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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

THE FLOODS OF MARCH 1936

Part 2. HUDSON RIVER TO 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION

Prepared in cooperation with the

FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

OF PUBLIC WORKS

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Harold L. Ickes, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. C. Mendenhall, Director

Water-Supply Paper 799

THE FLOODS OF MARCH 1936

PART 2. HUDSON RIVER TO 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

Prepared in cooperation with the

FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

OF PUBLIC WORKS

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1937

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. -------- Price 50 cents
CONTENTS

Page

Abstract........................................................... 1

Introduction....................................................... 2

Authorization...................................................... 5

Administration and personnel....................................... 5

Acknowledgments.................................................... 6

General features of the storms..................................... 7

Floods of the Hudson River to Susquehanna River region............. 12

Meteorologic and hydro-logic conditions............................. 23

Precipitation records.......................................... 23

General.................................................... 23

Distribution of rainfall................................... 31

Snow........................................................... 48

General.................................................... 48

Depth observations......................................... 56

Snow surveys............................................... 65

Temperature.................................................... 71

Frost in the ground............................................ 73

New York,.................................................. 74

Pennsylvania............................................... 75

New Jersey................................................. 76

Determination of flood discharges.................................. 77

General discussion............................................. 77

Extension of rating curves for river-measurement stations...... 78

Computation of flow over dams.................................. 80

Computation of flow from slope-area observations............... 81

Computation of flow through contracted openings................ 84

Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the

flood period..................................................... 84

Explanation of data............................................ 85

Hudson River Basin............................................. 95

Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y.......................... 95

Hudson River at Hadley, N. Y............................... 96

Hudson River at Mechanicville, N. Y........................ 97

Indian Lake Reservoir near Indian Lake, N. Y............... 98

Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y........................ 99

Schroon River at Riverbank, N. Y........................... 100

Sacandaga River near Hope, N. Y............................ 101

Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville, N. Y................. 102

Sacandaga River at Conklingville, N. Y..................... 103

East Branch of Sacandaga River at Griffin, N. Y............. 104

West Stony Creek near .Northville, N. Y..................... 105

East Stony Creek near Northville, N. Y..................... 106

Batten Kill at Arlington, Vt............................... 107

Batten Kill at Battenville, N. Y........................... 108

Kayaderosseras Creek near West Milton, N. Y................ 109

Hoosic River at Adams, Mass................................ 110

Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y....................... Ill

North Branch of Hoosic River at North Adams, Mass.......... 112

Walloomsac River near North Bennington, Vt................. 113

Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y.............. 114

Mohawk River below Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y.............. 115

Mohawk River near Little Falls, N. Y....................... 116

Mohawk River at Cohoes, N. Y............................... 117

Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y....................... 118

West Canada Creek at flinckley, N. Y........................ 119

West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge, N. Y..................... 120

East Canada Creek at Dolgeville, N. Y...................... 121

Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, N. Y....................... 122

Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y......... 123

Schoharie Creek at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y............. 123

Schoharie Creek at Middleburg, N. Y........................ 124

Poesten Kill near Troy, N. Y............................... 125

Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N. Y.......................... 126

Catskill Creek at Oak Hill, N. Y........................... 127

Esopus Creek at Coldbrook, N. Y............................ 128

Rondout Creek near Lackawack, N. Y......................... 129

Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N. Y........................... 130

Wallkill River at Pellets Island Mountain, N. Y............ 131

Wallkill River at Gardiner, N. Y........................... 132

Wappinger Creek near Wappinger Falls, N. Y................. 133

III
IV CONTENTS

Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the

flood period Continued. Page

Hackensack River Basin......................................... 134

Oradell Reservoir at Oradell, N. J......................... 134

Hackensack River at New Milford, N. J...................... 135

Woodcliff Lake at Hillsdale, N. J.......................... 136

Pascack Brook at Westwood, N. J............................ 137

Passaic River Basin............................................ 138

Passaic River near Millington, N. J........................ 138

Passaic River at Paterson, N. J............................ 139

Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. J......................... 140

Rockaway River at Boonton, N. J............................ 141

Beaver Brook at outlet of Splitrock Pond, N. J............. 142

Whippany River at Morristown, N. J......................... 143

Ramapo River near Mahwah, N. J............................. 144

Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes, N. J........................ 145

Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J.......................... 146

Wanaque River at Greenwood Lake, N. J...................... 147

Wanaque Reservoir at Wanaque, N. J......................... 148

Wanaque River at Wanaque, N. J............................. 149

Oak Ridge Reservoir at Oak Ridge, N. J..................... 150

Canistear Reservoir near Stockholm, N. J................... 151

Clinton Reservoir near Newfoundland, N. J.................. 152

Echo Lake Reservoir near Charlotteburg, N- J............... 153

Pequannock River at Macopin intake dam, N. J............... 154

Saddle River at Lodi, N. J................................. 155

Elizabeth River Basin.......................................... 156

Elizabeth River at Elizabeth, N. J......................... 156

Rahway River Basin............................................. 157

Rahway River at Rahway, N. J............................... 157

Raritan River Basin............................................ 158

South Branch of Raritan River near High Bridge, N. J....... 158

South Branch of Raritan River at Stanton, N. J............. 159

Raritan River at Manville, N. J............................ 160

Neshanic River at Reaville, N. J........................... 161

North Branch of Raritan River near Far Hills, N. J......... 162

Black River near Pottersville, N. J........................ 163

Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N. J........................... 164

Millstone River near Kingston, N. J........................ 165

Millstone River at Blackwells Mills, N. J.................. 166

Great Egg River Basin.......................................... 167

Great Egg River at Folsom, N. J............................ 167

Delaware River Basin........................................... 168

East Branch of Delaware River at Harvard, N. Y............. 168

East Branch of Delaware River at Pishs Eddy, N. Y.......... 169

Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y........................ 170

Delaware River at Milford, Pa.............................. 171

Delaware River at Portland, Pa............................. 172

Delaware River at Delaware, N. J........................... 173

Delaware River at Belvidere, N. J.......................... 174

Delaware River at Easton, Pa............................... 175

Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J....................... 176

Delaware River at Milford, N. J............................ 177

Delaware River at Frenchtown, N. J......................... 178

Delaware River at Point Pleasant, Pa....................... 179

Delaware River at Lambertville, N. J....................... 180

Delaware River at Washington Crossing, N. J................ 181

Delaware River at Yardley, Pa.............................. 182

Delaware River at Trenton, N. J............................ 183

Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls, N. Y........................... 184

Little Beaver Kill near Livingston Manor, N. Y............. 185

West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y........... 186

Lackawaxen River at West Hawley, Pa........................ 187

Lake Wallenpaupack at Wilsonville, Pa...................... 188

Wallenpaupack Creek at Wilsonville, Pa..................... 188

Swinging Bridge Reservoir at Swinging Bridge Dam, N. Y..... 189

Toronto Reservoir at Toronto Dam, N. Y..................... 190

Neversink River at Oakland Valley, N. Y.................... 191

Bushkill Creek at Shoemakers, Pa........................... 192

Flat Brook near Flatbrookville, N. J....................... 193

McMichaels Creek at Stroudsburg, Pa........................ 194

Paulins Kill at Blairstown, N. J........................... 195

Pequest River at Pequest, N. J............................. 196

Beaver Brook near Belvidere, N. J.......................... 197

Lehigh River at Tannery, Pa................................ 198

Lehigh River at Bethlehem, Pa.............................. 199
CONTENTS V

Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the 

flood period Continued.

Delaware River Basin Continued. Page

Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J............................ 200

Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatcong, N. J....... 201

Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury, N. J................... 202

Assunpink Creek at Trenton, N. J........................... 203

Schuylkill River at Pottstown, Pa.......................... 204

Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, Pa....................... 205

Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa..................... 206

Susquehanna River Basin........................................ 207

Susquehanna River at Colliersville, N. Y................... 207

Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y......................... 208

Susquehanna River at Binghamton, N. Y...................... 209

Susquehanna River at Towanda, Pa........................... 210

Susquehanna River at Wilkea-Barre, Pa...................... 211

Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa.......................... 212

Suaquehanna River at Sunbury, Pa........................... 213

Susquehanna River at Harriaburg, Pa........................ 214

Susquehanna River at Marietta, Pa.......................... 215

Unadilla River near New Berlin, N. Y....................... 216

Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y................... 217

Tioughnioga River at Itaska, N. Y.......................... 218

Owego Creek near Owego, N. Y............................... 219

Tioga River at Lindley, N. Y. .............................. 220

Tioga River near Erwins, N. Y.............................. 221

Chemung River at Corning, N. Y............................. 222

Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y............................. 223

Cohocton River near Campbell, N. Y......................... 224

Towanda Creek near Monroeton, Pa........................... 225

Tunkhannock Creek at Dixon, Pa............................. 226

Wapwallopen Creek near Wapwallopen, Pa..................... 227

West Branch of Suaquehanna River at Bower, Pa.............. 228

West Branch of Suaquehanna River at Renovo, Pa............. 229

Weat Branch of Susquehanna River at Lock Haven, Pa......... 230

West Branch of Suaquehanna River at Willlamaport, Pa....... 231

Clearfield Creek at Dimeling, Pa........................... 232

Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek at Sterling Run,

Pa....................................................... 233

North Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Creek Station, Pa.......... 234

Pine Creek at Cedar Run, Pa................................ 235

Lycoming Creek near Trout Run, Pa.......................... 236

Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsock, Pa........................... 237

Penn Creek at Perms Creek, Pa.............................. 238

Mahantango Creek East near Dalmatia, Pa.................... 239

Frankstown Branch of Juniata River at Williamaburg, Pa..... 240

Juniata River at Newport, Pa............................... 241

Shaver Creek near Petersburg, Pa........................... 242

Standing Stone Creek near Huntingdon, Pa.................... 242

Raystown Branch of Juniata River at Saxton, Pa............. 243

Dunning Creek at Yount, Pa................................. 244

Brush Creek at Gapaville, Pa............................... 245

Great Trough Creek near Markleaburg, Pa.................... 246

Aughwick Creek near Orbiaonia, Pa.......................... 247

Tuscarora Creek near Port Royal, Pa........................ 248

Cocolamus Creek near Millerstown, Pa....................... 249

Sherman Creek at Shermandale, Pa........................... 250

Conodoguinet Creek near Hogestown, Pa...................... 251

Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern, Pa......................... 252

West Conewago Creek near Manchester, Pa.................... 253

Codorus Creek at Spring Grove, Pa.......................... 254

South Branch of Codorua Creek near York, Pa................ 255

Conestoga Creek at Lancaster, Pa........................... 256

Muddy Creek at Castle Fin, Pa.............................. 257

Octoraro Creek near Rising Sun, Md......................... 258

Deer Creek at Rocks, Md.................................... 259

St. Lawrence River Basin....................................... 260

Streams tributary to Niagara River......................... 260

Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y................. 260

Streama tributary to Lake Ontario.......................... 261

Geneaee River at Jonea Bridge, near Mount Morria, N. Y. 261

Caneadea Reaervoir near Caneadea, N. Y................. 262

Seneca River (Cayuga Lake outlet) above Lock 1, near

Cayuga, N. Y......................................... 263

Oswego River at Lock 7, near Oswego, N. Y.............. 264

Seneca Lake at Watkins, N. Y........................... 266
VI CONTENTS

Stages and. cLIschargi®6^t river-measurement stations during the 

flood period Coliira^ed.

St. Lawrence River basin Continued.

Streams tributary to Lake Ontario Continued. Page

Pall Creek near Ithaca, N. Y........................... 267

Owasco Lake outlet near Auburn, N. Y.. .4............... 268

East Branch of Fish Creek at Taberg, N. Y.............. 269

Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach, N. Y...................... 270

Oneida River at Brewerton, N. Y........................ 270

Black River at Watertown, N. Y......................... 271

Streams tributary to St. Lawrence River.................... 272

Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, N. Y. 272

Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vt....................... 272

Ausable River near Ausable Forka, N. Y................. 273

Lake George at Rogers Rock, N. Y....................... 274

Summary of flood discharges........................................ 275

Storage............................................................ 296

Scope and utility.............................................. 296

Examples of effects of storage................................. 297

Rainfall and run-off studies....................................... 299

Method of analysis............................................. 299

Discussion of results.......................................... 303

Hudson River Basin............................................. 315

Eastern New Jersey basins...................................... 320

Delaware River Basin........................................... 323

Susquehanna River Basin........................................ 328

St. Lawrence River Basin....................................... 333

Little Tonawanda Creek Basin above Linden, N. Y., and

Genesee River Basin above Jones Bridge, N. Y............. 334

Fall Creek Basin above Ithaca, N. Y........................ 336

Owasco Lake Basin above Auburn, N. Y....................... 337

East Branch of Fish Creek Basin at Taberg, N. Y............ 337

Oswego River Basin above Oswego, N. Y...................... 338

Black River Basin above Watertown, N. Y., and Auaable River

Basin above Ausable Forks, N. Y.......................... 338

Effect of first storm on the second flood rise................ 340

Flood crests....................................................... 341

Records of previous floods......................................... 359

Hudson River Basin............................................. 360

Upper Hudson River Basin................................... 360

Lower Hudson River Basin................................... 361

Mohawk River Basin......................................... 363

Passaic River Basin............................................ 364

Raritan River Basin............................................ 366

Delaware River Basin........................................... 366

Delaware River in New York................................. 366

Delaware River in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.............. 366

Susquehanna River Basin........................................ 370

Susquehanna River Basin in New York........................ 370

Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania.................... 371

St. Lawrence River Basin in New York........................... 374

Index.............................................................. 375

ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate 1. A, Ice left after the flood in the Delaware River on 

Stacy Park in the rear of the State House, Trenton, 

N. J.; B, Duck Island in the Delaware River near Trenton, N. J., after the flood............................ 14

2. A, View on March 20, 1936, looking down the Susquehanna 

River at Clarks Ferry, Pa., which was completely Inundated by the flood; B, View on March 20, 1936, looking 

up the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., of which 

over one-quarter was inundated by the flood............ 15

3. A, Haledon, opposite Paterson, N. J., inundated by Passaic River, March 14, 1936; B, A carbide explosion 

brought the threat of fire tc a flooded area on Garneron Street, Harrisburg, Pa.............................. 70

4. A, Heavy ice on the Susquehanna River at Overview, Dauphin County, Pa.; B, View on March 20, 1936, looking up 

the Susquehanna River at "Middletown, Pa................ 71
ILLUSTRATIONS VII

Page

Plate 5. Slope-area reach on Plat Brook near F^EaWbrookville,

N. J.................................................. 82

6. Typical river-measurement stations...................... 83

7. A, View on March 20, 1936, looking down the Susquehanna 

River at Sunbury, Pa.; B, View on March 20, 1936, 

looking down the Susquehanna River at Montgomery, Pa.. 214

8. A, View on March 20, 1936, of Army air depot at Middletown, Pa., inundated by flood water from the Susquehanna River; B, View on March 18, 1936, of a part of 

Clearfield, Pa., on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River........................................... 215

9. A, View on March 18, 1936, of Lock Haven, Pa., on the 

West Branch of the Susquehanna River; B, Boats navigating business section on East Main Street at Lock 

Haven, Pa., where the water was 9 to 10 feet deep, 

March 18, 1936........................................ 230

10. A, View showing destruction of tracks of Pennsylvania 

Railroad by flood waters of the West Branch of the 

Susquehanna River near Williamsport, Pa.; B, View on 

March 20, 1936, of West Branch of Susquehanna River at 

Lewisburg, Pa......................................... 231

11. A, Scene at 4 p.m. March 18, 1936, at corner of East 

Main Street and Bellefont Avenue, Lock Haven, Pa.j 

B, Debris in trees after flood waters from the West 

Branch of the Susquehanna River had receded near Lock 

Haven, Pa............................................. 370

12. A, High-water mark at Rockville Bridge on the Susquehanna River near Dauphin, Pa.; B, Filter plant at Harrisburg, Pa., inundated by flood waters from the Susquehanna River........................................ 371

Figure 1. Areas covered by the reports on the floods of March 1936

in the northeastern United States..................... 3

2. Isohyetal map of the northeastern United States showing

total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936...... 7

3. Isohyetal map of the northeastern United States showing

total precipitation, in inches, March 16-19, 1936..... 8

4. Isohyetal map of the northeastern United States showing

total precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936...... 9

5. Map of the northeastern United States showing the depth, 

in inches, of the water content of snow on the ground, 

March 9, 1936......................................... 11

6. Drainage basins of the Hudson River to Susquehanna River

region................................................ 13

7. Stages reached by the flood of March 1936 and previous 

known floods at various river-measurement stations in 

the Susquehanna River Basin........................... 17

8. Drainage basin of the Hudson River...................... 18

9. Drainage basins of the Delaware River and the Passaic

and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal streams in New 

Jersey and Delaware................................... 19

10. Drainage basin of the Susquehanna River................. 20

11. Drainage basins of rivers in New York tributary to Lake

Ontario............................................... 21

12. Drainage basins of rivers in New York tributary to the

St. Lawrence River.................................... 22

13. Isohyetal map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 

1936.................................................. 32

14. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Delaware

River and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent

coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936.. 33

15. Isohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, 

showing the total precipitation, in inches, March 

9-13, 1936............................................ 34

16. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

New York tributary to Lake Ontario, showing the total 

precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936............ 35

17. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

New York tributary to the St. Lawrence River, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936.. 36

18. Isohyetal map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing the total precipita'tion, in inches, March 16-19, 

1936.................................................. 38
VIII ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

Figure 19. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Delaware

River and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent

coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware, showirg

the total precipitation, in inches, March 16-19,

1936................................................. 39

20. Isohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, 

showing the total precipitation, in inches, March 

16-19, 1936.......................................... 40

21. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

Hew York tributary to Lake Ontario, showing the total 

precipitation, in inches, March 16-19, 1936.......... 41

22. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

New York tributary to the St. Lawrence River, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, March 16-19,

1936................................................. 42

23. Isohyetal map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 

1936................................................. 43

24. Isohyetal map of the drainage besins of the Delaware

River and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent

coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936. 44

25. Isohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, 

showing the total precipitation, in inches, March 

9-22, 1936........................................... 45

26. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

New York tributary to Lake Ontario, showing the total 

precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936........... 46

27. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in

New York tributary to the St. Lawrence River, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936, 47

28. Hourly precipitation at various United States Weather

Bureau precipitation stations, March 9-22, 1936...... 49

29. Map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing the

depth, in inches, of the water content of snow on the 

ground March 9, 1936................................. 51

30. Map of the drainage basins of the Delaware River and 

the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal 

streams in New Jersey and Delaware, showing the 

depth, in inches, of the water content of snow on the 

ground March 9, 1936................................. 52

31. Map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, showing

the depth, in inches, of the water content of snow on

the ground March 9, 1936............................. 53

32. Map of the drainage basins of the rivers in New York 

tributary to Lake Ontario, showing the depth, in 

inches, of the water content of snow on the ground 

March 9, 1936........................................ 54

33. Map of drainage basins of the rivers in New York tributary to the St. Lawrence River, showing the depth, in 

inches, of the water content of snow on the ground 

March 9, 1936........................................ 55

34. Daily range of temperatures and accumulated departure 

of mean monthly temperature from the normal at various places in the Hudson River to Susquehanna River 

region for the period November 1, 1935, to March 31, 

1936................................................. 72

35. Map, profile of high-water marks, and sections of the 

slope-area reach for Flat Brook near Flatbrookville, 

N. J................................................. 82

36. Typical graphs of stages and discharges at river-measurement stations plotted from records in this report .... ......................................... t ... 86

37. Graphs of mean daily discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Hudson River to Susquehanna 

River region for the period February 1 to April 30, 

1936................................................. 87

38. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Delaware River Basin, March 12-23, 1936. 90

39. Graphs of stage at various river-stage stations on the

Delaware River, March 12-23, 1936.................... 91

40. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Susquehanna River Basin, March 12-23, 

1936................................................. 92
ILLUSTRATIONS IX

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Figure 41. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Susquehanna River Basin, March 12-23, 

1936................................................. 93

42. Map showing location of flood determinations In the

Hudson River drainage basin, March 1936.............. 276

43. Map showing location of flood determinations in the

drainage basins of the Delaware River and the Passale

and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal streams in

New Jersey and Delaware, March 1936.................. 277

44. Map showing location of flood determinations in the

Susquehanna River Basin, March 1936.................. 278

45. Map showing location of flood determinations in the

drainage basins of the rivers in New York tributary

to Lake Ontario, March 1936.......................... 279

46. Map showing location of flood determinations in the

drainage basins of the rivers in New York tributary

to the St. Lawrence River, March 1936................ 280

47. Chart showing the maximum discharges, in second-feet 

per square mile, determined for various drainage 

areas in the Hudson River to Susquehanna River region, March 1936, as given in table 8................ 281

48. Method of analysis used in determining direct run-off 

associated with each storm and total storm period, 

March 1936........................................... 301

49. Map of the northeastern United States, showing isothermal lines of mean temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, 

March 9-22, 1936..................................... 311

TABLES

Page 

Table 1. Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936............. 24

2. Monthly precipitation and departure from normal, in

inches, December 1935 to February 1936............... 37

3. Monthly snowfall, in inches, December 1935 to February

1936................................................. 50

4. Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates,

1936................................................. 57

5. Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates,

1936................................................. 60

6. Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates,

March 1936........................................... 62

7. Snow depth, in Inches, and water content, in inches, in

New York at indicated dates, 1936.................... '. 66

8. Summary of flood discharges............................ 282

9. Rainfall and run-off of floods of March 1936........... 304

10. Effect of first storm (March 9-13) on the stages and

discharges reached during the second flood rise...... 341

11. Flood crest stages..................................... 343

12. Previous floods on the Mohawk River.................... 364

13. Discharge, in second-feet, at indicated places in the

Passalc River Basin for floods in which the discharge

was over 12,000 second-feet at Dundee Dam, Clifton,

N. J................................................. 365

14. Stages of previous floods on the Delaware River at

Phillipsburg, N. J................................... 367

15. Peak stage, in feet, at indicated places in the Raritan River Basin for floods In which the stage was 

34.5 feet or higher at Manville, N. J................ 368

16. Peak stage, in feet, at indicated places in the Delaware River Basin for floods in which the stage was 

148.0 feet or higher at Riegelsville, N. J........... 368

17. Altitude, In feet, of previous floods at indicated 

places on the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia, 

Pa., to Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and on the Little 

Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa...................... 669

18. Altitude, In feet, of previous floods at indicated

places on the Lehigh River........................... 370

19. Altitude, in feet, of previous floods at indicated 

places on the Susquehanna River from Binghamton, 

N. Y., to Marietta, Pa............................... 372
X TABLES

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Tafele 20. Altitude, in feet, of previous floods at indicated

places on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River

from Mahaffey, Pa., to Northumberland, Fa............. 373

21. Altitude, in feet, of previous floods at indicated

places on the Juniata River and Its important tributaries ................................................ 373
THE FLOODS OF MARCH 1956 

PART 2. HUDSON RIVER TO STJSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION

ABSTRACT

During the period March 9-22, 1936, there occurred In close succession over the northeastern United States from the James and upper Ohio 

River basins In Virginia and Pennsylvania to the river basins of Maine, 

two extraordinarily heavy storms, in which the precipitation was almost 

entirely In the form of rain. The depths of rainfall mark this period 

as one of the greatest concentrations of precipitation, In respect to 

time and magnitude of the area covered, of which there Is record In this 

country.

At the time of the rain there were also accumulations of snow on the 

ground over much of the storm-affected region that were large for the 

season. The comparatively warm temperatures associated with the storms 

thawed the snow and added materially to the quantities of water to be disposed of by drainage Into the waterways, by surface storage In lakes, 

ponds, and reservoirs, by absorption In the ground, and, probably In comparatively negligible degree, by evaporation.

The total quantity of water that had to be disposed of In these ways 

ranged between 10 and 30 inches in depth over much of the region. The 

water disposed of by natural storage, absorption, and evaporation amounted In the aggregate, to average depths over the many river basins generally within the range of 1^ to 3 Inches, with a significant degree of 

uniformity and systematic areal distribution. The remainder of the rain 

and snow water, generally much larger or even several times larger In 

amount than surface storage, absorption, and evaporation, required accommodation by the channels of the brooka, creeka, and rivers.

There were generally two distinct flood peaks, and In many of the 

basins the destruction was seriously aggravated, especially during the 

first flood, by the break-up of thick ice cover accumulated through a 

winter of exceptionally continuous and severe cold weather. The resultIng floods were extraordinarily severe, and records of river stages, extending on some streams back to or nearly to the time of settlement by 

white men, were broken, many of them by wide margins. The peak of the 

Connecticut River at Hartford, Conn., was 8.6 feet higher than had been 

experienced since the settlement by white men, 300 years ago. The Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., was 3.5 feet higher than had been 

known In a period of record covering about 200 years. The Ohio River at 

Pittsburgh, Pa., was 6.1 feet higher than had been known In the period 

beginning 1762.

This volume presents many of the facts of these notable floods with 

respect to the region from the Hudson River to the Susquehanna River, for 

permanent record and for study and reference by engineers concerned with 

the building of highways, bridges, and Industrial plants, planners of 

river development, and others. Similar volumes for the New England rivers and for the Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers are presented In 

companion Water-Supply Papers 798 and 800 respectively.

In this volume records of stage and discharge for the period Including the floods are presented for about 180 measurement stations; peak 

discharges with comparative data for other floods at 243 measurement 

points are summarized; crest stages along an aggregate length of stream 

channel of about 1,700 miles are tabulated; and results of detailed 

studies of the rainfall and run-off and many other kinds of flood Information are presented.
2 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

IIITRODUCTIOII

Extraordinary floods occurred during March 1936 in the north Atlantic slope drainage basins from the Kennebec River Basin in Maine to the 

James River Basin in Virginia, also in the upper Ohio River Basin in 

Pennsylvania and in some parts of the St. Lawrence River Basin in Hew 

York and Vermont. The loss of life and property damage caused by these 

floods constituted a major catastrophe. Between 150 and 200 lives were 

lost, and damage amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars was inflicted upon many cities and towns, railroads, highways, and other improvements. Many bridges were seriously damaged or washed away, and normal transportation was seriously disrupted and impeded. Erosion and deposition of debris also caused much damage.

The stages and discharges of these great floods were notable, not 

only because they equaled or exceeded those of all previously recorded 

floods in many of the river basins but also because the floods occurred 

simultaneously over an extent of area that was unprecedented in the records or traditions of floods of the region, covering many years and even 

centuries.

In each of the following primary drainage basins the flood discharges 

of the main river and most of the tributaries closely approached or exceeded, soine of them by large amounts, any records of floods previously 

known in those areas:

Kennebec River Thames River Susquehanna River 

Androscoggin River Connecticut River Potomac River 

Saco River Housatonlc River James River 

Merrimack River Delaware River Upper Ohio River

The discharge of the Hudson River below the outlet of Sacandaga Reservoir would have exceeded all records except for the regulation afforded 

by storage reservoirs, of which the Sacandaga Reservoir itself was the 

most outstanding example. The large area included within these primary 

drainage-basins and the nearby lesser basins or parts of basins that suffered similarly from these floods is shown in figure 1. Tributaries of 

the upper Ohio River that were not in extreme flood are not included in 

this area.

The floods of March 1936 impressed upo'n the inhabitants of the flooded regions as never before the magnitude of the problem of carrying flood 

waters down long reaches of river channel through thickly settled valleys 

to the ocean. The people are stimulated to search for solutions of the
INTRODUCTION

problem and for ways to protect themselves against flood catastrophes in 

the future. It is becoming increasingly recognized and accepted that 

such measures must be adopted and planned on sound and adequate basic information and that one of the most essential items of such basic information consists of reliable records of floods of the past. Thus the stages,

1 Drainage basins in which 

' record-breaking or extraordinary floods occurred

1 Water-Supply Paper 798 

<, New England rivero

2 Water-Supply Paper 799 

Hudson River to 

Susquehanna River region

3 Water-Supply Paper 800 

Potomac, James, and 

upper Ohio Rivers

0 50 100 150 200 MILES

Figure 1. Areas covered by the reports on the floods of March 1936 

in the northeastern United States.

discharges, and other characteristics of these floods are of interest and 

importance as criteria in the design and construction of hydraulic works 

and should be given full consideration in plans for all future developments, so as to avoid the recurrence of loss of life and human suffering 

and the serious economic damages attendant upon floods for which the 

works of man have made inadequate allowance.

The United States Geological Survey, operating through several local 

district offices, maintains as a part of its regular nation-wide streamgaging program about 400 river-measurement stations within the area ravaged by the floods of March 1936. These stations have been maintained by
4 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO StJSQUEHANNA REGION

the Geological Survey largely in cooperation with States and municipalities and generally for periods beginning many years prior to the March 

floods. By this program the Survey has obtained continuous records of 

stages and rates and volumes of flow of the streams, covering the range 

from drought to extraordinary flood.

When the record-breaking characteristics of the floods of March 1936 

became known, it was recognized that the collection and compilation of 

data related to them were of special importance and that the information 

should be published in a form best suited for use in studies and designs 

for flood protection and flood control. Necessarily, much of this essential information had to be collected before the evidences of the floods 

were obliterated by normal weathering or by vegetal growth. It was recognized also that the processes of clearing away the flood debris would 

be undertaken promptly in every city, town, hamlet, and farm in the region, thereby destroying in many places the best evidence of flood 

heights. It was therefore apparent that immediate steps should be taken 

to collect the information regarding the floods while the evidences of 

them were yet discernible, in order that the essential records might be 

preserved and published for use in future hydraulic developments. The 

work that was Involved went far beyond the scope of the ordinary rivermeasurement program, especially as it was desirable that the information 

should not be limited to the regular river-measurement stations but should 

also relate to other rivers or places not included in the routine program. 

The critical situation demanded prompt and energetic efforts to obtain and 

publish the essential stage and discharge information regarding these record-breaking floods.

Accordingly, the Public Works Administration, acting in accordance 

with the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, allotted to the Geological Survey, late in March 1936, $125,000 for surveys of stages and discharges of the floods and for the preparation and printing of reports 

thereon.

This volume is one of a series of three regional reports presenting 

the records of stages and discharges of rivers in the northeastern United 

States during the great floods of March 1936, also a summary of the meteorologic and hydrolo'gic aspects and Interpretative studies of rainfall and 

run-off relations and other information related to the floods. The three 

reports are published as water-supply papers under the general title "The 

floods of March 1936", with the following serial numbers and distinguishing subtitles pertinent to the contents of the respective volumes:
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL 5

Part 1, New England rivers (Water-Supply Paper 798).

Part 2, Hudson River to Susquehanna River region (covered in

this volume, Water-Supply Paper 799). 

Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers (Water-Supply

Paper 800).

The areas treated in the respective volumes are shown in figure 1. 

AUTHORIZATION

The data contained in this series of 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.

Under this law, river measurements were begun by the Geological Survey in 1888 in connection with special studies relating to irrigation. 

Since the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, successive annual appropriations by the Congress have included items for this work, and for many 

years such items have been enacted in the following language:

For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the 

United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the preparation of reports upon the best methods of 

utilizing the water resources.

ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

The field and office work incident to the preparation of this report 

were performed by the water-resources branch of the Geological Survey under the general administrative direction of N. C. Grover, chief hydraulic 

engineer. The actual field work and the collection and tabulation of the 

basic information with respect to stages and discharges were done by the 

district engineers and their staffs in the division of surface water, 

C« G. Paulsen, chief. The district engineers participating in the collection and preparation of the information in this volume relating to the 

Hudson River to Susquehanna River region were A. W. Harrington, Albany, 

N. Y.} 0. W. Hartwell, Trenton, N. J.; A. H. Horton, Washington, D. C.; 

H. B. Kinnison, Boston, Mass.; and J. W. Mangan, Harrisburg, Pa. The direct supervision and coordination of the collection of data and the final 

assembling of the reports were carried on in the division of water utilization, R. W. Davenport, chief. W. G. Hoyt, consulting engineer, conservation branch, has directed and prepared the presentation of information 

on rainfall and other climatologic features and the section on rainfall
6 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

and run-off studies. In carrying on all this work the permanent field 

and office staffs were assisted by temporary employees appointed by the 

Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Geological Survey, acting through its district field offices in 

the region, cooperates with State and municipal agencies in the several 

districts. Acknowledgment is made to these cooperating agencies for participation in the collection of the systematic records of river discharge 

that form the broad base on which the specific flood information has been 

placed, also for cooperation in the establishment and operation of many 

river-measurement stations essential to the study and in the maintenance 

of field organizations in which engineers trained for investigations of 

this kind were available for the special duties related to the collection 

of the field data and the preparation of the reports.

Information appearing in this series of reports has been obtained 

from many sources, including individuals, corporations, and governmental 

organizations, local, State, and Federal. Financial cooperation in connection with the regular river-measurement program of the Geological Survey in the areas covered by this report has been received from the following agencies: In Maryland, bhe State Geological Survey and the City 

of Baltimore; in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Works; in New 

Jersey, the State Water Policy Commission, the North Jersey District 

Water Supply Commission, and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission; in New York, the State Water Power and Control Commission, the 

State Department of Public Works, the State Department of Conservation, 

the Hudson River Regulating District, the New York City Board of Water 

Supply, the City of Albany Bureau of Water, and the Village of Ossining 

Board of Water Commissioners; in Pennsylvania, the Department of Forests 

and Waters; and in Vermont, the State through its executive department.

Federal agencies to which acknowledgments are made for services rendered or data furnished include the United States Weather Bureau; the 

Corps of Engineers, United States Army; the Public Works Administration; 

the National Resources Committee; and the Works Progress Administration.

Assistance in collecting records was also rendered by various individuals, corporations, organizations, and municipalities. Acknowledgments 

for individual contributions of data and information are given at appropriate places in the report, so far as practicable.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION ri 

GEIIERAL FEATURES OF THE STORMS

During the period March 9 to 22, 1955, four distinct storm centers 

passed over the northeastern part of the United States. The first disturbance, that of March 9 and 10, passed north of Lake Ontario and was 

accompanied by fairly general rains in western Pennsylvania and western 

and central New York and by snow in northern New England. On March 10 

a Gulf disturbance v/as centered off the Georgia coast and moving northeastward with increasing intensity. By March 12 this disturbance had

Figure 2. Isonyetal map of the northeastern United States showing total 

precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936.

crossed Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. On the 13th the 

storm center had merged over western Quebec into a disturbance that had 

passed over the Great Lakes region on the preceding day. These disturbances were accompanied by heavy precipitation over the entire northeastem part of the United States. (See isohyetal map, fig. 2.) In this

1 "-SI..SO 37 2
8 FLOODS OF' MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

report the precipitation accompanying the general disturbances of March 

9-10 and of March 11-12 has been treated as one general storm. Over the 

area as a whole, the greater part of the precipitation is recorded as 

having occurred on March 11 and 12. The center of maximum rainfall was 

in the White Mountain area in New Hampshire, with secondary centers in 

southern Vermont, in the Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts and 

Connecticut, in the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York, the

Figure 3. Isohyetal map of the northeastern United States showing total 

precipitation, in inches, March 16-19, 1936.

Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, and the Blue Ridge in Maryland and Virginia. Precipitation over the Northeastern States was generally light on 

March 14 and 15 and accompanied a minor disturbance that passed over the 

Great Lakes and into Canada. On the 15th and 16th there was an area of 

outstanding low barometric pressure over the Gulf States. By the morning of the 18th this disturbance -was over Virginia, and it passed over 

Hew Jersey and Connecticut on the 19th and over Quebec on the 20th. This
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE STORI/B 9

disturbance was accompanied by general heavy precipitation over all the 

areas affected by the floods. The major part of the rainfall was recorded on March 17 and 18. (See fig. 3.) Although this heavy rainfall 

centered in the White Mountain area, it reached very considerable magnitude (exceeding 4 or 5 inches) over most of central Hew England, southern 

New York, most of Pennsylvania, western Maryland, northern Virginia, and 

the northeastern part of West Virginia. On the 20th, 21st, and 22d

Figure 4. Isohyetal map of the northeastern United State.s showing total 

precipitation, In inches, March 9-22, 1936.

another disturbance crossed the area, accompanied by heavy snowfalls in 

western Pennsylvania and western Hew York and by minor rains elsewhere.

Again on the 27th and 28th there was a minor storm which caused 

heavy precipitation in parts of the region, which however was not of 

sufficient magnitude to create an independent flood and was sufficiently 

delayed not to contribute to the major floods. The rainfall associated 

with the major floods is that in the period March 9 to 22. Therefore,
10 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

the analysis of rainfall in this report is applied to the two major storms 

in that period. Figure 4 shows the precipitation for the entire storm 

period, March 9 to 22.

The areal extent of the two storms in respect to depth of rainfall 

was approxSmately as follows:

Precipitation 

( inche s )

More than 8

6

4

2

Area covered (square miles)

First storm 

March 9-13

170

1,300

7,900

76,000

Second storm 

March 16-19

150

6,700

43, 500

163,000

The areal extent of the total storm period, March 9 to 22, in respect to depth of rainfall was approximately as follows:

Precipitation 

( inches)

More than 18

16

14

12

Area covered 

(square miles)

120

300

800

1,500

Precipitation 

(Inches)

More than 10

8

6

4

Area covered 

(square miles)

4,000

19,000

66,000

168,000

In connection with the magnitude of the precipitation recorded for 

this storm, consideration should be given to the fact that the first heavy 

rain fell on a snow cover that had a water content of 1 to 2 inches in 

headwater areas in northern Virginia and Maryland; 2 to 4 inches over most 

of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York, and Connecticut; and 5 to 

10 inches or more in northern New York, most of Massachusetts, Vermont, 

New Hampshire, and Maine. Figure 5 presents a map of the northeastern 

United States showing lines of estimated water content of snow on the 

ground March 9.

In respect to the amount and extent of precipitation, the first 

storm was notable but not extraordinary. In certain areas it produced 

larger floods than the second storm, but in general it stands out only as 

a major contributing factor to the catastrophe that was to follow. The 

second storm was of sufficient magnitude and extent to rank with the 

great northern storms, although it was apparently exceeded In amount of
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE STOR1E 11

heavy precipitation by seven outstanding northern storms which have been 

analyzed by the engineering staff of the IHAmi Conservancy District. 

(See Storm rainfall of eastern United States: Miami Cons. Cist. Tech. 

Kept., pt. 5, revised, Dayton, Ohio, 1936.) These seven storms occurred

0 50 100 150 ZOO MILES

Figure 5. Map of the northeastern United States showing the depth, in 

inches, of the water content of snow on the ground, March 9, 1936.

on October 3-4, 1869; May 31 to June 1, 1889; May 19-21, 1894; July 

12-14, 1897; March 24-25, 1913; November 3-4, 1927; and August 23-24, 

1933. The storms of March 1936 occurred earlier in the year than any of 

the outstanding northern storms of record prior to that time. However, 

if the water content of the snow on the ground March 9, 1936, is taken 

into account, as well as the total rainfall for the period March 9 to 22, 

there appears to have been a greater aggregate amount of water over the 

area than had occurred at any previous time covered by the record, probably exceeding that in the Miami Basin during the storm of March 1913,
12 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEEAMA REGION

which caused the Miami flood. (The rainfall of January 1937 in the Ohio 

River and Mississippi River Valleys has not yet been analyzed to determine its relation to the storms under consideration.)

In the companion Water-Supply Paper 800, "Floods of March 1936, The 

Potomae, James, and upper Ohio Rivers", there is presented a section entitled "Weather associated with the floods of March 1936" by Stephen 

Lichtblau, of the United States Weather Bureau, which describes and 

analyzes the air movements and other meteorologic phenomena incident to 

the floods. The section includes 12 explanatory charts and a bibliography of pertinent literature.

FLOODS OF THE HUDSON RIVER TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION

The area covered in this volume of the reports on the floods of March 

1936 embraces the rivers flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from the Hudson 

River to the Susquehanna River and Includes the Passaic, Raritan, and 

Delaware River Basins and minor coastal basins in New Jersey and Delaware, 

also rivers in the St. Lawrence River drainage basin in New York. The accompanying map (fig. 6) shows the region covered and the principal drainage basins.

The extraordinary stages and discharges of the rivers in these drainage basins during the floods of March 1936 were produced by a series of 

unusual meteorologic events beginning as early as December 1935. The temperatures during that month were In general lower than for any previous 

December since 1929, the mean temperature for the month being about 5° below the normal. The snowfall during late December was heavy over the 

greater part of the area, and at the end of the month a common condition 

was that of frozen ground covered with a heavy mantle of snow. January 

and February, like December, were characterized by low temperatures and 

heavy snows, the snowfall over some parts of the area being as much as 

twice the normal. The Weather Bureau reported at the end of February 

that a combination of sleet and snow covering the ground in northern New 

Jersey constituted a grave potential flood danger and that in Pennsylvania 

the heavy snow and ice cover, with its large water content, was regarded 

as an unusual flood menace.* At the beginning of March the streams in New 

York were still generally ice bound, although in Pennsylvania and New Jersey the ice had gradually gone out of the streams during the moderate 

rises caused by the warm period near the end of February. Several small

* U. S. Weather Bureau, Climatological data, vol. 23, no. 2, February 

1936.
FLOODS OP THK HUDSON RIVER TO SUSQ0EHANHA RIVER REGIOH 

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Figur* 6. Drainage basins of the Hudson River to Suaquebanna River region.
14 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQ.UEHANNA REGION

streams in southern Pennsylvania were at flood stages at this time, these 

stages being higher than those reached in March.

High temperatures during the first 10 days in March were followed by 

the rains of March 11-12. The maximum precipitation during this storm, 

slightly exceeding 4 inches over small areas In central Pennsylvania, 

northern Hew Jersey, and in the Catskill Mountains in Hew York, was not 

unusual but in combination with the melting snow supplied sufficient water 

to produce flood stages and discharges In the river basins described in 

this report. This first flood was not of unusual magnitude and was, in 

most of the rivers, greatly exceeded by the flood that occurred dtiring the 

following week, which was especially severe In the central and lower parts 

of the Susquehanna River Basin. However, stages reached during the first 

flood were generally the highest of the flood period on the Chemung River 

and its tributaries, the lower Hudson River tributaries, streams in New 

Jersey except the Delaware River, tributaries to the Delaware River in 

Pennsylvania, and small streams tributary to the lower Susquehanna River. 

The discharges on March 12 were the maximum of record for the Chemung 

River at Chemung, II. Y., the Tioga River at Lindley, H. Y., and the Tioga 

River near Erwins, W. Y. The total precipitation during the storm of 

March 17 to 19, although not abnormal in amount, exceeded that of March 11 

and 12 over the greater part of the area and removed large amounts of snow 

and ice not carried off during the lesser storm of the preceding week. In 

the second storm 6 inches or more of precipitation was recorded over a 

large area in Pennsylvania tributary to the Susquehanna and Ohio Rivers 

and over a small area in the Delaware River Basin north of Easton, Pa. A 

considerable amount of the precipitation in the second storm in the western and central part of New York and the northwestern part of Pennsylvania 

was in the form of snow and sleet, thereby materially reducing the run-off 

that might have occurred in those areas if this precipitation had been in 

the f ornr of rain.

For the area covered by this report the heaviest precipitation of 

both storms occurred in a zone extending in a general northeasterly direction from western Maryland through central Pennsylvania and southeastern 

New York. The precipitation was heavy over the entire area except in 

northern New York and southeastern New Jersey, where the total precipitation for the period was about 2 inches and where no noteworthy floods 

were recorded.

Although the waters of the first flood had receded to a considerable 

extent before the arrival of the second flood, many of the rivers were
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 1

A. ICE LEFT AFTER THE FLOOD IN THE DELAWARE RIVER ON STACY PARK IN THE 

REAP OF THE STATE HOUSE, TRENTON, N. J.

Courtesy of the Trenton Times.

B. DUCK ISLAND IN THE DELAWARE RIVEB NEAR TRENTON, N. J., AFTER THE FLOOD.

Courtesy of the Trenton Times.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 2

A. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 1936, LOOKING DOWN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT CLARESFERRY, PA., WHICH WAS COMPLETELY INUNDATED BY THE FLOOD.

The Juniata River is shown entering the Susquehanna River at the right of the picture. Courtesy of 

28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.

B. VIEW ON MARCH 20,1936, LOOKING UP THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT HARRISBURG,

PA., OF WHICH OVER ONE-QUARTER WAS INUNDATED BY THE FLOOD.

Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.
FLOODS OF THE HUDSON RIVER TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION 15

still hi^h, and tlie flood run-off from the second storm began before the 

rivers had fully recovered from the effects of the first storm. This conaition produced rapidly rising stages and flood discharges that exceeded 

any records previously obtained on many of these rivers, notably those in 

the Susquehanna River Basin. Hot only were new records established for 

individual rivers, but the areal extent of such high rates of run-off, 

both instantaneous and total, was unusually great-. In that respect the 

floods of March 1936 differed in characteristics from local floods produced by storms of the cloudburst type.

The loss of life and property damage were undoubtedly greater in the 

Susquehanna River Basin taan in any of the other river basins in the region covered by tils report. The complete figures showing losses and damages in the Hudson Rivsr to Susquehanna River region are not available for 

publication at this time.

Maximum discharges in the upper Hudson and Mohawk River Basins were 

materially affected by storage in reservoirs. The most striking example 

of the effect of storage was that afforded by the Sacandaga Reservoir on 

the Sacandaga River, a tributary of the Hudson River, where the run-off 

from 1,044 square miles was entirely controlled. Storage in the Sacandaga 

Reservoir undoxibtedly prevented greater losses downstream along the Hudson River, especially at Albany, and it is estimated that the stage at 

Albany would have been higher by about 3 feet, exceeding the stages 

reached during March 1913, if it had not been for the effects of this 

storage.

Stages and discharges reached by the floods of March 1936 in the 

Delaware River Basin and in the Passaic, Raritan, and other streams in 

northern New Jersey exceeded those of other recorded floods except those 

of October 1903.

In the Susquehanna River Basin, except in the area of the New York 

State flood of July 1935 on the Chemung River and on the lower tributaries 

of the Susquehanna River, the stages and discharges recorded in March 1936 

exceeded anything of previous record.

The highest stages on streams in the St. Lawrence Basin in western 

and central New York were generally not record-breaking and were not 

reached until about March 25-26, after the snow and sleet of the storm of 

March 17 had melted.

Transportation routes and means of communication were seriously crippled as the river valleys were filled and extensive overflow areas were
16 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAHHA REGION

covered by flood water. The advance forecasts were surprisingly accurate, thus aiding materially in keeping the loss of life relatively low 

and in the removal to safe places of many valuable commodities.

Plates 1 to 4 and 7 to 14 illustrate conditions experienced in the 

Hudson River to Susquehanna River region in the floods of March 1936.

Figure 7 shows a comparison of the stages reached by the floods of 

March 1936 and other floods during the periods of record at four rivermeasurement stations in the Susquehanna River Basin. The comparison of 

the highest flood stages in each year from 1874 to 1936 and the highest 

flood stages in years previous to 18V4 from which records are available 

on the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., shows the manner in which 

the flood of March 1936 at Harrisburg exceeded in size all previous 

floods recorded at that place. This comparison is typical of many of 

the rivers covered by this report, especially in the Susquehanna River 

Basin.

Basic information regarding this unprecedented flood is recorded in 

this report for future reference and study. The adopted method of presentation has been to assemble pertinent facts and statistics in sections 

under subject headings such as "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions" 

and "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the flood 

period", as indicated in the contents. Under these headings the data are 

generally arranged by drainage basins, it being assumed that they will be 

most commonly used in relation to drainage-basin subdivisions and river 

systems. There would be some advantage in presenting the different kinds 

of data together as a unit for each major drainage basin, but considerations of economy and efficiency in the complete presentation of the detailed information and the desirability of avoiding unessential duplication of discussion of given subjects led to the selection of the adopted 

form.

Succeeding discussions of precipitation and flood discharge are related to subdivisions of the area covered by this report to show groups 

of major river basins as follows!

Hudson River Basin. (See fig. 8.)

Delaware River Basin and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent 

coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware streams. (See fig. 9.)

Susquehanna River Basin. (See fig. 10.)

Rivers in New York tributary to Lake Ontario. (See fig. 11.)

Rivers in New York tributary to the St. Lawrence River. (See 

fig. 12.)
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FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION

Figure 8. Drainage basin of the Hudson River.
FLOODS OF THE HUDSON RIVER TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REGION 19

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Figure 9. Drainage baainis of the Delaware River and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers 

and adjacent coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HTTDSON TO StJSQUEHANNA REGION

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Figure 10. Drainage basin of the Susquehanna River.
FLOODS OF THK HODSON RIVER TO

Figure 11. Drainage basins of rivers in New York t

ributary to Lake Ontario.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHAHNA REGION
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 23 

METEOROLOGIC AMD HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

In view of the exceptional magnitude of the flood flows in many areas 

a special effort has been made to collect, compile, and present in this 

report all available basic information relating to rainfall, to snowfall 

and its water content, and to temperature and frost conditions that may 

have had a bearing on the characteristics of the floods of March 1936. 

The information has been analyzed to a moderate extent, and the effects 

of meteorologic conditions on flood run-off are discussed in this report.

If each of the meteorologic phenomena over the area is considered 

separately, no departures from the normal that are sufficient to have 

caused so unusual a flood are disclosed. There have been colder winters 

with more snow, individual storms with precipitation exceeding that of 

the March storms, and higher temperatures in the early spring. However, 

consideration of the magnitude and favorable timing of the events as a 

whole discloses extremely unusual conditions. It is also evident that 

with only slightly different timing or combination of events and conditions the flood run-off in many areas might have been much greater. The 

meteorologic and related data are here presented in detail, with a view 

to their usefulness to engineers and others who are studying the basic 

causes of floods and remedial measures for protection therefrom.

Precipitation records 

Gene ral

All available records of precipitation for the period March 9-22, 

which embraced the storms primarily causing the flood, are published in 

the three volumes of the flood report, each volume containing the records 

directly relating to the group of drainage basins treated therein. In 

addition there has been included a brief summary of precipitation for the 

months December, January, and February preceding the flood. (See table 

2.) The records compiled in table 1 relate to the Hudson, Passaic, Delaware, Susquehanna, St. Lawrence, and minor coastal drainage basins. In 

general the records are grouped by major basins and subdivided by States. 

Records in adjoining minor basins are listed under the heading "Minor 

basins. n

Records of precipitation have been obtained chiefly from the United 

States Weather Bureau. Records were also obtained from numerous other 

sources, as indicated in the tables, and these additional records have
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HODSON TO SUSQOEEANNA REGION

Table 1.-Daily precipitation, in Inches, March 1936 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

Hudson Hiver Basin

New York:

Albany ***

Bedford Hills

Big Indian ** (a)

Blue Ridge ** (b)

Brown Station ** (a)

Cairo

Canajoharie ** (e)

Carmel **

Cold Brook ** (a)

Conklingville

Delta «* (e)

DolgevUle **

East Jewett ** (a)

Edgewood ** (a)

Elka Park **

^jhretali ** (b)

Feeder Dam ** (b)

Frankfort ** <e)

Clenham **

Clorersville

Grahamsville ** (a)

Grand Gorge ** (a)

Greenfield Center

High Falls

Hinekley ** (c)

Hoffraeister **

Honk Falls

Hope

Indian Lake

Ingham Kills ** (b)

Jacksonburg ** (c)

Johsonville ** (b)

Laekawack ** (a)

Lake Hill ** (a)

Lexington ** (a)

Little Falls No. 1

Little Falls No. 2 **

Manorkill ** (a)

Mechanicville **

Mohonk Lake

Mount McGregor

Newcomb ** (b)

North Creek ** (b)

North Settlement ** (a)

Oak Hill ** (a)

Pecks Pond ** (b)

Peekamooae ** (a)

Phoenicia ** (a)

Pine Hill ** (a)

Poughkeepsie **

Pratteville «* (a)

Prsston Hollow ** (a)

Rlfton

Salisbury

Schaghticoke ** (b)

aeheneetady (d)

Schuylerville ** (e)

Scotia ** (e)

Sharon Springs No. 1

Sharon Springs No. 2

9

0.10

_

.01

.17

.06

_

.83

.01

.01

.39

.35

.62

.02

.01

.01

.36

.18

.42

Tr.

.85

.19

.07

.65

.SO

.42

.SO

.10

.54

.50

.41

.10

.07

.01

.01

.62

.60

.01

.14

.18

.60

-

.08

.01

-

.56

-

.02

.02

Tr.

.01

.03

-

.38

.13

_

.44

.29

.30

10

Tr

_

0.32

.05

.05

_

.41

.01

.12

-

_

.34

.05

.10

.30

.39

.21

.05

.06

Tr.

.10

.05

-

-

-

Tr.

*

1.10

.28

.12

.21

.14

.07

.11

.04

.26

.01

.21

.05

.13

-

_

.06

.05

.24

.09

.14

.22

-

.03

.03

.03

_

.21

_

.12

.23

_

.80 .10

11

0.31

.70

2^.47

2.56

.70

Tr.

1.81

3.46

1.28

_

-

3.65

3.69

3.96

_

-

_

.01

Tr.

2.27

.53

.10

1.75

-

Tr.

1.65

_

-

_

_

2.52

2.67

1.75

.03

_

1.05

_

1.26

.20

_

_

1.13

2.40

_

2.32

3.65

2.10

.80

.70

1.94

.66

.16

-

.83

.40

.11

.28

.05

12

1.05

2.10

.46

.63

.42

1.91

.11

.21

.34

.39

.20

.22

.42

.49

.39

.19

1.39

.25

1.74

.55

.03

.21

.75

.20

.28

.75

.72

1.13

.30

.18

.62

_

.38

.31

.23

.23

.35

.59

1.56

1.21

.48

.80

.32

.21

.57

.28

.43

.50

.48

.31

.27

Tr.

.36

.48

_

.73

.73

.35

.12

13

0.05

_

_

.90

.02

.13

.09

_

.01

.09

.52

.32

.01

.02

.04

.17

.41

.25

.20

.11

.03

.20

.25

-

.35

.36

.01

.20

.31

.09

.47

_

-

.01

.25

.30

.01

.44

.36

.31

.57

.30

.01

-

.18

-

.01

.03

Tr.

.01

_

-

.46

.47

_

.

.08

.20

.06

14

0.09

_

_

.12

.01

_

Tr

_

.01

-

.10

.15

-

-

-

.12

.10

.22

.03

.15

.28

_

.10

.

.24

.40

-

.26

.14

.06

.02

_

.01

.01

.10

.09

_

.01 -

.25

-

.10

.01 -

.22

-

.01

.06

-

.04

_

.02

.28

.01

_

.24

Tr.

.18

Tr.

15

_

_

.

-

-

0.05

_

_

_

-

.04

.07

-

.

.01

.04

-

-

-

-

_

.09

-

-

-

_

-

.05

.05

.06

-

_

.01

-

.05

.02

.01

.02

.07

Tr.

-

-

.05

-

_

-

-

-

-

.04

.04

.20

.07

.02

_

-

.20

-

16

0.40

_

1.22

.11

.15

_

.28

_

.25

1.51

.35

.29

.38

.16

.44

.20

.14

.32

-

.83

.41

1.31

.65

.08

.28

.44

.10

.10

.22

.38

.05

.54

.22

1.08

.70

.30

1.40

.02

.02

.73

.17

.12

1.15

.72

.36

.13

.48

1.42

.25

.56

.17

_

.81

.04

*

1.00

.36

.62

.95

17

0.1

.30

2.4

.92

1.33

.63

1.04

1.67

1.72

1.45

.82

1.04

3.62

2.95

3.42

1.20

1.33

.36

.09

.50

2.26

1.62

1.00

.65

.88

.76

.57

1.10

1.17

.63

.80

1.72

1.95

3.08

.20

1.21

2.03

1.25

.66

.97

.77

1.02

2.35

3.05

.89

1.34

2.41

1.84

.05

1.85

2.42

.21

.14

1.09

1.76

.67

1.23

.68

.61

18

1.5

2.1

.8

.7

.7

2.24

1.00

.9

.58

.68

.46

.35

.62

.66

.85

.47

.67

.37

1.32

1.01

.68

.39

1.00

1.45

.34

.76

1.41

1.02

.80

.36

.43

.42

.83

.80

.43

.74

.57

.35

.45

.93

1.10

.49

1.00

.37

.67

.87

.76

.70

.65

1.38

.38

.47

1.20

.41

.38

1.39

.78

1.40

.10

.07

19 ' 80

0.41

.70

.11

.06

.12

_

.55

.04

.02

.53

.20

.32

.15

.26

.27

.47

.70

-

.80

.28

.28

.01

.30

.30

.20

.09

.68

.39

.35

.20

.21

.92

.22

.24

.09

.15

.35

.10

.82

.92

.47

.36

.56

.10

.15

.37

.12

.13

.10

.28

.08

.13

.37

.18

.78

.38

.31

.33

.10

.14

0.0

_

1.00

.2

.67

.03

.30

.47

.65

-

.15

.25

1.01

.63

1.15

.24

.29

-

.12

-

.80

.58

.25

-

.18

.06

.

.22

.19

.20

.12

.25

.73

.77

.67

_

.16

1.00

.24

.04

.24

.66

.33

.72

.75

.08

.85

.69

.78

-

.71

.85

_

.09

.15

_

-

.23

.08

-

21

0.42

.50

.16

.47

.15

.71

Tr

.04

.20

.66

.13

.17

.04

.14

.14

.16

.08

.13

.46

.27

.27

.09

.35

.62

.12

.31

1.00

.11

.11

.23

.24

.10

.04

.05

.14

.32

.30

.10

.08

1.06

.49

.SO

.08

.12

.23

.16

.07

.12

.21

.51

.14

.35

.52

.16

.09

.54

.30

.49

.50

.51

22

Tr.

_

_

-

-

Tr.

_

Tr.

0.12

.15

-

.

-

.13

.25

.10

.01

.03

_

_

-

-

,17

Tr.

-

.30

.22

.07

.20

.32

_

_

-

Tr.

.31

_

.32

.02

Tr.

_

.45

_

-

_

-

_

.05

_

_

_

.16

.38

_

_

_

.22

-

* Included in next measurement. 

** Measured in the morning. 

*** Measured at midnight.

(a) Data furnished by New York City Board of Water Supply.

(b) Data furnished by New York Power & Light Corporation.

(c) Data furnished by New York State Department of Public Horka.

(d) Data furnished by City of Schsnectady, Department of Public Works.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS

Table 1.-Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

Htqison BlTer Basin-Continued

New York-Continued

Slide Mountain ** (a)

Speculator ** (b)

Spier Falls

Spier Falls ** (b)

Stewart Landing ** (b)

Sundown ** (a)

Tannersville ** (a)

Trenton Falls

Tribes Hill **

Utica

Vooreesville **

Balden

Wappinger Falls

Barrensburg ** (b)

Westerlo ** (a)

West Hurley ** (a)

West Kill ** (a)

West Point

West Shokan ** (a)

Bindham ** (a)

Vermont:

Bennington

Massachusetts :

Adams **

Silliamstown

Pasaaic River Basin

New Jersey:

Boonton **

Canister Reservoir (e)

Canoe Brook **

Charlotteburg le)

Chatham **

Dover

Dover ** (f)

Greenwood Lake (g)

Little Falls **

Milton ** (f)

Newark *»*

Oak Ridge Reservoir (e)

Paterson

Ringwood (si

W6naque (g)

Delaware River Basis

Hew York

China *** (h)

Delhi

Jeff ersonvi lie

Port Jervis

Roxbury

Pennsylvania:

Allentown **

Ardmore

Bethlehem

Coa tea-Tills

Conshohocken

9

0.03

-

.20

.14

.67

.16

.01

tt.

.28

-

.02

.07

.04

.15

.09

.04

.02

-

.04

.01

.36

.35

.17

_

.15

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

Tr.

-

Tr.

-

-

.36

.25

.07

.02

.18

_

_

_

_

-

10

0.25

_

.07

.18

.28

.25

.26

-

.54

-

.09

_

.03

.10

.01

.03

.22

.05

.09

.13

-

.20

-

Tr.

_

-

-

Tr.

*

Tr.

-

-

-

.01

-

.02

-

-

.07

.07

-

Tr.

-

_

_

.

.03

.01

11

3.00

_

.19

-

-

2.47

3.65

. .25

-

.66

_

.87

.33

-

1.76

1.84

1.75

1.07

4.70

1.70

-

_

.02

.14

1.60

.38

1.74

.37

2.58

.27

.18

.23

.19

1.17

1.56

1.53

.39

.65

.06

Tr.

.21

1.20

.40

.16

1.55

.70

1.70

.68

12

0.35

1.23

1.20

1.18

.37

_

.42

.32

.27

.23

1.27

.39

.90

1.40

.22

.32

.38

1.32

.58

.35

1.23

1.19

1.26

1.76

1.10

1.89

1.78

2.70

.68

3.83

2.75

2.61

3.86

.04

1.98

.83

3.21

e.ie

.70

.52

.71

.95

.59

1.30

.22

.76

.80

.49

13

0.08

-

.18

.32

.32

.04

.02

.25

.14

-

_

_

.10

.50

-

_

.02

.01

.04

.02

.28

.52

.?0

.01

.30

.07

.03

.04

Tr.

.13

.17

.04

.22

.02

.09

Tr.

.13

.08

.06

.28

.10

Tr.

.25

.45

Tr.

.15

_

Tr.

14

0.01

.32

.03

.07

.31

_

.01

_

.07

.06

.05

_

IV.

-

-

_

.04

-

.01

.03

.07

.05

1.00

Tr.

-

Tr.

.09

.07

_

.02

.02

.01

.02

_

-

.01

.62

-

_

Tr.

-

-

.10

.02

.

Tr.

-

-

15

_

-

-

-

0.09

_

-

.34

_

-

.02

_

-

-

.03

-

.02

-

.01

.03

-

.05

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

.02

.

-

-

-

-

16

1.08

.22

.77

.16

.20

.44

.41

.92

.30

.49

_

.08

_

.30

1.64

.20

1.09

.04

.22

.67

-

.02

.13

_

-

-

-

-

.08

-

-

-

-

Tr.

-

-

_

-

.74

.38

.07

.15

.30

_

-

-

-

-

17

2.86

1.25

.84

1.32

1.15

2.55

3.25

.43

1.00

.58

.73

.16

.12

1.40

1.81

1.50

3.14

.15

2.07

3.15

-

.19

.16

Tr.

.50

Tr.

.17

.04

.20

.06

.05

.01

.10

.09

.26

.14

.04

.03

.47

1.00

1.37

.45

1.45

.52

1.00

.79

.41

.06

18

0.86

1.30

1.15

.54

.37

.82

.77

.19

.74

1.21

1.49

1.35

1.00

.12

.68

.39

1.86

1.12

.53

1.47

1.28

2.13

.93

2.40

1.02

1.75

1.07

1.53

1.69

1.97

1.67

2.16

1.13

2.00

1.03

1.84

1.43

1.01

.90

1.42

2.10

1.43

1.33

.59

1.55

1.55

.74

19

0.38

.42

.45

.69

.45

.39

.20

.17

.40

.97

.74

.35

.60

.43

.40

.14

.99

.27

.08

.18

1.55

.25

.52

.90

.67

1.35

.74

.68

.94

.73

1.01

.96

.22

1.06

.91

.69

.80

.44

.24

.87

.95

.25

.21

.15

.45

.18

.11

20

0.97

-

.15

.39

.19

.74

.85

.15

.13

.26

-

Tr.

.45

.08

.76

.76

-

1.10

.72

-

.04

-

.05

.10

.07

.10

.13

_

.17

.12

.11

.35

.25

.11

.08

.10

.06

.06

.06

.07

-

.05

.22

.12

.11

-

.03

21

0.18

.50

.50

.16

.10

.13

.13

.10

.28

.29

.62

.43

.40

-

.11

.05

.41

.17

.05

.35

.35

.58

.73

.80

.36

.92

.92

.90

.79

.85

.95

.94

.45

.86

.79

.83

.66

1.18

.46

.78

1.10

.65

.36

.68

.56

1.05

.63

22

_

-

-

0.29

.16

_

-

_

.02

.28

_

.02

.40

-

.

-

.09

-

-

.39

.53

.25

.01

.10

.05

.03

.09

_

.14

-

.01

.17

Tr.

.10

.01

-

.01

.05

.03

-

-

.15

.22

.01

.01

-

.03

* Inclnded in next measurement.

** Measured in the morning.

*** Meaaured at midnight.

(a) Data furnished by New York City Board of Hater Supply.

(b) Data furnished by New York Power 4 light Corporation.

(e) Data furnished by Department of Public Affairs, City of Newark.

(f) Data furnished by Sanitary Engineer, City of Jersey City.

(g) Data furnished by North Jersey niatrict Water Supply Commission,

(b) Data furnished by U. S. Geological Survey.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAWHA REGION

Table 1.-Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

Delaware River Basin-Continue<

Pennsylvania-Continued

Doylestown

Gouldsboro **

Hamburg

HollistervUle

Lansford **

tehighton **

Marous Hook

Matamoras **

Mount Poeono

Philadelphia ***

Philadelphia (Point Breeze) ** 

Phoenixville

Pleasant Mountain **

Pottstown

Pottsville 

Quake rtoiin

Heading *** 

Shamont

Stroudsburg **

Tamaqua (Still Creek Dam) (i) 

West Chester 

Ifest, Grove ** 

Zionsville

New Jersey:

Belvidere 

Bridge ton

Burlington 

Camden ***

Culvers Lake 

Lambertville

Maple Shade 

Moore s town ** 

Newton

Pemberton 

Phlllipsburg 

Trenton *** 

Trenton No. 8 **

Delaware:

Delaware City 

Wilmington 

Wilmington (Porter Res.)

SusqueMnna River Baain

New York:

Alfred 

Arnot (J) ** 

Bainbridge ** 

Binghamton *** 

Cohooton (j)

9

Tr

-

0.1C

-

-

-

Tr.

:

Tr.

Tr. 

Tr.

Tr.

Tr. 

Tr. 

Tr.

.12

.13 

.34 

.08

10

-

*

.0

Tr

.0

.08 

.01

.52

.05

.03 

.39

Tr. 

Tr. 

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1.50 

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.31 

.91 

.31 

.95 

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Tr.

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.14 

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21

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-

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.52 

54

.47

.84

.42

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.75 

.86 

.70 

.82

.78 

.23 

.35

.68 

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.53 

.17 

.75

.37 

.75 

.40 

.37

.75 

.81 

.71

.39 

.70 

.37 

.63 

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22

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.10

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Tr. 

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Tr. 

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* Included in next measurement. 

** Measured in the corning. 

*** Measured at midnight.

(i) Data furnished by Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. 

(J) Date furnished by U. S. Soil Conservation Service,
PRECIPITATION RECORDS

Table 1.-Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

Sxuauehanna Hirer Buin-ContlmwA

New York-Continued

Coopers town 

C or t land

De Ruyter ** (o)

Elmira ***

Franklin (k)

Haskinville

liorrisville

Norwich

Oneonta

Sherburne **

South New Berlin *** (h)

Truxton *** (h)

Woodhull

Pennsylvania:

ALtoone

ftnsonia ** 

Arendtsirille

Baker's Summit 

Bear Gap ( i )

Bedford

Bellefonte 

Bloserville

Bruah Valley (i)

Buffalo Mills **

Carlisle

Catawissa ***

Cedar Run ( i )

Center Hall

Clearfield

Colebrook

Elizabethtown (i)

Ephrata

Forest City

Galeton (i)

Girardville **

Gordon

Hanover

Harrisburg

Holtwood **

Huntingdon

Kylertown ***

Lancaster

Lawreneeville

LabanoQ

Loyalsook (i)

Montrose

Morris Run

Muncy Valley

New Park

Newport **

North Harrisburg (i)

Pine Grove

Renovo **

Reservoir No. 6 (i)

Retreat

Scranton ***

Selinsgroire

Shamokin (i)

Shippensburg

Spring Grove (i)

State College

Suranerdale (i)

Towanda

Weikert

9

0.70

.30

.22

.13

.12

.14

.1

.5

.3

.75

.13

.10

Tr

Tr

-

Tr.

Tr.

_

-

_

-

.04

.18

.17

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-

-

.16

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-

-

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-

Tr.

.07

-

Tr.

Tr.

.05

Tr.

.09

Tr.

-

_

-

.01

.

-

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-

_

-

_

Tr.

Tr.

.08

.10

10

0.13 

Tr

.27

.

.44

.

.03

.0%

.06

.35

.08

-

.08

.11

.07

.05

.50

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.14

.10

Tr.

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.09

.02

.05

.08

-

-

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-

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-

11

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1.05

.01

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.70

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1.68

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1.58

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1.25

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12

0.30 

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.50

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1.20

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1.53 

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.60 

.74

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.78

.45

1.06

.81

1.60

1.50

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.97

1.04

1.83

.86

.53

.38

1.85

1.17

.59

.40

.75

.56

1.88

1.00

.48

8.46

.64

1.41

1.51

.52

1.00

1.68

.60

.55

-

.98

.40

1.15

.80

1.15

1.13

.69

1.58

.04

.65

13

0.30 

.40

.37

.40

.12

.13

.28

.15

.34

.87

.88

.18

.85

.57 

.68

Tr.

Tr.

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.30

.08

.04

.88

.

.16

Tr.

.55

.02

.04

.08

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.

.05

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.37

_

.11

.12

.10

-

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.20

.10

.88

.03

.70

.69

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.88

.85

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.05

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Tr.

.01

.08

-

14

0.17

.18

Tr.

.08

.33

.13

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.08

.11

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16

0.7 

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.80

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34

.17

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.54

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.90

.12

-

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-

.92

.80

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1.01

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17

0.9 

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.8

2.8

1.02

1.2

.7

.5

.5

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.6

1.65

4.10

1.2 

.15

4.04 

1.80

4.00

1.52

1.65 

1.34

1.00

.56

1.85

1.08

8.75

2.40

.53

.86

.50

.20

2.10

1.71

.66

.13

1.S4

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8.87

4.47

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1.40

1.87

_

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1.34

.87

.87

.80

.77

1.18

1.02

1.17

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.74

1.36

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1.50

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8.10

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.97

1.36

18

0.84 

1.77

1.8C

1.0!

.82

.56

1.02

.82

.77

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.74

1.80

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1.18

2.83 

.50

2.24 

.77

2.10

1.43 

.40

.71

4.50

1.01

.28

8.54

.75

1.60

1.87

19

0.19

.24

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.58

1.30

.39

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.55

.28

.25

.58

1.45

.65

.65

.46

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.61

.33

1.37

.85

.60

.63

.58

.70

8.25

1.60

.33

.77- .46

1.83

3.01

1.04

.45

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1.18

.68 .18

1.90

.77

.33

.48

.98

.60

1.45

1.10

.48

3.80

1.56

1.73

1.46

.43

1.15

.80

.50

3.87

.90

.60

.43

.53

.13

1.17

.51

.28

.73

.80

.75

.61

.78

.87

.77

.60

.80

_

.30

1.07, .68

.75 .65

1.70

1.00

1.60

.58

1.65

1.09

1.79

2.00

.63

.20

.75

.45

1.32

.56

.61

.60

20

0.21

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-

.17

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.03

.10

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.31 

23 -

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.38

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21

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1.3

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.86

.58

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.72

.39

.57

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-

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-

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.56

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1.80

.48

.88

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.60

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.80

.41

.66

.76

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.45

.68

.18

.48

.31

.91

.85

.35

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1.15

.64

.65

.64

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28

0.04

.04

-

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.

.11

-

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.08

-

_

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-

-

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-

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.08

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-

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-

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_

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-

-

-

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.10

.15

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-

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* Included in next measurement. 

** Measured in the morning. 

*** Measured at midnight.

(e) Data furnished by New York State Department of Public Works, 

(h) Data furnished by U. S. Geological Survey.

(i) Data furnished by Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. 

'Irj Data furnished by Arthur Bennett.
28 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAOTfA REGION

TaMe 1.-Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured In the afternoon except as noted)

Station

Susquehanna River Basin-Continued

Pe nns y 1 'rani a - Continued

Wellsboro

Wtlkes-Barre ** 

Viilkes-Barre (Hater Co.) (i)

WilHamsport **

Williams ort (Kageman Bun) (i)

Williamaport (Kosquito Cr.) (i

Wllliamstown

York

York Haven **

Maryland :

Conowingo (o)

Darlington

Maryland Line

St. Lawrence River Basin

Lake Erie Basin

New York:

Buffalo ***

Fredonia

South Wales **

Pennsylvania:

Erie ***

Ohio:

Jefferson

Wllloughby

Lake Ontario Basin

New York:

Andover

Angelica

Auburn

Avon

Baldwins vl lie ** (o)

Beaver Falls

Bennetts Bridge (m) 

Big Moose

Boonville

Brewerton ** (c)

Bristol Springs ** (n)

Brookport

Burdett ** (n)

Canadea Dam

Canastota ** (n)

Cayuga ** (c)

Cleveland ** (c)

Clyde ** (c)

Copenhagen

Dans vi lie

Eagle Falls **

Forestport ** (o)

Fulton ** (o)

Geneva

Hammondsport ** (n)

I-'-

0.02

Tr.

Tr.

.30

.40

-

_

-

_

Tr.

Tr.

_

.03

.08

-

.04

-

.39

.22

-

.03

.22

.06

.25

.20

.20

_

.17

.10

.05

-

.11

.27

.05

-

Tr.

.13

.21

.32

Tr.

.16

10

0.05

Tr.

.05

.50

.50

Tr.

Tr.

-

Tr.

Tr.

Tr.

_

-

Tr.

-

_

-

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-

-

_

-

_

-

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_

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-

-

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-

11

0.73

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.10

2.35

2.65

.68

.79

.14

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1.86

1.53

.79

.18

.25

.24

.22

-

.19

.18

.07

.50

.02

_

.21

_

-

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.19

.35

.17

.12

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.11

_

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_

-

_

.36

Tr.

IE

0.95

.59

1.87

.80

.55

1.58

.9E

.86

1.98

.32

.75

.11

.24

.35

.04

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.02

.87

.46

-

1.08

.43

.16

.51

.20

.50

.50

.65

.56

1.70

.34

.34

.77

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1.41

.22

.60

.18

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.67

.82

13

0.15

.38 

.42

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-

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-

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.44

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1.34

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14

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0.02

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.14

.15

.20

Tr.

_

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.06

.10

Tr.

.13

.14

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.15

15

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0.03

.12

-

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.

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

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.15

-

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-

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16

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1.65

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_

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17

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2.6E

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1.77

1.58

1.05

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1.76

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1.71

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.65

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.60

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18

0.93

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1.62

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2.10

1.00

.58

.66

.90

.90

.07

.22

.18

.14

.43

Tr.

.91

.90

1.03

.90

-

.34

.69

.43

.80

.90

1.49

.90

.72

.32

.91

.84

1.32

.35

.52

.26

.45

.98

.77

1.04

19

0.87

.69

.50

.31

.37

.66

.38

.39

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.33

.32

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.27

.78

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1.01

.60

.36

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-

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.19 

.12

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.31

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.40

.38

.65

.15

.32

.29

.52

.07

1.24

.08

.15

.34

.52

.70

20

0.0

.3

.30

.78

.90

.10

.

.28

.31

-

-

Tr.

.05

.25

Tr.

Tr.

.23

.15

.20

.03

.40

.12

.09

.08

.12

-

.40

.08

_

.04

.12

.07

.15

.18

-

.23

.07

.19

.05

.15

.62

21

0.30

.23

.74

.24

.28

1.03

1.00

.70

.16

.58

.82

.77

.60

.70

.26

_

-

.37

.32

.39

.50

.SO

.09

.10

.88

.30

.20

.98

.65

.15

.07

.33

.12

.38

.30

.40

.10

.18

.18

.56

.28

22

Tr.

0.02

.15

-

_

-

_

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_

-

-

_

-

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-

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-

_

Tr.

-

.30

.25

.26

.18 

.60

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.14

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_

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-

.10

.10

.30

_

- '

.50

.07

.23

.10

.03

* Included in next measurement. 

** Measured in the morning. 

*** Measured at midnight.

(o) Data furnished by New York State Department of Public Works. 

(I) Data furnished by Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, 

(m) Data furniahed by Niagara, Lockport Jt Ontario Power Co. 

(n) Data furnished by Oswego River Watershed Corporation. 

!o) Datfl furnished by Susquehanna Electric Co.
 PRECIPITATION RECORDS

Table 1.-Dally precipitation, In Inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

St.. I*wr8ao« River Basis-Continued

lake Ontario Basin-Continued

New York-Continued

Hemlock

Herrings

High Market **

Hooker ** ( p)

Ithaca ***

Letchworth Park

Lewiston

Linden ** (c)

Locke (n)

Lockport

Lowville **

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New York:

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Chazy

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Lake Placid club

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Smiths Basin ** (c)

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* Included in next measurement. 

** Measured in the morning. 

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(b) Data furnished by New York Power & Light Corporation.

(c) Data furnished by New York State Department of Public Works, 

(n) Data furnished by Oswego River Watershed Corporation, 

(p) Data furnished by Black River Regulating District.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

1.-Daily precipitation, in inches, March 1936 Continued 

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Station

St. Lawrence Hirer Baain-Continuec

Lake Champlain Basin-Continued

Vermont:

Burlington *** 

Cornwall

Knosburg Falls

f'orthfield ***

Rutland

Minor basins

I'ew York: 

Mnunt Vernon ***

Ken York City *** 

Soarsdale

Sparkill ** (e) 

Spring Valley ** (e)

New Jersey:

Atlantic ^ity ** *

Belleplain

Elizabeth 

Fleroington

Freehold 

Hammonton

Hightstown

Indian nils

Jersey City

Lakeitood

Long Brsnch ***

New Brunswick 

Ne» 1'ilford **

Korthfield

Plainfield

Pleasantville **

Ridgefield *** 

Runyon

Sandy Hook ***

Some rvi lie

Tucker ton

Woodcllff Lake **

Delaware:

Bridgeville

Dover

Milford

Millsboro

Maryland:

Aberdeen ***

Annapolis ***

Baltimore ***

Cecilton

Coleman

Dundalk ***

Easton

Elkton

Falls ton

Luthervllle

Maryland Line

Millington

Parkton

Pleasant Hill

Ridge ly

Rock Hall

Stevensville

Towson

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** Measured in the morning.

*** Measured at midnight,

[e) Data furnished by Haekensaek Water Co., Vfeehawken, N. J.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 31

been of great value in supplementing the Weather Bureau data. By their 

collection and inclusion in this report they are made available for future 

reference.

The figures represent the amounts of precipitation as reported by 

observers and are not strictly comparable on individual days, as the observations at the various stations were not always made simultaneously. 

The amount as recorded usually represents the rainfall for the 24-hour 

period preceding the time of observation. Rainfall occurring during the 

daylight hours may be recorded under the date of occurrence when observations are made in the late afternoon or under the date of the following 

day when the observations are made in the early morning.

Distribution of rainfall

In general throughout the area from Maine to Virginia all of the precipitation relating to the floods, except as occurred in the form of snow 

prior to March 9, occurred during the 14-day period March 9-22.

Fortunately the meteorologic conditions during the storm period were 

so similar over the entire area that the record in each basin could be 

treated uniformly as follows:

1. Throughout the area light precipitation in the form of either 

rain or snow occurred on March 9 and 10. Beginning about March 11 the 

intensity of the precipitation increased, and heavy rains continued 

through the 12th and in the northern areas on the 13th. This so-called 

first storm has therefore been treated as a unit. The recorded precipitation from March 9 to 13 was plotted on Geological Survey base maps 

(scale 1:500,000) and an isohyetal map prepared showing total rainfall 

for the first general storm. This base map has been reduced to appropriate scales for publication and shows the isohyetals of the first storm 

for the major drainage basins. (See figures 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.)

The areas between the isohyetal lines on the original base map were 

measured by planimeter for the drainage basin above each gaging station, 

and the average total precipitation for each basin was determined. The 

results of these determinations are shown under "Rainfall and run-off 

studies" in column 5, table 9.

2. Beginning about March 16 and continuing through the 19th heavy 

precipitation occurred throughout the area, with major portions occurring 

on March 17 and 18. In some areas part of this precipitation occurred as 

snow. The period March 16-19 constitutes the so-called second storm. The
32 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO S0SQUEHAHNA REGION

Figure 13. Isohyetal map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing 

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 33

Figure 14. Isohyetal map of the drainage baalna of the Delaware River and the Paaaalc

and Rarltan Rivers and adjacent coaatal streams In New Jeraey and Delaware,

showing the total precipitation, In Inchea, March 9-13, 1936.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Figure 15. Isohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basxn, showing 

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-13, 1936.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS

Figure 16. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers in New York tributary 

to Lake Ontario, showing the total precipitation, in Inches, March 9-13, 1936.
10 20 30 40 MILES

Figure 17. Isohyetal map of the drainage "basins of the rivers 

St. Lawrence River, showing the total precipitation, in inc
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 37

recorded precipitation for these dates was totaled, an isohyetal map prepared, and total precipitation for eaoh basin determined in the same manner as for the first storm. (See figures 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 and column 6, table 9.)

3. The total precipitation during the period March 9-22 is shown in 

figures 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 and column 7, table 9. These data include 

also minor amounts of precipitation that were recorded in some areas on 

March 14 and 15 and the precipitation that occurred on March 20 and 21, 

part of which fell as rain and part as snow.

In drawing the isohyetals little weight was given to the influence 

of topography, as time did not permit a thorough analysis of the recorded 

data with respect to altitude. The basic data included in this report 

will enable the users to undertake more refined and detailed studies in 

a particular region. These data will also enable an investigator to make 

a different time-period analysis of the storm precipitation from that 

herein contained, if he desires.

As shown in table 2, the antecedent precipitation throughout the area 

partly embraced in this section of the flood report was below normal during December and February and considerably above normal during January. 

The total precipitation for the three months was slightly below normal in 

all States except New Jersey and Delaware. No special abnormality is disclosed in these records.

Table 2.- Monthly precipitation and departure from normal, in inches, 

December 1935 to February 1936

State

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New York

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Delaware

December 1935

Total

1.25

1.05

1.85

2.62

1.67

2.61

Departure

-2.28

-2.68

-1.05

-.54

-1.98

-.89

January 1936

Total

6.78

7.01

3.55

4.21

6.34

7.23

Departure

+3.06

+3.15

+ .62

+.99

+2.77

+3.85

February 1936

Total

2.95

2.70

2.18

2.33

3.10

2.72

Departure

-0.53

-.90

-.50

-.53

-.51

-.39

December to 

February

Total

10.98

10.76

7.58

9.16

11.11

12.56

Departure

-0.25

-.43

-.93

-.08

+.28

+2.57

Extreme abnormality prevailed, however, in the total precipitation 

for March, of which that recorded from the 9th to the 22d constitutes the 

major part. Prior to March 9 there were light rains in the southern part
38 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

*^- /lo ^-' / L. 7_^-"

Figure 18. Isohyetal map of the Hudson RlVer drainage basin, showing 

the total precipitation, In Inches, March 16-19, 1936.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS

Figure 19. laohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Delaware River and the Passaic 

and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal streams in New Jersey and Delaware, showing 

the total precipitation, in inches, March 16-19, 1936.
40 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

 frvt/--^

Figure 20. Isohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, showing 

the total precipitation, in inches, March 16-19, 1936.

10 20 30 40 MILES
mjKS&r.
10 20 30___40 MILES

Figure 22. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the rivers 

St. Lawrence River, showing the total precipitation, in 
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 43

Figure 23. Isohyetal map of the Hudson River drainage basin, showing 

the total precipitation, In Inches, March 9-22, 1936.
44 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQTTEHANNA REGION

Figure 24. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Delaware River and the Passaic

and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal streams In New Jersey and Delaware, showing

tho total precltJfcation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 45

Figure 25. laohyetal map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, ahowing 

the total precipitation, in inches, March 9-22, 1936.
FLOODS
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 47

^
48 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

of the area and rain and snow In the northern part of the area on March 3, 

4, and 5. The total amount recorded rarely exceeded 1 Inch. After March 

22 there were scattered rains, including one fairly heavy rainfall on 

March 27 and 28, which brought the total precipitation for March to the 

largest on record in parts of New England, Hew York, and Pennsylvania and 

to one of the largest on record in Hew Jersey and Delaware.

The first storm, so far as it relates to the area covered by this 

section of the report, had three major centers of precipitation - in the 

Catskill Mountain region in Hew York, where the precipitation exceeded 5 

inches, and in the Highlands of New Jersey and the Allegheny Mountains in 

Pennsylvania, where the precipitation exceeded 4 inches. Recording rain 

gages at various United States Weather Bureau stations (see fig. 28) indicate that most of the precipitation occurred during the 48-hour period 

ending at midnight March 12. The graph indicates apparently that there 

were two disturbances about 8 to 12 hours apart. The greatest intensities were confined to the southern part of the area.

The second storm had two major centers in which the precipitation exceeded 7 inches, one in south-central Pennsylvania, the other in northeastern Pennsylvania, and two minor centers in the Catskill and Adirondack 

region in Hew York, where the precipitation exceeded 4 inches. Recording 

rain gages (see fig. 28) indicate that the precipitation fell intermitbently from the afternoon of March 16 to the afternoon of March 19, with 

the heaviest intensity between noon on March 17 and noon on March 18. Except in the southern part of the area the precipitation during the third 

storm occurred on March 21. During the whole storm period March 9-22 

(fig. 25), the maximum recorded precipitation was 10.50 inches at Galeton, 

Pa.

Snow 

General

For the area as a whole there was more snowfall than normal during 

the winter, the excess being particularly large during January. The 

monthly totals as compiled from records of the United States Weather Bureau are shown in table 3.
15 16

March 1936

Figure 28. Hourly precipitation at various United States We

6 March 9-22, 1936.
50 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 3.- Monthly snowfall, in inches, December 1935 to February 1936

State

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New York

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Delaware

December

3.1

4.4

13.6

13.5

9.7

17.1

January

18.0

17.4

21.8

19.4

9.1

2.3

February

14.9

13.4

17.1

12.3

9.6

13.6

Total

36.0

55.2

52.5

45.2

28.4

33.0

Although the winter was characterized, by more snowfall than usual, 

abnormality was shown in the extent to which the snow accumulated on the 

ground during the winter, on account of the long cold periods during which 

there was little thawing. On March 9 all of the area described in this 

section of the flood report was covered with snow except the southern part 

of New Jersey and the extreme southeastern part of Pennsylvania and Delaware.

From records collected by the Weather Bureau, regulating districts, 

power companies, State and municipal organizations, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Soil Conservation Service, the Geological Survey, and 

others, the maps in figures 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 were prepared to show 

an estimate of the water content of the snow cover on or about March 9, 

All of the basic information used in the preparation of these figures is 

given hereinafter. In areas where actual observations of snow depth and 

water content were available for the later part of February or the first 

part of March the results should be fairly accurate. In areas where only 

depth of snow was available, the indicated water content'may be considerably in error, as it was necessary to use an assumed ratio for the water 

content (generally 25 to 30 percent for snow on the ground on March 9, 

the greater ratios being used for shallow depths).

Unfortunately for the purpose of the best representation of general 

conditions, most of the cooperative Weather Bureau Stations are situated 

in urban or rural communities. Reported snow depths at such locations 

are generally less than those in adjacent rural areas, especially if these 

areas are hilly, mountainous, or timbered, and such records must be used 

with caution in determining basin averages. In compiling the maps showing the water content of the snow on the ground on March 9 the original 

data were first plotted on standard Geological Survey base maps (scale
SNOW 51

Figure 29. Map of the Hudson Elver drainage basin, showing the depth, In Inches, of 

the water consent of snow on the ground March 9, 1936.
52 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSOH TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Figure 30. Map of the drainage basins of the Delaware River and the Fassale and 

Rarltan Rivers and adjacent coastal streams In New Jersey and Delaware, showing 

the depth, in inches, cf the water content of snow on the ground March 9, 1936>
53

0 10 20 30 40 MILES

Figure 31. -Map of the Susquehanna River drainage basin, showing the depth, in inches, 

of the water content of snow on the ground March 9, 1936.
FLOODS OF MARCH

10

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(4, V'T1 \ ,i.'
45q

44°

10 20____30 40 MILES

Figure 33. Map of drainage basins of the rivera in New York tributary to 

the depth, in inches, of the water content of snow on the gr
56 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

1:500,000), and some weight was given to topography in the construction 

of the lines of equal water content. The base data are shown in tables 

4, 5, 6, and 7 to aid those who may wish to make a more refined study of 

snow conditions than was possible in the time available for this report. 

The areas between isopleths of water content on the original base maps 

have been measured by planimeter, and the average content of the snow, in 

depth in inches for the drainage basins above the principal river-measurement stations, was determined. These data are shown under "Rainfall and 

run-off studies" in column *, table 9.

The snow data presented in figures 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 and in 

table 9 represent estimates of water content on March 9 and correspond 

to total snow depletion in areas where all the snow disappeared by March 

22. In areas where snow remained on the ground after the floods the data 

represent a figure somewhat greater than the total depletion during the 

flood.

Considerable amounts of snow remained on the ground on March 22 in 

the Adirondack region in New York and in headwater areas in Pennsylvania. 

Outside of these headwater areas the snow had disappeared in general by 

March 22 or very soon thereafter appeared in large part as stream flow. 

The rainfall and run-off studies show the important part played by runoff from melting anow in the flood situation, and it is Unfortunate that 

more plentiful anow data, especially data relating to water content, are 

not available. This condition illustrates a serious deficiency in basic 

meteorologlc data, which must be remedied if satisfactory analyses are, to 

be made of floods and flood causes in areas where run-off from melting, 

snow contributes largely to the flood discharge.

Depth observations

The measurements of snow depth given in tables 4 and 5 were furnished 

by the United States Weather Bureau from original records obtained by cooperative observers. At acme of the stations daily records were available 

throughout the winter. Only a part of the period covered by the daily records is incorporated in the table.

In addition to the snow depths recorded at Weather Bureau atationa 

the following information regarding snow conditiona in Pennsylvania prior 

to the floods was reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Forest and 

Water by public-utility companies and others.
SHOW 57

Table 4.- Snow depth, in inches, on ground at Indicated datea, 1936* 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Station

Hudson River Basin

New York:

Albany

Cairo

Glenham

Hoffmeister

Little Falls Ho. 1

Little Falls Ho. 2

Mount McGregor

Rifton

Salisbury

Utica

Walden

West Point

Massachusetts:

Adams

Williams town

Passaic River Baain

Hew Jersey*

Hewark

Paterson

Delaware River Basin

Hew York:

Delhi

Jefferaonvllle

Port Jervis

Roxbury

Pennsylvania:

Allentown

Ardmore

Bethlehem

Ooateaville

Freeland

Seorge School

Hamburg

Hawley

Hauch Chunk

Mount Pocono

Neshaminy Falls

Palaerton

Philadelphia

Quaker town

Reading

Shawmont

Weat Chester

West Srove

Zionsville

Hew Jersey:

Bridgeton

Burlington

Camden

Layton

Mo ore 3 town

Hewton

Horth Merchantville

Pemberton

Phillipsburg

Trenton Ho. 1

Trenton Ho. 2

February

10

12

22

18

34

22

14

17

22

28

7

17

12

15

12

9

13

17

20

19

15

11

9

18

9

26

9

10

19

13

19

7

18

5

16

12

9

13

8

16

3

5

6

28

5

14

6

2

8

6

8

15

14

29

23

_

27

18

21

37

35

9

20

17

11

14

13

16

16

20

20

16

15

8

20

10

25

10

7

20

16

23

8

17

3

16

11

6

8

7

18

1

3

4

28

4

20

6

1

7

4

11

25

7

21

15

38

27

18

17

19

34

6

12

8

7

9

4

13

8

14

14

12

5

2

10

3

20

7

3

15

9

16

5

11

Tr.

12

4

2

0

3

10

0

1

1

22

1

17

1

0

3

2

8

29

Tr.

9

11

_

18

14

12

12

28

2

9

4

6

6

2

6

6

14

12

8

2

Tr.

3

1

17

3

1

12

3

10

3

7

0

8

2

Tr.

0

Tr.

7

0

Tr.

0

18

Tr.

6

Tr.

0

2

Tr.

1

March

9

Tr.

5

6

38

15

11

12

3

16

0

5

3

3

1

0

0

4

8

0

4

0

0

Tr.

0

11

0

0

6

0

5

0

4

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

16

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

12

Tr.

0

0

_

6

1

5

0

10

0

1

2

1

Tr.

0

0

2

3

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

2

0

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

Tr.

0

0

31

4

1

6

0

14

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

0

2

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

1

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

0

0

0

_

3

0

Tr.

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22

0

0

0

25

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

* Data furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Hote.- Snow depth given to nearest inch.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAHNA REGION

Table 4.- Snow depth, in inches, on 

(Dashes indie:

ground at indicated dates, 

ite no observation)

1936 Continued

Station

Delaware River Basin Continued

Delaware :

Wilmington (Porter Reservoir)

Susquehanna River Basin

New York:

Alfred

Binghamton

Cooperstown

Elmira

Morris ville

Pennsylvania:

Altoona

Arendtsville

Bellefonte

Carlisle

Catawissa

Clearfield

Colebrook

Emporium

Ephrata

Hanover

Harrisburg

Holtwood

Huntingdon

Kylertown

Lawrenceville

Mont rose

Morris Rxm

Retreat

Scranton

Selinsgrove

Shippensburg

Towanda

Wellsboro

Williamsport

Williamstoim

York

York Haven

St. Lawrence River Basin

Lake Erie Basin

New York:

Buffalo

Fredonia

South Wales

Ohio:

Jefferson

Lake Ontario Basin

New York:

Andover

Auburn

Beaver Falls

Brockport

Dansville

Ithaoa

Letchwortii Park

Lewis ton

Lockport

Oswego

February

10

6

13

8

20

4

18

20

_

16

20

10

10

12

6

11

9

12

12

15

18

11

20

16

21

9

18

14

10

9

15

16

11

-

7

4

9

3

12

12

24

18

4

5

10

6

6

20

15

3

13

11

25

4

22

27

7

18

15

8

13

14

6

13

8

13

10

12

22

14

23

15

24

9

24

18

12

13

16

18

8

14

7

4

5

2

9

13

24

18

3

4

10

7

6

21

25

0

10

4

20

5

19

17

_

14

_

6

7

_

5

6

5

7

_

_

12

10

22

16

14

4

15

11

5

12

13

12

3

6

3

Tr.

4

0

4

6

30

9

-

2

4

2

Tr.

15

29

0

7

1

17

0

15

7

3

8

8

4

4

6

2

2

2

2

2

4

6

3

20

11

7

Tr.

5

2

1

4

5

5

Tr.

1

1

Tr.

2

0

2

7

20

Tr.

-

0

-

Tr.

Tr.

12

March

9

0

2

0

10

0

9

0

_

4

_

0

1

Tr.

_

0

0

Tr.

_

Tr.

1

Tr.

20

5

2

Tr.

Tr.

Tr.

Tr.

2

0

1

0

0

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

0

0

_

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

8

12

0

7

1

2

0

4

1

_

3

Tr.

3

Tr.

2

_

0

Tr.

Tr.

_

1

6

3

8

5

1

Tr.

3

Tr.

2

6

0

4

0

0

Tr.

0

1

0

7

3

_

3

6

1

3

0

Tr.

1

15

0

Tr.

0

2

Tr.

3

0

Tr.

2

0

-

18

0

7

0

Tr.

1

Tr.

0

0

0

0

-

Tr. 0

0 0

_

0 0

0 0

0 0

_

0 : 0

0 0

Tr. i Tr.

4 ' 0

2 0

0 0

0 0

Tr. 0

Tr. 0

0 0

Tr. Tr.

0 0

Tr.

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

4

_

-

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

17

16

8

12

6

0

_

3

-

1

_

19

12

Tr.

22

0

4

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

_

0

0

0

_

0

Tr.

Tr.

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

18

17

10

5

7

0

_

12

2

0

_

14

15

Tr.

Note.- Snow depth given to nearest inch.
59

Table 4.- Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates, 1936 Continued 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Station

St. Lawrence River Basin Contd.

Lake Ontario Basin Continued

Hew York Continued:

Rochester

Skaneateles

Stafford

Syracuse

St. Lawrence Basin proper

Hew York:

Alexandria Bay

Canton

Chasm Falls

Gabriels

Lawrenceville

Tapper Lane

Wanakena

Lake Champlain

New York:

Dannemora

Willsboro

Vermont :

Burlington

Enosburg Falls

Horthfield

Minor basins

New York:

Bridgehampton

Cutchogue

Flushing

Mount Vernon

Hew York City

Scarsdale

Hew Jersey:

Atlantic City

Elizabeth

Flemington

Hammonton

Hightstown

Indian Mills

Jersey City

Lakewood

Long Branch

Newark

New Brunswick

Plainfield

Ridge field

Sandy Hook

Somervllle

Maryland:

Aberdeen

Dundalk

Easton

Elkton

Fallston

Lutherville

February

10

8

10

16

9

6

6

16

27

13

30

20

27

25

9

19

23

Tr.

2

2

10

2

6

2

9

10

2

5

1

4

2

3

9

8

10

10

2

12

6

6

10

6

9

11

15

9

14

18

14

11

9

18

27

15

36

20

30

13

11

20

26

3

6

4

13

4

10

Tr.

12

12

1

6

_

6

2

2

13

11

10

11

3

19

4

3

1

5

4

8

25

7

10

1

8

11

5

16

30

8

34

18

26

9

10

22

22

1

2

2

9

3

4

0

6

5

0

5

0

3

Tr.

1

4

8

6

7

1

10

1

0

0

Tr.

0

2

29

4

5

1

4

9

4

15

34

3

27

20

23

6

7

19

22

Tr.

Tr.

1

6

1

2

0

2

Tr.

0

1

0

1

Tr.

Tr.

2

3

3

3

Tr.

5

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

March

9

Tr.

3

0

Tr.

2

1

12

22

0

16

16

12

-

3

6

17

0

0

0

2

0

Tr.

0

0

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

4

4

2

1

1

0

4

15

0

3

10

4

0

Tr.

Tr.

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

15

1

0

_

Tr.

3

1

3

18

0

3

8

4

-

Tr.

Tr.

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

1

0

4

Tr.

0

Tr.

1

-

0

0

Tr.

1

-

0

Tr.

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22

2

0

14

0

0

Tr.

6

-

3

3

4

4

-

0

2

Tr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Note.- Snow depth given to nearest inch.
60 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SIJSftTJEBANNA REGION

Table 5.-Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates, 1936* 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Station

Susquehaima River Basin

New York:

Bainbridge

Binghamton

Bridgewater

Brisben

Cinclnnatus

Cooperstown

Cortland

Earlville

Edmeston

Foster Valley

Franklin

Garrattsville

Gee Brook Hills

Green

Hamilton

Hart wick

Homer

Leonardsville

Lisle

Little York

Morris

Mount TJpton

New Berlin

Norwich

Oneonta

Otselic

Port Crane

Portlandville

Richfield Springs.

Sanitaria Springs

Sohenevus

Sherburne

Sidney

Truxton

Tully

Unadilla

Waterville

Whitney Point

Windsor

Worcester

Pennsylvania:

Alford

Great Bend

Lanesboro

New Milford

Starrucca

Susquehanna

February

10

12

8

28

11

24

21

10

18

22

10

_

24

16

12

20

_

13

23

12

10

19

13

_

17

10

30

12

15

23

12

20

12

_

10

10

11

20

13

12

20

12

14

_

12

13

9

17

13

10

24

11

27

24

_

_

22

14

15

20

13

14

24

_

13

26

10

12

21

14

18

17

12

26

11

12

24

14

18

14

10

11

10

10

24

17

11

18

13

_

_

12

20

-

24

13

7

-

12

-

24

12

ZZ

21

12

14

19

13

14

20

26

12

30

10

12

20

-

20

14

12

24

11

10

23

12

18

15

11

10

10

11

_

11

_

18

12

12

-

10

18

6

March

2

6

2

14

8

15

17

6

12

18

9

8

15

10

10

16

20

6

16

_

-

12

_

12

6

6

20

2

6

14

4

10

10

5

6

6

7

10

6

10

15

_

2

_

4

15

Tr.

9

2

Tr.

10

4

-

10

3

10

10

9

6

12

8

5

12

_

4

_

4

7

8

-

5

5

2

15

1

6

_

2

3

9

Tr.

4

6

6

4

_

6

-

Tr.

_

1

1

12

0

16

Tr.

0

6

Tr.

5

2

0

0

Tr.

Tr.

Tr.

2

-

Tr.

4

8

Tr.

_

_

2

2

-

0

_

0

10

0

0

4

Tr.

_

6

_

1

1

Tr.

2

Tr.

0

4

0

_

_

0

Tr.

0

23

C

0

0

_

0

0

Tr.

_

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

Tr.

0

-

_

Tr.

0

_

-

_

_

0

_

0

Tr.

0

0

Tr.

0

0

2

_

0

0

0

_

Tr.

-

0

0

0

_

0

0

-

* Data obtained from Snowfall Bulletins issued by 0. S. Weather Bureau, Binghamton, N. Y. 

Note.- Snow depth given to nearest inch.
SNOW 61

Little or no snow was reported by the York Water Co. at York, in the 

lower Susquehanna River Basin. Elsewhere in the Susquehanna River Basin 

snow on the ground prior to the floods was reported as follows: 

Northern Pennsylvania Power Co., 24 inches at Towanda 

Roaring Creek Water Co., 4 inches at Shamokin 

Western State Penitentiary, 24 inches at Rockview 

Tyrone Borough Water Co., 36 inches at Tyrone 

Spring Brook Water Service Co., 16 to 18 inches at Scranton,

Elmhurst, Carbondale, and Forest City

In the Delaware River Basin no snow prior to the floods was reported 

by the Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. in Springfield Township, Delaware 

County; Schuylkill Township, Chester County; and Middletown Township, 

Bucks County. The Reading Bureau of Water, Reading, Berks County, reported that there was no appreciable amount of snow. Elsewhere in the Delaware River Basin the snow reports were as follows:

Honesdale Consolidated Water Co., 30 inches at Honesdale

Panther Valley Water Co., 12 inches at Lansford

Mahanoy City Water Co., 30 inches at Mahanoy City

Wyoming Valley Water Co., 18 inches at Hudsondale

Silver Creek Water Co., 42 inches at Pottsville

Canawacta Water Supply Co., 14 inches on the East Branch of

Canawacta Creek, Susquehanna County

In Pennsylvania information regarding depth of snow prior to and during the flood period was collected from a large number of Civilian Conservation Corps camps by the State Planning Board. These data are given in 

table 6. In translating these snow depths into equivalent water depths 

a coefficient of about 25 percent was used.

Information on snow cover at the Arnot Forest of Cornell University, 

in the upper Susquehanna River Basin in New York, was reported in detail 

(unpublished manuscript) by C. H. Diebrold and is summarized as follows: 

On March 11 the upland stations, situated in the open fields and on an 

exposed ridge top and on south slopes, were bare. A cover of snow that 

averaged more than a foot in depth was recorded at most of the forest 

stations. Most of the valley stations showed that the ground had a thin 

cover or was bare. On March 16, just before the period of heaviest precipitation, all the valley stations/ most of the upland stations in the 

open fields, and stations in the chestnut, oak, and aspen-birch forests 

on the south slope were bare. At the valley and upland stations that
62 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 6.-Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates. March 1936* 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Point of measurement

Delaware River Basin

Camp 139, on East Branch of Wallenpaupack

Creek, 8 miles east of Greentown, Pike

County, Pa.

Camp 94, on Little Bushkill Creek, 8 miles

northwest of Dingmans Ferry, Pike County,

Pa.

Camp 153, on Nesquehoning Creek (tributary to

Lehigh River) , 1 mile east of Nesquehoning,

Carbon County, Pa.

Camp SP7, on Hay Creek (tributary to Schuylklll

River), near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa.

Camp SPIV, on French Creek (tributary to Schuylkill River), ei miles south of Birdsboro,

Berks County, Pa.

Susquehanna River Basin

Camp 103, on Schrader Creek (tributary to

Towanda Creek) , 19 miles southwest of Towanda, Bradford County, Pa.

Camp 102, on West Branch of Mehoopany Creek,

10 miles west of Mehoopany, Wyoming County,

Pa.

Camp 104, on West Branch of Fishing Creek, at

Emmons, Sullivan County , Pa.

Camp 116, on Anderson Creek (tributary to West

Branch of Susquehanna River), 8-g- miles northwest of Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pa.

Camp 74, on headwaters of Deer Creek and Trout

Run (tributaries to West Branch of Susquehanna River) , near Shawville, Clearfield

County, Pa.

Camp 71, on Black Moshannon Creek (tributary to

Moshannon Creek), 9 miles east of Phillipsburg, Centre County, Pa.

Camp 143, on Upper Three Run (tributary to West

Branch of Susquehanna River) , 8 miles north

of Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pa.

Camp 117, on Bennett Branch of Sinnemahoning

Creek, 13 miles northeast of Du Boia, Clearfield County, Pa.

Camp 84, on Dents Run (tributary to Bennett

Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek) , 5 miles

northwest of Dents Run, Elk County, Pa.

Camp 147, on North Creek (tributary to Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek), 8 miles

northwest of Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.

Camp 132, on Hunts Run (tributary to Sinnemahoning Creek) , seven-tenths of a mile north

of Cameron, Cameron County, Pa.

Camp 146, on Barkshanty Branch of Freemana Fork

of Sinnemahoning Creek, 5 miles north of

Austin, Potter County, Pa.

Camp 134, on Moores Run (tributary to First

Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek) , near Coudersport, Potter County, Pa.

Camp 86, on Wykoff Run (tributary to Sinnemahoning Creek), 1.8 miles southwest of Sinnemahoning, Cameron County, Pa.

Camp 78, near mouth of Cooks Run (tributary to

West Branch of Susquehanna River) , 8 miles

west of Renovo, Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 87, in Potter County, on Kettle Creek (tributary to West Branch of Susquehanna River),

15 miles north of Renovo, Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 135, in Potter County, on Dyer Branch of

Young Womans Creek (tributary to West Branch

of Susquehanna River), 15 miles north of

North Bend, Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 75, on Hyner Creek (tributary to West

Branch of Susquehanna River) , 2 miles north

of Hyner, Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 120, on Lick Run (tributary to West

Branch of Susquehanna River), 7 miles northwest of Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 79, on Wolf Run (tributary to Beech

Creek) , at Kato, Centre County, Pa.

Camp 76, on Middle Branch of Big Run (tributary to Beech Creek) , 10 miles south of Renovo, Clinton County, Pa.

12

38.5

34

44

0

0

33

46

49

47

27

26.5

18

7.5

22

27

16

17.5

26

44

10

14

-

42

32

48

22.5

19

-

27

-

0

0

5

30

33

15

6

23

10.5

5

14

21

8

5

22

-

-

7

44

37

11

8

7.5

After flood 

period

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

9

0

6

3.5

6

0

5

15

5

1

19

19.5

0

2

6

10

3

3

1

*Data obtained by Pennsylvania State Planning Board from camps of the tf. S. Civilian 

Conservation Corps.
63

Table 6.-Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates, March 1936 Continued 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Point of measurement

Susquehanna River Basin--Continued

Camp 66, on Long Run (tributary to Fishing

Creek) , 5j miles northwest of Loganton,

Clinton County, Pa.

Camp 136, on West Branch of Pine Creek, near

Corbett, Potter County, Pa.

Camp 88, on Lyman Run (tributary to West Branch

of Pine Creek) , 9 miles west of Galeton,

Potter County, Pa.

Camp 155, on Darling Run (tributary to Pine

Creek), about 13 miles west of Wellsboro,

Tioga County, Pa.

Camp 138, on Dixie Run (tributary to Babb

Creek) , 3 miles southwest of Morris, Tioga

County, Pa.

Camp 90, in Tioga County, on Cedar Run (tribu12

41

17

33

30

42

tary to Pine Creek), 8 miles northwest of j

Cedar Run, Lycoming County, Pa.

Camp 81, In Tioga County, on State Run (tributary to Pine Creek), &J- miles northwest of

State Run, Lycoming County, Pa.

Camp 82, near Pine Creek, 5 miles west of

Waterville, Lycoming County, Pa.

Camp 127, in Clinton County, on headwaters of

Nippenose Creek (tributary to West Branch

of Susquehanna River), 12 miles south of

Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pa.

Camp 80, on Pleasant Stream (tributary to Lycoming Creek), at Maaten, Lycoming County,

36

25

21

15

Pa. j 29

Camp 95, on Loyalsock Creek, 2 miles northwest

of Laporte, Sullivan County, Pa.

Camp 96, on Dry Run (tributary to Loyalsock

Creek) , IT miles south of Hillsgrove, Sullivan County, Pa.

Camp 125, on White Deer Hole Creek (tributary

to West Branch of Susquehanna River) , 5

miles west of Elimsport, Lycoming County, Pa.

Camp 67, on Rapid Run (tributary to Buffalo

Creek) , 14 miles northwest of Mifflinburg,

Union County. Pa.

Camp 68, on Penn Creek (tributary to Susquehanna River), half a mile east of Weikert,

Union County, Pa.

Camp 65, on Sinking Creek (tributary to Penn

Creek), 7 miles southwest of Centre Hall,

Centre County, Pa.

Camp 148, on Laurel Run (tributary to Penn

Creek), 12 miles west of Mifflinburg, Union

County, Pa.

Camp 69, on Middle Creek (tributary to Penn

Creek), near Beaver Springs, Snyder County,

Pa.

Camp 123, on headwaters of Armstrong Creek

(tributary to Susquehanna River), near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pa.

Camp 58, on Juniata River, near Mt. Union,

Huntingdon County, Pa.

Camp 61, on Globe Run (tributary to Little

Juniata River) , 6 miles northeast of Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Pa.

Camp 60, in Huntingdon County, on Laurel Run

(tributary to Standing Stone Creek), 4 miles

east of Pine Grove Mills, Centre County, Pa.

Camp 112, on East Branch of Standing Stone

Creek, 5 miles south of McAlevys Fort, Huntingdon County, Pa.

Camp 154, on Cove Creek (tributary to Raystown

Branch of Juniata River) , 3j miles southwest of Rainsburg, Bedford County, Pa.

Camp 57, on Great Trough Creek (tributary to

Raystown Branch of Juniata River) , 9 miles

southeast of Marklesburg, Huntingdon County,

Pa.

Camp 52, on headwaters of Sideling Hill Creek

(tributary to Great Aughwick Creek), near

Wells Tannery, Fulton County, Pa.

Camp 113, on headwaters of Honey Creek (tributary to Juniata River), Mifflin County, Pa.

Camp 64, on Treaster Run (tributary to Honey

Creek), 3 miles east of Siglerville, Mifflin County, Pa.

15

15

45

35

24

30

24

42

22

27

36

18

28

13.5

20

36

1.5

19 After flood 

period

30 7

i

9 0

16 7

9 6

30

-

14

3

6.5

29

0

7

33

22

7.5

-

2.5

0

-

17

-

6

13

6.5

14.5

2

16

-

6

5

6

3

0

10

0

-

0

9

2

0

0

0

-

0

-

0

0

1.5

0

0

0
64 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 6.-Snow depth, in inches, on ground at indicated dates, March 1936 Continued 

(Dashes indicate no observation)

Point of measurement

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Camp 111, on headwaters of Sheivan Creek (tributary to Susquehanna River) , 4 miles south 

of New Germantown, Perry County, Pa. 

Camp 55, on Laurel Run (tributary to Sherman 

Creek) , 7 miles southwest of Landisburg, 

Perry County, Pa. 

Camp 108, on Big Pond Run (tributary to Yellow 

Breeches Creek), 5 miles east of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa. 

Camp 51, on Mountain Creek (tributary to Yellow 

Breeches Creek), near Pine Grove furnace, 

Cumberland County, Pa. 

Camp 141, on headwaters of Indiantown Creek 

(tributary to Swatara Creek), 10 miles northwest of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pa.

12

18 

13 

21 

19 

33

19

6 

4 

11 

13.5

After flood 

period

0 

2 

0 

22
SHOW 65

were situated In sugar-maple, beech, and yellow-birch forests on north and 

east slopes the snow ranged In depth from 8 to 17 Inches. The snow-depth 

readings for March 20, after the peak of the flood, were almost identical 

with those of March 16. The data showed that part of the precipitation 

on March 17, 20, 21, and 22 occurred as snow. The ground at most of the 

stations In the sugar-maple, beech, and yellow-birch forests was not bare 

until March 27.

Snow surveys

The results of extensive surveys of snow depth and water content In 

New York were made available to the Geological Survey through the cooperation of the Black River Regulating District, Hudson River Regulating District, New York State Department of Public Works, New York Power & Light 

Corporation, Niagara-Hudson Power Corporation, New York State Electric & 

Gas Corporation, and United States Soil Conservation Service. These data 

are given in table 7. As some of the areas overlap, credit for the Individual records has not been given.

Snow surveys in the Adirondack Mountain region, especially in the 

Sacandaga River and Black River Basins, are perhaps more plentiful than 

in any other basins in the eastern United States. The courses are in general laid out in second-grcwth woodlands, typical of this region, where 

the measurements will not be affected by drifts or by heavy interception. 

The snow observations as listed In table 7 indicate that in the upper 

Sacandaga River Basin there was, on February 1, a snow cover of at least 

21 inches, with a water content of 4.3 Inches. On March 1 the snow cover 

had increased to at least 26 inches, with a water content of 6.1 inche.s« 

On March 16 to 17 an average depth of snow of about 18 inches was reported, with a water content of 6.1 inches. By March 25 two stations reported appreciable amounts of snow; the remaining stations reported very 

little or no snow. The records of snow depths at Cedar River and at 

Mount McGregor show that the results in the Sacandaga River Basin apply 

generally to the upper Hudson River region. The measurements made at 

Schuylerville indicate, however, that in the southern part of the basin 

there was appreciably less snow and less water content.

Snow surveys made near the headwaters of the Mohawk River, West 

Canada Creek, and East Canada Creek show that there was about 27 inches 

of snow, with a water content of 5 inches, on February 5-7 and about 20 

inches of snow, with a water content of 6 inches, on March 19-20.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQJJEHANNA REGION

7.-Snow depth, In inches, and water content, in inches, in New York, at 

indicated dates, 1936

Point of measurement

Hudson River Basin

Newconib (near Lake Harris, tributary to Hudson

River)

Near village of Indian Lake on Cedar River

(tributary to Hudson River)

Indian Lake (tributary to Hudson River)

Lake Pleasant (near Lake Pleasant, tributary to

Sacandaga River)

Speculator (near outlet to Lake Pleasant, tributary to Sacandaga River)

Elm Lake ( tributary to Saoandaga River)

Oregon (on East Branch of Sacandaga River)

Griffin (on East Branch of Saoandaga River)

Wells (on Sacandaga River)

Piseco (near Piseco Lake, tributary to West

Branch of Sacandaga River)

Morgan Mills (at outlet of Piseoo Lake, tributary to West Branch of Sacandaga River)

Arietta (on West Branch of Sacandaga River)

Date

Mar. 3

Jan. 6

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. Z

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 30

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 30

Jan. 27-S9

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-S9

Mar. 1

Mar. 3

Mar. 4

Mar. IS

Mar. 14

Mar. 16

Mar. 17

Mar. 18

Mar. 19

Jan. S7-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. Z

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 6

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. Z

Mar. 9

Jan. S7-S9

Feb. 28 to

Mar. Z

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-S9

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. Ij6-17

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

liar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 25

Snow depth

28

6

13

24

18

23

26

25

23

23

17

18

0

2

18

22

26

25

24

28

39

38

34

34

27

15

0

22

33.3

24.0

24

42

40

36

18

20

12

10

6

aO

22

34.2

23.3

13

12

23

b23

25

30

30

b27

b24

20

21

25.3

13.0

18

25.8

14.3

21

31.2

28.8

24

33.3

23.7

20

31

d!2.0

Water 

content

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

4.9

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

4.4

8.20

8.20

4.7

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

3.9

8.43

6.67

_

_

bc4.60

_

_

_

_

bo5.75

4.3

5.80

4.67

3.6

5.40

5.80

4.4

7.77

9.50

5.1

8.17

7.50

4.0

7.77

4.0

a 6 to 12 inches of snow in woods.

b Estimated.

o Computed from observations made at nearby points.

d 80 percent of ground covered.
67

Table 7.-Snow depth, in inches, and water content, in inches, in New York, at 

indicated dates, 1936 Continued

Point of measurement

Hudson River Basin--Continued

Hope (on Sacandaga River)

Peters Corners (on headwaters of West Stony

Creek, tributary to Sacandaga River)

Benson Center (on West Stony Creek)

Harrisburg Lake (on headwaters of East Stony

Creek, tributary to Sacandaga River)

Barton Mines (on headwaters of East Stony Creek)

Hope Palls (on East Stony Creek, tributary to 

Sacandaga River)

Sacandaga Park (on Sacandaga Reservoir)

Saratoga County Sanatorium (on headwaters of

Kennyetto Creek, tributary to Sacandaga Reservoir)

Broadalbin (on Kennvetto Creek)

Edinburg (on Sacandaga Reservoir)

Edinburg Hill (on Sacandaga Reservoir)

Batchellerville (on Sacandaga Reservoir)

West Day (on Sacandaga Reservoir)

Date

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 25

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 30

Jan. 6

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 30

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 16

Jan. 27-29 

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Jan. 6

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 83

Mar. 30

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 85

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 25

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 25

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 16-17

Snow depth

21

25.2

14.3

28

33

elO

15.5

26

25

25

27.5

33

31.5

26.5

23

18.5

1

0

10

19

23

26

27

29

35

32

28

25

14

10

0

20

19

28

32

29.5

27

12

18.0 

22.5

14.3

19

24.0

16.0

10.5

15.5

27

32.5

29.5

32

33

34.5

30.5

34.5

19.5

3

0

18

18.8

Tr.

17

21.7

22

25.8

18.5

Tr.

17

21.0

Tr.

22

25.0

17.9

Water 

content

4.0

5.27

5.50

5.8

9.13

3.4

-

-

C5.25

_

_

_

_

C6.62

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

C5.72

_

_

_

_

C5.60

_

_

_

_

c4.00

_

_

_

_

C6.21

_

4.0 

4.45

5.80

4.0

5.23

4.9

_

_

C6.50

_

_

_

C6.10

_

_

_

_

2.9

2.97

_

3.4

5.23

4.6

5.84

5.36

_

3.3

4.17

_

4.3

6.28

5.58

c Computed from observations made at nearby points, 

e 10 percent of ground covered.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUESON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 7.-Snow depth, In inches, and water content, in Inches, in New York, at 

Indicated dates, 1936 Continued

Point of measurement

Hudson River Basin Continued

Daily Creek (tributary to Sacandaga Reservoir)

Efner Lake (tributary to Sacandaga Reservoir)

Conklingville (on Sacandaga River at outlet to

Sacandaga Reservoir)

Schuylerville (on Hudson River)

/va (on headwaters of West Branch of Mohawk

River)

North Western (on headwaters of Mohawk River)

Delta Reservoir (on Mohawk River near Delta Dam)

Delta (at Delta Reservoir, on Mohawk River)

Swanson Dam (on West Canada Creek)

Indian River (on West Canada Creek midway between mouth of Indian River and Swanson Dam)

Indian River near confluence with West Canada

Creek

Honnedaga outlet (near Honnedaga Lake, tributary to West Canada Creek)

Wilmurt Lake (on headwaters of Metcalf Brook,

tributary to West Canada Creek)

Mountain House (on South Branch of West Canada

Creek)

Hoffmelster (on South Branch of West Canada

Creek)

Branch Road Branch

Tarnesda (on Wilmurt Lake, tributary to South

Branch of West Canada Creek)

Nobleboro (near confluence of South Branch of

West Canada Creek and West Canada Creek)

Three miles east of Gray (on Black Creek, tributary to HInckley Reservoir)

Gravesville (on Mill Creek, tributary to West

Canada Creek)

Cold Brook (on Cold Brook, tributary to West

Canada Creek)

Falrflsld (on Maltanner Creek, tributary to

West Canada Creek)

Little Falls (on Mohawk River)

Barto Hill (near divide between East and West

Canada Creek Basins)

Stratford (near confluence of Ayers Oreek and

East Canada Creek)

Jacksonburgh (on Mohawk River)

Frankfort (on Mohawk River)

Canajoharie (on Mohawk River)

Scotia (on Mohawk River)

Date

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Jan. 13

Jan. 20

Jan. 27

Feb. 3

Feb. 10

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Jan. 27-29

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 2

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 24

Mar. 19-20

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Feb. 7

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Feb. 5

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 5

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 5

Mar. 19-20

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Snow depth

19

26.8

12

23

15

15

20.5

25

25

21

23

11

0

20

25.8

6.5

4.0

Tr.

28

19

23

14

22

16

24

22

17

8

44

41

31

32

31

34

30

31

24

34

28

30

33

29

20

Water 

content

3.7

5.83

-

c3.0

_

_

_

_

C4.62

_

_

_

4.0

5.79

1.52

1.27

_

6.3

7.6

5.2

5.6

5.2

5.8

7.50

7.45

6.15

2.85

12.6

10.1

6.9

9.1

6.7

8.8

11.7

4.9

7.4

6.6

8.5

6.3

6.6

6.5

6.1

29 ! 6.5

20

10

28

0

19

12

0

26

20

20

0

16

11

Tr.

Tr.

16

5

bd2

.5

Tr.

5.5

2.75

0

2.1

1.9

3.2

0

2.2

1.6

0

3.6

4.0

2.3

0

3.62

4.00

_

_

-

_

.18

.02

_

.39

.23

-

b Estimated.

c Computed from observations made at nearby points.

d 80 percent of ground covered.
Table 7.-Snow depth, in inches, and water content, in inches, in Hen 

indicated dates, 1936 Continued

York, at

Point of measurement

Susquehanna River Basin

Franklin (on Ouleout Creek, tributary to Susquehanna River)

St. Lawrence River Basin

Newark (on Barge Canal)

Waterloo (on Seneca River between Seneca and

Cayuga Lakes)

Cayuga (foot of Cayuga Lake)

Mays Point (at confluence of Clyde and Seneca

Rivers)

Locke (on Owasco Lake inlet)

Fish Creek (on headwaters of East Branch of

Fish Creek)

Williamstown (on West Branch of Pish Creek)

New London (on Barge Canal, near divide between

Mohawk and Oswego River Basins)

Cleveland (on Oneida Lake)

Brewerton (on Oneida River, foot of Oneida Lake)

Fulton (on Oswego River)

Bennetts Bridge (on Salmon River)

North Lake ( on headwaters of Black River)

White Lake (near Bear Creek, tributary to

Woodhull Creek, tributary to Black River)

Forestport (6 miles east of village, on Black

River)

Forestport Station (near Black River)

Forestport (on Black River)

Boonville (on Mill Creek, tributary to Black

River)

Seventh Lake (on Seventh Lake of Fulton Chain

Lakes, tributaries to Moose River)

Sixth Lake (on Sixth Lake of Fulton Chain

Lakes)

Old Forge (near outlet of Fulton Chain Lakes)

Big Moose ( on North Branch of Moose River)

Carter (on tributary to North Branch of Moose

River)

McKeever (on Moose River, tributary to Black

River)

Stillwater (at outlet to Beaver River Flow, on

Beaver River, tributary to Black River)

Number Four (near Beaver River)

Date

Mar. 1-2

Mar. 3

Mar. 4

Mar. 5

Mar. 6-8

Mar. 9

Mar. 10

Mar. 11

Mar. 12

Mar. 13

Mar. 14

Mar. 15

Mar. 16

Mar. 17-20

Mar. 21

Mar. 22-24

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 2

Feb. 7

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 20

Mar. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 22

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 27

Mar. 28

Mar. 30

Mar. 31

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 11

Mar. 16-17

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Mar. 2

Mar. 9

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 23

Feb. 7

Mar. 19-20

Feb. 11

Mar. 16-17

Feb. 11

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 16-17

Feb. 11

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 16-17

Mar. 16-17

Snow depth

8.5

11.5

8

8.5

8

7

6

4

7

6

7

3

1

Tr.

1

Tr.

3.5

0

3

(f)

Tr.

Tr.

Tr.

0

9

4.5

8

47

40

36

24

Tr.

Tr.

16

10

2

Tr.

24

18

8

1.5

19

20

9

4

21

19

8.5

16

12 to 15

12

8 to 10

21

27

20

26

17

23

15

32

30

19

12

25

17

30

21

27

22

23

27

29

18

19

13

Water 

Content

.

1.94

-

_

-

_

1.98

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

1.39

-

.92

-

-

_

-

-

2.78

.96

.93

_

_

_

-

-

_

5.85

4.43

.89

_

7.87

6.85

3.9

.6

6.10

7.69

3.74

.72

8.82

8.69

3.78

-

-

_

_

6.4

4.7

6.4

6.2

5.6

4.7

5.1

3.67

4.07

3.97

2.87

5.7

6.1

4.8

5.4

5.2

6.8

7.3

8.4

4.4

6.4

6.0

3.4

f 30 percent of ground covered.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGIOH

7.- Snow depth, in inches, and water content, in inches, in Hew York, at 

indicated dates, 195o Continued

Point or measurement

St. Lawrence River Basin Continued

Wanakena (on Cranberry Lake, tributary to East

Branch of Oswegatchie River)

Cranberry Lake (on Cranberry Lake)

Star Lake (tributary to East Branch of Oswegatchie River)

Raquette Lake (on Raquette Lake, headwaters of

Raquette River)

Blue Mountain Lake (on Blue Mountain Lake, tributary to Raquette Lake)

South Pond (on South Pond, tributary to Long

Lake)

Long Lake (on Long Lake, on Raquette River)

Little Tupper Lake (on Little Tupper Lake, tributary to Tupper Lake, tributary to Raquette

River)

Tupper Lake (near inlet to Big Tupper Lake)

Big Tupper Lake (on Big Tupper Lake, tributary

to Raquette River)

Hear Childwold (near divide between Grass and

Raquette River Basins)

Gale (near divide between Grass and Raquette

River Basins)

Upper Saranac (on Upper Saranac Lake, tributary

to Saranac River)

Wawbeck (on Upper Saranac Lake)

Gabriels (on divide between St. Regis and Saranac River Basins)

Union Palls (on Saranac River)

Loon Lake (on Loon Lake, tributary to North

Branch of Saranac River)

North Elba (near West Branch of Ausable River)

Lake Placid (near West Branch of Ausable River)

Hewman (on outlet from Lake Placid, tributary

to West Branch of Ausable River)

Near Newman (3 miles from U. S. Geological Survey river-measurement station on West Branch

of Ausable Fiiver)

Taylor Pond (headwaters of Little Black Brook,

tributary to West Branch of Ausable River)

St. Huberts (near confluence of Beede Brook

and East Branch of Ausable River)

Keene Valley (on East Branch of Ausable River)

Stickney Bridge (on East Branch of Ausable

River)

Feb.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

War.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

Feb.

liar.

Date

1

10

16 -IV

10

16-17

10

16-17

7

11

16-17

11

16-17

16-17

11

16-17

11

16 -IV

11

10

16-17

11

10

16-17

5

16-17

16-17

3

16-17

5

16-17

3

16-17

4

16-17

3

16-17

8

15

4

16-17

4

16-17

4

16-17

Snow depth

18

22

18

21

18

21

16

10.6

25

19

25

21

17

Water 

content

5.6

4.7

5.4

4.4

4.7

4.5

5.3

1.68

3.9

5.4

4.3

5.1

4.8

23 4.2

23 7.6

26 5.1

18 5.0

15.4 2.77

25 4.5

19 5.6

14.6 2.51

j

24 4.4

19

19

16

15

19

5.0

3.1

4.6

4.7

2.8

15 4.1

18

9

20

13

20

10

20

10

16

7.2

18

9

13

6

10

1

5.1

2.4

5.8

3.9

4.1

3.5

3.4

3.1

2.3

1.19

2.2

2.8

2.7

2.5

1.4

.3
GEOLOGICAL SURVEV WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 3

A. HALEDON, OPPOSITE PATERSON, M. J., MARCH 14, 1936, INUNDATED BY PASSAIC

RIVER.

Courtesy of Aerial Explorations, Inc.

B. A CARBIDE EXPLOSION BROUGHT THE THREAT OF FIRE TO A FLOODED AREA O1N 

CAMERON STREET, HARRISBURG, PA.

Courtesy of C. Fred Germeyer.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 4

A. HEAVY ICE ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT OVERVIEW, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA.

Similar conditions existed on many other streams during the spring break-up. Courtesy of the

Harrisburg Telegraph.

B. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 1936, LOOKING UP THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN, PA.

The steam plant of the Metropolitan Edison Co. is shown in the upper center and the Army air depot 

at the upper right. Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.
TEMPERATURE 71

However, measurements made In the Mohawk Valley at Canajoharie, Little 

Palls, and Scotia show leas than half an Inch of water content on March 2 

and no snow by the middle of March.

No observations of water content of the snow are available in the 

lower Hudson River Basin, and only one observation in the Delaware River 

Basin, on Wallenpaupack Creek, Wayne County, Pa., where the Pennsylvania 

Power & Light Co. reported the average depth of snow just previous to the 

flood as 10.4 inches, with a water content of 3.5 inches. In the Suaquehanna River Baain in New York observations made by Arthur Bennett at 

Franklin showed llg- inches of snow, with a water content of 1.94 inchea, 

on March 3, and 6 inchea of snow, with a water content of 1.98 inches, 

on March 10. The Research Division of the Soil Conservation Service made 

available the following information for the Cohocton River drainage basin, 

in the Chemung River Baain:

A snow survey made on March 6 showed that 12.8 inches of snow with 

a denaity of 27 percent, or a water equivalent of 3.5 inches, atill remained on timber lands. Most of the snow had disappeared in the open, 

but it was eatimated that an average of 3 inches still remained. At the 

aame density, the water equivalent would be 0.73 inches. Timber covers 

about 20 percent of the drainage baain, aa found by a cover aurvey of 

70,000 acrea. The weighted average water equivalent of the snow stored 

in the entire Cohocton River drainage basin, based on the percentagea of 

timber and open land, was 1.28 inches. A aimilar atudy in the Switzer 

Creek drainage basin on March 6 showed an average depth of snow in the 

woodland of 12.8 inches, with a water content of 3.5 inches. The weighted 

average water content was 1.37 inches for the drainage basin.

Snow surveys made early in February in the Adirondack Mountain region of the St. Lawrence River Basin showed an approximate snow cover of 

about 22 inchea, with a water content of 4 inches. During February there 

was additional snowfall, together with normal winter compaction and sublimation, followed by posaibly alight depletion during the first half of 

March. The snow aurvey of March 16-17 showed an average water content of 

4.9 inches and an average cover of about 17 inchea.

