. From year to year the lake has a variation in height of 

perhaps 15 feet, and overflows much land at both ends. At the time 

of the erection of the gage the level of the low water was about 5 feet 

above the low-water mark of 1899 ancl1890, and measurE,ments made 

at an old submerged pier showed the water to be about 6 feet above 

the lowest stage remembered. 'l..,he observer is Henry Therriault, 

postmaster and Indian trader at Polson. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Flathead Lake at Pol.•wn, Montan'l, for 1900. 

. Day. Apr. I May. June. July. I Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

- I __ I __ -- ________ ] 

I ----

1--------------- ------.,--...... 7. 70 10.05 8. 75 5.40 4.00 4.10 5.10 i 3.50 2------ ........ ------------------ ·-------1 7.80 9.85 8.70 5.30 4.10 4.10 5.10 

I 

3.60 

3 .. -------------------------- ............... 7.90 9. 70 8.60 5.20 4.10 4.10 5.10 3.70 

4.------- ·--- -------- ·------- 7.95 9.60 8.60 5.20 4.20 4.20 5.00 I 3.80 

5-------------- -------. --··-- I 8.25 9.50 8.50 5.20 4.00 4.20 4.90 3.80 

6 .... ---- ···----- ------------ --------1 ................. 8 .. 40 9.50 8.30 . 5.10 4.30 4.20 4.80 3.80 

7 -----------·-------- ·------- 8.60 9.50 8.05 5.10 4.30 4.20 4.80 3.80 

8 ...... ·---·- ----------------

[ll~l] 8.95 9.45 7.75 5.00 4.30 4.20 4. 70 3.80 

9 .....•..... ----·· ------------ 9.15 9.40 7.60 4.90 4.30 4.10 4.60 3.90 

10.----------- ·--------- ·----- 9.30 9.40 7.55 4.90 4.30 4.10 4.50 3.90 11._, _________________________ 9.45 9.40 7.35 4.80 4.20 4.10 4.50 3.90 

12 .... ·--- -------------------. 9.65 9.40 7.20 4.80 4.20 4.00 4.40 4.00 

13 .... ·------- ..... ------------ 10.05 9.30 7.05 4. 70 4.20 4.00 4.40 4.00 14---------------------------- --------1 10.60 9.30 6.85 4. 70 4.10 4.00 4.30 4.00 

15 .... ---·----- --------------- 11.10 9.20 6.70 4.60 4.10 4.00 4.20 4.00 

16 ·--- ·------- -·-- ------------ ::::::::1 11.40 9.05 6. 70 4.60 4.10 4.00 4.10 4.00 

17---- ·--- -------------- ------

~:=~~~=I 11.65 8.95 6.70 4.50 4.10 4.00 4.00 4.00 

18 .... ------ -------- ---· ------ 11.60 9.00 6.60 4.50 4.10 4.10 4.00 4.00 

19 ________ ·--· ---------------- 11.55 9.00 6.50 4.50 4.10 4.10 4.00 4.00 

20 .... ------------------ ·----· 11.60 9.00 6.35 4.40 4.00 4 20 3.90 4.00 

21----·--··----------- ···----- 6.65 I 11.60 9.05 6.15 4.30 4.00 4.20 3.80 4.00 

22 ....•. ----·- ...... ---------- ---6.-85' 11.55 9.10 6.00 4.20 4.00 4.:10 3. 70 4.00 23 ....•........... ----- ... ---- 11.45 9.15 5.95 4.10 4.00 4.30 3. 70 4.00 

24 ....•. ---- ·----- ·----- ------ 6.95 11.35 9.15 5.90 4.00 4.00 4.40 3.60 4.00 

25--------·------------------- 7.15 11.20 9.00 5.80 4.00 4.00 4.40 3.60 4.00 

26 .... ------ ·-·--------------- 7.40 11.10 9.00 5. 70 4.00 4.00 5.00 3.50 I 4.00 

27------------ ----·· ---------- 7.40 10.80 8.95 5.60 4.00 4.00 5.00 3.50 

I 

3.90 

28 ...••• ---------------------- 7.50 10.75 8.90 5.60 4.00 4.00 5.00 3.50 3.90 

29 ---·-----------··----------- 7.60 10.55 8.90 5.50 4.00 4.10 5.10 3.40 3.90 

30.--------·------······ ------ 7.60 10.40 8.90 5.40 4.00 4.00 5.10 ---~--~.1 3.90 

3L ........................... -------- 10.20 -------- 5.40 

I 

4.00 -------- 5.10 3.90 

SPOKANE RIVER AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. 

This station, established October 17, 1896, by C. C. Bal'l:l, is a short 

distance above the Spokane Falls, at the bridge of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. It is described in Water-Supply and 

Irrigation PaperNo. 38, page 370. The results of measrrements for 

1899 will be found in the 'fwenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 

424:. During 1900 three measurements of discharge were made by 

D. L. Huntington, general manager of the Washington VTater Power 

Company, at the Division street bridge, within the limits of the city 

and a short distance below the bridge at which the regular gaging 

station is located. On September 15, when the height or. the United 
WASHINGTON. 439 

States Geological Survey rod was 1.6 feet, the water level at the Division st.reet bridge, referred to the bottom of a certain I beam of the 

bridge, was 16. 245 feet, and the discharge, as measured by a Price 

meter, was 2,029 second-feet. On October 13 the gage height was 1.80 

feet, the water level at the Divhdon street bridge, referred to the 

same datum, was 16.14 feet, and the discharge was 2,23B second-feet. 

On October 20 the gage height was 1.8 feet, the water level at the 

Division street bridge 16.09 feet, and the discharge 2,287 second-feet. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made at 

the regular station by Sydney Arnold: 

May 17: Gage height, 6.5 feet; discharge, 13,613 second-feet. 

June 14: Gage height, 4.1 feet; discharge, 7,493 second-f,3et. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Spokane Rive-r at Spokane, vVashington, for 1.900. 

I 

I 

' J I I i ! I Day. Jan .. Feb. Mar. I Apr. May. June. July. I Aug. jSept.i Oct. 1 

Nov.j Dec. 

--------------,--------·----.----·---

1 .......................... 114.70 5.50 3.9517.20 6.45 5.35 3.40 2.05 1.7TJ 1.75 2.70 3.55 

2 ......................... 4.70 5.35 3.90' 7.10 6.40 5.25 3.30 2.05 1.70 1.75 2.80 3.6.5 

3 ......................... 4.70 .5.20 3.90 17.10 6.40 5.15 3.25 2.00 1.70 1.70 2.80 3.75 4_ _______________ ......... 4.65 5.05 3.9f> 7.10 6.35 5.05 3.15 1.95 1.70 1.70 3.10 3.90 

5------------------------- 4.6.5 4.95 4.0017.20 6.30 4.90 3.15 1.95 1.70 1.70 3.30 4.15 6 ......................... , 4.70 4.80 4.05 7.25 6.30 4.85 3.10 1.90 1.70 1.70 3.45 4.40 7 ......................... ! 4.70 4.70 4.15 I 7.40 6.35 4.75 3.05 1.90 1.65 1.70 3.50 4.70 

8 ......................... 14.75 4.55 4.50 7.50 6.40 4.6.5 3.001.901.651.75 3.50 4.95 

9 _________________________ 4.75 4.45 5.00 7.60 6.35 4.60 2.95 1.85 1.65 1.75 3.50 5.10 

10------------------------- 4.80 4.40 5.50 7.60 6.35 4.50 2.90 1.80 1.60 1.80 13.50 5.20 

11 ......................... 5.00 4.30 5.75 7.60 6.35 ·UO 2.85 1.80 1.60 1.80 3.50 5.20 

~L~~~~~:::~:::::::::::::~: ~J8 !:~s ~:~ rgg ~:!~ !J8 ~:~~ i:fg i:~ t~ ~:!& ~:~ 14 _________________________ 6.1o 4.lo 6.65 7.45 6.5o 4.10 2.70 1.7z 

1

1.60 1.80 3.40 5.15 

t~:::::::::::::::::::::::::r ~:~8 ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ ~:gg ~:~ ~:~ l:f5 l:~ tro. ~:~ ~Jg 17 ·------------ ----------- 7.20 3.80 6.95 7.2516.W 3.iJO 2.60 1.7511.55 1.8013.25 5.10 

18------------------------- 7.20 3.70 7.00 7.20. 6.50 3.t~5 2.50 1.70 1.55 1.80 3.30 5.10 

19 _________________________ 7.20 3.60 7.00 '7.10 6.50 3.90 2.45 1.70 1.55 1.80 3.35 5.10 2() _________________________ 7.10 3.00 7.0017.10 6.50 3.90 2.45 1.70 1.55 1.80 3.05 5.20 

~=:::::::::=~==::::::=~::: ~:68 ~J8 r~& ~:i& ~:!s ~Js ~J~ t~g t~ l~ ~:ltg gJg 23 _________________________ ,6.90 3.70 7.15 7.05 6.35 3.75 2.ao 1.10 1.60 2.20 3.35 6.20 

24 _________________________ 6.80 3.70 7.!!0 7.05 6.20 3.70 2.30 1.65 1.65 2.30 3.30 6.60 

25 ......... ---------------· 6.6.5 3.t~O 7.25 7.00 6.05 3.70 2.25 1.65 1.0.1) 2.45 3.30 6.70 

26 __________________ ------' 6.50 3.85' 7.25 6.90 6.00 3.65 2.25 1.65 1.70 2.50 3.30 6.70 

27------------------------- 6.35 3.85 7.35 6.85 5.85 3.60 2.20. 1.70 i 1.70 2.60 3.35 6.65 

28------------------------- 6.25 3.90 7.35 ~.75 5.70 3.59 2.15 i 1.70' 1.75 2.69 3.35 6.45 29 _________________________ 6.10 7.35 6.60 5.60 3.4<> 2.1011.70 i 1.75 2.6a 340 6.30 

30 ......... ________________ 5.B5 7.30 6.45 5.50 3.40 2.10 11.';'0, 1.75 2.70 :3.45 6.15 

31 ... ·-·-·----------------- 5.60 7.25 5.45 2.05 1.70 ------ 2.70 6.00 ' 

LAKE CHELAN AT LAKESIDE, WASHINGTON. 

This station is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 371. 

'rhe gage was established by Capt. Charles Johnson on ea,ptember 1, 

1897, at the base of the rock pier on the lake shore north of his house, 

about a half mile from the steamboat landing. The bench mark is a 

United States Geological Survey iron post, with the elevation-1,121 

feet above the sea level-stamped on the top. It is just ~1 feet above 

the datum of the gage, so that to obtain the elevation of the surface 

of the lake above sea level1,100 feet should be added to the rod readings. No records of the height of the lake were taken during 1900. 
440 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-P.ART V. [NO. 51. 

NACHES RIVER AT NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTOr. 

The original station on this river was established Augu"'t 14, 1893, 

was abandoned in 1897, and another was established February 1, 1898. 

Measurements are made from the downstream side of the highway 

bridge about 300 feet above the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge. 

The river has considerable fall, and the water can easily be diverted 

by means of comparatively short canals. On this account it is of 

great value for irrigation and power purposes, and is the source of 

water supply and power for the Yakima Water, Light and Power Company. Results of measurements will be found as follows: For 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 355; for 1898, Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 503; for 1899, Twenty-first Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 426. During 1900 the following measurements 

were made by Sydney Arnold: 

Discharge measurements of Naches River at North Yakirna, Washington. 

Date. Gage Dis- Date. G"'.ge Dis- __________ 1_h_e_i_gh_t_ .._ charge. i _h_e_~"_J'_t_. _c_h_ar_g_e. 

1900. 

April27 ------ ____ ------------ May8 .... __________________ _ 

May 24------- -----· _________ _ May 29--------- _____________ _ 

Feet. Sec.-feet.l'l-----~-900-.---- 6.80 2,000 June4 _____ ·----- ------------ 8.10 4,914 July17 _______ ----------------

7.00 1,988 August 1 -------------------- 6.85/ 1,95.'> I 

Ji'eet. 

6.85 

5. 70 

5.45 

Sec.-feet. 

1,005 

670 

494 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Naches River at North Yakima, Washing-l;on,for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. I May.IJune. 

--'--1--

July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

} ______________ 7.20 6.60 6.20 a7.40 7.00 6.60 a6.10 5.50 5.20 5.30 6.00 6.60 

2 ------·------- 7.10 6.50 6.20 7.50 7.30 6. tiO 6.00 5.50 a5.20 5.30 6.10 a6.65 

3 ------ ·--- ---· 7.00 6.50 6.20 7.80 7.60 a6.65 6.00 5.40 5.20 5.30 6.20 6.70 

4 -------------- 6.90 a6.45 a6.20 7. 70 8.00 6. 70 5.90 5.40' 5.20 5.30 a6.25 7.10 

5------ ----··--- 6.80 6.40 6.20 7.60 8.00 6.90 5.90 5.35 5.20 5.30 1 6.30 7.90 

6 ·----- -------- 6.60 6.40 6.20 7.60 8.00 7.40 5.90 5.30 5.20 5.30 6.20 8.20 

7-------------- a6.60 6.30 6.20 8.20 8.00 7.20 5.80 5.30 5.20 a5.30 6.10 8.00 

8 -------------- 6.60 6.30 6.40 a8.05 8.20 7.10 a5.75 5.30 5.20 5.30 6.20 7.80 

9---- --------- 6.60 6.20 6.50 7.90 8.10 7.10 5. 70 5.30 a5.25 5.30 6.30 a1.60 

10-------------- 6.50 6.20 6. 70 7.80 8.00 a6 90 5. 70 5.30 5.30 5.30 6.30 7.«1 

11-------------- 6.50 a6.35 a7.30 7.50 8.00 6. 70 5.,70 5.30 5.30 5.30 a6.25 7.20 

12 -------·------ 6.50 6.50 7.90 7.40 8.00 6. 70 5. 70 5. 75 5.30 5.20 6.20 6.90 

13 -------------- 9. 70 6.40 7.90 7.40 7.80 6. 70 5.60 5.20 5.30 5.20 6.20 6.90 

14-------------- a9.10 6.30 7.80 7.30 7.60 6. 70 5.60 5.20 5.30 a5.20 6.20 6.80 

15-------------- 8.50 6.20 7. 70 a7.215 7.40 6. 70 a5.55 5.20 5.30 5.20 6.30 6.80 

16---------- .. -- 8.10 6.10 7.60 7.20 7.40 6. 70 5.50 5.20 a5.45 5.20 6.40 a6.80 

17-------------- 7.90 6.10 7.50 7.20 7.30 a6.65 5.50 5.10 5.60 5.20 6.40 6.80 

18-------------- 7.80 a6.10 a7.55 7.20 7.30 6.60 5.50 5.10 5.60 5.20 a6.«1 6.70 

19-------------- 7. 70 6.10 7.60 7. «< 7.20 6.60 5. «< 5.10 5.50 5.30 6. «< 6.60 

20-------------- 7.60 6.10 7.60 7.30 7.20 7.10 5.40 5.10 5.50 5.30 6.40 6.00 

21--------------)a7.50 6.10 7~70 7.30 7.20 7. 0 5.40 5.10 5. «< a6.0Q 6.«1 8.40 

22 -------------- 7. «< 6.20 7. 70 a7.20 7.10 7.20 a5.50 5.10 5. «< 6. 70 6.30 8.10 23-------------- 7.30 6.40 7. 70 7.10 7.00 6.90 5.60 5.20 a5. «< 6.90 6.30 a7.85 24-------------- 7.20 6.40 7.60 7.00 7.00 a6. 75 5.60 520 5.40 6.80 6.30 7.60 

25---------· ---- 7.10 a6.35 a7.60 6.90 6.90 6.60 5.60 5.30 5.40 6.60 a6. «< 7.40 

26 -------------- 7.00 6.30 7.60 6.90 7.10 6.50 5.60 5. «< 5.40 6. «< 6.50 7.20 

27-------------- 6.90 6.30 7.50 6.80 7.05 6.40 5.50 5.50 5.40 6.20 6.50 7.10 28 ____ : _________ a6.85 6.20 7.40 6. 70 7.00 6.30 5.50 5.40 5.30 6.10 6.40 6.90 

29------ ---· ---- 6.80 ------- 7.20 a6.75 6.80 6.30 5.50 5.30 5.00 6.00 6.30 6.80 

30-------------- 6.80 ... _ .......... 7.20 6.80 6. 70 6.00 5.50 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 a6.60 

31----·-·------- 6.70 ------- 7.30 ------- 6.60 ------- ------- 5.20 ------- 5.90 ------- 6.40 

a Estimated. 
WASHINGTON. 441 

YAKIMA RIVER AT UNION GAP, WASHINGTON. 

This river has its source in Keechelus I...~ake, on the eastern slope of 

the Cascade Mountains, in Kittitas County, Washington. A short distance down it receives the waters of Kachess Lake, and 2t miles above 

Clealum it receives the outlet of the last of the three large headwater 

lakes, namely Lake Clealum. The valley of the river is comparatively narrow until the vicinity of EBensburg, wh~re considerable 

irrigation is practiced, is reached. There it widens. and at the lower 

end of that valley it enters a canyon 20 miles long. After entering 

Yakima County it flows into Selah Valley, a plain 4 mile:" in length, 

at the lower end of which it passes through a narrow gap to enter 

Yakima Valley. This sec.tion is extensively irrigated, being served 

principally by canals from Naches River. Six miles below North 

Yakima the river passes through what is known as Union Gap, and 

then enters its lower valley-comprising the Parker and Sunnyside 

districts and the Yakima Indian Reservation-which extends to 

Kiona. Yakima Rivee enters Columbia River 23 mile~ below this 

point, and just above the town of Pasco. 

The gaging station at Union Gap was established August 14, 1893. 

It is 6 miles below North Yakima, about 1,000 feet below the highway 

bridge, and about 3 miles above the head gate of the Sunnyside canal. 

The gage rod is inclined, and is attached to a willow stun;1p and to posts 

set in the ground. The bench mark is the highest point of a large 

rock mound 25 feet north of the gage and 10 feet east of .the fence, 

and is at an elevation of 17.52 feet above gage datum. The equipment consists of cable, car, and tagged wire. The station is of value 

in determining the amount of water available for the extensive irrigable lands below. The results of measurements will be found as 

follows: For 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IY, page 358; 

for 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 479; for 1898, 

~~wentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 500; for 1899, Twenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 427. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by Sydney Arnold: 

M.ay 25: Gage height, 6.45 feet; diiicharge, 4, 728 second-feet. 

May 30: Gage height, 6.20 feet; discharge, 4,110 second-feet. 

August 1: Gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 1,051 second-f€et. 

September 1: Gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 1,066 second-feet. 
442 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATtONS, 1900. -P.ART V. tNo. tsl. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Yakima River at Union Gap, Washington, for' 1900. 

I i 

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

---- ----

1 ------------------------- 7.2 6.5 o.o 7.2 6. 7 6.0 5.6 4.4 4.4 4.5 

2------ --------·--·------- 7.1 6.4 6.0 7.4 6.9 6.0 5.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 

3 -----------------------·- 6.8 6.3 6.0 7.9 7.1 6.0 5.5 4.4 4.2 4.4 

4-------------- 6. 7 6.2 6.0 8.0 7.8 6.1 5.4 4.3 4.2 4.4 

5 --------·---------------- 6.6 6.2 6.0 8.1 8.2 6.2 5.4 4.3 4.3 4.4 

6------------------------- 6.5 6.1 6.1 7.9 8.3 6.1 5.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 

7---------- ·-------------- 6.4 6.1 6.2 8.3 8.2 6.2 5.3 4.2 4.3 4.5 

8-------------- ·-------'-- 6.4 6.0 6.3 8.6 8.1 6.2 5.2 4.2 4.4 4.5 

9------- ·------ ----------- 6.3 6.0 6.4 8.4 8.0 6.3 5 •> 4.2 4.4 4.5 

10.--------- ·--- ·------·--- 6.2 6.0 6.5 8.0 8.0 6.4 5.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 11 •..... 9.2 6.2 6.6 7.8 8.0 6.2 5.0 4.3 4.4 4,4, 

12 ------ ::~~~~~~~~~=~=~~=== 10.7 6.2 7.0 7.6 8.0 6.2 5.0 4.3 t4 4,4, 13 _________________________ 9.6 ti.1 8.0 7.5 7.8 6.1 4.9 4.2 4. 4 4.4, 

14 ----·- .... ---------------' 10.7 6.1 8.4 7.5 7.6 6.2 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.4, 

fi: ::::: =::: -~~: ~::~~ :::::: 1 

10.7 6.0 8.5 7.4 7.4 6.1 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.3 

9.6 5.9 8.3 7.4 7.3 6.1 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.:? 

9.0 5.9 8.1 7.3 7.3 6.1 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.:? 

8.5 5.9 8.0 7.4 7.1 6. 1 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.:? 

8.2 5.8 8.1 7.4 7.0 6.1 4. 7 4.1 4.5 4.5 

20------------------- ...... 8.1 5.9 8.2 7.3 6.9 6.2 4. 7 4.1 4.4 4.f 21 ......................... 8.0 5.9 8.3 7.3 6.8 6.3 4. 7 4.1 4.4 5.1 

22------------------------- 7.8 6.2 I 8.2 7. a 6.8 6.5 4. 7 4.0 4.4 6.Z 

23--------.- ........ ------- 7.4 6.2 8.2 7.1 6. 7 6.4 4. 7 4.0 4.5 7.1 

24---- .... ----------------- 7.2 6.2 8.1 6.9 6.6 6.2 4.6 4.0 4.6 6.f 

25---- ·--- ----------- .. ---- 7.1 8.2 7.9 6.8 6.5 6.1 4.6 4.0 4. 7 6.f 

26 -------· ----------------- 7.0 6.2 7.8 6.6 6.5 6.1 4.6 4.2 4. 7 6.1' 

27 .... --------------------- 6.9 6.2 7.6 6.5 6.5 6.0 4.6 4.3 4.6 6.4-

28 ---- ----.---------.------ 6. 7 6.1 7.5 6.5 6.5 5.9 4.5 4.5 4.6 6.Z 

29-- .. ------------------ ... 6.6 ............. 7.4 6.6 6.4 5.8 4.5 4.5 4.6 6.1 

30- ... --------------------- 6.6 ............ 7.3 6. 7 6.2 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 6.(' 

31.------------- ----------- 6.5 I 7.3 6.1. 4.5 4.4 5.{' r------ ---.. "'~ .............. ......... 

YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA, WASHINGTON. 

Nov. 

5.9 

5.9 

6.1 

6.2 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3 

6.2 

6.2 

6.1 

6.0 

6.0 

5.9 

5.8 

5. 7 5. 7 5.9 

6.0 

6.0 

5.9 

5. 7 5.8 

5.8 

5.9 

5.9 

6.0 

6.0 

5.9 

5.9 

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

Dec. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

8. 

9. 

4 

4 

5 

6 

9 

9 

1 

8 " .• 

8. 

7. 

7. 

7. 

7. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

8. 

7. 

7. 

7. 

7. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

6. 

2 

8 

4, 

1 

0 

9 

8 

8 

9 

8 

1 

6 

8 

3 

0 

6 

4 

2 

0 

6 

4 

4 

3 

This station, established August 20, 1895, is on the highw,~y bridge 

at Kiona .. It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 375. 

Results of measurements will be found as follows: For 1896, E:ghteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 359; for 1897, Nineteentl· Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 484; for 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 502; for 1899, Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 

428. During 1900 the following discharge measurements were made 

by Sydney Arnold: 

May 5: Gage height, 8.56 feet; discharge, 8,312 second-feet. 

May 28: Gage height, 6. 70 feet; discharge, 4,450 second-feet. 

June 7: Gage height, 6.63 feet; discharge, 4,351 second-feet. 

June 29: Gage height, 5.60 feet; discharge, 2,987 second-feet. 
WASHINGTON. 443 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Yakima River at Kiona, Washingtor,, for 1900. 

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

------------------ 1 -----------------· --·--· 8.50 6.94 6.43 7.96 7.32 6.14 5.55 3.63 3.59 4.14 5.50 7.24 

2 ........................ 8.02 6. 78 6.37 8.03 7. 70 6.00 5.43 3.63 3.59 4.20 5.63 7.55 

3------ .................. 7.88 6.68 6.29 8. 70 7.98 6.00 5.00 3.63 3.56 4.15 5. 75 7. 70 

4 .................. ------ 7.51 6.57 6.33 9.06 8.00 6.10 5.18 3.63 3.55 4.13 5.90 8.00 

5 ........................ 7.28 6.54 6.45 9.00 8.56 6.20 5.05 3.56 3.58 4:.10 6.00 8.2..') 

6 ........................ 7.14 6.38 6.41 8.92 8.60 6.33 4.94 3.53 3.60 4.06 6.20 10.20 

7 ........................ 7.00 6.39 6.38 8.89 8.Td 6.41 4.86 3.50 3.62 4.05 6.3..') 10.93 

8 ........................ 6.91 6.40 6.35 9.55 8.83 6.48 4.80 3.43 3.62 4.03 6.46 10.90 

9 .............. ---------- 6.89 6.32 6.99 9.70 8.92 6.55 4.80 3. 73 3.62 4:.00 6 . ..'l5 10.70 

10 .... ---------- .......... 6.80 6.28 ~:l:! 8:~ 8.90 6.50 4. 78 3.40 3.63 4.02 6.64 10.25 

11 ........................ 6. 72 6.27 8. 70 6.53 4. 70 I 3.35 3.60 4:.00 6. 70 9.45 

12 0--- ...... : ... ------.... 6. 70 6.50 8.1o I 8.oo 8.6..') 6.46 4.63 3.40 3.M 3 9/S 6. 76 9.10 

13-------------- .......... 7.16 6. 71 9.27 8.36 8.55 6.00 4:.50 3.45 3.49 a 95 6. 76 8. 75 

14 ............... --------- 11.50 6.60 9. 75 8.35 8.32 6.20 4.50 3.30 3.55 4.04 6.80 8.40 

15 ......................... 12.24 6.56 9.80 8.36 8.13 6.13 4.48 3.28 3.60 4.10 6.86 8. 2.1) 

16 ...... ------------ ...... 11.49 6.26 9.50 8.22 7.82 6.00 14:.48 3.26 3.61 4.18 6.95 8.20 

17------------------------ 10.52 5.30 9.35 8.07 7. 70 5. 95 4.4:0 3.26 3.62 4.26 6.87 8.15 

18 ------ ............ ------ 9.80 5. 90 9.20 8.00 7. 70 5.98 4.35 3.20 3.87 4.40 6.80 8.10 

19 .............. ----- ..... 9.49 6.24 9.121 7.95 7.50 6.00 4.25 3.18 3.80 4.52 6. 73 8.16 

20 ........................ 9.30 6.34 9.20 18.03 7.20 6.00 .... 13.25 3. 76 4.55 6. 75 8.20 

21 .......... ----- .......... 9.12 6.33 9.25 8.12 7.10 6.10 4.21 3.15 3. 71 4.60 6.80 8.20 22 .............. ---- ...... 8.94 6.42 9.20 I 7.93 7.18 6.05 4.16 3.11 3.63 4 72 6.80 10.20 

23 ........................ 8.68 6.84 9.15 1 7. 70 7.05 6.00 4.10 3.06 3. 75 4. 78 6.85 10.40 

24 ........................ 8.51 6.86 9.20 7.60 6.85 6.00 4.0313.05 3.82 4.85 6.85 10.30 

25 ........................ 8.10 6. 78 9.08 7.30 6.80 6.00 3.95 3.10 3. 00 4.92 6.85 10.05 

26 .............. ---- ...... 7.84 6. 70 8.80 7.25 6.74 6.03 3. 95 . 3.20 3.92 5.02 6.81 9.32 

27 ......................... 7.57 6.62 8.90 7.00 6.65 5.93 3.00 13.25 3. 98 5.16 6.90 9.()(' 

28 ........................ 7.36 6.48 8. 73 6.95 6.56 5.80 3.88 3.6..') 4.05 5.20 7.08 8. 75 

29 .......... -------------- 7.16 ------ 8.50 16.80 6.40 5.63 3.88 3.6..'l 4.10 5.26 7.06 8.32 

30 .......... --- ·---- ------ 7.05 ------ 8.20 6.93 6.33 5.5S 3.85 3.68 4.14 5.32 6.96 8.20 

31 ........................ 7.00 --·--- 8.10 ...... 6.25 ............... 3. 78 I 3.64 ----·- 5.40 ------ 8.00 

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN YAKIMA COUNTY, 

WASHINGTON. 

During the year ~Ir. Sydney Arnold made miscellaneous discharge 

measurements of a number of streams in Yakima County, Washington, as described in the following table: 

Miscellaneous discharge meaSttrements in Yakima County, Washington. 

Date. Stream. Locality. Discharge. 

1900. I Sec.-feet. 

May 7 ............. Wenas Creek .................... Sec.33, T.16 N.,R.17 E............. 40 

Do ................... do ............................ Sec.l2, T.15 N., R.l7 E............. 35 

July 28 ............ Cowiche Creek .................. Sec.36, T.l4 N., R.16 E............. 1 

August15 ......... Atanum River,NorthFork .... Sec.18,T.12N.,R.16E............. 17 

August24 .............. do ............................ Sec.l2,T.12N.,R.15E............. 24 

Do .............. AtanumRiver,SouthFork ..... Sec.32,T.12N.,R.15E............. 9 

August 18.---- ____ Klickitat River, Gold Fork ..... Near mouth ...... ------........... 48 

Do __ ... -------- Klickitat River, Diamond Fork ..•... do------------------------------ 114 

PALOUSE RIVER NEAR HOOPER, WASHINGTON. 

This station, established September 9, 1897, is opposite the water 

tank of the railroad company near Hooper. It is describe1 in WaterSupply Paper No. 38, page 360. The discharge measur'jments are 

made from a car suspended from a light steel cable atout 50 feet 

above the gage. Results of measurements will be found as follows: 

For 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 460; for 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 489; for 1899, ~'1wenty-first 
444 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 414. During 1900 one dischr.rge measurement was made by Sydney Arnold, as follows: 

June 6: Gage height, 2.95 feet; discharge, 233 secon~-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Palouse River near Hooper, Washington, for 1900. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. I Dec. 

