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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Hubert Work, Secretary

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

George Otis Smith, Director

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 582

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1924

PART II. SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE AND EASTEKN 

GULF OF MEXICO BASINS

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

A. H. HORTON. WARREN E. HALL, and W. R. KING 

District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation with the State of North Carolina

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1928
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U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

George Otis Smith, Director

Water-Supply Paper 582

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1924

PART II. SOUTH ATLiNTIC SLOPE AND EASTERN 

GULF OF MEXICO BASINS

NATHAN C. GEOVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

A. H. HORTON, WA*REN JJ. HALL, and W. R. KING 

District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation with the State of North Carolina

Water Resources Branch, 

Geological Survey, 

Box 3106S Capitol Static^ 

Oklahoma City, Glda8

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Authorization and scope of work___________________._______________ 1

Definition of terms._______________________-_________^____________ 2

Explanation of data_______________________________________________ 2

Accuracy of field data and computed results___-__________-___________ 4

Publications. _____________________________________ _____ 5

Cooperation._____________________________________________________ 9

Division of work.. _____________________________________________ 9

Gaging-station records, ____________________________ _____________ 10

James River basin________-_____________________________-_____ 10

James River at Buchanan, Va__-____-_- __________________ 10

James River at Cartersville, Va.___________________________ 11

Roanoke River basin_________________________________________ 13

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va____-___-___----_____--_____ 13

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va__--__--__---______________ 15

Roanoke River at Old Gaston, N. C-_______________________ 17

Dan River at South Boston, Va______-______-____-________ 18

Neuse River basin________________________________ __________ 20

Moccasin Creek near Middlesex, N. C___--___-______________ 20

Cape Fear River basin________________________________________ 21

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C___-_-______-____-______ 21

Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, N. C___________.___________ 23

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C---_---_-------__--------_ 25

West Fork of Deep River near High Point, N. C_ _______ 26

Peedee River basin_______________________________-____--_____ 28

Yadkin River at North Wilkesboro, N. C__________.___ 28

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C_-_______--__--__---__-__ 29

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C__________________ 31

Fisher River near Dobson, N. C-_______--___-_-_--__-_----- 32

Santee River basin____________________________________________ 34

Santee River at Ferguson, S. C___________________________ 34

Linville River at Branch, N. C-_-_-_____________-___ 36

Long Creek near Gastonia, N. C________-__---_---__- 38

North Pacolet River near Tryon, N. C---------------- --- 39

Savannah River basin_________________________ ______________ 40

Chattooga River near Tallulah Falls, Ga_____________--__-__ 40

Apalachicola River basin_________________.___. ____________ __ 42

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga__-__--_-_------- 42

Chipola River near Altha, Fla.______________________-_. __ 43

Choctawhatchee River basin_______.____^______ ______________ 45

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala________ __________ 45

Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood, Ala_ __________________ 47

Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Ala_ _____________ , 49

Pea River at Pera, Ala-__-______-_-_---__-------_--------- 51

Pea River near Geneva, Ala_ ______________ ____ 52

in
IV CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued. Page

Mobile River basin_________________________________________ 54

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala_---_____-___-_-___-______ 54

Tallapoosa River near Cragford, Ala___-----______________ 56

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala____________________ __ 58

Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant, Ala-________-__-__--_______ 60

Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near Tallassee, Ala_____ 61

Miscellaneous discharge measurements.___________________________ 64

Index _________________________________________________ 65

ILLUSTRATION

Page 

FIGURE 1. Typical gaging station.__________________________ 3
SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY OF SOUTH ATLANTIC

SLOPE AND EASTEBN GULF OF MEXICO

DBAIMGE BASINS, 1924

AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OF WORK

This volume is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results of 

measurements of flow made on streams in the United States during 

the year ending September 30,1924.

The data presented in these reports were collected by the United 

States Geological Survey under the following authority contained in 

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

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

Geological Survey and the classification of public lands and examination of the 

geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.

The work was begun in 1888 in connection with special studies 

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

June 30,1895, successive appropriation bills passed by Congress have 

carried the following item:

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

and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the 

preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources.

Annual appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30,1895-1925

1895 ----__ -_._--__-- $12,500.00

1896 --------_-_-_-_---_ »24,500.00

1897 to 1899, inclusive .__ 50,000.00

1900 _____-___--__--_--_ 2 70,000.00

1901 to 1902, inclusive _._ 100,000.00

1903 to 1906, inclusive _ 200,000.00

1907 ------------------ 150,000.00

1908 to 1910, inclusive ... 100,000.00

1911 to 1917, inclusive _ 150.000.00

1918 ------._-.-_-.-- - 175,000.00

1919 .---__--___. --. 148,244.10

1920 ...... --_------- 175,000.00

1921 to 1923, inclusive _ 180,000.00

1924 and 1925 _______ 170,000.00

In this work many private and State organizations have cooperated, either by furnishing records or by assisting in collecting data. 

Acknowledgments for cooperation of the first kind are made in connection with the description of each station affected; cooperation of 

the second kind is acknowledged on page 9.

Measurements of stream flow have been made at about 5,800 

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

the Hawaiian Islands. In July, 1924, 1,670 gaging stations were 

being maintained by the Geological Survey and the cooperating organizations. Many miscellaneous discharge measurements are made at

i Includes $4,500 appropriated in act of Apr. 25,1896.

'Includes $20,000 appropriated in deficiency act of Mar. 30, 1900.
2 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

other points. In connection with this work, data were also collected 

in regard to precipitation, evaporation, storage reservoirs, river profiles, and water power in many sections of the country and will be 

made available in the water-supply papers from time to time.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

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

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

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

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

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

The principal terms used in this series of reports are second-feet, 

»second-feet per square mile, run-off in inches, and acre-feet. They 

may be defined as follows:

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

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

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

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

unit from which others are computed.

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

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

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

regards time and area.

"Run-off in inches" is the depth to which an area would be covered 

if all the water flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches.

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

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

The following terms not in common use are here defined:

"Stage-discharge relation"; an abbreviation for the term "relation 

of gage height to discharge."

"Control"; a term used to designate the natural section or stretch 

of the channel or artificial structure below the gage which determines 

the stage-discharge relation at the gage. It should be noted that the 

control may not be the same section or sections at all stages.

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

gage the gage height at which water ceases to flow over the

control.

EXPLANATION OF DATA

The data presented in this report cover the year beginning October 1, 1923, and ending September 30, 1924. At the beginning of 

January, in most parts of the United States, much of the precipitation
EXPLANATION OF DATA 6

in the preceding three months is stored as ground water, in the form 

of snow or ice', or in ponds, lakes, and swamps, and this stored water 

passes off in the streams during the the spring break-up. At the end 

of September, on the other hand, the only stored water available for 

run-off is possibly a small quantity in the ground; therefore, the runoff for the year beginning October 1 is practically all derived from 

precipitation within the year.

The base data collected at gaging stations consist of records of 

stage, measurements of discharge, and general information used to 

supplement the gage heights and discharge measurements in determining the daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from 

direct readings on a staff or chain gage or from a water-stage recorder 

that gives a continuous record of the fluctuations. Measurements 

of discharge are made with a current meter. The general methods

FIGURE 1. Typical gaging station

are outlined in standard textbooks on the measurement of river discharge. A typical gaging station, equipped with water-stage recorder 

and a measuring cable and car, is shown in Figure 1.

From the discharge measurements rating tables are prepared that 

give the discharge for any stage. The application of the daily gage 

height to these rating tables gives the daily discharge from which 

the monthly and yearly mean discharge is determined.

The data presented for each gaging station in the area covered by 

this report comprise a description of the station, a table giving results 

of discharge measurements, a table showing the daily discharge of 

the stream, and a table of monthly and yearly discharge and run-off.

If the base data are insufficient to determine the daily discharge, 

tables giving daily gage height and results of discharge measurements 

are published.
4 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

The description of the station gives, in addition to statements 

regarding location and equipment, information in regard to any conditions that may affect the permanence of the stage-discharge relation, covering such subjects as the occurrence of ice, the use of the 

stream for log driving, shifting of control, and the cause and effect of 

backwater; it gives also information as to diversions that decrease 

the flow at the gage, artificial regulation, maximum and minimum 

recorded stages, and accuracy of the records.

The table of daily discharge gives, in general, the discharge in 

second-feet corresponding to the mean of the gage heights read each 

day. At stations on streams subject to sudden or rapid diurnal fluctuation the discharge obtained from the rating table and mean daily 

gage height may not be the true mean discharge for the day. If 

such stations are equipped with water-stage recorders the mean daily 

discharge may be obtained by averaging quantities of discharge for 

regular intervals during the day, or by means of a discharge integrator, 

an instrument operating on the principle of the planimeter and containing as an essential element the rating curve of the station.

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

gives the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day it does not indicate 

correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height, and 

the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in 

the maximum column. Likewise, in the column headed "Minimum" 

the quantity given is the mean flow for the day when the mean gage 

height was lowest. The column headed "Mean" is the average flow 

in cubic feet per second during the month. On this average flow 

computations recorded in the remaining columns, which are defined 

on page 2, are based.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

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

permanence of the stage-discharge relation and (2) on the accuracy 

of observation of stage, measurement of flow, and interpretation of 

records.

A paragraph in the description of the station gives information 

regarding the (1) permanence of the stage-discharge relation, (2) precision with which the discharge rating curve is defined, (3) refinement 

of gage readings, (4) frequency of gage readings, and (5) methods of 

applying the daily gage height to the rating table to obtain the daily 

discharge.

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

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

within 10 per cent; "poorly defined," within 15 to 25 per cent.
PUBLICATIONS 5

These notes are very general and are based on the plotting of the 

individual measurements with reference to the mean rating curve.

The monthly means for any station may represent with high accuracy the quantity of water flowing past the .gage, but the figures 

showing discharge per square mile and run-off in inches may be subject to gross errors caused by the inclusion of large noncontributing 

districts in the measured drainage area, by lack of information concerning water diverted for irrigation or other use, or by inability to 

interpret the effect of artificial regulation of the flow of the river 

above the station. "Second-feet per square mile" and " run-off in 

inches" are therefore not computed if such errors appear probable. 

The computations are also omitted for stations on streams draining 

areas in which the annual rainfall is less than 20 inches. All figures 

representing "secoad-feet per square mile" and "run-off in inches" 

published by the Geological Survey in earlier reports should be used 

with caution because of possible inherent sources of error ;not known 

to the Geological Survey.

Many gaging stations on streams in the irrigated sections of the 

United States are located above most of the diversions from those 

streams, and the discharge recorded does not shew the water supply 

available for further development, as prior appropriations below the 

station must first be satisfied. To give an idea of the amount of prior 

appropriations, a paragraph on diversions is presented in each station 

description. The figures given can not be considered exact but 

represent the best information available.

The table of monthly discharge gives only a general idea of the 

flow at the station and should not be used for other than preliminary 

estimates; the tables of daily discharge allow more detailed studies of 

the variation in flow. It should be borne in mind, however, that the 

observations in each succeeding year may be expected to throw new 

light on data previously published.

PUBLICATIONS

Investigation of water resources by the United States Geologica^ 

Survey has consisted in large part of measurements of the volume 

of flow of streams and studies of the conditions affecting that flow, 

but it has comprised also investigation of such closely allied subjects 

as irrigation, water storage, water powers, underground waters, and 

quality of waters. Most of the results of these investigations have 

been published in the series of water-supply papers, but some have 

appeared in the bulletins, professional papers, monographs, and 

annual reports.

The results of stream-flow measurements are now published annually in 12 parts, each part covering an area whose boundaries coincide 

with natural drainage features as indicated below:
if

6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

PART I. North Atlantic slope basins (St. John River to York River).

II. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins (James River 

to the Mississippi).

III. Ohio River basin.

IV. St. Lawrence River basin.

V. Upper Mississippi River and Hudson Bay basins.

VI. Missouri River basin. 

VII. Lower Mississippi River basin. 

VIII. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

IX. Colorado River basin.

X. Great Basin.

XI. Pacific slope basins in California.

XII. North Pacific slope basins; in three volumes:

A. Pacific slope basins, in Washington and Upper Columbia River

basin.

B. Snake River basin.

C. Lower Columbia River basin and Pacific slope basins in 

Oregon.

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources of 

the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated below:

1. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, 

D. C., who will on application furnish lists giving prices.

2. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in the United States.

3. Complete sets are available for consultation in the local offices 

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

Boston, Mass., 2500 Customhouse. 

Albany, N. Y., 904 Home Savings Bank Building. 

Trenton, N. J., Statehouse. 

Charlottesville, Va., c/o University of Virginia. 

Asheville, N. C., 608 City Hall. 

Chattanooga, Tenn., 830 Power Building.

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

Madison, Wis., c/o Railroad Commission of Wisconsin. 

Chicago, 111., 1510 Consumers Building. 

Rolla, Mo., Rolla Building, School of Mines and Metallurgy. 

Helena, Mont., 45-46 Federal Building. 

Denver, Colo., 403 Post Office Building.

Tucson, Ariz., 106 College of Law Building, University of Arizona. 

Salt Lake City, Utah, 313 Federal Building. 

Boise, Idaho, Federal Building. 

Idaho Falls, Idaho, 228 Federal Building. 

Tacoma, Wash., 406 Federal Building. 

Portland, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building. 

San Francisco, Calif., 303 Customhouse. 

Los Angeles, Calif., 600 Federal Building. 

Austin, Tex., Capitol Building. 

Honolulu, Hawaii, Territorial Office Building.
A list of the Geological Survey's publications may be obtained by 

applying to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 

Washington, D. C.

Stream-flow records have been obtained at about 5,800 points in 

the United States, and the data obtained have been published in the 

reports tabulated below:

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

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

Report Character of data Year

10th A, pt. 2.... Descriptive information only___________________

llth A, pt. 2 . Monthly discharge and descriptive information.___..____ 1884 to September,

1890. 

12th A, pt. 2._ ..do..._.......___...____.______...._.____ 1884 to June 30,1891.

13th A, pt. 3._ Mean discharge in second-feet______...__________ 1884 to Dec. 31,1892. 

14th A, pt. 2 . Monthly discharge (long-time records, 1871 to 1893)_______ 1888 to Dec. 31, 1893. 

B131 . Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings.... . 1893 and 1894.

16th A, pt. 2 . Descriptive information only__________________

B140 ..... Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly 1895.

discharge (also many data covering earlier years). 

W 11 . . Gage heights (also gage heights for earlier years)___......... 1896.

18th A, pt. 4 . Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 1895 and 1896.

(also similar data for some earlier years). 

W 15 ........ Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, eastern United 1897.

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River abo/e

junction with Kansas. 

W 16 Descripti9ns, measurements, and gage heights, western Missis- 1897.

sippi River below junction of Missouri and Platte, and western United States. 

19th A, pt. 4 Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 1897.

(also some long-time records). 

W 27 Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, eastern United States, 1898.

eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River. 

W 28. . Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas River and 1898.

western United States.

20th A, pt. 4 Monthly discharge (also for many earlier years) 1898. 

W 35 to 39 Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings... 1899. 

2lst A, pt. 4._ Monthly discharge__. _... .... .. 1899.

W 47 to 52 Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings . 1900. 

22d A, pt. 4-. Monthly discharge________._-_-____ - 1900. 

W 65, 66 Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings 1901. 

W75... .. Monthly discharge..___ _... ._ 1901.

W82 to 85 .. Complete data. _______._______ . 1902. 

W 97 to 100 . __.do._....__.__..._._...__..__-.__... 1903.

W124 to 135. .....do....... ....._............__ 1904.

W 165 to 178__ . ..do. _.. _ _...__.......____.__-____ --- 1905.

W 201 to 214.... .....do .......__.__ ..___............. 1906.

W241 to 252.... __.do. _ . . ..___... . 1907-8.

W 261 to 272__ .. .do ......_.._......................_. .. - 1909.

W281 to 292.... __.do. ...___ 1910.

W301 to 312._ __.do,._...._._ . - .._....... 1911.

W321to332__. ..do. . .........._._..___.......... .--_ 1912.

W 351 to 362_____do. .... .___ ... __... . 1913.

W381 to 394_____do __ ..____________________.__-_--- - 1914. 

W401 to 414__.....do............._..._... ....... ...___... .-__. 1915.

W431to444___ .do. .. .___ .__.___......._____*_-._. - 1916.

W451 to 464_ . _ do __________________.____._.____._...... 1917.

W 471 to 484.... __.do ______..__.___.___....__._ _____ 1918.

W501 to 514__ .__do__________.___._______._-___-__... 1919-20. 

W 521 to 534 __.do__......_.____.__.___.___-_____-... . 1921.

W541 to 554._ ___do __.________________________________.. 1922. 

W561 to 574._ .....do........________.........__._______ 1923.

W581 to 594._ __.do....._-__._____x_._.____._ .. 1924.

NOTE. No data regarding stream flow are given in the fifteenth and seventeenth annual reports.

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

over 1 a series of years, and miscellanaous measurements at many 

points other than regular gaging stations have been made each year. 

An index of the reports containing records obtained prior to 1904 has 

been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream m

[Sac basins included see p. 6]

Year

1899 « __ ......

19CO 9 .... . .... .

1901 .

1902 . .

1903- __

1904. . 

1905. . ....

1906 ___ - __

1907-8 __ . 

1909. ........

1910. __ . __ .

1911. __ ... ....

1912 

1913-.. 

1914 .......

1915 

1916. .... __ .

1917. __ .. .....

1918 ........

1919-20. ........

1921. - _ .

1922 ............

1923 

1924. __ - ...

I

35

47, » 48

65,75

82

97

» 124, o 125,

P126 

» 165, o 166, 

P167 

n 201, o 202,

P203 

241

261

281

301

321

351

381

401

431

451

471

501

521

541

561

581

II

'35,36

48

65,75

'82,83

» 97, 98

P 126, 127

P 167, 168 

P 203, 204

242

262

282

302

322

352

382

402

432

452

472

502

522

542

562

582

III

36

48, »49

65,75

83

98

128

169 

205

243

263

283

303

323

353

383

403

433

453

473

503

523

543

563

583

IV

36

49

65,75

«82,83

97

129

170 

206

244

264

284

304

324

354

384

404

434

454

474

504

524

544

564

584

V

36

49

* 65. 66, 75

*83,85

* 98, 99, OTIOO

* 128, 130

171 

207

245

265

285

305

325

355

385

405

435

455

475

505

525

545

565

585

VI

c36,37

49, i' 50

66,75

84

99

130, '131

172 

208

246

266

286

306

326

356

386

406

436

456

476

506

526

546

566

586

VII

37

50

* 65, 66, 75

*83,84

*98,99

* 128, 131

* 169, 173 

4205,209

247

267

287

307

327

357

387

407

437

457

477

507

527

547

567

587

VIII '

37

50

66,75

84

99

132

174 

210

248

268

288

308

328

358

388

408

438

458

478

508

528

548

568

588

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

Papdr39. Tables of monthly discharge for 1899 in Twenty-first Annual Report, P&it 

IV.

'James River cnly.

c Qallatin River.

<* Green and Gunnison Rivers and Grand River above junction with Gunnison,

'Mohave River only.

/ Kings and Kern Rivers and south Pacific slope basins.

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

well;, ynd irri'. ation in California and Utah cont lined in Water-Supply Paper 25. 

Tables of monthly discharge for 1900 in Tweuty-second Annual Report, P..rt IV.

ft Wissahickon and Schuylkill Rivers to James River.

>' Scioto River.

;' Loup and Platte R

with Platte.

* Tributaries of Mis

i Lake Ontario and 

m HudSors Bay only

" New England Rive

o Hudson River, to D

p Susque lanm Rive

9 Platte and Kansas 

' Great Ba.<in in Cal 

* Below junction wit

t Rogue, Umpqua, a
DIVISION OF WORK .. 9

The preceding table gives, by years and drainage basin, the numbers of papers on surface-water supply published from 1899 to 1924. 

The data for any particular station will be found in the reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. For 

example, data for 1902 to 1921 for any station hi the area covered by 

Part III are published hi Water-Supply Papers 83, 98, 128, 169, 205, 

243,263,283, 303, 323, 353,383,403,433, 453,473, 503, and 523, which 

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

of miscellaneous measurements are published by drainage basins.

COOPEBATION

Work hi North Carolina was done in cooperation with the North 

Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, 

director, succeeded by Brent S. Drane in March, 1924.

Acknowledgment is also due for financial assistance rendered by 

the following organizations and individuals: Halifax Power Co.; 

Virginia Railway & Power Co.; Columbia Railway & Navigation Co.; 

Columbus Electric & Power Co.; Tallassee Power Co.; Viele, Blackwell 

& Buck; Alabama Power Co.; Houston Power Co.; B. H. Hardaway; 

and the cities of Charlotte and Gastonia, N. C., and Do than, Ala.

DIVISION OF WORK

Data for stations in Virginia were collected and prepared for publication under the direction of A. H. Horton, district engineer, assisted 

by J. J. Dirzulaitis, W. C. Wiggins, O. D. Mussey, F. C. Christopherson, Karl Jetter, and Miss Nellie Minor.

Data for stations in North Carolina and South Carolina were 

collected and prepared for publication under the direction of Warren 

E. Hall and E. D. Burchard, district engineers, assisted by L. J. Hall 

and J. H. Morgan, engineers of the North Carolina Geological and 

Economic Survey. The data were prepared for publication under 

the direction of E. D. Burchard, assisted by J. H. Morgan, L. J. 

Hall, and Mrs. Effie T. Workman.

Data for stations in Florida and Alabama and Chattahoochee 

River at West Point, Ga., were collected and prepared for publication under the direction of W. R. King, district engineer, assisted by 

Warren Withee, P. P. Livingston, J. P. Clawson, D. B. Ventres, and 

Duncan Charlton. Data for stations on Coosa and Tallapoosa 

Rivers were collected and prepared for publication under the general 

direction of W. R. King by engineers of the Alabama Power Co.

The records were reviewed and manuscript assembled by B. J. 

Peterson.
10 SITEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

GAGING STATION RECORDS

JAMES RIVER BASIN

JAMES RIVER AT BUCHAKTAKT, VA.

LOCATION. At highway bridge near Chesapeake & Ohio Railway station, Buchanan, Botetourt County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,080 square miles (revised measurement on topographic

maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. August 18, 1895, to September 30, 1924. 

GAGE. Chain gage attached to highway bridge; installed November 21, 1903.

Read by D. D. Booze for United States Weather Bureau. 

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of two-span highway

bridge or by wading. 

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed under bridge is composed of rock overlain with

a thick deposit of mud. Banks high; not overflowed except in extreme

floods. Control of boulders and gravel several hundred feet below station. 

EXTREMES OF STAGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 19.1 feet May 13;

minimum stage, 1.9 feet from October 9 to November 23 and November 26. 

1895-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 31 feet during the night of March

27, 1913 (determined by levels from floodmarks October 2, 1914; discharge

not determined); minimum stage, 1.2 feet (present gage datum) April 17

and May 2, 1896 (discharge, 260 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice during severe winters. 

ACCURACT. Stage-discharge relation has changed. New rating curve not fully

developed. Gage read to tenths once daily. The gage heights indicate river

apparently has a very steady flow at low stages, this apparent condition

may be due to careless or inaccurate gage readings. Gage-height record fair. 

COOPERATION. Gage-height record furnished by United States Weather Bureau.

The following discharge measurement was made:

April 19, 1924: Gage height, 5.49 feet; discharge, 5,350 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of James River at Buchanan,Va.,for the year ending

September SO, 1924

Day

1. _ - __ . _

3 

4

5. 

6 . 

7- _______

8 __ - __

9

10 

11 _____ . _

12 to

14. ____

15 ____ . _

-16 .-": __

17 

IS ___ . ...

19.. _ . ........

20. __ - __ . ...

Oct.

2.3

9 3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Nov.

1.9

1 0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Dec.

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.9

4.3

5.5

5.0

4.6

42

3.8

3.3

3.1

3 fl

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

Jan.

2 4

2 4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

>; 9

4.8

A O

4 0

3.8

3.7

14.1

9.2

6.9

5.5

Feb.

3.8

o 7

3.6

3

K

3.4

3.4

3.4

3

D

3

0

3

O

3.2

% 9

3

0

3.1

3.1

3

1

3.1

3.1

3.6

Mar.

3.7

o. 7

3.6

3.6

4.1

/t o.

3.9

3.9

3

Q

3.8

3.9

4.7 4 6

4 6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.3

Apr.

7.1

6.8

6.0

5.2

4 0

4.7

4.6

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.3

4.9

4 9

4.0

3.9

3

Q

3.8

5.6

5.8

May

3.4

3.3

3.3

P. 9

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.6

q Q

4.5

16.5

19 1

9 n

7.6

5.9

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.9

June

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4 5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.8

4.7 5 n

5.0

4.8

4.6

5.1

4.4

4.1

3.9

July

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

9 Q

3.9

6.8

11.0

7.0

5.0

4.0

o 7

3

K

3 4.

3.3

3.2

a

t

3.0

2.9

Aug.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

9 P

2.3

O O

2.3

2.3

2.9

3.2

5.8

4.0

3.4

P 9

3.1

3.1

3.1

Sept.

3.3

o, n

2.8

2.8

9 f

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2

0

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2
JAMES RIVER BASES'

Daily gage height, in feet, of James River at Buchanan, Fa., for the year ending 

September 80, 1924 Continued

Day

21 ... .....

22 ___

23 ___

24 ________

25 -

26. ... -

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

28. ........

29

30 ___ .....

31 ______

Oct.

1.9

1 Q

1.9

1.9

1 Q

1 Q

1 Q

1.9

1 Q

1.9

1 9

Nov.

1.9

1 Q

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.6

Dec.

2.5

2.5

2.5

2 4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

Jan.

4.8

i 9

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4 n

3.9

3.8

3 7

Feb.

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

3 Q

3

0

3 7

3.7

3.7

Mar.

4.3

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.8

«8 7

3.6

3.5

7.4

10.1

9 1

Apr.

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

May

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.1

7.0

5.9

June

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

July

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

Aug.

3.0

3.0

3.0

4.2

4.6

5.2

5.0

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.8

Sept.

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

6.2

15.1

JAMES RIVER AT CARTERSVIILE, VA.

LOCATION. At highway bridge between Pemberton and Cartersville, Cumberland County, 50 miles above Richmond. Willis River enters from south 1 

mile above station and Rivanna River from north 7 miles above.

DRAINAGE AREA. 6,240 square miles, revised (measured on topographic maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. January 1, 1899, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream side and near Cartersville end of bridge; 

read by A. F. Moon, jr. Wire gage used previous to July 24, 1903.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed of rocks and sand; shifts somewhat 

during floods. Banks high; left bank is overflowed at a stage of about 20 

feet.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1923, 18.46 feet at 5 p. m. March 17 (discharge, 60,200 secondfeet); minimum stage, 0.69 foot at 5 p. m. July 25 (discharge, 895 secondfeet).

Maximum stage recorded during the year ending September 30, 1924, 

24.68 feet during night of May 12 (discharge, 93,500 second-feet); minimum 

stage, 0.80 foot from 5 p. m. October 17 to 5 p. m. October 18 (discharge, 

1,060 second-feet).

1899-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 26.7 feet at 6 p. m. December 30, 

1901 (discharge, about 106,000 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.33 foot at 

10 a. m. October 27, 1921.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice during extreme winters.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve well defined 

between 900 and 50,000 second-feet; extended beyond these limits. Gage 

read to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying 

mean daily gage height to rating table. Records good.

The following discharge measurement was made:

April 25, 1924: Gage height 4.35 feet; discharge, 7,470 second-feet.
12 SUBFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

Daily discharge, in second-feel, of James River at Cartersville, Va., for the years 

ending September SO, 192$ and 1924

Day

1922-23 

1 _ . - 

2...... __ ....

4 ____ 

5 ... - 

6.... 

7 _ . __ -

8. 

9

10. 

11 __ ...... ....

12. __ ... .

13 __ .. __ ...

14 _____ ... ...

15. _ .. 

16 __ - __ . 

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

1C

19 ____

20 -

21 . 

22 __ . _ ......

23 

24 . 

25 

26 

27 . -

28 . 

29 _ ....... ....

30 __

*n

1923-24 

1. __ - ___ .

2 _____ .. _ .

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

5. ........

6 __ . __ . ....

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

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

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

10. __ ... __ .

11. ____ . .....

12. ___ ... .....

13

14.. ___ . .....

15 ____ . .....

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

17 .........

18 .........

19 .........

20 . 

21 ..........

22 ___ .... __ .

23.. .. ....

24 .........

25 ... .

26 __ ..........

27. __ . . .......

28 . _ . ....

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

30 .

31- .........

Oct.

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,060 

1,140

1,380 

1,540 

1,780 

2,720 

5,920

8,250 

6,320 

4,930 

4,550 

4,170

3,790 

3,250 

2,210 

2,040 

1,870

1,960 

1,960 

1,700 

1,780 

1,700

1,780 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,620 

1,620

2,040 

1,870 

2,040 

1,870 

1,620

1,380 

1,300 

1,300 

1,380 

1,460

1,380 

1,220 

1,380 

1,380 

1,380

1,220 

1,060 

1,060 

1,380 

1,540

1,700 

1,380 

1,460 

1,540 

2,210

1,960 

1,870 

1,540 

1,460 

1,380 

1,620

Nov.

1,540 

1,780 

1,620 

1,700 

1,870

1,700 

1,620 

1,460 

1,700 

1,780

1,700 

1,700 

1,620 

1,700 

1,540

1,620 

1,540 

1,700 

1,700 

1,620

1,540 

1,540 

1,620 

1,460 

1,540

1,540 

1,460 

1,540 

1,380 

1,540

1,620 

1,540 

1,460 

1,700 

2,89C

3,070 

3,070 

2,890 

2,720 

2,550

2,550 

2,040 

2,210 

2,720 

2,380

2,720 

2,040 

1,960 

1,870 

1,700

1,620 

1,870 

1,700 

1,870 

2,550

2,720 

2,380 

2,890 

2,890 

2,890

Dee.

1,540 

1,380 

1,540 

1,540 

1,700

1,700 

1,870 

2,210 

2,380 

2,380

2,550 

2,720 

3,070 

3,250 

3,610

3,250 

3,790 

6,320 

13,200 

11, 400

7,360 

5,720 

4,550 

4,170 

3,790

3,610 

3,430 

6,120 

9,710 

7,150 

4,550

3,430 

3,980 

3,790 

3,430 

6,940

15,300 

14,109 

12,000 

9,460 

7,580

6,320 

4,930 

4,740 

4,360 

3,980

3,790 

3,610 

3,430 

3,430 

3,250

3,070 

3,070 

2,890 

2,720 

2,550

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,720 

2,550 

2,550

Jan.

8,480 

9,710 

11,400 

14, 400 

10,200

9,210 

8,480 

6,320 

6,120 

5,870

5,620 

5,370 

5,120 

4,550 

4,360

4,170 

3,980 

3,790 

3,610 

3,610

3,790 

3,790 

3,610 

4,550 

5,520

6,120 

6,940 

11,400 

19,400 

22,800 

18 000

2,550 

3,250 

4,360 

5,320 

6,730

9,210 

7,800 

6,120 

5,120 

5,120

5,520 

8,020 

25, 300 

17, 600 

11, 700

11,100 

37,900 

55,600 

33,900 

20,400

14,400 

10,500 

8,960 

7,150 

10,200

14,100 

12,900 

11, 700 

9,210 

8,020 

7,150

Feb.

13,500 

11, 400 

11, 700 

16,200 

17,600

15,300 

12,000 

10,200 

9,210 

9,960

9,960 

9,210 

10,800 

10, 800 

9,960

8,480 

8,250 

7,360 

6,520 

6,120

5,720 

5,320 

4,930 

4,740 

4,170

3,980 

5,320 

6,320

6,730 

6,120 

5,920 

5,520 

6,520

8,250 

7,150 

6,520 

6,520 

6,320

5,320 

5,120 

4,930 

4,550 

4,360

3,980 

3,790 

3,790 

3,610 

3,430

10, 500 

8,960 

10, 500 

8,960 

7,150

6,940 

6,940 

6,730 

6,730

Mar.