Temperature

Temperature played a very important part in the development of the 

floods of March 1936. Figure 34 showa the daily maximum, the daily minimum, and the accumulated departure of mean monthly temperature from the
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit

jO O O OOOOOOOOOOOO

Temperatur

H N « *> 01 o» 

oo

^ 

g

I-" 

01 tf
FROST IN THE GROUND 73

normal at four Weather Bureau stations - Voorheesvllle and Binghamton, 

N. Y.; State College, Pa.; and Flemington, N. J. Several facts having a 

bearing on the floods are noticeable from these records. First, beginning with December and continuing through February the temperatures, in 

general, were below normal; second, during the later half of January and 

most of February there was little thawing; and third, there was no considerable thawing weather prior to the first storm. With the exception 

of a "January thaw" during the first half of January and a short warm period the last few days in February, minimum temperatures were below freezing from about December 15 to March 10. Fortunately the Increase in temperature during the last few days of February was sufficient'-^n the southern part of the area to cause a break-up of some of the ice which had 

covered the river channels up to that time and to remove some of the snow 

cover before the first storm. Except for this run-off at least a considerable part of the precipitation that fell in the form of snow during 

the period from January 15 to March 9 was on the surface of the ground 

at the beginning of the widespread storm period. Temperatures were so 

low that in areas where there was moisture in the soil not protected by 

a layer of snow, frost eventually formed to considerable depths. These 

conditions were conducive to high rates of run-off when followed by unusually high temperatures accompanied by heavy rains. To some extent, 

therefore, the ground work for the March flood is seen to have been laid 

as early as December. In streams where the thaw beginning in the later 

part of February was not sufficient to break up and carry away the channel ice, ice jams and gorges raised flood stages above those needed for 

the passage of water down channels unobstructed by ice. This condition 

was prevalent during the flood of March 11-12 in the Delaware, Susquehanna, Mohawk, and lower Hudson River Basins.

Frost in the ground

As the temperatures were in general below normal throughout the area 

during the greater part of December, January, and February and remained 

so until about the beginning of the storm period, it would seem that, 

other things being equal, conditions for producing frozen ground prior 

to the floods were more than normally severe. The protection from freezing that the ground may have derived from snow was so variable that definite conclusions as to frost cannot be made for large areas.
74 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION

From the frost observations collected the general conclusion may be 

drawn that where heavy snow cover came early in the season and persisted 

throughout the winter there was little frost., at least near the ground 

surface, but that in areas where snow cover was light or where the heavy 

snow came late frost was present to a large degree, especially on northern 

slopes. So far as the presence of frost affects infiltration rates and 

run-off, consideration should be given to the possibility that in some 

areas, at least, a thin impervious stratum of earth and frozen moisture 

may have effectively retarded infiltration and increased surface run-off. 

There are few actual observations of depth of frost in the area, and, as 

discussed under "Rainfall and run-off studies", the relatively high amount 

of run-off as compared with the total water available may indicate that, 

although the surface of the ground was free from frost in some areas at 

the time of the flood, the underlying strata were frozen, thus increasing 

rates of surface run-off and correspondingly diminishing recharge to the 

ground-water table. The absence of frost data constitutes a serious deficiency in meteorologic information in studying in detail the causes of 

floods in these drainage basins. The following observations and estimates 

of frost condition, by States, are submitted in order that they may be 

available for use in more complete analyses of the floods.

New York

Data on the depth of frost in the ground in New York are meager. 

From the few available reports there was evidently no frost in the ground 

where snow depths were more than 8 inches. Where the snow depths were 

less than about 8 inches there probably was some frost, and several reports indicate large frost depths in the ground under exposed areas.

Soil temperatures recorded at Wanakena show that there was no frost 

in the ground there throughout the winter, C. H. Diebold, of Cornell 

University, reports in connection with soil temperatures recorded in the 

Arnot Forest area: "The unusual depth and continuity of the snow cover 

from December 13, 1935, was reflected in the fact that only one out of 

eight open field stations and none of the forest ones were frozen." One 

station froze to a depth of 30 inches on February 13, despite a thin 

snow coverage. The surface had thawed out by March 11, but the subsoil 

at a depth of 12 inches was frozen throughout the March flood period. 

The Research Division of the Soil Conservation Service reported no frost 

at the Arnot Erosion Experiment Station, either in the sugar-maple, beech,
FROST IN THE GROUND 75

and yellow-birch forest or In bare fields having eastern exposure. In 

fields with a northern exposure the ground was frozen hard through March 

11.

Observations made at the time of the snow surveys in the Adirondacks 

show that, in general, there was no frost in the ground there at any time. 

E. S. Cullings reports some frost in pine plantations near White Lake. 

Arthur Bennett at Franklin reported frost 41 inches deep during the first 

10 days of March. After March 18 the frost ranged from a few inches to 

2 feet. Although the information is generally applicable only to urban 

areas, the following data were furnished by various engineers.

City engineer, Binghamton: "About 5 inches of frost on one construction job prior to the flood, and none after March 12."

Superintendent, city waterworks, Ithacat "About 4 feet of frost 

prior to the floods. After the floods some excavating in the area that 

had been flooded for a week showed 2 feet of frost."

Superintendent, Finger Lakes State Park: "There was 3 or 4 feet of 

frost prior to the flood, and some after."

Resident engineer, State Department of Public Works, Owego: "There 

was much frost in the ground prior to March 12 and still considerable after the flood. Just prior to the flood water mains that were 4 feet underground were frozen. These mains had been in service many years and had 

not heretofore been frozen."

City engineer, Hornell: "Prior to the flood there was 4 feet of 

frost in the ground. After the flood the top 6 to 8 inches was thawed, 

but at least 2 feet of frost remained."

City engineer, Corning: "About 3 feet of frost in the ground prior 

to the first flood, and some remained thereafter."

R. 0. Hayt, consulting engineer, Corning: "The frost remained in 

the ground after the flood period. Frost condition contributed largely 

to flood run-off. 11

Pennsylvania

The district engineer, United States Geological Survey, sent a questionnaire to several superintendents of cemeteries throughout the State 

asking two questions - (a) How did the frost in the ground compare with 

that of previous years? and (b) Was there frost in the ground just prior 

to the great flood of March 18-19? With respect to the first question, 

superintendents at Altoona, Gettysburg, Phillipsburg, Reading, Sunbury,
76 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

and Union City reported less frost than usual, while those at Clarion, 

Lancaster, and Pittsburgh reported more. With respect to the second question, little if any frost was reported at Altoona, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, 

Huntington, Reading, and Sunbury, but frost was reported at Clarion, Lancaster, Phillipsburg, Pittsburgh, and Union Oity. The superintendent at 

Union City reported 8 inches of frost In a grave dug on April 22.

New Jersey

Observationa at Darlington, N. J., indicate that frost may not have 

been deep, because of the snow cover, and that after the first storm it 

had disappeared. At Boonton 30 inches of frost was reported March 1-11, 

and at Plemington an observer reported the deepest frost in years, up to 

5 and 6 feet in certain sections, with frost in the ground before and 

after the first storm period.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAHNA REGION 77 

DETERMINATION OF FLOOD DISCHARGES 

General discussion

The general method employed by the Geological Survey in the determination of river discharge and the collection of records of stream flow 

consists of the determination of a stage-discharge rating by means of current-meter measurenents of discharge at various stages from low water to 

high water and the application of this rating to the records of stage. If 

the stage-dischargei relation for a station throughout the range of flow 

has been determined, it is evident that if the stage at any time is known 

and normal flow conditions prevail, the rate of discharge past the station 

at that time may be ascertained by application of the rating curve. Obviously the stage-discharge relation can be determined most successfully 

for the ranges of stage and flow that are of ordinary occurrence. The 

difficulties of determination increase for conditions of extraordinary 

occurrence. The determination of flood discharges, especially those of unusually great magnitude, may in most situations be very difficult, and 

their accuracy may depend upon scanty information as to actual conditions 

at the time of the flood, and upon surveys, analyses, and computations by 

various more or less indirect methods for extending the curve of stagedischarge relation beyond the range covered by current-meter measurements.

The ideal definition of the curve of stage-discharge relation for extreme floods would be obtained only by an adequate number of field determinations of discharge and by the observation and recording of critical 

features of flow during the flood at these places of determination. Floods 

rise and recede- on many streams within a relatively short period of time. 

Moreover, headwater streams within an area of moderate size may for obvious 

reasons have their flood peaks rather closely in unison. Usual methods and 

routes of travel are often seriously disrupted in times of extreme flood. 

Owing to these and other practical difficulties the obtaining of sufficient 

information for determining flood discharges is a problem requiring not 

only special experience and ingenuity but also physical energy. However, 

with watchful attention to forecasts and reports of the Weather Bureau 

related to the approach and occurrence of major storms, field parties can 

often be assigned in "She drainage area affected by the storm with such 

timeliness that highly effective use can be made of available personnel 

and facilities in obtaining critically important information. The
78 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

adaptation and improvement of equipment both for recording stages and for 

measuring discharges have also contributed greatly to the collection of 

adequate and reliable data regarding floods.

The determinations of flow in floods so unprecedented as those of 

March 1936 are particularly complex and difficult, because they are unique. 

They therefore involve increasing resort to auxiliarv methods and increasing exercise of expert knowledge.

In general, four different methods are employed in determining the 

maximum discharge of a flood at a given site, and the method used depends 

on the conditions at the site and the availability of information for its 

application. Whenever possible the results obtained by one method are 

verified by a determination by one of the other methods. The methods are 

(1) extension of rating curves for river-measurement stations, (2) computation of flow over dams, (3) computation of flow from slope-area observations, and (4) computation of flow through contracted openings. These 

methods are described In engineering textbooks and manuals. General information in regard to their use, with special reference to the conditions 

pertaining to the floods of 1936, is contained in the following descriptions:

Extension of rating curves for river-measurement stations

Under favorable circumstances the rating curve showing the relations 

of stage to discharge may be extended to stages and discharges higher than 

the range defined by current-meter measurements and thus may afford a means 

of determining the discharge. The successful application of this method 

requires a tnorough analysis and careful appraisal of fundamental flow factors and a knowledge of the channel conditions at the river-measurement 

stations,, especially in regard to the manner- in which the width and depth 

of the channel vary with changes in stage, also the conditions affecting 

changes of velocity with changes of stage, such as rapids or falls, which 

may tend to increase velocities, or contractions of channel downstream 

from the gage, which may tend to decrease velocities. The cross section 

of the channel at the flood stage, including all overflow and by-pass 

channels, should be determined by instrumental surveys. Pertinent conditions, such as backwater from lower tributaries and changing influences of 

contracted sections of the channel below, must be visualized and their 

effects appraised as accurately as possible from available information.
DETERMINATION OP FLOOD DISCHARGES 79

The conditions most favorable for the accurate extension of a rating 

curve consist of well-defined rapids or riffles below the station at all 

stages and a uniform Increase of channel cross section as the stage increases, without abrupt changes in area or addition of overflow channels - 

in other words, a general uniformity of those channel conditions which 

control the stage and discharge relations at the gage. In the extension 

of rating curves the construction and study, in connection with other data, 

of a curve showing the relation of a product of the cross-sectional area of 

the channel multiplied by the square root of the mean depth (A \/d~) to the 

corresponding stage has often proved helpful. The logarithmic, plotting 

of stage and discharge also may be helpful in making the extension. In 

this method stage and discharge are both plotted on logarithmic scales. 

The observed stages, or gage heights, are adjusted to conform to the physical conditions of the site, usually by the addition or subtraction of 

some constant amount determined by study of such conditions. For example, 

at a river-measurement station with a riffle control of uniform elevation 

across the channel the gage height of zero flow should be subtracted from 

each observed gage reading. The graph of the relation thus developed usually tends to be a straight line or a very flat curve and therefore may be 

extended without danger of great error. Studies of the areas and mean velocities of flow at the measuring section may also be helpful in making 

the extension of the rating. In these studies the discharge for higher 

stages is computed from separate determinations of the cross-sectional 

area of the channel and of the mean velocity. The cross-sectional area 

of the channel is determined from field observations, and the mean velocity is obtained by extending the curve drawn through the values of 

mean velocity as determined from current-meter measurements, plotted against corresponding stages.

Radical changes In downstream conditions controlling the velocity or 

stages, or abrupt Increases In the area of channel cross section, such as 

result from overflowed banks, may interfere seriously with the reliable 

application of these methods of analysis. In general, it has been found 

that the results thus obtained are about as likely to be too large as too 

small. Notwithstanding the application of the best available knowledge and 

experience, the results obtained by extension of the rating curve may be 

Subject to considerable error, especially if the extension is carried considerably beyond the range defined by current-meter measurements. Results 

obtained by this method should therefore be used with appropriate caution.
80 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Computation of flow over dams

The computation of flow over dams often affords a helpful and reliable 

means of determining flood peak discharges. Under favorable conditions the 

flow over a dam may be computed by a weir formula in which the principal 

factors are the length of crest between abutments, the head on the crest 

and a coefficient (C) based on experiment and varying with the shape of the 

crest and the head. The basic formula for such use is commonly expressed 

as Q = CLH , where Q = discharge in second-feet, C = coefficient for the 

dam, L « effective length of crest in feet, H » head In feet on the crest 

measured far enough above the dam to avoid the surface draw-down curve, and 

n « the exponent of H.

The exponent n may be assumed as 1.5, in which case the coefficient 

C will ordinarily vary with the head as well as with differences in the 

shapes of crest. For a dam for which adequate basic observations under 

heads of varying magnitude are available, it is possible to select constant 

values of both n and C that will represent satisfactorily the general equation of discharge at the dam, in which case n will usually be somewhat more 

than 1.5.

The velocity of approach in the channel above the dam'affects the discharge over the dam and virtually increases the head on the crest by an 

amount equivalent to the corresponding velocity head. Thus at most dams 

the areas of cross sections of the approach channels should be obtained 

either from soundings above the dam after the flood has passed or from maps 

based on previous surveys, thereby making it possible to take the velocity 

of approach into account* This procedure has been followed In the surveys 

of the floods of March 1936. The head over the dam was generally obtained 

from gage readings made during the flood or from marks made ^at the time of 

the flood or from other high-water marks Whenever the crest of a dam was 

submerged from backwater below the dam, the effect of such submergence was 

taken into consideration In computing the discharge over the dam.

The standard procedure in applying this method included a survey of 

the flam and surrounding features adequate for the preparation of a map 

showing all information that would guide the judgment of the engineer in 

computing the discharge. Information as to the shape and profile of the 

crest and other essential features of the dam was obtained from plans of 

the dam or by measurement of the dam Itself. Profiles of the high-water 

marks above and below the dam were obtained by surveys. Conditions with 

respect to submergence, flood plains, overflow channels or other by passes,
DETERMINATION OP FLOOD DISCHARGES 81

and diversions through, flood gates and water wheels were observed and recorded. The observations and records of these surveys are available for 

examination in the district offices of the Geological Survey for those 

States in which the dams are situated.

In the formula for discharge over dams, Q » CLIt, the exponent n was

in general taken as 1.5 and values of the coefficient C ware selected from

.£

data summarized in Water-Supply Paper 200 or from those contained in modern handbooks, modified in some instances as a result of the experience of 

engineers of the Geological Survey in the use of such coefficients. The 

selection of coefficients by the different district offices was unified 

and coordinated with a view to utilizing the combined experience of the 

organization, thereby reducing errors of individual judgment. It is believed that the results obtained by this method are reliable, although many 

of the determinations were made for heads considerably greater than those 

for which the coefficients are well established by experience and practice. 

For the depths of flow over dams that occurred in the flood of March 1936, 

coefficients in general not exceeding 3.80 were used for ogee-shaped 

crests.

Computation of flow from slope-area observations

In the slope-area method the discharge is determined from measurements 

of the slope and the cross-sectional area of a suitable reach of channel 

and the use of formulas that have been subjected to extensive practical 

application. The basic formula is that of Chezy for the mean velocity of 

a stream, V = C \/RS, in which R is the hydraulic radius, S the slope 

(energy gradient), and C a coefficient whose value depends on the degree 

of roughness of the bed of the channel and the hydraulic radius. This coefficient may be determined by either of two well-known formulas, Kutter's 

or Manning's. Both of these formulas include the roughness factor and the 

hydraulic radius, and Kutter's formula includes also the slope.

These formulas apply most satisfactorily to channels that have uniform beds and cross sections and that are free from bends or other characteristics which would tend to cause irregular and turbulent flows. Natural 

streams in flood rarely, if ever, have these ideal characteristics in full, 

and for the determination of discharge by the slope-area method those 

reaches of channel are selected which conform as closely as possible to the 

ideal conditions. On many streams the reaches of available channel are

* Horton, R. E., Weir experiments, coefficients, and formulas: TJ. S. 

Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 200, 1907.
H O

HP 

0) to
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 7£ PLATE 5

A. LOOKING UPSTREAM FROM BRIDGE ABOUT 1,100 FEET BELOW THE REACH.

Channel shown is similar to that in the reach. Banks are steep and are covered with thin brush, which 

was not in foliage at the time of the flood. Channel has a uniform cross section and a sand and gravel 

bottom.

B. LOOKING DOWNSTREAM FROM A POINT ABOVE THE REACH. 

The tree and obstructions shown in the left foreground are not typical of the channel in the reach.

SLOPE-AREA REACH ON FLAT BROOK NEAR FLATBROOKVILLE, N. J.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 6

A. ARTIFICIAL CONTROL, RECORDER HOUSE, AND MEASURING CARLE ON OLENTANGY RIVER, DELAWARE, OHIO.

B. RECORDER HOUSE AND MEASURING CARLE ON KAWEAH RIVER, THREE RIVERS,

CALIF.

TYPICAL RIVER-MEASUREMENT STATIONS.
DETERMINATION OP FLOOD DISCHARGES 83

characterized by lack of -uniformity in the bed, variations of cross-sectional area, bends, and other disturbing elements that make the application of the method difficult or impracticable.

The coefficient n, which is expected to express the degree of roughness of the channel and which is closely related to the coefficient C, 

has embodied in it when applied to a natural stream channel various elements beside the resistance to flow afforded by the bed. Among these elements are adverse bottom slope <*nd irregularities of alinement and shape 

and of material in the bed and banks of the channel that cause cross currents, eddies, and other turbulence, which absorb the energy of the flowing water.

For the hydraulic radius and slope generally found in flooded streams 

in northeastern "United States, the values of n used in the Kutter formula 

differ little, if any, from those used in the Manning formula. Because of 

this situation and the uncertainties in selection of values of n introduced by the disturbing elements mentioned above, any differences in the 

values of n that are caused by the use of one or the other of these two 

formulas are regarded as having no practical significance.

In some of the Survey districts within the area of the floods of March 

1936 the Manning formula was used in the determination of discharge; in 

others the Kutter formula was used without detracting from the probable 

comparability of the results. The values of n chosen and used by engineers 

of the Geological Survey were checked by comparisons with available data, 

special consideration being given to results of actual determinations of 

coefficients of roughness by Ramser. So far as possible, the determinations of discharge made by the slope-area method in the Survey's district 

offices were intercompared and centrally supervised or reviewed.

A channel for which the flow was determined by the slope-area method 

is illustrated in plate 5. The basic data used in the determination of 

discharge in the reach of channel shown in plate 5 are shown in figure 35. 

Similar basic data for all slope-area determinations were collected ana 

are filed in the district offices.

There may have been no previous application of the slope-area method 

to the determination of flood discharges that was as comprehensive as that 

in Connection with the determination of discharges for the floods of March 

1936. Where there were opportunities to compare the results obtained by 

this method under reasonably favorable conditions with those obtained by

* Ramser, C. E., Flow of water in drainage channels; the results of 

experiments to determine the roughness coefficient n in Kutter's formula: 

TJ. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bull» 129, November 1929.
84 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

other methods, the comparisons indicate that reliable results were obtained. Where the conditions were generally unsuitable for the use of the 

slope-area method the comparisons have given rather erratic results. The 

slope-area method has generally been found to be useful as a means for 

checking determinations of discharges of extreme floods made by other methods and for making determinations where the application of other methods 

was impracticable.

Computation of flow through contracted openings

The method of computing flow through a contracted opening was applied 

where a stream passes through a constriction, such as the space between 

bridge abutments. In such, a situation the area of cross section Is much 

less than that of the channel above the opening, resulting in an increase 

in velocity through the contracted section. Such an increase in velocity 

can be produced only by converting head into velocity, and the head so used 

shows as a sharp drop in the water surface beginning near the entrance to 

the contracted section. The flow through the opening is the product of the 

area of the contracted cross section and the velocity through it, the velocity being computed from the velocity head corresponding to the drop in 

water surface through the contracted section plus the head due to velocity 

of approach minus the head lost by friction. (For a detailed description 

of this method see Houk, I. E., Calculation of flow in open channels: 

Miami Conservancy Dist. Tech. Repts., pt. 4, 1918,)

STAGES AND DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASUREMENT STATIONS 

DURING THE FLOOD PERIOD

One of the foremost purposes of this series of reports is the publication of useful detailed information regarding the stages and discharges of 

streams during the floods of March 1936 that will not be available in the 

summarized records of river discharge published annually in the watersupply papers of the Geological Survey. The justification for making 

available such detailed infonnation rests upon the recognized need for 

records of flood behavior that will show not only the mean dally discharge 

and the maximum rates of discharge during a flood as usually published for 

a gaging station but also the stages and rates of discharge continuously 

throughout the flood period and will make possible a definition of conditions of stage and discharge at all stations in a basin at a given time 

during the progress of the flood. This detail is essential for intensive 

and comprehensive studies of the characteristics of floods and promotes
STAGES AND DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASUREMENT STATIONS 85

the formulation of appropriate plans for flood protection and control. It 

furnishes "basic information for studying the behavior of flood crests, including the incidence of crests from different tributaries of a stream, 

the progress of flood crests throughout a river system, and other features 

useful in deriving the elements necessary for forecasting flood heights 

and for appraising the characteristics of different basins in the shedding 

of flood waters. It furnishes basic information for the consideration of 

the practical feasibility of detention reservoirs, channel improvement, 

forest management, soil treatment, and other measures with respect to 

their merits for ameliorating damage and losses caused "by great floods. 

Moreover, in view of the exceptional record-setting character of the floods 

of March 1936, it is important that full and authentic information concerning them be available for reference and guidance in connection with future 

urban and industrial development, with highway and bridge construction, 

and especially with the design of hydraulic structures in their relation 

to flood channels of streams.

In general, records of gaging stations publisned in this report relate 

to streams on which floods occurred or which are situated adjacent to the 

margins of the flooded regions and so serve to define the areal extent of 

the floods.

Explanation of data

The basic data systematically collected at river-measurement stations 

consist of records of stage, measurements of discharge, and general information useful in determining the daily flow from the records of gage 

heights and discharge measurements. The records of stage are obtained 

either by direct readings on a nonrecording gage or by a water-stage recorder. Measurements of discharge are generally made by a current meter, 

the methods of use of which are outlined in standard textbooks. Typical 

river-measurement stations, equipped with water-stage recorder and measuring cable and car are shown in plate 6. Rating tables showing the discharges for indicated stages are prepared from the results of discharge 

measurements. At some river stations other or auxiliary devices are used 

in the determination of discharge, such as turbines, venturi meters, and 

gates, so calibrated as to indicate the quantity of water passing through 

them.

The data presented in the following tables comprise for each rivermeasurement station a description of the station, a table showing the 

daily discharges throughout the 3-month period February, March and April,
£ 8

Gage height,

in feet, at

indicated time

Discharge, in thousands

of second-feet, at

indicated time

2

7

Mean daily

discharge,

in thousands

of second-feet

Oil-1 

4 0 Cl
(Jean daily discharge In thousands of 

CD p/ (D 

01 B 

WO 

01 0 d 

4 PS H- WHO l-» H

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(D

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88 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HDDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

1936, and a table showing the stage and discharge at the times indicated 

during a period including the major flood flows, generally March 8 to 25 

inclusive, in sufficient detail for the delineation of hydrographs to show 

with reasonable accuracy the stage and discharge at any instant throughout 

the flood period. The data are intended to be reasonably complete and explicit with respect to essential information, although they are presented 

in abbreviated and concentrated form. Figure 36 gives two examples of 

graphs of stage and discharge plotted from these data.

The description of the station gives information with respect to the 

location and type of gage, the area of the drainage basin, and the record 

of gage height. The information regarding gage heights describes the 

method of determining the stage during the flood and is of special technical significance, because the flood conditions at some localities prevented the use of the usual method of obtaining records of stage and discharge. 

A statement regarding the stage-discharge relation covers fundamentally a 

brief reference to methods used in the definition of the rating curve over 

the ranges of stage occurring in the floods. The description also includes 

information with respect to any other auxiliary methods used in obtaining 

the discharge, such as by flow through turbines, venturi meters, or gates. 

The maximum stage and discharge at the gaging station are given for the 

floods of 1936 and for the period of continuous record prior thereto, also 

at some stations for floods antedating such period of re6ord. Miscellaneous notes and comments essential or helpful to understanding the record 

are included as remarks.

The table showing mean daily discharge presents the data generally 

for February, March, and April and covers the period of the floods and a 

time of sufficient length before and after to show the relation of the 

flood discharges to the prevalent discharges of the late winter and early 

spring. These data make possible a general perspective of the rises of 

the March floods and the related stream-flow conditions prior and subsequent thereto. The table shows the mean monthly discharge for the 3 

months and the volume of run-off expressed in depth in inches over the 

drainage area, corrected for artificial storage if the information needed 

therefor was available. Figure 37 shows hydrographs of mean daily discharge at ten selected river-measurement stations for this 3-month period.

The tables showing stage and discharge at indicated times are designed to present the rise and recession of the flood in detail. In general each table begins on March 8, 3 or 4 days before the beginning of 

the rise of the first major flood, and continues through March 25, when
STAGES AMD DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASUREMBNT STATIONS 89

the flood had largely passed out of the river systems. The period of time 

covered by this table has been varied under special conditions to include 

stages and discharges for a longer or different period where it seemed desirable. This table is accompanied by supplemental records of stage and 

discharge to afford a more detailed record of these items at the given 

river-measurement station continuously throughout the flood period.

Hydrographa of discharge showing characteristics of the flood peaks 

and conditions of stream flow during the floods are shown in figure 38 for 

river-measurement stations in the Delaware River Basin. Similar information with respect to stages during the floods is shown in figure 39 for 

river-stage stations on the Delaware River. Figures 40 and 41 show discharge hydrographs during the floods for stations in the Susquehanna River 

Basin.

The stages at the indicated times were obtained from the records of 

continuous water-stage recorders, so far as such records were available. 

For stations at which the records of stage were intermittent, consisting 

of a small number of gage readings per day, or for which the records were 

broken because of some failure in the recording system, stage hydrographs 

have "been developed on the basis of the available information, and the 

stages at indicated times have been obtained from those hydrographs. The 

stage records in this table are given to hundredths of a foot or to other 

limits of refinement, such as half-tenths or tenths of a foot, as explained 

in the notes accompanying the records.

The discharge at indicated times is related in general to the corresponding stage in accordance with the stage-discharge relation as discussed 

in the preceding paragraph. Where the normal stage-discharge relation was 

affected by ice or by backwater from tributaries, these conditions were 

taken into consideration in the determination of discharge. In some instances the stage in its application to the stage-discharge relation for 

determination of discharge has been used to the nearest half-tenth or 

tenth in accordance with certain established limits of refinement.

Descriptions and records of stages and storage content through the 

flood period are presented for several reservoirs in a form similar to 

that used for the river-measurement stations. These records are of spe.cial 

value for distinguishing the influence of storage regulation on flood flows 

in relation both to the appraisal of their effect on flood flows and to the 

extension of information on the natural characteristics of drainage basins 

in the shedding of flood waters.
240

Delaware River at Riegelsville, M. J

war

vid

are River at P

West Branch of

Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y

East Branch of

Delaware River a

12

Figure 38. Graphs of discharge at various river-measureme

March 12-23, 1936.
STAGES AND DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASTTREMEBT STATIONS 91

Figure 39. Graphs of stage at various river-stage stations on 

the Delaware River, March 12-23, 1936.
92 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936---HUDSON TO SUSftTJEHANNA REGION

jo
STAGES AND DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASUREMEHT STATIONS 93

!V»ej-puooeB 30
94 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

The records are presented in accordance with, the regular arrangement 

used by the Geological Survey in its water-supply papers. The drainage 

basins are treated from north to south in order of their discharge into 

the Atlantic Ocean. In this volume records of streams in the St. Lawrence 

River Basin follow those for the Susquehanna River Basin.

In each, of the major drainage basins gaging stations on the main 

streams are treated first, in downstream order, and then stations on tributaries in similar order beginning with the uppermost. The table of contents presents the stations in the order in which they appear herein; the 

index shows the stations alphabetically according to stream names and 

place names.

The maximum discharges at these river measurement stations and at 

other places on these streams, with other related information, are listed 

in table 8, pages 282 to 304, in the order above described. The locations 

of the stations are shown on the maps accompanying table 8 (see figs. 42 

to 46) by means of index numbers listed in the first column of the table.

Reference should be made to the water-supply papers of the Geological 

Survey for other available published records of flow of the streams discussed in this report. The records of flow published here are based on 

all information available at this time. Accelerated erosion and deposition in the river channels due to the floods may have changed the stagedischarge relation at some river-measurement stations at medium and low 

discharges, but all these changes may not have been fully defined in the 

period available for observations since the floods. Any revisions found 

necessary in the light of further information will be published in subsequent water-supply papers.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 95

Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°42 l On , long. 73°59'0'', just above highway bridge in North Creek,

Warren County, 500 feet above mouth of North Creek. 

Drainage area.- 792 aquare miles; 131 square miles affected by storage in Indian Lake

Keservoir. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 10 a.m. Mar. 18 to

7 a.m. Mar. 20,when graph was based on flood marks, shape of the preceding and

following graph, and records of other stations in the upper Hudson Basin. Graph

corrected for effect of obstructed well-intake pipe Mar. 20 to Apr. 24, on basis of

twice-daily out side-gage readings. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 18; based on current-meter

measurements below 20,600 second-feet, extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 23,000 second-feet 7 p.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 10.8 feet). 

Maximum gage height 12.10 feet 6 a.m. Mar. 19, from flood marks (backwater

from ice).

1907-35« Discharge, 27,400 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 11.5

feet). 

Remarks^- Flood discharge not corrected for storage in Indian Lake Reservoir and other

small reservoirs.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1,000

1,000

950

950

950

900

900

900

850

850

Mar.

760

750

700

700

750

750

700

700

650

700

Apr.

5,830

4,670

3,760

3,110

2,530

4,200

5,710

4,560

3,470

3,020

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

850

800

800

800

850

850

800

750

750

750

Mar.

800

1,300

2,200

2,600

2,400

2,200

2,800

9,000

21, 400

19,400

Apr.

3,110

3,470

3,290

2,940

2,610

2,770

3,290

3,470

3,380

2,940

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

750

750

700

700

700

750

800

850

800

829

1.13

Mar.

14,300

11,200

7,830

6,220

7,620

8,740

8,440

9,290

7,270

6,220

6,610

7.75

Apr.

2,940

3,200

2,770

2,770

2,530

1,870

1,600

1,460

1,610

2,820

4.50

Page height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

a3

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

_

_

_

_

-

4.70

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

*700

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

_

_

-

-

-

6.23

-

-

-

_

-

6.24

_

_

-

-

-

*2,600

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 20

_

10.44

-

10.26

_

10.01

-

9.82

-

9.54

_

9.32

_

21,300

-

20,500

_

19,300

_

18,500

-

17,300

_

16,400

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

4.71

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*650

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

_

-

-

-

6.25

-

-

_

_

-

6.06

_

-

_

-

-

*2, 400

-

_

-

_

_

-

March 21

_

9.06

_

8.81

_

8.73

_

8.76

_

8.68

_

8.56

_

15,300

_

14,300

_

14,000

_

14, 100

-

13,800

_

13,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

4.71

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*700

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

_

_

-

-

-

5.95

-

-

-

-

-

6.22

_

_

_

-

-

*2,200

-

- "

-

_

_

-

March 22

_

8.41

_

8,20

_

8.00

_

7.75

_

7.52

_

7.30

_

12, 800

_

12,000

_

11,300

_

10,400

_

9,670

_

8,970

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

_

_

4.75

_

_

_

_

_

4.89

_

_

_

_

_

*800

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 17

_

_

-

-

-

6.10

-

_

_

_

-

6.88

_

_

-

-

_

*2,800

-

-

-

-

-

3,110

March 23

_

7.09

_

6.90

_

6.97

7.02

6.90

_

6.67

_

6.53

_

8,320

_

7,750

_

7,960

8,110

7,750

_

7,090

-

6,690

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

_

_

.

_

_

5.38

_

_

_

_

_

5.76

_

_

_

_

_

*1,300

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 18

5.54

6.24

7.58

7.44

8.04

_

-

_

-

-

-

9.82

_

3,560

_

5,470

_

8,200

-

12,700

-

15,800

_

18,500

March 24

_

6.38

-

6.27

_

6.23

-

6.30

-

6.41

_

6.54

_

6,300

_

6,010

_

5,910

-

6,090

_

6,380

-

6,720

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

_

_

_

_

6.13

_

_

_

_

_

6.26

_

_

_

_

_

*2,200

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 19

_

_

_

10.29

10.43

10.54

10.65

10.74

10.79

10.78

10.73

10.63

20,600

19,500

20,100

20,600

21, 300

21, 800

22,300

22,800

23,000

23,000

22,700

22,200

March 25

_

_

6.66

-

_

6.83

_

_

7.06

-

_

7.31

_

-

7,060

_

_

7,540

_

_

8,230

_

-

9,000

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 1:10 a.m., 

5.45 ft., 4,150 sec.-ft.}-5:40 a.m., 8.94 ft. 

(backwater from ice). Mar. 19, 6 a.m., 12.10 

ice); 7 p.m., 10.80 ft., 23,000 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.

8.34 ft. (backwater from ice); It45 a.m., 

(backwater from ice); 6:20 a.m., 7.20 ft. 

ft., from flood marks (backwater from
96 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAlfNA REGION 

 Hudson River at Hadley, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°19'10", long. 73o50'40 n , at Hadley, Saratoga County, a quarter of a

mile above mouth of Sacandaga River and 400 feet below mouth of Lake Luzerne outlet. 

Drainage area.- 1,664 square miles; 131 square miles affected by storage in Indian Lake

Reservoir.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 9 and for parts of a day Mar.

17,18; defined by current-meter measurements below 27,200 second-feet; extended

logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 41,200 second-feet 6:15 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 19.59

feet).

1921-35: Discharge, 33,100 second-feet Apr. 12, 1922 (gage height, 19.71

feet). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge materially affected by storage in Indian Lake Reservoir and

other small reservoirs and by ice jams upstream.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,400

1,400

Mar.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,280

Apr.

12,500

11,000

10,200

8,760

7,480

10,200

13,100

11,200

9,710

8,680

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,200

Mar.

1,410

2,940

5,660

5,280

4,790

5,620

9,020

24,800

35,700

36,600

Apr.

8,290

8,680

8,270

7,660

7,050

6,880

7,250

7,150

7,030

6,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,369

0.89

Mar.

31,600

28, 500

22,100

18,200

17,500

18,300

18,000

19, 600

16, 500

14,200

13,100-

8.08

Apr.

6,080

6,150

5,790

5,290

5,250

4,520

3,980

3,650

3,530

4,100

5.05

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

H

2 

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

,6'8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

10

N

2

4

6

10

H

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

-

_

_

2.75

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

*1, 200

_

.

_

_

_

-

March 14

_

-

5.65

-

_

5.50

-

5.41

5.42

5.45

-

5.40

_

_

5,490

-

_

5,200

-

5,030

5,050

5,100

-

5,010

March 20

_

_

18.38

_

18.07

_

-

17.62

_

17.03

_

_

37,800

_

36,900

_

_

35,600

_

34,000

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

_

-

2.77

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

#1,200

_

_

_

-

_

-

March 15

-

_

5.30

_

_

5.21

_

_

5.25

-

-

5.35

_

_

4,820

_

_

4,660

-

_

4,730

_

-

4,920

March 21

_

_

16.32

_

15.85

15.82

_

15.99

16.18

16.15

_

_

32,000

_

30,700

30,600

_

31,100

31,600

31,500

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

:___ 2.76

_

_

_

_

_

2.80

I

-

_

_

1,280

_

_

_

_

_

1,320

Marc-h 16

_

_

5.45

5.50

5.48

5.54

-

_

5.98

-

_

6.34

_

_

5,100

5,200

5,160

5,280

-

_

6,150

_

-

6,900

March 22

_

_

15.70

I

15.03

_

_

14.32

_

13.67

_

_

30,300

I

28,600

_

_

26, 700

_

25,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

_

2.90

_

_

_

2.97

3.01

3.10

:___ 1,410

_

_

_

1,470

1,510

1,600

March 17

_

6.76

6.73

_

_

7.33

-

_

7.47

8.35

_

8.42

_

7,820

7,760

_

_

9,040

_

_

9,340

10,400

_

11,200

March 23

_

_

13.06

_

12.43

_

_

11.96

11.72

_

_

23,500

~

21,800

_

_

20,600

20,000

Peet Sec.ft.

March 12

3.36

3.47

3.32

3.65

4.17

4.50

4.68

4.81

_

_

5.21

1,880

2,000

1,830

2,220

2,940

3,450

3,740

3,960

_

_

4,660

March 18

8.91

9.52

9.63

10.04

12.30

12.75

14.71

14.72

19.58

18.60

18.16

17.96

13,000

14, 500

14,800

15,800

18,700

22,600

27,700

27,800

41,100

38, 400

37,100

36,600

March 24

_

_

11.37

_

10.93

_

_

10.58

_

10.50

_

_

19,100

_

18,000

_

_

17,200

_

17,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

I

5.6T

_

-

5.83

_

_

5.86

_

_

5.76

5,530

_

_

5,850

_

_

5,910

_

_

5,710

March 19

17.55

17.40

17.30

17.21

17.10

17.00

17.30

16.73

19.24

18.95

18.54

18.42

35,400

35,000

34,700

34, 500

34, 200

33,900

34,700

33,100

40,200

39,400

38,200

37,900

March 25

_

_

-

_

10.66

_

_

-

_

11.09

_

_

-

17, 400

_

_

-

_

18,400

Supplemental records.- Mar. 17, 5:50 p.m., 7.39 ft., 9,170 sec.-ft.; 6:30 p.m., 8.86 

ft., 10,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 3 p.m., 15.06 ft., 28,700 sec.-ft.} 5 p.m., 19.10 ft., 

39,800 sec.-ft.; 6:15 p.m., 19.59 ft., 41,200 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 12:40 p.m., 16.96 ft., 

33,800 sec.-ft.; 1:15 p.m., 17.61 ft., 35,600 seo.-ft.; 5:25 p.m., 16.67 ft., 33,000 

sec.-ft.; 5:50 p.m., 19.30 ft., 40,300 sec.-ft.; 6:30 p.m., 19.44 ft., 40,700 sec.-ft.

 *Mean for the day.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 97

Hudson River at llechanlcvllle, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 54'4511 , long. 73 0 40'45B , at dam of West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. in 

Meohanicville, Saratoga County.

Drainage area.- 4,500 square miles; 1,175 square milea affected by storage in Sacandaga 

and Indian Lake reservoirs.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph used in computing flow over dam and 

through wheels.

Stage-discharge relation.- Spillway rating affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Discharge computed from flow over spillway, through wheels, and through lock of 

Champlain Canal. Plaahboards on dam carried away Mar. 12; not replaced until May 25.

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge, 86,100 second-feet 10 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 9.42 feet). 

1887-1935: Discharge, 120,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913.

Remarks.- For storage figures see record for Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville and 

Indian Lake Reservoir near Indian Lake. Slight additional regulation from other 

small reservoirs. No correction is made for diversion through Glens Falls Feeder 

into Champlain Canal. Records of discharge over spillway and through wheels furnished by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. Daily discharges are for period 7 a.m. to 

7 a.m. Hourly discharges do not include flow (about 22 second-feet) through lock of 

Champlain Canal.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

2,710

2,020

2,060

3,470

2,860

2,730

2,420

2,480

1,580

2,040

Mar.

2,420

2,510

3,370

3,680

4,880

4,650

3,970

2,850

4,060

6,580

Apr.

23,400

24,100

. 27,000

22,700

20,900

28,300

32,400

29,400

25,300

23,100

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

2,820

3,190

3,130

3,350

3,040

1,890

2,190

2,810

2,920

2,970

Mar.

10,700

44,700

34,500

21,800

19,200

21,900

33,200

59,800

72,700

57,800

Apr.

23,100

23,600

21,800

20,300

18,200

18,300

17,900

17,100

14,800

15,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

3,400

3,470

1,820

2,020

3,510

3,720

4,310

4,170

3,810

0.68

Mar.

49,000

44,200

35,500

32,500

32,300

31,600

33,500

36,900

31,200

26,800

24,900

6.56

Apr.

13,100

12 ,500

12,200

10,900

10,300

9,620

7,710

8,270

7,830

7,810

4.52

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Seo . ft .

March 8

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

 »

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

*2,850

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 14

4.21

4.08

3.92

3.75

3.67

3.46

3.33

3.25

3.21

3.21

3.17

3.21

28,500

27,500

26,100

24,700

24,000

22,400

21,500

20,800

20,500

20,500

20,200

20,500

March 20

7.83

7.75

7.71

7.61

7.54

7.42

7.34

7.29

7.17

7.08

6.96

6.92

64,900

63,900

63,300

62,400

62,000

60,700

59,900

59,400

58,OOCr

57,100

55,800

55,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

*4,060

-

_

-

_

_

-

March 15

3.17

3.12

3.17

3.58

3.58

3,67

3.46

3.37

3.33

3.25

3.17

3.00

20,200

19,900

20,200

21,000

21,000

21,700

20,000

19,400

19,100

18,500

17,800

17,100

March 21

6.^5

6.71

6.58

6.50

6.46

6.42

6.33

6.29

6.29

6.25

6.S5

6.25

53,700n

53,200

51,800

50,900

50,500

50,000

49,100

48,700

48,700

48,300

48,300

48,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

2.96

_

-

-

-

_

*6,580

_

_

-

_

_

6,200

March 16

2.92

3.00

3.08

2.71

2.71

2.71

2.79

2.87

3.00

3.12

3.37

3.71

16,500

17,100

17,700

17,200

17,200

17,200

17,500

18,300

19,200

20,100

22,000

24,600

March 22

6.21

6.21

6.21

6.21

6.17

6.12

6.12

6.08

5.96

5.88

5.79

5.67

47,800

47,800

47,800

47,800

47,400

47,000

47,000

46,600

45,400

44,500

43,800

42,500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.04

2.58

2.58

2,58

2.58

2.58

2.75

2.91

3.37

3.58

3.62

4.00

6,330

6,100

6,100

6,100

6,100

6,100

6,100

6,150

7,080

7,730

7,870

9,700

March 17

4.00

4.17

4.33

4.33

4.33

4.42

4.38

4.46

4.50

4.58

4.71

4.83

27,000

28,400

29,900

30,000

30,000

30,700

30,400

31,100

31,500

32,200

33,400

34,500

March 23

5.58

5.46

5.38

5.33

5.21

5.12

5.08

5.00

4.88

4.75

4.67

4.67

41,600

40,500

39,600

39,200

38,000

37,200

36,800

36,100

34,900

33,800

33,000

33,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.50

4.45

4.80

5.00

5.30

5.33

5.75

6.04

6.33

6.71

6.58

6.00

11,280

18,000

27,000

35,000

37;500

37,500

41,600

44,100

47,600

51,000

52,000

50,000

March 18

4.96

5.08

5.21

5.33

5.46

5.71

6.00

6.33

6.67

7.16

7.66

8.16

35,700

36,900

38,100

39,300

40,600

43,000

45,700

49,200

52,800

58,400

64,300

70,400

March 24

4.67

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.71

4.67

4.63

4.54

4.50

33,000

33,800

33,800

33,800

33,800

33,800

33,800

33,400

33,000

32,600

32,000

31,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.12

6.54

6.08

5.88

5.96

5.38

5.25

4.96

4.75

4.58

4.46

4.33

46,600

51,100

46,200

44,100

45,100

39,100

37,600

35,300

33,400

31,800

30,700

29,600

March 19

8.66

8.96

9.33

9.38

9.42

9.16

8.83

8.58

8.33

8.17

7.96

7.83

76,500

80,200

85,000

85,600

86,100

82,600

78,100

74,800

71,600

69,500

66,500

64,900

March 25

4.46

4.46

4.46

4.50

4.50

4.58

4.63

4.67

4.67

4.67

4.54

4.58

31,200

31,200

31,200

31,600

31,600

32,200

32,600

33,000

33,000

33,000

32,000

32,200

*Mean for the 24-hour period 7 a.m. to 7 a.m.
98 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSOH TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Indian Lake Reservoir near Indian Lake, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°45<2011 , long. 74°16'35", at Indian Lake Dam, 2 miles south of Indian 

Lake Village, Hamilton County. Zero of gage is 1,617.95 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 131 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Gage read about 4 p.m. ftaily to tenths.

Maxima.- 1956;Sage height observed, 34.8 feet May 3, 4, 14-17, 27-29. 

1900-35: Gage height observed, 38.8 feet Mar. 28, 1913.

Remarks.- Plow from reservoir normally completely regulated by operation of sluice 

gates. Usable storage capacity about 4,700,000,000 cubic feet. Because of wave 

action, gage readings and daily capacities are approximate.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

19.1

18.8

18.4

18.1

17.8

17.5

17.2

16.9

16.6

16.3

15.9

15.6

15.4

15.1

14.8

14.5

14.2

14.0

13.8

13.4

13.1

12.8

12.5

12.2

12.0

11.7

11.6

11.3

11.0

Millions of 

Cubic feet

2,264

2,218

2,157

2,111

2,066

2,021

1,975

1,930

1,886

1,841

1,782

1,739

1,709

1,666

1,622

1,580

1,537

1,508

1,480

1,423

1,381

1,339

1,297

1,256

1,228

1,187

1,174

1,133

1,092

March

Feet

10.7

10.4

10.3

10.0

9.8

9.6

9.3

9.1

8.8

8.6

8.4

8.3

8.8

9.3

9.8

10.1

10.8

12.0

14.9

17.0

18.3

19.0

19.8

20.3

20.9

21.8

22.8

24.3

25.4

26.2

26.9

Millions of 

Cubic feet

1,052

1,013

1,000

960

934

909

870

845

807

782

758

745

807

870

934

973

1,066

1,228

1,637

1,945

2,142

2,249

2,372

2,450

2,544

2,687

2,848

3,091

3,273

3,407

3,524

April

Feet

27.7

28.2

28.7

28.9

29.2

29.6

30.8

31.6

32.1

32.4

32.7

32.9

33.3

33.5

33.8

34.2

34.5

34.5

34.4

34.2

34.1

34.0

33.9

33.9

33.9

34.0

34.1

34.3

34.5

34.6

Millions of 

Cubic feet

3,659

3,74.4

3,830

3,864

3,915

3,984

4,192

4,332

4,421

4,479

4,536

4,575

4,653

4,692

4,751

4,830

4,890

4,890

4,870

4,830

4,810

4,790

4,770

4,770

4,770

4,790

4,810

4,850

4,890

4,910

1 February March April

+519|
HUDSON RIVER BASIN

Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°45'30", long. 74°16'5", three quarters of a mile belo-w Indian

 Lake Dam and 2 miles south of Indian Lake village, Hamilton County.

Drainage area.- 132 square miles. 131 square miles affected by storage in Indian

Lake Reservoir. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 26 to Mar

 and Apr. 27-36, when it was based on known limits of stage fluctuation and record

of gate operation.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- 1956;Discharge, 1,220 second-feet 7 p.m. May 4 (gage height, 4.26 feet).

 1912-14, 19X5-35: Discharge, at-out 3,460 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage

height, 7.8 feet). 

Remarks.- For information on storage see record for Indian Lake Reservoir near

Indian Lake, H. Y. Monthly-discharge table corrected for storage.

20

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

X

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

708

708

708

686

665

665

665

665

644

644

Mar.

488

488

470

452

452

434

434

416

406

396

Apr.

8

9

IX

10

XO

27

18

16

X6

16

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

644

624

624

604

604

604

584

584

564

564

Mar.

385

221

14

11

XO

9

8

7

30

X5

Apr.

X7

X8

X7

16

17

124

737

1,100

1,080

1,020

Day

212'2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

545

545

526

526

526

507

S07

507

507

602

0.96

Mar.

11

9

6

7

12

9

13

10

7

6

9

9.60

Apr.

1,020

936

737

421

178

10

9

8

200

565

279

rrQQ

6.75
100 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Schroon River at Riverbank, H. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43 36'40", long. 73°44'10", at highway bridge at Riverbank, Warren

County, 9 miles below Sohroon Lake Reservoir. 

Drainage area.- 527 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Mar. 20-22, Mar.

24-307 when it was based on flood marks, known extremes in stage, and daily gage

readings. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10; based on current-meter

measurements below 11,200 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 12,100 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 21 (gage height, 12.18 feet,

from flood marks).

1907-35: Discharge, 10,400 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage height, 10.7

feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge affected by storage in Schroon Lake, Brant Lake, and other lakes

and reservoirs.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

360

340

340

340

340

340

340

340

340

320

Mar.

340

320

320

340

360

380

380

360

340

340

Apr.

4,220

3,870

3,650

3,320

3,020

3,020

3,430

3,540

3,540

3,320

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

320

320

320

320

320

320

320

320

300

300

Mar.

363

464

635

735

930

1,210

1,940

3,550

7,240

10,600

Apr.

3,220

3,120

3,020

2,920

2,720

2,630

2,540

2,450

2,360

2,180

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

300

300

300

300

300

320

340

380

360

326

0.67

Mar.

12,000

11,100

9,400

7,800

7,100

6,680

6,400

6,130

5,610

5,090

4,700

3,650

7.99

Apr.

2,090

2,000

1,880

1,800

1,680

1,560

1,480

1,400

1,320

1,320

2,621

5.54

Page height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

|ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

-

_

-

-

2.22

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

#360

-

-

-

_

_

-

March 14

_

-

2.81

-

-

2.83

-

-

2.96

-

_

3.02

_

_

690

_

-

700

-

_

768

_

_

801

March 20

_

_

11.02

_

_

11.43

_

_

11.77

_

_

12.07

_

_

10,000

_

_

10,600

_

_

11,200

_

_

11,800

Peet Sec. ft.

March 9

_

_

-

-

-

2.30

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

#340

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 15

_

_

3.13

_

_

3.24

-

_

3.40

_

_

3.41

_

_

862

_

_

924

_

_

1,020

_

_

1,030

March 21

_

_

12.16

_

_

12.17

_

_

12.13

_

_

12.06

_

_

12,000

_

_

12,000

_

_

12,000

_

_

11,800

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

2.17

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

*340

_

-

-

-

_

-

Maroh 16

_

_

3.52

_

_

3.62

_

_

3.92

_

_

4.19

_

_

1,090

_

_

1,160

-

_

1,370

_

_

1,560

March 22

_

_

11.90

_

_

11.72

-

_

11.43

_

_

11.13

_

_

11,500

_

_

11,100

_

_

10, 600

_

_

10,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

-

-

2.06

_

_

-

-

_

2.04

_

_

_

_

_

#363

_

_

_

-

_

352

March 17

4.30

4.35

4.43

4.42

4.52

4.62

4.70

4.79

4.88

5.02

5.13

5.23

1,650

1,690

1,750

1,750

1,830

1,910

1,970

2,050

2,130

2,260

2,360

2,450

March 23

_

_

10.89

_

_

10.61

_

_

10.35

_

_

10.05

_

_

9,840

_

_

9,420

-

_

9,020

_

_

8,580

Feet Seo.ft.

March 12

_

_

2.12

-

_

2.32

-

-

2.51

_

_

2.58

_

_

382

-

-

464

-

_

550

_

_

581

March 18

5.32

5.38

5.52

5.77

6.09

6.42

6.64

6.81

7.00

7.23

7.48

7.64

2,530

2,580

2,720

2,970

3,290

3,620

3,850

4,040

4,250

4,500

4,780

4,970

March 24

_

_

9.75

_

_

9.49

-

_

9.28

_

_

9.18

_

_

8,150

_

_

7,790

_

_

7,490

-

_

7,350

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

_

2.64

_

_

2.69

_

_

2.73

_

_

2.78

_

_

608

-

_

630

_

_

650

_

_

675

March 19

7.90

8.13

8.35

8.57

8.83

9.20

9.40

9.63

9.84

10.05

10.33

10.48

5,610

5,910

6,200

6,500

6,860

7,380

7,660

7,980

8,280

8,580

9,000

9,220

March 25

_

_

-

_

_

9.00

-

_

_

-

_

8.80

_

_

-

-

_

7,100

-

_

-

-

_

6,820

Supplemental records.- Mar. 21, 9 a.m., 12.18 ft., 12,100 sec.-ft. 

#Mean for the day.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 101 

Sacandaga River near Hope, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°21'10", long. 74°16'15", li miles below junction of East and West 

branches of Sacandaga River and 4-J- miles above Hope, Hamilton County.

Drainage area.- 491 square miles.

Sage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12; defined by current-meter 

measurements below 15,000 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage; verified by comparison of flood discharges with determinations for other stations in the 

Sacandaga River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 23,900 second-feet 12:30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 9.40

1911-35: Discharge, 32,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 11.0 feet, 

from flood marks). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by artificial storage or diversions.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

260

260

240

240

260

240

240

240

220

220

Mar.

300

260

260

280

340

420

360

320

300

340

Apr.

4,970

4,200

4,080

3,340

2,920

8,020

7,630

5,300

4,080

3,480

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

220

200

200

200

240

220

200

200

190

190

Mar.

460

6,000

8,420

5,000

3,720

3,550

7,840

19,400

15,400

11, 800

Apr.

3,340

3,500

3,270

2,960

2,960

3,150

3,060

2,670

2,380

2,110

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

180

180

170

170

160

220

300

380

340

227

0.50

Mar.

8,720

7,690

5,620

5,250

7,470

7,480

8,960

9,620

6,930

6,120

6,120

5,315

12.47

Apr.

2,170

2,190

1,960

1,780

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,300

1,260

1,400

3,133

7.12

Oage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time,

£

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

_

3.56

-

-

3.73

-

-

3.81

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

#320

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

5.47

5.36

5.24

5.15

5.11

&. 06

5.04

4.98

4.94

4.91

4.87

4.83

6,030

5,700

5,360

5,110

5,000

4,860

4,810

4,650

4,540

4,470

4,370

4,270

March 20

7.66

7.58

7.47

7.32

7.16

7.02

6.88

6.80

6.73

6.66

6.57

6.45

14, 300

13,900

13, 400

12,800

12,100

11,600

11,000

10,700

10, 400

10,100

9,790

9,330

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

-

-

3.81

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

#300

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 15

4.79

4.76

4.71

4.69

4.62

4.60

4.56

4.48

4.42

4.40

4.38

4.36

4,180

4,110

3,990

3,950

3,790

3,750

3,670

3,500

3,380

3,340

3,300

3,260

March 21

6.33

6.22

6.15

6.07

6,08

6.14

6.23

6.32

6.37

6.39

6.39

6.37

8,890

8,490

8,240

7,960

8,000

8,210

8,530

8,850

9,030

9,100

9,100

9,030

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

-

-

3.96

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

#340

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

4.32

4.29

4.29

4.29

4.32

4.39

4.48

4.58

4.66

4.78

4.90

5.12

3,190

3,130

3,130

3,130

3,190

3,320

3,500

3,710

3,880

4,150

4,440

5,030

March 22

6.33

6.27

6.20

6.12

6.01

5.95

5.90

5.84

5.80

5.73

5.67

5.60

8,890

8,670

8,420

8,140

7,760

7,550

7,380

7,180

7,050

6,830

6,640

6,420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

i.

_

_

-

4.07

_

_

_

_

-

4.30

_

_

_

_

_

#460

_

_

_

_

-

819

March 17

5.42

5.58

5.72

5.82

5.87

5.78

5.95

6.05

6.25

6.53

6.79

7.10

5,880

6,360

6,790

7,120

7,280

6,990

7,550

7,900

8,600

9,520

10,700

11,900

March 23

_'

5.45

-

5.30

_

5.24

_

5.28

_

5.29

_

5.26

_

5,970

-

5,530

_

5,360

_

5,470

_

5,500

_

5,420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

_

5.11

_

5.20

_

5.86

_

6.20

_

6.39

_

6.68

_

1,870

_

5,250

_

6,990

_

8,180

_

9,100

_

10,200

March 18

7.39

7.69

8.10

8.70

9.53

9.38

9.27

9.23

9.07

8.85

8.66

8.45

13,100

14,400

16,500

19,700

22,100

23, 800

23,100

22,900

21,900

20,600

19, 500

18,200

March 24

_

5.20

_

5.14

_

5.07

_

5.16

_

5.30

_

5.45

_

5,250

_

5,080

_

4,890

_

5,140

_

5,530

_

5,970

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.67

6.60

6.57

6.45

6.32

6.19

6.05

5.96

5.84

5.76

5.66

5.59

10,200

9,900

9,790

9,330

8,850

8,380

7,900

7,580

7,180

6,920

6,610

6,390

March 19

8.29

8.13

8.00

7.91

7.80

7.72

7.72

7.73

7.74

7.78

7.77

7.73

17, 400

16, 600

16,000

15,600

15,000

14,600

14,600

14, 600

14,700

14,900

14,800

14,600

March 25

5.59

5.68

5.72

5.76

5.77

5.79

5.89

6.03

6.20

6.28

6.32

6.30

6,390

6,670

6,790

6,920

6,950

7,020

7,350

7,820

8,420

8,710

8,850

8,780

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 5 a.m., 10.08 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 12, 6:50 

a.m., 8.74 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 12, 6:20 p.m., 7.40 ft. (backwater from ice). 

Mar. 18, 12:30 p.m., 9.40 ft., 23,900 sec.-ft.

#Mean for the day.
102 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°18'50", long. 73°54'55", 800 feet above right end of Conklingville 

Dam at Conklingville, Saratoga County.

Dralnag e are a. - 1,044 square miles.

Gape -he ight record. - Mean daily gage heights computed from water-stage recorder record.

Remarks.- Flow of Sacandaga River completely regulated at Conklingville by this reservoir. Capacity of reservoir at elevation of spillway crest (771 feet) is 

37,72p,000,000 cubic feet. Available capacity (above 735 feet) is 33,120,000,000 

cubic feet. Area of wster surface of full reservoir is 41.7 square miles. Records 

furnished by Board of Hudson River Regulating District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

741.66

741.59

743.51

741.40

741.26

741.08

740.05

740.62

740.70

740.55

740,40

740.21

739.98

739.83

739.65

739.59

739.52

739.38

739.17

738.95

738.69

738.43

738.38

738.27

738.07

737.86

737.67

737.50

737.27

-

-

Millions of 

cubic feet

9,020

8,960

8,900

8,820

8,720

8,580

8,410

8,250

8,300

8,200

8,090

7,950

7,790

7,680

7,560

7,510

7,460

7,370

7,220

7,070

6,890

6,720

6,680

6,610

6,480

6,340

6,2£0

6,110

5,960

-

-

March

Feet

737.24

737.18

736.98

736.74

736.53

736.34

736.27

736.33

736.19

735 . 94

735.76

736.23

737 . 47

738.53

739.25

740.02

741.38

745.09

749.80

752.68

754.49

756.09

757.06

757.50

758.11

758.96

759.74

761.17

761.89

762.31

762.76

Millions of 

cubic feet

5,940

5,910

5,780

5,630

5,500

5,390

5,340

5,380

5,300

5,150

5,040

5,320

6,090

6,790

7,280

7,810

8,800

11,710

15,760

18,400

80,120

21,670

22,630

23,070

23,680

24,540

25,340

26,830

27,580

28,030

28,510

April

Feet

762.97

763.08

763.30

763.19

762.95

763.26

764.20

764.59

764.57

764.48

764.40

764.35

764.25

764.14

764.09

764.25

764.21

764.06

764.07

763.98

764.04

764.14

764.13

764.09

764.08

764.16

764.18

764.13

764.06

764.02

-

Millions of 

cubic feet

28,740

28,860

29,090

28,980

28,720

29,050

30,070

30,490

30,470

30,370

30,290

30,230

30,120

30,000

29,950

30,120

30,080

29,920

29,930

29,830

29,890

30,000

29,990

29,950

29,940

30,020

30,050

29,990

29,920

29,870

-

February March April

Gain or loss in storage in equivalent mean second-feet -1,281 +8,486 +467
HUDSON RIVER BASIN

Sacandaga River at Conklingville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°18'50", long, 73°54'55", about half a mile below Conklingville,

Saratoga County, and about 5 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area.- 1,044 square miles. Flo-.v completely regulated by Sacandaga Reservoir.

jeasurements below 7,480 second-

;e height, 7.05 feet), 

 s height, 7.15 feet),

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Staae-discharse relation.- Defined by current-meter mi 

feet.

Maxima.- 1936; Discharge, 7,350 second-feet 6:45 p.m. Apr. 2

1952-35! Discharge, 7,650 second-feet July 12, 1935 ^gage neignt, v.xo lee

Remarks.- For information of storage see record for Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville, N. Y. Records furnished by Board of Hudson River Regulating District.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

2,030

10

2,010

2,010

2,000

2,010

2,000

2,030

10

2,010

Mar.

9

2,090

2,040

2 ,010

2,050

2,010

1,840

40

1,470

2,050

Apr.

5,130

6,110

6,990

6,980

6,940

6,950

6,990

7,010

6,990

7,010

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

2,010

2,020

2,010

2,030

2,020

9

2,030

1,980

2,020

2,000

Mar.

2,040

2,060

2,130

1,770

10

1,730

1,640

434

16

11

Apr.

7,020

7,000

7,030

6,260

5,130

5,150

5,160

5,170

2,560

4,130

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

1,990

2,000

9

2,000

1,980

1,980

1,960

1,990

1,970

0.46

Mar.

11

9

2,730

4,790

4,820

4,840

4,870

4,890

4,890

4,930

5,060

11.84

Apr.

2,570

2,540

2,580

2,560

2,580

16

2,590

2,610

2,580

2,610

5,299

5.67

Gage

Hour

midnight

12: 05am

12: 15 am

12: 30am

lam

2am

3am

6am

7am

7:05 am

7: 10am

7: 15 am

Sam

8:20am

9: 40am

9: 45 am

10am

10: 15am

10s30am

10:40am

10:50am

3pm

4pm

6pm

llpm

4:15 am

4:20am

8:30am

8:35am

8:45 am

9am

1pm

2pm

4pm

4:30pm

7pm

7: 15pm

7:30pm

7: 45pm

8:30pm

9pm

10pm

midnight

12 :05am

12 : 15am

12:25am

12 830am

12 j 45am

lam

height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Feet

March 7

4.30

March 8

4.30

2.80

1.60

0.80

0.44

0.35

0.32

March 9

0.31

3.00

4.10

4.22

4.22

4.30

4.30

4.10

4.98

4.98

4.77

4.18

4.30

March 12

4.30

4.31

4.32

4.32

March 13

4.32

4.29

4.29

4.18

5.13

5.07

5.07

5.08

5.08

5.10

5.10

2.90

1.60

1.10

0.60

0.49

0.43

0.40

March 14

3.50

3.90

3.90

3.20

1.80

1.20

Sec-. ft

2,050

2,050

691

189

40

15

10

9

8

820

1,810

1,950

1,950

2,050

2,050

1,810

2,990

2,990

2,680

1,910

2,050

2,050

2,060

2,070

2,070

2,070

2,040

2,040

1,910

3,230

3,130

3,130

3,150

3,150

3,180

3,180

753

189

79

24

18

14

13

1,200

1,580

l',580

965

249

96

Hour j Feet

March 14 Cont

l:30am

2am

3am

4am

7am

7: 15am

Sam

3: 45pm

3:50pm

4pm

7: 10pm

7: 15pm

7: 30pm

7: 45pm

8pm

8:30pm

9pm

10pm

llpm

lam

2am

Sam

7: 10am

7: 15am

7:30am

9:50am

10am

10: 15 am

1pm

3pm

7: 05pm

7: 15pm

7:50pm

7:45 pm

8pm

8: 30pm

9pm

9:30pm

5am

7: 05am

7: 15am

7:20am

Sam

lOam

7: 05pm

7: 15pm

7:30pm

7: 45pm

8pm

8:30pm

9pm

0.70

0.52

0.43

0.40

0.40

5.10

5.08

5.08

5.50

5.58

5.58

4.00

2.30

1.40

0.98

0.64

0.49

0.41

0.40

March 15

0.38

0.37

0.35

March 16

0.35

5.60

5.62

5.61

5.20

5.12

5.13

5.15

5.15

3.30

1.80

1.16

0.87

0.62

0.52

0.50

March 17

0.49

0.48

5.10

5.15

5.17

5.13

5.15

3.30

1.80

1.20

0 0 90

0.67

0.58

Sec-. ft

j.nued

31

19

14

13

13

3,180

3,150

3,150

3,860

4,000

4,000

1,690

438

138

61

27

18

14

13

12

11

10

10

4,040

4,080

4,060

3,340

3,210

3,230

3,260

3,260

1,040

249

89

48

25

19

18

18

17

3,180

3,260

3,290

3,230

3,260

1,040

249

96

51

29

23

Hour Feet | Sec-. ft

March 17 Continued

9:oOpm

4am

5am

6am

7: 10am

7: 15am

7:30am

Sam

8: 15am

10am

10: 15am

10:30am

10: 45am

11am

noon

2:20pm

3pm

4pm

midnight

noon

midnight

7:55am

Sam

3am

10am

noon

4pm

midnight

3am

5am

midnight

10: 15am

10:20am

10: 30am

11am

noon

midnight

noon

midnight

0.56

March 18

0.55

o.eo

0.63

0.70

5.18

5.28

5.27

5.15

5.15

2.90

1.60

1.17

0.93

0.78

0.83

0.68

0.60

0.50

March 19

0.43

0.43

March 20

0.38

0,35

March 21

0.33

0.33

0.37

0.38

0.38

March 22

0.35

0.33

0.30

March 23

0.30

5.80

5.91

5.95

5.98

6.00

March 25

6.02

6.03

22

21

24

26

31

3,310

3,480

3,460

3,260

3,260

753

189

91

55

38

43

30

24

18

14

14

12

10

9

9

11

12

12

10

9

8

8

4,410

4,620

4,700

4,760

4,800

4,840

4,860
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SOSQUEHAHHA REGION

East Branch of Sacandaga River at Griffin, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°28'25", long. 74°13'25", about 300 feet above highway bridge at

Griffin, Hamilton County, and about 7 miles above Wells, N. Y. 

Drainage area.- 114 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Graph based on twice-daily gage readings and flood marks.

measurements below 4,400 second

fled by comparison of flood discharge- ..- -. . . .., , -_. ;. ,. . -it

Sacandaga River Basin. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,830 second-feet 4 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, IS.6 feet,

from flood marks).

1933-35: Discharge, 3,800 second-feet July 9, 1935 (gage height, 9.2 feet,

from graph based on gage readings). 

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by artificial storage or diversions.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

S

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Fab.

46

44

44

42

44

44

4S

40

40

38

1L*

46

42

38

40

44

60

50

46

44

44

Apr.

822

620

656

480

398

1,770

1,850

972

667

567

Day

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Fab.

36

36

34

34

38

36

34

32

SS

32

Mar.

65

900

1,360

935

584

501

1,940

6,610

4,930

3,190

Apr.

601

635

613

524

471

616

594

471

379

310

Day

SI

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

S9

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

30

30

28

28

S8

30

40

50

50

37.3

0.35

Mar.

1,960

1,700

962

919

1,710

1,720

2,090

S,290

1,280

1,080

1,170

1,237

12.51

Apr.

351

380

298

255

226

216

190

173

189

274

552

5.40

Page height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

|S

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Faat |Sac.ft.

March 8

_

-

-

-

-

1.89

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

*46

_

-

-

-

-

.

March 14

-

5.50

-

5.35

_

5.16

_

5.00

-

4.84

_

4.69

_

1,080

_

1,000

_

924

_

860

_

796

_

736

March 20

_

9.09

_

8.88

_

8.62

_

8.20

_

7.62

_

7.17

_

S.850

_

3,6SO

_

3,350

-

S,930

_

S,420

_

S,070

Paet Sac. ft.

March 9

_

-

-

-

_

1.83

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

*44

_

-

-

-

_

-

March 15

_

4.56

_

4.41

_

4.26

_

4.10

_

3.90

_

3.73

_

691

_

638

_

587

_

534

_

471

_

419

March SI

_

6.80

_

6.70

_

6.8S

_

7.10

_

7.37

7.37

7.33

_

1,810

_

1,750

_

1,820

_

2,020

_

2,220

2,220

S.180

Faat Sao.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

1.87

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*44

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

_

3.66

3.65

3.67

_

3.83

_

4.06

_

4.40

_

4.96

_

398

396

401

_

449

_

5S1

_

635

_

844

March -SS

_

7.10

_

6.89

_

6.70

_

6.43

_

6.03

_

5.65

_

2,020

_

1,870

_

1,750

_

1,590

_

1,350

_

1,160

Feet | Sao.ft.

March 11

_

_

2.07

_

_

2.30

_

_

2.73

_

_

3.60

_

_

_

_

_

*65

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 17

5.35

5.90

'6.50

6.80

7.00

7.14

7.26

7.37

7.50

7.70

7.90

8. IS

1,000

1.S80

1,630

1,810

1,950

S,050

2,130

2,210

2,300

S,460

2,620

2,810

March 23

_

5.38

_

5.S7

_

5.20

_

5.16

_

5.14

_

5.10

_

1,020

_

968

_

940

_

924

_

916

_

900

Faat Sac.ft.

March IS

_

_

4.50

_

_

5.10

_

-

5.68

_

_

6.22

_

_

_

_

_

*900

_

_

1,170

_

_

1,460

March 18

8.40

8.80

9.50

10.80

11.85

12.30

IS. 53

IS. 60

IS. 58

1S.S6

11.76

11.30

3,130

3,530

4,300

5,970

7,560

8,310

8,700

8,830

8,690

8,240

7,4SO

6,700

March S4

_

5.06

_

5.03

_

5.05

_

5.14

_

5.S8

-

5.53

_

884

-

87 S

_

880

-

916

_

97 S

_

1,100

Faat Sec.ft.

March 13

_

6.22

_

6.15

_

6.07

_

5.96

_

5.83

_

5.67

_

1,460

_

1,420

_

1,370

_

1,310

_

1,240

_

1,160

March 19

-

10.65

_

10.17

_

9.86

_

9.63

_

9.45

_

9.S4

-

5,760

_

5, ISO

_

4,730

_

4,460

_

4,S40

_

4,010

March S5

_

5.90 "-

6.38

_

6.74

-

7.04

-

7.17

7.19

7.17

_

1,S80

_

1,560

_

1,770

_

1,980

_

S,070

2,080

S.070

Supplemental records, 

*Mean for the day.

- Mar. 13, 2 a.m., 6.S4 ft., 1,470 sac.-ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 105

West Stony Creek near Northville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°15'10 11 , long. 74°13'30", in Hamilton County at highway bridge on the 

Northville-Benson road about 1,000 feet above the mouth of West Stony Creek and 

about 3 miles northwest of Northville.

Drainage area.- 88 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily gage readings and flood marks.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12; defined by current-meter 

measurements; verified by comparison of flood discharges with determinations for 

other stations in the Sacandaga River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,470 second-feet 12:30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 8.40 

feet, from flood marks).

1933-35: Discharge, 3,900 second-feet July 8, 1935 (gage height, 5.90 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); maximum stage, 7.90 feet Mar. 18, 1935 (backwater from ice) .

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by artificial storage or diversions.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

40

40

38

38

40

38

36

34

34

32

Mar.

60

48

42

40

50

65

50

46

48

90

Apr.

700

590

780

590

436

2,680

1,480

780

555

522

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

32

30

28

28

32

32

30

28

26

26

Mar.

280

1,100

1,520

970

750

885

2,550

6,290

3,490

2,120

Apr.

625

740

662

490

555

625

472

365

289

233

Day

21

22

23

24

2S

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

26

24

24

24

24

28

50

85

80

35.4

0.43

Mar.

1,570

1,360

865

910

1,690

1,460

2,490

1,900

1,000

955

1,000

1,151

15.08

Apr.

272

272

196

164

147

128

118

110

108

141

528

6.69

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

-

-

-

-

1.84

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

#48

-

-

-

-

_

-

March 14

_

3.60

_

3.52

_

3.47

_

3.45

_

3.42

-

3.37

_

1,060

_

988

_

943

_

925

-

898

_

853

March 20

_

5.12

_

4.80

_

4.60

_

4.43

-

4.25

_

4.12

_

2,710

_

2,290

_

2,040

_

1,840

-

1,620

_

1,480

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

-

-

-

i.se-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

#48

-

_

-

-

-

-

March 15

.

3.29

_

3.24

_

3.22

_

3.24

_

3.26

_

3.20

_

782

_

742

_

726

_

742

_

758

_

710

March 21

_

4.02

_

4.00

_

4.16

_

4.39

_

4.38

_

4.30

_

1,370

_

1,350

_

1,530

_

1,790

_

1,780

_

1,680

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

2.02

-

_

2.08

_

_

2.22

-

-

2.56

_

_

-

_

_

#90

_

_

_

-

-

150

Marc-h 16

_

3.16

_

3.20

_

3.33

_

3.50

_

3.64

_

3.83

_

678

_

710

_

817

_

970

_

1,100

_

1,290

March 22

_

4.18

_

4.10

_

4.03

_

3.94

_

3.79

_

3.59

_

1,550

_

1,460

_

1,380

_

1,290

_

1,140

_

946

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

3.10

_

_

3.50

_

_

3.70

_

_

4.30

_

_

205

_

_

270

-

_

348

_

_

453

March 17

_

4.05

_

4.40

_

4.85

_

5.30

_

5.72

_

6.13

_

1,520

_

1,920

_

2,480

_

3,060

_

3,650

_

4,220

Mar.ch 23

_

3.46

_

3.45

_

3.51

_

3.54

_

3.52

_

3.47

_

831

_

822

_

874

_

901

-

883

_

840

Feet |Selc.ft.

March 12

_

5.80

-

3.40

_

3.70

_

4.35

_

4.50

_

4.40

_

540

-

774

_

1,160

_

1,860

_

2,040

_

1,920

March 18

6.35

6.58

6.85

7.15

7.67

8.35

8.38

8.00

7.65

7.25

6.88

6.56

4,560

4,950

5,420

5,960

6,970

8,360

8,430

7,630

6,930

6,160

5,470

4,910

March 24

_

3.43

_

3.44

_

3.50

_

3.60

_

3,73

_

3.85

_

806

_

814

_

865

_

955

_

1,080

_

1,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

4.25

_

4.10

_

4.02

_

3.96

_

3.84

_

3.71

_

1,740

_

1,580

_

1,490

_

1,430

_

1,300

_

1,170

March 19

_

6.00

_

5.60

_

5.36

_

5.59

5.61

5.60

_

5.42

_

3,990

_

3,390

_

3,040

_

3,380

3,400

3,390

_

3,130

March 25

_

4.00

_

4.15

_

4.38

_

4.51

_

4.50

_

4.43

_

1,350

_

1,520

_

1,780

_

1,930

_

1,920

_

1,840

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 5:30 

:30 p.m., 8.40 ft., 8,470 sec.-ft 

#Mean for the day.

a.m., 6.80 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 18,
106 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSOH TO SUSQUEHAHKA REGTQU

East Stony Creek near Horthville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43 O 17'50", long. 74°11'40", at highway bridge about O.V mile west of 

Hope Falls, Hamilton County, and about 5 miles north of Horthville. Zero of gage 

is 812,71 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 89 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily gage readings,

Stage-discharge reTation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar, 12; defined by current-meter 

measurements below 3,180 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage on 

basis of a study of overflow conditions and contracted-opening determination of 

flood flow; verified by comparison with flood discharges for other streams in the 

Sacandaga River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 10,400 second-feet 7 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 5.8 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings).

1933-35: Discharge, 2,230 second-feet July 8, 1935 (gage height, 3.9 feet); 

maximum gage height recorded, 4,5 feet Jan. 10, 1935 (backwater from ice).

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by artificial storage or diversions.

Mean discharge, in seeond-fest, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

55

55

50

50

55

50

48

46

44

42

Mar.

55

44

40

42

50

60

55

46

42

48

Apr.

460

410

520

390

496

1,580

1,460

795

490

435

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

40

38

36

36

40

42

40

38

36

34

Mar.

85

600

1,420

937

613

634

1,910

6,750

3,870

2,610

Apr.

435

490

460

390

352

360

360

303

255

226

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

32

32

30

28

30

36

48

65

60

42.6

0.52

Mar.

1,880

1,750

985

785

1,240

1,240

1,110

1,640

880

660

585

1,054

13.65

Apr.

213

226

200

176

154

144

134

125

134

144

411

5.16

je height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

§s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10'M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

1.60

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

#46

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

_

3.24

-

3.10

-

3.00

-

2.93

-

2.85

-

2.79

_

1,150

-

990

-

891

-

829

-

762

-

714

March 20

_

4.28

_

4.27

_

4.24

_

4.12

_

4.00

_

£-.87

_

2,940

-

2,910

_

2,830

_

2,530

-

2,250

1,970

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

-

-

-

1.47

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

#42

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

_

2.73

-

2.69

-

2. 54

-

2.60

-

2.57

-

2.54

_

669

-

640

-

606

_

579

-

560

_

541

March 21

_

3.76

_

3.73

_

3.81

_

3.87

_

3.94

3.95

_

1,750

_

1,700

_

1,850

_

1,970

_

2,120

..

2,140

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

-

-

-

1.71

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

#48

-

-

-

-

-

-

Haroh 16

_

2.53

-

2.55

_

2.59

_

2.68

-

2.85

_

3.03

_

535

-

548

-

573

-

633

-

762

-

921

March 22

_

3.93

_

3.87

_

3.76

_

3.67

_

3.55

_

3.45

_

2,100

-

1.970

_

1,750

-

1,590

-

1,390

..

1,240

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

1.80

-

-

2.02

-

-

2.29

-

-

2.54

-

-

-

-

-

#85

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 17

_

3.23

-

3.50

-

3.70

-

3.90

-

4.09

-

4.24

-

1,140

-

1,490

-

1,830

-

2,230

-

2,680

-

3,090

March 23

_

3.34

-

3.26

-

3.22

-

3.19

-

3.14

_

3.08

_

1,090

-

996

-

952

-

920

-

870

..

812

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

-

-

2.83

-

-

3.18

-

-

3.43

-

-

3.44

-

-

-

-

-

#600

-

-

-

-

-

1,410

March 18

_

4.41

-

4.70

-

5.30

-

5.68

-

5.78

-

5.53

-

3,300

-

4,240

-

7,000

-

9,460

-

10,200

-

8,420

March 24

_

3.04

-

3.03

-

3.04

-

3.05

-

3.10

..

3.16

_

776

-

767

-

776

_

785

-

830

_

890

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

-

3.41

-

3.41

-

3.44

-

3.50

-

3.46

-

3.37

-

1,360

-

1,360

-

1,410

-

1,490

-

1,430

-

1,310

March 19

-

4.92

-

4.56

-

4.42

-

4.33

-

4.29

-

4.28

-

5,120

-

3,760

-

3,330

_

3,070

-

2,960

_

2,940

r March 25

_

3.26

-

3.38

-

3.47

-

3.54

_

3.56

_

3.56

_

996

-

1,140

_

1,270

-

1,370

-

1,410

_

1,410

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9 p.m., 3.46 ft., 1,430 sec.-ft. Har. 18, 7 p.m., 

5.80 ft., 10..400 sec.-ft. 

#Kean for the day.
HUDSON RIVER BASIH 10' 

Batten Kill at Arlington, Vt.

Location.- Lat. 43°4'4011 , long. 73 0 9 t 30", at Arlington, Bennlngton County, C.9 mile-below mouth of Warm Brook. Zero of gage is 597.68 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area,, - 152 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily, flood marks, and 

shape of stage graphs at nearby streams. Sage heights given to half tenths between 

3.8 and 8.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits^

Stage-dlscnarge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-3, 6-12, 17-23. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 5,160 second-feet; extended to peak stage by determination 

of flood flow over dam (head, 5.11 feet; C, 2.66 and 3.50); verified by comparison 

of peak discharge and total run-off of flood with records for nearby streams.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 11,100 second-feet 4 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.33 feet).

1928-35: Discharge, 6,410 second-feet (revised) July 7, 1935 (gage height, 

8.4 feet).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by artificial or natural storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

220

211

201

192

197

195

192

189

1881

185

Mar.

171

15 £

165

180

245

218

180

178i

213

313

Apr.

1,080

886

1,020

846

670

1,680

2,180

1,450

1,060

932

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

182

177

175

185

175

195

215

225

215

193

Mar.

642

2,890

2,980

1,520

1,110

1,110

1,650

7,280

5,080

2,520

Apr.

905

859

737

690

781

905

795

630

502

500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

175

164

155

146

148

179

218

220

216

191

1.36

Mar.

2,330

2,180

1,440

1,090

1,390

1,360

1,590

1,850

1,350

1,110

1,170

1,473

11.17

Apr.

624

726

563

518

477

413

429

445

473

360

804

5.90

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

iU3

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.52

2.51

2.50

2.50

2.55

2.60

2.64

2.69

2 ^72

z',75

2.77

2 0 79

156

154

152

152

162

173

183

195

202

210

215

220

March 14

5.9

5.75

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.35

5.25

5.2

5.15

5.1

5.05

4.95

1,860

1,760

1,650

1,530

1,520

1,490

1,420

1,390

1,360

1,320

1,290

1,230

March 20

6.9

6.85

6.8

6.75

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.1

6.05

5,040

2,940

2,850

2,760

2,680

2,530

2,400

2,290

2., 190

2,100

2,020

1,980

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.80

2.81

2 * 82

2.83

2.81

2.78

2 72

2.69

2.68

2.69

2.70

2.73

223

826

229

231

226

218

202

195

192

195

197

205

March 15

4.9

4.85

4.8

4.75

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,110

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

March 21

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.85

5.95

6.25

6.7

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.75

1,940

1,860

1,860

1,830

1,900

2,140

2,680

3,040

3,040

2,850

2,660

2,760

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

2.79

2.85

2.93

3.00

3.08

3.11

3.15

3.17

3.20

3.28

3.33

3.38

220

237

261

283

310

321

336

343

354

384

403

424

Mar c-h 16

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.75

4.8

4.85

4.9

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,080

1,030

1,080

1,110

1,140

1,170

1,200

March 22

6.75

6.65

6.45

6.25

6.2

6.15

6.15

6.1

6.05

6.0

5.9

5.8

2,760

2,600

2,340

2,140

2,100

2,060

2,060

2,020

1,980

1,940

1,860

1,790

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 11

3.42

3.48

3.54

3.60

3.66

3.77

3.85

4.0

4.1

4.35

4.5

4.7

440

465

490

516

542

592

628

698

745

878

960

1,080

March 17

4.95

5.05

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.45

5.65

5.85

6.0

6.15

6.35

6.5

1,230

1,290

1,320

1,390

1,460

1,550

1,680

1,830

1,940

2,060

2,240

2 , 400

March 23

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.25

5.2

5.1

5.05

5.0

4.95

4.9

1,720

1,650

1,580

1,520

1,460

1,420

1,390

1,320

1,290

1,260

1,230

1,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.0

5.35

5.85

6.5

6.95

7.3

7.45

7.35

7.25

7.1

6.9

7.0

1,260

1,490

I,a30

2,400

3,150

3,950

4,310

4,070

3,840

3,490

3,040

3,260

March 18

6.7

6.9

7.1

7.35

8.0

10.0

11.1

11.3

11.2

10.8

10.3

9.9

2,680

3,040

3,490

4,070

5,600

9,240

10,800

11,100

11,000

10,400

9,690

9,080

March 24

4.8

4,75

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.65

4.75

4.8

4.9

1,140

1,110

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,050

1,110

1,140

1,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.2

7.3

7.25

7.2

7.05

6.9

6.75

6.6

6.45

6.3

6.15

6.0

3,720

3,950

3 , 840

3,720

3,380

3,040

2,760

2,530

2,340

2,190

2,060

1,940

March 19

9.4

9.0

8.4

8.0

7.8

7.55

7.35

7.2

7.1

7.0

6.95

6.9

8,260

7,550

6,410

5,600

5,150

4,560

4,070

3,720

3,490

3,260

3,150

3,040

March 25

5.05

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.15

5.1

5.15

5.2

5.25

5.25

5,25

5.3

1,290

1,320

1,390

1,390

1,360

1,320

1,360

1,390

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,460
108 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

Batten Kill at Battenville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°6'511 , long. 73°25'5511 , 1 mile southwest of Battenville, Washington

. County.

Drainage area.- 394 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 a.m. Mar. 17 to 3 

p.m. Mar, 20, when record was based on flood marks and shape of stage graphs at 

nearby stations.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 9,200 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage; 

verified by comparing flood flow with that of Batten Kill at Arlington, Vt.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge. 14,400 second-feet 4J30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 14.0 

feet, from flood marks).

1922-35S Discharge, 21,300 second-feet Nov. 4, 1927 (gage height, 17.7 feet).

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Fet>.

460

460

460

460

460

460

440

440

420

420

Mar.

700

600

550

550

850

700

550

500

700

1,100

Apr.

2,200

2,000

2,540

2,130

1,780

2,900

4,530

4,000

3,120

2,740

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

400

400

400

400

440

440

420

400

380

380

Mar.

2,400

8,860

9,170

5,080

3,440

3,410

6,920

13,100

11,700

7,660

Apr.

2,500

2,400

2,140

1,870

1,780

1,920

1,780

1,560

1,380

1,250

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

360

360

340

340

400

500

750

900

850

1.26

Mar.

5,120

4,790

3,740

2,870

2,840

2,800

2,800

3,610

3,150

2,580

2,420

3

r*-| Q

10.88

Apr.

1,230

1,380

1,200

1,070

980

912

875

846

839

1,110

1

OQQ

5.38

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

|

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

3.95

-

-

-

-

3.70

-

-

-

_

3.94

-

-

-

-

-

#500

-

-

_

_

_

-

March 14

8.53

8.26

7.96

7.75

7.54

7.42

7.26

7.19

7.05

6.93

6.80

6.69

6,350

6,000

5,610

5,340

5,060

4,910

4,720

4,640

4,470

4,330

4,170

4,040

March 20

10.75

10.52

10 6 26

10.00

9.70

9.40

9.13

8.95

8.73

8.55

8.35

8.19

9,400

9,080

8,710

8,350

7,930

7,510

7,130

6,900

6,610

6,380

6,120

5,910

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

-

-

3.92

-

-

4.17

_

_

4.63

_

-

-

-

-

*700

-

-

-

_

_

-

March 15

6.55

6.45

6.35

6.24

6.14

6.07

6.00

5.97

5.97

6.02

6.05

6.04

3,870

3,750

3,630

3,500

3,390

3,320

3,240

3,210

3,210

3,260

3,300

3,280

March 21

8.02

7.87

7.73

7.61

7.50

7.45

7.40

7.39

7.38

7.38

7.39

7.43

5,690

5,490

5,310

5,150

5,010

4,950

4,890

4,880

4,870

4,870

4,880

4,930

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

_

4.79

-

4.85

_

4.86

-

5.05

_

5.46

_

5.99

_

-

-

-

_

*1,100

-

-

_

_

_

-

Maroh 16

6.02

6.02

6.02

6.00

5.99

6.00

6.Q4

6.10

6.22

6.36

6.54

6.87

3,260

3,260

3,260

3,240

3,230

3,240

3,280

3,350

3,480

3,640

3,860

4,250

March 22

7.45

7.47

7.46

7.44

7.42

7.39

7.34

7.28

7.20

7.13

7.04

6.96

4,950

4,970

4,960

4,940

4,910

4,880

4,820

4,750

4,650

4,570

4,460

4,360

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.97

5.99

6.08

5.95

6.31

6.42

7.16

8.55

8.00

6.15

7.05

7.23

_

-

-

-

_

*2,400

-

-

-

_

_

4,510

March 17

7.22

7.52

7.72

8.14

8.50

8.90

9.25

9.62

9.94

10.42

10.82

11.24

4,670

5,040

5,300

5,840

6,310

6,830

7,300

7,820

8,270

8,940

9,500

10,100

March 23

6.86

6.77

6'. 67

6.60

6.49

6.41

6.54

6.27

6.18

6.11

6.04

5.98

4,240

4,130

4,010

3,930

3,800

3,700

3,620

3,540

3,440

3,360

3,280

3,220

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

7.50

7.88

8.31

9.36

9.95

10.35

11.15

11.98

12.51

12.58

12.45

12.23

5,010

5,500

6,060

7,450

8,280

8,840

9,980

11,200

12,000

12,100

11,900

11,600

March 18

11.65

12.06

12.50

12.90

13.29

13.67

13.90

13.99

13.97

13.87

13.70

13.49

10,700

11,300

12,000

12,600

13,300

13,900

14,200

14,400

14,400

14,200

13,900

13,600

.March 24

5.92

5.86

5.80

5.75

5.70

5.64

5.60

5.55

5.51

5.47

5.44

5.45

3,150

3,090

3,020

2,960

2,910

2,840

2,800

2,740

2,700

2,660

2,620

2,640

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

12.00

11.76

11.-49

11.15

10.86

10.55

10.29

9.98

9.68

9.39

9.12

8.87

11,200

10,900

10,500

9,980

9,550

9,120

8,760

8,320

7,900

7,500

7,120

6,790

March 19

13.31

13.11

12.90

12.70

12.50

12.30

12.10

11.89

11.65

il.48

11.22

11.00

13,300

13,000

12,600

12,300

12,000

11,700

11,400

11,100

10,700

10,500

10,100

9,750

March 25

5.46

5.48

5.54

5.59

5.65

5.70

5.73

5.73

5.72

5.72

5.70

5.70

2,650

2,670

2,730

2,790

2,860

2,910

2,940

2,940

2,930

2,930

2,910

2,910

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 4s30 p.m., 8.87 ft (backwater from ice). 

4S30 p.m., 14.0 ft., 14,400 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.

Mar. 18,
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 109 

Kayaderoaaeras Creek near Weat Milton, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°2 I 25", long. 73°54 I 30", 500 feet below mouth of Qlowegee Creek and

1 mile eaat of West Milton, Saratoga County. 

Drainage area.- 90 square milea. 

Page-height record,- Water-atage recorder graph except for period 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Mar, 18, when a graph waa uaed baaed on a flood mark. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11, Mar. 14-17. Defined by

current-meter meaaurementa below 2,050 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak

stage. Flood diacharge compared with those of other atreams in upper Hudaon River

Baain.

Maxima.- 1936: Diacharge, 3,590 aecond-feet 5 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 10.78 feet). 

1927-35: Discharge, 2,750 aecond-feet July 8, 1935 Tgage height, 8.92 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood diacharge not affected by atorage or dlveraion.

Mean diacharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

75

75

70

70

75

75

70

v 70

70

65

Mar.

95

80

75

80

100

90

80

70

80

140

Apr.

338

425

662

403

308

829

835

578

497

472

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

65

65

65

60

70

65

60

60

60

60

Mar.

460

1,600

1,690

1,200

850

1.000

1,700

2,910

2,220

1,630

Apr.

462

486

402

356

397

396

317

267

244

228

Day

21

P.P.

23

24

2f>

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inchea. ...........................................

Feb.

55

55

55

55

55

70

100

130

120

70.3

0.84

Mar.

1,200

1,040

668

578

770

612

865

1,060

600

458

410

787

10.08

Apr.

230

210

190

177

164

160

152

150

152

229

357

4.43

Cage height, in feet, and diacharge, in aecond-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 8

_

_

_

_

_

2.64

_

_

_

_

_

,_ -

_

_

_

_

_

#70

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

_

_

5.47

_

_

4.94

_

_

_

4.92j

_

_

_

_

_

#1,200

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 20

7.25

7.19

_

6.76

_

6.86

_

5.85

_

5.68

_

5.50

2,000

1,980

_

1,780

_

1,580

_

1,420

_

1,350

_

1,280

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

-

-

_

2.74

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

#80

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

-

_

4.60

_

_

4.38

_

4.12

4.15

_

_

4.52

_

_

920

_

_

833

_

742

752

_

_

802

March 21

5.37

5.25

5.14

5.10

5.17

5.36

5.65

5.88

5.93

5.90

5.85

5.78

1,230

1,180

1,140

1,120

1,150

1,220

1,340

1,430

1,450

1,440

1,420

1,390

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

_

-

-

-

_

3.13

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

#140

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

-

_

4.45

_

_

4.55

_

5.22

6.21

6.20

6.33

6.72

_

_

860

_

900

_

1,170

1,280

1,360

1,420

1,500

March 22

_

5»50

5.18

_

4.83

_

4.55

_

4.38

-

4.25

_

1,280

_

1,150

_

1,010

_

900

_

833

-

788

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

-

_

3.44

_

_

3.62

_

_

4.16

_

_

_

_

_

#460

_

_

567

_

_

756

March 17

6.26

6.40

6.59

6.58

6.48

6.44

6.54

6.59

6.70

7.17

7.37

7.47

1,570

1,640

1,720

1,710

1,670

1,660

1,700

1,720

1,760

1,970

2,060

2,100

March 23

_

4.08

_

3.96

_

3.84

_

3.79

_

3.78

_

3.77

_

728

_

686

_

644

_

626

_

623

-

620

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

4.36

4.76

5.14

5.64

6.16

6.62

6.84

7.10

7.60

7.65

7.65

7.52

826

984

1,140

1,340

1,540

1,730

1,820

1,940

2,160

2,180

2,180

2,120

March 18

7.43

7.46

7.60

8.10

9.17

9.80

10.56

10.76

10.76

10.56

10.16

9.56

2,080

2,100

2,160

2,380

2,870

3,3.50

3,490

3,580

3,580

3,490

3,310

3,040

March 24

_

_

3.70

-

_

3.60

-

3.58

3.60

3.64

3.70

3.83

_

_

595

-

_

560

_

553

560

574

595

640

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.30

7.07

6.81

6.66

6.54

6.41

6.33

6.16

6.14

6.09

5.99

5.81

2,020

1,920

1,800

1,740

- 1,700

1,640

1,610

1,540

1,540

1,520

1,480

1,400

March 19

_

8.73

_

7.94

_

7.23

_

7.00

_

7.15

_

7.22

_

2,670

_

2,310

_

1,990

_

1,890

_

1,960

_

1,990

March 25

3.98

4.15

4.26

4.29

4.28

4.27

_

_

4.82

-

-

4.13

693

752

791

802

798

794

_

_

777

-

-

746

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9 p.m., 7.66 ft., 2,190 aec.-ft. Mar. 17, 1:30 a.m., 

6.86 ft. Mar. 18, 5 p.m., 10.78 ft., 3,590 aec.-ft. 

#Mean for the day.
110 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSOH TO STJSQTJEHAHHA KEGIOK

Hoosic River at Adams, Mass.

Location.- Lat. 42 O36'45", long. 73°7'25", at Adams, Berkshire County, just below mouth 

of Dry Brook and 0.3 mile above Pecks Brook.

Drainage area.- 46.3 square miles.

Qage-'neight record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 a.m. Mar. 13 to 1 

p.m. Mar. 14, when it was based on flood marks and shape of available water-atage recorder graph. Gage heights given to half tenths between 2.60 and 4.80 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by c urrent-meter measurements below 2,680 seeondfeet; extended to peak stage by study of flow characteristics at control section; 

verified by drainage-area comparison of instantaneous and total yield of flood with 

records for nearby streams.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,670 second-feet 1 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 6.33 feet). 

1931-35: Discharge, 1,110 second-feet Jan. 9, 1935 (gage height, 3.35 feet).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by storage or diversions.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

49

47

47

48

47

46

47

45

46

44

Mar.

46

46

46

53

64

52

47

46

53

100

Apr.

180

218

266

192

171

408

300

227

195

205

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

45

42

42

45

49

43

42

54

62

47

Mar.

376

1,790

1,750

387

336

367

635

2,410

1,270

670

Apr,

224

214

185

167

185

214

195

169

158

147

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

45

44

43

42

43

60

59

56

49

1.10

Mar.

676

513

368

315

372

288

419

472

292

242

208

11.76

Apr.

147

147

130

119

109

113

102

95

98

4.34

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

(3

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

0.74

.72

.70

.72

.74

.74

.74

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

48

45

42

45

48

48

48

49

49

49

49

49

March 14

2.33

2.18

2.02

1.90

1.82

1.79

1.78

1.77

1.76

1.74

1.72

1.70

581

612

440

388

354

342

338

334

330

321

313

305

March 20

2.9

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.69

2.57

2.54

2.51

790

760

730

700

670

640

610

610

604

594

577

560

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

0.75

.75

.75

.76

.75

.70

.78

.78

.82

.84

.85

.88

49

49

49

50

49

42

63

53

59

63

64

70

March 15

1.68

1.67

1.65

1.64

1.63

1.65

1.80

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.91

297

293

286

282

278

286

346

397

397

397

397

392

March 21

2.50

2.50

2.51

2.66

2.80

3.05

2.95

2.9

2.85

2.75

2.65

2.65

556

555

660

588

730

895

825

790

760

700

640

640

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 10

0.89

.90

.91

.92

.91

.91

.98

1.05

1.12

1.27

1.33

1.36

71

73

76

77

75

75

88

102

117

154

172

181

Maroh 16

1.89

1.86

1.83

1.81

1.80

1.79

1.82

1.83

1.88

1.90

1.90

1.96

384

371

359

350

346

342

354

359

380

388

388

4J.4

March 22

2.6

2.57

2.53

2.49

2.44

2.40

2.36

2.32

2.30

2.27

2.26

2.24

610

594

572

550

523

602

481

460

450

435

430

420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

1,40

1,43

1.45

1.46

1.50

1.60

1.82

1.98

2.20

2.36

2.7

3.05

194

204

212

215

229

266

354

422

521

595

759

964

March 17

2.07

2.10

2.15

2.22

2.30

2.40

2.65

2.65

2.75

2.75

2.8

2.9

462

475

498

530

567

613

684

734

786

786

814

874

March 23

2.22

2.19

2.17

2.15

2.13

2.12

2.11

2.10

2.09

2.07

2.06

2.05

410

395

386

377

368

363

359

354

350

341

337

332

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

3.6

3.85

4.3

4.4

4.1

4,0

4.15

4.3

4.45

4.65

4.75

4.8

1,320

1,500

1,850

1,930

1,690

1,610

1,730

1,850

1,970

2,130

2,220

2,270

March 18

3.0

3.35

4.35

5.2

6.1

6.2

6.1

5.7

5.4

5.1

4.7

4.4

934

1.160

1,890

2,630

3,470

3,570

3,470

3,080

2,810

2,540

2,180

1,930

March 24

2.05

2.03

2.02

2.01

1.99

1.99

1.99

2.00

1.99

1.99

1.98

2.00

332

324

320

315

307

307

307

311

307

307

303

311

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.2

4.75

4.15

3.8

3.5

3.2

2.95

2.7

2.5

2,360

2,540

2,630

2,630

2,220

1,730

1,460

1,250

1,060

904

759

660

March 19

4.05

3.8

3.65

3.7

3.75

3.65

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

1,650

1,450

1,330

1,370

1,410

1,330

1,210

1,140

1,070

1,000

930

860

March 25

2.11

2.17

2.17

2.18

2.19

2.18

2.17

2.16

2.14

2.11

2.08

2.06

359

386

386

391

395

391

386

382

372

359

345

337

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 1 p.m., 6.33 ft., 3,670 sec.ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 111 

Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 56 ! 0n , long. 73 0 22 ! 20n , half a mile below mouth of Walloomsac River 

and 1^ miles southeast of Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer County.

Drainage area.- 510 square miles.

Sage-height i-ecord.- Water-stage recorder graph through Mar. 7; Mar. 8-19, graph based 

on a study of records of the Hoosic River at Adams, Mass., North Branch of Hoosic 

River at North Adams, Mass., Walloomaac River near North Bennington, Vt., and gage 

height and discharge records furnished by New York Power & Light Corporation for 

hydroelectric plants on the Hoosic River at Johnsonville and Schaghtieoke; Mar. 20 

to April 3, graph based on twice-daily gage readings; from April 4, water-stage 

recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 420 second-feet} extension to peak stage based on a study of the 

five other Hoosic River Basin records noted above.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 23,500 second-feet 6 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 14.4 feet, 

from flood marks ).

1910-22, 1923-35S Discharge, 29,800 second-feet Nov. 4, 1927 (gage height, 

18.8 feet).

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1 500

2 500

3 500

4 500

5 550

6 500

7 500

8 480

9 480

10 460

Mean monthly ..__. _ . _, _ -_

Mar. Apr.

800 2,030

700 2,170

600 3,310

700 2,320

1,200 2,000

900 3,690

750 4,190

650 3,000

900 2,440

1,400 2,450

discharge, in ss<

Run-off, in inches. ..........

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

JondFeb.

460

440

440

440

500

500

480

460

440

440

feet. . . .

Mar.

3,460

14,000

12,000

5,000

3,600

3,800

7,000

20,000

15,000

7,840

Apr.

2,380

2,320

2,050

1,840

2,000

2,250

2,020

1,770

1,660

1,520

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

420

400

400

380

480

650

900

1,100

1,000

528

1.12

Mar.

6,340

6,400

3,800

2,990

3,700

3,160

3,120

4,870

2,960

2,490

2,370

4,595

10.39

Apr.

1,540

1,540

1,340

1,250

1,170

1,100

1,050

962

962

986

1 977

4.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

%o

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

_

_

_

_

5.12

_

_

_

_

_

-

*650

March 14

10.05

9.75

9.45

9.22

9.00

8.80

8.66

8.55

8.45

8.36

8.30

8.25

7 ,110

6,480

5

5

,870

,420

5,000

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

,640

,400

,220

,060

,920

,830

,760

March 20

11.13

10.95

10.78

10.63

10.48

10.32

10.16

10,05

9.88

9.75

9.62

9.48

9

9

8

8

8

7

7

7

6

6

6

5

,750

,270

,830

,460

,090

,720

,350

,110

,750

,480

,210

,930

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

*900

March 15

-

8.17

-

8.15

_

8.14

_

8.15

_

8.16

-

8.19

-

3,640

-

3,e:

-

3,6(

_

10

)0

3,610

_

3,620

-

3,670

March 21

9.35

9.26

9.20

9.17

9,20

9.40

9.70

10.00

10.18

10.29

10.36

10,37

5,670

5,490

5,3*30

5,320

5,380 5,7r

0

6,370

7,000

7,4C)0

7,650

7,81LO

7,830

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

5

-

-

-

-

.50

_

-

*1,400

March 16

8

8

8

8

8

8

.23

.23

.24

.30

.50

.75

_

3,720

-

3,

-

3,

_

720

740

3,830

_

4,140

-

4,560

March 22

10

10

10

10

9

9

9

9

9

9

8

8

.33

.25

.16

.05

.90

.72

.55

.40

.25

.12

.99

.85

7,740

7,560

7, 550

7,110

6,790

6, 110

6,070

5,770

5, 180

5,230

4, 380

4,730

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.70

6.30

6.80

7.40

8.05

8.60

9.25

9.90

10.55

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,550

2,120

2,640

3,340

4,220

5,060

6,100

7,210

8,380

March 17

8.90

9.08

9 0 22

9.40

9.58

9.78

9.99

10.25

10.55

10.88

11.25

11.71

4,820

5,150

5,420

5,770

6,130

6,540

6,980

7,560

8,260

9,090

10,100

11,400

March 23

8.70

8.60

8.48

8.38

8.29

8.23

8.16

8.10

8.04

7.98

7.92

7.87

4,470

4,300

4,110

3,950

3,820

3,720

3,620

3,540

3,460

3,370

3,300

3,230

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.20

11.75

12.30

12.75

13. L5

13.30

13. :

13. :

55

55

13.30

13.25

13.:L5

13.00

9,590

10,600

11,800

12 , 800

13, 8C)0

14,200

15, 6C

16, 9C

)0

)0

18,000

17,800

17, 2C)0

16,500

March 18

12.25

12.75

13.J 13.'25

70

14.00

14.£20

14.30

14.35

14.4

14.35

14.£25

14.10

13,500

15,500

17, 8(

20, 0(

30

)0

21,500

22,S()0

23,000

23,200

23,500

23,200

22, 8C)0

22,000

March 24 n

7.82

7.77 7.r73

7.70

7.67

7. 54

7.62

7.60

7. 50

7.62

7. 56

7.72

3,170

3,100

3, Of50

3,010

2,970

2,9;10

2,910

2,890

2,8 30

2,910

2,9 50

3,040

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

12.85

12.70

12.55

12.35

12.12

11.90

11.67

11.40

11.13

10.85

10.60

10.30

15,900

15,300

14,700

13,900

13,000

12,100

11,300

10,500

9,750

9,010

8,380

7,670

March 19

13.90

13.65

13.35

13.10

12.85

12.60

12.40

12.15

11.90

11.70

11.50

11.30

21,000

19,800

18,200

17,000

15,900

14,900

14,100

13,100

12,100

11,400

10,800

10,200

March 25

7.80

7.89

8.01

8.16

8.34

8.46

8.48

8.42

8.36

8.30

8.25

8.19

3,140

3,260

3,410

3,620

3,890

4,080

4,110

4,010

3,920

3,830

3,760

3,670

*Mean for the day.
112 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO STJSQTTEHANNA REGION

Horth Branch of Hoosic River at North Adams, Mass.

Location.- Lat. 42o42 l 10n , long. 73O5 I 25", at North Adams, Berkshire County, 0.2 mile 

below Hudson Brook and lj miles above mouth.

Drainage area.- 39.0 square miles.

Gage-helKht record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights given to half tenths 

between 4.30 and 6.10 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-4, 21-23, 29, Mar. 2, 7, 8. Defined 

by current-meter measurements below 5,100 second-feet; extended to peak stage toy 

determination of flood flow over dam (head, 6.57 feet; C, 3.1); verified by drainage-area comparison of instantaneous and total yield of flood with records for 

nearby streams.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 6,100 second-feet 1 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 9.25 feet). 

1931-35: Discharge, 3,150 second-feet (revised), Nov. 19, 1932 (gage height, 

6.69 feet).

Discharge, 9,980 second-feet (revised) November 1927 (head, 7.7 feetj C, 3.1).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by artificial or natural storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

36

35

34

33

31

30

27

26

23

27

Mar.

35

33

32

34

42

33

33

34

34

71

Apr.

180

230

330

191

163

950

534

315

239

262

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

24

23

22

23

24

21

24

31

36

30

Mar.

408

2,180

1,020

447

360

435

980

3,860

1,800

810

Apr.

290

248

191

160

257

285

210

160

144

129

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Feb.

26

25

23

23

22

45

46

42

40

29 4

0.81

Mar.

1,090

690

380

350

647

443

585

734

390

300

250

17.64

Apr.

160

144

110

100

89

82

73

69

67

64

214

6.12

gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

fn 

gO

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1.81

1.66

1.90

1.91

1.68

1.96

1.98

1.87

1.83

1.71

1.78

1.71

_

-

-

_

-

*34

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

3.46

3.37

3.31

3.27

3.23

3.19

3.15

3.12

3.08

3.04

3.00

2.98

575

530

500

481

462

443

425

411

393

375

357

348

March 20

4.4

4.29

4.20

4.12

4.04

3.98

3.94

3.98

4.04

4.02

3.96

3.89

1,010

933

870

814

758

716

688

716

758

744

702

653

Peet [ Sec.ft.

March 9

1.74

1.74

1.75

1.83

1.78

1.77

1.77

1.84

1.81

1.90

1.88

1.97

29

29

30

37

32

31

31

38

35

44

42

52

March 15

2.95

2.93

2.90

2.87

2.84

2.84

335

326

313

300

288

288

2.93 326

3.05

3.16

3.20

3.20

3.18

380

430

448

448

439

March 21

3.86

3.90

3.96

4.25

5.05

5.3

5.1

4.75

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.35

632

660

702

905

1,520

1,750

1,570

1,280

1,160

1,080

1,010

975

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

1.97

1.93

1.99

2.00

1.96

2.00

2.02

2.13

2.25

2.35

2.36

2.37

52

47

54

55

51

55

58

74

94

115

117

119

Marc-h 16

3.15

3.12

3.10

3.09

3.07

3.08

3.11

3.16

3.23

3.28

3.32

3.43

425

411

402

398

388

393

407

430

462

486

505

560

March 22

4.30

4.22

4.13

4.05

3.96

3.90

3.84

3.79

3.74

3.69

3.63

3.58

940

884

821

765

702

660

618

584

554

524

492

465

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

2.44

2.50

2.55

2.58

2.68

2.78

2.90

3.10

3.43

3.78

4.25

4.65

138

156

174

185

223

263

313

402

560

744

1,020

1,270

March 17

3.57

3.66

3.70

3.75

3.90

4.10

4.30

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.15

630

678

700

728

810

925

1,040

1,170

1,300

1,380

1,460

1,660

March 23

3.53

3.50

3.47

3.42

3.39

3.39

3.37

3.38

3.40

3.40

3.37

3.35

440

425

410

385

370

370

360

365

375

375

360

350

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.0

5.4

5.8

6.2

6.3

6.1

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.65

5.45

5.3

1,540

1,870

2,230

2,630

2,730

2,530

2,630

2,430

2,230

2,100

1,920

1,780

March 18

5.35

5.7

6.4

7.2

8.4

9.0

8.7

8.3

7.5

7.3

6.9

S.3

1,820

2,140

2,830

3,700

5,100

5,840

5,460

4,980

4,030

3,810

3,370

2,730

March 24

3.33

3.30

3.28

3.30

3.25

3.25

3.26

3.35

3.47

3.50

3.52

3.58

340

325

315

325

300

300

305

350

410

425

435

465

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.05

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.25

4.15

4.04

3.93

3.82

3.72

3.62

3.53

1,580

1.380

1,240

1,100

1,020

955

889

826

766

711

656

610

March 19

5.95

5.75

5.6

5.5

5.45

5.35

5.25

5.15

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.55

2,380

2,180

2,030

1,930

1,880

1,800

1,700

1,620

1,480

1,320

1,240

1,120

March 25

3.74

4.00

4.04

3.97

3.90

3.83

3.79

3.87

3.96

3.94

3.85

3.78

554

730

758

709

660

611

584

639

702

688

625

578

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 1 p.m., 9.25 ft., 6,100 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.
HUDSON RIVER BASIH 113

Walloomaac River near North Bennington, Vt.

Location.- Lat. 42°54«45n , long. fZ^S'ZS" , three- fifths of a mile below Paran Creek

and 1.4 miles south of North Bennington, Bennington County. 

Drainage area.- Ill square miles. 

Bage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights given to half tenths

between 3.60 and 6.50 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 9. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 2,610 second-feet; extended to peak stage by velocity-area study

near control section; verified by drainage-area comparison of instantaneous and

total yield of flood with records for nearby streams. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 6,600 second-feet 2 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.44 feet).

1931-35: Discharge, 3,820 second-feet Nov. 19, 1932 (gage height, 8.25 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by artificial or natural storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

125

120

120

125

120

115

120

115

120

115

Mar.

130

ISO

135

150

190

155

135

135

190

327

Apr.

494

530

698

483

413

1,090

908

630

525

556

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

118

110

110

120

. 135

125

120

150

145

125

Mar.

684

3,280

1,730

829

662

725

1,280

4,660

2,980

1,410

Apr.

550

512

452

415

501

552

456

390

350

340

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

120

118

 112

110

110

160

180

175

145

1.23

Mar.

1,440

1,300

759

648

1,060

838

818

1,020

668

617

624

958

9.95

Apr.

360

370

340

320

290

320

300

280

254

298

4.69

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

ss

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.45

2.38

2.12

2.32

2.51

2.31

2.46

2.56

2.58

2.51

2.53

2.53

_

_

-

*135

-

_

.

-

-

March 14

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.05

4.0

3.95

3.9

3.85

3.85

3.8

3.75

3.7

1,030

970

910

881

852

824

796

769

769

742

716

690

March 20

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.15

5.0

4.85

4.7

4.6

4.55

4.55

4.5

4.45

1,940

1,800

1,660

1,560

1,460

1,370

1,270

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,120

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.51

2.49

2.48

2.49

2.52

2.56

2.68

2.80

2.80

2.81

2.80

2.79

_

_

_

»190

_

_

-

March 15

3.65

3.65

3.60

3.57

3.55

3.54

3.58

3.65

3.7

3.75

3.8

3.8

664

664

639

624

614

610

629

664

690

716

742

742

March 21

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.55

5.0

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.25

5.25

1,090

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,180

1,460

1,800

1,870

1,800

1,730

1,630

1,630

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.77

2.75

2.74

2.76

2.73

2.72

2.77

2.98

3.22

3.28

3.27

3.24

260

252

249

256

245

241

260

347

456

485

480

466

March 16

3.8

3.8

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.8

3.85

3.95

742

742

716

716

716

716

716

716

716

742

769

824

March 22

5.45

5.4

5.25

5.0

4.85

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.25

4.15

1,760

1,730

1,630

1,460

1,370

1,270

1,210

1,150

1,090

1,030

1,000

940

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.23

3.22

3.21

3.25

3.31

3.44

3.65

3.85

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.85

461

456

452

470

499

561

644

769

910

1,030

1,150

1,370

March 17

4.05

4.15

4.2

4.25

4.3

4.4

4.55

4.75

5.05

5.35

5.5

5.7

881

940

970

1,000

1,030

1,090

1,180

1,300

1,500

1,700

1,800

1,940

March 23

4.05

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.85

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.7

881

852

796

796

769

742

742

742

716

716

716

690

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.15

5.9

6.8

8.1

8.6

8.5

8.3

8.3

8.1

7.7

7.3

7.0

1,560

2,080

2,740

3,740

4,140

4,060

3,900

3,900

3,V40

3,420

3,120

2,900

March 18

6.0

6.3

6.9

7.8

9.0

10.7

11.4

11.3

10.8

10.4

9.9

9.4

2,150

2,370

2,820

3,500

4,460

5,900

6,600

6, 4 dO

6,000

5,630

5,200

4,780

March 24

3.65

3.65

3.60

3.6

3.6

3.55

3.54

3.55

3.6

3.7

3.75

3.85

664

664

639

639

639

614

610

614

639

690

716

769

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

6.8

6.5

6.1

5.7

5.45

5.25

5.1

5.0

4.85

4.7

4.55

4.4

2,740

2,520

2,220

1,940

1,760

1,630

1,530

1,460

1,370

1,270

1,180

1,090

March 19

8.8

8.3

7.9

7.7

7.2

6.9

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.2

6.0

4,300

3,900

3,580

3,420

3,040

2,820

2,670

2,600

2,520

2,440

2,300

2,150

March 25

3.95

4.25

4.5

4.55

4.5

4.45

4.35

4.35

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.4

824

1,000

1,150

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,060

1,060

1,090

1,150

1,150

1,090

*Mean for the day.
114 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO StlSQUEHAMA REGION 

Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y.

Location.- lat. 43°16'25", long. 75°25'50", at Delta Dam, 5 miles north of Rome, Oneida

County.

Drainage area.- 145 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Mean of two readings daily to tenths. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 2,800,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by New

York State Department of Public Works.

Sage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

534.95

534.2

533.3

532.55

531.75

530.8

529.95

529.1

528.1

527.25

526.80

526.25

525.6

525.25

524.9

524.5

524.15

523.8

523.4

523.0

522.6

522.2

521.85

521.5

521.1

520.85

520.8

521.2

521.6

Millions of 

cubic feet

1,326

1,266

1,201

1,148

1,092

1,028

977

926

866

815

790

762

730

712

695

675

658

642

626

610

594

578

564

550

534

524

522

538

554

March

Feet

521.95

522.15

522.35

522.55

522.75

522.95

523.15

523.35

523.55

523.75

524.0

528.65

533.4

535.15

536.15

537.4

539.25

544.75

548.75

550.4

551.4

551.7

551.65

551.45

551.5

551.45

551.7

552.05

551.45

551.25

551.2

Millions of 

cubic feet

568

576

584

592

600

608

616

624

632

640

650

899

1,208

1,342

1,422

1,522

1,6B2

2,215

2,652

2,848

2,968

3,004

2,998

2,974

2,980

2,974

3,004

3,046

2,974

2,950

2,944

April

Feet

551.15

550.85

550.90

550.6

550.25

551.25

551.35

550.8

550.45

550.4

550.55

550.65

550.45

550.6

550.7

550.75

550.9

550.8

550.8

550.75

550.75

550.8

550.7

550.6

550.6

550.5

550.5

550.5

550.5

550.6

Millions of 

cubic feet

2,938

2,902

2,908

2,872

2,830

2,950

2,962

2,896

.2,854

2,848

2,866

2,878

2,854

2,872

2,884

2,890

2,908

2,896

2,896

2,890

2,890

2,896

2,884

2,872

2,872

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,872

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet -316 +889 -27.8
HUBSOH RIVER BASIN 

Mohawk River below Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y.

115

Location. - Lat. 43°15<50n , long. 75°26'10", at Spring Brook fish hatchery, 1 mile below 

Delta Dam and 4 miles north of Rome, Oneida County.

Drainage area.- 151 square miles; 145 square miles affected by storage in Delta Reservoir.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on one reading daily except Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar. 8, 

15, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26, when the record was faulty or missing, and on operating 

records of Delta Reservoir.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,210 secondfeet; logarithmic extension to peak stage.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,610 second-feet about 8J30 p.m. Mar. 27 (gage height, 7.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1927-35: Discharge, 4,060 second-feet July 9, 1935 (gage height, 8.1 feet, 

from flood marks).

Reports of the State Engineer and Surveyor record a maximum discharge of 4,210 

second-feet Mar. 9, 1921,

Remarks.- For information of storage see record for Delta Reservoir near Rome, K. Y. 

Mean monthly discharge and run-off, in inches, corrected for storage. Ho diversion 

into Delta Reservoir from Black River during period Feb. 1 to Apr. 30, 1936.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1 8SO 

2 820 

3 820 

4 820 

5 800 

6 800 

7 800 

8 800 

9 780 

10 560

Mar.

170 

170 

170 

170 

175 

185 

185 

180 

180 

180

Apr.

1,180 

940 

1,100 

1,120 

1,080 

2,100 

2,300 

1,450 

1,080 

1,040

Day

i:f1

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

Feb.

430 

540 

410 

350 

340 

340 

340 

340 

340 

340

Mar.

225 

260 

180 

180 

190 

200 

230 

220 

114 

270

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (obseri 

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (correc

Sage height, in

$ 

&

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

N 

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

M

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

H 

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

M

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

N 

2 

4 

6 

8 10- 

M

Feet |Sec

March

1.46

1.40

1.33

1.28 

1.23 

1.18

ft.

19

132

122

111

103 

96 

88

March 25

5.66 

5.80 

5.90 

5.96 

5.97 

5.95

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

,090 

,190 

,260 

,300 

,310 

,300

March 31

4.73 

4.72 

4.69 

4.63 

4.55 

4.45

1,490 

1,480 

1,460 

1,430 

1,380 

1,320

feet, and discharge,

Feet jSec.ft.

March 20

1.13

1.10

1.74

2.36 

2,92 

3.44

80

76

184

340 

545 

773

March 26

5.91 

5.86 

5.77 

5.64 

5.46 

5.26

2,270 

2,230 

2,170 

2,080 

1,950 

1,810

1 April 1

4.34 

4.22 

4.34 

4.20 

4.07 

3.96

1,250 

1,180 

1,250 

1,170 

1,090 

1,030

Feet

Apr.

1,100 

1,160 

700 

380 

480 

680 

640 

600 

540 

520

Day

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Feb.

330 

320 

310 

300 

300 

300 

240 

145 

170

483 

167 

1.20

Mar.

1,350 

1,900 

1,750 

1,800 

2,200 

2,15Q 

2,450 

2,700 

1,700 

1,400 

1,450

796 

1,685 

13.87

Apr.

520 

580 

490 

420 

330 

300 

270 

260 

300 

390

798 

770 

5.69

in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Sec. ft.

March 21

3

4

4

4 

4 

5

.90

.28

.53

.76 

.99 

.18

1,000

1,220

1,370

1,510 

1,640 

1,760

Mar oh 27

5 

5 

5 

6 

7 

7

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

.08 

.07 

.53 

.85 

.60 

.41

1,700 

1,690 

2,000 

2,980 

3,610 

3,440

A-pril 2

.84 

.75 

.72 

.72 

.76 

.81

970 

925 

910 

910 

930 

955

Feet Sec. ft.

Marc.h 22

5.33

5.43

5.47

5.47 

5.43 

5.36

1,860

1,930

1,960

1,960 

1,930

1,880

March 28

7.11 

6.83 

6.54 

6.25 

5.98 

5.74

3,190 

2,960 

2,730 

2,500 

2,320 

2,160

April 3

3.88 

3.97 

4.01 

4.32 

4.27 

4.15

990 

1,040 

1,060 

1,240 

1,210 

1,140

Feet Sec.ft.

March 23

5.28

5.20

5.13

5.06 

4.99 

4.93

1,830

1,770

1,730

1,690 

1,640 

1,610

March 29

5.50 

5.26 

5.06 

4.85 

4.67 

4.58

1,980 

1,810 

1,690 

1,560 

1,450 

1,360

April 4

3.99 

3.78 

4.36 

4.26 

4.18 

4.11

1,040 

940 

1,270 

1,210 

1,160 

1,120

Feet Ssc.ft.

March 24

4.86

4.80

5.49

5.43 

5.42 

6,52

1,570

1,530

1,970

1,930 

1,920 

1,990

March 30

4.40 

4.35 

4.75 

4.75 

4.74 

4.73

1,290 

1,260 

1,500 

1,500 

1,490 

1,490

Anrll 5

4.05 

4.00 

3.99 

4.01 

4.08 

4.20

1,080 

1,050 

1,040 

1,060 

1,100 

1,170

Supplemental records.- Mar. 27, 8:30 p.m., 7.6 ft., 3,610 sec.-ft.
116 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HODSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION 

Mohawk River near Little Palls, New York

Location.- Lat. 43°0'50", long. 74°46 I 40", 1,800 feet below Rocky Rift Dam, 2 miles 

above mouth, of Eaat Canada Creek, and 4-ja milea aou.th.eaat of Little Palls, Herkimer 

County. Elevation of gage zero ia 310.0 feet, Barge Canal datum.

Drainage area.- 1,348 square miles. 518 square miles affected by atorage in Delta and 

Hinckley reservoirs.

Gage-height record.- Water-atage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Peb. 1 to Mar. 17. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 13,600 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. Diacharge record compared with, other recorda in the Mohawk River baain.

Maxima.- 1936: Diacharge, 23,200 aecond-feet (diveraion not included} see remarks) 6 

p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 17.24 feet).

1927-35: Diacharge, 21,300 aecond-feet (diversion negligible and not included) 

Mar. 15, 1929 (gage height, 16.4 feet).

Remarks.- Records of mean daily discharge include diversion at Rocky Rift Dam of water 

into the Barge Canal. Bi-hourly discharges do not include this diversion. Mean 

daily diversions in second-feet were: Mar. 8 to Mar.11, 10 to 14 second-feet, Mar. 1% 

1,409 second-feet; Mar. 13, 476 second-feet; Mar. 14, 616 second-feet; Mar. 15, 194 

second-feet; Mar. 16, 22 second-feet; Mar. 17, 98 second-feet; Mar. 18, 821 secondfeet; Mar. 19, 114 second-feet; Mar. 20, 73 second-feet; Mar. 21 to 28, 10 to 14 second-feet. Por information of storage see records for Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam, 

near Rome, N. Y., and Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Peb.

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,000

2,000

1,900

Mar.

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,500

Apr.

9,700

8,300

9,000

8,000

6,400

8,600

12,200

11,800

9,400

8,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Peb.

1,800

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,600

1,800

Mar.

2,600

5,000

5,500

4,600

4,400

7,000

13,000

22,400

20,400

14,400

Apr.

8,000

8,300

8,000

6,100

6,300

7,300

7,400

6,100

4,700

4,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches . ...........................................

Peb.

1,800

1,800

1,700

1,700

1,600

1,700

1,900

1,800

1,600

1,807

1.44

Mar.

12,200

13,200

12,200

10,600

11,000

11,200

12,600

14,000

13,000

11,000

10,400

6.73

Apr.

4,450

5,200

5,000

4,000

3,650

3,050

2,850

2,800

2,950

3,850

5.41

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

_

_

_

-

7.37

_

_

_

_

_

7.44

_

_

_

-

-

*1,300

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

_

_

_

_

_

12.25

_

_

_

_

_

11.22

_

_

_

_

_

*4,600

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 20

14.44

14.17

13.93

13.61

13.29

12.99

12.80

12.67

12.58

12.54

12.45

12.33

16,900

16,300

15,800

15,100

14,400

13,700

13,300

13,000

12,900

12,800

12,600

12,300

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

7.21

_

_

7.44

_

_

7.59

_

_

7.82

_

_

_

_

_

*1,300

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

_

_

_

_

10.42

_

_

10.08

_

_

10.40

_

_

_

_

_

*4,400

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 21

12.19

12.21

12.09

12.05

12.09

12.23

12.28

35.32

12.33

12.36

12.56

12.72

12,000

12,100

11,300

11,700

11,800

12,100

12,200

12,300

12,300

12,400

12,800

13,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

-

8.48

_

_

-

_

_

9.67

_

_

_

_

_

»1,500

_

_

-

_

_

-

Marc-h 16

_

_

10.61

_

_

11.30

_

_

12.47

_

_

13.30

_

_

_

_

_

*7,000

_

_

_

_

_

9,640

March 22

12.77

12.72

12.67

12.72

12.80

12.84

12.84

12.94

12.84

12.83

12.83

12.81

13,300

13,200

13,000

13,200

13,300

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,300

Peet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

10.72

-

-

11.57

_

_

12.75

-

_

14.58

_

_

_

-

-

«2,600

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 17

_

_

12.84

_

_

12.52

12.72

13.44

14.17

14.70

14.94

15.29

_

_

10,900

_

_

12,700

13,200

14,700

16,300

17,500

18,000

18,800

March 23

12.74

12.64

12.55

12.48

12.33

12.23

12.16

12.09

12.05

11.96

11.88

11.82

13,200

13,000

12,800

12,700

12,300

12,100

12,000

11,800

11,700

11,600

11,400

11,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

-

16.64

-

-

16.82

-

16.75

15.32

14.86

14.44

-

-

-

-

»5,000

-

_

-

-

_

-

March 18

15,50

15.58

15.86

16.24

16.54

16.86

17.02

17.17

17.24

17.20

17.13

17.01

19,200

19,400

20,100

20,900

21,600

22,400

22,700

23,100

23,200

23,200

23,000

22,700

March 24

11.72

11.65

11.60

11.49

11.35

11.27

11.24

11.23

11.30

11.45

11.49

11.59

11,100

10,900

10,800

10,600

10,300

10,100

10,000

10,000

10,200

10,500

10,600

10,800

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

_

_

_

_

_

13.76

_

_

13.30

12.89

_

13.09

_

_

_

_

_

*5,500

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 19

16.91

16.75

16.60

16.38

16.11

15.86

15.63

15.43

15.29

15.13

14.96

14.73

22,500

22,100

21,800

21,300

20,600

20,100

19,500

19,100

18,800

18,400

18,100

17,500

March 25

11.66

11.69

11.69

11.71

11.68

11.62

11.55

11.55

11.67

11.75

11.80

11.81

10,900

11,000

11,000

11,000

11,000

10,800

10,700

10,700

10,900

11,100

11,200

11.200

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 7 a.m., 16.82 ft.; 7:30 a.m. 

16.83 ft. Mar. 16, 10:40 p.m. 13.56 ft.

*Mean for the day (diversions included).

16.52 ft.; 1 p.m.
HUBSOH RIVER BASIN 117

Mohawk River at Cohoes, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°47 t 5n , long. 73°42'25n , at School Street plant of New York Power

& Light Corporation in Cohoes, Albany County. 

Drainage area.- 3,456 square miles; 832 square miles affected by storage in Schoharie,

Delta, and Hinckley Reservoirs. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 p.m. Mar. 28 to

10 a.m. Mar. 30, when it was based on known limits of stage. Record unreliable for

periods Feb. 1,3,29, Mar. 31 to Apr. 30,when intake to well was not operating properly. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Mar. 12; defined by current-meter measurementa below 34,500 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 130,000 second-feet 6:30 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 22.57

1917-35: Discharge, 72,000 second-feet Mar. 16, 1929 (gage height, 18.3 feet). 

Remarks.- Daily discharges compared with records for discharge at power plant and adJusted therewith during periods of missing or unreliable gage-height records. Records include small diversion for Cohoes water supply, but not diversion through Lock 

No. 6 at Crescent Dam for operation of Barge Canal. This diversion was negligible 

until Apr. 3 and did not exceed 222 second-feet thereafter. Daily and monthly discharges not corrected for diversions from Schoharie Reservoir and storage in Schoharie, Delta, and Hinckley Reservoirs. For daily changes in storage and daily diversions see records for Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam near Rome, N. Y.; Hinckley 

Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y.; Schoharie Reservoir at Silboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

4,000

3,600

3,400

3,300

3,200

2,460

2,900

2,650

2,750

3,900

Mar.

6,700

5,200

5,200

4,600

5,000

6,600

7,000

5,780

5,600

7,820

Apr.

17, 500

16,000

21,000

17, 500

14, 000

13, 500

23, 500

24, 000

20, 500

18, 500

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

3,900

3,550

3,350

2,650

1,900

2,100

2,480

2,550

2,420

2,420

Mar.

12,700

42, 800

58,900

33,700

23,200

26,500

55,500

88, 900

112,000

66,000

Apr.

16,500

18,000

17,000

13, 500

11, 600

IB, 000

12,000

13, 500

11,000

6,800

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2fl

29

30

31

Feb.

2,280

1,920

1,760

3,000

2,600

2,750

3,450

4,350

7.500

3,072

0.96

Mar.

40,900

40,000

30,000

23,900

22, 900

23,700

23,200

32,800

28,400

23, 500

17, 000

28, 580

9.53

Apr.