----

1 .•••..• ---·-- -------------- 4.80 3. 70 3.30 1.90 1.55 1.40 1.35 2.60 3.00 

2 ....... ·-· ............................... 4.56 3.65 3.25 1.90 1.55 1.40 1.40 2.50 3.20 

3. ·-···· ---··· -------------- 4.40 3.60 3.20 1.90 1.55 1.35 1.50 lH5 3.40 

4 .•..... -------------------- 4.30 3.50 3.10 1.90 1. 55 1.35 1. 70 2.40 3.40 

5 .•..... ----·· -------------- 4.45 3.45 3.00 1.90 1.50 1.30 1.75 2.80 3.70 

6 .......•....••.............. 4.70 3.40 2.90 1.90 1.50 1.30 1.80 3.20 4.10 

7------- .•...•...... ---- ---· 4.60 3.40 2.80 1.80 1.50 1.35 1.90 3.10 4.30 

8 .•..................•...... 5.00 3.50 2.80 1. 75 1.50 1.40 2.00 3.00 4.50 

9 .••...••................... 4. 70 3.40 2.80 1. 75 1.45 1.45 2.10 1.80 4.60 

10 ....... ------ ······-------- 4.60 3.35 2. 70 1. 75 1.45 1.45 2.15 1. 70 4.50 

11 ..•.... ----·· ·--------- .. -- 4.50 3.35 2.60 1.70 1.45 1.40 2.15 1.60 4.30 

12 ..•..••••..... ---··· -------- 4.20 3.30 2.55 1. 70 1.45 1.40 2.15 1.50 4.10 

13 ........................... 4.10 3.25 2.50 1. 70 1.45 1.40 2.10 1.50 3.90 

14 .•.....••.... -------------- 3.90 3.20 2.45 1.70 1.45 1.40 2.10 1.40 3. 70 

15 .••..•. ------ -----· -------· 4.00 3.55 2.45 1.70 1.40 1.40 2.10 1.40 3.60 

16.------------ -----· -------- 4.30 3. 70 2.40 1. 70 1.40 1.45 2.10 1.30 3.80 

17.------------ ---=-- ---· ---- 4.00 3.90 2.35 1.70 1.40 1.45 2.10 1.40 3.90 

18. -----· -------------------- 3.80 4.30 2.30 1. 70 1.40 1.45 2.15 1.45 4.20 

19 .••...• -····· -------------- 3.70, 4.60 2.30 1. 70 1.40 1.45 2.15 1.50 4.60 

20 .....•• -------------------- 3.50 4.20 2.30 1. 70 1.40 1.45 2.10 1.40 4.95 21. ___________________________ 3.50 3.00 2.30 1.65 1.40 1.45 2.30 1.30 5.30 

22 .••..•• ------------ ·------- 3.50 3.70 2.45 1.65 1.40 1. 45 2.35 1.40 5.50 

23.------------ ---------· ---- 3.35 3.60 2.40 1.65 1.40 1.50 2.50 1.50 5.70 

24. ------------ ------.------- 3.20 3.60 2.30 1.65 1.40 1.50 2.60 1. 70 6.40 

25--------------------------- 3.10 3.65 2.10 1.65 1.40 1.35 2. 70 1. 70 5.90 

26----------------- --------·· 3.00 3.60 2.10 1.65 1.40 1.30 2.75 1.80 5.60 

m- -------------------------- 3.25 3.50 2.05 1.60 1.40 1.2.5 2.80 1.90 5.20 

28.-------------------------- 3.30 3.40 2.00 1.55 1.40 1.25 2.80 2.60 4.90 

29 .. --·-.-- ---- .. --------.... 3.30 3.50 2.00 1.55 1.40 1.25 2.80 3.40 4.60 

30 ..... ---------------- ----·· 3.40 3.50 1.90 1.55 1.40 1.30 2.70 3.10. 4.00 

31. -------- ••• -----------. ·-- _______ .., 3.40 -------· 1.55 1.40 ·-----·- 2.60 -------- 3.80 

UMATILLA RIVER AT GIBBON, OREGON. 

This station, established July 26, 1896, is a half mile west <_>f the 

railroad station. It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 

376. Results of measurements will be found as follows: For 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 361; for 1897, l~Tineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 493; for 1898, 1'wentieth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 515. There were no measuremeuts of discharge made at this station in 1899 and 1900. 

' 
OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 445 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Umatilla River at Gibbon, Oregon, for 1900. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. , Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------1-------------------------

1.------------ ------ ·-----·· ...• ---- 2------- ···- -------- .. --·-·. -------- 3 ..... ------------------ .... ---· ·--· 4-------------·------------- ...... .. 5 ....... -------------------- -------- 6 .. ----- ·--- ---------------- ---- .... 1----------------------- .... -------- 8.-------------------------- ---- ·--- 9 ........................... -------- 10 ......••.••....••.......... --------

11.-------------------------- -. -· ---- 12. ·-···· ···----------- --· .... ------- 13.------ ·----· -------- .. ---- .... ---- 14 ........................... ----·--- 15. ______ ·----· ____ •••.•. ____ a. 90 

16 ••••••• ------ -·-······----- 3.90 

17 •••••• ·---·----------·----- 3.80 18 .••.... ·---------·--···---· 3.60 19 ••••.•. -------·····---· ---- 3.45 20 ............. -------------- 3.35 21. ...... --------·-----"··--- 3.20 22 ....... ------ ·----- -------- 3.05 23 ...... --------------------- 2.90 24.-------------------------. 2. 80 25 ................... ·---- ... 2.65 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ill ~: =~~~:: :·:: =~::::: ::::·.:::: . --~~~-/ 

2. 70 1.00 

2.90 .90 

2.90 .85 2.90 .80 3.00 .80 2.85 . 75 

2. 70 . 75 2.40 . 70 

2.30 . 70 2.25 .65 2.30 .65 

2.20 .65 2.10 .65 2.00 .65 

1.95 .70 

2.35 . 70 

2.20 .65 2.10 .65 

1.95 .65 

1.85 .G5 

1. 75 . 65 1.65 .60 1.60 .60. 

1.55 .551 1.45 .55 1.45 .55 1.35 .50 1.25 .50 1.15 .50 1.10 . 50 

1. 05 ---- ..... 

0.50 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

0.30 

.30 

.00 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.40 

.50 

.40 

.40 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.30 

.50 

.40 

.40 

.90 

1.50 

1.00 

.80 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

0.50 

.50 

.50 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.41) 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.45 

.45 

.45] 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50 

• 5.'} 

.55 

1.00 

1.00 

.95 

.85 

.85 

. 75 

. 70 

DESCHUTES RIVER AT MORO, OREGON. 

0.65 

. 70 

. 70 

. 75 

1.20 

l.lO 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.90 

.85 

.85 

.80 

.80 

.80 

. 75 

. 75 

. 75 

:~,1 .90 

.90 

1.00 

1.05 

1.15 

1.20 

1.20 

1.30 

1.40 

1.60 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.05 

2.10 

2.00 

1.90 

1.85 

1.80 

1. 70 1.65 

1.55 

1.50 

1.40 

1.35 

1.25 

1.25 

1.20 

1.20 

1.20 

1.25 

1.25 

1.30 

1.30 

1.35 

1. 80 1.80 

1. 75 

1.65 

1.65 

2.10 

2.40 

2.50 

2. 70 3.00 

3.50 

3.10 

2.85 

2.70 

2.50 

2.35 

2.2.'} 

2.05 

1.95 

1.90 

1.90 

1.95 

1. 95 

1.95 

2.00 

2.10 

2.95 

2.85 

2.80 

2. 70 2.60 

2.40 

2.30 

2.15 

1.95 

1.80 

1.80 

This station was established October 19, 1897, being 3 Iriles above 

what is known as the Free Bridge, and 16 miles east of The Dalles. 

It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 377. Results of 

measurements for 1898 and 1899 will be found in the T·.venty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 433. The station was di<;lcontinued 

December 31, 1899. 

HOOD RIVER AT TUCKER, OREGON. 

This station, established October 20, 1897, is 5 miles south of Hoodriver, Oregon. It is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 3e, page380. 

Results of measurements for 1898 and 1899 will be found in the 

Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 435. The station was 

discontinued December 31, 1899. 

WHI'l'E RIVER NEAR BUCKLEY, WASHINGTON. 

This station, established April 22, 1899, is at the ney• highway 

bridge 500 feet above the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge and a half 

mile north of the town of Buckley. It is described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 38, page 381. Results of measurements for 1899 will be 

found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 437. Dur-
446 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

ing 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by 

Sydney Arnold: 

May 22: Gage height, 1.73 feet; discharge, 1,826 second-feet. 

June 1: Gage height, 1.55 feet; discharge, 1,560 second-feet. 

June 28: Gage height, 1.88 feet; discharge, 2,156 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of White River near Buckley, TVashington, for 1900. 

Da.y. Jan. Feb. 

1 

Mar. ~~~~ May~ June. Ju]y. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. I Dec. 

1. ........................ 2.30 1.30 1.55 1.70 1.60 1.55 1.60 1.30 0.90 0.55 1.75 2.4.5 

2 ......................... 2.10 1.25 1.55 2.05 1.75 1.55 1.55 1.20 .85 .55 2.80 2.15 

3 ......................... 2.05 1.30 1.55 2.05 1.90 1.60 1.55 1.15 .85 .50 2.20 2.75 

4 ......................... 1.75 1.25 1.50 1.95 2.15 1.60 1.60 1.10 .8.1) .50 1.75 3.50 

5 ......................... 1.75 1.25 1.50 1.80 2.50 2.15 1.70 1.10 .80 .50 1.60 4.33 

6 ......................... 1.75 1.3511.45 2.05 2.25 1.90 1.90 1.05 .80 .50 1.45 3.75 

7------------------------- 1.70 1.30 1.60 2.40 2.15 1.80 1.80 1.00 .80 .45 1.35 2.75 

8 ......................... 1.75 1.30 1.80 2.10 2.40 1.90 1.70 1.00 1.00 .45 1.30 2.25 

9 ......................... 1.65 1.40 1.95 1.95 2.35 1.75 1.60 1.00 1.00 .45 1.30 1.95 

10 ......................... 2.00 1.55 2.15 1.80 2.35 1.65 1.55 .95 .90 .60 1.20 1.7b 

11 ...... ~------------------ 2.25 2.30 3.20 1.70 l 2.30 1.60 1.55 .95 .90 .5511.10 1.65 

12 ......................... 5.50 2.05 3.30 1.60 2.15 1.60 1.50 .95 .85 .55 1.10 1.60 

13 ... c ........... .' ......... 5.20 1.75 2.75 1.75 2.05 1.70 1.50 1.05 .85 .55 1.10 1.40 14 ......................... 3.38 1.50 2.40 1.70 1.95 1.75 1.40 1.05 .75 .6511.10 1.6.5 

15 ·------------------------ 2.90 1.50 2.30 1.95 1.80 1.75 1.35 1.00 .70 .60 1.05 1.60 

16 ......................... 2.70 1.40 2.15 1.95 2.20 1.65 1.35 .90 .65 .55 1.05 1.85 

17------------------------- 2.55 1.35 2.05 1.85 2.05 1.60 1.40 .85 .60 .55 1.25 1.60 

18 ......................... 2.50 1.35 2.05 1.75 1.85 1.55 1.30 .85 .55 .75 1.30 1.50 

19 ......................... 2.;'j() 1.30 2.00 1.75 1.80 1.90 1.30 .85 .5511.00 1.15 1.4.'i 20 ......................... 2.25 1.25 1.95 1.70 1.80 2.60 1.30 1.00 .55 1.35 .95 2.50 

21 ......................... 2.10 2.18 1.95 1.60 1.80 3.10 1.40 1.00 .55 2.38 .70 2.90 

22 ......................... 1.85 2.25 1.95 1.55 1.70 2.70 1.40 .90 .55 2.60 1.00 2.45 ~ ------------------------- 1.70 2.01) 1.80 1.45 1.60 2.35 1.35 1.05 1.25 1.90 1.10 2.05 24 -------------- .......... - 1. 63 1. 80 1. 65 1. 40 1. 55 2.10 1. 40 1. 20 . 95 1. 70 1.10 1. 95 

25 ------------------.. ..... 1. 55 1. 70 1. 75 l. 40 1. 55 2. 20 l. 50 2. 58 . 85 2. 75 1. 85 1. 85 26------------------------- 1.55 1.65 1.70 1.35 %.10 2.35 1.40 1.50 .75 2.10 1.95 1.80 27 ......................... 1.50 1.60 1.60 1.30 1.85 2.10 1.30 1.25 .60 1.70 1.65 1.65 

28 --------·----0--·-------- 1.60 1.60 1.50 1.2511.85 1.85 1.20 1.15 .60 1.50 1.55 1.60 29 ......................... 1.50 1.50 1.25 1.75 1.75 1.1!1 1.00 .60 1.35 1.75 1.61) 30 ------------------·-0·--- 1.35 ---0-- 1.55 1.25 1.65 1.70 1.20 .90 .60 1.3.') 2.00 l.<l5 31 ... o _______________ o••·-- 1.35 ------ 1.55 ···--- 1.60 1.30 .90 1.95 1.30 

DUNGENESS RIVER AT DUNGENESS, WASHINGTON. 

This station as originally established, July 5, 1897, was 9 miles above 

the mouth of the river. On July 29, 1898, it was moved to the bridge 

8t miles downstream, or near the mouth. Owing to the formation of 

a sandbar under the rod, the gage was moved July 3, 1900, to another 

part of the bridge. In its present location the zero end of the rod is 

exactly opposite the center of the third vertical iron brace from the 

northwest end of the bridge. The length of the wire gage cable is 

24 feet and 11 inches. ~rhe station is described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 38, page 383. Results of measurements for 1899 will be 

found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 438. During 

1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by W. J. 

Ware: 

Discharge measurements of Dungeness River at Dungeness, Washington. 

Date. 

190(1. 

February 22 ................ __ March 22 .. . 0 ........ 0 ... __ __ 

ttf~! 2~-: = :~~~~==~:~~: ~~=====~ July 4 ....................... . 

Gage Dis- Date. height. charge. 

Feet. 

3.80 

4.20 

4.00 

4.30 

4.50 

Sec.-fr:.et. 1900. 

324 August 31 .................. . 710 September24 .............. .. 456 October 20 .... o ............. . 

483 November 30 ............ __ __ 

566 December 24 ___ ------------

Gage I Dis- height. charge. 

Feet. Sec.-feet. 3.40 249 

3.55 274 

3.95 418 

3.90 450 

4.95 880 
W ASHING'rON. 447 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Dungeness River at Dungeness, Washington, for 1900. 

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

1------------------------- 4.40 3.90 3.50 4.45 4.10 4.30 4.50 4.25 3.50 [3.15 3.60 4.30 

2-----------·------------- 4.35 3.85 3.50 4.50 4.20 4.30 4.35 4.20 3.50 3.15 3.55 4.50 

3 .... ---------------------4.20 3.80 3.45 5.00 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.20 3.50 3.10 3.50 4.80 4_ ______________ ---------- 4.10 3.80 3.45 5.50 4.50 5.00 4.60 4.20 3.45 3.10 3.50 5.05 

5.----------··--------------' 4.00 3.75 3.40 5.90 4.70 5.60 4.80 4.15 3.45 3.o:; 3.45 5.25 

~~~~~::~:~:~=~=~~~~~~:::J !:~8 ~:~8 ~:~ gJg gJ8 !:~ !:~ tf2 ~J8 ~:&~ ~:!& gj,~ 8 _________________________ : 5.10 3.55 4.20 4.80 5.2.11 4.55 4.45 3.90 3.40 3.0J 3.40 5.30 

9 ------------------------15.15 3.60 6.60 4.7515.25 4.60 4.40 3.85 3.35 3.01 3.40 5.50 

f~: ==~:=~ :::: :~~~~~~~~~:::: g:~ ~: ~ 1i: gg !: ~g g}~~ !: ~ t !8 ~: ~~ ~: ~ ~: &? ~Jg ~: 1l8 

12 _________________________ 5.25 3.60 9.10 4.6514.90 4.80 4.35 3.75 3.30 3.10 3.45 6.20 

13 _________________________ 5.35 8.55 7.30 4.60 4.80 4.80 4.30 3.70 3.30 3.10 3.50 6.40 

14 ____ . _________ .. _______ .. 

1

5. 50 3. 55 6. 20 4. 50 I 4. 70 4. 90 4. 20 3. 70 3. 2.') 3. 10 3. 50 6. 60 

15 _________________________ 5.20 3.60 5.00 4.4014.65 4.90 4.30 3.65 3.30 3.0f 3.45 7.00 

16 __________________________ 5.00 3.60 4.80 4.30 4.60 5.05 4.30 3.60 3.25 3.()(\ 3.40 7.20 

17 ------·---------- --------14.50 3.55 4.70 4.25. 4.60 5.20 4.35 3.65 3.20 3.10 3.30 6.80 

~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::1 !:§& ~:~ !:~8 !:§8 t~ g:gg !:!8 ~:~ ~:f& ~:~ ~:~ g:rJ 20 _________________________ 

1

4.25 3.60 4.45 4.15 4.50 7.10 4.45 3.60 3.20 4.2f' 3.35 11.30 

21. ________________________ 4.25 3.60 4.40 4.10 4.45 6.20 4.45 3.65 3.30 4.3(1 3.40 1.30 

22-------------------------4.25 3.65 4.30 4.00 4.40 5.45 4.50 3.65 3.40 4.25 3.40 5.70 23 __ ..... ____ .... __ ...... __ I 4. 25 3. 6.') 4. 20 3. 95 4. 30 5. 30 4. 50 3. 70 3. 50 4. 20 3. 45 5. 20 

24 ------- ---- ------ . ------- 4. 20 3. 70 4. 10 3. 90 4. 20 5. 20 i 4. 40 3. 70 3. 55 4.15 3. 50 4. 90 

25 ------... -- ------------.. 4. 20 3. 65 4. 00 3. 90 4. 10 5. 10 4. 35 3. 80 3. 50 4. 10 3. 60 4. 80 

26 ______ , _________________ 4.20 3.65 3.95 3.95 4.05 5.00 4.25 3.75 3.45 4.00 3.70 4.65 

27------------------------- 4.15 3. 60 3. 90 3. 95 4. 00 4. 95 4. 20 3. 75 3. 35 3. 9(1 3. 80 4. 50 28 _________________________ 4-.10 3.55 3.90 4.00 4.05 4.90 4.20 3.60 3.30 3.&11 3.90 4.05 29 _________________________ 4.10 4.15 4.00 4.10 4.80 4.20 3.60 3.20 3.80 4.00 4.00 

30 _________________________ 4.05 4.20 4.00 4.15 4.75 4.20 3.55 3.20 3.70 4.15 3.90 

31. ________________________ 4.00 4.30 4.25 4.20 3.50 3.6t-.l ______ 3.85 

ELWHA RIVER AT McDONALD, WASHINGTON. 

This station, established October 8, 1897, is at the new county bridge 

9 miles southwest of Port Angeles. It is described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 38, page 384. Results of measurements for 1809 will be 

found in t.he Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 439. During 

1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by W. J. 

Ware: 

Discharge measurement.~ of Elwha River at McDonald, Washington. 

Date. 

1900. 

March 15 .... ___________ ------

rJJ:~~===~:~~~: ~:~ ~: ~=~~ :::: 

Gage Dis- I Date. Gajre Disheight. charge. . height. charge. 

------------ --------------------1-------

Feet. 

4.40 

2. 74 

3.05 

3.80 

Sec.-feet. i 1900. 3,277 I July20 _____________________ __ 1,109 August 22 _________________ __ 

1, 261 October 30 ........... ---- __ __ 1,677 1 

November 29 ........ __ .. __ __ 

Feet. 

3. 07 2. 33 

3. 30 

3. 46 

Sec.-feet. l,;m 

1,471 

1,807 
448 OPERATIONS .AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elwha River at McDonald, Washington, for 1900. 

-------- - ---,-------,------c-----.---··----c-----c-----c---,----------c----------cc------c---,---

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

-------------------,------ L ___ . ___ . _____ . _____ . _ . . . 3. 58 2. 81 2. 59 3. 15 3. 06 3. 08 

2 ... ----------------------3.4.0 3.02 2.40 3.15 3.50 3.14 

3.------------------------3.29 3.26 2.33 3.37 3.74 3.33 4 ... ----------------------3.20 2.78 2.30 3.30 3.87 4.10 

5 ... ----------------------4.05 2.75 2.25 3.28 3.96 5.05 6 ----- --.... ------ --.. -- .. 3. 90 2. 70 2. 28 6. 66 3. 90 3. 90 7------------------------- 5.3012.72 2.54 5.20 4.12 3.76 

8 ........... -------------- 5.35 2.60 3.33 4.19 4.15 3.65 

9.------------------------ 5.38 2.55 5.54 3.95 3.80 3.59 

10 ... ---------------------- 4.17 2.52 7.90 3.80 3.71. 3.65 

11 ......................... 3.87 2.35 11.10 3.55 3.8013.60 

12 ..... -------------------- 6.67 2.32 6.50 3.50 3.82. 3.45 13 .... --------------------- 5.60 2.25 5.15 3.39 3.55 3.64 14_ ________________________ 4.40 2.19 4.66 3.36 3.30 4.00 

15 ......................... 4.15 2.19 4.40 3.20 3.28 4.10 16 _________________________ 3.92 2.20 4.42 3.18 3.89 4.16 

17------------------------- 3.90 2.23 4.38 3.19 3.53 3.69 18 ___________________ ·---- 3.86 2.26 4.12 3.36, 3.45 3.63 

19 .... ---------------------. 3.70 2.50 3.95 3.35 3.39 5.50 

20 .................... ----1 3. 50 2. 60 3. 80 3.12 3. 20 I 7. 75 2L ........................ , 3.40 3.20 3.78 3.09 3.00 5.54 

22-------------------------! 3.59 3.34 3.75 2.90 2.92 4.82 

23 .......... --------------! 4.15 2.60 3.72 2.84 2.98 4.40 

24-------------------------13.5812.48 3.69 2.85 3.63 4.33 25 ___________________________ 3.4S

1

2.30_ 3.79 2.83 3.75 4.18 

26 ________________________ 13.27 2.60 3.9012.80 4.20 3.98 

27 ......................... ! 2.98 2.61 3.42 2.76 3.62 3.80 

28 _________________ ......... 1 2.97 2.70 3.25 2.74 3.40 3.71 

29 -- -- ------ - ........... -.. "12. 861. --.-- 3. 19 2. 68 3. 25 3. 64 3() _________________________ 2.80------3.16 2.63 3.09 3.59 

31 _____________________ ---- 2.81 ------ 3.171------ 3.05 

3.41 

2.80 

2.46 

3.53 

3.50 

3.15 

3.14 

3.00 

3.08 

3.04 

3.14 

3.43 

3.05 

2.94 

3.04 

3.03 

3.00 

2.98 

2.95 

3.07 

3.17 

3.22 

3.42 

3.22 

3.05 

2.96 

2.80 

2. 72 2. 77 2.45 

2. 72 

3.06 

3.10 

2.95 

2.60 

2. 76 2.66 

2.66 

2.57 

2.57 

2.68 

2.56 

2.63 

2. 70 

2. 75 2. 74 

2.82 

2.80 

2.82 

2.69 

2.56 

2.55 

2.33 

3.10 

2.50 

3.15 

2.44 

2.42 

2.12 

2.23 

2.32 

2.30 

2.29 1. 90 

2.22 1. 74 2. 21 1. 76 2.16 1. 85 2. 07 1. 72 

2.22 1.69 2.28 1.55 

2.40 1. 48 

~:~d:~ 2.17 1.88 

2.05 1.81 

1. 97 1. 79 

1. 95 2.65 

2.02 2.03 

2.00 1. 94 

1.88 2.03 

1.85 3.02 2.08 3.23 

2.17 2. 98 

2.12 5.67 

2.42 5.55 

2. 95 3.55 2. 51 3.00 

2.05 5.53 

1. 96 3. 40 

1. 92 3.14 

1. 89 3. 21 1.88 3.24 

1.88 3.30 

3.40 

CALOW A RIVER NEAR FORKS, WASHINGTON. 

3.19 

3.20 

3.1!-! 

3.09 

2.96 

2.64 

2. 74 

3.15 2.86 

2. 70 

2.65 

2.70 

2.88 

2.90 

2.95 

3.56 

4.65 

3.60 

3.34 

2.95 

2.87 

3.36 

2.90 

3.04 

5.40 

4.38 

3.45 

3.90 

3.46 

4.34 

4.02 

4.26 

4.80 

5.67 

6.01 

5.02 

4.20 

3.90 

3.60 

3.58 

3.34 

4.22 

4.24 

5.05 

4.84 

7.89 

5.65 

5.20 

6.55 

9.90 

7.20 

6.22 

5.22 

4.88 

5.08 

4.35 

4.08 

3.90 

3. 73 

3.47 

3.34 

This station, established November 12, 1897, is at the county highway bridge in the southwestern part of Clallam County, near ·Forks, 

Washington. It is described in Water-Supply PaperNo. 38, page 386. 

Results of measurements for 1899 will be found in the Twenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 441. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by W. J. Ware: 

March 2: Gage height, 2.85 feet; discharge, 1,234 second-fe~t. 

May 27: Gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 1,608 second-fee+. 

July 26: Gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 295 second-feet. 

December 15: Gage height, 6.70 feet; discharge, 4,4!J6 second-feet. 
W ABHINGTON. '449 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Calowa River near Forks, Washington, for 1900. 

' I I i 

Day. Ja.n. Feb. Mar. Apr. May.,June. July. Aug. I Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

1-....................... 4.85 2.05 3.00 1.65 0.60 1.40 1.85 0.40 0.02 0.00 5.20 4.85 

2------------------------ 3.20 2.7012.85 1.65 .65 1.20 1.80 .40 .02 .05 5.40 4.85 

3 ..... ------------------- 3.85 2.2.1) 2.60 1.60 .65 1.20 1.60 .45, .02 .00 5.60 4.25 4------------------------ 4.00 2.25 2.4!) 1.65 .65 4.05 1.65 .45 .03 -.05' fi.05 4.40 

5 .... -------------------- 5.60 2.20 2.20 2.25 .80 4.70 1.80 .45 .03 -.0515.25 4.45 6 ________________________ 9.2012.05 4.00 3.45 1.25 3.20 1.60 .40 II .03 .00 5.20 4.60 

L~~~:~:~~~~~=~~-~~~:.::: ~Jg 1 ~:~ ~:~ ~:~~ t~ ~:~ t~ :~ :~ =:~; ~:gg !:~ 9------------------------15.4.5' 3.05 14.80 3.20 1.85 2.00 1.45 .25 .03 -.05 2.20 4.20 

10 .... ------------------·- 5.85 3.65 14.40 2.65 1.80 1.65 1.25 .20 I .03 .00 2.30 4.40 11 ..... ------------------- 5.25 3.2013.40 2.45 1.60 1.60 l.f() .20 .03-.05 2.25 4.00 

12. _______________________ 110.20 3.05 7.00 2.40 1.6.5 1.45 1.40 .20 .03 -.. 05 2.05 4.20 

13 ·----------------· ------ 7.45 2.40 4.65 2.05 1.65 1.25 1.65 .20 .03 1.00 2.05 4.40 14 --.- ---- ------------ ---- 5. 20 2. 25 3. 85 2. 00 1. 60 I. 20 1. 45 . 20 . 02 3. 00 2. 20 6. 25 

15------------------------ 4.25 2.20 3.45 1.85 i 2.00 1.05 1.40 .05 .02 2.00 2.40 7.05 

16 .... --------------------15.00 2.05 3.45 1.80. 2.00 1.0.5 1.25 .05 -.301 .65 2.45 10.30 

17------------------------1 4.45 3.60 2.60 1.60. 1.80 1.00 1.20 .05 -.40 .60 2.46 7.40 

18 .... --------------------~4.85 3.85 2.40 l.G5 1.80 1.20 .. 1.05 .Ofi ~-.40 4.45 2.25 5.45 

~==~~~~~~::::::::::~~~::: t~ ~:~ ~:~ l::S. ~:~~ ~:~I L~ :~~ =:8~ g:38 ~:~ t~ 21 ... .--------~----------- 5.00 6.45 2.05 1.25 1.80 5.45 .851 .05 .00 10.00 2.60 5.45 

~=~~~~~====~=:=~::·_-::::~~~ ~:~ rM ~:~ t~ t~g ~:~ 1 1:~ :tJ 1 u~ g:1~ ~:~ ~:&8 24. ... --------------------~ 5.00 6.45 2.60 1.05 3.50 2.80 1.65 .20 .25 7.80 [4.25 7.20 25 ___________ ,. ___________ 4.00 4.45 2.60 1.05 2.25 1.25 1.45 .45 6.50 13.80 6.30 

26-------·--------------·-<· 3.40 3.05 2.60 1.00 4.20 2.00 1.20 .60 .40 5.80 7.15 5.00 

27 --------------·--------- 3.00 3.05 2.25 1.00 3.50 1.85 1.65 1.05 .25 5.00 6.25 4.25 

28 ..... -------------------3.45 3.20 2.20 1.85 2.85 1.80 .65 .65 .20 6.00 6.00 3.80 

29------------------------ 2.45 2.05 .110 2.20 1.80 .45 .30 .05 7.15 5.80 4.00 

30 ---- ---- ---..... -- ------ 2. 25 2. 00 . 65 1. 85 1. 85 . 45 . 09 . 00 6. 30 5. 45 3. 00 

31 ------ ------ ------ --.. -. 2. 20 1. 80 1. 60 . 45 . 05 5. 20 2. 80 

SOLEDUCK RIVER NEAR QUILLAYUTE, WASHINGTON. 

This station was established November 13, 1897, at tho, county 

highway bridge 9 miles northeast of Lapush, near Quillayute. On 

March 31, 1900, it was discontinued temporarily, on account of the 

destruction of the bridge to make room for a new one. The new 

bridge was completed on December 23, 1900, and observations of 

river heights were resumed on that date. The length of the cable of 

the new gage is 45 feet. The distance from the inside of tl~o, pulley 

wheel to the end of the rod is 49 inches. The station is deseribed in 

Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 386. Results of measurements for 

1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 

443. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were 

made by W. J. Ware: 

March 2: Gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 1,321 second-feet. 

July 25: Discharge, 5.'>0 second-feet. 

December 14: Gage height, 8.70 feet: discharge, 5,964 second-feflt. 

The measurement on July 25 was made 6 miles above the Ftation. 
450 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Soleduck River nem· Quillayute, Washington, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Dec. Day. Jan. Feb Mar. Dec. 

---- ------

1---------------· 5.45 4.00 4.45 17 ·-------·· -· --- 5. 70 4.l1 5.40 2 ....... _________ 5.20 4.10 4.40 18 -... ------ ----- 5.80 4.1') 5.10 

3 ...... ---------- 5.10 4.20 4.30 19--------------- 5.65 4.15 4.95 

4---------------- 4.95 4.10 4.10 20 •. 5.50 4.6') 4. 70 5 ••...• -- ... ----- 4. 70 3.95 3.90 21 •.. :~~=~=====:= 5.60 5.21 4.50 

6 .... ------------ 6.40 4.15 3.80 22--------------- 6.25 6.41 4.40 7 ................ 6.00 4.25 4.00 ----9:7o 23-------- ·------ 7.10 5.WI 4.35 

8.--------------- 8.10 4.20 6.50 24--------------- 6.45 5. }I') 4.20 8.30 9 ________________ 7.50 4.40 9.60 25 -------- -----·- 5.80 4.91 4.20 7.60 10 .... ------------ 7.00 4.65 12.80 26--------------- 5.20 4.6) 4.15 8.10 IL ... ------------ 6.20 4.80 13.60 27 5.10 4.40 4.10 7.40 12 .... ------------ 7.50 4.60 10.40 28 :=======:::==~= 4.85 4.5') 4.10 6.85 13 ................ 8.40 4.20 7.50 29--------------- 4.55 4.00 6.60 J4 .......... ·----- 7.10 4.10 6.85 8. 70 ill':::::::::: :::::i 4.20 3.95 6.2..1) 15 ...... ------ .... 6.50 3.90 .15.90 4.10 3.80 6.00 16 ______________ 5.80 il.95 5.65 

NoTE.-No record from April1 to December 22; new bridge being erected. 

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN NORTHWESTERN 

WASHINGTON. 

During the year William J. Ware made miscellaneous discharge 

measurements of a number of streams in northwestern 1Vashington, 

as follows: 

Mucellaneous discharge measurements in northweste1·n Wasl,ington. 

Date. Stream. Locality. Discharge. 

1000. Sec.-feet. September 10 .. . . . Morse River: ....... --.... _ . .. .. . Near Port Angeles .......... __ .. __ 51 March 15 ...... ____ Little River.--------.. ____ .----- Near McDonald. __ ........ ____ .. __ 174 

May 31 ...... ------ ..... do-------------------- ............. do ........ ----------------______ 68 

June27 ----------- ..... do ................................. do.............................. 54 July 20 ...... __ ......... do .................. ________ .. __ ... do ................ __ .. _____ . .. .. 28 

August 22 .. ______ ...... do ............ __ .... __ .... ___ ... __ .do __ . ___ ... . _______ ........ . .. . 20 

October 30 .. __ ......... d(} .................. ------ ......... do .......... _______ ............. 52 

December 17 ...... Pysht River--------------------- Nine miles above mouth ___ ...... 262 

July 30 ------------ Clallam River.------------ ______ Four miles above mouth.--------- 8 

December 17 ........... do---------------------- ...... Two and one-half miles above 835 

mouth. 

SACRAMENTO RIVER AT JELL YS FERRY, OALIFOR~nA. 

This station, established April 30, 1895, is 12 miles above the, town 

of Redbluff, at the crossing of the county bridge at Jellys Ferry. It 

is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 387., Results of 

measurements for 1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 446. During 1900 the following m(jasurements 

of discharge were made under the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

February 17: Gage height, 6.80 feet; discharge, 8,374 secon1-feet. 

April29: Gage height, 7.10 feet; discharge, 9,586 secon.d-fef't.. 

May 29: Gage height, 6.40 feet; discharge, 7,173 second-fee~. 

September 20: Gage height, 5 feet; discharge, 4,105 :!lecond-feet. 

December 18: Gage height, 10 feet; discharge, 18,361 secord-feet. 
CALIFORNIA. 451 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sacramento River at Jellys Ferry, California, for 1900. 

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

---------1·------------------------

1 ........•. --------------- 2 ---- ~- ----- .. ----~ ---- ··--- 3--------------------- ·---

4 -------------------------

5----------------- --·-----

6 ------------------------- 7-------------------------

8---- -----· ------- 9-------------------------

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

11 .... -----·- -------------- 12- ·----------------------- 13 ------------------------- 14 ---- ... ------------------ 15 -------------·--· -------- 16----------------- -------· 17--------------------- --·- lb- ------------------------

19 --------------· ---------- 20--------- -------------·-- 21 _________ ----------------

22-------------------------

23-------------------------

24-------------------------

25-------------------------

26 ...• ------------------·--

27 ------------------------- 28------------------------- 29 ___________________ ·----· 

30-------------------------

31 --------- .•.... ----- ..... 

19.5 

25.0 

31.1 

18.5 

17.0 

19.0 

19.0 

18.5 

15.4 

13.6 

12.3 

11.6 

10.9 

10.3 

11.1 

10.8 

10.7 

10.3 

10.0 

9.6 

9.3 

9.0 

8. 7 8.4 

8.3 

7.6 

7.9 

7. 8 7. 7 

7.6 

7. 7 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

8.1 

7.6 

7.5 

7.4 

7.3 

7.3 

7.1 

7.0 

7.0 

6.9 

6.8 

6. 7 

6.9 

6.8 

6.8 

7. 9 

9.8 

10.9 

12.1 

10.1 

9.4 

8.8 

9.0 

8. 7 

8.3 

8.1 

8.0 

8.6 

9.8 

10.2 

11.0 

15.7 

29.0 

20.3 

16.4 

14.3 

13.1 

12.2 

11.3 

11.0 

10.4 

10.0 

9.6 

9.6 

9.2 

9.1 

9.0 

8.8 

8. 7 8.5 

8.5 

8.2 

8.1 

7.9 

7.8 

7. 7 

7. 7 

9.0 

9.9 

8.5 

8.1 

7. 9 8.6 

8.0 

7.8 

7.6 

7.5 

9.6 

9. 7 9. 0 8. 7 I 8.3 

8.2 

8.0 

7. 9 

8.2 

8.8 

9.LI 

8.2 

7.8 

7.5 

7.4 

7.3 

7.3 

7.1 

7.0 

7.2 

7.2 

7.3 

7.2 

10.7 

8.8 

8.3 

8.0 

7. 7 

7.5 

8.6 

8.3 

7.9 

7.5 

7.4 

7.2 

7.2 

7.1 

7.0 

6. 9 

6.8 

6. 7 6.6 

6.6 

6.5 

6.5 

6.4 

6.3 

6.3 

6.1 

6.1 

6.1 

6.1 

6.0 

6.0 

5.9 

5.9 

5.8 

5.8 

5. 7 5. 7 5. 7 5. 7 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.8 

5. 7 5. 7 5. 7 5.6 

5.6 

6.0 

5.8 

5.8 

5. 7 5. 7 5.6 

5.5 

5.5 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

b.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.] 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

4.9 

4.9 

4.9 

4.9 

4.9 4. 9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.8 

4.9 5.6 

4. 9 5.2 

4.9 5.1 

4.9 5.1 

4.9 5.1 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4. 9 5.0 . 4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 5.0 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 4.9 

4.9 I 4.9 

!:~ 1--~·.:. 

4.9 

4.9 

5.9 

6.9 

11.2 

6. 7 5.6 

5.5 

5.3 

5.3 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.1 

5.2 

9.5 

8.7 

7.8 

6.1 

6.0 

5.8 

5.6 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.9 

58 

5.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.3 

5.3 

5.4 

8.5 

8.5 

7.0 

6.6 

13.0 

8.1 

7.2 

6.8 

7.5 

8.9 

8.2 

8.5 

7.0 

6.9 

6.9 

6.8 

6.6 

6.5 

6.4 

6.3 

6.3 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.1 

6.0 

6.0 

11.9 

8.6 

9.9 

12.7 

9.9 

9.9 

12.3 

22.5 

15.2 

13.2 

11.0 

10.2 

9.1 

8. 6 

8.1 

7.7 

7.6 

7.4 

NORTH YUBA RIVER NEAR NORTH SAN JUAN, CALIFOF.NIA. 

This station, established July 3, 1900, is at the Yuba Power Company's dam. The channel is irregular, composed of gravel, sand, and 

clay, and is subject to change during flood discharges. Drring 1900 

the following measurements of discharge were made by H. D. H. 

Connick: 

Discharge measurements of North Yuba River near North· San Juan, California. 

Date. 

1900. 

July 3 -----· ------ .....• ------

:f~l~ ~i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ =~~ ~~ ·_:::: ~: =~ 

:f~~~ ~~~:::::: :::::::::::::::: 

July 29. ----·· ...... _________ _ 

Gage Dis- Date. Gage Disheight. charge. ; heig'lt. charge. 

Feet. 

2.05 

1. 95 

1. 70 

1.65 

1.65 

1. 60 

----11-----------------

Sec.-feet. 

606 

567 

438 

419 

366 

371 

1900. ! Feet. 

i~;:~t ii·:::: :~:=:~:~~~~= ::~:1 t:J 

August 10 _ ------ ____ --------, 1.57 August29 --------- --·------ 1.48 

August30 ----------········· 1.48 

! 

Sec.-feet. 

364 

328 

322 

282 

285 

Daily gage. height, in feet, of North Yuba River near North San Juan, California, 

for 1900. 

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

----- ---------- 1 •......... ------ ·------- 1.6 1.5 1.5 17 --------------- 1. 7 1.5 1.5 2 •...•.••.. 1.6 1.5 1.5 18 1.7 1.5 1.5 

3 ...... ---- ~::::: ----z:i" 1.5 1.4 2.2 19 :: ~::: ~::: ::::: 1.7 1.5 1.5 

4 2.0 1.6 1.5 2.1 20--------------- 1. 7 1.5 1.5 

5. ~ ~ ~~~ = ::~ ~ ~ ~ =~= 2. 0 1.5 1.5 2. 7 21 ...... --------- 1.6 1.5 1.5 

6 .•.... -------·-- 2.0 1.6 1.5 2.0 22--------------- 1.7 1.5 1.4 

7---------------- 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.8 23 ---------·----- 1.7 1.5 1.4 

8 .... ··--------·- 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.7 24 ------------·-- 1.7 1.5 1.4 

9.----- ········-- 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.7 25 1.6 1.5 1.5 

10 .... -----· ••.... 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 26 ~=~~:-_:::::=:=: 1.7 1.5 1.5 

11 •..... --·--- ---- 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.6 27------ ---- ····· 1.6 1.5 1.5 12 .•...••.......•. 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 28 ·----- --------- 1.6 1.5 1.5 

13 ____ ··---- -----· 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.6 29--------------- 1.6 

i 

1.5 1.5 

14 .•••.• ---------- 1.7 1.6 1.6 30--------------- 1.6 1.5 1.5 

15 .... ------------ 1.8 1.5 1.5 31 ........................ 1.6 1.5 ---··--- ---· ---- 16 ...... ---------- 1.7 1.5 1.5 I 
452 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO, 5L 

MIDDLE YUBA RIVER NEAR NORTH SAN JUAN, CALII'ORNIA. 

This station, established July 1, 1900, is at Freeman's hidge. The 

channel is composed of sand and gravel, recently built r.p by debris 

from the mines above, and is subject to change during fl~od heights. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by 

H. D. H. Connick: 

· Discharge measurements of Middle Yuba River near North San Juc,n~ California. 

Date. ~ Gage Dis- l height. charge. 

--------~------

1900. · Feet. Sec.-feet. 

f~!W~~~~ =~~~~~ ~:::~~ ~~~:~: i: i !i 

July 29 .•••••••••••••••• ------ 2.30 109 

Date. i G~ge 1 le1ght. 

1900. i 