5,720 

5,320 

4,930 

4,740 

4,550

4,550 

25, 600 

27,000 

27, 400 

19,400

13,200 

10, 500 

10,200 

12,600 

12,300

14,100 

58,400 

39,300 

34, 700 

28,800

22,200 

15,600 

14, 100 

12,000 

11,100

10, 800 

10,200 

9,460 

8,480 

7,580

6

QA(\

6,940 

7,800 

8,720 

10,200 

9,710

10,200 

12,000 

13,500 

11, 700 

9,460

10,200 

15,900 

22,200 

16,600 

12,600

10,200 

8,480 

8,020 

7,580 

7,150

9,210 

13. 500 

14,700 

14, 100 

11.700

12,000 

12, 300 

12,000 

13,200 

16,600 

24,600

Apr.

6,730 

5,920 

5,720 

5,720 

6,120

6,520 

6,730 

6,520 

6,730 

6,730

6,320 

5,720 

5,120 

11, 400 

13,800

17,600 

16,900 

15, 000 

12,600 

10,200

8,250 

7,580 

6,730 

6,320 

5,720

5,320 

4,930 

4,740 

12,300 

8,720

23,200 

16,900 

14,400 

12,000 

10,500

10, 500 

14,400 

15,000 

14,100 

12,900

12,300 

10,800 

9,710 

8,720 

7,800

7,150 

6,940 

7,580 

12,900 

12,900

13,800 

11,400 

9,710 

8,720 

7,800

7,150 

6,320 

5,920 

6,120 

5,920

May

8.-960 

7,800 

6,730 

6,320 

5,520

4,930 

4,550 

4,170 

4,550 

4,550

4,550 

4,360 

4,170 

3,980 

3,790

3,980 

4,930 

4,930 

5,120 

5,520

5,920 

5,120 

4,550 

4,550 

4,930

4,550 

4,930 

4,740 

4,360 

3,790 

3,980

7,150 

6,520 

5,520 

5,320 

4,930

4,550 

4,360 

8,250 

13,800 

8,250

8,720 

80,500 

90,000 

78,800 

36,700

29,200 

25,300 

20,800 

17,200 

14,100

12,900 

13,500 

11, 700 

10,500 

11, 700

9,710 

8,960 

10,200 

10,800 

10,500 

12,300

June

3,430 

3,070 

3,250 

3,070 

2,720

2,720 

2,890 

2,720 

2,550 

2,380

2,210 

2,210 

3,070 

3,610 

3,790

6,320 

5,720 

4,170 

3,610 

3,070

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,380

2,380 

2,210 

1,780 

1,700 

1,620

13,800 

11,700 

12,900 

9,960 

8,720

7,580 

6,320 

5,920 

5.920 

7,150

6,320 

7,150 

8,720 

10,800 

13,800

13,500 

12,300 

11,700 

14,100 

10,800

8,020 

6,730 

5,920 

5,920 

5,720

5,520 

5,520 

9,460 

5,320 

4,740

July

1,620 

1,540 

1,380 

1,540 

1,700

1,220 

1,460 

4,360 

4,170 

1,620

1,620 

1,780 

1,960 

1,960 

1,380

1,460 

1,540 

1,300 

1,140 

1,060

1,060 

985 

1,060 

985 

910

1,380 

1,300 

1,060 

4,550 

2,380 

3,980

4,740 

4,550 

3,980 

4,170 

3,980

3,790 

6,730 

13,800 

29,200 

34,700

21,400 

14,100 

10,500 

8,720 

6,940

6,520 

5,920 

4,930 

4,360 

4,170

3,790 

3,430 

3,250 

3,430

3

oen

3,070 

3,070 

2,720 

2,380 

2,380 

2,380

Aug.

9,710 

9,710 

7,800 

5,920 

6,520

6,320 

6,120 

4,740 

4,360 

4,360

3,250 

2,550 

6,120 

5,920 

6,940

5,720 

5,120 

5,120 

3,980 

2,380

2,380 

2,550 

2,380 

2,040 

1,960

1,620 

1,620 

1,460 

6,320 

5,920 

3,250

2,380 

2,380 

2,380 

2,550 

2,720

2,720 

2,720 

2,550 

2,380 

2,040

2,040 

4,170 

9,210 

13,200 

14,400

8,480 

5,320 

4,570 

3,820 

3,070

2,890 

2,890 

4,170 

4,360 

7,580

18,600 

9,460 

8,480 

6,940 

5,120 

4,170

Sept.

2,550 

2,380 

1,700 

1,380 

1,870

3,610 

3,790 

3,070 

3,250 

2,550

1,960 

2,210 

2,210 

2,040 

1,870

1,700 

1,540 

1,540 

1,380 

1,220

1,380 

1,870 

6,120 

7,150 

4,740

3,610 

3,610 

3,250 

2,720 

2,380

3,790 

3,070 

3,070 

3,070 

2,550

2,380 

2,380 

2,380 

2,040 

2,210

2,040 

1,780 

1,620 

1,700 

1,780

1,700 

2,040 

1,870 

1,620 

1,700

1,960 

2,210 

2,720 

3,070 

4,170

4,170 

3,980 

3,610 

3,610 

61,500

NOTE. Gage not read Jan. 10-12, 1923, and Aug. 17-20,1924; discharge estimated.
EOANOKE EIVEE BASIN

Monthly discharge of James River at CartersviUe, Fa., for the years ending September 80, 1923 and 1924

[Drainage area, 6,240 square miles]

Month

1922-23

December... ___ .... ____ ..... ____

April. _____ . ____________ _ ......

July.... ____ . __ . _ .... _ ..... __ . ....

The year... _ . ___ .. _____ _____

1923-24 

October __ . ____________ . __ . ....

April.. --.. _......... .....................

May ______ r. ___ ______ ______

June _ . _____ - _____ ___ .. _.......

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

September _________________ ......

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

8,250 

1,870 

13,200 

22,800 

17,600 

58,400 

17,600 

8,980 

6,320 

4,550 

9,710 

7,150

58,400

2,210 

3,070 

15,300 

55,600 

10,500 

24,600 

23,200 

90,000 

14,100 

34,700 

18,600 

61,500

90,000

Minimum

1,060 

1,380 

1,380 

3,610 

3,980 

4,550 

4,740 

3,790 

1,620 

910 

1,460 

1,220

910

1,060 

1,460 

2,550 

2,550 

3,430 

6,940 

5,920 

4,360 

4,740 

2,380 

2,040 

1,620

1,060

Mean

2,570 

1,610 

4,240 

7,750 

9,110 

15,900 

8,290 

4,990 

2,980 

1,790 

4,650 

2,690

5,530

1,530 

2,300 

4,890 

12,800 

6,270 

12,000 

10,800 

19,100 

8,730 

7,430 

5,410 

4,530

8,010

Per 

square 

mile

0.412 

.258 

.679 

1.24 

1.46 

2.55 

1.33 

.800 

.474 

.287 

.745 

.431

.886

.245 

.369 

.784 

2.05 

1.00 

1.92 

1.73 

3.06 

1.40 

1.19 

.867 

.726

1.28

Run-off 

in inches

. 0.48 

' .29 

.78 

1.43 

1.52 

2.94 

1.48 

.92 

.53 

.33 

.86 

.48

12.04

.28 

.41 

.90 

2.36 

1.08 

2.21 

1.93 

3.53 

1.56 

1.37 

1.00 

.81

17.44

ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE, VA.

LOCATION. At Walnut Street highway bridge in Roanoke, Roanoke County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 388 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. July 10, 1896, to July 15, 1906; May 7, 1907, to September 30, 1924.

GAGK. Chain gage on downstream side of Walnut Street Bridge; read by an 

employee of Roanoke Railway & Electric Co.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of Walnut Street 

Bridge or by wading.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed of coarse gravel and small boulders. 

Banks may be overflowed at extreme flood stages. Control, loose 

boulders.

EXTREMES OP STAGE. Maximum stage recorded during the year, 6.25 feet- at 

8 a.m. September 29 (discharge, 4,380 second-feet); minimum discharge, 76 

second-feet September 15-20.

1896-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 14.34 feet August 6, 1901 (discharge, 16,900 second-feet). Minimum stage recorded, 0.0 foot on morning; 

of December 23, 1909, when flow was retarded by freezing; reported 

that practically no water was flowing.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice during severe winters only.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation shifted during high water in January. 

Rating curve well defined. Gage read to hundredths once daily. Daily 

discharge ascertained by applying daily gage height to rating table. Records, 

good.

63478 28 WSP 582 2
14 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

The following discharge measurements were made: 

April 20, 1924: Gage height, 2.40 feet; discharge, 802 second-feet. 

April 21, 1924: Gage height, 2.19 feet; discharge, 688 second-feet. 

April 23, 1924: Gage height, 1.86 feet; discharge, 483 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va.,for the year ending

September SO, 1924

Day

2- _ . __ 

4. 

5 ..... 

6- 

7 . _ 

9

10 

11.. - 

19

13 

14 __ - 

15- - 

16.. . 

17 ____

18 __ 

19 __ - 

20 ____ - 

21 

22. _______

23 

24 . 

25 

26 

27. __

28 

29 __ . __ . ....

30 __ - _____ -

o-i

Oct.

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

106

104

97

97

97

93

87

87

87

87

87

87

87

83

83

83

83

Nov.

81

81

81

83

83

83

108

102

97

93

87

83

81

81

81

79

79

77

77

77

77

77

77

87

87

87

87

97

177

171

Dec.

162

156

147

147

462

837

624

332

267

228

210

193

193

177

147

142

133

128

125

125

123

120

120

118

115

113

113

113

113

113

113

Jan.

147

310

462

589

1,100

1,100

990

837

1,100

1,360

1,200

1,100

990

1,200

2,900

2,320

1,510

1,080

699

560

480

533

699

1,240

856

560

506

480

454

480

430

Feb.

406

430

- 362

320

300

300

280

280

280

280

261

261

261

261

261

242

261

2fil

280

362

384

362

320

320

362

430

506

560

560

Mar.

587

560

480

454

406

430

560

533

506

506

480

506

533

560

533

> 460

2,450

Apr.

,

[ 630

454

480

454

614

560

533

506

480

480

480

430

430

406

406

480

1,240

728

560

480

430

430

406

430

406

406

728

587

May

506

454

430

406

384

362

362

454

430

406

454

3,830

2,320

790

728

926

926

856

728

560

856

560

560

533

614

560

506

454

480

430

430

June

430

406

406

406

406

384

362

320

280

300

300

320

320

320

320

280

280

261

242

224

213

206

261

224

224

224

213

206

362

242

July

224

224

261

242

242

384

4,380

1,690

1,330

699

454

454

454

430

430

430

406

406

406

40,6

384

480

430

406

406

384

362

341

320

300

280

Aug.

280

300

280

261

242

224

206

192

179

172

172

166

166

280

224

224

242

224

206

189

157

142

129

142

142

206

157

142

129

129

121

Sept.

116

114

114

111

106

104

104

99

97

92

92

92

88

78

76

76

76

76

76

76

172

142

137

157

163

142

172

224

4,380

4,160

NOTE. Gage not read Mar. 16 to Apr. 3; discharge estimated.

Monthly discharge of Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va., for the year ending September

SO, 1924

[ Drainage area, 388 square miles]

Month

March __ ________ . __ _ .. .....

April . . 

June .... ______ . __ ...... _______

July... __ __. _ 

August _________ . __ . ______ . .....

September.. __ ... _ .. __________ . ...

The year _____________ . __

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

108 

177 

837 

2,900 

560

1,240 

3,830 

430 

4,380 

300 

4,380

4,380

Minimum

83 

77 

113 

147 

. 242

406 

362 

206 

224 

121 

76

76

Mean

98.3 

90.6 

200 

912 

336 

676 

530 

719 

298 

582 

194 

390

420

Per

square 

mile

0.253 

.234 

.515 

2.35 

.866 

1.74 

1.37 

1.85 

.768 

1.50 

.500 

1.01

1.08

Run-off in 

inches

0.29 

.26 

.59 

2.71 

.93 

2.01 

1.53 

2.13 

.86 

1.73 

.58 

1.13

14.75
EOANOKE EIVEE BASIN 15

EOANOKE EIVEE AT BROOENEAI, VA.

LOCATION. At highway bridge at Virginian Railway station at Brookneal,

Campbell County, 2% miles above Falling River. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,350 square miles (measured on base map of Virginia; scale,

1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. April 29, 1923, to September 30, 1924. 

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream side of bridge; read by C. R. McDowell. 

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed of sand, silt, and bedrock. Banks low

and subject to overflow. 

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during period April 29 to

September 30, 1923, 15.96 feet at 9 a. m. September 23 (discharge, 12,400

second-feet); minimum stage, 3.32 feet September 3 and 4 (discharge, 650

second-feet).

Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1924, 27.78

feet at 5 p. m. September 30 (discharge, 26,200 second-feet); minimum stage,

3.52 feet on October 22, 23, November 3 and 4 (discharge, 750 second-feet). 

The flood of November, 1877, reached a stage of about 36 feet on the

present gage and the flood of March 15, 1923, reached a stage of about 31

feet.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation affected by ice during severe winters. 

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent; not affected by ice.

Rating curve well defined between 700 and 28,000 second-feet; extended

beyond these limits. Gage read to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge

ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to rating table. Records

good.

Discharge measurements of Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va. } during the years ending 

September 30, 1923 and 1924

Date

1923 

Apr. 29 --._.....-....-. -....

TWftv 1

Do . _________ - _

Gage 

height

Feet 

5.86

5.48

10.15

9.86

Discharge

Sec.-ft.

2

Kfif)

2,220

7,360

6,020

Date

1924

May 14. ___ .. .......

Gage 

height

Feet 

6.28

12.13

8.74

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,820

8,260

4,750

53NOTE. These determinations of gage height and discharge supersede those published in Water-Supply 

Paper 562.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va., for the years 

ending September SO, 1928 and 1924

Day

1923

1 ....

1 ....

4 ....

5 -

6 --..

7 ....

8 ....

9 ....

10 ....

11 ....

12 ....

13 ^ ...

14 ....

15 ....

Apr. May

1,980

1,750

1,610

1,610

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,610

1,680

1,540

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,540

June

1,190

1,190

1,130

1,070

1,010

1,010

1,070

1,130

1,070

1,010

900

1,190

4,260

5,400

4,070

July

800

800

750

750

750

800

850

1,680

2,060

950

850

900

2,060

2,470

Aug.

5,300

4,740

1,140

1,540

2,380

3,890

1,980

1,330

2,720

1,750

1,750

1,980

1,820

1,400

1,130

Sept.

700

700

650

650

1,900

5,970

1,980

11,700

5,880

1,470

1,750

1,330

1,010

850

SCO

Day

1923 

16 ....

17 ....

18....

19....

20 ....

21 ....

22 ....

23 ....

24 ....

25 

26 ....

27 ....

28 ....

29 . ...

30 q-i __

Apr.

2,380

2,140

May

2,300

2,300

1,820

1,680

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,470

1,400

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,400

1,260

1,260

1 ' 190

June

2,470

2,220

1,610

1,400

1,400

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,070

950

900

850

800

800

July

3,170

3,620

1,610

1,130

900

800

750

700

700

750

750

750

700

900

950

3,440

Aug.

900

850

1,900

1,680

1,070

950

1,010

1,540

1,070

900

850

800

750

750

900

son

Sept.

800

800

800

800

800

800

2,300

12,400

4,450

2,720

1,900

1,540

1,330

1,330

1,010
16f SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va.,for the years 

ending September SO, 192S and 1924

Day

1923-24 

1.. _ . __ . ...

2.. _ 

3 _ .......

4. _. - 

6 . -

7. ______ ..

8. - . 

9- 

10 _ ........

11. __ .. _ . ...

12. __ ... ...

13 ..

15. - ........

16 . .-

17 .. ... ..

18 

19 .. __ 

20 

21. __ . __ ....

22 - 

23 

24 ......

91

26- __ - ........

27 ______ .

22. .

98 

or*

qi

Oct.

950

QCA

900

900

onn

Qfifl

OAA

OCA

GAA

QAA

800

CAA

800

snn

800

800

7cn

7KA

760

750

750

750

850

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,010

900

850

850

800

Nov.

800

750

750

750

1,130

2,060

1,750

1,470

1,260

950

900

1,010

950

950

900

900

900

900

900

900

900

900

1,010

1,070

1,070

1,010

950

950

950

950

Dec.

1,070

1,330

1,330

2,060

3,440

7,930

4,160

2,900

2,300

1,820

1,610

1,470

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,330

1,260

1,260

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,010

1,010

Jan.

2,140

2,560

3,440

4,830

3,350

2,660

1,980

1,900

1,900

1,820

2,220

7,730

4,450

3,350

2,990

4,640

23,700

6,640

5,300

3,980

3,260

2,640

2,470

2,380

3,170

3,620

3,350

2,640

2,470

2,380

2,300

Feb.

2,220

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,060

2,060

1,980

1,900

1,820

1,820

1,750

1,750

1,680

1,680

1,680

1,680

2,600

3,530

6,440

4,450

2,990

2,500

2,380

2,560

2,990

2,990

2,900

Mar.

2,900

2,600

2,900

2,810

2,720

3,980

3.9SO

3,620

3,530

3,440

3,350

3,710

3,800

3,710

3,440

2,990

2,220

2,140

2,140

2,060

3,530

4,160

3,530

3,170

2,990

2,810

1,900

1,820

3,890

10,900

5,880

Apr.

5,780

4,640

3,620

3,170

2,900

3,860

4,830

4,450

3,440

3,440

3,710

3,620

3,080

2,900

2,720

2,560

2,470

3,170

5,590

4,920

3,710

3,350

2,900

2,720

2,470

2,380

2,380

2,300

2,300

2,300

May

2,990

2,720

2,560

2,560

2,380

2,060

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

5,000

11,100

8,630

5,120

4,540

4,920

4,640

4,450

3,530

3,350

6,540

6,160

4,070

3,260

3,350

3,260

2,990

3,620

3,080

2,810

2,640

June

2, 470

2,300

2,380

2,220

2,060

1,980

2,140

2,140

2,140

3,710

2,810

2,470

2,220

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,900

2,380

2,060

1,750

1,610

1,610

1,820

1, 750

1,750

1,750

1,900

2,140

2,470

3,170

July

3,170

2,990

2,900

2,810

2,640

2,470

2,300

11,200

10,200

6,060

4,640

3,350

3,170

2,810

2,380

2,300

2,220

2,060

1,980

1,820

1,750

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,480

1,420

1,360

1,310

1,250

1,190

1,130

Aug.

1,130

1,130

1,540

2,470

2, 220

1,330

1,260

1,190

1,130

1,130

1,1£0

1,190

2,060

1,610

1,470

1,330

1,260

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,980

2,060

1,680

1,400

1,260

1,260

1,260

Sept.

1,130

1,070

1,010

QCrt

900

900

oe/i

ORrt

QCA

onn

OAA

QAA

00. ft

950

APA

950

1,610

3,360

9 A4.fl

1 540

2,300

2,810

3,260

5,880

OJ, OAA.

NOTE. Discharge estimated Nov. 11,1923, Jan. 6, Feb. 18,24, Apr. 6, May 10, June 1, and July 25-30,1924, 

from study of records of flow of Roanoke River at Old Gaston and Dan River at South Boston.

Monthly discharge of Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va., for the years ending September SO, 1923 and 19%4

[Drainage area, 2,350 square miles]

Month

1923

July- . - . 

September . - 

1923-24

I^ay *

July ...... .... 

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

2,300 

5,400 

3,620 

5,300 

12,400

1,070 

2,060 

7,930 

23,700 

6,440 

10,900 

5,780 

11, 100 

3,710 

11,200 

2,470 

24,300

24,300

Minimum

1,190 

800 

700 

750 

650

750 

750 

1,010 

1,820 

1,680 

1,820 

2,300 

1,980 

1,610 

1,130 

1,070 

850

750

Mean

1,590 

1,540 

1,270 

1,700 

2,360

855 

1,020 

1,740 

3,940 

2,450 

3,450 

3,390 

3,880 

2,210 

2,870 

1,400 

2,250

2,460

Per 

square 

mile

0.677 

.655 

.540 

.723 

1.00

.364 

.434 

.740 

1.68 

1.04 

1.47 

1.44 

1.65 

.940 

1.22 

.596 

.957

1.05

Run-off 

in inches

0.78 

.75 

.62 

,8S 

1.12

.42 

.48 

.85 

1.94 

1.12 

1.70 

1.61 

1.90 

1.05 

1.41 

.69 

1.07

14.24
ROANOKE RIVEB BASIN 17

KOANOKE RIVER AT OLD GASTON, N. C.

LOCATION. At bridge of Roanoke Railway Co. at Old Gaston, Northampton 

County, three-fourths of a mile t>elow month of Indian Creek, 1J^ miles 

north of Thelma, N. C., and 2J^ miles above mouth of Deep Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 8,350 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. December 7, 1911, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Friez water-stage recorder at downstream end of second masonry pier 

from right end of railroad bridge, installed November 21, 1921. Inspected 

by R. A. Howell.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge. Measuring 

section broken by 11 piers. This bridge has been floored over and is now a 

combined toll highway and railroad bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel practically permanent. Control about 1 mile 

below gage is of rocks and probably permanent. Left bank subject to overflow in extreme floods, but a fair determination can be made of the overflow 

discharge around bridge.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 16.87 feet 

between 11 and 12 p. m. May 11 (discharge, 74,900 second-feet); minimum 

stage, 1.35 feet from 10 to 12 p. m. September 10 (discharge, 2,040 secondfeet).

1911-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 16.6 feet at 7 a. m. March 18, 

1912 (discharge, 210,000 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.95 foot at6 a.m. 

October 1, 1914 ^discharge, 790 second-feet).

ICE. Ice forms to considerable thickness at this station during severe winters.

REGULATION. Small daily fluctuations caused by operation of power plants 

many miles upstream.

Accu R ACT. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve fairly 

well defined between 1,000 and 200,000 second-feet. Operation of waterstage recorder fairly satisfactory i checked with daily readings of chain 

gage. Daily discharge ascertained by applying to rating table mean daily 

gage height obtained by inspecting gage-height graph, or for days of considerable fluctuation in stage by averaging the discharge for bihourly periods. 

Records good.

The following discharge measurement was made:

August 20, 1924: Gage height, 1.69 feet; discharge, 2,850 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Roanoke River at Old Gaston, N. C., for the year 

ending September 30, 1924

Day

1. __ . ........

2. __ . __ ....

3- ___ ... ...

4. __ . ........

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

6. ___ . .......

7. __ .... __ .

8- _ .. _ ....

9-... ___ . ...

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

11. __ ........

12. ___ .......

13- _ .........

14. __ . ........

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

Oct.

4,040 

3,440 

3,300 

3,440 

3,160

2,760 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760 

2,640

2,510 

2,640 

2,640 

2,760 

2.760

Nov.

3,020 

2,890 

2,760 

2,890 

3,020

3,300 

7,300 

8,150 

5,740 

4,690

4,040 

3,590 

3,300 

3,740 

3.740

Dec.

3,590 

4,040 

4,360 

4,690 

5,030

10,000 

27,500 

15,600 

8,590 

6,500

5,740 

4,690 

4,360 

4,360 

6.500

Jan.

4,690 

5,030 

9,040 

18,600 

21,400

18,000 

12,100 

8,150 

6,500 

6,120

6,500 

6,500 

10,000 

13,800 

10.000

Feb.

6,900 

6,500 

6,500 

6,120 

6,500

6,500 

6,900 

7,300 

6,500 

6,120

5,380 

5,380 

5,740 

5,380 

5.030

Mar.

12, 100 

11,600 

10,500 

9,040 

8,150

7,720 

8,590 

9,520 

 9, 040 

8,150

9,040 

13,200 

18,000 

15,600 

12.100

Apr.

25,900 

21, 400 

18,000 

14,400 

11,600

10,000 

11,600 

15,000 

15,000 

12,100

14,400 

15,600 

13,800 

12,100 

10.000

May

15,600 

15,600 

11,600 

8,590 

7,300

6,900 

6,900 

12,700 

13,200 

10,500

53,200 

63,700 

42,800 

25,900 

20.000

June

8,150 

7,300 

6,900 

7,300 

6,900

6,500 

6,500 

6,120 

6,120 

10,000

13,800 

9,520 

6,900 

6,5CO 

8.150

July

11,000 

15,000 

13,800 

10,500 

7,300

6,120 

6,500 

8,150 

15,600 

38,000

30,800 

16,200 

10, 500 

8,150 

7.300

Aug.

3,160 

2,890 

4,690 

5,380 

8,590

10, 000 

6,500 

5,380 

4,360 

4,360

5,030 

4,690 

4,040 

4,360 

4,690

Sept.

3,160 

3,020 

3,020 

4,360 

4,690

3,740 

2,890 

2,640 

2,390 

2,160

2,270 

2,270 

2,160 

2,160 

2.270
18 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Roanoke River at Old Gaston, N. C,, for the year 

ending September 30, 1924 Continued

Day

16 -1 ........

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

18 .........

19.... ....

20. ........

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

22 __ .. ........

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

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

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

26 

27 __ ...... ....

28 

29. ______ ...

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

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

Oct.

2,510

2,510

2,640

2,640

2,510

2,510

2,640

3,020

3,160

3,020

3,300

3,590

3,440

3,300

2,760

3,020

Nov.

3,740

3,590

3,590

3,440

3,020

3,300

3,160

3,160

3,300

3,300

^ m\

3,440

3,740

3,590

3,590

Dec.

6,500

5,740

5,380

5,030

4,690

4,360

4,360

4,360

5,030

5,380

5,740

5,030

4 690

4,690

4,690

4,690

Jan.

8,590

22,800

46,800

58,900

35,200

16,200

11,000

Q 1 CA

7,720

8,590

19 inn

12,100

10,000

8,150

7,300

6,900

Feb.

5,030

4,690

4,690

5,030

13,700

27,500

30,000

22,100

13 Qrtfl

9,520

8,150

s ran

9,520

11 ' 000

Mar.

10,000

8,590

7,720

7,300

6,900

11,600

J8.000

18,000

13,800

U nnrt

9,520

8,590

Q -1 en

Q fun

15,600

22, 100

Apr.

9,040

8,150

8,150

18,000

23,600

21,400

15,600

11 600

9,040

8,150

7,720

7,300

ft Qrtft

7,300

7,300

May

21,400

16,200

13,800

11,600

10,500

33,400

38,000

31,700

22,800

19, 300

13,800

13,800

19,300

16,800

13, 800

10,500

June

9,fl40

7,300

11,000

13,800

8,590

6,120

5,030

4,360

4,690

5,030

5,740

5,740

5,030

5,030

6,500

July

6,900

6,500

7,300

6,120

5,740

5,740

5,380

5,030

5,030

5,380

5,740

5,030

4,040

3,740

3,740

3,440

Aug.

4,690

3,740

3,440

3,440

2,890

2,890

3,020

3,300

3,300

3,440

4,360

4,690

4,690

3,590

3,160

Sept.

2,270

2,270

2,510

2,640

2,640

3,160

3,020

3,160

5,030

6,600

6,500

5,030

5,030

9,910

54,400

NOTE. Recorder not operating Oct. 1-6, Nov. 2 and 3, Jan. 19-26, Apr. 12-19, May 24-31, July 28 to 

Aug. 2, and Aug. 16-20; gage-height graph estimated from daily gage readings.

Monthly discharge of Roanoke River at Old Gaston, N. C., for the year ending

September 803 1924

[Drainage area, 8,350 square miles]

Month

October. _______ . ____________

November .... __________ ..............

February..... ______ ______ ... ....

March __ _____ . ______ . __ . .....

April ____ . _____ . ___ ...... __ . .....

June ___ _______ . __ ___ _____ .

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

September ___ .. _________ . __ ......

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

4,040 

8,150 

27,500 

58,900 

30,000 

22,100 

25.900 

63,700 

13,800 

38 000 

10,000 

54,400

63,700

Minimum

2,510 

2,760 

3,590 

4,690 

4,690 

6,900 

6,900 

6,900 

4,360 

- 3,440 

2,890 

2,160

2,160

Mean

2,930 

3,790 

6,320 

14, 100 

9,170 

11,200 

13,000 

20,000 

7,320 

9,350 

4,380 

5,240

8,920

Per 

square 

mile

0.351 

.454 

.757 

1.69 

1.10 

1.34 

1.56 

2.40 

.877 

1.12 

.525 

.628

1.07

Run-off 

in inches

0.40 

.51 

.87 

1.95 

1.19 

1.54 

1.74 

2.77 

.98 

1.29 

.61 

.70

14.55

DAW RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON, VA.

LOCATION. At Norfolk & Western Railway Bridge at South Boston, Halifax 

County, 6 miles upstream from mouth of Banister River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,820 square miles (measured on base maps of Virginia and 

North Carolina; scale 1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. August 27, 1900, to May 5, 1907, and April 28, 1923, to 

September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream side of guardrail of bridge; read by K. W. 

Thaxton. Gage used 1900 to 1907 not to same datum.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed of fine sand. Banks subject to overflow at stages above 20 feet.
EOANOKE RIVER BASIN 19

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1924, 24.61 feet at 2.30 p. m. January 18 (discharge, 29,0(MV 

second-feet); minimum stage, 3.83 feet at 1.30 p. m. September 22 (discharge, 850 second-feet).

1900-1907: Maximum stage recorded, 25.2 feet at 4 p. m. December 31, 

1901 (discharge, 52,600 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.1 foot at 10 a. m. 

October 11, 1904 (discharge, 350 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice except during severe winters.

REGULATION. Dam about one-fourth mile above station and the dams at Danville regulate the flow.

DIVERSIONS. The water supply of South Boston is taken out just above the 

measuring section.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve fairly well 

defined between 2,000 and 30,000 second-feet; extended below. Gage read, 

to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean 

daily gage height to rating table. Records fair.

The following discharge measurements were made: 

April 24, 1924: Gage height, 6.12 feet; discharge, 2,200 second-feet. 

May 13, 1924: Gage height, 9.76 feet; discharge, 5,590 second-feet. 

May 14, 1924: Gage height, 7.78 feet; discharge, 3,340 second-feet.

*

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Dan River at South Boston, Fa., for the years 

ending September SO, 1923 and 1924

Day

1923 

1 .....

2 ..... 3*- 

5 .....

6 __ .

7 .....

8. ....

9 .....

10- 

11 ..... 

12 .....

13 .....

14 .....

15 .....

Apr.

Day

1923-24 

1 ___ . ___ .

2 .....

3 -.. ,-...

4 __ .. ____ .

5 ____ .. ....

6 __ .. ____ .

7. ____ .. _ .

8. _ .. __ . ...

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

10 __ .. __ ....

11 __ .. ____ .

12. ____ .: _ .

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

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

15 _____ .. _ .

May

4,260 

2,800 

2,660 

2,520 

2,310

1,820 

2,170 

2,380 

2,590 

2,730

2,590 

2,240 

1,700 

2,030 

2,310

Oct.

1,400 

1,460 

1,340 

1,280 

1,160

1,220 

1,280 

1,220 

1,220 

1,000

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,160 

1.100

June

2,450 

1,960 

1,520 

1,640 

1,580

1,580 

1,520 

1,220 

2,030 

1,520

1,640 

2,030 

2,520 

3,200 

2,520

Nov.

1,580 

1,520 

1,340 

1,640 

1,460

3,450 

3,630 

2,310 

2,030 

1,640

1,520 

1,400 

1,700 

1,520 

1.340

July

1,160 

1,400 

1,460 

1,520 

1,700

1,050 

1,280 

1,890 

2,380 

1,820

1,580 

1,340 

1,460 

1,760 

2,310

Dec.

1,890 

1,760 

1,340 

1,400 

4,080

11,300 

10,200 

3,990 

2,880 

2,450

2,240 

1,890 

1,820 

2,100 

1.890

Aug.

6,740 

6,740 

3,810 

2,170 

2,030

2,310 

2,100 

1,520 

1,640 

2,170

1,960 

1,520 

2,310 

2,310 

1,890

Jan.