6,200

8,200

9,200

7,200

7,400

7,400

4,500

4,200

4,700

5,800

12,860

4.15

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

11

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

10.85

10.82

10.80

10.74

10.72

10.65

10.63

10.63

10.64

10.67

10.69

10.69

-

6,140

-

5,850

-

5,540

5,470

5,610

-

5,680

March 14

15.94

15.78

15.60

15.42

15.28

15.17

14.98

14.83

14.74

14.60

14.51

14.40

41, 100

39, 400

37, 600

35,800

34, 400

33,400

31,700

30,400

29,600

28, 400

27,700

26,800

March 20

_

18.89

_

18.47

_

17.99

_

17.44

_

16.93

_

16.51

_

78,100

_

72,600

-

66,400

_

59,200

_

52,700

_

47,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

10.69

10.68

10.66

10.62

10.61

10.62

10.62

10.62

10.64

10.70

10.84

10.82

-

5,640

-

5,440

-

5,440

-

5,440

-

5,710

_

6,140

March 15

-

14.24

-

14.01

-

13.89

-

13.71

_

13.62

-

13.69

-

25, 500

-

23, 800

-

22,900

-

21,700

-

21,000

-

21,500

March 21

_

16.16

_

15.89

-

15.71

-

15.70

-

15.76

_

15.96

_

43,600

_

40,600

-

38,700

-

38, 600

_

39,200

_

41,400

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

10.84

10.72

10.94

11.05

11.12

11.14

11.22

11.30

11.90

11.79

11.70

11.64

-

5,780

-

7,040

-

7,410

_

8,120

-

10,600

-

9,800

March 16

-

13.81

-

14.02

_

14.21

_

14.50

-

14.90

15.44

15.52

-

22, 400

-

23,800

-

25,300

-

27,600

-

31,000

36,000

36, 800

March 22

_

-

16.03

-

-

16.02

15.94

15.86

15.65

15.55

15.38

15.27

_

-

42, 100

_

-

42, 000

41,100

40,300

38, 100

37,100

35,400

34,300

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

11.61

11.61

11.70

11.63

11.77

11.97

12.00

12.24

12.54

12.80

13.06

13.63

9,650

9,650

10,100

9,750

10,400

11,500

11,700

13,100

14,900

16, 600

18, 400

22,700

March 17

15.70

16.15

16.36

16.51

16.80

16.96

17.38

18.03

18.09

18.26

18.26

18.26

38, 600

43, 400

45, 800

47,600

51,100

53,000

58, 400

66,900

67,700

69,900

69,900

69,900

March 23

_

-

14.99

-

-

14.75

_

_

14.56

._

_

14.36

_

-

31,800

-

-

29,600

-

-

28,100

_

-

26,500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

14.68

14.47

15.24

15.43

15.89

17.15

17.49

17.38

17.76

17.56

17.65

17.64

23,700

27,000

30,800

35,200

39,400

43,900

48,200

51,700

54,500

57,100

59,600

61,800

March 18

18.39

18.57

18.59

19.07

19.35

19.48

19.88

20.45

20.51

20.87

21.24

21.10

71,600

73,900

74,200

80,400

84,100

85,900

91, 500

99,500

100,000

105,000

111,000

109,000

March 24

-

-

14.18

-

-

14.01

-

-

13.85

_

-

13.77

_

-

25,000

-

-

23,800

-

-

22,600

_

_

22, 100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

18.00

17.94

17.90

17.91

17.98

17-79

17.55

17.14

16.90

16.65

16.28

16.08

66,500

65,700

65,200

65,300

66,200

63,800

60,600

55,300

52,300

49,300

44,900

42,700

March 19

22.10

22.31

22.38

22.16

22.10

21.76

21.40

21.06

20.63

20.20

19.88

19.48

123,000

126,000

127,000

124,000

123,000

118,000

113,000

108,000

102,000

96,000

91,500

85, 900

March 25

_

-

13.73

-

-

13.89

-

_

14.02

_

_

14.04

-

-

21,800

-

-

22, 900

-

-

23,800

-

-

24,000

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 7 p.m., 18.31 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 13, 5 

a.m., 17.66-ft., 62,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 3 p.m., 15.56 ft., 37,200 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 

11 p.m., 21.34 ft., 112,000 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 1 a.m., 20.98 ft., 107,000 sec.-ft.5 

2J30 a.m., 22.40 ft., 127,000 see.-ft.; 6J30 a.m., 22.57 ft., 130,000 sec.-ft.
118 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HTJE30H TO SUSQUEHATTOA REGION 

'Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y.

Location. - Lat. 43 0 18<25", long. 75°6'£5", at Hinckley Dam, at Hinckley, Onelda County,

2 3/4 miles east of Prospect. 

Drainage area.- 373 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Gage read to tenths at 8 a.m. daily. 

Remarks.^ Usable storage capacity 3,320,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by Neve

York State Department of Public Works.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

1,198.4

1,197.8

1,197.2

1,196.6

1,195.8

1,195.0

1,194.4

1,193.5

1,192.7

1,191.8

1,191.3

1,190.8

1,190.4

1,189.9

1,189.4

1,189.0

1,188.6

1,188.1

1,187.0

1,185.5

1,183.8

1,182.2

1,180.3

1,179.0

1,177.8

1,176.7

1,176.3

1,176.8

1,177.1

Millions of 

Cubic feet

993

955

917

881

834

787

754

704

661

615

590

565

545

520

495

476

457

434

385

324

263

210

152

117

87

62

54

65

71

March

Feet

1,1W.7

1,177.9

1,178.0

1,177.9

1,177.6

1,177.9

1,178.2

1,378.2

1,178.0

1,178.1

1,178.3

1,180.6

1,185.9

1,190.2

1,192.6

1,195.0

1,197.3

1,203.3

1,215.1

1,222.6

1,226.4

1,227.4

1,227.0

1,226.6

1,226.2

1,226.8

1,226.7

1 22V. 8

1)227)7

1,227.3

1,227.4

Millions of 

Cubic feet

84

90

92

90

82

90

96

96

92

94

99

161

340

535

656

787

924

1,319

2,269

3,039

3,504

3,639

3,585

3,531

3,477

3,558

3,544

3,693

3,679

3,625

3,639

April

Feet

1,227.4

1,226.9

1,226.7

1,226.0

1,225.3

1,225.05

1,227.5

1,226.8

1,226.0

1,225.4

1,225.1

1,225.2

1,225.2

1,225.5

1,225.6

1,226.0

1,226.3

1,226.0

1,226.2

1,226.1

1,226.0

1,226.5

1,226.4

1,226.2

1,226.1

1,226.0

1,226.0

1,226.0

1,226.1

1,226.5

Millions of 

Cubic feet

3,639

3,571

3,544

3,450

3,359

3,326

3,652

3,558

3,450

3,372

3,333

3,346

3,346

3,385

3,398

3,450

3,490

3,450

3,477

3,463

3,450

3,517

3,504

3,477

3,463

3,450

3,450

3,450

3,463

3,517

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet -369 +1,329 -47
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 119

West Canada Creek at Hinckley, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°18'20'1 , long. 75°7'10'1 , 1 mile below Hinckley Dam, at Hinckley,

OneIda County, ij miles east of Prospect. 

Drainage area.- 375 square miles; 373 square miles affected by storage in Hinckley

Reservoir.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected "by ice Feb. 22-24, 27-29, Mar. 1, 2, 5-8, 13,

14.Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,530 second-feet; logarithmic

extension to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,040 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 28 (gage height, 8.02

feet).

1919-35: Discharge, 10,800 second-feet Apr. 12, 1922 (gage height, 8.93

feet). 

Remarks.- For information on storage see record for Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley.

Mean monthly discharge corrected for storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

753

753

753

762

753

753

744

753

753

701

Mar.

430

406

395

395

378

368

363

357

363

363

Apr.

4,950

3,530

3,330

3,040

2,540

3,400

7,180

5,100

3,330

2,610

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

576

533

533

526

520

513

520

646

1,000

971

Mar.

379

430

487

562

605

637

685

626

576

623

Apr.

2,380

2,430

2,100

2,000

2,260

2,920

3,250

2,100

1,680

1,570

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

950

903

833

815

770

702

610

476

448

701

'Z'ZO

0.96

Mar.

2,380

4,850

3,960

3,630

3,960

5,100

5,340

7,310

5,990

4,790

5,420

10.25

Apr.

1,670

2,380

2,170

1,800

1,560

1,440

1,390

1,410

1,640

2,450

2,653

7.76

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 14

_

-

-

-

-

#4.04

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

#562

_

-

-

-

_

-

Harch 20

-

4.07

-

4.08

-

4.08

-

4.09

-

4.10

4.28

4.59

-

583

-

591

-

591

-

598

-

605

753

1,060

March 26

6.78

6.83

6.88

6.89

6.91

6.91

6.90

6.89

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.8?

4,880

4,990

5,100

5,130

5,170

5,170

5,150

5, '130

5,150

5,150

5,150

5,130

Feet Sec.ft.

March 15

_

-

-

-

-

#4.10

_

-

..

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

#605

_

-

_

_

_

-

March 21

4.83

4.85

5.05

5.18

5.33

5.42

5.58

5.77

5.94

5.99

6.13

6.42

1,350

1,380

1,640

1,830

2,060

2,200

2,480

2,820

3,140

3,230

3,510

4,100

March 27

6.89

6.88

6,87

6.88

6.89

6.94

6,94

6.98

7.11

6.98

7.22

7.43

5,130

5,100

5,080

5,100

5,130

5,240

5,840

5,330

5,640

5,330

5,910

6,440

Feet j Sec. ft.

March 16

_

-

_

_

-

#4.14

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

#637

_

_

_

_

-

March 22

6.69

6.79

6.82

6.82

6.78

6.77

6.83

6.90

6.82

6.76

6.73

6.68

4,680

4,900

4,970

4,970

4,880

4,850

4,990

5,150

4,970

4,830

4,770

4,660

March 28

7.63

7.80

7.94

7.56

7.69

7.77

7.84

7.83

7.82

7.79

7.74

7.69

6,960

7,420

7,810

6,780

7,120

7,340

7,530

7,500

7,480

7,390

7,260

7,120

Feet Sec.ft.

March 17

_

_

_

_

_

#4.20

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

#685

_

_

_

_

-

March 23

6.62

6.57

6.50

6.44

6.38

6.33

6.28

6.24

6.19

6.15

6.12

6.02

4,520

4,420

4,270

4,140

4,020

3,910

3,810

3,730

3,630

3,550

3,490

3,290

March 29

7.61

7.57

7.50

7.42

7.32

7.22

7.14

7,06

6.99

6.95

6.91

6.88

6,910

6,800

6,620

6,410

6,160

5,910

5,720

5,520

5,360

5,260

5,170

Feet Sec.ft.

March 18

_

4.27

_

4.28

4.27

4.00

_

4.00

4.01

_

4.02

_

744

_

753

744

533

_

533

_

540

547

March 24

5.97

5.97

5.97

5.96

6.26

6.25

6.24

6.41

6.36

6.30

6.25

6.25

3,190

3,190

3,190

3,170

3,770

3,750

3,730

4,080

3,980

3,850

3,750

3,750

March 30

6,85

6.82

6.81

6.79

6.76

6.73

6.71

6.68

6.67

6.67

6.70

5,100 6.71

5,040

4,970

4,940

4,900

4,830

4,770

4,720

4,660

4,630

4,630

4,700

4,720

Feet Sec.ft.

March 19

_

_

_

_

_

#4.06

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

#576

_

_

_

-

March 25

6.26

6.14

6.10

6.12

6.23

6.31

6.41

6.46

6.52

6.57

6.64

6.72

3,770

3,530

3,450

3,490

3,710

3,870

4,080

4,190

4,310

4,420

4,570

4,740

March 31

6.75

6.82

6.87

6.95

7.01

7.05

7.11

7.15

7.19

7.19

7.18

7.17

4,810

4,970

5,080

5,260

5,400

5,500

5,640

5,740

5,840

5,840

5,810

5,790

Supplemental records.- Mar, 21, 3:20 a.P., 

5.87 ft., 3,000 sec.-ft. Mar, 24, 10:30 a.m., 

ft., 4,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 27/7 p.m., 7.20 ft. 

ft., 8,040 sec.-ft.

#Mean for the day.

5.00 ft., 1,570 sec.-ft,; 6:45 p.m.,

6,42 ft., 4,100 sec.-ft.; 3 p.m., 6.42

, 5,360 sec.-ft. Mar. 28, 7 a.m., 8.02

15515SO 37-
120 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSOB TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

West Canada Creek at East Bridge, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°4'15", long. 74°59'2511 , 600 feet below highway bridge at East Bridge,

Herklmer County, and 4 miles above mouth at Herkimer. 

Drainage area.- 556 square miles. 373 square miles affected by storage in Hinckley

Reservoir. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Mar. 18,19, Mar. 29 to Apr. 3, Apr. 5,

18-30; other records missing or faulty. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 17. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 9,000 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 10,900 second-feet 8 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 5.86 feet);

maximum stage, 6.18 feet 9:30 p.m. Mar. 17 (backwater from ice).

1920-35: Discharge, about 16,500 second-feet June 21, 1922 (gage height, 7.3

feet}.

1905-9, 1912-13: Discharge, 23,300 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (Records of New

York State engineer and surveyor). 

Remarks.- For information of storage see record for Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley,

N. 7. Discharge during periods of missing gage-height record computed on basis of

studies of other records in the Mohawk River Basin.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

Ie

9

10

Feb.

900

900

900

900

900

850

850

850

850

850

Mar.

650

600

550

550

600

600

550

550

550

600

Apr.

6,300

5,300

4,550

4,000

3,500

4,400

8,500

7,000

5,000

4,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

750

700

700

650

650

650

650

700

1,000

1,100

Mar.

900

1,600

1,800

1,600

1,500

1,700

3,200

8,680

4,080

3,600

Apr.

3,800

4,000

3,800

3,200

3,400

4,200

4,400

3,200

2,360

2,360

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,100

1,000

1,000

950

950

1,000

1,000

900

750

860

1.67

Mar.

4,200

8,000

5,500

4,000

5,720

6,360

7,360

8,770

7,600

6,200

6,500

3,376

7.00

Apr.

2,440

2,950

2,900

2,440

2,080

1,820

1,780

1,740

1,980

2,750

3,678

7.39

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

10

M

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 8

March 14

March 20

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 9

March 15

March 21

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

March 16

March 22

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

March 17

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

5.13

5.25

5.50

5.43

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

6,490

March 23

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

March 18

5.42

5.60

5.66

5.86

5.71

5.60

5.49

5.17

5.00

4,88

4.73

4.70

7,530

8,770

10,100

10,900

10,300

9,900

9,480

8,300

7,700

7,290

6,790

6,690

March 24

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 13

March 19

4.53

4.20

3.98

3.82

3.68

3.63

3.52

3.67

3.64

3.64

3.52

3.44

6,140

5,100

4,450

4,010

3,650

3,520

3,260

3,620

3,550

3,550

3,260

3,070

March 25

Supplemental records.- Mar. 17, 9:30 p.m., 6.12 ft. Mar. 18, 3 a.m., 5.98 ft.; 

4:45 p.m., 5.27 ft., 8,660 sec.-ft.; 11:15 p.m., 4.78 ft., 6,950 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 4:30 

p.m., 3.68 ft., 3,650 sec.-ft.; 7 p.m., 3.70 ft., 3,700 sec.-ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 1£ 

East Canada Creek at Dolgeville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°6'5n , long. 74°46 I 15n , at Dolgeville, Herkimer County, 100 feet below lower highway bridge and 1 mile below Spruce Creek.

Drainage area.- 261 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 14. Several ice jams of

short duration Mar. 15-18. Based on current-meter measurements below 3,600 secondfeet, and above this discharge on a study of determinations of peak flows at the 

Inghams and Beardslee hydroelectric plants of the New York Power & Light Corporation. Flood discharge compared with records at these hydroelectric plants.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 13,100 second-feet 6:15 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.81

1927-35: Discharge, 8,500 second-feet Apr. 8, 1928 (gage height, 11.2 feet). 

1898-1926: Comparable records of New York State engineer and surveyor, at 

High Palls, 1 mile downstream. Discharge, 14,500 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913. 

Remarks.- Discharge affected by 441,000,000 cubic feet of storage capacity In Canada

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

240

220

220

200

200

200

190

190

180

180

Mar.

300

280

300

360

420

380

340

300

360

500

Apr.

2,240

1,750

1,920

1,460

1,280

3,990

4,850

2,620

1,780

1,360

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

180

170

170

160

160

160

160

170

160

150

Mar.

650

2,800

4,000

2,600

2,060

2,460

4,980

9,220

7,640

6,710

Apr.

1,480

1,800

1,660

1,480

1,640

1,970

1,930

1,400

1,060

960

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches ............................................

Feb.

130

120

120

140

180

260

440

400

340

200

0.83

Mar.

5,040

3,970

2,780

2,340

3,470

3,960

5,420

6,410

3,640

2,680

3,000

2,883

12.74

Apr.

1,140

1,300

1,020

870

750

710

740

760

790

1,040

1,592

6.81

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

7.37

_

7.26

_

-

7.03

-

_

7.19

-

-

7.20

-

-

-

-

_

*300

_

-

_

-

-

-

March 14

-

-

8.87

_

-

8.81

_

_

8.78

_

-

8.70

-

_

_

_

-

*2,600

_

_

_

_

_

2,250

March 20

10.29

10.27

10.20

10.15

10.08

10.00

9.93

9.89

9.88

9.85

9.78

9.65

7,920

7,860

7,650

7,400

7,290

7,050

6,960

6,720

6,690

6,600

6,390

6,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

6.74

-

-

6.73

-

-

6.74

_

-

6.85

_

_

-

-

_

*360

-

-

_

_

-

-

March 15

7.85

7.82

7.80

7.76

7.75

7.73

7.72

7.65

7.68

7.73

7.76

7.76

2,200

2,150

2,120

2,060

2,040

2,020

2,000

1,900

1,940

2,020

2,060

2,060

March 21

9.53

9.43

9.35

9.30

9.26

9.24

9.21

9.25

9.25

9.24

9.23

9.22

5,640

5,350

5,140

5,010

4,910

4,860

4,780

4,880

4,880

4,860

4,840

4,810

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

7.00

-

_

7.08

_

_

7.17

_

-

7.20

-

-

_

-

_

*500

-

_

_

_

-

-

March 16

7.75

7.78

7.81

7.85

7.85

7.95

8.00

8.05

8.13

8.27

8.48

8.52

2,040

2,080

2,140

2,200

2,200

2,360

2,440

2,520

2,660

2,910

3,280

3,360

March 22

9.16

9.09

9.03

8.95

8.81

8.75

8.71

8.68

8.65

8.63

8v60

8.54

4,670

4,510

4,380

4,200

3,920

3,800

3,720

3,660

3,600

3,570

3,510

3,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

-

-

7.27

-

_

7.58

_

_

7.82

_

-

8.41

_

-

_

-

_

*650

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 17

8.60

8.69

8.72

9.08

9.05

9.48

9.51

9.62

9.51

9.60

9.79

9.93

3,510

3,680

3,740

4,490

4,420

5,490

5,580

5,910

5,580

5,850

6,420

6,960

March 23

8.46

8.37

8.30

8.21

8.14

8.06

8.05

8.09

8.11

8.12

8.11

8.09

3,250

3,090

2,960

2,800

2,680

2,540

2,520

2,590

2,630

2,640

2,630

2,590

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.51

8.59

8.11

8.56

9.15

10.02

11.03

9.55

9.50

9.46

9.43

9.43

-

-

_

-

-

*2,800

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 18

10.13

10.45

10.42

10.50

10.74

10.73

10.92

11.05

10.95

11.02

10.90

10.80

7,440

8,400

8,310

8,550

9,390

9,360

10,000

10,500

10,100

10,400

9,950

9,600

March 24

8.05

8.00

7.97

7.93

7.90

7.87

7.74

7.80

7.82

7.95

8.10

8.16

2,520

2,440

2,390

2,330

2,280

2,230

2,030

2,120

2,150

2,360

2,610

2,710

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

-

-

9.25

_

_

8.96

-

_

9.02

_

_

9.06

_

-

_

_

_

*4, 000

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 19

10.70

10.52

10.38

10.35

10.20

9.93

9.76

9.73

10.03

10.03

10.15

10.27

9,250

8,620

8,190

8,100

7,650

6,840

6,330

6,240

7,140

7,140

7,500

7,860

March 25

8.23

8.32

8.39

8.47

8.51

8.58

8.51

8.58

8.75

8.91

9.01

9.03

2,830

3,000

3,120

3,270

3,340

3,470

3,340

3,470

3,800

4,120

4,330

4,380

Supplemental records. -Mar. 12, 5:30 a.m., 9.00 ft. (ice); 5:40 a.m., 7.88 ft. (ice);

4 p.m., 8.66 ft. (ice). Mar. 13, 2 p.m., 9.54 ft. (Ice). Mar. 14, 2:25 p.m., 9.32 ft.

*Mean for the day.
122 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAHNA REGION 

Sohoharie Creek at Prattsville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 4S°19'10", long. 74°26'10", just above highway bridge In Prattsville,

Greene County.

Drainage area.- 236 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. 

Maxima.- 1936;Discharge, 38,500 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 17.44 feet),

1902-358 Discharge, 42,300 second-feet Nov. 16, 19S6. 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion. Records furnished by

New York City Board of Water Supply.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1 176

S 141

3 120

4 112

5 104

6 89

7 81

8 74

9 67

10 59

Mean monthly

Mar.

225

204

Sll

S60

433

361

33S

376

475

880

 51 sr.hfl reRun-off , in inches . . T

Gage height, in

S

2

4

6

8

10

N

S

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

S

4

6

8

10

M

S

4

6

8

10

N

S

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

*376

March 14

7.76

7.66

7.55

7.40

7.31

7.25

7.20

7.16

7.14

7.13

7.13

7,11

2

2

2

1

388

,S66

145

980

1,890

1 830

1,780

1

1

740

7SO

1,710

1 710

1,690

March 20

8.89

8.76

8.62

8.45

8,35

8.22

8.11

8.01

7.92

7.83

7.76

7.70

4 112

3,882

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

644

370

210

010

854

714

596

479

388

310

Apr.

7S4

7S4

880

704

615

1,860

1,650

1,S70

1,038

1,017

e, in sec

Day

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

sondFeb.

54

49

44

41

37

41

49

56

46

41

f e©t

feet, and discharge,

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

*475

March 15

7.07

7.(

6.

31

36

6.90

6.86

6. 32

6.82

6.85

6. 36

7.09

7.S20

7.23

1,650

1,5S

1,54

0

4

1,490

1,454

1,43 8

1,418

1,445

1,54 4

1,670

1,7£ 0

1,810

March SI

7.63

7.60 7.'75

8.50

9.15

9.<

9.<

55

58

9.41

9.10

8.

8.(

34

50

8.44

2,233

2,200 2,3 r 5

3,450

4,655

5,74

5,83

5

4

5,193

4,560

4,02

3,63

S

0

3,354

Mar.

6,886

14,898

3,882

1,930

1,562

1,830

6,500

20,482

5,956

3,085

Apr.

9*71

945

1,031

1,038

1,073

1,05S

93S

834

776

698

Day

SI

SS

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S8

29

30

31

Feb.

51

59

81

89

IS 7

148

183

204

S46

92.0

0.42

Mar.

3,71S

2,375

1,544

l.SSS

1,1SS

1,004

1,080

1,436

1,004

867

SOS

S.804

13.70

Apr.

671

7S4

587

5S4

461

433

405

376

347

33S

8S3

3.89

in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Feet f Sec.ft.

March 10

-

*880

Maroh 16

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

.23

20

.15

]06

.04

04

,04

.04

.SO

.05

.90

1,810

V1,'780

730

1,670

1,640

1»<520

1,6SO

1,6SO

1,(5SO

1,780 2,"770

4,130

March S2

8

8

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

,29

,16

,05

,92

,81

71

.63

.54

.45

38

,31

.25

3,115

2,924

2/

2,J

("70

;96

2,453

2,:523 '33

2*134

2,035 1 <.

1»*

360

390

1,830

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

-

-

-

-

-

_

9.90

10.90

12.10

13.35

14.55

14.95

-

-

-

-

-

*6,886

6,350

9,OSO

12,740

17,470

22,785

S4,665

March 17

9.53

9.47

9.36

9.10

8.93

8.86

8.86

9.07

10. S5

12.25

12.80

12.64

5,469

5,331

5,082

4,560

4, SOS

4,058

4,058

4,503

7,S50

13,S50

15,240

14,63S

March S3

7.18

7.13

7.08

7. OS

6.97

6.94

6.92

6.89

6.85

6.8S

6.78

6.75

1,760

1,710

1,660

1,600

1,553

1,5S6

1,508

1,481

1,445

1,418

1,382

1,355

Feet Sec . ft .

March IS

15.30

15.65

15.C 5

14.25

13. C)0

12.00

11.25

11. C

10.5

)3

36

10.70

10.45

10.09

26,400

28,850

S6,6f 0

21,375

16, OC)0

12,400

10,050

9,3S

8,9C

0

8

8,460

7,770

6,834

March 18

12.72

13. r

15. E

70

0

17.25

17.32

16. £ 5

15.10

13.75

12. f>0

11*. 78

11.2

10. f

0

30

14,932

18, 8C

27,4C

)0

0

37,400

37,820

31, 4£ 0

25,400

19,150

14, 4t30

11,696

9,9C 0

8,740

March 24

6.72

6.69

6.6 7

6,65

6.63

6.C

6.E

0

7

6.54

6.51

6,4

6.4

9

8

6.47

1,3S3

1,302

1,2£36

1,270

1,254

1,22

1,2C

0

6

1,182

1,158

1,14

1,12

3

6

1,129

Fee.t Sec.ft.

March IS

9.73

9.44

9.20

9.00

8.80

8.65

8.52

8.40

8.26

8.15

8.01

7.88

5,932

5,S62

4,750

4,370

3,950

3,965

3,482

3,290

3,070

2,910

2,714

2,544

March 19

10.44

10.16

9.92

9.80

9.77

9.77

9.74

9.63

9.49

9.3S

9.14

9.00

7,784

7,036

6,400

6,100

6,028

6,028

5,956

5,699

5,377

4,944

4,636

4,370

March 25

6.48

6.50

6.51

6.51

6.51

6.50

6.47

6.45

6.42

6.40

6.39

6.38

1,136

1,150

1,158

1,158

1,158

1,150

1,129

1,115

1,094

1,080

1,073

1,066

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 9 a.m. 

*Meaii for the day.

17.44 ft., 38,500 sec.-ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN

Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 23 I 29", long. 740 27 l 5n , at Gilboa Dam, 6 miles south of North Blenheim, Schoharie County. 

Drainage area.- . 314 square miles..

Gage-height record.- One reading daily at 

Remarks . - Total capacity, 2,881,000,000 cu

.. 

bic feet. Total available storage at elevaElevation, in feet, contents.in millions of cubic feet, and diversions, in second -feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

1,081.88

Millions 

of 

cu. ft.

724

1,081.74 719

1,080.58 683

1,079.68

1,078.50

1,077.03

1,075.30

1,073.39

1,071.44

1,069.20

1,068.91

1,069.44

1,069.87

1,070.32

1,070.73

1,071.24

1,071.55

1,072.00

1,072.51

1,073.09

1 5 073.67

1,074.15

1,074.69

1,074.97

1,075.35

1,076.50

1,078.08

1,080.00

1,081.61

-

-

655

620

576

525

472

420

362

355

368

378

390

401

414

Secondfeet

418

433

507

602

681

712

727

727

712

201

0

0

0

0

0

0

423 0

435 0

448

464

480

493

0

0

0

0

507 0

515

526

560

605

667

715

-

-

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

March

Feet

1,082.97

1,084.02

1,084.98

1,085.92

1,087.98

1,089.61

1,090.23

1,090.22

1,090.43

1,091.25

1,095.27

1,129.50

1,131.20

1,130.74

1,130.60

1,130.73

1,131.42

1,134.33

1,131.53

1,131.06

1,130,97

1,130.98

1,130.70

1,130.61

1,130.59

1,130.69

1,130.77

1,130.90

1,130.95

1,130.96

1,131.00

Millions 

of 

cu. ft.

759

792

822

854

923

977

998

998

1,005

1,034

1,175

2,594

2,680

2,656

2,649

2,656

2,692

2,843

2,697

2,673

2,668

2,669

2,654

2,650

2,648

Secondfeet

0

0

0

80

166

255

429

430

591

727

232

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,654 0

2,658 0

2,665 0

2,667 0

2,668 0

2,670] 0

April

?eet

1,131.20

1,131.17

1,131.42

1,131.30

1,131.13

1,131.13

1,131.42

1,131.24

1,131.04

1,131.02

1,130.98

1,131.01

1,131.00

1,131.25

1,131.09

1,131.19

1,131.14

1,131.00

1,130.92

1,130.83

1,130.75

1,1.'50.82

1,130.73

1,130.66

1,130.60

1,130.57

1,130.56

1,130»46

1,130.41

1,130.22

-

Millions 

of 

cu. ft.

2,680

2,679

2,692

2,685

2,677

2,677

2,692

2,682

2,672

2,671

2,669

2,670

2,670

2,683

2,674

2,680

2,677

2,670

2,666

2,661

2,657

2,660

2,656

2,652

2,649

2,647

2,647

2,642

2,639

2,629

-

Secondfeet

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

149

149

-

Schoharie Creek at Silboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 23'29n , long. 74°27'5'1 , at Bilbos. Dam, 6 miles south of North Blenheim., Schoharie County.

Drainage area.- 314 square miles.

Qage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Remarks.- Discharge is that passing Gilboa Dam. At times total flow is diverted 

through Shandaken Tunnel into Esopus Creek above Ashokan Reservoir for New York 

City water supply. Mean monthly discharge corrected for storage in Schoharie Reservoir and diversions (see record for Schoharie Reservoir at Silboa Dam, at Gilboa, 

N. Y. ). Records furnished by New York City Board of Water Supply.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mar.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

2,939

1,655

1,160

1,238

820

1,934

1,702

1,392

1,145

1,129

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mar.

0

7,224

3,176

1,849

1,641

4,093

13,120

15,800

5,303

3,134

Apr.

1,207

774

1,207

1,392

1,470

1,501

1,238

1,083

928

743

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

210

0.72

Mar.

4,409

2,460

1,578

1,392

1,578

1,856

1,969

2,475

2,614

2,645

3,280

12.67

Apr.

789

1,006

650

557

650

526

464

526

371

201

3.79
124 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO STJSQDEHAHNA RESIGN

Schoharie Creek at Middleburg, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°36'0", long. 74O20'15", at highway bridge in Middleburg, Schoharie 

County.

Drainage area.- 532 square miles; 314 square miles affected by storage and diversions at 

Schoharie Reservoir.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily gage readings and flood, marks. Records 

unreliable for periods Feb. 9, 16-26.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 11 to Mar. 11; defined by current-meter 

measurements below 3,010 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage on basis 

of study of flow over Gilboa Dam, a slope-area determination of flood flow, and determinations of flood discharge of stations on adjacent streams.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 47,800 second-feet 12:30 p.m. on Mar. 18 (gage height, 16.8 

feet, from flood marks).

1927-35: Discharge, 17,000 second-feet Nov. 4, 1927 (gage height, 10.5 feet). 

1906-27: Discharge, 31,600 second-feet Feb. 20, 1909 (records of New York 

State Engineer and Surveyor).

Remarks.- Daily discharge for periods of unreliable gage-height record and periods of 

ice effect based on study of precipitation and temperature records and comparison 

with discharge records for adjacent streams. For daily changes in storage and daily 

diversions see records for Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y. Mean 

monthly discharge corrected for storage in and diversions from Schoharie Reservoir.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

37

36

33

31

29

30

31

29

28

27

Mar.

320

280

240

340

550

400

320

300

400

650

Apr.

1,300

1,360

1,960

1,550

1,250

3,340

4,090

2,820

2,360

2,430

Day

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

26

24

24

22

22

24

26

30

28

26

Mar.

2,200

9,770

9,220

4,420

3,370

5,140

12,900

32,500

13,700

7,610

Apr.

2,240

2,170

2,170

2,560

2,690

2,560

2,170

1,780

1,510

1,300

Day

P.I

9.9.

23

24

2fi

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (corrected) ............

Feb.

24

24

22

22

34

140

360

420

380

279

0.57

Mar.

8,040

6,270

3,770

2,830

2,300

2,110

1,950

3,170

2,210

1,550

1,440

5,336

11.56

Apr.

1,170

1,210

1,050

914

78S

670

642

587

534

410

1,709

3.58

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.10

2.11

2.10

2.06

2.02

1.98

1.94

1.9£

1.88

1.85

1.84

1.85

_

_

_

_

_

#300

_

_

-

-

_

-

March 14

6.3C

6.20

6.05

5.95

5.80

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.30

5.25

5.18

5,450

5,250

4,960

4,760

4,490

4,310

4,140

3,970

3,810

3,650

3,580

3,470

March 20

8.15

7.95

7.80

7.60

7.45

7.25

V.05

6.90

6.75

6.60

6.50

6.40

9,680

9,180

8,800

8,310

7,950

7,480

7,040

6,710

6,380

6,070

5,860

5,650

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.86

1.90

1.92

1.97

2.00

2.06

2.16

2.25

2.31

2.40

2.48

2.52

_

_

_

_

_

*400

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

5.12

5.09

5.05

5.05

5.05

5.06

5.0V

5.10

5.12

5.18

5.23

5.30

3,380

3,340

3,280

3,280

3,280

3,290

3,310

3,350

3,380

3,470

3,540

3,650

March 21

6.35

6.30

6.27

6.27

6.80

8.25

8.60

8.55

8.40

8.20

8.00

7.80

5,550

5,450

5,390

5,390

6,490

9,920

10,900

10,800

10,300

9,800

9,300

8,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.60

2.70

2.75

2.82

2.90

3.00

3.08

3.15

3.22

3.30

3.38

3.43

_

_

_

_

_

*650

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 16

5.35

5.45

5.55

5.65

5.75

5.90

6.05

6.20

6.50

6.80

7.35

7.95

3,730

3,890

4,060

4,220

4,400

4,670

4,960

5,250

5,860

6,490

7,720

9,180

March 22

7.60

7.40

7.20

7.00

6.80

6.60

6.40

6.25

6.11

6.00

5.90

5.80

8,310

7,830

7,370

6,930

6,490

6,070

5,650

5,350

5,070

4,860

4,670

4,490

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.50

3,55

3.60

3.70

3.80

4.00

4.25

4.65

5.05

5.25

5.50

5.70

1,020

1,120

1,260

1,420

1,640

1,920

2,260

2,760

3,280

3,580

3,970

4,310

March 17

8.70

9.80

10.00

9.60

9.20

9.05

8.90

8.82

8.80

8.95

10.00

10.70

11,200

14,500

15,200

13,900

12,700

12,200

11,800

11,600

11,500

12,000

15,200

17, 600

March 23

5.75

5.68

5.60

5.52

5.44

5.36

5.28

5.20

5.12

5.05

5.00

4.98

4,400

4,280

4,140

4,000

3,870

3,750

3,620

3,500

3,380

3,280

3,210

3,180

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.00

6.30

6.60

7.00

7.50

8.00

8.50

9.00

9.85

10.00

9.90

9.65

4,860

5,450

6,070

6,930

8,070

9,300

10,600

12,100

14, 700

15,200

14, 800

14,000

March/ 18

11.60

12.50

13.40

14.40

15.50

16.75

16.75

16.20

14.50

12.80

11.90

11.25

20,800

24,700

29,200

34,200

40,000

47,500

47,500

44, 200

34,700

26,200

22,000

19,600

March 24

4.95

4.92

4.89

4.85

4.80

4.72

4.65

4.59

4.52

4.48

4.43

4.40

3,140

3,110

3,070

3,020

2,950

2,850

2,760

2,680

2,590

2,530

2,470

2,430

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.30

9.05

8.75

8.45

8.15

7.80

7.55

7.25

7.00

6.80

6.65

6.50

13,000

12,200

11,400

10, 400

9,680

8,800

8,190

7,480

6,930

6,490

6,180

5,860

March 19

10.80

10.40

10.05

9.80

9.60

9.35

9.15

9.00

8.80

8.65

8.50

8.35

18,000

16,600

15,400

14,500

13,900

13,200

12,600

12,100

11,500

11,000

10, 600

10, 180

March 25

4.37

4.34

4.31

4.30

4.29

4.26

4.28

4.28

4.28

4.27

4.27

4.26

2,390

2,350

2,310

2,300

2,290

2,290

2,270

2,270

2,270

2,260

2,260

2,250

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 12:30 p.m., 

#Mean for the day.

16.8 ft., 47,800 sec.-ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 125

Poeaten Kill near Troy, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°44'0n , long. 73°38'0n , 500 feet below bridge on Troy-Eagle Mills 

road, it miles west of Eagle Mills, and 3 miles east of Troy, Rensselaer County.

Drainage area.- 89 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except Pet). 1-5.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 1,940 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Flood discharge compared with those of nearby stations.

Maxima.- 1936s Discharge, 4,750 second-feet 12:30 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 7.45 

feet).

1923-35: Discharge, about 7,030'second-feet Nov. 4, 1927 (gage height, 8.4 

feet).

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

42

40

40

42

42

40

40

38

36

36

Mar.

170

120

100

140

280

140

110

85

130

300

Apr.

201

277

584

419

305

391

468

411

337

345

Day

11

12

17>

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

34

32

32

32

34

32

34

32

32

30

Mar.

864

3,800

2,120

947

680

735

1,090

3,020

2,330

1,020

Apr.

330

281

239

206

224

275

255

215

209

181

Day

21

?.?,

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

30

30

30

28

28

55

200

340

260

59.3

0.72

Mar.

705

675

502

407

427

364

326

454

330

258

230

737

9.55

Apr.

168

158

138

121

105

99

86

78

75

78

242

3.04

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

3oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 8

_

_

_

2.35

-

_

-

2.56

_

_

-

2.34

_

_

_

_

_

*85

-

-

_

-

-

-

March 14

_

4.13

_

3.91

_

3.81

_

3.72

_

3.62

_

3.50

_

1,120

_

972

_

911

_

857

_

801

_

735

March 20

_

_

4.20

_

_

3.93

_

_

3.69

_

_

3.54

_

_

1,170

_

_

984

-

_

840

_

_

757

Peet Sec. ft.

March 9

_

_

_

2.32

_

_

-

2.98

_

_

_

3.43

_

_

_

_

_

«130

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 15

_

_

3.38

_

_

3.26

_

_

3.39

_

_

3.54

_

_

675

_

_

617

-

_

680

_

_

757

March 21

_

_

3.43

3.40

_

3.44

_

3.47

3.45

_

3.39

3.41

_

_

700

685

_

705

_

720

710

_

680

690

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

_

_

_

2.83

_

-

_

3.03

_

_

-

3.23

_

_

_

-

_

«300

-

_

_

_

-

-

Mareb 16

_

_

_

_

_

3.47

_

_

_

3.50

_

3.57

_

_

_

_

-

720

_

_

_

735

_

774

March 22

_

3.55

_

3.47

_

3.38

-

3.30

_

3.24

_

3.16

_

762

_

720

-

675

_

635

_

608

_

572

Feet Sec. ft.

March 11

3.21

3.16

3.11

3.10

3.13

3.09

3.32

3.80

4.14

4.47

4.86

5.23

594

572

550

545

558

541

645

905

1,130

1,380

1,690

2,030

March 17

_

3.79

_

3.90

_

3.93

_

4.16

_

4.47

_

4.70

_

899

_

965

_

984

_

1,140

_

1,380

_

1;560

March 23

_

_

_

_

-

3.00

_

-

_

-

_

2.87

_

_

_

-

_

502

_

_

_

-

-

448

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 12

5.58

5.93

6.24

6.62

7.15

7.42

7.42

7.34

7.24

7.06

6.85

6.60

2,380

2,760

3,130

3,610

4,330

4,710

4,710

4,600

4,460

4,200

3,910

3,580

March 18

4.69

4.72

4.73

4.87

5.37

6,16

6.87

7.29

7.37

7.21

7.09

6.81

1,550

1,580

1,580

1,700

2,170

3,030

3,940

4,530

4,640

4,410

4,250

3,850

March 24

_

-

_

_

-

2.77

-

-

_

2.70

_

2.73

_

_

_

-

-

407

-

-

_

379

-

391

Feet Sec. ft.

March 13

6.36

6.05

5.69

5.40

5.22

5.05

4.96

4.90

4.80

4.69

4.55

4.42

3,270

2,900

2,500

2,200

2,020

1,860

1,780

1,730

1,640

1,550

1,440

1,340

March 19

-

6.36

_

5.79

_

5.32

_

5.00

_

4.73

_

4.50

_

3,270

-

2,610

-

2,120

-

1,820

_

1,580

-

1,400

March 25

_

-

2.85

-

-

2.87

-

-

_

-

-

2.77

_

_

440

-

448

-

-

-

-

-

407

Supplemental records.- Mar. 

4,750 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.

11, 11:15 a.m., 5.12 ft. Mar. 12, 12:30 p.m., 7.45 ft.,
126 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SDSQDEHANNA REGION 

Kinderhook Creek at Rossrian, Ho Y.

Docation.- Lat. 42°19'50", long. 73 0 44'40", at highY;ay bridge In Rossman, Columbia

County, 1 mile above confluence with Claverack Creek. 

Drainage area.- 329 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 5, Mar. 10, 11. Defined by

current-meter measiirements below 9,440 second-feet; extended logarithmically to

peak stage. Flood discharge checked by computations of flow at Stuyvesant Falls

hydroelectric plant. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 12,900 second-feet 11:45 p.m., Mar. 12 (gage height, 10.25

feet).

1906-14, 1928-35: Discharge, 11,000 second-feet Jan. 22, 1910 (gage height,

34.56 feet, old datum). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

140

140

130

140

140

140

130

130

130

130

Mar.

600

550

550

650

1,400

1,180

920

850

910

1,100

Apr.

976

958

1,740

1,470

1,210

1,710

1,840

1,650

1,340

1,290

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

130

120

120

120

140

130

130

130

120

120

Mar.

2,200

8,650

8,880

3,840

2,530

2,360

2,720

6,210

9,380

4,410

Apr.

1,200

1,100

1,040

976

1,040

1,180

1,100

993

976

837

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, In inches ............................................

Feb.

120

110

110

110

110

240

440

650

650

0.58

Mar.

3,100

2,780

2,090

1,720

1,760

1,530

1,370

2,080

1,630

1,330

1,120

9.08

Apr.

750

797

669

593

516

474

474

422

413

510

3.41

Gage height, in feat, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

3o

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

-

-

2.60

-

-

2.50

-

-

2.51

-

-

2.60

-

-

880

-

-

805

-

-

812

-

-

880

March 14

5 8*--

5.68

5.52

5.35

5.24

5.10

4.99

4.88

4.7S

4.70

4.62

4.56

4,930

4,600

4,340

4,080

3,920

3,710

3,560

3,400

3,280

3,150

3,050

2,970

March 20

_

6.04

-

5.73

-

5.50

-

5.25

-

5.04

-

4.87

-

5,190

-

4,680

-

4,310

-

3,940

-

3,630

-

3,390

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.64

2.65

2.67

2.59

2.55

2.57

2.69

2.67

2.62

2.64

2.65

2.67

912

920

936

872

842

858

952

936

896

912

920

936

March 15

-

4.45

_

4.31

_

4.19

-

4.09

-

4.00

4.01

4.06

-

2,800

-

2,640

_

2,500

-

2,380

_

2,270

2,280

2,340

March 21

4.71

-

4.59

-

4.52

-

4.61

4.70

4.73

4.70

4.65

____

_

3,160

-

3,010

-

2,920

-

3,030

3,150

3,190

3,150

3,080

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.76

2.82

2.83

2.85

2.86

2.87

2.89

2.96

3.05

3.12

3.48

3.62

1,010

1,060

1,070

1,080

1,090

1,100

1,120

1,180

1,260

1,290

1,360

1,430

Maroh 16

4.12| 2,410

4.17

4.17

4.14

4.16

4.11

4.04

4.00

3.98

3.96

3.96

3.97

2,470

2,470

2,440

2,460

2,400

2,320

2,270

2,250

2,220

2,220

2,230

March 22

_

4.50

4.47

4.50

4.53

4.49

-

4.35

-

4.22

-

4.10

_

2,890

2,850

2,890

2,930

2,8BO

-

2,700

_

2,530

_

2,390

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.89

3.90

3.75

3.69

3.65

3.99

4.22

4.25

4.45

4.78

5.07

5.63

-

-

1,700

-

_

2,140

_

_

2,760

-

3,430

March IV _

4.02

4.09

4.20

4.31

4.43

4.50

4.51

4.50

4.50

4.53

4.59

4.72

2,290

2,380

2,510

2,640

2,800

2,890

2,900

2,890

2,890

2,930

3,010

3,180

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.22

6.31

6.46

6.74

7.09

7.54

8.23

8.80

9.19

9.85

10.10

10.21

4,820

5,660

5,930

6,460

7,150

8,100

9,650

10,700

11,400

12,300

12,700

12 , 800

March 18

4.89

5.01

5.11

5.34

5.47

5.78

6.22

6.96

7.91

8.62

9.23

9.50

3,420

3,580

3,720

4,070

4,260

4,760

5,500

6,890

8,910

10,400

11,400

11,800

March 23 [ March 24

_

_

3.95

_

-

3.84

_

-

3.70

-.

-

3.62

_

_

2,210

_

_

2,080

-

_

1,930

_

-

1,840

_

3.54

_

_

3.48

_

_

3.40

3.38

3.35

3.35

_

1,750

_

-

1,690

_

_

1,610

1,590

1,560

1,560

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

9.95

9.4-9

9.13

8.75

8.33

7.81

7.43

7.04

6.70

6.43

6.23

6.07

12 , 400

11,800

11,300

10,600

9,850

8,690

7,860

7,050

6,380

5,870

5,510

5,240

March 19

9.68

9.67

9.43

9.12

8.66

8.19

7.77

7.39

7.09

6.85

6.63

6.43

12,100

12,000

11,700

11,300

10,500

9,550

8,600

7,780

7,150

6,670

6,250

5,870

March 25

_

3.37

_

3.44

3.52

3.66

3.63

3.66

3.61

3.56

3.51

3.47

_

1,580

_

1,650

1,730

1,890

1,850

1,890

1,830

1,780

1,720

1,680

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 2:50 p.m., 4.70 ft. Mar. 12, 1 a.m., 8.45 ft. 11:45 

p.m., 10.25 ft., 12,900 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 3 a.m., 9.72 ft., 12,100 sec.-ft.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 127 

Catskill Creek at Oak Hill, H. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°24'20", long. 74°9'5", just below highway bridge In southern most

part of Oak Hill, G-reene County. 

Drainage area.- 98 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- later-stage recorder graph. Ho record for periods Feb. 1-3,

15-18.Based on flood marks in gage shelter 4 to 8 a.m. Mar. 18. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter

measurementsbelow 631 second-feet; extended on basis of slope-area determination

of flood flow. Shape of ratine; curve determined from previous curves, one of which

was defined by current-meter measurements below 5,410 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,880 second-feet 6 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height 12.83 feet,

from flood mark In shelter).

1929-35: Discharge, 6,720 second-feet Oct. 6, 1932 (ca^s height 11.38 feet). 

1910-28: Discharge, 12,300 second-feet Nov. 9, 1913 (from records of Hew

York City Board of Water Supply). 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

3

6

8

10

Feb.

26

26

24

24

22

22

20

20

18

17

Mar.

160

340

120

160

240

160

130

110

140

240

Apr.

203

242

334

235

203

395

366

340

305

356

Day

11

12

13

14

ib

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

17

16

15

14

14

15

15

17

18

17

Mar.

2,400

3,050

1,090

550

543

1,040

3,850

5,330

1,680

927

Apr.

421

414

450

421

487

445

326

264

225

192

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

16

15

14

14

20

65

160

220

200

38.0

0.42

Mar.

1,420

493

386

379

296

339

490

292

240

245

886

10.42

Apr.

179

169

141

124

106

94

82

74

67

258

2.93

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

h

3

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

U

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

II

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

II

Feet See . ft .

March 8

_

_

_

_

_

4.70

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*110

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

5.72

5.64

5.56

5.50

5.46

5.42

5.41

5. 42

5.44

5.44

5.39

5.34

6V5

628

583

550

529

508

503

508

519

519

493

469

March 20

_

5.24

_

5.02

_

4.83

_

4.70

_

4.60

_

4.49

_

1,120

_

992

_

886

_

815

_

761

_

704

Feet | Sec. ft,

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

4.69

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

*140

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

5.28

5.25

5.20

5.15

5.14

5.13

5,19

5.55

5.93

6.03

5.97

5.86

440

426

403

382

377

373

399

578

811

881

839

764

March 21

4.44

4.54

5.00

6.50

6.96

6.49

6.14

5.93

5.71

5.57

5.40

5.32

679

730

980

1,990

2,350

1,980

1,720

1,570

1,420

1,320

1,220

1,170

Feet jSec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

4.89

_

_

6.03

_

_

5.67

_

_

_

_

_

*240

_

_

_

_

_

236

March 16

5.76

5.72

5.67

5.64

5.64

5.71

5.92

6.09

6.09

6.41

7.55

10.05

700

675

646

628

628

669

804

923

923

1,150

2,090

5,100

March 22

_

5.08

4.86

_

4.68

_

4.53

_

4.39

_

4.28

_

1,030

_

903

_

804

_

725

_

654

_

602

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.59

5.58

5.59

5.65

6,03

6.40

7.90

8.96

9.90

10.66

10.52

10,06

556

435

545

634

881

1,140

2,440

3,680

4,900

5,890

5,710

4,900

March 17

9.81

9.38

8.76

8.25

7,94

8.02

8.52

8.80

9.57

9.44

9.62

10.15

4,780

4,220

3,420

2,820

2,480

2,560

2,890

3,470

4,210

4,780

4,980

5,580

March 23

_

_

4.11

_

_

3.99

_

_

3.93

_

_

3.86

_

_

528

_

_

480

_

_

457

_

_

432

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.00

9.36

8,36

7.46

8,77

8.62

e.43

8.37

8.11

7.77

7.36

7.08

4,540

4,200

2,940

2,000

3,4.50

3/240

3,080

2,950

2,660

2,310

1,910

1,660

March 18

11.25

12.25

12.83

12.24

11.24

10.04

9.04

8.09

7.70

7.33

6,91

6.60

6,900

8, ISO

8,880

8,110

6,890

5,450

4,340

3,390

3,030

2,700

o 220

Feet Sec.ft,

March 13

6.81

6.66

6.50

6.39

6.32

6.30

5.29

6.24

6.13

6.00

5.89

5.30

1,450

1,330

1,210

1,150

1,030

1,070

1,060

1,030

951

860

784

725

March 19

6.37

6.36

6.23

6.18

6.16

6.19

6.14

6.03

5.91

5.79

5.62

2^070 j 5.51

March 24

_

_

3.79

_

_

3.71

_

_

3.66

_

_

3.66

_

_

407

_

_

379

-

_

363

_

-

363

1,890

1,880

1,780

1,750

1,730

1,750

1,720

1,640

1,560

1,470

1,350

1,290

March 25

_

_

3.78

_

_

3.71

_

_

3.65

_

-

3.60

_

_

403

_

_

379

_

_

360

_

-

343

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 8:30 p.m., 10.77 ft., 6,030 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 

12:30 a*.m., 10.16 ft., 5,240 sec.-ft. Mar. 21, 9:30 a.m., 7.03 ft., 2,430 see.-ft. 

«Mean for the day.
128 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION 

Esopus Creek at Coldbrook, W. Y.

Location.- Lat, 42°0'50", long. 74°16'10n , at highway bridge at Coldbrook, Ulster

County, ij miles above Ashokan Reservoir. 

Drainage area.- 192 square miles. 

G-age-height record.- Water-staga recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10. 

Maxima.- 1956;Discharge, 38,500 second-feet 2:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 17.90

1914-35: Discharge, 55,000 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 20.40 

feet).

Remarks.- "Hater diverted from Schoharie Creek through Shandaken Tunnel enters Esopus 

Creek about 6 miles above this station. Mean monthly discharge corrected for diversions. For information of diversions aee record for Schoharie Creek at Gilboa 

Dam. Records furnished by New York City Board of Water Supply.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Fob .

1 648

2 772

3 856

4 928

5 922

6 910

7 898

8 874

9 850

10 316

Wean monthly c

Mar.

152

152

179

234

320

419

436

449

766

1,328

i*s chare 

Apr.

760

784

784

631

578

3,795

2,400

1,589

1,222

1,075

5 - In fl fin

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

rmri 

Feb.

179

160

150

145

155

208

234

211

199

182

'fifit frthp

Hean monthly discharge, in seconfl-fefit-. 1 c-.nr

Run-off, in inches (corrected!

Gage height, in

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

*449

March 14

7.70

7.58

7.46

7.35

7.23

7.13

7.05

6.98

6.95

6.91

6.85

6.79

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

790

622

466

345

213

103

015

940

910

870

810

751

March 20

8.62

8.48

8.35

8.23

8.12

8.02

7.94

7.85

7.78

7.71

7.67

7.64

4,161

3

3

3

3

3

3,

3,

2

930

735

555

390

240

126

000

902

2,804

2j

2,

748

706

Mar.

6,130

17,028

4,464

2,202

1,598

1,625

5,313

17,214

6,530

3,330

Apr.

991

934

1,005

952

934

916

826

754

664

594

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

erved). ............

rected). ...........

Feb.

179

176

173

173

179

199

221

193

171

PZQC

IQft

1.11

Mar.

3,690

2,477

1,670

1,264

1,131

970

1,400

1,580

1,208

1,019

880

2,812

2

17-! Q

, ( J.O

16.32

Apr.

568

530

466

432

398

379

341

323

375

520

884

874

5.08

feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-*766

March 15

6.74

6.

6.(

37

51

6.56

6..51

6,47

6.46

6.52

6.< 6.'55

74

6.74

6.73

1,706

1,64

1,58

3

9

1,544

1,45 9

1,463

1,454

1,508

1,62

1,7C

5

6

1,706

1,697

March 21

7.62

7.Cj2

8.05

8.65

8.S

8.E

33

35

8.73

8.(>3

8.44

8.30

8.]L8

8.08

2,678

2,67 8

3,285

4,212

4,6£

4,54

2

8

4,346

4,17 8

3,870

3,660

3,48 0

3,330

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

#1,328

March 16

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

68

65

63

61

61

61

61

62

64

65

65

^5

1,652

IfC

lf«

>25

>07

1,589

Iff>89

1,589

1,589

1,598

l»t

l»f

16

25

1,625

1,910

March 22

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

95

84

74

64

55

45

35

27

19

12

06

00

3,140

2,£ 86

2,846

2,706

2,£

2,4

>80

55

2,345

2,i 57

2,169

2,092

2,C 26

1,960

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.91

7.06

7.25

7,46

7.78

8.40

9.25

10.60

11.95

13.35

14.85

16.20

1,870

2,026

2,235

2,466

2,902

3,810

5,275

8,200

11,850

16,560

22,400

29,000

March 17

7.67

7.90

8.06

8.14

8.20

8.32

8.60

9.50

10.95

12.20

12.55

12.40

2,748

3,070-

3,300

3,420

3,510

3,690

4,128

5,750

9,075

12,640

13,770

13,280

1 March 23

6.95

6.89

6.84

6.79

6.74

6.69

6.64

6.60

6.56

6.52

6.47

6.44

1,910

1,850

1,800

1,751

1,706

1,661

1,616

1,580

1,544

1,508

1,463

1,436

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

17.90

17.05

15 . 0

14.75

13. r 0

12.80

12. £ 5

11.65

11.2

10.8

5

5

10.51

10.20

38,500

33,250

27,000

22,000

17,860

14,620

12,800

10,950

9,850

8,825

7,975

7,230

March 18

12.75

14. C

16. C

0

0

16.75

16. 6 0

15.00

13.90

12.90

12. C

11.6

5

1

11.30

11.03

14,450

19,000

28,000

31,750

31,000

23,000

18,620

14,960

12,160

10,830

9,980

9,278

March 24

6.39

6.Z 5

6.31

6.27

6.£

6.£

4

0

6.18

6.1 5

6.12

6.09

6.C 7

6.05

1,392

1,360

1,328

1,299

1,278

1,250

J,, 236

1,215

1,194

1,173

1,159

1,145

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.85

9.50

9.32

9.11

8.90

8.71

8.55

8.38

8.23

8.10

7.96

7.84

6,450

5,750

5,408

5,009

4,632

4,303

4,044

3,780

3,555

3,360

3,154

2,986

March 19

10.81

10.61

10.42

10.25

10.05

9.90

9.73

9.59

9.43

9.18

8.96

8.79

8,725

8,225

7,830

7,350

6,870

6,550

6,210

5,930

5,617

5,042

4,733

4,435

March 25

6.05

6.05

6.06

6.07

6.08

6.08

6.07

6.04

6.01

5.98

5.95

5.92

1,145

1,145

1,152

1,159

1,166

1,166

1,159

1,138

1,117

1,096

1,075

1,054

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 2:30 a.m., 17.90 ft., 38,500 sec.-ft. 

9 a.m., 16.80 ft., 32,000 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.

Mar. 18,
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 15 

Rondout Creek near Lackawack, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°46'30n , long. 74°24'10n , a quarter of a mile below highway bridge £

miles southeast of Lackawack, Ulster County. 

Drainage area.- 100 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stace-dlscharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. 

Maxima.- 1936;Discharge, 9,600 second-feet 8 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 9.15 feet).

1906-35: Discharge, 26,715 second-feet Aug. 26, 1928. 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion. Records furnished by

New York City Board of Water Supply.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

£

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

155

150

146

142

142

138

138

134

134

134

Mar.

185

194

203

217

226

236

245

260

279

238

Apr.

482

533

593

454

405

2,380

1,486

1,016

721

617

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

129

125

125

117

113

129

142

172

142

134

Mar.

925

5,856

2,270

1,177

918

981

2,052

5,791

3,342

2,105

Apr.

611

587

689

791

714

671

617

605

505

460

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

129

125

129

138

142

146

150

159

176

1.50

Mar.

2,004

1,261

823

659

611

499

1,093

1,289

836

665

563

14.16

Apr.

421

400

369

338

308

279

255

231

212

221

599

6.68

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8-

10

M

Feet See . ft .

March 8

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*260

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

2.52

2.43

2.35

2.31

2.19

2.12

2.06

2.00

1.95

1.93

1.89

1.84

1,446

1,374

1,310

1,282

1,198

1,149

1,107

1,065

1,030

1,016

«88

953

March 20

3.90

3.78

3.64

3.50

3.40

3.28

3.21

3.15

3.05

2.99

2.92

2.86

2,650

2,530

2,390

2,250

2,150

2,044

1,988

1,940

1,865

1,823

1,774

1,732

Feet See.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

«279

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

1.80

1.77

1.74

1.70

1.67

1.65

1.66

1.75

1.87

1.97

2.00

2.00

925

904

883

855

836

823

829

890

974

1,044

1,065

1,065

March 21

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.97

3.75

3.88

3.73

3.57

3.44

3.20

3.03

2.881

1,690

1,645

1,645

1,809

2,500

2,630

2,480

2,320

2,190

1,980

1,851

1,746

Feet See.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

«288

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

1.95

1.92

1.90

1.88

1.87

1.88

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.86

1.86

1.88

1,030

1,009

995

981

974

981

960

960

960

967

967

981

March 22

2.75

2.63

2.51

2.41

2.33

2.25

2.17

2.08

2.04

1.97

1.93

1.90

1,645

1,537

1,438

1,358

1,296

1,240

1,184

1,121

1,093

1,044

1,016

995

Feet See.ft.

March 11

1.66

1.65

1.66

1.74

2.00

2.45

3.20

4.05

5.10

6.70

7.75

8.57

-

_

-

_

_

*925

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 17

2.03

2.22

2.36

2.46

2.45

2.45

2.52

2.75

4.10

5.15

5.45

5.43

1,086

1,219

1,318

1,398

1,390

1,390

1,446

1,645

2,850

3,998

4,343

4,319

March 23

1.85

1.81

1.76

1.71

1.67

1.63

1.61

1.59

1.56

1.55

1.53

1.51

960

932

897

862

836

810

797

785

765

759

746

733

Feet See.ft.

March 12

8.53

8.30

8.12

7.60

6.80

6.15

5.75

5.51

5.37

5.34

5.20

4.93

8,545

8,200

7,930

7,150

6,090

5,245

4,725

4,413

4,250

4,216

4,055

3,744

March 18

5.60

6.50

8.00

9.15

8.65

7.90

7.05

6.15

5.55

5.08

4.74

4.50

4,530

5,700

7,750

9,600

8,725

7,600

6,415

5,245

4,465

3,917

3,526

3,250

March 24

1.48

1.46

1.44

1.42

1.40

1.38

1.37

1.35

1.33

1.33

1.33

1.36

714

701

689

677

665

653

647

635

623

623

623

641

Feet See.ft.

March 13

4.45

4.18

4.10

3.85

3.62

3.41

3.25

3.12

2.98

2.85

2,74

2.63

3,200

2,930

2,850

2,600

2,370

2,160

2,020

1,916

1,816

1,725

1,636

1,537

March 19

4.43

5.10

5.15

4.90

4.66

4.55

4.50

4.41

4.30

4.15

4.09

4.00

3,180

3,940

3,998

3,710

3,434

3,308

3,250

3,160

3,050

2,900

2 ',840

2,750

March 25

1.40

1.40

1.38

1.35

1.33

1.31

1.28

1.26

1.24

1.23

1.22

1.21

665

665

653

635

623

611

593

581

569

563

557

551

*Mean for the day.
ISO FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 4I°50'35", long. 74°5'10", 150 feet above highway bridge in Rosendale, 

Ulster County.

Drainage area.- 386 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 14,600 second-feet; extended to peak stage logarithmically.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 21,100 second-feet 10:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height 18.21

1901-03, 1906-13, 1926-35: Discharge, 27,300 second-feet Aug. 2Y, 1928 

(gage height, 21.9 feet), 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

320

320

320

300

300

300

300

300

280

280

Mar.

550

460

440

420

600

550

460

400

380

1,300

Apr.

1,260

1,250

1,630

1,320

1,080

5,020

4,440

2,900

1,960

1,970

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

280

280

280

280

300

320

360

400

380

320

Mar.

7,000

19,000

9,730

4,550

3,400

3,540

4,580

13,600

11,200

6,140

Apr.

1,920

1,820

2,280

2,520

2,200

1,970

1,610

1,260

1,120

1,030

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

300

300

300

300

320

380

700

800

700

356

.99

Mar.

5,450

4,450

2,830

2,130

1,870

1,580

1,960

3,800

2,520

1,960

1,610

3,821

11.41

Apr.

950

917

790

672

618

550

580

520

490

495

1,571

4.54

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

F-< 

3

o

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

-

_

_

_

4.46

-

_

-

_

-

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

_

_

_

-

_

#360

_

_

-

_

-

-

March 14

_

7.90

_

7.43

-

7.06

_

6.84

-

5.74

_

6.64

_

5,330

_

4,730

-

4,280

_

4,020

_

3,910

3,800

March 20

_

9.59

-

8.96

_

8,37

_

7.86

-

7.49

_

7.14

_

7,680

-

6,770

_

5,950

_

5,280

-

4,800

_

4,380

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

4.53

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

#480

-

_

_

_

..

-

March 15

_

6.45

_

6.23

-

6.04

_

6.05

-

6.23

_

_

3,600

_

3,350

_

3,160

_

3,170

_

3,350

_

6.54J 3,690

March 21

_

6.92

-

7,07

_

8.07

_

8.94

_

8.90

_

8.45

_

4,110

_

4,290

_

5,550

_

6,740

-

5,690

_

6,060

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

_

5.01

_

5.13

_

5.20

-

5.44

-

6.07

-

6.92

_

_

_

1,020

_

_

-

1,440

-

_

_

2,540

March 16

_

6. SI

_

6.45

_

6.30

_

6.26

_

6.33

_

6.44

_

3,770

_

3,500

_

3,430

_

3,390

_

3,460

_

3,580

March 22

_

7,91

_

7.46

_

7.09

_

6.76

_

6.47

_

6.20

_

5,340

_

4,760

_

4,320

_

3,940

_

3,620

_

3,320

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7.20

7.58

8.09

8.10

B. 37

8.45

8.70

10.12

13.35

12.63

14.59

15.36

_

3,36C

_

4,190

_

5,290

_

6,490

_

12,200

_

16,500

March 17

_

6.64

_

6.81

_

7.01

_

7.21

7.4S

8.00

8.77

9.56

_

3,800

_

3,990

_

4,220

_

4,460

4,800

5,460

6,510

7,640

March 23

_

_

5.93

_

_

5.72

_

5.46

_

_

5.28

_

_

3,050

_

_

2,840

_

_

2,580

_

_

2,410

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

16.40

16.97

17.43

17.83

18.15

18.02

17.70

17.25

15.58

16.02

15.30

14.64

18,100

19,100

19,800

20,400

21,000

20,700

20,200

19,500

18,600

17,500

16,400

15,300

March 18

10.18

10.66

11.30

12.17

13.27

14.20

15.00

15.46

15.76

15.76

15.45

14.82

8,570

9,290

10,200

11,600

13,200

14,600

15,900

16,600

17,100

17,100

16,600

15,600

March 24

_

_

5.14

_

_

5.02

_

_

4.83

_

4.73

_

_

2,270

_

_

2,160

_

_

1,990

_

_

1,900

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

13.99

13.30

12.59

11.82

11.03

10.42

9.99

9.60

9.29

9.01

8.72

8.45

14,300

13,200

12,200

11,000

9,840

8,930

8,280

7,700

7,240

6,840

6,440

6,060

March 19

13.92

13.05

12.40

12.03

11.90

11.85

11.69

11.40

11.04

10.74

10.44

10.14

14,200

12,900

11,900

11,300

11,200

11,100

10,800

10,400

9,860

9,410

8,960

8,510

March 25

_

_

4.69

_

_

4.76

_

_

4.70

_

_

4.56

_

_

1,860

_

_

1,920

_

-_

1,870

_

_

1,750

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 6:30 p.m., 14.98 ft. Mar. 12, 10:30 a.m., 18.21 ft., 

21,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 15, 2:30 p.m., 6.02 ft., 3,140 sec-ft. Mar. 16, 2:30 a.m., 6.63 

ft., 3,790 sec.-ft.; 3:30 p.m,, 6.26 ft., 3,390 sec.-ft. Mar, 18, 6:30 p.m., 15.82 ft., 

17,200 sec.-ft. Mar. 21, 5 a.m., 6.89 ft., 4,080 sec.-ft. Mar. 21, 5:30 p.m., 9.02 ft., 

6,860 sec.-ft.

»Mean for the day.
HUDSON KIVER BASIN 

Wallkill River at Pellets Island Mountain, N. Y.

! 50". long. 74°24 ! 5Q'1 , at highway bridge at Pellets Island Mouny, 4-g- miles south of MIddletown.

Location.- Lat. 41°22

tain, Orange County, 

Drainage area.- 385 square miles, 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily gage readings and occasional additional

readings during flood periods. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 8,970 second-feet; extended logarithmically based on comparison

with discharge record at Phillipsburg. 

Maxima.- 1936s Discharge, 12,400 second-feet 1 a.m. Mar. 14 (gage height, 15.0 feet,

from graph based on gage readings).

1919-35: Discharge, 8,350 second-feet Mar. 16, 1920 (gage height, 20.7 feet,

former datum). 

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by artificial storage or diversion.

Kean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

340

320

300

280

280

260

260

260

240

240

Mar.

600

550

500

480

500

550

550

500

480

600

Apr,

1,420

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,120

1,690

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,180

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

240

240

220

220

220

240

260

280

300

300

Mar.

1,300

5,910

9,630

9,820

7,060

5,300

4,550

4,830

6,140

6,830

Apr.

1,970

1,900

1,840

1,900

1,780

1,660

1,480

1,320

1,170

1,070

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

300

300

280

280

260

280

400

460

550

0.81

Ms. I*

6,320

5,500

4,650

3,620

2,770

2,280

2,000

2,030

1,920

1,730

1,640

9.78

Apr.

990

950

870

750

640

550

490

460

420

400

3.84

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

1s

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

-

-

-

5.09

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

*5QQ

_

-

-

_

-

-

March 14

_

14.40

-

13.00

_

12.70

_

12.98

_

12.77

_

12.20

_

11,400

-

9,390

-

9,000

_

9,360

_

9,090

_

8,350

March 20

-

11.01

-

11.06

10.92

-

10.86

-

10.77

_

10.69

_

6,940

-

6,990

-

6,850

-

6,790

-

6,700

6,620

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

«

_

_

-

-

5.05

-.

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

*48Q

-

-

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

11.95

_

11.50

_

11.10

10.72

_

10.38

_

10.03

_

7,900

_

7,470

_

7,030

_

6,650

_

6,320

_

6,010

March 21

_

10.60

-

10.50

_

10.41

_

10.28

-

10.13

_

10.00

_

6,530

_

6,430

-

6,350

_

6,230

-

6,100

_

5,980

Feet Sec . ft ,

March 10

_

-

-

5.18

_

-

_

5.45

-

_

_

5.80

_

_

-

-

-

*600

_

_

_

_

_

-

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

6.18

_

-

_

7.10

-

_

_

7.65

_

-

-

_

_

*1,300

_

-

_

_

_

-

Maroh 16 | March 17

_

9.70

_

9,48

_

9.32

_

9.17

_

8.98

_

8.78

_

5,710

_

5,510

_

5,390

_

5,270

_

5,130

_

4,950

March 22

_

9.84

-

9.68

_

9.47

_

9.21

_

9.00

_

8.91

_

5,840

_

5,690

_

5,510

_

5,300

_

5,130

«

5,060

_

8.56

-

8.33

_

8,15

_

8.08

8.13

_

8.21

_

4,780

_

4,590

_

4,450

4,390

_

4,430

_

4,500

March 23

.

8.30

_

8.64

_

8.40

_

8.20

_

7.96

~

7.76

_

4,970

_

4,840

-

4,650

_

4,490

_

4,300

_

4,140

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

7.90

-

8.48

_

10.00

_

11.00

_

12.00

_

12.20

_

4,010

-

4,710

_

5,980

_

6,930

_

8,090

_

8,350

March 18

_

8.32

_

e.46

_

8.59

_

8.69

_

8.93

_

9.25

_

4,590

_

4,700

_

4,800

_

4,880

_

5, 0^0

_

5,330

March 24

_

7.53

_

7.34

_

7.10

_

6.88

_

6.66

_

6.47

_

3,950

_

3,800

_

3,610

_

3,450

_

3,290

*.

3,160

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

12.06

«

12.13

13.13

_

14.40

_

14.50

_

14.75

_

8,170

_

8,260

_

9,560

_

11,400

_

11,600

_

12,000

March 19

_

9.59

_

9.93

_

10.18

*.

10.50

_

10.73

[10.90

_

5,610

_

5,920

_

6,140

*.

6,430

_

6,660

_

6,830

March 25

_

6.25

_

6.05

_

5.87

_

5.70

_

5.57

*.

5.43

_

3,OCO

_

2,860

-

2,750

_

2,650

-

2,570

_

2,490

Supplemental records. 

15.0 ft., 12,400 sec.-ft. 

#Mean for the day.

Mar.

13. 6 p.m., 14.85 ft.,

14. 10 a.m., 12.60 ft,

12,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 14, 1 a.m. 

, 8,870 sec.-ft.
132 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Wallklll River at Gardiner, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°41'10", long. 74°9'55", at highway bridge 500 feet below mouth of 

Shawangunk Kill and three-quarters of a mile northwest of Gardlner, Ulster County.

Drainage area.- 711 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 1-15 and 3 p.m. 

liar. 21 to 11 a.m. Mar. 28.

 Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 15. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 11,200 second-feet; extended to peak stage logarithmically.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 18,000 second-feet 6:45 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 15.16 

feet); maximum gage height, 16.42 feet 1:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (backwater from ice).

1924-35: Discharge, 12,900 second-feet Sept. 2, 1927 (gage height, 12.6 feet).

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion. Mean daily discharges 

for period Mar. 21-28 computed on basis of comparative studies of stations on the 

Wallklll River at Pellets Island Mountain and Wappinger Creek near Wappinger Falls.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

600

550

550

500

500

480

460

440

420

400

liar.

1,100

1,000

900

850

1,000

1,100

950

800

850

1,800

Apr.

2,050

1,940

2,150

1,800

1,520

4,890

4,900

3,970

3,410

3,730

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

400

380

380

360

360

380

400

440

500

480

Mar.

6,000

17,000

16,000

14,000

11,000

8,900

8,090

11,100

11,300

9,790

Apr.

3,400

3,330

3,760

3,850

3,330

2,930

2,370

2,000

1,740

1,540

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

440

420

400

400

400

420

700

850

1,000

0.73

Mar.

10,000

9,000

8,000

6,500

5,000

4,200

4,000

5,160

3,580

2,930

2,450

5 QA"7

9.64

Apr.

1,380

1,280

1,170

1,050

908

814

730

670

639

592

2

OCT

3.55

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

SH

«

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

6.66

-

-

-

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

*800

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

14.32

14.28

14,21

14.18

14.06

14.01

14.21

13.71

14.34

14.28

14.25

14.31

-

14,900

_

14,500

-

14,100

-

13,400

-

13,100

-

12,800

March 20

10.51

10.39

10.25

10.17

10.08

9.99

9.91

9.83

9.75

9.69

9.62

9.57

10,500

10,300

10,100

10,000

9,870

9,740

9,620

9,500

9,380

9,280

9,180

9,100

Feet See. ft.

March 9

-

-

-

-

-

6.78

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*860

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

14.30

14.27

14.31

14.32

14.28

14.21

13.80

11.90

10.90

10.67

10.51

10.33

_

12,400

_

12,100

_

11,900

_

11,200

_

10,800

_

10,200

March 21

9.49

9.45

9.49

9.66

9.90

10.06

10.26

-

_

-

_

. -

8,980

8,980

8,980

9,240

9,600

9,840

10,100

_

*10,000

-

-

-

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

-

6.87

-

6.93

-

7.10

_

7.46

-

8.90

-

9.41

-

-

_

_

_

*1,800

_

_

-

_

-

-

March 16

10.17

10.01

9.81

9.61

9.45

9.30

9.20

9.13

9.07

9.02

8.95

8.92

10,000

9,760

9,460

9,160

8,920

8,700

8,550

8,440

8,360

8,280

8,180

8,130

March 22

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*9,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

9.99

_

10.29

_

10.71

_

11.46

_

14.35

~

15.96

-

-

_

_

_

*6,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 17

8.95

8.96

8,94

8.87

8.83

8.79

8.78

8.81

8.84

8.91

9.07

9.11

8,180

8,190

8,160

8,060

8,000

7,940

7,980

7,960

8,010

8,120

8,360

8,420

March 23

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*8,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

14.31

14.71

15.35

15.08

15.01

14.98

15.38

15.14

14.84

14.93

14.85

14.94

16,600

17,300

18,000

17,900

17,800

17,700

17,600

17,500

17,500

17,600

17,500

17,600

March 18

9.21

9.52

10.25

10.80

11.18

11.50

11.66

11.78

11.73

11.50

11.21

11.05

8,560

9,030

10,100

11,000

31,500

12,000

12,300

12,500

12,400

12,000

11,600

11,300

March 24

_,

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*6,500

-

_

_

_

_

-

Feet See . ft .

March 13

14.88

14.83

14.73

14.62

14.42

14.35

14.17

14.26

14.38

14.31

14.39

14.34

17,500

17,500

17,300

17,100

16,800

16,600

16,300

16,200

16,000

15,800

15,500

15.300

March 19

11.03

11.03

10.98

10.95

11.08

11.18

11.18

11.17

11.06

10.91

10.78

10.64

11,300

11,300

11,200

11,200

11,400

11,500

11,500

11,500

11,300

11,100

10,900

10,700

March 25

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

#5,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

6:45 ft.

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 7:30 p.m., 15.36 ft. Mar. 12, 1:30 a.m., 16.42 ft 

> a.m., 15.16 ft., 18,000 sec.-ft.; 1:45 p.m., 15.38 ft. Mar. 14, 1:30 p.m., 14.69

 Wean for the day.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN 133

Wappinger Creek near Wappinger Palls, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°39'5lt , long. 7 3° 52* 20", 4j miles northeast of Wappinger Falls,

Dutchess County.

Drainage area.- 182 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except Feb. 13, 14, when float was

frozen in. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 2,850 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 6,880 second-feet 12:10 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 12.13

'l928-35: Discharge, 5,950 second-feet Mar. 5, 1934 (gage height, 11.20 

feet); maximum gage height, 11.78 feet (backwater from ice) Mar. 5, 1934. 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

80

60

75

75

75

70

70

70

70

65

Mar.

240

220

200

200

320

280

220

180

190

380

Apr.

535

515

620

525

442

832

1,100

921

722

712

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

65

65

65

60

65

70

80

90

110

100

Mar.

1,600

5,700

3,960

2,310

1,620

1,320

1,190

1,900

2,780

1,890

Apr.

660

630

585

641

590

550

486

446

419

385

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

85

75

70

65

70

100

180

300

300

94.7

0.56

Mar.

1,610

1,420

1,060

900

870

73S

690

964

810

680

605

1,195

7.57

Apr.

360

389

337

304

273

256

240

224

218

218

504

3.09

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

1&

z

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

S

10

11

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

-

4.67

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*180

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

7.87

7.72

7.60

7.46

7.33

7.20

7.08

6.98

6.87

6.79

6.74

6.68

2,820

2,700

2,600

2,490

2,380

2,280

2,180

2,100

2,020

1,950

1,910

1,870

March 20

7.15

7.04

6.94

6.85

6.77

6.69

6.60

6.53

6.44

6.38

6.30

6.24

2,240

2,150

2,070

2,000

1,940

1,870

1,810

1,760

1,700

1,660

1,600

1,560

Peet

Mar

-

-

-

-

-

4.74

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sec.ft.

ch 9

-

-

-

-

-

*190

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

6.63

6.58

6.51

6.44

6.38

6.30

6.26

6.20

6.16

6.12

6.10

6.07

1,830

1,800

1,750

1,700

1,660

1,600

1,570

1,530

1,500

1,470

1,460

1,440

March 21

6.19

6.15

6.16

6.18

6.20

6.26

6.30

6.40

6,44

6.49

6.48

6.41

1,520

1,500

1,500

1,520

1,530

1,570

1,600

1,670

1,700

1,730

1,730

1,680

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

-

-

-

-

_

5.01

-

5.12

-

5.41

-

6.00

-

-

-

-

-

*380

-

-

-

-

-

580

Marc-h 16

6.05

6.02

6.00

5.98

5.95

5.92

5.88

5.87

5.84

5.80

5.79

5.77

1,420

1,400

1,390

1,380

1,360

1,330

1,310

1,300

1,280

1,250

1,240

1,230

March 22

_

_

6.19

_

_

6.01

-

_

5.88

_

_

5.71

_

-

1,520

_

_

1,400

-

_

1,310 .

_

_

1,190

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.38

6.35

6.32

6.34

6.39

6.41

6.50

6.78

7.05

7.40

8.00

8.30

670

782

906

1,060

1,240

1,390

1,600

1,810

2,120

2,440

2,930

3,200

March 17

5.77

5.75

5.74

5.74

5.73

5.72

5.70

5.69

5.69

5.68

5.66

5.68

1,230

1,220

1,210

1,210

1,200

1,190

1,180

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,150

1,170

March 23

_

_

5.58

_

_

5.49

_

_

5.42

_

_

5.36

_

_

1,100

_

_

1,040

_

_

1,000

_

_

966

fc-^o' Sec.ft.

March 12

9.10

9.90

10.52

11.20

11.79

12.08

12.04

11.80

11.54

11.10

10.70

10.35

3,920

4,650

5,270

5,950

6,540

6,830

6,790

6,550

6,290

5,850

5,450

5,100

March 18

5.69

5.71

5.80

5.95

6.20

6.50

6.81

7.10

7.40

7.75

8.01

8.21

1,170

1,-190

1,250

1,360

1,530

1,740

1,970

2,200

2,440

2,720

2,940

3,120

March 24

_

_

5.29

_

_

5.24

_

_

5.19

_

5.18

_

_

924

_

_

894

_

_

864

_

_

858

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

10.08

9.88

9.70

9.56

9.44

9.24

9.00

8.78

8.52

8.34

8.16

8.00

4,830

4,630

4,460

4,330

4,230

4,050

3,830

3,630

3,400

3,240

3,070

2,930

March 19

8.30

8.24

8.15

8.01

7.90

7.80

7.70

7.62

7.54

7.44

7.36

7.26

3,200

3,150

3,060

2,940

2,840

2,760

2,680

2,620

2,550

2,470

2,410

2,330

March 25

_

_

5.19

_

_

5.24

_

_

5.19

_

5.10

_

_

864

_

_

894

_

_

864

_

810

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 12.10 p.m., 12.13 ft., 6,880 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.
134 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHAlfflA REGION 

Oradell Reservoir at Oradell, M. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°57<24", long. 74°1<43", at Oradell Dam, Oradell, Bergen County.

Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 113 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- 7/ater-stage recorder graph. Gage heights snown in table are

8 a.mTreadings. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity 381,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by Hackensack

G-age height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

IV

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February

Pee oo-f- o

21.92

21.87

21.80

21.74

21.69

21.64

Millions of

cubic feet

360

359

357

355

353

352

21.57| 350

21.54 349

21.58

SI. 65

21.68

21.71

21.74

21.68

21.26

20.30

19.33

18.61

18.61

18.56

13.53

18.53

18.50

18.52

18.56

18.53

18.54

18.53

18.60

350

March

Feet

18.58

18.62

Millions of

cubic feet

272

273

18.66 274

18.62 273

18.79

18.60

18.50

18.52

18.86

352 | 19 . 39

353

354

555

353

342

316

290

272

272

271

270

270

270

270

271

19.26

20.42

21.37

19.60

18.55

18.53

18.54

18.68

18.69

18.51

276

272

April

Feet

22.00

22.00

22.19

22.10

22.08

22.28

2701 22.18

Millions of

cubic feet

362

362

367

365

364

370

367

270 22.07J 364

278 22.0ll 362

292

288

319

22.17

22.14

22.08

345 22.10

297] 22.26

271

270

271

274

274

270

j

18.59

18.50

18.54

19.97

21.18

270

271

270

272

21.34

21.83

21.90

22.00

21.98

22.00

272

270

22.33

22.34

22.28

22.33

22.34

22.41

22.43

22.42

271 1 22.39

307 22.50

340

344

357

359

362

361

362

22.63

22.66

367

366

364

365

369

371

372

370

371

372

3^4

374

374

373

376

380

381

22.64] 380

22.59 379

22.71

22.68

382

382

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet........ -88 +90 +19

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet... -35.1 +33.6 +7.33
HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN

Hackensack Biver at New Milford, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40 56'52", long. 74 1'34", at pumping plant of Hackensack Water Co., 

Sew Mflford, Bergen County, 3-g- miles below mouth of Dwars Kill. Zero of gage is 

6.25 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 113 square miles.

Sage -he ight^ jecord . - Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-diseEarKe ^relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,800 secondfeet.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 2,800 second-feet 10 p.m. Mar. 12 to 2 a.m. Mar 13 (gage 

height, 5.08 feet).

1921-35: Discharge, about 2,500 second-feet Sept. 2, 1927, and July 6, 1928} 

maximum gage height, 4.58 feet Sept. 2, 1927.

Remarks.- Run-off affected by storage and diversions. Mean monthly discharge corrected 

for diversions and storage In Woodeiiff Lake and Oradell Reservoir. Mean monthly diversions at West Hyack, N. Y.: February, 0.9 second-foot; March, 0.9 second-foot; 

April, 0.9 second-foot. Mean monthly diversions at New Mllford, N, J.: February, 

54.0 second-feet; March, 52.6 second-feet; April, 49.0 second-feet. For daily changes 

in storage see records for Woodciiff Lake at Hillsdale, K. J, and Oradell Reservoir 

at Oradell, N. J. Records of diversions and storage and part of equipment furnished 

by Hackensack Water Co.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

5

6

Feb.

35

41

41

48

50

50

37

19.4

10.5

8.8

Mar.

158

172

209

224

284

284

£24

152

78

390

Apr.

248

195

322

298

204

982

1,160

810

540

553

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

14.2

15.6

42

166

303

314

298

82

96

78

Mar.

1,060

2,270

2,610

1,900

1,080

680

491

871

1,320

1,110

Apr.

580

507

444

444

413

366

310

252

209

199

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (corrected) ............

Feb.

56

43

33

28

45

71

115

133

137

QQ ?

0.95

Mar.

1,150

872

319

43

227

241

292

130

425

338

263

7.56

Apr.

199

141

104

150

141

89

102

129

3.98

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

$o

td

2

4

6

3

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

3

10

N

2

4

6

3

10

M

2

4

6

3

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 3

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.69

1.69

1.68

1.68

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.58

204

204

204

199

199

195

195

73

71

71

71

71

March 14

4.35

4.34

4.33

4.31

4.28

4.23

4,21

3.50

3.34

3.S4

3.34

3.35

2,220

2,210

2,110

2,160

2,150

2,110

2,100

1,490

1,350

1,360

1,360

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.40

1.41

1.41

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.39

1.40

1.39

1.39

1.39

1.39

78

81

81

71

71

71

74

78

74

74

74

74

March 15

3.35

3.34

3.33

3.32

3.07

2.76

2.76

2.77

2.77

2.77

2.77

1,360 2.77

1,360

1,360

1,350

1,350

1, ISO

879

879

887

887

887

887

887

March 20 | Mai-ch 21

3.24

3.24

3.15

3.15

3.08

3.09

2.97

2.95

2.91

2.91

2.92

2.96

1,270

1,270

1,200

1,200

1,130

1,140

1,050

1,030

998

993

1,010

1,040

2.97

3.03

3.05

3.18

3.23

3.20

3.19

3.20

3.10

3.07

3.06

3.07

1,050

1,090

1,110

1,220

1,260

1,240

1,230

1,240

1,150

1,130

1,120

1,130

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.41

1,41

1.41

1.39

2.74

2.74

2.57

2.52

1.95

1.95

1.94

1.94

81

81

81

74

863

863

735

699

332

332

327

327

Maroh 16

2.63

2.62

2.52

2.61

2.43

2.43

2.43

2.43

2.44

2.43

2.33

2.33

780

772

772

764

635

635

635

635

642

635

566

566

March 22 n

3.07

2.91

2.73

2.74

2.74

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.63

2,63

2.45

2,44

1,130

998

855

863

863

855

855

855

780

780

649

642

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

1.95

2.14

2.20

2.13

3.00

3.02

3.50

3.66

3,65

3.65

3.68

3.85

332

444

481

469

1,070

1,090

1,490

1,630

1,620

1,620

1,640

1,790

March 17

2.33

2.33

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.13

2.13

2.11

2.12

2.11

2.18

2.20

566

566

566

560

553

438

438

425

431

425

469

481

Maroh 23

2.44

2.44

2.43

2.42

2.19

1.70

1.27

1.26

1.26

1.26

1.26

1.28

642

642

635

628

475

204

41

38

38

38

38

43

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

3.89

3.91

3,93

3.95

4.41

4.46

4.64

4.67

5.00

5.02

5.07

5.08

1,820

1,840

1,860

1,880

2,270

2,310

2,450

2,480

2,740

2,760

2,800

2,800

March 18

2.33

2.45

2.51

2.68

2.73

2.73

2.92

2.93

2.93

2.98

3.03

3.19

566

649

691

817

855

855

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,050

1,090

1,230

r March 24

1.30

1.30

1.29

1.28

1.27

1.27

1.27

1.27

1.28

1.28

1.29

1.30

48

48

45

43

41

41

41

41

43

43

45

48

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.08

5.07

5.06

5.00

4.96

4.94

4.93

4.91

4.48

4.39

4.37

4.36

2,800

2,800

2,790

2,740

2,710

2,690

2,680

2,670

2,320

2,250

2,230

2,220

March 19

3.22

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.39

3.39

3.39

3.35

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.31

1,260

1,280

1,230

1,280

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,360

3,320

1,320

1,320

1,330

March 25

1.30

1.31

1.30

1.28

1.80

1.98

1.98

1.88

1.93

1.98

1.98

1.99

48

50

48

43

253

349

349

349

349

349

349

354

15515HO- 37 10
136 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAOTJA REGION

Yfoodcliff Lake at Hillsdale, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°0'42", long. 74°2'55", at Woodoliff Lake Dam.at Hillsdale,

Bergen County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 20.2 square miles. 

Sage-height record}..- Gage read twice daily to hundredths. Gage heights shown in table

are 8 a.m.readings. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity 112,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by Hackensack

Water Co.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Feet

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94. '53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.53

94.33

94.23

94.03

93.93

93.73

93.53

 93.33

93.13

93.03

93.03

93.23

93.33

Millions of 

cubic feet

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

113

112

111

109

109

107

106

105

103

102

102

104

105

March

Feet

93.43

93.43

93.43

93.53

93.63

93.93

93.93

93.93

93 9**

94.03

94.83

96.73

95.43

94.98

94.88

94.83

94.78

95.03

95.43

95.13

95.13

95.13

94.83

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.73

95.03

94.93

94.83

94.73

Millions of 

cubic feet

105

105

105

106

106

109

109

109

109

109

115

129

120

116

116

115

115

117'

120

117

117

117

115

114

114

114

114

117

116

115

114

April

Feet

94.73

94.73

94.83

94.73

94.73

95.23

95.33

94.93

94.83

94.93

94.93

94.93

94.83

94.93

94.83

94.83

94.83

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.73

94.63

94.63

94.63

94.63

94.63

94.63

Millions of 

cubic feet

114

114

115

114

114

118

119

116

115

116

116

116

115

116

115

115

115

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114.

114

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet....... -8 +9 0

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet.. -3.19 +3.36 0
HACKENSACK RIVER BASIN 137

Pascack Brook at Westwood, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 4C°59'33'1 , long. 74°1'19'1 , 75 feet above Sand Road, Westwood,

Bergen County, 500 feet below Musquapsink Creek. Zero of gage is 28.62 feet above

mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 29.6 square miles; 20.2 square miles affected by storage in Woodcliff

Lake. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph, except for period 9 p.m. Mar. 11 to

10 a.m. Mar. 13, when graph was based on flood mark and shape of graphs at nearby

stations. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 500 second-feet;

extended to peak stage by study of run-off of nearby streams. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,190 second-feet 9 to 10 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 5.53

feet, from flood marks).

1934-35: Discharge, 330 second-feet Sept. 30, 1934 (gage height, 3.21 feet). 

Remarks.- Mean monthly discharge corrected for storage in Woodcliff Lake. For daily

changes in storage see records for Woodcliff Lake at Hillsdale, N. J. Recorder

operated and storage data furnished by Hackensack Water Co.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

21

21

20

20

23

22

18.8

18.0

22

21

Mar.

51

50

51

56

59

54

50

49

51

68

Apr.

83

88

120

95

76

298

307

159

114

142

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

21

21

22

29

26

24

33

46

44

43

Mar.

249

951

463

205

150

135

120

257

392

242

Apr.

148

127

125

139

110

102

90

81

78

73

Day

21

?.?.

23

24

25

26

27

2R

29

30

31

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (corrected) .............

Feb.

42

41

41

40

42

47

54

54

51

 zo n

28.9

1.05

Mar.

263

227

137

116

114

102

105

174

135

99

90

17-3

6.73

Apr.

72

68

63

60

55

55

54

50

51

51

104

3.92

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

u

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1.88

1.88

1.86

1.85

1.85

1.88

1.89

1.89

1.89

1.89

1.89

1.89

49

49

47

46

46

49

50

50

50

50

50

50

March 14

2.94

2.89

2.83

2.79

2.75

2.71

2.68

2.64

2.62

2.60

2J58

2.56

256

244

228

219

209

199

192

183

179

174

170

165

March 20

3.17

3.10

3.04

2.96

2.91

2.85

2.80

2.75

2.71

2.67

2.64

2.61

319

299

283

262

249

234

221

209

199

190

183

176

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.89

1.90

1.91

1.92

1.92

1.93

49

49

49

49

49

49

50

51

52

54

54

55

March 15

2.54

2.53

2.52

2.51

2.50

2.49

2.48

2.47

2.46

2.45

2.44

2.43

161

159

156

154

152

150

148

146

144

142

139

137

March 21

2.72

2.77

2.85

2.92

2.97

3.01

3.05

3.07

3.09

3.09

3.09

3.08

202

214

234

251

264

275

286

291

296

296

296

294

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.93

1 .93

l!93

1.93

1.93

1.99

2.03

2.10

2.15

2.14

2.13

2.12

55

55

55

55

55

63

68

79

87

85

84

82

March 16

2.42

2.42

2.41

2.41

2.40

2.40

2.39

2.46

2.47

2.43

2.42

2.41

135

135

133

133

131

131

129

144

146

137

135

133

March 22

3.05

3.02

2.97

2.93

2.87

2.83

2.78

2.73

2.68

2.63

2.58

2.55

2.86

277

264

254

238

228

216

204

192

181

170

163

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 11

2.16

2.24

2.35

2.44

2.54

2.66

2.86

3.11

3.27

3.54

3.79

4.06

89

102

122

139

161

188

236

302

347

429

510

604

March 17

2.40

2.38

2.36

2.35

2.34

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.31

2.31

2.31

2.32

131

127

123

122

120

118

116

114

114

114

114

116

March 23

2.52

2.50

2.47

2.45

2.44

2.42

2.40

2.40

2.38

2.37

2.36

2.36

156

152

146

142

139

135

131

131

127

125

123

123

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.42

4.74

5.10

5.52

5.53

5.37

5.18

 5.00

4.88

4.72

4.56

4.40

739

865

1,010

1,190

1,190

1,120

1,040

970

922

857

793

731

March 18

2.38

2.46

2.60

2.71

2.87

3.00

3.09

3.20

3.23

3.27

3.34

3.42

127

144

174

199

238

272

296

327

336

347

368

392

March 24

2.36

2.35

2.35

2.34

2.34

2.33

2.33

2.32

2.23

2.25

2.28

2.29

123

122

122

120

120

118

118

116

100

104

109

110

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.25

4.11

3.97

3.85

3.72

3.60

3.47

3.34

3.25

3.15

3.06

3.01

674

622

572

530

487

448

408

368

342

313

288

275

March 19

3.46

3.47

3.48

3.49

3.49

3.48

3.45

3.42

3.38

3.34

3.29

3.23

405

408

411

414

414

411

402

392

380

368

353

336

March 25

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.34

2.38

2.40

2.3.4

2.29

2.28

2.27

112

112

112

112

112

120

127

131

120

110

109

107
138 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQDEEANNA REGION 

Passaic River near Millington, N. J»

Location.- Lat. 40°40'48", long. 74°31'4011 , at Davis Bridge, 1 mile upstream from Millington, Somerset County, and 1% miles below mouth of Black Brook.

Drainage area,- 55.4 square miles; about one-fourth of area is swamp land v;hich is 

overflowed at medium and high stages.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage-height record missing Feb. 1, 

9-14, 20-22, Mar. 1-6.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 18, 19, 23-29. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 1,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage using discharge obtained 

by slope-area determination of flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,480 second-feet 3 to 9 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 9.18 

feet).

1903-6, 1921-35: Discharge, about 2,000 second-feet Mar. 8, 1904 (gage height, 

7.50 feet, former site and datum).

Remarks,- Discharge during periods of ice effect or missing gage-height record determined by one current-neter measurement, study of available recorder graph and 

weather rscords, and by graphic comparison with records of other streams in Passaic 

River Basin.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

35

55

34

34

34

33

33

55

53

51

Mar.

180

175

160

200

350

530

260

215

206

280

Apr.

156

125

142

129

111

454

602

474

328

290

Day

if1

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

30

30

32

40

67

68

64

52

45

40

!

Mar.

820

1,450

1,370

1,040

669

413

311

498

634

568

Apr.

287

267

250

227

183

170

151

129

113

102

Day

21

22

23

24

25

ae

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

1 40

40

41

42

45

50

70

100

180

0.95

Mar.

504

489

383

282

234

198

202

295

248

198

163

450

8.95

Apr.

94

86

78

74

67

64

63

59

58

55

179

3.60

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§o

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

11

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

5.50

5.47

5.45

5.40

5.37

5.55

5.32

5.32

5.32

5.30

5.50

5.29

240

254

230

221

215

208

206

206

206

202

202

200

March 14

8.40

8.51

8.25

8.16

8.10

8.05

7.95

7.85

7.76

7,67

7.57

7.49

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,100

1,080

1,060

1,020

984

954

921

885

856

March 20

6a 78

6.75

6.73

6.70

6.67

6.64

6.60

6.56

6.53

6.49

6,45

6.44

611

602

595

585

575

565

552

539

530

517

504

501

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 9

5.28

5.28

5.28

5.28

5.28

5.28

5.30

5.33

5.36

5.37

5.38

5.59

198

198

198

198

198

198

202

208

213

215

217

219

March 15

7.40

7.50

7.21

7.12

7.03

6.95

6.87

6.79

6.72

6.64

6.56

6.49

824

788

756

726

695

668

641

615

592

565

559

517

March 21

6. 44 j 501

6.48

6.48

6.48

6.47

6.43

6.43

6.46

6.48

6.50

6.50

6.50

514

514

514

511

498

498

504

514

520

520

520

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

5.40

5.42

5.43

5.45

5.48

5.60

5.73

5.83

5.90

5.95

6.02

6.11

221

225

227

230

236

260

290

316

558

553

374

401

Marc-h 16

6.43

6.37

6.50

6.25

6.20

6.15

6.11

6.09

6.07

6.05

5.99

5.96

498

480

458

443

428

413

401

395

389

377

365

356

March 22

6.50

6.50

6.49

6.46

6.45

6.42

6.40

6.37

6.34

6.30

6.27

6.24

520

520

517

508

504

495

489

480

470

458

449

440

Feet Sec .ft.

March 11

6.25

6.54

6.48

6.65

7.05

7.42

7.62

7.88

8.14

8.40

8.66

8.80

437

470

514

562

702

831

903

994

1,090

1,180

1,280

1,330

March 17

5.95

5.90

5.87

5.84

5.81

5.78

5.78

5.76

5.75

5.74

5.74

5.78

5471

538

328

319

311

305

305

298

29&

292

292

303

March 23

6.20

6.17

6.14

6.11

6.08

6.05

6.03

6.00

5.97

5.93

5.89

5.87

428

419

410

401

392

383

377

368

359

347

355

328

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.88

8.96

9.02

9.06

9.10

9.15

9.16

9.17

9.17

9.18

9.16

9.15_j

1,360

1,390

1,420

1,430

1,450

1,460

1,470

1,480

1,480

1,480

1 ,470

1,470

March 18

5.93

6.05

6.17

6.25

6.31

6.42

6.55

6.67

6.74

6.78

6.81

6.82

347

383

419

443

461

495

556

575

598

611

621

625

March 24

5.84

5.80

5.77

5.75

5.73

5.70

5.68

5.65

5.63

5.61

5.60

5.57

519

308

300

295

290

282

278

271

267

262

260

254

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.13

9.10

9.05

9.00

8.95

8.90

8.84

8.77

8.70

8.63

8.55

8.48

1,460

1,450

1,430

1,410

1,390

1,370

1,350

1,320

1,500

1,270

1,240

1,210

March 19

6.82

6.83

6.83

6.84

6.84

6.84

6.84

6.84

6.84

6.84

6.83

6.81

625

628

628

651

631

631

631

631

631

631

628

621

March 25

5.56

5.54

5.52

5.50

5.49

5.47

5.45

5.43

5.42

5.40

5.39

5.37

252

248

244

240

258

234

230

227

225

221

219

215

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 3 to 9 p.m., 9.18 ft., 1,480 sec.-ft.
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 139

Passaic River at Paterson, K. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°54'50n , long. 74°10 ! 511*, at hydroelectric plant of the Society for 

Establishing Useful Manufactures, Paterson, Passaic County. Zero of gage is at mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 785 square miles; materially affected by diversions, by storage in 

large swamp areas, and by storage in large reservoirs for water supply.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Add 100.00 feet to gage heights published in this report to convert to observed gage heights or to mean sea level.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice or debris Feb. 28 to midnight Mar. 10. Defined by current-meter measurements for flow over spillway below 18,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 19,400 second-feet 11 to 12 p.m. Mar. 13 (gage height, 21.04

1898-1935: Maximum mean daily discharge, 28,000 second-feet Oct. 10, 1903. 

Remarks.- Tables of daily and bihourly'discharges indicate total flow over spillway and 

through power plant and raceway. Discharge for period Feb. 28 to midnight Mar. 10 

determined by study of recorder graph and weather records, and comparison with records of other streams in Fassaic River Basin. Monthly discharge corrected for diversions and storage in Boonton, Wanaque, and Pequannock River Reservoirs and Greenwood 

Lake. Mean monthly diversions were: February, 283 second-feet; March, 274 secondfeet; April, 257 second-feet.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

691

619

558

589

576

522

509

513

486

430

Mar.

1,720

1,760

1,800

1,840

2,370

2,330

2,380

2,350

2,350

2,660

Apr.

2,750

2,510

2,460

2,290

2,020

4,060

6,220

6,600

5,930

5,270

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

503

509

454

493

582

617

650

678

569

685

Mar.

5,720

11,800

18,200

18,200

14,500

11,300

9,180

8,630

10,400

11,900

Apr.

4,850

4,540

4,400

4,330

3,940

3,600

3,150

2,760

2,420

2,160

Day

21

22

23

24

?.f>

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

664

622

565

476

535

681

1,060

1,450

1,580

1.20

Mar.

11,800

10 , 700

9,310

7,410

5,850

4,690

3,870

4,240

3,730

3,310

3,090

7 297

10,72

Apr.

1,920

1,730

1,570

1,370

1,170

1,020

1,050

982

985

937

2 QRR

3

0 T o

4.56

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

^

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

15.81

15.80

15,76

15.73

15.76

15.75

15.75

15.77

15.78

15.78

2,400

2,380

2,330

2,290

2,330

2,320

2,320

2,350

2,360

2,360

15.78i 2,360

15.78) 2,360

March 14

21.02

20.99

20.95

20.92

20.86

20.82

20.76

20.71

20.66

20.60

20.55

20.49

19,300

19,200

19,000

18,800

18,500

18,300

18,000

17,800

17,500

17,200

17,000

16,600

March 20

19.39

19.42

19.44

19.44

19.44

19.44

19.44

19.44

19.44

19.43

19.43

19.42

11,900

12,000

12,100

12,100

12-, 100

12,100

12,100

12,100

12,100

12,000

12,000

12,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

15 0 78

15.77

15.74

15.72

15.70

15.69

15.70

15.74

15.78

15.82

15.89

15.90

2,360

2,350

2,310

2,280

8,250

J.240

2,250

2,310

2,360

2,420

2,520

2,530

March 15

20,42

20.36

20.29

20.29

20.22

20.15

20.09

20.02

19.95

19.80

19.73

19.67

ie,300

16,000

15 , 600

15,400

3.5,100

14,800

14,400

14,100

13,800

13,200

12,900

12,700

March 21

19.42

19.46

19.53

19.50

19.42

19.35

19.31

19.28

19.27

19.25

19.24

19.21

11,900

12.000

12,300

12,200

11,900

11,600

11,400

11,300

11,300

11,200

11,200

11,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 19

15,86

15.88

15.85

16.00

15.84

15.83

15.91

16.15

16.19

16.25

16.30

16. 3E

2,440

2,480

2,440

2,350

2,420

2,400

2,530

2,910

2,970

3,080

3,160

3,260

March 16

19.60

19.55

19,49

19.48

19.44

19.38

19.21

19.15

19.09

19.04

19.00

18.98

12,500

12,300

12,100

11,800

11,700

11,400

11,000

10,800

10,600

10,400

10,200

10,200

March 22

19.20

19.18

19.16

19.13

19.11

19.08

19.06

19.03

19.00

18.97

18.95

18.91

11,100

11,000

11,000

10,800

10,800

10,700

10,600

10,500

10,400

10,300

10,200

10,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

16.41

16.47

16.55

16.76

16.86

17.10

17.65

18.10

18.23

18.32

18.46

18,65

3,380

3,500

3,670

3,830

4,320

4,850

6,170

7,400

7,950

8,070

8,520

9,150

March 17

18.93

18.87

18.82

18.76

18.82

18.74

18.70

18.57

18.48

18.44

18.40

18.35

10,100

9,850

9,680

9,180

9,390

9,130

8,990

8,820

8,530

8,400

8,270

8,110

March 23

18.88

18.85

18.81

18.78

18.84

18.68

18.63

18.58

19.53

18.48

18.43

18.37

9,960

9,860

9,720

9,610

9,540

9,260

9,090

8,920

8,760

8,600

8,440

8,240

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 12

18.88

18.99

19.00

19.09

19.25

19.35

19.50

19.64

19.80

19.95

20.08

20.83

9,890

10,300

10,300

10,700

11,200

11,600

12,200

12,800

13,400

14,100

14,700

15,500

March 18

18.34

18.38

18.47

18.50

18.59

18.58

18.47

18.46

18.46

18.50

18.57

18.76j

8,160

8,290

8,570

8,670

8,740

8,700

8,570

8,540

8,540

8,670

8,900

9,550

March 24

18.33

18,27

18.21

18.24

18.26

18.10

18,03

17.99

17.94

17,89

17.84

17.79

8,160

7,970

7,780

7,570

7,640

7,450

7,250

7,130

6,990

6,850

6,720

6,580

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

20.35[ 16,000

20.49

20.61

20.73

20.80

20.86

20.91

20.97

21.00

21.02

21.02

21.03

16,600

17,200

17,800

18,200

18,500

18,800

19,000

19,200

19,300

19,300

19,400

March 19

18.88

18.90

18.91

18.95

18.99

19.03

19.08

19.13

19.19

19.24

19.30

19.35

9,970

10,000

10,100

10,200

10,400

10,500

10,700

10,900

11,100

11,300

11,500

11,700

March 25

17.75

17.70

17.65

17.61

17.55

17.52

17.48

17.43

17.38

17,34

17.30

17.25

6,490

6,360

6,230

6,130

5,970

5,900

5,800

5,680

5,560

5,470

5,360

5,240

Supplemental records,- Mar, 13, 11 to 12 p.m., 21.04 ft., 19,400 sec.-ft.
140 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO StJSQUEHANKA REGION

Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°53'35", long. 74°23'55", at Boonton Reservoir dam, Boonton, Morris

County.

Drainage area.- 119 square miles.

Gage-height record.- One gage reading dally, usually about 8 a.m. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 870,000,000 cubic feet. Elevation of crest of

spillway Is zero gage height. Records furnished by Department of Streets and Public

Improvements, Bureau of Water, Jersey City.

Sage height, In feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Peet

0.24

.22

.19

.14

.17

.15

.16

.20

.21

.23

.23

.20

.20

.20

.30

.31

.27

.27

.26

.26

.27

.22

.17

.17

.16

.20

.32

.44

.46

Millions of

cubic feet

1,027

1,026

1,025

1,024

1,025

1,024

1,024

1,026

1,026

1,027

1,U27

1,026

1,026

1,026

1,02&

1,029

1,028

1,028

1,028

1,028

1,028

1,026

1,025

1,026

1,024

1,026

1,030

1,034

1,035

March

Peet

0.43

.41

.38

.36

.48

.50

.46

.39

.38

.43

.76

2.51

2.45

1.84

1.38

1.12

.92

.94

1.50

1.53

1.38

1.39

1.12

.94

.83

.74

.67

.76

.75

.62

.55

Millions of

cubic feet

1,034

1,033

1,032

1,031

1,035

1,036

1,034

1,032

1,032

1,034

1,045

1,106

1,104

1,083

1,067

1,068

1,051

1,051

1,071

1,072

1,067

1,067

1,058

1,051

1,047

1,044

1,042

1,045

1,046

1,040

1,038

April

Peet

0.46

.40

.42

.39

.35

.59

1.38

1.04

.86

.74

.75

.75

.76

.67

.61

.52

.48

.27

.17

.09

.02

.17

.16

.73

1.18

1.36

1.46

1.47

1.43

1.38

Millions of

cubic feet

1,035

1,033

1,033

1,032

1,031

1,039

1,067

1,055

1,048

1,044

1,045

1,045

1,045

1,042

1,040

1,037

1,035

1,028

1,025

1,022

1,019

1,025

1,024

1,044

1,060

1,066

1,069

1,070

1,068

1,067

February March April

Gain or loss In storage, In millions of cubic feet....... +V +1 +30

Gain or loss In storage, In equivalent mean second-feet.. +2.8 +0.4 +11.6
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN

Rockaway River at Boonton, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°53'47n , long. 74°23'36", below dam of the Jersey City waterworks at 

Boonton, Morris County.

Drainage area.- 119 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 1-3, 9-14, 18-22, 

when record was missing.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,200 second-feet; 

extended to peak stage by using discharge over Boonton Reservoir dam, obtained by 

weir formula; verified by comparison of total run-off of flood with that computed by 

weir formula for Boonton Reservoir dam.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,770 second-feet 8 to 9:30 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 8.03 

feet).

1903-4, 1906-35: Maximum known daily discharge, 7,560 second-feet Oct. 10, 

1903, at site a quarter of a mile below present gage.

Remarks.- Discharge is total flow over reservoir dam, through waste gate, and effluent 

from sewage disposal plant. Mean monthly discharge and run-off, in inches, are shown 

adjusted for diversion from and effect of storage in Boonton Reservoir. Mean monthly 

diversions were: February, 87 second-feet; March, 81 second-feet; April, 73 secondfeet. For storage figures see daily record for Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. J. 

Discharge during periods of missing gage-height record determined by comparison with 

records for other streams in Passaic River Basin. Water-stage recorder owned and operated by Department of Streets and Public Improvements, Bureau of Water, Jersey City.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

50

49

50

60

53

47

52

36

45

42

Mar.

212

192

176

180

252

258

236

212

208

297

Apr.

407

361

401

367

324

847

1,470

1,050

821

733

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

40

40

45

65

95

104

95

72

56

50

Mar.

1,130

3,500

3,320

2,210

1,580

1,230

1,030

1,270

1,810

1,750

Apr.

755

733

690

648

565

506

469

404

341

319

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

50

50

50

49

40

72

164

221

218

1.46

Mar.

1,640

1,530

1,200

981

844

733

690

777

733

587

507

1,009

9.7£

1,091

10.57

Apr.

301

187

7.3

7.0

78

140

153

164

164

149

4.24

536

5.02

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indidated time, 1936

In

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1.95

1.93

1.93

1.92

1.92

1.90

1.90

1.89

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.87

226

220

220

218

218

212

212

208

204

204

204

204

March 14

6.73

6.60

6.61

6.52

6.40

6.31

6.25

6.15

6.08

6.00

5.94

5.85

2,640

2,530

2,420

2,330

2,250

2,180

2,100

2,030

1,960

1,910

1,840

1,800

March 20

5.93

5.90

5.87

5.85

5.80

5.76

5.72

5.70

5.65

5.60

5.57

5.57

1,830

1,810

1,790

1,780

1,750

1,730

1,700

1,690

1,670

1,640

1,620

1,620

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.89

1.91

1.94

1.97

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

208

214

223

232

March 15

5.80

5.72

5.65

5.58

5.52

5.47

5.42

5.34

5.28

5.23

5.15

5.10

1,750

1,700

1,670

1,630

1,590

1,570

1,540

1,490

1,460

1,430

1,380

1,350

March 21

5.60

5.62

5.58

5.55

5.53

5.50

5.46

5.48

5.51

5.57

5.59

5.63

1,640

1,650

1,630

1,610

1,600

1,580

1,560

1,570

1,590

1,620

1,630

1,650

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.00

2.03

2.04

2.05

2.05

2.06

2.10

2.18

2.27

2.38

2.48

2.59

242

252

255

258

258

261

274

300

331

372

412

459

Marc-h 16

5.05

5.00

4.96

4.92

4.88

4.84

4.81

4.78

4.73

4.69

4.65

4.60

1,330

1,300

1,280

1,260

1,240

1,230

1,210

1,190

1,170

1,150

1,130

1,100

March 22

5.62

5.62

5.57

5.56

5.49

5.44

5.37

5.34

5.27

5.23

5.19

5.12

1,650

1,650

1,620

1,620

1,570

1,550

1,510

1,490

1,450

1,430

1,400

1,360

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.70

2.82

2.90

3.01

3.25

3.53

3.78

4.00

4.30

5.05

5.42

6.05

508

566

608

668

806

974

1,130

1,260

1,440

1,890

2,110

2,500

March 17

4.57

4.53

4.48

4.45

4.42

4.42

4.40

4.39

4.37

4.33

4.36

4. ,42

1,090

1,070

1,040

1,030

1,010

1,010

1,000

999

990

972

986

1,010

March 23

5.08

5.03

4.96

4.91

4.84

4.78

4.72

4.70

4.66

4.63

4.60

4.55

1,340

1,310

1,270

1,250

1,220

1,190

1,160

1,150

1,130

1,110

1,100

1,070

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.80

7.25

7.55

7.93

7.90

7.73

7.88

7.85

7.93

8.03

7.95

7.86

2,980

3,270

3,460

3,710

3,690

3,580

3,680

3,660

3,710

3,770

3,720

3,660

March 18

4.52

4.56

4.62

4.70

4.81

4.94

5.00

5.12

5.26

5.41

5.62

5.68

1,060

1,080

1,110

1,150

1,210

1,270

1,300

1,360

1,450

1,530

1,650

1,680

March 24

4.53

4.48

4.45

4.41

4.38

4.35

4.32

4.30

4.27

4.25

4.23

4.21

1,070

1,040

1,030

1,010

995

981

967

958

944

935

926

917

Feet (Sec. ft.

March 13

7.78

7.75

7.66

7.58

7.53

7.46

7.37

7.25

7.15

7.05

6.95

6.85

3,610

3,590

3,540

3,490

3,450

3,410

3,320

3,220

3,120

3,010

2,890

2,750

March 19

5.77

5.80

5.85

5.88

5.95

5.96

5.95

5.98

6.02

6.03

6.00

6.97

1,730

1,750

1,780

1,800

1,840

1,850

1,840

1,860

1,880

1,890

1,870

1,850

March 25

4.19

4.17

4.15

4.12

4.09

4.07

4.05

4.04

4.00

3.98

3.96

3.94

908

898

890

876

862

854

844

840

822

813

804

796

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 8 to 9:30 p.m., 8.03 ft., 3,770 sec.-ft.
142 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAMA REGION 

Beaver Brook at outlet of Splitrook Pond, H. J,

Location.- Lat. 40°57'38", long. 74°27'43", 50 feet below Splitrock Pond, 2 miles northeast of Hibernia, Morris County, and 3a miles above mouth, of Hlbernia Brook.

Drainage area.- 5.50 square miles; affected by storage In Splicroek Pond.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 8 a.m. Mar. 13 to 10 

a.m. Mar. 14, when it is based on shape of st-ige graphs at nearby stations.

Stage-discharge relation.- Baaed on Francis formula for sharp-crested weir; verified by 

current-meter measurements below 40 second-feet.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 126 second-feet 8 to 10 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 2.70 

feet /.

1925-35: Discharge, 107 second-feet Nov. 20, 1932 (gage height, 2.50 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge regulated by operation, of gates In Splitrock Pond dam. Water-stage 

recorder owned and operated by Department of Streets and Public Improvements, Bureau 

of Water, Jersey City.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

8.4

7.8

7.4

7.3

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.4

6.5

6.5

Mar.

9.1

9.4

1O.O

10.0

10.6

11.1

11.4

11.7

11.7

13.0

Apr.

27

25

23

22

21

32

46

47

45

43

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

6.2

6.2

6.2

7.1

7.5

7.3

7.0

7.1

7.0

7.0

Mar.

33

115

102

83

68

57

50

52

67

68

Apr.

42

41

40

38

35

32

29

27

25

22

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , in Inches ............................................

Feb.

7.0

6.9

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.5

7.4

8.4

8.8

1.S7

Mar, 1 Apr.

62 21

54 i 19.4

47

40

35

32

30

30

30

29

28

L 8.26

18.1

16.4

14.8

13.3

12.7

11.7

10.6

9.7

5.48

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

3s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

Z

4

6

8

10

H

.Feet [Sec. ft.

March 8

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

March 14

2«32

2.30

2.28

2.27

2.25

2.24

2.23

2.22

2.21

2.19

2.17

2.14

91

89

87

87

85

84

83

83

82

80

79

76

March 20

2.05

2.06

2.06

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.04

2.03

2.02

2.01

2.00

2.00

69

70

70

69

69

69

68

67

67

66

65

65

Pest Sec.ft.

March 9

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.07

1.08

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

31.7

11.7

11.7

12.0

March 15

2.13

2.11

2.09

2.07

2.06

2.05

2.04

2.01

2.00

1.98

1.97

1.95

75

74

72

71

70

69

68

66

65

63

62

61

March 21

2.00

2.01

1.97

1.97

1.97

1.97

1.97

1.95

1.95

1.94

1.93

1.92

65

66

62

62

62

62

62

61

61

60

60

59

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.09

1.09

1.10

JL »12

1.13

1.15

i.ie

1.17

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.4

12.4

12.7

13.3

13,7

14.4

14.8

15. S

March 16

1.94

1.92

1.91

1.90

1.90

1.89

1.88

1.87

1.87

1.86

1.85

1.84

60

59

58

57

57

57

56

56

56

55

54

53

March 22

1.91

1.90

1.89

1.&5

1,85

1.85

1.83

1.83

1.82

1.81

1.80

1.80

58

57

57

54

54

54

Cr)

52

52

51

50

50

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

1.19

1.20

1.23

1.25

1.29

1.35

1.46

1.60

1.74

1.92

2.02

S.21

16.0

16.4

17.6

18.6

20

23

29

37

46

59

67

82

March 17

1.83

1.83

1.82

1.81

1.80

1.80

1.79

1.78

1.77

1.76

1.75

1.75

52

52

52

51

50

50

50

49

48

47

47

47

March 23

1.79

1.78

1.77

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.74

1.73

1.72

1.71

1.70

1.70

50

49

48

47

47

47

46

45

45

44

43

43

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

2.35

2.46

2.58

2.70

2.70

2.69

2.67

2.65

£.63

2.61

2.59

2.5 1*

94

103

114

126

126

125

123

121

119

117

115

113

March 18

1.76

1.78

1.79

1.80

1.82

1.83

1.84

1.85

1.86

1.87

1.B9

1.92

47

49

50

50

52

52

53

54

55

56

57

59

March 24

1.67

1.67

1.66

1.66

1.65

1.64

1,63

1.63

1.62

1.61

1.61

1.60

42

42

41

41

40

40

39

39

39

38

38

37

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

2.55

2.53

2.51

2.49

2.47

2.45

2.43

2.41

2.39

2.38

2.36

2.34j

112

110

108

106

104

102

101

99

97

96

94

93

March 19

1.95

1.98

1.99

2.01

2.02

2.03

2.03

2.04

2.04

2.04

2.05

2.05

61

63

64

68

67

67

67

68

68

68

69

69

March 25

1.59

1.59

1.58

1.57

1.57

1.56

1.56

1.55

1.55

1.54

1.54

1.53

36

36

36

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

34

33
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 143 

Whippany River at Morristown, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40O48 I 21", long. 74O27'22", at Morristown sewage disposal plant, threequarters of a mile below Morristown, Morris County, and 8 miles above mouth of 

river. Zero of gage is 260.01 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 29.4 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relatical.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 220 second-feet; 

extended to peak stage by averaging discharges obtained from slope-area method for 2 

reaches and computation by formulas of flow over 2 dams.

Maxima,- 1936: Discharge, 1,500 second-feet 1:30 to 2 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 6.29

*1921-35: Discharge, about 1,500 second-feet Aug. 26, 1928 (gage height, V.30 

feet). 

Remarks.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 1.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

27

26

26

50

27

26

25

24

24

25

Mar.

70

68

70

103

119

81

67

67

78

159

Apr.

90

98

108

86

81

686

250

176

146

184

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

23

23

23

27

50

44

50

42

38

37

Mar.

765

1,010

378

248

205

172

164

398

351

228

Apr.

176

154

153

125

112

115

95

90

85

81

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. .............................. '. ...........

Feb.

37

37

37

38

40

43

50

53

60

1.27

Mar.

322

238

172

164

145

126

176

201

125

111

95

on c

8.43

Apr.

78

72

68

66

63

62

60

60

58

54

124

4.71

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

SJ

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

1.55

1.53

1.44

1.35

1,34

1,48

1.65

1.62

1.61

1.63

1.65

1.65

67

65

56

48

47

60

78

74

73

75

78

78

March 14

2.92

2.87

2.83

2.79

2.76

2.73

2.71

2.69

2.67

2,65

2.63

2.62

281

271

263

255

249

244

240

236

232

228

225

223

March 20

2.82

2.79

2,76

2,72

2.69

2.65

2,61

2.58

2.55

2,52

2.50

2.49

263,

255

249

242

236

228

221

215

210

205

201

199

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.63

1.60

Ic58

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.56

1.61

1.70

1.80

1.88

1.90

75

72

70

67

67

67

68

73

83

95

105

108

March 15

2.60

2.58

2.56

2.55

2.53

2.50

2.48

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.43

2.41

r 219

215

212

210

206

201

198

192

192

192

189

186

March 21

2.57

2.89

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.41

3.38

2.30

3.20

3,10

3.03

2.99

214

275

318

340

362

389

381

362

340

318

303

295

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.881 105

1.85

1.82

1.80

1,80

1,85

2.13

2.51

2.74

2.79

2.86

2.91

102

98

95

95

102

140

203

246

255

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.90

2.92

2.96

3.02

3.15

4.08

5.17

5.66

6.00

6.10

269| 6.24

279] 6.27

Marc-h 16

2.40

2.38

2.36

2.35

2.34

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.30

2.29

2.27

2.25

184

181

177

176

174

172

170

169

167

165

162

159

March 22

2.95

2.90

2.83

2.78

2.73

2.68

2.61

2.58

2.52

2.49

2.44

2.41

287

277

263

253

244

234

221

215

205

199

191

186

277

281

289

301

329

583

983

1,190

1,350

1,400

1,470

1,480

March 17

2.24

2.24

2.24

2,24

2.24

2.23

2,26

2.30

2.29

2.30

2.32

2.50

157

157

157

157

157

156

161

167

165

167

170

201

March 23

2.37

2.35

2.35

2.34

2.33

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.30

2.30

2.29

2.29

179

176

176

174

172

172

170

169

167

167

165

165

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

6.29

6.10

5.94

5.77

5.58

5.30

4.90

4.64

4.40

4.21

4.03

3.91

1,500

1,400

1,320

1,240

1,150

1,040

873

774

688

624

567

529

March 18

2.71

3.05

3.25

3.52

3.74

3.78

3.73

3.72

3.65

3.53

3.42

3,53

240

308

351

417

479

490

476

473

453

420

391

420

March 24

2.29

2.29

2,29

2.30

2.30

2.29

2.28

2,27

2.25

2.23

2.22

2.21

165

165

165

167

167

165

164

162

159

156

154

153

Feet jSec.ft.

March 13

3.81

3.67

3.56

3.46

3.38

3.25

3.21

3.15

3.10

3.05

3.00

2.95

499

459

428

402

381

351

342

329

318

308

297

287

March 19

3.57

3.55

3.50

3.45

3.40

3.30

3.21

3.10

3.03

2.99

2.92

2.85

431

426

412

399

386

362

342

318

303

295

281

267

March 25

2.20

2.19

2.19

2.18

2.18

2.18

2.16

2.15

2.14

2.13

2.10

2.09

151

150

150

148

148

148

145

144

142

140

136

135
144 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION 

Ramapo River near Mahwah, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°5'5311 , long. 74°9'47n , 400 feet below State Highway 2, three-quarters of a mile below mouth of Mahwah River, and 1 mile west of Mahwah, Bergen 

County.

Drainage area.- 118 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Record missing Feb. 19 tc 3 p.m. Mar.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-3, 8-16. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 1,200 second-feetJ extended to peak stage on basis of study of 

discharges obtained by computations of peak flows over 3 nearby dams and study of 

yield of Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 7,710 second-feet 8 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 8.98 feet). 

1903-6, 1922-35: Discharge, about 12,400 second-feet (revised) Oct. 9, 1903 

(gage height, 9.8 feet, former datum).

Remarks. - Discharge for periods cf ice effect or missing gage-height record determined 

by study of available recorder graph and weather records and by graphic comparison 

with records of Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes and Saddle River near Lodi.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

125

120

118

122

124

122

111

102

97

93

Mar.

225

210

208

225

290

275

250

250

280

421

Apr.

358

345

399

345

305

1,320

1,480

943

684

702

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

91

90

90

100

145

130

117

122

110

100

Mar.

2,010

6,630

3,340

1,770

1,210

975

939

2,340

3,080

1,980

Apr.

648

580

613

665

596

547

470

385

332

307

Day

21

22

23

24

25

?,fi

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

96

98

100

102

106

122

175

240

230

121

1.11

Mar.

1,840

1,530

1,030

800

665

563

531

684

547

456

413

11.33

Apr.

283

265

238

214

193

191

183

167

161

155

4.43

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

*102

-

_

-

-

-

-

March 14

7.21

7.15

7.09

7.03

6.96

6.90

6.83

6.80

6.74

6.70

6.65

6.60

2,250

2,140

2,040

1,960

1,850

1,770

1,680

1,640

1,570

1,530

1,480

1,440

March 20

7.35

7.30

7.25

7.20

7.15

7.09

7.03

6.97

6,91

6.85

6.78

6.72

2,560

2,430

2,330

2,230

2,140

2,040

1,960

1,870

1,780

1,700

1,620

1,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.26

3.15

3.26

3.32

3.37

-

-

-

t290

-

-

-

250

224

250

265

278

March 15

6.55

6.50

6.45

6.39

6.33

6.26

6.20

6.17

6.15

6.11

6.08

6.06

1,400

1,360

1,320

1,270

1,230

1,180

1,140

1,120

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,060

March 21

6.72

6.80

6.91

7.00

7.04

7.05

7.05

7,05

7.04

7.03

7.01

6,98

1,550

1,640

1,780

1,910

1,970

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,970

1,960

1,920

1,880

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.41

3.45

3.50

3.52

3.55

3.61

3.77

3.99

4.25

4.56

4.65

4.80

288

298

311

316

324

341

386

453

538

652

686

746

Marc-h 16

6.04

6.03

6.02

5.97

5.94

5.90

5.85

5.84

5.82

5.80

5.78

5.76

1,040

1,040

1,030

1,000

990

970

944

938

928

917

907

897

March 22

6.96

6.94

6.89

6.85

6.79

6.73

6.67

6.60

6.53

6.45

6.39

6.32

1,'850

1,830

1,760

1,700

1,630

1,560

1,500

1,440

1,380

1,320

1,270

1,220

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.97

5.12

5.30

5.50

5.74

6.00

6.38

6.98

7.42

7.76

8.04

8.28

816

877

953

1,040

1,140

1,280

1,530

2,150

3,000

3,920

4,730

5,460

March 17

5.76

5.75

5.75

5.75

5.72

5.73

5.77

5.85

5.94

6.00

6.06

6.13

897

892

892

892

877

882

902

944

990

1,020

1,060

1,100

March 23

6.25

6.20

6.15

6.11

6.05

6.00

5.95

5.90

5.85

5.82

5.79

5.76

1,180

1,140

1,110

1,090

1,050

1,020

995

970

944

928

912

897

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.60

8.85

8.92

8.98

8.96

8.85

8.72

8.60

8.50

8.38

8.28

8.17

6,470

7,280

7,520

7,710

7,650

7,280

6,860

6,470

6,150

5,770

5,460

5,120

March 18

6.27

6.54

6.85

7.13

7.30

7.40

7.47

7.52

7.55

7.56

7.57

7.58

1,190

1,390

1,700

2,110

2,430

2,680

2,860

2,990

3,080

3,100

3,130

3,160

March 24

5.73

5.70

5.66

5.62

5.60

5.56

5.52

5.50

5.46

5.43

5.40

5.37

882

867

849

830

821

804

787

779

763

752

740

729

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.07

7.98

7.88

7.80

7.72

7.65

7.58

7.52

7.45

7.39

7.33

7.27j

4,550

4,280

3,990

3,760

3,540

3,340

3,160

2,990

2,810

2,660

2,500

2,370

March 19

7.62

7.64

7.64

7.63

7.61

7.60

7.57

7.54

7.50

7.46

7.43

7.39

3,260

3,320

3,320

3,290

3,240

3,210

3,130

3,050

2,940

2,840

2,760

2^660

March 25

5.35

5.32

5.30

5.28

5.25

5.22

5.19

5.17

5.13

5.13

5.11

5.07

721

710

702

695

684

672

662

654

640

640

634

620

*Mean for the day.

Wean for 16-hour period.
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 145

Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°59'20n , long. 74°16'4811 , at hydroelectric plant in Pompton Lakes, 

Passaic County, li miles above mouth of river. Zero of gage is 200.93 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 160 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

gage-height record . - Water-stage recorder graph of head on spillway of dam. Record 

missing Feb. 11-14, Mar. 8 to noon Mar. 11. Power-house record of periods turbine 

was operating and of periods waste gate was open furnished by Jersey Central Power 

and Light Company.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage by weir formula.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, about 12,300 second-feet 12:30 to 2 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage 

height, 3.56 feet).

1921-35: Discharge, about 7,220 second-feet, flow through turbines and waste 

gate not included, Sept. 2, 1927 (gage height, 2.68 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge is total flow over spillway, through turbines, and through waste 

gate in dam. Discharge over spillway for periods of missing gage-height record 

determined by graphic comparison with records of other streams in Passaic River 

Basin.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

Feb.

162

161

154

163

161

151

148

146

142

123

Mar.

306

274

285

301

393

386

334

330

400

600

Apr.

465

478

520

453

410

2,000

2,390

1,510

1,010

1,010

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

123

126

130

141

154

200

148

71

159

193

Mar.

2,700

10,400

5,450

2,600

1,790

1,370

1,290

2.800

4,300

2 950

Apr.

940

826

857

916

815

743

625

519

448

417

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

175

127

135

115

133

187

247

329

311

1 CO

1.09

Mar.

2,450

2,190

1,430

1,070

924

774,

754

959

774

634

546

1

(*ry(\

12.04

Apr.

387

356

324

288

266

255

257

225

226

213

4.69

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

o

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M.

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

810-

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

*330

_

-

_

-

-

March 14

1.62

1.56

1.51

1.47

1.42

'1.40

1.37

1.33

1.30

1.28

1.26

1.23

3,220

3,020

2,860

2,740

2,590

2,530

2,450

2,330

2,250

2,200

2,160

2,070

March 20

1.75

1.71

1.67

1.62

1.57

1.53

1.49

1.45

1.41

1.37

1.33

1.31

3,650

3,510

3,380

3,220

3,050

2,930

2,800

2,680

2,560

2,450

2,330

2,280

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 9

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

*400

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

1.21

1.18

1.16

1.14

1.13

1.11

1.10

1.08

1.07

1.06

1.04

1.02

2,020

1,940

1,890

1,840

1,810

1,770

1,740

1,690

1,670

1,640

1,600

1,550

March 21

1.30

1.30

1.32

1.34

1.37

1.39

1.41

1.42

1.42

1.42

1.42

1.41

2,250

2,250

2,310

2,360

2,450

2,500

2,560

2,590

2,590

2,590

2,590

2,560

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

*600

-

-

-

_

-

-

March 16

1.00

.99

.97

.95

.94

.93

.92

.92

.92

.91

.91

.91

1,500

1,480

1,440

1,390

1,370

1,350

1,330

1,330

1,330

1,310

1,310

1,310

March 22

1.39

1.37

1.35

1.34

1.32

1.29

1.26

1.23

1.20

1.17

1.14

1.11

2.500

2,450

2,390

2,360

2,310

2,220

2,150

2,070

1,990

1,910

1,840

1,770

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

-

-

-

-

-

1.00

1.17

1.42

1.76

2.02

2.26

2.60

1,000

1,100

1,190

1,270

1,370

1,500

1,910

2,590

3,680

4,650

5,630

7,100

March 17

0.90

.90

.90

.89

.89

.89

.89

.90

.90

.91

.92

.98

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,290

1,290

1,310

1,330

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

2.88

3.05

3.19

3.35

3.43

3.55

3.56

3.48

3.38

3.27

3.12

2.92

8,470

9,350

10,100

11,000

11,500

12,200

12,300

11,800

11,200

10,500

9,730

8,670

March 18

1.02

1.11

1.22

1.31

1.41

1.50

1.59

1.66

1.72

1.79

1.85

1,460| 1.90

March 23

l.'OS

1.06

1.02

1.00

.98

.96

.94

.92

.90

.88

.86

.85

1,690

1,640

1,550

1,500

1,460

1,420

1,370

1,330

1,290

1,250

1,200

1,180

1,550

1,770

2,040

2,280

2,560

2,830

3,120

3,350

3,550

3,790

4,000

4,180

March 24

0.84

.82

.81

.80

.79

.78

.80

.82

.82

.82

.81

.80

1,160

1,120

1,100

1,090

1,070

1,050

999

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,010

999

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

2.76

2.63

2.48

2.38

2.27

2.17

2.06

1.95

1.87

1.82

1.74

1.68

7,850

7,240

6,570

6,140

5,670

5,260

4,810

4,370

4,070

3,890

3,620

3,410

March 19

1.94

1.95

1.97

1.98

1.98

1.97

1.95

1.94

1.91

1.86

1.82

1.79

4,340

4,370

4,450

4,490

4,490

4,450

4,370

4,340

4,220

4,040

3,890

3,790

March 25

0.79

.79

.78

.77

.76

.75

.75

.74

.73

.72

.72

.72

979

979

959

944

924

909

909

889

874

854

854

854

«Mean for the day.
146 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 410 9 ! 36N , long. 740 20'31', in gate house above dam at The Glena, Passaic 

County. Zero of gage is 608.86 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 27.1 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 1 to Mar. 17 

and Mar. 21-25, when it was baaed on daily or more frequent gage readings and study 

of recorder graph of river below dam. Gage heights given are for midnight.