~~~~:~ l~ ~ :::::: =~==== :::::: 

Discharge. 

Feet. Sec.-feet. 

2.17 79 

2.15 ZB 

August 29 _ ------------ ..... . 2.20 69 

August 30 ____ ..• ------------ September 18 .............. . 2. 20 68 

2.15 64 

Daily gage height~ in feet, of Middle Yuba River nem· North San Jucw, California, for 1900. · 

Day. I July. Aug. I Sept. i Oct. Day. July. , Aug. Sept. I Oct. 

I -~-'~--11-----l------l-- 1. ............... 1 2.4 :!.2 2.1 2.0 17 ............... 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 

2................ 2.4 2.2 2.1 .

1 

2.0 18............... 2.3 2.Z 2.1 2.0 a________________ 2.4 2.1

1

· 2.0 2.5 19_______________ 2.4! 2.z 2.2 2.1 

t=====~========= ~:~ ~:r . ~:~: ~:~ ~======:====~=== ~J ~J ~:A 2.0. 6________________ 2.5 2.2 2.0 I 3.0 22_______________ 2.4 2.1 2.0 

7................ 2.6 2.1. 2.1 2.4 23............... 2.4 2.Z 2.0 

g________________ 2.5 2.21 2.0 2.3 24.. ------------ 22._43 2.1 2.0 g________________ ~-5 2.1: 2.1 2.2 25............... 2.1 2.0 

10________________ 2.4 2.2: 2.0 2.2 26............... 2.3 2.1 2.0 

11................ 2.4 2.21' 2.0 2.1 27--------------- 2.4 2.1 2.0 1::~::::: 12________________ 2.41 2.2. 2.0 2.0 28_______________ 2.3 2.1 ~-0 -------- 13................ 2.3 2.1! 2.3 2.0 29............... 2.3 2.1 2.0 ---· ---- 14,________________ 2.31 2.2 i 2.3 2.1 30............... 2.3 2.1 2.0 - .. 15______ __________ 2.3 2.1 I 2.2 2.0 31.______________ 2.2 2.1 ________ .:::.::. 

16 ...... ---------- 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 I I . 

YUBA RIVER NEAR SMARTVILLE, CALIFORNIA. 

This station, established June 28, 1900, is at Parks Bar Bridge. During recent years the channel of t.he river has been filled with sand and 

gravel, brought down from the hydraulic-mining camps in the mountains above, and thus is subject to change during flood stages. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made by 

H. D. ·H. Connick: 

Discharge measurements of Yuba River near Smartville, Cal-ifornia, 

Date. (}age Dis- J Date. I Gage Dis-

---------- ~e!_::~ __ char~~~-. l eight. charge. 

1900. Feet. Sec.-feet. 1900. 1 Feet. Sec.-feet. 

June28 ...................... 3.15 1,212' July24 ...................... 2.50 673 

June29 ...................... 2.95 1,086 August7 .................... 2.23 537 

JJuullyy 1

1

2

1_. -_ . __ -_ .. _-__ -_-__ -_--_· __ ·_·_-_ .. __ .. _-__ .. _ 2.65 821 . August 8 ______ .. ____ ________ 2. 30 571 

2.65 811 I August 14------------------- 2.25 534 

July 13....... ................ 2.60 774 August28 ------ .... ......... 2.20 474 

:f~f~ ~~:::::::::::::::::::::: ~:~ =I September 14 ............... 2.60 736 
CALIFORNIA. 453 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Yuba Rive1· near Smartville, Califor·nia, for 1900, 

' I I : I ' Day. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. I Day. June. July. ' Aug. 8ept. Oct. 

------------'------I ___ ---------------

1. ...... --·----- 2.9 2.3 2.1 2.0 17------ ·--- ---- 2.5 2.1 2.2 

~ ::::::: ======~~ ~:8 ~:; ~J ~:~ {~ ====== ::::::~: ~:! ~j ~:~ 4. ...... -------· 2.8 2.2 2.2 3.0 20 ...... ···----- 2.4 2.2 2.1 

5 ....... ------- 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.4 21 .•.... ---- ---· 2.3 2.3 2.1 

6 ....... -------- 2.7 2.2 2.3 1.9 22 ______ ·--- --- 2.4 2.4 2.1 

7 ....... -------- 2.7 2.3 2.2 1.5 23 ...... -------- 2.5 2.2 2.0 

g::::::: =~=~=~:: ~:~ ~:~ ~:~ t~ ~L~:::: --- --- ~J ~j ~:8 10 _______________ 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.2 26..... 2.4 2.1 2.1 

n _______________ 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.2 27..... 2.3 2.2 2.0 

12 ....... -------- 2.6 2.2 2.3 1.3 28...... 3.1 2.3 2.1 2.0 13 _______________ 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.2 29 ..... 3.0 2.4 2.1 2.0 

14. •..... -------- 2.5 2.3 2.6 30...... 3.0 2.31 2.2. 2.0 

15 .•..... ·------- 2.5 2.1 2.4 31. ..... -------- 2.3' 2.1 ------- ·------- 16 ....... -------- 2.51 2.2 ___ 2_.4~---

CACHE CREEK, CALIFORNIA. 

This stream is the outlet of Clear Lake, in Lake County, California. 

It flows southeasterly, its flood watem findingtheirwayintofacramento 

River between the mouthR of Feather and American rivers. In 1889 

Clear Lake was segregated as a reservoir site, as described in the Thirteenth Annual Report, Part III, pages-!05to 409. During1900a hydrographic examination of the en tire basin of Cache Creek was nu',c1e by A. E. 

Chandler, whose detailed report has been published as Water-Supply 

PaperNo. 45. During the course of his investigations the following 

discharge measurements were made of the creek and its tributaries: 

Discharge measurements of Cache Creek and its tributaries. 

Date. Stream. Point of measurement'. I Hydrographer. I cl~~~e. 

1900. 1 !Sec.-ft. June25 ...... Cache Creek ......... At Rumsey ---------------------1 A.E.Chandler.... 189.0 

1~~:~:::::: :::::~~ ==~~:~ :::::::::: ±U~~~t~Fe~A ::::::::::::::::::1:::: :~~: :::::::: :~:: l~t ~ 

~~ ~~;~~;~ :~f~i~=~:~)~~= -~l-:~~il;/~~~;;=;(:;=;;;;t:~i~l! • • ~~;j: ~;~::; ,~:I J~~~~~~~~~ =~~~!~ =~~;;~~~~~=-~::: ±i ¥!~~:~~:~~;~=~~~~~~~~~=:_:~~: :~~~~:~~~~~~ ~~::::1 t~:~ 

~t~~~::m :~dEm~~~=wm- ~r~~!;iqi~IT_:~:--:_ :-JFH-~H-i ll! 

July 3 ....... Cache Creek. ......... At Stevens's bridge----- ............. do .. -----...... ;5. 8 

gg ====:=== :f~I~t~~f~=========: t!~Js~~:$o;~:~i~:====::~=~=t====~~::::::::::::: MJ Aug. 2Q ______ Cache Creek ..... ____ At ClearLake. ____ .... ---- ___________ do. ______ ------ 39.6 

Aug. 27 ........... do ____ -----------· One-fourth mile above Rumsey ...... do_------______ 27.6 June29 ______ North Fork __________ At mouth .... ____________________ A. E. Chandler.___ 5.1 

June30 ........... do _______ ......... Above Long Valley Creek------ ..... do ....... ------ 6. 4 

June27 ------ Bear Creek __________ At mouth .... ---- _____________________ do ... __________ 1.8 

J~~~=~~=== W~f 6:~~W..~~~~-~=~ ·on.ad~iieaiiove-illoiitli~=====:::=, ~=:==~~: ~~~--==~~~==: g:~ July 2 ....... North Fork .......... Above Bartlett Creek ..... ______ , _____ do _ _____ ______ 3.3 

Do .... ·--- Bartlett Creek ...... At mouth .... ------ ______ .. __________ .do ......... ____ 1. 4 

Do ·------- Stanton Creek. ______ ..... do ____ ------------ _______ -_____ ..... do.------------ 1.5 

July 8------ North Fork .... ______ At Little Indian Valley_ ............. do. ________ ---- 2.8 

July 12 ...... Scotts Creek. ________ Eight miles above Clear Lake ....... do.------______ 0.5 

Do----·--- Middle and Clover At Upper Lake .... -------------- ..... do............. 1.5 

creeks. 

July 16 ...... Kelsey Creek ... ____ Two miles above Kelseyville---: .... do .... ___ ------ 4.6 

IRR 51-01--5 
454 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

SALINAS RIVER NEAR SALINAS, CALIFORNIA. 

Salinas River rises in San Luis Obispo County, flows in a northwesterly direction through Salinas Valley, and discharges into the 

Bay of Monterey. The crest of the Coast Range, locally known as the 

Santa Lucia Mountains, forms the boundary of the waterfhed on the 

south and west; the crest of the Gabilan Mountains forms the eastern 

boundary of the watershed. The total area drained is r, little less 

than 5,000 square miles. The principal tributaries of the river drain 

the eastern slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains, and are N acimento 

and San Antonio creeks and the Arroyo Seco. The only important 

stream entering from the east is San Lorenzo Creek, wh~cl· drains t,he 

western slopes of the Gabilan J\'lount,ains. 

A reconnaissance survey for reservoir sites on Salinas River and its 

tributaries was made during the period from May 28 to August 31, 

1900, under the direction of Prof. Charles D. Marx, of Sta,nford University. His report will appear in one of the series of Water-Supply 

Papers. · 

A gaging station was established on the river January 8, 1900, by 

D. A. Porter. On account of the shifting nature of the chaunel during 

floods, four gage rods were set between January 8 and April 2, 1900, 

and each was referred to a different datum. On June 8, 1900, a permanent station was established at the county bridge 3-:i miles south of 

Salinas. 

The gage, which is vertical, is attached to one of the piers of the 

bridge. The bench mark is a nail in the washer in the top of a redwood post, 13 inches by 15 inches in size, on the north bank of the 

river, at an elevation of 20 feet above gage datum. The gage heights 

given in the following tables have been adjusted to the roc which was 

established June 8, 1900. During 1900 a number of measurements of 

discharge were made of Salinas River at the main gaging station and 

of Arroyo Seco, a tributary of Salinas River, by D. A. Porter and 

others. The results are given in the following tables: 

Discharge rnea.surements of Arroyo Seco, California. 

Date. Locality. 

1900. 

June 20 .......... -----· The Pools-------- .... ---~-- .... ____ ------------ ......... ·-------- Do ....... ____ ...... do. ______________ ------------------ ____ ---------------- ____ ----

June 21. •.. ------------ Moore's ....... ----· ----------------- ---------· -----·. _______ ------ Do .•..... ____ ------ Currier ________ ------ -------·---- ---------------- ____ ------------ Do _____ •.••.• ----·· Joy's _ ----------------------------.----- .... ---- .... ---------- .... 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

11.8 

12.4 

10.4 

7.3 

6.1 
CALIFORNIA. 455 

Discharge measurements of Salinas River near Salinas, Oalifcrnia. 

Date. Gage Dis- Date. G<:tge Disheight. charge. height. charge. ---------------------l-------------ll--------------------1-------

1900. 

April9 ------------ -·····.-·-·· April12 ________ ........ ------

!~~H lg:-:: -==~ :::::: ~~ = ~ ~:=~ April22 _ ... ____ -----· _______ _ 

April25 ____ ------------------ May 1 ...... --·-------·· ...... 1\Iay 4 ____ •••• ____ .... ____ ---· 

Feet. 

4.20 

4.15 

4.10 

4.10 

4.25 

4.15 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.10 

4.05 

4.0.5 

4.00 

4.05 

4.05 

4.00 

Sec.-feet. 

26 

15 

13 

17 

34 

19 

18 

16 

18 

18 

18 

16 

17 

17 

13 

15 

15 

16 

15 

14 

1900. Feet. 

June22--------·----- ........ 4.00 June 26------------------. ___ 4. 00 June30______________________ 3.90 

July 3 --------------- ________ 3.65 

July 16. _________ .... ____ .... 3. 70 

August1 ·---·---·----------- 3.70 

~:tt~: ~r- i" ~ ~ ~ ~ --~: ~: ~:: ~ ~ ~: ~: ~ 

Sec.-feet. 

13 

11 

11 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

M:r, i2 ::: ~~ =~ ~ ~: ~= :::::: :~::: May 16 ______ ·----------- ...... 

s:; ~ ::::=~~~~~= ~-~:~~=~~ ~ :~~ June 2 ...... ------ ______ -----· June5 ______ ---·-- ...... _____ _ June 8 ____ ...... __ ... _______ __ 

June 12 _________ ............. . .June 15 ...... _____________ .. .. 

June 18 ·----- .... ___ ......... . 

September 26 ______ . ____ ____ 3.45 

October 23. ___________ -----· 3.45 

October 26 ------ -----· _______________ _ 

November 14 ____ ------ ••. .•• 3. 70 

November 1!\. ..... ------ ___ . 3. SO 

November 17------------.... 4.20 

November 19 ______ --·------- 6. 70 

November 20 __________ ------ 5. 90 

November2L_______________ 5.60 

November 22 ____ ··----- ------ 15.60 

November 2'.3 .•.••• ____ ------ 9. 70 

2 

2 

l 

9 

21 

32 

2,056 

829 

743 

33,600 

12, S.'i1 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Salinas River nem· Sal·inas, California, for 1900. 

ug. 

. 70 

. 70 

Jan. Feb. Mar. ' Apr. May .• I June. July. I A 

-----------------1·--- ----------------

1 _______________________________ 5.10 4.40 4.20 4.1014.05 3.80 3 

2------------------------------- 5.10 4.30 4.20 4..10 4.05 3.70 3 

Day. 

3 ........ ---------·------- ------ 5.00 4.30 4.30 4.10' 4.05 3.65 3 .60 

.60 

.t>O 

. 70 

. 70 

. 70 

4 _______________________________ 4.90 4..50 4..20 4.10 

1

. 4.05 3.60 3 

5------------------------------- 4.\JO 4.60 4.20 4.1U 4.05 3.60 3 6 _________________________ ------ 5.00 4.60 4.20 4.05 4.05 3.60 3 

7 .. ------- .. --------------- ------ 5. 00 4. 50 4. 20 4. 05 4. 05 3. 60 3 8 _________________________ 7.10 4.90 4 . .50 4..20 4.05 4.05 3.70 3 

. 70 

. 70 

.70 

9------------------------- 6.90 4.90 5.10 4.20 4.0514.05 3.70 3 lQ _________________________ 6.70 4.90 5.00 4.20 4.05 4.05 3.80 3 

n _________________________ 6.50 4.90 5.oo 4.10 4.05 1 4.05 3.80 3 

12 _________________________ 6.30 4.90 5.00 4.10 4.0514.05 3.60 3 .70 

13 ......................... 6.10 4.80 4.90 4.10 4.05 4.05 H.60 3 . 70 

. 70 

.70 

. 70 

14 _________________________ 1. 6.00 4.80 4.90 4.10 4.05 4.05 3.70 3 

15 _________________________ 5.90 4.70 4.90 4.10 4.05 4.05 3.70 3 

16 _________________________ 5.70 4.70 4.80 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

. t>O 

. 70 

11 _________________________ 5.7o 4.7o 4.7o 4.10 1 4.oz 4.oo 

1

3.70 3 

}9 _________________________ 5.50 4.70 4.60 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 18------------------------- 5.60 4.60 4.60 4.10 14.0u 4.00 3.70 3 

. 70 . 20 ..... ------------------- 5.50 4.70 4.50 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 21. ..... ___________________ 5.40 4.60 4.40 4.20' 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

22------------------------- 5.40 4.50 4.40 4.20 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

23 ------------------------· 5.30 4.40 4.40 4.20 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

24-------------------------5.30 4.40 4.40 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

25 ......................... 5.30 4,.40 4.30 4,.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 26 _________________________ 5.20 4.40 4.30 4,.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

27 _________________________ 5.20 4.40 4.30 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

28 _________________________ 5.20 4.40 4.30 4.10 4.05 4.00 3.70 3 

.60 

. 70 

.60 

.70 

.60 

.70 

.60 

. 70 

.60 29 _________________________ 5.20 4.20 4.10 4.05 3.90 3.60 3 . 70 30 _________________________ 5.20 4.20 4.10 4.05 3.90 3.70 3 .60 3} _________________________ 5.10 4.20 4.05 3.70 3 . 70 

Sept. Oct. 

------

3.60 3.40 

3. 70 3. 50 

3.60 3.40 

3. 70 3.50 

3.60 3.40 3. 70 3.40 

3.60 3.40 

3. 70 3.40 

3.60 3.50 

3. 70 3.40 

3.60 3.40 

3.70 3.40 3. 70 3.40 

3.60 3.45 

3.70 3.35 

3.60 3.45 

3.70 3.35 

3.60 3.4.5 3. 70 3. 4b 

3.60 3.45 

3.60 3.40 

3 . .50 3.40 

3.50 3.40 

3.50 3.40 

3.50 3.40 

3.40 3.40 

3.50 3. 40 

3.40 3.40 3.40 3.40 

3.40 3.40 ............ 3.40 

STANISLAUS RIVER NEAR OAKDALE, CALIFORNIA. 

Nov. 

---

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.50 

3.60 

3.30 

3.40 

3.50 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.50 

3. 70 

3. 70 

3.70 

3.80 

4.10 

5.50 

6. 70 

5.90 

5. 70 

15.60 

9. 70 

8.60 

7.90 

7.40 

7.00 

6. 60 

6.30 

6.10 

------

Dec. 

6.0 0 

0 

0 

0 

5. 9 IUl 

~j. 7 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

60 

50 

40 

30 

5.3 0 

0 

0 

0 

5.2 

5.1 

5.1 

5. 

5. 

5.0 

00 

00 

0 

0 

J 

0 

0 

5.0 

5.()( 

5.0 

5.0 

4. 

4. 

4.9 

90 

90 

0 

I 

0 

l 

0 

) 

4.8( 

4.8 

4.8( 

4.7 

4.71 

4.7 

4. 7 

4.7 

4. 7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

This station was first established May 3, 1896, and was relocated on 

July 30, 1898, as described in Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 391. 

Results of measurements for 1899 will be found in the Twenty-first 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 448. 