2,100 

3,540 

5,750 

7,340 

5,950

3,810 

3,280 

2,730 

2,380 

2,030

1,890 

2,030 

4,080 

4,550 

3.810

Sept.

1,580 

1,280 

1,220 

1,220 

1,050

3,900 

2,660 

3,720 

3,360 

2,450

3,630 

2,590 

2,170 

1,520 

1,640

Feb.

2,170 

2,380 

2,310 

2,240 

2,380

2,240 

2,170 

2,170 

2,100 

2,170

2,310 

2,380 

2,310 

2,240 

1.640

Day

1923 

16.....

17 __ .

18 __ .

19 __ .

20-...

21 __ .

22.....

23 ..

24 __ .

25 . _ .

26.....

27.....

28..... 

29-.... 

30..... 

31 __ .

Mar.

1,960 

1,760 

1,760 

2,100 

2,310

2,240 

2,450 

2,800 

2,660 

2,660

3,280 

3,630 

2,660 

2,380 

2.310

Apr.

2,170 

3,720 

6,160

Apr.

5,850 

4,170 

3,810 

3,040 

2,660

2,960 

2,800 

3,280 

3,200 

3,630

4,260 

3,890 

4,650 

3,200 

3.280

May

2,030 

2,030 

3,360 2,520- 

1,700

1,890 

2,100 

2,240 

1,960 

2,310

2,310 

1,760 

1,760 

1,960 

1,890 

2,100

May

5,950 

5,050 

4,260 

3,630 

3,200

2,730 

2,450 

2,730 

2,880 

2,590

6,980 

7,220 

5,450 

3,810 

4.450

June

2,240 

1,700 

2,100 

1,700 

1,700

1,640 

1,580 

1,340 

1,400 

1,520

1,890 

1,890 

1,640 

1,520 

1,520

June

1,890 

2,030 

1,960 

2,030 

2,100

2,030 

2,240 

1,890 

1,820 

2,310

1,960 

1,820 

1,700 

3,540

2.800

July

2,100 

1,760 

1,340 

1,400 

1,160

1,280 

1,100 

950 

1,160 

1,160

1,580 

1,520 

1,520 

2,380 

2,100 

2,170

July

3,900 

4,650 

4,260 

2,520 

2,030

1,960 

2,730 

2,520 

13,800 

13,900

4, 950" 

3,280 

2,450 

2,310 

2.030

Aug.

1,400 

1,400 

1,340 

2,660 

2,240

1,760 

1,400 

1,460 

5,050 

4,080

1,760 

1,640 

1,340 

1,520 

1,700 

1,960

Aug.

1,340 

1,280 

1,960 

4,650 

5,650

2,450 

2,170 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

1,520 

1,640 

1,400 

1,340 

1.960

Septi

1,160 

1,050 

1,160 

1,340 

1,220

1,340 

3,810 

8,180 

8,420 

3,360

2,660 

2,880 

1,820 

1,460 

1,460

Sept.

1,050

1,280 

3,200 

2,310 

1,280

1,400 

1,050 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050

1,000 

1,000 

1,000 

950

950
20 SUKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Dan River at South Boston, Va., for the years 

ending September SO, 1983 and 1924 Continued

Day

16 __ . __ . ...

17 ____ .. _ .

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

19 __ .. ........

20......__.._...

21 __ .. __ . ...

22 _____ .

23 __ ...........

24. _____ . ...

25 _____ ......

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

27 _____ . ....

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

29.. ____ ....

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

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

Oct.

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,220

1,220

1,460

1,520

1,580

i <inn

1,520

1,580

1,160

1,100

1,280

1,280

Nov.

1,460

1,460

1,160

1,220

1,520

1,400

1,460

1,520

1 4fif>

1,520

1,520

1,400

i dftn

1,460

1,700

Dec.

2,030

2,030

1,700

1,820

1,890

1,760

1,640 1 ^ftn

I Qftfl

2,170

1,700 i idfl

1 24A

1 640

2*030

Jan,

3,900

13,000

24,600

8,540

5,450

3,630

2,880

2 590

2,310

3,200

3,200

2,880

2 880

2*880

2,380

2,030

Feb.

1,760

1,640

1,640

2,170

5,250

9,960

9,180

4,260

2,880

2,520

9 Tltl

2,450

2,030

1 ' 969

.......

Mar.

2,170

1,890

2,030

2,100

2,170

3,900

5,250

4,260

Q ifin

3,450

3,120

O <lfiA

2,880

3 Uf\

7,100

6,380

Apr.

2.880

2,310

2,660

5,850

8,180

3,810

3,990

3,630

2,730

3,360

3,280

2,800

2,030

2,030

2,590

May

5,059

4,950

3,280

>3,200

3,040

8,660

9,050

4,950

3,540

3,040

3 9RO

2,880

4,650

4,850

2,880

2,380

June

1,896

2,450

2,738

2,170 i,e«)

1,520

1,460

1,520

1,400

1,760

2,450

1,700

1,520

2,310

2,380

July

2,170

3,280

2,106'

1,760,

1,820

1,890

2,100

2J70

1,640

1,760

1,820

1,400

1,520

1,708

1,280

1,280

Aug.

1,580

1,100

1,460

1,160

1,050

1,280

1,229

1,220

1,160

1,100

2,100

1,890

1,820

1,280

1,520

1,220

Sept.

1,050

1,220

1,280

1,160

1,100

1,400

1,050

2,310

2,380

1,890

1,520

1,460

2,590

2,170

16,300

Monthly discharge of Dan River at South Boston, Va., for the years ending September 30, 1923 and 1924

[Drainage area, 2,820 square miles]

Month

1923 

May ____________ ____________

July... ___ . __ .. _ ..... _ .... __ .... ...

September ____ . _ . ___ ___ ............

1923-24

December ___ . _________________

March... _ . _____ . ______ . ............

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

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

September.. _______ . ____ .......... 

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

4,260 

3,200 

2,380 

6,740 

8,420

. 1,580 

' 3,630 

11,300 

24,600 

9,960 

7,100 

8,180 

9,050 

3,540 

13,900 

5,650 

16,300

24,600

Minimum

1,700 

1,220 

950 

1,340 

1,050

1,000 

1,160 

1,340 

1,890 

1,640 

1,760 

2,030 

2,380 

1,400 

1,280 

1,050 

950

950

Mean

2,290 

1,810 

1,570 

2,380 

2,510

1,240 

1,660 

2,580 

4,570 

2,880 

3,020 

3,560 

4,290 

2,030 

3,130 

1,790 

1,950

2,730

Per 

square 

mile

0.812

.642 

.557 

.844 

.890

.440 

.589 

.915 

1.62 

1.02 

1.07 

1.26 

1.52 

.720 

1.11 

.635 

.692

.968

Run-off 

in inches

<L94 

772 

.64 

.97 

.99

.51 

.66 

1.06 

1.87 

1.10 

1.28 

1.41 

1.75 

.80 

1.28 

.73 

.77

13.17

NEUSE RIVER BASIN

MOCCASIN CREEK NEAR MIDDLESEX, N. C.

LOCATION. At Taylor's mill, 3 miles west of Middlesex, Nash County.

DRAINAGE AREA. Not determined.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. January 4 to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Vertical staff gage in mill pond at boat landing about 30 feet from mill;

read to hundredths twice daily by C. A. Morgan.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from bridge just below dam or by wading. 

CONTROL. Control is dam.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 21

EXTREMES OF STAGE. Maximum stage recorded during period of record, 7.75 

feet at 8 a.m. September 30; minimum stagef 2.68 feet at 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. 

September 12.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. The mill causes diurnal fluctuation.

Data inadequate for determination of discharge owing to by-passing of water 

through the wheel and leaks in dam.

The following discharge measurements were made:

April 18, 1924: Gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 43.4 second-feet.

August 22, 1924: Gage height, 2.9 feet; discharge, 36.7 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Moccasin Creek near Middlesex, N. C., for 'the year

ending September 30,

Day

1 ._.._. ...._.

2 ......... _________ ......

3.-...-.... ..-..-.... _ -

4 _____ . __ . __ .... ..

5.-..-.. ... ...........

^. ..........................

7 ... __ ....... ............

8 ....... ____ . ___ ... ...

9 . ____ . __ . __ .. ....

10 . . _.-- 

11 . ___ . ____ . __ . .._..

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

13 . ____ . __ ... ..........

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

15 --.- -. . .. 

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

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

18 ... .. 

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

20 ............ __ ............

21 . __ .. ____ . ...........

22 _ . __ . __ . _ ......

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

24 ... __ ... __ . ............

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

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

27 ______ . _____ .. ....

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

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

30.-...-....-... ..........

31 - . .. _. 

Jan.

3.00

3.06

3.04

2.98

2.98

3.00

2.98

3.00

3.10

3.00

3.00

2.98

2.98

3.95

3.85

3.40

3.28

3.30

3.14

3.16

3.14

3.60

3.55

3.30

3.20

3.18

3.16

3 14.

Feb.

3.12

3.08

3.10

3.10

3.06

3.08

3.06

3.00

3.00

3

/M

3.04

3.03

3.00

3.00

2.95

2.96

3.55

3.50

4.15

4.25

4.20

3.70

3.45

3.30

3.26

3.30

3.40

4.00

3.80

Mar.

3.60

3.30

3.26

3.24

3.22

3.28

3.24

3.20

3.18

3.20

3.30

3.40

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.18

3.14

3.12

3.12

3.06

3.55

3.50

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.16

3.14

3.10

3.09

Q Aft

Apr.

3.04

3.05

3.04

3.00

3.00

3.15

3.17

3.08

3.06

3.06

3.35

3.40

3.28

3.17

3.12

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.25

3.16

3.11

3.03

3.03

2.99

3.00

2.95

2.97

2.97

2.95

2.95

May

2.97

2.97

2.99

2.97

2.88

2.85

2.85

3.18

3.48

3.22

3.25

3.80

3.62

3.38

3.32

3.85

3.78

3.52

3.30

3.19

3.11

3.48

3.32

3.11

3.27

3.45

3.13

3.19

3.14

3.03

2.99

June

3.00

2.95

2.92

3.18

3.09

2.95

2.93

2.94

2.89

2.87

2.83

2.78

2.98

3.14

3.11

2.99

2.95

2.96

3.42

3.23

2.99

3.09

3.03

2.93

2.89

2.87

2.97

2.93

2.97

5.00

July

4.45

4.45

3.78

3.40

3.24

3.26

3.32

3.52

3.48

3.30

3.27

3.58

3.28

3.23

3.15

3.19

3.25

3.10

3.04

3.05

3.05

3.01

3.01

2.97

2.99

3.19

3.06

2.99

2.93

2.90

2.87

Aug.

2.84

2.81

3.32

3.88

3.75

3.19

3.07

2.99

2.98

2.86

2.79

2.78

2.85

3.22

3.19

3.07

2.90

2.87

2.85

2.86

2.99

2.95

2.96

3.02

3.65

3.60

3.15

3.00

2.96

2.89

2.90

Sept.

2.89

2.86

2.81

2.83

2.76

2.77

2.78

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.72

2.68

2.71

2.77

3.21

3.44

3.90

3.30

3.08

2.99

3.20

3.45

3.58

3.38

3.19

3.28

3.45

3.58

6.15

7.68

CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

CAPE FEAR RIVER AT IIIIIKGTON, N. C.

LOCATION. At State highway bridge just below Norfolk Southern Railroad 

bridge at Lillington, Harnett County, and 1 mile below Neals Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,530 square miles (measured on base map of North Carolina, 

scale 1:500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. December 6, 1923, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream side of bridge; read by Leo Kelly.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge or by 

wading. ^

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed mostly of heavy gravel; channel curved 

above gage and straight below. Control is remains of old dam 1J^ miles 

below gage having seven channels at low water; fairly permanent.
22 STJEFACE WATEE-SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during period of record, 

18.7 feet at 4.15 p. m. September 30 (discharge, 51,800 second-feet); minimum stage 0.32 foot at 6.30 a. m. September 5 (discharge, 47 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation probably not affected by ice.

REGULATION. During low water, daily regulation is appreciable.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent during year. Rating curve 

well defined between 100 and 50,000 second-feet, extended above and below. 

Gage read to two-hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by 

applying mean -daily gage height to rating table except as stated in footnote 

to daily-discharge table. Records good.

Discharge measurements of Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C., during the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Date

Dec. 6 -... .. . 

Apr. 15 .. __ ... ...... ...

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.45

* fU

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,450

4,650

Date

Apr. 16 

Aug. 23 .. ___ .. __

height

Feet 

4.47

2.28

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

3,830

972

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C., for the year 

ending September 80, 1924

Day

1 _______ . __ .

2 .. 

3 ___ . __ . .......

4 _______ . .....

5 . . ........

6 __ .... ...........

7 __ ...... ........

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

9 __ ...... ........

10. ____ .... ......

11 __ ....... ___ ..

12 ______ .. .......

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

14. __________

15. ________ . ...

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

17 __ ... _ ......

18- _ .... __ ...

19 .

20 

21. ___ ...... ...

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

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

24. _____ ...... ....

25 . .. 

26 .. _ .. .-

27 .

28-- ___

29 . __ ......

30. _ .......... ..

31. _ . ____

Dec.

2,890

3,730

2,610

1,820

1,110

1,220

1,010

960

960

375

1,060

1,010

1,010

1,110

1,010

740

1,110

1,010

1,010

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,280

1,160

1 1 220

Jan.

1,280

1,010

1,060

3,450

3,870

3,170

2,470

1,690

1,450

1,570

1,110

1,280

1,160

1 A.WI

1 450

2,370

OK QAft

IS Irtft

7,650

A QOn

4,300

2 340

i Q^o

6,430

5,270

3

70A

2,750

1,820

Feb.

2,080

2,080

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,450

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,010

1,010

960

1,010

6,630 19 7fift

94 7rtft

97 7rtft

15 400

6,030

3

07/1

3

01 ft

10 enft

Mar.

10,400

7,230

6,030

4,450

3,450

3,590

4,450

4,010

3 1 7ft

9 son

5,270

7,650

7,230

4,760

3,730

3,310

2

QQA

2,610

2,610

4,920

7,440

6,630

3,870

S

RCft

9 son

9 Qdft

1 QF»ft

3 ' 730

Apr.

2,750

2,340

2,750

2,340

2,210

2,890

4,920

4,300

3, 170 ,

2,890

3,080

17,800

7,440

4,920

3,730

3,170

2,750

m Af)()

6,230

4,300

o q-irt

9 son

1 0 on

1,690

2,080

1,690

May

9,440

7,650

3,310

2,890

2,750

2,210

1,690

1,220

700

740

1,110

6,030

s sim

3,450

4,300

7,650

8,080

4

CAA

3

AK(\

2,750

2,470

2,080

2,210

2,470

2,340

2

0/1/1

3,030

3,450

3,030

2,470

June

1,820

1,060

1,110

1,390

1,510

1,010

1,390

1.820

1,010

1,010

1,060

1,390

1,330

1,010

740

1,280

1,110

1,820

2,750

1,390

1,110

1,060

1,160

2,340

6,030

3,590

2,750

2,080

3,730

July

22,900

16,600

11,900

8,520

4,600

2,610

4,300

5,830

8,750

7,860

9,920

6,830

3,590

4,300

3,450

4,300

3,310

2, 750

2,210

1,820

1,690

1,390

1,110

1,330

1,060

1,060

1,160

1,110

860

780

Aug.

1,010

430

1,870

19,900

14,600

8,980

5,090

2,470

1,820

1,450

1,060

1,060

910

2,210

3,450

1,510

1,010

1,010

350

555

1,570

1,820

910

700

865

325

660

375

430

240

Sept.

214

325

325

90

71

205

325

300

375

490

240

300

590

1,820

3,170

3,730

3,030

2,340

2,080

2,340

2,080

12,400

12,200

6,830

5,640

4,300

2,610

14,500

48,700

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 16, 17, Feb. 27, Apr. 19, July 1, Aug. 3, 4, and Sept. 29 determined by approximate integration of graph constructed on basis of two daily gage readings.
CAPE FEAR EIVEE BASIN 23

Monthly discharge of Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 3,530 square miles]

Month

January

February __________________ . .....

AprU............... .............................

May . __ . ____ ____ .. _ ... __ .. __

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

August _____________________ . .....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

3,730 

25,800 

27,700 

10,400 

17,800 

9,440 

6,030 

22,9<Xr 

19,900 

48,700

Minimum

375 

1,010 

960 

1,950 

1,690 

7CO 

740 

780 

240 

71

Mean

1,380 

4,220 

5,890 

4,320 

4,760 

3,560 

1,780 

4,820 

2,550 

4,510

Per

square 

mile

0.391 

1.20 

1.67 

1.22 

1.35 

1.01 

.504 

1.37 

.722 

1.28

Run-off 

in inches

0.38 

1.38 

1.80 

1.41 

1.51 

1.18 

.58 

1.58 

.83 

1.43

MORGAN CREEK NEAR CHAPEL Hill, N. C.

LOCATION. At ford, 500 feet below mouth of Neville Creek, 2 miles southwest 

of Carrboro, 3 miles southwest of Chapel Hill, Orange County, and 7 miles 

above mouth of creek.

DRAINAGE ABBA. 29 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. January 20, 1923, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Stevens continuous water-stage recorder on left bank in wooden well 

and shelter, attended by students and faculty of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; washed away by flood August 4, 1924. Staff gage 

installed August 12, 1924, at same location and datum; read by J. D. 

Bynum.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 75 feet upstream from gage or 

by wading.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Creek is straight for 150 feet upstream and for about 

700 feet downstream; bed of stream shifting sand. Banks are high and 

wooded but subject to overflow at high water. Control consists of large 

boulders and gravel about 40 feet downstream from gage; fairly permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, about 25.0 

feet about 10 a. m. August 4 (discharge not determined); minimum stage, 

1.06 feet numerous times in October (discharge, 3.8 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation changed by flood of August 4. Rating 

curve used to August 4 well defined up to 500 second-feet and fairly well 

defined between 500 and 1,000 second-feet; curve used after August 4 is 

well defined up to 300 second-feet, fairly well defined between 300 and 

1,200 second-feet and extended above, allowing for overflow. Operation 

of water-stage recorder satisfactory except as noted in footnote to dailydischarge table; staff gage pead to hundredths twice daily August 12 to 

September 30. Daily discharge for periods when a recorder operated 

ascertained by applying to rating table mean daily gage height obtained 

by inspecting gage-height graph, or for days of wide range in stage by 

approximate integration; from August 12 to September 30, mean of twicedaily readings of staff gage was used. Records good.
24 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Discharge measurements of Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, N. C., during the year

ending September SO, 1924

Date

Nov. 1 __ .....

Apr. 14.........

Gage 

height

Feet 

1.10

1.68

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

4.6

34.1

Date

Apr. 30 __ .. ...

Do........ ..

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.43

3.62

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

350

360

Date

Apr. 30.. __ ...

Aug. 14.........

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.30

1.29

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

278

19.9

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, N. C., for the 

year ending September SO, 1924

Day

I...... ........

2. _____ . ...

3. __ .. _ . ...

4. _____ . ...

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

6... ____ . _

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

8- ____ . ...

9. _____ . ...

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

H ...........

12... __ . ......

13. __ . ........

14. __ . ........

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

16 ... ___ . ...

17. __ . __ . ...

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

19... .._. .._..

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

21- __ . ........

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

23 ______ .

24- . ........

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

26- ---. _....

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

28 ........

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

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

31 ,.. ........

Oct.

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.3

4.3

4. 1

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

1 o

3.8

3.8

4.3

5.0

3.8

3.8

4.6

Nov.

5.2

4.3

5.2

6.5

16

8.3

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

9.1

7.9

6.8

6.5

6.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.2

6.8

9.9

7.9

9.1

12

12

11

16

.......

Dec.

15

12

11

12

45

26

18

14

13

12

12

12

11

15

17

15

14

14

12

12

12

12

22

21

16

14

Jan.

16

13

59

23

13

Feb.

lo

11

10

11

11

10

9.5

9.1

10

25

38

242

63

37

30

24

23

26

108

125

99

Mar.

67

46

35

30

30

33

29

24

22

33»

90

87

52

40

34

28

24 23

22

43

95

39

32

29

25

24

22

21

21

20

ID

Apr.

18

16

16

17

20

32

21

18

16

25

112

107

48

34

28

24

22

59

64

36

29

27

23

20

20

20

21

22

22

119

May

59

32

26

22

19

18

16

17

20

15

85

74

33

25

43

145

59

42

27

23

21

24

18

18

31

20

81

58

33

22

17

June

16

15

15

23

18

14

12

12

11

10

10

11

33

13

11

20

21

12

12

8,7

7.2

7.9

9.3

151

104

41

24

19

72

480

July

781

145

77

52

37

41

14

23

»

Aug.

1,290

45

28

27

20

15

14

14

12

12

23

35

17

15

13

16

16

12

12

10

9.0

9.0

Sept.

8'6

25

18

11

8.0

7.7

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.6

8.3

8.0

7.4

273

42

34

29

23

27

20

31

396

469

85

56

77

48

70

1,400

782

NOTE. No record Oct. 14-29, Dec. 26 to Feb. 10, and July 6 to Aug. 11; discharge estimated from 

study of rainfall and run-off, using U. S. Weather Bureau rainfall .records at Chapel Hill. Braced figures show mean discharge for periods indicated.

Monthly discharge of Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, N. C.,for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 29 square miles]

Month

April.... __ ... __ ..... __ ..................

July ......-. - . - .

September ____ _ . _ ........

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

»9 

16 

45

242 

95 

119 

145 

480 

781

1,400

Minimum

3.8 

4.3 

11

9.1

18 

16 

16 

7.2

9.0

7.4

3.8

Mean

4.35 

7.56 

15.5 

-26.3 

35.5 

36.7 

35.2 

36.9 

40.4 

53.3 

227 

133

54.5

Per

square 

mile

0.150 

.261 

.534 

».907 

1.22 

1.27 

1.21 

1.27 

1.39 

1.84 

7.83 

4.59

1.88

Run-off 

in inches

0.17 

.29 

.62 

°1.05 

1.32 

1.46 

1.35 

1.46 

1.55 

2.12 

9.03 

5.12

25.54

»Estimated from study o! rai nfall and run-off.
CAPE FEAE E1VEE BASIN" 25

BEEP RIVER AT RAMSEUR, N. C.

LOCATION. At upper end of long pool, 2,000 feet downstream from railroad 

station at Ramseur, Randolph County, and 1^ miles below mouth of 

Sandy Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 343 square miles (measured on United States Department 

of Agriculture soil survey maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. November 24,1922, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder on right bank; attended by J. M. 

Woodell.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 200 feet below gage.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight above and below for 700 feet. Bed 

composed of boulders and sand; fairly smooth. Banks are about 20 feet 

high but are overflowed occasionally. Control for low and medium stages 

is a solid rock, ragged shoal about 600 feet downstream from gage. High 

water is channel controlled. There are three small islands between the cable 

and control.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 17.9 feet from 

9 to 10.30 p. m. September 30 (discharge, 14,900 second-feet); minimum 

stage, 0.46 foot numerous times in October and November (discharge, 16, 

second-feet).

1923-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 19.22 feet at 1p.m. March 13 

1923 (discharge, 16,600 second-feet); minimum discharge, 16 second-feet 

numerous times in October and November, 1923.

ICE. Negligible.

DIVERSIONS. None.

REGULATION. The record from recorder shows continual regulations by power 

plants above station, but as no plant has more than 10 hours' storage the 

weekly and monthly mean discharge is representative of natural flow.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve is 

well defined between 170 and 7,000 second-feet, fairly well defined below 

and extended above these limits. Operation of water-stage recorder satisfactory. Daily discharge ascertained by approximate integration of discharge. Records excellent except those for low water, which are good.

Discharge measurements of Deep River at Ramseur, N. C., for the year ending September SO, 1924

Date

Oct. 9.' . 

Oct. 10. 

Do 

Apr. 9. .........

Qage 

height

Feet 

0.94

.98

95

1.00

1.98

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

95.8

94.7

87.6

101

403

Date

Apr. 11 _ 

Do 

Apr. 12 

Do. ..

Gaga 

height

Feet 

5.47

4.78

4 74

4.21

3.82

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,440

1,990

1,980

1,620

1.360

Date

Apr. 13 

Aug. 15. _ 

Sept. 30- ......

Gage 

height

Feet 

2.79

1.30

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

784

167

5,720

« Stage falling at rate of 1.14 feet an hour.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Deep River at Ramseur, N. C,,for the year ending

September 30, 1924

Day

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

2

3 ____ .. ....

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

5 ... .... ...

6 ..........

7. _ .. ........

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

9.. ____ . ...

10 __ .. ........

Oct.

61

54

54

61

61

54

46

4fi

46

52

Nov.

68

64

42

39

345

405

205

135

113

68

Dec.

78

64

128

152

602

566

312

154

115

162

Jan.

159

152

554

826

403

220

212

183

175

167

Feb.

212

192

172

216

239

198

175

156

111

105

Mar.

1,320

888

584

442

452

828

532

393

324

442

Apr.

272

344

325

320

330

988

631

428

 364

514

May

1,360

472

342

234

287

249

194

186

356

252

June

115

190

180

184

152

130

117

97

124

153

July

1,680

626

325

186

139

144

325

532

1,410

535

Aug.

85

60

155

645

IM

188

97

56

61

61

Sept.

46

39

75

174

120

68

43

57

50

83
26 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Deep River at Ramseur, N. C.,for the year ending 

September 30, 19%4 Continued

Day

11.. __ .... _ .

12....... ____

13 ___ ..... ...

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 _____ . ...

19. _ .. __ . ...

20 

21 __ .. ........

22 .,... 

23 

24. .

25 

26 

27 

28. 

29. _ .. _ .....

30 __ . _ .. ....

31 

Oct.

49

45

35

16

52

56

45

54

48

39

24

42

45

49

66

73

39

30

75

60

50

Nov.

48

84

76

109

107

93

70

48

82

82

101

75

55

48

68

101

82

109

99

78

Dec.

149

144

137

126

105

103

182

175

156

146

139

97

89

432

212

188

164

181

189

142

196

Jan.

181

192

135

197

178

2,230

2,870

768

476

364

331

248

208

368

897

491

312

288

266

221

208

Feb.

170

149

144

139

135

113

68

286

1,090

4,120

1,270

609

421

348

338

416

976

1,100

1,480

Mar.

869

996

616

474

426

352

352

308

268

347

1,430

641

446

435

384

294

269

254

178

288

335

Apr.

2,140

1,620

822

616

500

409

364

912

3,340

872

562

430

350

313

276

256

217

282

271

1,080

May

911

1,590

543

367

314

643

457

292

264

251

197

195

189

180

385

267

503

701

346

224

160

June

121

162

152

121

103

184

468

238

172

189

137

84

114

104

509

240

192

142

121

510

July

394

185

145

381

264

387

346

220

119

115

186

150

 132

98

117

98

84

130

134

118

92

Aug.

473

186

598

385

156

89

24

31

102

100

77

33

34

50

63

50

59

53

43

34

24

Sept.

62

48

30

76

120

78

80

73

111

86

56

.205

663

37»

165

137

117

173

4,080

5,000

NOTE. Recorder not operating Oct. 1-9, Apr. 4 and 5; discharge estimated from range in stage.

Monthly discharge of Deep River at Ramseur, N. C., for the year ending September

30, 1924

[Drainage area, 343 square miles]

Month

April 

July ____ . _________ ... _____ .....

The year. _ ..... _ . _ . _________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

75 

405 

566 

2,870 

4,120 

1,430 

3,340 

1,590 

509 

1,680 

645 

5,000

5,000

Minimum

16 

39 

64 

135 

68 

178 

217 

160 

84 

84 

24 

30

16

Mean

49.3 

103 

183 

467 

522 

522 

671 

416 

184 

316 

137 

416

331

Per 

square 

mile

0.144 

.300 

.534 

1.36 

1.52 

1.52 

1.96 

1.21 

.536 

.921 

.399 

1.21

.965

Run-off 

in inches

0.17 

.33 

.62 

1.57 

1.64 

1.75 

2.19 

1.40 

.60 

1.06 

.46 

1.35

13.14

WEST FORK OF DEEP RIVER NEAR HIGH POINT, N. C.

LOCATION. At highway bridge 1^ miles northwest of Jamestown and 3J^ miles

northeast of High Point, Guilford County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 33 square miles (measured on United States Department of

Agriculture soil survey maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. June 14, 1923, to September 30, 1924. 

GAGE. Staff in two sections on right bank about 20 feet upstream from bridge;

read by W. S. Da vis.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from bridge or by wading. 

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed mostly of sand. Control formed by

loose rocks under lower side of bridge; sand between rocks washes away

and is replaced frequently. Right bank is high, but left bank is subject to

overflow at gage height of about 8 feet.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 27

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 10.1 feet

_ during evening of September 29 (discharge, about 1,100 second-feet); minimum stage, 1.0 foot June 27, 28, and August 30 (discharge, 4.6 secondfeet).

1923-1924: Maximum stage recorded, that of September 29, 1924; minimum discharge, 4.6 second-feet, July 6, 1923, June 27, 28, and August 30, 

1924.

ICE. Not enough to affect stage-discharge relation.

REGULATION. Slight diurnal regulation due to operation of small gristmill.

DIVERSIONS. None.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation for low water changed probably on October 30 and January 17. Rating curves for medium and higher stages 

fairly well defined. Gage read to hundredths once a day. Daily discharge ascertained by applying daily gage height to rating table. Records 

poor.

Discharge measurements of West Fork of Deep River near High Point, N. C., 

during the year ending September 80, 19%4

Date

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

Dee. 14. ........

Jan. 25 __ .. ....

Mar. 21... .....

Gage 

height

Feet 

1.10

1.60

1.65

2.85

Discharge

Sec-ft. 

10.0

53

46.2

143

Date

Mar. 21.... .....

Apr. 17.. ....

Aug. 15- 

Gage 

height

Feet 

2.65

1.31

5.62

1.13

Discharge

Sec-ft. 

133

9"> 9

47Q

10.1

Date

Do... .

height

Feet 

5.60

5.33

Discharge

Sec-ft. 

480

437

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Fork of Deep River near High Point, N. C., 

for the year ending September 80, 1924

Day

1 ____ ......

2 _____ . __ .

3., __ ........

4 _____ . .....

5 . ...

6 _____ . .....

7 ____ ... .

8 _____ ......

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

10 _____ . .....

11 __ . __ . ....

12. .......

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

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

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

16--..... 

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

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

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

20-- .........

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

22 ___ . ........

23 . 

24. __ . ........

25 __ . .........

26. ........

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

28. __ . ........

29. ________

30 __ . .........

11

Oct.

6.5

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

6.5

6.5

6.5

7.5

8.4

14

11

9.4

0.4

12

25

14

13

12

12

12

13

14

14

13

14

14

157

31

Nov.

27

26

23

22

23

22

27

25

23

23

22

22

23

22

22

16

19

25

22

19

20

17

17

27

26

26

17

19

101

64

Dee.

32

27

25

23

23

20

21

46

26

26

25

21

21

21

23

21

122

43

27

25

25

32

25

23

22

23

21

74

32

27

9<5

Jan.

23

21

74

93

46

33

OQ

3Q

25

23

43

31

27

21

33

66

38

32

21

15

19

15

58

28

21

17

15

15

15

Feb.

14

16

14

11

12

14

19

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.4

8.4

8 i

13

17

22

27

350

167

47

32

22

25

50

66

58

74

Mar.

104

66

50

01

25

157

25

28

22

25

50

70

50

45

28

22

21

21

20

17

24

45

58

28

24

21

20

20

21

58

24

Apr.

24

38

22

19

42

222

54

11

27

28

147

109

62

54

to

32

21

39

137

70

35

31

21

24

20

20

20

17

15

326

May

91

35

27

21

17

16

15

15

35

15

350

82

36

27

25

74

29

22

19

16

15

15

12

8.4

21

12

302

62

32

24

15

June

14

13

9 A

15

12

9.4

Q 4

9 A

9.4

15

9.4

9.4

86

21

15

9.4

15

13

15

8.4

7.5

7.5

6.5

7.5

9.4

6.5

4.6

4.6

5.6

278

July

326

66

48

31

27

24

25

28

350

54

42

39

31

58

127

42

31

27

21

29

21

19

15

15

15

20

13

12

9.4

9.4

8.4

Aug.