Remarks.- Storage capacity above sill of blow-off gate (gage height, -4.00 feet) is 

919,000,000 cubic feet. Contents shown in table are contents above gage height 

-0.8 foot. Gage-height records furnished by Morris Canal & Banking Co.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

10.22

10.24

10.23

10.20

10.15

10.14

10.14

10.14

10.14

10.13

10.12

10.12

10.13

10.16

10.16

10.16

10.17

10.18

10.18

10.17

10.15

10.14

10.14

10.15

10.16

10.17

10.19

10.19

29 ! 10.22

30

31 J_

Millions of 

Cubic feet

788

790

789

787

782

782

782

782

782

781

780

780

781

783

783

783

784

785

785

784

782

782

782

March

Feet

10.25

10.27

10.29

10.31

10.32

10.33

10.34

10.36

10.43

10.53

11.42

11.85

11,55

11.14

10.92

10.84

10.84

11.27

11.30

11.15

11.12

10.72

10.62

782 j 10.60

783 | 10.60

I

784

786

786

788

10.58

10.60

10.55

10.50

10.44

10.39

Millions of 

Cubic feet

791

792

794

796

796

797

798

800

806

814

888

925

899

865

846

840

840

876

878

865

863

830

821

820

820

818

820

816

811

806

802

April

Feet

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.32

10.69

10.68

10.62

10.59

10.58

10.56

10.55

10.60

10.57

10.53

10.49

10.44

10.40

10.36

10.34

10.33

10.28

10.25

10.23

10.22

10.22

10.18

10.18

10.18

10.17

Millions of 

Cubic feet

798

798

798

798

796

827

826

821

819

818

816

816

820

817

814

811

806

803

800

798

797

793

791

789

788

788

785

785

785

784

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet. 0 +14 -18

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet 0 +5.23 -6.94
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 147

Wanaque River at Greenwood Lake, H. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°9'33", long. 74°20'3", 600 feet downstream from dam at outlet of

Or-^nwood Lake at The Glens, Passalc County. Zero of gage Is 601.32 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 27.1 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Ho record Feb. 1-4, Feb. 19 to

9:40 a.m. Mar. 10. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 300 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of determination of flow over spillway and

through gate of Greenwood Lake dam. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 914 second-feet 4:30 to 7 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 4.82

1919-35: Discharge, 851 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 4.45 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of missing record determined by study of flow over 

spillway and through gate of Greenwood Lake dam, and graphic comparison with records of Ramapo River near Mahwah and other nearby streams. Flow regulated by 

storage in Greenwood Lake (see record of Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J.). 

Monthly discharge corrected for storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

39

36

32

30

26

23

21

18.8

22

24

Mar.

42

47

51

54

55

56

56

58

62

70

Apr.

90

83

84

78

63

138

195

184

158

153

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

21

19.8

19.8

35

36

31

28

29

30

30

Mar.

236

841

777

580

427

338

284

427

523

481

Apr.

145

139

147

151

144

133

113

101

89

76

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

26

23

23

25

26

26

30

30

36

27.5

27.5

1.09

Mar.

454

401

314

246

199

166

150

165

144

126

108

11.10

Apr.

73

66

56

53

42

40

37

34

32

33

97.7

90.6

3.73

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time., ir

£

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

...

_

_

*56

-

-

_

-

-

-

March 14

4.02

3.94

3.87

3.82

3.77

3.72

3.67

3.63

3.58

3.54

3.49

3.45

660

630

615

601

586

572

557

546

531

520

506

495

March 20

3.51

3.49

3.46

3.45

3.43

3.40

3.38

3.35

3.34

3.30

3.25

3.22

512

506

498

495

489

481

476

468

465

454

440

432

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

...

-

_

_

*62

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

3.40

3.37

3.33

3.32

3.24

3.21

3.17

3.14

3.10

3.07

3.03

3.00

481

473

462

459

438

430

419

411

401

393

383

375

March 21

3. 2&' 440

3.28

3.30

3.31

3.31

3.31

3.30

3.29

3.28

3.28

3.27

3.26

449

454

457

457

457

454

451

449

449

446

443

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.15

1.17

1.19

1.22

1.25

1.29

1.32

1.35

1.38

1.42

1.47

1.52

58

59

60

63

66

69

72

75

78

82

88

93

March 16

2.97

2.95

2.91

2.B8

2.85

2.82

2.80

2.77

2.74

2.71

2.70

2.68

368

362

352

345

338

331

326

319

312

304

302

297

March 22

3.23

3.20

3.20

3.18

3.16

3.13

3.10

3.05

3.00

2.96

2.97

2.93

435

427

427

422

417

409

401

388

375

365

368

358

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

1.55

1.60

1.67

1.75

1.82

1.93

2.17

2.47

2.85

3.22

3.60

3.95

97

103

112

123

133

150

192

251

338

432

537

639

March 17

2.65

2.63

8.61

2.60

2.58

2.56

2.60

2.61

^.62

2.61

2.61

2.65

290

286

281

279

275

270

279

281

284

281

281

290

March 23

2.87

2.80

2.80

2.77

2,77

2.75

2.72

2.68

2.65

2.62

2.59

2.58

343

326

326

319

319

314

307

297

290

284

277

275

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.28

4.40

4.55

4.66

4.73

4.78

4.80

4.81

4.82

4.81

4.79

4.70

740

777

825

861

884

900

907

910

914

910

904

974

March 18

2.75

2.87

2.98

3.10

3.23

3.27

3.34

3.38

3.40

3.42

3.43

3.48

314

343

370

401

435

446

465

476

481

487

489

503

March 24

2.56

2.53

2.50

2.49

2.45

2.45

2,42

2.39

2.37

2.36

2.34

2.32

270

264

257

255

249

246

240

234

230

228

224

*-20

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.68

4.63

4.58

4.52

4.47

4.41

4.35

4.29

4.23

4.18

4.13

4.07

867

851

835

815

799

780

762

743

724

709

693

675

March 19

3.52

3.54

3.56

3.57

3.59

3.59

3.59

3.58

3.57

3.57

3.56

3.53

515

520

526

529

534

534

534

531

529

529

526

517

March 25

2.30

2.28

2.26

2.25

2.23

2.21

2.18

2.17

2,15

2.14

2.13

2.12

216

212

208

206

203

199

193

192

188

186

184

183

Supplemental recoils.- Mar. 12, 4:30 to 7 p.m., 4.82 ft. 

* Mean for the day,

914 sec.-ft.
148 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHAMA REGION

Wanaque Reservoir at Wanaque, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°2'30", long. 74°17'35", at Raymond Dam, Wanaque, Passaic County. 

Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 90.4 square miles (not including portion of Post Brook area diverted 

into reservoir).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph for gage heights above 300.00 feet; 

gage read to hundredths once daily at 8 a.m. for lower gage heights. Table indicates gage heights at 8 a.m.

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 3,476,000,000 cubic feet. Crest of spillway at 

gage height 300.00 feet. Records furnished by North Jersey District Water Supply 

Commission.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Feet

296.34

296.27

296.20

296.19

296.15

296 .-11

296.06

296.00

295.97

295.94

295.89

295.83

295.77

295.81

295.82

295.78

295.75

295.74

295.70

295.66

295.61

295.53

295.48

295.43

295.36

295.32

295.35

295.42

295.45

Millions of

cubic feet

3,356

3,350

3,343

3,342

3,339

3,335

3,330

3,325

3,322

3,319

3,314

3,309

3,303

3,307

3,308

3,304

3,301

3,300

3,297

3,293

3,288

3,281

3,276

3,271

3,265

3,261

3,264

3,270

3,273

March

Feet

295.48

295.52

295.58

295.63

295.72

295.84

295.91

295.99

296.07

296.16

296.59

300.90

302.19

302.01

301.81

301.68

301.55

301.95

302.25

302.07

302.00

301.85

301.70

301.59

301.46

301.37

301.53

301.61

301.78

301.87

301.88

Millions of

cubic feet

3,276

3,280

3,285

3,290

3,298

3,310

3,316

3,324

3,331

3,340

3,381

3,806

3,939

3,921

3,900

3,887

3,873

3,914

3,945

3,927

3,920

3,904

3,889

3,877

3,864

3,855

3,872

3,879

3,897

3,906

3,907

April

Feet

301.84

301.83

301.84

301.82

301.79

302.14

302.10

301.88

301.78

301.94

301.99

301.99

301.99

302.00

301.99

301.97

301.91

301.89

301.85

301.82

301.78

301.74

301.72

301.69

301.65

301.66

301.66

301.65

301.65

301.65

Millions of

cubic feet

3,903

3,902

3,903

3,901

3,898

3,934

3,930

3,907

3,897

3,913

3,918

3,918

3,918

3,920

3,918

3,916

3,910

3,908

3,904

3,901

3,897

3,893

3,891

3,888

3,883

3,885

3,885

3,883

3,883

3,883

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet........ -80 +627 -21

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet... -31.9 +234 -8.10
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 149

Wanaque River at Wanaque, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°'2' 33", long. 74o17 l 36 n , above weir which is 50 feet above highwaj 

bridge in Wanaque, Passaic County. Zero of gage is 210.00 feet above mean sea 

level.

l'rainap:e area.- SO.4 square miles (not including Post Brook) .

&ap:e-helght "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

o v aee-dl3Charge reTatlon.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,700 secondfeet.

1'axlma.- 1936: Discharge, 1,940 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 6.07 feet).

1903-5, 1912-15, 1919-35: Gage height, 8.35 feet, former site and datum, 

from high-water marks, June 22 or 23, 1919 (discharge not determined).

liemarks.- Monthly discharge corrected for diversions from Post Brook into Wanaque 

Reservoir, diversions from Wanaque Reservoir, and storage in Wanaque Reservoir 

and Greenwood Lake (see records for Wanaque Reservoir at Wanaque, N. J., and 

Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J.). Mean monthly diversions from Post Brook 

into Wanaque Reservoir were: February, 1.2 second-feet; March, 14.0 secondfeet; April, 5.8 second-feet. Mean monthly diversions from Wanaque Reservoir 

were: February, 116 second-feet; March, 106 second-feet; April, 102 secondfeet. Base data furnished by North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.3

16.9

16.9

Mar.

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

18.2

Apr.

179

169

190

172

130

947

1,010

709

338

313

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

Mar.

27

569

1,840

1,510

1,080

882

740

1,370

1,840

1,400

Apr.

390

376

405

415

362

335

266

235

201

160

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

1.19

Mar.

1,320

1,170

818

687

524

271

242

275

143

216

235

559

11.37

Apr.

162

112

80

105

33

44

22

18.2

17.5

16.9

264

345

4.26

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

13

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

March 14

5.72

5.64

5.54

5.46

5.38

5.27

5.17

5.08

5.00

4.95

4.89

4.83

1,740

1,690

1,640

1,600

1,550

1,550

1,440

1,390

1,350

1,320

1,300

1,260

March 20

5.58

5.51

5.44

5.33

5.24

5.13

5.04

4.94

4.85

4.79

4.71

4.62

1,660

1,620

1,580

1,520

1,480

1,420

1,370

1,320

1,280

1,240

1,200

1,160

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

March 15

4.V8

4.71

4.65

4.60

4.52

4.45

4.39

4.53

4.28

4.24

4.21

4.17

1,240

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,110

1,080

1,060

1,030

1,010

996

984

968

March 21

4.70

4.79

4.88

4.94

5.01

5.03

5.02

5.00

4.97

5.05

5.06

4.92

1,200

1,240

1,290

1,320

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,350

1,340

1,380

1,380

1,310

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.29

1.31

1.31

1.31

1.31

1.31

1.31

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

16.9

17.5

18.8

18.8

18.8

18.8

18.8

18.8

March 16

4.12

4.10

4.06

4.01

3.96

3.92

3.88

3.86

3.80

3.78

3.75

3.73

948

940

924

904

886

872

858

851

830

823

818

806

March 22

5.02

4.90

4.69

4.69

5.04

4.95

4.77

4.49

4.20

4.07

4.08

4.00

1,360

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,370

1,320

1,240

1,100

980

928

932

900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

1.31

1.31

1.32

1.32

1.33

1.40

1.49

1.49

1.52

1.52

1.52

1.62

18.8

18.8

19.6

19.6

20

25

32

32

35

35

35

43

March 17

3.71

3.70

3.68

3.65

3.64

3.41

3.42

3.42

3.44

3.44

3.45

3.52

798

795

788

778

774

670

676

676

687

687

692

728

March 23

3.95

3.88

3.84

3.85

3.75

3.72

3.69

3.65

3.63

3.60

3.58

3.56

882

858

844

848

818

802

792

778

770

760

752

V44

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

1.53

1.48

1.45

1.42

2.65

3.01

3.38

3.78

4.23

4.77

5.16

5.55

35

31

29

27

283

450

653

823

992

1,240

1,440

1,640

March 18

3.65

3.86

4.20

4.70

4.94

5.26

5.48

5.59

5.63

5.68

5.73

5.84

77fl

851

980

1,200

1,320

1,490

1,610

1,660

1,690

1,720

1,750

1,810

March 24

3.54

3.53

3.50

3.48

3.47

3.44

3.41

3.39

3.37

3.34

3.33

3.32

736

732

720

709

704

687

670

659

648

630

624

619

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.79

5.91

5.96

6.02

6.02

6.01

6.00

5.96

5.93

5.87

5.82

5.78

1,780

1,850

1,880

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,900

1,880

1,860

1,820

1,800

1,780

March 19

5.90

5.99

6.02

6.05

6.05

6.02

5.97

5.90

5.83

5.80

5.V2

5.66

1,840

1,890

1,910

1,930

1,930

1,910

1,880

1,840

1,800

1,V90

1,740

1,710

March 25

3.30

3.29

3.27

3.25

3.23

3.08

3.07

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.04

3.04

607

601

590

579

568

487

481

481

476

471

466

466

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 8:30 a.m., 1.41 ft., 26 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 9 a.m. 

6.07 ft., 1,940 see.-ft.
150 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Oak Ridge Reservoir at Oak Ridge, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°2'20", long. 74°30'5", at Oak Ridge Dam, 1 mile southwest of Oak 

Ridge, Passaic County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 33.7 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Gage read twice daily at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Gage heights at 6 a.m. 

shown in table.

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 532,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by Department of Public Affairs, Division of Water, Newark, N. J.

Gage 'leight. in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Feet

845.91

845.87

845.81

845.75

845.75

845.70

845.64

845.58

845.49

845.41

845.34

845.22

845.08

845.01

844.93

844.83

844.73

844.63

844.53

844.43

844.32

844.21

844.08

843 . 90

843.71

843.55

843 . 52

843 . 61

843.63

Millions of 

cubic feet

519

518

517

516

516

515

514

513

511

509

508

506

503

502

500

498

497

495

493

491

489

487

484

March

Feet

843.62

843.62

843.60

843 . 57

843.54

843.57

843.58

843.56

843.54

843 . 55

843 . 99

847.03

846.73

846.45

846.35

846.30

846.27

846.56

846.77

846.53

846.46

846 . 40

846.28

481 1 846.22

478

475

474

476

476

846.17

846.15

846.11

846.17

846.12

846.08

846.04

Millions of 

cubic feet

476

476

476

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

483

540

535

529

527

526

526

532

536

531

530

526

526

525

524

524

523

524

523

522

521

April

Feet

846.00

845.98

846.00

845.98

845.90

846.09

846.. 32

846.20

846.13

846.13

846.13

846.13

846 . 13

846.14

846.11

846.08

846.04

846.01

845.97

845.93

845.89

845.93

845.99

846.02

845.98

845.96

845.95

845.99

846.02

846.02

Millions of 

cubic feet

521

52C

521

520

519

522

527

525

523

523

523

523

523

523

523

522

521

521

520

519

519

519

521

521

520

520

520

521

521

521

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet...... -43 +45 0

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet. -17.2 +16.8 0
PASSAIC RIVER BASIH 151

Canistear Reservoir near Stockholm, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°6'35", long. Y4°29'40", at Canistear Reservoir dam, 2 miles north 

of Stockholm, Sussex County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 5.59 square miles,

Gage-height "record.- One gage reading daily at noon.

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity, 322,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by Department of Public Affairs, Division of Water, Hewark, N. J.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of ouoic feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

V

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

IV

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2V

28

29

30

31

February

Feet

1,086.18

1,086.18

1,086.18

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.17

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.15

1,086.15

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.13

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

Millions of

cubic feet

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

March

Feet

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.12

1,086.14

1,086.20

1,086.45

1,086.30

1,086.26

1,086.22

1,086.20

1,086.30

1,086.50

1,086.45

1,086.40

1,086.30

1,086.30

1,086.85

1,086.22

1,086.19

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.17

Millions of

cubic feet

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

325

328

326

326

325

325

326

329

328

328

326

326

325

325

325

324

324

324

324

324

April

Feet

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.25

1,086.20

1,086.1V

1,086.18

1,086.18

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.19

1,086.18

1,086.1V

1,086.1V

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.16

1,086.15

1,086.15

1,086.15

1,086.15

1,086.15

Millions of

cubic feet

324

324

324

324

324

324

325

325

324

324

324

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

324

February March April

Gain 

Gain or 

or 

loss 

loss 

in 

in storage, 

storage, 

in 

in millions 

equivalent 

of 

mean 

cubic 

second-feet. 

feet...... 

000

000

155158 O 37-
152 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQDEHANNA REGION 

Clinton Reservoir near Newfoundland, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°4'20", long. 74°27 1 011 , at Clinton Reservoir dam, 2 miles north of 

Newfoundland, Passaic County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 10.5 square miles.

gage-height record.- One gage reading daily at 9 a.m.

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity, 470,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by 

Department of Public Affairs, Division of Water, Newark, N. J.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2122'

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February

Feet

992.15

992.14

992.13

992.10

992.07

991.99

991.92

991.84

991.77

991.72

991.64

991.56

991.50

991.46

991.40

991.35

991.27

991.20

991.13

991.10

991.05

991.01

990.97

990.92

990.86

990.82

990.76

990.70

990.63

Millions of 

cubic feet

473

473

473

472

471

470

469

468

466

465

464

463

462

461

460

459

458

457

455

455

454

453

453

452

451

450

449

448

447

March

Feet

990.56

990.49

990.42

990.36

990.30

990.29

990.28

990.28

990.29

990.29

990.38

993.19

992.83

992.70

992.53

992.48

992.44

993.03

993.08

992.75

992.67

992.50

992.45

992.37

992.32

992.27

992.22

992.22

992.22

992.22

992.22

Millions of 

cubic feet

446

444

443

442

441

441

441

441

441

441

443

491

485

482

480

479

478

488

489

483

482

479

478

477

476

475

474

474

474

474

474

April

Feet

992.22

992.22

992.22

992.22

992.22

992.27

992.32

992.34

992.30

992.30

992.30

992.30

992.33

992.33

992.31

992.29

992.26

992.23

992.20

992.16

992.11

992.11

992.10

992.10

992.10

991.98

991.93

991.88

991.80

991.72

Millions of 

cubic feet

474

474

474

474

474

475

476

476

475

475

475

475

476

476

476

475

475

474

474

473

472

472

472

472

472

470

469

468

467

465

February March April

Gain or loas in storage, in millions of cubic feet...... -27 +28 -10

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet. -10.8 +10.5 -3.86
PASSA1C RIVER BASIN 153

Echo Lake Reservoir near Chariotteburg, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°2'55", long. 74°24'25n , li miles northeast of Charlotteburg,

Passaic County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 2.51 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- One gage reading daily at noon. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 225,000,000 cubic feet. Records furnished by

Department of Public Affairs, Division of Water, Newark, N. J.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

893.19

893.18

893.17

893.18

893.19

893.19

893.20

893.20

893.21

893.23

893.23

893.22

893.21

893.22

893.23

893.23

893.24

893.25

893.26

893.26

893.25

893.24

893.23

893.22

893.22

893.22

893.02

893.00

892.95

Millions of

cubic feet

214

214

214

214

214

214

214

214

214

214-

214

214

214

214

214

214

215

215

215

215

215

215

214

214

214

214

212

212

211

March

Feet

892.90

892.85

892.80

892.72

892.80

892.84

892.90

892.50

892.39

892.43

892.50

894.25

893.90

893.75

893.51

893.49

893.36

893.87

894.04

893.87

893.71

893.62

893.47

893.38

893.32

893.22

893.34

893.38

893.30

893.21

893.18

Millions of

cubic feet

210

210

209

208

209

210

210

205

204

205

205

228

223

221

218

218

216

223

225

223

220

219

218

216

216

214

216

216

215

214

214

April

Feet

893.09

893.03

895.03

893.00

892.97

893.40

893.42

893.30

893.18

893.06

893.09

893.15

893.18

893.20

893.17

893.20

893.23

893.01

892.98

892.95

892.87

892.30

892.77

-

892.62

892.57

892.51

892.45

892.32

892.32

Millions of

cubic feet

213

212

212

212

211

217

217

215

214

212

213

213

214

214

214

214

214

212

211

211

210

203

209

208

207

206

206

205

203

203

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet...... -4 +3 -10

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet. -1.60 +1.12 -3.86
154 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO STJSQTJEEANNA REGION

Pequannock River at Macopin intake dam, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°1'0", long. 74°23'47", at Maeopin intake dam of Newark water works, 

3 miles above Butler, Morris County. Zero of gage is 583.74 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 65.7 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily.

Stage-discharge relation.- Discharge is flow over dam.

Maxima.- 1936:Discharge observed, 2,600 second-feet noon to 6 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage 

height, 2.20 feet).

1892-1935: Discharge observed, about 6,100 second-feet Oct. 10, 1903 (gage 

height, 3.85 feet).

Remarks.- Run-off affected by storage and diversion. Mean monthly discharge corrected 

for diversions and storage in Oak Ridge, Canistear, Clinton, and Echo Lake reservoirs. Mean monthly diversions: February, 54.0 second-feet; March, 59.8 secondfeet; April, 57.1 second-feet. For daily changes in storage see records for Oak 

Ridge Reservoir at Oak Ridge, N. J.; Canistear Reservoir near Stockholm, N. J.; 

Clinton Reservoir near New Foundland, N. J.; and Echo Lake Reservoir near Charlotteburg, N. J. Records furnished by Department of Public Affairs, Division of 

Water, Newark, N. J.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

liar.

73

61

57

57

69

73

86

99

114

182

Apr.

172

165

203

189

165

479

641

455

340

340

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

Mar.

822

2,070

1,870

988

695

586

596

1,440

1,790

1,310

Apr.

340

355

333

290

270

244

194

165

144

128

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

49

49

49

46

35

53

61

57

69

74 2

1.25

Mar.

1,050

777

559

424

333

250

284

333

244

231

218

572

11.97

Apr,

128

114

99

99

99

99

86

61

49

49

QI e

4.66

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

ow

2

4

6 

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet See. ft.

March 8

_

_

0.25

_

_

_

_

.25

_

_

-

_

_

99

_

_

_

_

99

_

_

-

March 14

_

_

1.25

_

_

_

_

1.05

_

_

-

_

_

1,090

_

_

_

_

835

_

_

-

March 20

-

-

1.45

-

_

_

_

-

1.25

-

_

-

_

_

1,370

_

_

_

_

-

1,090

_

_

-

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

0.25

_

_

_

_

.30

_

_

-

_

_

99

_

_

_

_

128

_

_

-

March 15

_

_

.95

I

_

_

_

.90

_

_

-

_

_

714

I

_

_

_

659

_

-

March 21

_

_

1.25

_

_

_

_

_

1.15

_

_

-

_

_

1,090

_

_

_

_

_

962

_

_

-

Feet See. ft.

March 10

_

_

0.30

_

_

_

_

.45

_

_

-

_

_

128

_

_

_

_

231

_

_

-

Maroh 16

_

_

.85

I

_

_

_

.80

_

_

-

_

_

605

~

_

_

_

551

_

-

March 22

_

_

1.05

_

_

_

_

_

1.05

_

_

-

_

_

835

_

_

_

_

_

835

_

_

-

Feet See.ft.

March 11

_

_

0.50

_

_

_

_

1.50

_

_

-

_

_

270

_

_

_

_

1,440

_

_

-

March 17

_

_

.65

~

_

_

_

.75

_

-

_

_

401

~

_

_

_

497

_

-

March 23

_

_

.80

_

_

_

_

_

.75

_

_

-

_

_

551

_

_

_

_

_

497

_

_

-

Feet |See.ft.

March 12

_

_

1.80

_

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

_

_

-

_

_

1,900

_

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,600

_

_

-

March 18

_

_

1.40

_

_

_

_

1.75

_

-

_

_

1,300

I

_

_

_

1,830

_

_

-

March 24

j

_

.70

_

_

_

_

_

.65

_

_

-

_

_

447

_

_

_

_

_

401

_

_

-

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 13

_

_

1.90

_

_

_

_

1.50

_

_

-

_

_

2,070

_

_

_

_

1,440

_

_

-

March 19

_

_

1.90

I

_

_

_

1.70

_

-

_

_

2,070

~

_

_

_

1,750

_

-

March 25

_

_

.60

_

_

_

_

_

.55

_

_

-

_

_

355

_

_

_

_

_

312

_

_

-
PASSAIC RIVER BASIN 155

Saddle River at Lodi, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°53'24", long. 74°4'50n , at highway bridge 1 mile above Lodi, Bergen

County, and 2 3/4 miles above mouth of river. Zero of gage is 22.45 feet above mean

sea level.

Drainage area.- 54.6 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height re'cord.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 4. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 700 second-feet; extension to peak stage based on study of peak

discharge of Paseaek Brook. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 2,200 second-feet 6 to 7 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 6.27

feet).

1923-35: Discharge, about 1,630 second-feet Sept. 2, 1927 (gage height, 6.82

feet). 

Remarks.- Run-off not materially affected by artificial storage. Discharge for period

of ice effect determined by study of recorder charts, one discharge measurement,

weather records, and comparison with records of Ramapo River and Pascack Brook.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

47

45

44

42

40

39

38

37

36

36

Mar.

94

90

94

110

170

143

109

101

106

147

Apr.

162

151

189

196

155

354

908

370

249

240

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mean monthly discharge, in seeondRun-off , in inches. . ..............

Feb.

36

36

36

39

50

66

60

66

60

58

Mar.

339

1,580

987

421

291

246

216

292

757

548

Apr.

284

255

235

269

235

204

184

160

147

136

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

58

58

59

60

62

66

77

95

94

53.1 

1.05

 Mar.

421

548

310

240

219

206

201

300

323

219

182

323 

6.82

Apr.

132

128

117

114

108

107

108

102

97

96

206 

4.21

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.30

2.29

2.28

2.25

2.23

2.21

2.19

2.19

2.20

2.23

2.27

2.28

109

107

106

101

98

95

92

92

93

98

104

106

March 14

3.71

3.63

3.57

3.51

3.45

3.40

3.36

3.32

3.28

3.25

3.22

3.18

530

497

472

448

425

406

392

377

363

353

343

329

March 20

4.09

4.02

3.94

3.85

3.78

3.70

3.64

3.58

3.53

3.48

3.44

3.39

703

670

632

592

560

526

501

476

456

436

421

402

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.29

2.29

2.28

2.26

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.28

2.30

2.32

2.35

107

107

106

103

101

101

101

101

106

109

113

118

March 15

3.16

3.12

3.09

3.07

3.05

3.04

3.02

3.01

3.00

2.99

2.98

2.97

323

310

300

294

288

284

278

275

272

269

266

263

March 21

3.37

3.36

3.37

3.37

3.37

3.36

3.36

3.37

3.42

3.54

3.69

3.92

395

392

395

395

395

392

392

395

414

460

522

623

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.37

2.40

2.42

2.44

2.45

2.46

2.49

2.55

2.61

2.65

2.69

2.72

122

127

131

135

137

139

145

158

170

180

189

196

March 16

2.96

2.94

2.93

2.91

2.89

2.88

2.87

2.87

2.86

2.86

2.86

2.85

260

255

252

246

240

238

235

235

232

232

230

230

March 22

4.02

4.05

4.04

3.96

3.86

3.77

3.69

3.61

3.54

3.47

3.41

3.36

670

684

679

642

596

556

522

488

460

433

410

392

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.75

2.79

2.83

2.87

2.95

3.04

3.16

3.33

3.49

3.63

3.75

3.96

204

214

224

235

258

284

323

381

440

497

548

642

March 17

2.84

2.84

2.83

2.81

2.80

2.79

2.78

2.77

2.77

2.76

2.75

2.75

227

227

224

219

216

214

211

208

208

206

204

204

March 23

3.31

3.26

3.22

3.18

3.14

3.11

3.07

3.04

3.02

2.99

2.98

2.96

374

356

343

329

316

306

294

284

278

269

266

260

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.06

4.32

4.68

5.16

5.52

5.81

6.03

6.19

6.27

6.23

6.03

5.82

689

818

1,020

1,310

1,570

1,800

1,990

2,130

2, 200

2,170

1,990

1,810

March 18

2.75

2.79

2.83

2.88

2.93

2.97

3.01

3.05

3.12

3.25

3.59

3.95

204

214

224

238

252

263

275

288

310

353

480

637

March 24

2.94

2.93

2.92

2.91

2.89

2.88

2.87

2.87

2.86

2.85

2.85

2.84

255

252

249

246

240

238

235

235

232

230

230

227

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.55

5.28

5.03

4.81

4.61

4.43

4.27

4.14

4.05

3.95

3.86

3.78

1,590

1,400

1,230

1,100

976

876

793

728

684

637

596

560

March 19

4.19

4.29

4.31

4.29

4.24

4.19

4.14

4.14

4.14

4.15

4.15

4.14

752

803

813

803

777

752

728

728

728

732

732

728

March 25

2.84

2.83

2.83

2.82

2.81

2.81

2.80

2.79

2.79

2.79

2.79

2.78

227

224

224

221

219

219

216

214

214

214

214

211
156 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HTJDSON TO STJSQDEHAHHA REGION

Elizabeth River at Elizabeth, H. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°40'3n , long. 74°13'9 n , at dam just above Westfield Avenue Bridge,

Elizabeth, Union County, and 2s miles above mouth.

Drainage area.- 20.2 square miles; affected by diversions for municipal use. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge reTation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 180 second-feet;

extended to peak stage by logarithmic plotting and computation of effect of vertical

abutments above gage height 5.0 feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 722 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 6.04 feet);

during March, 462 second-feet 1:30 a.m. Mar. 12.

1921-35: Discharge, about 2,640 second-feet Sept. 1, 1927, and Mov. 19, 1933

(gage height, 9.73 feet). 

Remarks.- Mean monthly discharge and run-off, in inches, corrected for diversions. Mean

monthly diversions were: Feb., 3.9 second-feet; Mar., 3.8 second-feet; Apr., 2.9

second-feet.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

6.3

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.8

6.3

6.1

Mar.

46

35

53

63

49

32

22

18.4

22

32

Apr.

14.0

24

29

14.0

18.0

313

22

7.9

33

44

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

6.0

5.8

6.0

6.5

6.5

6.5

11.8

20

9.6

7.4

Mar.

210

146

46

32

24

19.5

21

122

87

36

Hean monthly discharge, in second-feet (observed). 

Kean monthly discharge, in second-feet (corrected)

Apr.

53

34

39

23

20

23

15.7

14.8

13.1

12.7

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

6.3

6.7

7.3

6.8

27

36

44

43

47

12.8 

16.7 

0.89

Mar.

119

31

23

20

18.0

16.1

51

51

19.5

17.0

15.7

48.3 

52.1 

2.97

Apr.

12.7

6.3

3.2

5.0

9.3

9.0

8,7

9.0

9.0

9.0

28.3 

31.2 

1.72

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

U

S

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

3.04

3.02

2.99

2.97

2.97

2.97

2.97

3.01

3.09

3.13

3.12

3.07

19.0

18.0

16.6

15.7

15.7

15.7

15.7

17.5

22

24

23

20

March 14

3.31

3.30

3.28

3.26

3.26

3.24

3.23

3.22

3.22

3.20

3.19

3.18

36

35

34

32

32

31

30

29

29

28

27

27

March 20

3.45

3.38

3.34

3.32

3.30

3.28

3.27

3.26

3.24

3 0 23

3.22

3.32

47

41

38

37

35

34

33

32

31

30

29

37

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

3.04

3.02

3.00

3.00

2.99

2.99

3.02

3.12

3.22

3.23

3.22

3.20

19.0

18.0

17.0

17.0

16.6

16.6

18.0

23

29

30

29

28

March 15

3.17

3.16

3.15

3.14

3.13

3.12

3.12

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.09

3.08

26

26

25

24

24

23

23

23

22

22

22

21

March 21

4.47

4.93

4.93

4.28

3.90

3.74

3.63

3.54

3.49

3.47

3.42

3.42

196

312

312

157

97

77

64

55

50

49

45

45

Feet See . ft .

March 10

3.17

3.15

3.13

3.12

3.10

3.10

3.20

3.38

3.47

3.48

3.42

3.34

26

25

24

23

22

22

28

41

49

49

45

38

Maroh 16

3.08

3.07

3.06

3.06

3.05

3.05

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.04

21

20

20

20

19.5

19.5

19.0

19.0

19.0

19.0

19.0

19.0

March ZZ

3.38

3.36

3.29

3.29

3.33

3.26

3.18

3.21

3.08

3.10

3.12

3.12

41

40

34

34

37

32

27

29

21

22

23

23

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.28

3.37

3.72

4.08

4.49

4.94

5.26

5.20

4.83

4.46

4.76

5.21

34

41

74

123

200

315

416

396

283

194

265

399

March 17

3.02

3.02

3.01

3.01

3.00

3.00

3.06

3.16

3.27

3.17

3.08

3.07

18.0

18.0

17.5

17.5

17.0

17.0

20

26

33

26

21

20

March 23

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.11

3.11

3.11

3.11

3.10

3.10

3.09

3.08

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

22

22

22

21

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.35

4.65

4.24

4.04

3.94

3.88

3.81

3.75

3.73

3.67

3.62

3.58

448

237

150

117

103

94

85

78

76

69

63

59

March 18

3.45

4.45

4.68

4.55

4.60

4.06

3.76

3.62

3.60

3.55

3.57

4.50

47

192

244

214

225

120

79

63

61

56

58

202

March 24

3.08

3.09

3.12

3.12

3.08

3.06

3.06

3.06

3.06

3.06

3,04

3.04

21

22

23

23

21

20

20

20

20

20

19.0

19.0

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

3.55

3.52

3.48

3.45

3.44

3.41

3.41

3.39

3.37

3.36

3.34

3.32

56

53

49

47

46

44

44

42

41

40

38

37

Maroh 19

4.40

4.13

3.94

3.73

3.70

3.74

3.61

3.52

3.46

3.44

3.49

3.56

181

131

103

76

72

77

62

53

48

46

50

57

March 25

3.03

3.02

3.02

3.02

3.01

3.01

3.01

3.02

3.02

3.02

3.01

3.01

18.5

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.5

17.5

17.5

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.5

17.5
RAHWAY RIVER BASIN 157

Railway River at Railway, N_ J.

Location.- Lat. 40°37'5", long. 74°17'0n , 100 feet above St. George Avenue Bridge,

Railway, Union County, 1 mile above mouth of Robinsons Branch of Railway River. Zero

of gage is 8.63 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 40.9 square miles; affected by diversions for municipal use. 

Bage-helght "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge reTation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 500 second-feet;

extended to peak stage by logarithmic plotting and study of laboratory rating of

control having similar cross section.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,120 second-feet 10 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 4.12 feet). 

1908-15, 1921-35: Discharge, about 1,740 second-feet Aug. 2, 1927 (gage

height, 6.0 feet, former site and datum). 

Remarks.- Monthly discharge and run-off, in inches, corrected for diversions. Mean

monthly diversions were: Feb., 17.9 second-feet; Mar., 18.3 second-feet; Apr., 17.6

second-feet.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

17.4

17.2

17.5

18.0

19.1

17.6

17.3

16.0

15.6

17.3

Mar.

121

105

111

157

186

116

79

62

61

116

Apr.

44

46

66

53

43

395

452

129

79

118

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

1920

Feb.

15.0

14.2

13.7

15.4

16.5

18.7

18.3

29

31

24

Alar.

400

978

412

129

90

73

66

258

363

182

Apr.

116

103

107

88

69

64

56

48

44

41

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Bean monthly discharge, in second-feet (corrected)

Feb.

20

19.2

18.1

19.2

23

60

98

105

110

46.9

1.24

Mar.

272

202

94

77

68

56

69

159

88

60

53

188

5.30

Apr.

38

35

34

34

31

31

30

28

28

27

100

2.72

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

It

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

It

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1.76

1.76

1.75

1.73

1.71

1.70

1.70

1.69

1.69

1.69

1.70

1.71

69

69

68

64

60

58

58

56

56

56

58

60

March 14

2.17

2,12

2.09

2.05

2.03

2.01

1.98

1.96

1.95

1.94

1.93

1.91

167

153

144

134

129

124

116

112

110

107

105

100

March 20

2.48

2.41

2.34

2.29

2.24

2.18

2.14

2.09

2.05

2.02

2.00

1.99

273

247

222

205

189

170

159

144

134

126

121

119

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.79

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.74

1.74

1.69

1.58

1.59

1.65

1.76

1.87

75

69

68

68

66

66

56

38

40

50

69

92

March 15

1.90

1.88

1.88

1.87

1.86

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.84

1.83

1.83

1.82

98

94

94

92

90

88

88

88

85

83

83

81

March 21

2.01

2.18

2.40

2.51

2.51

2.54

2.58

2.61

2.63

2.65

2.65

2.63

124

170

243

285

285

297

313

325

334

342

342

334

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 10

1.92

1.93

1.94

1.94

2.02

1.94

1.92

1.92

1.95

2.01

2..12

2.22

103

105

107

107

126

107

103

103

110

124

153

182

March 16

1.82

1.81

1.80

1.79

1.78

1.78

1.78

1.78

1.77

1.77

1.76

1.75

81

79

77

75

73

73

73

73

71

71

69

68

March 22

2.59

2.54

2.47

2.40

2.32

2.24

2.17

2.10

2.04

2.00

1.98

1.95

317

297

270

243

215

189

167

147

131

121

116

110

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.30

2.33

2.39

2.50

2.60

2.75

2.91

3.06

3.09

3.12

3.27

3.63

208

218

240

281

321

384

454

523

536

551

625

822

March 17

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.74

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.74

1.75-

69

68

68

66

64

64

64

64

64

64

66

68

March 23

1.92

1.90

1.89

1.87

1.86

1.86

1*85

1.86

1.86

1.85

1.83

1.83

103

98

96

92

90

90

88

90

90

88

83

83

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

3.90

3.99

3.98

4.04

4.12

4.08

4.04

3.98

3.87

3.76

3.58

3.42

980

1,030

1,030

1,070

1,120

1,100

1,070

1,030

962

896

794

706

March 18

1.80

1.87

2.12

2.34

2.55

2.57

2.57

2.64

2.74

2.74

2.73

2.76

77

92

153

222

301

309

309

338

380

380

376

389

March 24

1.82

1.81

1.80

1.79

1.79

1.79

1.79

1.79

1.79

1.78

1.78

1.78

81

79

77

75

75

75

75

75

75

73

73

73

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 13

3.30

3.20

3.10

3.00

2.91

2.79

2.69

2.59

2.48

2.40

2.32

2.24

640

589

541

495

454

402

359

317

273

243

215

189

March 19

2.84

2.82

2.77

2.73

2.71

2.70

2.70

2.68

2.65

2.62

2.59

2.54

424

415

393

376

367

363

363

355

342

329

317

297

March 25

1.78

1.78

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.74

1.74

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.72

1.72

73

73

69

68

68

66

66

64

64

64

62

62
158 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

South Branch of Raritan River near High Bridge, N. J.

location.- Lat. 40°40'40", long. 740 52 l 51n , 1 mile above High Bridge, Hunterdon County, 

and 4 miles above mouth of Spruce Run. Zero of gage is 282.10 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 65.3 square miles; not affected by storage.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for the period Feb. 1-3, when 

there was no record.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected "by ice Feb. 4-33 . Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,600 second-feet; extended to peak stage by logarithmic plotting; verified by comparison of flood run-off with records for other streams in Raritan River 

Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,080 second-feet midnight Mar. 11 (gage height, 10.51 feet).

1919-35: Discharge, about 3,600 second-feet Feb. 2, 1922 (gage height, 10.97 

feet).

Remarks.- During periods of ice effect or missing gage-height records, discharge determined by study of available recorder graph, observer's notes, and weather records, and 

comparison with records of South Branch of Raritan River at Stanton and other nearby 

streams.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

54

53

52

58

70

67

63

60

53

48

Mar.

161

148

137

162

256

204

152

143

172

455

Apr.

221

229

253

201

188

1,160

517

375

317

387

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

47

47

48

60

90

85

85

95

80

74

Mar.

1,510

1,960

782

522

443

387

375

973

714

532

Apr.

391

336

339

286

250

241

215

204

193

183

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

70

70

70

70

70

100

120

200

180

77 2

1.27

Mar.

700

517

383

355

321

282

428

468

303

S66

238

8.23

Apr.

173

173

159

152

146

143

137

131

129

125

4.53

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

3

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

6.55

6.53

6.51

6.49

6.46

6.44

6.45

6.45

6.52

6.59

6.63

6.61

150

146

141

137

131

127

129

129

143

159

168

163

March 14

7.74

7.71

7.66

7.63

7.59

7.56

7,56

7.54

7.53

7.53

7.53

7.53

586

571

546

532

512

498

498

489

484

484

484

484

March 20

7.79

7.79

7.77

7.72

7.66

7.61

7.58

7.53

7.52

7.49

7.48

7.46

612

612

602

576

546

522

508

484

479

466

461

452

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

6.59

6.59

6.58

6.57

6.56

6.54

6.54

6.61

6.70

6.77

6.85

6.96

159

159

157

154

152

148

148

163

185

204

226

260

March 15

7.53

7.51

7.48

7.45

7.42

7.41

7.38

7.37

7.37

7.37

7.38

7.40

484

475

461

448

434

430

417

412

412

412

417

425

March 21

7.49

7.63

7.81

7.96

8.14

8.27

8.26

8.14

8.02

7.91

7.88

7.87

466

532

622

703

805

882

876

805

736

676

659

654

Feet See. ft.

March 10

7.03

7.04

7.00

6.97

6.95

7.02

7.36

7.74

8.02

8.19

8.29

8.35

282

286

272

263

256

279

408

586

736

834

894

931

March 16

7.40

7.39

7.36

7.33

7.33

7.28

7.28

7.27

7.27

7.24

7.26

7.26

425

421

408

396

396

375

375

371

371

359

367

367

March 22

7.86

7.83

7.77

7.70

7.63

7.57

7.53

7.48

7.45

7.41

7.39

7.37

649

633

602

566

532

503

484

461

448

430

421

412

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.38

8.32

8.25

8.19

8.20

8.61

9.10

9.35

9.57

9.99

10.36

10.51

950

912

870

834

840

1,110

1,520

1,760

1,980

2,440

2,890

3,080

March 17

7.26

7.27

7.27

7.27

7.28

7.26

7.26

7.29

7.26

7.28

7.32

7.48

367

371

371

371

375

367

367

379

367

375

391

461

March 23

7.35

7.34

7.32

7.31

7.30

7.29

7.28

7.28

7.27

7.23

7.23

7.23

404

400

391

387

383

379

375

375

371

355

355

355

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.46

10.33

10.10

9.86

9.66

9.45

9.25

9.10

8.93

8.79

8.70

8.61

3,020

2,850

2,570

2,300

2,080

1,860

1,660

1,520

1,370

1,250

1,180

1,110

March 18

7.86

8.23

8.47

8.71

8.86

8.84

8.73

8.58

8.36

8.18

8.14

8.12

649

858

1,010

1,190

1,310

1,290

1,200

1,090

937

828

805

794

March 24

7.24

7.24

7.24

7.24

7.26

7.25

7.22

7.23

7.22

7.18

7.19

7.19

359

359

359

359

367

363

351

355

351

336

339

339

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.51

8.40

8.28

8.18

8.08

8.01

7.93

7.91

7.86

7.82

7.80

7,78

1,040

962

888

828

771

731

686

676

649

628

617

607

March 19

8.11

8.05

8.04

8.03

8.03

8.02

8.00

7.98

7,92

7.87

7.83

7.80

788

754

748

742

742

736

725

714

681

654

633

617

March 25

7.19

7.16

7.16

7.16

7.16

7.15

7.14

7.13

7,12

7,10

7.10

7.09

339

328

328

328

328

324

321

317

313

306

306

303
RARITAH RIVER BASIN 159

South Branch of Raritau River at Stanton, N. J,

Location.- Lat. 40°34'21n , long. 74°52'10", at highway bridge near Stanton railroad

station, Reading Township, Hunterdon County, and half a mils above mouth of Prescott 

Brook.

Drainage area.- 147 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

Gage-height record..- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation..- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 2. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 1,200 second-feet; extended to peak stage by averaging discharges 

obtained from slope-area method and computation of flow over dams; verified by comparison of peak discharge and total run-off of flood with records on nearby streams 

in Raritan River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 5,800 second-feet 2 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 9.37 feet).

1903-6, 1919-35: Discharge, 7,070 second-feet July 9, 1935 (gage height, 10.80 

feet).

Remarks.- Discharge for period of ice effect based on one current-meter measurement, 

study of observer's notes and v;eather rocords, and comparison with records of South 

Branch of Raritan River near High Bridge and other nearby rivers.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

127

124

120

135

160

150

145

140

120

110

Mar.

470

450

438

589

759

568

433

424

488

994

Apr.

470

488

537

420

385

2,580

1,210

820

689

914

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

108

107

108

150

220

200

200

240

200

180

Mar.

3,280

3,960

1,660

1,100

914

790

759

2,420

1,690

1,210

Apr.

882

759

820

666

573

563

488

451

429

398

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

165

160

160

160

160

250

350

600

500

191

1.40

Mar.

1,520

1,140

851

790

700

605

970

1,040

643

579

527

8.29

Apr.

373

364

328

309

294

280

273 257'

257

247

4.43

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

3.52

3.46

3.40

3.35

3.30

3.28

3.30

3.38

3.51

3.66

3.68

3,65

451

424

398

377

356

348

356

390

447

517

527

512

March 14

4.87

4.81

4.^5

4.70

4.65

4.60

4.57

4.55

4.52

4.51

4.48

4.46

1,260

1,220

1,180

1,140

1,100

1,070

1,050

1,040

1,020

1,020

997

984

March 20

5.10

5.03

4.97

4.93

4.88

4.80

4.75

4*68

4.64

4.59

4.55

4.53

1,420

1,370

1,330

1,300

1,270

1,210

1,180

1,130

1,100

1,060

1,040

1,030

Feet Sec. ft.

March 9

3.60

3.55

3.49

3.45

3.44

3.43

3.45

3.47

3.63

3.92

4.03

3.95

488

465

438

420

416

411

420

429

503

654

718

672

March 15

4.45

4.44

4.43

4.40

4.37

4.33

4.30

4.27

4.25

4.23

4.21

4.21

978

971

964

945

926

901

882

863

851

839

826

826

March 21

4 0 53

4.71

5.12

5.46

5 0 50

5.45

5.53

5.65

5.60

5.47

5.35

5.25

1,030

1,150

1,430

1,660

1,690

1,660

1,710

1,800

1,760

1,670

1,580

1,520

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

3.88

3.86

3.87

3.87

3.84

3.83

4.07

4.82

5.41

5.53

5.53

5.49

632

621

627

627

611

605

741

1,220

1,630

1,710

1,710

1,680

Maroh 16

4.21

4.21

4.20

4.18

4.15

4.13

4.11

4.08

4.07

4.06

4.05

4.04

826

826

820

808

790

777

765

747

741

735

730

724

March 22

5.12

5,01

4.93

4.83

4.75

4.68

4.59

4.53

4.47

4.41

4.38

4.35

1,430

1,360

1,300

1,230

1,180

1,130

1,060

1,030

990

951

932

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.45

5.52

5.67

5.84

6.16

6.86

7.72

8.47

9.00

9.14

9.03

9.25

1,660

1,700

1,820

1,940

2,190

2,760

3,630

4,550

5,270

5,470

5,310

5,620

March 17

4.03

4.03

4.05

4.06

4.06

4.06

4.05

4.05

4.08

4.17

4.28

4.43

718

718

730

735

735

735

730

730

747

802

870

964

March 23

4.33

4.31

4.29

4.28

4.27

4.25

4.23

4.21

4.20

4.19

4.17

914J 4.15

901

888

876

870

863

851

839

826

820

814

802

790

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

9.37

9.26

8.93

8.59

8.23

7. 86

7.49

7.18

6.93

6.75

6.53

6.35

5,800

5,640

5,170

4,710

4,240

3,790

3,380

3,070

2,830

2,660

2,480

2,340

March 18

4.95

6.15

7.16

7.62

7.53

7.16

6.76

6.50

6.26

6.00

5.79

5.78

1,320

2,180

3,050

3,520

3,420

3,050

2,670

2,460

2,270

2,060

1,900

1,900

r March 24

4.16

4.16

4.16

4.16

4.16

4.15

4.15

4.13

4.12

4.10

4.08

4.05

796

796

796

796

796

790

790

778

771

759

747

730

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6,16

5.95

5.78

5.61

5.47

5.35

5.24

5.16

5.08

5.01

4.96

4.90

2,190

2,020

1,900

1,770

1,670

1,580

1,510

1,460

1,410

1,360

1,320

1,280

March 19

5.78

5.78

5.68

5.59

5.58

5.54

5.46

5.39

5.30

5.23

5.19

5.17

1,900

1,900

1,820

1,750

1,750

1,720

1,660

1,610

1,550

1,500

1,470

1,460

March 25

4.05

4.05

4.04

4.03

4.02

4.01

4.01

3.98

3.96

3.95

3.91

3.90

730

730

724

718

712

706

706

689

677

672

649

643
160 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQDEHAOTA REGION

Rarltan River at Manville, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°33'18", long. 74°35'2", at highway bridge at Manville, Somerset 

County, It miles above mouth of Millstone River. Zero of gage is 20.57 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 490 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 3. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 14,000 second-feetj extended to peak stage by averaging discharges obtained by slope-area determinations of flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 20,600 second-feet 8:30 p.m. Jan. 3 (gage height, 

16.10 feet)j during March, 17,300 second-feet 6-6:30 a.m. Mar. 12.

1903-7, 1921-35S Discharge, about 25,000 second-feet Oct. 10, 1903, and 

Aug. 24, 1933.

Remarks.- Run-off not materially affected by storage. Discharge for period of ice 

effect determined by study of recorder charts, current-meter measurement, weather 

records, and comparison with records at nearby stations.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

350

330

320

335

420

410

395

380

350

300

Mar.

2,300

2,200

2,170

2,560

3,150

2,360

1,570

1,320

1,570

2,690

Apr.

1,210

1,210

1,360

1,100

860

7,580

4,570

2,580

2,000

2,580

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17ia

19

20

Feb.

300

300

320

380

450

520

540

620

700

560

Mar.

8,130

14,200

5,920

3,290

2,380

2,000

1,740

6,920

6,700

3,600

Apr.

2,520

2,060

2,260

1,800

1,510

1, 130

1,230

1,110

1,020

959

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

P.R

29

30

31

Feb.

500

480

480

480

500

750

1,500

2,800

2,600

633

1.39

Mar.

4,120

3,330

2,190

1,950

1,740

1,490

2,350

3,270

1,930

1,550

1,380

3,260

7.67

Apr.

893

839

785

732

671

650

640

590

580

550

1,596

3.64

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.,

March 8

5.50

5.48

5.41

5.31

5.20

5.12

5.13

5.15

5.24

5.48

5.71

5.85

1,420

1,400

1,330

1,240

1,140

1,070

1,080

1,100

1,180

1,400

1-, 630

1,780

March 14

7.34

7.21

7.09

6.96

6.84

6.74

6.64

6.55

6.47

6.41

6.35

6.32

3,760

3,650

3,550

3,440

3,330

3,230

3,120

3,020

2,950

2,860

2,780

2,750

March 20

7.70

7.62

7.51

7.35

7.20

7.04

6.93

6.83

6.74

6.64

6.55

6.47

4,100

4,020

3,910

3,760

3,640

3,510

3,420

3,320

3,250

3,120

3,020

2,930

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.83

5.72

5.59

5.49

5.40

5.34

5.30

5.34

5.54

5.93

6.24

6.30

1,750

1,640

1,510

1,410

1,320

1,270

1,230

1,270

1,460

1,860

2,220

2,290

March 15

6.27

6.23

6.20

6.15

6.12

6.08

6.04

5.99

5.95

5.91

5.86

5.84

2,680

2,620

2,580

2,520

2,480

2,420

2,370

2,310

2,260

2,200

2,140

2,110

March 21

6.45

6.56

6.99

7.64

8.29

8.59

8.55

8.25

7.92

7.72

7.67

7.70

2,910

3,040

3,470

4,040

4,720

5,110

5,060

4,670

4,320

4,120

4,070

4,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6.23

6.15

6.02

5.90

5.82

5.78

5.87

6.34

7.30

8.18

8.62

8.76

2,210

2,110

1,960

1,830

1,740

1,700

1,800

2,340

3,610

4,590

5,150

5,340

March 16

5.82

5.80

5.77

5.75

5.74

5.72

5.70

5.68

5.66

5.65

5.63

5.61

2,090

2,060

2,020

2,000

1,980

1,960

1,930

1,900

1,880

1,860

1,840

1,810

March 22

7.70

7.60

7.42

7.18

6.99

6.80

6.65

6.50

6.37

6.25

6.16

6.10

4,100

4,000

3,830

3,620

3,470

3,290

3,140

2,970

2,810

2,650

2,530

2,450

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.62

8.35

8.20

8.50

9.10

9.82

10.58

11.27

12.04

12.72

13.50

14.07

5,150

4,800

4,610

4,990

5,850

6,960

8,220

9,430

10,900

12,300

14,100

15,500

March 17

5.61

5.59

5.57

5.57

5.57

5.57

5.58

5.57

5.56

5.56

5.57

5.62

1,810

1,790

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,770

1,760

1,750

1,750

1,760

1,830

March 23

6.04

5.99

5.95

5.92

5.90

5.89

5.86

5.84

5.82

5.79

5.78

5.76

2,370

2,310

2,260

2,220

2,190

2,180

2,140

2,110

2,090

2,050

2,030

2,010

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

14.43

14.78

14.90

14.84

14.52

14.15

13.63

13.00

12.40

11.93

11.52

11.15

16,400

16,900

17,300

17,100

16,600

15,700

14, 400

13,000

11,700

10,700

9,870

9,210

March 18

5.80

6.40

8.00

9.66

10.43

11.07

11.50

11.58

11.30

10.83

10.47

10.17

2,060

2,850

4,400

6,710

7,960

9,070

9,840

9,970

9,480

8,640

8,030

7,520

March 24

5.75

5.74

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.72

5.71

5.70

5.68

5.66

5.65

5.63

2,000

1,980

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,960

1,940

1,930

1,90/0

1,880

1,860

1,840

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

10.79

10.43

10.05

9.65

9.21

8.84

8.52

8.22

8.00

7.85

7.67

7.50

8,570

7,960

7,330

6,690

6,020

5,460

5,020

4,630

4,400

4,250

4,070

3,900

March 19

9.87

9.63

9.53

9.50

9.43

9.27

9.05

8.75

8.45

8.16

7.92

7.78

7,040

6,660

6,500

6,450

6,340

6,100

5,780

5,330

4,920

4,570

4,320

4,180

March 25

5.61

5.60

5.58

5.56

5.55

5.55

5.53

5.51

5.50

5.49

5.46

5.44

1,810

1,800

1,770

1,750

1,740

1,740

1,710

1,680

1,670

1,660

1,620

1,600
RAH1TAIT BITER BASIN 161

Neshanie River at Keaville, N. J.

location.- Lat. 40°28'18n , long. 74°49'42n , at highway bridge half a mile southwest of

Reaville, Hunterdon County. 

Drainage area.- 25.7 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. No record Feb. 19-25. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1, 26-29, Mar. 1-4. Defined by eurrentmeter measurements below 1,700 second-feet} extended to peak stage by logarithmic

plotting. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 2,940 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage height,

97l2~ feet)} during March, 2,110 second-feet 11:30 p.m. Mar. 11.

1930-35: Discharge, about 4,370 second-feet Aug. 23, 1933 (gage height, 10.80

feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of Ice effect or missing gage-height record determined

by study of available recorder graph, observer's notes, and weather records, and

comparison with records of South Branch of Raritan River at High Bridge and other

nearby streams.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

11.0

10.9

10.9

11.8

13.9

10.9

9.7

10.1

9.7

10.9

Mar.

130

102

95

250

199

116

80

104

131

264

Apr.

37

42

40

28

26

623

145

87

75

110

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

10.9

10.5

10.1

12.8

14.4

16.7

16.1

53

26

20

Mar.

1,130

518

163

99

77

66

68

593

232

127

Apr.

132

82

102

66

55

46

37

33

28

25

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, In Inches. ...........................................

Feb.

18.5

18.0

18.0

18.0

22

60

ISO

200

160

-z-z *

1.40

Mar.

203

108

70

61

52

43

138

153

71

56

46

179

8.02

Apr.

22

19.2

16.7

15.0

13.9

13.3

12.3

11.4

11.4

10.5

2.84

gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

S

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

3.29

3.21

3.12

3.09

3.17

3.25

3.28

3.64

3.96

3.87

3.68

3.53

73

61

SO

47

56

67

71

138

226

198

147

114

March 14

3.52

3.50

3.47

3. 45

3.44

3.44

3.44

3.44

3.42

3.42

3.40

3.39

112

108

103

99

97

97

97

97

94

94

90

88

March 20

3.79

3.72

3.67

3.63

3.60

3.57

3.55

3.53

3.49

3.48

3.46

3.46

175

157

145

136

129

123

118

114

106

104

101

101

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 9

3.44

3.37

3.33

3.30

3.27

3.29

3.49

3.81

4.08

4.03

3.80

3.64

97

85

79

74

70

73

106

181

265

248

178

138

March 15

3.38

3.36

3.35

3.34

3.33

3.32

3.32

3.31

3.31

3.30

3.29

3.28

87

84

82

80

79

77

77

76

76

74

73

71

March 21

3.47

3.78

4.40

4.24

3.94

3.79

3.72

3.71

3.71

3.88

3.98

3.88

103

173

389

325

219

175

157

15S

155

201

232

201

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

3.55

3.50

3.49

3.49

3.49

3.67

4.54

4.93

4.71

4.42

4.21

4.09

118

108

106

106

106

145

447

604

516

397

313

269

March 16

3.27

3.26

3.26

3.25

3.23

3.23

3.22

3.22

3.22

3.22

3.21

3.21

70

68

68

67

64

64

63

63

63

63

61

61

March 22

3.75

3.65

3.59

3.54

3.51

3.47

3.43

3.39

3.35

3.34

3.33

3.32

165

140

127

116

110

103

95

88

82

80

79

77

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.02

4.24

5.09

5.28

5.52

6.80

7.22

7.20

7.36

6.42

7.12

7.73

245

325

668

744

846

1,460

1,690

1,680

1,780

1,260

1,630

2,000

March 17

3.21

3.21

3.21

3.22

3.22

3.21

3.20

3.20

3.25

3.38

3.47

3.56

61

61

61

63

63

61

60

60

67

87

103

121

March 23

3.32

3.31

3.31

3.30

3.29

3.28

3.27

3.26

3.25

3.23

3.23

3.23

77

76

76

74

73

71

70

68

67

64

64

64

Feet Sec,, ft.

March 12

6.00

5.15

4.74

4.54

4.40

4.30

4.24

4.39

4.36

4.19

4.13

4.06

1,060

692

528

447

389

348

325

385

373

305

283

258

March 18

4.62

6.00

6.43

6.21

5.33

4.73

4.46

4.37

4.29

4.13

4.03

3.97

480

1,060

1,260

 1,160

765

524

414

377

344

283

248

229

March 24 n

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.22

3.22

3.21

3.20

3.19

3.19

3.18

3.17

64

64

64

64

63

63

61

60

59

59

58

56

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

3.96

3.87

3.80

3.76

3.73

3.72

3.70

3.65

3.62

3.58

3.56

3.54

226

198

178

168

160

157

152

140

134

125

121

116

March 19

4.09

4.14

4.10

4.06

4.05

4.00

3.89

3.82

3.80

3.80

3.87

3.89

269

287

272

258

255

238

204

184

178

178

198

204

March 25

3.17

3.17

3.16

3.15

3.15

3.14

3.13

3.13

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.08

56

56

55

54

54

53

52

52

49

48

47

46
162 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HDDSOB TO SuSQUEHAHBA REOIOfl

North Branch of Raritan River near Far Hills, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°42'27It , long. 74°38'20'1 , at dam of Somerset Lake & Game Club, 2

miles north of Par Hills, Somerset County, and 2 miles above mouth of Peapack Brooko

Drainage area. - 26.2 square miles; not materially affected by storage.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Record missing Feb. 1-5, 10-24.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 6-9, 25-28; by debris on control 5 p.m. 

Mar. 12 to Apr. 30. Defined by current-meter measurements below 500 second-feet; 

extendBd to peak stage by weir formula based on current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,860 second-feet 5J30 p.m. Mar. 11 (gage height, 4.60 feet). 

Maximum stage, 4.81 feet Jan. 3, caused by ice on dam.

1922-35: Discharge, about 2,630 second-feet Sept. 30, 1934 (gage height, 5.24 

feet).

Stage of 7.6 feet, from flood marks, reached on July 23, 1919 (discharge, about 

7,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect or missing gage-height record determined 

by study of available recorder graph, observer's notes, and weather records, and comparison with records of nearby streams.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

23

22

22

24

35

34

31

29

22

20

Mar.

71

67

67

93

118

85

67

64

81

197

Apr.

122

131

149

114

106

609

235

187

177

224

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

20

20

20

26

46

42

40

47

35

27

Mar.

843

760

318

229

192

162

154

381

293

213

Apr.

213

167

144

131

114

106

93

89

81

78

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

27

28

30

31

35

58

76

74

71

 zc r\

1.44

Mar.

312

214

167

167

149

131

208

198

154

140

131

207

9.11

Apr.

74

71

67

61

58

58

58

55

55

52

TOO

5.49

gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

B

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.36

2.36

2.34

2.32

2.32

2.32

2.36

2.36

2.37

2.38

2.38

2.38

67

67

61

55

55

55

67

67

71

74

74

74

March 14

2.80

2.78

2.77

2.76

2.75

2.74

2.74

2.74

2.74

2.73

2.72

2.72

258

246

241

235

229

224

224

224

224

218

213

213

March 20

2.78

2.77

2.75

2.74

2.72

2.71

2.70

2.69

2.69

2.68

2.68

2.68

246

241

229

224

213

208

203

198

198

192

192

192

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.38

2.38

2.38

2.38

2.33

2.38

2.38

2.38

2.39

2.46

2.49

2.49

74

74

74

74

74

74

74

74

78

106

118

118

March 15

2.71

2.70

2.69

2.68

2.68

2.67

2.66

2.66

2.66

2.66

2.65

2.64

208

203

198

192

192

187

182

182

182

182

177

172

March 21

2.58

2.78

2.96

3.10

3.09

2.99

2.90

2.83

2.83

2.84

2.85

2.84

192

246

356

450

443

376

318

275

275

281

287

281

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

2.49

2.48

2.47

2.46

2.46

2.46

2.58

2.83

2.94

2.94

2.87

2.80

118

114

110

106

106

106

158

293

362

362

318

275

March 16

2.64

2.63

2.63

2.62

2.62

2.62

2.62

2.61

2.61

2.61

2.61

2.61

172

167

167

162

162

162

162

158

158

158

158

158

March 22

2.81

2.78

2.76

2.74

2.73

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.74

2.75

2.77

2.80

264

246

235

224

218

208

203

198

187

182

177

177

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.75

2.72

2.72

2.82

2.93

3.21

3.98

4.56

4.56

4.21

4.00

4.19

246

229

229

287

356

548

1,200

1,820

1,820

1,430

1,220

1,410

March 17

2.61

2.61

2.61

2.60

2.60

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.60

2.62

2.64

158

158

158

154

154

149

149

149

149

154

162

172

March 23

2.81

2.82

2.82

2.82

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.84

172

167

162

162

167

167

167

167

167

167

167

167

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.31

4.03

3.78

3.51

3.31

3.22

3.17

3.15

3.15

3.12

3.08

3.04

1,540

1,250

1,020

780

623

556

520

506

484

463

436

409

March 18

2.74

3.00

3.21

3.23

3.20

3.08

2.98

2.90

2.89

2.94

2.94

2.93

224

382

527

541

520

436

369

318

312

343

343

336

March 24

2.84

2.84

2.84

2,85

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.84

2.84

2.84

2.83

167

167

167

172

172

172

172

172

167

167

167

162

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

3.01

2.98

2.95

2.92

2.89

2.87

2.86

2.86

2.85

2.84

2.82

2.81

389

369

349

330

312

299

293

293

287

281

269

264

March 19

2.92

2.94

2.94

2.94

2.88

2.86

2.84

2.82

2.80

2.78

2.78

2.78

330

343

343

343

306

293

281

269

258

246

246

246

March 25

2.83

2.83

2.82

2.81

2.80

2.80

2.79

2.79

2.78

2.78

2.77

2.76

162

162

158

154

149

149

144

144

140

140

136

131

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 5J30 p.m., 4.60 ft., 1,860 sec.-ft. 

au, 4.34 ft., 1,570 sec.-ft.

Mar. 12, 1:30
RARITAN RIVER BASIN 16! 

Black River near Pottersville, N. J.

Location.- lat. 40 0 43'39It , long. 740 43'50n , 1 mile above highway bridge at Pottersville, Somerset County, and 8 miles above mouth of Rookaway Creek. Zero of gage is

284.14 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 32.8 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Record missing Feb. 1-5. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 7-15, 18-23. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 800 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 818 second-feet 4:30 to 9 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 3.55

feet). Maximum stage, 4.19 feet Jan. 3, caused by ice jam.

1921-35: Discharge, about 1,600 second-feet Nov. 17, 1927 (gage height, 4.75

feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect or missing gage-height record determined

by study of recorder graph, observer's notes, and weather records, and comparison

with records of North Branch of Raritan River near Par Hills and other nearby

streams.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

30

30

29

32

39

38

37

36

32

27

Mar.

95

94

83

104

124

101

89

88

100

166

Apr.

132

129

127

117

114

409

312

285

225

212

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

27

27

27

35

56

54

51

59

41

38

Mar.

460

763

648

413

281

212

186

317

288

280

Apr.

206

191

186

170

151

142

129

120

114

107

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Rim-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

39

40

43

48

50

91

107

95

90

1.53

Mar.

318

256

222

201

174

157

208

209

176

166

149

o*?n

8.08

Apr.

101

98

92

88

83

82

79

75

73

71

147

5.00

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 8

1.70

1.63

1.60

1.60

1.73

1.82

1.73

1.76

1.77

1.77

1.76

1.74

86

76

72

72

90

104

90

95

96

96

95

92

March 14

3.05

3.01

2.98

2.94

2.88

2.83

2.82

2.80

2.79

2.77

2.74

2.71

508

486

470

449

418

394

389

379

374

365

351

338

March 20

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.59

2.58

2.56

2.54

2.54

2.54

2.53

2.53

292

292

292

292

288

285

278

270

270

270

267

267

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.74

1.73

1.72

1.72

1.71

1.71

1.71

1.80

1.90

1.92

1.90

1.88

92

90

89

89

88

88

88

101

117

120

117

114

March 15

2.68

2.66

2.63

2.60

2.58

2.56

2.54

2.52

2.50

2.48

2.46

2.44

325

317

304

292

285

278

270

263

256

250

244

237

March 21

2.55

2.68

2.80

2.74

2.68

2.67

2.66

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.63

274

325

379

351

325

321

317

312

312

312

312

304

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.87

1.96

2.38

2.43

2.42

2.39

2.39

2.38

114

114

114

114

112

127

22ft)

234

231

222

222

220

March 16

2.42

2.40

2.38

2.36

2.35

2.34

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.30

2.28

2.28

231

225

220

214

212

209

206

203

201

198

193

193

March 22

2.60

2.56

2.55

2.53

2.51

2.49

2.47

2.45

2.44

2.43

2.42

2.42

292

278

274

267

260

253

247

240

237

234

231

231

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 11

2.42

2.42

2.44

2.46

2.50

2.84

3.54

3.32

3.31

3.20

3.35

3.48

231

231

237

244

256

399

811

667

660

593

686

770

March 17

2.27

2.27

2.26

2.25

2.24

2.23

2.22

2.22

2.22

2.22

2.22

2.26

191

191

188

186

184

181

179

179

179

179

179

188

March 23

2.42

2.41

2.41

2.40

2.40

2.39

2.38

2.38

2.37

2.36

2.36

2.36

231

228

228

225

225

222

220

220

217

214

214

214

Feet Seo.ft.

March 12

3.36

3.40

3.38

3.42

3.43-

3.46

3.48

3.53

3.55

3.55

3.54

3.52

692

717

704

730

737

757

770

804

818

818

811

797

March 18

2.50

2.86

2.78

2.78

2.70

2.66

2.64

2.64

2.64

2.62

2.60

2.59

256

408

370

370

333

317

308

308

308

300

292

288

March 24

2.36

2.35

2.34

2.33

2.32

2.31

2.30

2.29

2.28

2.27

2.26

2.26

214

212

209

206

203

201

198

196

193

191

188

188

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

3.50

3.47

3.43

3.36

3.29

3.24

3.22

3.21

3.19

3.17

3.14

3.09

783

763

737

692

648

617

605

599

587

576

558

530

March 19

2.58

2.58

2.61

2.60

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.60

2.60

285

285

296

292

288

288

288

288

288

288

292

292

March 25

2.25

2.24

2.24

2.22

2.21

2.21

2.19

2.18

2.18

2.17

2.16

2.15

186

184

184

179

176

176

172

170

170

168

166

164

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 3 p.m., 3.28 ft., 642 sec.-ft.3 7 p.m., 3.20 ft., 

593 sec.-ft.; 11 p.m., 3.54 ft., 811 sec.-ft. Mar. 12, 4:30 to 9 p.m., 3.55 ft., 818 

sec.-ft.
164 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSOH TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Lake Carnegie at Prinoeton, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°22'10*, long. 74o37 l 20 n , at Kingston Dam, 2 mile? northeast of

Princeton, Mercer County. 

Drainage area.- 159 square miles.

Gage-height record.- One gage reading daily at about 8 a.m. 

Remarks.- Only contents above crest of spillway are given in table. Elevation of crest

of lower spillway is zero gage height. Records furnished by Princeton University.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

32

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February

Feet

0.26

.26

.28

.28

.28

.28

.28

.26

.26

.26

.26

.26

.26

.26

.30

.30

.38

.40

.48

.48

.50

.48

.38

.38

.50

.94

.98

.98

.86

Millions of 

cubic feet

2.73

2.73

2.94

2.94

2.94

2.94

2.94

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.73

2.73

3.15

3.15

3.98

4.19

5.03

5.03

5.24

5.03

3.98

3.98

5.24

9.86

10.28

10.28

9.02

March

Feet

0.90

1.00

.94

.94

1.00

.98

.80

.68

.68

.74

.92

1.60

1.00

.84

.64

.64

.68

.98

.90

.86

.80

.70

.68

.58

.54

.50

.54

.80

.64

.64

.54

Millions of 

cubic feet

9.44

10.48

9.86

9.86

10.48

10.28

8.39

7.13

7.13

7.76

9.65

16.78

10.48

8.81

6.71

6.71

7.13

10.28

9.44

9.02

8.39

7.34

7.13

6.08

5.66

5.24

5.66

8.39

6.71

6.71

5.66

April

Feet

0.48

.50

.50

.52

.52

.54

.86

.78

.68

.68

.72

.70

.74

.68

.62

.56

.54

.52

.50

.48

.48

.46

.44

.42

.40

.40

.38

.38

.38

.35

Millions of 

cubic feet

5.03

5.24

5.24

5.45

5.45

5.66

9.02

8.18

7.13

7.13

7.55

7.34

7.76

7.13

6.50

5.87

5.66

5.45

5.24

5.03

5.03

4.82

4.61

4.40

4.19

4.19

3.98

3.98

3.98

3.67

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet...... +6.71 -4.41 -.84

Gain or loss in storage, In equivalent mean second-feet. +2.68 -1.65 -.32
RARITAN RIVER BASIN 165

Millstone River near Kingston, H. J.

Location.- Lat. 400 23'511 , long. 74 0 37 l 29n , at Princeton sewage disposal plant, 1 mile 

downstream from Heatheots Brook, Kingston, Middlesex County. Zero of gage is 38.00 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 171 square miles; 159 square miles slightly affected by storage in 

Lake Carnegie.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 21-24, when 

there was no record.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 19, 20. Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage by study of run-off of 

Millstone River at Blackwells Mills, N. J.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, about 4,500 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height not 

determined); during March, 3,710 second-feet 8 a.m« Mar. 12.

1933-35: Discharge, about 4,950 second feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 10.60 

feet).

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect and missing gage-height record determined 

by study of recorder charts, weather records, and graphic comparison with records 

of Millstone River at Blackwells Mills, K. J. and other nearby streams. Mean 

monthly discharge corrected for storage in Lake Carnegie. For daily changes in 

storage see record for Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N. J.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

99

80

77

96

106

100

98

91

84

91

Mar.

1,110

1,110

977

1,040

1,340

1,110

710

494

508

673

Apr.

243

225

278

268

243

1,020

812

580

442

468

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

95

86

77

91

88

86

109

161

160

145

Mar.

1,530

3,080

1,580

837

565

430

359

1,230

998

818

Apr.

521

508

521

455

370

338

287

255

232

225

Day

21

22

23

24

25

2fi

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches (corrected'

Feb.

110

103

100

100

130

258

948

1,090

915

one

1.27

Mar.

781

643

468

359

307

268

310

643

468

382

297

820

819

5.52

Apr.

214

190

184

163

160

133

138

142

144

130

330

329

2.14

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

S

oM

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

3.95

3.85

3.76

3.67

3.63

3.60

3.58

3.57

3.58

3.59

3.68

3.80

565

536

510

486

476

468

463

460

463

465

489

521

March 14

5.20

5.09

4.99

4.90

4.82

4.74

4.63

4.56

4.49

4.42

4.33

4.28

1,020

973

931

895

864

833

792

767

742

717

686

669

March 20

4.89

4.85

4.84

4.83

4.80

4.74

4.68

4.62

4.53

4.45

4.35

4.29

891

876

872

868

856

833

811

788

756

728

693

673

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.93

3.96

3.90

3.80

3.66

3.58

3.56

3.59

3.65

3.75

3.91

4.13

559

568

550

521

484

463

458

465

481

508

553

621

March 15

4.22

4.17

4.11

4.03

3.98

3.94

3.87

3.83

3.78

3.68

3.63

3.60

650

633

614

589

574

562

541

530

516

489

476

468

March 21

4.36

4.46

4.47

4.48

4.62

4.79

4.91

4.86

4.72

4.62

4.54

4.48

696

731

734

738

788

852

899

879

826

788

759

738

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.30

4.31

4.21

4.07

3.95

3.89

3.90

4.00

4.20

4.55

4.98

5.22

676

679

646

602

565

547

550

580

643

763

927

1,030

March 16

3.58

3.54

3.50

3.47

3.48

3.45

3.47

3.47

3.44

3.38

3.30

3.23

463

452

442

434

437

430

434

434

427

412

393

377

March 22

4.43

4.42

4.45

4.37

4.22

4.10

4.11

4.07

4.00

3.98

3.91

3.83

720

717

728

700

650

611

614

602

580

574

553

530

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 11

5.25

5.20

5.15

5.19

5.30

5.65

6.15

6.51

6.85

7.26

7.90

8.54

1,040

1,020

998

1,020

1,070

1,240

1,500

1,710

1,920

2,190

2,670

3,210

March 17

3.23

3.24

3.19

3.23

3.36

3.10

3.11

3.10

3.03

2.97

3.01

3.16

377

379

368

377

407

348

350

348

333

321

329

361

March 23

3.78

3.74

3.69

3.66

3.63

3.61

3.54

3.48

3.48

3.42

3.38

3.35

516

505

491

484

476

471

452

437

437

422

412

405

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.75

8.80

8.98

9.09

8.99

8.71

8.36

8.04

7.75

7.55

7.44

7.33

3,400

3,440

3,600

3,710

3,610

3,360

3,040

2,780

2,560

2,400

2,330

2,240

March 18

3.33

3.47

4.00

4.93

5.61

6.06

6.58

6.82

6.85

6.60

6.21

5.78

400

434

580

907

1,220

1,450

1,750

1,900

1,920

1,760

1,540

1,300

March 24

3.29

3.25

3.20

3.17

3.15

3.12

3.12

3.08

3.08

3.05

3.02

2.98

391

382

370

363

359

352

352

344

344

338

331

323

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.20

7.03

6.82

6.63

6.47

6.25

6.08

5.88

5.70

5.55

5.48

5.34

2,150

2,030

1,900

1,780

1,680

1,560

1,460

1,350

1,260

1,180

1,150

1,090

March 19

5.50

5.30

5.18

5.15

5.14

5.12

5.11

5.05

5.03

5.00

4.94

4.92^

1,160

1,070

1,010

998

994

986

981

956

948

935

911

903

March 25

2.95

2.95

2.93

2.90

2.89

2.88

2.88

2.86

2.85

2.82

2.80

2.78

317

317

313

307

305

303

303

299

297

291

287

283
166 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEEANNA REGION 

Millstone River at Blaokwells Mills, N. J.

Location*- Lat. 400 28'30", long. 74°34 I 34", at highway bridge in Blackwells Mills, 

Somerset County, a quarter of a mile "below mouth of Middle brush Brook.

Drainage area.- 258 square miles; 159 square miles affected by storage in Lake Carnegie.

Sage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 20-23, 26-29, and Mar. 1-4. Defined, by 

current-meter measurements below 4,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage logarithmically; verified by comparison with run-off of Millstone River at Kingston, N. J.

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge during year, 6,330 second-feet 10:30 p.m. Jan. 3 (gage height, 

10.05 feet)} during March, 5,260 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 12.

1921-35! Discharge, about 7,000 second-feet Oct. 18, 1927; maximum gage 

height, about 11.0 feet Apr. 7, 1924, and Sept. 7, 1926.

Remarks.- Discharge for period of ice effect determined by study of recorder graph,

weather records, and comparison with records of Millstone River near Kingston, N. J., 

and other nearby streams. Mean monthly discharge corrected for storage in Lake 

Carnegie. For daily changes in storage see record for Lake Carnegie at Princeton, 

N. J.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

149

125

119

138

160

149

145

132

122

128

Mar.

1,750

1,750

1,710

1,630

1,950

1,810

1,260

970

1,050

1,380

Apr.

373

352

415

373

337

1,660

1,780

970

716

855

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

132

135

145

171

168

153

156

217

240

190

Mar.

2,500

4,780

2,860

1,490

942

702

594

1,740

2,200

1,390

Apr.

942

855

915

783

600

535

445

388

337

327

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

170

170

170

171

175

488

1,590

1,750

1,710

1.38

Mar.

1,430

1,130

765

587

493

415

572

1,200

783

587

457

1,381

6.17

Apr.

302

268

254

231

217

196

183

188

192

175

539

538

2.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

9om

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

3.46

3.35

3.20

3.06

3.01

2.97

2.98

3.14

3.37

3.58

3.64

3.55

1,060

995

915

831

801

777

783

879

1,000

1,120

1,150

1,100

March 14

5.50

5.25

4.97

4.70

4.47

4.29

4.12

3.98

3.85

3.75

3.65

3.55

1,950

1,820

1,705

1,590

1,500

1,430

1,360

1,300

1,250

1,200

1,160

1,100

March 20

4.78

4.64

4.50

4.38

4.27

4.18

4.10

4.02

3.94

3.85

3.75

3.67

1,620

1,570

1,510

1,460

1,420

1,380

1,350

1,320

1,290

1,250

1,200

1,160

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.44

3.35

3.31

3.27

3.21

3.15

3.17

3.31

3.63

3.90

4.01

3.98

1,040

995

975

954

920

885

897

975

1,140

1,270

1,310

1,300

March 15

3.47

3.40

3.35

3.30

3.25

3.20

3.16

3.12

3.08

3.05

3.01

2.97

1,060

1,020

995

970

942

915

891

867

843

825

801

777

March 21

3.67

3.90

4.30

4.58

4.69

4.64

4.54

4.46

4.42

4.38

4.30

4.24

1,160

1,270

1,430

1,540

1,590

1,570

1,530

1,490

1,480

1,460

1,430

1,410

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.88

3.80

3.77

3.73

3.68

3.64

3.80

4.24

4.70

4.95

5.07

5.12

1,260

1,230

1,220

1,200

1,170

1,150

1,230

1,410

1,590

1,690

1,740

1,760

March 16

2.34

2.92

2.90

2.87

2.85

2.84

2.82

2.82

2.81

2.80

2.80

2.77

759

747

735

716

702

696

683

683

676

- 670

670

649

March 22

4.14

4.02

3.90

3.81

3.77

3.67

3.54

3.42

3.32

3.24

3,18

3.13

1,370

1,320

1,270

1,230

1,220

1,160

1,100

1,030

980

937

903

873

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.15

5.18

5.30

5.50

5.75

6.00

6.32

6.70

7.16

7.65

8.00

8.35

1,780

1,790

1,850

1,950

2,080

2,200

2,390

2,650

3,020

3,460

3,800

4,160

March 17

2.74

2.72

2.71

2.70

2.69

2.70

2.70

2.67

2.66

2.65

2.63

2.62

628

614

607

600

594

600

60O

580

574

568

554

548

March 23

3.08

3.04

3.00

2.98

2.95

2.93

2.91

2.89

2.86

2.83

2.81

2.79

843

819

795

783

765

753

741

728

709

690

676

663

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.70

9.00

9.18

9.26

9.26

9.19

9.07

8.93

8.73

8.55

8.35

8.13

4,540

4,910

5,140

5,250

5,250

5,160

5,000

4,820

4,580

4,380

4,160

3,930

March 18

2.72

3.00

3.65

4.78

5.36

5.66

5.83

5.97

6.08

6. SO

6.35

6.47

614

795

1,160

1,620

1,880

2,030

2,120

2,180

2,250

2,320

2,410

2,490

March 24

2.77

2.75

2.73

2.70

2.69

2.68

2.67

2.65

2.63

2.62

2.61

2,60

649

635

621

600

594

587

580

568

554

548

542

535

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.90

7.70

7.49

7.29

7.11

6.90

6.69

6.52

6.35

6.16

5.98

5.75

3,700

3,500

3,310

3,130

2,980

2,810

2,640

2,520

2,410

2,300

2,190

2,080

March 19

6.53

6.53

6.48

6.39

6.26

6.11

5.95

5.75

5.55

5.34

5.14

4.95

2,530

2,530

2,500

2,430

2,360

2,270

2,180

2,080

1,980

1,870

1,770

1,690

March 25

2.58

2.56

2.55

2.54

2.53

2.52

2.51

2.51

2.50

2.49

2.48

2.46

523

511

505

499

493

487

481

481

475

459

463

451

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9 a.m., 9.27 ft., 5,260 sec.-ft.; Mar. 19, 3 a.m., 

6.54 ft., 2,540 sec.-ft.
GREAT EGG RIVER BASIH 167

Great Egg River at Folsom, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 39°35'42", long. 740 51'5", at highway bridge 1 mile south of Folsom,

Atlantic County, and 2 miles above mouth of Pennypot Stream. 

Drainage area.- 56.3 sqaure miles (revised). 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 1, 2, 16-23,

when there was no record.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 570 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1956;Discharge during year, 368 second-feet 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 6 (gage

height, 5.30 feet); during March, 280 second-feet 8-12 p.m. Mar. 14.

1925-35: Discharge, 599 second-feet Sept. 8, 1935 (gage height, 6.18 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period of missing gage height record determined by comparison

with record of North Branch of Rancocas Creek at Pemberton, K. J.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

93

93

93

95

101

105

103

108

108

108

Mar.

175

164

152

145

143

145

142

134

129

124

Apr.

171

\56

147

140

138

142

152

167

175

185

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

108

108

108

115

152

200

250

250

240

220

Mar.

133

201

256

278

267

239

207

201

207

209

Apr.

195

199

195

185

171

156

143

133

125

118

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

170

145

135

131

127

129

145

166

179

141

2.70

Mar.

219

229

223

207

191

173

162

181

201

197

189

188

3.85

Apr.

115

110

106

105

101

100

98

97

97

95

141

2.79

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

3oH

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

6

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

4.20

4.20

4.19

4.19

4.18

4.18

4.18

4.18

4.17

4.17

4.17

4.17

138

138

136

136

134

134

134

134

133

133

133

133

March 14

4.87

4.88

4.88

4.89

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.91

4.91

4.91

271

274

274

276

278

278

278

278

278

280

280

280

March 20

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.59

209

209

209

209

209

209

209

209

209

209

209

213

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.17

4.17

4.16

4.16

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.14

4.14

4.13

4.13

133

133

131

131

129

129

129

129

127

127

125

125

March 15

4.90

4.90

4.89

4.88

4.88

4.87

4.85

4.84

4.84

4.83

4.82

4.80

278

278

276

274

274

271

267

265

265

263

260

256

March 21

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.61

4.62

4,63

4.64

4.65

4.66

215

215

215

215

215

215

217

219

221

223

225

227

Feet, Sec.ft.

March 10

4.13

4.13

4.13

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

125

125

125

124

124

124

124

124

124

124

124

124

March 16

4.79

4.78

4.76

4.75

4.73

4.71

4.70

4.69

4.68

4.66

4.65

4.64

254

252

248

246

241

237

235

233

231

227

225

223

March 22

4.66

4.67

4.67

4.68

4.68

4.68

4.69

4.69

4.69

4.69

4.68

4,68

227

229

229

231

231

231

233

233

233

233

231

231

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.11

4.11

4.12

4.13

4.14

4.16

4.17

4.18

4.20

4.23

4.26

4.29

122

122

124

125

127

131

133

134

138

143

149

154

March 17

4.63

4.61

4.60

4.59

4.58

4.56

4.55

4.54

4.53

4.52

4.51

4.51

221

217

215

213

211

207

205

203

201

199

197

197

March 23

4.68

4.67

4.66

4.65

4.64

4.64

4.63

4.63

4.62

4.61

4.60

4.60

231

229

227

225

223

223

221

221

219

217

215

215

Feet Sec. ft.

March 12

4.33

4.37

4.40

4.45

4.50

4.54

4.60

4.64

4.68

4.71

4.73

4.76

162

169

175

185

195

203

215

223

231

237

241

248

March 18

4.52

4.54

4.54

4.54

4.53

4.53

4.53

4.53

4.53

4.53

4.53

4.64

199

203

203

203

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

203

March 24

4.59

4.58

4.58

4.57

4.56

4.55

4.55

4.54

4.53

4.53

4.52

4.52

213

211

211

209

207

205

205

203

201

201

199

199

Feet Seo.ft.

March 13

4.78

4.79

4.81

4.82

4.82

4.83

4.83

4.84

4.85

4.86

4.86

4.87

252

254

258

260

260

263

263

265

267

269

269

271

March 19

4.55

4.55

4.55

4.55

4.56

4.56

4.56

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

4.57

205

205

205

205

207

207

207

209

20S

209

209

209

March 25

4.51

4.50

4.50

4.49

4.48

4.48

4.47

4.47

4.46

4.45

4.45

4.44

197

195

195

193

191

191

189

189

187

185

185

183

1SSI5RO »7 !
168 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION 

East Branch of Delaware River at Harvard, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°l'15n , long. 75°7'5n , at highway bridge at Harvard, Delaware County, 

about 400 feet above Baxter Brook.

Drainage area.- 443 square miles.

flage-helght record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 5,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage by averaging discharges 

obtained from slope-area and contracted-opening determinations of flood flow; verified by comparison of peak discharge and total run-off of flood with records for other 

streams in Delaware River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 26,200 second-feet 5 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 15.58 feet). 

1935: Discharge, 10,400 second-feet 11 p.m. Dec. 1 (gage height, 11.16 feet); 

maximum gage height, 12.25 feet, 8:50 p.m. Mar. 6 (backwater from ice jam).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

260

260

240

260

240

240

220

220

220

220

Mar.

550

500

460

460

600

500

440

420

550

950

Apr.

1,550

1,490

1,730

1,410

1,270

3,090

3,950

3,140

2,510

2,390

Day

n

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

200

200

200

22 C

220

240

240

220

200

200

Mar.

5,000

14,700

8,630

4,470

3,480

3,960

12,200

21,200

12,800

6,750

Apr.

2,240

2,270

3,180

3,430

3,080

2,710

2,340

1,980

1,730

1,490

Day

21

?.?,

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, In inches. ...........................................

Feb.

200

190

190

190

220

280

440

600

650

0.63

Mar.

5,900

5,330

3,700

2,820

2,440

2,040

2,060

2,810

2,240

1,910

1,780

11.06

Apr.

1,420

1,680

1,340

1,240

1,100

1,010

910

808

740

677

4.86

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

8

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

-

-

_

4.25

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

#420

«

-

..

_

_

-

March 14

_

8.38

_

8.06

_

7.80

_

7.58

7.43

_

7.34

_

5,220

_

4,730

_

4,350

_

4,040

_

3,840

_

3,720

March 20

-

9.98

-

9o57

-

9,20

-

8.87

-

8.58

8,32

_

8,080

-

7,270

-

6,590

-

6,020

-

5,540

_

5,120

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

_

4.40

_

_

_

_

_

L -

-

-

_

*550

_

-

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

7.24

_

7.11

_

6.95

_

6.92

_

7.26

_

7.52

_

3,590

_

3,420

_

3,230

3,190

_

3,620

_

3,960

March 21

_

8.17

-

8.42

-

8.82

-

9.18

-

9.44

_

9.21

_

4,900

5,280

-

5,930

-

6,550

 »

7,030

_

6,610

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

_

-

5.00

_

_

5.32

_

_

5.65

_

L 6.24

_

-

-

.

_

*950

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

_

7.56

_

7.46

_

7.41

_

7.46

_

7.55

7.69

8.08

_

4,010

_

3,880

_

3,810

_

3,880

_

4,000

4,200

4,760

March 22

_

8.93

_

8.67

_

8.41

_

8.18

-

7.99

_

7.80

_

6,120

5,680

_

5,270

_

4,910

_

4,620

_

4,350

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.40

7.11

7.50

8.07

8.03

8.05

8.57

8.85

12.08

11.21

10.95

11.39

2,510

2,750

2,950,

3,390

3,930

4,520

5,010

5,590

6, -740

8,320

9,880

11,000

March 17

8.80

9.80

10.81

11.78

12.42

12-. 77

12.78

12.67

12.53

12.46

12.45

12.51

5,900

7,720

9,890

12, .300

14,100

15,100

15,100

14,800

14,400

14,200

14,200

14,300

March 23

_

-

7.53

-

_

7.30

-

7.11

_

_

6.92

_

-

3,970

-

-

3,670

_

-

3,420

_

_

3,190

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.93

12.49

12.93

13.19

13.29

13.23

13.11

12.93

12.65

12.32

11.99

11.78

12,700

14,300

15,600

16,400

16,700

16,500

16,100

15,600

14,800

13,800

12,800

12,300

March 18

12.66

13.00

13.58

14.12

14.55

14.86

15.24

15.54

15.54

15.27

14.83

14.25

14,800

15,800

17,800

20,000

21,700

22,900

24,500

26,000

26,000

24,600

22,800

20,500

March 24

_

-

6.76

-

-

6.62

-

6.48

_

_

6.36

_

-

3,000

-

-

2,840

-

2,690

_

_

2,560

Feet See.ft.

March 13

_

11.33

-

10.78

10.07

_

9.52

_

9.10

_

8.72

_

11,200

-

9,820

8,270

_

7,180

_

6,410

_

5,760

March 19

_

13.12

_

12.31

_

11.71

_

11.22

_

10.79

_

10.40

_

16,200

_

13,700

_

12,100

_

10,900

_

9,850

_

8,970

March 25

_

-

6.31

-

_

6.28

_

6.18

_

_

6.04

-

-

2,500

-

_

2,470

-

-

2,370

_

_

2,230

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 12830 p.m., 9.55 ft., 4,740 sec.-ft.; 5:30 p.m., 

12.95 ft., 6,520 sec.-ft.; 9:30 p.m., 10.84 ft., 9,290 sec.-ft. Mar. 15, 2:30 p.m., 

6.90 ft., 3,170 sec.-ft. Mar. 16, 11:30 a.m., 7.40 ft., 3,800 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 1 p.m., 

12.83 ft., 15,300 sec.-ft.; 9:30 p.m., 12.45 ft., 14,200 sec.-ft,, Mar. 18, 5 p.m., 

15.58 ft., 26,200 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN ll 

East Branch of Delaware River at Piaha Eddy, H. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°58'0", long. 75°10'50", at railroad bridge in Fishs Eddy, Delaware 

County, 4-g miles below mouth of Beaver Kill. Zero of gage is 950.84 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 783 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 2-4, 10-14, 

when the discharge was computed by usual winter computation methods.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 19,400 second-feet; extended to peak stage by logarithmic 

plotting; verified by drainage-area comparison of peak discharge and, total run-off 

of flood with records for other streams in Delaware River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 46,000 second-feet, 12:30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 19.21

1912-35: Discharge, 53,300 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 20.60 

feet). 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

550

500

500

500

480

480

460

460

460

460

Mar.

1,100

1,000

900

900

1,100

1,300

1,000

800

850

1,700

Apr.

3,570

3,500

3,970

3,500

3,240

7,930

8,110

5,870

4,570

4,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

460

440

440

460

500

550

550

550

500

480

Mar.

9,000

29,000

15,800

7,890

6,020

7,090

23,200

38,600

23,100

12,800

Apr.

4,220

4,240

5,880

6,490

6,270

5,650

4,820

4,050

3,520

3,030

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

460

440

440

440

460

550

850

1,100

1,200

0.75

Mar.

11,100

9,740

6,600

5,100

4,350

3,660

3,950

6,300

5,090

4,350

3,970

7 979

11.75

Apr.

2,850

3., 310

2,660

2,410

2,210

2,050

1,890

1,690

1,590

1,480

5.64

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

|

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

-

*6.53

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

*800

-

-

-

_

_

-

March 14

_

9.04

-

8.67

_

8.3V

8.07

-

7.86

-

7.71

_

9,140 -'

8,340

_

7,750

-

7,200

-

6,820

_

6,550

March 20

_

11»40

_

10.84

10.32

-

9.87

-

9.50

-

9.16

_

15,600

_

13,900

12,300

-

11,200

_

10,200

_

9,420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

-

-

-

*6.54

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

*850

-

-

-

_

_

-

March 15

_

7.54

-

7.37

_

7.18

-

7.13

-

7.48

_

7.96

_

6,240

-

5,940

_

5,620

-

5,530

_

6,130

_

7,000

March 21

_

8.97

_

9.26

10.04

-

10.45

_

10.62

_

10.36

_

8,980

_

9,660

11,600

-

12,700

_

13,200

-

12,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

6.82

u

_

7.10

_

_

7.43

_

_

7.96

_

-

1,220

_

_

1,550

_

_

2,090

_

_

2,920

March 16

_

8.01

_

7.92

_

7.85

_

7.88

-

8.01

8.32

8.82

_

7,090

-

6,930

_

6,800

_

6,850

_

7,090

7,660

8,650

March 22

_

9.96

_

9.57

_

9.24

_

8.91

-

8.60

_

8.36

_

11,400

_

10,400

_

9,620

_

8,850

_

8.200

_

7,730

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

8.16

8.67

8.92

9.18

9.89

14.30

16.25

9.98

11.37

13.64

13.60

13.94

3,310

3,770

4,260

4,890

5,520

6,270

7,420

8,790

13,400

18,300

21,600

23,600

March 17

9.76

11.40

12.94

14.04

14.59

14.83

14.85

14.79

14.78

14.98

15.28

15.55

10,900

15,600

20,200

24,000

25,900

26,800

26,900

26,700

26,600

27,400

28,600

29,700

March 23

_

_

8.01

-

_

7.72

_

_

7.46

,

-

7.23

_

_

7,090

-

_

6,570

_

_

6,100

_

_

5,700

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

14.89

15.90

16.59

16.61

16.46

16.01

15.57

15.13

14.86

14.63

14.31

13.90

27,100

31,100

33,900

33,900

33,300

31,500

29,800

28,000

26,900

26,100

24,900

23,500

March 18

15.88

16.31

17.17

18.13

18.84

19.19

19.07

18.61

18.10

17.51

16.86

16.13

31,000

32,700

36,300

40,600

44,200

46,000

45,400

43,000

40,500

37,800

34,900

32,000

March 24

_

_

7.03

-

_

6.86

_

_

6.68

_

_

6.55

_

_

5,360

-

_

5,080

_

_

4,790

_

_

4,580

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

13.01

-

12.20

_

11.31

_

10.59

_

10.00

_

9.49

_

20,400

-

18,000

_

15,300

_

13,100

_

11,500

_

10,200

March 19

_

14.90

_

14.28

_

13.65

_

13.12

_

12.53

_

11.96

_

27,100

_

24,800

_

22,600

_

20,800

_

19,000

_

17,200

March 25

_

_

6.46

-

_

6.41

_

_

6.31

_

_

6.15

_

_

4,440

-

_

4,360

-

_

4,220

_

_

3,980

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 3 p.m., 16.61 ft., 8,090 sec.-ft. ; 5 p.m., 9.44 ft., 

10,100 sec.-ft.; 7 p.m., 14.96 ft., 16,300 sec.-ft. Mar. 12, 7:30 a.nu, 16.62 ft., 

34,000 sec.-ft. Mar. 15, 3 p.m., 7.11 ft., 55,000 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 12:30 p.m., 19.21 

ft., 46,000 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.
170 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Delaware River at Port Jervis, H. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°22'20", long. 74°41'50", near highway bridge at Port Jervis, Orange 

County, 1 1/2 miles above mouth of Neversink River. Zero of gage is 415.35 feet 

above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 3,076 square miles; 369 square miles affected by storage in Lake 

Wallenpaupack and Toronto and Swinging Bridge reservoirs.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 32,300 second-feet, extended logarithmically to peak stage; 

checked bv comparison vfith record at Belvidere.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 108,000 second-feet 5 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 17.55 feet). 

1904-35: Discharge, 92,700 second-feet Mar. 28, 1914 Tg'age height, 16.0 feet), 

Maximum discharge knovm, about 155,000 second-feet Oct. 10, 11, 1903 (gage 

height, 23.3 feet); maximum known stage, 25.5 feet Mar. 8, 1904 (ice gorge).

Remarks.- For information of storage see records for Toronto Reservoir at Toronto, H. Y. 

Swinging Bridge Reservoir at Swinging Bridge Dam, N. Y., and Wallenpaupack Reservoir 

at Wilsonville, Pa. Storage corrections applied to part of monthly discharge table.

SJean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

Feb.

2,800

2,600

2,400

2,400

2,600

2,600

2,400

2,400

2,200

2,000

Mar.

4,600

4,400

4,800

4,400

4,600

5,000

5,000

5,000

4,800

5,500

Apr.

12,800

11,800

12,800

11,600

9,100

12,200

24,400

19,700

16,300

14,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

2,200

2,400

2,200

2,200

2,400

2,200

2,200

2,400

2,600

2,400

Mar.

15,000

72,700

59,500

34,200

23,800

25,400

48,300

93 , 100

82,800

57,700

Apr.

15,600

15,400

17,300

21,700

19,200

17,700

15,000

13,000

11,000

9,800

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

2,400

2,200

1,200

1,400

2,400

2,600

3,200

4,600

5,000

2,503

0,88

2,189

0.77

Mar.

42 , 400

44,300

31,400

23,800

19,900

17,300

15 , 800

21,600

19,600

16,000

14,000

26,670

10.00

29,025

10.18

Apr.

8,800

9,300

9,100

7,700

6,880

6,120

5,940

5,760

5,250

5,080

12,370

4.48

12,063

4.23

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

3

3

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

s

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

-

7.34

-

_

6.96

..

-

7.04

-

-

7.30

_

-

-

-

_

*5,000

_

-

-

_

_

-

March 14

-

9.43

-

8.94

-

8.57

-

8.24

7.94

-

7.75

-

39,900

-

36,000

- .

33,100

_

30 , 800

-

28,700

_

27,400

March 20

-

12.75

-

12.22

-

11.62

-

11.05

-

10.56

10.09

_

66,500

-

62,300

_

57,500

_

52,900

_

49,000

_

45,200

Feet Sec. ft.

March 9

_

-

6.81

-

_

6.92

_

-

7.03

_

_

7.34

_

_

_

_

_

*4,800

_

-

-

_

_

-

March 15

_

7.52

-

7.34

7.18

-

7.05

-

7.00

_

7.05

_

25,700

-

24,500

-

23,400

_

22,400

-

22,100

_

?2,400

March 21

_

9.79

_

9.60

_

9.52

_

9.69

_

9.86

_

10.06

_

42,800

-

41,300

_

40,700

_

42,000

_

43,400

_

45,000

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

_

_

7.01

_

_

7.12

_

-

7.33

_

_

7.73

_

_

_

_

_

#5,500

_

-

-

_

_

-

Mar oh 16

_

7.23

-

7.40

-

7.53

7.66

7.65

7.63

7.63

7,63

7.79

_

23,700

-

24,900

-

25,800

26,700

26,600

26,500

26,500

26,500

27,600

March 22

_

10.34

10,46

10.47

10.41

10.25

_

9.89

_

9.49

_

9.13

_

47,200

48,200

48,300

47,800

46,500

_

43,600

_

40,400

_

37,500

Feet Sec. ft.

March 11

7.58

7.64

8.74

8.72

9.04

9.77

11.04

11.28

6.40

9.00

9.00

11.92

_

_

7,390

_

_

9,740

_

-

1G,800

_

_

50,900

March 17

7.94

8,12

8.61

9.30

10.07

10.64

11.22

11.67

12.20

12,54

12,81

13,09

28,700

29,900

33,400

38,900

45 , 100

49,600

54,300

57,900

62 , 1QO

64,800

67,000

69,200

March 23

_

8.83

-

8.59

-

8.30

_

8.08

-

7.87

_

7.67

_

35,100

-

33,200

_

31,200

_

29,700

_

28,200

_

26,800

Feet Sec. ft.

March 12

12.54

12.31

13.33

13.41

14.51

14.64

14.53

14.54

-

14.42

_

14.19

_

62,500

_

70,500

_

77,700

_

81,200

-

80,100

_

78,000

March 18

13.23

13.67

14.22

14.91

16.03

16.76

17.16

17.50

17.51

17.42

17.02

16.64

70,300

73,900

78,300

84,500

94,600

101,000

105,000

108,000

108,000

107,000

103,000

100,000

March 24

_

_

7.46

_

_

7.23

_

-

7,06

_

_

6.87

_

_

25,300

_

_

23,700

_

-

22,500

_

_

21,200

Feet Sec. ft.

March 13

*

13.31

_

12.59

_

11.81

_

11.10

-

10.49

_

10.06

_

71,000

_

65,200

_

59,000

_

53,300

-

48,400

_

45,000

March 19

_

15.81

-

15,07

_

14.66

_

14.05

_

13.68

_

13,25

_

92,600

-

85,900

-

82,200

_

76,900

-

73,900

_

70,500

March 25

_

_

_

_

_

6.66

_

_

_

_

_

6.43

_

_

-

_

_

19,900

_

-

_

_

_

18,500

Supplemental records,- Mar. 11, 4:50 p.m., 

3 a.m., 13.00 ft.; 11 a.m., 16.00 ft. Mar. 18, 

*Mean for the day.

14.40 ft.; 9 p.m., 8.20 ft. Mar. 12, 

5 p.m., 17.55 ft., 108,000 sec.-ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 171 

Delaware River at Milford, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°18 t 30", long. 74°47 l 50n , on bridge at Milford, Pike County. Zero of

gage Is at mean sea level. 

Gage-height record.- Based on two gage readings daily and graphic comparison with records of stage at Port Jervis, N. Y., and at Belvidere, N. J. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 398.45 feet 9 p.m. Mar. 18.

Stage of 405.8 feet reached Oct. 10, 1903. 

Remarks.- Observations began 8 a.m. Mar. 5. No record Mar. 25 to Apr. 1. Record furnlshed by Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

March

-

-

-

-

379.00

379.35

379 . 15

379 . 45

379 . 75

379.22

April

-

378.55

379.02

378.78

378.35

379.05

382.20

380.95

380.00

379.55

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

March

382.91

393.59

339_39

383.97

381.78

382.08

386.06

394.98

394.04

388.57

April

379.94

379.72

380.00

381.15

380.60

380.35

379.55

379.04

378.55

378.20

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

March

385.38

385.45

382.92

381.47

_

_

_

_

_

_

April

377.85

377.87

378.00

377.55

377.25

376.95

376.75

376.70

376.50

376.50

Gage height, in feet, at Indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

379.08

379.06

379.04

379.05

379.15

379.45

379.75

379.85

379.86

379.84

379.82

379.80

March 14

385.60

385.20

384.90

384.65

384.30

384.00

383.50

383.14

382.90

382.70

382.60

382.50

March 20

391.00

390.70

390.30

389.95

389.30

388.60

387.90

387.25

386.80

386.40

386.10

385.80

March 9

379.79

379.78

379.76

379.75

379.76

379.78

379.80

379.83

379.80

379.70

379 . 60

379.50

March 15

382.30

382.20

382.10

382.05

381.90

381.70

381.60

381.45

381.40

381.36

381.35

381.37

March 21

385.55

3as,30

385.10

385.04

385.05

385.10

385.25

385.42

385.55

385.65

385.75

335.80

March 10

379.40

379.28

379.12

379.02

379.04

379.06

379.10

379.15

379.21

379.30

379.40

379.50

March 16

381.50

381.70

381.80

381.94

383.05

382.15

382.25

382.35

382.35

382.35

332.45

382.65

March 22

385.90

336.00

386.10

386.15

386.10

386.00

385.60

385.14

384.80

384.50

384.25

384.00

March 11

379 . 60

379.72

379.86

380.02

380.40

381.00

382.00

382.50

384.50

389.00

390.80

391.50

March 17

383.00

383.35

383.80

384.25

385.00

385.70

386.60

387.65

388.40

389.00

389.60

390.10

March 23

383.75

383.55

383.35

383.15

382.95

382.30

382.65

382.55

382.45

382.40

382.30

382.20

March 12

392.10

392.70

393.30

394.00

394.15

394.20

394.10

394,05

394.00

393.95

393.90

393.70

March 18

390,70

391,40

392.20

393.00

394.00

395.30

396.50

397.70

398.30

398,40

398.30

397.80

March 24

382.10

381.90

381.70

381.56

381.45

381.35

381.30

381.25

381.20

381.15

381.10

381.05

March 13

393.00

392.40

391.50

390.55

389.90

389.10

388.50

387.70

387.20

386.70

386.30

385.90

March 19

397.20

396.60

395.80

394.90

394.10

393.70

393.40

392.85

392.10

391.80

391.55

391.25

March 25

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 9 p.m., 398.45 ft.
172 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Delaware River at Portland, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40O55'30", long. 75°5 I 55n , on bridge at Portland, Northampton County.

Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on hourly gage readings 8 a.m. Mar. 11 to midnight Mar.

24,twice-daily readings during other periods, and comparison with recorder graph at

Belvidere. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 292.90 feet 2 a.m. Mar. 19.

Stage of 297.0 feet reached on Oct. 10, 1903. 

Remarks.- Observations began 8 a.m. Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint

Toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2.

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

_

-

_

-

271.60

271.60

271.74

271.76

271.66

271.80

Apr.

273.96

273.72

273.74

273.80

273.25

274.30

276.80

276.15

275.15

274.78

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

ttar.

273.43

285.78

286.03

279.86

277.30

276.94

279.39

287.43

290.69

284.58

Apr.

274.81

274.77

274.80

275.60

275.36

275.09

274.58

274.14

273.72

273.27

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

280.24

280.20

278.21

276.58

275.78

275.31

274.80

275.75

275.76

274.88

274.33

Apr.

273.06

272.98

273.20

272.66

272.38

272.09

271.95

271.94

271.85

271.60

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

16

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

271.72

271.74

271.76

271.78

271.79

271.80

271.79

271.78

271.77

271.75

271.72

271.70

March 14

281.69

281.39

280.89

280.30

280.05

279.67

279.39

279.05

278.79

278.59

278.28

278.08

March 20

287.10

286.60

286.10

285.60

285.02

284.60

284.10

283.60

283.02

282.52

282.02

281.68

March 9

271.68

271.65

271.62

271.61

271.62

271.64

271.66

271.69

271.69

271.69

271.68

271.67

March 15

277.89

277.69

277.69

277.53

277.37

277.22

277.12

277.00

277.00

276.88

276.79

276.79

March 21

281.27

280.93

280.60

280.27

280.27

280.02

279.85

279.77

279.68

279.68

279.77

279.77

March 10

271.66

271.66

271.66

271.66

271.69

271.73

271.79

271.86

271.92

272.00

272.09

272.19

March 16

276.79

276.69

276.69

276.75

276.84

276.92

277.00

277.06

277.10

277.18

277.19

277.28

March 22

280.02

280.27

280.27

280.35

280.43

280.52

280.43

280.35

280.27

280.02

279.77

279.60

March 11

272.29

272.39

272.50

272.64

272.75

272 . 93

273.21

273.65

274.10

274.65

275.61

276.59

March 17

277.28

277.49

277.69

278.05

278.47

278.87

279.29

280.06

280.90

281.59

282.49

283.78

March 23

279.18

278.93

278.85

278.60

278.35

278.18

278.02

277.77

277.60

277.43

277.27

277.10

March 12

276.71

283.69

285.23

285.83

286.25

287.05

287.55

288.55

288.55

288.43

288.75

289.05

March 18

283.59

284.39

285.18

286.00

286.44

287.14

287.95

289.00

289.65

290.53

291.34

292.10

March 24

276.93

276.85

276.85

276.77

276.68

276.68

276.60

276.52

276.43

276.18

276.02

275.93

March 13

288.78

288,30

288.22

287.40

287.00

886.30

285.57

284.65

284.25

283.38

282.88

282.28

March 19

292.90

292.60

292.35

292.35

291.43

290.93

289.93

289.60

289.27

288.77

288.27

287.60

March 25

275.90

275.89

275.87

275.85

275.81

275.78

275.76

275.73

275.70

275.67

275.65

275.62

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 11 p.m., 289.51 ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 173

Delaware River at Delaware, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°53 I 55", long. 75°4'4011 , on bridge at Delaware, Warren County. Zero

of gage is at mean sea levelo 

Page-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings 7 a.m. Mar. 11 to midnight Mar. 24

(except for short periods Mar. 17, 18, 22), and comparison with recorder graph at

Belvidere.

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 282.61 feet 2 and 6 a.m. Mar. 19. 

Remarks.- Observations started. Mar. 11. No record after Mar. 24. Record furnished by

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar. Apr. Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

261.90

275.02

275.92

268.81

265.60

265.04

267.78

276.94

280.86

274.26

Anr. Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

269.25

269.14

267.01

264.75

Apr.

Page height, in feet, at indicated time, 1936

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

11

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

March 14

271.36

270.44

270.11

2.69.53

269.19

268.69

268.28

267.78

267.53

267.11

266.69

266.53

March 20

277.11

276.44

276.11

275.44

274.78

274.36

273.61

273.11

272.53

272.11

271.44

270.78

March 9

March 15

266.36

266.19

265.86

265.78

265.69

265.57

265.44

265.32

265.28

265.19

264.86

264.74

March 21

270.53

270.11

269.78

269.61

269.36

269.28

269.11

268.86

268.61

268.28

268.11

268.03

March 10

March 16

264.53

264.44

264.44

264.86

265.11

265.15

265.19

265.28

265.28

265.36

265.61

265.69

March 22

268.15

268.30

268.80

269.69

269.61

269.61

269.53

269.44

269.44

269.35

269.20

269.05

March 11

261.05

261.10

261.20

261.28

261.36

261.49

261.69

262.11

262.36

262.86

263.78

264.44

March 17

265.78

265.86

266.11

266.28

266.61

267.11

267.61

268.44

269.36

270.25

271.15

272.00

March 23

268.86

268.53

268.28

267.28

267.11

266.69

266.53

266.36

266.19

265.69

265.53

265.11

March 12

265.74

272.86

273.36

274.61

275.28

276.28

277.11

277.69

278.19

278.69

278.86

278.74

March 18

272.80

273.70

274.50

275.36

276.11

276.78

277.61

278.44

279.36

280.44

281.28

281.78

March 24

264.86

264.86

264.86

265.19

265.11

264.86

264.78

264.67

264.59

264.28

264.28

264.19

March 13

278.65

278.49

278.36

277.69

277.11

276.28

275.36

274.44

273.69

273.28

272.53

271.53

March 19

232.61

232.53

282.61

282.53

232.19

281.44

280.65

279.86

279.36

278.78

278.11

277.44

March 25
174 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAMA REGION 

Delaware River at Belvidere, N. J 0

 Location.- Lat. 400 49'36", long. 75 0 5'2" , at Belvidere, Warren County, just below mouth 

of Pequest River. Zero of gage is 227.18 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 4,542 square miles; 369 square miles affected "by storage in Lake Wallenpaupack and Toronto and Swinging Bridge roservoirs.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-3, 5-13, 19-23. Defined by currentmater measurements "below 170,000 second-facts extension to peak stage verified by 

comparison of total run-off of flood with records at other stations on Delaware 

River.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 179,000 second-feet 6 to 7 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 25.0

1922-35: Discharge, 122,000 second-feet (revised) Aug. 25, 1933 (gage height, 

19.90 feat).

Maximum known discharge, 220,000 second-feet October 1903 (gage height, 28.6 

feet, from authentic high-water mark).

Remarks.- Discharge during period of ice effect determined by study of recorder graph, 

weather records, observer's notes, and comparison with record of Delaware River at 

Riegelsville. Monthly table gives discharge and run-off, in inches, adjusted for 

effect of storage on Wallenpaupack Creek and in Toronto and Swinging Bridge reservoirs on Mongaup River.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

5,000

4,700

4,700

4,580

4,600

4,450

4,200

4,000

4,200

4,100

Mar.

7,030

6,860

6,860

7,200

7,380

7,550

7,550

7,550

7,380

8,460

Apr.

17,600

16,100

16,600

16,600

13,700

19,100

36,600

32,400

25,400

23,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

3,700

3,700

3,900

4,060

4,060

4,190

4,060

3,820

3,600

3,500

Mar.

16,400

114,000

123,000

64,200

41,000

35,900

53,500

126,000

166,000

111,000

Apr.

22,400

22,400

21,800

26,600

26,000

23,600

21,200

18,100

15,600

13,700

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

3,500

3,500

3,500

3,250

3,140

4,060

5,290

6,700

7,200

4,250

0.94

Mar.

68,200

67,200

49,000

34,500

28,400

24,200

22,400

27,800

29,000

23,000

19,600

42,520^

44,880

11.39

Apr.

12,800

11,900

12,800

11,000

9,600

8,640

8,090

7,910

7,550

7,030

17,530

17,220

4.23

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

5.49

5.46

5.41

5.40

5.46

5.42

5.45

5.48

5.51

5.57

5.58

5.58

7,520

7,410

7,240

7,200

7,410

7,270

7,380

7,480

7,590

7,800

7,840

7,840

March 14

16.00

15.51

15.14

14.85

14.52

14.06

13.68

13.34

13.07

12.80

12.57

12.35

82,000

77,100

73,400

70,600

67,400

63,000

59,600

56,600

54, 100

51,700

49,600

47,800

March 20

21'. 00

20.55

20.12

19.70

19.28

18.78

18.32

17.77

17.28

16.80

16.41

16.00

134,000

130,000

124,000

120,000

116,000

110,000

105,000

99,700

94,800

90,000

86.100

82,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.54

5.48

5.42

5.40

5.40

5.43

5.46

5.47

5.48

5.51

5.51

5.50

7,690

7,480

7,270

7,200

7,200

7,300

7,410

7,440

7,480

7,590

7,590

7,550

March 15

12.15

11.97

11.81

11.67

11.54

11.40

11.25

11.12

11.00

10.88

10.82

10.78

46,200

44,800

43,500

42,400

41,300

40,200

39,000

38,100

37,300

36,500

36,000

35,800

March 21

15.62

15.27

14.91

14.68

14.51

14.35

14.22

14.15

14.15

14.13

14.16

14.27

78,200

74,700

71,100

68,900

67,300

65,800

64,600

63,900

63,900

63,700

64,000

65,000

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

5.49

5.48

5.48

5.50

5.58

5.59

5.69

5.84

5.95

6.06

6.18

6.32

7,520

7,480

7,480

7,550

7,840

7,870

8,230

8,790

9,220

9,640

10,100

10,700

March 16

10.72

10.69

10.68

10.68

10.72

10.79

10.86

10.92

11.05

11.10

11.17

11.22

35,300

35,100

35,100

35,100

35,300

35,800

36,300

36,700

37,600

38,000

38,500

38,800

March 22

14.37

14.45

14.50

14.58

14.62

14.70

14.72

14.71

14.61

14.47

14.20

13.98

66,000

66,800

67,200

68,000

68,400

69,100

69,300

69,200

68,300

66,900

64,400

62,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.34

6.52

6.58

6.70

6.82

7.04

7.38

7.75

8.20

8.79

9.60

10.35

10,800

11,600

11,800

12,300

12,900

13,900

15,500

17,400

19,600

22,900

27,800

32,800

March 17

11.28

11.36

11.52

11.75

12.13

12.55

12.96

13.47

14.18

14.97

15.70

16.42

39,300

39,900

41,200

43,000

46,000

49,400

53,100

57,700

64,200

71,700

79,000

86,200

March 23

13.65

13.42

13.05

12.86

12.60

12.45

12.20

12.02

11.81

11.66

11.50

11.36

59,400

57,300

54,000

52,200

49,900

48,600

46, 600

45,200

43, 500

42,300

41,000

39,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.28

15.90

17.82

18.88

19.44

20.15

20.90

21.51

21.80

22.01

22.21

22.22

39,300

81,000

100,000

111,000

117,000

125,000

133,000

140,000

143,000

145,000

148,000

148,000

March 18

17.13

17.81

18.42

19.06

19.69

20.23

20.85

21.54

22.20

22.87

23.52

24.07

93,300

100,000

106,000

113,000

120,000

126,000

132,000

140,000

148,000

155,000

162,000

169,000

March 24

11.21

11.09

10.96

10.86

10.75

10.65

10.55

10.46

10.36

10.27

10.18

10,10

38,800

37,900

37,000

36,300

35, 600

34,800

34,200

33,500

32,800

32,200

31,600

31,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

22:13

22.00

21.78

21.35

20.90

20.36

19.68

18.89

18.22

17.71

17.02

16.53

148,000

145,000

143,000

138,000

133,000

128,000

120,000

112,000

104,000

99,100

92,200

87,300

March 19

24.54

24.83

25.00

24.96

24.73

24.31

23.82

23.30

22.85

22.36

21.91

21.50

173,000

177,000

179,000

179,000

176,000

171,000

166,000

160,000

154,000

150,000

144,000

140,000

March 25

10.02

9.94

9.88

9.80

9.72

9.66

9.60

9.56

9.51

9.48

9.41

9.38

30,400

29,900

29,500

29,000

28,500

28,200

27,800

27,600

27,300

27,100

26,700

26,500

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 6 to 7 a cm. , 25.0 ft., 179,000 sec.-ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 176 

Delaware River at Easton, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°41'30'1 , long. Y5°1S'15", on highway bridge at Easton, Northampton 

County. Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Gage-height record.- Based on bihourly readings 2 to 10 a.m. Mar. 11, hourly readings 

10 a.m. Mar. 11 to midnight Mar. S4 (except for short periods Mar. 14-17), two readings daily during other periods, and comparison with recorder graphs at Belvidere 

and Riegelsville.

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 187.95 feet 7 a.m. Mar. 19. 

Stage of 193.3 feet reached Oct. 10, 1903.

Remarks.- Observations began 8 a.m. Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint 

Toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, In feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

_

_

-

-

159.48

159.40

159.34

159.23

159.39

160.31

Apr.

162.40

16S.14

162.00

162.08

161.32

164.15

167.58

166.38

164.58

164.10

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

164.40

180.90

181.76

17S.55

168.16

166.94

169.78

18S.OO

186.52

179.23

Apr.

164.00

163. 92

163.42

164.56

164.43

163.52

163.07

16S.39

161.50

161.19

Day

SI

22

23

S4

25

26

27

28

S9

30

31

Mar.

173. OS

172.04

169.37

166.76

165.33

164.36

163.98

164.95

165.12

163.86

163.07

Apr.

160.84

160.39

160.91

160.33

159.82

159.46

1S9.3S

159.26

159.11

158.91

ge height, in feet, at Indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

159. 25

159.25

159.24

159. 22

159.21

159.20

159. SO

159.20

159.21

159.24

159. 28

159.31

March 14

175.60

174.85

174.30

173.46

172.94

172.22

171.85

171.33

170.77

170.30

169.90

169.55

March 20

182.55

181.81

181.22

180.65

180.00

179.25

178.63

177.95

177.20

176.50

175.70

175.20

March 9

159.35

159.38

159.41

159.42

159.41

159.40

15B.38

159.34

159.35

159.40

159.45

159.51

March 15

169.25

168.95

168.72

168.51

168.35

168.14

167.89

167.70

167.50

167.35

167.20

167.10

March 21

174.62

174.10

173.67

173. 22

172.95

172.85

17S.58

172.44

17S.28

172.12

171.90

171.85

March 10

159.60

159.70

159.79

159.89

160.00

160.12

160. 25

160.41

160.70

161.10

161.50

161.90

March 16

167.00

166.90

166.82

166.79

166.80

166.85

166.86

166.90

167.00

167.05

167.14

167.25

March 22

172.00

172.10

172.15

172.22

172 . 18

172.20

17S.22

172.21

172 . 10

171.90

171.65

171.35

March 11

162.34

162.56

162.75

162.93

163.25

163.57

164.00

164.75

165.63

166.91

168.24

169.70

March 17

167.35

167.45

167.60

168.00

168.52

169. SO

169.90

170.59

171.50

172.50

173.70

174.79

March 23

171.05

170.67

170.29

169.95

169.57

169.27

168.95

168.70

168.SLQ

168.%

167.95

167.65

March 12

171.24

172.70

177.20

181.00

182.50

183.56

184.21

184.86

185.11

IBS. 41

185.46

185.36

March 18

175.89

177.10

178.52

179.94

181.45

182.77

184.00

184.87

185.64

186.20

186.62

187.18

March 24

167.48

167.30

167.15

167.00

166.89

166.74

166.62

166.52

166.35

166.18

166.05

165.90

March 13

185.21

185.01

184.48

183.75

183.00

182.30

181.28

180.30

179.36

178.19

177.30

176.50

March 19

187.40

187.65

187.80

187.85

187.85

187.35

186.90

186.20

185.40

184.65

183.95

183.32

March 25

165.80

165.70

165.60

165.53

165.40

165.30

165.20

165.13

165.05

164.95

164.90

164.80

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9 p.m., 185.46 ft. Mar. 19, 7 a.m., 187.95 ft.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANHA REGION

Delaware River at Riegelaville, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°35'36", long. 75°ll'17n , at suspension bridge at Riegelsville,

Warren County, 600 feet above mouth of Musconetcong River, flow of which is Included 

in records subsequent to Oct. 1, 1931. Zero of gage is 125.29 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 6,344 square miles (including drainage area of Musconetcong River); 395 

square miles affected by storage in Lake Wallenpaupack, Toronto and Swinging Bridge 

reservoirs, and Lake Hopatcong.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 2 a.m. liar. 19 to 6 

p.m. Mar. 20, when It was based on flood marks and hourly gage readings.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 25,000 secondfeetj extended to peak stage by averaging discharges obtained from slope-area determination and from a curve based on shape of former curve, which was defined by currentmeter measurements to 95,000 second-feet; verified by comparison of peak discharge 

and total run-off of flood with records at other gaging stations on Delaware River.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 210,000 second-feet 8 to 10 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 32.45 

feet).

1906-35: Discharge, about 144,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage height, 25 

feet).

Maximum known stage, 35.9 feet Oct. 10, 1903, from authentic high-water marks 

(discharge, about 275,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Discharge includes flow in Delaware Division Canal. Monthly discharge and runoff, in inches, adjusted for effect of storage in Wallenpaupack Reservoir en Wallenpaupack Creek, Toronto and Swinging Bridge Reservoirs on Mongaup River, and Lake 

Hopatcong on Musconetcong River.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

7,490

7,010

7,010

6,700

6,850

6,700

6,380

5,920

6,230

6,080

Mar.

12,700

12,000

11,200

11,600

12,700

12,700

12,400

12,000

12,400

15,800

Apr.

25,000

23,500

23,000

22 , 600

19,700

30,400

51,200

46,900

37,300

33,600

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

5,460

5,460

6,080

5,920

6,080

6,230

6,230

6,080

5,760

5,610

Mar.

34,500

143,000

163,000

91,600

57,600

49,400

64,800

155,000

204,000

148,000

Apr.

32,600

32,000

31,000

34,100

34,700

31,500

28,500

25,000

21,600

18,800

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Feb.

5,610

5,610

5,460

5,160

5,010

5,920

9,840

12,400

12,700

i i *

1.08

War.

92,600

84,100

66,600

49,400

41,100

35,700

33,100

37,300

39,500

37,800

28,000

10.90

Apr.

17,500

16^700

16,700

15,400

13,500

12,400

11,600

10,900

10,900

10,200

4.27

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

&oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

5.72

5.75

5.74

5.68

5.61

5.61

5.63

5.63

5.63

5.64

5.69

5.76

12,100

12,200

12,200

11,900

11,600

11,600

11,700

11,700

11,700

11,800

12,000

12,200

March 14

21.96

21.18

20.46

19.86

19.28

18.78

18.28

17.70

17.20

16.72

16.32

15.96

115,000

108,000

102,000

97,000

92,400

88,500

84,700

80,400

76,500

73,000

70,200

67,700

March 20

29.60

28.80

28.00

27.20

26.42

25.70

24.96

24.30

23.60

22.86

22.24

21.60

183,000

175,000

168,000

161,000

154,000

147,000

141,000

135,000

129,000

123,000

117,000

112,000

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.84

5.90

5.90

5.86

5.80

5.74

5.71

5.72

5.79

5.88

6.00

6.12

12,500

12,700

12,700

12,600

12,400

12,200

12,000

12,100

12,400

12,600

13,100

13,600

March 15

15.62

15.35

15.08

14.82

14.60

14.40

14.20

13.98

13.80

13.62

13.48

13.33

65,300

63,400

61,600

59,800

58,300

57,000

55,700

54,300

53,100

52,000

51,100

50,200

March 21

21.00

20.48

20.00

19.58

19.25

19.00

18.80

18.59

18.45

18.31

18.19

18.13

106,000

102,000

98,100

94,800

92,200

90,200

88,700

87,100

86,000

85,000

84,000

83,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6.24

6.30

6.32

6.31

6.30

6.29

6.36

6.60

7.02

7.48

7.93

8.29

14,000

14,200

14,300

14,200

14,200

14,200

14,400

15,400

17,200

19,200

21,200

23,000

March 16

13.22

13.12

13.09

13.04

13.02

13.03

13.06

13.13

13.21

13.24

13.28

13.36

49,500

48,900

48,700

48,400

48,300

48,400

48,600

49,000

49,500

49,600

49,900

50,400

March 22

18.14

18.17

18.23

18.25

18.27

18.26

18.29

18.32

18.25

18.16

17.98

17.70

83,700

83,900

84,300

84,500

84,700

84,600

84,800

85,000

84,500

83,800

82,500

80,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.59

8.87

9.D6

9.22

9.44

9.76

10.15

10.72

11.67

12.67

13.79

15. 10^

24,400

25,800

26,800

27,600

28,700

30,300

32,300

35,300

40,400

46,100

53,000

61,700

March 17

13.42

13.52

13.68

13.92

14.35

14.88

15.55

16.16

16.84

17.80

18.90

19.92

50,700

51,300

52,400

53 , 900

56,600

60,200

64,800

69,100

73,900

81,100

89,400

97,500

March 23

17.40

17.07

16.72

16.39

16.02

15.74

15.40

15.15

14.90

14.63

14.40

14.18

78,000

75,500

73,000

70,700

68,100

66,200

63,800

62,000

60,300

58,500

57,000

55 , 600

Feet See . ft .

March 12

16.58

18.16

21.15

24.30

26.52

27.68

28.45

29.10

29.50

29.70

29.78

29.79

72,100

83,800

108,000

135,000

154,000

165,000

172,000

178,000

182,000

184,000

185,000

185,000

March 18

20.95

22.14

23.45

24.75

25.96

27.15

28.20

29.00

29.60

30.12

30.64

31.06

106,000

116,000

128,000

138,000

150,000

160,000

170,000

177,000

183,000

188,000

192,000

197,000

March S4

13.98

13.82

13.60

13.48

13.35

13.20

13.08

12.93

12.80

12.65

12.52

12.40

54,300

53,200

51,900

51,100

50,300

49,400

48,700

47,800

46,900

46,000

45,200

44,500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

29.75

29.65

29.40

29.04

28.60

27.98

27.26

26.45

25.44

24.52

23.60

22.78

184,000

184,000

181,000

177,000

174,000

168,000

162,000

154,000

145,000

137,000

129,000

122,000

March 19

31.46

31.88

32.22

32.45

32.45

32.40

32.20

32.00

31.70

31.44

31.07

30.40

201,000

205,000

207,000

210,000

210,000

209,000

207,000

206,000

203,000

200,000

197,000

190,000

March 25

12.26

12.18

12.08

11.96

11.83

11.75

11.64

11.55

11.47

11.40

11.52

11.25

43,700

43,200

42,600

42,000

41,300

40,800

40,200

39,800

39,300

38,900

38,500

38,100
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 177 

Delaware River at Milford, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°34'0n , long. 75°5'55n , on bridge at Milford, Hunterdon County. Zero

of gage is at mean sea level.