The canal of what was formerly known as the Stanislaus and San 

Joaquin Water Company diverts water from Stanislaus RiYer 3 miles 

above Knights Ferry, or approximately 15 miles above Oakdale. During the latter part of the year 1899 the management of th'3 property 
456 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

changed hands, and a new company was formed, under tl'q name of 

Stanislaus Water Company. The station described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 38 was discontinued in the latter part of 1899, on account 

of improvements to and enlargements of the canal, and on May 19, 

1900, a new gaging station was established near the lower end of flume 

No. 3. It was rated, as in previous years, by turning various amounts 

of water into the flume and measuring the same with a meter. Owing 

to the lack of an observer on the canal, the record for 1900 is not complete. During the year the following measurements of discharge 

were made at the main station, under the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

April 5: Gage height, 6.82 feet; discharge, 1,703 second-feet. 

May 19: Gage height, 9.33 feet; discharge, 4,515 second-feet. 

June 21: Gage height, 6.65 feet; discharge; 1,438 second-feet. 

August 11: Gage height, 4.38 feet; discharge, 66 second-feet. 

September 6: Gage height, 4.25 feet; discharge, 35 second-fe~t. 

December 28: Gage height, 5.66 feet; discharge, 611 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Stanislans River near Oakdale, California, for 1900. 

I 

Day. Jan. : Feb.j Mar. I Apr. i May. June.IJuly., Aug. Sept. Oc:t. Nov. Dec. 

----1--~-- ------

1 ········ -.................... ----- 7.0 5.8 5.6 I 7.5 

I 

6.4 8.1 6.0 4.5 4 oW •) 4.4 5.0 6 2 

~ ~::: :::: :====: = :::::::::: 

7.6 5.9 5.6 7.5 6. 7 7.8 5.6 4.5 4.2 4.5 5.0 6.4 

11.2 5. 7 5.8 7.2 7.0 7.6 5.6 4.5 4.2 4. 7 5.0 6.3 

4 .... ···-··········------· 10.9 5. 7 6.8 7.0 7.4 7.8 5.5 4.5 4.2 5.0 5.1 6.1 

5 .... ---·-·--·-------- ---· 8. 7 5.6 7.2 6.9 8.2 7.5 5.5 4.5 4.2 5.3 5.0 5.9 6 ------ ... .............................. 8.2 5.6 6.8 6.8 

I 

8.2 7. 9 5.4 4.5 4.2 5.2 5.2 5.9 7 ·····- ........ ------· .... 8.0 5.5 6.4 6. 7 8.5 7.8 5.4 4.5 4.2 5.2 5.0 5.9 

8------ ................... 8.0 5.6 6.6 6.5 8. 7 7. 7 5.4 4.5 4.2 5.2 5.0 5. 9 

9 ·······--·----------- ·--· 7.8 5.5 6.8 6. 7 8.6 8.0 5.3 4.5 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.9 

10 --.. -- " -" . "--.. -- ---- . " ". 7.5 5.5 6.8 6.6 8.6 7.6 5.2 4.4 4.2 4.9 5.1 5. 7 11 7.2 5.4 6.8 6.6 8. 7 7.4 5.2 4.4 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.6 12 :::::::::: ::::: ==~~~~:::: 6.8 5.5 7.0 6. 7 8.4 7.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.6 

13--------------------- """" 6.5 5.5 7.3 6.5 8.0 7.5 5.2 4.3 4.2 4. 7 5.2 5.6 

14 ---------------------··-· 6.5 5.4 7. 7 6. 7 7.4 7.3 5.0 4.3 ~- 2 4. 7 5.2 5.6 

15 ......................... 6.5 5.5 7.3 6.5 7. 7 7.0 5.0 4.3 4.2 4. 7 5.6 5. 7 

16 ------------------------· 6.4 5.5 7.4 6.4 I 8.1 6.8 5.0 4.3 4.2 4.8 6.0 5.6 

17 ......................... 6.4 5.4 7.3 6.5 8.9 6. 7 5.0 4.2 4.2 4. 7 6. 7 6.0 

18 .. " ... ---- .. " . " .. 0"-" ... " 6.2 5.5 7.3 6.!) I 8.8 6.4 4.9 4.3 4.3 4. 7 5.9 5.9 

19 ......................... 6.2 5.6 6.8 6.9 9.1 6.4 4.8 4.4 4.3 5. t 6.1 5.6 

20 ......................... 6.2 5.5 7.0 7.4 9.0 6.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 7.8 6.5 5.5 21 ......................... 6.2 6.2 7.3 8.0 8.6 6.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 6.4 10.3 5.8 22 ...... ---- ............... 6.0 6.0 7.4 7.1 8.6 6.4 4.6 4.2 4.4 6.0 9. 7 6.8 

23 ------ ......... ------ .... 6.0 5.9 7.5 7.0 8.6 6.4 4.6 4.2 4.4 5.4 I 9.1 6.4 

24------ ·····--·· ·--- --·-·· 6.0 5.8 7.2 6.9 8.6 6.4 4.6 4.2 4.4 5.4 I 7.2 I 6.0 25 -------·----------------- 6.0 5.8 7.4 6.8 8.3 6.2 4.6 4.2 4.4 5.3 I 6.6 5.8 

26 ----·· ---- -------·---···· 5.9 5.6 7.3 7.0 8.6 6.0 4.6 4.3 4.4 5.3 6.5 I 5.9 

27 ------ ---· ----------· --·· 5.8 5.6 7.2 6. 7 8.8 6.0 4.5 4.2 4.4 5.2 6.5 5.8 

28 ---------- .... ------- .... 5.9 5.5 7.3 6.6 8.!l 6.2 4.6 4.2 4.4 5.1 6.4 5. 7 29 ...... ---- ........... ---- 6.0 -........... 6.9 6.6 8.1 6.0 4.5 4.2 4.4 5.1 6.2 5.6 

30------ -----------··-- ---- 5.9 ------ 7.0 7. 7 8.2 6.0 4.5 4.2 4.4 5.2 6.2 5.6 

31------------------------- 5.9 ............ 7.2 [··---· 8.3 ------ 4.4 4.3 ------ 5.0 ------ 5.5 

. TUOLUMNE RIVER AT LAGRANGE, CALIFORNIA. 

This station, established August 29, 1895, is at the wagon bridge in 

Lagrange, and is below the high dam of the Turlock and Modesto irrigation districts, and also below the head of the canal of the Lagrange 

Hydraulic Mining Company. It is described in Water-Supply Paper 

No. 38, page 393. Results of measurements for 1899 will 1"3 found in 

the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 449. During 1900 the 
CALIFORNIA. 457 

following measurements of discharge were made under tl'q direction 

of J. B. Lippincott: 

Discharge measurements of Turlock canal. 

Date. 

1900. 

April6. ------ _ ----- ____ ·--- ____ ------ ____ ............ __________ ....•..... _____ ----- June22 __________________ ....... ____ .. __ .......... ____________ ...... __________ ------ August 11 .... ____________ ------ ______________ ........ -------- __________ . __________ _ 

SeptemberS_ ................•. ---------------- ____ ...... ______ ...... ------ _______ _ 

Gage 

height. 

Feet. 2.00 

.50 

1. 90 1.15 

Dis- charge. 

Sec.-feet. 129 

10 

117 

35 

--------- ------------------------------------~-----'-----

Discha1·ge 1nea:mrements of Tnolmnne Rive1· at Lagrange, Cah'forn£a. 

Date. Gage Dis- Date. Go:1.ge Dis- height. charge. he'ght. charge. 

1900. Feet. Sec.-feet .. 1900. Feet. Sec.-feet. April5 _______________________ 6.08 2,286 August 11 _____ .... ____ ------ 3.50 17.0 May 20 _____ ------ ...... ------ 8.40 8; 720 September 8 ____ ---- ........ 3.40 10.9 June22 .................. ------ 7.09 4,629 December 27 ------ •......... 5.32 964.0 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Tuolumne River at Lagrange, California, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. 

1 ------------------------- 6.3 5.3 5.4 6.5 9.8 8.0 

2 .•........... ------------ 6.0 5.2 5.4 6.4 7.0 8.0 

3 --·---- ------ -----· ------ 9.8 5.2 5.3 I 

6.5 7.2 7. 9 

4------------------------- 8.1 5.2 6.0 6.4 7.2 7. 7 

5 ....... ---·-------------· 7.0 5.2 5.9 6.1 7.4 7.8 

6 ....... ------------------ 6. 7 5.1 5.8 5.8 6.9 8.0 

7--------- ··--------- ~---- 6.4 5.1 5.8 6.0 7.1 8.2 

8------------------------- 6.3 5.1 5.9 5. 9 7.4 8.4 

9------- ---·-- --------- .•. 6.2 5.0 5.9 5.9 7.5 8.0 

10-------------------0----- 6.0 5.0 6.0 5. 9 7.8 7.8 

11.------------------ --···· 5.9 5.0 6.1 5.8 7. 7 7.8 

12------------------------- 5.8 5.1 6.2 5.8 7.4 7.4 

13------------------------- 5.8 5.0 6.3 5. 7 7.4 7.4 

14------------- ------···---- 5.8 5.1 6.3 5. 7 7.4 7.4 

15------------- ------------ 5. 7 5.1 6.4 5. 6 7.6 7.3 

16- ----------·------- -----· 5. 7 5.2 6. 4 5.8 7. 7 6.9 

17------------------------- 5. 7 5.1 6. 5 5.8 8.5 6.8 

18------------------------- 5. 7 5.1 li.4 6.1 8.5 7.0 

19------------------------- 5. 7 5.1 6.3 6.4 8.4 7.2 

20------------------------- 5. 7 5.3 6.5 7.0 8.6 7.2 21 ___________________ ------ 5.6 5.5 6.4 6.9 8.5 7.3 

22------------------------- 5.6 5.5 6.4 6.6 8.5 7.1 

23- ·----- ------------------ 5.5 5.4 6.4 6.5 8.3 6.8 

24 ----------------------·-- 5 5 5.3 6.3 6.3 8.4 6.8 

25------------------------- 5.5 5.4 6.2 6.2 8.2 6.6 

26 -------··----------- ------ 5.4 5.3 6.1 6.2 8.4. 6.5 

27------- -----------· ------ 5.4 5.4 6.1 6.1 8.4 6.4 

28------------------------- 5.4 5.4 6.1 6.0 8.3 6.4 29 _____________ ------ ·----· 5.3 6.0 i 6.2 8.2 6.2 ·----- 30 .••..••••••••••. ·-------- !>.3 ------ 6.1 6 4 7.8 6.1 

31. --------······---· --···· 5.3 ------ 6.4 8.2 ------

July. Aug. Sept. 

5.6 4.2 3.3 5.8 4.2 3.3 5. 7 4.0 3.3 5.4 4.0 3.4 5.3 3. 9 3.3 5.2 3.9 3.2 5.1 3. 7 3.3 5.3 3.6 3.2 5.0 3.6 3.4 5.0 3.5 3.5 5.0 3.5 3.5 4.5 3.5 3.4 4.8 3.4 3.4 4.6 3.5 3.4 5.2 4.0 3.4 5.0 4.0 3.4 5.0 3. 9 3.3 5.1 3.9 3.3 4.8 3.9 3.3 4.8 3.8 3.4 4. 7 3.8 3.4 4.6 3.6 3.5 4.6 3.6 3.4 4.4 3.5 3.3 4.5 3.4 3.3 4.3 3.4 3.3 4.2 3.4 3.5 4.2 3.4 4.1 4.4 3.3 3.9 4.3 3.3 3.9 4.4 3.3 ------

O;t. 

3.9 

:'.8 

r. 1 4. 9 f.O 

1"5.5 

5.2 

5.1 

5.2 

5.3 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

7.6 

6.5 

6.0 

5 9 

5 6 

5 5 5 4 5 2 

5 3 

5 2 

5 2 

5 0 

Nov./ Dec. 

5.1 

5.1 

5.0 

4. 9 

4.8 

4.6 

5.5 

5.6 

5.4 

5.3 

5.3 

5.1 

5.1 

5.0 

4. 9 4.8 

6.1 

6.4 

6.1 

10.2 

9.2 

8.3 

7.1 

6.5 

6.3 

6.1 

6.1 

6.0 

5.9 

5.8 

·-----

5. I 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

7 

7 

7 

7 

6 

6 

7 

7 

6 

ti 

0 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

-

5.6 

5. 

5. 4 

4 5.4 

5.9 

5. 7 5. 6 5.5 

5.4 

5.3 

5.2 

5 ... ') 

5.2 

5.1 
458 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

E.<;timated daily discha1·ge, in second-feet, of Turlock canal, CaUfornia, for 1900. 

I ! • I I Day. Feb. / Mar. Apr. I May. June. July. Aug. Sept. 

1 ________ ------·--· ----------------- 641-----; ~---;; ---;----;----;-,-----;; 2----------------------------------- 64, 64 000 133 133 133 133 36 

3---------- ------------------------- 64 64 000 133 133 133 133 36 4_ ___ - -------------------- .. ·-- ------ 64 64 000 133 133 133 133 36 

5----------------------------------- 64 64 133 1331 133 133 133 36 6.---------------------------------- 64 64 133 133 133 133 133 36 7---- ---· -------- ·--. ·- ------------- 64 64 133 133 133 133 ()()() 36 8 ----------------------------------- 64 64 000 133 133 133 ()()() 36 g ______________ -------------------- 64 64 000 133 133 133 ()()() 36 

10 ----- ------------------------------ 64 64 133 133 9 133 ()()() 36 11. _______________ .. ___ ______ ____ ____ 64 64 133 133 9 133 000 I 36 }::_ ___________________________________ 64 133 133 lila 9 133 000 36 

13 ___________________________________ 64 133 133 133 9 133 114 36 

14-----------------·----------------- 64 85 133 133 9 133 114 36 15 _____ ---------- .... -- ______ ____ ____ 64 85 64 133 9 133 85 I 36 

16.---------------------------------- 64 85 64 133 9 133 85 36 

17..---------------------··----------- 64 85 64 133 9 133 00 36 18. _____________________ ------------ 64 64 64 133 9 133 00 36 

19................................... 85 I 64 64 }33 9 133 ()() 36 

20................................... 133 I 85 64 133 9 133 00 28 21. __________________________________ 133 85 64 133 9 133 00 28 

22----------------------------------- 28 85 133 133 9 133 64 28 23 .. --------------------------------- 28 85 133 133 9 133 64 28 24----------------------------------- 28 85 133 133 9 133. 74 00 

~t:::::~==::::~:::::::==:::::·.:.·:::: ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~~I ~~ gg ~ 27----------------------------------- 40 85 133 133 133 133 55 00 

28 .... _________ ---------------------- 64 85 133 133 133 ()()() 64 00 

29---·------------------------------- -------- 133 133 133 133 ()()() 64 ()() 3() ___________________________________ -------- 133 133 133 133 ()()() 28 ()() 

31 _ ----••...•....•.•..•.........••..... ------ 133 133 1B3 28 

Mean __________________________ _ 62 84 90 133 71 120 57 26 

N OTE.-'l'here was no flow during the months of January, October, November, and December. 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements of Tuolumne River, California. 

Date. Locality. Hydrographer. I c!a~~e. 

1899. Sec.-feet. Ju1y31 ____________ Below Rancheria Creek,Hetch Hetchy Val- H.Ramel ------------ 238 

ley. 

August !~ru~~ 19.---- r2=== == ________ 

===: ==:=:a~~====--====--=============================== .do.----------------------------------------- ====:a~================ ----.do----------------

August 23 ..... ---- ____ .do------ ____ ------ _ _,._ _____ ------------------ ...•. do----------------

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER AT HERNDON, CALIFORNIP .. 

230 

131 

101 

69 

This station, established by the Southern Pacific Railway Company 

in 1879, is at the iron highway bridge crossing the river ~-.t Herndon. 

The bed of the stream is of sand and gravel, and the section has 

changed materially several times during i900. A reconnaissance has 

been made of the river above Pollasky, with the view to locating a new 

station where the section will be permanent, and a relocation will 

probab1y be made in 1901. rrhe station at Herndon is d.escribed in 

Water-Supply Paper No. 38, page 395. Results of measurements 

for 1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, 
CALIFORNIA. 459 

page 466. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were 

made under the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

Discharge measurements of San Joaquin River at Herndon, California. 

Gage I Dis- Gage Disheight. , charge. Date. height. charge. 

------[[~------------------1------

Date. 

1900. 

April 3 ..................... .. 

.fu~e }~~~~~~~: ~~~ ~ ~ ~~::: ~: :~: ~ August 9 ................... .. 

Feet. I Sec.-feet. 1900. 

4.66

1 

2,641 September!. .......•..•••... 5.91 4,448 September28 .....•....•..... 5.67 3,710 December 3D .....•.•........ 2.83 466 

Feet. 

2.50 

2.33 

3.33 

Sec.-feet. 

246 

197 

614 

Daily gage height, in feet, of San Joaquin River at Herndon, Calijm·nia, for 1900. 

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

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

1 ........ ·---------------- 4.8 3.3 3.2 4.8 4.5 7.2 5.3 3.0 2.6 2.4 2. 7 3.8 2 -~- --- ---- ----- ........... ---- 4. 7 3.2 3.3 4.6 4.5 7.3 5.0 3.0 2.5 2.4 2. 7 3.8 

3 ------ ......... ---------. 9.3 3.3 3.3 4.4 4.5 7.1 4.9 3.0 2.5 

I 

2.3 2.6 3.8 4 ----- 10.2 3.3 3.6 4.6 4.5 7.0 4.4 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.6 3. 7 5 ...... ::::::::::::::::::: 5.8 3.1 4. 9 4.4 4.8 6.9 4.3 3.0 2.4 2. 7 2.6 3.7 

6 ------ .... ----------- .. -- 4. 9 3.1 3.6 4.4 5.1 6.8 4.2 3.0 2.4 3.3 2.5 3. 7 7 -----·-------- ........... 4.5 3.0 3.1 4.3 5.1 7.4 4.2 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.5 3. 7 8------ ............... -- 4.2 3.0 3. 1 4.1 5.3 7.5 4.2 2.8 2.5 2.1! 2.5 3. 7 9 ........................ : 4.1 3.0 3.1 4.4 5.4 7.6 4.3 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.5 3.8 

10------------------------- 3.9 3.0 3.1 4.2 6.1 7.4 4.3 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.5 3.8 11 ------ ........ ------- .... 3.1 3.0 4.0 4.4 6 n .i) 6. 9 4.1 2.8 2.4 2.8 2. 7 3.8 

i~ ~===== ==== ====: ======:: J 

3.1 3.0 4.0 4.2 6.3 6.6 4.0 2. 7 2.4 2.8 2. 7 3. 7 3. 7 3.0 4.1 4.2 5.8 6.3 4.0 2. 7 2.4 2.8 2. 7 3.6 

3. 7 3.0 4.4 4.2 5.3 6.3 4.0 2. 7 2.4 2.8 2. 6 3.6 

15 ......................... 3. 7 3.0 4. 7 4.2 5.2 6.1 3. 9 2. 7 2.4 2.8 2.6 3.6 

16 ......................... 3. 7 3.0 4. 7 4.2 6.2 5.8 3.8 2. 7 2.4 2. 7 2.6 3.5 

17 ............... ---------- 3. 7 3.0 4.6 4.1 7.2 5.5 3.8 2. 7 2.4 2.8 2. 7 3.5 

18------ ................... 3. 7 2.9 4.6 4.0 7.2 I 5. 7 3. 7 2. 7 2.4 2. 7 4.1 3.5 

19 --- ... --------------- .... 3. 7 3.2 4.6 4.1 7.9 5.8 3.6 2.6 2.4 2.8 3. 7 3.5 20 ...... --------- .......... 3. 7 3.3 4.6 4.6 7.6 5. 7 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.8 3. 7 3.5 21 .......................... 3. 7 3.3 4.6 4.9 7.4 6.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 3.1 4.9 3.5 

22--------------------- .... 3.5 3.3 4.6 4.8 7. 7 6.4 3.5 2.6 2.3 3.3 12.0 3.5 

23 --------------------- .... 3.5 3.1 4.6 4. 7 8.0 6.2 3.5 2.6 2.3 3.1 6.8 3.5 

24--------------------- .... 3.4 3.0 4.4 4.5 7.5 5.9 3.5 2.6 2.3 3.0 5.6 3.5 

25------ ............... ---- 3.2 3.0 4.3 4.5 7.1 5.9 3.2 2.6 2.3 3.0 4. 7 3.4 

26 ------ .... ------ ..... ---- 3.3 3.0 4.3 4.5 7.1 5. 7 3.2 2.6 2.3 2.8 4.5 3.3 

27------------------------- 3.2 3.0 4.3 4.5 7.4 5.5 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.8 4.2 3.4 

28------ ---·----------- .... 3.3 3.0 4.3 4.3 7.3 5.6 3.1 2.6 2.3 2. 7 4.0 3.4 

29 ------·---------····· ···- 3.3 ------ 4.2 4.2 7.1 5.6 3.0 2. 6 2.3 2. 7 4.0 3.3 

30------ ·-·---·-· .......... 3.3 ------ 4.3 4.2 7.2 5.4 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.6 3.8 3.3 

31 ......................... 3.2 ------ 4.4- ------ 7.3 ------ 3.0 2.6 ·----- 2. 7 ------ 3.3 

KING RIVER NEAR RED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA. 

The waters of King River, coming from a high catchment basin on 

the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, are probably of greater value 

for irrigation purposes than. those of any other stream in central California. During the summer of 1900 the mountainous basin of the 

river was explored for reservoir sites and for power possibilities, and 

although numerous reservoir sites were surveyed, not one of them was 

considered commercially feasible. A good reservoir site was discovered, however, in Clarks Valley, in the foothills outside of King River 

Canyon. A reservoir at that place could be filled with water from 

King River that would run to waste during the fall and winter 

months, and by utilizing electric power developed from the river for 

pumping purposes, the amount of irrigated land in the vicinity of 

Fresno could be doubled. 

CALIFORNIA.. 461 

Daily gage height, in fed, of King Ri'uer near· Kingsburg, Cal1jorni"", for 1900. 

Jan. Feb. I Mac. Apr. May. June. J~ly. Aug. Sept. Oct. I Nov. I Dec. 

-~---_-__ -_-__ -_-__ -_-__ -_-_-_-_-__ -_-__ -_--__ -6-.58- -5-.58-~-4-. 7-5 -4-.50--4-.33--8-.33--5-.50--4-.7-5 -3-.42--4-.00-11-3-.33-1-5-.4-2 

Day. 

2------------------------- 6.42 5.50 4.83 4.92 4.42 8.33 5.33 4.67 3.49 3 83 3.42 li33 3------------------------- 8.83 5.42 4.9~ 4.50 4.25 8.25 4.75 4.67 3.42 3 75 '3.58 5.25 -!_ ________________________ 9.50 5.421 5.17 4.00 4.25 8.00 4.25 4.67 3.42 3 75 3.58 5.25 

5 ........... ·------------- 7.7'5 5.33.16.75 3.58 4.67 7.67 3.83 4.67 3.42 3 83 3.58 5.33 6 ....... ------------------ 7.16 5.25 5.2.5 3.33 6.00 7.67 4.50 4.58 3.67 4.42 3.50 5.33 1-------------------------6.92 5.0/:l 4.!r2 3.58 5.50 8.00 4.50 4.58 3.75 4.50 3.42 5.2.5 8 _________________________ 6.75 '14.83' 4.50 5.75 5.83 8.08 4.67 4.58 3.58 4.25 3.42 5.42 9. ________________________ 6.50 4.50 4.25 5.00 6.50 7.83 5.00 4.58 3.58 3 75 3.50 5.42 ]0 _________________________ 6.42 4.50 4.17 4.92 7.17 7.67 5.50 4.58 3.58 3 25 3.50 5.33 

11------------------------- 6.33 4.33 4.83 4.58 7.50 7.08 5.33 4.58 3.50 317 3.50 li.25 12 .......••........ ------- 6.~5 4.25 5.17 4.58 7.75 7.33 5.00 4.42 3.42 317 '3.58 5.17 13. ________________________ 6.17 4.25 5.00 4.67 7.08 6.83 4.83 4.33 3.3!3 317 3.58 5.00 

14 .•••••• ------------------ 6.17 4.50 5.25 4.75 6.75 6.83 5.00 4.25 3.33 3 00 3.50 4.&"! 15 ....... ------------------6.17 4.92 5.50 4.67 6.92 6.58 4.75 4.17 3.25 292 3.50 4.75 16 ....... ---------·-------- 6.17 4.50 5.58 4.58 8.00 6.50 4.50 4.08 3.25 3 08 3.75 5.00 17------------------------- 6.17 4.25 4.92 4.67 8.75 6.42 4.33 4.00 3.75 317 4.58 4.83 18--------------------- --- 6.17 4.25 5.00 4.25 9.00 6.33 4.17 3.83 3.!l2 317 7.00 4.83 

~::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:a~ !:~ g:g~ t~ ~:~~ ~:~g t~ ~:~~ ~:~ ~ 6~ gJz t~~ 21. ...... ------------------ 6.0H 4.58 4.5U 5.50 9.08 6.83 4.17 3.58 3.33 3.08 8.42 4.83 22-------·----------------- 6.08 4.83 4.42 5.50 9.50 6.75 4.33 3.50 3.17 a sa 12.58 4.83 23 ..•.•••....•..•••........ 6.08 4.83 4.25 5.50 9.17 6.58 4.42 3.50 3.17 3 67 7.17 4.83 24. ....................... _ 6. 00 4. 83 4. 17 5. 25 9. O!:l 6. 42 4. 50 3. 42 3. 08 3 50 6. 50 4. 58 25 ....... ------------------6.00 4.75 ~.17 4.67 8.25 6.25 4.50 3.33 3.00 3.50 6.17 4.58 26 _________________________ 5.92 4.75 4.2.5 4.67 8.50 6.08 4.50 3.58 3.17 3.42 6.00 5.00 

27 ------------------· ------ 5.83 4.67 5.00 4.33 8.75 6.08 4.67 3.58 3.33 3 33 5.92 4.83 28. ________________________ 5.75 4.83 4.50 4.00 9.00 6.17 4.67 3.50 3.92 333 5.75 4.58 29 .. _______________________ 5.75 4.17 3.83 8.25 6.08 4.67 3.50 4.17 333 5.50 4.58 3() _________________________ .5.67 4.42 4.00 8.50 5.92 4.75 3.42 4.00 3 33 5.42 4,.33 31 _________________________ 5.67 4.83 8.50 4.75 3.42 342------,4.25 

KERN RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA. 

During the summer of 1000 a reconnaissance of the drainage basin 

of Kern River was made by Mr. Frank H. Olmsted, whose report has 

been published in vVater-Supply Paper No. 46. 'rhe following table 

gives the discharge measurements of the streams which were made 

during the progress of the investigat.ion, arranged in geographic order, 

from the head downstream: 

M-iscellaneous discharge meas1tre·m.ents in Kern Rit,er Basin. 

-----------·-~--- ---------·-------~--,,------

Date. Stream. Locality. Gage Disheight. charge. 

1900. Feet. Sec.-feet. June25 ...... Whitney Creek ___________ _ Tunnel on divide--------·--------------------· 4.72 June 27------ ____ .do ________ .... _________ _ 

Do ....... CreeksouthofBaldMoun- ~~~~ !:~~f~: :::::: :::::~:::::::::~:::: :::::::: ~¥:U tain. 

Do ....... NorthForkofKernRiver. 

June25 ...... Onemile Creek------------

Do ....... Harris Creek--------------

Do ....... NorthForkofKernRiver. 

June24 ...... Little Kern River ........ . Do ....... North Needles Creek ___ __ June29 ...... Tibbetts Creek------ ..... . June25 ........... do ____ .. ------- -------- June23 ...... South Needles Creek ____ _ Do.--·--- Clark Creek _____ .... ------ June29 ...... Brush Creek. ____ ......... . Do ....... North Fork of Brush 

Creek. 

800 feet above Kern Lake ------ ---·-- -------- 1 mile below Kern Lake---- .... ------ ____ .... At mouth _____ ---- .... ---------------- -------- 3,000 feet above junction with Little 0. 385 

Kern River. 

At junction with Kern River-------- ____ ..... At Needles Peak ...... ---------------- .... ---- 8,300 feet elevation .... ------------ .... ____ ---- 1 mile above mouth ....... ------ •..... -------- Needles Peak----·-------------------- -------- Dry Meadows---------··-------··-------------

Above North Fork; elevation 5,600 .. -------- Elevation 5,800 ·--·--. -----.----- ·----- ....... . 

JunD~: ::::: ~~~: cr~~k~~: ~:: ::::::::: -~~=d~~~~-~~~: ~: :::::::: ~ ~ ~~::: ·:: :::: :::::::: June 22 ...... Tobias Creek-------------- At mouth. ____ ---· .... ----------.----- .... ---- June30 ...... Salmon Creek----------·-- Horse Meadows .........••...... -------------- June22 .•...•..... do .. · .. -------- ____ ...... At mouth---·------------------------- -------- Do ....... Ant Creek_····------------ ..... do.---------------.---------------- -------- June2L ..... Bull Run Creek-----·-·--· Near mouth .....•.••.••.•••••.•.••...• ·------· 

939.60 

4.87 

8.45 1,154.90 

81.00 

4.26 

1.80 

2.87 

5.82 

5.19 

8.22 

1.04 

5.74 

5.07 

2.92 

4.05 

3.45 

.18 

2.30 
462 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [No. 51. 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Kern River Basin-Continued. 

Date. Stream. · Locality. Gage Disheight. charge. 

-------------------------t--------------------------l-----1------

Feet. Sec.-feet. June22 ...... Corral Creek ____ ---- ...... Near mouth. __ .... ____ .•.... ---------- ________ 0.32 

July 3.------ Hooper's mill ditch ....... Gaging station .......... -------------- ________ 7. 31 June 20.... .. North Fork of Kern River. 4,00Heet a hove junction with South 4. 600 1, 333. 17 

Fork, at Hooper'smill bridge (new 

Jnne30 ............ do ...................... ---~fo~~-~~~~~~~!~----------· ...... .... 4.135 

June28 ...... South Fork of Kern River. Menache Meadows ...... ______ -------- ....... . 

July 2 ....... Powers's ditch -------- .... Near head ................... ----------~---- ... . Do ....... SouthForkofKernRiver. T. 25 S .. R. 35 E ........................ -------- June20 ........... do--------··------------ 700 feet above junction with North ...... .. Fork. 