9.4

9.4

621

42

21

17

15

24

14

13

12

13

25

13

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.4

8.4

8.4

8.4

7.5

9.4

8.4

7.5

9.4

7.5

6.5

6,5

4.6

5.6

Sept.

6.5

6,5

167

20

15

12

12

11

9.4

8.4

7.5

9.4

9.4

9.4

15

15

15

14

15

14

74

50

147

27

15

21

21

21

244

759

NOTE. No gage-height record Dec. 29 and 30; discharge estimated.
28 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Monthly discharge of West Fork of Deep River near High Point, N. C.,for the year 

ending September 30, 1924

Month

April

!^3Y

July. .-.-. ...... _. . .,.-

August .<._- __. «.. __ »«» » 

Theyear. ..... ____ ________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

157 

101 

122 

266 

350 

157 

222 

350 

278 

350 

621 

759

759

Minimum

5.6 

16 

20 

15

8.4 

17 

15 

8.4 

4.6 

8.4 

4.6 

6.5

4.6

Mean

15.8 

26.2 

30.5 

39.8 

39.2 

39.4 

58.3 

47.9 

21.8 

51.1 

31.8 

BS.fl

38.4

Per 

square 

mile

0.479 

.794 

.924 

1.21 

1.19 

1.19 

1.77 

1.45 

.661 

1.55 

.964 

1.79 '

1.16

Run-off 

in inches

0.55 

.89 

1.07 

1.40 

1.28 

1.37 

1.98 

1.67 

.74 

1.79 

1.11 

2.00

15.85

PEEDEE RIVER BASIN

YADKIN RIVER AT NORTH WIIKESBOBO, N. C.

LOCATION. At bridge 3,870 feet below Southern Railway station at North 

Wilkesboro, Wilkes County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 500 sqttare miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. April 10,1903, to June 30,1909; October 1, 1920, to September 80,1924.

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream handrail; read by S. U. Reynolds. Original 

chain gage washed away with old bridge July 16, 1916; original datum 

was lost.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from bridge at gage.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel is straight above station, slightly curved at 

bridge and straight for 600 feet below. Current is swift. Right bank is 

low and subject to overflow, but all water must pass under bridge and 

approaches. Left bank is high and rocky. Bed of stream is rocky, with 

sand in places; one channel at all stages. Control is not perceptible.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 15.2 feet at 

5.30 p. m. January 16 (discharge, 13,700 second-feet); minimum stage, 1.05 

feet at 7 a. m. October 18 (discharge, 290 second-feet).

1903-1909; 1920-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 18.8 feet (datum of old 

gage) at 10.20 a. m. November 19, 1906 (discharge, 22,300 second-feet); 

minimum stage, 0.6 foot January 26, 1905 (discharge, 184 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Slight regulation from mill dams upstream.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve is well "defined 

between 376 and 10,000 second-feet; extended above. Gage read to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily 

gage height to rating table. Records good.

Discharge measurements of Yadkin River at North Wilkesboro, N. C., during the 

year ending September 30, 19%4

Date

Nov. 11. _ . _ .. . ____

Dec. 12.. __ .. __ . .........

Gage 

height

Feet

i an

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

376

476

Date

Apr. 21. - __ . __ - .

Aug. 18. . __ . . _ .

Gage 

height

Feet

2

QQ

1.58

Discharge

£ec.-ft. 

1 C90

4.RQ
PEEDEB KIVEE BASEST 29

Daily discharge, in second-feett of Yadkin River at North WttkesborOf N. C.r /«r tht 

year ending September SO, 1984

Day

1 _ .

2 ____ ......

3 __ ..... ....

4.- ... .....

5. .. ....

6 __ - .........

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

8 __ .......

9. .. __

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

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

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

13- ___ ......

14 ____ ... ...

15.. ........

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

17... ____ ....

18.. ... __ ..

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

20-- ..........

21 .. ......

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

23 ____ _ .

24 _____ . .....

25........ 

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

27 __ ..

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

29 ........

30.. .. __ ..

31 .........

Oct.

376

358

376

376

358

358

358

358

358

340

340

323

323

323

323

306

306

290

414

433

376

306

532

532

433

395

340

323

323

323

323

Nov.

323

306

323

574

1,800

964

664

472

414

395

376

35S

340

323

323

340

340

323<

323

323

323

323

433

452

414

376

358

323

376

1,170

Dec.

618

512

414

472

1,800

1,280

964

810

618

532

492

492

433

512

512

512

512

492

433

452

492

492

574

574

492

492

492

472

452

414

433

Jan.

512

664

860

810

760

414

674

532

512

664

2,230

1,860

1,070

860

712

5,830

3,320

1,640

1,170

964

760

532

574

664

860

664

574

532

574

532

532

Feb.

618

760

618

574

712

712

618-

574

532

532

512

512

512

512

512

492

492

512

532

1,020

810

618

574

574

574

618

860

1,220

1,070

Mar.

1,020

1,070

964

860

1,020

1,330

1,070

912

860

860

860

712

664

664 fifli

664

618

664

618

712

1,590

964

860

810

760

664

664

618

712

712

712

Apr.

618

574

574

574

912

2,160

1,700

1,170

912

912

1,070

1,070

1,070

964

964

860

810

2,630

2,040

1,280

1,120

1,020

912

860

810

810

810

760

760

1,070

May

1,078

860

760

712

712

664

664

810

712

664

1,220

1,330

964

860

810

912

760

712

664

664

1,590

860

712

664

712

604

618

664

712

664

618

June

574

574

574

1,120

964

664

532

512

532

512

532

618

664

574

574

574

532

574

574

492

492

492

512

472

452

472

618

472*

860

760

July

1,126

964

810

3,250

1,590

2,560

6,170

2,560

1,980

1,800

1,640

1,380

1,070

860 sin

76fr

712

664

712

810

760

712

912

912

760

472

618

674

532

532

574

Aug.

532

532

964

53*

532

674

512

492

472

512

512

664

see

574

532

492

472

472

452

452

433

452

452

452

810

810

574

492

472

433

433

Sept.

414

433

452

452

414

395

395

376

395

396

376

376

395

395

378

395

433

452

433

492

1,170

810

664

532

472

452

472

5,660

5,840

6,480

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 11,16, Apr. 18, July 4, 7, Sept. 28, and 30 determined by approximate integration of graph constructed on basis of two daily gage readings.

Monthly discharge of Yadkin River at North Wilkesboro, N. C., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 500 square miles]

Month

December . .... . . __ . . .

January ___ ..... ___ ... ....................

March _________ _________ . .

April- ..... ...... .......... ......

May... .......................................... Tone .. ..... ....

July ... _ .................. .....................

August . __ ___ ___ .... ----.... . _. - . ...

Theyear. - . ... __ . __ .

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

532 

1,800 

1,800 

5,830 

1,220 

1,590 

2,630 

1,590 

1,120 

6,170 

964 

6,480

6,490

Minimum

290 

306 

414 

414 

492 

618 

574 

618 

452 

472 

433 

376

290

Mean

361 

472 

588 

1,060 

647 

835 

1,060 

807 

596 

1,280 

547 

1,030

773

Per 

square 

mile

0.722 

.944 

1.18 

2.12 

1.29 

1.67 

2.12 

1.61 

1.19 

2.56 

1.09 

2.06

1.55

Run-off 

in inches

0.83 

1.05 

1.36 

2.44 

l.S» 

1.® 

2,38 

1.88 

1.3t 

2.95 

1.28 

2.30

 21.05

YADKIH KTVBR HEAE SALISBUBY, N. C.

^©CATION. At highway bridge known as Piedmont toll bridge, 1,000 feet

upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 6 mites northeast of Salisbury,

Rowan County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,400 square miles. 

RE COEDS AVAILABLE. September 24, 1895, to December 31, 1909; September

1, 1911, to Septemtxsr 30, 1924. 

GAQB. Chain gage attached to highway bridge since January 1, 1906; read by

J. T. Yarbrough. Datum unchanged except for possible change of about

0.1 foot due to settlement of bridge. 

63478 28 WSP 582 3
30 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel wide and rather rough. Control is a rock 

ledge about 500 feet below bridge extending entirely across river; 

permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 12.2 feet at 6 

p. m. September 29 and 30 (discharge, 51,600 second-feet); minimum stage, 

1.70 feet at 6 p. m. October 14 and 7 a. m. October 16 (discharge, 1,260 

second-feet).

1895-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 23.8 feet at 1 a. m. July 18, 1916 

(discharge, 121,000 second-feet); minimum stage, 1.2 feet September 20, 

October 6, November 22 and 26, 1897 (discharge, 900 second-feet).

ICE. Never enough to affect stage-discharge relation.

DIVERSIONS. None.

REGULATION. Flow during low stages may be somewhat affected by developed 

powers on the river and tributaries.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 1,280 and 20,000 second-feet and fairly well denned up to 

121,000 second-feet. Gage read to half-tenths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to rating table. 

Records good.

The following discharge measurements were made:

April 20, 1924: Gage height, 4.88 feet; discharge, 11,000 second-feet.

August 26, 1924: Gage height, 3.51 feet; discharge, 6,070 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C.,for the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Day

1 __ ..

2 . 

3 - 

4 __ . 

5 

C_ 

T. ......

8. 

9. _

10 

11.. .....

12.. __ .

13 .

14 

16 - 

16 _

17....... 

18.. __ .

19. .

20.......

21.... 

22.. .....

23 

24 

25

26-. __ .

27.- __ .

28

29. ...

30 

31 

Oct.

1,810

1,720 

1,720 

1,720 

1,640

1,560

,400

,720

,560

,560 

fifin

,560

560

1,640 

1,400

1,560 

1,400

1,560

1,900

1,900

1,720 

1,560

2,100 

2,560

2 91 ft

1,900

1,640

1,720

1,720

1,720

Nov.

1,640

1,720 

1,720 

1,640 

5,080

10,200

6,780

3,100

2,560

2,210 

2,100

2,100

o Ann

1,900

1,900 

1 900

1,900 

1,720

9 Aflft

1,810

1 QtV\

1,720 

1,900

2,000 

2,210

9 91 A

1 QOfi

1,900

1,810

2,100

Dec.

3,890

3,720 

2,820 

2,320 

8,620

20,800

11,000

5,420

3,720

3,400

9 COn

2,690

9 *fln

2,690

3,560 

o COA,

2,960 

2,560

o Ain

2,560

2

KA/1

4,060 

3 jtftn

2 Qfift

2,820

2,560

2

AQA

2,560

2,440

Jan.

2

0OA

3,720 

4,740 

6,440 

5,760

A OQfl

2,560

2,690

3

oen

2,960 

3 inn

7,140

6

*70A

4,740

3,720

35,700

QQ fiAA

19 ?nn

6

7QA

5,760

4,400

3

CCA

3,720

4,740

5,080

A OOn

3

KCn

3,4CO

3,400

3,250

Feb.

Q OKA

3,250 

3,720 

3,400

3 O en

3 con

3

7OA

3,400

2,960

2,820 

o con

9 OOf*

2,690

O KCf|

2,560 

2 690

o e/»n

9 000

11 QAA

7,140 

4,740

3,890

3 79ft

3 79ft

C AOA

6 440

Mar.

8,240

6,440 

5,420 

4,740 

4,400

7,140

6,440

5,080

4,400

4,230

A Anft

4,230

3,720

o cfin

3,400

S

OKfi

3,250 3 inn

3,100

3 250

7,500

7.860 

5,420

4,400

3

QQA

3 560

3 400

3,100

5,080

4,740

Apr.

3,560

3,720 

3,400 

3,100 

3,400

5,760

8,240

6,780

5,080

4,740

7,140

5,760

4,740

4,400 

4,230

4,060 

5,080

10 onn

11,000

6,440

5,080 

4 740

4,060 

4,060

3,720

S

Kfifl

3 79/1

3,400

4,740

May

9,000

6,440 

4,400 

3,720 

3,560

3,250

2,960

3,720

4,060 

3,400

5,760

6 440

4J 400

3,890 

4,060

3,890 

3,560 Q inn

3,100

9 Qfifl

6,100 

4,060

3,250 

4,400

4,400

4,060

7 140

5*420

3,720

3,250

June

2,820

2,820 

2,820 

2,820 

2,820

2,820

3,100

2,820

2,820 

3,560

2 ft 9ft

2,820

3,100

3,890 

3,720

2,820 

3.56C

2

QOA

O Q9A

2,440

2,320 

o 9in

2,820 

4,060

3

*7OA

O QOA

5 49ft

3,100'

2,960

July

6,100

7,860 

5,760 

4,400 

5,080

7,140

11,600

19,300

20,800

11,800 

8,620

5,760

4,400

4,230

4,400 

5,760

4,060 

3,890

3,400

3,560

3,720 

3,400

3,250 

3,400

3,400

2

AQA

2,440

2

qon

2,320

2,100

Aug.

2,210

2,320 

8,510 

12,200 

5,760

3,560

2,960

2,820

2,690

2,320 

2,320

2,320

3,250

3,720

3,100 

2,560

2,100 

2,100

2,100

2,000

2,100

2,440 

2,440

2,100 

3,100

6,100

5,080

9 Wl

2,320

2,000

1,900

Sept.

1,900

2,100 

2,690 

2,440 

1,900

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720 

1,720

1,560

1,560

1,640

2,100 

9 inn

1,900 

2,320

2,560

1,900

1,900

2,820 

6,100

4,740 

2,440

9 91 n

2,320

6,570

AR QAA

46,800

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 18,19, July 7, Aug. 3, and Sept. 28 determined by approximate integration of 

graph constructed on basis of two daily gage readings.
PEEDEE KIVEK BASIN 31

Monthly discharge of Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 3,400 square milesj

Month

November . ________ ..... _______ ....

April.. _______ _____ ___ .. __ ......

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

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

2,560 

10,200 

20,800 

35, 700 

11,800 

8,240 

13, 200 

9,000 

5,420 

20,800 

12,200 

46,800

46,800

Minimum

1,260 

1,640 

2,320 

2,320 

2,560 

3,100 

3,100 

2,960 

2,210 

2,100 

1,900 

1,560

1,260

Mean

1,700 

2,520 

4,010 

6,600 

4,240 

4,640 

5,240 

4,360 

3,070 

5,810 

3,320 

5,390

4,240

Per. 

square 

mile

0.500 

.741 

1.18 

1.94 

1.25 

1.36 

1.54 

1.28 

.903 

1.71 

.976 

1.59

1.25

Run-off 

in inches

0.5» 

.83 

1.36- 

2.24 

l.Sff 

1.57 1.72- 

1.48- 

1.01 1.97" 

1.13 

1.77"

17.01

YADKIN RIVER AT HIGH SOCK, N. C.

LOCATION. At Brinkles Ferry, High Rock, Davidson County, 2 miles above 

mouth of Lick Creek and about 15 miles upstream from dam of Tallassee 

Power Co. at Badin.

DBAINAGE AREA. 3,930 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. January 8, 1919, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Friez water-stage recorder in concrete well and shelter on right bank; 

attended by employees of Tallassee Power Co. Zero flow at gage about 

elevation 592.8 feet above sea level.

CHANNEL AND CONTBOL. Bed of stream composed of rock and gravel; banks 

about 20 feet high; probably not subject to overflow. Control is rock shoal 

about half a mile downstream; permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during year, about elevation 603.01 

feet at midnight September 30 (discharge, 66,500 second-feet); minimum; 

stage, elevation 593.64 feet from 8 p. m. to midnight October 16 and 18 

(discharge, 1,230 second-feet).

1919-1924: Maximum stage, elevation 605.9 feet morning of July 21, 1919 

(discharge, 104,000 second-feet); minimum stage, elevation 593.64 feet from 

8 p. m. to midnight October 16 and 18, 1923 (discharge, 1,230 second-feet). 

Elevation of flood in 1916, 612.1 feet (discharge, 184,000 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Slight diurnal regulation noticeable in low-water periods from 

power developments on tributaries.

ACCUBACT. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve well defined 

between 1,000 and 28,000 second-feet and extended above. Operation of 

water-stage recorder not satisfactory. Daily discharge ascertained by 

applying to the rating table mean daily gage height obtained by inspecting 

gage-height graphs except for days of wide range in stage discharge graphs 

are approximately integrated. Records good except for high-water stages,, 

for which they are fair.

COOPEBATION. Water-stage recorder graphs furnished by Tallassee Power Co,

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year.
32 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Daily discharge, in secondr-feet, of Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C., for the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Day

1. __ ..... 

2. __ ...... 

3- 

4. ____ . __ -

5- .........

6- - 

7. .... ... 

8 ... ... ... --

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

10. ____ ......

11. ...... ...

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

 10

14- .... . 

15 

16 

17 .. 

18. __ ..... 

19 

20- 

21. __ ...... ...

22. ____ ......

23- -...... 

24 

25 ... 

26. ____ ...

27 

28 

29. _ ..........

80 .. .

31 ........ 

Oct.

1,780

1,660

1,560

1,470

1,440

1,470

1,440

1,440

1 340

1,310

1,280

1,310

1 34ft

1,310

1,280

1,340

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,310

1,360

1,460

1,460

1,470

1,660

1,900

1,900

1,780

1,620

1,560

1 44ft

Nov.

1,560

1,660

2,160

2,290

5,130

10,800

6,990

4,170

3,560

2,830

2,690

2,690

2,560

2,560

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,290

2,420

2,160

2,290

2,160

2,420

2,290

2,690

2,830

2,290

2,290

2,160

2,420

Dec.

3,860

4,480

3,410

2,970

6,990

19,300

12,100

6,210

4,800

4,170

3,560

3,260

3,260

3,260

4,170

3,710

3,710

3,410

3,120

3,120

3,120

3,260

3,260

4,800

4,800

3,860

3,560

3,410

3,410

3,260

3,260

Jan.

3,120

4,170

5,470

7,790

7,390

5,470

3,860

3,260

4,170

3,860

4,020

6,210

8,210

5,470

4,800

6,560

31,600

34,600

15,000

8,210

6,590

5,470

4,800

4,800

6,210

6,590

5,470

4,800

4,170

4,170

4,170

Feb.

4,020

4,170

4,480

4,170

4,020

4,170

4,480

4,170

3 Sfifl

3,560

3,560

3,560

3,410

3,120

3,120

3,260

3,260

3,560

5,180

13,000

14,000

10,300

6,590

6,130

4,800

4,800

6,210

8,210

10,300

Mar.

10,300

8,630

6,990

6,830

5,470

7 7Qfl

8,210

6,590

5,830

5,470

5,830

5,830

5,130

4,800

4,480

4,480

4,170

4,170

3,860

4,170

8,210

9,470

6,990

6,470

4,800

4,480

4,170

4,020

4,020

6,130

5,830

Apr.

4,800

4,480

4,170

3,860

4,480

6,990

9,890

8,630

6,210

6,210

9,470

10,300

Q Ol A

6,590

5,830

5,470

5,130

5,830

14,500

14,500

9,470

6,990

6,210

5,470

4,800

4,480

4,480

4,480

4,170

5,360

May

10,800

8,630

5,470

4,800

4,170

4,020

3,860

3,710

4 480

5,130

4,800

7,390

8,210

6,210

4,800

4,800

6,130

4,800

4,480

4,020

3,860

6,210

5,830

4,170

5,130

5,470

4,800

7,390

7,790

5,470

4 4Srt

June

3,860

3,560

3,560

.3,560

3,560

3,560

3,410

3,710

3,710

3,719

4,020

3,860

3,710

3,710

4,020

4,800

6,470

4,800

4,020

3,410

3,260

2,830

2,560

2,690

3,710

4,480

3,860

5,470

4,800

3,710

July

4,480

6,990

7,390

5,470

6,210

6,990

20,100

24,500

16,100

10,300

6,990

5,130

4,800

4,480

6,210

4,800

4,480

4,020

4,020

4,170

4,480

4,020

4,170

4,800

4,480

3,560

2,970

2,690

2,560

2,420

Aug

2,420

2,690

6,200

15,500

6,990

4 480

3,710

3,410

3,120

2,970

2,830

2,970

3,860

4,020

3,860

3,410

2,830

2,560

2,560

2,420,

2,420

2,830

3,120

2,690

2,690

5,830

6,210

3,710

2,560

2,290

2,030

Sept.

1,900

1,900

2,660

3,120

2,290

1,780

1,620

1,650

1,550

1,490

1,470

1,470

1,310

1,450

1,900

2,160

1,900

2,000

2,403

2,032

1,620

1,900

5,130

7,390

4,800

3,410

3,260

3,860

8,760

46,600

NOTE. No gage-height record Aug. 14 and 15; discharge estimated by comparison with records at 

Salisbury. Recorder not working properly for high water July 8-10, Aug. 3, and Sept. 29 and 30; gageheight graphs estimated and approximately integrated.

Monthly discharge of Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C., for the year ending September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 3,930 square miles]

Month

TftWilft etf-rf

March... ____ - - _ 

April.. ... .. .. . __

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

July .._ . ___ .......... August - -~. , _ .....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

1,900 

10,800 

19,300 

34,600 

14,000 

10,300 

14,500 

10,800 

5,470 

24,500 

15,500 

46,600

46,600

Minimum

1,280 

1,660 

2,970 

3,120 

3,120 

3,860 

3,860 

3,710 

2,560 

2,420 

2,030 

1,310

1,280

Mean

1,470 

2,980 

4,610 

7,430 

5,400 

5,830 

6,720 

5,490 

3,850 

6,460 

3,840 

4,150

4,850

Per 

square 

mile

0.374 

.768 

1.17 

1.89 

1.37 

1.48 

1.71 

1.40 

.980 

1.64 

.977 

1.06

1.23

Run-off 

in inches

0.43 

.86 

1.35 

2.18 

1.48 

1.71 

1.91 

1.61 

1.09 

1.89 

1.13 

1.18

16.81

USHER RIVER HEAR DOBSON, R. 0.

LOCATION. At Turkey Ford steel highway bridge on Dobson-Ararat highway

about 2 miles east of Dobson, gurry County.

DRAINAGE ABBA. 109 square miles (measured on topographic maps). 

KECOBDS AVAILABLE. September 1, 1920, to September 30, 1924.
33

GAGE. Chain gage installed August 30,, 1921, on upstream side of bjo4ge; 

by Miss Ada Kidd.

DISCHAKGB MEASUKEMENTS. Made from lower side of bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel is straight above and below gage; rather 

rough. Banks are subject to overflow above gage height 10.0 feet. Control 

is shoals about 50 feet below gage; practically permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 8.8 feet at 

4 p. m. January 16 (discharge, about 5,660 second-feet); minimum stage, 

0.48 foot several times in October and September (discharge, 76 second-feet). 

1920-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 10.1 feet at 5 p. m. March 16, 1923 

(discharge, about 6,700 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.34 foot at 7 a. m, 

and 5 p. m. July 27, 1923 (discharge, 42 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation probably not affected by ice.

REGULATION. 1Probably none.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve well defined 

between 54 and 300 second-feet and extended above by comparison with 

records for Ararat River near Pilot Mountain, N. C., and therefore should 

be used with caution. Gage read to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to rating table except 

as stated in footnote to daily-discharge table. Records good except for 

high stages.

The following discharge measurements were made: 

December 11, 1923: Gage height, 0.72 foot; discharge, 122 second-feet. 

April 21, 1924: Gage height, 0.85 foot; discharge, 196 second-feet. 

August 18, 1924: Gage height, 0.53 foot; dispharge, 96 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Fisher River near Dobson, N. C., for the year 

ending September 30, 1924

Day

1 ...... 

2 _________

3. ______

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

6, .... -

6 -

8 " 

g

10 

11... _ .. 

12... _ - 

13 

14 

15 ____ 

16... 

17. ... ia 

K>

20 _ , ____ -

21 - . -

22 ,.-.-.

23 .

24 ___

25 .

26 

27. __ .

28 . 

29 

30. .-- 

91

Oct. ,

107

101

101

94

91

94

94 

94

94

88

88.

82

62

79

76

82

82

116

154

110

82'

82, 138'

125

101

94

94

88

94

94

QA

Nov.

88

91

88

151

540

208

171 

147

128

138

.128

119

116

125

116

113

107

101

107

104

101

101

151

J28

107

107

107

107

85

388

Dec.

185

164

158

171 see

298

208 

185

164

168

151

113

124

164

147

144

138

132

125

132

161

164

164

147

125

132

126

135

126

125

125

Jan.

193

178

251

247

161

154

804

185

 158

164

859

320

239

208

178

2,950

796

341

298

261

208

200

231

193

223

193

168

193

171

161

Feb.

164

185

158

164

200

204

158 

151

J38

147

.138

132

138 i

144

135

125

132

128

158

460

243

185

171

158

161

223

223

243

239

Mar.

208

W3

178

171

243

231

208

182

175

200

185

178

171

171

164

151

151

151

151 '

164

272

193

178

175

168

158

151

147

215

158

158

Apr.

158

158

151

147

185

460

255 

215

208

193

185

185

178

171

164

158 154-

512 298

227

 300

185 171'

168

164

171

171

161

154

208

May

178

158

158

144

181

161

164 

200

223

147

650

298

219

200

193

208

171

164

158

151

231

158

141

151

151

138

208

171

158

144

June

128

125

125

132

118

119

138 

122 122

125

144

125

128

178

158

161

116

116

104

94

94

94

107

255

119

128

227

125

298

164

July

193

208

215

200

171

161

485 

1,090

485

289

231

200 198'

189

171

154

158,

138

141

147

189

215

1«4

151

135

119

119

113

113

107

107

Aug.

107

101

705

200

168

151

125 

128

113

113

151

151

128

101

98

101

94

94

88

98

94

88

88

88

235

235

151

151

135

107

107

Sept.

107

101

119

94

88

85

88 

86

91

85

85

76

76

82

91

101

110

94

94

101

235

147

144

116

125

151

171

.820

1,060

1,020

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 11,16,17, July 8, and Sept. 30 determined by approximate integration of graph 

constructed on basis of two daily gage readings.
SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Monthly discharge of Fisher River near Dobson, N. C., for the year endin g September

SO, 1924

fDrainage area, 109 square miles]

Month

October. ___ . _ .. ___ __ . __ . __ ......

January.. ___ _______________

April... ____ ..- . . ........ ...... 

July .-..... -..-- ......______.__..._.__

September _ ______ . ......................

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

154 

540 

595 

2,950 

460 

272 

512 

659 

298 

1,090 

705 

1,060

2,950

Minimum

76 

85 

113 

151 

125 

147 

147 

135 

94 

107 

88 

76

76

Mean

96.6 

142 

167 

336 

179 

181 

204 

189 

140 

218 

145 

195

183

Per 

square 

mile

0.886 

1.30 

1.53 

3.08 

1.64 

1.66 

1.87 

1.73 

1.28 

2.00 

1.33 

1.79

1.68

Run-off 

in inches

1.02 

1.45 

1.76 

3.55 

1.77 

1.91 

2.09 

1.99 

1.43 

2.31 

1.53 

2.00

22.81

SANTEE RIVER BASIN

SANTEE RIVER AT FERGUSON, S. C.

LOCATION. At Ferguson boat landing, three-fourths mile from railroad station, 

in Orangeburg County, 4 miles downstream from mouth of Eutaw Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 14,800 square miles (from United States Weather Bureau 

records and checked on map compiled by United States Geological Survey, 

scale 1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. December 1, 1907, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day graph water-stage recorder on right bank installed 

November 23,1921, just below the staff gage at boat landing which was used 

prior to that date; attended by H. C. Savage.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of abandoned steel 

railroad bridge 1 mile above gage.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. The channel up to 12 feet is deep, narrow, and probably permanent. Left bank above 12-foot stage is a flat swamp 3J^ miles 

wide. Right bank is a flat swamp about half a mile wide and somewhat 

lower than left bank. Banks are overflowed every year. Control is not 

definitely known as there are no shoals or riffles below Ferguson. However, 

much of the river banks and bottom are limestone and marl, and it is 

believed that control is fairly permanent. Current is good at all stages and 

slope of surface is very even for 50 miles downstream.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during year, 13.87 feet from midnight to 4 p. m. January 23 (discharge, 50,000 second-feet); minimum stage, 

2.56 feet at 10 p. m. October 23 (discharge, 4,460 second-feet).

1907-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 24.5 feet on July 22, 1916 (estimated discharge, 368,000 second-feet); minimum stage recorded, 0.9 foot 

October 23, 1918 (discharge not estimated). Minimum stage probably 

caused by regulation of storage reservoirs above.

ICE. None.

DIVERSIONS. None.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 35

REGULATION. Two large hydroelectric plants have fairly large reservoirs on 

Broad River, there are a number of reservoirs on Wateree River two of 

which are very large, and there is at least one reservoir on Saluda River, 

tributaries to the Santee above Ferguson. Apparently the Parr Shoals Reservoir on Broad River and Camden Reservoir on Wateree River have the 

most effect. As the two are about equidistant from Ferguson the storage 

effect probably reaches the gage about the same time. There are no daily 

fluctuations, probably because the nearest reservoir is more than a hundred 

miles upstream. However, there is a very distinct weekly fluctuation during average and low-water periods caused apparently by shutdown of plants 

on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. On .Mondays the stage at Ferguson 

begins to drop and continues with accelerated rapidity until some time dur- i 

ing Tuesday. After reaching the lowest point the stage rises rapidly and is 

back to an even stage by Wednesday night. During the rest of the week 

there is comparatively little fluctuation.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 5,000 and 16,000 second-feet. Above 16,000 second-feet 

rating is based on an extended curve which is fairly accurate up to 20,000 

second-feet. Operation of water-stage recorder satisfactory. Daily discharge 

ascertained by applying to rating table mean daily gage height obtained by 

inspecting gage-height graph. Records good.

The following discharge measurement was made:

November 19, 1923: Gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 5,520 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Santee River at Ferguson, S. C., for the year ending September SO, 1924

Day

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

2 . 

3 

4- .........

6. ____ . .....

6 ..........

7 ____ ......

8. . __ ....

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

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

11. . __ ....

18.. _ . .....

13 ..........

14 . __ ....

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

16- ... ......

17 ____ ....

18 ..........

19. _______

20- - __ ......

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

22 ..... .....

23. ........

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

26 ... ......

26 . .......

27 ,. ___ .

28 .. __ .

29. __ . .......

30 . __ ....

31- .. .......

Oct.

10,300 

6,890 

7,790 

9,950 

11,100

12,000 

12,200 

11,100 

7,790 

5,930

8,330 

8,890 

8,610 

8,470 

7,660

5,280 

5,820 

7,790 

8,470 

8,610

8,050 

7,010 

4,980 

5,080 

6,530

7,140 

7,400 

7,660 

7,400 

5,280

5

Qon

Nov.

7,140 

7,530 

8,050 

9,040 

8,470

5,820 

8,750 

14,800 

15,300 

12,900

11,300 

9,950 

7,270 

7,010 

8,470

8,470 

8,750 

9,040 

6,650 

5,930

6,650 

8,750 

9,340 

10,300 

10,400

9,040 

6,290 

7,400 

10,100 

11,100

Dec.

10,300 

10,300 

9,790 

8,750 

9,950

12,500 

16, 100 

18,600 

19,800 

20,900

21,300 

21,300 

20,500 

19,500 

18,600

18,100 

17,400 

16,500 

18,600 

20,500

21,700 

22,800 

23,400 

22,200 

21,300

19,800 

18,100 

15,900 

13,800 

12,300 

10,600

Jan.

8,890 

9,640 

11,800 

13,500 

14,200

14,600 

14,200 

11,600 

11,300 

12,500

13,500 

13,500 

13,600 

13,100 

12,500

13,600 

15,700 

18,100 

20,100 

21,700

27,200 

44,000 

50,000 

47,000 

41,000

38,000 

35,000 

35,000 

38,000

38,000 

38,000

Feb.