Gage-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings 7 a.m. Mar. 11 to midnight Mar. 24 

(except for short periods Mar. 14, 15, 19), and comparison with recorder graph at 

Riegelaville. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 132.57 feet 9 to 11 a.m. Mar. 19.

Stage of 136.2 feet reached Oct. 10, 1903.

Remarks.- Observations started Mar. 11. No record after Mar. 24. Record furnished by 

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar. Apr. Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

116.15

126.35

128.82

122.68

119.28

118.18

119.66

127.54

131.86

127.34

Apr. Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

122.86

121.90

120.22

118.20

Apr.

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

March 14

125.09

124.50

123.67

123.17

123.01

122.60

122.18

121.76

121.35

121.05

120.75

120.45

March 20

129.61

129.07

128.59

128.25

127.75

127.42

126.92

126.42

125.92

125.59

125.17

124.59

March 9

March 15

120.20

120.00

119.76

119.51

119.35

119.10

119.01

118. 93

118.85

118.68

118.51

118.39

March 21

124.25

124.01

123.59

123.02

122.76

122.51

122.34

122.18

122.10

122.18

122.10

121.93

March 10

March 16

118.31

118.26

118.18

118.10

118.10

118.10

118.10

118.10

118.18

118.18

118.18

118.26

March 22

121.85

121.85

121.85

121.85

121.93

122.02

121.93

121.93

121.93

121.93

121.86

121.76

March 11

114.85

114.95

115.10

115.26

115.43

115.68

116.01

116.35

116.85

117.81

118.35

119.26

March 17

118.35

118.39

118.43

118.60

118.94

119.18

119.68

120.10

120.60

121.26

122.01

122.60

March 23

121.51

121.36

121.02

120.60

120.43

120.02

119.85

119.69

119.51-

119.26

119.10

118. 93

March 12

120.18

121.26

122.18

124.92

126.50

128.09

128.92

129.25

129.84

129.94

130.23

130.52

March 18

123.50

124.43

125.17

125.84

126.92

127.84

128.84

129.42

130.09

130.48

130.90

131.40

March 24

118.85

118.68

118.51

118.34

118.26

118.18

118.02

117.93

117.89

117.76

117.68

117.60

March 13

130.40

130.32

130.15

129.98

129.69

129.23

128.67

128.25

127.67

127.09

126.34

125.59

March 19

131.82

132.15

132.36

132.48

132.57

132.48

132.40

131.98

131.65

131 0 07

130.57

130.07

March 25
178 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAHNA REGION 

Delaware River at Frenehtown, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°51'40B , long. 75O 4'0", on bridge at Prenchtown, Hunterdon C.ounty.

Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Gage-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings 8 a.m. Mar. 11 to midnight Mar. 24

(except for short periods Mar. 11, 14, 16), two readings a day during other periods,

and comparison with recorder graph at Riegelaville. 

Maxima.- 1956: Gage height observed, 121.95 feet 10 to 11 a.m. Mar. 19.

Stage of 124.3 feet reached Oct. 10, 1903. 

Remarks._- Observations began 8 a.m. Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint

toll Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

_

_

_

_

104.02

105.99

105.90

105.80

103.90

104.56

Apr.

105.97

105.72

105.66

105.68

105.18

106.70

109.15

108.80

107.58

107 . 13

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

106.88

116.40

118.84

113.22

109.96

108.89

110.21

117.32

121.26

117.52

Apr.

106.98

106.90

106.78

107.21

107.29

106.88

106.43

105.94

105.46

105.01

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

113.21

112.32

110.76

109.05

108.04

107.36

106.96

107.56

107.93

107.02

106.42

Apr.

104.79

104.64

104.68

104.42

104.07

103.86

103,66

103.56

103.45

103.35

Sage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

103.84

103.84

103.85

105.81

103.80

105.79

105.77

105.75

103.75

103.77

103.80

105.85

March 14

115.50

114. 80

114.30

113.79

113.35

113.00

112.63

112.28

112.00

111.61

111.46

111.66

March 20

119. 16

119.51

118.49

118.16

117.81

117.33

116.95

116.58

116.17

115.11

115.27

114. 80

March 9

105.87

105.90

105.92

105.95

103.93

103.90

105.87

105.85

105.84

105.89

105.94

104.00

March 15

110.72

110.56

110.40

110.21

110.02

109.86

109.76

109.65

109.52

109.31

109.21

109.00

March 21

114.48

114.06

113.76

113.48

113.30

112.99

112.80

112.72

112.62

112.43

112.56

112.24

March 10

104.06

104.15

104.20

104.28

104.31

104.35

104.58

104.43

104.49

104.56

104.70

104.85

March 16

108.95

108.91

108.87

108.85

108.85

108.85

108.85

108.85

108.90

108.90

108.90

109.00

^ March 22

112.27

112.29

112.31

112.37

112.40

112.40

112.40

112.40

112.35

112.52

112.18

112.01

March 11

105.15

105 .55

106.00

106.32

106.52

106.72

107.05

107.37

107.80

108.45

108.75

109.00

March 17

109.05

109.10

109.14

109.54

109.63

109.90

110.22

110.60

110.99

111.40

112.20

112.90

March 25

111.18

111.35

111.51

111.26

111.03

no. eo

110.58

110.45

110.18

110.06

109.85

109.69

March 12

109.43

111.16

112.87

114.20

116.85

118.40

119.15

119.70

119.96

120.41

120.13

120.21

March 18

113.68

114.49

115.16

115.95

116.72

117.57

118.50

119.05

119.55

120.02

120.50

120.75

March 24

109.57

109.47

109.35

109.21

109.12

109.02

108.93

108.85

108.77

108.64

108.53

108.49

March 13

120.50

121.62

120.41

119.91

119.55

119.20

118.12

118.20

117.10

117.02

116.55

116.55

March 19

121.11

121.48

121.57

121.80

121.93

121.72

121.67

121.55

121.20

120.64

120.14

119.78

March 25

108.40

108.30

108.25

108.17

108.10

108.00

107.95

107.90

107.85

107.80

107.70

107.65

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 10 to 13 a.m., 121.95 ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 179

Delaware River at Point Pleasant, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°25*25", long. 75°3'50'1 , on bridge at Point Pleasant, Bucks County.

Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Sage-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings during the day Mar. 5 to Mar. 25, two

readings a day thereafter, and comparison with recorder graphs at Riegelsville and

Trenton. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 98.64 feet 3 p.m. Mar. 19.

Stage of 101.40 feet reached Oct. 10-11, 1903. 

Remarks.- Observations started Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint Toll

Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

76.90

76.85

75.78

75.38

75.58

76.99

Apr.

78.92

77.58

77.54

77.58

77.89

79.70

82.10

81.62

80.14

78.65

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

80.68

91.43

95.44

87.66

83.38

81.68

83.71

92.92

98.01

93.31

Apr.

79.24

79.18

79.02

79.90

79.69

79.20

78.90

78.45

77.35

76.66

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

87.56

86.75

84.01

82,42

80.34

79.78

79.45

80.58

80.30

79.13

78.96

Apr.

76.34

76.66

76.64

75.77

75.38

75.06

74.64

74.54

74.46

74.28

Sage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1936

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

75.40

75.40

75.35

75.36

75.36

75.36

75.37

75.37

75,38

75.40

75.40

75.40

March 14

90.50

89.70

89.00

88.47

87.48

87.43

87.37

87.09

86.00

85.60

85.20

84.90

March 20

96.40

95.90

95.40

94.90

93.56

93.98

92.38

92.31

91.20

90,50

90.00

89.45

March 9

75.45

75.50

75.55

75.54

75.54

75.54

75.55

75.55

75.55

75.65

75.80

76.00

March 15

84.50

84.20

83.90

83.38

83.36

83.34

83.33

83.31

83.30

82.40

82.15

82.00

March 21

88.95

88.45

88.00

87.55

87.28

87.18

87.06

87.06

87.10

87.00

86.90

86.85

March 10

76.35

76.70

76.90

76,95

76.95

76.95

76.96

76.96

76.96

77.20

77.80

78.50

March 16

81.85

81.75

81.65

81.63

81.62

81.62

81.62

81.61

81.61

81.65

81.65

81.70

March 22

86.85

86.85

86.90

86.99

86.99

86.90

86.90

86.84

86.93

86.60

86.10

85.50

March 11

79.20

79.70

79.90

79.94

79.96

79.98

80.22

81,74

81.97

82.17

82.49

83.20

March 17

81.75

81.85

82.00

82.10

82.11

83.00

84.62

84.95

84.98

85.80

86.70

87.60

March 23

84.43

84.41

84.41

84.43

84.41

84.34

84.24

83.29

83.29

83.28

83.25

83.20

' March 12

84.20

85.20

86.30

87.72

90.05

94.00

95.65

95.00

95.00

96.50

97.20

97.40

March 18

88.50

89.40

90.35

91.30

91.90

92.89

94.92

94.64

95.68

96.25

96.80

97.20

March 24

83.15

83.10

83.00

82.99

82.98

82.94

82.82

82.47

81.46

81.25

80.95

80.70

March 13

97.45

97.45

97.30

96.40

96.87

95.55

95.95

94.28

94.10

93.30

92.30

91.30

March 19

97.60

97.90

98.15

98.35

98.55

98.63

98.63

98.35

98.00

97.65

97.25

96.85

March 25

80.55

80.40

80.35

80.13

80.12

80.10

80.39

80.38

80.37

80.37

80.35

80.35

Supplemental records.- Mar. 13, 11 a.m., 96.88 ft. Mar. 19, 3 p.m., 98.64 ft.
180 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Delaware River at Lambertville, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°21'5011 , long. 74°56 I 5511 , on bridge at Lambertville, Hunterdon County. 

Zero of gage is at mean sea level.

Gage-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings 1 a.m. Mar. 5 to midnight Mar. 25

(except Mar. 8, and short periods Mar. 9-12, 14-18, 21-25), two readings daily thereafter, and comparison with recorder graphs at Riegelsville and Trenton.

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height observed, 67.00 feet 1 to 2 p.m. Mar. 19. 

Stage of 70.00 feet reached Oct. 11, 1903.

Remarks.- Observations started Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint Toll 

Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

50.45

50.40

50.20

50.15

50.25

50.75

Apr.

51.92

51.68

51.64

51.64

51.28

52.70

54.60

54.48

53.34

52.96

Bay

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

53.31

60.58

64.08

58.51

55.47

54.42

55.21

61.78

66.42

62.78

Apr.

52.83

52.74

52.65

52.85

53.04

52.66

52.30

51.88

51.48

51.14

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

58.57

57.47

56.32

54.65

53.74

53.12

52.86

53.34

53.62

52.88

52.30

Apr.

50.94

50.80

50.78

50.67

50.38

50.24

50.06

49.96

49.90

49.80

Gage height, in feet, at Indicated time, 1936

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

50.15

March 14

60.38

59.90

59.55

59.23

58.79

58.40

58.00

57.70

57.40

57.11

56.76

56.47

March 20

64.99

64.55

64.04

63.58

63.18

62.74

62.32

61.87

61.52

61.07

60.65

60.25

March 9

50.30

50.35

50.30

50.20

50.20

50.20

50.20

50.20

50.20

50.20

50.30

50.40

March 15

56.26

56.05

55.85

55.69

55.55

55.40

55.25

55.15

55.05

54.93

54.82

54.72

March 21

59.82

59.50

59.20

58.90

58.60

58.38

58.10

57.98

57.87

57.82

57.75

57.66

March 10

50.50

50.55

50.55

50.55

50.55

50.55

50.70

50.85

50.95

51.10

51.25

51.40

March 16

54.63

54.55

54.45

54.38

54.35

54.35

54.35

54.35

54.35

54.35

54.35

54.35

March 22

57.60

57.50

57.45

57.45

57.45

57.45

57.40

57.40

57.45

57.45

57.44

57.44

March 11

51.60

51.85

52.15

52.40

52.75

52.98

53.62

54.10

54.51

54.89

55.29

55.76

March 17

54.42

54.45

54.50

54.59

54.73

54.90

55.10

55.40

55.76

56.12

56.65

57.36

March 23

57.22

57.05

56.90

56.69

56.48

56.29

56.05

55.91

55.76

55.58

55.46

55.36

March 12

5'6.25

56.70

57.10

57.96

59.44

61.10

62.35

63.19

63.84

64.20

64.46

64.95

March 18

58.08

58.90

59.80

60.65

61.20

61.85

62.65

63.20

64.00

64.57

65.03

65.38

March 24

55.16

55.00

54.90

54.80

54.69

54.60

54.53

54.45

54.37

54.30

54.22

54.15

March 13

65.11

65.15

65.08

65.05

64.85

64.60

64.20

63.80

63.27

62.70

62.01

61.38

March 19

65.75

66.05

66.39

66.69

66.81

66.90

67.00

66.87

66.72

66.41

65.99

65.45

March 25

54.09

54.00

53.90

53.84

53.76

53.71

53.65

53.60

53.57

53.51

53.46

53.42

Supplemental records.- Mar. 13, 5 a.m., 65.17 ft. Mar. 19, 1 to 2 p.m., 67.00 ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 181

Delaware River at Washington Crossing, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°17'40n , long. 74°52'1011 , on bridge at Washington Crossing, Mercer

County. Zero of gage, mean sea level. 

Sage-height record.- Baaed on hourly gage readings during the day Mar. 6-25, two readings daily thereafter, and comparison with recorder graph at Trenton. 

Maxima.- 1936: Stage observed, 47.30 feet 4 p.m. Mar. 19. 

Remarks.- Observations started Mar. 6. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint Toll

Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, :.n feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

-

_

-

_

_

30.33

29.00

27.78

27.71

28.39

Apr.

29.87

29.56

29.47

29.49

29.00

30.60

33.15

33.05

31.60

31.10

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

31.44

40.12

45.46

38.36

34.36

32.94

33.91

41.39

46.71

43.24

Apr.

30.95

30.82

30.72

30.90

31.20

30.76

30.30

29.78

29.28

28.82

. °ay

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

38.35

36.82

35.59

33.29

32.12

31.36

30.98

31.60

31.96

31.06

30.36

Apr.

28.58

28.30

28.30

28.22

27.83

27.62

27.38

27.24

27.16

27.05

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1936

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

27.90

27.90

27.90

27.85

27.85

27.85

27.80

27.75

27.70

27.70

27.70

27.70

March 14

41.10

40.30

39.70

39..15

38.61

38.17

37.68

37.32

36.91

36.50

36.10

35.75

March 20

45.90

45.20

44.60

44.05

43.60

43.17

42.75

42.25

41.80

41.30

40.80

40.40

March 9

27.70

27.75

27.70

27.67

27.68

27.68

27.68

27.63

27.63

27.70

27.80

27.90

March 15

35.45

35.15

34.90

34.65

34.43

34.26

34.08

33.91

33.80

33.65

33.50

33.36

March 21

40.00

39.55

39.15

38.80

38.45

38.10

37.80

37.66

37.45

37.36

37.20

37.10

March 10

28.00

28.10

28.10

28.06

28.09

28.11

28.23

28.47

28.70

29.00

29.20

29.45

March 16

33.25

33.10

33.00

32.91

32.87

32.82

32.79

32.81

32.80

32.85

32.90

32.95

March 22

37.00

36.83

36.77

36.82

36.79

36.74

36.75

36.80

36.80

36.80

36.80

36.80

March 11

29.60

29.80

30.00

30.32

30.63

31.21

31.85

32.50

32.84

33.20

33.60

34.10

March 17

33.00

33.05

33.05

33.11

33.48

33.52

33.84

34.10

34.54

35.05

35.60

36.30

March 23

36.75

36.65

36.45

36.18

35.90

35.76

35.17

34.98

34.84

34.60

34.35

34.15

March 12

34.60

35.20

35.90

36.70

37.90

39.78

42.00

43.78

44.70

45.25

45.65

45.95

March 18

37.30

38.60

39.50

40.24

40.82

41.55

42.29

42.93

43.68

44.25

44.80

45.20

March 24

33.95

33.75

33.60

33.47

33.35

33.24

33.13

33.05

32.94

32.85

32.75

32.65

March 13

46.20

46.35

46.40

46.40

46.30

46.21

46.08

46.00

45.02

43.80

42.80

41.90

March 19

45.65

46.05

46.40

46.76

47.04

47.20

47.26

47.30

47.25

47.06

46.80

46.40

March 25

32.55

32.45

32.35

32.28

32.19

32.11

32.05

31.98

31.89

31.80

31.70

31.65
182 FLOODS OF MARCH 19S6--HUDSOH TO STJSQTJEHAKKA REGION 

Delaware River at Yardley, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°14'45'1 , long. 74°50'10", on bridge at Yardley, Bucks County. Zero

of gage is at mean aea level. 

Sage-height record.- Based on hourly gage readings during the day for period Mar. 8-17,

hourly readings day and night Mar. 18-25 (except for short periods Mar. 19, 20, 22),

and two readings daily thereafter; and comparison with recorder graph at Trenton. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height, 35.90 feet 2 to 3 p.m. Mar. 19, from graph baaed on gage

readings.

Stage of 38.80 feet reached Oct. 11, 1903. 

Remarka.- Observations started Mar. 5. Record furnished by Delaware River Joint Toll

Bridge Commission.

Mean gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mar.

22.00

21.92

21.35

19.79

18.44

18.94

Apr.

20.46

20.15

20.07

20.10

19.66

21.20

23.60

23.51

22.20

21.66

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mar.

21.95

29 0 12

33.25

28.36

24,76

23.33

24.04

30.42

35.21

35.31

Apr.

21.48

21.39

21.30

21.44

21,72

21.18

20.86

20.30

19.86

19.46

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mar.

28.12

26.77

25.66

23.73

22.64

21.90

21.50

22.14

22.48

21.62

20.94

Apr.

19.21

18.93

18.96

18.95

18.58

18.30

18.09

17.94

17.88

17.77

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, 1956

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

u

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Hour

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

March 8

20.65

20.40

20.20

20.09

20.08

20.06

19.83

19.22

19.17

19.05

18.90

18.80

March 14

30.80

30.20

29.65

29.15

28.44

27.97

27.59

27.26

27.00

26.85

26.60

26.35

March 20

34.30

33.90

33.45

33.02

32.67

32.31

31.90

31.54

31.14

30.77

30.37

29. 9&

March 9

18.60

18.50

18.40

18.38

18.37

18.39

18.38

18.34

18.32

18.40

18.50

18.65

March 15

26.00

25.75

25.40

25.06

24.76

24.55

24.41

24.27

24.10

24.00

23.85

23.70

March 21

29.53

29.17

28.78

28.55

28.25

27.90

27.68

27.45

27.34

27.21

27.10

27.01

March 10

18.70

18.75

18.75

18.70

18.75

18.78

18.86

19.00

19.11

19.25

19.45

19.65

March 16

23.60

23.50

23.40

23.33

23.28

23.25

23.21

23.20

23.20

23.20

23.25

23.30

March 22

26.92

26.84

26.77

26.73

26.76

26.74

26.74

26.76

26.72

26.70

26.71

26.68

March 11

19.90

20.10

20.35

20.67

21.21

21.70

22.35

22.97

23.56

24.00

24.40

24.80

March 17

23.35

23.45

23.55

23.57

23.60

23.70

23.93

24.20

24.37

24.80

25.40

25.90

March 23

26.57

26.43

26.28

26.11

25.90

25.67

25.45

25.28

25.10

24.83

24.67

24.51

March 12

25.15

25.60

26.10

26.67

27.48

29.00

30.52

31.60

32.42

32.66

33.10

33.45

March 18

26.66

27.64

28.13

29.57

30.17

30.66

31.25

31.83

32.50

33.09

33.59

33.93

March 24

24.35

24.20

24.05

23.92

23.80

23.69

23.57

23.46

23.39

23.30

23.21

23.12

March 13

33.71

33.90

34.05

34.05

33.95

33.75

33.53

33.10

32.62

32.20

31.80

31.30

March 19

34.29

34.61

34.93

35.19

35.40

35.70

35.90

35.87

35.87

35.52

35.14

34.76

March 25

23.02

22.93

22.85

22.77

22.67

22.61

22.55

22.48

22.43

22.36

22.30

22.25

Supplemental records.- Mar. 13, 5 a.m., 34.03 ft. Mar. 19, 2 to 3 p.m., 35.90 ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 183 

Delaware River at Trenton, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°13'18't , long. 74°46'38'1 , 200 feet above CaUioun Street Bridge,

Trenton, Mercer County, half a mile above mouth of Assunpink Creek. Zero of gage is

7.77 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage are a.- 6,796 square miles; 395 square miles affected by storage in Lake Wallenpaupaok, Toronto and Swinging Bridge reservoirs, and Lake Hopatcong. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Dec. 23 to Jan. 6, Jan. 20 to 4 p.m. Mar. 10.

Defined by current-meter measurements below 225,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 227,000 second-feet 3 to 4 p.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 16,66

1913-35: Discharge, about 160,000 aecond-feet Mar. 28-29, 1913 (gage height, 

13.3 feet); maximum stage, 14.2 feet Mar. 5, 1934, due to ice jam.

Remarks.- Discharge during period of ice effect determined by comparison with record of 

Delaware River at Riegelsville. Monthly table gives discharge and run-off, in inches, 

corrected for storage on Wallenpaupack Creek, Toronto and Swinging Bridge reservoirs 

on Mongaup River in Lake Hopatcong. No diversion during February, March, and April.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

Fab.

8,800

8,000

8,000

7,600

7,800

7,600

7,200

6,700

7,100

6,900

Mar.

14,500

13,500

12,800

13,400

14,500

14,500

14,000

14,000

14,700

18,400

Apr.

27,500

25,700

24,800

24,800

22,100

32,800

52,000

50,800

40,800

36,600

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

6,300

6,300

6,900

6,700

6,900

7,100

7,100

6,800

6,500

6,400

Mar.

39,600

124,000

187,000

107,000

64,800

52,000

58,400

139,000

214,000

168,000

Apr.

35,500

34,500

33,500

34,500

36,600

33,500

30,500

27,500

23,900

21,200

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

6,400

6,400

6,300

5,900

5,700

6,800

11,200

14,100

14,400

7

OCT

1.15

Mar.

104,000

86,000

74,200

54,500

44,100

38,700

35,500

39,700

43,000

36,600

31,500

fi'z oan

10.73

Apr.

19,500

18,300

17,900

17,500

15,200

14,200

12,800

12,500

11,900

11,600

oe, ^rpn

4.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Seo.ft.

March 8

6.22

6.19

6.07

6.02

5.96

5.96

5.90

6.06

5.91

5.79

5.83

5.90

14,000

14,200

14,200

14,200

14,200

14,100

13,900

13,700

13,700

13,600

13,700

13,900

March 14

12.29

11.75

11.36

10.97

10.53

10.14

9.80

9.50

9.25

9.00

8.73

8.47

139,000

130,000

123,000

116,000

110,000

103,000

98,000

93,500

89,800

86,000

82,000

78,000

March 20

15.58

15.24

14.90

14.50

13.10

13.79

13.50

13.19

12.82

12.42

12.04

11.69

204,000

196,000

189,000

181,000

173,000

167,000

162,000

156,000

148,000

141,000

135,000

129,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.58

5.16

4.62

4.42

4.18

3,92

3.85

3.96

3.67

3.43

3.38

3.40

14,000

14,200

14,500

14,800

15,000

15,200

15,200

15,000

14,700

14,500

14,500

15,000

March 15

8.24

8.02

7.85

7.71

7.55

7.41

7.27

7.16

7.07

6.98

6.88

6.77

74,800

71,700

69,400

67,500

65,400

63,600

61,800

60,400

59,200

58,100

56,800

55,400

March 21

11.42

11.10

10.80

10.51

10.24

10.02

9.88

9.68

9.52

9.41

9.32

9.23

124,000

119,000

114,000

109,000

105,000

101,000

99,200

96,200

93,800

92,200

90,800

89,400

Peet Seo.ft.

March 10

3.35

3.32

3.30

3.32

3.34

3.33

3.30

3.25

3.31

3.47

3.62

3.78

15,600

16,200

17,000

17,500

18,000

18,000

18,000

18,500

19,600

20,900

22,300

22,700

Marc-h 16

6.67

6.58

6.52

6.48

6.44

6.40

6.37

6.36

6.36

6.38

6.40

6.42

54,100

53,000

52,200

51,800

51,300

50,800

50,400

50,300

50,300

50,600

50,800

51,000

March 22

9.17

9.10

9.04

9.01

8.99

8.98

9.01

9.01

9.00

8.98

8.95

8.92

88, 600

87,500

86,600

86,200

85,800

85,700

86,200

86,200

86,000

85,700

85,200

84,800

Feet Seo.ft.

March 11

3.92

4.10

4.31

4.57

4.81

5.13

5.55

6.03

6.47

6.77

6.97

7.49

25,000

26,600

28,600

31,200

33,600

36,900

41,400

46,600

51,600

55,400

58,000

64,700

March 17

6.44

6.47

6.50

6.55

6.62

6.69

6.82

7.02

7.28

7.62

7.99

8.43

51,300

51,600

52,000

52,600

53,500

54,400

56,100

58,600

61,900

66,400

71,300

77,400

March 23

8.89

8.82

8.67

8.50

8.33

8.14

7.99

7.86

7.70

7.53

7.38

7.23

84,400

83,300

81,000

78,500

76,000

73,400

71,300

69,500

67,400

65,200

63,200

61,300

Feet Seo.ft.

March 12

7.85

8.11

8.50

8.97

9.68

10.97

12.40

13.25

13.85

14.46

14.90

15.12

69,400

72,900

78,500

85,600

96,200

116,000

141,000

157,000

168,000

180,000

189,000

193,000

March 18

8.97

9.83

10.67

11.37

11.92

12.41

12.87

13.38

13.87

14.32

14.80

15.07

85,600

98,400

112,000

123,000

132,000

141,000

149,000

160,000

168,000

177,000

187,000

192,000

March 24

7.12

7.04

6.93

6.81

6.71

6.61

6.53

6.49

6.42

6.33

6,25

6.19

59,900

58,900

57,500

55,900

54,600

53 ,300

52,400

51,900

51,000

50,000

49,000

48,400

Peet Sec.ft.

March 13

15.22

15.28

15.31

15.34

15.25

15.10

14.88

14.58

14.23

13.78

13.34

12.80

196,000

197,000

198,000

199,000

196,000

193,000

189,000

183,000

176,000

167,000

159,000

148,000

March 19

15.41

15.57

15.88

16.09

16.30

16.50

16.60

16.65

16.58

16.40

16.16

15.90

200,000

203,000

210,000

215,000

219,000

224,000

226,000

227,000

226,000

221,000

216,000

210,000

March 25

6.12

6.08

6.02

5.94

5.88

5.83

5.78

5.73

5.70

5.63

5.58

5.53

47,600

47,200

46,500

45,600

45,000

44,400

43,900

43,300

43,000

42,200

41,700

41,100

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 3 to 4 p.m., 16.66 ft,, 227,000 sec.-ft.

155158 O 37 13
184 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSftUEHANNA REGION 

Beaver Kill at Cooks Palls, H. Y.

location.- Lat. 41°56 T 5011 , long. 74°58 T 45", about 125 feet below highway bridge in 

Cooks Palls, Delaware County, 5 1/2 miles below mouth of Willowemoc Creek.

Drainage area.- 241 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph, except for period Feb. 1-8.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 1,600 second-feet; extended to peak stage on basis of 

slope-area determination of flood flow.

Maxima.- 14.89 1936: Discharge, 18,600 second-feet, about 11 a.m. Mar. 18 (gaee height, feet) . =.=>-,

1913-35: Discharge, 19,000 second-feet (revised) Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 

17.8 feet, former site, from flood marks).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1 240 

2 240 

3 220 

4 220 

5 220 

6 220 

7 220 

8 220 

9 220 

10 200

Mar.

380 

340 

320 

300 

360 

300 

280 

260 

260 

480

Apr. I

890 

935 

1,050 

813 

692 

4,150 

2,880 

1,970 

1,480 

1,440

)ay

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

Feb.

200 

200 

200 

220 

220 

240 

260 

260 

220 

220

Mean monthly discharge, in second-fee 

Run-off , in inches ...................

Mar.

3,600 

9,140 

4,060 

2,120 

1,720 

2,090 

7,800 

12,700 

6,110 

3,490

Apr.

1,440 

1,440 

2,110 

2,040 

2,170 

1,410 

1,410 

1,200 

1,020 

860

Day

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Feb.

200 

200 

190 

190 

190 

200 

300 

380 

420

232 

1.04

Mar.

3,660 

2,770 

1,900 

1,510 

1,350 

1,140 

1,640 

2,370 

1,570 

1,260 

1,050

2,462 

11.78

Apr.

910 

935 

760 

670 

606 

585 

524 

471 

448 

445

1,258 

5.82

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

H

4 

6 

8 

10 

N 

2 

4 

6 

8, 

10 

M

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

N 

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

H

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

N 

Z 

4 

6 

8 

10 

M

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 8

-

3.20

"

«260

March 14

6.18 

5.92 

5.63

5.37 

5.15

2,500 

2,270 

2,030

1,840 

1,680

March 20

7.70 

7.13 

6.73 

6.50

4,010 

3,390 

3,000 

2,790

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

-

3.31

-

«26C

March 15

4.97

4.87 

5.10 

5.73 

5.69

1,560

1,490 

1,650 

2,110 

2,080

March 21

6.43 

7.10

8.08

7.75 

7.30

2,730 

3,360 

4,440

4,060 

3,570

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

3

3 

4 

11

.54

,55 

.51 

.80

424

441 

522 

658

March 16

5 

5

5 

5 

6 

7

.51 

43

45 

85 

SO 

55

1,940 

1,880

1,900 

2,210 

2,790 

3,840

March 22

6 

6 

6 

5.

85 

40 

08

84

3,110 

2,700 

2,410 

2,200

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 11

12.10

6.12 

9.22 

12.00

920

2,450

5,990 

11,000

March 17

8.50 

10,00 

10.43 

10.45 

10.25 

10.03 

10.00 

10.30 

10.65 

11.30 

11.70 

11.85

4,970 

7,200 

7,940 

7,980 

7,620 

7,250 

7,200 

7,710 

8,340 

9,600 

10,400 

10,700

March 23

5.54 

5.31 

5.12

1,960 

1,800 

1,660

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 12

12.75 

12.00

10.70 

10.30 

10.00 

9.15

12,500 

11,000

8,430 

7,710 

7,200 

5,880

March 18

12.07 

12.30 

13.15 

14.15 

14.80 

14.70 

13.90 

12.90 

11.90 

11.10 

10.60 

10.10

11,100 

11,600 

13,300 

16,000 

17,900 

17,600 

15,200 

12,800 

10,800 

9,200 

8,250 

7,370

March 24

5.00 

4.82 

4.77

1,580 

1,450 

1,420

Feet Sec. ft.

March 13

8.70 

8.00

7.50 

7.13 

6.77 

6.40

5,250 

4,340

3,790 

3,390 

3,030 

2,700

March 19

9,75 

9.70 

9.90 9.80' 

9.55 

9.35

9.15 

8.60 

8.25

6,800 

6,720 

7,040 

6,880 

6,480 

6,180

5,880 

5,110 

4,640

March 25

4.67 

4.52

1,360 

1,270

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 8 a.m., 12.90 ft., 1,200 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 7 a.m. 

10.50 ft.j 8,070 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 11 a.m., 14.89 ft., 18,600 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 185

Little Beaver Kill near Livingston Manor, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°52'20", long. 74°47'55n , Similes southeast of Livingston Manor,

Sullivan County, and 3 miles above mouth of Cattail Brook. 

Drainage area.- 19.8 square miles. 

Qage-helght re'cord.- Prom graph based on twice-daily gage readings, flood mark,and

comparison with Beaver Kill water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-26, Mar. 2, 6-8. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 460 second-feet; extended to peak stage on basis of slope- 

 area determination of flood flow. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge. 2,440 second-feet about 10 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 8.49

feet, from flood marks).

1924-35: Discharge, 2,500 second-feet Aug. 26, 1928 (gage height, 8.7 feet,

from flood marks). 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not materially affected by artificial storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

15

14

14

14

13

12

12

11

10

10

Mar.

27

26

24

23

30

22

20

22

28

139

Apr.

52

74

90

56

106

800

234

176

94

119

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

9

9

8.5

10

11

12

12

11

10

10

Mar.

735

1,220

470

227

212

230

1,100

1,480

650

297

Apr.

115

133

270

166

196

125

83

67

61

50

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

9

8.5

8.5

10

12

24

34

32

30

0.74

Mar.

526

220

125

94

88

67

203

254

106

80

67

16.53

Apr.

56

61

46

36

31

34

28

27

28

28

115

6.48

Page height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 6

_

_

_

2.10

_

_

_

_

1.70

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

*22

_

_

_

-

_

-

March 14

-

-

2.83

-

-

2.73

.

-

2.63

-

_

2.54

-

-

250

-

-

219

-

_

190

_

_

167

March 20

-

-

3.13

_

-

2.91

_

_

2.78

_

2.67

-

_

362

_

_

278

_

_

234

-

_

202

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

-

_

-

1.68

-

-

_

_

1.76

-

_

-

_

-

-

24

_

_

_

_

32

_

_

-

March 15

-

-

2.46

-

2.47

3.05

_

2.90

_

_

2.66

-

_

148

_

150

_

330

~

275

_

_

199

March 21

-

2.90

_

3.95

-

4.20

_

3.76

_

3.40

_

3.05

_

275

-

690

_

790

_

614

_

470

_

330

Feet 'Sec.ft.

March 10

_

-

_

1.85

-

2.00

_

2.60

_

3.03

_

3.98

_

_

-

42

-

64

_

182

_

322

_

303

Maroh 16

-

_

_

2.60

-

2.60

_

_

2.85

_

4.10

_

-

182

_

~

182

_

-

258

_

750

March 22

_

_

2.83

_

_

2.71

_

_

2.61

_

_

2.50

_

_

250

_

_

213

_

_

185

_

_

157

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

2 0 96

_

3.17

_

3.59

_

4.34

_

5.55

_

6.75

_

296

_

378

-

546

_

846

_

1,330

_

1,810

March 17

-

4.87

_

4.47

_

4.36

_

4.70

_

5.90

_

6.50

_

1,060

_

898

_

854

_

990

_

1,470

_

1,710

March 23

-

-

_

_

_

2.35

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

*125

_

_

-

-

_

-

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 12

_

6.20

_

5.55

-

5.08

_

4.95

_

4.50

_

4.10

_

1,590

_

1,330

-

1,140

_

1,090

-

910

_

750

March 18

-

6.32

_

7.80

8.49

7.40

_

5.00

_

4.05

_

3.74

-

1,640

-

2,230

2,440

2,070

_

1,110

_

730

_

606

March 24

-

_

_

_

_

2.18

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

*94

_

_

_

_

_

-

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

_

_

_

3.57

_

_

_

3.18

_

_

_

2.94

_

_

_

538

_

_

_

382

_

_

_

289

March 19

_

4.00

_

3.86

-

4.15

_

3.90

_

3.63

_

3.40

_

710

-

654

-

770

_

670

_

562

_

470

March 25

-

_

-

_

_

2.15

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

*ee

_

_

_

_

_

-

*Mean for the day.
186 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SuSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Weat Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°0<10n , long. 75°S3'15 11 , at highway bridge in Hale Eddy, Delaware

 Co-unty, 9 miles above confluence with East Branch of Delaware River, Zero of gage 

is 946.34 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 593 square miles.

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

StaRe-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 5,260 second-feet; extended to peak stage on basis of logarithmic 

plotting and shape of outside staff-gage rating,which was defined by current-meter 

measurements below 23,000 second-feet; verified by comparison of peak discharge and 

total run-off of flood with records for other streams in Delaware River Basin.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 25,900 second-feet 4:20 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 14.22 

feet)»

1912-35: Discharge, about 26,500 second-feet Sept. 30, 1924 (gage height, 

about 15.8 feet, from granh based on gage readings).

Maximum known discharge, about 46,000 second-feet Oct. 10, 1903 (gage height, 

20.3 feet).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by artificial storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

500

500

480

480

480

460

460

440

440

420

Mar.

800

700

650

650

800

950

800

700

750

1,300

Apr.

1,740

1,720

3,160

1,760

1,560

2,050

3,290

2,910

2,600

2,680

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

420

400

400

420

440

440

440

440

420

420

Mar.

8,500

21,700

10,700

5,170

4,090

5,930

12,100

22,300

17,000

9,480

Apr.

2,740

3,100

4,400

4,490

3,900

3,360

2,820

2,390

2,120

1,820

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

420

400

380

380

440

500

650

850

900

0.87

Mar.

8,400

8,470

5,090

3,690

3,070

2,470

2,380

2,960

2,340

2,010

1,940

10.53

Apr.

1,690

2,070

1,600

1,400

1,280

1,180

1,060

939

864

786

2,216

4.17

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

_

5.85

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

*700

_

_

_

-

_

-

March 14

-

7.91

-

7.59

_

7.29

-

7.06

-

6.94

_

6.85

_

6,100

_

5,500

_

4,970

_

4,600

-

4,400

_

4,260

March 20

-

10.29

-

9.86

_

9.46

_

9.07

-

8.71

-

8.38

_

11,400

_

10,400

_

9,390

-

8,500

-

7,720

_

7,030

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

-

_

_

_

_

5.89

_

_

_

-

-

6.37

_

_

_

_

,.

«750

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

6.73

_

6.59

_

6.45

_

6.54

-

6.95

_

7.33

_

4,080

_

3,890

_

3,690

_

3,820

_

4,420

_

5,040

March 21

_

8.15

_

8.35

_

8.85

_

9.33

_

9.95

_

10.27

_

6,570

_

6,970

_

8,020

_

9,090

_

10,600

_

11,400

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

-

_

6.59

_

_

6.79

_

_

7.42

_

-

8.56

-

_

_

_

_

*1,300

_

-

_

-

_

-

March 16

_

7.52

_

7.63

_

7.70

_

7.96

_

8.15

8.27

8.54

_

5,380

_

5,570

_

5,700

_

6,190

-

6,570

6,810

7,360

March 22

_

9.83

_

9.38

_

8.95

_

8.62

-

8.30

_

8.00

-

10,300

_

9,200

_

8,240

_

7,530

_

6,870

_

6,270

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

8.78

8.98

9.21

9.61

9.91

9.58

9.40

9.90

10.65

12.63

12.80

12.94

3,360

3,860

4,480

5,290

6,230

7,380

8,570

10,300

12,400

14,100

15,900

17,900

March 17

8.96

9.37

9.64

9.92

10.20

10.45

10.73

10.98

11.25

11.57

11.85

12.10

8,260

9,180

9,820

10,500

11,200

11,800

32,700

13,400

14,200

15,200

16,000

16,900

r March 23

-

-

7.64

_

_

7.32

_

_

7.03

_

_

6.81

_

-

5,590

_

_

5,020

_

_

4,550

_

_

4,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

13.10

13.47

13.68

13.81

13.89

13.97

13.71

13.45

13.15

12.79

12.41

11.98

20,200

22,400

23,200

23,800

24,200

24,600

23,400

22,300

21,100

19,700

18,100

16,400

March 18

12.34

12.59

12.96

13.34

13.74

14.01

14.17

14.21

13.92

13.66

13.45

13.25

17,900

18,900

20,300

21,900

23,500'

24,800

25,600

25,800

24,400

23,100

22,300

21,500

March 24

_

-

6.62

_

_

6.44

_

-

6.26

_

_

6.14

_

-

3,930

_

-

3,680

_

-

3,440

_

_

3,290

Faet Sec.ft.

March 13

-

11.19

_

10.47

_

9.80

_

9.24

_

8.71

_

8.26

-

14,100

_

11,900

_

10,200

_

8,880

_

7,720

_

6,790

March 19

_

12.95

_

12.54

_

11.95

_

11.73

_

11.21

_

10.66

_

20,300

_

18,700

_

16,400

_

15,700

_

14,100

_

12,500

March 25

-

-

6.07

_

_

5.95

_

-

5.85

_

_

5.71

_

-

3,200

_

_

3,060

_

_

2,940

_

_

2,790

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 4»20 p.m., 14.22 ft., 25,900 sec.-ft. 

a.m., 10.28 ft., 11,400 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.

Mar. 22, 12:30
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 187 

Lackawaxen River at Weat Hawley, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°28'10", long. 75O ll'15n , at Riverside Bridge, at West Hawley, Wayne 

County, half a mile above mouth of Middle Creek. Zero of gage is 885.50 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 206 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Graph, baaed upon two or more chain-gage readings dally except for 

period Mar. 18-30, when record was computed by comparison with records for nearby 

atationa. Gage helghta uaed to half tentha between 2.0 and 3.0 feetj hundredths below and tenths above theae limits.

Stage-diacharge relation.- Defined to 4,000 aecond-feet by current-meter measurements; 

logarithmic extension to creat dlacharge. Affected by Ice Feb. 1-11.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 14,000 second-feet 11:15 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 15.32 

feet, from flood marks).

1921-35: Discharge, 8,180 aecond-feet (revised) Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 

11.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

135

133

135

139

137

135

135

135

135

135

Mar.

150

145

135

145

175

160

145

130

175

380

Apr.

592

702

840

565

490

1,270

1,200

1,020

840

900

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

135

135

138

145

153

148

142

137

130

129

Mar.

2,930

7,100

3,370

1,860

1,720

2,830

6,000

10,900

5 ,730

3,890

Apr.

1,080

1,140

1,020

840

840

785

620

565

515

442

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

131

135

143

149

153

158

160

158

155

141

0.74

Mar.

2,870

2,820

1,880

1,340

1,140

1,010

1,060

1,510

1,040

969

1,300

11.76

Apr.

465

592

465

373

330

290

252

238

224

217

3.56

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.96

-

2.94

2.94

_

-

2.96

-

_

_

2.99

_

_

-

-

_

*130

-

_

-

_

_

-

March 14

4.89

4.88

4.87

4.85

4.79

4.73

4.67

4.61

4.55

4.50

4.46

4.40

2,010

2,010

2,010

1,930

1,930

1,850

1,850

1,770

1,770

1,690

1,690

1,620

March 20

7.60

7.50

7.40

7.30

7.20

7.10

7.00

6.90

6.73

6.56

6.38

6.20

4,430

4,330

4,230

4,130

4,030

3,930

3,830

3,740

3,560

3,470

3,290

3,110

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

3.03

3.08

-

-

-

-

3.20

-

-

-

-

-

*175

-

-

-

_

-

-

March 15

4.38

4.34

4.34

4.36

4.40

4.46

4.53

4.61

4.71

4.74

4.76

4.80

1,620

1,550

1,550

1,620

1,620

1,690

1,690

1,770

1,850

1,850

1,930

1,930

March 21

6.08

5.98

5.90

5.82

5.74

5.72

5.74

5.80

5.90

6.00

6.10

6.20

3,020

2,930

2,840

2,750

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,750

2,840

2,930

3,020

3,110

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

_

3.32

-

3.44

-

3.56

3.60

3.70

3.82

4.00

-

-

-

-

-

*380

-

-

-

-

-

March 16

4.95

5.10

5.25

.5.40

5.55

5.75

5.95

6.15

6.38

6.60

6.90

7.20

2,090

2,170

2,250

2,410

2,570

2,750

2,930

3,110

3,290

3,470

3,740

4,030

March 22

6.24

6.28

6.24

6.18

6.06

5.94

5.80

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.30

3,110

3,200

3,110

3,110

3,020

2,840

2,750

2,660

2,570

2,490

2,410

2,330

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

4.20

4.50

4.80

5.25

5.60

6.00

6.50

7.00

7.50

8.00

8.55

9.10

-

-

-

-

-

#2,930

-

_

-

-

March 17

7.60

8.00

8.50

8.92

9.15

9.32

9.42

9.50

9.56

9.70

10.20

11.00

4,430

4,830

5,330

5,770

6,100

6,210

6,320

6,430

6,540

6,650

7,220

8,180

March 23

5.20

5.10

5.00

4.90

4.80

4.70

4.62

4.54

4.47

4.40

4.34

4.28

2,250

2,170

2,090

2,010

1,930

1,850

1,770

1,690

1,690

1,620

1,550

1,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

9.65

10.20

10.80

11.25

11.40

10.87

10.55

10.14

9.85

9.44

9.08

8.70

6,540

7,220

7,940

8,420

8,660

8,060

7,700

7,100

6,760

6,320

5,990

5,550

March 18

11.70

12.50

13.40

14.40

15.20

15.30

14.80

13.90

13.00

12.20

11.50

10.90

9,040

10,080

11,290

12,690

13,880

14,030

13,280

11,990

10,730

9,690

8,780

8,060

r" March 24

4.23

4.18

4.13

4.08

4.03

3.98

3.94

3.90

3.86

3.83

3.80

3.78

1,480

1,480

1,410

1,410

1,340

1,340

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,200

1,200

1,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.30

7.90

7.50

7.10

6.70

6.20

5.80

5.40

5.10

4.95

4.93

4.90

5,130

4,730

4,330

3,930

3,560

3,110

2,750

2,410

2,170

2,090

2,010

2,010

March 19

10.30

9.80

9.40

9.00

8.76

8.54

8.35

8.20

8.10

7.96

7.83

^7.70

7,340

6,760

6,320

5,880

5,660

5,330

5,230

5,030

4,930

4,830

4,630

4,530

March 25

3.77

3.76

3.75

3.74

3.73

3.72

3.70

3.68

3.66

3.64

3.62

3.60

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,080

1,080

1,080

Supplemental records.- liar. 18, 11:15 a.m., 15.32 ft., 14,000 see.-ft. 

 Wean for the day.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Lake Wallenpaupack at Wilsonville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°27'35lt , long. 75°ll'5lt , at Wilsonville Dam at Wilsonville, Wayne

County, lig miles south of Hawley. 

Drainage area.- 228 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Gage read at midnight to half-tenths. 

Remarks.- Contents given In the table show the usable storage. Records furnished by

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

Elevation, in feet, and contents. In millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Elevation

1,173.25

1,173.25

1,173.20

1,173.15

1,173.15

1,173.10

1,173.00

1,172.95

1,172.90

1,172.85

1,172.75

1,172.60

1,172.50

1,172.45

1,172.40

1,172.35

1,172.25

1,172.30

1,172.10

1,171.95

1,171.75

1,171.70

1,171.70

1,171.65

1,171.50

1,171.25

1,171.15

1,171.05

1,171.05

Contents

5,056

5,036

5,025

5,014

5,014

5,002

4,979

4,968

4,956

4,945

4,922

4,888

4,866

4,854

4,843

4,832

4,809

4,820

4,775

4,741

4,697

4,686

4,686

4,675

4,641

4,586

4,563

4,542

4,542

March

Elevation Contents

1,171.20

1,171.15

1,171.00

1,170.95

1,171.00

1,171.10

1,171.25

1,171.35

1,171.60

1,171.95

1,173.40

1,177.35

1,178.55

1,179.30

1,180'. 00

1,180.75

1,183.60

1,187.75

1,189.45

1,190.15

1,190.80

1,191.00

1,190.90

1,190.75

1,190.50

1,190.20

1,189.95

1,189.70

1,189.35

1,189.00

1,188.60

4,575

4,563

4,530

4,519

4,530

4,552

4,586

4,608

4,664

4,741

5,071

6,005

6,301

6,488

6,665

6,854

7,595

8,737

9,227

9,432

9,624

9,683

9,654

9,609

9,535

9,446

9,372

9,300

9,197

9,095

8,980

April

Elevation

1,188.20

1,187.80

1,187.45

1,187.30

1,187.25

1,187.40

1,187.25

1,187.25

1,187.10

1,187.00

 1,186.85

1,186.90

1,186.85

1,186.75

1,186.50

1,186.35

1,186.15

1,185.95

1,186.05

1,185.95

1,185.90

1,185.70

1,185.65

1,185.60

1,185.65

1,185.70

1,185.65

1,185.55

1,185.55

1,185.55

Contents

8,865

8,751

8,652

8,610

8,595

8,638

8,595

8,595

8,553

8,525

8,483

8,497

8,483

8,455

8,385

8,343

6, S66

8,232

8,260

8,232

8,218

8,164

8,150

8,136

8,150

8,164

8,150

8,122

8,122

8,122

February March April

Gain or loss In storage, In millions of cubic feet -494 +4,438 -858

Wallenpaupack Creek at Wilsonville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°27'35lt , long. 75°11'51', at hydroelectric plant of Pennsylvania Power 

& Light Co. with dam at Wilsonville, Wayne County, li miles south of Hawley.

Drainage area.- 228 square miles.

Remarks.- Fjow computed from output of generators. No discharge over spillway during 

year, except 38,000,000 cubic feet for period Mar. 20-26, which Is included In daily 

and monthly discharges. Dally discharge not corrected for storage. No corrections 

made for evaporation from Lake Wallenpaupack. Records furnished by Pennsylvania 

Power & Light Co.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

255

56

429

524

515

155

467

557

125

489

Mar.

44

754

452

492

591

156

80

6.2

21

168

Apr.

1,710

1,740

1,670

692

260

1,180

1,600

987

1,100

1,110

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

515

506

508

460

552

57

420

558

488

501

Mar.

350

418

213

42

0

194

567

1,090

1,680

1,780

Apr.

1,040

550

989

1,120

1,100

954

876

1,010

184

261

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Run-off, In Inches (oorrected

Feb.

515

97

6.5

518

511

882

856

497

182

0.92

Mar.

1,790

1,790

1,800

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,750

1,740

1,680

1,720

1,720

915

4.61

2 570

15.05

Apr.

640

708

585

329

124

20

388

459

212

552

 7Q1

5.74

2.25
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

Swinging Bridge Reservoir at Swinging Bridge Dam, H. T.

.Location.- lat. 41°34'20n , long. 74°47'0n , at Swinging Bridge Dam, on Mongaup River,

miles northwest of Fowleraville, Sullivan County. 

Drainage area.- 118 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Gage read about noon daily. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 1,387,000,000 cubic feet. No record of flow of

Mongaup River is avai]~^n - a <n~»»» -*- o»<_ -< n^i^^^

maan monthly discharge

There was no spillage

189

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

P

aA4- ee b

1,036.3

-

1,034.8

1,034.2

1,032.8

1,031.8

1,031.1

1,030.3

1,028.8

1,027.6

1,026.8

1,025.5

1,024.2

1,022.9

_

1,022.1

1,020.9

1,019.7

1,018.7

1,017.7

1,017.4

1,015.8

1,015.0

1,014.4

1,013 ..9

1,014.3

1,015.2

Millions of

cubic feet

576.3

547.3

536.0

510.1

492.2

479.9

466.1

441.2

421.9

409.4

389.8

370.8

352.7

_

341.9

326.5

311.7

300.0

288.6

285.2

_

268.0

259.8

253.8

248.8

262.8

261.9

March

Feet

_

1,015.4

1,015.0

1,014.7

1,014.6

1,014.9

1,015.2

.

1,016.0

1,016.8

1,021.1

1,044.9

1,055.7

1,059.9

-

1,063.4

1,065.8

1,072.4

1,070.6

1,068.4

1,069.6

1,069.7

1,070.0

1,069.8

1,069.7

1,069.5

1,069.6

_

1,069.3

1,069.4

Millions of

cubic feet

_

263.9

259.8

256.8

255.8

258.8

261.9

270.1

278.7

329.0

763.9

1,071.9

1,220.3

-

1,353.8

1,448.1

1,711.2

1,639.0

1,551.2

1,599.0

_

1,603.0

1,615.0

1,607.0

1,603.0

1,595.0

1,599.0

.

1,687.1

1,591.1

April

Feet

1,069.5

1,069.3

1,069.2

1,068.9

-

1,068.7

1,069.5

1,070.0

1,069.8

1,069.7

1,069.5

_

1,069.9

1,069.8

1,069.8

1,069.7

1,069.3

1,069.5

_

1,069.3

1,068.9

1,068.8

1,068.7

1,068.6

1,068.5

1,068.3

1,067.9

1,067.7

1,067.5

Millions of

cubic feet

1,595,0

1,587.1

1,583.1

1,571.1

1,563.2

1,595.0

1,615.0

1,607.0

1,603.0

1,595.0

1,611.0

1,607.0

1,607.0

1,603.0

1,587.1

1,595.0

1,587.1

1,571.1

1,567.1

1,563.1

1,559.2

1,555.2

_

1,547.2

1,531.3

1,523.4

1,515.4

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet -131 +497 -29.3
190 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSOH TO STJSQUEHANHA REGION 

Toronto Reservoir at Toronto Dam, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°37'151', long. 74°49'551', at Toronto Dam,on Toronto Brook, similes

south of White Lake, Sullivan County. 

Drainage area.- 23.2 square miles.

gage-height record.- Gage read about 7:30 a.m. daily. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 1,108,000,000 cubic feet. No record of flow of

Toronto Brook is available. Spillage at Toronto Dam was equivalent to a mean monthly

discharge of 27.5 second-feet for April; no spillage in February or March. Records

furnished by Charles H. Tenney & Company.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

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

February

Feet

1,194.8

-

1,194.9

1,194.9

1,195.0

1,195.0

1,195.1

1,195.1

_

1,195.2

1,195.2

1,195.3

1,195.3

1,195.4

1,195.4

_

1,195.6

1,195.7

1,195.7

1,195.8

1,195.8

1,195.9

-

1,196.0

1,196.0

1,196.1

1,196.2

1,196.3

1,196.4

Millions of 

cubic feet

422.6

-

424.8

424.8

427.0

427.0

429.2

429.2

_

431.5

431.5

433.7

433.7

436.0

436.0

_

440.4

442.7

442.7

444.9

444.9

447.2

_

449.4

449.4

451.7

454.0

456.2

458.5

March

Feet

_

1,196.6

1,196.8

1,197.0

1,197.2

1,197.3

_

_

1,197.5

1,197.8

1,197.9

1,198.9

1,200.0

1,201.6

-

1,203.6

1,204.2

1,206.4

1,209.2

1,210.9

1,211.8

_

-

1,214.9

1,215.0

1,215.4

_

1,216.0

1,216.3

Millions of 

cubic feet

_

463.1

467.6

472.2

476.8

479.2

_

_

483.8

490.8

493.1

516.6

543.0

582.9

-

634.6

650.6

709.9

786.8

834.4

860.2

-

-

953.9

957.0

969.7

_

988.8

998.5

April

Feet

_

1,216.9

1,217.1

1,217.3

-

1,217.7

1,217.8

1,217.9

1,218.1

1,218.2

1,218.4

-

1,218.9

1, 210.2

1,219.4

1,219.8

1,220.1

1,220.3

-

1,220.4

1,220.5

1,220.5

1,220.5

1,220.5

1,220.5

_

1,220.5

1,220.4

1,220.4

1,220.4

Millions of 

cubic feet

1,018.0

1,024.5

1,031.2

-

1,044.4

1,047.8

1,051.1

1,057.8

1,061.2

1,068.0

1,085.0

1,095.3

1,102.2

1,116.1

1,126.5

1,133.6

-

1,137.2

1,140.7

1,140.7

1,140.7

1,140.7

1,140.7

_

1,140.7

1,137.2

1,137.2

1,137.2

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet +14.4 +203 +53.6
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 191

Neversink River at Oakland Valley, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 41°29'45", long. 74°38'45n , 250 feet below highway bridge known as

Paradise Bridge, Orange County, and three-quarters of a mile south of Oakland

Valley, Sullivan County. 

Drainage area.- 222 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 9 a.m. Mar. 12 to

9:30 a.m. Mar. 14, when graph was based on record before and after missing period

and comparison with graphs of nearby streams. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 4,100 second-feet; extended to peak stage by logarithmic

plotting; verified by drainage-area comparison of peak discharge and total run-off

of flood with other records in Delaware River Basin. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 16,200 second-feet 2:30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height 11.48

1928-35: Discharge, 20,000 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 12.61 

feet) . 

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

260

260

260

260

260

240

240

240

240

240

Mar.

440

380

360

340

380

340

300

280

260

300

Apr.

854

868

1,100

826

705

3,650

2,580

1,560

1,180

1,180

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

.19

20

Feb.

240

240

240

240

260

280

300

280

260

240

Mar.

2,600

10,000

4,200

2,250

1,780

1,930

4,370

12,000

6,260

3,530

Apr.

1,260

1,220

1,360

1,460

1,340

1,260

1,020

882

784

687

Day

21

P.P.

23

PA

25

26

27

2fl

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

240

220

220

220

240

300

440

600

550

280

1.36

Mar.

3,830

2,780

1,710

1,340

1,300

1,180

1,490

2,840

1,630

1,220

980

2,342

12.16

Apr.

639

681

585

525

480

460

430

392

377

373

1,024

5.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2-

4

6

8

10

H

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

-

-

3.26

-

-

3.54

-

-

3.40

-

-

3.21

_

-

_

_

_

*280

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

-

5.29

-

5.08

_

4.91

-

4.82

-

4.79

_

4.69

-

2,590

-

2,340

-

2,150

-

2,050

-

2,020

-

1,920

March 20

_

6.48

-

6.16

_

5.89

-

5.67

-

5.46

-

5.31

_

4,320

-

3,810

_

3,410

_

3,100

-

2,810

_

2,610

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

3.26

_

_

3.28

-

-

3.27

-

_

3.19

_

-

_

_

-

*260

-

_

_

_.

_

-

March 15

-

4.59

-

4.48

-

4.39

-

4.41

-

4.64

_

4.76

_

1,820

_

1,720

_

1,640

_

1,660

_

1,870

_

1,990

March 21

5.33

5.46

5.68

5.98

6.08

6.38

6.57

6.73

6.76

6.60

6.43

6.28

2,640

2,810

3,110

3,540

3,690

4,160

4,470

4,740

4,790

4,520

4,240

4,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

3.19

_

_

3.22

_

_

3.29

_

-

3.59

-

-

_

_

-

*260

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

_

-

4.79

_

_

4.68

-

_

4.68

_

_

4.71

_

_

2,020

_

_

1,910

_

_

1,910

_

_

1,940

March 22

_

5.91

_

5.63

_

5.37

_

5.13

_

4.96

_

4.79

_

3,440

_

3,040

_

2,690

_

2,400

_

2,210

_

2,020

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.62

3.74

4.10

4.90

5.50

4.40

4.65

5.30

6.90

7.05

9.80

9.96

387

435

568

720

920

1,140

1,380

1,780

2,800

4,190

11,500

11,700

March 17

4.73

4.82

5.39

6.07

6.39

6.56

6.66

6.90

7.17

7.48

8.00

8.57

1,960

2,050

2,720

3,680

4,170

4,450

4,620

5,030

5,510

6,080

7,160

8,450

March 23

_

_

4.60

_

_

4.43

_

_

4.32

_

_

4.21

_

_

1,830

_

_

1,680

_

_

1,580

_

_

1,480

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.48

10.21

10.28

10.19

-

9.45

_

8.73

_

8.07

_

7.54

13,300

12,500

12,700

12,500

_

10,600

_

8,830

_

7,310

_

6,200

March 18

9.19

9.82

10.21

10.48

L0.76

11.27

11.37

10.86

9.64

8.81

8.21

7.96

9,940

11,500

12,500

13,300

14,100

15,600

15,900

14,400

11,000

9,020

7,620

7,070

March 24

_

_

4.13

_

_

4.07

_

_

3.99

_

_

3.98

_

_

1,410

_

_

1,360

_

_

1,290

_

_

1,280

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

7.05

_

6.66

-

6.30

_

6.00

_

5.71

_

5.49

_

5,290

_

4,620

_

4,030

_

3,570

_

3,150

_

2,850

March 19

_

7.80

_

7.79

7.79

7.68

_

7.47

_

7. IS

6.81

_

6,720

_

6,700

6,700

6,480

_

6,060

_

5,420

4,880

March 25

_

_

4.01

_

_

4.01

_

_

3.98

_

_

3.90

_

_

1,310

_

_

1,310

_

_

1,280

_

_

1,220

Supplemental records.- Mar. 

*llean for the day.

18, 2:30 p.m., 11.48 ft., 16,200 see.-ft.
192 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 fflJDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Bushkill Creek at Shoemakers, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°5'15", long. 75O2'20", at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile

northwest of Shoemakers, Monroe County, and 2 miles southwest of Bushkill. Zero of

gage is 421.13 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 117 square miles. 

gage-height "re'cord.- Graph based upon two or more readings daily. Gage heights used to

half tenths between 2.5 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 1,800 second-feet by current-meter measurements.

Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,630 second-feet 4 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 6.92 feet, from

graphs based on gage readings) .

1908-35: Discharge, 3,910 second-feet July 24, 1920 {gage height, 7.2 feet,

from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

168

165

164

165

167

168

170

175

177

175

Mar.

138

140

142

143

145

150

155

165

185

250

Apr.

510

480

452

400

392

1,020

975

845

720

720

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

170

165

160

155

155

160

160

160

155

145

Mar.

500

2,580

1,980

1,460

1,310

1,430

2,000

3,230

2,720

2,000

Apr.

720

660

630

540

480

452

400

366

339

308

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , in inches ............................................

Feb.

140

135

130

130

130

132

133

134

136

154

1.42

Mar.

1,840

1,550

1,210

1,030

877

752

852

860

713

623

600

1,024

10.09

Apr.

291

291

268

252

230

216

197

187

181

169

456

4.35
DELAWARE RIVER BASIM

Plat Brook near Flatbrookville, H. J.

Location.- Lat. 41°6'24n , long. 74°57'9", 1 mile above Flatbrookville, Sussex County, 

and li miles above mouth. Zero of gage is 347.73 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 65.1 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

^age-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Mar. 29 to Apr. 9, 

when record was miaslng.

Sttfge-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-7, 10-14, 19-23. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 900 second-feet; extended to peak stage by averaging discharges obtained from slope-area determinations of flood flow. Verified by drainage-area comparison of yield of flood with yield of other streams in Delaware River 

Bas in. 

Ima.- 1936: Discharge, 2,780 second-feet 11:15 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 6.50

1923-35: Discharge, about 3,470 second-feet (revised) Apr. 7, 1924, and 

Feb. 11, 1925 (gage height, 7.1 feet, from high water mai'ks).

Remarks.- Discharge during period of missing record determined by study of available 

recorder graph and weather records, and graphic comparison with records of Paulins 

Kill at Blairstown and other nearby streams.

Mean -discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

77

76

75

75

76

77

79

80

82

79

Mar.

164

142

126

117

151

136

123

117

120

178

Apr.

200

220

200

170

160

700

1,000

700

500

333

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

78

77

80

90

100

90

88

95

80

78

Mar.

623

2,220

1,220

691

523

547

585

1,230

1,300

875

Apr.

324

307

290

273

241

230

201

177

167

154

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

78

78

78

78

78

115

161

204

173

1.53

Mar.

800

698

472

381

324

277

281

450

470

325

240

9.08

Apr.

148

161

142

128

117

115

110

102

98

98

4.44

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

$

3

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

U

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.57

2.55

2.53

2.47

2.45

2.47

2.48

2.49

2.55

2.58

2.58

2.57

131

126

180

105

100

105

107

110

126

134

134

131

March 14

3.96

3.90

3.85

3.79

3.74

3.69

3.65

3.61

3.58

3.56

3.55

3.54

784

760

740

714

685

656

630

604

585

572

566

560

March 20

4.50

4.42

4.34

4.28

4.20

4.14

4.07

4.01

3.95

3.90

3.85

3.80

1,080

1,030

984

948

900

870

835

805

780

760

740

720

Feet Sec. ft.

March 9

2.55

2.55

2.54

2.53

2.52

2.52

2.52

2.52

2.52

2.53

2.54

2.55

186

126

123

120

117

117

117

117

117

120

123

126

March 15

3.53

3.53

3.52

3.51

3.50

3.47

3.45

3.44

3.43

3.43

3.44

3.47

554

554

547

541

535

518

506

500

494

494

500

518

March 21

3.78

3.78

3.79

3.82

3.90

4.01

4.15

4.25

4.29

4.26

4.20

4.13

708

708

714

728

760

805

875

930

954

936

900

865

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

2.55

2.57

2.58

2.60

2.61

2.62

2.65

2.69

2.80

2.95

3.07

3.15

126

131

134

139

142

145

154

167

204

261

311

348

Marc-h 16

3.50

3.54

3.56

3.57

3.56

3.55

3.54

3.52

3.51

3.50

3.47

3.47

535

560

572

678

572

566

560

547

541

535

518

518

March 22

4.06

3.99

3.92

3.87

3.82

3.76

3.70

3.65

3.62

3.60

3.56

3.52

830

796

768

748

728

697

662

630

610

597

572

547

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.20

3.24

3.27

3.30

3.35

3.43

3.57

3.72

3.95

4.20

4.58

5.01

371

391

407

422

450

494

578

674

780

900

1,130

1,420

March 17

3.50

3.51

3.53

3.55

3.58

3.59

3.59

3.61

3.63

3.64

3.65

3.69

535

541

554

566

585

591

591

604

616

623

630

656

March 23.

3.49

3.46

3.44

3.42

3.40

3.38

3.36

3.34

3.32

3.31

3.29

3.28

529

512

500

489

477

466

455

444

433

428

417

412

Feet Sec.ft:

March 12

5.39

5.69

6.00

6.32

6.46

6.45

6.28

6.11

5.92

5.73

5.59

5.53

1,710

1,970

2,260

2,580

2,740

2,720

2,540

2,370

2,180

2,010

1,880

1,830

March 18

3.76

3.86

3.97

4.13

4.37

4.77

5.22

5.43

5.46

5.39

5.24

5.11

697

744

788

865

1,000

1,250

1,580

1,740

1,770

1,710

1,590

1,490

March 24

3.27

3.26

3.25

3.25

3.23

3.22

3.21

3.20

3.18

3.17

3.16

3.14

407

402

396

396

386

381

376

371

362

357

352

343

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.44

5.33

5.17

4.98

4.80

4.63

4.49

4.33

4.22

4.14

4.07

4.02

1,750

1,660

1,540

1,400

1,270

1,160

1,070

978

912

870

835

810

March 19

4.97

4.85

4.77

4.79

4.90

4.97

4.97

4.90

4.84

4.78

4.69

4'6 59

1,390

1,300

1,250

1,260

1,340

1,390

1,390

1,340

1,300

1,260

1,190

1,130

March 25

3.13

3.13

3.12

3.12

3.11

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.04

338

338

333

333

329

329

324

320

311

307

302

298

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 11:15 a.m., 6.50 ft., 2,780 sec.-ft.
194 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAMKA REGION 

McMichaels Creek at Stroudsburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°58'40'1 , long. 75°12 I 30 11 , at railroad bridge at Wilkes-Barre and

Eastern Railroad car shops, three-quarters of a mile southwest of Stroudsburg, Monroe County. Zero of gage is 403.92 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 64.4 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based upon two or more readings daily. Gage heights used to

half tenths between 4.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,000 second-feet.

Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 8. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, about 4,670 second-feet 3 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 10.5

feet, from flood marks).

1911-35: Discharge, 3,640 second-feet Sept. 4, 1933 (gage height, 9.4 feet,

from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

90

90

91

92

93

94

96

97

92

88

Mar.

64

70

77

83

90

100

110

125

147

233

Apr.

258

265

246

200

212

1,110

631

481

389

462

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

85

83

82

83

82

80

73

67

62

58

Mar.

1,590

3,430

1,500

832

638

607

1,570

2,740

2,050

1,320

Apr.

407

354

354

287

265

261

221

200

186

172

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

55

52

48

51

52

53

54

56

58

74.4

1.24

Mar.

1,230

793

598

523

449

369

481

437

346

323

294

749

13.41

Apr.

158

158

139

128

117

115

106

100

100

111

273

4.73
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 195

Paulina Kill at Blairstown, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 400 58'44n , long. 74°57'15", 1,200 feet above highway bridge In Blairs-

 town, Warren County, 1,400 feet above mouth of Blairs Creek,and 9 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area.- 126 square miles; affected by natural storage in Culver Lake, Lake

Owassa, and Swartswood Lake; not materially affected by artificial storage. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 2-5, when record

was missing. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1, 6-29. Defined by current-meter

 measurements below 1,500 second-feet; extended to peak stage by averaging discharges

obtained by slope-area determination of flood flow and computation of flow over dam.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,480 second-feet 8:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 6.92 feet).

 1921-35: Discharge, about 2,300 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933.

Remarks.- Discharge during period of missing record determined by study of available

 recorder graph, weather records, and observer's notes, and graphic comparison with 

records of Plat Brook near Flatbrookvllle and other nearby streams.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

149

148

147

146

146

147

150

160

165

160

Mar.

329

297

278

280

369

347

316

300

312

536

Apr.

433

410

422

367

328

1,200

1,410

1,020

786

770

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

150

150

155

180

200

178

170

185

160

150

Mar.

1,490

3,240

2,440

1,570

1,180

1,010

956

1,520

1,920

1,700

Apr.

770

770

720

674

576

538

457

402

362

334

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

148

145

145

145

148

220

330

400

350

1.54

Mar.

1,560

1,350

1,000

834

737

628

693

884

703

576

503

Q/»II

8.81

Apr.

318

331

292

' 266

238

225

216

201

192

192

cnrr

4'. 4 8

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

§

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

11

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.90

1.93

1.96

1.92

1.93

1.93

304

304

304

304

304

304

284

296

308

292

296

296

March 14

5.40

5.31

5.22

5.14

5.06

4.97

4.92

4.86

4.78

4.73

4.68

4.64

1,840

1,780

1,710

1,660

1,600

1,540

1,510

1,480

1,430

1,400

1,370

1,340

March 20

5.43

5.38

5.34

5.30

5.25

5.20

5.14

5,08

5.03

4.96

4.90

4.87

1,860

1,830

1,800

1,770

1,740

1,700

1,660

1,620

1,580

1,540

1,500

1,480

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

1.94

1.94

1.96

1.96

1.95

1.91

1.97

1.92

1.97

2.01

2.02

2.06

300

300

308

308

304

288

312

292

312

328

332

347

March 15

4.60

4.56

4.49

4.44

4.36

4.29

4.24

4.18

4.13

4.06

4.06

4.06

1,320

1,300

1,260

1,240

1,200

1,170

1,150

1,120

1,100

1,070

1,070

1,070

March 21

4.86

4.88

4.95

4.97

4.98

5.01

5.03

5.10

5.14

5.12

5.07

5.02

1,480

1,490

1,530

1,540

1,550

1,570

1,580

1,630

1,660

1,640

1,610

1,570

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.11

2.16

2.21

2.22

2.26

2.28

2.49

2.69

2.92

3.17

3.34

3.55

367

386

406

410

425

433

515

591

675

760

815

884

Haroh 16

4.06

4.06

4.04

3.98

3.95

3.90

3.85

3.78

3.78

3.70

3.70

3.70

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,040

1,030

1,010

992

967

967

937

937

937

March 22

4.94

4.87

4.82

4.78

4.73

4.67

4.64

4.56

4.49

4.38

4.32

4.26

1,520

1,480

1,450

1,430

1,400

1,360

1,340

1,300

1,260

1,210

1,180

1,150

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.74

3.86

4.01

4.14

4,31

4.51

4.89

5.25

5.57

5.87

6.16

6.41

952

994

1,050

1,110

1,180-

1,280

1,490

1,740

1,980

2,240

2,540

2,820

March 17

3.70

3.72

3.76

3.74

3.71

3.70

3.71

3.66

3.75

3.82

3.80

3.88

937

945

960

952

941

937

941

923

956

983

975

1,000

Mar.ch 23

4.20

4.14

4.07

4.00

3.94

3.86

3.82

3.71

3.71

3.66

3.63

3.60

1,130

1,110

1,080

1,050

1,030

998

983

941

941

923

912

901

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.66

6.86

6.89

6.91

6.91

6.84

6.73

6.67

6.63

6.60

6.59

6.56

3,130

3,390

3,440

3,460

3,460

3,370

3,220

3,1,40

3,090

3,050

3,040

3,000

March 18

3.99

4.22

4.43

4.64

4.78

4.96

5.16

5.31

6.37

5.36

5.32

5.32

1,050

1,140

1,240

1,340

1,430

1,540

1,670

1,780

1,820

1,810

1,780

1,780

March 24

3.58

3.56

3.53

3.48

3.45

3.38

3.40

3.36

3.32

3.27

3.27

3.26

894

887

877

860

850

828

834

821

808

792

792

789

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

6.53

6.46

6.38

6.27

6.14

5.99

5.90

5.80

5.70

5.63

5.56

5.48

2,970

2,880

2,790

2,660

2,510

2,360

2,270

2,180

2,090

2,030

1,970

1,900

March 19

5.32

5.33

5.37

5.42

5.54

5.58

5.60

5.60

5.58

5.57

5.54

5.49

1,780

1,790

1,820

1,860

1,950

1,980

2,000

2,000

1,980

1,980

1,950

1,910

March 25

3.24

3.22

3.19

3.15

3.14

3.07

3.09

3.06

3.02

2.95

2.96

2.95

783

776

767

754

750

727

734

723

710

686

689

686

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 8J30 a.m., 6.92 ft., 3,480 sec.-ft.
196 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Pequest River at Pequest, N. J«

Location.- Lat. 40°49'43", long. 74°58'4511 , at Pequest, Warren County, 100 feet above

Lehigh & Hudson River Railway bridge and 300 feet below mouth of Furnace Brook.

Zero of gage la 398.78 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 108 square miles; materially affected by natural storage in swamps. 

Oage-helRht record.- Water-stage recorder graph.. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 19-23. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 1,100 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936J Discharge, 1,810 second-feet 5J30 a.m., Mar. 14 (gage height, 4.97

feet).

1921-35: Discharge, 830 second-feet July 10, 1931 (gage height, 3.59 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3 * 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

136

126

122

122

122

120

112

112

112

112

Mar.

269

263

250

263

339

314

273

259

290

461

Apr.

395

376

376

350

321

600

754

703

678

654

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

110

110

110

106 102-

110

114

122

110

100

Mar.

876

1,240

1,610

1,740

1,490

1,160

948

979

979

979

Apr.

620

668

545

507

421

383

357

332

310

293

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

100

102

105

110

112

147

211

246

253

1.27

Mar.

1,040

1,040

979

890

780

678

629

654

591

527

450

8.00

Apr.

280

283

269

250

230

221

214

205

205

196

4.11

Page height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

(3w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.30

2.30

2.28

2.27

2.26

2.26

2.26

2.26

2.26

2.28

2.28

2.28

266

266

259

256

253

253

253

253

253

259

259

259

March 14

4.82

4.82

4.96

4.94

4.94

4.94

4.93

4.91

4.89

4.86

4.84

4.81

1,670

1,670

1,800

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,770

1,750

1,730

1,700

1,690

1,660

March 20

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.87

3.87

3.87

3.87

3.87

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

991

991

991

991

991

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.33

2.44

2.54

2.59

2.60

263

263

263

263

263

263

263

276

314

350

368

372

March 15

4.77

4.74

4.70

4.66

4.62

4.58

4.53

4.49

4.45

4.42

4.38

4.35

1,630

1,600

1,570

1,540

1,510

1,470

1,430

1,400

1,380

1,350

1,330

1,300

March 21

3.87

3.88

3.92

3.95

3.97

3.98

3.99

3.99

3.99

3.99

3.99

3.99

991

998

1,020

1,040

1,050

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.61

2.62

2.62

2.62

2.62

2.64

2.81

3.04

3.11

3.19

3.29

3.30

376

380

380

380

380

387

454

554

587

624

673

678

Marc-h 16

4.32

4.28

4.24

4.20

4.16

4.13

4.10

4.07

4.03

4.01

3.98

3.94

1,280

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,170

1,150

1,130

1,110

1,090

1,080

1,060

1,030

March 22

3.99

3.98

3.96

3.95

3.94

3.94

3.93

3.92

3.91

3.94

3.94

3.93

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,020

1,020

1,030

1,030

1,030

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.31

3.32

3.34

3.39

3.43

3.52

3.75

3.90

4.02

4.15

4.16

4.18

683

688

698

723

744

791

919

1,010

1,080

1,160

1,170

1,190

March 17

3.92

3.90

3.88

3.86

3.83

3.81

3.78

3'. 75

3.74

3.74

3.73

3.73

1,020

1,010

998

985

967

954

936

919

913

913

907

907

March 23

3.91

3.89

3.88

3.86

3.85

3.84

3.83

3.81

3.80

3.78

3.77

3.76

1,020

1,000

998

985

979

973

967

954

948

936

931

925

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.19

4.20

4.20

4.19

4.18

4.17

4.17

4.21

4.27

4.32

4.53

4.58

1,190

1,200

1,200

1,190

1,190

1,180

1,180

1,210

1,250

1,280

1,430

1,470

March 18

3.74

3.79

3.83

3.87

3.90

3.92

3.93

3.93

3.92

3.90

3.88

3.87

913

942

967

991

1,010

1,020

1,030

1,030

1,020

1,010

998

991

March 24

3.76

3.75

3.74

3.72

3.71

3.69

3.68

3.66

3.64

3.62

3.60

3.58

925

919

913

902

896

884

879

868

856

845

834

823

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 13

4.64

4.68

4.72

4.73

4.75

4.76

4.78

4.79

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.81

1,520

1,550

1,590

1,590

1,610

1,620

1,630

1,640

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,660

March 19

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

3.86

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

985

March 25

3.57

3.56

3.54

3.52

3.50

3.48

3.47

3.45

3.44

3.42

3.40

3.39

818

812

802

791

780

770

764

754

749

738

728

723

Supplemental records.- Mar. 14, 5J30 a.m., 4.97 ft., 1,810 sec.-ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 197

Beaver Brook near Belvidere, N. J.

Location,- Lat. 40°50'40n , long. 75°2'48", 500 feet above mouth and 2 miles east of 

Belvidere, Warren County. Zero of gage is 303.36 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 36.3 square miles; not materially affected by artificial storage.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph, except 11 a.m. Mar. 10 to 7 a.m. Mar. 

11 and 9 p.m. Mar. 11 to 5 a.m. Mar. 13, linen a graph, was drawn based on marka made 

on recorder sheet at foot marka and at peak stage; peak stage verified by flood 

marks near recorder.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-3, 6, 8-13, 19-23, 28, 29, Mar. 1, 2. 

Defined by current-meter measurements below 300 second-feet; extended to peak stage 

by averaging discharges obtained from slope-area and contracted-opening determinations of flood flow. , Maxima.- 1936: "Discharge, 1,510 second-feet 6 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 5.76 feet;.

 1922-351 Discharge, about 826 second-feet July 15, 1928 (gage height, 3.92 

feet); maximum gage height, 4.20 feet July 10, 1935.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

Feb.

45

42

39

38

39

37

36

40

39

30

Mar.

66

70

64

72

82

81

84

98

108

175

Apr.

121

115

117

100

91

249

395

308

238

227

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

27

27

28

29

28

28

28

29

24

24

Mar.

857

1,370

714

450

349

276

S48

366

423

383

Apr.

211

189

177

163

140

130

115

106

98

91

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches ............................................

Feb.

S4

24

25

S6

29

40

59

60

61

34.7

1. OSMar.

379

334

266

234

204

158

189

214

180 155-

137

OfW

9.02

Apr.

84

88

76

70

63

59

56

52

51

48

134

4.13

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

1

3

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.34

2.33

S.32

2.29

2.29

2.29

2.37

2.54

2.52

2.45

2.41

2.38

91

89

88

82

82

82

97

133

128

112

104

98

March 14

3.69

3.59

3.54

3.51

3.48

3.45

3.42

3.40

3.39

3.37

3.35

3.33

540

499

478

466

454

442

430

422

418

410

402

395

March 20

3.38

3.37

3.35

3.34

3.33

3.31

3.30

3.29

3.27

3.25

3.23

3.21

414

410

402

399

395

387

383

379

372

364

356

349

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.36

S.35

S.34

2.33

S.33

2.33

2.41

2.59

2.58

2.52

2.48

2.47

95

93

91

89

89

89

104

145

142

128

119

117

March 15

3.31

3.28

3.26

3.24

3.22

3.20

3.18

3.16

3.14

3.12

3.10

3.08

387

375

368

360

353

345

338

330

323

315

308

301

March 21

3.22

3.26

3.27

3.27

3.29

3.34

3.35

3.36

3.35

3.34

3.32

3.30

353

368

37S

372

379

399

402

406

40S

399

391

383

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.46

2.44

2.44

2.43

2.44

2.55

2.66

2.77

2,86

2.98

3.12

3.32

115

110

110

108

110

135

163

195

224

265

315

391

March 16

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.03

3.02

3.01

3.01

3.00

2.99

2.97

2.96

2.95

297

294

290

283

279

276

276

272

268

262

258

254

March 22

3.28

3.27

3.24

3.22

3.20

3.18

3.15

3.13

3.11

3.09

3.07

3.05

375

372

360

353

345

338

326

319

312

304

297

290

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.52

3.71

3.89

4.05

4.26

4.41

4.62

4.75

4.89

5.07

5.24

5.41

470

548

6S5

694

787

854

949

1,010

1,080

1,160

1,250

1,340

March 17

2.95

2.94

2.94

2.92

2.92

2.91

2.90

2.91

2.94

2.95

2.94

2.96

254

251

251

244

244

240

237

240

251

254

251

258

March 23

3.04

3.03

3.02

3.01

3.00

2.98

2.97

2.96

2.95

2.95

2.95

2.94

286

283

279

276

272

265

262

258

254

254

254

251

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.58

5.74

5.76

5.74

5.68

5.61

5.49

5.37

5.26

5.16

5.04

4^86

1,420

1,500

1,510

1,500

,1,470

1,440

1,380

1,320

1,S60

1,210

1,150

1,060

March 18

3.04

3.10

3.13

3.17

3.21

3.26

3.31

3.36

3.40

3.42

3.44

3.43

286

308

319

334

349

368

387

406

422

430

438

434

March 24

2.93

2.92

S.91

2.90

2.90

2.89

2.89

2.88

2.87

2.86

2.86

2.85

248

244

240

237

237

234

S34

230

227

224

224

220

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.69

4.51

4.34

4.18

4.05

3.98

3.91

3.84

3.80

3.76

3.75

3.73

980

900

823

751

694

663

633

603

586

569

565

557

March 19

3.41

3.40

3.40

3.39

3.39

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.39

3.38

426

422

422

418

418

422

422

422

422

422

418

414

March 25

2.84

2.83

2.82

2.82

. 2.81

2.80

2.80

2.79

2.78

2.78

2.77

2.76

217

S14

2ai

211

207

204

204

201

198

198

 195

192
198 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANBA REGION

Lehigh River at Tannery, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°2'251t , long. 75°45'50n , 600 feet above highway bridge at Tannery, 

Carbon County. Zero of gage Is 1,041.98 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 322 square miles.

Gage-height 'record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 3.5 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Mar. 1-10. Defined to 19,300 second-feet 

by current-meter measurements (surface velocities),

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 21,800 second-feet 5 to 8 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 13.34

1914-35: Discharge, SI,000 second-feet July 10, 1955 (gage height, 13.IS 

feet).

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

360 35"0

350

340

340

330

520

320

310

300

Mar.

80C

700

700

750

800

650

60C

565

539

892

Apr.

1,050

1,160

1,000

900

1,100

S,000

1.590

1,400

1,300

1,SOO

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

290

280

280

280

290

290

300

310

280

270

Mar.

6,220

17,200

6,950

3,790

2,840

2,770

6,540

16,SOO

9,060

5,560

Apr.

1,SOO

1,100

1,000

950

900

860

820

780

740

700

Day

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

260

250

250

250

270

350

800

1,000

900

1.2S

Mar.

4,350

3,600

2,620

2,160

1,860

1,590

1,580

1,730

1,460

1,260

1,130

12.45

Apr.

660

640

610

580

540

521

484

454

436

502

3.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

K

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

3.20

3.15

3.11

3.10

3.00

2.87

2.85

2.95

3.03

3.23

3.26

3.23

-

_

_

*565

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 14

6.65

6.50

6.35

6.21

6.01

5.86

5.77

5.69

5.65

5.60

5.56

5.50

4,520

4,390

4,260

4,000

3,760

3,640

3,520

3,400

3,280

3,S80

3,S80

3,170

March 20

8.18

7.98

7.78

7.61

7.44

7.28

7.12

6.98

6.83

6.70

6.58

6.46

6,800

6,500

6,SOO

5,900

5,6SO

5,480

5,SOO

5,060

4,780

4,650

4,5SO

4,390

Feet Sec. ft.

March 9

3.16

3.10

3.10

3.11

3.05

3.00

S.93

S.94

3.15

3.14

5.14

3.15

-

-

_

-

*539

-

_

-

-

March 15

5.44

5.37

5.31

5.23

5.16

5.08

5.02

5.01

5.03

5.09

5.15

5.18

3,060

3,060

S,950

S,840

2,840

S,730

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,730

2,840

2,840

March 21

6.36

6.30

6.3S

6.43

6.50

6.53

6.53

6.55

6.54

6.56

6.53

6.49

4,260

4,130

4,130

4,260

4,390

4,390

4,390

4,520

4,390

4,520

4,390

4,390

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

3.21

3.28

3.31

3.28

3.22

3.25

3.20

3.65

3.70

4.00

4.38

4.62

582

596

629

664

700

760

840

938

1,070

1,240

1,420

1,600

March 16

5.20

5.19

5.17

5.16

5.13

5.08

5.06

5.04

5.03

5.04

5.08

5.26

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,730

2,730

2,730

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,730

2,950

March 22

6.35

6.28

6.09

5.99

5.89

5.77

5.69

5.61

5,56

5.50

5.45

5.40

4,260

4,130

3,880

3,760

3,640

3.520

3,400

3,280

3,280

3,170

3,060

3,060

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.80

4.95

5.00

5.35

5.61

6.07

6.60

7.65

8.95

10.40

11.57

12.27

1,850

2,100

2,420

2,760

3,150

3,870

4,520

5,900

8,300

11,500

15,100

17,800

March 17

5.68

6.17

6.50

6.96

7.57

8.25

8.62

8.82

8.98

9.25

9.60

10.10

3,400

4,000

4,390

5,060

5,900

6,800

7,500

7,900

8,306

8,700

9,500

10,600

March 23

5.32

5.24

5.19

5.12

5.04

4.99

4.92

4.86

4.79

4.74

4.70

4.67

2,950

2,840

2,840

2,730

2,630

2,630

2,530

2,480

2,430

2,380

2,330

2,280

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

12.92

13.30

13.34

13.32

12.87

12.52

12.12

11.67

11.29

10.82

10.40

10.00

20,200

21,800

21,800

21,800

20,200

18,600

17,000

15,400

14,200

12,700

11,500

10,300

March 18

11.00

12.04

12.57

12.84

13.01

12.82

12.64

12.25

11.77

11.27

10.77

10.40

13,300

16,600

19,000

19,800

20,600

19,800

19,000

17,400

15,800

14,200

12,700

11,500

March 24

4.65

4.63

4.61

4.59

4.57

4.54

4.51

4.48

4.44

4.41

4.39

4.36

2,280

2,280

2,230

2,230

2,180

2,180

2,130

2,130

2,080

2,040

2,040

2,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.60

9.25

8.87

8.55

8.25

8.00

7.77

7.57

7.38

7.20

7.03

6.85

9,500

8,700

8,100

7,500

6,800

6,500

6,200

5,900

5,620

5,340

5,060

4,780

March 19

10.27

10.21

9.97

9.70

9.45

9.17

9.02

8.88

8.77

8.67

8.52

8.37

11,200

10,900

10,300

9,700

9,100

8,700

8,300

8,100

7,900

7,700

7,300

7,100

March 25

4.33

4.30

4.28

4.25

4.22

4.19

4.17

4.14

4.12

4.10

4.07

4.04

2,000

1,950

1,950

1,900

1,860

1,860

1,820

1,820

1,770

1,770

1,720

1,720

*Mean for the day.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 199

Lehigh River at Bethlehem, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°22'5n , long. 75O21'55", 1,500 feet above Minsi Trail Bridge, at

Bethlehem, Northampton County, and 2,000 feet below Monocacy Creek. Zero of gage

is 208.50 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,280 square milea. 

Gage-height Tecord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Sage heights used to half tenths

between 4.0 and 6.0 feet} hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 50,000 second-feet

(surface velocities); logarithmic extension to crest discharge. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 55,700 second-feet 1:30 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 17.04

feet).

1902-5, 1909-35: Discharge, 64,800 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 18.70

feet),

1786-1935: Maximum known discharge, 92,000 second-feet Feb. 28, 1902 (gage

height, 23.5 feet, deduced after comparison with old gage at New Street).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1,640

1,520

1,570

1,570

1,610

1,510

1,450

1,370

1,370

1,370

Mar.

4,310

3,910

3,290

3,110

3,910

3,910

3,410

3,360

3,870

6,270

Apr.

4,590

4,740

4,590

4,040

3,660

10,600

13,200

9,750

§

,000

^470

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,290

1,270

1,280

1,300

1,410

1,430

1,410

1,470

1,360

1,230

Mar.

16,100

43,500

26,700

15,500

11,600

10,200

15,500

38,000

30,000

21,500

Apr.

7,470

6,950

6,450

5,640

5,030

4,740

4,310

3,910

3,660

3,410

Day

21

2?.

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,180

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,230

1,760

3,870

4,590

4,180

1.41

Mar.

17,500

15,200

11,800

9,760

8,390

6,880

7,090

7,640

6,390

5,740

5,160

11 920

l6.73

Apr.

3,150

3,170

2,890

2,620

2,470

2,330

2,230

2,150

2,040

2,020

4.28

gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

fc

oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

4.06

4.06

4.05

4.03

4.00

3.99

3.98

3.98

3.99

4.00

4.07

4.15

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,290

3,270

3,240

3,240

3,270

3,290

3,410

3,660

March 14

8.28

8.08

7.90

7.73

7.56

7.42

7.30

7.18

7.06

6.98

6.90

6.85

18,300

17,600

16,900

16,200

15,800

15,100

14,700

14,300

13,900

13,600

13,200

12,800

March 20

10.15

9.98

9.80

9.60

9.40

9.23

9.04

8.87

8.71

8.56

8.44

8.28

24,800

24,000

23,300

22,600

21,900

21,300

20,600

20,200

19,600

19,300

18,600

18,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.19

4.18

4.16

4.17

4.17

4.16

4.15

4.15

4.18

4.30

4.46

4.62

3,780

3,780

3,660

3,660

3,660

3,660

3,660

3,660

3,780

4,040

4,450

4,880

March 15

6.80

6.76

6.71

6.64

6.59

6.52

6.45

6.38

6.31

6.25

6.22

6.21

12,800

12,800

12,400

12,000

i 12,000

11,600

11,200

11,200

10,800

10,400

10,400

10,400

March 21

8.19

8.11

8.04

8.02

8.03

8.07

8.12

8.12

8.08

8.03

7'.98

7.92

17,900

17,600

17,200

17,200

17,200

17,600

17,600

17,600

17,600

17,200

17,200

16-, 900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.65

4.67

4.66

4.66

4.64

4.62

4.63

4.77

5.16

5.65

6.12

6.40

5,030

5,030

5,030

5,030

5,030

4,880

5,030

5,340

6,620

8,360

10,000

11,200

Marc-h 16

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.18

6.17

6.13

6.10

6.08

6.06

6.04

6.06

10,400

10,400

10,400

10,400

10,400

10,400

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

9,650

10,000

March 22

7.87

7.79

7.71

7.62

7.55

7.46

7.36

7.25

7.15

7.04

6.96

6.91

16,900

16,600

16,200

15,800

15,800

15,500

15,100

14,300

14,300

13,600

13,600

13,200

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 11

6.59

6.70

6.73

6.84

6.96

7.19

7.39

7.91

8.52

9.20

9.94

10.26

12,000

12,400

12,400

12,800

13,600

14,300

15,100

16,900

18,900

21,300

23,700

25,100

March 17

6.16

6.39

6.60

6.93

7.24

7.55

7.77

8.06

8.45

8.74

8.96

9.23

10,400

11,200

12,000

13,200

14,300

15,800

16,600

17,600

18,600

19,600

20,600

21,300

March 23

6.85

6.78

6.72

6.66

6.61

6.55

6.50

6.44

6.39

6.33

6.28

6.24

12,800

12,800

12,400

12,400

12,000

12,000

11,600

11,200

11,200

10,800

10,800

10,400

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

11.90-

12.96

14.08

15.17

16.11

16.86

16.64

16.26

15.57

14.91

14.28

13.71

31,200

35,900

41,000

46,400

51,000

55,200

53,600

52,100

48,500

44,900

42,000

39,100

March 18

9.62

10.55

11.59

13.06

14.14

15.06

15.59

15.68

15.34

14.86

14.29

13.74

22,600

26,200

30,000

36,400

41,000

45,900

48,500

49,000

46,900

44,900

42,000

39,100

March 24

6.20

6.17

6.13

6.10

6.07

6.04

6.00

5.97

5.93

5.89

5.85

5.83

10,400

10,400

10,000

10,000

10,000

9,650

9,650

9,460

9,460

9,280

9,100

9,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

13.12

12.53

11.99

11.33

10.70

10.20

9.76

9.50

9.18

8.92

8.74

8.48

36,400

33,800

31,600

28,800

26,600

24,800

23,300

22,300

21,300

20,200

19,600

18,900

March 19

13.12

12.56

12.04

11.69

11.54

11.41

11.23

10.95

10.76

10.62

10.46

10.32

36,400

34,200

31,600

30,400

29,600

29,200

28,400

27,700

26.900

26,200

25,800

25,100

March 25

5.79

5.77

5.74

5.72

5.69

5.67

5.64

5.61

5.58

5.53

5.50

5.47

8,910

8,720

8,720

8,540

8,540

8,360

8,360

8,180

8,180

8,000

7,820

7,640

1551SS O 37-
soo FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40°55'0n , long. 74°39'50", at Lake Hopatcong Dam, Landing, Morris 

Comity 

Drainage area.- 25.6 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph, except for period Feb. 1 to 11 a.m. 

Mar. 23, when graph was based on gage readings at 8 a.m. daily and study of recorder graph for station in river below dam. Gage heights shown in table are for 

midnights.

Remarks.- Storage capacity above sill of lowest gate (gage height, -3.1 feat) is 

about 800,000,000 cubic feet. Crest of spillway is at gage height 8.89 feet. 

Table indicates volume above gage height of 4.12 feat. Record furnished by 

Morris Canal & Banking Co.

Gaga height, in feat, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February

Feet

6.96

6.87

6.82

6.76

6.73

6.65

6.62

6.62

6.60

6.56

6.52

6.48

6.58

6.59

6.56

6.54

6.53

6.52

6.49

6.47

6.46

6.44

6.42

5.40

6.41

6.45

6.52

6.55

6.57

Millions of 

cubic feet

262

253

248

243

240

232

229

229

227

223

220

216

225

226

223

221

221

220

217

215

214

212

210

208

209

213

220

222

224

March

Feet

6.59

6.63

6.68

6.70

6.73

6.77

6.78

6.80

6.85

6.92

7.76

8.85

9.19

9.37

9.49

9.55

9.68

9.93

10.00

10.00

9.96

9.86

9.75

9.68

9.57

9.49

9.50

9.43

9.36

9.33

9.30

Millions of 

cubic Feat

226

230

235

237

240

244

244

246

251

258

342

454

490

509

522

529

543

570

577

577

573

562

550

543

531

522

523

516

508

505

502

April

Feet

9.25

9.25

9.24

9.23

9.22

9.55

9.57

9.58

9.58

9.58

9.58

9.56

9.54

9.50

9.47

9.43

9.40

9.35

9.32

9.28

9.28

9.27

9.25

9.22

9.18

9.18

9.16

9.15

9.13

9.13

Millions of 

cubic feet

496

496

49.5

494

493

529

531

532

532

532

532

530

528

523

520

516

513

507

504

500

500

499

496

493

489

489

487

486

483

483

February March April

Gain or loss in storage, in millions of cubic feet........ -42 +278 -19

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feat... -16.8 +104 -7.3
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 201

Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatoong, N. J.

Location." Lat. 40°55'0n , long. 74°39'55lt , at highway bridge 300 feet downstream from

Lake Hopatcong Dam, in Landing, Morris County. Zero of gage is 904.99 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 25,6 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 350 second-feet;

pxtended to peak stage by determination of flow over Spillway and through gates of

Lake Hopatcong Dam.

Maxima.- 19361 Discharge, 534 second-feet 7 p.m. Mar. 19 {gage height, 3.17 feet). 

 1928-35: Discharge, 562 second-feet (revised) Aug. 27, 1988 (gage height,

2.61 feet). 

Remarks«- Plow regulated tiy storage in Lake Hopatcong. For daily changes in storage

see record for Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J. Monthly discharge and run-off, in

inches, corrected for storage. Recorder operated by Morris Canal & Banking Co.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

103

103

90

82

82

75

61

56

56

55

Mar.

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

12.0

Apr.

129

105

79

70

60

124

181

181

184

196

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

55

48

41

41

41

41

41

41

41

33

Mar.

12.0

12 . 9

21

59

91

131

215

362

496

496

Apr.

188

174

166

153

140

129

114

101

90

61

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

29

29

29

28

16.4

12.0

11.6

11.6

11.6

47.0

1.29

Mar.

496

434

376

349

320

284

252

252

224

199

162

173

277

12.47

Apr.

52

48

44

40

32

31

27

25

24

25

99.1

GO n

4.02

Qage height, in feet, and discharge-, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

1o

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

S

10

N

2

4

 6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

0.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

.61

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

11.6

March 14

1.10

1.14

1.18

1.19

1.21

1.26

1.28

1.31

1.34

1.36

1.40

1.41

42

46

50

51

53

58

61

64

68

71

76

78

March 20

3.14

3.13

3.11

3.10

3.08

3.07

3.07

3.06

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.03

525

522

515

512

506

502

502

499

502

499

496

490

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

0.61

.61

.61

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

11.6

11.6

11.6

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

March 15

1.45

1.36

1.39

1.42

1.41

1.44

1.51

1.58

1.60

1.61

1.62

1.64

84

71

75

79

78

82

93

105

108

110

112

116

March 21

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.05

3.04

3.05

3.02

3.02

3.02

3.02

3.02

2.99

493

493

493

496

493

490

486

486

486

486

486

477

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

0.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

March 16

1.65

1.67

1.68

1.68

1.69

1.70

1.71

1.72

1.77

1.79

1.80

1.81

118

121

123

123

125

127

129

131

142

146

148

150

March 22

2.96

2.95

2.93

2.92

2.93

2.90

2.88

2.87

2.80

2.78

2.75

2.75

468

464

458

455

458

449

443

440

419

413

404

404

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

0.62

.68

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.63

.64

.64

13.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.5

12.9

12.9

March 17

1.82

1.83

1.84

1.85

2.08

2.09

2.13

2.15

2.18

2.20

2.21

2.31

153

155

157

160

218

221

233

240

249

255

258

287

March 23

2.71

2.69

2.68

2.67

2.66

2.66

2.66

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.64

2.64

393

387

384

382

379

379

379

376

376

376

373

373

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

0.64

.64

.64

.63

.63

.63

.63

.63

.63

.64

.64

.64

12.9

12.9

12.9

12.5

12.5

12.5

12.5

12.5

12.5

12.9

12.9

12.9

March 18

2.37

2.48

2.54

2.55

2.56

2.58

2.60

2.61

2.72

2.73

2.76

2.79

302

331

346

349

352

357

362

365

396

399

407

416

March 24

2.63

2.62

2.61

2.60

2.59

2.57

2.54

2.53

2.53

2.52

2.52

2.50

370

368

365

362

359

354

346

344

344

341

341

336

 Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

0.64

.64

.64

.64

.69

.76

.82

.88

.93

1.00

1.04

1.08

12.9

12.9

12.9

12.9

15.1

18.3

20.

25

28

33

37

40

March 19

2.85

2.89

2.93

2.94

2.99

3.01

3.04

3.05

3.06

3.16

3.12

3.16

434

446

458

461

477

483

493

496

499

531

518

531

March 25

2.49

2.47

2.47

2.46

2.45

2.44

2.43

2.42

2.42

2.42

2.41

2.40

333

328

328

326

323

320

318

315

315

315

313

310

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 7 p.m., 3.17 ft., 534 sec.-ft.
202 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--H0DSON TO STJSQUEHAMA REGION

Musconetoong River near Bloomstmry, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 40° 40 iles above Bloomsbury, '20" , long. 75°3'40", at highway bridge

Hunterdon County, and 9 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area.- 143 aquare milea; affected by storage in Lake Hopatcong, Lake

Muaoonetoong, Cranberry Lake, and a number of small ponda.

Sage-height record.- Water-atage recorder graph. _.,,,_ 

StSge-dia charge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1, 2, 10-12, 19-21. Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,700 seoond-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 2,270 seoond-feet 11*30 to 12 p.m. Mar. 11 (gage height,

1903-7, 1921-35: Maximum stage, 8.0 feet (former datum) Oct. 10 or 11, 1903 

(discharge not determined).

Mean discharge, in seoond-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1 260

2 255

3 250

4 239

5 232

6 235

7 219

8 206

9 203

10 200

Mar.

297

278

262

314

385

318

278

276

350

646

Apr.

600

600

574

482

468

1,130

1,020

923

810

831

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mean monthl^E discharge, in second

Feb.

195

195

196

202

208

207

224

250

215

195

Mar.

1,340

2,080

1,950

1,350

1,020

900

883

1,470

1,590

1,530

Apr,

810

746

746

705

643

622

569

533

496

468

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mean monthly discharge, in seoond-feet, adjusted for storage...

Run-off, in inches, adjusted for storage..

Feb.

185

176

171

162

170

223

323

335

294

222

205

1.54

Mar.

1,590

1,530

1,290

1,150

1,020

900

900

900

788

726

664

935

1,038

8.37

Apr.

416

396

373

346

324

303

291

280

276

264

568

561

4.37

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in seoond-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

m

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

'2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

1,95

1.94

1.92

1.89

1.85

1.85.

1,96

1.95

2.02

2.01

2.01

2.02

284

280

272

260

246

246

287

284

312

307

307

312

March 14

4.65

4.57

4.49

4.39

4.31

4.21

4.13

4,05

3.99

3.93

3.89

3.83

1,620

1 570

1,520

1, 460

1,420

1,360

1, 310

1,260

1,220

1,200

1, 170

1,140

March 20

4.60

4.60

4.59

4.57

4.54

4.52

4.51

4.49

4.47

4.45

4.43

4.43

1,590

lj 590

1,580

1 570

1,550

1,540

1,

1,

540

520

1,510

1,500

1, 490

1,490

Feet Seo.ft.

March 9

2. 04

1. 39

1.97

1.95

1.95

1. 37

2.01

2.21

2.27

2.;57

2.40

2.37

320

2£ 9

291

284

284

gC 1

307

396

425

47 3

487

473

March 15

3.78 3."?2

3.68

3.(54

3.60

3.56

3.J 4

3.52

3.48

3.45

3.*13

3.41

1,110

1,0610

1,060

1,040

1,020

1,000

99 1

982

962

948

93 8

928

March 21

4.45

4.E 0

4.58

4.63

4.72

4.79

4.ESO

4.75

4.69

4.66

4.£>5

4.65

1,500

1,530

1,580

1,610

1,660

1,700

1,710

1,680

1,640

1,630

1,620

1,620

Feet Seo.ft.

March 10

2

2

2

,29

,24

21

2.20

2

2

2

3

3

3

20

33

70

27

68

71

3.51

3.21

435

HI

396

391

391

i154

622

862

1,060 i»c)80

977

836

March 16

3.40

3. 39

3.38

3.

3.

3,

3.

3.

3,

3.

3.

3.

36

37

34

30

31

31

30

28

27

923

<318

914

S)04

909

895

£376

881

881

876

£567

862

March 22

4,

4,

65

65

4.61

4.57

4.54

4.50

4. 45

4.39

4.

4.

4,

35

30

26

4.22

1,620

1, 20

1,600

1,570

1,550

1,530

1,5 00

1,460

1,440

1,410

1,3 90

1,360

Feet Seo.ft.

March 11

3.02

2.99

3.06

3.11

3.36

4.21

4.59

4.66

5.12

5.32

5.56

5.67

754

742

771

792

904

1,360

1,580

1,630

1,900

2,020

2,190

2,270

March 17

3.28

3.28

3.27

3.29

3.30

3.29

3.24

3.29

3.35

3.38

3.39

3.69

867

867

862

872

876

872

849

872

900

914

918

1,0,60

March 23

4.20

4.18

4.15

4.16

4.14

4.10

4.05

4.05

4.00

3.96

3.93

3.92

1,350

1,340

1,320

1,330

1,310

1,290

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,210

1,200

1,190

Feet Seo.ft.

March 12

5.53

5.42

5,38

5.36

5.32

5.28

5.29

5.32

5.37

5.42

5.47

5.50

2,170

2, OSK>

2,070

2,050

2,020

2,00 0

2,000

2,020

2,060

2, OS 0

2,130

2,150

March 18

4.12

4.36

4.55

4.66

4.67

4.64

4.58

4.49

4.40

4.30

4.33

4.42

1,300

1,450

1,560

1,630

1,630

1,610 i,se10

1/520

1,470

1,410

1,430

1,480

March 24

3.90

3.89

3.88

3.90

3.87

3.86

3.84

3.82

3,77

3,78

3.70

3.71

1,180

1,170

1,170

1,180

1,160

1,160

1,140

1,130

1,100

1,110

1,070

1,080

Feet Seo.ft.

March 13

5.47

5.43

5.40

5.34

5.28

5.19

5.13

5.06

4.99

4.91

4.86

4.75

2,130

2,100

2,080

2,040

2,000

1,940

1,910

1,870

1,820

1,780

1,750

1,680

March 19

4.46

4.52

4.56

4.58

4.61

4.63

4.63

4.64

4.63

4.62

4.61

4.60

1,510

1,540

1,570

1,580

1,600

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,600

1,600

1,590

March 25

3.68

3.67

3.66

3.63

3.63

3.60

3.58

3.55

3.51

3.48

3.45

3.43

1,060

1,060

1,050

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,010

996

977

962

948

938
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 203

Assunpink Creek at Trenton, N. J.

Location.- Lat. 400 13'29n , long. 74°45 t 2n , at Chambers Street Bridge In Trenton, Mercer

County, li miles above mouth. Zero of gage is 24.76 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 89.4 square miles; not materially affected by storage during high water. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 19-23. Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,800 second-feet. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 1,890 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan 3 (gage height,

7.SO feet); during March, 1,080 second-feet 6:40 a.m. Mar. 12.

1923-35: Discharge, 2,400 second-feet Apr. 7, 1924 (gage height, 7.85 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period of ice-affected record determined by comparison with

records of nearby streams.

Mean discharge, In aecond-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

66

62

66

61

67

67

67

59

62

63

liar.

680

610

590

560

645

531

396

297

303

326

Apr.

170

160

176

155

145

475

409

341

282

315

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

62

57

59

63

64

70

88

132

130

104

Mar.

580

940

730

475

358

285

252

580

489

435

Apr.

338

303

309

261

212

187

152

135

124

113

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, In inches ............................................

Feb.

98

96

96

96

119

237

513

610

575

1.63

Mar.

435

355

276

243

209

178

241

396

315

267

221

5.50

Apr.

106

99

91

87

81

77

77

73

72

70

186

2.32

gage height, In feet, and discharge, in aeoond-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

m

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

3.42

3.32

3.22

3.11

3.07

3.10

3.13

3.17

3.24

3.34

3.43

3.45

347

318

288

255

243

252

261

273

294

324

349

355

March 14

4.20

4.12

4.06

4.00

3.94

3.89

3.84

3.79

3.75

3.70

3.67

3.63

560

537

520

503

486

472

459

445

435

422

414

404

March 20

3.84

3.84

3.84

3.82

3.80

3.77

3.75

3.72

3.69

3.67

3.64

3.62

459

459

459

453

448

440

435

427

419

414

406

401

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.40

3.33

3.26

3.21

3.17

3.16

3.15

3.15

3.17

3.30

3.43

3.47

341

321

300

285

273

270

267

267

273

312

349

361

March 15

3.60

3.57

3.54

3.50

3.48

3.45

3.42

3.39

3.38

3.35

3.33

3.31

396

388

380

369

363

355

347

338

335

326

321

315

March 21

3.68

3.69

3.68

3.78

3.92

3.99

3.95

3.86

3.78

3.72

3.67

3.64

417

419

417

443

481

500

489

464

443

427

414

406

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.45

3.38

3.32

3.26

3.23

3.20

3.18

3.23

3.35

3.50

3.60

3.63

355

335

318

300

291

282

276

291

326

369

396

404

March 16

3.38

3.26

3.24

3.23

3.22

3.20

3.19

3.19

3.17

3.15

3.15

3.14

309

300

294

291

288

282

279

279

273

267

267

264

March 22

3.61

3.59

3.56

3.52

3.48

3.45

3.41

3.38

3.36

3.33

3.29

3.26

399

393

385

374

363

355

344

335

329

321

309

300

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 11

3.62

3.58

3.57

3.58

3.73

3.92

4.17

4.48

4.76

5.09

5.27

5.27

401

391

388

391

430

481

551

654

754

876

948

948

March 17

3.13

3.12

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.09

3.09

3.09

3.09

3.08

3.08

3.18

261

258

255

262

249

249

249

249

249

246

246

276

March 23

3.24

3.23

3.21

3.19

3.18

3.18

3.17

3.16

3.15

3.14

3.13

3.12

294

291

285

279

276

276

273

270

267

864

261

258

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.36

5.45

5.55

5.50

5.35

5.17

5.13

5.00

4.97

5.04

5.13

5.14

984

1,020

1,070

1,050

980

908

892

840

828

856

892

896

March 18

3.45

3.54

3.74

4.08

4.57

4.92

4.99

4.78

4.54

4.34

4.18

4.06

355

380

432

525

688

808

836

762

676

606

554

520

March 24

3.11

3.10

3.10

3.09

3.09

3.08

3.08

3.08

3.06

3.05

3.03

3.00

255

252

252

249

249

246

246

S46

240

236

230

221

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.09

5.03

4.96

4.88

4.80

4.72

4.63

4.57

4.50

4.42

4.35

4.27

876

852

824

794

770

738

709

688

660

636

610

581

March 19

3.98

3.94

3.91

3.91

3.93

3.95

3.95

3.94

3.92

3.90

3.87

3.85

497

486

478

478

483

489

489

486

481

475

467

462

March 25

3.00

3.00

2.99

2i98

2.98

2.96

2.96

2.95

2.94

2.93

2.91

2.90

221

221

218

215

215

209

SOP

306

204

201

195

192

Supplemental records.- Mar. 

3.38 feet, 335 aefe.-ft.

12, 7 a.m., 5.55 feet, 1,070 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 3 a.m.
204 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Schuylkill River at Pottstown, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°14 T 3011 , long. 75°39 T 511 , at Hanover Street Bridge at Pottstown,

Montgomery County, one-third of a mile below mouth of Manatawny Creek. Zero of gage

is 117.81 feet ebove mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,147 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.5 feet} hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 20,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended logarithmically to crest discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1-26. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 31,800 second-feet 8:30 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 15.13

feet, from flood mark).

1927-35: Discharge, 44,200 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 19.2 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

Feb.

1,950

1,850

1,750

1,750

1,820

1,790

1,780

1,600

1,500

1,450

Mar.

5,270

4,720

4,120

4,370

5,080

4,900

4,280

4,000

4,420

6,180

Apr.

3,630

3,550

3,630

3,020

2,740

9,350

11,900

7,690

5,840

5,840

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,420

1,300

1,300

1,390

1,500

1,750

2,100

2,350

2,400

2,100

Mar.

13,000

27,700

23,900

12,600

8,670

6,980

8,290

20,100

20,400

14,400

Apr.

5,310

4,720

4,720

4,200

3,870

3,710

3,400

3,100

2,880

2,740

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

1,800

1,680

1,560

1,550

1,650

3,000

8,210

5,650

4,900

2,236

2.10

Mar.

12,500

10,800

8,170

6,920

5,880

4,920

5,360

6,300

4,750

4,350

4,070

8.99

Apr.

2,600

2,600

2,390

2,260

2,130

2,060

2,060

2,000

1,940

1,940

3 QOT

3.82

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

1fi

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4,

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

4.30

4.30

4.29

4.28

4.26

4.26

4.25

4.24

4,27

4.30

4.31

4.32

4,030

4,030

4,030

4,030

3,950

3,950

3,950

3,950

3,950

4,030

4,030

4,030

March 14

9.42

9,13

8,87

8.60

8.34

8.13

7.95

7.78

7.63

7.50

7.37

7.24

15,400

14,600

14,100

13,300

12,600

12,100

11,800

11,300

10,900

10,600

10,400

9,920

March 20

9.95

9.76

9.56

9.36

9.17

8.98

8.77

8.60

8.43

8,28

8.13

8.00

17,000

16,500

15,900

15,400

14,900

14,400

13,800

13,300

12,800

12,600

12,100

11,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.35

4.39

4.44

4.46

4.47

4.47

4.48

4.54

4.65

4.72

4.76

4.88

4,120

4,200

4,280

4,280

4,280

4,280

4,370

4,370

4,540

4,720

4,900

5,080

March 15

7.11

6.99

6.90

6.82

6.74

6.65

6.57

6.48

6.40

6.51

6.22

6.14

9,690

9,460

9,230

9,000

8,780

8,560

8,560

8,340

8,120

7,900

7,690

7,480

March 21

7.95

8.05

8.16

8.17

8.20

8.24

8.35

8.42

8.47

8.48

8.45

8.38

11,800

11,800

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,800

12,800

13,100

13,10»

12,800

12,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

5.05

5.17

5.26

5.31

5.36

5.41

5.46

5.51

5.57

5.66

5.93

6.29

5,270

5,650

5,840

5,840

6,040

6,040

6,240

6,240

6,440

6,640

7,060

7,900

March 16

6.08

6.02

5.98

5.95

5,89

5.86

5.82

5.78

5.72

5.69

5.64

5.60

7,480

7,270

7,270

7,270

7,060

7,060

6,850

6,850

6,640

6,640

6,440

&,440

March 22

8.31

8.19

8.01

7.85

7.67

7.50

7.38

7.25

7.15

7.04

6.93

6.81

12,600

12,300

11,800

11,300

11,100

10,600

10,400

9,920

9,920

9,460

9,230

9,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.62

6.95

7.33

7.65

7.87

8.13

8.48

8.82

9,35

10.08

10.54

11.20

8,560

9,460

10,200

10,900

11,600

12,100

13,100

13,800

15,400

17,300

18,400

20,300

March 17

5.59

5.63

5.75

6.07

6.38

6.57

6.68

6.75

6,86

6.92

7.05

8.00

6,440

6,440

6,850

7,480

8,120

8,560

8,780

9,000

9,230

9,230

9,460

11,800

March 23

6.73

6.65

6.59

6.53

6.47

6.42

6.37

6.31

6.25

6.20

6.17

6.12

8,780

8,560

8,560

8,340

8,340

8,120

8,120

7,900

7,690

7,690

7,690

7,480

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.92

12.45

12.83

13.20

13.61

13.98

14.43

14.70

14.95

15.10

15.06

14.85

22,300

23,800

25,000

26,200

27,400

28,600

29,800

30,600

31,600

31,800

31,800

31,000

March 18

9.05

9.43

9.77

10.60

11.25

11.68

11.97

12.22

12.38

12.50

12.55

12.50

14,400

15,400

16,500

18,600

20,300

21,700

22,600

23,200

23,800

24,000

24,400

24,000

March 24

6.07

6.01

5.96

5.90

5.87

5.83

5.78

5.74

5.69

5.64

5.60

5.55

7,480

7,270

7,270

7,060

7,060

6,850

6,850

6,640

6,640

6,440

6,440

6,440

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

14.58

14.25

13.90

13.50

13.05

12.55

12.03

11.47

10.90

10.40

10.05

9.74

30,400

29,200

28,200

27,000

25,600

24,400

22,600

21,200

19,500

18,100

17,000

16,200

March 19

12.35

12.15

11.89

11.60

11.28

10.99

10,76

10.67

10.60

10.48

10.34

10.13

23,800

23,200

22,300

21,400

20,600

19,800

19,200

18,900

18,600

18,400

17,800

17,300

March 25

5.51

5.47

5.44

5.39

5.34

5.32

5.28

5.23

5.20

5.17

5.13

5.09

6,240

6,240

6,040

6,040

5,840

5,840

5,840

5,650

5,650

5,650

5,460

5,460

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 8:30 p.m., 15.13 ft., 31,800 sec.-ft.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 205

Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 39°58'01t , long. 75°11'20", just above Pairmount Dam.at Philadelphia,

 Philadelphia County. Zero of gage is at 0.00 foot elevation, city of Philadelphia

datum, or 5.23 feet above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum. 

Drainage area.- 1,893 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 3 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mar. 12, when graph was estimated. Gage heights used to half tenths between 7.5 and

10 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 25,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to crest discharge. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 48,400 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 11.62 feet;.

 1898-1912, 1931-35: Gage height, about 14.8 feet Mar. 1, 1902 (discharge not 

determined).

1869-1935: Maximum known stage, 17.0 feet Oct. 4, 1869 (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Records do not include an average daily diversion of 232 second-feet used to 

supply water for city of Philadelphia.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

&

9

10

Feb.

1,970

1,870

1,730

1,730

1,780

1,760

1,780

1,600

1,520

1,470

Mar.

11,200

10,300

7,940

8,080

9,280

9,030

7,360

6,240

6,570

8,710

Apr.

5,590

5,240

5,580

4,950

4,160

13,100

17,600

11,200

8,350

8,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,430

1,300

1,300

1,390

1,470

1,920

2,310

2,380

2,460

2,140

Mar.

19,100

40,300

34,200

17,300

11,600

9,330

9,250

28,200

26,900

19,500

Apr.

8,440

7,660

7,240

6,580

5,760

5,410

5,010

4,490

4,160

3,880

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

1,830

1,690

1,560

1,560

1,620

3,550

7,690

10,200

9,800

2,580

1.47

Mar.

17,000

16,900

11,600

9,690

8,430

7,280

8,180

12,200

8,170

6,820

6,260

8.12

Apr.

3,600

3,440

3,320

3,0.00

2,840

2,630

2,630

2,420

2,420

2,310

3.37

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

fn

2

O

K

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

7.08

7.08

7.06

7.04

7.02

7.00

6.99

6.99

6.98

6.98

6.98

6.99

6,580

6,580

6,460

6,350

6,230

6,110

6,050

6,050

5,990

5,990

5,990

6,050

March 14

9.16

9.00

8.86

8.77

8.66

8.56

8.47

8.39

8.31

8.24

8.17

8.11

21,800

20,500

19,200

18,300

17,500

16,700

15,900

15,500

14,700

14,400

15,600

13,300

March 20

9.18

9.15

9.11

9.04

9.00

8.90

8.82

8.75

8.68

8.61

8.53

8.46

22,300

21,800

21,400

21,000

20,500

19,600

18,700

18,300

17,900

17,100

16,700

15,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

7.02

7.04

7.06

7.08

7.09

7.10

7.11

7.10

7.10

7.10

7.10

7.13

6,230

6,350

6,460

6,580

6,640

6,700

6,760

6,700

6,700

6,700

6,700

6,880

March 15

8.06

8.01

7.97

7.93

7.89

7.85

7.81

7.78

7.76

7.72

7.70

7.67

13,000

12,600

12,200

12,200

11,900

11,600

11,200

11,200

10,800

10,500

10,500

10,200

March 21

8.42

8.38

8.34

8.34

8.39

8.48

8.58

8.65

8.71

8.81

8.94

9.02

15,500

15,500

15,100

15,100

15,500

16,300

17,100

17,500

17,900

18,700

20,000

20,500

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

7.23

7.34

7.44

7.49

7.50

7.49

7.47

7.46

7.45

7.47

7.52

7.65

7,480

8,140

8,740

9,040

9,100

9,040

8,920

8,860

8,800

8,920

9,100

10,200

March 16

7.64

7.61

7.59

7.56

7.54

7.52

7.51

7.49

7.48

7.46

7.44

7.42

10,200

9,800

9,800

9,450

9,450

9,100

3,100

9,040

8,980

8,860

8,740

8,620

March 22

9.00

8.92

8.85

8.76

8.67

8.58

8.47

8.39

8.30

8.21

8.14

8.09

20,500

19,600

19,200

18,300

17,500

17,100

15,900

15,500

14,700

14,000

13,600

13,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7.82

7.96

8.05

8.09

8.18

8.37

8.53

8.80

9.30

9.98

10.36

10.60

11,200

12,200

13,000

13,300

14,000

15,100

16,700

18,700

23,200

30,100

34,400

36,600

March 17

7.39

7.39

7.38

7.38

7.38

7.38

7.41

7.48

7.60

7.73

7.82

7.92

8,440

8,440

8,380

8,380

8,380

8,380

8,560

8,980

9,800

10,800

11,200

11,900

March 23

8.04

7.99

7.94

7.90

7.87

7.84

7.80

7.77

7.76

7.75

7.72

7.69

13,000

12,600

12,^00

11,900

11,600

11,600

11,200

10,800

10,800

10,800

10,500

10,500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.80

11.06

11.50

11.57

11.29

10.95

10.78

10.64

10.58

10.57

10.64

10.75

38,80Q

42,400

47,200

48,400

44,800

41,200

38,800

36,600

36,600

36,600

36,600

38,800

March 18

8.01

8.26

9.06

10.22

10.76

10.83

10.73

10.54

10.31

10.10

9.97

9.93

12,600

14,400

21,000

32,200

38,800

38,800

37,700

35,500

33,300

31,100

29,600

29,600

March 24

7.67

7.65

7.63

7.62

7.60

7.58

7.57

7.56

7.54

7.52

7.50

7.48

10,200

10,200

10,200

9,800

9,800

9,800

9,450

9,450

9,450

9,100

9,100

8,980

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

10.81

10.86

10.85

10.80

10.70

10.56

10.40

10.22

10.01

9.81

9.59

9.36

38,800

40,000

38,800

38,800

37,700

36,600

34,400

32,200

30,100

28,100

26,100

23,600

March 19

9.93

9.92

9.91

9.86

9.82

9.76

9.66

9.59

9.48

9.38

9.28

9.22

29,600

29,100

29,100

28,600

28,100

27,600

26,600

26,100

25,100

24,100

23,200

22,300

March 25

7.46

7.44

7.43

7.42

7.40

7.39

7.39

7.37

7.36

7.33

7.30

7.28

8,860

8,740

8,680

8,620

8,500

8,440

8,440

8,320

8,260

8,080

7,900

7,780

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 7 a.m., 11.62 ft., 48,400 sec.-ft.
206 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Little Sohuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°48'20", long. 75°58'20", at Panther Valley Water Co. pumping plant,

0.6 mile above Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, and 0.8 mile above mouth of Panther

Creek. Zero of gage is 817.46 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 42.9 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 12 to Mar. 11,

when it was determined from one gage reading daily and comparison with records of

nearby stations. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.5 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. Affected by ice

Feb. 1-26.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,940 second-feet 4:15 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 5.65 feet), 

 1916-35: Discharge, 3,740 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 7.50 feet). 

Remarks.- Regulation from storage in Still Creek Reservoir. Water diverted above station not included in records, except in monthly table, which has been corrected for

diversions.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

38

36

34

33

32

31

30

30

30

30

liar.

120

115

115

122

125

120

115

114

130

197

Apr.

114

116

105

87

83

460

351

254

209

212

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

Feb.

30

30

30

31

33

37

39

35

34

34

Mar.

885

1,370

682

425

334

294

520

1,340

893

580

Apr.

196

174

174

149

141

123

116

101

95

89

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches (corrected ).............,...................

Feb.

34

35

37

40

46

70

160

140

120

1.54

Mar.

524

415

331

275

219

185

201

178

145

135

126

 zrf-i

9.97

Apr.

82

80

71

65

62

58

52

49

52

50

3.83

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

S

o

a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.57

2.61

2.64

2.65

2.65

2.66

2.66

2.66

2.67

2.67

2.67

2.67

r 99

107

114

116

116

119

119

119

121

121

121

121

March 14

3.63

3.59

3.55

3.52

3.48

3.46

3.45

3.45

3.46

3.47

3.45

3.43

486

465

445

430

411

401

396

396

401

406

396

387

March 20

3.99

3.94

3.90

3.85

3.81

3.78

3.75

3.71

3.68

3.65

3.62

3.60

694

664

640

610

586

569

552

530

514

498

481

470

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.68

2.68

2,69

2.69

2.69

2.70

2.70

2.71

2.72

2.73

2.75

2.77

123

123

126

126

126

128

128

131

133

136

141

146

March 15

3.40

3.37

3.34

3.31

3.29

3.27

3.25

3.26

3.28

3.29

3.28

3.27

373

360

347

333

325

317

308

313

321

325

321

317

March 21

3.59

3.64

3.77

3.84

3.78

3.72

3.71

3.72

3.78

3.72

3.67

3.62

465

440

564

604

569

536

530

536

569

536

508

481

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.78

2.80

2.82

2.85

2.88

2.90

2.94

2.99

3.02

3.08

3.13

3.20

149

154

160

168

177

183

196

212

222

243

261

288

March 16

3.26

3.24

3.22

3.21

3.19

3.15

3.16

3.17

3.15

3.17

3.23

3.34

313

304

296

292

284

269

273

277

269

277

300

347

March 22

3.58

3.55

3.63

3.50

3.48

3.47

3.47

3.47

3.45

3.43

3.41

3.39

460

445

435

420

411

406

406

406

396

387

378

369

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.27

3.36

3.45

3.57

3.71

3.90

4.17

4.47

4.90

5.30

5.53

5.58

317

355

396

455

530

640

810

1,020

1,320

1,640

1,840

1,890

March 17

3.44

3.66

3.63

3.57

3.58

3.66

3.65

3.62

3.69

3.80

3.90

4.30

392

503

486

455

460

503

498

481

520

530

640

900

March 23

3.37

3.36

3.35

3.33

3.32

3.30

3.28

3.27

3.25

3.25

3.24

3.24

360

355

351

342

338

329

321

317

308

308

304

304

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

5.59

5.46

5.25

5.05

4.92

4.82

4.75

4.74

4.68

4.58

4.48

4.36

1,890

1,760

1,600

1,440

1,320

1,250

1,220

1,220

1,180

1,110

1,030

942

March 18

5.30

5.64

5.50

5.20

4.94

4.80

4.72

4.69

4.75

4.77

4.65

4.50

1,640

1,940

1,800

1,560

1,360

1,250

1,180

1,180

1,220

1,220

1,140

1,040

March 24

3.24

3.23

3.21

3.20

3.18

3.16

3.15

3.13

3.12

3.11

3.10

3.09

304

300

292

288

280

273

269

261

258

254

250

246

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.26

4.18

4.10

4.04

3.98

3.93

3.88

3.84

3.79

3.75

3.71

3.67

872

817

765

726

688

658

628

604

574

552

530

508

March 19

4.40

4.34

4.46

4.53

4.43

4.30

4.21

4.16

4.14

4.12

4.09

4.04

970

928

1,010

1,080

991

900

837

804

791

778

758

726

March 25

3.08

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.03

2.99

2.97

2.96

2.95

2.95

2.97

2.96

243

240

236

232

226

212

205

202

199

199

205

202

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 4:15 a.m., 5.65 ft., 1,940 sec.-ft.
SttSQOEHANHA RIVER BASIN 207

Susquehanna River at Colliers ville, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 420 29'55n , long. 740 58'55n , a quarter of a mile below plant of Associated Gas & Electric System and half a mile north of Colliersville, Otsego County.

Drainage area.- 351 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,01C secondfeet; extended logarithmically to peak stage.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,740 second-feet 8:30 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 8.13 

feet).

1924-35: Discharge, 5,190 second-feet Mar. 16, 1929 (gage height, 7.1 feet).

Remarks.- Slight storage effect from pond at power plant just above station.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Fab.

315

285

228

315

248

315

204

280

102

280

Mar.

330

430

335

365

560

620

500

454

673

1,220

Apr.

2,020

1,880

2,260

2,160

1,890

1,890

2,340

2,010

1,660

1,730

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

340

124

214

224

238

188

255

236

140

116

Mar.

1,840

4,110

4,870

3,230

2,480

3,120

5,110

6,700

7,540

6,200

Apr.

1,720

1,720

1,780

1,860

1,890

1,850

1,650

1,600

1,530

1,440

Day

21

29.

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

210

250

280

285

280

184

370

325

465

oc;o

0.77

Mar.

5,010

4,770

4,180

3,540

3,190

2,900

2,630

2,780

2,490

2,170

2,060

9.15

Apr.

1,270

1,410

1,260

1,180

850

740

690

710

610

660

1 ^ A"*

4.91

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.67

2.67

2.67

2.67

2.67

2.62

2.42

2.42

2.42

2.68

2.68

2.68

488

488

488

488

488

461

361

361

361

494

494

494

March 14

5.97

5.88

5.79

5.69

5.62

5.54

5.47

5.41

5.37

5.32

5.26

5.20

3,850

3,700

3,550

3,390

3,280

3,160

3,060

2,960

2,910

2,840

2,750

2,670

March 20

7.44

7.42

7.40

7.28

7.21

7.17

7.10

7.04

6.98

6.90

6.86

6.78

6,880

6,830

6,780

6,490

6,320

6,230

6,070

5,940

5,810

5,630

5,550

5,380

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.68

2.68

2.68

2.68

2.60

3.19

3.19

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.23

494

494

494

494

450

804

804

831

831

831

831

831

March 15

5.16

5.13

5.10

5.06

5.04

5.00

4.98

4.98

5.01

5.04

5.08

5.12

2,610

2,570

2,530

2,480

2,450

2,400

2,370

2,370

2,410

2,450

2,500

2,560

March 21

6.74

6.70

6.68

6.66

6.56

6.56

6.57

6.60

6.60

6.55

6.54

6.54

5,290

5,210

5,170

5,130

4,930

4,930

4,950

5,010

5,010

4,910

4,890

4,890

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.23

3.23

3.80

3.80

3.67

3.83

3.93

3.93

3.93

3.94

3.95

3.98

831

831

1,260

1,260

1,160

1,280

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,380

1,380

1,410

March 16

5.16

5.21

5.27

5.31

5.38

5.44

5.54

5.64

5.69

5.82

5.92

6.06

2,610

2,680

2,770

2,820

2,920

3,010

3,160

3,310

3,390

3,600

3,760

4,000

March 22

6.52

6.52

6.52

6.51

6.51

6.52

6.50

6.47

6.45

6.42

6.39

6.37

4,850

4,850

4,850

4,830

4,830

4,850

4,810

4,750

4,720

4,660

4,600

4,560

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.04

4.10

4.14

4.20

4.24

4.48

4.50

4.54

4.64

4.82

4.92

5.08

1,470

1,520

1,560

1,610

1,650

1,880

1,900

1,940

2,040

2,220

2,330

2,510

March 17

6.18

6.28

6.38

6.48

6.56

6.62

6.7C

6.86

6.90

7.10

7.05

7.06

4,210

4,390

4,580

4,770

4,930

5,050

5,210

5,550

5,630

6,070

5,960

5,980

March 23

6.34

6.29

6.26

6.23

6.10

6.18

6.15

6.25

6.14

6.08

6.03

5.98

4,510

4,410

4,360

4,300

4,070

4,210

4,160

4,340

4,140

4,040

3,950

3,870

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.24

5.42

5.67

5.88

6.04

6.16

6.28

6.40

6.50

6.62

6.76

6.79

2,730

2,980

3,360

3,700

3,970

4,180

4,390

4,620

4,810

5,050

5,340

5,400

March 18

7.08

7.12

7.22

7.22

7.30

7.40

7.52

7.40

7,55

7.50

7.50

7.56

6,030

6,120

6,350

6,350

6,540

6,780

7,080

6,780

7,160

7,030

7,030

7,190

March 24

5.92

5.88

5.85

5.82

5.80

5.78

5.76

5.79

5.75

5.71

5.68

5.66

3,760

3,700

3,650

3,600

3,570

3,540

3,510

3,550

3,490

3,430

3,380

3,350

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.79

6.76

6.74

6.66

6.66

6.60

6.50

6.40

6.30

6.25

6.18

6.09

5,400

5,340

5,290

5,130

5,130

5,010

4,810

4,620

4,430

4,340

4,210

4,050

March 19

7.59

7.70

7.70

7.94

7.82

7.82

7.76

7.70

7.65

7.65

7.56

_7.48

7,260

7,550

7,550

8,200

7,870

7,870

7,710

7,550

7,420

7,420

7,190

6,980

March 25

5.64

5.62

5.60

5.59

5.57

5.56

5.55

5.53

5.52

5.50

5.49

5.47

3,310

3,280

3,250

3,240

3,200

3,190

3,180

3,140

3,130

3,100

3,080

3,060

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 8:30 a.m., 8.13 ft., 8,740 sec.-ft. Mar. 23, 2:45 

p.m., 5.40 ft., 2,950 sec.-ft. Mar. 24, 2:30 p.m., 4.90 ft., 2,270 see.-ft.
208 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEEANNA REGION 

Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°2'1011 , long. 75°48'10'1 , at highway bridge lust below Conklin, Broome

County, 3f miles below Pennsylvania State line. 