July 3. ...... Neil's ditch .......... _..... Isabella ...... _ ............ _ ..... ____ .... ____ .. .. June 19 ...... Basin Creek ............... Rankins's ranch, Walkers Basin ..... -J---- .. .. 

825.25 

3.67 

2.38 

11.05 

14:.18 

1.96 

1.32 

The California Power Company maintained observations on the 

North Fork of Kern River just below the mouth of •robiaR Creek from 

July21 to October16, inclusive, 1900, from whichdailydis~hargemeasurements have been estimated. The following record has been 

furnished to the Survey through the courtesy of F. C. Finkle, chief 

engineer of the California Power Company: 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of North Fork of Kern River below the 

rnouth of Tobias Creek, California, for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug., Sept. ~~~ Day. July. Aug. Sept. ~ 

!=::=========:::: 4 ................ --------======== 253 ~~ 274 ~ ; 204 I 21................. ~=::::::::====== =~~=:=== 353 195 ~! 211 ~H 5 ................... ------- 244: 256 203 22................. 345 194 207 

6 .... ------------ -------- 235 253 203 23--------- ...... 340 193 207 7 ________________ ........ zn 246 202 24............... 336 196 201 

8 .......... ····-· -------- 230 244 201 25 .. --- -----· ---- 328 195 209 

9 ................ -------· 229 244 201 26- .............. 319 193 208 10 ................ -------- 2~ 235 20'.2 27 ............... 308 194 208 

11................ ........ 226 232 20".2 28............... 298 18'l 206 

12 ............ ---- -------- 227 233 20'.2 29 ............... 291 1B7 205 13 ................ -------- 2'.26 230 202 30- .............. 285 181. 207 14 ..................... ---- 2'24 223 201 31. ...... ........ 282 17~ -------· -------- 15 ................ -------- 2'Z2 220 201 ---------- 16 ........................ 222 220 200 Mean ....... 317 222 2'29 200 

17................ ........ 213 214 

KER.N RIVER NEAR BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. 

This station, established in 1893 by Mr. Walter Jones, cl'.ief engineer 

of the Kern County I .... and Company, is located at what is known as 

First Point of Measurement, 5 miles above Bakersfield, and at the 

mouth of the canyon of the river. Meter measurements are taken 

once a week, and an automatic gage records daily fluctuations of the 

river heights. Mr. A. K. Warren, the engineer in charge of this work 

for the Kern County Land Company, attends to the diseharge measurements with much accuracy and precision, and furnishes the Survey 

with the final results. The results of measurements for 1899 will be 

found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 469. 
CALIFORNIA. 463 

Est-imated daily discharge, in second-feet, of Kent River near Bakersfield, Califorda, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. I Mar. I Apr.[ May. June. July. Aug. 1Sept.· Oct. I Nov.J Dec. --------1--__ , ____ .__ ----____ , __ 

1_ ____________________ 468 301 :rza 455 I 481 1 758 796 209 1o8 145 167 430 

2--------------------- 356 291 327 477 1 491 1:774 733 191 116 142 170 420 3 _____________________ 359 287 331 506 475 1,772 665 188 132 142 173 410 4_ ____________________ 712 282 343 499 456 1,759 607 1941147 148 172 405 

5 _______________ ------ 753 276 374 486 495 1,629 M8 195 HIO 147 184 405 6 ______________________ 570 268 392 497 633 1,476 500 189 259 155 181 410 

7------- ---· ---------- 486 259 357 495 620 1,481 479 179 257 164 177 423 

8--------------------- 425 255 369 497 563 1,568 485 169 241 165 174 415 

9------··------------- 390 250 359 493 580 1,563 487 178 221 157 174 415 10 _____________________ 359 262 358 455 668 1,483 492 172 213 153 176 412 

11--------------------- 339 267 357 418 1,060 1,379 458 159 188 153 172 409 

ffi--------------------- ~~ ~~ ~; !~ ~r~ ~:~~ ~~ 1 ~~~ g~ ~~~ ~~g ~~ 

1

1

1

t

6 

:_:_:_:_: __ ~_~:_: __ =_: __ =_::_:_=_-.:_:_= __ :_:_~! ~· ~ ~ !i5; ~~ i:i~~ ~g · {!i I ~n ~~ ~~ g~A 298 265 482 407 865 1, 081 37-! ' 130 166 156 191 361) 

17--------------------- 293 261 476 397 1,004 1,010 S.'iO 123 157 161 228 357 18 _____________________ 284 260 45ti 395 1,231 !148 315 117 156 160 325 353 19 _____________________ 280 292 460 404 1,391 999 293 117 152 154 352 382 20 _____________________ 289 308 463 428 1,514 1,137 283 120 146 153 310 376 

21 ..... ---------------- 311 299 442 504 1.558 1,252 274 120 139 151 499 358 

2'Z __ ••.•• ----. ___ ••. ... 324 307 419 567 1, 560 1, 283 269 120 139 160 1, 005 346 23 _______ -------------- 324 308 421 564 1,675 1,210 274 122 142 165 994 350 

24 _____________________ 312 296 453 560 1,683 1,123 283 114 144 171 698 330 

25 _____________________ 310 291 418 552 1,485 1,073 251 111 140 175 6.39 316 

26 _____________________ 307 298 427 537 1,539 983 230 109 141 173 578 327 

27., ___________________ 307 305 455 511 1,726 931 225 111 153 176 572 344 

28 _____________________ 297 313 479 478 1,852 936 217 108 156 175 5!)3 341 

29--------------------- 283 ------ 472 454 1, 733 924 213 103 151 180 488 325 

30--------------------- 274------ 438 465 1,716 865 220 106 147 175 454 307 

31_ _____________________ 290 ------ 445 ------ 1,736 -------- 222 103 ------ 170 ------ 299 

Mean_---------- OOz 28Q fls mll:lill,2s3 1392m MB 159 34!} m 

MOHAVE RIVER AT VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA. 1 

This station, established February 27, 1899, is at the wr,gon bridge 

at the gorge at Victorville known as The Narrows. It is described in 

'Vater-Supply Paper No. 39, page 408. Results of measurljments for 

1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 

473. During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were 

made under the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

Discharge measurements of Mohave River at Victorville, California. 

·-----~---,------o-· -------,------·-·--·--

Date. Gage Dis- I 

height. charge. 1 

Gage Disheight. charge. Date. 

----------------------1-----------1----1---

1900. 

April14. ..... ------ _ ----- ___ _ 

~~\f'l_ ====== =~~~~~~~~~ ~=~=~~ May 23-----------------------

May 29 ·------------------ ___ _ 

Feet. 0.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

Sec.-feet. 

32 I 

il 

1900. 

June 3. ____ ------ .......... --

June 20 ---------------------- ,July 6. _________ .. ___________ _ 

July 25- ____________ ------ ___ _ 

Feet. 0.90 

.85 

.85 

.85 

Sec.-feet. 23 

27 

31 

28 

1 The name of this town has recently been changed from Victor to Victorville. 
464 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Mohave River at Victorville, Califor-nia, for 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar.! Apr. May.IJune. July. Aug. Sept. O:t. Nov. Dec. 

---------1---1---~ ~---~~-~ 

1 ......• ------------ •..... 

2. ---·-- ------ ·--- ----. ··- 3 -----·- ---------------· .. 4-------------------------

5 ----··------------------· 

6- ····----·--- ---·------- 7- --···· •..••. ··•·•·••···· 8 ....... ···--- .... ········ 9 ········--------········· 

10. ·················· ..... . 11.-- .. -- ·------- ------ ... . 12. ·······--- ------ ----···· 13. ······ ----------·-······ 14 ....... ------------ ..... . 

15. ·····-------------······ 16- ····-- ------------------- 17. ····· ·---·-- ···--------- 18 ---···· ------ --------···· 19 ....... ------···· ------·· 20 .•..... ----------······-- 21 ....... -····- ------------ 22.------ ---·-· -------····· 23- .••..• ---·-- ---··· ------

24 -----·----------·-· -·-··· 25. --··-----------·-----·-· 26.-- ·--------------- -----· 27 ·-------· ---------------- 28--. ···- ------------------ 29-.------------------..... 30.- --··· ------------ --···· 31 ......• --···· ---·-- -----· 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

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1.00 

1. 00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

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1.00 

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1.10 1.10 

1.10 1. 20 

1.10 1. 20 

1.10 1.20 

1.10 1. 20 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

1.10 1.10 

l. 00 1.10 1.00 1. HI 1. 00 1.10 1. uo 1.10 

1.00 1.10 1.00 1.00 

1.00 1.00 1. 00 1. 00 

1.00 1.00 

1.00 1.00 

1.00 i 1.00 1.00' 1.00 

1.00 1.00 

1.00 1.10 

1. 00 1.10 

1. 00 1.10 1.00 1.10 

1.00 1.10 

1. ()() 1.10 - ..... 1.10 

·----· 1.00 -..... l. ()() 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

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.90 

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.90 

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.ilU 

.90 

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.85 

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.80 

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0.80 

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.85 

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.81) 

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0.85 

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.85 

.85 

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.90 

.90 

.90 

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.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

LOS ANGELES RIVER AT THE NARROWS, CALIFORri'"IA. 

0.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 i 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

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.90 

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.90 

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0.90 

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Los Angeles River heads immediately south of Santa c·ara River, 

its various tributaries receiving their supply from the mountains surrounding the San Fernando Plains. It passes out of the lcwer end of 

the plain through a narrow valley known as The N arrcws, at the 

lower end of which is the city of Los Angeles. The streans entering 

San Fernando Valley have brought down immense quantities of sand 

and gravel from the mountainous area, and thus have formed the San 

Fernando Plains. This coarse deposit acts as a natural regulator, 

absorbing the flood waters, which gradually appear lower down. The 

rainfall of southern California has been deficient for tl-o, last few 

years, but the discharge of Los Angeles River at The Narrows has 

been exceptionally constant, the decrease in 1900 being not more 

than 20 per cent of the average. On account of the numerous lawsuits which have arisen regarding water rights on this river, a thorough 

st,udy of its discharge has been instituted by the city of Los Angeles, 

the work being under the direction of J. B. J .. ippincott, as consulting 

engineer for the city. The majority of the measurements have been 

made by C. A. :Miller, although a number of them were made by F. H. 

Olmsted, city engineer. Several weirs have been placed in the river 

where the measurements are made. The points of measurements are 

as follows, in order downst,ream: 

Weir A, at the intersection of Pacoima avenue with Los Angeles River, in the 

Lankershim Rancho subdivision. 

Weir B, at the intersection of Vineland avenue with Los Angeles River. 
CALIFORNIA. 

Weir C, at the intersection of Fernando avenue with Los Angeles River. 

Weir E, at the southwest corner of block 73, Providencia Rancho. 

465 

Weir G, at the intersection of the east line of block 71, Providencia Rancho, with 

Los Angeles River. 

Weir L, 770 feet above weir H. 

Weir H, approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of Buena Vista street 

with Los Angeles River. 

Weir I, 2,543 feet below weir H. 

Weir J, 600 feet east of the west line of block 69, Providencia Rancho. 

Weir K, in block 79, Providencia Rancho, 300 feet west of center. 

Measuring bridge P, near the southwest corner of block 81, Providen~ia Rancho, 

in the head works site of the city of Los Angeles, commonly known as the Pomeroy 

& Hooker tract, where river turns to the east at angle of 90 degrees. 

Measuring bridge Q, about 400 feet above the junction of the Verdugo Wash 

with Los Angeles River. 

Measuring bridge No.2, about 600 feet above the head of the power ditch of the 

Los Angeles City Water Company, in the so-called Crystal Springs tract. 

Weir No.7, 1 mile below the head, in the main supply ditch, ;;;ometimes caHed 

the Woolen l\Iill ditch, in the headworks site. 

Measuring point No. 7B. at a 3-foot cement pipe in the same ditch, west of bridge 

No. 2 and at the Los Felix ranch house. 

Weir No.17, opposite bridg-e No.2, on what is called the Glassell tributary. 

(To get the total flow of river at bridge No. 2, there should be combined the 

flow at bridges No.2, No. 17. and No. 7B. In case measurements we1·e not taken 

on the main supply ditch at No. 7B, the measurement observed at weir No.7, above 

No. 7B on the main supply ditch, was used, and the loss between No.7 and No. 7B, 

2.49 second-feet, was deducted. This is shown in detail in the table fo~ bridge No. 

2. For bridge Q a similar process is followed, omitting No. 17. For bridge P 

the observed flow at the bridge is combined with either the flow at No. 7 or at 

No. 7B.) 

Weir No.9, at the mouth of Tujunga Creek, near the western end of the headworks site, and near the intersection of Buena Vista street with Los Angeles 

River. 

Weir No.lO, approximately 200 feet west of weir No. 9, at the outlet of a small 

cut which was run into the gravel bed for the development of water. 

Weir M, block 67, Providencia Rancho, on a small stream entering the river in 

the headworks tract. 

Discharge rneasurements of Los Angeles Rive1' at weir A. 

I' 

Dis- jA v:~:ge 

charge. i month. Date. Date. Discharge. 

Average for 

month. 

--------------------1--------------ll---------------------l-------

1900. Sec.·feet. Sec.-feet. 

~"'J'elJi::~~=·~:~~-·:·.::::~~:::: o:~t } 0.461 

June 29 __ ... ----·· ·--- __ -----· .402 .431 

Augustl----·------- ._ .. ____ .310 l i~~~~ ~5-:::·_-_:: ::::::~~ ~=== J~ August31 __ .. __ ·--·---·--" .430 

SeptemberS_-----··--_-----· .37'8 } September 11-------- ____ ·--- .400 

September27 ..... - __ --·- ---· .328 

November 10 .... -----· --·--- .380 

.37'0 

1899. Sec.-feet.: Sec.-feet. August 14: ________ ·--- _. ...... o_.5

6

6

6

5

0 

} o. 612 August 19 ____ ---------· ____ .. 

September20 .. ----·-·---·--· .500} 500 

September26 ------ .... --·--· .500 · October24 _______________ ---~ .687 .687 

N oveml'ler 24 -- __ --·--- ---·-- . 725 '} November :!8 ____________ ,__ . 721 I · 723 

December 'L_________________ .67'81:} 723 December28 ________________ 1 

.768 · 

Me&n------------------1==1~...-

.368 

.380 

Mean-------·--·----·------------ .402 
466 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir P. 

Date. 

1899. 

August 14 .... ---------------- September 20 ...• ------ _____ _ Septemher 26 .... ------------ October 24. ____ ------ .... ___ _ 

November 24 ------ ____ ------ November 28------------ ___ _ 

December 7 .... -------------- December 28. _ ----- ____ ------

I 

• Dis- Average Dis- for Date. 

! charge. _m __ o_n_th_._ll-----------------------l-c-~_a_r_g_e_. 

Average for 

month. 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 0.500 0.500 

:r~ } .500 I 

. 755 . 755 

. 937 } 939 .941 . 

.864 } w..a .982 . 

1900. 

May 17. ____ -------- ·--------- June 12----------------------

June 29 ________ -------------- July 27 ..... ____ ------ .... ___ _ 

August 1 ------ -------------· August 15-------------------

August31 ------------------· SeptemberS ......... ·------- September 11----------·----- September 27---- ------------ November 10 .•.. ·--- ---- .•.. 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

0.482 0.482 

J~8 } .355 

.160 .160 

.180 } 

.197 } .198 .219 

.209 

.223 .20a 

.176 

.260 .260 

Mean.-------------- ____ ------ .... . 723 Mean ________ ·----- ________ ------ .276 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir C. 

Date. I Dis- lA verage I 

h • , for Date. Discharge. 

Average for c ar ge. month. I month. 

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

1899. Sec.-feet.! Sec.-feet. 1900. s,~c.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

AAuu!!!sstt 1

284._._-_-__ -_--_-__ -_-_-_--_-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_ 2. 88 } '» 88 May 17----------------------- 2. 98 2. 98 .. ~ 2.88 "'· June 12 ... ------------------· 2.91 2.91 

September20________________ 2.69} .., 48 July27 ---------------------- 2.45 2.45 

September 26 .... ____ -----·.. 2. 26 "'· August L ___ ---------- -----· 2. 50 l October9____________________ 2.88} 2

_

93 Augusts____________________ 2.48 

October 24 _____________ ...... 2. 98 August 11'> _ ------ ____ -------- 2.48 

November 24 ..... _____ ______ 33_. 424? } 3

_ 43 August 31 ..... __ .... ____ ____ 2. 55 

November28 ---------------- SeptemberS---------------- 1.58 } December28................. 3.44 3.44 Septemberll_______________ 2.38 

I 

September November 27 --------------- 1.63 10____________ ____ 2. 42 

Mean ___________________ ==~ Mean--------------------__ -_-__ -_-_-__ -_ -----2-.5-2 

2.50 

1. 86 

2.42 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles Rive]· at weir E. 

------ ~~~---~A;e~~-;--- Dis- !Average 

Date. h I for Date. h , for 

---------------------·1-c __ a_r_g_e. ,_m __ o_n_th __ . ·11-----------------------1-c __ a_r_g_e_. i month. 

Sec.-feet.~1 Sec.-feet. 1900. s~c.-feet. 1 Sec.-feet. 

~:~ } 5_51) May 15 ...... -----------·----- ~:t~ 5.45 

June 12------·--------------- 4.99 

5.35 l 5 30 June 29 ........ --------------- 4.81 5.25 J · July12 ____________ _._________ 4.80 

5.99 5.99 July27 ---------------------- 4.80 

6

6._5324·1 6_38 August 1 ............. ------ ~ .. 53 August 15 .... ________ ------- ,. 47 

6.24 August 31 .... ______ ------ ___ 4. 88 

6. 24 6. 26 September 8 ____ -------- ____ 4.49 

6.30 Septemberll............... 4.65 

September27 --------------- 4.30 November 10 ________ ---- .... 4.67 

1899. August 14 ..... _______________ _ 

August 28 .... ---------------- September 20 .......•.... ___ _ September 26 .... ------------ October 25 .. ___ ...... _______ _ 

November 17------------ .... 28 ---- ___________ _ 

December 18. -----· ____ . ____ _ 

December 2L.--------------- 26 .••• ,. __________ _ 

4.80 

4.63 

4.4.8 

4.67 

Mean .. _____ __ 5.89 Mean ___________________ ---------- 4.84-

Discharge ·fiteasurements of Los Angeles River at weir G. 

Dis- Average\1, I Dis- Average Date. for Date. for charge. month. I charge. month. 

-------1-899--.---------I--S-ec-.---fed Sec.-feet. II 19.AJ. I Slc.-feet. Slc.-feet. 

August14.................... 7.92} 7 92 Mayl5_______________________ 7.94 7.94 

August28____________________ 7.92 ·"' Junel2______________________ 7.63} 7 31 September 20------------.... 7.60 } ,.. 60 June 29------------ _ --------- 7.00 · September26---------------- 7.60 '· 1 July~7 ---------------------- 6.45 6.45 

October October25 9 ---------------- ___________________ ---- 8.60 7. 66 } 8 · 13 I August Augustl5 1 -.. ----- _________________ -------------- 6. 6.80 45 t 6.70 

November17 -----------·---- 9.171 9 08 I August31.------------------ 6.87 

November28 -----------·---- 8.99 · I SeptemberS.---------------- 6.72 

December 13------------- .. __ 8.90 September lL ..... ------ --·- 7.00 6.80 

December 21.---------------- 8. 90 I 8. 90 September 27 ______ ------ ____ 6.68 

December 26. ----·- ------ .... 8. 92 November 13------ ...... ---- 6. 99 6. 99 ----------- Mean ___________________ ---------- 8.33 1 Mean---------------------------- 7.03 
0 ALIFORNIA. 467 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir L. 

Datt'l. Dis- A v1~~ge Date. Dis- I A vfe;rage 

------------1-c_h_a_r_g_e. month. ch'l.rge. month. 

1899. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 1900. Sec.-feet.

1

1 Sec.-feet. 

August14.------------------- 9.08 l. 9 00 May15----------------------- ~:~ 1l 8_79 

ASeupgtuesmtb28er--20·-_--_-_-_-_-__ -_--_-__ -_-_--_-_-_ 8. 93 I . May 23.---------------------- 8.59 } 8 4 June12 ____ ------------------ 8.62 } 8 46 September 26 .. _____________ . 8.89 · 4 June 29 ____ ------------------ 8.30 · 

8~t~~:~~-~~~=~~--:~~~-_-_::::~~ -~~ 1 9.22 I i~::ZtL~~~::::~~::::~:::~: Z· 53) 7·

58 

October21· --------- ____ ..... ~:48 f AugustS-------------------- 7:~ 7_71 Novembflr17 ---------------- 10.15} 1004 Augustl5___________________ 7.69 November~------- _____ ·--- 9.93 · August31 ------------------- 8.02 

December 13 ___ ------ ____ ____ 10.02 } September 8. ____ ------------ 7.82 } 

December 21. .... __ ---------- 10.02 10.11 September 11.----------- ____ 8.20 7.92 

December 26 ... _ _____ ____ ____ 10.30 I SPptember 27---------------- 7. 76 --------I November 10------------ ----~~ ~ 

Mean ___________________ ---------- 9.42 I Mean---------------------------- 8.12 

Discha-rge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir H. 

Date. Discharge. 

! Average ' Dis- I Average for Date. I for 

_m_o_n_th_._

11 _____________ _c_h_~_-r_g_e. I month. 

1900. Sec.-feet. I Sec.-feet. 

May15.---------------------- 11.42 } May23_______________________ 1131 11.21 1 • 

June12---------------------- ll.Olil_ 10 S4 

:f~r;&::::::.·=====~=~::::::: g:~g 1 9:96 

August 1 -------------------- 9. 96 ) August 8 ________ ------------ 10.16 10_ August 20 15 ________ ---- _ ------ 10.13 

August 31 ____ --------------- 10.57 

SeptemberS_________________ 10.15 } 

September1L--------------- 10.39 10.19 

§eJ'.;:::;~::ib::::~:::=~ :::::: ~g: ~ 10.54 

1899. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. August1L___________________ 11.88 } 1

'> 04 

September ~e;1~~~~-2o:::::::::::::::: 26________________ 12.03 If:~ ;: 82 October 9 ----------·---------- 11.60 October 2.5 _ ----. ---- _____ . _ _ _ 12.66 12.31 

October27 ------------------- 12.66 

~~~::~~~~ :::::::::::::::: ~~:r~ 13.60 

December 13................. 13.42 } December 21. ... ---- ____ _ ____ 13.64 13.62 

December 26 .•.. ------ _ ------ 13.80 

Mean _____________ ------1==- 12.68 Mean .... ---------- ____ -----· ____ 10.51 

---~·-----------~---~---

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir I. 

:9ate. 

1899. 

August 14 .... ·--- ---- _______ _ August 28 ___________________ _ 

September 20------------ ___ _ September 26 ____ -------- ___ _ October 9 ________ ---- _______ _ 

October 25 .. ------- ·--------- November 17 ________ --------

November 28 ---------------- December 13 .. _________ . ___ _ 

December 26 ..... _____ .•.. ___ _ 

Discharge. 

Average for 

month. 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

.17.18 } 17 04 16.91 . 

if:~ l17.23 

17.19 17. 7'6 18.33 

19.04 18 88 18.72 J . 

18. 93 } 18. 96 18.99 

Mean ..... ----- _________ ·--- ...... 17.97 

Date. I Dis- , ch'l-rge. 

1 Average for 

month. 

1900. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

May15.----------------·----- 16·_.25 05 May23 ~16.15 ____________ --------·--

June 12 ____ -------- ---------- 1.'}. 66 15_ 57 June 29 •••• ____ . __ .. ___ • ----- 15.49 

Julyl2_______________________ 15.58 15_

16 July27 .......... --------- ____ 14.74 

Augustl .. ---~-------------- 14.371 

August 8 -------- __ ---------- 14.94 14_ 7o 

August 15------------------- 14.69 August3l___________________ 14.80 

September 8---------------- 14.54-} September 11 __________ ------ 14.74- 14.53 

September 27--------------- 14.31 

November 10·---------------~~ ~ 

Mean ____ .... ____ .. _________ ----- 15.17 
OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. 

Di.<;charge measurement.<J of Los Angeles Ri1-'er at weir J. 

Date. 

[NO. 51. 

Average for 

month. 

1899. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. &c.-feet. 

August 14 ............ ---- ........................ __ .. August 28 .......... --.-------- ..•... ______ ........... . 18.59 0.55 1'1.14 } 18.76 

17.90 .49 1Q.39 

17.90 .49 1Q.39l 

~~:~I :ti n:~k 17.45 1. 85 19.30 

1&re ~91 ~.oo 

13. 78 6. 71 20. 49 

~:~~::~~~: :::::::::::::::::::::: :::::~:::::::::::: October 9. _____ .. ___ ... ____ . _ ...... ______ .. _________ .. 

October 25 .................. ------ ............ ----. __ _ November 17----- ________ ...... -----·-· ...... --------

Novemt.er 28.------.----- ...... ----------------------

18.58 

18.91 

ID.71 

13. 90 I 6. 34 20. 241} 1&M ~~ 2~W 

----

Mean------- ______ ------_---------------·· •..... ------------ ____________ ------------

May15.· .. ---------------~~----····--··········------- 20.09 1.39~- --~-~~}===19=_=76 

December 13 ........................................ . December 26 .. ___________ ........................ __ .. 20.31 

19.45 

May 23. _____ ------ ........ _ ............... --.--------- 16.37 1. 67 18.04 

June 12 ... ---· ... ----.----.------...... ----- ..... ----- 19.81 . 86 ~~0. 67 ll June 2\l __________ ......... -------------- ---·---------· 16.31 .86 17.17 f 

August15 .......... ---------------------·-----··----- 18.49 .41 18.90} 

18.92 

August31 ________ ------------ ------ ...... -··---------- 19.25 . 46 19.71 19.31 

~:~~=~t:~~i~ :~--~:=: ~--~:=::~~ ~~~~:~ ~~==:: = ~:==: =~=~== ------i9.-8i- J~ ------ ~~.-33- r ---- -~~--i~ 

~et.:::~::·rJ~==~~~=~~~~~~=:::=:::::::::::::~~==~=~~:: UJ~ 1:~~ ~~:~ 16.33 

Mean. ______ ............ -----------------------------·------ .... -------- .... --------1- 18.6~ 

NoTE.-Total discharge of river at weir .J equals discharge over weir +.disch'trge at No.7, or 

No. 71:3 +2.49. 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at weir K. 

--------------------,-------c·---------------- ------------

Date. 

Discharge 

at No.7, Discharge Total disor No. 7B + over weir. f~~~~ji.. 2.49. 

Average for 

month. 

1899. 

August 14 ............ ·----- ....................... ___ _ 

t~~:~~r·:ro::: :::::: :::::·_ :::::·_ ~ :::~-- :::::·_:::: :::: 

September26 ........... ------ .... ---·-- -------------- October 9 _____ ...... ______ ...... ___ ....... -----· ..... . October 25 ..•. ---·---· ---· ____________ ---------------- November 17 __ ... ____ ...... _____ ·--·---- ________ .... 

November28 ---------·- ____ ----·--· ------ ...... ------ December13 ................ ---··--- ... ____ -----· __ __ 

December 26.----- ---· ------. ---·- ................ ---· 

Sec.-feet. 18.59 

17.90 

17.90 

18.28 

18.08 

17.45 

18.re 

13.78 

13.90 

13.66 

Sec.-feet. 4.J3 

3.92 

3.91 

3.98 

4.13 

5. 70 

6.97 

10.69 

10.69 

10.92 

Sec.-feet. £2.72 

21.82 

21.81 

22.28 

22.21 

23.15 

24.99 

24.47 

24.59 

24.58 

} Sec.·f;;_t~ 

} 22.0-'J 

} 22.68 

} 24.73 

} 24.58 

Mean .. _____ ·--------· ________ ........ ________________ ...... ___ • _________ ...... ------ 23.26 

1900. 

May 15 ........ ------ ...... ____ .................... ____ 20.09 

May 23. _______ ...... ------------ ·----- ---· ------------ 16.37 July 2 .. _______________ ........ ____________ ------. ____ . 16.32 

August 1 _____ . _____ ------------ _ .: . ...... _______________ ........ . August 15 ____ .. __ -·-·-- __ ..... ____ .......... _______ ... 18.49 

August 31 ------ ----· ....... -------- .... ________ ...... 19.25 

SeptemberS .... ----·----------- ____ -------- ____ ------ ·----- -----· September1L .... _ ----------. ---· ____________ -------- 19.81 September 27 _______________________________________ . 17.59 

November 10 ..... -------------------- .......... __ ---· 14.84 

Mean------------------------------------------· 

4.94 

4.94 

2.93 

2.55 

2. 71 

2.55 

2.81 

2.80 

2.50 

4.12 

25·00 } 23 17 21.31 . 19. 2.'> 19.25 

------~r~- r··--·;;_-;. ------~:-~- r··---;~--~ 

18.96 18.96 

20.85 

NoTE.-Total discharge of river at weir K equals discharge over weir+ disc:'large at No.7, or 

No. 7B + 2.49. 
CALIFORNIA. 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at br-idge P. 

Date. Discharge Discharge Total dis- at No.7, at bridge. charg~at or No. 7B. bridr-e. 

469 

Average for 

month. 

--------------------1-----1-----1------------

1899. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

t~~~i.~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ !!~ ~ ~f~ i fiji 1,}} ::: 

October 25 .. ____ . _________ .... ____ ------ ------ .... ____ li. 45 17.62 3..'i. 07 37.16 

October 28 ••.••• _______________ ... ______ ____ ____ ______ 17.45

1 

21.06 38.51 \ 

November 17 _ •••••• ____ ---- ________ ------ ________ ---- 18.02 2.').73 4."l. 75 } 42_

34 November 28.------------------------ __________ ------ 13.18 27.75 40.93 

Decemberl3 ----------------------------------------- 13.90 31.94 45.84: \'} December 43 58 26 -------------- ..... ________ ------ ____ ____ 13.66 27.67 4J .. 33 · 

Mean.------------ ___ --------------------------- ------------1---- .. ------ ------------1 40.09 

1900. ' I 

!~ ~=~==~~~~::~::::=:~:==::::: ::~::~:::~:~=~~~:~:::: H: ~ ~: ~ ~:J~ i} :: ~~ 

i~IJ:t~i~:=-~: ::::: ::~~:::::~:: :::::~ :~:::~ :::~-~: :::::: i!: ~ i~: 8i f!: ~ j 3'J.

16 

~~~:a5~~~::_---~~===~~==~=~=~=====-:~=~=:::::~::::::: }~:88 1~:~! ~g:~~ aa.za 

~:~~=:~:~ ~1: = = ::: =- :~::: ===~= ===:=~= ~ :::: =:::: ::::: -----. i7:32' ~~: ~¥ ----- -~ '99' }------------ September 28 . ________ ----- _ ....... _ ....... _ -------. 15.10 18.38 ar: 48 35· 23 

Mean.------------ ______ ...... __________________ ------------1------ ______ ------ ______ 34.60 

NoTE.-Total discharge of river at bridge P equals discharge at bridge+ disch<otrge at No.7, or 

discharge at No. 7B. 