32,500 

30,500 

27,200 

25,000 

22,800

21,300 

20,900 

20,100 

19,200 

18,400

16,300 

12,900 

12,500 

13,800 

14,600

14,200 

13,600 

12,300 

9,640 

11,300

15,700 

18,400 

19,800 

21,300 

22,200

22,200 

21,700 

21,700 

22,200

Mar.

23,400 

28,800 

41,000 

44,000 

44,000

41,000 

35,000 

32,500 

28,800 

27,200

25,000 

23,400 

22,800 

22,800 

22,800

22,800 

22,200 

21,300 

20,100 

19,800

20,100 

20,900 

22,200 

24,100 

28,800

35,000 

35,000 

32,500 

28,800 

27,200 

25,000

Apr.

22,200 

20,900 

20,100 

19,800 

20,500

21,300 

22,800 

24,100 

30,500 

41,000

44,000 

41,000 

35,000 

32,500 

35,OOD

38,000 

41,000 

38,000 

35,000 

32,500

30,500 

28,800 

28,800 

30,500 

32,500

32,500 

30,500 

27,200 

23,400 

21,700

May

21,300 

21,300 

21,700 

23,400 

25,000

27,200 

27,200 

25,000 

23,400 

22,800

22,200 

21.300 

19,200 

18,900 

19,500

19,800 

20,100 

20,900 

20,500 

18,100

17,200 

17,400 

17,600 

17,600 

17,000

15,000 

12,700 

14,000 

16,300 

18,100 

19,200

June

19,800 

20,100 

18,100 

17,400 

17,800

18, 400 

18,600 

18,400 

17,400 

17,200

17,000 

17,400 

17,800 

17,800 

17,600

15,900 

14,200 

14,400 

15,700 

16,700

16,700 

15,000 

12,700 

9,790 

11,600

16,500 

18,600 

19,500 

19,500 

18,600

July

17,200 

19,200 

20,900 

21,700 

22,800

22,200 

23,400 

25,000 

27,200 

32,500

38,000 

44,000 

47,000 

47,000 

47,000

44,000 

38,000 

35,000 

32,500 

28,800

26,000 

24,100 

22,800 

21,700 

20,900

20,900 

20,500 

19,200 

16,100 

14,800 

15,900

Aug.

16,300 

16,300 

15,900 

15,500 

14,400

14,600 

15,500 

15,900 

16,100 

15,900

14,400 

10,900 

10,600 

13,100 

15,000

17,000 

17,400 

15,500 

11,400 

9,640

10,800 

11,300 

11,100 

10,100 

8,190

6,290 

6,650 

8,470 

8,890 

8,750 

8,470

Sept.

7,660 

6,170 

5,600 

7,530 

8,890

9,790 

9,340 

7,530

5,710 

6,170

8,190 

8,470 

8,050 

7,660 

8,050

13,300 

18,900 

20,900 

22,800 

26,000

27,200 

26,000 

24,100 

23,400 

24,100

27,200 

41,000 

41,000 

41,000 

41,000

NOTE. Gage^heighit graphs Nov. 17-23 and July 5-11 lost in mail; discharge based on graphs estimated 

from United States Weather Bureau gage heights at Ferguson.
36 SUEFACB WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET H

Monthly discharge of Santee River at Ferguson, S. C., for the year ending September

SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 14,800 square miles]

Month

October ____ . ______________ __

NoTember ____________________

'February.. ____________________

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

JT^y..... ........................................

The year __________________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

12,200 

15, 300 

23,400 

50,000 

32,500 

44,000 

44,000 

27,200 

20,100 

47,000 

17,400 

41,000

50,000

Minimum

4,980 

5,820 

8,750 

8,890 

9,640 

19,800 

19,800 

12,700 

9,790 

14,800 

6,290 

5,600

4,980

Mean

7,900 

9,000 

17,100 

22,900 

19,100 

28,000 

30, 100 

20,000 

16,900 

27,600 

12,600 

17,800

19, 100

Per 

square 

mile

0.534 

.608 

1.16 

1.55 

1.29 

1.89 

2.03 

1.35 

1.14 

1.86 

.851 

1.20

1.29

Run-off 

in inches

0.62 

.68 

1.34 

1.79 

1.39 

2.18 

2.26 

1.56 

1.27 

2.14 

.98 

1.34

17.55

IINVHIE RIVER AT BRANCH, N. C.

LOCATION. At wooden highway bridge 800 feet from Branch Post Office, Burke 

County, a quarter of a mile upstream from Lake James, 2 miles below mouth 

of Linville Gorge, and 12 miles from Nebo, N. C.

DRAINAGE AREA. 65 square miles (measured on topographic maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. June 7, 1922, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Vertical staff on downstream end of first bridge pier from right bank; 

read by J. M. Wall.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of bridge or by wading.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel wide and shallow, slightly curved above bridge 

and straight for 200 feet below; bed composed of gravel and boulders. 

Right bank wooded, not subject to overflow; left bank about 6 feet high, 

partly wooded, and subject to overflow in extreme floods for 500 feet back 

from stream. Control is a boulder and gravel shoal 200 feet downstream 

from gage; probably permanent.

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. 1922-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 6.2 feet at 7 

a. m. January 11 and 5 p. m. September 28,1924 (discharge, 3,880 secondfeet); minimum stage recorded, 1.50 feet at 5 p. m. September 14, 1924 

(discharge, 23 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. None.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve is well defined 

up to 500 second-feet and extended above. Gage read to hundredths twice 

daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to 

rating table, except as stated in footnote to daily-discharge table. Records 

good.

Discharge measurements of Linvitte River at Branch, N. C., during the year ending

September SO, 1924

Date

Feb. 20...- . .

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

Peb 21 ____ . _______

Qage 

height

Ftet 

2.14

2.28

2.25

Discharge

8 Ct*ftt 

iftl

242

218

Date

Feb. 22. .. .....

May 28. - 

Qage 

height

Ftet 

2.05

2.01

Discharge

K?CC**f*.

Ifil

133
SANTEE BlVEE BASIN 3

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Linville River at Branch, N. C., for the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Day

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

2 __ . .........

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

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

5 . __ ......

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

7........ __ .

8..-... ....

9 . __ . ..

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

11... ____ ...

12 __ .. ........

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

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

15 __ .. ........

16- ____ ....

17 __ .. ........

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

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

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

21.. __ .. __ .

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

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

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

25 __ .........

26.. __ ........

27 __ ........

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

29 _____ ....

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

41

Oct.

50

50

47

47

45

41

47

43

41

37

37

34

29

36

31

29

29

29

43

84

67

43

43

81

65

50

5*

48

43

45

48

Nov.

45

43

41

63

188

94

7«

72

67

58

58

56

54

50

47in

54

47

48

50

43

67

81

, 76

63

65

56

50

177

Dec.

163

113

99

107

260

289

203

163

140

122

113

107

97

110

97

97

1IU

99

91

102

110

104

113

137

119

104

99

113

107 

97

Off

Jan.

170

150

157

272

215

137

154

137

131

134

2,290

600

380

289

239

1,320

692 4<tn

333

276

211

170

170

181

203

177

137

113

181 

137

Feb.

125

137

137

125

215

223

163

150

128

150

113

134

110

119

110

104

102

122

144

211

231

163

150

150

144

163

188

192

198

Mar.

181

239

243

239

456

540

380

289

251

230

192

174

177

185

163

131

144

174

163

200

333

243

215

215

196

211

239

215

255 

333

255

Apr.

215

196

174

170

405

758

430

333

289

264

289

311

264

247

281

239

223

405

430

333

272

239

215

192

174

185

192

163

157 

188

May

223

177

167

157

140

144

137

144

157

134

192

239

196

170

170

170

150

140

134

122

154

125

113

107

122

104

113

144

131

113

107

June

97

102

91

102

86

86

84

81

76

86

86

86

84

125

102

86

79

74

67

63

60

58

89

81

76

72

70

70

60 

60

July

76

81

76

125

113

378

803

430

405

247

200

170

144

140

122

113

102

99

84

113

94

84

81

102

86

76

63

60

58 

52

47

Aug.

47

47

50

60

63

54

47

47

45

41

43

102

86

79

58

45

43

43

39

39

43

39

36

72

333

144

81

60

50 

43

43

Sept.

50

47

48

47

36

33

34

33

50

39

34

29

28

26

28

43

41

39

39

63

131

107

81

79

63

207

456

2,860

1,630 

898

NOTE. Discharge Jaa. 11 and 16, July 6 and 7, and Sept 28 and 29 determined by approximate integration of graph constructed on basis of two or three daily gage readings.

Monthly discharge of Linville River at Branch, N. C., for the year ending September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 65 square miles]

Month

October... _________________ ......

April . .......... _ . _____ ..........

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

July _. .. __ ..... __ ...........

September.. _ .............. .. ....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

84 

188 

289 

2,290 

231 

540 

758 

239 

125 

803 

333 

2,860

2,860

Minimum

29 

41 

91 

113 

102 

131 

157 

104 

58 

47 

36 

26

26

Mean

45.7 

68.5 

125 

331 

152 

241 

274 

148 

81.3 

156 

65.1 

243

161

Per

square 

mile

0.703 

1.05 

1.92 

5.09 

2.34 

3.71 

4.22 

2.28 

1.25 

2.40 

1.00 

3.74

2.48

Run-oft 

; in inches

0.81 

1.17 

2.21 

5.87 

2.52 

4.28 

4.71 

2.63 

1.40 

2.77 

1.15 

4.17

33.69
38 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

LONG CREEK NEAR GASTONIA, N. C.

LOCATION. At pumping station of water-supply system of Gastonia 500 feet 

above bridge of No. 16 highway, 1,000 feet below Carolina & Northwestern 

Railroad bridge, 2 miles north of Gastonia, Gaston County, and 5 miles 

above mouth of creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 41.9 square miles (measured on topographic maps).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. November 28, 1923, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Enameled vertical staff fastened to upstream wing wall of intake of 

pumping plant on right bank; read by attendant to plant.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from footbridge near gage or by wading.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight above and below gage for several 

hundred feet; bed composed of rock, gravel, and sand. Banks about 8 feet 

high to cultivated flats which are seldom overflowed. Low-water control is 

a riffle at upstream side of intake to pumping station close to gage; fairly 

permanent. High-water control is 25 feet above highway bridge; collects 

trash.

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during period of record, 8.6 feet at 

7.50 a. m. September 30 (estimated discharge, 1,390 second-feet); minimum 

stage, 1.44 feet at various times in September (discharge, 16 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation probably not affected by ice.

REGULATION. None.

DIVERSIONS. None.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent during year. Rating 

curve poorly defined between 18 and 500 second-feet; extended above. 

Gage read to hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by 

applying mean daily gage height to rating table, except as stated in footnote 

to daily-discharge table. Records probably fair.

Discharge measurements of Long Creek near Gastonia, N. C*, during the year ending

September SO, 1924

Date

Nov. 28 __________ . _ ..

Apr. 22 _____________

July 4.. _. . .-._ 

Gage 

height

Feel 

1.58

2.38

5.08

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

18.4

54.6

372

Date

July 4.. __ ._......._ 

Gage 

height

Feet 

5.13

1.81

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

378

30.6

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Long Creek near Gastonia, N. C., for the year ending September SO, 1924

Day

1.. ____

2.-. ....

3.. . ....

4 . .........

5. .........

8 .......

7 __ ......

8 __ . __ .

9 __ . .....

10.... 

11...... ....

12. ......

13 __ ... ...

14..........

15 ....

Nov. Dec.

47

26

24

68

300

SA.

47

36

34

30

32

28

26

36

30

Jan.

50

36

62

50

38

34

36

32

28

30

66

36

34

32

28

Feb.

3Q

36

34

34

66

36

34

32

30

30

30

30

30

oo

32

Mar.

70

62<ui

47

69

an

62

47

44

62

56

47

44

47

44

Apr.

30

34

34

39

80

72

50

42

50

144

144

84

66

72

May

178

Si

59

VI

42

42

39

38

42

no

50

42

38

39

June

36

34

34

O4

30

32

84

44

VI

36

36

34

34

<u

50

July

222

72

345

394

268

82

774

216

106

80

68

56

50

44

42

Aug.

26

28

28

26

26

26

24

24

24

24

22

22

146

49

28

Sept.

20

24

26

20

22

20

20

20

20

18

18

18

18

<U4

116
SANTEE EIVEE BASIN 39

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Long Creek near Gastenia, N.C,,forthe year 

ending September SO, 1924 Continued

Day

16 __ - ..._.

17 

18 

19. __ ....

20 -

21 . _____ -

22 __ . 

23 

24 __ - __ -

25 

26

27 

28 

29

30 ____ 01

Nov.

19

20

128

Dec.

47

42

32

30

39

34

34

80

36

34

32

32

30

28

28

30

Jan.

502

741

116

80

66

44

39

36

47

76

44

36

36

36

39

36

Feb.

30

34

42

201

271

111

62

36

39

42

50

262

216

96

Mar.

39

39

39

39

157

243

92

62

56

47

44

42

42

44

42

<?Q

Apr.

84

62

273

155

88

66

56

47

44

44

47

42

42

39

181

May

42

39

36

34

34

36

36

34

34

44

32

105

76

44

36

34

June

34

248

72

53

36

32

30

86

279

92

47

39

36

43

134

July

42

42

36

36

39

36

34

34

44

47

30

30

28

26

26

26

Aug

26

24

22

22

22

30

22

22

22

22

28

20

22

20

20

20

Sept.

56

36

28

28

56

53

32

122

39

30

39

32

345

451

1,190

NOTE Discharge Dec. 4, Jan. 16,17,Feb. 19,27, Mar. 20,21, Apr. 18,30, May 27, June 17,23,24,29,30, 

July 1,4,5,7, Aug. 13, Sept. 14 and 23 determined by approximate integration of graph constructed on 

basis of two daily gage readings.

Monthly discharge of Long Creek near Gastonia, AT. C., for the year ending September

SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 41.9 square miles]

Month

November 28-30 __________________

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

May . . _ . ____ .. .. ........

July . .- .... ...... ........

September _____________________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

128 

300 

741 

271 

243 

273 

178 

279 

774 

146 

1,190

Minimum

19 

24 

28 

30 

39 

34 

32 

30 

26 

20 

19

Mean

55.7 

46.3 

82.8 

69.6 

60.7 

75.4 

50.9 

62.2 

109 

28.4 

. 109

Per 

square 

mile

1.33 

1.10 

1.98 

1.66 

1.45 

1.80 

1.21 

1.48 

2.60 

.678 

2.60

fiun-off 

in inches

0.15 

1.27 

2.2S 

1.79 

1.67 

2.01 

1.40 

1.65 

3.00 

.78 

2.90

NORTH PACOLET RIVER NEAR TRYON, N, C.

LOCATION. Below mouth of Horse Creek, 1^ miles above South Carolina line t 

and 4 miles from Tryon, Polk County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 49.0 square miles (measured on topographic map).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. May 16 to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Staff gage on right bank 250 feet below mouth of Horse Creek; read by 

Edward Mitchell.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made by wading or from footbridge 600 feet 

upstream and adding discharge of Horse Creek.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight 100 feet above and 300 feet below 

gage. Banks wooded. Left bank steep and not subject to overflow; right 

bank steep but overflowed at gage height 12 feet. Control is a rocky riffle 

overlain with some sand; fairly permanent. Control for floods is a bottleneck formation of valley.
40 SURFACE WATER SUPFLY, 1924, PART II

EXTBEMBS OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during period of record:, 4.5 feet at

' 6 p. m. September 29 (discharge, 300 second-feet); minimum stage, 1.80

feet several times in August and September (discharge, 33 second-feet). '

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Slight regulation produced by operation of mills during low water.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 8 and 150 second-feet; extended above. Gage read to 

hundredths twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean 

daily gage height to rating table. Records good except for high water.

The following discharge measurements were made: 

May 16, 1924: Gage height, 2.32 feet; discharge, 81.9 second-feet. 

August 6, 1924: Gage height, 2.07 feet; discharge, 60.6 second-feet. 

September 5,1924: Gage height, 1.88 feet; discharge, 37.8 second-feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of North Pacolet River near Tryon, N. C., for the 

year ending September 30, 1924

Day

1... _ ... ...

2. ___ . .....

3 ...... .

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

5 .- __ .

6. __ - __ ..

7 

8. _ . ......

9 .........

10. __ . ...

11. __ . .....

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

13 

14. __ - _ ..

15 - 

May June

74

74

7Q

88

69

69

fiQ

69

64

64

69

69

fid.

79

flQ

July

fid

60

79

127

112

177

122

207

137

107

88.

88

69

74

84

Aug.

92

R4

KQ

54

60

54

55

51

56

48

52

52

55

59

do

Sept.

44

40

46

38

44

36

38

41in

38

S4

43OG

46

48

Day

16 . 

17 .. __ -

18. ___ . _ 

19.- ... _ .

20 - .

21 

22 .. _ . ___

9S

24 _ . _ -

25 _ - ___

26

27 ..

28. .

29.. _ ... _ .

30 

31 

May

79

79

7Q

74

74

84

74

74

74

74

69

102

102

88

70

74

Xuae

74

64

60

59

56

56

64

60

56

112

64

69

59

56

74

July

74

69

fid

64

69

84

79

flQ

60

Rd

60

60

60

58

60

79

Aug.

dR

d.i

52

51

58

60

43

55

54

54

51

48

42

41

37

38

Sept.

56

5T

51

49

112

127

112

74

60

79

102

122

290

228

167

Monthly discharge of North Pacolet River near Tryon, N. C., for the year ending

September 80,1924

[Drainage area, 49 square miles]

Month

May 16-31 ___________ .. _______

July . . . __ * .

August. _.. . 

September ..... __ .... ........................

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

102 

112 

207 

92 

290

Minimum

69 

56 

58 

37 

34

Mean

70.9> 

68.4 

8ft 1 

53.3 

77.2

Per 

square 

mile

1.63 

1.40 

. 1.7*

1.09 i. as

Run-off 

in inches

ft»7 

1.56 

£03 

1.26 

1.76

SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

CHATTOOQA RIVER ITBAK TAHTJlAH FAILS, GA.

LOCATION. About 300 feet above mouth of Camp Creek, 5*^ miles above junction with Tallulah River, and 8 miles east of Tallulah Falls, Rabun County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 256 square miles (measured on topographic maps).
SAVANNAH EIVBE BASIN 41

RECORDS AVAILABLE. January 1, 1917, to September 30, 1824.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day recorder installed on light bank about 30 feet downstream from vertical staff; attended by employees of Georgia Railway & 

Power Co,

DISCHAEGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable at gage location.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Section under cable may shift somewhat. Control 

is a solid rock shoal about 100 feet below gage; permanent.

EXTEEMES ,OP DISCHAEGE. Maximum stage during year, 10.68 feet at noon 

September 20, 1924 (discharge, 11,500 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.87 

foot all day September 13, 1924 (discharge, 338 second-feet).

1917-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 12.2 feet March 24,1917 (discharge, 

13,900 second-feet); minimum stage recorded, 0.6 foot October 16-18, 1918 

(discharge, 255 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

A.CCTTEACY,- Stage-discharge relation permanent. Rating curve well defined 

between 150 and 2,500 second-feet. Operation of water-stage recorder 

satisfactory. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage 

height to rating table or for days having -considerable range in'Stage, by 

averaging the discharge for bihourly periods. Records good.

COOPERATION. Gage-height record furnished by Geoigia Railway & Powei Co.

No discharge measurements were made at this stbstkm -during the year.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chattooga River near Tallidah Falls, Ga., for the 

year ending September "SO, 1924

Day

1- _ . ... __

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

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

4. .. ___ . ....

5

6 

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

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

9... ____ ...

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

11...-.- -....

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

18 . ......

14 __ . .........

15 __ ..... .....

16- __ , __ ..

17, .............

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

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

2D_ .., ..

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

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

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

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

25 .....

27 _ __,_..

28 __ ......

!»-_,,_,,_.. 

30. .... ..

31- ..........

Oct.

430

410

410

410

410

390

390

390

390

4QO

390

372

372

372

372

372

372

390

630

538

430

390

390

372

372

372

355

355

365

355

410

Nov.

390

355

355

959

1,040

655

582

515

450

430

430

410

410

410

410

390

390

390

390

372

 372

372

560

560

450

430

450

4SO

450 

1,100

Dec.

8W

655

5S2

Q31

2,250

1,240

920

810

705

655

655

605

605

755

705

920

920

810

755

920

865

755

920

920

810

755

705

655

655 

655

655

Jan.

755

980

1,390

1,240

980

810

810

755

755

755

2,890

1,550

1,240

1,040

980

2,370

2,060

1,390

1,170

1,100

980

920

865

980

1,240

980

920

865

865 

810

810

Feb.

810

755

755

755

920

865

810

755

705

705

705

705

705

705

655

655

685

705

967

2,250

1,240

980

920

865

865

920

1,630

1,240

1,040

Mar.

980

980

865

865

1,460

1,550

1,170

980

980

980

920

865

865

865

865

810

810

810

810

920

1,170

980

920

865

865

810

810

«U>

810 

920

810

Apr.

810

755

755

810

2,060

1,550

1,240

1,100

1,040

980

1,WO

1,1CO

980

980

1,550

1,390

1,170

3,780

2,450

1,790

1,550

1,390

1,240

1,240

1,170

1.100

1,100

1,100

1,040 

1,550

May

1,310

1,170

1,100

1,040

1,040

980

980

980

980

980

1,240

1,170

1,040

980

980

980

920

920

920

920

020

920

865

865

865

865

1,240

1,040

1,040 

980

865

June

810

810

810

865

755

755

705

755

705

705

705

705

705

705

656

655

655

630

680

630

630

605

605

605

605

60*

582

515

515 

515

July

538

785

755

1,100

756

2,830

2,250

1,710

1,630

1,170

1,040

1,040

980

980

865

810

785

755

810

T55

706

705

705

705

655

655

605

582

582 

fl05

582

Aug.

605

582

605

582

S60

660

538

515

492

492

470

515

605

515

450

430

'430

430

410

410

480

430

470

838

450

,450

430

890

390 

355

372

Sept.

355

355

430

390

372

355

355

355

 355

355

355

355

338

410

450

372

372

355

355

4,400

1,390

1,550

1,100

755

755

1,100

1,100

1,170

1,240 

1,170
42 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Monthly discharge of Chattooga River near Tallulah Falls, Ga.,for the year ending

September 30, 1924

[Drainage area, 256 square miles]

Month

October ______________________

April. . . ._ ..

July ..._. ......

The year _ .......

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

630 

1,100 

2,250 

2,890 

2,250 

1,550 

3,780 

1,310 

865 

2,330 

605 

4,400

4,400

Minimum

355 

355 

582 

755 

655 

810 

755 

865 

515 

538 

355 

338

338

Mean

399 

498 

824 

1,140 

905 

939 

1,330 

1,000 

671 

931 

481 

759

823

Per 

square 

mile

1.56 

1.95 

3.22 

4.45 

3.54 

3.67 

5.20 

3.91 

2.62 

3.64 

1.88 

2.96

3.21

Run-off 

in inches

1.80 

2.18 

3.71 

5.13 

3.82 

4.23 

5.80 

4.51 

2.92 

4.20 

2.17 

3.30

43.77

APALACHIC OLA RIVER BASIN 

CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT WEST POINT, 6A.

LOCATION. At West Point waterworks pumping plant just below Oseligee 

Creek, one-fourth mile east of Alabama-Georgia State line in Troup County, 

and 1 mile upstream from West Point railroad station. Prior to October 

20, 1912, station was at Montgomery Street Bridge in West Point.

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,300 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. July 30, 1896, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Vertical staff in two sections located at the pumping plant; read by 

Will Speer. The low-water section (0 to 6.7 feet) is on the right bank; the 

high-water section (6.0 to 17.5 feet) is on the left bank, facing the river, 

directly opposite the low-water section, and is read from the right bank by 

means of a telescope.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from the Montgomery Street Bridge 1 mile 

downstream. No tributaries enter between gage and bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed rough and rocky; fairly permanent. Banks subject to overflow at high stages. Control is a rock ledge extending across river 

just below gage and is not affected by Langdale Dam 5 miles downstream.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 12.6 feet 

April 19 (discharge, 25,400 second-feet); minimum stage, 2.3 feet October 

16 (discharge, 1,050 second-feet).

1896-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 30.0 feet at 2 p. m. December 10, 

1919 (discharge, 134,000 second-feet); minimum stage recorded (old gage), 

0.8 foot September 18-21, 1896 (discharge, 780 second-feet).

ICE. None.

REGULATION. Operation of power plants a great distance upstream causes 

some diurnal fluctuation.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve 

well defined between 1,000 and 60,000 second-feet; extended above 60,000 

second-feet on basis of a computed discharge of 134,000 second-feet for the 

crest of the flood on December 10, 1919, using the Goat Rock Dam, 12 

miles above Columbus, as a weir and correcting for difference in drainage 

area. Gage read to tenths three times daily. Daily discharge ascertained 

by applying mean daily gage height to rating table. Records good.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 43

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga., for the 

year ending September SO, 1924

Day

1 ______ .

2...... ___ ..

3. _______

4. _______

5. -. __ ...

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

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

8 ........

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

10........ __ ..

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

12..... _____

13 .-. __ ...

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

15... . ___ .

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

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

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

19. ... ___ .

20. _ . .........

21...... __ ....

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

23. ______ ..

24 ...... __ .

25 .. ___ .

26 ... __ 

27 ...... ....

28 ___ ....

29. _ .........

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

31. ........

Oct.

1,740 

1,350 

1,580 

1,420 

1,420

1,350 

1,350 

1,350 

1,350 

1,420

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280

1,120 

1,200 

1,420 

1,740 

2,680

3,240 

2,150 

2,500 

1,900 

1,740

1,740 

1,500 

1,820 

1,580 

1,350 

2,240

Nov.

1,900 

1,900 

1,820 

3,840 

6,600

4,050 

3,640 

3,440 

2,320 

2,500

2,320 

2,150 

1,740 

2,060 

1,900

1,900 

1,900 

2,150 

1,980 

1.580

1,900 

1,820 

2,680 

5,620 

4,050

4,480 

9,600 

6,350 

4,050 

4,480

Dec.

4,050 

3,640 

3,640 

4,700 

12,600

15,600 

14,800 

9,600 

7,040 

4,480

4,260 

4,050 

3,640 

3,840 

4,050

4,920 

12,800 

13,100 

10,800 

7,600

5,620 

4,700 

8,850 

12,600 

8,350

6,860 

5,380 

4,920 

4,700 

4,480 

4,050

Jan.

4,050 

4,050 

4,480 

6,850 

8,350

7,600 

5,620 

4,920 

4,480 

4,480

5,620 

8,100 

7,350 

7,850 

5,620

13,400 

23,100 

19,800 

15,400 

9,100

7,850 

5,860 

5,620 

7,600 

17,100

14,100 

10,800 

8,350 

6,350 

5,860 

5,620

Feb.

5,380 

5,150 

5,150 

4,920 

5,380

4,920 

4,700 

4,700 

4,260 

4,050

4,050 

3,840 

3,840 

3,840 

3,640

3,640 

3,640 

3,640 

3,840 

4,480

5,380 

6,350 

6,850 

5,380 

5,150

5,620 

13,400 

18,400 

16,600

Mar.

12,800 

9,100 

6,350 

6,350 

6,100

6,850 

6,350 

6,860 

6,350 

7,100

6,350 

5,620 

4,920 

5,160 

5,390

5,620 

5,860 

5,380 

4,920 

4,920

6,100 

5,860 

5,860 

5,860 

4,920

4,480 

4,260 

4,260 

4,480 

4,920 

4,700

Apr.

4,050 

4,260 

4,050 

5,380 

11,400

9,600 

7,850 

6,850 

5,860 

7,100

10,800 

12,600 

11,100 

8,100 

7,600

7,600 

6,100 

12,800 

25,400 

21,600

19,100 

10,400 

8,350 

6,600 

5,860

5,620 

5.620 

5,380 

5,620 

6,600

May

20,800 

19,100 

10,100 

6,350 

5,150

4,700 

4,700 

4,260 

4,050 

4,260

5,150 

6,350 

5,380 

4,920 

4,920

5,150 

4,700 

4,480 

4,260 

3,640

3,640 

3,840 

3,640 

3,640

4,280

4,920 

6,600 

14,100 

20,100 

12,400 

10,100

June

6,350 

11,100 

10,600 

9,100 

7,100

4,920 

7,850 

7,350 

6,850 

6,350

5,150 

4,920 

4,480 

3,840 

3,840

4,050 

3,840 

3,640 

3,840 

3,240

3,240 

2,860 

2,680 

2,500 

2,680

2,860 

3,240 

3,240 

2,960 

2,680

July

2,860 

2,680 

2,500 

2,320

4,480

5,050 

5,620 

5,380 

4,700 

4,260

7,850 

5,860 

5,860 

7,600 

9,100

8,850 

4,260 

3,640 

3,240 

2,870

2,500 

2,860 

2,680 

2,320 

2,240

2,240 

1,820 

1,980 

1,740 

1,980 

1,820

Aug.

1,660 

2,150 

5,150 

3,840 

3,240

2,150 

1,820 

2,150 

4,260 

3,240

2,500 

2,060 

2,240 

1,900 

1,580

1,660 

1,740 

3,840 

3,640 

1,740

1,660 

1,580 

1,980 

2,320 

2,320

3,240 

1,740 

1,420 

1,500 

1,900 

1,980

Sept.

1,660 

1,740 

3,440 

4,260 

1,900

1,660 

1,660 

1,420 

1,580 

2,240

1,820 

1,500 

1,280 

1,760 

2,240

4,050 

2,500 

2,060 

1,900 

1,900

2,150 

2,240 

12,800 

7,600 

7,600

4,050 

3,840 

5,720 

7,600 

6,100

NOTE. Gage riot read Dec. 9, 26, Mar. 14-16, 23, Apr. 6, May 18, 25, June 8, 9, 29, July 6, 20, Aug. 14 

and 28; discharge interpolated.

Monthly discharge of Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 3,300 square miles]

Month

December ________ . ___ . ................

February __________________ ....

April... __ .. ___ . _ __ .. __ . ...

July. - . _ . ....

September _________ .. _ .... __ . ....

The year ____ .... _ _ ... _ ....

Discharge m second-feet

Maximum

3,240 

9,600 

15,600 

23,100 

18,400 

12,800 

25,400 

20,800 

11,100 

9.100 

5,150 

12,800

25,400

Minimum

1,120 

1,580 

3,640 

4,050 

3,640 

4,260 

4,050 

3,640 

2,500 

1,740 

1,420 

1,280

1,120

Mean

1,630 

3,220 

7,090 

8,560 

5,870 

5,940 

8,980 

7,090 

4,910 

3,970 

2,390 

3,410

5,250

Per

square 

mile

0.494 

.976 

2.15 

2.59 

1.78 

1.80 

2.72 

2.15 

1.49 

1.20 

.724 

1.03

1.59

Run-off 

in inches

0.57 

1.09 

2.48 

2.99 

1.92 

2.08 

3.04 

2.48 

1.66 

1.38 

.83 

1.15

21. 67

CHIPOLA EIVEB NEAR AITHA, FIA.

LOCATION. At Willis highway bridge, 1 mile above Look and Tremble Shoal, 3 

miles above mouth of Tenmile Creek, 4 miles southwest of Altha, Calhoun 

County.

DBAINAGE ABEA. 740 square miles (Water-Supply Paper 352).

RECORDS AVAILABLE, November 21, 1912, to December 31, 1913; September 

21, 1921, to September 30, 1924.
44 SUEFAOE WATBE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

GAGE. Chain gage attached to upstream handrail of bridge; read by A. A. Alien.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from upstream side of single span steel highway bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed is rough with bottom of soft limestone; banks 

steep and are rarely overflowed. Rock Shoal, 1 mile below gage, forms 

excellent control for low and medium stages. High-water control indefinite.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 17.6 feet at 

1.20 p. m. September 16 (discharge, 4,670 second-feet); minimum stage, 8.85 

feet at 10.15 a. m. September 11 (discharge, 630 second-feet).