Drainage area.- 2,240 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 21,400 second-feetj extended logarithmically to peak stage guided

by a previous curve which was defined by current-meter measurements below 51,400

second-feet.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 61,600 second-feet 1 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 20.14 feet). 

1912-35: Discharge, 52,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage height, 18.3

feet). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Feb.

2,000

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

Mar.

2,600

2,400

2,400

2,200

2,800

3,400

3,600

3,000

2,800

6,000

Apr.

7,610

7,400

8,700

9,160

7,820

7,820

10,100

10,300

9,020

8,480

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,900

1,900

2,000

1,900

1,900

Mar.

16,000

38,100

41,200

35,100

20,200

20,800

34,400

56,500

57,800

51,000

Apr.

9,160

9,390

13,300

13,100

11,300

10,300

9,040

7,820

7,190

6,570

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,800

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

2,000

3,000

3,400

3,200

1,997

0.96

Mar.

38,200

29,000

20,500

14,800

12,400

10,800

10,100

10,600

10,100

8,480

7,610

18,540

9.55

Apr.

6,070

6,370

5,970

5,200

4,550

4,020

3,590

3,260

3,100

2,940

3.79

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in seoond-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

-

-

-

6.88

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*3,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

-

16.40

-

16.10

-

15.65

-

15.12

-

14.51

-

13.71

-

39,200

-

37,600

_

35,600

-

33,200

-

30,500

_

27,300

March 20

-

19.21

-

18.88

-

18.49

18.16

-

17.77

-

17.31

-

55,300

-

53,300

-

50,900

49,000

-

46,600

-

43,900

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

-

-

-

-

-

6.60

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

«e,soo

_

_

-

-

_

-

March 15

_

12.83

-

11.98

_

11.31

11.18

10.97

-

10.95

_

10.95

_

24,100

_

21,100

_

18,800

18,300

17,600

-

17,500

_

17,500

March 21

_

16.81

-

16.51

-

16.30

15.82

-

15.47

-

15.23

_

41,200

_

39,700

_

38,600

36,300

_

34,800

-

33,700

Feet See. ft.

Maroh 10

7.20

7.30

7.41

7.50

7.57

7.73

8.62

8.67

9.10

9.80

10.47

12.30

_

-

4,460

_

_

5,680

-

_

7,080

-

_

9,040

Maroh 16

10.98

11.07

11.17

11.30

11.47

11.80

12.13

12.31

12.41

12.59

13.04

13.62

17,600

17,900

18,300

18,800

19,300

20,500

21,700

22,300

22,600

23,300

24,800

27,000

March 22

_

14.93

_

14.51

_

14.11

_

13.73

_

13.30

_

12.84

_

32,300

_

30,500

_

28,900

27,400

_

25,800

_

24,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

12.36

12.37

12.67

13.25

13.55

12.50

11.60

11.33

11.65

12.60

13.30

15.60

_

10,100

_

12,200

_

14,800

16,400

18,900

20,000

23,300

25,800

34,900

March 17

13 99

14^32

14.66

14.94

15.14

15.34

15.56

15.80

16.00

16.29

16.61

16.93

28,500

29,800

31,100

32,400

33,300

34,200

35,200

36,200

37,200

38,600

40,200

41,800

March 23

_

12.52

-

12.14

_

11.80

11.45

-

11.12

-

10.81

_

23,000

_

21,700

-

20,500

19,300

-

18, 100

-

17,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

15.71

15.80

16.00

16.03

16.06

16.08

16.15

16.30

16.52

16.68

16.80

16.87

35 , 800

36,200

37,200

37,300

37,400

37,600

37,900

38,600

39,800

40,600

41,200

41,500

March 18

17.40

18.31

19.15

19.74

20.02

20.13

20.11

19.99

19.85

19.71

19.60

19.49

44,400

49,900

54,900

58,800

60,700

61,500

61,400

60,500

59,600

58,600

57,800

57,000

March 24

_

10.52

-

10.25

-

9.99

9.81

-

9.62

_

9.49

_

16,100

-

15,300

-

14,500

14,000

-

13,500

_

13,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

16.94

_

16.90

_

16.84

_

_

16.75

-

_

16.60

_

41,900

_

41,600

_

41,400

_

_

40,900

_

_

40,200

March 19

19.44

19.50

19.67

19.81

19.82

19.76

_

19.68

-

19.64

_

19.48

56,700

57,100

58,300

59,300

59,300

58,900

_

58,400

-

58,100

57,000

March 25

_

9.38

-

9.26

_

9.16

9.07

-

8.98

-

8.89

_

12,800

-

12,500

_

12,300

_

12,000

_

11,800

_

11,600

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 10:30 a.m., 13.68 ft. Mar. 13, 5 a.m., 16.95 ft., 

41,900 sec.-ft. Mar. '18, 1 p.m., 20.14 ft., 61,600 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, 9 a.m., 19.82 ft. 

59,300 see.-ft.

 Wean for the day.
SUSQDEHANNA RIVER BASIN 209

Susquehanna River at Binghamton, H. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°5'30", long. 75°54'55'1 , at Washington Street Bridge, at Binghamton, 

Broome County, 500 feet upstream from mouth of Chenango River. Zero of gage is 

821.49 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 2,290 square miles.

Gage-height record«- Graph based on two or more gage readings daily. 

Maxima.- 1936;Sage height, 22.85 feet 3 p.m. Mar. 18. 

1901-35: Gage height, 19.74 feet Mar. 2, 1902. 

1865-1935! Maximum known stage, 23.5 feet Mar. 17, 1865.

Remarks.- Gage heights obtained for flood-warning purposes. Discharge not determined. 

Gage height record furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau since 1913.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

9oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Seo.ft.

March 8

3.78

3.78

3.77

3.75

3.68

3.65

3.61

3.58

3.54

3.52

3.51

3.50

March 14

15.15

14.85

14.55

14.20

13.80

13.40

12.97

12.55

12i 20

11.90

11.57

11.30

March 20

20,44

20.23

20.01

19.70

19.35

19.01

18.52

18.05

17.53

17.05

16.55

16.17

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.48

3.48

3.47

3.48

3.49

3.50

3.53

3.55

3.58

3.62

3.70

3.75

March 15

11.00

10.73

10.47

10.25

10.00

9.85

9.70

9.55

9.46

9.41

9.45

9.50

March 21

15.85

15.55

15.33

15.11

14.87

14.70

14.55

14.43

14.35

14.23

14.08

13.95

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 10

3.83

3.90

4.02

4.17

4.28

4.43

4.63

4.87

5.10

5.35

5.60

5.90

March 16

9.65

9.80

10.03

10.36

10.78

11.27

11.73

12.15

12.56

13.15

13.67

14.14

March 22

13.80

13.63

13.46

13.33

13.07

12.89

12.67

12.48

12.27

12.05

11.75

11.65

Peet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.18

6.50

6.83

7.18

7.53

8.00

8.55

9.25

10.00

11.05

12.10

13.05

March 17

14.52

14.85

15.09

15.25

15.40

15.55

15.65

15.72

15.77

15.95

16.20

16.80

f March 23

11.43

11.24

11.03

10.82

10.58

10.42

10 30

li..02

9.87

9.70

9.50

9.30

Feet | Seo.ft.

March 12

13.90

14.45

14.85

15.25

15.57

15.82

16.04

16.20

16.35

16.58

16.97

17.25

March 18

17.45

18.15

19.00

20.05

21.75

22.55

22.75

22.83

22.82

22.81

22.80

22.79

March 24

9.12

8.92

8.80

8.70

8.60

8,50

8.40

8.34

8.27

8.20

8.17

8.14

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

17.38

17.45

17.42

17.30

17.15

16.92

16.70

16.45

16.23

15.96

15.68

15.40

March 19

22.70

22.65

22.55

22.37

22.20

22.00

21.77

21.53

21.23

21.01

20.83

20.60

March 25

8.11

8.08

8.06

8.04

8.01

7.98

7.94

7.93

7.91

7.89

7.87

7.85
210 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SlTSQtJEHANNA REGION

Susquehanna River at Towanda, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°45'55", long. 76°26'25n , at Bridge Street Bridge at Towanda, Bradford County. Zero of gage is 693.85 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,797 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Graph based on two or more chain-gage readings daily. Gage heights 

used to half tenths below and tenths above 2.0 feet,

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 178,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements 

(surface velocities); logarithmic extension to peak discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 

1 to Mar. 6. . Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 188,000 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 25.03 feet).

 1892-1935: Discharge, 182,000 second-feet Mar. 2, 1902 (gage height, 24.5 

feet, from flood marks).

1865-1935: Maximum discharge known, 188,000 second-feet Mar. 17, 1865 (gage 

height, 25.0 feet, from flood marks).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

4,200

4,000

3,900

3,850

3,800

5,700

3,650

3,600

3,550

3,500

Mar.

14,000

12,300

11,600

11,500

11,700

13,000

15,700

14,600

13,700

19,700

Apr.

26,000

22,400

28,400

25,400

21,800

21,200

30,800

29,000

25,400

23,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

3,400

3,400

3,400

3,400

3,500

3,350

3,250

3,750

3,600

3,500

Mar.

44,000

133,000

137,000

85,900

61,900

73,800

115,000

164,000

182,000

158,000

Apr.

23,600

27,200

32,600

36,200

31,400

28,400

24,200

20,700

18,700

17,200

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

3,400

3,300

3,200

3,100

3,100

3,500

5,500

10,000

12,000

4,117

.57

Mar.

116,000

83,300

61,300

47,400

49,100

53; 600

43,400

43,100

36,900

29,700

27,900

8.99

Apr.

15,700

15,700

15,700

13,700

11,700

10,700

9,800

9,000

8,200

8,200

3.01

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

§

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

4.54

4.54

4.56

4.50

4.48

4.40

4.34

4.30

4.23

4.21

4.20

4.20

15,200

15,200

'15,700

15,200

15,200

14,700

14,200

14,200

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

March 14

16.47

16.12

15.80

15.48

15.17

14.84

14.55

14.27

13.97

13.70

-13.46

13.20

99,500

95,900

93,200

90,50Q

87,800

84,400

82,800

80,400

78,000

75,600

74,000

71,600

March 20

23.50

23.37

23.20

23.00

22.87

22.65

22.36

22.08

21.70

21.25

20.72

20.15

170,000

169,000

167,000

165,000

164,000

161,000

158,000

155,000

151,000

145,000

140,000

135,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.19

4.18

4.19

4.21

4.30

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

13,700

14,200

March 15

12.98

12.72

12.51

12.30

12.09

11.86

11.65

11.45

11.25

11.12

11.07

11.10

70,000

67,600

66,000

64,400

62,800

61,300

59,200

57,800

56,400

55,700

55,700

55,700

March 21

19.61

19.10

18i66

18.50

18.38

18.28

18.12

17.90

17.65

17.39

17.00

16.60

129,000

124,000

120,000

118,000

117,000

116,000

114,000

112,000

109,000

108,000

104,000

100,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.42

4.60

4.78

4.93

5.10

5.20

5.35

5.70

6.09

6.30

6.44

6.60

14,700

15,700

16,700

17,200

18,200

18,700

19,700

21,200

23,600

24,800

25,400

26,600

March 16

11.20

11.35

11.63

11.98

12.52

13.15

13.75

14.35

14.90

15.50

16.08

16.85

56,400

57,800

59,200

62,000

66,000

71,600

76,400

81,200

85,200

90,500

95,900

102,000

March 22

16.21

15.86

15.50

15.16

14.83

14.52

14.22

13.92

13.68

13.44

13.20

13.00

96,800

94,100

90,500

87,800

84,400

82,000

79,600

77,200

75,600

73,200

71,600

70,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.80

7.04

7.32

7.68

8.10

8.52

9.10

9.62

10.50

11.48

12.84

14.94

27,800

29,000

30,800

33,200

35,600

38,000

41,700

45,200

51,500

58,500

68,400

85,200

March 17

17.29

17.61

17.89

18.09

18.30

18.44

18.50

18.50

18.50

18.50

18.54

18.86

107,000

109.000

112,000

114,000

116,000

117,000

118,000

118,000

118,000

118,000

118,000

122 ,000

March 25

12.85

12.68

12.50

12.32

12.14

11.94

11.72

11.50

11.30

11.06

10.84

10.61

68,400

67,600

66,000

64,400

62,800

61,300

59,900

58,500

57,100

55,700

55,600

52,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March fll

16.80

18.06

19.25

19.71

19.98

20.48

20.80

21.27

21.74

22.06

22.22

22.30

102,000

114,000

125,000

130,000

133,000

138,000

141,000

146,000

151,000

155,000

156,000

157,000

March 18

19.70

20.58

22.00

23.26

23.65

23.85

23.98

24.08

24.12

24.13

24.35

24.61

130,000

140.000

154,000

168,000

172,000

174,000

176,000

177,000

177,000

177,000

181,000

183,000

March 24

10.45

10.30

10.11

10.00

9.88

9.76

9.69

9.62

9.60

9.58

9.58

9.59

50,800

50,100

48,700

48,000

47,300

46,600

45,900

45,200

45,200

45,200

45,200

45,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

22.34

22.22

21.96

21.70

21.40

20.89

20.40

19.79

19.02

18.22

17.42

16.90

157,000

156,000

154,000

151,000

147,000

142,000

137,000

131,000

123,000

115,000

108,000

103,000

March 19

24.73

24.85

24.90

24.97

24.95

24.88

24.56

24.45

24.30

23.92

23.72

23.60

184,000

186,000

187,000

188,000

188,000

187,000

183,000

181,000

180,000

175,000

173,000

172,000

March 25

9.60

9.65

9.72

9.81

9.97

10.18

10.39

10.51

10.60

10.68

10.71

10.73

45,200

45,200

45,900

46,600

48,000

49,400

50,800

51,500

52,200

52,900

52,900

52,900

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 9 a.m., 25.03 ft., 188,000 sec.-ft. (flood crest).
STJSQTJEHATOIA RIVER BASIN 211 

Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°15 1 0", long. 75°53 t 10", at Market Street Bridge at Wilkes-Barre, 

luzerne County. Zero of gage is 511.94 feet (revised) above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 9,960 square miles.

Page-height record.- Water-stflge recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths below and tenths above 4.0 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 214,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements 

(surface velocities); logarithmic extension to crest stage. Affected by ice Feb. 

1-29. , . Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 232,000 second-feet 2 a.m. Mar. 20 (gage height, 33.07 feetj.

 1890-1935: Discharge, 213,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 2, 1902 (gage height, 

31.4 feet).

1865-1935: Maximum discharge known, 232,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1865 (gage 

height, 33.1 feet, from flood marks).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

Feb.

5,700

5,600

5,400

5,300

5,200

5,100

5,000

4,900

4,V50

4,VOO

Mar.

17,700

16,100

14,300

12,900

14,000

17,600

30 , 100

17,700

17,100

19,900

Apr.

33,000

29,200

29,800

32,500

28,200

28,200

32,000

37,100

33 , 600

30,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

4,600

4,500

4,400

4,300

4,500

4,200

4,400

4,400

4,200

4,000

Mar.

48,800

129,000

182,000

150,000

99,400

80,200

125,000

192,000

229,000

221,000

Apr.

29,200

31,400

34,700

45,200

41,300

37,100

32,000

27,200

23,800

21,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

3,900

4,100

3,900

3,800

3,700

4,200

6,000

12,000

15,000

-

-

0.57

Mar.

184,000

144,000

99,000

72,300

59,000

63,500

62,200

52,800

51,700

41,200

33,900

80,560

9.33

Apr.

19,700

18,900

18,500

17,700

15,700

14,000

12,600

11,600

10,700

10,100

-

26,230

2.93

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

a

£

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

7.84

7.78

7.68

7.55

7.48

7.48

7.40

7.30

7.24

7.24

7.26

7.32

18,900

18,900

18,500

18,100

17,700

17,700

17,300

16,900

16,500

16,500

16,900

16,900

March 14

28.02

27.62

27.13

26.55

25.92

25.30

24.68

24.09

23.52

23.00

22.50

22.06

178,000

173,000

168,000

163,000

156,000

150,000

144,000

138,000

132,000

128,000

123,000

119,000

March 20

33.07

33.00

32.90

32.75

32.57

32.34

32.10

31.81

31.44

31.12

30.85

30.55

232,000

230,000

229,000

223,000

226,000

"223,000

221,000

218,000

213,000

210,000

207,000

205,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

7.40

7.45

7.43

7.42

7.40

7.38

7.34

7.30

7.29

7.30

7.33

7.40

17,300

17,300

17,300

17,300

17,300

17,300

16,900

16,900

16,900

16,900

16,900

17,300

March 15

21.61

21. ?0

20.84

20.48

20.11

19.78

19.47

19.16

18.82

18.52

18.23

17.98

115,000

111,000

107,000

105,000

101,000

98,600

96,000

93,500

90,200

87,700

85,200

83,600

March 21

30.28

30.03

29.73

29.38

28.95

28.63

28.25

27.86

27.52

27.18

26.89

26.61

202,000

198,000

195,000

192,000

188,000

184,000

180,000

176,000

172,000

169,000

166,000

163,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

7.47

7.55

7.62

7.69

7.74

7.80

7.90

8.03

8.24

8.55

8.94

9.38

17,700

18,100

18,100

18,500

18,500

18,900

19,300

19,700

20,600

22,400

23,750

26,200

Mar oh 16

17.78

17.59

17.45

17.35

17.30

17.25

17.25

17.26

17.33

17.52

17.88

18.40

82,000

80,400

78,900

78,900

78,100

77,300

77,300

78,100

78,100

79 , 600

82,800

86,900

March 22

26.35

26.08

25.80

25.51

25.20

24.84

24.45

24.04

23.59

23.09

22.62

22.15

161,000

158,000

155,000

152,000

149,000

145,000

141,000

137,000

133,000

129,000

124,000

120,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

9.96

10.64

11.13

11.56

11.93

12.55

13.72

14.70

15.35

15.78

16.29

17.12

29,200

32,500

35,300

38,300

40,100

44,500

51,800

58,700

63,700

66,600

70,400

76,500

March 17

19.13

20.08

20.91

21.74

22.48

23.09

23.64

24.17

24.65

25.03

25.32

25.67

92,600

101,000

108,000

115,000

123,000

129,000

133,000

139,000

143,000

147,000

150,000

154,000

March 23

21.70

21.23

20.77

20.35

20.00

19.61

19.31

19.03

18.75

18.48

18.24

18.01

115,000

111,000

107,000

104,000

100,000

96,900

94,400

91,800

90,200

87,700

85,200

83,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

18.27

19.55

20.65

21.73

22.72

23.56

24.35

25.08

25.74

26.30

26.78

27.24

86,100

96,900

106,000

115,000

125,000

133,000

141,000

148,000

154,000

160,000

165,000

169,000

March 18

26.16

26.59

27.19

27.95

28.78

29.54

30.36

31.00

31.54

32.10

32.42

32.62

159,000

163,000

169,000

178,000

186,000

193,000

203,000

209,000

214,000

221,000

224,000

226,000

March 24

17.78

17.54

17.29

17.04

16.76

16.52

16.24

15.98

15.75

15.54

15.35

15.17

82,000

79,600

78,100

75,700

74,200

71,900

69,600

68,100

66,600

64,400

63,700

62,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

27.68

27.98

28.20

28.35

28.52

28.66

28.75

28.80

28.80

28.73

28.58

28.35

174,000

178,000

180,000

182,000

183,000

185,000

186,000

186,000

186,000

185,000

184,000

182,000

March 19

32.75

22.78

32.77

32.77

32.78

32.30

32.85

32.90

32.97

33.00

33.05

33.06

228,000

228,000

228,000

228,000

228,000

228,000

228,000

229,000

230,000

230,000

230,000

232,000

March 25

15.04

14.91

14.81

14.74

14.66

14.61

14.56

14.53

14.53

14.57

14.68

14.83

60,800

60,100

59,400

58,700

58,700

58,000

58,000

57,300

57,300

58,000

58,700

59,400
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°57'251', long. 76°37 t 2011 , at highway bridge at Danville, Montour

County. Zero of gage is 431.07 feet (revised) above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 11,220 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on two or more chain-gage readings daily. No record

Apr. 3, 16, 18. Gage heights used to half tenths below and tenths above 3.0 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 250,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements

(surface velocities). Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 6 and by backwater from West

Branch 6 p.m. Mar. 18 to midnight Mar. 19. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 250,000 second-feet midnight to 8 a.m. Mar. 20. Qage height,

28.0 feet 4 p.m.. Mar. 19 (backwater from West Branch of Suscmehanna River).

1899-1935: Discharge, 242,000 second-feet (revised} Ear. 3, 1902 (gage height

26.8 feet (revised), from flood marks). Maximum gage height, 30.7 feet

from flood marks (affected by ice).

1865-1935: Maximum known discharge 

height, 28 feet, from flood mark).

Mar. 9, 1904, 

258,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1865 (gage

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

6,400

6,300

6,100

6,000

5,800

5,700

5,600

5,400

5,300

5,200

Mar.

27,000

30,000

25,000

22,000

30,000

42,000

54,500

26,500

23,500

26,500

Apr.

33,900

34,600

37,000

34,600

33,200

33,900

40,800

43,300

40,800

37,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

5,100

5,000

4,800

4,700

4,800

4,500

4,700

4,800

4,600

4,400

Mar.

52,600

134,000

186,000

179,000

125,000

91,200

113,000

190,000

241,000

245,000

Apr.

35,400

36,100

38,400

39,200

50,100

44,000

40,000

32,000

26,200

25,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

4,300

4,300

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,700

6,800

15,000

21,500

0.58

Mar.

210,000

157,000

116,000

88,500

67,900

66,200

70,400

61,200

58,200

49,500

40,100

91,900

9.44

Apr.

23,600

21,200

20,600

20,600

18,300

16,100

14,600

13,100

12,100

11,600

30,280

3.01

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

a

e

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

7.84

Y.70

7.55

7.50

Y.43

7.39

7.34

7.30

Y.25

Y.18

Y.14

7.05

28,900

28,200

27,500

26,900

26,200

26,200

25,500

25,500

24,900

24,900

24,200

23,600

March 14

23.12

23.05

22.95

22. Y8

22.55

22.34

22 ,10

21.80

21.41

21.00

20.51

20.00

192,000

191,000

191,000

188,000

186,000

182,000

1Y9,000

1Y5,000

170^000

165,000

159,000

153,000

March 20

2Y.40

27.40

27.40

27.35

27.25

2 Y.18

27.08

26.94

26.80

26.60

26.40

26.20

250,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

24Y.OOO

247,000

246,000

243,000

242,000

239,000

236,000

233,000

Feet See.ft.

March 9

7.03

7.00

6.96

6.93

6.91

6.90

6.91

6.93

6.99

7.03

7.08

7.10

23,600

23,600

23,600

23,000

23,000

23,000

23,000

23,000

23,600

23,600

24,200

24,200

March 15

19.48

19.00

18.60

18.10

17.70

17.40

17.10

16.80

16.60

16.35

16.10

15.80

147,000

141,000

136,000

130,000

126,000

122,000

118,000

115,000

113,000

110,000

107,000

104,000

March 21

25.95

25.70

25.40

25.10

24.85

24.57

24.30

23.97

23.65

23.30

22.92

22.58

230,000

226,000

222,000

218,000

214,000

212,000

208,000

204,000

198,000

195,000

189,000

186,000

Feet See.ft.

March 10

Y.14

7.18

Y.20

7.22

Y.2Y

Y.30

Y.37

Y.43

Y.55

Y.70

Y.98

8.21

24,200

24,900

24,900

24,900

25,500

25,500

26,200

26,200

2Y,500

28,200

30,500

31,YOO

March 16

15.58

15.38

15.14

14.90

14.63

14.40

14.23

14.10

14.04

14.00

14.02

14.15

102,000

99,500

96,200

94,000

90,YOO

88,500

86,300

85,200

84,100

84,100

84,100

86,300

March 22

22.19

21.80

21.40

21.03

20.65

20.26

19.90

19.57

19.22

18.90

18.60

18.25

180,000

175,000

1YO,000

165,000

160,000

157,000

152,000

148,000

144,000

140,000

136,000

132,000

Feet See.ft.

March 11

8.60

8.90

9.25

9.62

10.02

10.50

10.98

11.39

11.88

12.50

13.20

14.00

34,600

36,900

39,200

42,500

45,800

50,100

54,500

58,100

62,600

68,400

Y5,400

84,100

March 17

14.40

14.72

15.12

15.60

16.00

16.45

16.93

1Y.35

17.80

18.39

18,90

19.40

88,500

91,800

96,200

102,000

106,000

110,000

116,000

122,000

12Y,000

134,000

140,000

146,000

March 23

17.95

17.65

17.42

17.20

16.98

16.75

16.57

16.38

16.20

16.00

15.75

15. 5Y

129,000

124,000

122,000

120,000

117,000

115,000

113,000

110,000

108,000

106,000

104,000

102,000

Feet See.ft.

March 12

15.00

16.00

17.00

17.70

18.35

18.79

19.32

19.74

20.20

20.55

20.98

21.35

95,100

106,000

117,000

126,000

134,000

139,000

'145,000

150,000

156,000

160,000

165,000

170,000

March 18

20.08

20.72

21.44

22.10

22. 6Y

23.18

23.75

24.22

24.80

25.27

25,80

26.25

154,000

162,000

170,000

1Y9,000

187,000

193,000

201,000

206,000

212,000

21Y,000

222,000

226,000

March 24

15.38

15.18

14.98

14.78

14.55

14.38

14.20

14.02

13.80

13.60

13.40

13.21

99,500

9Y,300

95,100

92,900

90,700

88,500

86,300

84,100

81,900

79,YOO

77,500

Y5.400

Feet See.ft.

March 13

21.70

22.02

22.32

22.57

22.72

22.86

22.99

23.09

23.12

23.15

23.19

23.17

174,000

178,000

182,000

186,000

187,000

189,000

191,000

192,000

192,000

193,000

193,000

193,000

March 19

26.75

2Y.15

2Y.50

27.70

27.85

2Y.90

27.95

28.00

27.95

2Y.8Y

27.67

27.48

229,000

233,000

236,000

"258,000

240,000

242,000

244,000

246,000

247,000

247,000

249,000

250,000

March 25

13.02

12.85

12.70

12.58

12.48

12.33

12.25

12.18

12.10

12.07

12.02

12.00

73,400

71,400

70,400

69,400

68,400

66,500

65,500

65,500

64,600

64,600

63,600

63,600
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 213

Susquehanna River at Sunbury, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°50'55", long. 76°48'20", at highway bridge at Sunbury, Northumberland

County, 3,700 feet below Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge. Zero of gage is

419.00 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 18,300 square miles. 

Bage-height record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings daily except for period

Mar. 19-23, when it was determined by a flood mark and comparison with stage graphs

of nearby stations.

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height, 26.85 feet 2 p.m. Mar. 19, from flood mark. 

1916-35: Gage height observed, 18.0 feet Mar. 14, 1920. 

1865-1935: Maximum known stage, 22.5 feet March 1865. 

Remarks.- Station maintained for flood-warning purposes. Discharge not determined.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

6.50

6,10

5.80

5.51

5.50

5.49

5.46

5.41

5.39

5.36

5.50

5.28

March 14

18.22

17.95

17.62

17.51

17.00

16.69

16.31

15.99-

15.52

15.11

14.70

14.50

March 20

24.62

24.30

23.92

23.40

25.00

22.65

22.50

21.88

21.50

21.10

20.68

20.30

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.24

5.20

5.17

5.12

5.10

5.06

5.02

4.99

4.98

4.97

4.97

4.97

March 15

13.83

13.48

13.07

12.66

12.40

12.12

11.89

11.64

11.42

11.21

11.05

10.89

March 21

19.90

19.56

19.20

18.86

18.51

18.20

17.86

17.55

17.15

16.83

16.49

16.12

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

4.98

5.00

5.05

5.12

5.16

5.16

5.16

5.17

5.18

5.22

5.37

5.50

March 16

10.73

10.59

10.45

10.52

10.21

10.10

10.05

10.00

9.99

9.99

10.00

10.10

March 22

15.85

15.57

15.50

15.08

14.80

14.51

14.27

14.00

13.79

13.58

13.35

13.10

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.67

5.82

6.02

6.26

6.48

6.72

7.01

7.31

7.70

8.20

8.80

9.50

March 17

10.23

10.51

10.90

11.46

11.99

12.60

13.28

14.00

14.74

15.56

16.00

16.56

March 25

12.90

12.70

12.50

12.30

12.10

11.88

11.70

11.50

11.30

11.10

10.92

10.74

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.38

11.52

12.97

14.60

15.66

16.46

17.19

17.78

18.23

18.60

18.90

19.12

March 18

17.10

17.60

18.10

18.60

19.20

19.90

20.63

21.49

22.31

23.05

25.70

24.20

March 24

10.60

10.40

10.25

10.05

9.88

9.75

9.59

9.42

9.29

9.15

9.03

8.91

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

19.27

19.39

19.46

19.48

19.47

19.45

19.40

19.50

19.16

18.95

18.73

18.50

March 19

24,80

25.40

25.97

26.42

26.70

26.80

26.85

26.66

26.55

25.97

25.50

25.06

March 25

8.82

8.72

8.68

8.60

8.51

8.46

8.40

8.31

8.28

8.21

8.20

8.19
214 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°15'35n , long. 76°53'5n , at Walnut Street Bridge, Harrisburg,

Dauphin County. Zero of gage is 290.04 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 24,100 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- flraph at Walnut Street baaed on numerous chain-gage readings

daily.Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 650,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements (surface velocities) and study of channel conditions. Affected by ice Feb.

to Mar. 9. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 740,000 second-feet 6 p.m. Mar. 19 (gage height at Walnut

Street, 30.33 feetj at Hagle Street, 29.23 feet).

1890-1935! Maximum discharge knoim, 699,000 second-feet June 2, 1889 (gage

height, 26.8 feet, from flood marks at Walnut Street).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

5

8

9

10

Feb.

18,000

18,000

17,000

16,000

16,000

15,500

15,000

14,500

14,000

13,500

liar.

75,000

81,000

78,000

78,000

78,000

82,000

95,000

140,000

91,000

93,200

Apr.

84,000

75,800

71,600

68,800

67,300

80,200

114,000

119,000

112,000

101,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

13,000

12,500

12,000

12,000

12,500

13,000

14,000

15,000

16,000

15,500

Mar.

130,000

304,000

424,000

368,000

267,000

203,000

219,000

414,000

691,000

614,000

Apr.

94,500

91,900

89,300

86,700

91,900

86,700

75,800

65,800

58,300

52,000

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , In inches ............................................

Feb.

15,000

14,000

13,500

13,000

13,000

15,000

23,000

38,000

53,000

T K QT f\

0.76

Mar.

440,000

342,000

258,000

193,000

157,000

138,000

146. OOQ

146,000

132,000

121,000

99,600

10.34

Apr.

47,600

43 ,300

40,600

39,200

36,600

34,000

31,600

28,400

26,700

25,300

3.15

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

h

3

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

11

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 8

14.30

13.05

12.20

11.50

11.00

10.40

9.94

9.52

9.25

9.10

9.00

8.95

-

_

-

_

-

*140,000

-

_

_

-

-

March 14

20.85

20.68

20.44

20.15

19.85

19.52

19.20

18.87

18.56

18.18

17.87

17.50

406,000

403,000

394,000

388,000

377,000

369,000

361,000

352,000

345,000

334,000

326,000

316,000

March 20

29.40

28.90

28.40

27.90

27.38

26.90

26.50

25.95

25.50

25.00

24.55

24.10

705,000

686,000

667,000

648,000

629,000

611,000

596,000

578,000

560,000

542,000

528,000

510,000

Peet |See.ft.

March 9

8.90

8.87

8.83

8.78

8.70

8.65

8.60

8.57

8.50

8.45

8.38

8.25

-

_

_

-

*91,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

17.17

16.80

16.43

16.05

15.70

1&.36

15.00

14.70

14.35

14. 1Q

13.78

13.50

309,000

299,000

290,000

280,000

273,000

266,000

257,000

250,000

243,000

236,000

229,000

223,000

March 21

23.70

23.25

22.90

22.50

22.10

21.75

21.40

21.15

20.80

20.50

20.30

20.20

497,000

480,000

470,000

458,000

445,000

436,000

423,000

417,000

406,000

397,000

391,000

388,000

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

8.12

8.00

7.90

7.80

7.76

7.73

7.72

7.74

7.78

7.82

7.90

7.98

98,300

96,000

93,700

91,400

91,400

89,100

89,100

89,100

91,400

91,400

93,700

96,000

March 16

13.32

13.15

12.95

12.78

12.64

12.50

12.40

12.30

12.20

12.15

12.10

12.05

218,000

216,000

211,000

207,000

202,000

200,000

198,000

195,000

193,000

193,000

191,000

189,000

March 22

20.05

19.80

19.45

19.10

18.75

18.42

18,18

17.80

17.50

17.23

16.92

16.70

383,000

377,000

366,000

358,000

350,000

339,000

334,000

324,000

316,000

309,000

302,000

297,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.10

8.22

8.38

8.58

8.77

9.00

9.24

9.58

10.00

10.60

11.20

11.90

98,300

101,000

-105,000

110,000

115,000

119,000

124,000

133,000

143,000

156,000

170,000

186,000

March 17

12.02

12.04

12.08

12.20

12.40

12.78

13.18

13.70

14.30

14.90

15.55

16.25

189,000

189,000

191,000

193,000

198,000

207,000

216,000

227,000

241,000

255,000

271,000

285,000

March 23

16.40

16.17

15.90

16.65

15.30

15.00

14.78

14.43

14.18

13.95

13.62

13.18

290,000

285,000

278,000

271,000

264,000

256,000

252,000

243,000

238,000

234,000

225,000

216,000

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

12.70

13.60

14.62

15.60

16.55

17.35

18.05

18.70

19.30

19.78

20.20

20.65

204,000

225,000

248,000

271,000

294,000

314,000

329,000

347,000

363,000

377,000

388,000

400,000

March 18

16.90

17.60

18.30

19.00

19.78

20.60

21.50

22.40

23.28

24^20

25.15

26.00

302,000

319,000

337,000

355,000

377,000

400,000

426,000

454,000

484,000

514,000

549,000

578,000

March 24

12.96

12.82

12.70

12.50

12.30

12.10

11.96

11.80

11.70

11.60

11.45

11.38

211,000

207,000

204,000

200,000

195,000

191,000

189,000

184,000

182,000

180,000

175,000

175,000

Feet See. ft.

Ma'rch 13

21.08

21.38

21.58

21.70

21.76

21.76

21.71

21.65

21.56

21.38

21.22

21.08

414,000

423,000

429,000

432,000

436,000

436,000

432,000

429,000

429,000

423,000

417,000

414,000

March 19

26.95

27.50

28.20

28.70

29.30

29.75

30.05

30.25

30.33

30.20

30.00

29.75

614,000

637,000

659,000

678,000

701,000

721,000

729,000

736,000

740,000

736,000

729,000

721,000

March 25

11.22

11.10

10.96

10.80

10.68

10.56

10.44

10.35

10.25

10.18

10.10

10.00

170,000

168,000

166,000

161,000

159,000

15 6', 000

152,000

152,000

147,000

147,000

145,000

143,000

 Milean for the day.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 7

A. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 1936, LOOKING DOWN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT

SUNBURY, PA.

At the time of the crest of the flood the water was about t feet higher than shown and inundated over 

three-quarters of the city. Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.

B. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 1936, LOOKING DOWN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT

MONTGOMERY, PA.

The approach and six of the nine spans of the highway bridge had to be replaced. Courtesy of 28th 

Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard,
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 8

A. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 193b, OF ARMY AIR DEPOT AT MIDDLETOWN, PA., INUNDATED 

BY FLOOD WATER FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.

B. VIEW ON MARCH 18, 1936, OF A PART OF CLEARFIELD, PA., ON THE WEST BRANCH 

OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

Courtesy of the Clearfield Progress.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 215 

Susquehanna River at Marietta, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°3'15", long. 76°31'5011 , 420 feet above mouth of Chiokies Creek and

 1 mile doTunstream from Marietta, Lancaster County. Zero of gage is 200.00 feet 

above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 25,990 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 32.5 and 35,0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 500,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements

 (surface velocities); extended on basis of channel studies. Affected by ice Feb. 1

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 787,000 second-feet 10 p.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 60.73

°1931-35: Discharge, 296,000 second-feet (revised) Aug. 25, 1933 (gage height,

1889-1935: Maximum discharge known, 700,000 second-feet June 2, 1889 (gage 

height, 58.3 feet, revised, from flood mark).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

19,000

20,000

17,000

17,500

17,000

16,500

15,500

15,000

15,000

14,000

Mar.

7 a, 000

87,500

84,500

88,500

85,500

86,500

100,000

148,000

97,900

101,000

Apr.

90,200

81,300

68,800

73,700

72,900

92,600

125,000

126,000

120,000

109,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

13,500

12,500

13,500

13,000

13,000

14,500

15,500

16,500

17,000

17,500

Mar.

132,000

308,000

457,000

402,000

292,000

212,000

211,000

396,000

693,000

700,000

Apr.

103,000

99,500

95,700

93,800

95,700

92,000

81,300

73,300

64,900

57,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

16,000

14,500

14,000

14,000

13,500

17,500

25,000

38,000

54,500

-i rj Q'zn

0.74

Mar.

514,000

382,000

280,000

203,000

162,000

140,000

144,000

150,000

135,000

126,000

107,000

229 100

10.16

Apr.

51,500

47,400

43,500

41,000

39,200

36,200

32,900

30,900

29,000

27,100

3.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

3

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

43.15

46.60

46.55

45.73

44.65

43.88

43.20

42.73

42.37

42.04

41.82

41.61

139,000

220,000

220,000

198,000

171,000

155,000

139,000

128,000

122,000

113,000

109,000

105,000

March 14

54.08

53.89

53.67

53.42

53.13

52.86

52.59

52.32

52.02

51.70

51.40

51.3.0

446,000

439,000

432,000

422,000

412,000

405,000

395,000

385,000

375,000

365,000

356,000

346,000

March 20

60.50

60.22

60.00

59.72

59.45

58.98

58.58

58.18

57.80

57.45

57.02

56.68

778,000

763,000

754,000

739,000

725,000

706,000

687,000

668,000

650,000

631,000

613,000

600,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

41.48

41.35

41.27

41.16

41.12

41.11

41.10

41.10

41.07

41.07

41.09

41.10

103,000

101,000

99,500

97,600

95,700

95,700

95,700

95,700

95,700

95,700

95,700

95,700

March 15

50.79

50.47

50.17

49,85

49.52

49.20

48.86

48.56

48.25

47.97

47.66

47.38

337,000

328,000

319,000

307,000

299,000

290,000

282,000

273,000

262,000

257,000

249,000

241,000

March 21

56.28

55.95

55.55

55.30

55.01

54.69

54.37

54.07

53.79

53.50

53.23

52.94

582,000

568,000

551,000

538,000

525,000

512,000

499,000

487,000

474,000

462,000

450,000

438,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

41.11

41.12

41.18

41.20

41.23

41.30

41.37

41.41

41.50

41.61

41.67

41.79

95,700

95,700

97,600

97, 600

97,600

99,500

101,000

101,000

103,000

105,000

107,000

109,000

March 16

47.15

46.90

46.71

46.51

46.34

46.18

46.04

45.89

45.77

45.67

45.55

45.45

236,000

228,000

223,000

218,000

213,000

210,000

205,000

203,000

200,000

198,000

195,000

190,000

March 22

52.65

52.40

52.19

51.91

51.70

51.47

51.23

50.99

50.73

50.43

50.20

49.95

426,000

418,000

410,000

398,000

391,000

383,000

372,000

365,, 000

354,000

343,000

336,000

329,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

41.90

42.00

42.07

42.14.

42.27

42.42

42.70

43.02

43.65

43.94

44.40

45.08

111,000

113,000

116,000

116,000

120,000

122,000

128,000

135,000

148,000

155,000

166,000

183,000

March 17

45.38

45.35

45.34

45.40

45.52

45.74

46.03

46.37

46.80

47.27

47.85

48.46

190,000

190,000

188,000

190,000

193,000

198,000

205,000

215,000

225,000

238,000

252,000

270,000

March 23

49.69

49.47

49.23

49.01

48.70

48.46

48.21

47.99

47.71

47.45

47.20

46.99

319,000

312,000

302,000

296,000

286,000

280,000

270,000

264,000

255,000

246,000

240,000

235,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

45.66

46.51

47.3S

48.10

48.95

50.11

50.82

51.54

52.14

52.60

53.12

53.52

198,000

218,000

241,000

260,000

284,000

316,000

337,000

359,000

378,000

395,000

412,000

425,000

March 18

49.08

49.70

50.34

51.00

51.65

52.32

53.06

53.80

54.61

55.33

56.09

56.77

287,000

304,000

322,000

343,000

362,000

385,000

412,000

436,000

464,000

490,000

520,000

547,000

March 24

46.74

46.51

46.31

46.11

45.91

45.75

45.57

45.40

45.27

45.14

44.97

44.85

226,000

221,000

215,000

210,000

205,000

202,000

197,000

192,000

189,000

184,000

182,000

177,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

53.95

54.30

54.47

54.60

54.70

54.74

54.72

54.69

54.60

54.50

54.37

54.25

443,000

453,000

460,000

464,000

468,000

468,000

468,000

468,000

464,000

460,000

457,000

450,000

March 19

57.53

58.22

58.78

59.38

59.83

60.28

60.50

60.68

60.70

60.70

60.73

60.68

575,000

603,000

628,000

654,000

680,000

705,000

732,000

757,000

775,000

785, 000

787,000

785,000

March 25

44.74

44.62

44.52

44.39

44.29

44.19

44.09

43.98

43.90

43.79

43.69

43.60

174,000

172,000

169,000

167,000

165,000

162,000

160,000

158,000

155,000

153,000

151,000

148,000
216 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION

TJnadilla River near New Berlin, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 420 38 l 35n , long. 75°19'25", above highway bridge a quarter of a mile 

below mouth of Shawler Brook and lj miles north of New Berlin, Chenango County.

Drainage area.- 196 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 1 p.m. Mar. 12 to 

11:30 a.m. Mar. 15 and 11 p.m. Mar. 21 to 10:30 a.m. Mar. 23, when a graph was used 

based on occasional gage readings, peak-stage observations, and shape of waterstage recorder graph before and after missing periods.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-11, 18-23, Mar. 1, 2, 6-8. Defined 

by current-meter measurements below 2,310 second-feet; extended to peak stage logarithmically based on slope-area determination made downstream and adjusted on drainage-area basis.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 6,320 second-feet 11 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 9.80 feet).

1924-355 Discharge, 5,590 second-feet Mar. 15, 1929 (gage height, 8.8 feet, 

former site).

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

130

130

120

130

130

130

120

120

110

110

Mar.

220

200

195

193

279

300

260

240

296

490

Apr.

655

678

1,060

785

655

1,080

1,160

905

808

905

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

110

113

115

113

109

109

100

100

100

100

Mar.

931

3,660

4,130

2,530

1,900

3,080

4,700

5,980

4,560

2,880

Apr.

808

855

1,130

955

930

880

740

695

635

557

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

95

95

95

96

96

105

190

220

237

0.67

Mar.

2,290

2,070

1,670

1,340

1,280

1,190

1,150

1,310

930

740

762

9.82

Apr.

557

596

470

411

361

332

298

274

274

292

3.94

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

S

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Peet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.66

2.68

2.74

2.78

2.69

2.61

-

-

2.61

-

-

2.61

-

-

-

-

-

#240

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

_

7.55

-

7.25

-

6.86

-

6.47

6.19

_

5.96

_

3,120

-

2,840

-

2,500

-

2,190

-

1,990

_

1,830

March 20

_

7,70

-

7.43

-

7.22

7.06

-

6.91

-

6.76

-

3,280

-

3,000

-

2,810

2,660

-

2,540

-

2,420

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

2.65

_

_

2.70

-

-

2,90

_

_

3.15

-

-

259

_

-

273

-

-

331

-

_

406

March 15

_

5.82

_

5.69

5.66

5.72

5.82

6.04

6.35

6.63

6.71

6.76

_

1,740

_

1,660

1,650

1,680

1,740

1,890

2,100

2,310

2,380

2,420

March 21

_

6.65

6.64

6.64

6.66

6.66

6.65

6.62

6.61

6.58

-

6.52

_

2,330

2,320

2,320

2,340

2,340

2,330

2,310

2,300

2,270

-

2,230

Peet Sec.ft.

March 10

-

-

3.30

_

_

3.37

-

_

3.52

_

_

3.74

-

-

454

_

_

477

-

_

528

_

_

606

March 16

6.78

6.82

6.86

6.96

7.15

7.44

7.65

7 .-80

7.98

8.12

8.29

8.41

2,430

2,470

2,500

2,580

2,740

3,010

3,220

3,390

3,600

3,760

3,980

4,130

March 22

_

-

6.42

-

-

6.30

_

-

6.19

_

_

6.06

_

_

2,150

-

_

2,070

_

-

1,990

_

-

1,900

Peet Sec.ft.

March 11

-

3.81

-

3.88

_

3.99

4.16

4.54

5.07

5.55

6.00

6.47

_

633

_

659

_

702

771

930

1,180

1,420

1,650

1,920

March 17

8.39

8.35

8.30

8.26

8.32

8.43

8.77

9.12

9.41

9.52

9.53

9.47

4,110

4,060

3,990

3,940

4,020

4,160

4,630

5,160

5,640

5,820

5,840

5,740

March 23

_

-

5.88

-

-

5.72

_

-

5.54

-

-

5.37

_

-

1,780

-

_

1,680

_

-

1,570

_

-

1,470

Peet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.66

7.05

7^37

7.55

7.89

8.21

8.41

8.55

8.65

8.74

8.78

8.80

2,340

2,650

2,940

3,120

3,490

3,870

4,130

4,320

4,460

4,590

4,640

4,670

March 18

9.41

9.41

9.62

9.73

9.78

9.78

9.76

9.71

9.63

9.55

9.46

9.34

5,640

5,640

6,000

6,190

6,280

6,280

6,250

6,160

6,010

5,880

5,720

5,520

March 24

_

-

5.23

-

-

5.12

_

-

5.06

-

-

5.03

_

-

1,390

-

_

1,320

u

-

1,<*90

-

-

1,270

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 13

_

8.75

_

8.60

_

8.43

-

8.25

_

8.05

_

7.82

_

4,600

_

4,390

_

4,160

-

3,920

_

3,680

_

3,410

March 19

9.27

9.17

9.04

8.97

8.82

8.72

8.64

8.52

8.39

8.26

8.10

7.95

5,400

5,240

5,030

4,920

4,700

4,560

4,450

4,280

4,110

3,940

3,740

3,560

March 25

_

-

5.04

-

_

5.07

_

_

5.09

_

-

5.10

_

-

1,270

-

_

1,290

_

-

1,300

-

-

1,310

Supplemental records.- Mar. 17, 12:30 a.m., 8.42 ft., 4,150 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 9:30 

a.m., 9.54 ft., 5,860 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 3:30 a.m., 9.39 ft., 5,600 sec.-ft.; 11 a.m., 

3.80 ft., 6,320 sec.-ft.

«Moan for the day.
SUSQUKHANNA RIVER BASIN 217 

Chenango River near Chenango Porks, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 13'5n , long. 750 50'55n , li miles below Chenango Porks, Broome County,

and confluence with Tioughnioga River. 

Drainage area.- 1,492 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 31,500 second-feet; extended on basis of slope-area determination

of peak discharge.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 44,100 second-feet 1 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 15.26 feet). 

1912-35: Discharge, 82,800 second-feet July 8, 1935, from extension of rating

curve (gage height, 20.3 feet, from graph based on gage readings). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

950

950

900

950

950

950

900

900

900

900

Mar.

1,800

1,500

1,400

1,300

1,900

2,400

2,000

1,900

2,000

3,600

Apr.

5,460

5,270

7,400

5,490

4,500

6,570

8,850

7,060

6,220

6,360

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

850

850

850

850

800

850

900

900

850

800

Mar.

12,000

28,000

26,200

15,000

12,300

20,500

28,100

40,700

35,800

25,400

Apr.

5,960

5,830

8,140

7,060

7,060

6,220

5,330

4,890

4,590

4,060

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

800

750

750

750

750

900

1,400

2,000

2,000

0.69

Mar.

19,400

16,900

12,500

9,900

10,500

10,000

9,300

9,820

7,500

6,090

6,220

IS 320

9.52

Apr.

3,950

4,560

3,700

3,170

2,800

2,560

2,320

2,080

2,030

2,240

3.78

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

Z

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

-

-

5.55

-

-

5.42

-

-

-

5.42

_

5.50

-

_

_

#1,900

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

9.71

9.53

9.28

9.01

8.78

8.57

8.45

8.41

8.37

8.34

8.40

8.32

18,500

17,800

16,800

15,700

14,800

14,000

13,500

13,300

13,200

13,100

13,300

13,000

March 20

12.50

12.29

12.07

11.85

11.60

11.37

11.15

10.96

10.77

10.59

10.4-1

10.85

29,700

28,900

28,000

27,100

26,100

25,200

24,300

23,500

22,800

22,100

21,300

20,700

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.52

-

_

_

-

5.52

_

_

5.71

_

_

6.12

-

«2,000

-

_

_

_

-

March 15

8.25

8.14

8.00

7.95

7.90

7.70

7.68

8.17

8.18

8.38

8.64

8.85

12,700

12,300

11,700

11,600

11,400

10,800

10,700

12,400

12,400

13,200

14,300

15,100

March 21

10.07

9.88

9.77

9.72

9.76

9.88

9.98

10.04

10.04

10.02

9.98

9.93

20,000

19,200

18,800

18,600

18,700

19,200

19,600

19,900

19,900

19,800

19,600

19,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

-

-

6.55

-

-

6.87

-

_

7.18

_

7.54

-

-

-

-

-

#3,600

-

_

_

-

_

-

March 16

9.06

9.19

9.29

9.47

9.86

10.16

10.47

10.72

11.00

11.31

11.57

11.74

15,900

16,500

16,900

17,600

19,100

20,300

21,600

22,600

23,700

24,900

26,000

26,700

March 22

9.86

9.72

9.60

9.49

9.39

9.29

9.18

9.05

8.97

8.89

8.85

8.78

19,100

18,600

18,100

17,700

17,300

16,900

16,400

15,900

15,600

15,300

15,100

14,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7.59

7.71

7.89

7.99

8.13

8.23

8.28

8.76

12.49

11.03

10.16

10.48

-

-

8,560

_

_

11,300

-

_

15,100

_

_

20,800

March 17

11.80

11.86

11.87

11.85

11.81

11.80

11.83

11.97

12.20

12.50

12.80

13.10

26,900

27,100

27,200

27,100

26,900

26,900

27,000

27,600

28,500

29,700

30,900

32,200

March 23

8.68

8.58

8.47

8.33

8.23

8.12

8.04

7.94

7.88

7.81

7.76

7.68

14,400

14,000

13,600

13,000

12,600

12,200

11,900

11,500

11,300

11,100

11,000

10,700

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

11.11

11.58

12.22

12.53

12.77

12.37

12.54

12.65

12.78

12.89

12.94

12.91

22,800

24,300

25,600

26,800

27,900

28,900

29,900

30,300

30,800

31,300

31,500

31,300

March 18

13.36

13.78

14.38

14.90

15.14

15.22

15.24

15.18

15.13

15.05

14.95

14.78

33,500

35,600

38,800

41,900

43,300

43,800

43,900

43,600

43,300

42,800

42,200

41,200

r March 24

-

7.58

_

7.47

_

7.36

_

7.27

-

7.24

_

7.27

-

10,400

_

10,100

_

9,780

-

9,510

-

9,420

_

9,510

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

12.81

12.68

12.44

12.16

11.90

11.61

11.35

11.10

10.94

10.66

10.28

9.28

30,900

30,400

29,500

28,300

27,300

26,100

25,100

24,100

23,500

22,300

20,800

19,600

r March 19

14.59

14.42

14.27

14.11

13.98

13.84

13.67

13.48

13.30

13.10

12.92

12.70

40,000

39,000

38,100

37,200

36,600

35,900

35,000

34,100

33,200

32,200

31,400

30,500

March 25

7.38

7.50

7.59

7.63

7.66

7.66

_

-

7.62

_

_

7.62

9,840

10,200

10,500

10,600

10,700

10,700

-

-

10,600

-

_

10,600

Supplemental records.- Mar. 

11:30 a.m., 13.03 ft. 

#Mean for the day.

11, 6:40 p.m., 9.87 ft.; 9 p.m., 10.11 ft. Mar. 12,
218 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION 

Tioughnioga River at Itaska, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°17 I 55", long. .75°54'30", at Itaska, Broome County, 3 3/4 miles below 

Vthitrtey Point and mouth of Otselio River and 6 miles above confluence with Chenango 

River.

Drainage area.- 735 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 8,310 second-feet; extended logarithmically; verified by comparing flood flow with that of Cheningo River near Chenango Forks,where slope-area 

determination was made.

Maxima.- 1936s Discharge, 23,500 second-feet 11:30 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.91 fe^t").

1929-35: Discharge, 44,700 second-feet July 8, 1935, from extension of rating 

curve (gage height, 16.61 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

650

650

650

650

650

600

600

600

600

600

Mar.

950

850

800

750

1,000

1,200

1,000

900

950

1,600

Apr.

2,810

2,960

3,880

2,650

2,260

3,559

4,220

3,340

2,980

3,050

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

600

550

550

550

600

650

650

600

550

550

Mar.

5,000

17,200

14,300

6,940

5,760

11,500

14,500

22,100

18,700

12,600

Apr.

2,830

2,780

3,960

3,240

3,490

2,910

2,580

2,370

2,190

1,960

Day

21

?.?,

23

24

25

26

27

2R

29

30

31

Feb.

500

500

500

500

500

600

900

1,100

1,000

628

0.92

Mar.

10,200

8,880

6,460

5,050

6,340

5,890

5,290

5,670

3,960

3,190

3,340

6,544

10.26

Apr.

2,000

2,300

1,810

1,580

1,370

1,270

1,150

1,040

1,100

1,280

2,497

3,79

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

w

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

8

10

II

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

3.84

_

3.74

_

3.71

3.69

_

3.59

3.60

_

3.75

3.78

_

_

_

-

*850

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 14

7.22

7.06

6.80

6.52

6.23

6.03

5.92

5.87

5.84

6.03

5.87

5.77

9,200

8,770

8,070

7,350

6,640

6,180

5,930

5,820

5,760

6,180

5,820

5,610

March 20

_

9.08

-

8.72

_

8.36

_

8.07

_

7.84

_

7.59

_

14,400

_

13,400

_

12,400

_

11,600

10,900

_

10,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.78

_

3.76

3.75

_

3.78

3.80

3.87

-

_

_

4.27

_

_

_

_

_

 *950

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

5.77

5.72

5.65

5.53

5.50

5.48

5.68

5.90

6.22

6.55

6.84

_

5,610

5,500

5,360

5,110

5,050

5,010

5,420

5,890

6,620

7,420

8,180

March 21

_

7.33

7.25

7.31

7.54

7.78

7.86

7.83

7.83

7.84

7.81

7.72

_

9,500

9,280

9,450

10,100

10,700

11,000

10,900

10,900

10,900

10,800

10,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.42

4.53

4.55

4.80

4.86

4.89

4.95

4.98

5.02

5.21

5.22

5.28

1,110

_

_

_

_

1,520

_

_

-

_

_

2,280

March 16

7.09

7.25

7.37

7.52

7.81

8.09

8.30

8.50

8.71

8.89

9.01

9.04

8,850

9,200

9,610

10,000

10,800

11,600

12,200

12,800

13,400

13,900

14,200

14,300

March 22

_

7.47

_

7.24

_

7.03

_

6.85

6.79

6.78

6.78

6.74

_

9,880

_

9,260

8,690

_

8,200

8,040

8,020

8,020

7,910

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.38

5.58

5.70

5.79

5.98

6.02

6.40

8.11

9.61

7.64

7.85

8.35

_

2,900

_

_

3,700

_

_

6,120

10,400

10,900

12,300

March 17

8.98

8.90

8.83

8.76

8.72

8.72

8.80

9.01

9.33

9.71

9.93

10.00

14,200

13,900

13,700

13,500

13,400

13,400

13,600

14,200

15,200

16,300

17,000

17,200

March 23

6.66

_

6.43

_

6.18

6.08

_

5.93

_

5.82

_

5.73

7,710

_

7,120

_

6,520

6,290

_

5,960

5,710

_

5,520

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.90

9.62

9.80

9.95

10.23

10.25

10.23

10.30

10.40

10.43

10.42

10.38

13,900

16, COO

16,600

17,000

17 , 900

18,000

17,900

18, 100

18,400

18,500

18,500

18,400

March 18

10.18

10.70

11.42

11.83

11.89

11.91

11.87

11.83

11.83

11.81

11.71

11.54

17,700

19,400

21,800

23,200

23,500

23,500

23,400

23,200

23,200

23,200

22,800

22,200

March 24

_

5.63

-

5.52

_

5.44

5.40

5.38

5.38

5.40

5.45

5.60

_

5,310

«.

5,090

_

4,930

4,850

4,810

4,810

4,850

4,950

5,250

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

10.28

10.09

9.85

9.56

9.30

9.03

8.76

8.57

8.39

7.93

7.61

7.40

18,000

17,500

16,700

15,800

15,100

14,300

13,500

13,000

12,500

11,200

10,300

9,690

March 19

11.36

11.15

11.00

10.84

10.70

10.48

10.31

10.12

9.94

9.77

9.58

9.42

21,600

20,900

20,400

19,900

19,400

18,700

18,100

17,600

17,000

16,500

15,900

1£,400

March 25

5.83

6.00

6.10

6.16

6.17

6.15

6.12

6.10

6.12

6.16

6.19

6.20

5,740

6,110

6,340

6,480

6,500

6,460

6,390

6,340

6,390

6,480

6,550

6,570

Supplemental records.- Mar. 10, 5 a.m., 4.45 ft.; 5 p.m., 4.86 ft. Mar. 11, 1 p.m., 

6.05 ft.; l!40 p.m., 5.16 ft.; 6:40 p.m., 10.01 ft.; 7:10 p.m., 6.78 ft.; 8:10 p.m., 

7.72 ft. Mar. 13, 5 p.m., 8.54 ft., 12,900 sec.-ft. Mar. 14, 7 p.m., 5.84 ft.,'5,760 

sec.-ft.; 8:30 p.m., 6.09 ft., 6,320 sec.-ft.; 11 p.m., 5.78 ft,, 5,630 sec.-ft. Mar. 

18, 11:30 a.m., 11.91 ft., 23,500 sec.-ft. Mar. 26, noon, 5.94 ft., 5,980 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.
STJSQTJEHANNA RIVER BASIN 219

Owego Creek near Owego, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°7'40", long. 76°16'15", at highway bridge half a mile above confluence with Catatonk Creek and Ig- miles north of Owego, Tioga County.

Drainage area.- 186 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily readings and flood mark.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar., 10. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 2,100 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage on 

basis of slope-area determinations of peak flow of July 1935 and March 1936 floods.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 12,200 second-feet 4 a.m. Mar. 18, by slope-area determination (gage height, 9.0 feet, from flood marks).

1930-35S Discharge, 23,500 second-feet July 8, 1935, by slope-area determination (gage height, 10.50 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

70

70

70

70

70

65

65

65

65

60

Mar.

280

240

220

220

280

320

280

260

280

650

Apr.

571

770

710

500

460

624

624

597

545

473

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

60

60

60

60

65

70

70

70

65

60

Mar.

2,940

6,820

2,200

1,520

1,320

3,080

3,970

9,130

4,290

1,970

Apr.

520

910

1,900

1,590

1,160

800

624

500

460

420

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

60

55

55

55

70

140

280

360

340

0.54

Mar.

1,880

1,680

1,160

1,020

1,460

1,320

1,240

988

710

681

830

1

*77 *7

10.64

Apr.

440

710

520

367

296

237

211

187

220

280

3.65

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

I

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Peet Sec . ft .

March 8

-

-

-

2.37

_

-

-

_

2.36

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

#280

-

-

_

_

_

-

March 14

-

4.43

-

4.36

4.25

4.06

3.95

3.90

3.87

3.86

_

3.84

-

1,810

-

1,740

1,640

1,460

1,360

1,320

1,300

1,290

_

1,270

March 20

_

4.84

-

4.64

-

4.49

_

4.41

_

4.37

_

4.37

_

2,250

_

2,020

-

1,870

-

1,790

_

1,750

-

1,750

Peet |See.ft.

March 9

_

-

2.33

-

-

-

-

2.29

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

*260

-

-

-

_

_

-

March 15

-

-

3.83

-

-

3.82

_

3.81

-

3.83

-

4.00

-

-

1,260

-

-

1,260

-

1,250

_

1,260

-

1,410

March 21

-

4.42

-

4.49

_

4.54

_

4.58

-

4.59

-

4.57

_

1,800

-

1,870

_

1,920

_

1,960

-

1,970

-

1,950

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

_

3.30

-

3.44

_

3.49

-

3.52

_

3.64

-

3.83

-

350

-

438

_

579

-

775

_

990

_

1,330

March 16

4.42

4.76

5.00

5.30

5.59

5.87

6.02

5.98

5.87

5.75

5.62

5.50

1,800

2,160

2,440

2,830

3,240

3,690

3,950

3,880

3,690

3,490

3,290

3,110

March 22

_

_

4.40

_

-

4.27

-

_

4.12

_

-

3.99

_

_

1,780

-

_

1,650

_

_

1,520

_

-

1,400

Peet Seo.ft.

March 11

3.99

4.18

4.37

4.57

4.76

4.95

5.17

5.39

5.61

5.90

6.28

6.69

1,520

1,730

1,940

2,190

2,440

2,720

3,050

3,400

3,760

4,230

4,880

5,610

March 17

5.39

5.31

5.27

5.25

5.27

5.35

5.67

6.00

6.39

6.91

7.40

7.89

2,960

2,840

2,790

2,760

2,790

2,900

3,360

3,910

4,650

5,780

7,000

8,390

March 23

_

-

3.86

_

_

3.70

_

_

3.57

_

-

3.52

_

_

1,290

_

_

1,160

-

_

1,070

_

-

1,030

Peet Sec. ft.

March 12

7.01

7.47

7.89

8.18

8.25

8.08

7.70

7.18

6.75

6.27

5.88

5.56

6,010

7,190

8,390

9,280

9/500

8,970

7,830

6,430

5,420

4,410

3,710

3,200

March 18

8.58

9.00

8.78

8.55

8.35

8.18

7.98

7.79

7.62

7.48

7.31

7.16

10,600

12,200

11,300

10,500

9,820

9,280

8,660

8,090

7,610

7,220

6,770

6,380

March 24

-

-

3.53

-

-

3.50

-

_

3.44

3.45

3.52

3,63

_

_

1,040

_

_

1,020

-

_

981

988

1,030

1,110

Feet Sec. ft.

March 13

_

5.13

_

4.87

4.69

_

4.59

_

4.50

_

4.47

_

2,610

_

2,280

2,080

_

1,970

_

1,880

_

1,850

March 19

7.00

6.88

6.73

6.59

6.40

6.19

5.97

5.75

5.54

5.38

5.20

5.09

5,990

5,710

5,380

5,070

4,670

4,260

3,860

3,490

3,170

2,940

2,700

2,560

March 25

3.78

3.92

4.09

4.17

4.18

4.17

_

_

4.10

-

_

4.02

1,220

1,340

1,490

1,560

1,570

1,560

_

_

1,500

-

_

1,430

*Mean for the day.
220 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA RESIGN 

Tloga River at Llndley, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°l'45n , long. 77°7'55n , on highway bridge at Lindley, Steuben County,

about 6 miles above mouth of Canlsteo River. 

Drainage area.- 770 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on gage readings, flood marks, and comparison with

record at Erwlns. Gage read twice daily except Mar. 11, 16, 17, 19, when it was

read more often. Observer not able to reach gage Mar. 12, 18, but high-water marks

were noted. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 5. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 6,580 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage.

Flood discharge compared with records at Erwlns and at other stations In Chemung

Basin. 

Maxima.- 1936s Discharge, 41,200 second-feet about 7:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height,

19.2 feet, from flood marks).

1930-35: Discharge, about 15,800 second-feet Apr. 1, 1932, and Aug. 24, 1933

(gage height, 13.8 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb .

1 140

2 140

3 130

4 130

5 130

6 120

7 120

8 120

9 120

10 1]0

Mean monthly __ _ __ 

Mar.

1,500

1,100

950

900

4,400

2,370

1,420

1,400

1,320

2,660

atschar-ff

Run-off, in Inches...

Gage height, In

%oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.

March

4.94

4.92

4.9C

4.87

4.87

4.86

4.86

4.87

4.92

5.00

5.30

5.70

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

ft.

9

,290

,270

,250

,230

,230

,220

,220

,230

,270

,340

,620

,020

March 15

7.44

7.43

7.32

7.19

7.07

7.02

7.20

7.73

8.38

9.05

10.00

10.78

4

4

4

3

,200

,180

,030

,850

3,680

3

3

4

5

,620

,860

,600

,600

6,680

8

9

,340

,820

March 21

10.00

9.80

9.63

9.50

9.30

9.10

8.86

8.70

8.70

8.77

8.75

8.59

8

7

7

,340

,980

,670

7,440

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

,100

,760

,370

110

110

220

190

930

Apr.

2,220

3,030

2,480

1,660

1,540

2,650

2,230

1,710

1,610

1,740

e, in se

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

;ondFeb.

110

100

100

110

120

130

130

120

110

95

feet....

Mar.

8,310

30,000

7,700

3,900

4,970

12,800

18,700

32,700

19,100

10,400

Apr.

2,220

2,240

3,280

2,100

1,900

1,520

1,250

1,130

1,050

930

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

90

85

80

80

85

500

1,300

2,400

1,800

304

0.43

Mar.

6,970

4,940

4,320

5,570

7,040

6,450

5,480

5,120

3,240

2/800

3,330

7,157

10.71

Apr.

870

1,020

770

695

550

515

480

415

506

480

1,493

2.16

feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6. 10

6.3E

6.

6.

6.

6.

5.

6.

6.

6.

43

29

12

03

99

00

10

30

6.75

7.55

2,460

2,800

2,8 3C

2,690

2,480

2,3 30

2,340

2,350

2,4(

2,7

50

DO

3,260

4,350

March 16

11.

10.

10.

39

98

79

10.87

11.23

11. 33

12.60

13. 20

13.62

13.98

13. 85

13.40

10,400

10, 2C

9,84

)0

10

9,990

10,700

11, 9C)0

13,500

15, OC)0

16,100

17,100

16, 8C30

15,500

March 22

8.30

8.05

7. 32

7.67

7.55

7.55

7. 36

7.84

8.C30

8.20

8.29

8.29

5,470

5,080

4,74 0

4,520

4,350

4,350

4,5C 0

4,770

5,0].0

5,310

5,450

5,450

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

10

10

12

13

14

.30

.50

.43

.40

.55

.78

.24

.05

.95

.10

.35

.60

5,470

5,790

5, 580

5,630

5,870

6, 240

7,000

8,440

10,

12,

100

400

15,400

19,000

March 17

13

12

12

12

12

13

14

14

15

16

17

17

.00

.74

.66

.70

.80

.18

.00

.90

.70

.40

.05

.80

14,500

13,

13, (

300

300

13,800

14,000

15, C300

17,200

20, C300

23,200

26,000

29, C300

32 , 800

March 23

8

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

.18

02

.86

.70

.56

40

.27

15

09

10

16

30

5,280

5,040

4, 300

4,560

4,360

4,140

3,J360

3,790 3,"no

3,720

3,800

4,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

16.00

18.40

19.00

19.18

19.00

18.70

18.10

17.20

16.15

14.70

13.40

12.45

24,400

36,400

40,000

41,100

40,000

38,200

34,600

29,700

25,000

19,300

15,500

13,100

March 18

18.40

18.70

18.85

18.83

18.70

18.40

18.05

17.50

16.90

16.00

15.15

14.40

36,400

38,200

39,100

39,000

38,200

36,400

34,300

31,200

28,200

24,400

21,000

18,400

March 24

7.50

7.76

8.00

8.28

8.35

8.40

8.43

8.50

8.68

8.88

9.10

9.28

4,280

4,650

5,010

5,440

5,550

5,630

5,680

5,790

6,080

6,400

6,760

7,070

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

11.70

11.00

10. 50

10.00

9.60

9. L5

8.93

8.77

8.

8.

34

10

8.15

7.87

11,600

10,200

9,290

8,340

7,620

6,840

6,480

6,220

6,010

5,630

5,240

4,820

March 19

13.80

13.2

12. <

0

37

13.13

13.40

14.]L3

15.05

15. 30

16.30

16.10

15. C55

14.55

16,600

15,000

14,400

14,800

15,500

17,600

20,600

24,000

25,600

24,800

21,800

18,600

March 25

9.44

9.47

9.2 5

9.23

9.13

9.07

9.C 4

9.08

9.].4

9.26

9.42

9.75

7,340

7,390

7,180

6,980

6,810

6,710

6,660

6,730

6,830

7,030

7,300

7,890

Feet Sec.ft.

March 14

7.67

7.47

7.29

7.16

7.07

6.99

6.97

6.98

7.04

7.17

7.28

7.39

4,520

4,240

3,990

3,800

3,680

3,580

3,580

3,560

3,640

3,820

3,970

4,130

March 20

13.50

12.60

11.70

11.06

10.50

9.90

9.80

9.94

10.09

10.29

10.43

10.23

15,800

13,500

11,600

10,400

9,290

8,160

7,980

8,230

8,510

8,890

9,160

8,780

March 26

9.88

9.80

9.58

9.30

9.07

8.86

8.65

8.43

8.23

8.09

7.99

7.90

8,120

7,980

7,580

7,100

6,710

6,370

6,030

5,680

5,360

5,140

5,000

4,860

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, about 7:30 a.m., 19.2 ft., 41,200 sec.-ft.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 221 

Tioga River near Erwins, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42 0 7'15n , long. 770 7'45", at highway bridge half a mile below Erwins,

Stouten County, and 3 miles above confluence with Cohocton River. 

Drainage area.- 1,370 square miles. 

flage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge peTatlon.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 6. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 13,600 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage; veri- 

 fled by comparing peak discharge with determinations at other stations in Chemung

River Basin. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 60,000 second-feet 8:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 18.66

feet).

1918-35: Discharge, 46,900 second-feet July 8, 1935 (gage height, 16.44 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in aeeond-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

240

240

220

220

220

220

200

200

200

190

Mar.

2,400

1,800

1,500

1,400

7,000

3,800

2,480

2,290

2,450

5,350

Apr.

3,970

4,530

4,320

2,840

2,550

4,590

4,430

3,110

2,830

2,900

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

190

190

180

190

200

200

220

200

190

180

Mar.

17,900

49,000

13,700

6,170

8,190

21,500

26,700

45,300

30,800

19,600

Apr.

3,700

3,940

6,120

3,910

3,620

2,850

2,360

1,980

1,800

1,520

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ...........................................

Feb.

170

160

160

160

190

700

2,200

4,400

3,400

0.42

Mar.

11,700

7,440

7,050

9,300

17,400

15,300

9,470

9,080

5,870

4,980

6,040

10.12

Apr.

1,420

1,890

1,390

1,150

994

900

813

736

884

1,010

2.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

3.74

3.78

_

_

3.72

3.70

_

3.87

4.16

4.57

4.94

2,210

_

2,260

_

_

2,190

2,160

_

2,380

2,770

3,380

3,970

March 15

6.21

6.31

6.35

6.31

6.20

6.07

5.94

6.30

7.15

8.40

9.45

10.05

6,370

6,590

6,680

6,590

6,350

6,080

5,810

6,570

8,580

11,900

15,100

17,200

March 21

9.49

9.35

9.13

8.84

8.52

8.20

7.92

7.67

7.50

7.41

7,35

7.28

15,200

14,700

14, 000

13,200

12,200

11,300

10,600

9,900

9,460

9,230

9,080

8,900

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

5.24

5.58

5.80

5.88

5.83

5.68

5.54

5.42

5.53

5.81

6.16

6.84

4,480

5,100

5,530

5,690

5,590

5,290

5,030

4,810

5,010

5,550

6,270

7,820

March 16

10.42

10.40

10.28

10.39

10.63

11.03

11.36

11.72

12.00

12.17

12.15

12.03

18,700

18,600

18,100

18,600

19,500

21,100

22,400

23,900

25,000

25,700

25,600

25,100

March 22

7.14

6.95

6.76

6.54

6.40

6.28

6.J.9

6.23

6.45

6.74

7.10

7.32

8,550

8,080

7,620

7,110

6,790

6,530

6,330

6,420

6,900

7,580

8,450

9,000

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.20

8.37

8.58

8.56

8.63

8.85

9.17

10.06

11.72

12.77

13.83

15.07

11,300

11,800

12,400

12,400

12,600

13,200

14,200

17,200

23,900

28,400

33,200

39,400

March 17

11.80

11.50

11.20

11.04

11.07

11.29

11.72

12.45

13.34

14.10

14.68

15.21

24,300

23,000

21,800

21,200

21,300

22,200

23,900

27,000

31,000

34,600

37,500

40,200

March 33

7.38

7.22

6.99

6.70

6.48

6.28

6.11

6.01

5.96

5.97

6.06

6.18

9,150

8,750

8,180

7,480

6,970

6,530

6,160

5,950

5,850

5,870

6,060

6,310

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

16.43

17.57

18.21

18.64

18.56

18.18

17.58

16.85

16.06

15.00

13.90

12.71

46,900

53,400

57,300

59,800

59,400

57,100

53,500

49,200

44, 800

39,100

33,600

28,100

March 18

16.00

16.70

17.35

17.49

17.49

17.33

16.80

16.04

15.26

14.62

13.90

13.30

44,500

48,400

52,100

52,900

52,900

52,000

48,900

44,700

40,400

37,200

33,600

30,800

March 24

6.33

6.51

6.68

6.83

6.99

7.11

7.23

7.48

7.91

8.52

9.15

9.62

6,640

7,040

7,430

7,790

8,180

8,480

8,780

9,410

10,500

12,200

14,100

15,700

Feet Sec.ft.'

March 13

11.67

10.74

9.84

9.22

8.72

8.30

7.90

7.63

7.45

7.30

7.14

6.95

23,700

20,000

16,400

14,300

12,800

11,600

10,500

9,800

9,330

8,950

8,550

8,080

"~ March 19

12.93

12.51

12.17

11.94

12.20

12.68

13.29

13.86

14.30

14.72

14.80

14.32

29,100

27,200

25,700

24,800

25,800

28,000

30,800

33,400

35,600

37,700

38,100

35,700

March 25

9.82

9.92

9.92

9.93

9.94

9.97

9.99

10.06

10.21

10.46

10.70

10.88

16,400

16,700

16,700

16,800

16,800

16,900

17,000

17,200

17,800

18,800

19,800

20,500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 14

6.80

6.59

6.35

6.14

5.97

5.85

5.77

5.73

5.75

5.80

5.93

6.07

7,720

7,230

6,680

6,220

5,870

5,630

5,470

5,390

5,430

5,530

5,790

6,080

March 20

13.35

12.46

11.70

11.00

10.35

9.83

9.52

9.15

9.03

9.21

9.40

9.51

31,000

27,000

23 , 800

21,000

18,400

16,400

15,300

14,100

13,700

14,300

14,900

15,300

March 26

10.90

10.80

10.49

10.10

9.73

9.39

9.03

8.72

8.48

8.20

7.90

7.60

20,600

20,200

19,000

17,400

16,100

14,900

13,700

12,800

12,100

11,300

10,500

9,720

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 8:30 a.m., 18.66 ft., 60,000 sec.-ft. Mar. 16, 

3 a.m., 10.45 ft., 18,800 sec.-ft.; 9 p.m., 12.18 ft., 25,800 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 8:30 

a.m., 10.99 ft., 21,000 sec.-ft. Mar. 20, 5 p.m., 9.01 ft., 13,700 sec.-ft.
222 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Chsmung River at Corning, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°8'50", long. 77°3'40", at Bridge Street Bridge, at Corning, Steuben

County, Zero of gage la 912.82 feet above mean aea level. 

Drainage area,- 2,010 square'miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on one or more gage readings dally. 

Maxima.- 1956; Bilge height, 19.3 feet 10 to 12 a.m. Mar. 12.

1909-35: Gage height, 20.15 feet July 8, 1935.

1889-1935: Maximum known stage, that of July 8, 1935. 

Remarks.- Gage heights obtained for flood-warning purposes. Discharge not determined.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£&2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 8

5.18

5.16

5.13

5.10

5.05

5.00

4.95

4.90

4.85

4.80

4.78

4.80

March 14

8.35

8.20

8.00

7.90

7.80

7.70

7.60

7.55

7.50

7.45

7.42

7.40

March 20

14.20

13.50

13.00

12.60

12.20

11.90

11.65

11.40

11,20

11.00

10.80

10.65

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.86

4.93

5.00

5.10

5.25

5.40

5.60

5.80

6,00

6.20

6.40

6.60

March 15

7.40

7.45

7.50

7.60

7.80

8.00

8.40

8.70

9.00

9.40

9.70

10.10

March 21 ^

10.52

10.40

10.30

10.20

10.10

10.00

9.90

9.80

9.60

9.40

9.20

9.00

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6.70

6.80

6.78

6.70

6.65

6.58

6.55

6.50

6.45

6.48

6.58

6.90

March 16

10.40

10.80

11.10

11.50

11.90

12.20

12.45

12.60

12.75

12.80

12.75

12.60

March 22

8.88

8.76

8.64

8.50

8.40

8.34

8.27

S.idO

8.15

8,14

8.15

8.20

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7,20

7.77

8.40

9.20

10.10

11.00

11.90

12.70

13.60

14.50

15.40

16.20

March 17

12.45

12.30

12.10

12.00

12.05

12.20

12.40

12.80

13.40

14.00

14.60

15.30

March 23

8.23

8.26

8.30

8.30

8.28

8.22

8.18

8.09

8.00

7.90

7.80

7.75

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

16.90

17.60

18.20

18.80

19.30

19.30

18.70

18.00

17.20

16.40

15.60

14.80

March 18

15.90

16.50

17.20

17.80

17,84

17.80

17.40

16.80

16.20

15.60

14.90

14.20

March 24

7.75

7.80

7.85

8,00

8.20

8.46

8.72

9.00

9.26

9.52

9.80

10.08

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

14.00

13.20

12.30

11.30

10.80

10.30

9.90

9.60

9.30

9.00

8.75

8.50

March 19

13.60

13.00

12.85

13.10

13.40

13.80

14.30

14,60

14.90

15.20

15.40

15.00

March 25

10.36

10.64

10.92

11.20

11.50

11.80

12.05

12.30

12.50

12.60

12.64

12.64
SUSQUEHANHA RIVER BASIN 223

Chemung River at Chenrung, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°0'10", long. 76 0 38'0lt , just below highway bridge three-quarters of a 

mile southwest of Chemung, Chemung County.

Drainage area.- 2,530 square miles.

Base-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 1 to 9 a.m. Mar. 12.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-28. Defined by current-meter measurements below 42,000 second-feet; extended logarithmically using slope-area determination of discharge of July 1935 flood.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 93,300 second-feet 10 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 19.57 feet). 

1903-35: Discharge, 91,000 second-feet July 9, 1935 (gage height, 19.45 feet).

Remarks. - Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

440

440

420

420

440

420

420

400

380

380

Mar.

4,660

3,800

2,970

2,830

10,500

10,000

5,570

4,560

4,560

7,740

Apr.

8,930

8,130

9,710

6,290

5,070

6,000

9,580

6,550

5,490

5,280

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

380

380

360

360

360

380

380

380

380

340

Mar.

19, 400

74,900

51,200

15,700

13,300

32,000

43,200

72,200

61,900

48,100

Apr.

5,830

7,580

10,700

8,930

7,630

6,390

5,070

4,360

3,890

3,510

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

320

320

300

300

400

950

2,600

10,000

6,360

1,014

0.43

Mar.

27,400

17,200

15,200

14,200

26,000

30,500

19,400

21,100

13,400

10,000

11,300

22,410

10.22

Apr.

3,140

3,420

3,140

2,560

2,200

2,000

1,860

1,680

1,680

2,000

5,287

2.33

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

5.38

_

5.17

_

-

5.31

_

_

5.41

-

-

-

-

_

*4,560

_

_

_

_

-

-

March 14

10.40

10.13

9.90

9.60

9.43

9.18

8.93

8.70

8.52

8.43

8.38

8.37

20,200

19,100

18,200

17,000

16,300

15,300

14,300

13,400

12,900

12,600

12,400

12,400

March 20

16.13

16.27

16.32

16.24

15.96

15.43

14.70

14.05

13.45

12.95

12.57

12.28

58,200

59,400

59,900

59,200

56,600

51,900

46,100

40,900

36,700

33,700

31,400

29,700

March 26

12.37

12.50

12.67

12.81

12.90

12.91

12.82

12.60

12.28

11.87

11.42

11.02

30,200

31,000

32,000

32,900

33,400

33,500

32 ,-900

31,600

29,700

27,400

25,100

23,100

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

5.33

_

_

5.23

_

-

5.24

_

_

5.62

-

-

-

-

_

*4,560

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

8.38

8.40

8.42

8.46

8.51

8.53

8.53

8.53

8.67

8.90

9.28

9.56

12,400

12,500

12,600

12,700

12,800

12,900

12,900

12,900

13,300

14,200

15,700

16 , 800

March 21

12.15

12.13

12.21

12.28

12.29

12.18

12.02

11.81

11.56

11.27

10.97

10.65

28,900

28,800

29,300

29,700

29,700

29,100

28,100

27,000

25,800

24,400

22,800

21,200

March 27

10.68

10.42

10.28

10.20

10.15

10.09

10.02

9.93

9.92

9.97

10.02

10.22

21,400

20,300

19,700

19,400

19,200

19,000

18,700

18,300

18,300

18,500

18,700

19,500

Peet Sec . ft .

March 10

-

5.94

6.37

_

6.73

_

7.04

_

7.40

_

7.66

_

5,800

-

6,800

_

7,710

_

8,540

_

9,530

_

10,300

Marc-h 16

10.00

10.55

11.20

11.80

12.43

12.95

13.42

13.66

13.88

14.12

14.33

14.49

18,600

20,800

24,000

27,000

30,600

33,700

36,500

38,100

39,700

41,500

43,100

44,400

March 22

10.40

10.20

10.04

9.89

9.70

9.47

9.26

9.17

9.16

9.18

9.24

9.29

20,200

19,400

18,800

18,200

17,400

16,500

15,600

15,300

15,200

15,300

15,600

15,800

March 28

10.42

10.64

10.82

10.95

11.00

11.01

10.92

10.73

10.51

10.25

9.93

9.68

20,300

21,200

22,100

22,800

23,000

23,000

22,600

21,600

20,600

19,600

18,300

17,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7.80

7.95

8.33

8.60

9.25

9.87

10.25

10.73

11.25

11.90

12.80

14.10

10,700

11,200

12,300

13,100

15,600

18,100

19,600

21,600

24,200

27,500

32,800

41,300

March 17

14.58

14.63

14.64

14.60

14.53

14.40

14.20

13.99

13.86

13.92

14.17

14.60

45,100

45,500

45 , 600

45,300

44,700

43,700

42,100

40,400

39,500

39,900

41,900

45,300

March 23

9.35

9.46

9.57

9.61

9.55

9.39

9.15

8.92

8.68

8.55

8.48

8.41

16,000

16,400

16,900

17,000

16,800

16,200

15,200

14,300

13,300

13,000

12,700

12,500

March 29

_

9.23

_

8.87

_

8.61

-

8.34

_

8.08

_

7.86

_

15,500

_

14,100

_

13,100

_

12,300

_

11,500

_

10,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

15.00

16.00

16.75

17.30

17.77

18.20

18.65

19.00

19.30

19.50

19.57

19.43

48,500

57,000

63,800

69,000

73,700

78,000

82,500

86,000

89,300

91,500

92,300

90,700

March 18

15.30

16.20

16.90

17.48

17.86

18.10

18.28

18.43

18.55

18.70

18.69

18.53

50,900

58,800

65,100

70,800

74,600

77,000

78,800

80,300

81,500

83,000

82,900

81,300

March 24

8.39

8.42

8.46

8.54

8.65

8.77

8.90

9.04

9.19

9.36

9.60

9.95

12,500

12,6JO

12,700

12,900

13,200

13,700

14,200

14,800

15,400

16,000

17,000

18,400

March 30

_

7.69

_

7.57

_

7.53

_

7.52

_

7.50

_

7.47

_

10,400

_

10,000

_

9,900

_

9,870

_

9,810

_

9,730

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

19.10

18.50

17.70

16.80

15.80

14.70

13.75

12.90

12.20

11.63

11.15

10.75

87,100

81,000

73,000

64,200

55,200

46,100

38,800

33,400

29,200

26,200

23,800

21,800

March 19

18.23

17.77

17.26

16.77

16.41

16.05

15.80

15.66

15.60

15.64

15.76

15.94

78,300

73,700

68,600

63,900

60,700

57,400

55,200

53,900

53,400

53,800

54,800

56,500

March 25

10.31

10.75

11.22

11.52

11.77

11.94

12.02

12.05

12.09

12.12

12.19

12.28

19,800

21,800

24,100

25,600

26,800

27,700

28,100

28,300

28,500

28,700

29,100

29,700

March 31

7.51

7.63

7.75

7.89

8.09

8.25

8.32

8.30

8.21

8.13

8.03

7.90

9,840

10,200

10,600

11,000

11,600

12,000

12,300

12,200

11,900

11,700

11,400

11,000

*Mean for the day.
234 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Cohocton River near Campbell, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°15 I 10n , long. 77°13 l On , at highway bridge 2 miles above Campbell, 

Steuben County.

Drainage area.- 472 square miles; 45 square miles affected by diversion from Mud Creek 

and Lamoka Lake.

Base-height record.- Graph based on twice-daily or more frequent readings and comparison with record of Tioga River near Erwins, New York.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 9 0 Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 6,600 second-feet; extended to peak stage on basis of peak-flow 

determination of July 1935 flood by Soil Conservation Service.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 16,200 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 8.8 feet). 

1918-35: Discharge, 45,400 second-feet July 8, 1935, from slope-area determination (gage height, 11.6 feet, from flood marks).

Remarks.- A diversion from Mud Creek, a tributary above this station, for power development on Keuka Lake, probably takes all the ordinary flow from the 45 square miles 

above Lamoka Lake outlet. Some gage heights and discharge determinations furnished 

by the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

80

80

75

75

75

70

70

65

60

60

Mar.

800

700

600

550

1,600

1,500

1,100

950

1,600

2,880

Apr.

1,930

2,170

1,790

1,340

1,060

2,260

1,860

1,350

1,240

1,060

Day

n

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

55

50

50

55

65

70

65

60

50

50

Mar.

5,320

11,400

5,450

2,900

3,100

5,230

5,900

7,460

8,540

6,060

'

Apr.

1,600

1,900

2,600

1,900

1,800

1,420

1,240

1,060

980

900

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

3.L

Feb.

46

42

40

38

55

240

600

1,400

950

0.37

Mar.

4,380

3,220

2,670

3,380

6,080

6,030

4,940

4,650

3,060

2,880

2,650

9.27

Apr.

862

825

924

942

755

606

478

478

505

532

3.02

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

h 2

S

S

4

6

8

10

N.

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

-

-

_

3.32

_

-

3.35

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

*950

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

4.48

4.37

4.27

4.18

4.11

4.06

4.07

4.13

4.28

4.43

4.43

4.32

3,200

3,040

2,900

2,770

2,680

2,620

2,630

2,710

2,910

3,120

3,120

2,970

March 20

6.70

6.54

6.37

6.23

6.07

5.92

5.80

5.76

5.87

5.96

5.85

5.74

7,270

6,920

6,560

6,270

5,950

5,660

5,430

5,350

5,560

5,730

5,520

5,320

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

3.22

_

_

-

3.72

_

_

_

4.40

-

960

-

1,060

_

1,470

-

1,880

_

2,460

2,990

March 15

4.22

4.13

4.04

3.99

3.96

3.95

3.99

4.17

4.56

4.97

5.48

5.73

2,830

2,710

2,590

2,530

2,490

2,480

2,530

2,760

3,320

3,960

4,830

5,300

March 21

5.64

5.54

5.46

5.38

5.30

5.22

5.13

5.05

4,96

4.89

4.80

4.71

5,130

4,940

4,790

4,650

4,510

4,370

4,220

4,090

3,950

3,830

3,690

3,550

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

4.51

4.43

4.23

4.07

3.92

3.86

3.91

4.12

4.38

4.60

4.89

5.16

3,140

3,030

2,760

2,550

2,360

2,290

2,350

2,620

2,960

3,270

3,700

4,140

March 16

5.76

5.68

5.57

5.48

5.43

5.42

5.46

5.62

5.90

6.10

6.10

5.88

5,350

5,200

5,000

4,830

4,740

4,730

4,790

5,090

5,620

6,010

6,010

5,580

March 22

4.61

4.52

4.46

4.40

4.36

4.36

4.37

4.43

4.53

4.67

4.61

4.51

3,400

3,260

3,170

3,080

3,020

3,020

3,040

3,120

3,280

3,480

3,400

3,240

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

5.46

5.76

6.05

6.21

6.16

5.92

5.75

5.68

5.67

5.73

5.90

6.25

4,640

5,180

5,720

6,040

5,940

5,480

5,160

5,030

5,020

5,120

5,440

6,120

March 17

5.61

5.38

5.19

5.11

5.13

5.30

5.76

6.18

6.62

7.08

7.45

7.53

5,070

4,650

4,320

4,190

4,220

4,510

5,350

6,170

7,090

8,200

9,420

9,720

March 23

4.42

4.34

4.27

4.22

4.16

4.11

4.07

4.03

4.02

4.01

4.00

4.00

3,110

3,000

2,900

2,830

2,750

2,680

2,630

2,580

2,570

2,550

2,540

2,540

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

6.74

7.38

8.10

8.70

8.74

8.51

8.29

8.03

7.82

7.59

7.35

7.13

7,250

9,180

12,300

15,600

15 , 800

14,500

13,200

12,000

10,900

10,000

9,080

8,340

March 18

7.46

7.31

7.17

6.99

6.83

6.70

6.55

6.42

6.29

6.18

6.07

6.00

9,460

8,940

8,460

7,960

7,570

7,270

6,940

6,660

6,390

6,170

5,950

5,810

March 24

4.01

4.02

4.04

4.08

4.15

4.25

4.40

4.67

5.00

5.37

5.68

6.03

2,550

2,570

2,590

2,640

2,740

2,870

3,080

3,480

4,010

4,640

5,200

5,870

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.88

6.67

6.44

6.24

5.97

5.71

5.48

5.25

5.05

4.86

4.71

4.58

7,690

7,200

6,700

6,290

5,750

5,260

4,830

4,420

4,090

3,790

3,550

3,350

March 19

6.00

6.28

6.68

7.17

7.58

7.80

7.78

7.64

7.44

7.25

7.07

6.88

5,810

6,370

7,230

8,460

9,920

10,800

10,700

10,200

9,390

8,720

8,170

7,690

March 25

6.20

6.18

6.07

6.00

5.94

5.90

5.88

5.89

5.98

6.32

6.70

6.88

6,210

6,170

5,950

5,810

5,700

5,620

5,580

5,600

5,770

6,450

7,270

7,690

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9 a.m., 8.8 ft., 16,200 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

Towanda Creek near Monroeton, Pa.

225

Location.- Lat. 41°42'35n , long. 76°29'0n , at highway bridge li miles above mouth of

South Branch of Towanda Creek and li miles southwest of Monroeton, Bradford County.

Zero of gage is 774.14 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 214 square miles. 

Page-height record.- Graph based on two or more chain-gage readings daily. Gage

freights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths

above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 12,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to crest discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1-27. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 15,200 second-feet 3 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 10.78 feet,

from flood mark).

1914-35: Discharge, 15,800 second-feet (revised) Nov. 16, 1926 (gage height,

11.0 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

59

58

58

57

56

56

55

55

55

55

Mar.

905

415

318

318

905

530

415

412

383

964

Apr.

360

370

370

302

280

548

510

420

370

420

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

55

54

54

54

54

54

54

54

55

55

Mar.

4,080

8,710

3,040

2,040

2,120

3,740

7,440

9,530

4,170

2,060

Apr.

450

420

705

510

420

370

330

293

270

248

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

55

56

57

60

65

100

460

1,040

740

1 OQ

0.65

Mar.

2,330

1,300

955

915

927

872

729

642

512

432

443

10.87

Apr.

239

257

214

194

176

166

152

143

137

134

1.70

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated tii

$

o

a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.93

2.91

2.89

2.87

2.85

2.84

2.83

2.81

2.79

2.77

2.75

2.73

470

440

440

415

415

415

415

390

390

365

365

365

March 14

4.75

4.66

4.57

4.53

4.52

4.53

4.54

4.55

4.55

4.54

4.53

4.52

2,330

2,190

2,060

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,060

2,060

1,930

1,930

1,930

March 20

5.70

5.55

5.40

5.36

5.26

5.16

5.10

5.04

5.06

5; 20

5.40

5.55

2,500

2,350

2,070

2,070

1,940

1,810

1,690

1,570

1,690

1,810

2,070

2,350

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 9

2.71

2.70

2.69

2.71

2.73

2.75

2.77

2.79

2.81

2.86

2.93

3.00

340

340

340

340

365

365

365

390

390

415

470

500

March 15

4.51

4.50

4.48

4.48

4.50

4.54

4.64

4.74

4.84

4.88

4.90

4.92

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,060

2,190

2,330

2,470

2,470

2,470

March 21

5.60

5.65

5.70

5.70

5.68

5.66

5.64

5.60

5.56

5.46

5.36

5.26

2,350

2,350

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,350

2,350

2,350

2,210

2,070

1,940

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.10

3.20

3.32

3.42

3.50

3.60

3.70

3.80

3.90

3.98

4.04

4.10

560

630

700

780

860

950

1,040

1,140

1,240

1,340

1,340

1,450

March 16

4.94

4.96

4.98

5.02

5.08

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.50

6.70

6.90

7.00

2,470

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,760

2,910

3,540

4,210

5,090

5,450

5,820

6,010

March 22

5.11

4.96

4.78

4.66

4.64

4.62

4.61

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.59

4.58

1,690

1,520

1,350

1,200

1,200

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 11

4.15

4.20

4.25

4.35

4.45

4.80

5.15

5.65

6.36

7.30

8.90

10.10

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,800

1,800

2,330

2,910

3,540

4,910

6,580

9,970

13,100

March 17

7.10

7.20

7.50

7.70

7.69

7.60

7.50

7.48

7.52

7.70

8.60

9.60

6,200

6,390

6,960

7,370

7,370

7,160

6,960

6,960

6,960

7,370

9,280

11,700

March 23

4.54

4.50

4.46

4.42

4.38

4.35

4.32

4.29

4.27

4.26

4.26

4.28

1,100

1,060

1,020

970

970

930

890

890

850

850

850

890

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 12

10.11

10.00

9 75

9^27

8.63

8.08

7.62

7.22

6.90

6T60

6.30

6.05

13,100

12,800

12,200

10,900

9,280

8,210

7,160

6,390

5,820

5,270

4,730

4,210

March 18

10.65

10,76

10.66

10.40

9.40

8.70

8.05

7.60

7.36

7.23

7.15

7.10

14,600

15,200

14,800

13,900

10,800

8,790

7,010

6,070

5,630

5,190

5,190

4,990

March 24

4.32

4.37

4.39

4.41

4.38

4.35

4.32

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.31

4.32

890

930

970

970

970

930

890

890

890

890

890

890

me , 1936

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

5.85

5.65

5.40

5.30

5.25

5.20

5.16

5.12

5.08

5.00

4.92

4.84

3,870

3,540

3,220

3,060

2,910

2,910

2,910

2,760

2,760

2,610

2,470

2,330

March 19

7.05

7.03

7.01

6.99

6.88

6.75

6.65

6.55

6.45

6.30

6.10

5.90

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,590

4,390

4,010

4,010

3,630

3,460

3,120

2,800

March 25

4.33

4.34

4.35

4.35

4.35

4.35

4.36

4.36

4.36

4.36

4.35

4.35

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 3 a.m., 10.78 ft., 15,200 sec.-ft.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Tunkhannook Creek at Dixon, Pa.

°33'30", long. 75°53'40lt , at highway bridge at Dixon, Wyoming County, 

at of Tunkhannook. Zero of gage is 610.50 feet above mean sea level.

Location.- Lat. 41°

3 miles northeas _ _ __ - __ __ _ _ => 0- --- ------

Dr'alnaRe arsa.- 383 square miles.

gage-height record.- Graph based on two or more chain-gage readings daily. Gage

heights used to half tenths between 2.0 and 3.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths

above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 7,000 second-feet;

logarithmic extension to crest discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10. 

Maxima.- . 1936: Discharge. .14,900 second-feet 11:30 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.36

feet, from flood marks).

1914-35: Discharge, 19,100 second-feet Sept. 30, 1924 (gage height, 13.1 feet),

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

225

220

215

210

205

205

200

200

200

200

Mar.

715

580

480

450

450

545

480

480

680

1,500

Apr.

820

970

1,310

820

750

1,500

1,220

1,130

970

1,220

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

1R

19

20

Feb.

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

200

Mar.

6,040

8,740

4,490

2,700

2,440

2,590

5,560

11,400

8,060

5,220

Apr.

1,400

1,500

1,600

1,500

1,310

1,130

970

820

750

680

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

200

205

210

215

220

235

330

400

500

0.59

Mar.

4,430

3,730

2,370

1,830

1,670

1,300

1,480

1,830

1,220

1,030

964

2.757

8.30

Apr.

610

970

645

545

455

425

370

320

320

298

911

2.38

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

fn2

a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

IS

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

3.16

-

3.20

-

-

-

-

3.10

3.10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*480

-

T

-

-

-

March 14

5.24

5.12

5.01

4.90

4.82

4.75

4.68

4.63

4.67

4.70

4.74

4.78

3,110

2,980

2,850

2,720

2,600

2,600

2,480

2,360

2,480

2,480

2,480

2,600

March 20

7.51

7.32

7.13

6.94

6.74

6.54

6.37

6.20

6.06

5.98

5.92

5.88

6,650

6,300

5,960

5,620

5,300

4,980

4,820

4,520

4,370

4,220

4,070

4,070

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

-

3.15

-

-

-

-

-

_

3.50

-

-

-

-

-

*680

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

4.80

4.82

4.81

4.79

4.76

4.70

4.60

4.48

4.44

4.50

4.58

4.64

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,480

2,360

2,240

2,130

2,240

2,360

2,360

March 21

5.86

5.84

5.86

5.92

6.08

6.22

6.36

6.42

6.42

6.36

6.30

6.22

4,070

3,930

4,070

4,070

4,370

4,520

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,670

4,520

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

-

-

-

-

4.08

-

4.46

-

-

_

5.50

-

-

-

-

_

*1,500

-

_

-

_

-

March 16

4.68

4.72

4.76

4.80

4.80

4. 75

4.70

4.65

4.61

4.70

5.00

5.40

2,480

2,480

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,480

2,360

2,360

2,480

2,850

3,370

March 22

6.14

6.06

5.98

5.89

5.80

5.67

5.55

5.43

5.31

5.20

5.10

5.00

4,370

4,370

4,220

4,070

3,930

3,790

3,650

3,370

3,240

3,110

2,980

2,850

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.75

6.00

6.25

6.50

6.75

7.00

7.30

7.62

7.94

8.22

8.50

8.78

3,930

4,220

4,520

4,980

5,460

5,790

6,300

6,830

7,370

7,940

8,520

9,120

March 17

5.90

6.40

6.85

7.12

7.11

7.00

6.90

6.78

6.84

7.20

7.50

8.00

4,070

4,820

5,460

5,960

5,960

5,790

5,620

5,460

5,460

6,130

6,650

7,560

March 23

4.92

4.84

4.76

4.70

4.66

4.60

4.54

4.48

4.42

4.38

4.34

4.30

2,720

2,600

2,600

2,480

2,480

2,360

2,240

2,240

2,130

2,130

2,020

2,020

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

9,06

9.33

9.60

9.55

9.30

8.92

8.56

8.22

7.92

7.64

7.40

7.20

9,740

10,200

10,800

10,800

10,200

9,320

8,720

7,940

7,370

6,830

6,470

6,130

March 18

8.40

8.90

9.60

10.25

11.20

11.34

11.08

10.58

10.24

9.80

9.50

9.20

8,320

9,320

10,800

12,100

14,400

14,600

14,200

13,000

12,100

11,200

10,600

9,950

March 24

4.-27

4.24

4.21

4.18

4.15

4.12

4.09

4.05

4.00

4.00

4.02

4.04

2,020

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,800

1,800

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.99

6.78

6.57

6.36

6.20

6.05

5.94

5.83

5.71

5.60

5.48

5.36

5,790

5,460

5,140

4,820

4,520

4,220

4,070

3,930

3,790

3,650

3,510

3', 370

March 19

8.90

8.64

8.44

8.32

8.24

8.17

8.10

8.03

7.96

7.88

7.80

7.70

9,320

8,720

8,320

8,130

7,940

7,940

7,750

7,560

7,560

7,370

7,190

7,010

March 25

4.08

4.10

4.12

4.10

4.08

4.02

3.96

3.91

3.86

3.82

3.78

3.74

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,700

1,700

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,400

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 11:30 a.m., 11.36 ft., 14,900 sec.-ft. 

*Mean for the day.
STJSQTJEHANNA RIVER BASIN 227 

Wapwallopen Creek near Wapwallopen, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°3'35", long. 760 5 I 25", at Harts Bridge, 2i miles southeast of Wapwallopen, Luzerne County,and 3i miles upstream from mouth of creek. Zero of gage is 

752.41 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 45.8 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 1,500 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

logarithmic extension to crest discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 9.

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge, 1,540 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 6.58 feet).

1919-35: Discharge, 2,260 second-feet Sept. 30, 1924 (gage height, 7.9 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

43

42

42

41

41

40

40

39

39

38

Mar.

90

80

80

90

110

90

75

66

80

311

Apr.

88

107

103

80

72

231

177

157

136

178

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

37

37

37

38

40

39

38

38

37

36

Mar.

784

1,110

556

383

344

313

618

1,150

821

581

Apr.

166

141

153

134

117

110

97

87

79

73

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , In Inches ............................................

Feb.

35

34

34

35

38

55

100

130

120

1.11

Mar.

509

374

279

241

195

161

164

159

124

109

100

8.23

Apr.

73

78

64

56

51

50

46

42

45

52

2.47

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet, at indicated time, 1956

S

S

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.31

2.33

2.34

2.35

2.33

2.10

2.23

2.25

2.28

2.25

2.25

2.26

-

-

_

_

_

*36

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

3.65

3.60

3.55

3.50

3.45

3.42

3.42

3.45

3.50

3.58

3.59

3.57

410

398

386

374

362

351

351

362

374

398

398

386

March 20

4.64

4.54

4.44

4.34

4.24

4.16

4.09

4.04

3.99

3.94

3.89

3.83

716

682

648

616

584

552

537

522

507

492

477

463

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.25

2.23

2.23

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.24

2.33

2.45

2.57

2.62

2.65

-

-

-

_

_

*94

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

3.52

3.47

3.42

3.37

3.32

3.29

3.28

3.31

3.33

3.34

3.34

3.32

374

362

351

340

329

329

329

329

340

340

340

329

March 21

3.80

3.84

3.98

4.15

4.22

4.22

4.22

4.11

4.00

3.95

3.91

3.84

449

463

507

552

568

568

568

537

507

492

477

463

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

2.62

2.59

2.56

2.56

2.60

2.70

2.90

3.28

3.75

4.10

4.25

4.26

191

185

180

180

187

206

246

329

436

537

584

584

Mar oh 16

3.28 329

3.24

3.20

3.16

3.13

3.10

3.09

3.06

3.12

3.22

3.40

3.62

318

308

298

298

287

287

276

287

308

351

398

March 22

3.76

3.70

3.63

3.56

3.51

3.47

3.42

3.38

3.34

3.30

3.26

3.23

436

423

410

386

374

362

351

351

340

329

318

318

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.20

4.15

4.12

4.15

4.23

4.31

4.45

4.73

5.23

5.88

6.10

6.25

568

552

537

552

584

600

648

752

945

1,220

1,300

1,350

March 17

3.82

4.06

4.19

4.11

4.09

4.20

4.48

4.48

4.44

4.60

4.88

5.31

449

522

568

537

537

568

665

665

648

699

807

965

March 23

3.20

3.16

3.13

3.10

3.05

3.06

3.04

3.01

2.96

2.95

2.94

2.96

308

298

298

287

276

276

276

266

258

256

254

258

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.40

6.45

6.38

6.15

5.85

6.50

5.27

5.16

5.12

5.05

4.93

4.78

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,350

1,170

1,040

945

905

885

865

826

770

March 18

5.85

6.23

6.53

6.54

6.40

6.06

5.76

5.52

5.29

5.12

5.00

4.91

1,170

1,350

1,490

1,490

1,440

1,300

1,170

1,040

965

885

845

807

March 24

2.97

2.97

2.95

2.93

2.90

2.87

2.85

2.83

2.81

2.79

2.77

2.75

260

260

256

252

246

240

236

232

228

224

220

216

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

4.63

4.50

4.38

4.25

4.15

4.06

4.00

3.95

3.88

3.82

3.76

3.71

716

665

632

584

552

522

507

492

477

449

436

423

March 19

4.90

4.95

5.11

5.24

5.19

5.00

4.88

4.82

4.79

4.80

4.79

4.74

807

826

885

945

925

845

807

770

770

770

770

752

March 25

2.73

2.71

2.69

2.67

2.65

2.63

2.63

2.63

2.60

2.58

2.55

2.54

212

208

204

200

196

193

193

193

187

183

178

176

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 7 a.m., 6.58 ft., 1,540 sec.-ft. 

«Mean for the day.
228 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HTJDSON TO SDSQDEHANNA REGION 

West Branch of Susquehanna River at Bower, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°53'50", long. 78°40'40", at highway bridge at Bower, Clearfield 

County, 4.8 miles downstream from Mahaffey and mouth of Chest Creek. Zero of gage 

is 1,206.39 feet (revised) above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 315 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. No record Mar. 1-4, 7-9. Gage

heights used to half tenths between 6.5 and 8.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths 

above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-29. Defined by current-meter measurements below 3,500 second-feet; extended to peak stage using slope-area computation 

of flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 31,500 second-feet 3 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 19.Y4 feet, 

from flood mark in well).

1913-35: Discharge, 10,400 second-feet (revised) Sept. 5, 1926 (gage height, 

13.10 feet); maximum gage height, 14.6 feet Mar. 12, 1920 (ice jam).

1889-1935: Maximum known discharge, about 27,000 second-feet (revised) May 

31, 1889 (gage height, about 18.5 feet deduced from flood mark 4,000 feet above present gage).

Remarks.- Discharge Mar. 1-4, 7-9, based on comparisons with records for nearby stations.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

230

220

210

220

240

210

190

175

160

150

Mar.

1,900

1,700

1,500

1,800

2,750

2,300

1,900

1,800

1,700

1,930

Apr.

745

882

900

709

628

2,150

2,160

1,510

1,170

1,240

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

140

135

130

125

130

160

165

160

150

135

Mar.

4,010

5,140

2,990

1,930

2,200

3,420

15,800

22,000

6,530

3,180

Apr.

1,200

1,200

1,060

906

799

697

606

541

460

404

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

130

125

122

120

200

1,000

2,500

3,500

2,400

1.60

Mar.

2,410

1,950

1,970

1,780

1,780

1,510

1,680

1,630

1,230

1,100

921

3

«ZCQ

12.34

Apr.

378

408

348

305

265

248

233

217

211

211

2.69

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

fc 

3

O

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*1,800

_

-

-

_

_

-

March 14

7.97

7.88

7.80

7.73

7.65

7.59

7.53

7.51

7.53

7.63

7.82

8.06

2,120

2,070

1,980

1,940

1,840

1,800

1,760

1,710

1,760

1,840

1,890

2,200

March 20

9.62

9.44

9.28

9.13

9.00

8.88

8.78

8.70

8.63

8.55

8.50

8.45

3,890

3,640

3,520

3,290

3,180

3,070

2,960

2,850

2,750

2,750

2,650

2,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

*1,700

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

8.29

8.33

8.27

8.17

8.07

7.97

7.90

7.85

7.85

7.89

7.95

8.00

2,450

2,500

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,120

2,070

2,020

2,020

2,070

2,120

2,160

March 21

8.40

8.37

8.34

8.33

8.32

8.31

8.29

8.24

8.18

8.12"

8.06

7.99

2,550

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,450

2,450

2,450

2,400

2,350

2,250

2,200

2,160

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

7.25

7»31

7.36

7.40

7.43

7.44

7.51

7.69

8.08

8.41

8.58

8.69

1,510

1,550

1,590

1,630

1,670

1,670

1,710

1,890

2,250

2,550

2,750

2,850

Maroh 16

8.07

8.14

8.27

8.45

8.62

8.84

9.22

9.72

10.12

10.32

10.43

10.49

2,200

2,300

2,400

2,600

2,750

2,960

3,400

4,020

4,570

4,870

5,020

5,180

March 22

7.93

7.86

7.78

7.71

7.65

7.60

7.56

7.56

7.64

7.78

7.90

8.01

2,120

2,020

1,980

1,890

1,840

1,800

1,760

1,760

1,840

1,980

2,070

2,160

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.77

8.79

8.80

8.84

8.97

9.22

9.59

10.01

10.41

10.77

10.93

10.99

2,960

2,960

2,960

2,960

3,180

3,400

3,890

4,430

5,020

5,670

5,840

6,010

March 17

10.68

10.99

11.23

12.47

13.87

14.97

15.47

16.27

17.42

18.27

19.02

19.40

5,500

6,010

6,370

9,000

12,400

15,500

17,000

19,500

23,100

26,200

28,800

30,300

March 23

8.06

8.03

7.96

7.88

7.80

7.73

7.68

7.63

7.59

7.58

7.59

7.60

2,200

2,200

2,120

2,070

1,980

1,940

1,890

1,840

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.98

10.94

10.89

10.78

10.64

10.51

10.36

10.23

10.11

9.98

9.83

9.68

6,010

5,840

5,840

5,670

5,340

5,180

5,020

4,720

4,570

4,430

4,150

4,020

March 18

19.67

19.69

19. S2

18.69

18.02

17.27

16.52

15.72

14.87

14.12

13.45

13.05

31,500

31,500

29,600

27,700

25,200

22,800

20,100

17,600

15,200

13,000

11,100

10,200

March 24

7.61

7.61

7.60

7.58

7.56

7.55

7.54

7.55

7.57

7.58

7.60

7.61

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,760

1,-760

1,760

1,760

1,800

1,800

1,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.53

9.36

9.20

9.04

8.90

8.77

8.64

8.52

8.40

8.27

8.16

8.06

3,760

3,640

3,400

3,180

3,070

2,960

2,750

2,650

2,550

2,400

2,300

2,200

March 19

12.64

12.28

11.93

11.63

11.31

11.07

10.83

10.61

10.39

10.18

9.98

9.79

9,220

8,560

7,720

7,120

6,550

6,190

5,670

5,340

5,020

4,720

4,430

4,150

March 25

7.62

7.61

7.60

7.59

7.58

7.57

7.57

7.58

7.59

7.56

7.52

7.48

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,760

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,710

1,710

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18,3 a.m., 19.74 ft., 31,500 sec.-ft. 

 Wean for the day.
STJSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 229

West Branch of Susquehanna River at Renovo, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°18'5011 , long. 77 0 44 1 45 H , at highway "bridge at Renovo, Clinton County.

Zero of gage is 634.03 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 2,975 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. No record for period 4 p.m. Mar. 17

to 6 p.m. Mar. 19; gage heights determined from flood mark and comparison with stage

graphs of nearby stations. Gage heights used to half tenths "between 1.0 and 4.0

feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 7. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 80,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage using slope-area computation of flood flow. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 236,000 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 29.39 feet,

from flood mark).

1895-1903, 1905-35: Discharge, 84.300 second-feet (revised) Apr. 30, 1909

(gage height, 15.5 feet, fron flood mark); maximum gage height, 25.0 feet Feb. 28,

1910 (ice jam).

1846-1935: Maximum known discharge, 211,000 second-feet June 1, 1889 (gage

height, 27.3 feet, revised).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,250

1,250

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,150

Mar.

13,000

12,000

10,000

9,000

11,000

17,000

14,000

12,500

10,900

11,700

Apr.

10,700

9,750

10,500

9,750

8,530

10,600

19,700

17,700

13,900

12,100

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,150

1,200

1,300

1,400

1,400

1,250

Mar.

25,400

74,800

50,700

29,200

22,300

28,600

80,300

201,000

112,000

60,700

Apr.

11,700

12,500

12,500

11,300

9,750

8,530

7,370

6,450

5,740

5,070

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,200

1,500

3,000

7,000

14,000

1,922

0.70

Mar.

39,000

28,300

23,000

20.800

22 ',300

27,000

24,000

25,500

20,400

15,600

13,300

13.26

Apr.

4,700

4,570

4,100

3,770

3,350

3,160

2,960

2,870

2,960

2,960

8,318

3.12

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§0

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4.

6

8

10

M

Peet Sec. ft.

March 8

5.30

5.25

5.21

5.16

5.11

5.05

5.00

4.93

4.88

4.83

4.80

4.76

13,500

13,100

13,100

13,100

12,700

12,300

12,300

11,900

11,900

11,500

11,500

11,500

March 14

9.41

9.10

8.90

8.68

8.46

8.26

8.07

7.89

7.75

7.62

7.50

7.45

35,400

33,600

32,400

31,200

30,000

28,800

27,600

26,400

25,800

24,600

24,000

23,500

March 20

14.47

14.08

13.71

13.37

13.02

12.66

12.35

12.04

11.70

11.45

11.20

10.95

75,300

71,700

68,100

65,400

62,200

59,800

57,400

54,200

51,800

49,400

48,000

46,600

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.72

4.70

4.67

4.64

4.52

4.60

4.58

4.56

4.55

4.55

4.55

4.57

11,100

11,100

11,100

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

March 15

7.40

7.35

7.32

7.27

7.20

7.12

7.05

7.00

6.97

6.97

7.02

7.06

23,500

23,500

23,000

23,000

22,500

22,000

21,500

21,500

21,500

21,500

21,500

22,000

March 21

10.62

10.45

10.30

10.15

10.00

9.86

9.71

9.60

9.47

9.33

9.16

9.03

43,800

42,400

41,700

41,000

39,600

38,900

37,500

36,800

36,100

34,800

34,200

33,000

Peet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.61

4.65

4.72

4.78

4.83

4.88

4.90

4.92

4.96

5.00

5.10

5.24

10,700

10,700

11,100

11,500

11,500

11,900

11,900

11,900

12,300

12,300

12,700

13,100

Marc-h 16

7.10

7.15

7.21

7.32

7.45

7.67

8.02

8.50

9.04

9.60

10.12

10.64

22,000

22,500

22,500

23,000

23,500

25,200

27,000

30,000

33,000

36,800

40,300

43,800

March 22

8.88

8.74

8.62

8.48

8.34

8.20

8.08

7.98

7.88

7.82

7.76

7.73

_

-

-

-

-

«28,300

-

_

_

-

-

-

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.44

5.77

5.95

6.22

6.55

6.72

7.20

7.80

8.60

9.65

10.75

11.90

13,900

15,500

16,500

17,500

19,500

20,000

22,500

25,800

30,600

36,800

45,200

53,400

March 17

11.30

11.58

11.85

12.07

12.34

12.80

13.52

15.06

17.25

19.20

21.22

23.50

48,700

51,000

52,600

55,000

56,600

60,600

66,300

80,700

100,000

120,000

141,000

16V, 000

March 23

7.68

7.62

7.55

7.47

7.40

V.33

7.27

7.23

7.18

V.16

7.15

7.15

_

_

~

-

_

*23,000

_

_

_

_

-

-

Feet Sec.ft.

March IS

13.00

14.13

14.82

15.30

15.50

15.52

15.35

15.07

14.75

14.42

14.10

13.70

62,200

71,700

78,000

82,500

84,300

84,300

83,400

80,700

78,000

74,400

71,700

68,100

March 18

26.15

28.60

29.30

29.36

29.03

28.45

27.53

26.30

25.30

24.40

23.50

22.65

198,000

227,000

235,000

236,000

231,000

224,000

213,000

199,000

187,000

177,000

167,000

157,000

March 24

7.14

7.12

7.08

7.06

7.02

6.98

6.94

6.90

6.87

6.86

6.86

6.89

..

_

-

-

_

«eo,soo

_

_

_

_

-

-

Peet Sec.ft.

March 13

13.15

12.82

12.45

12.10

11.75

11.42

11.10

10.82

10.47

10.20

9.92

9.65

63,800

60 , 600

57,400

55,000

52,600

49,400

47,300

45,200

43,100

41,000

38,900

36,800

March 19

21.70

21.00

20.26

19.40

18.70

18.05

17.45

16.80

16.30

 15.80

15.33

14.88

147,000

139,000

132,000

122.000

115,000

108,000

102,000

96,400

91,500

87,000

82,500

78,900

March 25

6.93

6.97

7.04

7.10

7.20

7.27

7.34

7.39

7.46

7.54

7.62

7.72

_

 _

_

_

_

«22,300

_

_

_

_

_

-

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 7 a.m., 29.39 ft., 236,000 sec.ft. 

*Mean for the day.
230 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

West Branch of Susquehanna River at Lock Haven, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°8 ! 20n , long. 77°26'30", at Jay Street Bridge in Lock Haven, Clinton

6ounty. Zero of gage is 535.00 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 3,338 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings daily. No record Mar. 8

to 4 p.m. Mar. 11 because of ice }am st gage.

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height, 32.28 feet 11:30 a.m. Mar. 18, from flood mark. 

1913-23, 1925-35: Gage height, 26.8 feet Feb. 21, 1918 (ice jam). 

1846-1935: Maximum known stage, 29.8 feet May 31, 1889, 

Remarks.- Station maintained for flood-warning purposes. Discharge not determined.

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

fc 

g

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

12.95

12.50

12.20

11.84

11.55

11.30

11.00

10.80

10.60

10.42

10.25

10.10

March 20

21.03

20.36

19.60

18.95

18.35

17.70

17.15

16.65

16.15

15.68

15.25

14.80

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

9.95

9.82

9.70

9.58

9.50

9.40

9.32

9.25

9.20

9.18

9.17

9.19

March 21

14.40

14.05

13.70

13.39

13.10

12.80

12.55

12.51

12.10

11.87

11.64

11.41

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

Maroh 16

9.20

9.25

9.34

9.43

9.57

9.71

9.86

10.09

10.40

10.78

11.38

12.17

March 22

11.22

11.04

10.85

10.70

10.53

10.38

10.24

10.05

9.94

9.80

9.68

9.57

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

9.30

9.90

10.70

11.60

12.75

March 17

13.00

13.90

14.50

14.85

15.30

15.70

16.05

16.60

17.60

19.80

21.90

23.50

March 23

9.47

9.39

9.30

9.22

9.17

9.10

9.08

9.04

9.02

9.00

8.99

8.97

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

14.13

15.66

17.10

18.48

19.60

20.47

21.10

21.16

20.97

20.70

20.45

20.18

March 18

25.10

26.66

28.20

29.93

31.50

32.28

32.19

31.81

31.42

31.00

30.48

29.90

March 24

8.95

8.93

8.90

8.86

8.81

8.77

8.73

8.69

8.64

8.60

8.57

8.57

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

19.80

19.20

18.60

17.84

17.20

16.60

16.00

15.38

14.78

14.22

13.78

13.30

March 19

29.20

28.58

27.80

27.20

26.43

25.78

25.10

24.50

23,73

23.08

22.40

21.70

March 25

8.57

8.57

8.58

8.60

8.62

8.70

8.78

8.81

8.91

9,01

9.15

9.27

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 11:30 a.m., 32.28 ft.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 9

A. VIEW ON MARCH 18, 1936, OF LOCK HAVEN, PA., ON THE WEST BRANCH OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

The Pennsylvania Railroad freight station and yards are shown in the center of the picture. Courtesy

of G. A. Brion.

B. BOATS NAVIGATING BUSINESS SECTION ON EAST MAIN STREET AT LOCK HAVEN, 

PA., WHERE THE WATER WAS 9 TO 10 FEET DEEP, MARCH 18, 1936.

Courtesy of John Davies.
GEOLOGICAL STJEVEY WATER-STJPPLY PAPER /99 PLATE 10

A. VIEW SHOWING DESTRUCTION OF TRACKS OF PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BY 

FLOOD WATERS OF THE WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PA.

Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard.

B. VIEW ON MARCH 20, 1936, OF WEST BRANCH OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT LEWISBURG, PA. 

Courtesy of 28th Division Aviation, Pennsylvania National Guard,
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 251 

West Branch of Susquehanna River st Williamsport, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°14'15n , long. 76°59'55", at highway bridge at Williamsport, Incoming

County. Zero of gage is 494.55 feet above mean sea level. 

Dr a 3nsfte are a.- 5,682 square niles. 

Gage-jielfeht record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period4!30 p.m. Mar = 18 to

10 a.m. Mar. 19, when it was determined from a flood mark and conparison with stage

graphs of nearby stations. Sage heights used to half tenths between 1.5 and 4.0

feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 120,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage by slope-area determination of flood flow. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 264,000 second-feet 9 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 33.57 feet,

from flood mark).

1895-1935: Discharge, 147,000 second-feet Mar. 5, 1923 (gage height, 21.6

feet, from graph based on gage readings); maximum gage height, 21.7 feet Mar. 1, 1902

(ice jam),

1846-1935: Maxirajm known discharge, 252,000 second-feet June 1, 1889 (gage

height, 32.4 feet, from flood mark).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

S,500

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,100

2,050

2,000

1,950

1,900

1,850

Mar.

23,000

24,000

19,000

17,000

22,000

31,000

32,000

23,000

20,000

22,000

Apr.

23,900

20,900

20,400

19,000

17,100

19,800

30,200

32,300

26,400

23,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,800

1,750

1,750

1,700

1,700

1,650

1,700

1,800

2,100

2,000

Mar.

45,000

145,000

137,000

74,600

47,100

48,400

107,000

218,000

225,000

153,000

Apr.

21,900

22,400

22,900

21,400

19,000

17,100

15,300

13,600

11,900

11,200

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,900

1,850

1,750

1,700

1,650

1,700

3,000

8,000

15,000

0.50

Mar.

94,200

64,600

46,500

40,100

39,100

45,500

44,900

44,500

40,000

31,900

27,800

CO 0*70

12.80

Apr.

10,000

9,500

8,980

7,970

7,320

6,690

6,230

5,930-

5,640

5,780

3.17

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

h 3o

W

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*23,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 14

16.86

16.30

15.76

35.27

14.78

14.30

13.88

13.50

13.15

12.81

12.52

12.25

97,000

91,000

86,100

81,300

76,500

71,800

68,200

64,600

62,000

58,600

56,200

53,900

March 20

25.48

24.88

24.28

23.67

23.13

22.55

21.95

21.32

20.70

20.07

19.47

18.88

183,000

177,000

171,000

165,000

159,000

154,000

148,000

141,000

135,000

129,000

123,000

117,000

Feet Sec.ft.'

March 9

-

-

-

-

«

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

#20,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 15

12.00

11.78

11.59

11.41

11.26

11.12

11.00

10.88

10.78

10.67

10.60

10.55

52,400

50,900

49,500

48,100

47,400

46,100

45,400

44,800

44,100

43,500

42,800

42,300

March 21

18.10

17.65

17.29

16.97

16.68

16.41

16.21

16.01

15.78

15.55

15.31

15.05

109,000

104,000

101,000

98,000

95,000

92,000

90,000

88,100

86,100

84,200

81,300

78,400

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

«22,OOC

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 16

10.58

10.61

10.66

10.73

10.86

10.99

11.13

11.36

11.72

12.23

12.87

13.62

42,800

42,800

43,500

43,500

44,800

45,400

46,100

48,100

50,200

53^00

59,400

65,500

March 22

14.79

14.51

14.25

13.98

13.70

13.45

13.20

12.90

12.67

12.41

12.17

11.99

76,500

73,700

70,900

69,100

66,400

63,700

62,000

59,400

57,800

55,400

53,900

52,400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

#45,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

March 17

14.38

15.21

16.05

16.83

17.50

18.11

18.63

19.15

19.62

20.18

20.85

21.78

72,800

80,300

88,100

96,000

103,000

109,000

114,000

120,000

124,000

130,000

136,000

146,000

March 23

11.81

11.66

11.52

11.38

11.26

11.12

11.00

10.87

10.73

10.63

10.51

10.41

50,900

50,200

48,800

48,100

47,400

46,100

45,400

44,800

43,500

42,800

42,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

17.58

19.22

20.72

21.85

22.67

23-. 07

23.32

23.45

23.56

23.66

23.56

23.42

104,000

120,000

135,000

146,000

155,000

159,000

1.61,000

162,000

164,000

165,000

164,000

162,000

March 18

23.08

24.00

25.38

26.78

28.63

30.25

31.42

32.47

33.30

33.54

33.56

33.32

159,000

168,000

182,000

196,000

214,000

230,000

242,000

253,000

261,000

263,000

264,000

261,000

March 24

10.34

10.26

10.20

10.17

10.16

10.15

10.13

10.11

10.07

10.03

9.97

41,600 9.92

41,000

41,000

40,400

40,400

40,400

40,400

39,800

39,800

39,800

39,200

39,200

38,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

23.27

23.03

22.67

22.27

21.80

21.25

20.67

20.07

19.43

18.73

18.08

17.47

161,000

158,000

155,000

151,000

146,000

140,000

135,000

129,000

122,000

115,000

109,000

103,000

March 19

32.81

32.20

31.57

31.00

30.35

29.72

29.12

28.48

27.85

27.25

26.70

26.08

256,000

250,000

244,000

238,000

232,000

225,000

219,000

213,000

206,000

200,000

195,000

189,000

March 25

9.86

9.85

9.85

9.87

9.90

9.93

9.97

10.01

10.05

10.09

10.16

10.27

38,600

38,000

38,000

38,600

38,600

38,600

39,200

39,200

39,200

39,800

40,400

41,000

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 9 p.m., 33.57 ft., 264,000 sec.-ft. 

#Mean for the day.
232 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Clearfield Creek at Dime ling, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°58'151', long. 78°24'251', at highway bridge at Dimeling, Clearfield 

County, 400 feet below mouth of Little Clearfield Creek. Zero of gage is 1,145.56 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 371 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Ho record Apr. 1-3. Gage heights 

used to half tenths between 5.5 and 8.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above 

these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-28. Defined by current-meter measurements below 6,000 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 37,600 second-feet 11 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 18.49 feet, 

from flood mark in well).

1913-35: Discharge, 11,700 second-feet Mar. 13, 1920 (gage height, 12.8 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); maximum gage height, 18.5 feet Mar. 11, 1920 

(ice jam).

Remarks. - Discharge for period of missing record estimated by comparison with records 

at nearby stations.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

250

230

220

230

250

210

190

170

150

140

Mar.

2,580

2,280

1,820

1,560

2,470

2,530

2,130

1,570

1,490

2,270

Apr.

888

1,110

1,200

914

796

2,210

2,490

1,770

1,390

1,510

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

130

125

122

120

120

125

160

150

140

130

Mar.

4,460

7,560

4,520

2,630

2,640

3,650

14,100

32,700

14,600

5,680

Apr.

1,470

1,430

1,270

1,100

955

842

739

657

564

481

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

125

123

121

120

125

800

2,200

3,200

2,810

1.30

Mar.

3,450

2,670

2,530

2,200

2,090

1,810

1,870

2,060

1,480

1,290

1,080

13.60

Apr.