Dischm·ge measurements of Los Angeles Rh•a at bridge 9,. 

Date. DiastchNaor.ge Disch.arge Total dis-[ Xverage charge at for 

7-2A9,or7B at bridge. bridr-e. ! month. 

--------------~------------------------l---------1 

1899. 

October ~:g~::g:~ 10 ______ 

ri: ~ ~::::: . ___________ ~~=== ~=:::: ------. = ::::::::::: ______ .. ==~ __ .... :~--===~ ___ _ 

October 25. _____ ------------------ _____ .. _________ . __ _ 

October 28. _ .. _ .. --- __ ---- .. ---- . ----- ........ -... ---- November 17 _. _. ---. _____________ . ___ . _ .......... ---- November 29. ____ .. _____ ----- _ .. __ -----.----- _ -- ... .. December 13 _. _____ ------. _____ .. ___ ----- .. ___ .. _____ , I>ecember 26 _____ ...... ______________ .. ____ ...... ___ _ 

Sec.-feet. 

15.41 

16.17 

15.59 

8.21 

8.23 

9.36 

12.20 

11.41 

11.17 

Sec.-feet. 

28.12 

27.99 

27.77 

27.66 

36.48 

31:1.71 

33.89 1 

35.99 

31.86 

Sec.-feet. 

4r.53 

«.16 

4r.36 

3._1),87 

44:.71 

4f.07 

4f.09 

47.40 

4L03 

Sec.-feet. 

} 4:3.84: 

l 4:1.31 

47.58 

45.21 

Mean. ______ ------------ ____________ ...... ______ ------------ ____________ ------------ 44.49 

1900. 

May 15 ·----- ------ .... ____ ------ ·----- ------ ____ ------ 17.60 May 23 ....... ___ ...... __ .... -- ___ . _ ----- __________ .. _. 13.88 

June 12 .. ----- . -----. ·-- __ .... __________ .. ------ .. ---- 17.32 

~~f~ rz- ~ :::: ~~ ~===~~=::~: ~ ~::::: ::: ~: ::::: ~==~==== :::: i~: ~ ~:tWe~~ers~::: :::::: ~::::: :::~~.-:::: :::::::~:==~:::: ______ ~~--~~-

~:~~:~g:~ M::: ::::: ::::::::~~:: ::::~: ~= ::~==~=~~ :::: K ~5 

1\Iean ------------------------- ·----- ...... _________________ _ 

28.42 

27.97 

27.64 

26.20 

24.79 

~4.48 

27.09 

26.22 

29.33 

4f.O'Z } 41.85 43· 

93 

M.96 4:4:.96 

4{'. 03 } 39 '1 3f. 79 ·'* 

38. 48 38. 4:8 

42.15 

NoTE.-Total discharge of river at bridge Q equals discharge at Q +discharge at No. 7-2.49, or 

No.7B. 

IRR 51-01--6 
470 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900. -PAR'T' V. [NO. 51. 

Discharge measurements of Los Angeles River at bridge JTo. 2. 

Date. 

I 

Discharge I at No.7- Discharge Dis('harge 1· Total dis- Average 2.49, or No. at No. 17. at bridge. chbar~e at for month. 7B. r1 .ge. 

1899. 

August 19 ...... ------ ·----- ------ ....... . August 25 ............ -~-- .............. .. 

~:~~~:~:~ ~~= = ~ =:: ~ ====--: ::: ~:: ::.-:::::: 

October 10 ....... ---------- ............. . October 25 _____ ...................... __ __ October 28 ... ____ ............ ___ ........ . October 31. ....... _____ ...... _ .......... . November 17 ............ ____ .......... .. November 29 ------ ............ ------ ... . December 13 ....................... ____ __ December 26 ......................... ~---

Sec.-feet. 

15.59 

16.17 

15.41 

16.17 

15.59 

8.21 

8.23 

8.78 

9.36 

12.20 

11.41 

11.17 

Sec.-feet. 

0.06 

.06 

.06 

.06 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.06 

.06 

.07 

.07 

Sec.-feet. 

41.29 

42.4.1 

40.23 

40.07 

39.35 

48.88 

44.45 

48.73 

49.71 

43.40 

46.69 

46.89 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

~:t } 57.79 

55.70 I} ~:~ 57.14 1) 

55.66 

58.17 

58.13 

56.00 

55.61 

57.39 

58.15 

~~:~I 

59.13 'i'l 

i----

Mean ............. ------ ............ ------------ ........................ ------------ 56.99 

1900. 

~:~ ~ :::.-::::===~~====:~:::::::::::·.:::: KrJ OJ! 39.61 

38.46 

39.23 

35.38 

40.10 

34.62 

34.77 

38.58 

35.36 

34.27 

35.56 

34.28 

39.45 

57.35 } ~· 91 52.48 .,.,, 

June 12 .... .... .... ...... ...... ...... .... 17.32 .14 56.69 56.69 

i~:l!t= i::::===~:::~::::::=::~~ ~=== =====: i~:! j~ 49. 31 } 52. 43 55.56 

48.721 

±~i~~~ ~5: ::::: ==~= :::::.-:::::.-: =~~== :::: t~: g'5 J8 48.87 51.12 54.68 

t:1~:iifti = ====~ ~=~~~:===~ ==~~~~== ~~:: . -----~~:-~~- ------ --:-~- 52.22 

September 28 .................. ---- ...... 15.10 .08 

November10 ............................ 14.84 .10 

Mean ........ -----_ ....................... _: ....................... ----- . . .... . ..... 53.46 

NoTE.-Tota.l discharge of river at bridge No. 2 equals discharge at No.2+ discharge at No. 

7B, or No. 7-2.49. 

Average discharge of Los Angeles River at weir No. £'. 

Month. 1899. 1900. Month. 1899. 1900. 

----11---------------------

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. January ....... ____ ...... .... 1.17 0. 52 

February.................... 1.00 .49 

March .... _____ ............... 1.16 . 39 

ApriL........................ 1.10 .38 

May ....... ------------------ .71 .30 June _____ .......... ------. ... . 69 . 24 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

July---------····------------ 0.55 0.1fi August ............ ____ ....... . 48 .18 

September ................ __ .44 . 20 

October------·--------·----- .64 

November................... .56 

December------------- .. ____ . 52 

Average discharge of developed water at weir No. 10. 

Month. 1899. 1900. Month. 1899. 1900. 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. January .......................... _ .... 0. 89 

February . _ .... __ .... ---- .... _____ . .... . 81 

March ................. ------ 0.96 .86 

ApriL ...... -------------.... . 93 . 79 

8ec.~teet. Sec.-feet. 

i~lus·t-~:::: ~ :::~::~: :::= :::~ 0

: ~~ 0

: ~~ September .......... ____ ____ . 83 . 70 

OctobE'r _ .... ------ ........... .86 

May .. ---------- .... ----._____ . 90 . 82 November _________ .... ______ . 94 

June ..... ---- .... ____ .... ____ . 86 . 79 December ............... ____ . 91 

Average discharge of .<Jmall tributary of Los Angeles River at weir M. 

DischargE'. 

Sec.-feet. 

Dry. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
CALIFORNIA. 471 

Average discharge of cut of West Los Angeles Water Company in San Fernando 

Valley, from gravel beds of Los Angeles River. 

Month. 1899. 1900. Month. 1899. I 1900. 

---------------------1--------~------

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

May ...... ------------------- ------ ____ 5. 79 ' September-----------·---.... 6.02 ---------- June ..... ------------ .... ---- ____ . ..... 5. 85 October.----------------.... 5. 94 ---------- July------ ................ ---- ...... ____ 5. 75 November ------ ___ ... ...... 6. 07 ........ .. August ...... ______ .......... 6.01 5.87 December ..... -------------- 6.08 i---- ------

Average discharge of Los Angeles River. 

Measuring point. 

I - Average nt':rven- discharge Rate of 

disi'!~ce August t~ growth along J:?ecemper, per 100 river. mcfg_ve, feet, 1899. 

Average 

dischaq·e, 

May to No- vember, 

inclusive, 

1900. 

Feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

Rate of 

growth 

per 100 

feet, 1900. 

Weir A ........ ...... ...... ...... .... .... ...... ...... 0.649 ....... ..... 0. 4-02 . _____ ------

Weir B ________ . ------------- ____ ........ -----~~~-~~- ...... ".'723- ...... ~--~~- -------:276' ------ -~--~~ 3,486 ---- .. -- ---- . 066 ---- -------- .064 Weir C................................................ 3.03 ............ 2.52 ------------ 7,069 ------------ .039 ...... ------ .033 WeirE .................................. ------------ 5.89 ............ 4.84 ------------ 4,585 .... -------- . 053 --------. --- . 048 

ARROYO SECO, CALIFORNIA. 

This stream is a tributary of Los Angeles River, which it joins at 

the city of Los Angeles. The station is described in Water-Supply 

Paper No. 39, page 410. During 1900 the following mea,surements 

were made at the cable station at the Terminal quarries by E. P. Dewey 

· and W. B. Clapp: 

Discharge measurements of Arroyo Seco near Pasade'na, Oalifor·m·a. 

Date. 

1900. 

:f:~~:g ~ :::::::::::::::::: ::~::::::: March 5. ---- ........................ .. March 6 ............................. .. May 5.------............ ------ ...... .. May 6 ................... ________ ..... . 

May 7. ____ .......... ---------- .... ___ _ May 14 ............................... . November 20. _ .. ____ .. _. _ •.•.... _. _. _ 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

20.3 

4.3 

7.2 

1.2 

42.4 

10.5 

5.4 

2.2 

.2 

Date. 

1900. 

November 21 ....................... . 

November 22------ .......... ---- .. .. Do . _ ......................... __ __ November 23 .... ------ ............. . November 24 ...................... .. 

November 26 ...................... .. December 1 .................. ______ __ December 6 ......................... . 

a Estimated. 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 144.0 

a580.0 85.1 

31.0 

11.5 

8. 7 4.3 

1A 
472 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [No. 51. 

SAN GABRIEL RIVER ABOVE AZUSA, CALIFORNIA. 

This station is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 39, page 410. 

All of the surplus waters of the river are now used for irrigation purposes on the plain in the vicinity of Azusa, and it is only an occasional 

flood that passes the gaging station. Previous to 1899 it was difficult 

to compute the discharge of the river, owing to the locat.ion of the station and the many diversions above the mouth of the canal. In 1898, 

however, the San Gabriel Electric Company completed its canal system, and measurements are now obtained with greater ease and 

accuracy, as the conduits of the. company divert the entire normal 

flow. 

The season of 1899 and 1900 was notable in southern c--.,lifornia for 

the deficient rainfall, and during the latter year only one flood discharge passed the gaging station. On November 21, 1900, a heavy 

rainfall prevailed in southern California, and during the night of that 

day the river reached 7.2 feet on the gage. The maximum discharge 

of this flood was computed by taking the cross section and fall of the 

stream and applying the Kutter formula, the coefficient of roughness 

(n) being obtained by comparison with a few current-meter velocity 

measurements. The calculated discharge was 5,168 second-feet. 

The following tables are condensed from data presented in the 

United States Land Office suit between the San Gabriel Power Company, applicants, and irrigators in the vicinity of Azusa, Duarte, and 

Covina, contestants. The tables give the results of daily gagings 

over the weirs on various branches of San Gabriel River, as recorded 

by the San Gabriel Power Company. ~rhe lengths of the several weirs 

are as follows: 

West branch of North Fork, 18-inch weir. 

North branch of North Fork, 36-inch weir. 

West fork of river above North Fork, 36-inch weir. 

Coldwater Creek, 2t miles from mouth, 18-inch weir. 

San Gabriel River, 100 yards above Fish Fork, 36-inch weir. 

Fish Fork 100 yards above mouth, 30-inch weir. 

Iron Fork 100 yards above mouth, 36-inch weir. 

Estimated claUy dischm·ge, in second-feet, o·uer weir on the west branch of North 

Fork of San Gabriel River, California, for 1900. 

Day. / July. I Aug. Sept. Oct. / Day. July. Aug. Ji Sept./ Oct. 

-----· .. __ j ______ ~--~1-----1--- ' 

. }. _______________ ! ____ ---- 0.23 0.19 0.20 ! 18------- -------· 0.27 ~-1 0.~5 = ~~~~~~~:~~:=~~~~~~ 0:~ :~ :l~ :.1~8821 202191 _____ --_--_--_-=_=_-_·._--_--_--_--_--_-~_ :~ :~ :t~ 4 ________________ .27 .26 .22 .39 .22 .15 

8.--------------1 ~~=======~=~~~~~~~ J~ .23 .22 :~ .18 t~ .19: :~ i 25................ ~~==~=~=~=:=:==~ .28 .22 :~i J~ .27 :~ 15==~~~====:~:~~~:: :illl :}5 :~ :i~ I ~ ~ ~=:=~~=~~--~~~~ Jf :i~ :~ 11................ .25 .19 .22 .19! 28............... .26 .lf .22 

12 .... ·------- ---- . 21) .19 . 22 .19 29--------------- . 23 . 2.'> • 20 13 ________________ .22 .19 .22 .22 30 _______________ .2<3 ,2(' .17 

14________________ .27 .19 .18 31_______________ .2<3 -------- -------- -------- 15,.,_____________ .27 .15 .18 --------

16________________ .31 .26 .12 Mean------- 17.------- -------- . 31 . 23 . 12 .28 .2T. .19 .19 
CALIFORNIA. 473 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, over 'Weir on the north branch of North 

Fork of San Gabriel River, California, for 1900. 

Day. 

I July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Day. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

---------

1 •...•• ---------- ···o-"92- 0.89 0.62 0.65 18 ..•...•..•. ---- 0.97 0.65 0.59 

2 ---------------- .89 .62 .72 19.-------------- .97 .62 .59 

3---------------- .92 .89 .62 .08 20 ....... -------- .97 .60 .5!J 

4---------------- .92 .95 . 62 .68 21. .......•...... .97 .60 .53 

5------ .89 .95 .60 .68 22--------------- .96 ··-·:55· .53 

6------ -~~~~~:::~. .89 . 74 .65 .68 23 .•....• -------- 1.07 .53 

7---------------- .89 .74 .61 . 56 24 . .95 .52 . 8L 

8 -----·---------- .82 . 74 .61 .56 25. ::~::~~::~:::: .95 .52 .68 

9 ..............•. .80 . 77 .83 . 56 26 ..........•.... .00 .56 .65 

10-------- ·------- . 70 . 77 .61 .57 27 ......... .68 .57 .65 

11 .... -------- ---· .81 . 74 .61 .59 28 ..•...... ------ .68 .57 .68 

12------------ --·· .83 . 74 .63 . 59 29 .•.......•....• .89 .57 .68 

13-------- --· .86 . 77 . 61 .59 30 ......•..••...• .86 .74 .68 

14 ----.------- :~:~ .95 .68 .63 31. •... ········-· .68 ___ ., ____ _ ............... ................. 

15 ---------·--·--· . 97 .74 .63 ------------ 16 ------------·-·· . 97 .62 .59 Mean ...... ..89 .70 • 6.3 .62 

17-------- ······ -- .97 .65 .59 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, over weir (In West Fork of San Gabriel 

Rive?', California, above North Fork, for 1900. 

Day. 

1 .... ------------ 2----------------

3 ------· --------- 4 ·-----·----- ---- 5--- ------------ 6 ············----· 

7 ----------------

8---- -----· --·-·· 9 ------------- ..• 10 ---------------- 11 ---------------- 12 ·--------· -----· 13 ----------------- 14----------------

15 ------------·-·· 16 ·--------------· 17---------- -----· 

July. 

0.55 

.62 

.68 

.6t 

.53 

.55 

.55 

.55 

.44 

.34 

.29 

.26 

.24 

.20 

.13 

.12 

.16 

Aug. Sept. Oct. I Day. July. Aug. Sept. I Oct. 

0.05 0.12 0.16 18 ....•....•..... 0.16 0.12 .11 

.02 .12 .16 19.-------------- .12 .10 .12 

.08 

.07 

.08 

.08 

.12 

.10 

.12 .16 20 .........•...... 12 .12 .12 

.12 .16 21.. ... ---------- . 07 .12 .16 

.08 .15 22............... .12 .10 .16 

.11 .20 23 ...••....•..... -------- .07 ----------------

:1~ :~ ~g::~~:=~~:~:::~: ·-··:os· :8~ ··--:i2- -------- .12 .16 ~ ........................ ----···· .20 

.16 .13 27............... .... .•.. .08 .16 

.16 .20 28............... .05 .08 .16 

.12 . 20 29.-------------- .08 .10 .13 

:1~ .2Q ~:-::::::::::::~ :~ :i~ ·---~~~- -------- .16 ---------- .16 Mean .•..... 29 .09 .14 .17 

.16 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, over weir on Coldwater Creek, California, 2t miles from mouth, for 1900. 

Day. July. Au!<'. Sept. Oct. 'I Day. July. Aug. I Sept. I Oct. 

------1------------'------1---1---

L ............... -------· 0.43 0.52 i 18 0 47 ------

~~::: :~~= :::: ::~: =~~~ ~~~: ----: 49· : ~ --- :-~-1 ~ :~ ~~ ~~~: ====~= ~ ~=~= :::: : ~ ::: ~ :=:: :::::::: 4 ________________ ·------· .46 .57 .61 i 21 ............... -------- .56 ........ ---····-

5 ................ ---·--·· .54 .55 .63 22 ............... -------- .51 ---------------- 6 ................. -------- .53 .56 .61 23 ............... -------- .49 -------- ...... .. 7 ...•.••• -------- -------- .50 .51 .58 24 -------- ---·-·· .... ---- .45 ---- .......... .. 8................ ........ .50 .51 .58 1 25 ........ -----·· ........ .44 -------- ....... . 9 ________________ ........ .53 .56 .58 26............... ........ .45 ----------------

10................ ........ .56 .50 .55 27 ------------·-- 0.37 .42 .............. .. 11 ........ -------- .... .... .53 .55 .60 28 ---- .... ------- .49 .42 ---- .... ------- 12 ................ ----·--- .51 .52 .60 29............... .50 .41 ............... . 13................ ........ .46 -------- .64 30............... .47 .40 -------- ....... . 

14 ................ -------- ,4,7 ... . 131 .46 .56 - -

~~::::~~~~~:~~==~= ==:===:: :~ ~_--_-_:_:~_·=---~_: ~----~-=--~=-=-=-=- · ----~~~~-~~~~~~--As----~~-~----:~ 17 .... ··-· .... ---- .... .... . 4,7 
474 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, over weir on San Gabr-iel River, California, 100 yards above Fish Fork, for 1900. 

___ D_ay_. __ 1_J_ul_Y_· _A_ug_. __ s_ep_t_. _o_c_t. _____ D_a_y_. __ 1_J_ul_Y_· ~~ Sept.~~ 

1 •..... ---------- 2 ______ ----------

3 •..... ---------- 4 •.••.• ---- .... -- 5 .......... ·----- 6 ••.......•. -----

7 ··--···--·------

8 .•........ ------ 9 ••.......•...... 

10 .•...•...•.... --

11 ...... ---------- 12 •....•.......... 

13 .•...... -----· -- 14 ....••.•.•.... --

15 .... ------------ 16 .•.. ---- --·--·-· 17 .... ------------

2.24 

2.48 

2.48 

2.42 

2.33 

2.27 

2.06 

2.12 

2.09 

2.15 

2.09 

2.15 

2.15 

2.03 

2.03 

2.12 

2.00 

·-T72- -------- 1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.97 

1.92 

1.85 

1.80 

1.68 

1. 76 

-·T84. 

1.80 

1. 72 

1. 76 1. 72 

1. 76 1. 76 1.80 

1.71 

1.67 

1.67 

1.71 

1.84 

1.84 

1.80 

1. 72 

1.67 

1. 71 

I 

1.71 

1. 75 

1. 76 1.89 

--------1 

18 ·--·----------- 2.00 1.68 1. 72 

19--------------- 1. 97 1.68 1. 72 

20 -------··------ 1. 97 1. 64 1.68 

21 -------- -----·- 2.00 1.68 1.59 

22 ----·· ---· ----- 2.00 1.68 1.63 

23--------------- 2.00 1.68 1. 79 

24--------------- 1. 97 1.68 1.89 

25--------------- 2.18 1. 76 1. Si 

26--------------- 2.00 1.68 1.84 

27--------------- 2.00 1.60 1.67 

28--------------- 1.95 1.60 1.63 

29 ---------· ----- 1. 77 1.68 1.67 

30--------------- 1. 77 1.68 1. 79 

31 .... ---·-·-···- ................. 1.97 . ............... .................. 

Mean..... --~-- 2. 09 1. 75 1. 74 _ 1. 75 

I • 

Estimated daily discharge, fn second-feet, over weir on Fish For.k of San Gab1'iel 

River, California, 100 yards from mouth,for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. 

------1-------

1 ...... ·----- --·· 2 ••.••• ·----· ---- 3 .....•.......... 

4 •••• ·----- -----· 5. _________ ------

6 .....• ---~-- ----

7 ---------· ------ 8 •....• ···------- 9 .............. .. 

10 ...... ------ -·-- 11 ...... ---------- 12 .....• ---- --·--- 13 ....•• ---------- 14 ...... ---------- H> .......... ·----- 16. ---·- ---··· ---- 17 ----·· •.••...... 

1.42 

1.66 

1.68 

1.66 

1.28 

1.25 

1.16 

1.18 

1.08 

.98 

.96 

.98 

.98 

1.04 

1.02 

1.25 

.93 

···o:oo· -------- .oo 

1.02 

1.06 

1.06 

.92 

.95 

1.02 

.99 

1.11 

1.11 

1.02 

.99 

.90 

.90 

"""i."52" 

.92 

.96 

1.13 

1.10 

.99 

1.08 

.94 

.93 

Oct. 

0.95 

.90 

.95 

.96 

.93 

.93 

.93 

.93 

.90 

.89 

.95 

.95 

1.01 

Day. July. I A~g. Sept. ~ 

18 ---·--·---- ---· 1.00 0.84 0.89 

19 ---·----------- 1.00 .84 .86 

20 ....... -------- 1.00 .95 .84 21 -------------- 1.12 .89 .84 22 _______________ 1.12 .90 .80 

23 _______________ 1.13 .90 .98 

24_______________ 1.06 .90 1.02 

25 .•.....•...•.... 1.02 .92 1.01 26_______________ .90 .92 .98 

27 ----------·---- .90 .92 .78 

28............... .90 .92 .80 

29 ----------· ·--- .87 .99 .81 

30 ----------· ---· .87 .95 .84 :n ............... ________ 1.08 ________________ _ 

Mean..... 1.11 .96 .96 .94 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, over weir on Iron Fork of San Gabriel 

River, California, 100 yards from mouth, for 1900. 

Day. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Day. July. Aue. Sept. Oct. 

------1------1----1---11-------1------------

1 ...... ---------- 2 ••.• ------------ 3 ....•... -------- 4 •••••• ·--- ------ 6 5...... 

_______________ ---------· _ 

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

8 ---· ------ --···· 9 __________ ------

10 .....••.•. ·----- 11 ............... . 12 .....•.•...•.... 

13 .. -- -----· ------ 14 ......... ·----- 15 ...... ---------- 16 .••••...••.•...• 

17---------- -----· 

1. 97 

1. 97 

2.03 

2.09 

1.89 

1.91 

1.83 

1.66 

1.55 

1.58 

1.50 

1.39 

1.42 

1.42 

1.44 

1.42 

1.42 

0.87 

1.05 

1.09 

1.16 

1.16 

.62 

1.16 

1.12 1.09 

1.16 1.12 

1.24 1.12 

1.06 1.09 

1.09 1.09 

1.20 1.12 

1.2! 1.16 

1.12 1.09 

1.12 1.16 

1.05 

1.08 

1.05 

1.12 

1.20 

1.12 

1.09 

1.16 

1.12 

1.09 

1.20 

1.20 

1.23 

1.31 

18 ------·----·--- 19 --------------- 20---------------

21.-------------- 22---------------

23---------------

24------- ---····· 25--------------- 26 ______________ _ 

27---------------

28---------------

29---------------

30---------------

31.--------------

1.37 

1.37 

1.42 

1.31 

1.34 

1.37 

1.24 

1.2!1 

1.24 

1.26 

1.21 

1.09 

1.14 

1.24 

1.09 

1.09 

1.16 

1.12 

1.12 

1.02 

1.02 

.{'5 

.r5 

.!'5 

1.02 

1.09 

1.09 

1.12 

1.09 

1.09 

1.05 

.91 

.87 

1.12 

1.27 

1.20 

1.20 

1.05 

1.01 

1.01 

1.16 

Mean..... -,--- 1.50 1.{17 1.09 1.14 
CALIFORNIA. 475 

Estimated daily discharge, i·n second-feet, of San Gabriel canals, California, for 

1900. 

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

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

1 ······ ..... : ........ ..... a22.0 a22.8 17.0 15.5 17.0 21.0 9.9 3.5 4.5 3. 7 5.3 52.6 

2 ................ -------- a22.0 a22.7 17.0 16.0 17.0 21.5 10.1 3.5 4. 7 4.2 5.5 49.6 B .. -.......... ·----·------- 40.0 a22.6 a17.5 17.0 16.2 19.4 9.6 B.5 5.2 4. 7 5.5 48.7 

4. ··- --- ... 50.0 22.5 a27.5 16.0 25.0 a18.5 8.4 3.5 5.0 4.8 5.5 46.2 

5------ --··. :~: ~::::: ::::: a50.0 23.0 a30.0 16.0 a48.0 18.0 8.9 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.6 44.3 

6--------- -----·--------- a40.0 a22.5 a24.5 15.5 54.0 17.5 7.8 4.6 4.3 4.9 5.8 42.9 

'l ........... ---- -----· ---· 40.0 a22.2 ::..3.0 20.0 a54.0 a17.5 7.4 4.4 4.1 4.5 5.8 43.5 

~: :~~~ ~:: ~ ~: ~~: ~ ~~ ~~-- ~~::: :~~: 8 21.8 a22.0 17.6 a49.0 a17.5 7.6 4.3 4.0 4.3 5.8 42.3 

21.5 21.0 16.3 a43.0 "i7~i 7.2 4.5 4.2 4.0 5.8 35.6 

10 ......................... :a31.0 20.8 20.0 16.1 a43.0 6.6 4. 7 4.3 4.0 5.9 35.6 

11 ......................... 32.0 20.6 20.0 15.0 a56.0 17.5 6.2 4.0 4.5 4.4 5.5 34.5 

12 ---·-- ...... --------·-·· a31.0 20.5 19.f> al4.6 56.0 17.1 5.6 4.6 4.5 4. 7 5. 7 31.4 

13 ..... -------------- ...... a30.0 20.4 19.3 a15.0 52.0 18.1 5.1 4.3 4.6 5.6 5. 7 33.6 

14------ .... ·-------- -----· 30.0 20.4 20.0 a15.0 47.0 17.5 5.1 4.5 4.8 6.4 5.9 32.9 

15 .... --------------------- a29.2 20.3 18.0 a14.6 41.6 16.0 7.2 4.1 4.5 5.8 6.2 32.3 

16------------------------- a28.5 20.3 18.0 a13.5 40.3 15.4 5.9 3.9 4.1 5.3 7.1 32.4 

17 ------------------------· a28.0 19.5 18.0 a13.5 39.0 14.3 5.6 3. 7 3. 7 5.2 13.~ ------ 18 --·-·-. ------------------ 27.5 19.0 17.6 a13.0 a38.5 13.7 5.3 4.3 3.5 5.5 15.6 ................ 

19 .... --------------------- a27.0 19.0 18.4 a13.0 a36.5 12.3 5.3 4.6 3.3 5.6 13.2 ------ 20------------------------- a26.5 19.0 18.2 'a14.0 a31.0 11.5 5.9 4.5 3.4 6.0 16.7 ------ 21- ------- .... ----- ---· ---- 26.0 18.7 18.1'a26.0 a30.5 11.7 5.4 4.0 3.3 u. 7 b31.8 ------ 22 ------------------------· a25.4 18.7 18.0 a22.0 a.."9. 0 10.9 5.4 3.6 3.1 5.5 ------ ------ 23---- ·--· ·---------------- a24.8 17.5 25.0 a19.0 a30.5 10.1 4.8 3.6 3.8 5.5 ------ ------ 24------------------------- a24.2 18.0 23.0 18.5 a29.5 11.0 4.6 3.6 5.2 5.8 ------ ------ 25------------- -----------· 24.5 18.0 20.0 18.5 a27.0 10.8 4.3 3.6 5. 7 5.8 .............. ------ 26-------- ·---- ·----------- a24.4 18.0 20.0 19.7 a24.0 10.1 4.3 3.6 5.2 5.8 ------ ............... 

27 0------------------------ a24.3 18.0 19.5 21.0 a23.5 9.6 4.6 3. 7 4. 7 5.3 "45:2· ............... 

28 -----------·· ------------ 24.2 17.5 17.5 21.5 a22.5 9.6 4.2 3.6 4.3 5.8 ------ 29.------------------------ a23.8 ------ 17.0 20.6 a22.0 9.1 4.9 3.5 4.2 6.2 48.0 -----· 

:i :::: ~~:~ ~~::~:~~: ~~~:::::I ~: ~ .------ 15.5 18.5 a21.0 8.3 4.5 3.9 3.9 5. 7 54.8 ............... 