1913; 1921-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 21.1 feet March 22, 1913 

(discharge not determined); minimum stage, 8.49 feet January 7, 1922 (discharge, 440 second-feet).

REGULATION. Slight regulation during low-water season caused by small power 

plant on Dry Creek, several miles above gage.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 500 and 3,000 second-feet; extended above 3,000 secondfeet. Gage read to hundredths once daily. Daily discharge ascertained by 

applying daily gage height to rating table. Records good.

Discharge measurements of Chipola River near Altha, Fla., during the year ending

September 30, 1924

Date

Apr. 15- _ . - ....

A rvr 1Q

Gage 

height

Feet 

9 41

10 94

10 f\A

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

926

2 fiftft

2,550

Date Gage 

height

Feet 

10.05

10.05

Discharge

8ec.-ft. 

1,300

1,290

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chipola River near Altha, Fla., for the year ending September 30, 1924

Day

1

2.... .. 

4- 

5. ------

6. . 

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

8. 

9 __ - _ - ....

10- 

11.. _______ .

12 .. ....

1Q

14... 

15 ........

16- - -

17. 

18 

19 _ - - ....

20 

21. _ .. ........

22. __ . ........

23

24... ..-...

25 

26 

27 __ - .........

28,. .........

29 ____ . __ .

30- ____ -

31. 

Oct.

1,240

1,130

1,190

1,080

1,130

1,240

1,180

1,130

1,030

1,030

1 030

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,080

1,190

1, 130 .

1,130

1,030

1,080

1,030

922

922

922

975

922

Nov.

922

869

869

974 1 nsn

922

922

1,030

1,030

1,030

976

922

Q99

975

869

869

869

869

869

922

922

816

816

816

816

816

SfiQ

1,000

1,130

Dec.

QW

922

922

1,720

1,-030

975

 975

922

RfiO

&AQ

OCQ

- Qfid

ftftQ

ftftQ

896

922

1,130

975

975

975

975

975

975

1 000

1,030

1,030

1,030

975

946

922

Jan.

099

922

QOO

922

OQA

869

Q99

QOO

ooo

Q99

Q99

922

922

Q99

1,130

1 400

1 <15A

1 400

1,680

i Qfin

1 7QA

1,800

2 Iflft

3,080

2,720

2,720

9 79ft

9 fllft

9 Qftft

2,860

Feb.

2,630

2

9>ln

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,180

2 nun

1 960

i Qfin

1 960

1 OAO

1 7fift

1 540

1 540

1 400

1*420

1 A^ft

1 OftA

1,780

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,620 i Rfin

2,040

9 14fl

2,000

1 Oftft

Mar.

2,140

2,240

2,340

2,110

2,110

2,260

2 7Aft

2

CQ(\

Z Oftfl

^ fUO

3

f\Af\

3,080

3,120

3,220

2,580

2,500

2,420

2

*tAn

2,110

9 14ft

1 960

1,960

1 960

1*720

1,760

1,780

1,720

1 640

1,570

1,500

Apr.

1,400

1,400

1,780

1,920

i oan

1 960 i snn

1 960

1,540

1 Qfift

2,860

9 7QA

2,720

2,580

2,580

9 *ftft

2,500

2

COA

2,500

2,380

2,300

2 260

2 140

2,080

1 QQft

1,760

1 640

i wift

1,590

May

1,590

1,400

1,350

1,340

1,240

1,190

i ion

1,240

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,130

1.130

1,130

i ion

1,190

1,130

1,100

1,080

1,030

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,030

1,080

1,130

1,080 i i^n

1,030

1,000

975

June

975

975

975

975

1,030

1,030

1,080

1,220

1,350

1,080

1,130

1,030

1,030

Q99

948

975

Q99

922

922

869

869

950

1,030

SfiQ

1,030

1,130

1 3flA

1 080

1,160

1 1M)

July

1,590

1,400

1,400

1 400

1,660

1,920

2

f\Af\

1,880

2 (\Af\

2,600 9 4ftft

2 cart

9 fifift

3,480

3,080

2 QOft

O QAft

2 $21 A

9 $A£\

2,860

2

OQfl

2,180

2,110

2,140

9 ftfift

9 97ft

2,540

1,500

1,640

1,500

Aug.

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,240

i ion

1,240

1 240 i ion

1,080

1 14A

1 190

M30

1,350

1,300

1,300

i ion

1 AfiA

975

922

975

922

922

922

SOft

869

869

SfiO

SfiQ

816

816

816

Sept.

816

816

869

869

fifiQ

816

816

816

816

fian

763

763

9 QAft

3,370

4,670

3,220

9 ain

2,220

2,110

1,820 i <«in

1,500

1,350

1,640

1,450

1,780

2,410

3 nan

3,480

NOTE. Gage not read Sundays or holidays; discharge interpolated.
CHOOTAWHATCHBE BIVEE BASHST

Monthly discharge of Chipola River nearAltha, Fla.,for the years ending September

SO, 1923 and 1924

[Drainage area, 740 square miles]

Month

1922-23

March.. __ ___ ... ______ , __

April . ..... _... . ... 

July - . . ..

1923-24

December. ___ . _____ __________

February ___ . ________ ________

March ____ .. ___________ . ____

April. _ .. ___ . _____________ ... ...

May ______________ __ . .........

July.............. _ ...___ __ 

August ____________________

The year... __ ______ . .. __ ......

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

816 

684 

1,580 

2,380 

2,180 

2,300 

2,300 

2,990 

5,300 

4,840 

3,670 

2,720

1,240 

1,130 

1,720 

3,080 

2,630 

3,220 

2,860 

1,590 

1,350 

3,480 

1,350 

4,670

4,670

Minimum

630 

472 

472 

1,190 

1,240 

1,300 

1,350 

1,080 

1,130 

1,540 

1,960 

1,190

922 

816 

869 

869 

1,300 

1,500 

1,350 

975 

869 

1,400 

816 

630

630

Mean

717

590 

873 

1,810 

1,690 

1,740 

1,810 

1,660 

2,630 

2,570 

3,110 

1,700

1,060 

918 

976 

1,560 

1,850 

2,290 

2,070 

1,150 

1,030 

2,200 

1,070 

1,680

1,490

Per 

square 

mile

0.969

.797 

1.18 

2.45 

2.28 

2.35 

2.45 

2.24 

3.55 

3.47 

4.20 

2.30

1.43 

1.24 

1.32 

2.11 

2.60 

3.10 

2.80 

1.55 

1.39 

2.96 

1.45 

2.27

2.01

Run-off 

in inches

1.12 

.89 

1.36 

2.82 

2.37 

2.71 

2.73 

2.58 

3.96 

4.00 

1.72 

2.31

1.65 

1.38 

1.52 

2.43 

2.70 

3.57 

3.12 

1.7ft 

1.56 

3.41 

1.67 

2.53

27.32

NOTE. Daily discharge June 27 to July 6,1923, was withheld from publication in Water-Supply Paper 

562 because of lack of definition of rating curve for high stages. On basis of high-water measurements 

made in 1925 the daily discharge, in second-feet, for the above period has been determined as follows: 

June 27, 5,120; June 28, 4,980; June 29, 5,300; June 30, 5,190; July 1, 4,840; July 2, 4,480; July 3, 4,380; July 

4, 4,250; July 5,4,120; and July 6, 3,730.

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR NEWTON, ALA.

LOCATION. Near highway bridge on Newton-Ozark road, 1 mile north of Newton, Dale County, and 8 miles above mouth of Little Choctawhatchee River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 720 square miles (measured on base map of Alabama; scale, 

1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. June 11, 1906, to August 22, 1908; October 20, 1911, to 

August 3, 1912; November 29, 1921, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder on left bank 700 feet above highway bridge, installed November 29, 1921; inspected by L. L. Davenport.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 100 feet above gage. Prior to 

May 23, 1922, measurements were made from highway bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed composed of marl formation; permanent. Lowwater control is low marl shoal 100 feet below gage; fairly permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, from waterstage recorder, 10.60 feet at 8 p. m. January 25 (discharge, 7,340 secondfeet) ; minimum mean daily stage recorded, 0.21 foot September 12 (discharge, 177 second-feet).

63478 28 WSP 582 4
46 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

1906-1908; 1911-1912; 1921-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 24.2 feet 

March 25, 1908 (discharge, not determined); minimum mean daily stage, 

-0.02 foot September 5, 1922 (discharge, 122 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Possibly slight regulation from gristmill dams above.

ACCTJBACY. Stage-discharge relation changed July 14. Rating curves used 

before and after the change well defined between 250 and 3,000 secondfeet; above 645 second-feet the curves are identical. Operation of water-stage 

recorder satisfactory. Daily discharge ascertained by applying to rating 

table mean daily gage height obtained by inspection of recorder graph, except 

for days of considerable fluctuation in stage, for which it was ascertained 

by averaging bihourly discharge. Records good below 3,000 second-feet, 

others fair.

Discharge measurements of Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala,, during the year 

ending September 80,1924

Date

/ Apr. 11... _ . ._........

Qage

height

Feet 

1.32

2.62

3.72

Discharge

Sec.-//. 

554

1,410

2,180

Date Qage 

height

Feet 

ft $&

1.06

Discharge

Sec.-ft.

949

431

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala., for the 

year ending September SO, 1924

Day

1. __ ........

2-. _____ ..

3 _ __ . ..

4- .........

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

6 .... .

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

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

9 __ .......

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

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

12 ____ ... ...

13 _______ .

14. _______ .

15 _______ .

16- _______ .

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

18 _____ .....

19- ____ . .....

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

21- .........

22-.. .......

23- .......

24 -

25. __ .........

26-. ........

27 ....

28 .....

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

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

31 ___ . .......

Oct.

368

344

330

302

305

333

344

412

470

440

368

316

322

305

299

296

305

489

580

536

455

376

344

316

299

305

302

299

299

308

384

Nov.

508

486

435

815

1,170

1,030

784

681

609

508

475

450

435

420

412

402

398

384

372

380

384

380

376

380

372

380

597

681

960

1,170

Dec.

1,030

895

784

784

1,030

895

791

717

633

580

580

536

530

717

862

830

1,060

1,170

1,100

1,030

928

862

SfU

753

675

645

621

603

597

591

580

Jan.

580

568

633

651

597

552

530

530

541

753

717

705

657

603

1.420

2,080

2,010

1,660

3,830

3,810

3,280

2,760

4,640

7,110

6,440

2,840

2,160

1,870

1,700

Feb.

1,560

1 450

1,310

1,450

1,660

1,450

1,380

1,240

1,140

1,060

995

995

960

895

895

862

830

1,540

1,560

1,560

1,310

1,200

1,100

995

1,370

2,720

3,280

2,760

2,540

Mar.

2,080

1,660

1,420

1,280

1,390

2,980

2,840

2,380

2,080

1,760

1,480

1,310

1,240

1,730

1,730

1,660

1,520

1,380

1,240

1,280

1 9At\

1,170

1,100

995

960

928

895

862

862

862

830

Apr.

784

735

705

1,330

1,660

1,560

1,380

1,200

1,030

895

1,340

1,480

1,380

1,200

1,870

2,110

1,660

2,160

1,940

1,620

1,420

1,170

995

862

798

753

711

687

916

May

1,520

1,420

1,200

928

778

627

693

1,490

1,870

1,620

1,240

928

723

627

603

675

645

591

519

465

519

597

492

574

639

817

1,060

1,200

708

778

June

995

1,340

1,100

1,100

995

895

1,030

960

862

960

960

765

597

514

747

772

759

753

753

563

435

364

344

333

352

384

519

389

372

412

July

1,160

1,030

824

627

435

425

541

778

862

759

1,290

1,150

1,100

2,260

4,480

2,620

1,590

1,450

1,310

2, 180

1,870

1,520

1,170

960

895

960

675

545

486

426

390

Aug.

363

426

366

508

442

426

623

634

687

590

508

486

526

410

342

302

284

287

311

320

305

272

276

272

257

254

232

202

208

220

215

Sept.

218

222

278

398

440

275

235

210

191

179

183

177

181

179

352

418

356

323

293

275

287

272

418

580

442

390

378

374

813

1,170
OHOOTAWHATCHEE BIVEE BASIN 47

Monthly discharge of Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala., for the year ending

September 80, 1924

[Drainage area, 720 square miles]

Month

January.

February __ . . _ . _ . .. _ . _ .

April . . ... . __

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

July .

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

580 

1,170 

1,170 

7,110 

3,280 

2,980 

2,160 

1,870 

1,340 

4,480 

687 

1,170

7,110

Minimum

206 

372 

530 

530 

830 

830 

705 

465 

333 

390 

202 

177

177

Mean

360 

561 

781 

1,980 

1,450 

1,460 

1,270 

876 

711 

1,190 

373 

347

945

Per 

square 

mile

0.500 

.780 

1.08 

2.75 

2.01 

2.03 

1.76 

1.22 

.988 

/ 1.65 

.518 

.482

1.31

Run-off 

in inches

0.58 

.87 

1.24 

3.17 

2.17 

2.34 

1.96 

1.41 

1.10 

1.90 

.60 

.54

17.88

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR BELLWOOD, ALA.

LOCATION. Half a mile below Chalkers Bluff dam site of the city of Dothan, 

1J^ miles above Central of Georgia Railway abridge, and 2J^ miles east of 

Bellwood, Geneva County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 1,260 square miles (measured on United States Soil Survey 

maps by the Ludlow Engineers, Winston-Salem, N. C.).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. December 11, 1921, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder on left bank of river, referred to 

inside and outside staff gages; inspected by E. L. Crook and Rush Childs.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 20 feet above gage for stages 

below 8 feet (discharge, 4,400 second-feet); above that point it is impossible 

to obtain measurements. See " Channel and control."

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed sandy and shifting. Above 8 feet right bank is 

overflowed some distance above gage and river flows around the gage in 

several channels. No well-defined control.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during year from water-stage 

recorder, 12.07 feet at 7 p. m. January 25 (discharge, 13,100 second-feet); 

minimum mean daily discharge, estimated 438 second-feet September 12 

and 13.

1921-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 14.28 feet at noon March 20,1923 

(discharge, 18,000 second-feet); minimum discharge, that of September 12 

and 13, 1924.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by operation of Houston Power 

Co.'s plant on little Choctawhatchee River, 16 miles above.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation not permanent; affected by timber and 

debris lodging in the channel below the gage during the period April 16 to 

June 25. Rating curve used prior to June 25 is well defined below 4,400 

second-feet and extended above that point on the basis of records for Newton, Ala.; curve used since that date is well defined below 2,800 second-
48 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 192*, PART II

feet and roughly defined above that point on the basis of two high-water 

measurements which were partly estimated. Operation of water-stage 

recorder fairly satisfactory except as indicated in footnote to table of daily 

discharge. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height 

direct to rating table, except for the period April 27 to June 25 when the 

indirect method for shifting control was used, and except for days of considerable fluctuation in stage when it was ascertained by averaging bihourly 

discharges. Records good below 4,400 second-feet; others subject to considerable error because of poor definition of high-water rating curve.

Discharge measurements of Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood, Ala., during the 

year ending September SO, 19%4

Date

Dec. 28.. __ ..

Jan. 4 ___ . ...

Apr. 11 .........

Gage 

height

Feet 

2.04

2.36

5.18

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

1,100

1,190

9 *tftn

Date

Apr. 16. __ ...

Gage 

height

Feet 

6.58

1.38

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

3,420

731

Date

Aug. 1. . ....

Gage 

height

Feet 

1.82

2.24

Discharge

Sec.-ft 

748

932

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Choctawkatch&e Rwer near BeUwood, Ala., for the 

year ending September SO, 19%4

Day

1 ___ ......

2

3. ___ 

4.. ___ . __ .

K

6... _ .......

7 . _

8 

10 __ .......

11 _ . _ ......

12

13 _ .......

14 ____ . _ ..

15 ____ . __ .

16 . 

17. ___ ......

18 . ~

19 __ ... __ .

20 

21 .

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

23 

24 _ . _ ..

25 

26 

27.. __ .......

28

29 ____ . _ ..

30 

31 ..........

Oct.

760

745

730

700

700

745

745

705

865

812

760

655

640

580

670

700

970

1,130

070

848

745

715

685

670

670

656

655 R-tn

685

865

Nov.

882

600

848

1,560

2 120

1,620

1,340

1,130

1,050

935

848

812

812

795

795

795

795

760

760

778

778

705

812

745

700

870

1,210

1,440

2,120

Dec.

1,770

1,440

1,300

1,400

1,750

1,550

1,400

1,300

1,150

1,050

1,050

1,000

1,000

1,300

1,570

1,480

1,800

2,800

1,900

1,750

1,600

1,440

1,390

1,340

1,130

1,170

1 130

1,090

1,130

1,170

1,130

Jan.

1,130

1,690

1,000

1,210

1,210

1,090

1,010

1,050

1,050

1,050

1 3fiO

1,390

1,210

1.130

1,090

2,020

4,370

3,640

2,880

4,720

8,760

5 930

4,400

4,870

11,700

n

o/in

Q OKA

5,510

3 Qf¥k

3,340

3 nan

Feb.

2,760

2,600

2,380

2,490

3,280

2,440

2,220

2,070

1,920

1,870

1,820

1,770

1,770

1,670

1,570

1,570

2,160

3,100

2,880

2,440

2,170

1,970

1,770

2,120

3 CCft

6,820

5,310

4 ' 140

Mar.

3,520

o Qon

2,540

2,270

2,220

4,240

§,510

3,080

4,220

s inn

2,600

2,320

2,170

2,840

3 04.O

2,760

2,660

2,380

2,220

2,270

2,320

2,070

1,920

1,820

1,720

1,620

1,620

1,570

1,620

1,620

1,520

Apr.

1,440

1,WS

1,300

2,360

3,340

2,320

1,970

1,770

1,620

2,320

9 QRfi

2,540

2,170

3,280

2,660

2,710

3,700

3,160

2,710

2,270

1,970

1,720

1,520

1,520 i qjA

1,260

I

OCn

1 ' 2j60

May

2,170

2,120

1,920

1,520

1,210

1,090

1,670

9 fM\

2,380

1,920

1,390

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,010

035

830

83ft

1,050

935

1,050

1,150

1 460

1J600

1,400

1,200

1/690

June

1,440

1,020

1,770

1,770

1,520

2,120

1,720

1,570

i ion

1,340

1,620

1,340

1,050

031

1,340

1,260

1,300

1,870

1,010

865

760

715

670

655

740

QfiA

CM)

710

July

1,240

1,470

1,160

955

snn

onri

1,400

1,500

1,350

2,100

2,000

1,850

2,700

4,290

5,280

3,870

3,290

2 con

2,600

2,760

o icn

1,850

1,590

i d^n

1,470

1,270

1,060

con

955

860

Aug.

800

ft fin

800

890

ORE

ftOH

1,060

1,060

1,020

1,100

O1 *.

1,160

1,240

Q9n

800

740

680

650

725

725

740

665 Ron

560

500

530

545

515

515

545

560

Sept.

488

545

725

740

710

605

575

560

545

515

475

438

438

462

800

990

860

770

710

695

650

620

710

920

Cftft

680

725

726

1 240

1*900 '

NOTE. Gage height estimated July 15-18 and Sept. 0-12; partly estimated Dec. 3,15,22,Mar. 15, Apr 

25, 26, May 17, July 19, and Sept. 13. Discharge estimated on basis of records for Newton and Geneva. 

Dec. 4-14,17-21, May 25-30, and July 6-14.
OHOOTAWHATOHEE RIVER BASOT

Monthly discharge of Choctawhatchee River near BeUwood, Ala., for the year ending

September 80,

[Drainage area, 1,260 square miles]

Month

October ______________________

April __ . . .. .. .. ..

M&7 ............................... ....... .. ... .

Jnly..... ...._. ...........___._.. .......... ..

The year ..

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

1,13d 

2,120 

2,000 

11,700 

6,820 

5,510 

3,700 

2,540 

2,120 

5,280 

1,240 

lr«00

11,700

Minimum

580 

706 

1,000 

1,010 

1,579 

1,520 

1,260 

330 

656 

800 

500 

438

438

Mean

745 

1,020 

1,370 

3,430 

2,600 

2,560 

2,170 

1,360 

1,240 

1,900 

782 

721

1,660

Per 

square mile

0.591 

.810 

1.09 

2.72 

2.06 

2.03 

1.72 

1.08 

.984 

1.51 

.621 

.572

1.32

Run-off 

in inches

0.68 

.00 

1.26 

3.14 

2.22 

2.34 

1.02 

1.24 

1.10 

1.74 

.72 

.64

17.90

CHOCTA.WHATCHES BIVEB NEAR GKTWA, ALA.

LOCATION. At highway bridge three-fourths of » mile above mouth of Double 

Bridges. Creek, 1 mile from Geneva, Geneva County, and 1% miles above 

confluence with Pea River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 1,380 square miles (measured on base map of Alabama; 

scale, 1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. June 12, 1922, to September 30, 1924. Gage-height 

records August 26 to December 31, 1904.

GAGE. Chain gage on downstream side of highway bridge, installed June 18, 

1922; read by W. L. McLeod.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from downstream side of highway bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight for 200 feet above and half a mile 

below gage. Right bank steep; leit bank slopes gradually; banks subject to 

overflow. Bed of stream firm sand and rock; probably permanent.

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. MaximuA stage recorded during year, 20.5 feet at 

11.30 a. m. January 27 (discharge, 10,100 seeond-feet); minimum stage 

2.35 feet at 9.50 a. m. August 28 (discharge, 620 second-feet).

1922-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 24.1 feet at 8.45 a.m. March 21, 

1923 (discharge, estimated, 18,900 seeond-feet); minimum stage, 1.97 feet 

at 11.30 a. m. September 25,1922 (discharge, 452 second-feet).

REGULATION. Slight regulation caused by small power plants and mills above 

Bellwood.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent during low and medium 

stages; affected by backwater from Pea River during high stages. Rating 

curve well defined between 600 and 2,000 second-feet and fairly well defined 

between 2,000 and 4,000 second-feet; extended above 4,000 secoad-feet. 

Gage read to half-tenths once daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying daily gage height to ratiog table. Records fair, below 4,000 seeondfeet; others, poor.
50 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET H

Discharge measurements of Choctawhatchee River near Geneva) Ala., during the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Date

Dec. 31 

Apr. 12 ___ . __ . __ . .....

Apr. 17. __ . __ . __ .. .....

Qage 

height

Feet 

4.41

8.71

8 CO

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

1,280

3,110

3,310

Date Qage

height

Feet

3

Q1

3 ftf)

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

889

891

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Ala., for the 

year ending September SO, 1924

Day

1 __ . __ . ...

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

3 ... .....

4- __ . ........

5 .........

6. _______

7.. _ . ........

8. __ . __ . ...

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

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

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

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

13 

14- _ 

15 

16 __ . __ . ...

17 ________

18 .

19 .____

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

21 .. __ ....

22 __ . ........

23 .. ......

24-.... ....

26- .......

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

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

28- .......

29-. ....

80... ...........

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

Oct.

910

880

860

820

820

850

880

880

940

940

880

860

795

770

745

745

850

1,000

1,270

1,160

970

880

850

820

795

795

770

770 

820

940

910

Nov.

880

850

940

1,730

2,460

2,170

1,570

1,340

1,200

1,100

1,000

940

910

880

910

910

880

880

880

880

880

880

880

880

820

770

795

1,240 

1,810

2,220

Dec.

2,450

1 860

1,530

1,810

i tun

1,810

1,690

1,410

1,340

1,270

1,100

1,060

1,130

1,160

1 650

1,810

2,220

2,460

2,260 f run

1,810

1,660

1,570

1,490

1,410

1 300

1,270

1,240 

1,200

1,270

1,200

Jan.

1,200

i inn

1,200

1,270

1,340

1 94ft

1,200

1,200

1,130

1,100

1,240

1,410

1,340

1,270

1,160

1,570

3 fiftfl

5,480

5,720

5,600

ft AAf\

7,880

7,700

6,680

7,280

9,500

10,100

8,780 

7,400

6,200

5,180

Feb.

4,100

5,120 A fld.fl

3,270

Q 1 Art

3

AAf\

2,860

2,660

2,300 9 9fin

2,080 9 nan

1,990

1 QAf\

i Qftft

1,810

1 860

l|810

2,080

3,100

n ifin

2,450

2,260

2,170

1,990

Q i«n

4,640

6,200 

6,020

Mar.

5,060

4

0QA

^ 54ft

2,950

2,550

2,750

4,400

5,360

4,040

3,710

3,160

2

ftKA

2,260

9 9fift

Q t fin

3,380

9 QPiA

2,650

2,450 9 snn

2,*50

2,350

2

OAfi

9 fun

i onn

1,810

1,810

1,770 

1.730

1 7qn

1,650

Apr.

1,610

1,570

1,570

2,040

3

1 £A

3,050

2,800

2,350

1,990

1,810

1,990

2,950

2,750

2,650

2,450

2,400

S ftftfl

2,600

3,220

S finO

3,820

2,950

2,260

1,900

1,730

1,570

1,490

1,410 

1,340 i sin

May

1,530

2,260

1,940

1,730

1,410

i i4n

1,200

1,490

1,990

9 i7n

1,810

1,570

1,340

1,200 i ion

1,130

1,200

1,130

1,060

i ftftn

1,030

1,060

880

880

1,060

1,410

1,410

1,530 

1,770

1,530

1,340

June

1,100

i ?nn

2,220

2,080

1 860

1 QQft

2 080

1,810

1,650

1,450

1,570

1 7*m

1,490

1 340

1,410

1,410

1 4Qn

1,570

1,770

1,410

1,060

1,000

880

889

820

820

970

1,130 

1,030

880

July

820

1,900

1,450

1,200

i nnn

1,000

1,000

1,730

1,490

1 450

2,450

2,650

2,080

1,860

9 Q5O

4,940

6,260

5,660

6,380

f; onn

4,820

3,710

2,550

2,040

1,730

1,650

1,410

1,270 

1,130

1,060

1,000

Aug.

940

940

1,000

1,060

1,270

1,130

1,200

1,300

1,340

1,340

1,300

1,380

1,610

1,240 07n

880

850

820

880

1,060

910

880

795

720

670

630

630

630 

720

745

720

Sept.

695

720

770

770

850

770

770

720

695

670

650

650

630

630

720

1,100

1,000

940

880

850

910

820

820

880

940

940

820

820 

1,000

1,340

Monthly discharge of Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Ala., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 1,380 square miles]

Month

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

July 

Discharge in second -feet

Maximum

1,270 

2,450 

2,450 

10,100 

6,200 

5,360 

3,820 

2,260 

2,220 

6,380 

1,610 

1,340

10,100

Minimum

745 

770 

1,060 

1,100 

1,810 

1,650 

1,340 

880 

820 

820 

630 

630

630

Mean

876 

1,150 

1,590 

3,990 

2,960 

2,820 

2,310 

1,400 

1,420 

2,470 

986 

826

1,900

Per 

square 

mile

0.635 

.833 

1.15 

2.89 

2.14 

2.04 

1.67 

1.01 

1.03 

1.79 

.714 

.599

1.38

Run-off 

in inches

0.73 

.93 

1.33 

3.33 

2.31 

2.36 

1.86 

1.16 

1.15 

2.06 

.82 

.67

18.70
CHOCTAWHATCHEE KIVER BASIN 51

PEA RIVER AT PERA, ALA.

LOCATION. At Elton wagon bridge, 500 feet below the Louisville & Nashville 

Railroad bridge, half a mile west of Pera, Geneva County.

DBAINAGE AREA. 1,180 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. August 27, 1904, to August 31, 1913; June 16, 1922, to 

September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder, installed June 27,1922, on right 

bank, downstream side of bridge; inspected by J. W. McCollough.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from upstream side of wagon bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel is composed of marl and sand. No welldefined control but stage-discharge relation is fairly permanent over a long 

period.

EXTREMES OP DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during year from water-stage 

recorder, 23.8 feet at 1.30 a. m. January 25 (discharge, 9,100 second-feet); 

minimum stage, estimated 2.00 feet at 10 p. m. September 8 (discharge, 

160 second-feet).

1904-1913; 1922-1924: Maximum stage recorded, 32.8 feet April 24, 

1912 (discharge, 13,200 second-feet); minimum discharge recorded, 133 

second-feet at 7.30 a. m. September 25, 1922.

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Power plants located on Pea River at Elba and on Whitewater 

Creek, a tributary stream above station, cause considerable diurnal fluctuation in stage. The storage of water at Elba over Sunday causes extreme 

low water at this station on Mondays.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 100 and 2,500 second-feet; fairly well defined above 2,500 

second-feet. Operation of water-stage recorder satisfactory except as indicated in footnote to table of daily discharge. Daily discharge ascertained 

by applying to rating table mean daily gage height obtained by inspection 

of recorder graph. Records good except for days when recorder did not 

operate, for which they are fair.

Discharge measurements of Pea River at Pera, Ala., during the year ending September 80, 1924

Date

Apr. 12 .........

Gage 

height

Feet 

5.90

10.92

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

1,110

9 SflO

Date

Apr. 16. .. . 

Gage 

height

Feet 

8.91

4 97

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,120

fUfi

Date

July. 31.. -

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.66

4.38

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

474

626

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Pea River at Pera, Ala., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

Day

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

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

3 __ ....

4 -.. ........

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

6 . ........

7 __ .......

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

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

10 - ...- 

Oct.

360

400

430

390

340

360

430

290

380

390

Nov.

685

548

498

1 440

2,'l20

1,540

1,500

1,220

920

770

Dee.

2,440

1,820

1,750

1,780

2,160

1,780

1,470

1,260

1,120

1. 120

Jan.

1,050

950

920

1,160

1,120

980

920

890

890

920

Feb.

3,200

2,880

2,600

2,560

3,080

2,920

2,600

2,360

2,200

2.080

Mar.

3,720

3,720

3,360

2,760

2 44fl

3,490

4,520

3,360

2,720

2.680

Apr.

1,330

1,220

1,190

1,750

3,160

2,360

2,040

1,860

1,680

1.610

May

2,040

1 820

1,500

1,120

950

830

740

800

1,080

685

June

1,540

1,920

1,640

1,470

1,300

1,360

1,500

1,360

1,360

1.470

July

1,330

1,120

1,190

800

660

685

860

980

950

920.

Aug.

440

472

522

800

710

860

830

770

890

1.190

Sept.

212

266

360

370

350

308

182

265

330
52 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART H

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Pea River at Pera, Ala., for the year ending 

September SO, 1984 Continued

Day

11. __ . ........

12.. .....

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

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

15- .............

16 ________

17. __ . __ ....

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

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

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

21. __ . ......

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

23.... __ .....

24 ___ ....

25 .... __ ....

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

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

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

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

30 __ ..........

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

Oct.

290

i 320

350

380

265

310

410

890

950

635

510

460

472

485

420

360

360

390

272

360

1Al\

Nov.

660

610

572

535

522

522

498

485

498

408

485

485

498

460

4QS

450

660

920

1,470

2,920

Dec.

1,050

980

QKfY

1,220

1,470

1 360

1,*680

2,240

1,890

1

7cn

1,720

1,610

1,580

1,580

I

AM

1,260

1,120

1,080

1,120

1,120

Jan.

1,220

1 440

1^220

1,160

1,120

3 440

7,250

6,100

A AQf\

5,900

7,750

7,350

R tvm

5,750

Q Rfin

o ocn

8

rtt/1

7 4flft

6,950

3 900

Feb.

2,080

2,000

1 QQft

1,750

1,680

1,610

1 14fl

1 f&f)

2,000

3 fun

2,320 i con

1,760

1 640

1 *7QA

3,360

5,550

5,200

4,210

..

Mar.

2

AA(\

2.200

2,120

9 OfiA

3 240

2,920

9 fiSft

2,480

9 ASH

2 Ann

2,520

2,080

1

CCA

i 7*»n

1 flAA

1,610 i *Lift

i fun

1,500

1,470

1,400

Apr.