434

442

406

348

309 283'

263

244

238

232

2.71

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

p

*

" a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

6.98

6.93

6.87

6.84

6.78

6.74

6.70

6.67

6.64

6.62

6.61

6.60

1,770

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,590

1,550

1,510

1,470

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,430

March 14

8.26

8.16

8.05

7.96

7.86

7.76

7.68

7.63

7.62

7.66

7.74

7.83

3,020

2,900

2,800

2,680

2,580

2,480

2,430

2,380

2,330

2,380

2,480

2,580

March 20

11.02

10.73

10.50

10.24

10.00

9.80

9.62

9,47

9.31

9.18

9.05

8.91

7,890

7,180

6,730

6,090

5,690

5,310

4,950

4,780

4,450

4,290

3,990

3,850

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

6.60

6.59

6.59

6.60

6.61

6.65

6.66

6.68

6.72

6.77

6.83

6.90

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,470

1,470

1,510

1,510

1,550

1,640

1,680

March 15

7.93

7.99

8.01

8.00

7.99

7.96

7.91

7,fS

7.85

7.83

7.82

7.8^

2,680

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,680

2,630

2,630

2,580

2,580

2,530

2,530

March 21

8.82

8.76

8.71

8.67

8.59

8.56

8.52

8.50

8.46

8.40

8.35

8.28

3,710

3,710

3,580

3,580

3,450

3,450

3,320

3,320

3,260

3,200

3,140

3 ',080

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6.95

7.04

7.13

7.26

7.38

7.46

7.56

7.70

7.92

8.08

8.17

8.25

1,720

1,820

1^900

2,000

2,130

2,180

2,580

2,430

2,630

2,850

2,900

3,020

March 16

7.83

7.86

7.96

8.13

8.31

8.47

8.64

8.90

9.30

9.64

9.77

10.07

2,580

2,580

2,680

2,900

3,080

3,260

3,450

3,850

4,450

4,950

5,310

5,890

March 22

8.20

8.13

8.06

7.96

7.88

7.80

7.74

7.72

7.76

7.82

7.85

7.87

2,960

2,900

2,800

2,680

2,630

2,530

2,480

2,430

2,480

2,530

2,580

2,580

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

8.30

8.40

8.53

8.64

8.77

8.91

9.09

9.37

9.75

lo'.BO

10.53

10.77

3,080

3,200

3,320

3,450

3,710

3,850

4,140

4,610

5,310

6,090

6,730

7,410

March 17

10.19

10.26

10.33

10.55

10.60

10.97

12.41

14.28

15.19

15.97

16.85

17.53

6,090

6,300

6,300

6,950

6,950

7,890

11,800

17,800

21,400

24,600

28,600

32,100

March 23

7.88

7.88

7.88

7.89

7.90

7.88

7.83

7.77

7.71

7.66

7.61

7.57

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,580

2,480

2,430

2,380

2,330

2,280

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 12

10.90

10.97

11.00

11.02

11.03

11.04

11.01

10.95

10.85

10.72

10.57

10.41

7,650

7,890

7,890

7,890

'7 , 890

7,890

7,890

7,890

7,410

7,180

6,950

6,510

March 18

17.63

17.53

17.66

18.08

18.40

18.44

18.27

17.96

17.58

17.12

16.62

16.05

32,600

32 , 100

33,100

35,200

37,000

37,000

36,400

34,600

32,600

30,100

27,600

24,600

March 24

7.54

7.50

7.49

7.48

7.47

7.47

7.45

7.44

7.43

7.42

7.40

7.39

2,280

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,180

2,180

2,180

2,180

2,180

2,130

2,130

2,130

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

10.17

9.98

9.77

9.59

9.40

9.20

9.05

8.89

8.74

8.60

8.47

8.35

6,090

5,690

5,310

4,950

4,610

4,290

3,990

3,850

3,580

3,450

3,320

3,140

March 19

15.57

15.00

14.42

13.83

13.31

12.74

12.41

12.14

11.93

11.75

11,54

11.31

23,000

20,600

18,200

16,000

14,500

12,700

11,800

10,900

10,300

10,000

9,180

8,650

March 25

7.39

7.38

7.38

7.38

7.38

7.38

7.37

7.35

7.34

7.30

7.27

7.25

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,040

2,000

2,000

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 11 a.m., 18.49 ft., 37,600 sec.-ft.
SUSQUEHAMA RIVER BASIN 233

Driftwood Branch, of Slnnemahoning Creek at Sterling Run, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°24 l 30tt , long. 78°ll'25t1 , 800 feet above highway bridge at Sterling 

Run, Cameron County, and 1,100 feet above mouth of Sterling Run. Zero of gage is 

894.60 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 281 square miles.

Page-height record.- Graph based on two or more readings daily and plotted to correspond to fluctuations shown by recorder graph at former site at highway bridge downstream. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.4 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 3,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended to peak stage on basis of slope-area determination of flood flow. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 5.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 28,400 second-feet 10:30 p.m. Mar. 17 (gage height, 12.0 

feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1913-35: Discharge, 12,700 second-feet Feb. 12, 1925; maximum gage height, 

10.4 feet (from graph baaed on gage readlnga affected by ice) Mar. 5, 1920, at 

former site.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

98

96

96

98

90

86

84

82

80

78

Mar.

1,600

1,600

1,550

1,500

3,500

3,160

2,200

1,030

696

945

Apr.

723

940

940

847

684

1,540

S,020

1,540

1,150

990

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

76

76

76

80

88

98

96

92

88

82

Mar.

4,460

11,300

5,610

3,010

1,580

3,460

13,700

18,500

8,SOO

4,980

Apr.

1,150

1,270

1,210

940

762

612

545

454

371

346

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

74

70

70

70

80

150

350

700

1,600

169

0.65

Mar.

3,230

2,380

1,760

1,830

2,930

3,880

3,430

3,060

2,230

1,640

1,310

3

0170

15.91

Apr.

346

371

303

284

266

275

254

249

303

258

731

2.90

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

1£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet | Sec.ft.

March 8

3.74

3.68

3.62

3.56

3.50

3.45

3.40

3.36

3.32

3.28

3.24

3.20

1,340

1,270

1,150

1,100

1,040

990

940

894

847

847

804

762

March 14

5.28

5.16

5.04

4.90

4.76

4.65

4.54

4.43

4.37

4.31

4.25

4.19

4,250

4,020

3,580

3,370

3,160

2,760

2,570

2,380

2,380

2,200

2,020

2,020

March 20

6.20

6.00

5.80

5.60

5.50

5.46

5.44

5.42

5.34

5.27

5.20

5.14

6,520

5,980

5,460

4,960

4,720

4,720

4,490

4,490

4,260

4,260

4,040

3,830

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.18

3.16

3.14

3.12

3.10

3.08

3.06

3.07

3.08

3.09

3.10

3.12

762

723

723

684

684

684

648

648

684

684

684

684

March 15

4.15

4.10

4.05

4.00

3.90

3.85

3.80

3.77

3.74

3.77

3.80

3.85

2,020

1,850

1,690

1,690

1,540

1,470

1,400

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,400

1,470

March 21

5.08

5.02

4.96

4.88

4.80

4.74

4.69

4.64

4.63

4.62

4.61

4.60

3,830

3,630

3,630

3,430

3,240

3,050

3,050

2,870

2,870

2,870

2,870

2,870

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.16

3.20

3.24

3.28

3.32

3.36

3.40

3.46

3.53

3.60

3.67

3.75

723

762

804

847

847

894

940

990

1,100

1,150

1,210

1,340

March 16

3.90

4.00

4.10

4.30

4.50

4.80

5.40

5.54

5.65

5.70

5.80

5.90

1,540

1,690

1,850

2,200

2,570

3,160

4,480

4,720

4,960

5,210

5,460

5,720

March 22

4.60

4.58

4.56

4.50

4.42

4.30

4.18

4.06

4.02

4.00

3.98

3.98

2,870

2,870

2,870

2,700

2,530

2,370

2,210

2,060

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,-910

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.87

4.00

4.16

4.33

4.50

4.70

5.00

5.43

6.12

6.80

7.30

7.80

1,470

1,690

2,020

2,200

2,570

2,960

3,580

4,480

6,250

8,260

9,810

11,400

March 17

6.00

6.20

6.40

6.67

7.06

7.50

8.10

8.60

9.50

10.80

11.90

11.95

5,980

6,520

7,080

7,960

9,180

10,400

12,500

14,200

17,600

23,000

28,000

28,400

March 23

3.97

3.97

3.96

3.96

3.93

3.90

3.87

3.84

3.83

3. ,82

3.81

3.80

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,770

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,630

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.08

8.36

8.35

8.25

8.10

7.94

7.78

7.58

7.38

7.18

6.94

6.70

12,500

13,500

13,500

12,800

12,500

11,800

11,400

10,800

10,100

9,490

8,560

7,960

March 18

11.60

11.20

10.80

10.40

9.95

9.50

9.10

8.80

8.45

8.15

7.75

7.45

26,600

24,800

23,000

21,300

19,600

17,600

16,100

15,000

13,500

12,800

11,400

10,100

March 24

3.83

3.86

3.90

3.94

3.95

3.95

3.96

3.96

3.98

4.00

4.05

4.10

1,700

1,700

1,770

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,910

1,910

1,910

2,060

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.45

6.20

5.95

5.80

5.77

5.74

5.71

5.68

5.60

5.52

5.46

5.40

7,080

6,520

5,980

5,460

5,460

5,210

5,210

5,210

4,960

4,720

4,720

4,480

March 19

7.20

7.00

6.85

6.70

6.70

6.70

6.69

6.69

6.68

6.60

6.48

6.38

9,490

8,870

8,260

7,960

7,960

7,960

7,960

7,960

7,960

7,660

7,370

7.080

March 25

4.18

4.26

4.38

4.46

4.51

4.56

4.60

4.64

4.80

4.96

5.13

5.30

2,210

2,370

2,530

2,700

2,700

2,870

2,870

2,870

3,240

3,630

3,830

4,260

Supplemental records.- Mar. 17, 10:30 p.m., 12.0 ft.
234 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA. REGION

North Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Greek Station, Pa.

tocatlon.- Lat. 41°3'55", long. 77 034 t O", at highway bridge Just below mouth of Beech 

Greek,at Beech Greek Station, Clinton County. Zero of gage is 571.79 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 559 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-S9. Defined to 12,000 second-feet 

by current-meter measurements; logarithmic extension to crest discharge.

Maxima.- 1936; Discharge, 22,300 second-feet 5:30 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 14.42

1910-35! Discharge, 17,900 second-feet (revised) June 17, 1916 (gage height, 

12.5 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

285

280

280

290

310

290

285

280

27b

270

Mar.

2,300

2,030

1,660

1,4SO

S,700

3,S40

S,680

S,360

S,S10

S,850

Apr.

1,540

1,780

1,780

1,480

1,420

3,570

3,S40

S,550

S,100

2,SSO

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

265

260

260

265

310

340

320

300

280

S60

Mar.

6,000

13,100

8,OSO

4,590

3,910

5,410

10,800

18,200

13,300

9,880

Apr.

2,030

1,960

1,900

1,660

1,540

1,420

1,260

1,150

1,040

957

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

250

245

240

235

240

350

1,000

2,500

2,800

468

0.90

Mar.

7,130

5,170

3,920

3,350

3,040

2,760

2,870

2,700

2,270

2,040

1,790

10.23

Apr.

900

837

734

701

653

630

600

570

563

549

2.88

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

h

3

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 8

4.12

4.10

4.05

3.98

3.96

3.90

3.94

3.83

3.83

3.83

3.82

3.81

2,550

2,550

2,480

2,480

2,360

2,290

2,360

2,280

2,280

2,280

2,160

2,160

March 14

5.97

5.82

5.69

5.56

5.44

5.31

5.26

5.27

5.28

5.28

5.31

5.34

5,350

5,030

4,870

4,710

4,410

4,260

4,260

4,260

4,260

4,260

4,260

4,260

March 20

9.68

9.46

9.25

9.05

8.83

8.60

8.38

8.13

7.90

7.68

7.50

7.32

12,000

11,600

11,000

10,600

10,300

9,890

9,510

8,960

8,600

8,240

7,880

7,520

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.80

3.80

3.79

3.77

3.75

3.72

3.74

3.80

3.89

3.94

3.99

4.06

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,100

2,100

2,030

2,100

2,160

2,290

2,360

2,420

2,480

March 15

5.32

5.28

5.22

5.14

5.03

4.97

4.92

4.87

4.90

4 ;95

5.00

5.07

4,260

4,260

4,110

3,960

3,810

3,740

3,660

3,590

3,660

3,740

3,810

3,960

March 21

7.15

7.04

7.09

7.21

7.24

7.22

7.17

7.12

7.05

6.95

6.80

6.62

7,350

7,010

7,180

7,350

7,350

7,350

7,350

7,180

7,010

7,010

6,670

6,330

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.17

4.25

4.28

4.28

4.26

4.24

4.25

4.30

4.38

4.47

4.57

4.67

2,620

2,750

2,820

2,820

2,750

2,750

2,750

2,820

2,960

3,030

3,170

3,310

March 16

5.10

5.11

5.14

5.25

5.49

5.68

6.00

6.31

6.70

7.10

7.45

7.75

3,960

3,960

3,960

4,110

4,560

4,870

5,350

5,830

6,500

7,180

7,700

8,420

March 22

6.44

6.29

6.16

6.03

5.92

5.81

5.72

5.63

5.55

5.50

5.46

5.42

5,990

5,830

5,670

5,350

5,190

5,030

4,870

4,710

4,710

4,560

4,560

4,410

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.80

4.92

5.00

5.18

5.37

5.67

6.10

6.62

7.20

8.00

8.90

9.60

3,520

3,660

3,810

4,110

4,410

4,870

5,510

6,330

7,350

8,780

10,500

11,800

March 17

8.00

8.15

8.30

8.43

8.53

8.63

8.75

8.93

9.20

9.75

10.80

12.10

8,780

9,140

9,320

9,510

9,700

9,890

10,300

10,500

11,000

12,200

14,300

17,000

March 23

5.33

5.27

5.21

5.15

5.09

5.03

4.99

4.94

4.90

4.88

4.87

4.85

4,260

4,260

4,110

4,110

3,960

3,810

3,810

3,740

3,660

3,660

3,590

3,590

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.30

10.70

10.90

10.88

10.77

10.65

10.45

10.25

10.00

9.75

9.50

9.25

13,200

14,000

14,500

14,500

14,300

13,800

13,400

13,000

12,600

12,200

11,600

11,000

March 18

13.32

14.25

14.38

14.10

13.67

13.14

12.55

12.04

11.55

11.21

10.94

10.73

19,700

21,800

22,300

21,600

20,700

19,300

18,100

16,800

15,900

15,100

14,500

14,000

jfarch 24

4.83

4.80

4.77

4.73

4.70

4.66

4.63

4.60

4.58

4.56

4.55

4.54

3,590

3,520

3,450

3,450

3,380

3,310

3,310

3,240

3,240

3,170

3,170

3,170

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.00

8.72

8.40

8.10

7.78

7.43

7.11

6.88

6.66

6.46

6.29

6.14

10,600

10,100

9,510

8,960

8,420

7,700

7,180

6,840

6,500

6,160

5,830

5,510

March 19

10.55

10.40

10.35

10.35

10.33

10.35

10.37

10.38

10.35

10.21

10.05

9.86

13,800

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,200

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,000

12,600

12,400

March 25

4.53

4.52

4.50

4.49

4.47

4.45

4.43

4.41

4.40

4.39

4.38

4.37

3,170

3,100

3,100

3,100

3,030

3,030

3,030

2,960

2,960

2,960

2,960

2,890

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 5:30 a.m., 14.42 ft., 22,300 sec.-ft.
STJSQUEHAHNA RIVER BASIN 

Pine Creek at Cedar Run, Pa.

235

Location.- Lat. 41°31«20", long. 77°26 I 55", at highway bridge at Cedar Run, Lycoming

County. Zero of gage is 781.96 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 604 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 5.5 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 12,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended to crest discharge using slope-area determination of flood flow. Affected

by ice Feb. 1 to 6 p.m. Mar. 11.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 30,900 second-feet 3:30 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.39 feet). 

1918-35: Discharge, 17,500 second-feet (revised) Apr. 6, 7,1924 (gage height,

8.6 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Mean monthly _ _ _ __ 0

Mar.

780

700

760

900

1,000

850

800

780

780

1,000

iiscViarff

Apr.

4,120

3,560

3,140

2,450

2,120

3,150

3,340

3,030

2,450

2,200

e, in se

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

JondFeb.

feet. . . .

Gage height, in feet, and discharge,

£

a

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

HI

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

3.62

3.63

_

_

_

3.58

_

_

_

_

_

3.50

*780

March 14

5.17

5.01

4.90

4.79

4.71

4.63

4.54

4.47

4.44

4.42

4.41

4.39

6

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

,260

,850

,590

,330

,080

,960

,720

,480

,480

,370

,370

,370

March 20

7.40

7.23

7.06

6.88

6.77

6.64

6.51

6.44

6.42

6.39

6.32

6.23

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

9

9

9

9

9

,900

,300

,000

,400

,100

,500

,200

,900

,900

,900

,600

,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.48

3.43

_

_

-

_

_

3.

_

_

28

3.37

«780

March 15

4.36

4.32

4.26

4. 20

4.14

4.

4.

07ai

4.00

4.

4.

4.

22

47

64

4.72

4,260

4,150

4,040

3,9 10

3,840

3,6

3,5

50

50

3,530

3,9

4,4

10

30

4,960

5,080

March 21

6.13

6. 04

5.98

5.

5.

5.

5.

87

77

71

65

5.59

5. 54

5.46

5.38

5.29

9,000

8,7 30

8,700

8,400

8,1

7,8

30

LO

7,520

7,520

7,2 50

7,090

6,950

6,670

Feet

Mar.

9,000

17,000

9,080

5,120

4,130

7,850

14,300

22,600

14,800

11,000

Apr.

2,270

2,290

2,430

2,150

1,950

1,740

1,500

1,280

1,100

970

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. Mar.

7,920

5,620

4,530

5,040

7,130

9,120

8,360

8,840

6,480

5,430

5,510

6,362

12.11

Apr.

900

900

752

672

612

579

547

515

620

587

1,797

3.32

in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Sec.ft.

March 10

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

.33

.50

.39

.51

.60

.58

.45

.57

.60

.70

.38

.25

*1,000

March 16

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

.74

.71

.74

.98

.39

.77

.98

.19

,49

.68

.73

.74

5,200

5,080

5,200

5, 850

6,950

8,

8,

100

700

9,300

10,

10,

10,

10,

200

800

800

800

March 22

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

.19

.11

.01

.94

.87

.81

.77

.75

.76

.80

.82

.79

6,390

6,

5,

120

850

5,720

5,

5,

460

330

5,200

5,200

5, 200

5,330

5,330

5,330

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.85

4.55

4.50

3.85

5.39

4.24

4.72

5.59

6.79

7.65

8.54

9.15

*9,000

March 17

6.69

6.63

6.62

6.74

6.97

7.14

7.37

7.62

8.14

8.86

9.54

10.64

10,800

10,500

10,500

10,800

11,700

12,000

12,900

13,500

15,500

18,700

21,200

26,700

March 23

4.72

4.64

4.56

4.50

4.44

4.40

4.37

4.34

4.33

4.32

4.36

4.40

5,080

4,960

4,710

4,590

4,470

4,350

4,240

4,240

4,240

4,120

4,240

4,350

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

9.39

9.40

9.24

9.08

8.79

8. 58

8.41

8.14

7.

7.

34

59

7.34

7.11

20,700

20,700

19,900

19,500

18,300

17,900

16,700

15,500

14,300

13,500

12,600

12,000

March 18

11.26

11.34

11.03

10. 51

10.14

9.

9.

54

24

8.92

8.

8.

70

50

8.29

8.09

30,300

30,300

28,700

26,700

24,200

21,700

19,900

18,700

17,900

17,100

16,300

15,500

March 24

4.54

4. 51

4.63

4.63

4.

4.

32

59

4.58

4.65

4. 76

4.85

4.94

5.01

4,710

4,a30

4,960

4,960

4,830

4,830

4,830

4,960

5,200

5,460

5,720

5,850

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

6.99

6.78

6.59

6.39

6.22

6.05

5.89

5.76

5.65

5.54

5.42

5.29

11,700

11,100

10,500

9,900

9,300

8,700

8,400

8,100

7,520

7,230

6,950

6,670

March 19

7.89

7.67

7.56

7.68

7.99

8.16

8.20

8.19

8.08

7.93

7.76

7.59

14,700

13,900

13,500

13,900

15,100

15,900

15,900

15,900

15,500

14,700

14,300

13,500

March 25

5.06

5.14

5.15

5.17

5.19

5.21

5.30

5.56

5.80

5.98

6.11

6.22

5,980

6,260

6,260

6,260

6,390

6,390

6,670

7,520

8,100

8,700

9,000

9,300

Supplemental records..- Mar. 18, 3:30 a.m., 11.39 ft., 30,900 sec.-ft.
236 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQT3EHANNA REGION

Lycoming Creek near Trout Run, Pa.

Location,- Lat. 41°25'5", long. 77°2'0n , at highway bridge 2f miles upstream from 

Trout Run, Lycomlng County. Zero of gage is 693.4 feet above mean see. level.

Drainage area.- 173 square miles.

Gage-height "re'cord. Graph, based on two or more readings daily. Gage heights used to 

half tenths between 3.0 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 1-29. Defined below 2,000 secondfeet by current-meter measurements; extended to peak stage on basis of one slopearea determination.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 17,000 second-feet 5 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 17.34 feet, 

from flood marks).

1913-35! Discharge, 15,200 second-feet (revised) Nov. 16, 1926 (gage height, 

16.3 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

79

78

8C

82

81

8C

79

78

78

77

Mar.

253

183

224

212

367

318

284

285

262

324

Apr.

507

526

488

397

363

835

745

625

546

546

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

76

75

76

78

80

79

78

77

76

75

Mar.

2,880

6,590

2,250

1,300

1,120

2,180

5,550

8,320

3,380

2,310

Apr.

585

585'

585

507

450

432

380

346

330

298

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches ............................................

Feb.

74

73

73

74

78

85

110

150

S10

85.8

0.535

Mar.

1,620

1,270

1,100

1,130

1,140

1,160

1,170

1,020

828

696

628

1,620

10.79

Apr.

267

267

228

208

194

180

169

161

158

161

402

2.59

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

B

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.92!

2.90

2.88

2.86

2.86

2.86

2.88

2.90

2.96

2.92

2.88

2.80

296

288

281

274

274

274

281

288

311

296

281

253

March 14

5.20

5.12

5.04

4.96

4.90

4.85

4.80

4.75

4.70

4.66

4.62

4.60

1,500

1,430

1,370

1,370

1,310

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,190

1,190

1,130

1,130

March 20

6.95

6.74

6.57

6.45

6.35

6.25

6.15

6.05

5.96

5.87

5.77

5.67

2,870

2,620

2,540

2,380

2,380

2,220

2,220

2,060

2,060

1,990

1,920

1,850

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2. 75

2.70

2.65

2.60

2.68

2.76

2.84

2.92

2.95

2.98

3.00

3.00

23V

221

206

,191

215

240

267

296

307

318

326

326

March 15

4.58

4.55

4.52

4.52

4.51

4.51

4.52

4.52

4.54

4.60

4.75

4.90

1,130

1,130

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,130

1,250

1,310

March 21

5.61

5.55

5.49

5.45

5.40

5.36

5.32

5.28

5.24

5.20

5.16

5.12

1,780

1,780

1,710

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,570

1,570

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,430

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

2.99

2.98

2.97

2.96

2.96

2.97

2.98

2.98

2.99

3.00

3.05

3.10

322

318

315

311

311

315

318

318

322

326

346

367

March 16

4.97

5.04

5.10

5.18

5.25

5.60

6.20

6.80

7.16

7.40

7.60

7.63

1,370

1,370

1,430

1,500

1,500

1,780

2,220

2,700

3,050

3,230

3,410

3,410

March 22

5.08

5.04

5.00

4.98

4.94

4.85

4.77

4.70

4.62

4.61

4.60

4.59

1,430

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,310

1,250

1,250

1*200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.30

3.65

4.20

4.78

5.59

6.40

7.21

8.02

8.58

9.32

10.22

11.12

455

615

900

1,250

1,780

2,380

3,050

3,780

4,380

5,120

6,140

7,240

March 17

7.65

7.75

7.78

7.90

8.30

9.00

10.00

11.20

11.60

11.70

11.80

11.90j

3,410

3,590

3,590

3,680

4,080

4,790

5,900

7,370

7,890

8,020

8,150

8,280

March 23

4.58

4.57

4.56

4.55

4.50

4.45

4.40

4.43

4.46

4.52

4.58

4.60

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,080

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,080

1,080

1,140

1,140

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.70

11.98

11.99

11.95

11.44

10.96

10.48

10.00

9.52

8.98

8.45

7.92

8,020

8,420

8,420

8,420

7,630

7,110

6,500

5,900

5,340

4,790

4,180

3,680

March 18

14.00

17.00

16.60

14.00

12.20

11.20

10.20

9.60

9.10

8.70

8.40

8.10

11,300

16,500

15,700

11,300

8,700

7,370

6,140

5,450

4,900

4,480

4,180

3,880

March 24

4.64

4.68

4.70

4.72

4.70

4.66

4.62

4.58

4.50

4.45

4.41

4.40

1,140

1>200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,080

1,030

1,030

1,030

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.48

7.04

6.68

6.42

6.15

5.95

5.75

5.59

5.51

5.40

5.30

5.25

3,320

2 870

2,620

2,380

2,220

2,060

1,920

1,780

1,710

1,640

1,570

1,500

March 19

7.85

7.70

7.60

7.56

7.54

7.58

7.62

7.60

7.56

7,40

7.25

L?.10

3,590

3,500

3,410

3,410

3,320

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,230

3,050

2,960

March 25

4.41

4.45

4.51

4.58

4.60

4.61

4.63

4.65

4.69

4.73

4.77

4.80

1,030

1,030

1,080

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,250

1,250

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 5 a.m., 17.34 ft., 17,000 sec.-ft.
STJSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 237 

Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsock, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°19'25", long. 76°54'40", at highway bridge at Loyalsock, Lycoming

County. Zero of gage is 585.63 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 443 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Apr. 1-16, when daily

readings were used. Gage heights used to half tenths 5.0 to 7.5 feet; hundredths

below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined below 9,000

second-feet by current-meter measurements; extended logarithmically to peak gage

height. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 29,900 second-feet 9:45 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.58

feet, from flood mark in well).

1925-35: Discharge, 34,000 second-feet Nov. 16, 1926 (gage height, 12.3

feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

390

380

390

400

410

400

390

380

370

360

Mar.

1,800

1,600

1,500

1,600

2,200

1,900

1,800

1,700

1,700

2,000

Apr.

956

901

1,100

890

754

1,700

3,040

2,130

1,540

1,420

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

350

350

350

360

400

450

450

430

400

370

Mar.

4,500

15,000

7,060

4,270

3,810

5,710

12,200

18,200

7,950

5,330

Apr.

1,420

1,450

1,380

1,170

1,150

1,120

1,010

880

790

718

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

360

350

340

350

370

450

600

900

1,400

1.08

Mar.

5,570

4,480

3,120

2,710

2,340

1,920

1,940

2,040

1,320

1,170

954

4,174

10.86

Apr.

676

700

652

568

517

475

442

416

398

404

1,026

2.59

Gage height. In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956 $&

z

4

6

e

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

e

10

N

2

4

6

e

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

5.02

4.96

4.90

4.87

4.95

4.97

5.00

4.95

4.96

4.92

4.90

4.94

2,780

2,700

2,570

2,510

2,680

2,720

2,780

2,680

2,700

2,610

2,570

2,650

March 14

5.96

5.87

5»79

5.72

5.65

5.60

5.56

5.52

5.50

5.48

5.48

5.47

4,950

4,710

4,590

4,350

4,240

4,120

4,000

3,890

3,890

3,890

3,890

3,780

March 20

7.04

6.98

6.88

6,78

6.68

6.58

6.50

6.44

6.41

6.38

6.38

6.36

6,330

6,190

5,920

5,650

5,390

5,130

4,880

4,760

4,630

4,630

4,630

4,510

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.83

4.97

4.91

4.91

4.93

4*92

4.92

4.89

4.92

4.92

4.96

5.00

2,430

2,720

2,590

2,590

2,630

2,610

2,610

2,550

2,610

2,610

2,700

2,780

March 15

5.47

5.46

5.44

5.41

5.38

5.34

5.31

5.29

5.32

5.42

5.74

5.99

3,780

3,780

3,780

3,660

3,660

3,550

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,660

4,470

5,070

March 21

6.32

6.30

6.34

6.46

6.61

6.88

7.17

7.25

7.19

7.09

7.01

6.89

4,390

4,390

4,510

4,760

5,130

5,920

6,610

6,900

6,750

6,470

6,190

5,920

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.90

5.11

5.13

5.25

5.20

5.25

5.22

5.25

5.29

5.20

5.45

5.60

2,570

3,000

3,110

3,330

3,220

3,330

3,220

3,330

3,440

3,220

3,780

4,120

March 16

6.06

6.05

6.01

5.97

5.97

6.02

6.10

6.28

6.41

6.51

6.63

6.85

5,210

5,210

5,070

4,950

4,950

5,070

5,350

5,950

6,250

6,550

7,000

7,600

March 22

6.72

6.61

6.52

6.43

6.35

6.27

6.20

6.13

6.09

6.07

6.04

6.00

5,390

5,130

4,880

4,760

4,510

4,270

4,150

4,040

3,920

3,800

3,800

3,690

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.05

7.04

5.84

5.77

5.75

5.82

5.97

6.34

7.15

8.15

9.15

9.80

5,210

8,280

4,710

4,470

4,470

4,590

4,950

6,100

8,620

12,400

16,700

19,700

March 17

7.16

7.47

7.73

7.95

8.30

8.50

8.50

8.55

8.60

8.60

8.60

8.70

8,620

9,680

10,600

11,600

12,800

13,600

13,600

14,000

14,000

14,000

14,000

14,400

Maroh 23

5.95

5.90

5.85

5.80

5.75

5.71

S>67

5.63

5.60

5.58

5.57

5.57

3,580

3,470

3,360

3,250

3,140

3,040

2,940

2,940

2,830

2,830

2,730

2,730

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.45

10.75

10.78

10.58

9.95

9.35

8.88

8.52

8.20

7.94

7.70

7.48

23,100

25,500

25,500

24,300

20,700

17,700

15,400

13,600

12,400

11,200

10,600

9,850

March 18

9.45

10.10

10.65

11.15

11,50

10.85

9.90

9.19

8.75

8.45

8.19

8.00

17,700

21,300

24,300

28,100

29,200

24,300

18,800

15,000

13,000

11 ,-200

10,400

9,600

March 24

5.57

5.57

5.58

5.58

5.59

5.58

5.57

5.53

5.51

5.48

5.47

5.44

2,730

2,730

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,730

2,730

2,630

2,590

2,570

2,510

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

7.28

7.11

6.98

6.83

6.70

6.58

6.46

6.36

6.28

6.20

6.12

6.04

9,150

8,450

8,100

7,600

7,150

6,850

6,400

6,100

5,950

5,650

5,350

5,210

March 19

7.80

7.64

7.56

7.63

7.72

7.85

7.70

7.52

7.39

7.30

7.20

7.13

8,800

8,000

8,000

8,000

8,400

8,800

8,400

7,630

7 $ 330

7,640

6,750

6,610

Mareh 25

5.43

5.42

5.41

5.39

5.37

5.35

5.33

5.31

5.30

5.28

5.27

5.26

2,490

2,470

2,450

2,410

2,370

2,340

2,300

2,260

2,240

2,200

2,180

2,160
238 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Penn Creek at Perms Creek, Pa.

Legation.- Lat. 40°51'35", long. 77°4'5n , at bridge on State highway 104, three-quarters of a mile northeast of Penns Creek, Snyder County (formerly published as Union 

County). Zero of gage is 506.74 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 301 square miles.

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 3.0 

to 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined below 6,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; extended logarithmically to peak discharge. Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 6.

Maxima.- 1936J Discharge, 11,400 second-feet 8 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 12.12 feet, 

from flood mark in well).

1929-35: Discharge, 12,900 second-feet Sept. 16, 1934 (gage height, 13.00 

feet).

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

Feb.

170

170

170

180

190

180

180

170

170

170

liar.

1,000

950

950

1,000

1,200

1,600

1,280

1,190

1,280

1,700

Apr.

833

833

833

680

627

1,750

1,580

1,320

1,180

1,360

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

160

160

160

170

190

200

190

180

170

160

Mar.

4,690

8,560

5,450

3,510

2,920

3,040

6,080

10,200

8,430

6,390

Apr.

1,360

1,280

1,250

1,110

1,040

965

866

802

740

680

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , In Inches ............................................

Feb.

150

150

150

160

180

250

400

600

800

0.78

Mar.

5,350

3,950

2,950

2,400

2,010

1,690

1,560

1,400

1,170

1,050

939

11.87

Apr.

616

577

522

470

400

386

359

337

341

333

3.15

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

S

oW

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

3.87

3.84

3.86

3.83

3.74

3.74

3.76

3.78

3.70

3.80

3.83

3.81

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,180

1,110

1,180

1,220

1,180

March 14

6.91

6.77

6.64

6.52

6.42

6.32

6.26

6.23

6.22

6.19

6.16

6.15

4,010

3,890

3,670

3,560

3,450

3,340

3,340

3,240

3,240

3,240

3,240

3,240

March 20

9.52

9.36

9.19

9.04

9.01

8.84

8.65

8.48

8.32

8.18

8.05

7.92

7,380

7,240

6,960

6,680

6,680

6,400

6,140

6,010

5,750

5,620

5,360

5,230

Feet Sec.ft.

March

3.79

3.81

3.78

3.77

3.79

3.77

3.84

3.93

4.11

4.24

4.27

4.29

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,140

1,180

1,140

1,220

1,280

1,400

1,510

1,510

1,540

March 15

6.13

6.08

6.01

5.93

5.85

5.78

5.75

5.75

5-75

5.73

5.73

5.77

3,140

3,140

3,040

2,940

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,740

2,740

2,840

March 21

7.82

7.82

7.98

8.20

8.25

8.23

8.24

8.26

8.10

7.90

7.74

7.58

5,100

5,100

5,360

5,620

5,620

5,620

5,620

5,750

5,490

5,230

4,970

4,850

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.44

4.57

4.52

4.47

4.37

4.44

4.49

4.46

4.63

4.60

4.61

4.66

1,660

1,740

1,700

1,660

1,580

1,660

1,700

1,660

1,820

1,780

1,780

1,820

March 16

5.80

5.82

5.81

5.78

5.77

5.77

5.80

5.83

5.90

6.10

6.58

7.08

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,940

3,140

3,670

4,250

March 22

7.40

7.25

7.12

7.00

6.89

6.79

6.68

6.58

6.52

6.45

6.37

6.29

4,610

4,370

4,250

4,130

4,010

3,890

3,780

3,670

3,560

3,450

3,450

3,340

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

4.77

4.91

5.03

5.26

5.73

6.49

7.76

9.01

9.43

9.79

10.29

10.74

1,900

2,020

2,100

2,360

2,740

3,560

5,100

6,680

7,240

7,800

8,530

9,130

March 17

7.41

7.65

7.84

8.05

8.30

8.39

8.49

8.75

9.07

9.27

9.88

10.65

4,610

4,850

5,100

5,360

5,730

5,880

6,010

6,400

6,820

7,100

7,94«

8,980

March 23

6.21

6.14

6.07

6.01

5.95

5.89

5.84

5.77

5.72

5.68

5.64

5.61

3,240

3,140

3,140

3,040

3,040

2,940

2,840

2,840

2,740

2,740

2,640

2,640

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.98

10.93

10.81

10.66

10.56

10.42

10.32

10.23

10.00

9.75

9.47

9.18

9,580

9,430

9,280

9,130

8,980

8,680

8,530

8,380

8,080

7,800

7,380

6,960

March 18

11.19

11.54

11.85

12.12

02.06

11.92

11.68

11.45

11.23

10.95

10.72

10.64

9,900

10,400

10,900

11,400

11,400

11,000

10,700

10,200

9,900

9,580

9,130

8,980

March 24

5.56

5.51

5.47

5.43

5.38

5.34

5.30

5.26

5.22

5.18

5.14

5.10

2,640

2,540

2,540

2,450

2,450

2,360

2,360

2,360

2,270

2,270

2,180

2,180

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.03

8.88

8.6l'

8.37

8.15

7.95

7.77

7.62

7.47

7.33

7.18

7.04

6,680

6,540

6,140

5,880

5,620

5,360

5,100

4,850

4,730

4,490

4,370

4,130

March 19

10.61

10.57

10.55

10.50

10.42

10.25

10.09

10.00

10'. 00

9.92

9.81

9.68

8,980

8,980

8,980

8,830

8,680

8,380

8,230

8,080

8,080

7,940

7,800

7,660

March 25

5.07

5.03

4.98

4.95

4.92

4.89

4.86

4.83

4.79

4.75

4.72

4.68

2,180

2,100

2,100

2,060

2,020

2,020

1,980

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,860

1,860
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 239

Mahantango Creek East near Dalmatla, Pa.

40°36'40", long. 76°54'45", at highway bridge 2 miles above mouth and 

th of Dalmatla, Northumberland County. Zero of gage Is 400.50 feet

Location.- Lat.

3-J- miles south _ ___

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 162 square miles. 

flaRe-heifiht "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between3.5 and 5.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 4. Affected by backwater

from Susquehanna River 2 p.m. Mar. 18 to 2 a.m. Mar. 21. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 3,000 second-feet; logarithmic extension to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 5,180 second-feet 1 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 9.75 feet). 

1929-35: Discharge, about 9,850 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height,

13.66 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

220

220

220

230

240

235

230

225

220

220

Mar.

450

400

450

600

962

828

680

623

733

1,140

Apr.

297

293

287

240

217

813

940

740

624

700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

215

210

210

215

240

250

250

240

230

220

Mar.

2,410

4,570

2,640

1,380

1,060

928

1,380

3,420

2,720

1,680

Apr.

700

640

612

524

472

432

369

321

284

252

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

215

210

210

215

240

300

400

600

550

258

1.72

Mar.

1,780

1,580

1,060

809

650

524

516

496

396

365

339

1,212

8.62

Apr.

234

237

203

182

164

160

146

137

132

122

382

2.63

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

3.52

3.50

3.47

3.45

3.42

3.39

3.38

3.38

3.41

3.45

3.50

3.53

640

640

628

620

608

596

592

592

604

620

640

660

March 14

5.55

5.42

5.29

5.17

5.03

4.94

4.87

4.81

4.79

4.76

4.74

4.69

1,700

1,580

1,520

1,430

1,370

1,310

1,260

1,230

1,230

1,200

1,200

1,180

March 20

7.19

7.00

6.80

6.60

6.42

6.25

6.09

5.95

5.82

5.70

5.58

5^47

1,880

1,820

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,640

1,610

1,580

1,550

1,520

1,520

1,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.55

3.55

3.56

3.56

3.56

3.55

3.58

3.69

3.84

4.00

4.15

4.27

660

660

660

660

660

660

680

720

782

850

918

962

March 15

4.64

4.60

4.55

4.50

4.45

4.41

4.38

4.35

4.33

4.31

4.30

4.29

1,160

1,130

1,100

1,080

1,060

1,030

1,030

1,010

1,010

985

985

985

March 21

5.42

5.45

5.62

5.69

5.77

5.84

5.88

5.93

5.93

5.89

5.92

5.88

1,580

1,610

1,700

1,760

1,820

1,820

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,880

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.35

4.40

4.42

4.41

4.37

4.31

4.30

4.39

4.64

4.97

5.30

5.63

1,010

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,010

985

985

1,030

1,160

1,310

1,520

1,700

March 16

4.29

4.28

4.26

4.23

4.20

4.17

4.14

4.10

4.07

4.04

4.06

4.11

985

985

962

962

940

918

918

895

872

872

872

895

March 22

5.83

5.77

5.68

5.61

5.52

5.41

5.30

5.22

5.13

5.03

4.97

4.88

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,700

1,640

1,580

1,520

1,460

1,430

1,370

1,310

1,280

Feet See. ft.

March 11

5.91

6.08

6.16

6.19

6.20

6.24

6.39

6.67

7.00

7.36

7.81

8.30

1,880

2,020

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,230

2,440

2,660

2,980

3,300

3,740

March 17

4.31

4.54

4.93

5.12

5.12

5.13

5.18

5.20

5.18

5.21

5.46

6.07

985

1,100

1,310

1,400

1,400

1,430

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,610

2,020

March 23

4.80

4.72

4.64

4.57

4.50

4.42

4.38

4.33

4.27

4.21

4.17

4.13

1,230

1,180

1,160

1,100

1,080

1,030

1,030

1,010

962

940

918

918

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.64

9.00

9.29

9.52

9.65

9.73

9.73

9.62

9.45

9.20

8.90

8.56

4,010

4,380

4,680

4,880

4,980

5,080

5,080

4,980

4,780

4,580

4,280

4,010

March 18

6.87

7.58

8.03

8.30

8.49

8.57

8.52

8.57

8.58

8.58

8.50

8.51

2,580

3,140

3,470

3,740

3,920

4,010

#3,920

#3,740

#3,560

#3,470

#3,470

#3,470

March 24

4.08

4.05

4.01

3.97

3.93

3.90

3.87

3.83

3.80

3.75

3.74

3.70

895

872

850

828

828

805

782

782

760

740

740

720

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.22

7.89

7.57

7.27

6.97

6.72

6.50

6.31

6.15

6.00

5.85

5.70

3,650

3,380

3,140

2,900

2,660

2,440

2,300

2,160

2,090

1,950

1,820

1,760

March 19

8.64

8.72

8.70

8.64

8,52

8.38

8.23

8.08

7.93

7.75

7.56

7.37

#3,470

#3,380

#3,220

#2,980

#2,820

#2,660

#2,510

#2,370

#2,300

#2,160

#2,090

#1,950

March 25

3.67

3.64

3.62

3.58

3.55

3.52

3.49

3.48

3.45

3.40

3.38

3.36

700

700

680

680

660

640

636

632

620

600

592

584

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 1 p.m., 9.75 ft., 5,180 sec.-ft.
240 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Franks-town Branch of Juniata River at Williamsburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°27'45", long. 78°12'0", at highway bridge at Williamsburg, Blair

County. Zero of gage is 831.78 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 291 square miles.

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Sage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limita. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 7,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements

(surface velocities ) 3 extended to crest discharge using slope-area determination of

flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 47,600 seoond-feet 3 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 18.58 feet). 

1916-35: Discharge, 13,100 second-feet (revised) Oct. 23, 1929 (gage height,

13.9 feet).

1810-1935: Maximum discharge known, 35,500 second-feet June 1, 1889 (gage

height, 19.1 feet, from flood mark,). 

Remarks.- Discharge estimated midnight Mar. 17 to 1 a.m. Mar. 18, when control was

eroding rapidly.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

191

183

168

172

176

157

155

149

149

145

Mar.

2,350

1,790

1,170

1,200

2,900

2,650

1,790

1,450

1,490

2,040

Apr.

884

1,020

958

816

749

3,180

2,120

1,450

1,270

1,730

Day

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

142

140

142

144

164

191

204

207

178

187

Mar.

3,960

6,780

3,400

1,970

1,830

2,290

11,600

25,000

10,900

4,810

Apr.

1,390

1,280

1,120

1,000

954

856

771

706

664

623

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

181

172

162

162

172

581

1,770

2,430

2,120

383

1.42

Mar.

3,800

2,350

1,750

1,540

1,460

1,400

1,750

1,550

1,280

1,120

1,010

3,561

14.07

Apr.

583

564

506

458

378

297

288

277

268

260

914

3.50

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

|

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

5.59

5.49

5.37

5.24

5.14

5.05

5.00

5.04

5.18

5.37

5.49

5.54

1,630

1,560

1,460

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,250

1,280

1,370

1,460

1,560

1,600

March 14

6.51

6.37

6.22

6.10

5.97

5.86

5.79

5.75

5.80

5.91

6.06

6.19

2,270

2,190

2,050

1,980

1,880

1,800

1,770

1,740

1,770

1,840

1,980

2,050

March 20

9.95

9.66

9.40

9.17

8.96

8.78

8.58

8.43

8.28

8.13

8.01

7.91

6,510

6,010

5,530

5,210

4,910

4,610

4,310

4,030

3,890

3,610

3,480

3,350

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

5.53

5.49

5.42

5.33

5.25

5.19

5.15

5.17

5.27

5.41

5.57

5.74

1,600

1,560

1,490

1,460

1,400

1,370

1,340

1,340

1,400

1,490

1,600

1,740

March 15

6.27

6.25

6.15

6.00

5.84

5.73

5.66

5.60

5.61

5.63

5.70

5.81

2,120

2,050

2,050

1,910

1,800

1,740

1,660

1,630

1,630

1,660

1,700

1,770

March 21

7.87

7.88

8.15

8.46

8.65

8.77

8.68

8.49

8.28

8.08

7.88

7.72

3,280

3,350

3,750

4,170

4,310

4,610

4,460

4,170

3,890

3,610

3,350

3,100

Feet Sec . ft .

Maroh 10

5.89

5.98

6.07

6.09

6.09

6.08

6.08

6.11

6.22

6.38

6.55

6.75

1,840

1,910

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

2,050

2,190

2,350

2,510

Maroh 16

5.92

5.99

6.00

6.02

6.10

6.25

6.48

6.68

6.88

7.10

7.43

7.68

1,840

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,980

2,050

2,270

2,430

2,590

2,770

3,040

3,330

March 22

7.56

7.40

7.26

7.12

7.00

6.89

6.80

6.73

6.70

6.67

6.63

6.58

2,920

2,750

2,580

2,430

2,330

2,230

2,140

2,100

2,050

2,000

2,000

1,960

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

6.91

7.00

7.07

7.18

7.35

7.64

8.01

8.48

9.01

9.66

10.26

10.75

2,590

2,680

2,770

2,860

3,040

3,230

3,630

4,170

4,750

5,630

6,460

7,210

March 17

7.77

7.78

7.85

8.22

8.63

9.07

10.79

12.96

14.46

15.93

17.22

17.68

3,430

3,430

3,430

3,840

4,280

4,870

7,210

11,100

14,900

19, 800

25,400

39,700

Maroh 23

6.55

6.50

6.45

6.40

6.34

6.29

6.24

6.22

6.20

6.17

6.35

6.13

1,920

1,880

1,840

1,800

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,650

1,650

1,620

1,620

1,620

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

11.12

11.35

11.32

11.09

10.82

10.55

10.38

10.16

9.94

9.75

9.56

9.29

7,690

8,180

8,010

7,690

7,210

6,910

6,610

6,320

5,900

5,760

5,500

5,110

March 18

17.90

18.07

17.38

16.45

15.65

14.93

14.31

13.75

13.24

12.83

12.66

12.75

41,400

43,100

37,300

30,000

25,000

21,200

18,300

16,200

13,900

12,600

12,300

12,600

March 24

6.13

6.11

6.10

6.07

6.05

6.03

6.00

5.98

5.96

5.95

5.96

5.99

1,620

1,580

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,510

1,510

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,510

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

8.98

8.63

8.32

8.00

7.75

7.53

7.33

7.16

7.01

6.87

6.74

6.60

4,750

4,280

3,950

3,630

3,430

3,130

2,950

2,860

2,680

2,590

2,430

2,350

March 19

12.90

12.99

12.99

12.89

12 . 68

12.41

12.13

11.81

11.45

11.08

10.70

10.33

12,900

13,200

13,200

12,900

12,300

11,400

10,700

9,990

9,110

8,500

7,740

7,020

March 25

6.01

5.98

5.93

5.93

5.92

5.90

5.87

5.86

5.84

5.83

5.85

5.90

1,510

1,510

1,480

1,480

1,450

1,450

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,450

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 3 a.m., 18.58 ft., 47,600 sec.-ft.
StrSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 241

Juniata River at Newport, Pa.

at highway bridge at Newport, Perry County, 

Zero of gage is 363.16 feet above mean sea

Location.- Lat. 40°28'45n , long. 770 7'45" J 

1,000 feet above Little Buffalo Creek, 

level.

Drainage area.- 3,354 square miles.

Gage-height IFecord.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 to 11 a.m. Mar. 19, 

when a graph was drawn based on a flood mark. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.5 and 6.5 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-29. Defined below 80,000 secondfeet by current-meter~measurements; extended to peak discharge using slope-area determination of flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936s Discharge, 215,000 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 34.24 feet, 

from flood mark).

1899-1935: Discharge, 118,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 1, 1902 (gage height, 

25.3 feet).

1802-1935S Maximum known discharge, 237,000 second-feet June 1, 1889 (gage 

height, 35.9 feet, from flood marks).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

2,150

2,100

2,050

2,000

1,950

1,900

1,860

1,820

1,780

1,740

Mar.

21,700

19,600

17,000

13,200

15,300

24,900

21,300

16,400

14,000

16,400

Apr.

8,460

7,860

8,160

7,560

6,690

12,700

24,900

22,900

16,200

15,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,720

1,710

1,700

1,700

1,800

2,000

2,300

2,600

2,500

2,300

Mar.

28,800

69,000

66,300

37,100

23,100

19,100

30,000

116,000

191,000

95,700

Apr.

16,800

15,100

13,400

11,500

10,300

9,060

8,160

7,420

6,690

6,260

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

R-un-cff , in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

2,200

2,150

2,100

2,050

2,000

4,000

12,000

30,000

25,000

4,179

1.35

Mar.

49,300

35,500

24,500

18,400

15,500

13,700

12,500

13,200

12,200

10,700

9,680

34,550

11'. 87

Apr.

5,680

5,250

4,970

4,610

4,300

4,000

3,810

3,670

3,480

3,430

9,291

3.09

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

S

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 8

9.35

9.20

9.05

8.91

8.76

8.65

8.55

8.48

8.43

8.38

8.33

8.28

18,600

17,900

17,200

16,800

16,500

15,800

15,800

15,400

15,100

15,100

14,800

14,800

March 14

15.65

15.17

14.70

14.28

13.87

13.47

13.10

12.76

IS. 45

12.15

11.87

11.63

47,000

44,800

42,000

40,000

38,000

36,000

34,000'

32,700

30,900

30,000

28,600

27,300

March 20

27.25

26.05

24.95

23.92

23.00

22.05

21.23

20.47

19.73

19.04

18.40

17.80

136,000

124,000

115,000

105,000

98,200

90,300

84,100

78,800

73,000

68,100

64,200

60,300

Peet |Sec.ft.

March 9

8.22

8.15

8.09

8.00

7.93

7.89

7.87

7.90

7.98

8.13

8.28

8.39

14,400

14,400

14,000

13,700

1.-..400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,700

14,000

14,800

15,100

March 15

11.37

11.15

10.94

10.73

10.58

10.43

10.30

10.20

10.13

10.05

9.98

9.90

26,500

25,700

24,500

23,700

23,300

22,500

22,100

21,700

21,300

20,900

20,900

20,500

March 21

17.30

16.92

16.57

16.35

16.13

15.93

15.72

15.48

15.25

15. O4

14.82

14.60

57,000

54,600

52,800

51,600

49,800

48,600

47,600

46,400

44,800

43,700

42,600

41,500

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 10

8.46

8.50

8.52

8.53

8.54

8.58

8.68

8.82

9.02

9.23

9.45

9.63

15,400

15,400

15,400

15,400

15,400

15,800

16,200

16,500

17,200

17,900

18,600

19,300

Mar oh 16

9.83

9.75

9.66

9.57

9.48

9.41

9.36

9.32

9.30

9.32

9.39

9.60

20,100

20,100

19,700

19,300

19,000

18,600

18,600

18,200

18,200

18,200

18,600

19,300

March 22

14.43

14.27

14.08

13.90

13.70

13.45

13.17

12.90

12.64

12.42

12.23

12.02

40,500

40,000

39,000

38,000

37,000

35,500

34,500

33,200

31,800

30,900

30,000

29,100

Feet Sec. ft.

March 11

9.78

9.91

10.03

10.18

10.35

10.72

11.25

12.15

13.21

14.25

15.31

16.30

20,100

20,500

20,900

21,700

22,500

23,700

25,700

30,000

34,500

39,500

45,400

51,000

March 17

9,97

10.43

10.85

11.23

11.57

11.95

12.35

12.75

13.13

13.53

14.26

15.55

20,900

22,500

24,100

25,700

27,300.

29,100

30,900

32,700

34,000

36,000

40,000

47,000

March 23

11.82

11.60

11.41

11.21

11.02

10.83

10.65

10.50

10.36

10.24

10.11

9.99

28,200

27,300

26,500

25,700

24,900

24,100

23,300

22,900

22,500

21,700

21,300

20,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

17.23

17.87

18.45

18.87

19.18

19.43

19.70

19.93

20.14

20.30

20.41

20.40

56,400

61,000

64,200

67,400

69,500

70,900

73,000

74,400

75,800

77,400

78,100

78,100

March 18

16.95

18.55

20.15

21.77

23.42

25.00

26.40

27.85

28.85

30.07

31.15

32.25

55,200

65,500

76,600

88,700

101,000

115,000

128,000

142,000

152,000

166,000

178,000

190,000

March 24

9.85

9.73

9.62

9.50

9.40

9.30

9.21

9.11

9.05

8.95

8.88

8.82

20,100

19,700

19,300

19,000

18,600

18,200

17,900

17,600

17,200

17,200

16,800

16,500

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

20.30

20.15

19.92

19.63

19.27

18.90

18.50

18.06

17.61

17.15

16.65

16.20

77,400

76,600

74,400

72,300

70,200

67,400

64,800

62,200

59,000

56,400

52,800

50,400

March 19

32.95

33.40

34.15

34.17

33.80

33.27

32.80

32.10

31.30

30.37

29.35

28.30

200,000

205,000

215,000

215,000

210,000

204,000

198,000

189,000

180,000

169,000

158,000

147,000

March 25

8.76

8.70

8.65

8.60

8.55

8.50

8.45

8.40

8.35

8.30

8.26

8.21

16,500

16,200

15,800

15,800

15,800

15,400

15,100

15,100

15,100

14,800

14,800

14,400

Supplemental records.- Mar. 19, 7 a.m., 34.24 ft., 215,000 sec.-ft.
242 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

Shaver Creek near Petersburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°36'40", long. 78°0'25", at highway bridge 3-J miles northeast of

Petersburg, Huntingdon County, and 4J- miles above mouth. Zero of gage is 691.38

feet above mean sea level. 

Dr ainag e are a. - 46.4 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Graph, based on two or more readings daily. Gage heights used to

half tenths between 1.5 and 3.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits, 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 900 second-feet by current -meter measurements;

extended logarithmically to crest stage. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 7. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height, 9.32 feet, from flood marks, 3:15 a.m. Mar. 18 (discharge

not determined).

1929-35: Discharge, 1,800 second-feet (revised) Apr. 7, 1933 (gage height,

7.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

18

17

16

15

15

15

16

17

18

20

Har.

500

410

380

400

600

500

400

215

294

380

Apr.

76

114

86

71

70

698

257

168

146

257

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

24

29

37

47

60

52

47

44

42

41

Mar.

1,080

1,350

554

324

317

361

1,480

2,040

1,360

695

Apr.

210

176

146

126

102

91

76

66

62

62

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

41

42

44

47

55

80

185

210

340

Rfi -z

1.30

Mar.

714

306

208

165

138

113

216

149

113

99

84

12.78

Apr.

58

50

44

38

38

37

35

33

33

28

115

2.77

Standing Stone Creek near Huntingdon, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°31'25", long. 77°58'15n , at bridge on State Highway 545, 3i miles

northeast of Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, and 34 miles above mouth. Zero of gage

is 617.81 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 128 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Sage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet to March 17 and between 4.0 and 6.0 thereafter; hundredths

below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,500 second-feet;

extended logarithmically to peak stage. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 10. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, about 5,070 second-feet 9:30 a.m. Mar, 18 (gage height,

1929-35: Discharge, 2,730 second-feet May 8, 1931 (gage height, 6.75 feet). 

Maximum known atage, 9.38 feet June 1, 1889 (discharge, about 5,430 secondfeet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

57

56

55

55

54

54

54

54

54

55

Mar.

500

490

520

580

650

750

500

460

470

700

Apr.

344

344

335

293

264

1,200

761

540

472

710

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

57

60

67

77

85

92

97

94

89

84

Mar.

1,610

2,490

1,480

820

750

770

1,960

3,960

2,900

2,160

Apr.

635

545

505

445

400

374

331

305

280

260

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

82

81

82

85

125

200

400

520

490

118

0.99

Mar.

1,750

1,190

805

660

580

495

565

530

450

414

383

9.40

Apr.

244

229

206

192

178

170

161

154

151

148

 zrr-z

3.24
StTSQtFEHAinjA RIVER BASIN 243 

Raystown Branch of Juniata River at Saxton, Pa,

Location.- Lat. 40O12'55", long. 78°15'55", at highway bridge half a mile west of 

Saxton, Bedford County. Zero of gage is 794.73 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 756 square milea.

Page-height Tecord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Missing gage-height record 6 p.m. Mar, 

9 to 4 a.m. Mar. 10, 6 p.m. Mar. 11 to noon Mar. 12, 8 p.m. Mar. 15 to 6 p.m. Mar. 

23, deteimined from comparative hydrographa. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation-.- Defined to 7,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended to crest stage by using determinations of flood flow over spillway and by 

slope-area method. Affected by ice Feb. 1-28.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 80,500 second-feet 9 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 24.54 feet, 

from levels),

1911-19351 Discharge, 29,000 second-feet May 12, 13, 1924 (gage height. 13.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings at former site 0.8 mile downstream).

1889-1935J Maximum known discharge, 71,300 second-feet June 1, 1889 (gage-height, 

23.0 feet, from flood mark).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

470

450

420

460

450

440

430

420

410

400

Mar.

6,180

5,270

3,560

3,070

6,770

6,950

5,100

3,730

3,680

5,100

Apr.

1,640

1,530

1,480

1,280

1,150

4,480

7,490

4,430

3,140

3,650

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

390

380

370

400

460

650

700

660

620

580

Mar.

9,070

16,900

11,300

5,660

4,310

5,660

16,500

58,600

20,700

9,860

Apr.

3,140

2,860

2,460

1,970

1,740

1,530

1,300

1,180

1,070

976

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

560

540

520

510

540

1,000

6,000

9,000

6,760

1.73

Mar.

7,580

5,250

3,850

3,200

3,470

2,860

2,760

3,210

2,520

2,190

1,900

12.14

Apr.

898

831

789

707

651

612

596

573

573

558

2.72

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

1fi

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

II

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

4.89

4.82

4.78

4.79

4.81

4.82

4.80

4.75

4,68

4.62

4.55

4.48

3,950

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,720

3,660

3,500

3,420

3,350

March 14

6.56

6.40

6.27

6.11

5.97

5.83

5.68

5.57

5.47

5.38

5.30

5.23

6,950

6,560

6,370

5,990

5,810

5,450

5,270

5,100

4,930

4,760

4,590

4,430

March 20

8.90

8.75

8.45

8.20

8.00

7.80

7.68

7.52

7.S6

7.20

7.04

6.90

12,200

12,000

10.900

10.400

9,960

9,500

9,270

8,830

8,610

8,180

7,760

7,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.43

4.41

4.46

4.57

4.68

4.77

4.82

4.86

4.92

4.95

4.98

5.00

3,280

3,210

3,280

3,420

3,650

3,720

3,800

3,880

3,950

4,030

4,110

4,110

March 15

5.16

5.12

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.09

5.05

5.10

5.15

5.20

4,430

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,110

4,270

4,430

4,430

March 21

6.85

6.85

6.92

7.00

7.10

7.20

7.20

7.10

7.00

6.80

6.60

6.40

7,350

7,350

7,550

7,760

7,970

8,180

8,180

7,970

7,760

7,350

6,950

6,560

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

5.02

5.12

5.26

5.48

5.66

5.80

5.85

5.88

5.88

5.88

5.88

5.88

4,110

4,270

4,590

4,930

5,270

5,450

5,450

5,630

5,630

5,630

5,630

5,630

Marc-h 16

5.30

5.40

5.50

5.60

5.70

5.80

5.90

6.00

6.20

6.40

6.66

6.95

4,590

4,760

4,930

5,100

5,270

5,450

5,630

5,810

6,180

6,560

7,150

7,760

March 22

6.30

6.15

6.00

5.85

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.33

5.26

5.19

5.12

6,370

6,180

5,810

5,450

5,270

5,100

4,930

4,760

4,590

4,590

4,430

4,270

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.88

5.94

6.05

6.24

6.55

6.98

7.50

8.00

8.70

9.20

9.70

10.15

5,630

5,630

5,810

6,180

6,950

7,760

8,830

9,960

11,700

13,000

14,400

15,800

March 17

7.17

7.24

7.30

7.44

7.66

8.10

9.20

10.40

11.90

13.60

15.40

17.40

8,180

8,180

8,390

8,610

9,270

10,200

13,000

16,400

21,100

26,900

33,700

42,200

March 23

5.06

5.00

4.96

4.92

4.88

4.84

4.80

4.74

4.67

4.65

4.62

4.56

4,270

4,110

4,030

3,950

3,950

3,880

3,800

3,720

3,580

3,580

3,500

3,420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

10.42

10.60

10.72

10.80

10.85

10.86

10.81

10.75

10.65

10.47

10.27

10.08

16,400

17,000

17,300

17,600

17,600

17,900

17,600

17,600

17,000

16,700

16,100

15,600

March 18

19.50

21.60

23.90

24.48

24.50

23.80

22.00

20.60

19.10

17.80

16.60

15.50

52,200

63,300

76,700

80,500

80,500

76,100

65,500

57,800

50,200

44.000

38,600

34,100

March 24

4.51

4.47

4.43

4.39

4.36

4.32

4.32

4.32

4.34

4.40

4.42

4.40

3,350

3,280

3,280

3,210

3,140

3,070

3,070

3,070

3,140

3,210

3,210

3,210

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

9.83

9.60

9.35

9.10

8.82

8.53

8.26

7.93

7.60

7.25

6.99

6.75

14,700

14,100

13,600

12,800

12,000

11,200

10,700

9,730

9,050

8,180

7,760

7,350

March 19

14.40

13.50

12.80

12.30

11.80

11.30

10.90

10.50

10.10

9.80

9.50

9.20

29,800

26,500

24,100

22,400

20,800

19,200

17,900

16,700

15,600

14,700

13,800

13,000

March 25

4.38

4.41

4.52

4.72

4.88

4.91

4.83

4.69

4.56

4.46

4.38

4.35

3,210

3,210

3,350

3,650

3,950

3,950

3,880

3,650

3,420

3,280

3,210

3,140
244 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION

Dunning Creek at Yount^ Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°3'3011 , long. 78°28'301', at highway bridge at Yount, Bedford County,

3 miles above mouth and 3 1/4 miles northeast of Bedford. Zero of gage is 1,046.43

feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 191 square miles. 

Sage-height Tecord.- Graph based on two or more readings daily. Gage heights used to

half tenths between 1.5 and 2.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 1,700 seoond-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended logarithmically to crest stage. Affected by ice Feb. 1-29 and by backwater

from Raystown Branch of Juniata River noon Mar. 17 to 8 a.m. Mar. 19. 

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge, about 17,900 second-feet 1 a.m. Mar. 18; maximum gage height,

18.08 feet 3 to 4 a.m. Mar. 18, from flood marks (affected by backwater from

Raystown Branch of Juniata River).

1929-35: Discharge, about 4,400 second-feet (revised) Mar. 15, 1933 (gage

height, 8.8 feet, from graph teased on gage readings).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

127

125

123

121

119

117

115

113

111

110

Mar.

2,090

1,220

800

820

1,900

1,740

1,170

982

1,120

1,570

Apr.

370

370

326

273

248

2,700

1,680

935

692

1,060

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

109

108

107

125

150

170

190

180

160

155

Mar.

2,910

3,810

2,000

1,170

1,030

1,360

6,760

8,980

5,300

2,600

Apr.

890

770

585

480

445

355

312

273

236

212

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

150

145

143

145

170

700

2,000

3,000

2,300

393

2.22

Mar.

1,960

1,180

866

868

826

779

1,030

901

707

569

457

1,919

11.53

Apr.

190

179

156

140

130

123

117

117

115

108

486

2.83
STJSQUKHANNA RIVER BASIN 245

Brush Creek at Gapsville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 39°57'20", long. 78°15'15n , at highway bridge three-quartera of a mile 

northwest of Gapsville, Bedford County, and 5jj milea above confluence with Shaffer 

Creek. Z«ro of gage ia 1,122.39 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 36.8 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-atage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths be-

" twoen 3.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-diacharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,700 second-feet; 

logarithmic extenaion to creat discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1-27.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,520 aecond-feet 9:30 p.m. Mar. 17 (gage height, 9.81 feet), 

1929-35: Discharge, 1,100 second-feet Dec. 1, 1934 (gage height, 4.76 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

18

17

18

21

19

18

17

16

15

15

Mar.

269

207

171

266

314

301

237

195

218

285

Apr.

58

58

55

46

41

375

368

285

233

212

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

14

14

14

20

50

45

41

37

34

32

Mar.

646

855

519

297

242

232

1,630

1,780

828

442

Apr.

192

169

144

125

116

96

84

72

62

55

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

31

30

29

32

45

300

550

402

291

75.3

2.21

Mar.

375

241

171

149

127

103

105

93

81

73

68

 zrro

11.64

Apr.

50

47

41

38

34

33

31

28

27

26

3.24

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

S

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.44

2.42

2.39

2.37

2.35

2.34

2.34

2.35

2.37

2.40

2.41

2.42

207

202

195

190

186

184

184

186

190

197

199

202

March 14

2.92

2.87

2.82

2.78

2.74

2.70

2.69

2.69

2.69

2.69

2.70

2.69

350

332

314

301

288

275

272

272

272

272

275

272

March 20

3.45

3.36

3.30

3.24

3.18

3.13

3.08

3,03

2.99

2.95

2.91

2.88

552

524

500

476

452

432

412

392

376

362

347

336

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.41

2.41

2.40

2.39

2.37

2.36

2.39

2.47

2.58

2.66

2.70

2.71

199

199

197

195

190

188

195

214

242

264

275

278

March 15

2.67

2.64

2.62

2.59

2.57

2.55

2.54

2.53

2.53

2.53

2.53

2.52

267

258

253

244

239

234

231

229

229

229

229

226

March 21

2.88

2.95

3.12

3.25

3.23

3.12

3.03

2.95

2.90

2.85

2.81

2.77

336

362

428

480

472

428

392

362

345

326

312

298

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.70

2.69

2.69

2.68

2.67

2.67

2.67

2.69

2.73

2.79

2.86

2.91

275

272

272

269

267

267

267

272

285

304

328

346

Maroh 16

2.51

2.49

2.48

2.47

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.44

2.44

2.54

2.74

2.93

224

219

216

214

209

209

209

207

207

231

288

353

March 22

2.74

2.70

2.66

2.63

2.60

2.58

2.55

2.52

2.50

2.46

2.44

2.42

288

275

263

254

245

239

231

223

217

207

202

197

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.94

2.99

3.05

3.12

3.19

3.45

3.76

4.13

4.38

4.52

4.61

4.59

357

376

400

428

456

552

680

840

940

980

1,020

1,020

March 17

3.03

3.12

3.37

3.67

4.01

4.44

6.22

7.66

8.84

9.55

9.76

9.08

392

428

528

640

780

960

1,720

2,420

2,980

3,400

3,520

3,130

March 23

2.40

2.37

2.35

2.34

2.32

2.30

2.29

2.27

2.85

2.24

2.23

2.22

192

185

180

178

174

169

167

163

158

156

154

152

Feet Sec.'ft.

March 12

4.52

4.44

4.33

4.22

4.17

4.14

4.15

4.13

4.07

3.99

3.90

3.80

980

960

920

860

840

840

840

840

800

780

740

700

March 18

8.11

7.30

6.78

6.47

6.19

5.92

5.65

5.5S

5.49

5.45

5.28

5.05

2,620

2,220

1,980

1,850

1,720

1,580

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,360

1,310

1,180

March 24

2.20

2.19

2.18

2.16

2.15

2.14

2.18

2.23

2.29

2.28

2.25

2.20

148^

146

144

140

138

1S7

144

154

167

165

158

148

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

3.71

3.61

3.53

3.45

3.39

3.32

3.26

3.20

3.14

3.09

3.03

2.98

660

620

600

560

536

508

434

460

456

416

392

372

March 19

4.76

4.56

4.40

4.25

4.15

4.05

3.95

3.85

3.75

3.66

3.58

3.50

1,100

1,020

940

880

840

800

760

720

680

640

620

580

March 25

2.17

2.14

2.12

2.10

2.09

2.07

2.06

2.06

2.05

2.04

2.03

2.01

142

137

133

129

127

124

122

122

120

118

116

113

Supplemental records.- Mar. 17, 9:30 p.m., 9.81 ft., 3,520 aec.-ft.
246 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--EUDSOH TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION 

Great Trough Creek near Marklesburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°21'01', long. 78°7'501', at highway bridge half a mile above mouth and

3 miles southeast of Marklesburg, Huntingdon County. Zero of gage is 714.48 feet

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 84.6 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4..0 and 6.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 600 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to peak stage. Affected by ice Feb. 1-28. 

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge, about 9,580 second-feet midnight Mar. 17-18 (gage height,

8.46 feet).

1930-35: Discharge, 2,180 second-feet May 23, 1931 (gage height, 4.80 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

Feb.

31

30

29

29

30

29

28

27

26

25

Mar.

670

520

375

430

656

602

470

389

454

682

Apr.

190

190

182

144

131

588

583

454

381

537

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

24

23

23

27

40

80

70

69

74

67

Mar.

1,410

2,730

1,150

676

595

637

3,800

6,450

2,380

1,020

Apr.

448

381

326

273

238

203

174

167

127

115

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

60

55

50

48

46

70

300

1,000

774

110

1.40

Mar.

879

625

483

412

383

302

342

328

265

240

216

13.49

Apr.

105

97

82

77

71

67

63

59

54

52

2.89

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.80

2.78

2.75

2.72

2.70

2.70

2.68

2.69

2.72

2.74

2.75

2.75

420

410

395

380

370

370

361

366

380

390

395

395

March 14

3.41

3.36

3.28

3.23

3.19

3.17

3.14

3.14

3.17

3.17

3.18

3.20

787

748

702

670

644

632

614

614

632

632

638

650

March 20

3.96

3.87

3.79

3.72

3.68

3.65

3.60

3.55

3.50

3.47

3.43

3.40

1,260

1,180

1,110

1,060

1,020

1,000

960

925

890

869

841

820

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.76

2.76

2.76

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.77

2.83

2.95

3.02

3.10

3.20

400

400

400

395

395

395

405

436

502

542

590

650

March 15

3.19

3.19

3.18

3.15

3.12

3.08

3.05

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.05

3.07

644

644

638

620

602

578

560

554

554

654

560

572

March 21

3.40

3.48

3.57

3.60

3.62

3.61

3.58

3.52

3.45

3.40

3.35

3.30

820

876

939

960

976

968

946

904

855

820

788

755

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

3.27

3.28

3.28

3.27

3.26

3.25

3.23

3.21

3.21

3.24

3.26

3.29

696

702

702

696

689

682

670

656

656

676

689

708

March 16

3.10

3.12

3.13

3.14

3.13

3.12.

3.10

3.09

: .11

3.15

3.33

3.65

590

602

608

614

. 608

602

590

584

596

620

734

960

March 22

3.25

3.21

3.18

3.13

3.10

3.06

3.05

3.02

3.00

2.98

2.95

2.94

722

696

678

648

630

606

600

583

571

560

542

637

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

3.32

3.35

3.39

3.44

3.53

3.73

3.87

4.15

4.28

5.10

5.30

5.40

728

748

774

808

871

1,020

1,140

1,400

1,550

2,610

2,910

3,070

March 17

3.77

3.80

4.02

4.23

4.28

4.47

5.60

6.80

7.23

7.40

8.00

8.46

1,060

1,080

1,260

1,500

1,550

1,720

3,390

5,610

6,460

6,900

8,310

9,580

March 23

2.92

2.90

2.89

2.88

2.86

2.85

2.83

2.81

2.80

2.78

2.76

2.75

525

514

508

503

492

486

476

464

459

448

438

433

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.57

5.55

5.54

5.47

5.41

5.30

5.21

5.00

4.90

4.77

4.65

4.49

3,310

3,310

3,310

3,150

3,070

2,910

2,760

2,460

2,320

2,110

1,980

1,780

March 18

8.30

8.20

8.10

7.90

7.55

7.20

6.80

6.40

6.15

6.00

5.75

5»60

9,060

8,810

8,560

8,070

7,360

6,460

5,610

4,820

4,350

4,080

3,640

3,400

March 24

2.73

2.71

2.70

2.68

2.67

2.66

2.67

2.68

2.75

2.76

2.75

2.73

422

411

406

396

391

386

391

396

433

433

433

422

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.3.8

4.22

4.14

3.98

3.85

3.75

3.67

3.60

3.54

3.51

3.50

3.46

1,660

1,450

1,400

1,240

1,120

1,040

976

920

878

857

850

822

March 19

5.55

5.50

5.40

5.25

5.10

4.90

4.75

4.55

4.40

4.20

4.10

4.05

3,320

3,240

3,080

2,860

2,630

2,350

2,160

1,900

1,720

1,500

1,400

1,350

March 25

2.72

2.71

2.70

2.68

2.67

2.65

2.64

2.63

2.61

2.60

2.59

2.57

417

411

406

396

391

381

375

370

360

355

350

340
SUSQTJEHAOTA RIVER BASIN 247

Aughwick Creek near Orbisonia, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°12'35'1 , long. 77°55'20", at highway bridge 600 feet above East Broad 

Top Railroad bridge, 650 feet above mouth of Three Springs Creek, and 2? miles southwest of Orbisonia, Huntingdon County. Zero of gage is 619.04 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 174 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph based on two chain-gage readings daily. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 11,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

logarithmic extension to crest discharge. Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 4.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 16,400 second-feet 3:30 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 19.16 

feet, from flood mark).

1915-16, 1930-35: Discharge, 6,790 second-feet 5 p.m. Dec. 1, 1934 (gage 

height, 12.01 feet).

1889-1936: Discharge, 18,400 second-feet June 1889 (gage height, 20.5 feet, 

from f lood marks).

Wean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

Ill

108

105

102

100

98

96

94

92

90

Mar.

950

950

750

900

1,710

2,110

1,030

809

907

1,360

Apr.

317

346

361

262

249

2,250

1,470

985

810

940

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

89

88

90

100

120

160

150

140

135

130

Mar.

2,900

4,650

2,380

1,320

1,000

930

5,570

10,600

4,210

2,020

Apr.

810

652

541

439

407

346

303

276

249

224

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

127

125

124

128

140

600

2,000

2,700

1,400

2.04

Mar.

1,900

1,220

849

714

637

486

561

518

447

410

360

11.76

Apr.

199

187

164

151

138

132

127

119

113

109

2.92

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

f< 

3

£

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

4.70

4.65

4.60

4.55

4.52

4.50

4.48

4.46

4.46

4.46

4.48

4.50

880

835

835

835

790

790

790

790

790

790

790

790

March 14

6.04

5.92

5.80

5.70

5.62

5.54

5.46

5.38

5.30

5.26

5.23

5.20

1,590

1,530

1,470

1,410

1,350

1,290

1,290

1,230

1,180

1,180

1,130

1,130

March 20

7.54

7.33

7.12

6.94

6.80

6.65

6.50

6.40

6.30

6.20

6.20

6.25

2,600

2,460

2,320

2,180

2,110

1,970

1,900

1,830

1,770

1,710

1,710

1,710

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.53

4.56

4.60

4.69

4.75

4.80

4.82

4.82

4.80

4.78

4.84

5.00

790

835

835

880

930

930

930

930

930

930

930

1,030

March 15

5.18

5.16

5.14

5.08

5.02

4.96

4.91

4.86

4.81

4.76

4.72

4.68

1,130

1,130

1,080

1,080

1,030

1,030

980

980

930

930

880

880

March 21

6.34

6.43

6.52

6.64

6.76

6.84

6.80

6.64

6.48

6.32

6.16

6.00

1,770

1,830

1,900

1,970

2,110

2,110

2,110

1,970

1,900

1,770

1,710

1,590

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

5.20

5.40

5.66

5.78

5.80

5.76

5.69

5.62

5.53

5.52

5.60

5.70

1,130

1,230

1,410

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,410

1,350

1,290

1,290

1,350

1,410

March 16

4.68

4.70

4.74

4.77

4.75

4.68

4.58

4.56

4.65

4.89

5.10

5.40

880

880

880

930

930

880

835

835

835

980

1,080

1,230

March 22

5.90

5.80

5.66

5.53

5.44

5.38

5.29

5.21

5.14

5.06

5.00

4.90

1,530

1,470

1,410

1,290

1,230

1,230

1,180

1,130

1,080

1,080

1,030

985

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.80

5.95

6.10

6.24

6.50

7.00

7.50

8.20

8.84

9.48

10.20

10.90

1,470

1,590

1,650

1,710

1,900

2,250

2,600

3,160

3,650

4,280

4,930

5,630

March 17

5.78

6.20

6.70

7.40

8.20

9.20

10.30

11.40

12.55

14.00

15.50

17.10

1,470

1,710

2,040

2,530

3,160

4,010

5,030

6,130

7,450

9,100

11,000

13,200

March 23

4.85

4.80

4.74

4.68

4.64

4.60

4.56

4.53

4.50

4.46

4.43

4.40

940

940

895

895

850

850

850

810

810

810

770

770

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.10

11.04

10.80

10.50

10.30-

10.00

9.80

9.50

9.20

9.00

8.75

8.50

5,830

5,730

5,530

5,230

5,030

4,730

4,550

4,280

4,010

3,830

3,650

3,400

March 18

18.80

19.14

18.60

17.40

16.30

15.20

14.20

13.20

12.30

11.80

11.40

11.00

15,700

16,200

15,400

13,600

12,100

10,600

9,340

8,140

7,120

6,570

6,130

5,730

March 24

4.36

4.32

4.28

4.23

4.20

4.17

4.17

4.20

4.23

4.28

4.30

4.32

770

730

730

691

691

691

691

691

691

730

730

730

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.26

8.06

7.86

7.62

7.42

7.22

7.02

6.84

6.66

6.46

6.31

6.16

3,240

3,080

2,920

2,680

2,530

2,390

2,250

2,110

2,040

1,900

1,770

1,710

March 19

10.80

10.60

10.50

10.35

10.00

9.60

9.20

8.80

8.55

8.30

8.05

7.75

5,530

5,330

5,230

5,130

4,730

4,370

4,010

3,650

3,480

3,240

3,000

2,840

March 25

4.30

4.26

4.22

4.17

4.12

4.07

4.02

3.98

3.94

3.90

3.86

3.82

730

730

691

691

652

652

614

614

577

577

577

541

Supplemental records.- Mar. 18, 3:30 a.m., 19.16 ft., 16,400 sec.-ft. (flood crest)

155158 O 37 17
248 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Tuscarora Creek near Port Royal, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°30'551', long. 77°25'10n , at highway bridge 2 miles southwest of

Port Royalj Junlata County. Zero of gage is 419.80 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 214 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Mar. 18-30, when

record was based on comparisons with records at nearby stations. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 5.0 and 7.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 6,000 second-feet}

logarithmic extension to crest stage. Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 5, and by

backwater from Juniata River 8 a.m. Mar. 18 to noon Mar. 20. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, about 14,400 second-feet 2 p.m. Mar. 18; maximum gage

height, 21.60 feet 2 a.m. Mar. 19 (affected by backwater from Juniata River).

1911-35S Discharge, about 13,000 second-feet Oct. 23, 1929 (gage height,

16.21 feet).

Maximum known stage, 20.5 feet June 1, 1889, affected by backwater from

Juniata River (discharge not determined).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

170

165

160

165

165

160

160

155

155

150

Mar.

1,800

1,500

1,100

1,000

1,400

1,450

1,060

860

960

1,330

Apr.

366

407

467

348

315

1,930

1,570

1,040

800

1,220

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

150

145

150

190

240

260

270

250

220

200

Mar.

4,030

9,160

3,450

1,740

1,330

1,210

3,420

12,000

8,300

4,450

Apr.

1,000

830

710

582

526

462

398

359

324 '300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , In Inches . ...........................................

Feb.

190

190

185

185

180

500

1,500

2,200

2,100

1.90

Mar.

2,850

2,280

1,280

890

788

522

608

635

503

452

409

2,347

12.68

Apr.

279

255

235

218

200

190

185

176

170

166

534

2.79
SUSQUEHANHA RIVER BASIN 249

Cocolamus Creek near Millers town, Fa.

Location.- Lat. 40°33'55", long. 77°7'5B , at highway bridge 2.3 miles northeast of 

Mlllerstown, Perry County, and 3 miles above confluence with Juniata River. Zero 

of gage is 425.50 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 57.2 square miles.

Page-height Record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half-tenths between 3.5 and 5.0 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 4. Defined by current--meter 

discharge measurements below 2,000 second-feet, logarithmic extension to peak stage.

Maxima.- 1936! Discharge, 2,370 second-feet 11 p.m. Mar. 11 (gage height, 7.18 feet).

1930-35: Discharge, 3,040 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 8.20 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

49

48

48

56

55

53

51

50

49

48

Mar.

200

180

180

230

363

378

274

220

292

500

Apr.

87

133

132

108

98

948

527

316

250

345

Day

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

47

46

46

48

53

60

58

56

54

52

Mar.

1,350

1,720

744

425

381

438

1,210

1,410

1,030

679

Apr.

365

286

239

178

150

132

110

96

85

74

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ................. '. .........................

Feb.

51

50

50

52

65

90

180

250

230

1.33

Mar.

810

517

318

233

185

142

173

140

115

105

101

9.78

Apr.

67

63

55

50

46

42

40

37

34

34

171

3.34

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

£

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.55

2.51

2.48

2.44

2.41

2.38

2.37

2.38

2.41

2.46

2.51

2.52

248

236

227

216

208

200

197

200

208

222

236

239

March 14

3.27

3.20

3.13

3.06

3.01

2.97

2.96

2.99

3.09

3.20

3.19

3.14

480

456

432

408

391

378

375

385

419

456

453

436

March 20

4.24

4.13

4.03

3.93

3.84

3.76

3.68

3.62

3.55

3.47

3.41

3.36

854

814

774

734

696

657

638

600

582

552

531

515

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.49

2.46

2.43

2.41

2.39

2.38

2.42

2.56

2.93

3.31

3.41

3.37

230

222

213

208

202

200

211

260

365

495

531

516

March 15

3.09

3.01

2.95

2.89

2.85

2.83

2.83

2.93

3.04

3.09

3.10

3.09

419

391

372

352

339

333

333

366

402

419

422

419

March 21

3.45

3.85

4.29

4.50

4.51

4.49

4.34

4.26

4.25

4.12

3.97

3.86

545

696

875

958

958

958

896

854

854

794

734

696

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

3.30

3.21

3.12

3.05

2.99

2.93

2.93

3.06

3.43

3.86

4.11

4.13

491

460

429

405

385

365

365

408

538

696

794

814

March 16

3.08

3.07

3.06

3.05

3.05

3.04

3.04

3.06

3.10

3.20

3.40

4.07

415

412

408

405

405

402

402

408

422

456

527

774

March 22

3.75

3.65

3.57

3.50

3.42

3.35

3.28

3.21

3.14

3.08

3.04

2.99

657

619

582

563

534

509

484

460

436

415

402

385

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

4.06

4.00

4.01

4.13

4.33

4.68

5.22

6.04

6.56

6.96

7.15

7.17

774

754

754

814

896

1,040

1,270

1,670

2,010

2,250

2,370

2,370

March 17

5.14

5.43

5.35

5.26

5.18

5.10

5.05

4.91

4.75

4.64

4.97

5.56

1,220

1,370

1,370

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,180

1,140

1,070

1,020

1,160

1,470

March 23

2.95

2.91

2.87

2.84

2.81

2.77

2.74

2.7-1

2.68

2.65

2.63

2.62

372

358

345

336

326

314

304

295

286

277

271

268

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

7.10

7.05

6.95

6.57

6.09

5.78

5.59

5.44

5.39

5.30

5.10

4.84

2,310

2,250

2,250

2,010

1,720

1,570

1,470

1,370

1,370

1,320

1,220

1,110

March 18

6.10

6.40

6.45

6.10

5.58

5.20

4.91

4.79

4.87

4.95

4.90

4.75

1,720

1,890

1,890

1,720

1,470

1,270

1,140

1,090

1,110

1,160

1,140

1,070

March 24

2.59

2.57

2.55

2.53

2.51

2.48

2.48

2.45

2.44

2.44

2.43

2.43

259

253

248

242

236

227

227

219

216

216

213

213

Feet | Sec. ft.

March 13

4.62

4.43

4.27

4.12

3.99

3.88

3.79

3.71

3.64

3.55

3.45

3.35

1,000

937

854

794

754

715

676

638

619

582

545

509

March 19

4.60

4.60

4.71

4.83

4.76

4.70

4.66

4.64

4.64

4.65

4.57

4.40

1,000

1,000

1,040

1,110

1,070

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

979

916

March 25

2.42

2.40

2.37

2.35

2.34

2.32

2.31

2.29

2.28

2.27

2.24

2.24

211

205

197

192

189

183

181

175

173

170

162

162

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 11 p.m., 7.18 ft., 2,370 sec.-ft.
250 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION

Sherman Creek at Shermandale, Pa.

Location.- lat. 40°19'25", long. 77°10'5n , at highway bridge at Shermandale, Perry 

County, 1 1/4 miles above mouth of Pishing Run. Zero of gage is 421.90 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- ZOO square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-29. Defined by current-meter measurements below 3,500 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,460 second-fe-et 4:40 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 10.28

1929-35: Gage height, 14.05 feet Aug. 24, 1933 (discharge not determined). 

1927-35: Maximum stage known, 20.34 feet July 22, 1927 (discharge not determined).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

220

215

210

220

210

205

205

200

195

190

Mar.

1,400

1,060

850

1,000

1,400

1,400

1,090

938

1,100

1,410

Apr.

411

497

548

388

366

2,820

1,790

1,340

1,120

1,270

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

190

185

185

240

500

600

560

520

480

450

Mar.

3,880

7,020

3,230

1,840

1,550

1,510

3,230

5,640

3,820

2,700

Apr.

1,120

1,000

910

742

670

605

506

435

393

362

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

420

400

380

360

450

600

1,200

1,300

1,400

2.33

Mar.

2,780

1,780

1,330

1,110

970

796

820

748

583

528

473

10.79

Apr.

337

312

282

267

245

238

224

214

207

201

3.68

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

S

o

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

II

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

II

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

3.23

3.18

3.15

3.10

3.06

3.03

3.03

3.07

3.14

3.21

3.25

3.27

1,000

970

940

910

880

880

880

880

940

970

1,000

1,000

March 14

4.91

4.79

4.68

4.57

4.47

4.40

4.35

4.34

4.31

4.30

4.29

4.31

2,160

2,070

1,990

1,870

1,790

1,750

1,720

1,720

1,680

1,680

1,680

1,680

March 20

6.28

6.07

5.84

5.64

5.48

5.36

5.23

5.12

5.04

4.96

4.87

4.82

3,570

3,350

3,020

2,820

2,720

2,620

2,430

2,340

2,250

2,200

2,120

2,070

Feet Sec. ft.

March 9

3.28

3.29

3.27

3.23

3.18

3.15

3.19

3.37

3.62

3.78

3.92

3.97

1,030

1,030

1,000

1,000

970

940

970

1,060

1,210

1,335

1,400

1,440

March 15

4.30

4.27

4.23

4.18

4.12

4.07

4.02

3.99

3.99

4.00

4.03

4.06

1,680

1,640

1,640

1,610

1,540

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,500

1,500

March 21

4.89

5.32

5.75

5.96

6.05

6 0 03

5.88

5.72

5.55

5.32

5.12

4.98

2,160

2,520

3,020

3,240

3,240

3,240

3,130

2,920

2,820

2,520

2,340

2,250

Feet Seo.ft.

March 10

3.98

3.95

3.88

3.80

3.71

3.66

3.70

3.82

3.96

4,09

4.21

4.32

1,470

1,440

1,400

1,335

1,270

1,240

1,270

1,335

1,440

1,540

1,610

1,680

Maroh 16

4.07

4.08

4.09

4.07

4.06

4.04

4.02

4.01

4.01

4.03

4.10

4.35

1,500

1,540

1,540

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,470

1.500

1,540

1,720

March 22

4.84

4.73

4.62

4.53

4.46

4.39

4.31

4.26

4.20

4.13

4.08

4.03

2,120

2,030

1,910

1,870

1,790

1,750

1,680

1,640

1,610

1,580

1,540

1,500

Feet Sec . ft .

March 11

4.45

4.57

4.72

4.92

5.24

5.71

6.70

7.55

8.21

8.79

9.26

9.81

1,790

1,870

1,990

2,160

2,430

2,920

4,010

5,090

5,810

6,530

7,160

7,810

March 17

5.06

5.49

5.80

5.91

6.01

6.15

6.30

6.33

6.18

6.07

6.42

7.27

2,340

2,720

3,020

3,130

3,240

3,460

3,570

3,570

3,460

3,350

3,680

4,730

March 23

3.97

3.93

3.89

3.85

3.82

3.78

3.75

3.72

3.68

3.65

3.63

3.59

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,370

1,335

1,335

1,300

1,270

1,270

1,240

1,240

1,210

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 12

10.06

10.27

10.27

10.01

9.60

9.16

8.76

8.53

8.35

8.16

7.89

7.59

8,200

8,460

8,460

8,070

7,550

7,030

6,530

6,170

6,050

5,810

5,450

5,090

March 18

8.07

8.69

8.97

8.82

8.61

8.46

8.16

7.82

7.52

7.26

7.12

6.96

5,690

6,410

6,770

6,530

6,290

6,170

5,810

5,330

4,970

4,730

4,490

4,370

March 24

3.56

3.53

3.50

3.47

3.45

3.42

3.40

3.39

3.37

3.34

3.33

3.32

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,030

Feet Sec. ft.

March 13

7.27

6.92

6.55

6.21

5.92

5.71

5.56

5.42

5.32

5.21

5.12

5.02

4,730

4,250

3,900

3,460

3,130

2,920

2,820

2,620

2,520

2,430

2,340

2,250

March 19

6.76

6.60

6.51

6.41

6.32

6.26

6.27

6.39

6.62

6.70

6.67

6.50

4,130

3,900

3,790

3,680

3,570

3,570

3,570

3,680

3,900

4,010

4,010

3,790

March 25

3.31

3.29

3.27

3.26

3.24

3.20

3.18

3.16

3.13

3.10

3.07

3.04

1,030

1,030

1,000

1,000

1,000

970

970

940

940

910

892

874

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 4:40 a.m., 10.28 ft., 8,460 sec.-ft.
SUSQUEHAHNA RIVER BASIN 251

Conodogulnet Creek near Hogeatown, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°15'10", long. 77°l'15n , 1,000 feet above highway bridge, threeeighths of a mile below mouth of Hogestown Run, and 1 mile northeast of Hogestown, 

Cumberland County. Zero of gage is 350.25 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 470 square miles.

Bage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limite.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-29. Defined by current-meter measurements below 12,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- 1936S Discharge, 11,100 second-feet 2 a.m. Mar. 13 (gage height, 10.37 feetJ.

1929-35: Discharge, 13,100 second-feet Dec. 2, 1934 (gage height, 11.32 

feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

410

390

380

400

380

360

350

340

330

320

Mar.

2,850

2,180

1,690

2,080

2,780

2,900

2,400

1,940

2,070

2,770

Apr.

1,000

970

1,170

938

840

3,640

4,970

3,120

2,220

2,400

Day

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

315

310

315

370

700

1,200

1,050

900

750

650

Mar.

4,230

7,960

8,990

4,260

2,720

2,190

3,050

5,610

7,700

6,100

Apr.

2,180

1,900

1,740

1,420

1,280

1,150

1,000

920

860

800

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

580

540

500

480

470

900

2,500

2,800

3,000

1.74

Mar.

4,560

3,730

2,530

2,070

1,860

1,540

1,500

1,660

1,310

1,170

1,100

7.87

Apr.

750

714

678

632

600

583

566

550

528

522

3.21

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

a

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

4.30

4.26

4.22

4.18

4.15

4.14

4.14

4.15

4.17

4.16

4.14

4.13

2,040

2,000

1,950

1,950

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

March 14

7.83

7.42

6.98

6.58

6.30

6.10

5.96

5.80

5.65

5.54

5.44

5.36

6,160

5,560

5,000

4,480

4,120

3,880

3,760

3,540

3,320

3,210

3,100

3,100

March 20

8.57

8.43

8.27

8.11

7.95

7.77

7.62

7.43

7.22

6.97

6.71

6.51

7,480

7,140

6,970

6,640

6,480

6,160

5,860

5,560

5,280

5,000

4,610

4,360

Peet Sec . ft .

March 9

4.14

4.19

4.25

4.29

4.31

4.31

4.34

4.40

4.43

4.46

4.50

4.55

1,900

1,950

2,000

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,080

2,130

2,180

2,180

2,220

2,310

March 15

5.29

5.23

5.17

5.11

5.06

5.00

4.96

4.92

4.86

4.80

4.74

4.69

3,000

2,900

2,900

2,800

2,800

2,700

2,700

2,600

2,600

2,500

2,400

2,400

March 21

6.43

6.47

6.50

6.49

6.55

6.65

6.76

6.84

6.90

6.88

6.83

6.72

4,240

4,360

4,360

4,360

4,480

4,480

4,740

4,740

4,870

4,870

4,740

4,610

Feet Sec. ft.

March 10

4.64

4.77

4.95

5.04

5.10

5.14

5.18

5.24

5.26

5.26

5.26

5.29

2,310

2,500

2,700

2,700

2,800

2,800

2,900

2,900

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

Maroh 16

4.64

4.59

4.55

4.50

4.48

4.45

4.42

4.40

4.37

4.35

4.32

4.35

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,220

2,220

2,180

2,130

2,130

2,080

2,080

2,040

2,080

March 22

6.63

6.53

6.42

6.27

6.11

5.95

5.80

5.65

5.51

5.40

5.30

5.21

4,480

4,360

4,240

4,120

3,880

3,760

3,540

3,320

3,210

3,100

3,000

2,900

Feet Sdc.ft.

March 11

5.38

5.49

5.65

5.77

5.92

6.10

6.32

6.85

7.15

7.35

7.55

7.83

3,100

3,210

3,220

3,540

3,650

3,880

4,120

4,740

5,280

5,560

5,860

6,160

March 17

4.42

4.50

4.59

4.77

5.14

5.45

5.64

5.79

5.92

6.04

6.21

6.50

2,130

2,220

2,310

2,500

2,800

3,100

3,320

3,540

3,650

3,760

4,000

4,360

March 23

5.12

5.05

4.99

4.93

4.86

4.80

4.75

4.72

4.67

4.62

4.59

4.64

2,800

2,700

2,700

2,600

2,600

2,500

2,500

2,400

2,400

2,310

2,310

2,220

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

7.98

8.08

8.19

8.23

8.34

8.51

8.87

9.23

9.50

9.85

10.06

10.26

6,480

6,640

6,800

6,800

6,970

7,310

8,020

8,580

9,170

9,790

10,400

10,900

March 18

6.77

6.88

7.00

7.13

7.26

7.38

7.54

7.67

7.82

8.00

8.10

8.20

4,740

4,870

5,000

5,140

5,420

5,560

5,710

6,010

6,160

6,480

6,640

6,800

March 24

4.50

4.47

4.43

4.38

4.34

4.31

4.28

4.26

4.24

4.21

4.18

4.16

2,220

2,180

2,180

2,130

2,080

2,040

2,040

2,000

2,000

1,950

1,950

1,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

10.37

10.04

10.00

9.77

9.61

9.45

9.25

9.06

8.85

8.65

8.43

8.18

11,100

10,200

10,200

9,790

9,370

8,970

8,580

8,390

7,840

7,480

7,140

6,800

March 19

8.22

8.35

8.47

8.64

8.76

8.85

8.96

8.98

8.99

8.96

8.87

8.72

6,800

7,140

7,310

7,480

7,840

7,840

8,200

8,200

8,200

8,200

8,020

7,660

March 25

4.16

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.14

4.14

4.12

4.09

4.05

4.00

3.96

3.93

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,860

1,860

1,820

1,780

1,740

1,740
252 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern, Pa.

/

Location.- Lat. 400 24 ! 10", long. 760 34 ! 35", at highway bridge at Harper Tavern, Lebanon 

County, 6 miles northwest of Annville and 8j? miles below mouth of Little Swatara 

Creek. Zero of gage is 355.53 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 333 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.0 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 25,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements.

Maxima,~1936: Discharge, 15,800 second-feet 4 p.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 13.75 feet).

1918-35! Discharge, 25,300 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 17.53 

feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

380

380

380

390

400

390

380

370

370

370

Mar.

900

800

800

1,100

1,870

1,680

1,420

1,340

1,750

2,790

Apr.

990

1,020

990

763

690

5,570

4,540

2,420

1,870

2,010

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

360

360

370

390

450

550

480

440

410

390

Mar.

5,420

13,300

8,300

3,570

2,660

2,300

2,960

6,570

5,860

3,820

Apr.

1,800

1,560

1,450

1,230

1,080

990

840

763

692

631

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

370

360

350

360

400

500

650

900

1,000

445

1.44

Mar.

3,870

3,380

2,470

2,040

1,710

1,380

2,060

2,060

1,480

1,290

1,140

2,971

10.28

Apr.

576

587

488

440

408

388

367

343

314

314

1,204

4.04

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936 tl

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

2.88

2.87

2.83

2.78

2.72

2.66

2.62

2.66

2.82

2.99

3.16

3.26

1,380

1,350

1,350

1,320

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,230

1,320

1,450

1,560

1,620

March 14

6.90

6.62

6.42

6.18

5.95

5.78

5.67

5.52

5.40

5.35

5.26

5.18

4,370

4,100

3,920

3,760

3,600

3,440

3,360

3,200

3,130

3,130

3,060

2,990

March 20

7.15

7.00

6.80

6.57

6.35

6.15

5.96

5.82

5.67

5.54

5.43

5.34

4,640

4,460

4,280

4,100

3,920

3,760

3,600

3,440

3,360

3,200

3,130

3,060

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

3.32

3.30

3.25

3.17

3.08

3.01

3.03

3.24

3.57

3.98

4.26

4.44

1,660

1,660

1,620

1,560

1,520

1,450

1,480

1,620

1,870

2,150

2,360

2,430

March 15

5.11

5.03

4.95

4.85

4.78

4.69

4.63

4.56

4.49

4.44

4.38

4.35

2,920

2,850

2,850

2,710

2,710

2,640

2,570

2,570

2,500

2,430

2,430

2,430

March 21

5.40

5.69

6.03

6.28

6.54"

6.73

6.73

6.67

6.61

6.57

6.56

6.64

3,130

3,360

3,600

3,840

4,010

4,190

4,190

4,190

4,100

4,100

4,100

4,100

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.56

4.61

4.56

4.45

4.35

4.32

4.45

4.88

5.38

5.73

6.14

6.50

2,570

2,570

2,570

2,430

2,430

2,360

2,430

2,780

3,130

3,360

3,680

4,010

March 16

4.36

4.35

4.32

4.28

4.24

4.18

4.13

4.10

4.08

4.06

4.06

4.13

2,430

2,430

2,360

2,360

2,290

2,290

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

March 22

6.63

6.49

6.25

5.97

5.74

5.59

5.44

5.31

5.20

5. -08

4.98

4.88

4,100

4,010

3,760

3,600

3,360

3,280

3,130

3,060

2,990

2,920

2,850

2,780

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

6.88

7.03

7.14

7.16

7.11

7.22

7.52

8.00

8.65

9.40

10.07

10.76

4,370

4,460

4,550

4,640

4,550

4,640

4,910

5,380

6,020

7,020

8,000

9,120

March 17

4.27

4.51

4.85

5.12

5.31

5.49

5.52

5.45

5.31

5.24

5.65

6.52

2,360

2,500

2,710

2,920

3,060

3,200

3,200

3,130

3,060

2,990

3,280

4,010

March 23

4.79

4.72

4.65

4.58

4.52

4.46

4.38

4.32

4.25

4.20

4.15

4.10

2,710

2,640

2,570

2,570

2,500

2,500

2,430

2,360

2,290

2,290

2,290

2,220

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.28

11.73

12.17

12.62

13.02

13.38

13.65

13.75

13.64

13.40

13.07

12.66

10,000

10,800

11,800

12,800

13,800

14,800

15,200

15,800

15,200

14,800

14,000

13,000

March 18

7.51

8.05

8.45

8.85

9.27

9.57

9.80

9.92

9.80

9.57

9.30

9.12

4,910

5,380

5,800

6,260

6,890

7,290

7,570

7,710

7,570

7,S90

6,890

6,630

March 24

4.06

4.00

3.96

3.91

3.86

3.82

3.78

3.74

3.70

3.67

3.64

3.62

2,220

2, '150

2,150

2,080

2,080

2,010

2,010

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,870

1,870

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

12.27

11.90

11.54

11.16

10.78

10.27

9.63

9.01

8.43

7.96

7.58

7.24

12,000

11,200

10,400

9,830

9,120

8,300

7,290

6,500

5,800

5,380

5,000

4,640

March 19

9.12

9.13

9.12

9.03

8.78

8.52

8.25

8.00

7.84

7.70

7.51

7.34

6,630

6,630

6,630

6,500

6,260

5,910

5,580

5,380

5,180

5,090

4,910

4,730

March 25

3.58

3.54

3.50

3.45

3.40

3.37

3,33

3.28

3.24

3.20

3.15

3.11

1,870

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,730

1,700

1,700

1,660

1,620

1,590

1,560

1,520
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 253

West Conewago Creek near Manchester, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°4'55H , long. 76°43'10H , 500 feet above Manchester-York Haven highway bridge and 1 1/2 miles north of Manchester, York County. Zero of gage is 

263.045 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 510 square miles.

Gage-height Tecord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 50,000 secondfeet.Affected by ice Feb. 1-28 and by backwater from Susquehanna River 2 p.m. 

Mar. 18 to 4 a.m. Mar. 21.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 13,700 second-feet 9:30 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 13.02 

feet). Maximum gage height, 17.08 feet 11 p.m. Mar. 19 (back-water from Susquehanna 

River).

1928-35: Discharge, 47,600 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 24.14 

feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

195

190

185

178

174

168

165

162

160

160

Mar.

4,930

3,070

2,030

3,360

4,880

3,680

2,350

1,670

2,110

3,140

Apr.

735

730

982

762

620

8,250

3,590

1,670

1,290

2,280

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

162

163

165

170

200

350

800

750

600

450

Mar.

4,940

12,300

8,990

4,300

2,150

1,530

1,760

4,300

4,180

5,720

Apr.

1,830

1,610

1,440

1,080

930

845

735

653

605

563

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

35D

280

250

235

265

700

3,000

4,300

3,920

650

1.37

Mar.

8,880

4,530

 1,950

1,450

1,280

1,080

1,410

2,140

1,160

930

818

7.79

Apr.

521

485

446

402

374

352

342

334

321

312

1,170

2.56

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|

s

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

5.08

5.10

5.10

5.09

5.08

5.05

4.89

4.81

4.77

4.77

4.85

5.13

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,720

1,610

1,540

1,500

1,500

1,580

1,800

March 14

8.59

8.39

8.17

7.95

7.74

7.51

7.30

7.09

6.90

6.70

6.50

6.33

5,680

5,400

5,120

4,850

4,460

4,200

3,960

3,720

3,490

3,270

3,050

2,840

March 20

16.92

16.66

16.25

15.80

15.19

14.54

13.94

13.31

12.80

12.32

11.77

11.35

6,430

6,740

6,580

6,130

5,540

5,120

4,850

4,850

4,850

5,120

5,680

7,550

Peet Sec.ft.

March 9

5.38

5.56

5.66

5.74

5.74

5.66

5.50

5.37

5.29

5.33

5.52

6.04

2,000

2,120

2,220

2,300

2,300

2,220

2,080

1,960

1,920

1,960

2,080

2,540

March 15

6.15

5.99

5.84

5.70

5.58

5.47

5.38

5.31

5.24

5.17

5.11

5.05

2,740

2,540

2,400

2,260

2,170

2,040

2,000

1,920

1,880

1,800

1,760

1,720

March 21

10.94

10.59

10.32

10.19

10.37

10.77

ll."13

11.35

11.26

10.87

10.40

9.79

8,580

8,760

8,400

8,230

8,580

9,300

9,850

10,400

10,200

9,480

8,580

7,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

6.52

6.86

7.04

7.06

6.93

6.69

6.48

6.29

6.18

6.15

6.27

6.62

3,050

3,490

3,600

3,720

3,490

3,270

3,050

2,840

2,740

2,740

2,840

3,160

Marc-h 16

4.94

4.89

4.85

4.82

4.79

4.77

4.75

4.73

4.73

4.70

4.71

4.62

1,640

1,610

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,400

March 22

9.30

8.92

8.52

8.16

7.85

7.54

7.27

7.00

6.78

6.55

6.31

6.10

6,740

6,130

5,540"

5,120

4,590

4,200

3,960

3,600

3,380

3,160

2,840

2,640

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

7.02

7.27

7.40

7.42

7.36

7.29

7.30

7.66

8.50

9.36

10.19

10.96

3,600

3,960

4,080

4,080

4,080

3,960

3,960

4,460

5,540

6,900

8,230

9,660

March 17

4.59

4.57

4.57

4.65

4.80

5.06

5.29

5". 49

5.59

5.59

5.58

5.66

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,440

1,540

1,720

1,920

2,080

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,220

March 23

5.92

5.75

5.59

5.47

5.36

5.26

5.17

5.10

5.06

4.95

4.90

4.85

2,440

2,300

2,170

2,040

1,960

1,880

1,800

1,760

1,720

1,640

1,610

1,580

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.76

12.41

12.75

12.96

13.01

12.89

12.70

12.44

12.05

11.83

11.89

12.07

11,200

12,400

13,300

13,700

13,700

13,500

13,000

12,400

11,600

11,200

11,400

11,800

March 18

5.98

6.49

7.11

7.91

8.31

8.56

8.71

8.83

9.05

9.51

10.75

11.82

2,540

3,050

3,720

4,720

5,260

5,680

5,680

5,680

5,260

4j590

3,960

3,490

March 24

4.82

4.79

4.76

4.73

4.69

4.66

4.64

4.60

4.58

4.56

4.54

4.52

1,540

1,540

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,330

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

12.19

12.16

11.96

11.59

10.99

10.43

9.88

9.56

9.32

9.12

8.97

8.77

12,000

12,000

11,600

10,800

9,660

8,580

7,720

7,220

6,740

6,430

6,280

5,980

March 19

12.65

13.32

13.97

14.57

15.17

15.65

16.15

16.52

16.80

16.97

17.06

17.06

3,380

3,600

4,590

5,400

5,400

4,590

4,080

3,840

3,600

3,600

3,840

4,980

March 25

4.50

4.47

4.46

4.46

4.45

4.44

4.43

4.41

4.39

4.36

4.32

4.29

1,330

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,200

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 9J30 a.m., 13.02 ft., 13,700 sec.-ft.
254 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION

>ve. York

Codorus Creek at Spring Grove, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 39°52<10", long. 76°51 I 55n , at highway bridge at Spring Gro 

County. Zero of gage is 436.22 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 74.3 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 8.5 feet; hundredth^ below and tenths above these limits.

sight.

feet).

Mea.i discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day Feb .

1 47

2 47

3 45

4 45

5 42

6 41

7 45

8 41

9 44

10 45

Mean monthly i _ _ __ 0

Mar.

578

276

366

502

368

259

200

185

206

220

fli sr.ViaTfr

Run-off, in inches...

Gage height, in

3

&

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.19

2.16

2.12

2.09

2.07

2.06

2.08

2.19

2.35

2.42

2.37

2.29

183

178

171

166

163

162

165

183

212

225

216

201

March 14

3.16

3.11

3.05

2.97

2.95

2.92

2.93

2.90

2.89

2.86

2.82

2.79

383

371

359

340

336

329

331

324

322

315

306

300

March 20

3.52

3. '3 7

3.27

3.20

3.14

3.12

3.09

3.05

3.03

2.99

2.97

3.07

472

433

408

395

383

371

371

359

359

345

340

359

Apr.

143

180

196

136

133

754

359

262

251

278

e, in sec

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

3ondFeb. Mar.

41 500

41 827

41 519

43 340

52 271

79 231

76 262

118 564

81 472

63 389

Apr.

281

227

214

176

168

160

142

134

126

118

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

feet. .......................

Feb.

59

57

47

49

96

530

767

703

665

140

2.03

Mar.

838

533

375

309

262

221

286

272

190

171

157

360

5.59

Apr.

113

105

100

93

90

87

84

85

80

77

178

2.68

feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.24

2.£!1

2.19

2.14

2.14

2.]L4

2.17

2.36

2.E>5

2.65

2.58

2.49

192

IE7

183

175

175 I1? 5

180

214

25 0

270

256

238

March 15

2.76 294

2.74 2. r

rZ

2.70

2,f57

2.65

2.<53

2.61

3.59

2.E 6

2.55

2.53

289

2£15

281

27 5

270

26 6

262

258

25 2

250

246

March 21

3.70

4.C59

4.56

4.46

4.;52

4.89

5.42 5.'77

5.69

5.;

4.

50

33

4.42

526

72 3

766

738

6S 4

870

1,030

1,16 0

1,150

9£

8£

0

5

723

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

,41

.37

34

34

27

27

27

38

.48

53

52

49

223

216

210

210

198

198

198

217

236

246

244

238

March 16

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

52

51

.47

.46

46

44

44

41

41

43

.42

42

244

242

234

232

232

229

229

223

223

227

225

225

March 22

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

.23

07

,95

86

76

,70

62

52

.46

37

33

30

680

623

595

567

540

526

499

472

459

433

433

420

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.45

2.45

2.49

2.53

2.61

2.82

3.68

4.56

4.96

5.11

4.84

4.76

230

230

238

246

262

306

526

766

885

930

855

825

March 17

2.43

2.42

2.45

2.50

2.59

2.61

2.57

2.51

2.46

2.49

2.87

4.06

227

225

230

240

258

262

254

242

232

238

317

623

March 23

3.27

3.25

3.21

3.19

3.17

3.12

3.10

3.04

3.01

3.00

2.97

2.95

408

408

395

395

383

371

371

359

347

347

340

336

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.87

4.«56

4.46

4.03

3.81

4.] 4

4.76

5.22

5.E 2

5.43

5.11

4.68

855

855

738

623

553

651

825

960

1,070

1,050

930

810

March 18

4.55

4.57

4.C)B.

3.56

3.2 8

3.11

3.] 5

3.76

4.15

4.C 9

3.82

3.55

766

766

637

486

420

371

383

540

651

637

553

486

March 24

2.93

2.?)1

2.88

2.87

2.?57

2.83

2.80 2.r'9

2.76 2.r

2. r

'5

'3

2.71

331

326

320

317

317

309

302

300

294

292

287

283

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

4.27

3.99

3.8l

3.70

3.61

3.57

3.51

3.49

3.45

3.40

3.32

3.24

680

609

553

526

499

486

472

472

459

446

420

408

March 19

3.38

3.27

3.20

3.15

3»10

3.05

3.06

3.36

4.11

4.33

4.18

3.81

446

408

395

383

371

359

359

433

637

708

665

553

March 25

2.69

2.68

2.66

2.65

2.62

2.61

2.60

2.58

2.59

2.54

2.51

2.49

279

277

273

270

264

262

260

256

258

248

242

238
SUSQUEEANKA RIVER BASIN 255

South Branch of Codorus Creek near York, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 39°55'10rl , long. 76°45'0n , Just below dam of pumping station of York 

Water Co., half a mile above confluence with Codorus Creek, and 3 miles southwest 

of York, York County. Zero of gage is 373.03 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 117 square niles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 13-24, when 

there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 7.0 feet; 

hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-27. Defined by current-meter measurenents below 3,000 second-feet; extended to peal: stage.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 1,580 second-feet 1:30 a.m. Feb. 28 (gage 

height, 6,50 feet); maximur. gage height, 6.85 feet 2 a.m. Feb. 27 (affected by 

icej. Discharge during March, 1,760 second-feet 12:30 a.m. Mar. 1.

1925-35: Discharge, 19,300 second-feet Aug. 23, 1933 (gage height, 17.97 

feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

80

76

76

73

72

71

70

70

70

71

Mar.

826

414

481

922

478

356

232

253

264

283

Apr.

235

269

301

223

215

741

472

3S3

363

394

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

72

75

30

90

105

120

140

160

90

65

Mar.

663

995

631

439

408

352

370

677

650

530

Apr.

379

339

328

239

268

260

234

222

209

195

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Feb.

36

86

88

98

120

600

1,000

949

792

206

1.90

Mar.

920

709

546

479

423

370

416

399

316

283

258

5.05

Apr.

185

175

164

156

149

149

141

141

144

129

2.61

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

(H

§

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

2.73

2.70

2.66

2o61

2.58

2.55

2.56

2.61

2.70

2.32

2.84

2.80

262

256

243

238

232

227

229

236

256

280

234

276

March 14

3.99

3.92

3.86

3.80

3.75

3.70

3.67

3.66

3.65

3.63

3.59

3.56

550

525

512

500

488

476

464

464

464

464

452

440

March 20

4.46

4.31

4.20

4.11

4.05

4.00

3.96

3.93

3.93

3.91

3.89

3.98

675

631

603

576

563

550

538

538

538

525

525

550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.75

2.7C

2.67

2.64

2.57

2.57

2.58

2.66

2.83

2.91

2.95

2.95

266

256

250

244

231

231

232

248

282

299

308

308

March 15

3.54

3.51

3.49

3.45

3.42

3.40

3.38

3.35

3.33

3.30

3.28

3.27

440

429

429

418

406

406

406

394

394

383

383

372

March 21

4.27

4.65

4.96

5.00

4.96

5.00

5.19

5.34

5.51

5.57

5.45

5.17

617

742

862

885

862

885

990

1,080

1,175

1,210

1,140

962

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.90

2.84

2.8C

2.78

2.72

2.71

2.73

2.75

2.84

2.91

2.94

2.95

297

284

276

272

260

253

262

266

234

299

305

308

March 16

3.26

3.24

3.21

3.18

3.15

3.15

3.13

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.11

372

372

361

361

350

350

350

339

339

339

339

339

March 22

4c93

4.^5

4.66

4.60

4.54

4.48

4.41

4.35

4.28

4.23

4.18

4.17

862

780

742

725

708

690

660

646

631

617

603

590

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.96

2.95

2.95

3.00

*.05

3.26

3.74

4.59

5.31

5.68

5.84

5.83

310

303

303

318

328

372

488

725

1,050

1,305

1,400

1,40C

March 17

3 S 12

3.13

3.15

3.20

3.24

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.22

3.23

3.32

3.63

339

350

350

361

372

372

372

372

361

372

383

464

March 23

4.14

4.10

4.07

4.03

4.00

3.99

3.93

3.91

3.90

3.86

3.85

3.82

590

576

563

565

55 C

550

538

525

525

512

512

500

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

5.47

5.27

5.11

4.86

4.63

4.5S

4.75

5.C9

5.33

5.46

5.48

5.29

1,140

1,020

935

820

742

725

780

935

1,030

1,140

1,175

1,050

March 18

4.20

4.56

4.51

4. IS

3.90

3.71

3.72

4.63

5.03

5.16

5.00

4.71_,

603

708

690

603

525

476

475

742

910

962

885

760

March 24

3.80

3.79

3.77

3.75

3.73

3.73

3.68

3.65

3.66

3.65

3.61

3,59

500

500

488

488

488

488

476

464

464

464

452

452

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

4.95

4.70

4.55

4.44

4.36

4.29

4.21

4.18

4.17

4.15

4.12

4. 05

862

760

708

675

646

631

603

603

590

590

576

563

March 19

4.51

4.35

4.22

4.16

4.10

4.06

4.05

4.15

4.38

4.59

4.69

4.62

690

646

603

590

576

563

563

590

660

725

760

725

March 25

3.58

3.55

3.55

3.62

3.50

3.48

3.45

3.41

3.41

3.40

3.37

3.35

452

440

440

429

429

429

418

406

406

406

394

394
256 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Conestoga Creek at Lancaster, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°3'0", long. 760 16'40", at Pennsylvania Railroad bridge 500 feet below diversion dam of city waterworks and three-quarters of a mile east of Lancaster, 

Lancaster County. Zero of gage is 244.74 feet above mean sea level.

Dra inage are a.- 322 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 1-5, when there 

was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.0 and 6.0 feet; hundredths 

below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 3,000 secondfeet; extended to 17.62 feet on basis of slope-area determinations of flood flow.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 6,890 second-feet 11:50 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 9.58 feet). 

1928-35: Discharge, 22,800 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 17.52 feet).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

350

340

330

320

310

296

280

254

260

254

Mar.

1,580

1,180

1,100

1,540

1,580

1,260

1,000

880

971

1,240

Apr.

908

940

1,070

815

738

2,760

1,800

1,250

1,100

1,420

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

240

240

233

245

331

423

399

407

349

331

Mar.

1,940

5,420

3,010

1,830

1,480

1,260

1,590

3,460

3,040

2,310

Apr.

1,250

1,140

1,070

908

845

815

755

706

684

656

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , in inches ............................................

Feb.

293

264

233

248

254

594

1,400

1,560

1,330

426

1.42

Mar.

2,620

2,210

1,560

1,410

1,270

1,180

1,670

1,840

1,210

1,070

1,000

1,765

6.32

Apr.

625

615

570

532

509

500

491

464

460

443

3.10

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 8

4.30

4.32

4.30

4.27

4.23

4.18

4.15

4.12

4.11

4.12

4.16

4.24

940

940

940

908

908

875

845

815

815

815

845

908

March 14

5.74

5.67

5.62

5.55

5.50

5.45

5.40

5.35

5.31

5.31

5.27

5.25

2,080

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,850

1,800

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,680

1,640

1,640

March 20

6.57

6.47

6.34

6.19

6.05

5.90

5.81

5.72

5.64

5.59

5.55

5.55

2,930

2,820

2,610

2,510

2,310

2,210

2,120

2,030

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

4.34

4.40

4.42

4.39

4.38

4.36

4.28

4.25

4.24

4.27

4.42

4.64

972

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

972

940

908

908

908

1,000

1**80

March 15

5.22

5.19

5.15

5.12

5.09

5.06

5.03

5.00

4.95

4.92

4.84

4.84

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,480

a, 440

1,400

1,360

1,320

1,320

March 21

5.62

5.70

5.87

6.22

6.50

6.64

6.63

6.56

6.58

6.59

6.58

6.58

1,940

2,030

2,160

2,510

2,820

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

4.82

4.89

4.85

4.78

4.73

4.67

4.60

4.57

4.58

4.66

4.80

4.98

1,280

1,360

1,320

1,280

1,250

1,180

1,140

1,100

1,140

1,180

1,280

1,440

Mar oh 16

4.85

4.83

4.80

4.78

4.78

4.75

4.75

4.74

4.70

4.67

4.67

4.86

1,320

1,320

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,320

March 22

6.56

6.46

6.28

6.06

5.87

5.74

5.63

5.55

5.48

5.40

5.30

5.29

2,930

2,820

2,610

2,410

2,160

2,080

1,980

1,900

1,850

1,760

1,680

1,680

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.09

5.11

5.11

5.09

5.08

5.05

5.09

5.21

5.62

6.47

7.06

7.65

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,520

1,600

1,940

2,820

3,500

4,100

March 17

4.82

4.93

5.16

5.34

5.47

5.49

5.35

5.20

5.11

5.09

5.21

5.40

1,280

1,400

1,560

1,720

1,800

1,850

1,720

1,600

1,520

1,520

1,600

1,760

March 23

5.25

5.22

5.20

5.20

5.17

5.17

5.14

5.12

5.10

5.07

5.05

5.05

1,640

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,480

1,480

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

8.05

8.40

8.85

9.17

9.46

9.58

9.35

8.85-

8.20

7.79

7.59

7.53

4,620

5,150

5,710

6,290

6,740

6,890

6,590

5,710

4,880

4,360

4,100

3,980

March 18

5.65

6.30

6.95

7.35

7.74

7.96

7.86

7.47

7.08

6.77

6.83

7.04

1,980

2,610

3,380

3,860

4,230

4,620

4,490

3,980

3,500

3,150

3,150

3,380

March 24

5.02

5.01

5.00

4.99

4.99

4.98

4.97

4.91

4.91

4.90

4.88

4.85

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,320

Feet Sec . ft .

March 13

7.50

7.43

7.26

7.04

6.80

6.59

6.33

6.16

6.07

5.98

5.90

5.81

3,980

3,860

3,740

3,380

3,150

2,930

2,610

2,510

2,410

2,310

2,210

2,120

March 19

7.22

7.28

7.11

6.79

6.59

6.43

6.31

6.29

6.40

6.50

6.59

6.63

3,620

3,740

3,500

3,150

2,930

2,710

2,610

2,610

2,710

2,820

2,930

2,930

March 25

4.83

4.84

4.83

4.82

4.81

4.80

4.78

4.74

4.73

4.70

4.70

4.68

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,210

1,210

1,210

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12, 11:50 a.m., 9.58 ft., 6,890 sec.-ft.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 257

Muddy Creek at Castle Pin, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 39°46'25n , long. 76°19'0", 1 mile downstream from Castle Pin, York

County, and 2 3/4 miles above mouth of creek. Zero of gage is 175.42 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 133 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feb. 1, 21-23, when

there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 5.5 feet;

hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-26. Defined by current meter measurements below 8,000 second-feet 5 extended to peak stage on basis of determination 

 of flood flow over dam at Castle Pin. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge during year, 3,700 second-feet Jan. 9 (gage height, 7.44

feet); maximum gage height, 7.88 feet Jan 3 (affected by ice). Discharge during

March, 3,140 second-feet 6:30 p.m. Mar. 11.

1928-35: Discharge, 16,600 second-feet Aug. 23, 1933 (gage height, 21.11

feet, from flood marks). 

Remarks.- Discharge regulated by hydro-electric plant upstream.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

140

135

130

130

130

130

125

130

130

135

Mar.

722

382

730

664

471

353

291

261

288

317

Apr.

294

308

315

271

259

874

462

374

355

394

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

140

140

145

155

220

245

240

250

180

160

Mar.

1,270

1,180

710

499

410

360

434

748

623

547

Apr.

408

361

353

322

312

309

287

276

265

257

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

150

140

140

135

135

1,700

1,300

990

1,060

308

Mar.

734

554

463

420

386

350

444

430

350

330

313

K17

2.50| 4.48

Apr.

248

242

233

227

218

218

207

209

2D9

203

 zno

2.59

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

|ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

2.30

2.30

2.29

2.45

2.28

2.26

2.25

2.28

2.30

2.35

2.39

2.25

262

262

259

315

256

248

245

256

262

280

294

245

March 14

3.04

3.01

2.97

2.94

2.90

2.88

2.85

2.84

2.83

2.82

2.80

2.79

560

547

529

516

498

488

475

470

466

462

452

448

March 20

3.20

3.11

3.05

3.00

2.99

2.95

2.94

2.92

2.91

2.89

2.88

2.94

635

592

565

542

538

520

516

506

502

493

488

516

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

2.33

2.32

2.30

2.42

2.29

2.28

2.28

2.33

2.42

2.53

2.57

2.54

273

270

262

304

259

256

256

273

304

343

358

346

March 15

2.74

2.74

2.73

2.86

2.70

"2.68

2.67

2.66

2.65

2.63

2.62

2.61

426

426

422

480

410

402

398

394

390

382

378

374

March 21

3.20

3.52

3.74

3.88

3.63

3.47

3.41

3.33

3.28

S.25

3.22

3.20

635

785

920

1,010

865

760

740

700

675

660

645

635

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

2.48

2.44

2.41

2.39

2.38

2.37

2.37

2.40

2.47

2.54

2.57

2.57

326

312

301

294

290

287

287

298

322

346

358

358

March 16

2.60

2.60

2.59

2.58

2.57

2.56

2.55

2.54

2.54

2.53

2.53

2.67

370

370

366

362

358

354

350

346

346

343

343

398

March 22

3.12

3.11

3.09

3.16

3.05

3.01

3.00

2.94

2.9S

2.92

2.90

2.89

596

592

583

615

565

547

542

516

511

506

498

493

Peet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.56

2.56

2.60

2.73

2.94

3.21

4.36

5.84

6.71

6.40

5.39

4.88

354

354

370

422

516

640

1,320

2,420

3,140

2,820

2,080

1,700

March 17

2.75

2.66

2.63

2.67

2.78

2.73

2.67

2.65

2.64

2.64

2.89

3.36

430

394

382

398

444

422

398

390

386

386

493

715

March 23

2.86

2.86

2.86

2.90

2.84

2.82

2.81

2.80

2.79

2.78

2.77

2.73

480

480

480

498

470

462

457

452

448

444

439

422

Peet Sec.ft.

Marph 12

4.62

4.41

4.24

3.97

3.79

3.68

3.82

4.13

4.29

4.21

4.01

3.83

1,500

1,36D

1,250

1,040

950

892

950

1,180

1,280

1,220

1,080

980

March 18

3.72

3.76

3.54

3.27

3.10

3.01

3.05

3.60

3.59

3.57

3.54

3.36

892

920

810

670

588

547

565

838

838

810

810

715

March 24

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.74

2.73

2.72

2.72

2.71

2.70

2.69

2.69

2.68

452

430

430

426

422

418

418

414

410

406

406

402

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

3.67

3.55

3.46

3.39

3.34

3.29

3.25

3.21

3.18

3.14

3.11

3.08

865

810

760

730

705

680

660

640

625

606

592

578

March 19

3.21

3.15

3.11

3.08

3.06

3.03

3.03

3.06

3.18

3.28

3.35

3.33

640

610

592

578

570

556

556

570

625

675

710

700

March 25

2.67

2.67

2.66

2.66

2.65

2.65

2.63

2.63

2.62

2.61

2.60

2.59

398

398

394

394

390

390

382

382

378

374

370

366
258 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Octoraro Creek near Rising Sun, Md.

Location.- Lat. 39°41'27", long. 76,7'38n , on Porter Bridge,below Love Run and below 

relocated U. S. Highway 1, 3j miles above mouth and 3J? miles west of Rising Sun, 

Cecil County. Zero of gage Is 73.772 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 191 square miles.

Base-height record.- Wire-weight gage read twice daily to hundredths. Hydrograph 

drawn on basis of dally readings and comparisons with stage graphs of nearby stations ,

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 4,940 secondfeet; extended on basis of velocity-area study at control section. Affected by ice 

Feb. 1-13, 22, 23.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 8,800 second-feet 2 a.m. Mar. 12 (gage height, 11.40 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings).

1932-35: Discharge, about 25,400 second-feet Aug. 24, 1933 (gage height, 

17.5 feet, from flood marks).

1884-1936: Maximum known stage, 24.3 feet (from flood mark) in 1884 (discharge not determined).

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

230

220

220

240

260

260

240

210

220

230

Mar.

845

557

532

665

610

458

368

348

327

390

Apr.

458

482

584

458

435

1,280

665

557

532

694

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

240

230

240

440

435

308

390

722

482

327

Mar.

2,760

2,910

910

638

557

506

634

1,620

782

722

Apr.

665

584

557

506

482

482

435

435

412

412

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

288

270

260

270

482

2,780

1,540

1,360

1,050

AQO

2.82

Mar.

1,050

845

532

584

557

506

722

845

584

532

482

rjac

4.75

Apr.

390

412

368

368

348

348

327

327

348

308

2.86

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1936

ow

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

_

5.03

_

5.06

5.01

-

5.01

_

5.06

_

5,11

_

339

_

352

_

331

-

331

_

352

_

372

March 14

-

5.69

_

5.67

-

5.67

_

5.65

_

5.64

_

5.61

-

660

_

648

_

648

_

638

_

632

_

616

March 20

_

5.96

-

5.90

-

5.78

-

5.71

-

5.71

-

5.74

_

820

-

782

-

711

_

671

-

671

_

688

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

5.11

_

5.09

_

5.04

_

4.98

_

5.05

_

5.15

_

372

_

364

_

343

_

319

_

348

_

390

March 15

_

5.58

_

5.54

_

5.51

_

5.51

_

5.47

_

5.45

_

599

_

579

_

562

_

562

_

542

_

532

March 21

_

6.00

_

6.50

_

6.60

_

6.40

-

6.30

_

6.20

_

845

-

1,200

_

1,280

_

1,120

-

1,050

_

980

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

5.18

_

5.18

_

5.16

_

5.12

_

5.12

_

5.14

_

403

_

403

_

394

_

377

_

377

_

386

March 16

_

5.43

_

5.41

_

5.39

_

5.37

_

5.39

_

5.39

_

521

_

511

_

501

_

492

_

501

_

501

March 22

_

6.30

-

6.30

_

6.10

_

5.85

_

5.74

_

5.67

_

1,050

-

1,050

_

910

_

752

_

688

_

648

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

5.17

5.22

5.29

5.51

5.36

6.40

6.90

7.60

8.40

9.20

10.00

11.00

399

421

452

562

758

1,120

1,540

2,280

3,330

4,570

5,970

7,950

March 17

_

5.39

_

5.41

_

5.43

_

5.43

5.47

5.62

5.93

6.50

_

501

_

511

_

521

_

521

542

621

801

1,200

March 23

_

5.63

-

5.58

_

5.46

_

5.34

-

5.39

_

5.44

_

626

-

599

_

537

_

477

_

501

_

526

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

11.40

10.40

9.50

8.70

7.90

7.10

6.80

6.90

7.00

7.10

7.00

6.80

8,800

6,730

5,080

3,780

2,650

1,730

1,450

1,540

1,630

1,730

1,630

1,450

March 18

7.40

7.90

7.90

7.70

7.30

7.00

6.60

6.40

6,30

6.20

6.10

6.10

2,050

2,650

2,650

2,400

1,940

1,630

1,280

1,120

1,050

980

910

910

March 24

_

5.49

-

5.54

_

5.53

_

5.52

_

5.52

_

5.52

_

552

-

578

_

573

_

568

_

568

_

568

Feet Sec.ft,

March 13

_

6.40

_

6.30

_

6.10

_

5.87

_

5.77

_

5.73

_

1,120

_

1,050

_

910

_

764

_

705

_

682

March 19

_

6.00

_

5.9.1

_

5.90

_

5.90

_

5.96

_

6.00

_

845

_

788

_

782

_

782

_

820

845

March 25

_

5.53

-

5.54

-

5.53

-

5.52

-

5.51

_

5.51

_

573

_

578

_

573

_

568

-

562

_

562
SUSQTJEHANNA RIVER BASIN 259

Deer Creek at Rocks, ltd.

Location.- Lat. 39°37'4911 , long. 76°24'13n , a quarter of a mile below Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile southeast of Rocks, and 7 miles 

northeast of Belair, Harford County.

Drainage area.- 94.4 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1-25. Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,910 second-feet; extended to peak discharge of the flood of Aug. 23, 

1933, obtained by slope-area determination.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 3,630 second-feet 4:30 p.m. Mar. 11 (gage height, 8.71 feet), 

1926-35: Discharge, about 22,600 second-feet Aug. 23, 1933 (gage height, 17.7 

feet, from flood marks) 

1886-1936: Maximum known discharge and stage, that of Aug. 23, 1933.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

90

90

90

100

110

100

90

95

100

100

Mar.

422

228

488

374

266

192

160

144

155

172

Apr.

184

197

197

174

172

514

272

226

221

257

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

95

95

100

370

380

420

260

300

180

130

Mar.

1,160

674

375

269

229

218

278

412

328

296

Apr.

275

234

226

205

197

192

182

179

172

170

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-of f , in inches ............................................

Feb.

120

110

105

100

300

1,340

842

662

676

2.97

Mar.

423

284

243

229

215

202

290

299

224

205

194

 Z1 1

3.79

Apr.