------ 15.5 ................. a19.5 ------ 4.1 4.3 ------1 5. 7 ............... ------

a Estimated. b Power conduit washed out soon after n':lon. 

San Gabriel River at Azusa was dry throughout the year 1900-

the canals diverting the entire flow-except on the dates given in the 

following table, and excepting also November 21 to December 31, 

inclusive, for which period the record is not obtainable: 

Discharge of San Gabriel River at Azusa, California, 1900. 

Second-feet. 

January 3 _. __________________________________ .• __ . __ • ___ . __ ..... _ 49 

January 4 _______________________ ... __________ . ______ . ___ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 

May 5 ____________ . _ . ___ . _________ . __________ • ______________ .. _ _ _ _ 38 

May 6 _______ .- __ : ____ . ___ . ______________________ . _ . _____ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 

May 11 _____________ . _____ . _____________________________ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 

SANTA ANA RIVER BELOW WARMSPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. 

The original station was established in June, 1896, three-fourths of 

a mile below the headworks of the Santa Ana canal and Ol)posite the 

warm springs in the canyon. A change of location of the gage was 

necessitated, owing to a spillway in the canal, th-rough which a certain 

amount of water from the Santa Ana flume was turned into the river 

below the old gage, and on November 9, 1898, a new rod yras located 

800 feet below the mouth of Warmsprings Canyon and 100 feet above 

the ford on the canyon road. The station is described in WaterSupply Paper No. 39, page 418. Results of measurements for 1899 

will be found in the Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV, page 484. 
476 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. (NO. 51. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge were made 

under the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

April14: Gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 23 second-feet. 

May 5: Gage height, 4.35 feet; discharge, 244 second-feet. 

July 13: Gage height, 2.35 feet; discharge, 22 second-feet. 

November 20: Gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 102 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Santa Ana. River below Warmsprings, California, 

fm· 1900. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May.I.Tune. July. Aug. Sept. 

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

1 .................... ---·-- 2.30 2.20 2.23 2.20 2.64 2.33 2.26 1.85 1.85 2 ......................... 2.30 2.23 2.23 2.23 2.56 2.35 2.33 1. 85 1.85 

3.--------------------···· 2.30 2.23 2.23 2.33 2.50 2.30 2.33 1.85 1.90 

4 ----------------------·-· 2.58 2.23 2.26 2.33 2.45 2.30 2.30 1.85 1.90 

5------------------------- 2.53 2.26 2.40 2.33 4.40 2.33 2.30 1. 85 1. 85 6 ___________ 2.45 2.26 2.33 2.30 a4.24 2.30 2.35 1.85 1.85 7---------- __ ::::~~:::::~~ 2.30 2.26 2.33 2.23 a4.20 2.26 2.26 1. 85 1.85 

8 ............ ------------- 2.26 2.30 2.33 2.20 a3.55 2.30 2.23 1.85 1.85 

9----------------.-------- 2.23 2.23 2.30 2.30 a2.90 2.26 2.20 1. 85 1.85 

10 ··-· --------------------- 2.30 2.26 2.26 2.30 2.69 2.23 2.20 1.85 1.85 11 ................. ·------- 2.30 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.55 2.23 2.23 1.85 1.85 12 ......................... 2.30 2.23 2.23 2.30 a3.10 2.20 2.26 1.85 1.85 

13 .... -------------- ....... 2.33 2.26 2.26 2.23 a2. 76 2.20 2.23 1.85 1.85 

14------------------------- 2.38 2.23 2.26 2.30 2.60 2.26 2.30 1.85 1.85 

15------------------------- 2.35 2.2H 2.33 2.26 2.66 2.23 2.30 1.85 1.85 

16 ------------------· ------ 2. 2'J 2.20 2.26 2.23 2.65 2.20 2.23 1.80 1.8.'"i 

17------------------------- 2.33 2.23 2.26 2.20 2.65 2.20 2.33 1.85 1. 8.~ 

18----------- ·------- ------ 2.23 2.23 2.23 2.16 2.60 2.20 2.33 1.85 1. 85 

19------------------------- 2.30 2.30 2.23 2.16 2.56 2.16 2.26 1.85 1.85 

20--------------------- ·--- 2.33 2.30 2.20 2.16 2.56 2.16 2.23 1.90 1.85 

21 .. -.... -- ------ ------ - --- ~-- 2.30 2.23 2.26 2.50 2.58 2.23 2.03 1. 90 1.85 

22------------------------- 2.33 2.26 2.26 2.52 2.50 2.26 1.95 1.80 1.85 

23------------------------- 2.26 2.26 2.4a 2.45 2.47 2.26 2.00 1.80 1.85 

24 ...... ------------------- 2.26 2.26 2.37 2.40 2.40 2.30 2.00 1.80 1.90 

25 -------------·----------- 2.23 2.23 2.30 2.30 2.37 2.30 1.95 1.80 2.06 

26------------------------- 2.20 2.23 2.30 2.40 2.35 2.30 1.90 1.80 2.00 

27 ----·--------·----------- 2.16 2.23 2.26 2.47 2.23 2.30 1. 90 1.80 1.95 

28 ------------ .... - ·--- ---- 2.20 2.23 2.23 2.50 2.20 2.26 1.95 1. 75 1.90 

29------------------------- 2.16 --·--· 2.26 2.69 2.20 2.26 1.90 1. 75 1.90 

30------------------------- 2.20 ------ 2. :!3 2.69 2.23 2.20 1.90 1.80 1.90 

31 ••..•• ----······- ·------- 2.20 .............. 2.26 ------ 2.20 ------ 1.85 1.90 ............. 

a Estimated. 

MILL CREEK IN CANYON, CALIFORNIA. 

Oct. Nov. 

----

1.95 2.00 

1. 95 2.00 

1.95 2.00 1. 95 2.00 

2.00 2.00 

1.95 2.00 

1.95 2.00 

1.90 2.00 

1.90 2.00 

1.90 2.00 

1.90 2.00 

1.95 2.00 

2.00 2.00 

206 2.00 

203 2.03 

1. 95 2.03 

1.95 2.16 

1. 95 a2.50 

203 a2.90 

1. 95 3.30 

200 a7.70 

2.00 a5.10 

200 4.00 

200 3. 75 

200 3.40 

200 3.20 

200 3.00 

2.00 2.90 

2.00 2.80 2 0[) 2. 75 

2.00 j------

Dec. 

2. 

2. 

2. 

50 

50 

45 

2.4 5 

45 

45 

45 

45 

2. 

2. 

2. 

2. 

2.4 5 

2. 45 

2.4 5 

45 

45 

45 

45 

2. 

2. 

2. 

2. 

2.4 5 

0 

0 

0 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2. 

2. 

2. 

40 

40 

35 

2.3 5 

5 

35 

2.3 

2. 

2.3 5 

35 

35 

35 

2. 

2 .• 

2.' 

2.3l 5 2.3l 5 

This station is described in \Vater-Supply Paper No. 39, page 421. 

The Crafton Water Company diverts all of the w.ater of the creek at 

the mouth of the canyon. The water passes over a weir, a.nd the vol.: 

ume, therefore, is determined with considerable accuracy. The following tables, furnished by the Crafton Water Company, give the 

daily discharge of the creek entering the canal, as well as the amount 

of water which that company develops by pumping.· The resuUs of 

measurements for 1899 will be found in the Twenty-first Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 485. 
CALIFORNIA. 477 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of :Jfill Creek at Crafto'?- headworks, 

California, for 1900. 

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

---------------- 1 ______________ ----·------- -----· 9.8 10.2 9.8 9.0 13.0 8.2 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.1 

2.------------- ·--- -------------- 10.0 10.6 9.8 9.1 13.0 8.2 5.5 4.9 5.5 5.1 5.1 

3 ______ -------------- ·-. ·-------- ............ 10.0 9.8 10.0 12.1 7.6 5.6 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.1 

4. ·----. --------------- ---· ------ ------ 10.2 11.9 9.8 12.1 7. 8 5.6 5. 7 5. 7 5.3 5.1 

5 ...... -------- --------·--------- ............ 10.6 10.2 9.2 ------ 8.0 6.3 5. 7 5.5 4.9 5.1 6 ______ -------------------------- ............ 10.6 10.2 9.3 

"i5.5 

8.0 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.1 7 ______ -------------------------- ·----- 10.6 10.2 9.8 8.0 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.1 5.1 

8 ______ -------------------------- 10.2 10.2 9.8 14.6 8.0 4.3 5.5 5.0 4.1 5.1 

9 ______ ---·------------ ---------- ------ 10.o 10.2 9. 7 16.4 8.0 4.3 5.1 5.0 3.8 5.1 

10 ______ ---------- .. -------------- ............ 10.2 

I 

9.8 8.9 17.0 8.0 4.5 5.1 5.5 3.9 5.1 

11. _________ ---- ..... ------------- ............ 10.2 9.8 8.9 ------ 8.0 4.5 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.1 12. _________________________ ··--·- ------ 10.2 9.G 9.3 ------ 8.0 5.5 5. 5 5.5 4.9 5.1 

13 ______ -------------------------- -----· 10.0 9.6 9.3 .. -.. ~-- 8.2 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.1 14 __________________ -------------- ------ 10.0 9.8 8.9 ------ 8.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.1 

15 __________ -------------- ·- ------ ------ 10.0 9.8 8.9 ............. 8.0 5.5 5.5 4.5 5.8 5.] 

16 __________ ---------------------- ............ 10.0 9.8 9.8 12.0 8.2 4.5 5.5 4.5 5.4 8.5 

17-------------------------------- 10.0 9.8 8.9 12.0 7.2 3.8 5.5 4.3 5.2 7.5 

18-------------------------------- --9.-8' 10.0 P.8 8.9 12.0 4.8 3.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 ------ 19 ...... -------------------------- 10.0 10.2 9.8 8.9 13.0 6.8 4.4 5.5 4.5 5.0 ------ 20 ...... -------------------------- 10.0 10.2 !'.8 8.9 12.0 7.6 4.0 5.5 4.1 5.0 ------ 21 •..••• ------------ -------------- 10.6 10.2 10.2 10.2 12.0 7.6 5.4 5.5 5.1 4.1 ------ 22-------------------------------- 10.4 10.2 10.2 13.3 10.1 6.5 5.4 5.5 5.1 4.6 ------ 23 ••.• ---------------------------- 10.6 10.2 13.2 10.8 1:!.0 6.5 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.2 ------ 24-...... -------··---- -------------- 10.6 10.2 10.6 10.8 10.1 ------ 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.2 25 .... ____________________________ ·----- 10.6 10.2 9.8 10.2 10.1 ------ 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.2 ------ 26 ________________________________ 10.4 10 2 10.2 10.2 9.9 ------ 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.2 ............ 

27-------------------------------- 10.4 9.8 10.2 10.2 9.9 ------ 5.0 4.3 4. 9 5.2 ------ 28 .... ---------------------- ---·-- 10.4 9.8 11.6 10.8 8.4 5.4 5.0 4.3 4.9 5.2 ------ 29 ...... -------------------- ·----- 10.4 ------ 10.2 13.0 8.6 5.4 5.0 4.3 4.9 5.2 ------ 30 .... ---------------------------- 10.6 ------ 9.8 13.0 8.6 5.3 4. 7 5.1 4.9 5.3 ------ 31 .... --------------------------- 10.2 ------ 9.8 ------ 8.2 ............. 4.7 5.1 ------ 5.1 ............. ---------------------- Mean .......... ----- ... ____ 10.3 10.2 10.2 9.9 11.8 7.3 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.4 

NoTE.-No record from November 18 to December 31. 

Estimated daily discharge, in second-feet, of water pumped from Mill Creek at 

Crafton headworks, California, for 1900. 

Day. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

----------1----1-----------------------

1.------ -----· -------------- ---· ---- 1.7 2.0 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.1! 2.9 2.9 

2 ....... -----· ---~-- -------- -------- 1.7 2.0 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.!l 2.9 2.9 

3.-------------------------- -------- 1.7 2.0 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

4.-----------·-------------- ............... 1.7 2.0 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

5.-------------------------- -------- 1. 7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 6 _______ ·----· -------·------ ............... 1.7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

7.------------------ -------- -------- 1.7 2.::! 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

8.-------------------------- -------- 1.7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

9. --·--- ·----- -------------- ----......... 1.7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 

10. --··-------- -------------- ................. 1.7 .. 2:2· 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

11.-------------------------- ·------- 1. 7 2.2 3.3 2.9 2. 9 2.8 2.9 

12.------ -----· -------------- ................ 1. 7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

13.--------------------------- -------- 1.7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

14.-------------------------- ......... ---- 1.7 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

15.------------------------ -------- 1. 7 ----2.-2" 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

16 .. ---------------------- ---~ -------- 1.7 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

1i--... -------- -------------- ................. 1.7 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

18.-------------------------- -------- 1. 7 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

19.-------------------------- .............. 1.7 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

20.------ ---------------- ---· -------- 1. 7 2.2 3.2 2.9 2. 9 2.8 21. __________________________ -------- 1.7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

22.-------------------------- ................ 1.7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 23 ___________________ -- ·- ---- ---·---- 1.7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

24.-------- ·--------- -------- ---· ---- 1. 7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

25.------ ·----- -------------- -------- 1.7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

26 ----·--- 1. 7 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 27.:::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----i:o· ·------- 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

28 .•••••• -------- 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.2 2.8 

29.- -· --- ~ ::::::::::::::::::: 1.5 ...... ---- 2.2 3. 7 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 

30.-···-·--·-------·--- -----.. 1.7 .............. 2.2 3. 7 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 

31 .•••... --···· ---·-· ---· ·- .. 1.7 .............. 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 

--------------------------- Mean.---------··- .... 1.5 1.7 2. 2 2.7 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 

Nol'E.-No l'ec•m·d from Noyember 17 to December :.;1. 
478 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART Y. [No. 51. 

CHINO CREEK AT RINCON, CALIFORNIA. 

There is no gaging rod at this place, owiug to the shifting nature of 

the stream bed. The results of discharge measurements mr,de during 

1899 will be found in Water-Supply Paper No. 39, page 427. During 

1900 the following measurements of discharge were made nuder the 

direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

Dischm·ge measurements of Chino 01·eek near Rincon, Oalifor"tia. 

Dg,te. 

1900. 

January 18 .......................... . 

~~~~~~~~i ~~~: :::: ====== ====== =====~ :tJ'~!1 il ~ = = = =:: = = = =:: = ~ ~ = = ~ ~::: =: ~::: =: 

July7 ................................. . July 28 .... -- ........................ .. 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

24.1 

27.0 

13.4 

8.8 

4.0 

2.1 

2.2 

Date. 

1900. 

August 15 ........................... . September 3 ........................ . October5 .......................... .. October 16 _____ ..................... . November5 ........................ . December 4 ......................... . December 31. .... ____ .............. .. 

a.All water pumped out. 

SANTA ANA RIVER AT RINCON, CALIFORNIA. 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

1.1 

aO.O 

5.0 

.4 

14.4 

17.1 

16.6 

This station is described in Water-Supply Paper No. 39, page 427. 

During 1900 the following measurements of discharge wer~~ made at 

the wagon bridge at Rincon, above the mouth of Chino Crf'~k, under 

the direction of J. B. Lippincott: 

Discharge measu,rements of Santa Ana Rive1· at Rincon, Oalifo ... nia. 

------------------1 

1900. Sec.-feet. 

January 18 ..................... ------ 224 

January 29 ....................... .... 184 

~~~Iffl:~!-.~: ~ ~====~~~::: =~~~===~:::: 1~i :tJ~!\U: :::::: =~~=== :~ :::: =~:::::::::: 1g~ 

Date. I Discharge. Date. 

1900. 

August 15 ........................... . September 3 _ ............ _ ... _ ...... . 

September22 ... · ................... .. October 5 .......................... .. Do .............................. .. October 16 ......................... .. 

~~~t~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ October 25 ......................... .. November 5 ........................ . December 4 ........................ .. December 31. ....................... . 

a One mile below Rincon bridge. bAt Riverside Narrows, 12 miles above Rincon. 

cAt Auburndale bridge. 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

87 

88 

88 

c64 

74 

122 

b7l 

117 

338 

210 
C.ALIE'ORNI.A. 479 

Discharge measurements of canals diverting water from Santa Ana River near Rincon, California. 

Date. 

19m. 

July 28 .............. .. Do .............. .. Do ............... . 

Au~~t-~~~~: ~~~~~:~~~: Do .............. .. September 3 ......... . Do ............... . Do .............. .. September 2"~- .... __ .. Do ............... . Do ............... . October 5 ............ . Do ............... . October16 .......... .. Do .............. .. Do .............. .. November 5 ........ .. Do .............. .. Do ............... . 

Canal. Lo<'.ality. Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. Newberry ................. Auburndale bridge--·----------____ 5.5 

Ditch south of Newberry_ .... do------------ ............ ____ .... 2.3 

Gilliland ........................ do................................ 1.4 

Santa Ana . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . First road crossing ............ _ .... _ 25. 7 

Yorba ...................... Opposite first road crossing ____ .... 14.0 

Anaheim ........................ do................................ 18.4 

Santa Ana ................. First road crossing................... 39.0 

Yorba ....... ~ .............. Opposite first road crossing........ 21.5 

Anaheim ....................... do................................ 18.2 

Santa Ana .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . First road crossing._ .............. _. 44. 7 

Yorba ...................... Opposite first road crossing........ 17.3 

Anaheim ........................ do................................ 16.7 

Townsend or Newberry .. Auburndale bridge_................ 5.8 

Fuller .. __ .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 1 mile north of Auburndale bridge_ 6. 5 

Santa Ana ................. First road crossing.................. 58.0 

Yorba_ ...... _ ... . .. .. .. .. .. Opposite first road crossing .. .. .. . . 21.1 

Anaheim ........................ do................................ 30.0 

Santa Ana ................. First road crossing ............ :..... 71.1 

Yorba ...................... Opposite first road crossing........ 16.1 

Anaheim ........................ do................................ 29.0 

SAN LUIS REY RIVER, CALIFORNIA. 

The water of this river is diverted, upon its appearann,e from the 

canyon, by the flume of the Escondido Irrigation District, and is conducted to a reservoir from whence its waters are distributed for irrigation purposes. Table of the daily discharge of the riTrei.· for 1899 

will be found in Water-Supply Paper No. 39, page 429; that for 1900 

was not available at time of publication. Measurements are made 

over a weir at the head works of the canal of the Escondido Irrigation 

District, from whom the figures are obtai~ed. 

SWEETWATER RIVER AT SWEETW .ATER DAM, CALIFORNIA. 

Owing to the severe drought of the last few years, the yrater supply 

of the streams of southern California, particularly of Sweetwater 

River, has been abnormally low. During the season 189::'--1900 there 

was no discharge into Sweetwater reservoir from the drainage area of 

186 square miles. The estimated discharge for the thrE'f3 preceding 

seasons, also table of the evaporation at Sweetwater dam, will be 

found in Water-Supply Paper No. 39, page 430. 

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS IN CALIFORNIA. 

During the .severe drought of 1898 measurements werf3 instituted 

to ascertain the low-water flow of the important irrigation streams of 

California, the results of measurements made during that season being 

printed in Water-Supply Paper No. 28, page 193. TheE"e low-water 

measurements were continued in 1899 and 1900, the results for the 

former year being printed in Water-Supply Paper No. fl.), page 432; 

those for the latter year, which were made under the direetion of J. B. 

Lippincott, resident hydrographer, are published herein. The meas-
480 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1930.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

urements made in Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys cnring the 

three seasonH .mentioned have been assembled in the following table: 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Sacramento and San Joaq'kin valleys, 

California. 

Date. Stream. 

I 

Disch 1.rge. 

Locality. 

--------1------------

Sec.-feet. 

~~~ Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

September 13. Sacramento River ... Jellys Ferry. ______ .. ~...--· ... i,1lilt.OO 4,01J7.00 ·---- .... September 20 ...... do ..................... do .......................... ------·------------- 4,105.00 

September 22. Stoney Creek ........ 300 feet below Bridgeport ---------- ----- .... 7.70 

bridge (1 mile below Elk 

Creek). 

September 18. Feather River ....... One-half mile above Oroville .......... ---------- 1,123.00 bridge. October 7 _____ Yuba River .......... Dry except for water from 0. ()() ---------- --------- reservoir. 

August28 .......... do .. ------------- Parks Bar Bridge, 1 mile be- -------------------- a474.00 

low Smartville. 

August 29 ..... North Fork of Yuba 

River. 

MiddleForkofYuba 

River. 

Above Yuba Power Com- ---------- ---------- a282.00 

pany'sdam. September 18. Freeman's bridge------------- .... ------ ---------- a64.00 

Septem her U. 

October 7 -----

Bear River. ____ ------ 1 mile south of Wheatland ____ ---------- ....... c.. 12.00 

American River .... _ North and Middle forks at 16.00 ---------- ---------

~:~~:::~ 16: :::::~~ :::::~:::::::::: Do _______ ..... do ........ _______ . 

bead of North Fork ditch. 

Folsom. ____ .... __ ... -----------, Main stream 1 mile above 

mouth of South Fork. 

North Fork ditch at road 

crossing 2t miles above Fol- som. 

34.50 -..... ---- --------- f'\.10 

1".64 ---------

September 14 ..•.•. do .............. .. Main stream 1 mile above ---------- ---------- 235.00 

Do _. _____ ..... do ........ ____ .. .. mouth of South Fork. 

North Fork ditch at road ---------- ---------- crossing 2tmiles above Fol- som. September 16. SouthForkofAmer- ----------------------------------- ---------- bl?':'.OO 

ican River. 

Do . ------ ..... do---------------- Natoma ditch .......... _________ ------ ____ b20.00 September 14 ..•••• do---------- ...... At iron road bridge near .................. .. mouth. 

Do _______ ..... do ...... ______ .... .N~o~~ffecsh~~~;eR~;~is~~~s- ---------- ----------

September 23. Cache Creek ......... At ]{umseyroad bridge ....... -------------------- September 24 ...... do ................ 

1

. Road bridge crossing near ---------- ---------- lower lake. 

September 23. Puta Creek __________ 6 miles above Winter's, at ----·--·-· ------ .... 

I 

Devils Gate. 

September 15. Consumne River ____ At bridge .Jackson-Latrobe 2.00 

road crossing. Do ............ do ............ ____ Michigan Bar ditch, Jackson- 2.CO 

Latrobe road crossing. 

September 12 ...... do ................ At bridge Jackson-Latrobe ---------- ---------- road crossing. Do ............ do ............ ____ Michigan Bar ditch, Jackson- . ----- ____ ..... -----

11.80 

80.50 

35.00 

3.80 

4. 70 

4.40 

1. 70 

3. 70 

Latrobe road crossing. September 14. Mokelumne River._. 100 feet below bridge Mock 

Hill-Jackson road. 01. 10 -- -- -----

September 12 ...... do. _____ . _____ ......... do ...... _ ........... ________ . ----- ________ ..... . 

Do _______ ..... do ................ Amador ditch, below Butte -------·-- ---------- ditch. 

Do------- .... do---------------- Butte ditch ..................................... .. September 14. Calaveras Creek ..... Bridge San Andres-Jackson ---------- 0.00 

road. 

15.00 

37.00 

4.80 

September 11. _ .... do ..................... do .......... ------ .... ------ ------ ..... ----- .... 0. 00 

October 6 ..... Stanislaus River . .... Oakdale ...... ----.............. 49.60 .................. . 

Do----··-- ..... do ................ Stanislaus and San Joaquin 32.70 ------------------- canal. 

September9 __ ..... do---------------- Oakdale __________ ---------- .... ---------- f8.40 ---------

t~~:!~r-6:: :::::a~:::::::::::::::: :::::a~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:.::: ~:~ 

September 7 ...•••. do---------------- Stanislaus Water Company's ------ ........... ---- 8!1:. 70 

canal 100 feet below head 

gate, 6 miles above Knights Ferry. 

a Measurement _by H. D. H. Connick. 

b Estimated by llrlr. Knight, superintendent of Folsom Power Compan.,, 
CALIFORNIA. 481 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Sacramento and .San Jo'"!,quin valleys, 

California-Continued. 

Dhcbarge. 

Date. 

1899. 

Stream. 

1898. Locality. 1900. 

Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. Sec.-feet. 

September Water ---------· ---------- 28.00 i __ Stanislaus River ____ Below Stanislaus 

Company's intake. 

'rotal flow 6 miles above 

Knights Ferry. 112.70 

Octr,~~ ~-: :~:: -~~~d~~~~-~~~~~- :::: ~ri~f~~'fiitci{ :::::::::::::::.:: 

Do _______ ...... do----------.----- Turlock canal _ ...... ------ ___ _ 

82.70 ---------- -------~-

2!.00 ---------- --------- 30.00 ---------- ---------

Total flow at Lagrange. 136.70 __________ ---------

SeptemberlL ..... do. _______________ 1,000 feet below Geological ---------- 12.10 

Survey gaging station. 

Do ________ ..... do---------------- Mining ditch ____ ------ ____ ---- ------ --·- Do .... ____ ..... do---------·------ 'rurlock canal flume No.3 ___ . ______ .... 24.00 ---- .... 

28.90 ---------

Total flow at Lagrange. ------ ___ _ 65.00 ---------

AugD~t-1_1_: :::: :::: :~~ :::::.· ::::~~:::: Lagrange ____ -------------- ______________ ------ ... _ 

Do .... ---- ..... do---------------- ¥~~~~~kd~!~~1~::::~::::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::::: 

li.OO 

12.00 

lli.OO 

Total flow at Lagrange .. --·-- ____ ---------- 146.00 

September 8 ....... do ____ -------- ____ \1,000 

Survey 

feet 

gaging 

below 

station. 

Geological ____ ------ ----------~ 

g~ :::::::: ~:::~~~ :::::::::::::::: ~~~~fkd~!~~1::~:::::::::~:::: :::::::::: :::::::::: 9.00 

35.00 

Total flow at Lagrange. ____ ------ ______ ____ a5i.90 

September 11. Merced River . -..... One mile above bead gate of ......... . 35.50 --------- Crocker-Hoffman canal. 

Do ________ ..... do---------------- Valley Mills ditch.------------ ----.----- <l.95 ---------

Total flow above Crock- ------ ____ 40.45 _____ ... _ 

er-Hoff1nan dam. = == 

September 10 ...... do. _______________ One-halfmileabovebridgeat -------------------- 63.00 

Merced Falls (total). I 

September 11. ..... dO--------------· Snellingditch(estimated) .... ---------- 0.50 --------- September 10 ...... do---------------- ..... do __________ --------------------------__________ 2.10 September 11. .. : .. do------ ........... Crocker-Hoffman canal 300 ·--------- 16.50 1---------

feet below head gate. September 10 ...... do ... ------------ Urocker-Hoffman canal at ---------- __________ 6.50 head gate. Do ________ ..... do. _________ . _____ Merced River Mill ditch at . ----- ____ .......... 1 

2i.10 

. mill. I 

~~~e~ber-2:: -~-~~,~~~~~~-~~~~~-== -~~~:rg~~::.-~:::::::~::::::::::: m:~ ::::::::::1::::::::: . September 8 .. ____ .do--------------·- Pollasky,500feetabove bridge ------ ____ 269.30 _____ ---- Do ____________ .do.-----__________ Herndon __ ----------· ...... ---· _____ ----. 195.60 •••.. ___ _ August 9 .....• ____ .do ________________ ..... do----------·------- .... ________ .. ____ . _____ ____ !66.00 September 1 .. __ ... do .. __ .... __ .. ______ ... do. _____ . ______ ----- ____ ..... _ .. ______ ----.----- 246.00 

sepir~~~~-~~: :::~:~~ :::::::::::::::: ·i>oil~~ki,'500i~et-abo~e'bi·icii8 :::::::::: :::::~:::: f~U~ sey,tember 26. Salinas River ________ Gaging station near Salinas .. -------------·--·____ 1.70 

i~:~~-si:: _ ::-~~~a~i-~~~- :::::::::: -~~~d:;r~~~~~~~~=======~===:==== ~~:gg :::::::::: ::::::::: 

September 4 ....... do------------ ________ .do. _____ ----·--------------- . ___ .. ____ 206.00 ____ . ___ _ August 10. ____ . ___ .do. _____ ------ ________ .do ...... ---------·---------- ------ ____ .. _______ . 427.00 

September 4. .. ____ .do.----------- ......... do--------------------·----- __________ ---------- 405.00 September 27 ...... do ________________ ..... do --···-------------------- ---------- ---------- 220.00 

August3L ......... do ................ Church canal check near 164.30 ------------------- •rrimmer Springs road. 

September 4. _ ----.do ______ ------ ____ ..... do---------------·-- ____ ·--- 151.10 229.20 

August31. ......... do---------------- Seventy-six canal at mouth 0.00 ------------------- of canyon. September 4 .. ____ .do ______ ------_ .. ____ .. do. ___________ ------________ ______ ____ 0. 00 0. 00 

August 31.---- ..... do------------ ____ Kingsburg canal at mouth of 0.00 ---------- --------- canyon. 

sep~~~~~ -~:: :::: :~~ ~::::~ :::::: ~=:~ ·a:ou~:l ca-riai ·at-mouili-or <;a::n:· :::::::::: 

yon. 

0.25 

2.00 0.00 

84.00 

a It is said tbat at the time of this measurr1ment a portion of the flow of Tuo'umne River was being diverted for hydraulic mining in tlw gt·avel range 41) miles above Lagrange, and that after 

being used the water reached Merced ]:{iver. · 
482 OPERATIONS A•r RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, 

California-Continued. 

Discharge. 

Date. ·Stream. Locality. 

1898. 1899. 1900. 

-----------l-----------------l------------------------1--------------------

Sec.-feet. S~c.-feet. Sec.-feet. Augnst3L .... King River---------- Fowler Switch canal at 0.00 ------------------- mouth of canyon. 

September 4 .. _____ do---------------- _____ do---·------------------ .. --- ---------- 0.00 0.00 

September L_ Kaweah River _______ One-half mile above Kaweah 35.30 ---· ------ --------- Irrigation and Power Company's headworks. 