2,320

2,880

9 9SO

2 fUfl

3,360

2,440

1,960

2,760 4 sin

4 440

2,880

2,160

1,780

1,580

1,470

1,330

1,120

1,120

I

t <v\

1,220

May

1,020

Ofin

860

800

740

860

890

800

710

635

660

1,020

920

860

1,470

1,640

1,610

2 240

2,2CO

1,680

1,260

June

1,750

1,860

1,500

1,160

1,020

1,050

1^280

1,400

1,350

1,100

960

830

800

585

535

635

830

890

610

685

July

1,220

1,750

1,610

1,960-

2, 9«f

3,580

4,120

5,160

5,400

3 720

2,560

1,640

1,400

1,580

1,300

1,020

800

660

585

035

472

Aug.

1,190

980

980

740

660

585

472

360

430

440

498

420

370

440

310

350

300

310

290

340

310

Sept.

310

310

310

25S

182

300

290

320

272

420

350

198

290

220

460

510

460

410

f»QO

1,190

NOTE. Gage height estimated Oct. 1, 2, 5, Mar. 14,15, May 23, June 23-25, July 8-26, July 30, to Aug. 

2, and Aug. 17-22; partly estimated Oct. 3, 4, 6, Dec. 1, May 24, June 22, 26, July 27, and Aug. 23. 

Discharge estimated by comparison with records for Pea River near Geneva, Ala., June 16-21.

Monthly discharge of Pea River at Pera, Ala., for the year ending September 80, 1924

[Drainage area, 1,180 square miles]

Month

October.... _ .. ______ . __ .

November ____ ..

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

January __________ ....

February ___________ _

March __________

April ... ____ . ___ __ _

May..............,.-.-...................;:;:.. June ................... July.....................:..;;::::;;;;;;:::;;;;;

August _________ . ..

September _______ .

The year... __.__.

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

950 

2,920 

2,440 

8,850 

5,550 

4,520 

4,849 

2,240 

1,920 

5,400 

1,190 

1,190

8,850

Minimum

265 

450 

950 

890 

1,540 

1,400 

1,120 

635 

535 

472 

300 

182

183

Mean

432 

849 

1,480 

3,840 

2,530 

2,510 

2,110 

1,140 

1,190 

1.720 

589 

356

1,560

Per 

square 

mfifc

0.366 

.720 

1.25 

3.25 

2.14 

2.13 

1.79 

.966 

1.01 

1.46 

.500 

.301

1.32

Run-off 

ia inches

0.43 

.80 

1.44 

3.75 

2.31 

2.40 

2.00 

1.11 

1.13 

1.68

:8

18.02

PEA RIVER NEAR 6BHEVA, AIA.

LOCATION. At highway bridge about 2 miles west of Geneva, Geneva County, 

and 3 miles above confluence with Choctawhatchee River.

DRAINAGE AHBA. 1,560 square miles (measured on base maps of Alabama and 

Florida; scale, 1 to 500,000).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. June 17, 1922, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Chain gage attached to upstream handrail of highway bridge, installed 

June 17, 1922; read by J. D. Howell.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from upstream side of highway bridge.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 53

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight above and below gage. Bight bank 

high; left bank subject to overflow at high stages. Bed of stream firm 

sand; fairly permanent.

EXTREMES OF'DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 22.0 feet at 

3 p. m. January 27 (discharge, 12,600 second-feet); minimum stage, 2.35 

feet at 7.20 a. m. September 9 (discharge, 322 second-feet).

1922-1924: Maximum, stage recorded, 26.7 feet at 8 a. m. and noon 

March 21, 1923 (discharge, 16,900 second-feet); minimum stage that of 

September 9, 1924.

REGULATION. Considerable regulation at power plants above Pera, Ala.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent; may be affected by backwater during extreme high water on Choctawhatchee River. Rating curve 

well defined between 300 and 11,000 second-feet; extended above 11,000 

second-feet. Gage read to hundredths once daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying daily gage height to rating table. Records fair.

Discharge measurements of Pea River near Geneva, Ala., during the year ending

September 30, 1924

Date

Dec. 31.... -. . .....

Apr. 14...... .................

Apr. 17. __ - __ . ...........

Gage

Feet 

5.88

9.53

9.24

Discharge

Sec-ft. 

1,470

3,080

2,460

Date

Aug. 1 ____________ ...

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.99

3.91

Discharge

Sec-ft. 

854

739

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Pea River near Geneva, Ala., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

Day

1...... __ ....

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

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

4 ____ __

5... . __ ...

6 ___ .....

7 __ .. ........

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

9 ___ .....

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

11. __ . ........

12-. _ . ____

13-.... . __ 

14 ____ . ......

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

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

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

18... ___ .....

19...... ...._..

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

21 __ . ........

22...... __ ....

28 . 

24-.... ____ II

25

26- __ ....

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

28 __ ... ...

29

30 ____ ....

31 .......

Oct.

770

690

650

650

620

620

620

710

620

CQft

680

590

560 

560

560

500

560

770

1,380

1,440

1,060

830

770 

710

710

flSfl

620

ton

590

530

620

Nov.

990

965

830

1,340

2,320

2,620

1,900

1,690

1,440

1,200

1,060

955

890

aae

(Mfl

snn

800

770

740

740

740

740

740 

770

74fl

080

740

1,130

1,380

2,080

Dec.

2,840

2,320

1,970

1,860

2,280

2,520

2,120

1,800

1,580

1 440

1,410

1,380

1,340 

1,340

1,760

o ftnn

2,080

2,680

0 fi4A

2,440

2,160

2,040

2,000 

1,860

I

ftfirt

i,«ao

1,520

1 AAt\

1,410

1 480 1)410

Jan.

1,410

1,340

1,270

1,340

1,520

1,440

1,300

1,240

1,240 i %m

1,340

1,660

1,620 

1,480

1,410

1,660

3,920

6 arm

8,060

7,840

7,620

10,300

10,200 

8,690

O TJJ1

11,800

12,600

n snn

10,500

8,420

i ftfln

Feb.

5,230

3,980

4,390

5,230

3,980

3,620

3,290

3,080

2,740

2,560

2,440

2,400

2,280 

2,200

2,080

9 nnn

1,940

1 940

2! 400

2,990

3,500

3,090

2,600 

2,200

2,120

2,940

4,950

6,980

7,460

Mar.

6,020

4,530

3,980

4,110

3,040

2,890

3,740

5,860

4,390

1 <Mrt

3,340

2,890

2,600 

2,600

3,140

i win

3,290

2,990

2,740

2,690

2,790

2,740

2,280 

2,160

2 040

1,970

1,900

1,860

1,830

1,830

1 QQfl

Apr.

1,690

1,620

1,560

1,620

2,690

3,620

8,040

2,400

2,120

1,940

2,000

3.-040

3,500

2,890

*> 44n

2,790

2,890

2,520

3,290

4,020

4,740

3,446

2,480 

2,080

i sfin

1,720

1,620

1,480

1,440

1,440

May

1,550

2,280

2,046

1,680

1,410

1,270

1,160

1,090

1,380

1,720

1,520

1,410

1,270 

1,130

1,060

1,020

1,130

1,130

990

«20

860

«90

1,300 

1,160

1,410

1,970

2,040

1,860

2,200

2,200

1,720

June

1,800

1,830

2,200

2,200

2,080

1,900

2,040

1,940

1,970

1,760

1,800

2,080

1,970 

1,620

1,380

1,410

1,620

1,«30

1,800

1,440

1,240

1,150

1,060 

955

830

770

1,130

1,550

1,320

1,100

July

1,200

1,940

1,620

1,240

1,060

990

920

1,620

1,690

1,560

1,970

2,280

2,640 

1,900

2,520

1 Sfifl

6,500

7,790

7,360

6,930

6,500

4,880

2, 890 

2,280

1,970

1,800

1,440

1,270

1,060

955

860

Aug.

800

710

860

1,020

1,240

1,380

1,940

1,440

1,620

1,563

1,520

1,440

1,440 

1,410

1,060

890

800

680

680

860

710

680

620 

590

500

440

440

440

440

440

500

Sept.

470

385

440

590

590

530

440

440

322

360

385

385

410 

385

470

590

680

560

530

500

690

530

385 

530

680

650

650

650

710

1,340

NOTE. Gage not read Jan. 20, Apr. 20, June 22, 29, July 6, 19, 20, and Aug. 3; discharge interpolated.
54 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

Monthly discharge of Pea River near Geneva, Ala., for the year ending September

SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 1,560 square miles]

Month

January _ _ .

February.- _______ . _. _________

April- .... .. ..... _ . _ . ........

May - - -. ._.... . .... .- .... _ ._

July....... ............ .... . .._ . .___ 

August _ __ - __ ..... __________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

1,440 

2,520 

2,840 

12,600 

6,980 

6,020 

4,740 

2,280 

2,200 

7,790 

1,940 

1,340

12,600

Minimum

500 

740 

1,340 

1,240 

1,940 

1,830 

1,440 

860 

770 

860 

440 

322

322

Mean

705 

1,110 

1,900 

5,080 

3,360 

3,080 

2,470 

1,570 

1,590 

2,680 

943 

539

2,080

Per 

square 

mile

0.453 

.712 

1.22 

3.25 

2.16 

1.97 

1.59 

1.01 

1.02 

1.72 

.604 

.345

1.33

Run-off 

in inches

0.52 

.79 

1.41 

3.75 

2.33 

2.27 

1.77 

1.16 

1. 14 

1.98 

.70 

.38

18.20

MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

COOSA RIVES AT CHILDEBSBUSG, ALA.

LOCATION, At Central of Georgia Railway bridge, half a mile west of Childersburg, Talladega County, 35 miles above site of Lock 12.

DRAINAGE ABBA. 8,390 square miles (determined by Alabama Power Co.).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. February 22,1914, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley printing water-stage recorder attached to downstream end of 

second pier from right bank of river, installed on May 5, 1914. Sea-level 

elevation of zero of staff gage is 421.00 feet (United States Army Engineers' 

datum).

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel straight for half a mile below gage. Left 

bank high; right bank subject to overflow at extreme high stages. Control 

not well defined; bed of stream probably permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage during year from water-stage recorder, 14.48 feet at 3 p. m. April 21 (discharge, 53,600 second-feet); minimum 

stage, 1.5 feet October 7-21, 31, November 1-3 (discharge, 2,690 secondfeet).

1914-1924: Maximum stage from water-stage recorder, 24.7 feet from 

3 to 9 p. m. and 11 to 12 p. m. July 11, 1916 (discharge, 121,000 secondfeet); minimum discharge, 2,370 second-feet, September 20, 1914.

REGULATION. None.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve 

well defined between 2,500 and 60,000 second-feet; extended above 60,000 

second-feet. Operation of water-stage recorder satisfactory throughout the 

year. Daily discharge ascertained by applying to rating table mean daily 

gage height obtained by averaging hourly gage heights. Records good 

below 60,000 second-feet; fair above that point.

COOPERATION. Complete records furnished by the Alabama Power Co.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 55

Discharge measurements of Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala., during the year 

ending September 30, 19%4

Date

Oct. 18 

Do.... __ .

Oct. 31. ........

Nov. 14 .........

Dec. 7 ___ . ...

Dec. 14 .........

Gage 

height

Feet 

1.52

1.52

1.53

1.69

6.50

4.61

8.53

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,930

2,840

2,960

3 250

18,800

11,800

27,300

Date

Feb. 5..........

Feb. 28 __ .....

Feb. 29 __ . ....

Do..........

IWar 1 Mar. 3 ____ ..

Do ..........

Gage 

height

Feet 

5.56

12.61

13.24

13.32

11 AA

12.00

11.74

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

14,700

44,600

47,100

47,800

48,700

41,700

40,800

Date

Do.. ..

July 18 

Gage 

height

Feet 

9.86

Q 47

7.84

14 40

4.50

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

32,200

31,400

24,300

52,600

10,800

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala., for the year

ending September SO, 1924

Day

1- .........

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

3. __ . ........

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

5 ......

6 

7- ....

8- _ ....

9 . ...

10- .........

11. __ . __ . ...

12.- . __ ....

13 ..... .....

14. . ......_..

15- _ . ____ .

16.. ........

17... ____ . ...

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

19 

20 __ - .....

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

22

23 . ........

24 .. ..

25 

26-. ..

27 .........

28 ..........

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

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

31 

Oct.

3,080 

3,080 

2,880 

2,880 

2,880

2,880 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690

2,690 

2,880 

3,290 

3,510 

3,080

3,080 

3,080 

3,080 

2,880 

2,880 

2,690

Nov.

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

4,450 

4,450

4,210 

4,210 

4,700 

4,450 

3,970

3,510 

3,290 

3,080 

3,080 

3,080

3,080 

2,880 

2,880 

2,880 

2,880

2,880 

2,880 

3,290 

3,510 

3,740

5,210 

7,390 

6,820 

6,270 

7,680

Dec.

7,680 

6,820 

6,000 

6,820 

12,500

16,000 

18,800 

20,800 

18,000 

14,000

12,900 

11,700 

10,300 

11,400 

14,400

19,600 

26,500 

30,300 

30,700 

27,300

20,800 

15,600 

17,200 

18,400 

18,400

18, COO 

16,800 

14,400 

12,100 

10,600 

. 9,580

Jan.

9,240 

10,600 

23,600 

37,700 

40,300

39,000 

32,900 

26,100 

20,000 

15,600

20,800 

26,900 

29,400 

29,900 

27,300

30,700 

39,800 

40,700 

41,100 

38,100

32,000 

24,800 

18,800 

18,800 

25,600

25,600 

27,700 

26,500 

22,400 

18,400 

15,600

Feb.

14,400 

13,200 

12,500 

12,100 

14,800

14,800 

12,900 

11,400 

10,300 

9,580

9,240 

8,910 

8,590 

8,590 

8,280

8,280 

7,980 

7,980 

11,700 

28,600

26,900 

25,600 

24,000 

20,400 

17,600

18,800 

39,800 

44,700 

48,200

Mar.

48,200 

45,100 

40,700 

31,600 

23,600

37,200 

46,000 

50,600 

49,100 

45,600

40,700 

34,200 

22,800 

18,800 

18,000

17,200 

16,000 

14,800 

13,600 

14,800

18,000 

17,200 

15.600 

14,800 

14,000

12,900 

11,700 

11,000 

10,300 

.10,600 

.10,600

Apr.

9,930 

9,240 

8,910 

11,700 

18,400

22,800 

25,600 

24,000 

20,800 

20,000

22,000 

24,400 

22,000 

20,000 

18,400

16,400 

14,800 

29,400 

39,800 

49,600

53,200 

52,700 

49,680 

46,000 

40,700

29,900 

17,600 

14,000 

13,200 

15,200

May

18,400 

19,200 

19,600 

19,200 

18,000

16,800 

,12,500 

10,600 

9,930 

9,240

8,910 

8,910 

8,590 

9,240 

9,240

8,590 

7,680 

7,880 

7,390 

7,390

7,100 

6,820 

6,820 

6,540 

6,540

6,540 

7,980 

41,600 

51,600 

45,600 

.39,800

June

35,100 

33,800 

29,000 

25,200 

20,400

15,600 

14,000 

12,100 

12,100 

12,900

15,600 

14,800 

12,900 

12,100 

11,000

9,580 

9,240 

9,580 

12,500 

10,300

7,980 

6,820 

6,270 

6,000 

5,730

6,270 

6,270 

6,270 

6,540 

7,100

July

6,540 

6,000 

5,470 

4,950 

4,700

4,700 

5,470 

6,540 

10,600 

14,000

14,800 

13,600 

11,400 

11,700 

17,600

14,000 

10,600 

11,000 

10,300 

8,280

6,540 

5,730 

5,470 

5,470 

4,950

4,450 

4,450 

4,450 

4,210 

3,970 

. 3,970

Aug.

4,210 

4,7CO 

4,950 

5,470 

4,950

4,950 

4,950 

4,950 

4,950 

4,450

4,210 

4,210 

3,740 

3,510 

3,510

3,510 

3,510 

3,740 

3,290 

3,290

3,290 

3,290 

3,290 

3,080 

3,080

2,880 

3,080 

3,290 

3,080 

3,080 

3,080

Sept.

2,880 

2,880 

3,080 

3,080 

3,080

3,080 

3,080 

3,080 

3,080 

3,290

3,290 

3,290 

3,510 

3,740 

3,510

3,080 

2,880 

2,880 

2,880 

3,080

3,970 

5,730 

5,730 

4,450 

3,970

3,740 

3,510 

3,510 

3,290 

3,510

Monthly discharge of Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala., for the year ending September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 8,390 square miles]

Month

May ...... .... 

July. ... . .

August ________ _ . _____ ... __ ...

September ____ _ .... __ . .

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

3,510 

7,390 

30,700 

41,100 

48,200 

49,100 

53,200 

51,600 

35,100 

17,600 

5,470 

5,730

53,200

Minimum

2,690 

2,690 

6,000 

9,240 

7,980 

10,300 

8,910 

6,540 

5,730 

3,970 

2,880 

2,880

2,690

Mean

2,850 

3,960 

15,900 

27.000 

17,200 

25,000 

25,400 

15,000 

13,100 

7,940 

3,860 

3,470

13,400

Per

square 

mile

0.340 

.472 

1.90 

3.22 

2.05 

2.98 

3.03 

1.79 

1.56 

.946 

.460 

.414

1.60

Run-off 

in inches

0.39 

.52 

2.19 

3.71 

2.21 

3.44 

3.38 

2.06 

1.74 

1.09 

.53 

.46

21.72
56 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

TA11APOOSA RIVEE HEAE CEAGFOED, ALA.

LOCATION. In sec. 28, T. 20 S., R. 10 E., Huntsville base and meridian, 400 

feet above mouth of Crooked Creek, 2^ miles east of Cragford, Clay 

County, and 9 miles below mouth of Little Tallapoosa River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 1,460 square miles (measured by Alabama Power Co.).

RECORDS AVAILABLE. October 28, 1922, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder on left bank 400 feet above 

mouth of Crooked Creek, installed October 23,1923; inspected by McKinley 

Heard. Previous to October 23, 1923, a staff gage in two sections 3,000 

feet upstream from present gage was used. Staff gage readings were reduced 

to datum of recording gage by means of a relationship curve developed from 

simultaneous readings of the two gages.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 400 feet upstream from gage during medium and high stages. Low-water measurements are made from 'a 

boat.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel rough and rocky; probably permanent. Left 

bank high, right bank is overflowed during high stages. Control for low 

and medium stages is rocky shoal 200 feet below gage; high-water control 

not defined.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during period October 28, 

1922, to September 30, 1923, 11.7 feet at 8 a. m. February 14 (discharge, 

29,400 second-feet); minimum stage, 1.4 feet September 19-30 (discharge, 

380 second-feet).

Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1924, 7.4 

feet at 11 p. m, January 16 and 3 p. m. April 18 (discharge, 12,000 secondfeet); minimum stage recorded, 1.1 feet October 10 and 16 (discharge, 160 

second-feet).

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation practically permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 300 and 7,000 second-feet; extended beyond these limits. 

Gage read to tenths twice daily prior to October 23, 1923; water-stage 

recorder operated satisfactorily since that date except as indicated in footnote to table of daily discharge. Daily discharge ascertained by applying 

meaa daily gage height to rating table. Records good between 300 and 

7,000 second-feet; others fair.

COOPERATION. Complete records furnished by Alabama Power Co.

Discharge measurements of Tallapoosa River near Cragford, Ala., during the years 

ending September 30, 1923 and 1924

Date

1923 

July 13.. _ . ...

Sept. 18". ......

Sept. 19".. _ ..

Oct. 20 "........

Oct. 22" ....

Oct. 23" ........

Oct. 30" __ . ...

Do." .......

Nov. 8 " _._.__.

Nov. 10 « _ ....

Oage 

height

Feet 

2.14

1.40

1.38

1.68

1.53

1.49

1.44

1.46

1.72

1.67

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

1,210

323

332

646

482

497

427

427

564

521

Date

1923

DA/* &&

Dec. 11 « __ -

T)oft 19 A

Do.«. __ ...

1924

Jan. 11.. __ . ...

Do .. _

height

Feet 

2.76

2.28

2.25

2 22

2.22

4.09

4.40

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

1,870

1,170

1,160

1,160

1,160

3,740

4,270

Date

1924 

Jan. 12 __ . .....

Do.... 

Do. . __

Jan. 14- ........

Feb.20 ..........

Do.. ........

Feb.27 ~ .....

May 29- . ....

Oage 

height

Feet 

4.37

4.32

4.25

3.13

3.71

3.70

5.51

4.73

4.74

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

4,350

4,370

4,090

2,370

3,170

3, .060

6,720

A. ODD

5,260

* Boat measurement.

NOTE. Gage heights for all measurements refer to datum of record ing gage.
MOBILE BIVEB BASIN 57

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tallapoosa River near Cragford, Ala., for the 

years ending September 30, 1923 and 1924

Day

1922-23 

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

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

3- _ - .......

4. _____ ...

5.... ___ . _

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

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

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

9..... __ .....

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

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

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

13... . ___ 

14- .............

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

16.. _ . ........

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

18 __ ...

19 __ . __ . ....

20 . .......

21. __ .........

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

23 ___ ..

24 ... ____ .

25

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

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

28 ..... ....

29

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

31- .. __ ..

1923-24 

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

2

3- .............

4 _____ . ....

8 ______ . ...

6...... ___ ..

7. __ . ........

8_. ............

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

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

11 ____ ......

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

13 ___ . ........

14 ______ ..

15 __ ....

16 ........

17 __ .....

18 __ . ....

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

20 ........

21 ..........

22....... ___ .

23 .........

24. ___ . .

25 ... __ ....

26, __ . __ 

27...... ___ ..

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

29- ____ .....

30 ........

31. _______

Oct.

710

710

540

540

380

380

380

300

300

300

300

380

220

160

220

220

220

220

220

160

300

620

710

620

540

460

460

380

380 

380

460

460

380

460

Nov.

540

wn

540

540

540

1,350

1,130

710

540 !un

540

540

540

540

540

540

710

710

1,130

1,350

1,130

910

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

460

460

380

2,220

2,220

1,350

910

710

620

620

620

540

620

540

620

540

540

540

540

540

540

540

1,580

2,360

1,580

2,600 

s 4fin

1,830

1,960

1,460

Dec.

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

910

1,350

1,350

1,130

1,130

1,350

1,830

2,650

5,200

7,960

9,550

9,280

2,650

1,960

1,580

1,350

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,830

1,350

1,650

1,310

2,040

3,960

3,900

2,690

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,020

1,700

5,820

7,700

4 600

9 snn

2,090

1,700

1,460

4,010

3,460

2,360

1,700 

1,580

1,350

1,350

1,240

1,240

Jan.

4,600

3,820

2,800

2,220

1,960

1,700 i t&n

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,240

1 240

1,240

2,800

1,830

1,580

1,350

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,130

2,360

6,490

A. un

2,800

2,220

1,830

1,580

1,460

1,460

1,240

1 460

6,' 200

5,610

3,460

2,360

1,830

1,580

1,460

1,460

3,290

4,200

2,960

2,360

1,830

6,260

10,100

6,260

3,640

2,800

2,220

1,960

3,290

3,120

6,960

5,200 

3,460

2,800

2,360

2,090

1,960

Feb.

1,350

1,350

1,350

2,090

6,960

7,200

4 400

2^960

2,360

2

AQA

10,700

7,960

16,200

122,700

15,400

9,550

3,640

2,800

2,360

2,360

2,220

2,090

1,960

1,880

1,830

1,830

6,720

5,200

1,830

1 700

1^580

1.700

3,400

3,290

2,960

2,800

1,460 i ifln

1,460

1,460

1,350

1,460

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,460

1,700

2,960

2,500

1,960

1,830

1,700

1,580

2,220 

5,820

5,820

3,640

 -

Mar.

3,640

2,960

2,500

2,220

2,090

2,090

3,290

3,290

2,500

O OOA

2,090

1,960

4,010

4,200

3,120

3,460

8 220

5,820

4,200

3,640

2,960

2,650

2,800

<t 4nn

3,290

2,650

2 500

2,220

2,090

2 220

2,090

2,800

2,220

1,960

1,830

1,020

1,580

1,130

910

1,830

2,090

2,090

1,960

1,700

1,830

1,830

1,960

1,960

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,960

1,960

1,830

1,700

1,580

1,580 

1,580

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

Apr.

1,960

1 960

l|960

3,640

5,000

3,640

2,800

2,650

2,800

O KftA

2,220

2,090

2,360

6,260

6,040

2,960

2,500

2,360

2,220

2,090

1,960

1 960

1,960

1 830

1,830

1,700

1,700

1,960 10 ofin

6,260

1,350

1,240

1,240

2,800

4 sno

3,646

2,650

2,220

1,960

2,360

3.646

5,400

4,010

2,960

2,650

2,360

2,230

8,220

10,400

6,040

4,010

2,800

2,360

2,090

2,090

1,830 

1,830

1,830

1,830

4,600

May

^ Afifl

2,500

2,220

2,500

2,360

2,500

2 360

2,' 500

2,500

2,220

1,960

1,700

2 500

2,220

1,960

14,700

9,830

5,400

3,640

2,360

5,400

3,640

2,650

2,360

3,120

2 800

4,010

8,220 0 2fin

7 45Q

7 Qfin

5,400

3,820

2,960

1,960

1,960

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,700

1,580

1,580

1,700

1,560

1 460

1J460

1,350

1,350

1,240

1,240

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,020

910

1.020

1,130 

1,020

2,500

4,400

2 220

1,700

June

5,000

3,120

2 650

2,360

2,500

2,960

2,360

2.220

2,360

2.220

1,960

1,960

2.360

2,090

1,960

1,700-

1,830

1,580

1,460

1,460

1,460.

1 350

2,360

1,960

O QAfl

3,120

2,650

2,360

O Aff\

o non

1,350

3,640

3,820

3,820

2,090

1,580

2,360

2,220

1,830

2,360

2,65&

1,830

1,888

1,580

1,460

1,350

1,240

1,136

1,240

1,240

91»

910

810

710

710

710 

1,029

1,350

1,020

«9

July

1,700

1 700

1,460

1,360

1,350

1,240 i iin

1,360

1,700

o noA

1,700

1,360

1 *Mfi

1,130

1,020

1 350

1,360

1 240

1,360

1,130

1,020

910

910

810

Gin

810

710

1,350

1,240

1,130

1,020

910

710

620

620

540

540

540

1,460

1,240

1,130

1,020

1,960

1,020

1,020

910

1,130

710

540

910

1,460

1,350

910

710

540

460

460 

380

300

220

300

220

Aug.

1,460

1,240

1,700

1,020

910

910 1 iin

1,130

1,460

O KflA

1 960

1,350

1,130

910

910

810

1,240

1,240

1,130

1,350

1,460

1,130

1,580

2,800

1,830

1,460

1,130

1,130

3,290

2.500

1,460

220

300

1,580

1,460

1,130

710

810

1,020

1,240

810

710

710

460

380

380

220

300

620

620

540

460

220

380

460

620

460 

460

380

380

460

620

Sept.

1,130

910

910

910

810

810

Q1A

810

710

540

540

540

540

460

460

460

460

460

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

460

300

910

910

710

620

460

300

1,020

910

620

460

380

300

220

220

220

380

910

2.360

1,700

1,130

810

620

540

460 

540

540

710

910

NOTE.-'Becording gage did not operate Dec. 2-7, 1923; discharge estimated on basis of records for 

Cherokee Bluffs.
58 SURFACE WATBE SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

Monthly discharge of Tallapoosa River near Cragford, Ala., for the years ending 

September SO, 1928 and 1924

[Drainage area, 1,460 square mites]

Month

1922-23

Oetober 28-31 _ .- - _ .... ___

March..... __ .. __ _ __ . __ ... __ .

April _ __ .... _ __ .. _ . __ .....

July ...... ..................... . ...__. _...._

August ________________________

1923-24

December..... . . _____________

March _ _ ..... _____ ___ . ....

AprU ... .... ...............................

May - . - ... .-..

July.......__... -. ..._. -. -..--....

The year.. __ .. _ . ____________

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

710 

1,350 

9,550 

6,490 

22,700 

8,220 

12,300 

14,700 

5,000 

2,090 

3,290 

1,130

22,700

710 

3,460 

7,700 

10, 100 

5,820 

2,800 

10,400 

5,400 

3,820 

1,960 

1,580 

2,360

10,400

Minimum

540 

540 

710 

1,130 

1,350 

1,960 

1,700 

1,700 

1.350 

710 

810 

380

380

160 

380 

1,020 

1,240 

1,350 

910 

1,240 

910 

710 

220 

22Q 

220

160

Mean

625 

728 

2,130 

2,090 

5,340 

3,140 

3,120 

4,140 

2,330 

1,250 

1,460 

561

2,340

374 

1,110 

2,300 

3,380 

2,250 

1,750 

3,250 

1,840 

1,650 

801 

617 

688

1,660

Per 

square 

mile

0.428 

.499 

1.46 

1.43 

3.66 

2.15 

2.14 

2.84 

1.60 

.856 

1.00 

.384

1.60

.256 

.760 

1.58 

2.32 

1.54 

1.20 

2.23 

1.26 

1.13 

.549 

.422 

.471

1.14

Run-off 

in inches

0.06 

.56 

1.68 

1.66 

3.81 

2.48 

2.39 

3.28 

1.78 

.99 

1.15 

.43

20.27

.35 

.80 

1.82 

2.«8 

1.66 

1.38 

2.49 

1.45 

1.26 

.63 

.49 

.53

15.54

TAEIAPOOSA RIVBK AT WADIEY, AIA.

LOCATION. In sec. 12, T. 22 S., R. 10 E., Huntsville base and meridian, in

town of Wadley, Randolph County, 20 miles below Crooked Creek dam

site.

DKAINAGE AREA. 1,660 square miles (measured by Alabama Power Co.). 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. September 1, 1923, to September 30, 1924. 

GAGE. Vertical staff in three sections on right bank, opposite depot and 3,300

feet below highway bridge; read by R. H. Drake. 

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from highway bridge, 3,300 feet upstream

from gage. 

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. River bed is composed of mud, rock, and gravel.

Banks subject to overflow above a stage of 10 feet. Control is rock and

gravel shoal 300 feet below gage; probably permanent. 

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during period September

1, 1923, to September 30, 1924, 10.4 feet at 4 p. m. April 18 (discharge,

14,400 second-feet); minimum stage, 2.50 feet October 17 (discharge, 150

second-feet). 

REGULATION. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by small mill dams during

extreme low water. 

ACCURACY. Rating curve well defined between 80 and 14,000 second-feet,

extended beyond these limits. Gage read to hundredths twice daily.

Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to rating

fable. Records good below 14,000 second-feet and fair above. 

COOPERATION. Complete records furnished by Alabama Power Co.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 59

Discharge measurements of Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala., during the year ending September SO, 1924

Date

June 4. .........

Do..........

Oage 

height

Feet 

5.85

6.62

6.22

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

4,910

5,990

5,400

Date s&

Feet 

5.26

3,92

3.76

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

3,710

1,990

1,770

Date

July 22. .....

July 23...- ....

Gage 

height

Feet 

3.03

2.98

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

684

624

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala., for the period 

September 1, 1923, to September SO, 1924

Day

1.. __

2 ...

3 ...

4. .....

5. .. 

6 . .....

7

8 ...

9 ......

10 .

11 . .....

12. 

13

14 .. _ .

15 __ .

16 ___ .

17 ......

18

19 ......

20 ..... 

21 ......

22 ... ...

23 ...... 

24 .....

25 ...

26 .. 

27 . ___ 

28 . 

29 

30 ......

01

Sept.

1,100

860

860

1,100

860 

860

860

740

740

620

620

620

500

500

500

500

500 

380

380

380 

380

380

380 

380 

380

380 

380 

380 

380 

280

Oct.

280

280

280

280

280 

280

280

280

280

280

280

210

210

210

210

210

150 

210

380

280 

380

500

500 

380 

380

280 

210 

280 

210 

210

01 ft

Nov.

280

380

620

2,750 

1,520

1,100

860

620

500

500

500

380

280

280

280

280 

280

280

280 

280

280

1,240 

2,750 

1,660

2,190 

4,060 

2,330 

1,380 

2,330

Dec.