~~~~:~~:~ g~~ ~=== :~~ :::::::::::::::: :::::~~ :::::::::::::::: :::::~:::: :::::::::: ----~~~- ---ioo:oo 

September L ...... do·--------------- At iron bridge above Watum- 17.90 ____________ ... ·--- na canal head works. 

~:g~::~:~ g~~ :::::~~ :::~ :::::::::::: :::: =~~: :::::::::::: ::::~:::: :::: ~:::: ::::: -- --~~~- ----86:60 

September!._ ...•. do---------------- KaweahlrrigationandPower 8.50---------- --------- Company's ditch. 

r~~~~r !--d~ -;jj)jJj== m-~j ttlt;:;::jl:mmjl~~~=~) :-~- :~:~; :~~)-~: :::;;::~ Do .... ________ .do_._ .. _____ ._. ___ Watnmnaditchath.eadworks. ____ ------ _ ----- ___ . 15.00 

September L. _____ do---------------- North Fork at mouth_________ 0.30 ---------- ---·----- September 6 ..•.... do ____ ------_----- ----.do ____ ---------------------- ---------- 1.12 --------- September!. ______ do---------------- South Fork at mouth_________ 0.00 ---------- --------- September 6 _______ do---- .. ---------- _____ do ____ ------ ____ ------------ ____ ------ 1.18 

September L. Tule River.---------- Headworks of Pioneer ditch 6.00 13.12 

(estimated). 

Do .... _________ do---------------- Pioneer canall mile below 8.43 

head gate. September 2 ....... do------ __________ Head works of.Pioneer ditch .. ____ ------ ---------- 9.05 

August 29 _____ Kern River __________ First Point of Measurement_ 115.62 ---------- ---------

:tWi~!tiQ~-~:: :::: :~~ ::~~:.-:::: :::::: :::: :~~ ::~:: ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: _ ---~~~- · --ioifi6 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in southern California. 

Date. Stream. Locality. 

1900. 

October 8 _ .. _ _ Santa Clara River_ .. Piru Creek, Piru Land aud Water Company's 

Do-------~- _____ do ____________ .... Do ......... _____ do _______________ _ Do .. _______ ..... do _______________ _ Do ______________ do _______________ _ 

UpJ>er ditch. 

Piru Land and Fruit Company's lower ditch .... Piru Creek opposite lower ditch.------------· __ _ Camulos, at head of wooden flume ______________ _ 

Seepage at head of wooden flume, Camulof'l _____ _ 

B~: :::::::: ~: :: :~~::: ::~::: ::: ~::: ~~:t\~~~~~~r-~~~~-~~~-~~~~~!~~~~~~ -~~~~-~ =::: 

Do ______________ do---------------- Newhall ditch----------------· ...... ---------·---. 

October 9 .. _ _ _ Los Angeles River_._ Do. _____________ do _______________ _ 

September 17. _____ do ______ ----------

Do. _____________ do ---------------

Do. _____________ do _______________ _ 

Do. _____________ do------------ ___ _ 

Do ..... ---- ..... do------------ ___ _ 

TotaL _____ ------------ ______________________ _ 

Pacoima submerged dam. ____ . __ . __ ._----. ___ .-•. 

T~{f~a River near head works of Monte Vista 

Arroyo Seco, Pasadena Lake, Vineyard, Land 

and Water Company's pump at dry tt·nne1 

(pump runs about 4hours per dar.>· 

Arroyo Seco, main tunnel at Devtls GatE (in-. eluding water from a pump on surface above 

head of tunnel)-

No. I ------ _ ------ _ ----- _ ·-------------- -------- No.2_------·- ____ ·---- ____________ ---------- ___ _ 

No.3_----·----------------------------- ____ . __ _ Richardson tunnel weir,2,300 feet below D"vils 

Gate weir. 

A1·royo Seco, Wilson's tunnel weir, 3,000 feet 

below Devils Gate weir. 

Sheep Corral Springs, Arroyo SecoTo South Pasadena .... -------------·--···-·---- To Pasadena (pump exhausts the supiJlY in 

12hours). 

TotaL _____________ ------ ______ ----------------

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

0.80 

1.26 

.22 

10.60 

.78 

3.25 

3.64: 

3.35 

10.24 

.09 

.19 

.55 

2.37 

.09 

.52 

.385 

.187 

.70 

1.24: 

1.94: 
CALIFORNIA. 483 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in southern CalifoTnia-C -:-ntinued. 

Dat~. Stream. Locality. Discharge. 

1900. Sec.-feet. 

September 18 _ LosAngelesRiver ... Arroyo Seco, Painters Well steam plant.-------- 0.38 

Second plant ____ ---------------------------------- .44 

TotaL ..... ---------------------------···------

.September 13 _ San Gabriel River __ 11 Morengo Water Company, Southern Pacific 

Company's Garfield statiOn. 

Do ........•..... do .... ----·-------' Morengo Water Company's weir in Monngo Canyon. 

Do ....•......... do·--------------- Los Robies Water Cm:qpany's reservoir---------

Do ....•......... do .......... --··--- Reservoir at junction of Glenarm and Los 

Do.-----........ do ..... ~ ... _._.... G!~~~:~aB:~~~~:::la-~~~-~-- ________ . ___________ _ 

September 14 ..... do ................ Brick kiln between Molino and Hope streets, 

Pasadena. 

Do ......... ____ .do .... ---·-------· Oak Knoll Park, Pasadena .•.... ------------------ Do .............. do .......... ----·· Patton tunnel, near Kewen Lake-----· .... ------ Do .............. do ____ .. ____ ------ Patton's east canyon ________________ -------- .. ---- September 17 •.... do ______ .... _____ Patton's east canyon (natural flow, pump not 

Do .............. do ............... . running). 

Mission ditch, Patton ranch ........•.......•..... Winston ranch-------·------------· ... ------------ Shorb's r~,nch ..... ------------ .................... . September 14 ..... do ______ ------ ... . 

Do .............. do·---------------

Yoakham's ranch------------· ................... . Sep~:~~-~~- ~~~~~s~ =~:::: :::::~ :::: Robert Liddel's, San Pasqual and Shorb st:~eets. 

Do .............. do ............... . R. W. Scoville's .... ·--- ........................... . Mrs. Black, San Pasq_ual and Craig streets ... _ .. . Morningside ranch,J. P.Butler's. ------ ........ . Bradbury ranch, Santa Anita and Rose avenues. San Gabriel Sanitarium tunnel ................. . 

Do ..... ____ ..... do.----- ......... . Do .............. do .... ------------ September 17 ..... do ............... . Do ..... ---- ..... do---·-- ......... . September 18 .•••. do .•.............. W.A. Highland's, Rose avenue, Lamanda Park. 

September 19 .••.. do ................ Chapman ranch (2 wells, 1 artesian, pumped) __ _ Do .............. do------ ____ ...... Chapman ranch (4 wells pumped).-----------··· September 20 ••••. do ..........•..... Chapman ranch (natural flow of cienaga) ...... . Do ...........•.. do ......•......... Chapman ranch dairy .................. ----------

Total.------ .•.... ------ •............... ------

September 20 .•••. do •..•...... ------ Alhambra Water Co ........................ ------ Do ..... ____ ..... do---·-- ............... do ............................................. . 

Total. ............ ---------- ................. . 

September 24. .•.•. do ••....•......... Santa Anita Canyon (natural flow) ............. . Do ............. do .......•........ Sierra Madre Water Co······----········ ....... . Do ............. do .....•.......... Remamettes,eastofSierraMadre ....•.......... September 18 ...... do •......•........ Monrovia Water Co. (3 wells pumped) ......... . 

September24 ..... do ................ Monrovia Canyon to Monrovia Water Co.-------

September 21 ...... do ............... . Do ............. do···'·· .•........ August 7 .......•... do •............... Do ............. do ........... : ... . Do ............ do .............. . Do ............. do .•.............. Do ............. do ............... . Do ............. do .•...••......... 

To Bradbury ............ -·-··--· ................. . 

Total. ...... ____ ... , ........................ . 

~::J: ~u::£e~m<f~~~~~~~-t- ~~~-~-~~-a~~~~:::: East Whittier ditch at El Monte road cros«i.ng. Killion's pumping plant, 4 wells near El Monte .. Cameron or Sheep Creek ditch .................. . Rincon ditch ........... ------------- .... ----------

g~~eTJl~~~~~~;c~ead::: ~:::: :::: :~:~:::::: :::::::: 

Do ............. do ................ Standifer ditch ..........................••........ Do ............. do ......•......... Banta ditch ....................................... . 

Total San Gabriel River at intake of 

Standifer and Banta ditches. 

.82 

a1.82 

a.46 

a.31 

a0.068 

1.10 

.02 

.34 

.18 

1.48 

.37 

.20' 

.56 

a.18 

a.12 

a .. 10 

a.07 

(£.07 

a.04 

a1.44 

a.04 

a.10 

1.01 

1.90 

.07 

. 72 

---.--- 3.70 

b2.58 

c.34 

2.92 

.22 

a.145 

.09 

3.24 

a.4-28 

a.l16 

.544 

.78 

.44 

5. 71 

10.22 

2.46 

2.47 

1.20 

8.71 

14.56 

15.44 

30.00 

Au~~t-~:::::: ~::: :S~ :::::::::::::::: ~fg"}fo~~ad~~c~l~e~~fa~ &a~~~:lo~nder.:Mf;~ion. · 2.00 

23.28 

bridge. Do ............. do .......•........ Arroyo ditch ................••••...........•........ Do ............. do................ Little Lake ........................................ . 

a Measurement over weir. bWeir No.1. cWeirNo. 2. 

21.08 .22 
484 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART ,7. [NO. 51. 

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in southern California-Continued. 

Date. Stream. Locality. Discharge. 

1000. Sec.-feet. 

August 8 ...... San Gabriel River ... Agricultural ditch_ ... ---------------------------- Dry. Do -------- ..... do------ __ .... ____ Below Agricultural ditch .••.... -----·-----------· Dry. 

AugDu0st_27 __ -_-_-_·_-__ ·-_-_-___ ddoo . __ -_-_--_-__ -_-_·_·---. -_-_-_-_ Glendora, Azusa Irrigation Co., Massey we?L ... Glendora, Azusa Irrigation Co., Paine welL. ___ . 

sepi>:~~-~~- :::~ :~~ ~:::~::::::: :::: ~:~Yn~e~~sirrigatiofi-co".:-:F:n~snii£1i-weii: ~::: Do ..... ____ ..... do ...... ---------- Thacker welL--------------------------------------

Do .. ·------ ____ .do-----·.----- ____ Smith well (private) ------ ____ ------------ .... ---· Do .............. do ...... ---------- Chapman well ....... ---····----------------- ....... . Do ............. do ................ Ruddock welL ..... ········--------·----------· ... . Do .............. do ----•- ------ ____ Artesian Belt Co., 2 wells_------ ...... ------------ Do .............. do------------ ____ Azusa city welL ..... ____ ------------·------------- Do.·------- ..... do--------------·. Walker's welL ..... ----------------------·--------- Do .............. do ...... ------ .... Citizens Water Co., Covina ........ ---- ........... . Do .............. do---------------- Covina plant, Deacon well .......... ------ .... ---- Do .............. do------------ ____ San Diemas Uanyon (natural flow) .............. . Do ............... do ...... ------ .... Sparks's well ........ ------ ...... ------------·-----

1.50 

.90 

1.80 

1.20· 

.80 

.30 

.70 

.50 

1.60 

.20 

.90 

.10 

.44 

.04 

.40 

Total of San Die mas wash wells a . __ .... _. _ 1J. 38 

Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do ............... . Do ..... ____ .•... do ____ ------ ..... . Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do .......... ------ Do .............. do .... ------------ Do ............... do ............... . Do ..... ____ ..... do----------------

Do .............. do .....•.......... Do .............. do ............... . Do ............. do·---------·-----

Do ............... do ....•........... Do .............. do ............... . Do ............... do ................ . Do ..... ____ ..... do ..... ----------- Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do ............... . Do ............... do ............... . Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do ............... . Do .............. do ..........•...•. Do ..•.• ____ ..... do----------------

Do ....•......... do-----····· ..... . 

Richards,4 wells ....... ·-------··------ ...... -----· Sumner------------_ ..... -------------------- ..... . Sheldon Bros .......... ____ .............. _________ _ 

La Verne Land and Water Co··-·····------------

¥~g:(~sdays iii ooL :::::::: ~ ::::: ::::·~ :::::::::::: 

Rodney Soper's .... -------··· ------------ ----- .... Haves and Stratton------· ................... ----·· Wallace ...... ____ _._·---------------·----- ...... ___ _ llllullard .... _. _ .. _ ..... -----. ----· ------.----- . ----- Douglas and McQuilly ..................... ---· ... . Norris .... ____ ...... ------ ____ ----·----· ____ ------·- Williams Bros. ____ ------ ...... ------ •..... -------- Kulp (intermittent), south of Mesa avenue ..... . 

D. Fulton ---------· ---···------------···· ------ ... . St-eves .... ___________ . ------------ ------ ------ -----· Daniels and Overholtzer .......... ----------------

~~~~~·~r'-6:1_1~-:: :::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::·::: ::: 

Moorwaw & Son.--------·-------------------------

Sleider ............. ------------ .. ____ ...... ---- ... . Rutherford & Co---- ........ ---------------------- New Deal Water Co ........... -------------------- Kiser ......• -------------- ......... ; __ ------ .... ----

1.52 

.48 

.30 

. 70 

.10 

.16 

.24 

.20 

.16 

.30 

. 76 

.30 

.80 

.20 

.50 

.20 

1.34 

.54 

. 76 

.50 

.88 

.40 

.40 

.90 

Total of wells on Lordsburg Mesa .. -------- 12.64 

September 25. Santa Ana River ___ _ Do ............. do _______________ _ 

September 27. __ ... do-----------. ___ _ i::ieptember 26 ...... do ...... ------ ... . 

~eptember 24.1 ..... do.-----_----- ___ _ 

September 25 ...... do ............... . Do-------· ..... do ...... ----------

September 24 ...... do----------------

September 25 ...... do ............... . September 24 ...... do------------ ___ _ September 25. ____ .do------------ ___ _ Do-------· ..... do _______________ _ 

Do-------- ..... do ............... . 

Do-------- ..... do ............... . 

Frey'~:~ ranch near Spadra .............. ---- ..... . Phillips's ranch near Spadra .. ___ ------------ ... . C. L. Lancaster, Mesa avenue, Lordsburg-------- Covina Irrigation Co.'s compressor pumping plant, south of Lordsburg. Neuruff place, corner of Holt and San Antonio avenues, Pomona. 

Pomona Land and Water Co., Garey avenue---- Consolidated Water Co., Pomona, air com- pressor plant. Consolidated Water Co., north of Pomona College. 

James Warden's place ............ ------------ ... . Brundege place, San Antonio avenue, Pomona .. Del Monte Water Co ...... ------ ...... ------------ San Antonio Water Co. 'R wells in Claren·ont 

(water goes to Ontario). 

8an Antonio Water Co.'s wells at Indian Hill, 1 

mile north of Pomona College. 

San Antonio Canyon ............ ------ .. ----------

Julyll ............. do ......•......... Cucamonga Land and Water Co., Cucamonga Creek, ilO-inch pipe line. a 

Do-------- ..... do ...... ---------- Cucamonga Land and Water Co., Lone f'+,ar Spring pum-ping plant. a 

~ ~t:::~:~e~ ~~':!n!eif.aniels. 

1.85 

b. 74 

b.559 

3.58 

b.33 

b1.28 

b3.34 

b .82 

b .25 

n .26 

b. 96 b .40 

b .IJ9 

b c3. 72 

c1.15 

c1.20 

c From records of Pomona Land and Water Company. The discharge from San Antonio 

Canyon was 7.5a se::ond-feet on September 2, 1895, and 9.02 second-feet on September 6. 1897. 

July 11, 1900, measurement was made of water in San Antonio Canyon by S. G. Bennett, and a discharge of 4.07 second-feet was found. 
CALIFORNIA. 485 

Miscellaneous discharge measnrements in southern Ca.lijo1·nia-C·mtinued. 

Date. Stream. 

l 

Locality. Discharge. 

HlOO. [ Sec.-feet. July 1l ________ Santa Ana River----~ Cucamonga Land and Water Co., Y tunne)a____ bl.68 Do _____________ do---··-.----- ____ Stowell water from 90-acre tract, west side part b2. 97 to Ontario. a Do ________ . ___ .do ______ ·----- ____ San Antonio Water Co., Haskell well____________ b2.13 Do ________ ..... do------------ ____ San Antonio Water Co., Sixteenth street pnmp- bl. 72 ing plant. 

Total Red Hill development, Cucamo...,ga .. 

Do--·----- _____ do ________________ Natural surface flow'of Cucamonga Creek in 

canyon (1omosa Water Co.). 

Developed by bed-rock tunnel. _________ ----------

Total ____________________ ... ________________ __ 

August 4,. __________ do------------ ____ Cucamonga Land and Water Co .. Lone Star 

Spring pumping plant. March 16 __________ .do ________________ Lytle Creek, head of Mcintyre ditch .. _________ _ 

March l!J ______ ..•.. do_______________ Lytle Creek, bead of Whiting's ditch ...... ------

Junes _____ ..... ____ .do. ______________ . Lytle Creek at intake of Rialto canaL _____ .. ---- March 17. __________ do __________ ------, Lytle Creek near bead of Ranchero ditch-------

September 2H. _____ do------ __________ ..... do---- __ .---- ---------------------------------- Junes ______________ do ________________ Cajon Creek Canyon in flume opposite KeenJuly12 ___________ .. do ______________ __ 

October 1. ____ ..... do .......... ____ __ July 12 ________ ..... do---------- _____ _ October 1 _ .. __ ..... do ______________ __ July 12 ____________ .do-------- ___ .. _ 

brook station. West Twin Creek in flume.------------- _________ _ _____ do ___ , _______________ ---------------------------- East Twin Creek, Del Rosa C'ement canal. ______ _ 

___.do------------··--.------ ____ ---------- ____ ---- .. East Twin Creek, Kansas City Syndicate d''lvelopment. October 1. ____ .. --.do .......... ______ 1 

.. _ .do. __ .. ____ ........ __ ---- ____ ---- __ ....... -----

March 15 ...... _____ do ......... ------( Ci:Pe~I!~k, Whitlock ditch, flume across MeDo ________ ..... do------ __________ i City Creek, Logsdon and Farrel ditch at head __ Do ________ ..... do------ ____ ------~ City Creek, Daley ditch at head------- _________ _ July 12 ____________ .do________________ C~ty Creek, measureme:nt il~ cement canal _____ _ October 1 _____ ..... do------__________ Ctty Creek at head of pipe ltne. ---- _____ .. _ ------ July 12 ____________ .do______ ___ ______ Plunge Creek at intake of ditch .. ______ ... ______ _ July 13 ________ ..... do ________________ Below wasteway of Santa Ana canal ___________ _ 

'Do ________ ..... do------ __________ South Fork or Redlands canal, water not g-oing over weir into North Fork or Highhnds canal on account of repairs. Do ________ . ___ .do ______________ __ Redlands tunnel . ___ . _. ___ . _____ .... _____________ _ Morton Canyon __________________________________ _ 

South Fork or Redlands canal __________________ _ Do .... ________ do ______ .... _____ _ October 2 ____ _ ... do ______________ .. 

North Fork or Highlands canal ____ .... ____ ------ Green Spot pipe line _________ ------ ________________ , Redlands tunneL __________________________________ I g~ :::::::-1:::::~~:::::::::::::::: Do ________ ..... do ______________ __ Do .... _ .. _____ .do . _ .... ________ .. Morton Canyon __________________________________ _ 

Mill Creek, Crafton reservoir ___________________ _ 

Mill Creek, road crossing tlanta Ana Canyon. __ _ Mill Creek zanja . ----- ________ ------ ____ .... _____ _ 

April H ____________ do ______ ... _____ __ May 6 _____________ .do _______________ _ 

Do _____________ do------ ________ __ 

July 13 _____________ do ______ .... ______ Mill Creek zanja ____ ----------------- __________ __ 

Do ------- ..... do _________________ l\IWa~~:e~'o_w;~dr o~h!~~ fnu~!f 8le~a6~n~ 

yon and Yucaipe Valley. 

TotaL .. ____________ , ________________________ __ 

10.85 

.90 

.18 

1.08 

b1.02 

b.l4 

bl.l2 

b.2! 

b6.19 

b4.62 

1.37 

.22 

,16 

.62 

.36 

.15 

.17 

.23 

1.26 

. 72 

.16 

.21 

a.3! 

22.34 

a10.65 

a.84 

a.09 

a6.25 

a5.o1 

a.12 

a.85 

a.20 

10.77 

38.76 

8.49 

a5.35 

a3.44 

8. 79 

October 2 __________ do .... ____________ Crafton Water Co's pumping plant, Mill Creek 

1 

a.1.35 

Canyon. Do __________ ... do________________ At mouth of Mill Creek Canyon .... _____________ i _a 7.21 

•rotal. _____________________________________ .. .. 8. 56 

July 14 ---- _________ do------------___ San Timeteo Canyon ditch at Bicknell Station .. March 15 ........... do. _______________ Return water, Haws & Talmage ditch at head 

gate. Do _________ ..... do________________ Return water, Rabel ditch at intake ___________ _ Do ... ___ .. ______ do ___ .. _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ Return water, Shay or Stout ditch at head .. ___ . 

March ltl. .......... do------_________ Return water, McKenzie ditch 250 feet h:Jlow 

intake. Do .... _________ .do------------____ Return water, Meeks & Daley ditch, subme~ged 

weir at intake. 

a Measurement by E. T. Wright. b Over weir. 

IRR 51-01--7 

1.50 

.00 

a .54 

.50 

2.30 
486 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1900.-PART V. [NO. 51. 

Jfiscellaneous discharge measurements in southern California-Continued. 

Date. Stream. Locality. Discharge. 

~------------------------------------1 

1900. · 1 Sec.-feet. March 21------ Santa Ana River·---· Return water, upper canal of Riverside Water a 61,94 

Co. at intake. 

1Iarch 15 ........... do ____ --·--------- Return water, Beam ditch, flume 300 feet below .68 

intake. 

March 2L. ---- -- ... do---------------- Return water, Swamp ditch at first turn-out___ a. 70 June ............... do ................ Return water, Haws& Talmage ditch........... .00 

Do ..... ---- ..... do ...... ---- ...... Return water, Rabel ditch----·-------···-·------ .35 Do .... --·-- ..... do ...... ·--- ...... Return water, Shay ditch........................ .40 Do .... _---· ..... do---------------- Return water, McKenzie ditch _________ ---------- 1.57 Do _________ ..... do--------·--- ____ Return water, Meeks & Daley ditch .••.... ------ 13.78 Do _________ ..... do---------------~ Return water, Beam ditch ___________ ------------ .50 

Do.·------- ..... do---------------- Return water, Riverside Water Co.'s uprer ca- 52.94 

nal. Do .... _---- ____ .do----·.--------·- Return water, Riverside Water Co.'s lower ca- 7.16 

nal. 

~~~~~-~:~--~~=:I:~=~=~~=~:::~:::::::~:: ~~:~:~ ~~l~~~~~~-t-~~~-::.-::::::::::~~ ::::~::::::: :~ March :!L .......... do ........ ---- .... Gage canal at head------------- ______ ------------ a .40 Do -------- ..... do ....... ------ ____ Gage canal at Palm avenue. ______ -·---·------.... a22.58 June--·--· .... _____ do--------------·. Gage canal at head ------------- ______ -----· ------ .29 Do ________ ----.do-----~----·----- Gage canal at Palm avenue.------................ 22.52 Do-------· ..... do------------ ____ Logsdon & Farrel ditch ---------------------- ____ .49 Do---- _________ do------------ ____ Whitlock ditch __________________ ...... -----·-----· .00 Do ________ ..... do ... ··-·--------- Daley ditch ______ ------ ____________ .....•.......... 1.12 

~ ~~:: :;~: ::A~:~~:~~::~::: :::- 1

1 ~!f4~i:>~~: ~::::::::~ ~:::~::::~~::~:~~:J :1 

March 9 •.........•. do---------------- Ward & Warren ditch at head ....... --------. .. 2.55 June ____ ------ _____ do------------ ____ Ward & Warren ditch. _____ ---------------------- 1. 70 

March 9.------ ..... do---------------- Mill flume of Riverside Water Co--------------- 2.67 June----.----- ...•. do------.---·- ..... , ..... do. _________ ------.----- ____ .. ____ ------________ 2.17 Do -------- ..... do----------------~ Mill pump of Riverside Water Co_______________ 1.88 

March 9.------ .•••• do------ ...... ---- Camp Carlton ditch at head . ---------------- ____ a2.55 

Jnnlrmi:ii- .m-U E:~::~:-~~j i;~~~Wt!:\.·'E~H·:~HH::~~-::: 1:1 

Ju1y 26 .... ____ ..... do ______ ---------- Ri~:is~%~~~~~~~l~f~ff::sfd:~~~a~ume 150 43.30 

July27 ............. do ................ :North Riverside and .Jurupa canal in flume U.-!2 near Beckstead's house. Do ____________ .do ____ ------------ Riverside Water Co.'s lower canaL______________ 7.13 

~--

Do ____ .... ____ .do------------ ____ Rubidoux ditch_------ .... ·-------·---------______ 8.18 Do _______ . ----.do---------------- Trujillo ditch _________ ........ ------ __________ .... · .46 

Do -------- ..... do---------- ...... 75 feet below intake of Trujillo ditch·--------·-- .-!4 Do ________ ..... do ..... ----------- Evans's upper ditch.------------------. _____ ._____ 1.04 

Do ---· ____ ..... do------------ ___ _ 

Do -------- ..... do---------- .. ---- Do -------- ..... do---------------- Do-------- ..... do------·---------

~~~~b:.bfr~~: ==~==~g =====: =====: ===~ 

Total flow from Santa Ana at Rul:idoux 10.12 

ditch intake. 

Alsetrez ditch from Spring Brook, 100 feet below West Riverside bridge. 200 feet below \Vest Riverside bridge ___________ _ 

West Riverside bridge, Rubidoux Mountl.in _ ... At Riverside Narrows .... ------------ ____ ·------· Riverside Water Co.'s lower canal. ________ ------

North Riverside and Jurupa canaL--------------

2. 77 

1.16 

5.27 

38.41 

6.69 

14.05 

October 25 ____ ---·.do ...... ------ ____ Rubinoux ditch _ ------. ______ ----- __________ ------ 7. SO Do .. ______ ..... do ____ ...... __ ---- Trujillo ditch ..... _________ ------_ ..... ------------ . 53 

Do-------- ..... do-----·---------- 20 feet below intake of Trujillo ditch-------·---· .56 Do ________ ..... do·----- ____ .. ____ Evans's upper ditch ____ ------------·------------- 3.32 

Total flow from !:\anta Ana at Rul:idoux 12.21 

ditch intake. 

Do ________ ..... do ________________ Alsetrez ditch from Spring Brook, West River- 1.53 

side bridge. Do ________ .•... do ............. ---- West Riverside bridge .... ---------------- ____ .... 8.45 Do-------- ..... do------ .... ______ Evans's ditch, West Riverside bridge----------- 4.36 Do ____________ .do------ ____ ·----- Riverside Narrows ___ ------ ........ ---- ____ ...... 70.64 

a Measurement over weir. 
CALIFORNIA. 487 

J.lfiscellaneous dischm·ge measnrements in southern Caltjornia-O)ntinued. 

Dis-

____ D_a_.te_. ____ 1 ______ s_t_re_a_m __ . ______________________ L_oc_ru_._it_y_. _______________ 1. charge. 

1900. I . . Sec.-feet. July 28 -------· Santa Ana River .... 

1

300 feet above Auburndale bridge __________ ------1 45.16 Do ________ ..... do--------·------· Newberry ditch, Auburndale bridge ... _________ , 5.47 

Do -------- _____ do---------------- Ditch south of Newberry ditch, Auburrdale : 2.32 bridge. l 

Do ---·---- .•••. do------ .. -------· Gilliland ditch, Auburndale bridge ______ --------\ 1. 40 

Total._. __________ ...... _----- ____ ------ ... --- j 54.35 

October 5 ..... 1 ..... do------ __ .... ---- Auburndale bridle . _. ---. _. ___ .- _____ -- ---- ------~ 

Jul~~8= Do _. ~~~::==II==::=~~~=====~=====:=== _ ..... ~f!~~:~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~~~ = ~ ~ ~ = =::: = = ~: ~· 1 

• __ •• do .... _. _. _____ . __ C~ino Cre~k :under bridge on Chino-Corona road 

~=:~1:~~~=~==· :=:::~g =::::: :::= :::::: g~¥~~~~~e~~~~~~~~~h~ il~~~~~=~:=~~=~=:===~::::\ Oct~ber-5::::: :::=:~~ :::::::::::::::: -~~~J~~~-~~~-~~~-t~~~~-~~~~~~~~-~-~~-~=:::~·-=:::1 March 17------ Pumping plants _____ East Riverside Irrigation District---------- _____ : 

g~ ·::: :::: :::::~~ :::::::::::::::: 8fl;0cl ~~lt~~~u~;::~~~i>s·::::::::: :::::::~::j Do ____ ----, _____ do---------.------ City o~ Colton, lower pumps (estimated) ____ ---· 1 

Do --------~-----do ______ ---· ______ Bloommgton,flume at lower end ____________ ----; March 21. __________ do ______ ·--- ______ Mill pump of Riverside Water Company, not 

running. I Do . _______ 1 

____ .do __________ ------1 Pomroy & Marble,not running ------ ______ ------. March 16, _____ ..... do ________________ Johnson & Hubbard, two flumes-----------------~ 

Do ____ . ---j-----do ------ ____ ------\ Base line and Waterman avenue, not running -, 

63.90 

5. s.! 6.50 

60.76 

2.20 

7±.20 

5.00 

1. 80 48.60 

75.10 

6.59 

1. 69 2.57 

2.37 

3. 80 

.00 

.00 

1. 26 

.00 

Discharge rneasurernents in tnnnels near Devils Gate, Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles 

River, Calzforn£a. 

Date. Tunnel. 

[Concluded in "\Vater-Supply Paper No. 52.] 

0 

Discharge. 
J