1,380

1,380

1,100

1,520

4,540 

4,220

2,890

2,060

1,380

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

980

1,100

7,260

8,740 

5,560

3,170

2,330 

1,520

1,520

6,120 

4,540 

3,460

2,060 

1,520 

1,380 

1,240 

1,240

1,100

Jan.

1,240

2,330

5,200

6,500

3,760 

1,380

1,660

1,380

1,380

1,380

5, 930|

4,860

3,610

1,940

1,800

8,520

11,200 

7,860

4,860

3,030 

2,330

2,190

1,940 

3,030 

8,300

6,690 

3,910 

3,460 

2,470 

2,330

9 ion

Feb.

1,940

1,940

2,000

1,940 

1,940

9 nfifi

1,800

1,450

1,380

1,310

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240 

1,240

1,590

3,760 

2,470

2,330

1,940 

1,800 

1,940

2,190 

4,860 

7,260 

3,760

Mar.

2,750

2,680

2,260

2,000

2,120 

3,460

2,960

2,330

2,060

2,610

2,540

2,400

2,000

2,120

2,820

2 680

2,540 

2,330

2 260

2,330 

2,330

2,120

1,940 

1,940 

1,800

1,800 

1,730 

1,660 

1,520 

1,660

1,660

Apr.

1,660

1,660

1,380

3,100

5,200 

4,540

3,030

2,610

2,060

3,030

4,380

6,500

4,700

3,760

3,310

2,540

2,750 

7,860

11,500

6,310 

4,860

3,460

2,680 

2,400 

2,260

2,060 

1,940 

2,060 

2,060 

4,380

May

6,500

4,860

3,310

2,120

1,940 

1,940

1,800

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,800

1,660

1,660

1*660

1,660

1,520

1,520 

1,380

1,380

1,380 

1,240

1,240

1,240 

1,240 

1,240

1,240 

1,380 

2,820 

5,560 

3,100

2,120

June

2,120

4,060 f, 9fm

5,740

3,610 

2,960

2,120

1,800

1,800

2,750

3,460

1,940

1,590

980

860

1,240

1,380 

1,380

1,380

1,450 

1,240

1,100

860 

860 

860

980 

1,310 

1,310 

1,140 

1,030

July

1,030

800

670

640

590 

590

590

1,570

1,380

1,250

1,140

2,260

1,730

1,310

1,040

1,380

920 

740

800

1,380 

860

620

560 

500 

500

500 

500 

380 

380 

380

380

Aug.

330

280

2,000

1,730

1,170 

860

860

860

2,060

1,590

740

1,520

740

560

500

380

380 

860

680

500 

500

380

380 

380 

500

380 

380 

380 

280 

560

680

Sept.

74O

500

ftfirt

1,040

740 

680

620

560

500

1 380

860

680

500

500

380

500

380 

620

980

3,100 

1,520

980

800 

740 

620

620 

620 

620 

620 

740

NOTE. Qage not read June 29 to July 12; discharge estimated on basis of records of flow at Oragford.

Monthly discharge of Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala., for the period September 1,

, to September 30, 1924

[D rainage area, 1,660 square miles]

Month

1923 

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

1923-r24

April.. ________ __ ...... ___ ..... ...

June . ___ ___ . _____ .. ___ ....

July. __ . __ .. __ .. _ .. __ ... __ - .....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

1,100

500 

4,060 

8,740 

11,200 

7,260 

3,460 

11,500 

6,500 

5,740 

2,260 

2,060 

3,100

11,500

Minimum

280

150 

. 280 

980 

1,240 

1,240 

1,520 

1,380 

1,240 

860 

380 

280 

380

150

Mean

573

280 

1,130 

2,570 

3,830 

2,150 

2,240 

3,670 

2,110 

1,950 

883 

755 

800

1,870

Per 

square 

mile

0.345

.169 

.681 

1.54 

2.31 

1.30 

1.35 

2.21 

1.27 

1.17 

.532 

.455 

.482

1.13

Run-off 

in inches

0.38

.10 

.76 

1.78 

2.66 

1.40 

1.55 

2.47 

1.47 

1.31 

.61 

.53 

.54

15.27
60 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PAET II

TALLAPOOSA RIVER AT STURDIVANT, ALA.

LOCATION. 2,000 feet above bridge of Central of Georgia Railway which is onefourth mile west of Sturdivant, Tallapoosa County, 1 mile below Stow's 

Ferry, and 5 miles below mouth of Hillabee Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,460 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. July 19, 1900, to September 30, 1924.

GAGE. Staff gage in three sections, two inclined and one vertical, on right bank 

2,000 feet upstream from bridge; installed September 22,1923; read by B. F. 

Neighbors. Datum of present gage is 0.07 foot lower than that of previous 

gage.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from a plank walk resting on lower members 

of deck of railroad bridge.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Bed rough and rocky; permanent. At extreme high 

stages water overflows banks. Control is a series of rock ledges and shoals 

below gage; permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year, 10.2 feet at 

8 a. m. January 17 (discharge, 20,200 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.1 

foot at 8 a. m. October 12 and 13 (discharge, 290 second-feet).

1900-1924: Minimum stage recorded, 33.3 feet at noon December 11, 

1919 (discharge, 104,000 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.2 foot (old datum) 

October 25-29, 1904 (discharge, 250 second-feet).

ICE. Stage-discharge relation not affected by ice.

REGULATION. Practically none.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent. Rating curve well 

defined between 500 and 30,000 second-feet. Gage read to half-tenths 

twice daily. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage 

height to rating table. Records good.

Discharge measurements of TaUapoosa River at Sturdivant, Ala., during the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Date

Oct. 24. ........

Oct. 29. ........

Nov.8. .........

Dec. 13.. __ ...

Gage 

height

Feel 

0.71

.50

1.78

5.48

2.33

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

710

598

1,420

7,010

2,000

Date

Dec. 13. .....

Jan. 14. __ . _ .

Jan. 16 __ - _ .

Do.........

Gage 

height

Feet 

2.33

3.90

7.87

8.73

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,020

4,230

13,000

15,500

Date

Feb. 18..... ....

Apr. 18. ........

May 28 __ - ....

Gage 

height

Feet 

2.74

5.38

8.63

3.00

Discharge

Sec.-/*. 

2,360

6,670

14,900

2,760

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant, Ala., for the year 

ending September SO, 1924

Day

1- ......

2 _____ ..

3- ........

4.. ........

5. __

6 ..........

7..........

8 ..........

».-....-...

10 ..........

Oct.

460

460

390

370

350

370

370

370

350

330

Nov.

876

680

660

2,890

5,100

2,7 0

1,840

1,390 i ffltn

1.010

Dec.

8,310

2,380

2,150

3,310

6,850

i nflfl

4,240

3,310

2,760

2.380

Jan.

2,260

2,260

5,280

10,100

6,430

4,240

3,310

2,890

2,630

2.500

Feb.

9,4m

3,310

3,170

3,310

4,410

3,610

3>170

3,030

2,760

2.630

Mar.

5,650

4,580

3,920

3,760

4,080

5,650

4,750

4,080

3 920

4.410

Apr.

2,630

2,500

2,260

5,100

7,720

6,850

5,100

4,240

o 7flfl

5.100

May

8,410

6,640

5,460

4,080

3,310

3,030

2,760

3,030

2,760

2.760

June

2,890

a, 7«

7,060

7,950

5,280

9,100

5,840

4,750

3,460

4.680

July

1,650

1,390

1,310

1,150

1,150

1,080

1,230

1,390

1,150

1.560

Aug.

485

535

8.410

3,76ft

2,630

1,650

1,310

2,040

3,610

1.650

Sept.

1,390

3,920

2,600

1,940

M90

1,310

940

710

680

2.3KO
MOBILE BIVEE 61

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant, Ala., for the year 

ending September SO, 1924 Continued

Day

11.. ____

12.. ____

13. _____

14..........

15 .......

16 ______

17. .........

18..........

19. _ .. __

20 ..........

21 ..........

22 ..........

23 ... ....

24. _ ......

25.. .....

26..........

27 ..........

28... .......

29..........

30-,....-...

31 -.

Oct.

310

290

290

330

330

310

330

940

940

1,080

cun

sob

710

680

620

620

620

560

560

620

800

Nov.

1,010

940

870

870

870

800

870

870

870

800

740

680

1,560

3,030

3,170

3,310

9,620

4,240

3,310

4,410

Dec.

2,150

2,040

2,040

2,380

2,760

7,720

13,600

9,130

5,280

4,080

3,310

2,760

7,500

7,060

4,750

3,610

3,170

2,760

2,630

2,500

2,380

Jan.

6,430

7,280

5,650

4,240

3,610

14,500

18,600

12,000

6,850

5,280

4,410

3,610

3,310

6,850

13,600

9,870

6,640

5,100

4,410

3,920

3,610

Feb.

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,500

2,500

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,890

8,410

5,460

4,240

3,610

3,310

3,170

4,580

10,400

10,900

7,500

Mar.

4,080

3,920

3,610

3,920

4,410

4,580

4,580

4,080

3,920

3,920

4,080

3,760

3,460

3,310

3,170

3,030

2,890

3,030

3, 030

3,310

2,890

Apr.

8,180

8,650

7,950

6,030

5,650

5,100

4,410

14,800

17,000

12,000

7,500

5,650

4,750

4,080

3,920

3,610

3,310

3,310

3,610

6,230

May

3,460

3,170

2,890

2,760

2,760

2,630

2,500

2,380

2,260

2,150

2,260

2,260

2,150

2,040

2,150

2,260

2,760

2,760

5,460

6,230

3,310

June

5,460

3,920

2,760

2 3?w

2,890

2,380

2,760

3,170

2,630

1,840

1,650

1,560

1,560

1,650

1,650

1,650

2,040

1,740

1,560

July

1,740

1,650

2,500

1,940

2,150

1,940

1,740

1,390

1,940

1,940

2,260

1,310

1,080

870

1,010

870

710

620

590

535

510

Aug.

1,390

1,230

1,230

1,010

800

740

650

1,150

1,310

1,080

940

800

650

510

460

590

485

435

370

940

1,470

Sept.

1,310

940

770

835

1,740

1,080

740

1,150

940

2,380

3,310

2,380

2,040

1,310

1,080

1,010

1,230

1,150

1,650

1,470

Monthly discharge of Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant, Ala., for the year ending

September SO, 1924

[Drainage area, 2,460 square miles]

Month

April - - .. 

July.... ............. - .. . . .....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

1,080 

9,620 

13,600 

18,600 

10, 900 

5,650 

17,000 

8,410 

7,950 

2,500 

8,410 

3,920

18,600

Minimum

290 

650 

2,040 

2,260 

2,380 

2,890 

2,260 

2,040 

1,560 

510 

370 

620

290

Mean

532 

2,040 

4,240 

6,180 

4,050 

3,930 

6,030 

3,320 

3,290 

1,370 

1,430 

1,520

3,150

Per 

square 

mile

0.216 

.829 

1.72 

2.51 

1.65 

1.60 

2.45 

1.35 

1.34 

.557 

.58L 

.618

1.28

Run-off 

in inches

0.25 

.92 

1.98 

2.89 

1.78 

1.84 

2.73 

1.56 

1.50 

.64 

.67 

.69

17.45

TALLAPOOSA RIVER AT CHEROKEE BLUFFS, NEAR TALLASSEE, ALA.

LOCATION. In sec. 36, T. 20 N., R. 21 E., St. Stephens base and meridian, 200 

feet below Double Bridge Ferry, 1,000 feet below mouth of Wind Creek, 

three-fourths of a mile below Cherokee Bluffs Dam, and 9 miles north of 

Tallassee, Elmore County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,000 square miles (Alabama Power Co.)..

RECORDS AVAILABLE. July 1,1912, to September 14, 1914; October 1, 1922, to 

September 30, 1924.

63478 28 WSP 582 5
62 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

GAGE. Gurley seven-day water-stage recorder in concrete well on right bank 

installed September 10, 1923; inspected by B. H. Hornsby, Warren, and 

Dillon. From August 10, 1913, to September 30, 1923, a vertical staff gage 

on right bank 700 feet above present gage was used; datum 1.78 feet higher 

than that of present gage. Prior to August 10, 1913, gage was a temporary 

staff 35 feet below Double Bridge Ferry.

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS. Made from cable 250 feet upstream from gage 

during mediui^and high stages. Low-water measurements made from a 

boat or from footbridge at cofferdam.

CHANNEL AND CONTROL. Channel sand and gravel; somewhat shifting. Control is large rock shoal 700 feet below gage; probably permanent.

EXTREMES OF DISCHARGE. Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1923, 6.8 feet February 14 (discharge, 54,500 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.9 foot October 1, 2, and 5 (discharge, 400 second-feet).

Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30, 1924, 5.2 feet 

at 11 p. m. January 16 (discharge, 21,900 second-feet); minimum stage, 

0.7 foot October 13-16 (discharge, 350 second-feet).

1912-1914; 1922-1924: Maximum stage recorded, that of February 14. 

1923; minimum discharge, 340 second-feet October 17, 1913.

REGULATION. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by operation of small mills 

upstream.

ACCURACY. Stage-discharge relation fairly permanent prior to February 10, 1924; 

affected by artificial contraction of channel near gage, due to construction 

work on the dam, since that date. Rating curves fairly well defined between 

600 and 20,000 second-feet; extended beyond these limits. Staff gage read 

to tenths twice daily prior to October 1, 1923; water-stage recorder, used 

since that date, operated satisfactorily throughout the year. Daily discharge ascertained by applying mean daily gage height to rating table, 

Records fair.

COOPERATION. Complete records furnished by Alabama Power Co.

Discharge measurements of Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near Tallassee, 

Ala., during the years ending September 30, 1923 and 1924

Date

1923 

July 20-. - 

July 21 «_._ . 

Aug. 16.. ___.. _.

Sept. 13 «. ....

Sept. 22- __ .. __

Oct. 25* - 

Do.» __ ., _ .

Oct. 26* ___ - _ -

Oct. 27 ».. _ , ~

Do.» ... ....

Nov. 6 __ . ___

Nov.7». __ ,. __

Do. » . .........

Nov. 24.,-,., __ .

Dec. 1- _ ... _ ..

Gage height in feet

Staff 

gage

0.04 

.00

.45 -.11

-.57

-.38

-.5* 

-.67 

-.65 

-.65 

-.67 -.67

-.67 

.37 

.06 

.00 

.28 

.46

Recording gage

1.12 

1.00 

1.04 

1.04 

1.01 

1.02 

1.02 

2.02 

1.74 

1.69 

1.93 

2.09

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

2,570 

2,590 

4,390 

1,990 

4,300 

1,470 

1,190 

628 

819 

794 

737 

768 

827 

3,630 

2,470 

2,380 

3,060 

4,010

Date

1923

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

1924

Do ... -

Do .- ... 

Jan. 26 , ...... ...

Do . ., 

Feb. 15 __ . _ ....

Do.*. ___ , ...

Apr. 7 ...... .,.,. 

Do . __ .

Apr. 17 .. 

May 27 .........

July 30 » .. __ .

Gage height in feet

Staff 

gage

0.46 

1.40 

1.45

2.05 

2.85 

2.72 

2.68 

2.30 

2.14 

.23

1.10 

1.00 

.86

.44

Recording gage

2.08 

3.02 

3.08

3.60 

4.60 

4.43 

4.36 

3.84 

3.68 

1.88 

1.86 

2.73 

2.64 

2,47 

2.05 

1.02

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

3,550 

8,020 

8,060

11,800 

18,200 

15,900 

15,800 

12,800 

11,600 

2,890 

2,740 

6,360 

5,580 

4,980 

2,900 

785

1 Boat measurement. Measurement from footbridge at cofferdam, 2,000 feet above gage .
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 63

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near Tattassee, 

Ala., for the years ending September SO, 1923 and 1924

Day

1922-23 

1... __

2..... 

3 .-

4.... _ .

5 

6..... ...

7........

8..... ...

9.. ......

10... .....

11.. 

12........

13........

14........

15..

16.. 

17... .

18 

18... 

20.. 

21. ..

22........

23.. 

24.. 

25. 

26 

27 

28. ..

29 

30 

31.... _ .

1923-24 

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

Q1

Oct.

400

400

540

540

400

1,100

10,100

7,570

4,040

2,610

1,770

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

2,610

3,280

2,030

1,770

1,520

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

560

560

560

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

350

350

350

350

430

930 

1,380

1,380

930

930

930

730

730

730

730 

730

730

730

930

Nov.

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,520

2,030

2,610

2,030

1,520

1,520

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

3,650

9,070

5,740

2,940

2,030

1,770

1,770

1,520

1,520

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

930

730

730

4,190

5,530

3,390

2,150

1,630

1,380

1,380 

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

930

930 

930

930

930

930

1,630

3,020

3,390

3,390

9,070 

5,070

3,780

5,530

Dec.

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,520

1,770

2,310

3,280

2,610

2,310

2,310

2,310

4,450

7,100

7,100

14,600

18,400

15,300

11,900

6,190

3,280

2,610

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,940

3,780

3,390

2,700

4,190

8,000

8,000

5,530

4,190

3,390

2,700 

2,700

2,420

2,420

2,700

3,020

7,480

14,400

10,200 

6,970

4,620

3,780

3,390

8,000

9,620

6,000

4,620

3,780 

3,020

3,020

3,020

3,020

Jan.

10,700

9,580

6,190

4,860

3,650

3,280

^ 9aft

3,280

2,940

4,450

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,940

2,940

2,610

2,610

2,310

2,030

3,650

9,580

16,000

12,500

7,100

5,280

3,650

3,280

2,940

2,940

2,700

3,020

6,000

10,200

8,000

5,530

4,190

3,780

3,390

3,020 

6,480

8,000

6,970

5,070

4,190

12,500

20,500

13,800 

9,620

6,970

6,000

4,620

4,190

8,530

17,700

12,500

8,000 

6,000

5,070

4,620

4,190

Feb.

2,610

2,310

2,310

2,940

10,100

16,700

11,900

7,100

6,190

5,740

8,560

17,500

15,300

49,500

32,600

20,000

12,500

7,100

4,860

4,450

4,040

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,280

4,450

23,400

16,000

3,780

3,780

3,780

4,190

6,000

4,620

4,190

3,780

3,390

3,390 

3,280

3,280

2,980

2,980

2,980

2,700

2,700

2,700 

2,980

9,800

6,530

5,170

3,960

3,280

3,960

6,050

16,200 

12,200

9,800

Mar.

9,580

6,640

5,280

4,860

4

JKfl

4,040

5,740

5,740

4,860

4,450

4,040

4,450

19,200

15,300

8,560

9,070

19,200

16,000

13,200

10,700

7,570

6,190

6,640

9,580

7,570

6,190

5,280

4,860

4 860

5,280

4 860

7,030

5,600

4,750

4,350

4,350

6,530

5,600

4,750

4,350

5,170 

4,750

4,750

4,350

4,750

6,050

6,050

5,600

5,170 

4,750

4,750

5,170

4,750

4,350

4,350

3,960

3,960

3,600 

3,600

3,600

3,960

3,600

Apr.

1 450

4,040

4,860

19 PkftO

16,000

10,700

7,570

6,640

5,740

5,740

4,860

4,450

5,280

9,580

6,190

5,740

5,280

5,740

4,860

4,040

4,040

4,040

3,650

3,650

4,860

4,040

3,650

3,650

14,600

21,700

3,280

3,280

2,980

5,170

8,650

8,100

6,050

4,750

4,350

5,170 

9,200

9,800

9,200

7,560

6,530

6,050

5,170

11,000 

17,600

13,500

8,650

7,030

5,600

4,750

4,350

3,960

3,960 

3,960

3,600

5,600

May

12,500

9,070

5,280

6

RAf\

7,100

5.280

4,860

4,450

4,450

4,450

3,650

3,650

4,040

4,860

5,280

23,400

23,400

13,900

7,570

6,190

5,740

5,280

3,650

4,860

6,190

5,740

13,900

14,600

16,700

17,500

13,200

9,200

7,560

6,050

4,750

3,600

3,280

3,280

3,280

3,280

3,280 

2,980

2,980

3,280

3,280

2,980

2,980

2,980

2,700 

2,700

2,420

2,700

2,700

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,700

3,280 

3,280

4,350

6,530

3,960

Jane

18,400

8,560

5,740

5,740

6,640

6,640

R ion

5,740

4,860

4,450

4,450

4,040

4,450

4,450

3,650

3,280

3,280

3,280

3,280

2,940

2,610

2,610

2,940

6,190

11,900

6,640

4,450

4,040

13,900

5,280

3,280

3,600

6,530

7,560

6,530

4,750

12,200

7,030

4,750

5,170 

9,200

5,170

3,280

2,980

2,700

3,960

2,980

2,980 

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,420

2,150

2,150

2,150

2,150

2,150 

2,420

2,420

2,150

July

4 040

3,280

2,940

2,610

2,610

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,940

2,610

2,940

2,310

2,310

2,030

2.-610

2,310

2,310

3,650

5,280

2,940

2,610

2,030

2,030

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,770

2,610

3,650

2,310

2,310

2,150

1,890

1,890

1,630

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,630

1,890 

3,280

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,420 

2,420

2,700

2,700

2,420

1,890

1,630

1,380

1,150

1,150 

930

730

730

560

Aug.

2,030

5,280

3,650

o qift

2,030

2,030

1,770

2,030

2,030

4,860

4,040

2,940

2,330

3,280

2,310

3,650

1,770

1,770

2,610

5,280

4,040

2,610

2,310

4,450

3,650

2,940

2,310

2,610

8,050

5,280

4,040

1,150

930

7,560

5,600

2,700

2,150

1,630

2,150

3,600

2,700 

1,630

1,630

1,150

930

730

730

560

1,150 

1,380

730

560

430

930

730

730

560

730 

560

730

2,980

1,380

Sept.

2,310

2,030

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,520

1,620

1,520

1,520

1,300

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

900

900

900

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

710

1,890

1,380

2,980

2,150

1,630

1,150

930

730

560

930 

1,380

730

560

730

1,630

1,380

930

1,150 

1,380

1,890

3,280

2,700

2,420

1,890

1,630

. 1,150

1,380 

1,380

1,380

1,380
64 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1924, PART II

Monthly discharge of Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near Tallassee, Ala. 

the years ending September SO, 1928 and 1924

[Drainage area, 3,000 square miles]

for

Month

1922-23

December ___ __ . __ ___________

April . 

July - _. 

September __ . ___________ . ... -_

1923-24 

October _ ... .. _____ __ __ _. ____

February __ - ____ . __ . ____ . ____ . 

April . _ _ 

June ___ _ . __ .. ___________ . .....

July . _ _

August _____ . __ ______ _ __ .. .........

The year. __ . ___ ... __ ___ . ....

Discharge in second-feet

Maximum

10,100 

9,070 

18,400 

16,000 

49,500 

19,200 

21,700 

23,400 

18,400 

5,280 

8,050 

2,310

49, 500

1,380 

9,070 

14,400 

20,500 

16,200 

7,030 

17,600 

9,200 

12,200 

3,280 

7,560 

3,280

20,500

Minimum

400 

1,100 

1,300 

2,030 

2,310 

4,040 

3,650 

3,650 

2,610 

1,770 

1,770 

710

400

350 

730 

2,420 

2,700 

2,700 

3,600 

2,980 

2,420 

2,150 

560 

560 

560

350

Mean

1,870 

1,980 

4,320 

4,710 

10,800 

7,880 

6,740 

8,630 

5,690 

2,620 

3,230 

1,110

4,930

642 

2,310 

4,970 

7,270 

4,980 

4,790 

6,630 

3,660 

4,100 

1,850 

1,650 

1,490

3,690

Per 

square 

mile

0.623 

.660 

1.44 

1.57 

3.60 

2.63 

2.25 

2.88 

1.90 

.873 

1.08 

.370

1.64

.214 

.770 

1.66 

2.42 

1.66 

1.60 

2.21 

1.22 

1.37 

.617 

.550 

.497

1.23

Run-off 

in inches

0.72 

.74 

1.66 

1.81 

3.75 

3.03 

2.51 

3.32 

2.12 

1.01 

1.25 

.41

22.33

.25 

.86 

1.91 

2.79 

1.79 

1.84 

2.46 

1.41 

1.53 

.71 

.63 

.55

16.73

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

In addition to the records of flow obtained at the gaging stations 

and reported in the preceding pages, measurements were made at 

other points, as shown by the following table:

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in South Atlantic and eastern Gulf of 

Mexico drainage basins during the year ending September SO, 1924

Streams draining into South Atlantic Ocean

Date

Aug. 21

May 14

May 14

May 15

May 16

Aug. 23

Oct. 17

Aug. 24

Stream

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

 ..do--. _ ...........

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

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

Cape Fear River ......

Tributary to 

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

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

. __ do..... .... .... 

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

 -do .. .... 

Locality

miles from Enfield, N. C. 

Smithfield, N. O .. _ ... 

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

.....do . . .._ 

 ..do . ..... ___ ......

 do 

Fayetteville, N. O ...........

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

Gage 

height

Fed 

"1.98

"13.25

«13.34

"13.73

"14.59

-5.02

-3.15

"4.76

Discharge

Sec.-ft. 

182

"5,020

5,020

5,260

5,630

920

602

1,360

Streams draining into eastern Gulf of Mexico

Dec. 30

Apr. 13

Apr. 17

June 25

Apr. 16

Apr. 17

. __ do. __ . __ ......

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

__ do.. ... _ ......

. _ -do.. . __ ......

. __ do- _____ ......

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

. do .

_ ..do... ... .... ......

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

 -do.... ...

... ..do 

. do ....... .

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

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

.....do. __ . .. _ .

2.22

5.23

4.27

1.10

"10.58

"9.01

2ie

374

264

1<K

8

6,99(

5,52(

'U. S. Weather Bureau gage.
INDEX

Page

Accuracy of data and results, degrees of 4-5 

Acre-foot, definition of __ _____ 2 

Alabama Power Co., cooperation by 9 

Altha, Fla., Chipola River near.. . . 43-45 

Apalachicola River basin, Ga.-Fla., gagingstation records in.... 42-45 

Appropriations, record of . 1

Bellwood, Ala., Ohoctawhatchee River near. 47-49 

Branch, N. C. Linville Eiver at.__.__ 36-37 

Brookneal, Va., Koanoke River at_____ 15-16 

Buchanan, Va., James River at 10-11 

Burchard, E. D., and assistants, work of 9

Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, N. C___ 64 

at Lillington, N. C.. ......__-__ 21-23

Cape Fear River basin,.N. C., gaging-station

records in... _ __..! 21-28 

Cartersville, Va., James River at._____ 11-13 

Chapel Hill, N. C., Morgan Creek near.. 23-24 

Charlotte, N. C., cooperation by __... 9 

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga__ 42-43 

Chattooga River nearTallulah Falls, Qa_ 40-42 

Childersburg, Ala., Coosa River at_ 54-^55 

Chipola River near Altha, Fla .. . 43-45 

Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood, Ala. 47-49 

near Geneva, Ala. . . 49-50 

near Newton, Ala_ - ___ __ 45-47 

Choctawhatchee River basin, Ala., gagingstation records in ______ 45-54 

Columbia Railway & Navigation Co., cooperation by_____________ 9 

Columbus Electric & Power Co., cooperation by . 9 

Computations, results of, accuracy of___ 4-5 

Control, definition of __________. __ 2 

Cooperation, record of___________ 9 

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala_____ 54-55 

Cragford, Ala., TallapoosaRiver near..__ 56-58

D

Dan River at South Boston, Va______ 18-20 

Data, accuracy of. . .. 4-^5

explanation of,. 3-4 

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C 25-26

West Fork of, near High Point, N. C... 26-28 

Dobson,N. C. Fisher River near. 32-34 

Dothan, Ala., cooperation by __ 9 

Double Bridges Creek at Geneva, Ala 64

E 

Enfield, N. C., Fishing Creek near . 64

Fayetteville, N. C., Cape Fear River at__ 64 

Ferguson, S. C., Santee River at 34-36 

Fisher River near Dobson, N. C______ 32-34 

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C. 64

a

Gastonia, N. C., cooperation by 9 

Long Creek near_ . .- 38-39

Geneva, Ala., Choctawhatcbee River near.. 49-50 

Double Bridges Creek at___ 64 

Pea River near. * 52-54

H

Halifax Power Co., cooperation by 9 

Hall, Warren E., and assistants, work of 9 

Hardaway, B. H., cooperation by__ 9 

High Point, N. C., West Fork of Deep River

near.______ ._____ - 26-28 

High Rock, N. C., Yadkin River at . 31-32 

Horton, A. H., and assistants, work of 9 

Houston Power Co., cooperation by 9

James River at Buchanan, Va.. 10-11 

at Cartersville, Va. . 11-13 

James River basin, Va., gaging-station records in.- - 10-13

K

King, W. R., and assistants, work of.-. 9 

L

Lillington, N. C., Cape Fear River at 21-23 

Linville River at Branch, N. C 36-37 

Long Creek near Gastonia, N. C - 38-39

M

Middlesex, N. C., Moccasin Creek near 20-21 

Mobile River basin, Ala., gaging-station records in..------._ 54-64

Moccasin Creek near Middlesex, N. C 20-21 

Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, N. C - 23-24

N

Neuse River at Smithfield, N. C 64 

Neuse River basin, N. C., gaging-station record in... ....... - - 20-21

Newton, Ala., Choctawhatchee River near. 45-47 

North Carolina, cooperation by. - 9 

North Pacolet River near Tryon, N. C 39-40 

North Wilkesboro, N. C., Yadkin River at. 28-29

O

Old Gaston, N. C., Roanoke River at. 17-18 

Oostanaula River at Eeseca, Ga , 64

65
66 INDEX

Pea River at Pera, Ala_... ._....... 51-52

near Geneva, Ala..______.___ 52-54 

Peedee River basin, N. C., gaging-station records in..____ _ .__ 28-34 

Pera, Ala., Pea River at...__.__.__. 51-52 

Peterson, B. J., work of______....__ 9

Publications, information concerning...._ 5-9

obtaining or consulting of - __ 6 

on stream flow, list of __________ 7

R

Bamseur, N. C., Deep River at _ . 25-26

Resaca, Oa., Oostanaula River at..__._ 64

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va____.. 15-16

at Old Qaston, N. C............___.. 17-18

at Roanoke, Va...._...... .. ._ 13-14

Roanoke River basin, Va.-N. O., gaging-station records in_ . ___ 13-20 

Run-off in inches, definition of_______ 2

S

Salisbury, N. C., Yadkin River near.__.. 29-31 

Santee River at Ferguson, S. C-______ 34-36 

Santee River basin, S. O.-N. C., gaging-station records in_________ 34-40 

Savannah River basin, Oa., gaging-station

record in_____________ 40-42 

Second-feet, definition of __________ 2 

Second-feet per square mile, definition of __ 2 

Smithfield, N. C., Neuse River at......__ 64

South Boston, Va., Dan River at_____ 18-20 

Stage-discharge relation, definition of ___ 2 

Sturdivant, Ala., Tallapoosa River at..__. 60-61

T

Page 

Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near

Tallassee, Ala____...... 61-64

at Sturdivant, Ala_______ .. 60-61 

atWadley, Ala_____.__ . 58-59 

near Cragford, Ala____ . 56-58 

Tallassee, Ala., Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs, near . 61-64 

Tallassee Power Co., cooperation by 9 

TaUulah Falls, Oa., Chattooga River near.. 40-42 

Terms, definition of.__.__._ 2 

Tryon, N. C., North Pacolet River near 39-40

Viele, Blackwell & Buck, cooperation by 9 

Virginia Railway & Power Co., cooperation

by.............................. 9

W

Wadley, Ala., Tallapoosa River at. 58-59

West Point, Oa,, Chattahoochee River at.. 42-43

Work, authorization of 1

division of___._________ - 9

scope of . 1-2

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C . 31-32 

at North Wilkesboro, N. O- - 28-29 

near Salisbury, N. C__.___- 29-31

Zero flow, point of, definition of.

O