167

162

160

155

151

153

151

146

144

142

199

2.35

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

2.25

-

2.22

-

2.21

-

2.21

-

2.25

-

2.28

_

148

-

142

-

139

-

139

-

148

-

155

March 14

_

2.78

_

2.73

2.70

M

2.67

_

2.64

M

2.64

_

290

_

275

_

266

_

257

M

249

M

249

March 20

-

2.94

_

2.81

_

2.76

_

2.72

-

2.68

.-

2.85

_

341

-

299

_

284

_

272

_

260

_

312

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

2.28

-

2.24

-

2.25

-

2.22

-

2.34

_

2.40

_

155

-

146

-

148

_

142

_

170

_

184

March 15

_

2.62

_

2.60

_

2.57

M

2.55

M

2.54

M

2.53

_

243

_

237

_

229

_

224

M

221

_

218

March 21

_

3.54

_

3.48

_

3.21

_

3.04

_

2.94

...

2.94

_

549

_

528

_

434

_

375

_

341

_

341

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

_

2.38

_

2.32

-

2.30

_

2.30

_

2.39

_

2.43

_

179

-

165

-

160

_

160

_

182

_

192

March 16

_

2.52

_

2.51

_

2.50

_

2.48

_

2.51

M

2.87

_

215

_

213

_

210

M

205

M

213

_

318

March 22

_

2.85

_

2.79

_

2.75

_

2.70

_

2.67

_

2.65

_

312

_

293

_

281

_

266

_

257

_

252

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

2.44

2.45

2.52

2.66

3.08

4.05

7.20

8.64

7.44

5.90

4.80

4.36

194

197

215

254

388

742

2,480

3,570

2,650

1,680

1,100

892

March 17

_

2.76

_

2.71

_

2.69

_

2.64

_

2.63

M

3.16

_

284

_

269

_

263

M

249

M

246

M

416

March 23

_

2.65

_

2.64

_

2.63

_

2.60

_

2.60

_

2.59

_

252

_

249

246

237

_

237

_

234

Fret Sec.ft.

March 12

4.40

4.05

3.78

3.59

3.40

3.32

3.49

4.19

4.16

4.05

3.79

3.54

910

742

642

566

500

472

532

816

802

742

646

549

March 18

_

3.53

_

3.16

_

2.91

M

2.92

_

3.14

M

3.05

_

546

_

416

_

331

M

335

M

409

_

378

March 24

_

2.53

_

2.58

_

2.57

_

2.57

_

2.55

_

2.54

_

232

_

232

_

229

_

229

_

224

_

221

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

3.22

_

3.06

_

2.98

_

2.93

_

2.87

_

2.83

_

437

_

381

_

354

_

338

_

318

306

March 19

_

2.88

_

2.80

_

2.75

_

2.81

M

3.14

_

3.11

_

322

296

281

M

299

_

409

M

398

March 25

_

2.54

_

2.53

_

2.52

2.52

_

2.49

_

2.50

_

221

_

218

215

215

_

207

_

210

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 4:30 p.m., 8.71 ft., 3,630 sec.-ft.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQTJEHAHNA REGION

Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°52'35", long. 78°9'45n , above concrete weir at highway bridge in

linden, Benesee County. 

Drainage area.- 22 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Twice-daily readings. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 6, 9, Feb. 25 to Mar. 5. Defined by

current-meter measurements. Discharge compared with other records in the vicinity. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 1,490 second-feet (discharge measurement) 6 p.m. Mar. 25

Igage height, 10.1 feet).

1912-35: Discharge, 2,400 second-feet Apr. 22, 1916 (gage height, 14.6 feet), 

Remarks.- Discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

6.9

6.9

6.6

6.9

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.2

6.0

6.2

Mar.

46

40

42

111

158

72

54

44

83

104

Apr.

82

143

85

58

53

111

71

47

62

66

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

6.2

5.8

6.2

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.4

5.2

5.3

6.6

Mar.

338

362

82

58

175

149

67

73

88

91

Apr.

60

88

95

59

69

62

59

59

56

47

Day

21

22

23

24

2fi

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

6.2

5.6

5.4

5.4

28

75

150

75

55

18.3

0.90

Mar.

79

62

62

379

1,080

393

474

196

139

125

294

178

9.33

Apr.

84

57

38

32

28

26

21

24

29

27

59.9

3.04

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1956

|

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Seo.ft.

March 8

1.66

1.65

1.60

1.58

1.58

1.59

1.60

1.62

1.64

1.68

1.75

1.80

48

46

44

43

43

43

44

45

46

49

52

56

March 14

1.78

1.70

1.60

1.54

1.48

1.46

1.50

1.82

2.26

2.29

2.27

2.25

55

50

44

40

37

36

38

57

88

90

89

85

March 20

2.54

2.28

2.23

2.17

2.12

2.09

2.10

2.26

2.57

2.60

2.47

2.58

Mar

5.65

4.85

4.15

5.92

3.90

4.10

4.55

5.50

5.50

5.52

4.94

4.65

94

89

85

81

77

75

76

88

113

116

105

97

oh 26

524

398

295

264

261

288

552

468

BOO

471

411

568

Peet Sec . ft .

March 9

1.87

1.95

2.04

2.18

2.33

2.40

2.39

2.56

2.51

2.26

2.22

2.17

60

66

72

82

93

99

98

96

92

88

85

81

March 15

2.17

2.10

2.07

2.10

2.70

5.90

4.20

4.07

5.85

5.65

5.45

5.30

81

76

74

76

125

261

502

284

254

227

205

188

March 21

2.50

2.24

2.19

2.14

2.11

2.10

2.10

2.12

2.11

2.09

2.04

1.99

91

86

82

79

77

76

76

77

77

75

72

68

March 27

4.55

4.15

5.95

5.92

4.25

5.10

6.15

7.50

7.10

6.40

5.60

4.85

325

295

265

264

509

456

610

830

790

655

516

598

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

2.16

2.15

2.15

2.16

2.17

2.55

3.01

3.13

3.08

2.98

2.94

2.87

80

80

80

80

81

112

156

169

164

153

149

142

March 16

5.15

5.04

2.96

2.89

2.81

2.75

2.68

2.62

2.56

2.49

2.45

2.57

172

159

151

144

136

130

123

118

112

106

101

97

March 22

1.95

1.86

1.80

1.76

1.71

1.68

1.70

1.99

2.16

2.15

2.06

2.02

64

60

56

54

51

49

50

68

80

78

75

70

March 28

4.55

5.90

5.60

5.40

5.28

5.17

5.08

2.99

2.90

2.85

2.74

2.67

525

261

225

199

186

174

164

154

145

138

129

122

Feet Seo.ft.

March 11

2.82

2.79

2.80

2.84

2.95

3.13

3.55

4.75

5.80

6.90

7.20

6.95

157

134

135

139

150

169

217

382

550

750

810

760

March 17

2.50

2.22

2.15

2.08

2.00

1.94

1.88

1.85

1.77

1.72

1.68

1.65

91

85

80

75

69

65

61

58

54

51

49

46

March 23

1.98

1.94

1.90

1.88

1.88

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.88

1.89

1.90

1.91

68

65

62

61

61

60

60

60

61

61

62

65

March 29

2.61

2.56

2.53

2.53

2.69

5.15

5.37

5.10

2.98

2.89

2.80

2.74

117

112

110

110

124

172

196

166

155

144

155

129

Feet Seo.ft.

March 12

6.60

6.15

5.60

5.06

4.65

4.27

5.90

5.60

5.32

3.10

2.92

2.76

692

610

516

450

364

312

261

223

190

166

147

131

March 18

1.62

1.66

1.80

2.30

2.32

2.27

2.23

2.18

2.14

2.11

2.10

2.09

45

48

56

91

93

89

85

82

79

77

76

75

March 24

1.94

2.04

2.25

2.65

5.05

5.54

4.18

4.97

5.95

7.25

8.70

8.92

Mar

2.70

2.67

2.66

2.66

2.67

2.69

2.71

2.75

2.77

2.85

2.91

5.05

65

72

87

119

158

216

299

416

576

820

1,120

1,180

3ll 30

125

122

121

121

122

124

126

128

132

158

146

160

Feet Sec. ft.

March 15

2.58

2.43

2.28

2.18

2.09

2.01

1.96

1.99

2.13

2.06

1.97

1.88

114

101

89

82

75

70

66

68

78

75

67

61

March 19

2.08

2.08

2.08

2.07

2.07

2.07

2.09

2.40

2.69

2.60

2.50

2.41

75

75

7574'

74

74

75

99

124

116

107

100

March 25

8.62

8.25

7.96

7.73

7.76

8.14

8.80

9.85

10.10

8.70

7.50

6.50

Mar

5.55

5.84

4.45

5.10

5.17

4.96

4.60

4.20

5.77

5.40

5.15

2.89

1,100

1,020

962

916

922

998

1,150

1,410

1,490

1,120

870

673

BhSl

191

255

558

456

447

414

560

502

244

199

172

144
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN 261

Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y.

Location.-- Lat. 42 45'55", long. 77 50'25", at Jones Bridge, 5% miles northeast of

Mount Morris, Livingston County. 

Drainage area.- 1,419 square miles; 62 square miles affected by storage in Caneadea

Keservoir. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Recorder not operating satisfactorily Feb. 1-7, 11-14, 19-24, Mar. 2-4. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined by current-meter

measurement s. Discharge record compared with other records in Senesee River Basin. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 26,300 second-feet noon Mar. 26 (gage height, 24.03 feet). 

1903-6, 1908-13, 1915-35: Discharge, 55,100 second-feet May 17, 1916 (gage

height, 25.44 feet). 

Remarks.- For information of storage see records for Caneadea Reservoir near Caneadea,

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

30C

300

280

280

260

260

240

240

220

220

Mar.

2,80C

2,20C

1,90C

1,80C

7,OOC

6,50C

3,80C

2,40C

3,OOC

9,OOC

Apr.

7,94C

6,36C

6,20C

4,64C

3,76C

5,76C

7,150

4,54C

3,94C

3,54C

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

22C

22C

20C

20C

20C

20C

19C

19C

18C

18C

Mar.

15,OOC

20,OOC

14, 40C

8.74C

6,970

10, 600

9,070

12,700

11,700

11,100

Apr.

3,710

4,520

7,280

5,150

4,760

3,970

3,170

2,780

2,650

2,520

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2R

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Feb.

180

180

170

170

440

1,700

4,000

6,500

4,600

777

0.59

Mar.

10,000

8,020

6,910

7,670

18, 500

24, 200

20,600

19,400

13,000

10,300

10,900

10,010

8.13

Apr.

2,640

3,990

2,730

2,060

1,760

1,580

1,430

1,370

1,570

2,200

3,856

3.04

Page height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

IS

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

_

_

_

_

11.53

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

*2,400

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 14

17.67

16.97

16.23

15.46

14.73

14.07

13.46

13.08

12.66

12.23

11.90

11.65

11,000

10,500

9,990

9,450

8,940

8,480

8,050

7,790

7,490

7,190

6,960

6,790

March 20

18.20

18.22

18.25

18.20

18.09

17.97

17.78

17.58

17.38

17.19

17.04

17. OS

11, 400

11,400

11,400

11, 400

11,300

11,200

11,100

10, 900

10,800

10,700

10,600

10, 500

March 26

23.76

23.86

23.95

24.01

24.03

34.03

23.99

23.87

23.70

23.53

23.42

23.37

24,200

24,900

25, 600

86,100

26,200

26,300

25,900

24,700

23,100

81,700

80,900

20, 600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

_

_

_

_

10.89

_

_

_

_

_

13. 4£

_

_

_

_

_

*3,000

_

_

-

_

_

-

March 15

11.49

11.32

11.20

11.10

11.04

11.03

11.09

11.28

11.64

12.10

12.44

12.85

6,690

6,580

6,500

6,500

6,600

6,600

6,800

6,980

7,270

7,640

7,910

8,260

March 21

16.97

16.84

16.69

16.56

16.46

16.34

16.22

16.07

15.89

15.67"

15.43

15.14

10, 500

10, 400

10,300

10,200

10, 200

10, 100

9,980

9,880

9,750

9,600

9,430

9,230

March 27

23.36

23.34

23.31

23.24

23.17

23.08

23.06

23.07

23.14

23.26

23.36

23.45

20,600

20,400

20,300

20, 300

20, 200

20, 200

20,400

20, 600

21,300

21,700

22, 000

22,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

14.97

_

15.77

16.00

17.64

_

17.49

_

17.08

_

17.45

_

_

_

_

_

*9,000

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

13.76

14.84

15.86

16.62

16.99

17.09

17.00

16.86

16.63

16.39

16.07

15.78

9,080

10,100

11,000

11,700

11,800

11, 600

11,100

10,700

10,300

10,100

9,880

9,«80

March 22

14.83

14.50

14.11

13.75

13.44

13.17

13.02

12.83

12.65

12.54

12.45

12.39

9,010

8,780

8,510

8,260

8,040

7,850

7,740

7,610

7,480

7,410

7,340

7,300

March 28

23.51

23.54

23.52

23.47

23.40

23.26

23.05

22.88

22.66

22.43

22.20

21.93

22,300

22, 200

22,000

2i; 600

20,800

20, 000

18,800

18,100

17,200

16,300

15, 500

14, 800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

16.68

_

17.82

_

21.74

_

22.48

_

23.22

_

23.50

_

_

_

_

_

*15,000

_

_

_

_

_

19,500

March 17

15.52

15.36

15.22

15.08

14.90

14.70

14.45

14.19

14.02

13.97

14.04

14.40

9,490

9,380

9,280

9,190

9,060

8,920

8,740

8,600

8,700

8,800

9,100

9,660

March 23

12.31

12.25

12.18

12.11

12.00

11.92

11.85

11.77

11.66

11.41

11.00

10.55

7,250

7,200

7,160

7,110

7,030

6,970

6,920

6,870

6,800

6,640

6,370

6,100

March 29

21.68

21*41

21.13

20.85

20.57

20.23

19.91

19.52

19.22

18.80

18.44

18.12

14, 400

14, 200

13,900

13,700

13,400

13,100

12,800

12,400

12,200

11,800

11, 600

11,300

Feet Sec . ft .

March 12

23.56

22.87

22.87

22.97

23.06

23.07

23.08

23.07

23.04

23.00

22.93

22.83

19,900

20,200

20,300

20,400

20,200

20,000

19,800

19, 400

18, 800

18, 600

18, 300

17,900

March 18

14.96

15.52

16.22

16.90

17.56

18.12

18.50

18.78

18.93

19.03

19.07

19.09

10,200

10,700

11,300

12,000

12,700

13,300

13,800

14,100

14,200

14,000

13,900

13, 800

March 24

10.45

10.43

10.43

10.46

10.64

11.00

11.68

12.55

13.63

14.73

15.88

17.06

6,100

6,200

6,200

6,300

6,470

6,760

7,300

8,000

8,970

9,960

11,000

12,200

March 30

17.86

17.60

17.36

17.14

16.88

16.60

16.30

16.00

15.76

15.56

15.44

15.51

11, -r- 0

11,000

10,800

10,600

10,500

10,200

10,000

9,830

9,660

9,700

10,000

10,300

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

22.72

22.57

22.36

22.10

21.76

21.36

20.91

20.44

19.97

19.46

18.95

18.32

17, 500

16,900

16,100

15, 200

14, 500

14,100

13,700

13,300

12,800

12,400

12,000

11,500

March 19

19.05

18.99

18.90

18.82

18.75

18.68

18.59

18.52

18.42

18.30

18.23

18.20

13,500

12,300

11,900

11,900

11,800

11,800

11,700

11,600

11,600

11, 500

11,400

11, 400

March 25

18.20

19.26

20.20

20.90

21.51

21.96

22.37

22.77

23.07

23.29

23.47

23.62

13,400

14,800

16,100

17,200

18,100

18,800

19, 600

20,400

21,100

21,800

22, 600

23,300

March 31

15.84

16.35

16.66

16.88

17.00

17.04

16.96

16.79

16.58

16.34

16.04

15.68

11,000

11,400

11,700

11,800

11,800

11,600

11,000

10, 600

10,200

10,100

9,860

9,610

*Mean for the day.
262 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Caneadea Reservoir near Caneadea, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°22'501', long, 78°10 I 55", at Caneadea Dam on Caneadea Creek, ljmiles west of Caneadea, Allegany County. 

Drainage area.- 60.7 square miles, 

flage-helght record.- Sage read daily at 5 p.m. 

Remarks.- Usable storage capacity 1,106,000,000 cubic feet. Discharge from Caneadea

Reservoir was equivalent to a mean monthly discharge of 223 second-feet in March,

and 180 second-feet in April. There was no release during February. Records

furnished by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 1936

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

February

Feet

1,386,00

1,386,10

1,386.21

1,386.37

1,386.48

1,386.54

1,386.62

1,386.70

1,386.80

1,386.82

1,386.84

1,386.84

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,386.85

1,388.05

1,388.05

1,388.25

1,388.50

1,389.00

1,389.25

-

-

Millions of 

cubic feet

239.4

S40.4

241.5

243.0

244.2

244.7

245.5

246.3

247.3

247.4

247.7

247.7

S47.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.8

247.3

247.8

259.7

259.7

261.6

264.1

269.0

271.5

_

_

March

Feet

1 ,389 .50

1,389.75

1,389.95

1,390.50

1,391.00

1,392.50

1,393.50

1,394.00

1,395.00

1,397.00

1,414.00

1,422.00

1,424.00

1,426.00

1,427.25

1,429.50

1,430.50

1,431.50

1,432.00

1,431.50

1,428.50

1,426.50

1,424.50

1,425.50

1,431.50

1,434.50

1,439.00

1,440.50

1,439.87

1,439.75

1,440.28

Millions of 

cubic feet

274.0

276.5

278.4

284.3

289.7

305.9

316.6

322.0

332.8

356.5

589.0

723.3

759.7

797.8

822.7

867.5

888.4

910.1

921.0

910.1

847.6

807.8

768.8

787.9

910.1

975.4

1,082.0

1,117.8

1,102.8

1,100.0

1,112.7

April

Feet

1,439.38

1,438.25

1,437.50

1,436.00

1,436.40

1,438.20

1,439.10

1,439.55

1,440.00

1,440.30

1,439.75

1,439.70

1,439.66

1,439.12

1,438.55

1,439.20

1,439.54

1,439.80

1,439.60

1,439.00

1,439.10

1,439.00

1,439.18

1,439.40

1,439.70

1,439.95

1,440.10

1,439.95

1,439.98

 1,439.75

_

Millions of 

cubic feet

1,091.1

1,064.1

1,046.1

1,010.2

1,019.7

1,062.9

1,084.4

1,095.1

1,105.9

1,113.1

1,100.0

1,098.7

1,097.8

1,084.9

1,071.3

1,086.8

1,094.9

1,101.2

1,096.3

1,082.0

1.084.4

1,082.0

1,086.3

1,091.6

1,098.7

1,104.7

1,108.3

1,104.7

1,105.4

1,100.0

_

February March April

Gain or loss in storage in equivalent mean second-feet +13.1 +311 -2.5
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN 263

Seneca River (Cayuga Lake outlet) above Lock 1, near Cayuga, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°56 1 45B , long. 76°44 1 5n , above Lock 1 (Mudlock) and about 2 miles

north of Cayuga, Cayuga County. 

Drainage area.- 780 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Three gage readings daily. Gage heights give elevation of water

surface at north end of Cayuga Lake and refer to Barge Canal datum; subtract 0.87

to convert to mean sea level. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height recorded, 386.7 feet noon Mar. 27.

1905-35: Gage height recorded, 386.6 feet Apr. 3, 1916. 

Remarks.- Barge Canal pool elevation, 381.5 feet. Area of water surface of Cayuga

Lake is 66.4 square miles. Records furnished by New York State Department of

Public Works.

Gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

381.9

381.8

381.8

381.8

381.6

381.6

381.5

381,5

381.3

381,3

Mar.

380.7

380.8

380.8

380.8

380.9

381.0

381.1

381.0

381.2

381.3

Apr.

385.8

385.7

385.6

385.4

385.3

385.1

384.9

384.7

384,6

384.4

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

381.2

381.1

381.0

381.0

380.9

380,8

380.8

380.7

380.6

380.5

Mar.

381.3

382.8

383.3

383.4

383.6

384.0

384.4

385.6

386.3

386.4

Apr.

384.3

384.1

384.2

384.3

384.4

384.3

384.4

384.3

384.3

384.3

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

380.5

380.4

380.3

380.4

380.3

380.3

380,5

380.6

380.7

Mar.

386.5

386.6

386.6

386.5

386.5

386.5

386.6

386.4

386.2

386.1

385.9

Apr.

384.2

384.2

384.1

384.0

384.0

383.7

383.9

383.9

383.8

383.9
264 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Oswego River at Lock 7, Oswego, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43°27'0'1 , long. 76O30 I 25", at Lock 7, in Oswego, Oswego County, threequarters of a mile above mouth. Elevation of zero of gage is 246.0 feet (Barge 

Canal datum).

Drainage area.- 5,121 square miles.

GaRe-helRht record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Rating of river station defined by current-meter measurements below 36,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 37,500 second-feet 3:35 p.m. Mar. 28 (gage height, 13.10

1933-35: Discharge, 16,900 second-feet July 14, 1935 (gage height, 8.32 feet). 

Remarks.- This record represents the total discharge at Oswego. The maxima and the bihourly discharges are the sums of the instantaneous river discharges and the total 

mean daily diversions through the Barge Canal and the Hydraulic Canal. A large 

amount of natural storage and some artificial regulation is afforded by the many 

large lakes and the Barge Canal system in the river basin. For lake stages and 

storage information see records for Seneca Lake at ffatkins Glen, N. Y., Seneca River 

(Cayuga Lake outlet) above Lock 1, near Cayuga, N. Y., Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach, 

N. Y., and Owasco Lake outlet near Auburn, N. Y.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

6,000

5,900

6,100

6,300

6,300

6,500

6,300

6,500

6,400

7,100

Mar.

6,400

7,500

7,200

7,100

7,400

7,70C

7,900

7,200

8,500

9,100

Apr.

33,500

33,000

32,000

31,000

30,500

30,500

30,000

29,000

29,500

28, 000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

6,800

6,800

6,500

6,400

6,4C%

6,000

6,100

6,500

6,200

6,200

Mar.

9,800

15,200

18, 600

19,000

18,000

18, 400

21,000

24,200

28,500

30, 500

Apr.

27,500

26,500

26,000

25,500

24,400

22,600

21,400

20,600

19,600

18,200

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Feb.

6,100

5,100

6,300

5,500

5,500

5,400

5,600

6,300

6,900

6,207

1.30

Mar.

32, 500

34, 000

35, 500

35, 500

36,000

36,000

36,500

37,000

36,500

35,500

34, 500

21, 570

4.85

Apr.

18, 000

17,000

16,400

15,000

14,200

13,600

13,200

13,000

12,400

11, 400

22,780

4.96

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

£

W

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

H

Feet |Sec.ft.

March 8

.

-

-

4.80

_

-

-

-

-

-

.

_

-

_

-

«7,200

_

-

-

-

_

-

March 14

8.72

8.69

8.67

8.65

8.62

8.74

9.05

8.98

9.00

8.88

8.83

8.79

18,800

18,600

18, 600

18,500

18,400

18,800

20,100

19,800

19,900

19, 400

19,200

19,000

March 20

11.26

11.29

11.31

11.33

11.34

11.43

11.43

11.52

11.60

11.69

11.74

11.77

29,600

29,700

29,800

29,900

29,900

30,300

30,300

30,700

31,000

31,300

31,500

31,700

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

_

-

-

-

-

5.56

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

»8, 500

_

-

_

_

_

-

March 15

8.69

8.61

8.61

8.62

8.60

8.53

8.49

8.43

8.44

8.48

8.50

8.51

18, 600

18,300

18,300

18, 400

18,300

18, 000

17,900

17,700

17,700

17,900

17,900

18,000

March 21

11.80

11.82

11.83

11.70

11.92

11.98

11.99

12.00

12.04

12.12

12.13

12.17

31,800

31,900

31,900

31,400

32,300

32, 500

32,600

32,600

32,800

33,200

33,200

33, 400

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

_

5.57

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

*9,100

.

_

_

_

_

-

Marc-h 16

8.61

8.50

8.49

8.52

8.40

8.58

8.43

8.58

8.63

8.67

8.67

8.67

18,700

18,300

18,300

18, 400

18,000

17,900

18,100

18, 600

18,800

19,000

19,000

19,000

March 22

12.16

12.15

12.14

12.14

12.09

12.23

12.26

12.32

12.40

12.57

12.61

12.72

33,300

33,300

33,300

33,300

33,000

33,700

33,800

34,100

34,400

35,200

35,400

35,900

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

_

_

5.91

_

-

6.14

_

6.52

_

_

_

_

_

*9,800

_

-

10,200

_

_

 "1,300

MaroT. 17

8.68

8.69

8.70

8.72

8.74

9.06

9.36

9.51

9.58

9.46

9.43

9.4Q

19,300

19,400

19, 400

19, 500

19, 600

20,800

22,000

22, 600

22,900

22, 400

22,300

22,200

March 23

12.57

12.76

12.78

12.72

12.63

12.64

12.63

12.58

12.69

12.69

12.68

12.66

35, 200

36,000

36,100

35,800

35, 400

35,500

35, 400

35,200

35,700

35,700

35,700

35,600

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

6.70

6.90

7.14

7.19

7.35

7.73

8.10

8.30

8.41

8.46

8.60

8.69

11,900

12, 500

13, 200

13,400

13,800

15,200

16,500

17,200

17,500

17,700

18,200

18, 600

March 18

9.40

9.43

9.49

9.57

9.66

9.83

10.05

10.03

10.08

10.33

10.51

10.57

22,200

22,300

22, 600

22,900

23,300

23,900

24,800

24,700

24,900

25,900

26,700

26,900

March 24

12.66

12.64

12.63

12.63

12.61

12.53

12.61

12.64

12.68

12.69

12.70

12.71

35,600

35,500

35, 500

35,500

35,400

35,000

35,400

35, 500

35,700

35,700

35,800

35,800

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

8.68

8.67

8.64

8.62

8.62

8.59

8.61

8.70

8.81

8.80

8.77

8.75

18,700

18, 600

18, 500

18,400

18, 400

18,300

18, 400

18,800

19,200

19,200

19,000

19,000

March 19

10.59

10.63

10.70

10.79

10.75

11.21

11.15

11.13

11.14

11.19

11.28

11.23

27,000

27, 200

27, 400

27,800

27, 600

29,500

29,200

29,200

29,200

29,400

29,500

29,600

March 25

12.73

12.74

12.76

12.74

12.72

12.76

12.74

12.60

12.84

12.80

12.79

12.78

35,900

36,000

36,100

36,000

35,900

36,100

36,000

35,300

36,400

36,200

36,200

36,100

* (See note at end of table on next page).
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIH 

Oawego River at Look 7, Oswego, N. Y.--Continued

S65

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936 Continued

b

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

March 26

12.77

12.73

12.75

12.72

12.72

12.70

12.70

12.71

12.70

12.68

12.69

12.68

36,100

35, 900

36,000

35,900

35, 900

35,800

35,800

35,800

35,800

35,700

35, 700

35,700

Feet Seo.ft.

March 27

12.68

12.68

12.67

12.71

12.80

12.88

13.04

13.00

13.01

13.00

12.99

12.97

35,700

35, 700

35,700

35,900

36,300

36,600

37,300

37,200

37, 200

37,200

37,100

37,000

Peet Seo.ft.

March 28

12.94

12.93

12.91

12.88

12.98

13.04

13.00

13.02

13.00

12.98

12.97

12.96

36,900

36,900

36, 800

36,600

37,100

37,400

37,200

37,300

37,200

37,100

37,000

37,000

Peet Seo.ft.

March 29

12.96

12.93

12.93

12.94

12.93

12.90

12.90

12.84

12.89

12.83

12.79

12.76

37, 000

36,900

36,900

36,900

36,900

36,700

36,700

36,500

36,700

36,400

36, 200

36,100

Peet Seo.ft.

March 30

12.74

12.72

12.70

12.66

12.64

12.62

12.59

12.57

12.56

12.55

12.57

12.52

36,000

35,900

35,800

35,600

35,500

35,400

35,300

35,200

35,200

35,100

35, 200

35, 000

Feet Seo.ft.

March 31

12.50

12.43

12.44

12.41

12.39

12.33

12.36

12.33

12.32

12.31

12.28

12.26

34,900

34,600

34,600

34,500

34, 400

34, 100

34,300

34,100

34,100

34, 100

33,900

33,800

Supplemental records.- Mar. 12. 5:40 a.m., 6.88 ft., 12,400 sec.-ft. Mar. 13, 5 p.m., 

8.80 ft., 19,200 sec.-ft. Mar. 14, 12:50 p.m., 8.57 ft., 18,200 see.-ft.; 1:45 p.m., 

9.10 ft., 20,300 sec.-ft. Mar. 15, 6:30 a.m., 8.00 ft., 16,200 see.-ft.; 7:25 a.m., 

8.79 ft., 19,000 sec.-ft.; 8:50 a.m., 8.92 ft., 19,600 see.-ft. Mar. 16, 3:15 p.m., 

8.35 ft., 17,800 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 2:30 p.m., 9.30 ft., 21,800 sec.-ft. Mar. 19, I0s35 

a.m., 10.75 ft., 27,600 sec.-ft.; 10:55 a.m., 11.32 ft., 29,900 sec.-ft.; 11:55 a.m., 

11.29 ft., 29,800 sec.-ft.; 3 p.m., 10.91 ft., 28,300 see.-ft. Mar. 23, 4:55 p.m., 

12.86 ft., 36,500 sec.-ft. Mar. 24, 4:10 p.m., 12.78 ft., 36,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 25, 

8:20 a.m., 12.56 ft., 35,200 sec.-ft.; 10:40 a.m., 12.94 ft., 36,900 sec.-ft.; 3:50 

p.m., 12.54 ft., 35,100 see.-ft.; 5:30 p.m., 13.00 ft., 37,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 28, 9 a.m. 

12.64 ft., 35,600 sec.-ft.; 10:30 a.m., 12.84 ft., 36,500 sec.-ft.; 3:55 p.m., 13.10 

ft., 37,500 see.-ft.

*Mean for the day. Considerable diurnal fluctuation occurred Mar. 8-11. The maxima 

and minima for these days are respectively: Mar. 8, 10:25 p.m., 5.55 ft., 8,370 seo.- 

ft.; 12:25 p.m., 4.07 ft., 4,100 sec.-ft. Mar. 9, 10 p.m., 6.18 ft., 10,300 sec.-ft.} 

1:55 a.m., 4.87 ft., 6,340 sec.-ft. Mar. 10, 9,:10 p.m., 6.24 ft., 10,400 sec.-ft.; 

6:30 a.m., 5.44 ft., 8,050 sec.-ft. Mar. 11, midnight, 6.52 ft., 11,300 sec.-ft.; 

6:40 a.m., 5.49 ft., 8,200 sec.-ft.
266 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION 

Seneca Lake at Watkins, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°23'0n , long. 76°53'0n , near Lembeck & Betz malt house, in Watkins,

Schuyler County, at the southern end of Seneca Lake. 

Drainage area.- 714 square miles, at outlet cf lake. 

gage-height record.- One gage reading daily. Gage heights refer to Barge Canal datum;

subtract 0.87 to convert to mean sea level. 

Maxima.- 19368 Gage height recorded, 448.8 feet Mar. 22, 23, 25-27.

1912-35: Gage height recorded, 449.3 feet on July 9-11, 1935 (gage read

449.34 feet on July 10, 1935).

Remarks.- Barge Canal pool elevation, 445.0 feet. Area of water surface of Seneca 

"Lake is 66.7 square miles. Records furnished by New York State Department of Public

Works.

Gage height, in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

445.4

445.4

445.4

445.3

445.3

445.3

445.2

445.2

445.2

445.2

Mar.

445.0

445.0

445.0

445.0

445.2

445.3

445.2

445,2

445.3

445.4

Apr.

448.6

448.4

448.3

448.2

448.1

448.1

448.1

447.8

447.8

447.9

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

445.2

445.1

445.0

444.9

444.9

444.9

444.8

444.9

444.9

444.8

Mar.

445.5

446.1

446.3

446.5

446.5

446.8

447.3

447.8

447.9

448.4

Apr.

447.8

447.9

448.0

447.9

448.0

447.9

447.8

447.8

447.8

447.7

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

444.7

444.8

444.7

444.7

444.8

444.8

444.8

445.0

445.0

Mar.

448.7

448.8

448.8

448.7

448.8

448.8

448.8

448.7

448.6

448.6

448.5

Apr.

447.7

447.7

447.6

447.6

447.5

447.5

447.4

447.3

447.3

447.4
ST. LAHHENCE RIVER BASIN 267

Pall Greek near Ithaca, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 420 2?'20n , long. 76°28'30", in Forest Home, Tonpkins County, half a 

mile above Cornell University Dam and ! § miles northwest of Ithaca.

Drainage area.- 124 square miles.

Sage-height ^"ecord.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 11. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 1,740 second-feet; extended to July 1935 peak stage by 

averaging discharges computed over four dams near the gaging station.

Maxima.- 1936S Discharge, 6,240 second-feet 9:45 a.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 5.57 

feet).

1925-35: Discharge, 15,500 second-feet July 8, 1935 (gage height, 9.52 feet).

Remarks.- Flood run-off not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

55

55

55

60

60

60

55

55

55

55

Mar.

300

240

200

190

340

280

220

170

2^0

460

Apr.

418

632

660

370

328

524

574

411

374

380

Day

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

55

55

54

54

56

58

57

57

51

50

Mar.

1,600

4,190

1,320

688

1,080

2,270

2,040

5,020

3,150

1,620

Apr.

380

424

824

489

626

450

351

334

334

286

Day

21

22

23

24

2S

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

50

48

48

46

54

124

294

379

359

0.75

Mar.

2,000

1,320

939

795

1,230

942

796

796

549

463

581

10.80

Apr.

302

380

253

227

194

174

166

151

184

235

 Z QT

3.42

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1936

§

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec . ft .

March 8

-

-

1.61

-

-

1.58

-

-

1.44

-

_

1.62

-

-

-

-

#170

-

_

-

_

-

-

March 14

_

_

2.42

_

_

2.31

_

_

2.39

-

_

2.49

_

_

691

_

_

618

_

_

670

_

_

742

March 20

_

3.52

_

3.29

_

3.13

_

3.06

-

3.13

_

3.17

_

1,950

_

1,620

_

1,420

-

1,340

_

1,420

_

1,460

Feet Sec.ft.

March 9

-

-

1.63

-

_

1.71

-

_

1.90

-

_

2,19

-

-

-

-

-

*220

-

_

-

-

-

-

March 15

_

_

2.47

_

_

2.49

_

2 . 82

3.17

3.41

3.56

3.63

_

_

727

_

_

742

_

1,040

1,460

1,800

2,020

2,130

March 21

_

3.11

3.10

3.22

-

3.62

3.85

4.00

3.97

3.87

3.76

3.59

_

1,390

1,380

1,530

_

2,110

2,500

2,760

2,710

2,530

2,340

2,060

Feet Sec . ft .

March 10

-

_

2.29

-

-

2.28

-

-

2.36

_

_

2,48

-

_

_

-

-

#460

-

-

-

-

_

-

Marc-h 16

_

3.50

3.45

_

3.60

_

3.87

_

3.94

_

3.83

3.70

_

1,930

1,860

_

2,080

_

2,530

_

2,650

_

2,460

2,240

March 22

_

3.30

_

3.04

-

2.84

_

2.83

_

2.93

-

2.96

_

1,630

_

1,310

-

1,120

_

1,110

-

1,200

-

1,230

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

2.56

-

_

3.09

-

3.43

-

4.42

_

4.65

_

-

798

-

_

1,030

_

1,820

-

3,070

_

3,890

March 17

_ 

3.45

_

3.38

_

3.49

_

_

3.53

3.72

3.94

4.04

_

1,860

_

1,750

_

1,920

_

-

1,980

2,270

2,650

2,830

March 23

_

_

2.80

-

-

2.56

-

-

2.46

-

-

2.46

_

-

1,080

-

-

871

-

-

791

-

-

791

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

4.75

5.11

5.21

5.20

5.00

4.86

4.69

4.50

4.31

4.11

3.90

3.70

4,320

5,150

5,380

5,360

4,900

4,580

4,190

3,760

3,350

2,960

2,580

2,240

March 18

4.40

4.81

5.D7

5.50

5.57

5.42

5.38

5.22

5.00

4.90

4.83

4.68

3,540

4,460

5,290

6,070

6,240

5,880

5,780

5,410

4,900

4,670

4,510

4,160

March 24

_

-

2.46

-

-

2.43

-

-

2.44

-

-

2.65

_

-

791

-

-

767

-

_

775

-

-

946

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

3.33

_

3.08

2.98

_

2.91

_

2.81

_

2.63

_

1,680

_

1,350

1,230

_

1,140

_

1,030

_

' 857

March 19

-

4.36

4.20

4.21

-

4.31

-

4.17,

-

3.95

_

3.80

_

3,460

3 , 130

3,150

_

3,350

-

3,070

_

2,670

-

2,410

March 25

-

2.98

-

3.06

3.08

3.05

-

-

2.91

-

-

2.86

-

1,250

-

1,340

1,360

1,320

-

-

1,180

-

-

1,130

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 7:30 p.m., 5.02 ft., 2,940 sec.-ft. Mar. 12, 3 a.m. 

5.30 ft., 4,900 sec.-ft.5 7 a.m., 5.25 ft., 5,480 sec.-ft. Mar. 21, 4:30 p.m., 5.02 ft. 

4,950 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.
268 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION 

Owasco Lake outlet near Auburn, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°56'4511 , long. 76°36 I 5", above concrete dam 2-k miles below center of 

Auburn, Cayuga County, and 4 miles below State dam at outlet of 0-wasco Lake.

Drainage area.- 208 square miles. About 205 square miles affected by storage in Owasco 

Lake.

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge reTatIon.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,830 secondfeet; extended logarithmically on basis of a study of flow conditions and submergence corrections for artificial control.

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 2,090 second-feet 7 a.m. Mar. 19 (gage height, 4.88 feet).

1912-35S Discharge, 1,950 second-feet (revised) during period Mar. 25-30, 

1913 {gage height, 4.6 feet, from flood marks).

Remarks.- Plow regulated by storage in Owasco Lake. Mean monthly discharges corrected 

for storage.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

415

395

355

305

295

310

320

310

265

280

Mar.

250

260

275

295

305

310

310

320

335

590

Apr.

1,470

1,390

1,340

1,200

1,110

1,080

1,040

980

953

882

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

280

265

246

254

226

218

220

226

146

192

Mar.

488

812

1,040

1,090

1,110

1,240

1,450

1,700

1,950

2,000

Apr.

842

834

834

810

795

788

758

742

720

670

Day

21

?,?,

23

24

?,f>

?,fi

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

170

158

148

150

176

184

226

238

248

248

. 0.93

Mar.

2,030

2,020

2,000

1,950

1,950

1,920

1,860

1,800

1,690

1,620

1,540

8.87

Apr.

640

622

600

570

555

533

511

483

460

440

822

3.21
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN 269

East Branch of Fish Creek at Taberg, N. Y.

\

Location.- Lat. 43°18 I 511 , long. 75°37'10", at highway bridge in Taberg, Oneida County,

just below mouth of Furnace Creek. 

Drainage area.- 189 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Feto. 15-18, Mar.

1-4, 8-10. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined toy currentmeter measurements below 3,030 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 7,180 second-feet 4:30 p.m. Mar. 18 (gage height, 6.35

1923-35: Discharge, about 16,500 second-feet Oct. 6, 1932 (gage height, 9.18 

feet). 

Remarks.- Flood discharge not affected by storage or diversion.

Mean discharge, In second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Peti.

140

140

140

140

140

130

130

130

130

120

Mar.

190

170

170

220

220

200

200

190

200

300

Apr.

2,830

1,720

1,120

946

954

4,000

2,960

1,500

1,280

1,360

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

110

110

Mar.

480

1,900

1,870

1,410

1,280

1,370

1,970

5,060

4,750

3,460

Apr.

1,900

2,020

1,670

1,510

1,820

2,150

1,490

1,150

1,050

970

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

110

110

100

100

110

130

150

190

220

120

0.74

Mar.

3,140

2,740

2,170

2,190

3,550

3,360

5,170-

4,600

3,080

2,880

3,820

2,010

12.26

Apr.

1,450

1,380

954

843

801

843

914

1,000

2,210

2,160

1,565

9.24

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1956

£

w

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

Feet Sec.ft.

March 8

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

#190

_

-

_

_

-

-

March 14

_

3.34

_

3.24

_

3.22

_

3.22

_

3.20

_

3.15

_

1,490

_

1,400

_

1,380

_

1, 380

_

1,370

_

1,320

March 20

_

4.85

_

4.65

_

4.52

_

4.62

_

4.72

_

4.59

_

3,730

_

3,380

_

3,170

_

3,330

_

3,500

-

3,280

Feet Sec . ft .

March 9

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

#200

-

_

_

_

_

-

March 15

_

_

3.09

_

_

3.06

_

_

3.09

_

_

3.12

_

_

1,270

_

_

1,240

_

_

1,270

_

_

1,300

March 21

_

4.41

_

4.36

_

4.41

_

4.59

_

4.64

-

4.54

_

3,000

_

2,920

_

3,000

_

3,280

_

3,370

_

3,200

Feet Sec.ft.

March 10

_

_

_

_

-

1.63

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

#300

_

_

_

_

_

-

March 16

_

_

3.22

_

_

3.20

_

_

3.25

_

_

3.22

_

_

1,380

_

_

1,370

_

_

1,410

_

_

1,380

March 22

_

4.35

_

4.11

_

4.03

_

4.29

_

4.32

_

4.11

_

2,900

_

2,550

_

2,440

_

2,820

_

2,860

_

2,550

Feet Sec.ft.

March 11

_

_

_

_

_

2.50

-

_

_

_

_

2.80

_

_

_

_

_

#480

_

_

_

_

_

1,020

March 17

_

3.26

_

3.32

_

3.48

_

3.92

_

4.39

_

4.62

_

, 1,420

_

1,480

_

1,630

_

2,120

_

2,800

_

3,180

March 23

_

3.85

_

3.72

_

3.79

_

3.83

_

3.83

_

3.76

_

2,200

_

2,040

_

2,130

_

2,180

_

2,180

_

2,090

Feet Sec.ft.

March 12

_

3.60

_

3.84

_

3.96

_

4.35

-

3.94

_

3.86

_

1,370

_

1,800

_

2,070

_

2,180

_

2,120

_

2,050

March 18

4.88

5.07

5.22

5.42

5.29

5.37

5.48

6.02

6.02

6.04

5.98

5.72

3,780

4,140

4,440

4,850

4,580

4,740

5,000

6,350

6,350

6,400

6,250

5,600

March 24

_

3:66

_

3.59

_

3.63

_

3.94

-

4.11

_

4.29

_

1,970

_

1,890

_

1,940

_

2,320

_

2,550

_

2,820

Feet Sec.ft.

March 13

_

3.89

_

3.73

_

3.72

_

3.68

_

3.53

_

3.43

_

2,090

_

1,900

_

1,880

_

1,840

_

1,680

_

1,580

March 19

_

5.60

_

5.46

_

5.24

_

5.20

-

5.14

_

4.99

_

5,300

_

4,950

_

4,480

_

4,400

_

4,280

_

3,990

March 25

_

4.48

_

4.54

_

4.56

_

5.03

_

5.25

_

4.95

_

3,110

-

3,200

_

3,240

_

4,070

_

4,500

_

3,920

Supplemental records.- Mar. 11, 9:30 p.m., 3.89 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 12. 

12:30 a.m., 4.70 ft. (backwater from ice)> 2 a.m., 4.90 ft. (backwater from Ice); 5:50 

a.m., 5 ft. (backwater from ice); 3:30 p.m., 4>97 ft. (backwater from ice). Mar. 13, 

12S50 p.m., 3.95 ft., 2,160 sec.-ft. Mar. 15, 4 p.m., 3.30 ft., 1,460 sec.-ft. Mar. 

16, 5:50 a.m., 3.39 ft., 1,540 sec.-ft. Mar. 17, 2:40 a.m., 4.14 ft., 2,420 sec.-ft; 

 6:30 p.m., 4.58 ft., 3,110 sec.-ft. Mar. 18, 4:30 p.m., 6.35 ft., 7,180 sec.-ft.

*Mean for the day.
270 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION

Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43o ll'45n , long. 75°43'50'1 , on Railroad Street bridge over Fish Creek

at Sylvan Beach, Oneida County, about 800 feet from Oneida Lake. 

Drainage area.- 1,353 square miles, at outlet of lake. 

Sage-height record.- One gage reading dally, about noon during February and March,

about 4 p.m. during April. Gage heights refer to Barge Canal datum; subtract 0.87

to convert to mean sea level. 

Maxima.- 1936: Gage height recorded, 375.0 feet Mar. 29 and 31.

1905-35: Gage height recorded, 377.0 feet Mar. 31 and Apr. 1, 1913. 

Remarks.- Barge Canal pool elevation, 369.9 feet. Area of water surface of Oneida Lake

Is 79.8 square miles. Records furnished by New York State Department of Public

Works.

Gage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

369.9

369.8

369.8

369.7

369. V

369.7

369.6

369.5

369.4

369.4

liar.

368.7

368.6

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.8

368.8

368.8

368.8

368.9

Apr.

374.8

374.6

374.9

374.7

374.2

374.3

374.2

374.5

374.1

374.0

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

369.4

369.3

369.3

369.2

369.2

369.2

369.1

369.1

369.0

368.9

Mar.

368.9

369.2

369.7

370.2

370.6

370. 9

371.3

371.9

372.8

373.6

Apr.

373.9

373.9

373.8

373.8

373.7

374.0

373.7

373.5

373.4

373.2

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

368.9

368.8

368.8

368.8

368.8

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

Mar.

374.0

374.3

374.5

374.5

374.6

374.7

374.8

374.9

375.0

374.9

375.0

Apr.

373.1

373.2

373.0

372.9

372.7

372.7

372.5

372.4

372.3

372.3

Oneida River at Brewerton, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 42°14'251', long. 760 8 I 30" J at the highway bridge in Brewerton, Onondaga

County, at foot of Oneida Lake. 

Drainage area.- 1,353 square miles. 

Page-height re'cord.- Two gage readings daily at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sage heights refer

to Barge Canal datum; subtract 0.87 to convert to mean sea level. 

Maxima.- 1936! Sage height recorded, 374.9 feet Mar. 29.

 1904-358 Gage height recorded, 375.3 feet Apr. 10-12, 1912, and Mar. 29, 1913. 

Remarks.- Barge Canal pool elevation, 369.9 feet. Area of water surface of Oneida Lake

 Is 79.8 square miles. Records furnished by New York State Department of Public 

Works.

Gage height, in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

369.8

369.8

369.7

369.7

369.6

369.6

369.5

369.4

369.3

369.3

liar.

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.7

368.8

368.8

Apr.

374.7

374.8

374.3

374.3

374.2

374.1

374.2

374.0

374.1

374.0

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

369.3

369.3

369.2

369.3

369.1

369.1

369.1

369.0

369.0

368.9

Mar.

369.0

369.3

369.9

370.4

370.8

371.0

371.5

372.0

372.8

373.5

Apr.

373.9

373.8

373.7

373.7

373.6

373.1

373.2

373.3

373.2

373.1

Day

21

2223'

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

368.9

368.8

368.8

368.8

368.7

368.6

368.6

368.6

368.7

Mar.

373.9

374.2

374.4

374.5

374.5

374.6

374.7

374.8

374.9

374.8

374.6

Apr.

372.9

372.8

372.8

372.7

372.7

372.3

372.4

372.4

372.2

372.2
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN 271

Black River at Watertown, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 43059'5", long. 75°55'30n , at Vanduzee Street bridge in Watertown,

Jefferson County.

Drainage area.- 1,876 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

stage-discharge reTatlon.- Based on current-meter measurements below 25,600 secondfeet; extended logarithmically to peak stage. 

Maxima.- 1936: Discharge, 28,000 second-feet 4:45 p.m. Mar. 20 (gage height, 9.24

feet) .

1920-35: Discharge, 33,900 second-feet Apr. 9, 1928 (gage height, 10.6

feet) . 

Remarks.- Discharge affected by storage in Stillwater Reservoir, Pulton Chain Lakes,

and other reservoirs in the headwaters.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1,840

1,660

1,360

1,480

1,660

1,720

1,860

1,680

1,560

1,280

Mar.

2,100

2,140

2,080

2,160

2,220

2,380

2,550

2,000

1,960

2,300

Apr.

14,900

14, 200

13,000

11, 200

9,740

8,690

9,300

10,500

12,800

12,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1,560

1,720

1,560

1,480

1,460

1,320

1,100

1,220

1,640

1,600

Mar.

3,400

9,000

10,600

8,920

8,420

8,690

9,050

10,500

16,300

26,200

Apr.

10,300

9,220

9,130

8,800

8,480

7,840

7,840

8,160

8,320

8,000

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Feb.

1,580

1,580

1,480

1,180

1,340

1,540

2,120

1,980

2,080

1,574

0.90

Mar.

26,900

23,600

20,000

16,800

15,800

15,800

16,200

17,800

19,200

18, 200

16,200

10,950

6.73

Apr.

7,840

7,530

7,380

7,230

7,040

6,200

5,360

5,100

5,360

6,480

8,931

5.31
272 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Richelieu River (Lake Champlaln) at Rouses Point, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 44°59'451', long. 73°21'40n , at Rutland Railroad bridge In Rouses Point,

Clinton County, 1 mile south of Fort Montgomery. Zero of gage is 92.50 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 8,277 square miles. 

Oase-heisht record.- Gage read dally at 10 a.m. 

Maxima.-1936sMaximum gage height observed, 8.61 feet Mar. 27.

1871-1935: Maximum gage height observed, 8.60 feet Apr. 2, 1903; observations

at St. Johns, Quebec, indicate a maximum computed gage height of 8.83 feet during

April 1869. 

Remarks*- Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Sage height, in feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

1.84

1.86

1.87

1.90

1.81

1.84

1.80

1.83

1.90

1.81

Mar.

1.76

1.78

1.76

1.80

1.77

1.73

1.79

1.80

1.85

1.85

Apr.

8.34

8.31

8.33

8.02

8.03

8.21

8.04

8.C5

8.11

8.07

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

1.78

1.81

1.74

1.80

1.81

1.80

1.77

1.78

1.80

1.82

Mar.

1.87

2.22

3.08

3.80

4.2C

4.43

4.85

5.50

6.37

7.17

Apr.

8.03

8.12

7.91

7.87

7.92

7.79

7.67

7.67

7.67

7.69

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

1.74

1.78

1.74

1.74

1.75

1.74

1.78

1.74

1.78

Mar.

7.59

7.99

8.22

8.27

8.39

8.47

8.61

8.57

8.53

8.42

8.34

Apr.

7.63

7.31

7.43

7.25

7.23

6.87

6.97

7.17

6.77

6.72

Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vt.

Location.- Lat. 44°28 I 40n , long. 73°13'2511 , on south side of wharf of Champlaln Transportation Co., at foot of King Street, Burlington, Chlttenden County. Zero of gage 

Is about 92.5 feet above mean sea level.

Gage-height record.- One reading dally.

Maxima.- 1936sSage height observed, 8.65 feet Mar. 27, 28.

 1907-35s Qage height observed, 8.47 feet Apr. 21, 1933.

Remarks.- No record on days where no gage heights are shown. Water-surface area of 

Lak8~~Champlaln Is 440 square miles. Gage-height record furnished by D. A. Loomls, 

general manager, Champlain Transportation Co.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1935 to September 1936

Jay

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.

1.54

1.54

1.52

JL.52

1.56

_

1.56

1.54

1.54

1.52

1.50

1.50

1.48

1.46

1.44

1.42

1.40

1.58

-

1.32

1.30

1.28

1.24

1.24

1.18

U16

1.14

1.12

1.12

Nov.

1.10

1.C8

_

1.06

1.04

1.02

1.02

1.00

.98

-

.96

.96

1.04

1.14

1.30

1.32

_

1.34

1.44

1.44

1.50

1.54

1.56

_

1.58

1.58

1.60

1.62

1.64

1.78

-

Dec.

-

1.84

1.94

1.94

1.96

1.94

1.96

_

1.96

1.98

2.04

2.04

2.04

2.06

-

2.12

2.14

2.14

2.12

2.10

2.10

_

2.08

2.06

2.04

1.96

1.94

1.90

_

1.84

1.84

Jan.

1.82

1.80

1.80

1.78

-

1.78

1.78

1.76

1.76

1.78

1.78

_

_

1.74

1.74

1.78

1.80

_

_

-

1.84

1.86

-

1.90

-

..

1.96

1.96

1.96

_

-

Feb.

_

_

1.94

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

1.86

1.86

1.84

-

_

1.84

1.84

1.84

-

_

_

_

1.84

1.84

1.86

1.86

1.86

_

_

-

Mar.

_

1.88

_

1.88

1.90

1.92

_

_

1.92

1.94

1.94

_

3.34

3.96

-

4.54

4.54

5.40

6.46

7.26

7.75

_

-

8.45

8.51

8.60

8.65

8.65

_

8.45

8.45

Apr.

8.45

8.35

8.33

_

-

_

8.25

8.23

8.15

8.15

8.13

_

8.05

8.03

7.85

_

_

7.73

_

7.73

7.69

_

7.55

7.45

7.33

_

7.06

_

6.85

6.66

-

May

6.66

_

6.85

6.66

6.64

_

_

_

-

6.22

6.12

6.04

6.02

6.02

_

_

5.94

5.86

5.84

5.84

_

5.84

_

5.66

5.62

5.46

6.42

5.32

5.18

-

June

4.96

4.86

4.76

4.74

4.60

4.46

_

4.36

4.26

4.16

4.04

4.00

3.86

_

3.72

3.66

3.58

3.52

3.36

3.26

_

3.18

3.14

3.10

3.06

2.96

2.76

2.66

_

-

July

2.42

2.26

2.24

2.22

2.20

2.18

_

2.16

_

-

_

_

2.14

2.12

-

_

_

_

_

2.06

2.04

2.02

2.00

1.98

1.96

_

1.94

1.90

1.88

1.84

1.78

Aug.

1.76

1.68

1.64

1.60

1.58

1.56

1.46

_

1.44

1.38

1.36

1.34

1.32

1.30

_

1.28

1.26

1.22

1.20

1.18

1.18

1.14

1.14

1.12

1.12

1.10

1.08

-

1.14

Sept.

1.16

1.16

1.22

1.24

1.20

_

1.18

1.16

1.26

1.28

1.30

1.32

_

1.28

1.30

1.32

1.34

1.38

1.36

-

1.34

1.34

1.32

1.30

1.28

1.26

1.20

1.20

1.16

-
ST.. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN 273

Ausable River near Ausable Forks, N. Y.

Location.- Lat. 44°27'5", long. 75°38'35", if miles below Junction of East and West

Branches of Ausable River at Ausable Porks, Clinton County. 

Drainage area.- 448 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Feb. 1 to Mar. 12. Defined by currentmeter measurements below 9,040 second-feet; extended logarithmically to peak stage.

Discharge compared with other records in Ausable River Basin. 

Maxima..- 1936: Discharge, 16,700 second-feet 7:40 p.m. Mw?, 18 (gage height, 9.77

*1924-35« Discharge, 19,100 second-feet Oct. 1, 1924; gage height, 12.0 feet 

. Mar. 27, 1934 (ice Jam). 

Remarks.- Discharge affected by storage, principally in Taylor Pond and Fern Lake.

Mean discharge, in second-feet, 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

150

150

160

160

160

150

140

140

150

160

liar.

280

260

240

260

340

320

280

260

280

360

Apr.

2,100

1,470

1,420

1,110

912

2,330

3,540

1,810

1,260

1,130

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

150

150

150

150

160

150

150

150

140

140

Mar.

750

2,400

3,580

1,620

1,030

1,320

2,290

10, 600

8,980

5,280

Apr.

1,080

1,120

1,030

895

815

1,230

1,520

1,140

989

839

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

140

170

180

180

170

300

480

420

340

186

0.45

Mar.

3,820

3,630

2,080

1,690

2,840

3,180

2,450

3,360

1,970

1,640

2,650

2,259

5.81

Apr.

920

1,160

946

823

712

664

664

670

1,800

3,790

1,323

3.29
274 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

Lake George at Rogers Rook, N. Y.

Lo.eatlon..- Lat. 43°48'10n , long. 73°27'25n , about 500 feet north of Hooper's dock, on 

south side of Stones Bay, Rogers Rock, Essex County. Zero of gage is 315.93 feet 

above mean sea level.

Gage-height record.- Staff gage read in the afternoon once daily.

Maxima.- 1956; Maximum gage height observed, 5.09 feet Apr. 9.

1913-35: Maximum gage height observed, 5.07 feet Apr. 18, 19S2.

Remarks.- Elevation of lake surface regulated by power operations and flood gates at 

Ticonderoga.

3age he i in feet, 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feb.

2.57

2.55

2.51

2.53

2.55

2.53

2.47

2.45

2.41

2.43

Mar.

2.09

2.11

2.13

2.09

2.07

2.01

2.03

2.01

2.03

1.99

Apr.

4.85

4.79

4.89

4.85

4.73

4.87

4.99

5.05

5.09

5.03

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Feb.

2.47

2.43

2.39

2.37

2.39

2.37

2.33

2.31

2.33

2.35

Mar.

2.05

2.27

2.63

2.75

2.85

2.89

3.27

3.73

4.27

4.59

Apr.

4.97

4.99

4.95

4.91

4.85

4.91

4.93

4.81

4.75

4.71

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb.

2.29

2.25

2.23

2.26

2.19

2.21

2.15

2.13

2.11

Mar.

4.69

4.85

4.85

4.83

4.89

4.91

4.85

4.95

4.97

4.91

4.93

Apr.

4.63

4.67

4.59

4.47

4.45

4.43

4.33

4.35

4.27

4.23
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 275 

SUMMARY OP FLOOD DISCHARGES

Each volume of this report Includes a table, "Summary of flood discharges", In which are assembled the results of the determinations of maximum flood flows at existing river-measurement stations and other places 

on streams in the basins covered in that volume. Table 8 (pp. 282-295) 

gives this information for the Hudson River to Susquehanna River region, 

including streams in New York tributary to the Niagara and St. Lawrence 

Rivers and Lake Ontario. For general information, some discharges are 

presented for streams in basins adjoining or near those most affected by 

the floods. The table gives the following information:

1. Map reference number, applicable to figures 42 to 46, to aid in 

the location of the place where the discharge was determined.

2. Name of stream and place of determination of discharge.

3. Drainage area, in square miles, tributary to the stream at the 

place of determination of discharge.

4. Period of record. This information is generally given only for 

the existing stations for measuring discharge and conforms to the period 

of their operation.

5. The date of the maximum discharge previously known and its magnitude in second-feet. Some of these floods antedate the period of record given in the preceding column.

6. The day and time of day and the rate in second-feet, total and 

per square mile, of the maximum discharge during or concurrent with the 

floods of March 1936. A brief notation as to the method of determination 

is also included.

The discharges for the existing river-measurement stations were determined by methods generally described in greater detail in the presentation of the record for the respective stations in the preceding section of this report. For existing river-measurement stations the method 

of determination is designated "Stage-discharge relation", because the 

determination is based on the comprehensive studies of that subject that 

are conducted at such stations.

Where the recorded discharge was not measured at a regular station a 

brief reference is made to the method of determination, and, where practicable, coefficients of discharge used in the application of the method 

are given. A description of the methods of determination with respect to 

the significance of coefficients of discharge and other details is given 

in the section entitled "Determination of flood discharges."
276 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

42 Numerals are reference 

numbers in table 8.

Figure 42. Map ehowlng location of flood determinations in 

the Hudson River drainage basin, March 1936.
SUMMARY OF FLOOD DISCHARGES 277

88 Numerals are reference 

* numbers in table 8.

Figure 43. Map shoving location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of

the Delaware River and the Passaic and Raritan Rivers and adjacent coastal

streams in New Jersey and Delaware, March 1936.
278 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TSfl. m SOSQUEHANNA REGION

umerals are reference 

numbers In table 8.

Figure 44. Map showing location of flood determinations In 

the Susquehanna River Basin, March 1936.
STJMMAM OF FLOOD DISCHARGES

208 Numerals are reference 

* numbers In tatle 8,

FiKure 48, Map shoeing location of flood determinations In the drainage taaina of 

the rivers In Hew York tributary to Lake Ontario, Marcn 1936.

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* numbers In table 8. * p .

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Figure 47. Chart showing the maximum discharges, in seoond-feet 

drainage areas in the Hudson River to Susquehanna River regio
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North Branch of Raritan River at Milltown, H. J.

Black River near Fottersvilla, H. J.

Millstone River near Kingston, N. J.

Millstone River at Blaekwells Mills, U. J.

Lawrence Brook at Par ring ton Dam, H. J.

Coastal Basins

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Manasquan River at Squanlcum, IT. J.

Toms River near Toms River, H. J.

Cedar Creek at Lanoka Harbor, N. J.

Great Egg River at Folsom, H. J.

Maurice River at Uorma, H. J.

Delaware River Basin

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Delaware River at Port Jervls, H. 7.

Delaware River at Belvidere, K. J.

Delaware River at Biegelsville, H. J.

Delaware River at Trenton, H. J.

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1933-1936

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1922-1936

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1913-1936

Maximum discharge 

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Date

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Aug.24,1933

Oct. 18, 1927

July 6,1928

Sept. 9, 1934

Sept. 9, 1934

Apr. 18, 1929

May 4,1934

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Aug.24,1933

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220,000

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223

224

225

226

227

228

229

230

231

232

233

234

235

236

Stream and place of determination

Streams tributary to Lake Ontario-Continued

Kiddle Branch of Moose Elver near MoKeever, 11. Y.

Independence Elver at Sperryville, N. Y.

Beaver Elver below Stillwater Dam, near Beaver 

River, N. Y.

Beaver River at Croghan, N. Y.

Deer Elver at Copenhagen, N. Y.

Streams tributary to St. Lawrence River

East Branch of Oswegatohie Elver at Cranberry 

Lake, N. Y.

East Branch of Oswegatchie River near Oswegatchie,

N. Y.

Oswegatohie Elver near Heuvelton, N. Y.

West Branch of Oswegatchie Elver near Harrisville,

N. y.

Grass River at Pyrites, E. Y.

Raquette Elver at Pieroefield, 11. Y.

St. Eegis Elver at Brasher Center, If. Y.

Salnon River at Chasm Falls

Chateaugay Elver near Chateaugay, E. Y.

Richelieu Elver (Lake Charaplain) at Bouses Point, 

N. Y.

Great Chazy River at Perry Mills, E. y.

Drainage 

area 

(sq. ml.)

148

85

172

294

89

144

263

973

258

335

722

616

132

112

8,277

247

Period 

of 

record

1925-1935

1927-1935

1908-1935

1930-1935

1929-1935

1923-1935

1924-1935

1916-1935

1916-1935

1924-1935

1908-1935

1910-1917 

1919-1936

1925-1935

1908 

1926-1935

1871-1935

1928-1935

Maximum discharge 

previously known

Date

Apr. 27, 1926

Oct. 6, 1932

May 3,1926

Apr. 19, 1933

Jan. 8, 1930

Apr. 17-20, 

1933

Apr. 6, 1928

Jan. 11, 1930

Jan. 9, 1930

Nov.18,'1927

Apr. 17, 1922

Mar. 27, 1914

Apr. 25, 1926

Apr .8, 1928

Mar. 30, 1903

Mar. 16, 1929

Secondfeet

as, 100

4,700

83,700

a3,390

4,500

eel, 620

a4,010

a!5,600

6,920

8,300

a7,580

16,200

2,890

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ff8.80

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Time

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midnight

liar. 19, 4am

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night

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237

238

239

240

241

242

243

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West Branch of Ausable Elver near Newman, N. Y.

Ausable Elver near Ausable Forks, N. Y>

Black Brook at Black Brook, N. Y.

East Branch of -^usable Elver at Ausable Forks, 

N. Y.

Bouquet Elver at Willsboro, N. Y.

Lake George at Eogers Eock, N. Y.

521

116

448

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198

275

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1919-1935

1924-1935

1924-1935

1924-1935

1904 ,1908 

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1913-1935

Apr. 17, 1933

Oct. 6, 1932

Oct. 1,1924

Apr. 25, 1926

Oct. 1,1924

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Apr. 9

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dd Flow during flood period completely regulated by storage.

second-feet May 4, determined from gate rating, 

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Mean daily discharge, 1,100

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computed gage 

gg Estimated max

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nh Estimated max

5:20 p.m. Mar
296 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHAlOJA REGION

At some places on streams only information of maximum stages is 

available, and that information is presented with, an appropriate footnote. 

For other places, pertinent information regarding stages antedating the 

period of record of discharge is shown by a footnote. Although the tabulation is intended to be reasonably complete, the reader should consult 

the section "Records of previous floods" for possible additional references to notable floods not Included in the summary table. Numerous explanatory footnotes on other features of the table are also Included.

The basic data and computations for the" determinations of discharge 

are filed In the district offices of the Geological Survey in the several 

districts where the floods occurred. The data for any drainage basin may 

be examined In the district office having supervision of the investigation 

in that area.

Figure 47 shows the flood discharges of 1936 in second-feet per 

square mile, as given in table 8, plotted against the corresponding drainage areas. In this connection it should be understood that for a few 

items, as indicated in the table, the recorded discharges are affected by 

artificial storage. Available information regarding such storage is presented in the preceding section, "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the flood period."

STORAGE 

Scope and utility

Basic Information on storage and a discussion of the effects of storage on flood run-off are presented elsewhere in this report In the sections- headed "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during 

the flood period" and "Rainfall and run-off studies." The treatment of 

storage in this section is limited to a brief statement as to the extent 

and the utility of storage in the region covered in this volume, and a 

discussion of outstanding examples of the effect of storage reservoirs on 

flood flows.

The detention or retardation of flood waters by means of storage, 

either natural or artificial, thereby reducing the peak stages of rivers 

at critical times, is usually a most attractive and effective method of 

lessening flood damages. Storage reservoirs, both natural and artificial, 

were effective in lowering flood peaks in March 1936 below what they 

would otherwise have been on rivers in Hew England (see Water-Supply Paper 

798) and on the Hudson, Mohawk, and certain other rivers in the region
STORAGE 297

covered by this report. There Is a large amount of natural and artificial 

storage on the tributaries of the St. Lawrence River in New York, but on 

those streams the flood was not record-breaking. However, the stages 

reached in Cayuga, Seneca, Owasco, Onelaa, and other lakes in the Oswego 

River Basin in central New York closely approached the maximum stages 

previously recorded. As a result of that storage the flood discharge on 

the Oswego River at Oswego, N. Y., was less than 8 second-feet to the 

square mile, and the flood run-off was distributed over a period of 2 

months.

Storage reservoirs did not exist in many of the river basins In the 

region covered by this volume, and unless discussed in this section, the 

influence of storage upon flood peaks was comparatively insignificant.

The section in this volume headed "Stages and discharges at rivermeasurement stations during the flood period" contains records of the operation or the following reservoirs and lakes:

Hudson River Basin:

Indian Lake Reservoir near Indian Lake, N. Y. 

Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville, N. Y. 

Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y. 

Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y. 

Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y.

Hackensack River Basin;

Oradell Reservoir at Oradell, N. J. 

Woodcllff Lake at Hillsdale, N. J.

Passaic River Basin:

Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. Y. 

Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J. 

Wanaque Reservoir at Wanaque, N. J. 

Oak Ridge Reservoir at Oak Ridge, N. J. 

Canistear Reservoir near Stockholm, N. J. 

Clinton Reservoir near Newfoundland, N. J. 

Echo Lake Reservoir near Charlotteburg, N. J.

Raritan River Basin:

Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N. J.

Delaware River Basin:

Lake Wallenpaupack at Wilsonville, Pa.

Swinging Bridge Reservoir at Swinging Bridge Dam, N. Y.

Toronto Reservoir at Toronto Dam, N. Y.

Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J.

Lake Ontario Basin:

Caneadea Reservoir near Caneadea, N. Y. 

Cayuga Lake near Cayuga, N. Y. 

Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen, N. Y. 

OneIda Lake at Sylvan Beach, N. Y. 

Oneida Lake at Brewerton, N. Y.

St. Lawrence River Basin:

Lake George at Rogers Rock, N. Y.

Examples of effects of storage

The Sacandaga Reservoir is near the mouth of the Sacandaga River, 

the principal tributary of the upper Hudson River. It was constructed
298 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

by the Hudson River Regulating District, has a storage capacity of 

37,750,000,000 cubic feet, and became effective In the regulation of the 

flow of the river in March 1930. The reservoir received the run-off from 

a drainage area of 1,044 square miles. The spillway was designed for a 

maximum discharge of 50,000 second-feet with a full reservoir. The maximum discharge of the Sacandaga River previously recorded was 35,800 second-feet In the flood of March 1913. By means of snow surveys the engineers of the Hudson River Regulating District anticipated an unusually 

high run-off In March 1936, and consequently the reservoir was operated 

so that it was nearly empty at the time of the first flood. During the 

second flood the maximum rate of Inflow to the reservoir was computed as 

64,600 second-feet on March 18, but the flood run-off was stored In the 

reservoir without difficulty. As a result of this storage the peak flow 

of the Hudson River at Albany, N. Y., did not exceed about 165,000 second-feet, and the flood damage was much less than that In 1913, when the 

peak flow at Albany was about 225,000 second-feet. Although the reservoir was constructed primarily for the purpose of regulating the flow 

of the river for the benefit of power plants and mills downstream, It 

functioned very effective as a flood-control reservoir during the flood 

of March 1936.

On the lower Mohawk River the flood discharge of March 1936 equaled 

or exceeded that of the flood of 1913, which was the greatest previously 

known. The flood damage would have been much greater than It was except 

for the effect of storage In the headwater reservoirs. The HInckley Reservoir on West Canada Creek, the Delta Reservoir on the headwaters of the 

Mohawk River, both operated In connection with the Barge Canal, and the 

Schoharie Reservoir (above Gllboa Dam) on Schoharie Creek, a part of the 

water-supply system of New York City, control 24 percent of the Mohawk 

River drainage area. During the floods of March 1936 water was passing 

through each of these reservoirs, but the record of storage content and 

of discharge below the reservoir, tabulated elsewhere In this report, 

show that the reservoir caused a substantial reduction In the flood flows.

Natural storage had an important influence on the flood flow of the 

upper Hudson River as illustrated by the record of the Schroon River at 

Riverbank, N. Y. Many natural lakes and ponds above the river-measurement station at Riverbank have dams at their outlets for controlling the 

low-water flow, but at times of floods the storage on such lakes and ponds 

may probably be regarded as essentially the same as that in unregulated
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 299

lakes. The combined effect of this natural storage was to delay the flood 

peak at least 3 days and to distribute the flood flow over a period of 

several weeks.

The Toronto and Swinging Bridge Reservoirs and Lake Wallenpaupack, 

in the Delaware River drainage basin, control only a small portion of the 

total area tributary to the lower Delaware. Their combined effect was 

to reduce the tributary drainage area at Port Jervis, N. Y.,from 3,076 

to 2,707 square miles.

RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 

Method of analysis

One of the principal objectives in the detailed analyses of the 

rainfall and run-off records of the floods of March 1936 presented herein was to develop some of the significant features of the relation between rainfall and run-off in these major floods. A second objective, 

probably of equal importance, was to utilize the results of the analyses 

so far as practicable in checking the accuracy or reasonableness of the 

basic data published in this report. The results of these analyses have 

furnished a background of information that is useful In consideration 

of the deficiencies in the basic data. The value'of this study has become apparent and is largely in addition to the original expectations 

as to the use of the analyses. These matters are discussed in more detail below.

From the viewpoint of a student of relations between rainfall and 

run-off, the timing of the meteorologic events that caused the floods 

was extremely complex. ^Prom Maine to the headwaters of the Potomac River 

In West Virginia the ground just prior to the storm of March 11 and 12 

was covered with snow, ranging in depth from a few inches to 60 inches 

and having an equivalent water content of 20 to 30 percent or more. Although it is known that melting snow furnished a large part of the flood 

run-off, exact information in regard to the water content of the snow in 

many parts of the area prior to the floods is not available, even though 

special efforts have been made to collect all the obtainable data pertaining to the subject. There was frost in the ground throughout much 

of the Hudson, Delaware, Susquehanna, Potomac,and James River Basins and 

In other areas where depths of snow were not great. In some areas where 

the snow cover was deep and the snow fell early In the winter there may
300 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

have been little or no frost. Before the run-off resulting from the first 

rainstorm and the associated melting snow had passed out of the basins a 

second storm occurred, accompanied by warm weather and rapid melting of 

the snow. Except in some areas along the coast and in parts of New England, the precipitation of the second storm was in general greater than 

that of the first one. In many areas before the run-off resulting from 

the second storm had passed out of the basins a minor storm on March 

20-21 resulted in broadening the base of the flood-flow hydrograph without affecting the peak, thus introducing difficulty in analyzing the Individual contributions of the different storms associated with the flood 

run-off. An accurate quantitative study is further complicated by the 

fact that In some areas snow still remained on the ground at the end of 

the storm period, and little If any definite information is available 

showing the depletion in water content of the snow throughout the storm 

period.

The method used in arriving at an estimate of the water content of 

the snow and the classification of precipitation by storms and by drainage basins is described under "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions." 

(See columns 4 to 8, table 9, for results of determination.) The records of mean dally discharge as published in the section entitled "Stages 

and discharges at river-measurement stations during the flood period" 

have been used as a basis for the determination of the direct run-off 

resulting from the rain and melting snow. A discharge hydrograph was 

constructed for each river-measurement station covering the period from 

the first of February to the end of April. The hydrograph for the Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y. (fig. 48), shows the general character 

of the hydrographs for the other river-measurement stations that were 

studied and analyzed.

Stream flow about February 20 (point A, fig. 48) was low and consisted largely of outflow from ground water. A general thaw, which began about February 25, tended to break up the channel ice and raised the 

streams somewhat (B). The magnitude of the increase in flow depended on 

the location of the stations. On March 10 all stations recorded sharp 

increases In stage and discharge, culminating in a peak (D) occurring on 

varying days between March 11 and 14 in the different drainage basins. 

This peak was followed by a decline in stage that was interrupted (E) by 

the oncoming flood waters of the second storm, which caused a second peak 

(F), generally between March 18 and 20. The flow then generally decreased
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STTOIES 301

until, as shown at G, the added run-off of the small storm of March 20-21 

caused a smaller rise (H). This rise In turn was followed by another decline to a point where the stream flow was sustained at a more uniform 

rate (I-J) by run-off resulting from local rains after March 22, supplemented by run-off from melting of the remaining snow.

The total area under the hydrograph repressnts the total direct runoff resulting from the rains and melting snow plus the stream flow that 

100

Delaware River 

at Port Jervis, N. Y

15

February

Figure 48. Method of analysis used in determining direct run-off 

associated with each storm and total storm period, March 1936.

would have been maintained from antecedent sources if there had been no 

increment of direct run-off beyond A. The run-off directly attributable 

to the melting snow and rain has been estimated by making an approximation (A-N) of the position of the graph of flow maintained from antecedent sources and assuming that the area above that line within the observed hydrograph of total stream flow represents the increment in stream 

flow resulting from meteorologic events after February 24. This increment has been further analyzed to show, first, the run-off directly
302 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION

attributable to the precipitation and melting snow associated with the 

first storm; second, the run-off directly attributable to precipitation 

and melting snow occurring during the second storm: and third, the runoff directly attributable to the precipitation and melting snow during 

the total storm period March 9-22. This analysis has involved the estimation of recession curves, B-C, E-K, G-L, and I-M for each individual 

decline of the hydrograph, assuming no subsequent rise. It follows that 

area BDEKC represents the run-off resulting from the first storm, area 

EPGLK the run-off resulting from the second storm, and area BDEPGHMC the 

total run-off resulting from the precipitation and melting snow for the 

period March 9-22. The results of these analyses, expressed in inches 

of depth over the drainage basins considered in this volume, are presented 

in columns 9, 10, and 11, table 9. It is evident that these estimates of 

direct run-off are less than the total natural stream flow by reason of 

the exclusion of the flow maintained from antecedent sources.* Other investigators might, of course, estimate such maintained flow differently 

or construct somewhat different recession curves. In general, such differences in Judgment would result in differences that would be relatively 

small in relation to the magnitude of the run-off as a whole. Moreover, 

any change in one area under a constructed recession curve must be aectaapanied by a similar change of opposite sign in the adjacent area, because 

the total area underneath the hydrograph must check with the figure for 

run-off in inches actually measured. It is believed that this division 

makes possible a better understanding of the flood characteristics than 

can otherwise be obtained. At some of the stations there was difficulty 

in separating the probable run-off of the small third storm (GHIML) from 

the run-off of the second storm, and at some stations the amount of runoff attributable to each storm may be slightly underestimated by reason 

of the fact that the time available did not permit a more refined determination of the shape of the lower end of the recession curves applicable 

to the drainage basins above the river-measurement stations. Errors resulting from these determinations, however, are believed to be small and 

probably within the limits of error of the basic run-off records.

For river basins where there was artificial storage and where records of the operation of reservoirs were, available, the run-off records

* For a discussion of principles underlying stream-flow separation 

see Hoyt, W. G., and others, Studies of relations of rainfall and runoff in the United States: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 772, pp. 

111-118, 1936, and Horton, R. E., Surface run-off phenomena, pt. 1, 

Analysis of the hydrographj Horton Hydrol. Lab. Pub. 101, Feb. 1, 1935.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 305

used in the rainfall and run-off studies were corrected for the effect of 

storage in the reservoirs. For a few stations which were immediately below the storage reservoirs and above which daily records of change in 

storage were available, the run-off following each storm was corrected, 

as well as the run-off for the entire period (cols. 9, 10, and 11, table 

9). For other stations above which daily records of change in storage 

were not available or which were located some distance downstream from 

the reservoirs, only the total run-off (col. 11) for the period was corrected. For these stations the figures showing the run-off associated 

with each storm (cols. 9 and 10) are not directly comparable with the indicated natural run-off for the storm period (col. 11).

Discussion of results*

The data relative to rainfall and run-off have been largely summarized in table 9. It is believed that engineers and hydrologists will 

readily appreciate the approximations that may have been necessary with 

respect to individual items. Users are cautioned to apply the data only 

after a thorough understanding of the explanatory text and footnotes accompanying the table.

The gaging stations for which daily run-off records were available 

during the entire flood period are listed in columns 1 and 2. Column 3 

gives the drainage area in square miles above each river-measurement station. In column 4 is given an estimate of the average water content of 

the snow, in inches over the drainage areas above the gaging stations on 

March 9. The probable accuracy of the estimates of the water content of 

the antecedent snow and of the estimates of the water content of the snow 

remaining in the drainage basins after March 22 is discussed by drainage 

basins. Columns 5, 6, and 7 show the precipitation in inches over the 

drainage basins for each storm and for the total storm period as determined from a study of all available precipitation records. As explained 

in the section headed "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions", the precipitation for the first storm includes that for the period March 9-13, 

and the precipitation for the second storm includes that for the period 

March 16-19. Column 8 is the sum of columns 4 and 7 and represents estimates of the total amount of water in inches over the drainage basins

* The reader is referred to Water-supply Papers 798 and 800 for discussions of rainfall and run-off studies relating to areas in New England 

and in the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James, Allegheny, and Monongahela 

River Basins.
304 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SDSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 9.- Rainfall and run- 

(Mean depth, in inches,

No. 

on 

figs. 

42,43

2

3

4

5

-

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

17

18

20

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

_

33

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

46

47

48

49

50

53

56

Stream 

1

Hudson River Basin

Hudson River

Hudson River

Hudson River

Hudson River

Hudson River

Cedar River

Indian River

Schroon River

Sacandaga River

Sacandaga River

East Branch of Sacandaga River

West Stony Creek

East Stony Creek

Batten Kill

Batten Kill

Kayaderosseras Creek

Hoosic River

Hoosic River

North Branch of Hoosic River

Walloomsac River

Mohawk River

Mohawk River

Mohawk River

West Canada Creek

West Canada Creek

East Canada Creek

Schoharie Creek

Schoharie Creek

Schoharie Creek

Poesten Kill

Kinderhook

Catskill Creek

Esopus Creek

Rondout Creek

Rcndout Creek

Wallkill River

Wallkill River

Wappinger Creek

Croton River

Hackensack River Basin

Hackensack River

Pascaok Brook

Passaic River Basin

Passaic River

Passaio River

Rockaway River

Whippany River

Ramapo River

Point of measurement 

2

Gooley, near Indian Lake,

N. Y.

North Creek, N. Y.

Hadley, N. Y.

Mechanicville, N. Y.

Hew York, N. Y.

Chain Lakes, near Indian

Lake, N. Y.

Indian Lake, N. Y.

Riverbank, N. Y.

Hope, N. Y.

Conklingville, N. Y.

Griffin, N. Y.

Northville, N. Y.

Northville, N. Y.

Arlington, Vt.

Battenville, N. Y.

West Milton, N. Y.

Adams, Mass.

Eagle Bridge, N. Y.

North Adams, Mass.

North Bennington, Vt.

Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y.

Little Falls, N. Y.

Cohoes, N. Y.

Hinckley, N. Y.

Kast Bridge, N. Y.

Dolgeville, N. Y.

Prattsville, N. Y.

Gilboa, H. Y.

Middleburg, N. Y.

Troy, H. Y.

Rcssman, N. Y.

Oak Hill, N. Y.

Coldbrook, N. Y.

Lackawaok, N. Y.

Rosendale, N. Y.

Pellets Island Mountain,

N. Y.

Gardiner, N. Y.

Wappinger Falls, N. Y.

Quaker Bridge, near Croton,

N. Y.

New Milford, N. J.

Westwood, N. J.

Millington, N. J.

Paterson, N. J.

Boonton, N. J.

Morristown, N. J.

Mahwah, N. J.

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles)

3

419

792

1,664

4,500

13,400

160

132

527

491

1,044

114

88

89

152

394

90

46.3

510

39

111

151

1,348

3,456

375

556

261

236

314

532

89

329

98

192

100

386

385

711

182

379

113

29.6

55.4

785

119

29.4

118

Water 

content 

of snow 

Mar. 9

4

7.0

7.7

6.2

5.2

3.7

8.0

9.9

4.5

7.3

6.4

6.7

7.1

5.8

5.7

4.2

3.8

6.0

5.1

7.4

5.5

6.6

5.1

3.6

7.2

6.1

4.6

3.8

3.8

3.5

2.2

3.7

2.4

4.7

4.1

3.6

3.5

3.4

2.5

2.4

.9

1.0

1.9

2.4

3.3

2.0

2.5

a Not corrected for storage.

b Corrected for 1,643,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-24 in Indian Lake 

Reservoir; equivalent to 0.90 inch over basin above North Creek and 0.40 inch over 

basin above Hadley.

c Corrected for 1,643,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-24 in Indian Lake 

Reservoir and 17,333,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-23 in Sacandaga Reservoir; 

equivalent to 1.81 inches over basin above Mechanicville.

d Corrected for storage in Indian Lake Reservoir.

e Flow affected by storage for which records are not available.

f Corrected for storage in Sacandaga Reservoir.

.g Corrected for storage in Delta Reservoir.

h Corrected for 5,781,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-24 in Hinckley and 

Delta Reservoirs; equivalent to 1.85 inches over basin above Little Falls.

i Corrected for 7,426,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-24 in Gilboa, Hinckley, and Delta Reservoirs; equivalent tc 0.93 inch over basin above Cohoes.

J Corrected for storage in Hinckley Reservoir.
RAISFALL AND HEM-OFF STUDIES 305

off of floods of March 1936 

over drainage basins)

Precipitation

First 

storm

5

1.1

1.25

1.5

1.8

1.7

1.15

1.55

1.6

2.05

2.15

1.75

2.5

2.5

2.05

1.85

1.75

2.05

1.85

2.5

2.0

1.2

1.25

1.5

1.65

1.5

1.8

2.85

2.45

2.05

1.5

1.6

2.0

3.65

2.95

2.75

1.8

1.9

1.6

2.45

2.7

2.7

2.5

3.0

3.6

2.65

3.15

Second 

storm

6

1.9

2.15

2.65

2.65

2.55

2.0

2.55

2.25

2.85

2.85

3.0

2.5

3.4

2.9

2.65

2.55

3.5

2.35

3.4

2.35

1.5

1.75

2.5

2.05

1.9

2.0

4.35

4.15

3.85

1.95

1.75

3.75

3.75

3.45

2.95

2.65

2.6

1.6

2.7

1.95

2.0

1.5

2.4

2.65

1.5

2.5

Total 

period 

Mar. 

9-22 

7

3.7

4.05

4.7

4.95

5.05

3.5

4.25

4.9

5.15

5.4

5.15

5.3

6.3

5.0

4.8

4.75

6.4

5.4

6.9

5.4

3.5

3.6

4.65

3.9

3.8

4.3

8.45

7.9

6.9

4.5

4.3

6.9

8.7

7.4

6.7

5.35

5.45

3.7

5.75

5.5

5.5

4.65

6.5

7.5

4.95

6.4

Column 

4

plus 

column 

7

8

10.7

11.75

10.9

10.15

8.75

11.5

14.15

9.4

12.45

11.8

11.85

12.4

12.1

10.7

9.0

8.55

12.4

10.6

14.3

10.9

10.1

8.7

8.25

11.1

9.9

8.9

12.25

11.7

10.4

6.7

8.0

9.3

13.4

11.5

10.3

8.85

8.85

6.2

8.15

6.4

6.5

6.55

8.9

10.8

6.95

8.9

Direct run-off associated 

with each storm and total 

storm period

First 

storm

9

0.79

a. 62

a. 56

al.54

-

-

d.99

(e)

2.82

fl.57

1.66

2.97

2.28

2.96

3.64

3.63

3.91

4.00

4.74

2.86

g3.16

a. 70

a2.53

jl.63

(k)

2.28

5.26

n3.90

a2.94

4.48

3.91

3.22

6.70

5.05

5.31

5.64

5.78

. 4.17

"

P3.54

a3.13

4.48

a5.38

t5.64

4.15

6.00

Second 

storm

10

5.72

a4.77

a5.27

a3.60

-

-

d5.54

(e)

6.48

C6.89

6.49

7.26

8.06

5.17

4.67

4.63

5.42

4.35

7.77

3.84

g4.90

a3.16

a4.46

J4.76

(k)

6.38

6.46

n5.15

a5.24

3.38

3.19

5.22

6.82

5.43

3.93

3.25

1.92

1.98

_ >

pi. 48

al.34

1.71

a2.92

t2.48

1.34

3.01

Total 

storm 

period 

11

6.51

b6.29

b6.25

C6.95

-

-

d6.53

(e)

9.82

f8.46

8.67

10.88

11.13

8.69

8.93

8.26

9.98

8.85

13.71

7.56

g9.00

h6.39

18.39

J6.87

m6. 42

8.66

12.20

n9;79

010.29

8.13

7.41

9.20

14.32

11.18

9.74

8.89

8.52

6.32

"

q5.49

r5.00

6.49

S8.70

t8.76

5.94

9.52

Column 

11 

minus 

column 

7 

12

2.8

2.25

1.55

2.0

-

-

2.3

_

4.65

3.05

3.5

5.6

4.85

3.7

4.15

3.5

3.6

3.45

6.8

2.15

5.5

2*8

3.75

2.95

2.6

4.35

3.75

1.9

3.4

3.65

3.1

2.3

5.6

3.8

3.05

3.55

3.05

2.6

"

0

-.5

1.85

2.2

1.25

1.0

3.1

Column 

8 

minus 

column 

11

13

4.2

5.45

4.65

3.2

-

-

7.6

_

2.65

3.35

3.2

1.5

.95

2.0

.05

.3

2.4

1.75

.6

3.35

1.1

2.3

-.15

4.25

3.5

.25

.05

1.9

.1

-1.45

.6

.1

-.9

.3

.55

-.05

.35

-.1

"

.9

1.5

.05

.2

2.05

1.0

-.6

No. 

on 

figs. 

42,43

2

3

4

5

-

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

17

18

20

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

_

33

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

46

47

48

49

50

53

56

k Separate storm run-off not determined.

m Corrected for 3,439,000,000 cubic feet of storage Map. 9-24 In Hinckley Reservoir; equivalent to 2.66 Inches over the basin above Kast Bridge.

n Corrected for storage in Gilboa Reservoir.

o Corrected for 1,645,000,000 cubic feet of storage Map. 9-24 In Gilboa Reservoir; equivalent to 1.33 inches over basin above Mlddlebupg.

p Corrected for storage and diversion at Oradell Reservoir.

q Corrected for storage and diversion at Oradell Reservoir and 6,000,000 cubic 

feet of storage Mar. 9-23 In Woodcliff Lake; latter storage equivalent to 0.02 Inch 

over basin above New Milford.

r Corrected for 6,000,000 cubic feet of storage Map. 9-23 in Woodcliff Lake; 

equivalent to 0.09 inch over basin above Westwood.

s Corrected for 718,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-23 In Boonton Reservoir, Greenwood Lake, Wanaque Reservoir, and In reservoirs on Pequannock River; 

equivalent to 0.40 inch over basin above Patepson.

t Corrected for storage and diversion at Boonton Reservoir.
306 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO STJSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 9.- Rainfall and run-off of 

(Mean depth, in inches,

No. 

on 

fig. 

43

58

59

60

61

62

64

65

66

68

70

71

72

74

75

76

82

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

94

_

-

-

96

97

98

99

100

101

102

103

106

107

108

110

114

115

116

Stream

1

Passaic River Basin Continued

Ramapo River

Wanaque River

Wanaque River

Pequannock River

Saddle River

Elizabeth River Basin

Elizabeth River

Rahway River Basin

Rahway River

Raritan River Basin

South Branch of Raritan River

South Branch of Raritan River

Raritan River

Neshanic River

North Branch of Raritan River

Black River

Millstone River

Millstone River

Great Egg River Basin

Great Egg River

Delaware River Basin

East Branch of Delaware River

East Branch of Delaware River

Delaware River

Delaware River

Delaware River

Delaware River

Beaver Kill

Little Beaver Kill

West Branch of Delaware River

Lackawaxen River

Wallenpaupack Creek

Mongaup River

Toronto Brook

Neversink River

Bushkill Creek

Plat Brook

McMichaels Creek

Paulina Kill

Pequest River

Beaver Brook

Lehigh River

Lehigh River

Musconetcong River

Musconetcong River

Assunpink Creek

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River

Little Schuylkill River

Point of measurement 

2

Pompton Lakes, N. J.

Greenwood Lake, N, J.

Wanaque, N. J.

Macopin intake dam, N, J.

Lodi, N. J.

Elizabeth, N. J.

Rahway, N. J.

High Bridge, N. J.

Stanton, N. J.

Manville, N. J.

Reaville, N. J.

Par Hills, N. J.

Pottersville, N. J.

Kingston, N. J.

Blackwells Mills, N. J.

Polsom, N. J.

Harvard, N. Y.

Fishs Eddy, N. Y.

Port Jervis, N. Y.

Belvidere, N. J.

Riegelsville, N. J.

Trenton, N. J.

Cooks Palls, N. Y.

Livingston Manor, N. Y.

Hale Eddy, N. Y.

West Hawley, Pa.

Wilsonville, Pa.

Swinging Bridge Dam, N. Y.

Toronto Dam, N. Y.

Oakland .Valley, N. Y.

Shoemakers, Pa.

Flatbrookville, N. J.

Stroudsburg, Pa.

Blairstown, N. J.

Pequest, N. J.

Belvidere, N. J.

Tannery, Pa.

Bethlehem, Pa.

Lake Hopatcong, N. J.

Bloomsbury, N. J.

Trenton, N. J.

Pottstown, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Tamaqua, Pa.

Drainage 

area 

( square 

miles)

3

160

27.1

90.4

63.7

54.6

20.2

40.9

65.3

147

490

25.7

26.2

32.8

171

258

56.3

443

783

3,076

4,542

6,344

6,796

241

19.8

593

206

228

118

23.2

222

117

65.1

64.4

126

108

36.2

322

1,280

25.6

143

89.4

1,147

1,893

42.9

Water 

content 

of snow

Mar. 9

4

2.4

3.0

3.0

3.5

1.0

0

.2

2.4

1.8

1.6

1.0

2.5

2.5

.1

.3

0

4.8

4.8

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.6

5.2

5.5

3.9

5.1

5.4

4.8

3.8

4.2

5.9

2.9

4.8

2.9

2.5

2.2

6.6

4.0

3.5

2.4

0

2.7

1.6

5.3

a Not corrected for storage.

u Corrected for storage in Greenwood Lake.

v Corrected for storage and diversions at Wanaque Reservoir only.

w Corrected for storage and diversions at Wanaque Reservoir and for 15,000,000 

cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-23 in Greenwood Lake.

x Corrected for diversion at Macopin Intake; not corrected for storage.

y Corrected for diversion at Macopin Intake and for 104,000,000 cubic feet of stora 

Mar. 9-23 in 4 reservoirs above Macopin Intake; equivalent to 0.70 inch over basin.

z Bo change in storage Mar. 9-23 in Lake Carnegie.

aa Corrected for 6,656,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-22 in Lake Wallenpaupack, Toronto Reservoir, and Swinging Bridge Reservoir; equivalent to 0.93 inch over 

basin above Port Jervis and to 0.63 inch over basin above Belvidere.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 307

floods of March 1936 Continued 

over drainage basins)

Precipitation

First 

storm

5

3.1

3.0

3.4

3.3

2.65

1.5

2.15

3.05

2.45

2.35

1.8

3.0

3.2

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.85

1.85

1.55

1.55

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.95

1.15

1.5

1.55

1.75

1.5

2.6

1.2

1.1

1.7

.7

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.15

3.75

2.7

1.4

2.0

1.85

2.5

Second 

storm

6

2.5

2.95

2.9

3.5

2.05

1.5

1.5

2.5

2.45

2.0

1.6

1.9

2.5

1.2

1.5

1.25

3.35

3.4

3.75

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.5

2.65

4.8

5.3

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.85

3.45

5.25

2.95

2.75

2.95

4.45

3.75

3.1

2.7

1.25

2.7

2.5

3.5

Total 

period 

Mar. 

9-22 

7

6.25

6.85

7.15

7.2

5.5

4.4

4.8

5.9

5.25

4.85

4.3

5.35

6.2

3.3

3.5

4.2

5.4

5.5

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.1

5.7

6.5

4.95

7.4

7.6

6.5

5.95

6.65

7.4

5.2

7.55

4.75

5.4

6.0

7.1

6.4

7.5

5.8

3.0

5.1

4.8

7.5

Column 

4 

plus 

column 

7

8

8.65

9.85

10.15

10.7

6.5

4.4

5.0

8.3

7.05

6.45

5.3

7.85

8.7

3.4

3.8

4.2

10.2

10.3

10.2

10.3

10.1

9.7

10.9

12.0

8.85

12.5

13.0

11.3

9.75

10.85

13.3

8.1

12.35

7.65

7.9

8.2

13.7

10.4

11.0

8.2

3.0

7.8

6.4

12.8

Direct run-off associated 

with each storm and total 

storm period

First 

storm

9

6.48

U5.29

V5.87

X5.18

3.06

.93

1.91

4.04

3.72

3.15

3.41

3.97

4.14

1.81

1.77

1.01

3.92

4.03

a3.50

a4.06

a4.07

a3.98

3.64

6.19

.3.58

3.96

CC4.37

(dd)

(dd)

4.48

4.28

3.61

6.64

3.80

4.37

5.02

5.42

4.52

ee5.91

ff3.90

1.45

3.77

3.29

a4.22

Second 

storm

10

3.12

u3.24

V3.27

X4.48

1.76

.53

1.03

1.69

1.74

1.54

1.56

1.72

1.19

.80

.94

.62

5.42

5.56

a4.96

a4.14

a4.25

a4,40

5.73

6.58

5.00

5.96

CC6.96

(dd)

(dd)

4.76

4.11

2.59

4.87

2.03

1.80

1.68

5.10

4.38

ee4.65

ff2.39

.79

3.12

2.17

a3.58

Total 

storm 

period 

11

9.98

U9.32

W9.69

ylO.36

5.16

1.69

3.24

6.32

5.92

5.09

5.30

6.29

6.20

Z2.76

22.92

1.63

9.83

10.19

aa9.91

aa9.90

bb9.30

bb9.20

9.90

14.38

9.20

10.37

cc 11. 33

(dd)

(dd)

9.95

9.08

6.64

12.35

6.24

6.17

7.08

10.52

8.90

eelO.56

gg7.92

2.43

6.89

5.68

hh9.57

Column 

11 

minus 

column 

7

12

3.75

2.45

2.55

3.15

-.35

-2.7

-1.55

.4

.65

.25

1.0

.95

0

-.55

-.6

-2.55

4.45

4.7

3.9

3.7

3.1

3.1

4.2

7.9

4.25

2.95

3.75

_

3.3

1.7

1.45

4.8

1.5

.75

1.1

3.4

2.5

3.05

2.1

-.55

1.8

.9

2.05

Column 

8 

minus 

column 

11

13

 1.35

.55

.45

.35

1.35

2.7

1.75

2.0

1.15

1.35

0

1.55

2.5

.65

.9

2.55

.35

.1

.3

.4

.8

.5

1.0

-2.4

-.35

2.1

1.7

_

.9

4.2

1.4

1.0

1.4

1.75

1.1

3.2

1.5

.45

.3

.55

.9

.7

3.25

No. 

on 

fig. 

43

58

59

60

61

62

64

65

66

68

70

71

72

74

75

76

82

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

94

_

_

_

96

97

98

99

100

101

102

103

105

107

108

110

114

115

116

bb Corrected for 6,961,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-22 in Lake Wallenpaupack, Toronto Reservoir, Swinging Bridge Reservoir, and Lake Hopatcong; equivalent to 0.47 inch over basin above Riegelsville and to 0.44 inch over basin above 

Trenton.

cc Corrected for storage in Lake Wallenpaupack.

dd Ko record of run-off.

ee Corrected for storage in Lake Hopatcong.

tf Not corrected for storage in Lake Hopatcong, Lake Musconetcong, Cranberry 

Lake, and a number of small ponds.

gg Corrected for 305,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-22 in Lake Hopatcong; 

equivalent to 0.91 inch over basin above Bloomsbury.

hh Corrected for 135,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-23 in Still Creek 

Reservoirs equivalent to 1.35 inches over basin above Tamaqua.
308 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 9.- Rainfall and run-off of 

(Mean depth, In Inches,

No. 

on 

figs. 

44-46

123

126

128

129

130

132

133

134

135

13V

139

140

141

142

143

147

149

150

151

152

154

157

159

161

163

164

166

167

169

170

171

172

176

181

182

184

186

187

188

189

190

191

192

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

200

201

202

205

209

SIS

213

214

218

239

Stream

1

Susquehanna River Basin

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

Unadilla River

Sage Brook

Chenango River

Tioughnioga River

Shackham Brook

Owego Creek

Tioga River

Tioga River

Cheniung River

Cohocton River

Towanda Creek

Tunkhannock Creek

Wapwallopen Creek

West Branch of Susquehanna River

West Branch of Susquehanna River

West Branch of Susquehanna River

Clearfield Creek

Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek

North Bald Eagle Creek

Pine Creek

Lycoming Creek

Loyalsock Creek

Perm Creek

Mahantango Creek East

Pranks town Branch of Juniata

River

Juniata River

Shaver Creek

Standing Stone Creek

Raystown Branch of Juniata River

Dunning Creek

Brush Creek

Great Trough Creek

Aughwick Creek

Tuscarora Creek

Cocolantus Creek

Sherman Creek

Conodoguinet Creek

Swatara Creek

West Conewego Creek

Codorus Creek

South Branch of Codorus Creek

Conestoga Creek

Muddy Creek

Octoraro Creek

Deer Creek

St. Lawrenoe River Basin

Little Tonawanda Creek

Genesee River

Oswego River

Fall Creek

Owasco Lake outlet

East .Branch of Fish Creek

Black River

Ausable River

Point of measurement 

2

Colliersville, N. Y.

Conklin, H. Y.

Towanda, Pa.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Danville, Pa.

Harrisburg, Pa.

Marietta, Pa.

New Ber3In, N. Y.

South New Berlin, N. Y.

Chenango Porks, N. Y.

Itaska, H. Y.

Truxton, N. Y.

Owego, N. Y.

Lindley, N. Y.

Erwins, N. Y.

Chenning, N. Y.

Campbell, H. Y.

Monroeton, Pa.

Dixon, Pa.

Wapwallopen, Pa.

Bower, Pa.

Renova, Pa.

Williamsport, Pa.

Dineling, Pa.

Sterling Run, Pa.

Beech Creek Station, Pa.

Cedar Run, Pa.

Trout Run, Pa.

Loyalsock, Pa.

Perms Creek, Pa.

Dalmatia, Pa.

Williamsburg, Pa.

Newport, Pa.

Petersburg, Pa.

Huntingdon, Pa.

Saxton, Fa.

Yount, Pa.

Gapsville, Pa.

Marklesburg, Pa.

Orbisonia, Pa.

Port Royal, Pa.

Millerstown, Pa.

Shermandale, Pa.

Hogestown, Pa.

Harper Tavern, Pa.

Manchester, Pa.

Spring Grove, Pa.

York, Pa.

Lancaster, Pa.

Castle Pin,- Pa.

Rising Sun, lid.

Rocks, Md.

Linden, N. Y.

Jones Bridge, near Mount

Morris, N. Y.

Oswego, N. Y.

Ithaca, N. Y.

Auburn, N. Y.

Taberg, N. Y.

Watertown, N. Y.

Ausable Porks, N. Y.

Drainage 

area 

( square 

miles)

3

351

2,240

7,797

9,960

11, 220

24, 100

25,990

196

.69

1,492

735

3.12

186

770

1,370

2,530

472

214

383

45.8

315

2,975

5,682

371

281

559

604

173

443

301

162

291

3,354

46.4

128

756

191

36.8

84.6

174

214

57.2

200

470

333

510

74.3

117

322

133

191

94.4

22

1,419

5,121

124

208

189

1,876

448

Water 

content 

of snow

Mar. 9

4

3.5

3.1

2.4

2.6

2.6

3.0

2.9

3.3

2.5

2.6

2.8

3.3

2.3

3.1

2.4

2.0

1.5

4.8

2.9

2.9

3.7

3.9

4.0

3.8

5.3

3.4

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.5

2.5

5.5

3.4

3.0

2.5

3.6

3.7

3.5

4.0

4.5

4.5

2.6

3.0

2.5

3.5

1.0

.5

0

.6

0

0

0

.2

1.6

3.2

3.2

2.3

6.1

5.0

3.0

a Not corrected for storage.

ii Corrected for 436,000,000 cubic feet of storage Mar. 9-23 in Caneadea Reservoir; 

equivalent to 0.13 inoh over basin above Jones Bridge.

JJ Considerable natural and artificial storage, resulting in one peak only. Separate storm run-off not determined.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 309

floods of March. 1936 Continued 

over drainage basins)

Precipitation

First 

storm

5

1.2

1.35

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.75

1.8

1.4

1.6

1.45

1.4

1.6

1.35

2.05

1.85

1.8

1.75

2.2

1.0

1.95

1.35

1.55

1.85

1.4

1.5

1.55

2.4

2.5

2.15

2.6

2.35

1.3

1.6

1.55

1.6

1.4

1.35

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.95

1.95

2.1

2.4

1.95

2.15

2.15

2.2

2.3

2.45

2.5

1.1

1.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.15

1.1

Second 

storm

6

2.65

3.2

3.7

3.65

3.6

4.3

4.15

2.7

2.75

3,3

3.3

3.35

3.95

4.6

4.45

4.1

3.3

4.45

3.6

3.0

6.4

6.0

5.5

6.7

5.4

5.45

5.1

4.5

3.45

5.45

3.35

6.8

5.55

6.3

5.9

6.5

6.9

5.5

5.85

5.35

4.05

3.0

3.15

3.3

2.9

1.35

1.65

1.65

2.2

1.6

1.75

1.9

2.5

3.45

2.6

3.6

3.1

1.85

1.45

1.7

Total 

period 

Mar. 

9-22 

7

4.5

4.95

5.8

5.7

5.7

6.65

6.5

4.35

4.6

4.75

5.1

5.6

6.5

7.4

6.75

6.65

5.55

7.0

5.4

5.5

8.0

8.25

8.15

8.5

7.9

7.45

8.55

8.0

6.3

8.1

6.2

8.65

7.4

8.0

7.6

8.4

8.6

8.0

7.5

7.0

5.9

5.6

5.35

5.45

5.75

4.3

4.85

4.55

5.0

4.5

4.8

4.65

5.0

5.1

4.7

6.15

5.3

4.0

2.95

3.5

Co limn 

4 

plus 

column 

7

8

8.0

8.05

8.2

8.3

8.3

9.65

9.4

7.65

7.1

7.35

7.9

8.9

8.8

10.5

9.15

8.65

7.05

11.8

8.3

8.4

11.7

12.15

12.15

12.3

13.2

10.85

13.35

12.6

10.7

12.6

8.7

14.15

10.8

11.0

10.1

12.0

12.3

11.5

11.5

11.5

10.4

8.2

8.35

7.95

9.25

5.3

5.35

4.55

5.6

4.5

4.8

4.65

5.2

6.7

7.9

9.35

7.6

10.1

7.95

6.5

Direct run-off associated 

with, each storm and total 

atorm period

First 

storm

9

2.71

3.20

3.15

3.25

3.41

3.10

3.27

3.49

_

3.16

3.22

_

3.72

3.02

2.64

2.97

3.06

3.79

3.33

3.36

1.83

2.84

3.46

2.49

3.69

3.02

3.54

3.86

3.28

4.68

3.43

2.60

3.30

3.61

2.58

2.68

2.58

3.21

3.50

3.07

4.12

3.65

4.22

2.67

4.51

2.40

1.49

1.30

2.03

1.29

1.54

1.13

1.76

a2.30

(JJ)

2.84

mm2.62

1.83

al.ll

.90

Second 

storm

10

5.26

5.10

4.46

4.78

4.58

4.73

4.42

4.45

_

4.43

4.40

_

4.38

5.25

4.50

4.61

3.43

5.03

3.72

3.26

6.75

7.15

6.11

7.70

7.46

4.92

4.83

5.23

4.53

5.20

2.34

8.20

5.50

4.86

4.21

6.03

5.22

5.23

6.00

5.04

5.42

3.33

3.19

2.32

2.37

.94

.96

.94

1.27

.73

.71

.43

.65

al.50

(JJ)

2.68

mm3.70

4.43

a3.97

3.03

Total 

storm 

period 

11

8.42

8.30

7.61

8.03

7.99

7.83

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7.93

8.25

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8.82

8.37

7.44

7.95

6.49

9.21

7!27

6.96

8.76

9.99

9.57

10.39

11.39

7.94

8.88

9.09

8.60

9.88

6.39

10.85

9.05

9.07

7.16

8.91

7.80

8.56

10.01

8.49

9.78

7.59

7.94

5.16

7.53

4.62

3.24

2.90

3.85

2.38

2.58

1.84

3.15

ii4.70

kk7.10

8.72

mm6.70

7.09

nn5.41

4.24

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minus 

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7

12

3.9

3.35

1.8

2.35

2.3

1.2

1.2

4.0

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3.2

3.15

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.95

.7

1.3

.95

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1.85

1.45

.75

1.75

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1.9

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.5

.35

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2.3

1.8

.2

2.2

1.65

1.05

-.45

.5

-.8

.7

2.5

1.5

3.9

2.0

2.6

-.3

1.8

.3

-1.6

-1.65

-1.15

-2.1

-2.2

-2.8

-1.85

-.4

2.4

2.55

1.4

3.1

2.45

.75

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-0.4

-.25

.6

.25

.3

1.8

1.7

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-.35

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2.15

1.7

.7

.55

2.6

1.05

1.45

2.95

2.15

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1.9

1.8

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4.45

3.5

2.1

2.7

2.3

3.3

1.75

1.95

2.95

3.1

4.5

2.95

1.5

3.0

.6

.6

.4

2.8

1.7

.7

2.1

1.65

1.75

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2.2

2.8

2.05

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.8

.65

.9

3.0

2.55

2.25

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kk Corrected for storage in Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, and Onelda Lakes; equivalent 

to 2.50 inches over basin above Oswego.

mm Corrected for storage in Owasco Lake.

nn Corrected for 1,460,000,000 cubic feet of storage in Stillwater Reservoir, Old 

Forge Reservoir, and Sixth Lake of Fulton Chain Lakes; equivalent to 0.33 inch over 

basin above Watertown.
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available as potential run-off. Column 9 gives the run-off, in inches, 

over the drainage basins, associated with the first storm and first flood*

The direct run-off is derived from rainfall and snow and can never 

exceed its supply but must be less by reason of loss by evaporation or 

basin detention in the form of infiltration and surface storage. This 

principle may be used to test the accuracy of bhe data, and where it cannot be met, the discrepancy must be explained by inaccuracies in the basic 

data or inadequacy of the methods of analysis. As the run-off for the 

flood period as given in column 11 is generally believed to be accurate 

within about 10 percent, inconsistencies greater than this may be indicative of deficiencies in other basic data or limitations in the analysis 

of the data.

On the assumption that all the data are accurate, run-off from melting snow is indicated if the run-off shown in column 9 is greater than 

the storm precipitation shown in column 5. In the upper Hudson River 

Basin above Mechanicville, N. Y., the precipitation during the first storm 

and the resultant direct run-off were about equal, indicating that in this 

area,where the snow cover was relatively deep, there was little change in 

the water content of the snow during the first storm and flood period. 

This condition is simiiar to that observed in some of the basins in northern New England. (See Water-Supply Paper 798.) In the Mohawk, lower 

Hudson, upper Delaware, and Susquehanna River basins melting snow contributed between 1 and 2 inches to the first flood, with the greatest 

amounts in the lower basins, where the snow depths were less and where the 

run-off from melting anow nearly equaled the depth of water in the form 

of snow.

Column 10 gives the run-off associated Kith the second storm and second flood. If all the data are correct, run-off from melting snow was 

evidently present during the second flood at stations where the figures 

in column 10 exceed the storm precipitation shown in column 6. In the 

upper basins of the Hudson, Mohawk, and Delaware Rivers melting snow contributed more than 2 inches to the run-off of the second flood. In the 

upper Susquehanna River Basin, especially in the western portion, temperatures were low, and part of the precipitation was in the form of 

snow, and as a result the contribution of water from melting snow in the 

second flood was apparently less than during the first flood. In most 

of the Hew Jersey coastal basins and in lower basins elsewhere most of the 

run-off from melting snow appeared during the first flood.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 311

Column 11 shows the total direct run-off associated with the total 

storm precipitation and the melting snow. If all the data are correct, 

a measure of the extent to which melting snow contributed to the direct 

run-off during the entire flood period is indicated by the excess of the 

run-off shown In column 11 over the total storm precipitation shown in

Figure 49. Map of the northeastern United States, showing Isothermal

lines of mean temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit,

March 9-22, 1936.

column 7. This difference is shown In column 12. In general, a run-off 

from snow of more than 3 or 4 Inches is shown for all headwater areas. 

The amount tended to increase in a downstream direction, until the snow 

run-off became equal t-.o t.he water content available on the ground. From

155158 O 37 21
312 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

this point the direct run-off from the snow decreased in a downstream direction as the amount of snow on the ground became less.

Figure 49 shows isothermal lines for mean temperature for the period 

March 9-22 over the flooded region and affords an indication of the possible influence of variations in temperature upon the melting of snow. The 

Committee on Floods of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, in its report,* discusses run-off from melting snow for relatively short periods 

and small rains and shows that for each degree-day above about 27.1° P. 

there is an increase of 0.0126 inch in run-off from snow. A brief study 

of the relationship between run-off from melting snow and t;he mean temperature for the 14-day flood period March 9-22, 1936,indicates that runoff from snow at a mean temperature of about 31° F. was negligible and 

that for each degree-day above this temperature the run-off from melting 

snow increased between 0.03 and 0.05 inch.

Errors in basic data are indicated where the residual shown in column 12 is more than the estimated water content of the snow shown in column 4. Where such discrepancies are shown, the error is probably predominantly in the snow estimates unless otherwise explained.

Column 13 represents the difference between the direct run-off shown 

in column 11 and the combined water content of the snow and storm precipitation as shown in column 8. If all the basic data were accurate the figure in this column would represent, in inches over the drainage basin, (a) 

the total water content of the snow that did not appear as run-off in the 

period analyzed, (b) the total natural surface storage and in a few places 

artificial storage where records of such storage were lacking, (c) the 

total infiltration that did not appear as stream flow in the period analyzed, and (d) evaporation and other losses.

In the Adirondack Mountain region and to some extent in the upper 

Susquehanna River Basin snow, the water content of which is included in 

the indicated residual shown in column 13, remained on the ground until 

March 22. In most of the Delaware River Basin and the lower Hudson and 

Susquehanna River Basins the snow had disappeared during the flood period, 

and the residual shown in column 13 is a measure of the accumulated natural storage, infiltration, and evaporation. In some of the areas negative 

residuals are Indicated. As discussed by basins these negative residuals 

in most places apparently result from an underestimation of the water content of the snow on the ground on March 9 or, in some areas near storm

* Boston Soc. Civil Eng. Jour., vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 354-365, September 1950.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 313

centers, from lack of precipitation records necessary to determine properly the position of the isohyetals. In the lower Hudson River, Delaware 

River, and New Jersey coastal basins the residuals consistently average 

about 1 inch. These relatively low residuals are believed to have resulted largely from the presence of frost in the ground. In the higher 

areas, where there was more snow protection, the residual averages about 

2 inches, or about the same as noted in New England (Water-Supply Paper 

798). In the lower Susquehanna River Basin and on the eastern slopes of 

New Jersey, in common with the Potomac and James River Basins (WaterSupply Paper 800), there was a tendency for the residual to increase in 

the tributary areas in downstream order - a condition that is probably 

related to temperature and its effect on frost in the ground. Largely on 

account of deficiencies in data on snow and snow depletion, a rigorous 

analysis of rainfall and run-off relations by sub-basins was not attempted.

In arriving at the estimates shown in table 9 the records of 380 precipitation stations and about 350 snow surveys and snow observations were 

compiled and analyzed. Hydrographs of mean daily discharge for the months 

of February, March, and April were plotted and analyzed for 152 gaging 

stations. To the extent that the residuals shown in column 13 can be corrected for the amount of water in the form of snow and ice on March 22, 

the run-off from which is not included in the direct run-off shown in 

column 11, they may be used with confidence as representative of the 

amount of surface storage and infiltration which may be expected during 

comparable flood periods occurring in the early spring.

The general uniformity of the results suggests that over the area 

covered by this flood report the direct run-off was a function of the total amount of water in the form of rain and melted snow and that differences in the cover, topography, channel conditions, and other features 

had little influence on the total direct run-off. These laotors, uowever, 

may have influenced the degree to which the run-off was concentrated with 

respect to time, as measured by the ratio of the direct run-off during 

the maximum day of each flood to the total direct run-off during each 

flood. Brief analyses of the hydrographs for all gaging stations indicate 

that in the smaller headwater basins with steep slopes and small amounts 

of channel storage, 30 to 40 percent of the direct run-off occurred during the calendar day of maximum run-off. In the larger basins or in the 

downstream basins with flatter slopes about 20 percent or less of the total run-off occurred during the day of maximum run-off. These ratios are
314 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

believed to be indicative of the effect of basin characteristics, particularly size, slope, shape, and channel storage. The ratios vary directly 

with slope and inversely with the volume of channel storage.

After brief studies, which are discussed by drainage basins, it appears that the ratios during the flood of March 1936 were lower than were 

obtained during other floods in which no run-off from snow was present, 

indicating a greater sustained flood flow as a result of the large contribution from melting snow.

Errors in basic data are indicated wherever minus quantities are 

shown in column 13, or in other words where the run-off is shown as exceeding the indicated water available for run-off. As discussed by basins, there are deficiencies in snow data in all areas where snow surveys 

to determine the depth and the water content were not available. In most 

of the upper Hudson River Basin the results of extensive snow surveys were 

available. In Pennsylvania snow-depth observations at many Civilian Conservation Corps camps have been translated into water equivalent by using 

an assumed ratio of 25 to 30 percent. In the lower Hudson River and Delaware River Basins and on the eastern slope of New Jersey there was little 

or no information available regarding the water equivalent of the snow 

on the ground on March 9, and only fragmentary observations of the depth 

of snow were made by the Weather Bureau, mostly in urban areas. So far 

as the rainfall characteristics of the storm during the period March 9-22 

are concerned, the analyses which have been made indicate deficiencies in 

precipitation records in areas where there were major storm centers. The 

distribution of precipitation stations was such that isohyetals that appear reasonable could be constructed in most of the area except along the 

eastern front of the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania, where only a 

few precipitation records were available. In general there were deficiencies in information in all parts of the area as to actual snow depletion 

and as to whether the precipitation was in the form of snow or rain. Data 

with respect to frost in the ground over the area as a whole were also 

lacking.

As above pointed out, individual items presented in the table summarizing the results of the study of rainfall and run-off data may be subject to error. However, when the mass of data that entered into the compilation of these tables is taken into account, it seems that the composite results shown for major basins or for groups of minor basins may be 

very significant and close to the truth and as such may be of substantial
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 315

value In the study of flood problems and remedial measures, especially 

those problems relating to headwater areas.

Hudson River Basin

In the Hudson River Basin, as elsewhere in the Northeastern States, 

December 1935 was unusually cold, with the temperature averaging about 

20°, or about 5° below normal. The precipitation during December averaged about 1.7 inches over the upper basin and 1.0 inch over the lower basin, being deficient in relation to normal by about 1.6 Inches and 2.0 

Inches respectively. January and February continued cold, averaging about 

4° below normal. Precipitation during January and February was nearly 

normal. With subfreezing temperature and deficient precipitation during 

early winter there was opportunity for the deep penetration of frost, particularly in the lower Hudson River Basin.

Higher temperatures prevailed during the period beginning about February 25 and continuing to March 9. The temperature rose above the freezing point on February 25, on March 4, and again on March 9. The effect 

upon stream flow of the rise in temperature was very moderate, being in 

general proportional to the extent of the rise above freezing. In the 

upper basin above Albany there was no appreciable rise in stream flow until March 10, whereas in the lower basin direct run-off during the period 

February 25 to March 10 Increased about 0.3 inch above the normal winter 

depletion. It appears, then, that any large depletion in snow cover previous to March 10, otner than by sublimation, was negligible.

Snow cover on March 9, as shown in figure 29, was generally complete 

throughout the basin and averaged 3.6 Inches of water content over the 

drainage basin above New York. In the Adirondack Mountain region the snow 

expressed as water content reached a maximum of over 11 Inches and ranged 

from an average of 7.5 Inches in the upper basin to an average of 2.5 

Inches in the lower subareas.

The storm period was characterized by two major storms, the first on 

March 11 and 12 and the second on March 17 and 18, each of which resulted 

in a decided flood rise. The second storm was followed by a minor storm 

on March 20 to 21, which did not produce any marked rise in the streams.

During the first storm precipitation, as shown on figure 13, averaged 1.7 inches over the basin, with a maximum of about 5 Inches recorded 

at a center in the Catsklll Mountain region. Otherwise precipitation over 

the basin was fairly uniform.
316 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Precipitation during the second storm period (fig. 18) averaged 2.55 

inches over the basin above New York and exceeded that of the first storm 

throughout the basin. The precipitation was generally uniform, with 

greater than average amounts over the Catskill region and in the vicinity 

of the Sacandaga Reservoir.

The total precipitation during the storm period averaged 5.05 inches 

over the basin. Figure 23 shows two regions of relatively high precipitation, one over the Catskill region, where a maximum of about 11 inches 

was recorded, and another near the Sacandaga Reservoir, where a maximum 

of over 6 inches was recorded.

The storm precipitation generally fell as rain. Some snowfall during the second storm period was recorded at Indian Lake, N. Y. The snowfall during the storm, however, was of moderate areal extent, in marked 

contrast to conditions in western New York. During the flood period mean 

temperatures remained above freezing, as shown in figure 49.

The snow cover on March 9 was an important factor in the flood runoff. In the upper Hudson Basin above Mechanicville, N. Y., the total 

snow cover, expressed as water content in inches, was greater than the 

total storm precipitation. In other regions the total precipitation was 

not greatly in excess of the water in the antecedent snow. The manner in 

which the antecedent snow contributed to run-off may be studied by an 

analysis of the precipitation and corresponding direct run-off in the separate storms.

For the basin above Mechanicville the precipitation during the first 

storm was about equal to the resulting direct run-off, thus indicating 

that in this area, where the snow cover was relatively great, there was, 

as a result of this storm, little if any change in the water content of 

the snow, a condition similar to that observed in northern New England. 

(See Water-supply Paper 798.) For the Mohawk River Basin above Cohoes, 

N. Y., the direct run-off exceeded the precipitation during the first 

storm by about 1.3 inches, indicating the minimum contribution to run-off 

from snow in this sub-basin. In the remainder of the basin below Albany 

the minimum contribution from snow averaged 2.2 inches. There was apparently a definite downstream increase in run-off from snow, which varied 

inversely to the downstream decrease in snow cover. Inasmuch as the rainfall was fairly uniform, there was no apparent relation between rainfall 

and the associated run-off from snow. It appears, therefore, that the 

run-off from snow during the first storm wa* everywhere less than the
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 317

snow on the ground and was quantitatively related to temperature, which 

showed a definite increase in a downstream direction in the- basin. (See 

fig. 49.)

However, during the second storm period run-off from the basin of 

the Hudson River above Mechanicville exceeded precipitation by an average 

of about 2.2 inches, and from the Mohawk River above Cohoes by an average 

of about 2.6 inches. In the sub-basins below Albany the excess of direct 

run-off over precipitation averaged about 1 inch. In the sub-basins of 

the Adirondack Mountain region, where snow cover remained throughout the 

storm period, the contribution to run-off during the second storm period 

varied between about 2 and 4 inches, averaging about 3 and 4 inches above 

Hadley and above Conklingville, N. Y., respectively. In these areas the 

run-off from snow was apparently related to the temperature, as during 

the first storm. In the lower basin, however, snow run-off was directly 

limited by the depth on the ground, as a study of the snow depletion during the first and second storms indicates that no snow remained in the 

lower basin after the second storm, with the exception of that held in the 

mountainous areas in drifts and depressions.

The excess of total direct run-off over total storm precipitation is 

tabulated in column 12, table 9. This excess represents the minimum contribution to the direct run-off from melting snow. In the basin of the 

Hudson River above Mechanicville, N. Y., the excess averaged about 2 

inches, varying between average limits of 1.5 and 4 inches, with a tendency toward the lower limit in the upper sub-basins. In the basin of the 

Mohawk River the excess averaged 3.75 inches above Cohoes and 2.8 inches 

above Little Falls, N. Y., and in the basins of the Batten Kill and Hoosic 

River it averaged about 4 inches. For the sub-basins below Albany the excess averaged about 3.5 Inches. It appears, therefore, that the contribution to run-off from melting snow tended to increase in a downstream direction, until the snow run-off became equal to the depth, in water content, available on the ground. From this point, direct run-off from snow 

decreased in a downstream direction as the snow on the ground became less.

The difference between the total storm precipitation plus the water 

content of the antecedent snow and the total direct run-off is tabulated 

in column 13, table 9. This residual was composed principally of infiltration, evaporation, and surface storage, and in the Adirondack Mountain 

region may have included water remaining on the basin in the form of snow.
318 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

Data collected In snow surveys in the Adirondack Mountains are published in the section "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions." So far 

as observations were made, these data show snow remaining on the ground 

on March 23 in those basins where its presence is indicated by a large 

residual in column 13, thus confirming the results of this study. They 

are further confirmed by a study of the direct run-off for the period between March 22 and April 7. The average precipitation over the basin of 

the Hudson River above Hadley, N. Y., during this period was about 3 

inches, whereas the direct run-off was 4.2 inches, which indicates a minimum contribution of over 1 inch from snow on the ground after March 22.

The residuals in column 13 also indicate the possibility of snow remaining in the upper Hoosic River Basin. A residual of over 3 inches is 

shown for the Walloomsac River Basin above North Bennington, Vt., which 

partly confirms the residual obtained in studies of the adjoining basin 

of the Deerfield River above Davis Bridge, Vt., in the Connecticut River 

Basin. (See Water-Supply Paper 798.) Observations of snow immediately 

following the storm on March 22 are inadequate to compute the water content of the remaining snow and thus to determine, by subtraction from the 

total residual, the infiltration in these areas.

The residuals of the basins draining the Catskill Mountain region are 

very low, averaging nearly zero. Although there are material deficiencies 

in base data, it appears reasonable that the inaccuracies from this source 

may compensate, so that the general Indication of a low infiltration in 

this region may be correct. This deduction confirms the result obtained 

in the study of the Delaware River Basin, where the net residual of the 

basin above Port Jervis, N. Y., was G.3 inch.

The sub-basins on the east side of the lower Hudson River - namely, 

the Poesten Kill, Kinderhook Creek, and Wappinger Creek - likewise show 

a low residual, averaging about zero, which may indicate deficient data, 

particularly in relation to snow, but it is also believed to indicate 

low infiltration in these areas.

The ratio of the maximum run-off in a calendar day to the run-off 

during the flood rise is a measure of the degree to which run-off was 

concentrated with respect to time. This ratio varied between limits of 

about 40 percent and 18 percent. Ratios greater than 30 percent applied 

in general to basins of less than 150 square miles, and the smaller ratios 

applied to the larger basins, such as those of the Hudson River at Hadley 

and Mechanicville, where the ratios were 15 and 18 percent respectively.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 319

The ratio is indicative of basin characteristics, particularly of size, 

slope, and channel storage, and in general is greater for the smaller upstream areas having greater slopes and relatively less channel storage 

than for areas downstream.

A brief study of the run-off of previous floods in the basin of the 

Mohawk River above Cohoes and the Hudson River Basin above Mechanicville 

showed that the ratio of the maximum run-off in a calendar day to the total run-off of the flood rise averaged about 30 percent for each basin. 

All the flood rises that were considered in this study occurred during 

periods in which the ground was free of snow. The ratios computed for 

these same basins during the flood of March 1936 were 24 and 18 percent 

respectively. These ratios, being lower than those determined for previous floods, probably indicate a greater sustained flood flow, resulting 

from the large amount of water derived from melting snow.

In the Adirondack Mountain region snow depths, expressed as water 

content in Inches, have been systematically collected for many years by 

several organizations interested in evaluating the possible water yield 

of the snow cover. These data should have a high degree of reliability. 

In other areas, principally in the Catskill Mountain region, snow information was deficient. The depths of snow on the ground in the vicinity 

of the homes of resident observers of the Weather Bureau may not have been 

representative of conditions in the adjoining mountainous areas.

The areal precipitation in the sub-basins was computed from isohyetal 

lines based upon data supplied by the Weather Bureau, the Board of Water 

Supply of the City of New York, and others. The Hudson River Basin is 

reasonably well covered with rain gages and observation stations; therefore, the computed areal precipitation should be reliable. In general 

the computed figures for precipitation become less reliable near the storm 

centers, owing to the high precipitation gradient. The observations of 

the Board of Water Supply have been particularly useful in defining the 

storm center over the eastern Catskill Mountain region.

Data relative to frost conditions in the basin are presented in the 

section "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions."

Artificial storage in the basin has been developed in Indian Lake 

Reservoir, Sacandaga Reservoir, Delta Reservoir, Hinckley Reservoir, and 

Gilboa Reservoir. Detailed data on storage in these reservoirs during the 

storm period is given in the section "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations during the flood period." It was not considered
320 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

practicable to adjust the stream flow from each, storm separately for storage except where the point of measurement was located at the place of 

storage. At all other points the stream flow for the entire period was 

corrected for upstream storage.

Eastern Hew Jersey baains

In eastern New Jersey a slow thaw with very little precipitation began about February 25 and continued to March 10. During this period snow 

and ice were greatly depleted and in the southern interior of New Jersey 

were completely removed. On Karch 9 snow cover over the Passaic River 

Basin, expressed as water content, ranged from 3tSt inches over the upland 

area in Sussex and Passaic Counties to 2 inches over the lower basin in 

Morris County. Over the Raritan River Basin above Manville the water content on March 9 ranged from 2^ inches over the upper basin to 1 inch over 

the lower basin, and in the Millstone River Basin from 1 inch at the 

mouth to zero in the upper basin. There was no snow or ice in the basins 

south of that of the Millstone River.

There were two major storms. The first occurred on March 11 and 12, 

and the second on March 17-18, followed t>y a minor storm on March 20-21. 

The first storm and the run-off from that storm were at nearly every 

point greater than the rainfall and run-off of the second storm.

Water in the form of snow on March 9 plus the rainfall of the first 

storm exceeded run-off from the first storm (column 4 plus column 5 minus 

column 9, table 9) by an average of 0.7 inch, for the entire area, ranging 

from 1.25 inches in the upper Fassaic and Raritan River Basins to an average of 0.5 inch for these basins above Paterson and Manville, respectively, 

and 0.6 inch for areas south of the Raritan River.

The greater part of the snow and ice on the ground on March 9 van 

off during the first storm period, with the exception of a very small 

amount in the higher areas in the upper Passaic and Raritan River Basins. 

The snow run-off, therefore, from the greater part of this area was directly limited by the depth available. Some snow remained on the ground 

in the higher areas after the first storm, as indicated by a study of the 

run-off from the second storm.

The run-off from the second storm in the higher areas tributary to 

the Passaic River apparently exceeded the rainfall (column 10 minus column 

6, table 9) by an amount averaging half an inch. This quantity represented the minimum contribution to run-off during the second storm from snow
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 321

in these areas. In the lower areas the run-off was nearly equal to the 

rainfall. The run-off from the Rarltan River Basin from the second storm 

was generally less than the rainfall, the difference averaging half an 

Inch. In the Hackensack, Millstone, Rahway, and Great Egg River Basins 

rainfall during the second storm exceeded run-off by half an Inch to 1 

Inch.

The run-off of the Passaic River from the total storm as tabulated 

In column 11, table 9, exceeded the total rainfall (column 7) by an average of 2 Inches, and the excess ranged from 3 Inches In the higher tributary areas to 1 Inch In the lower areas. The run-off excess of the Rarltan River Basin for the storm period ranged from 1 Inch In the higher 

tributary areas to zero In the lower basin and averaged about half an 

inch above Manville. In the other basins the rainfall was in excess of 

the run-off by amounts varying from zero In the Hackensack River Basin 

to 2t? Inches in the basin of the Great Egg River above Polsom. These figures as tabulated in column 12, table 9, are of Interest only so far as 

they quantitatively indicate the presence of snow cover at the beginning 

of the storm period. Wherever the total storm run-off equals or exceeds 

the storm rainfall the presence of water in the form of snow or Ice on 

March 9 is definitely indicated.

Column 13, table 9, gives the net amount by which water contained in 

anow on March 9 plus the total storm rainfall exceeded the direct run-off 

resulting from the storm. Over the Passaic River Basin this quantity 

averaged half an inch, and over the Rarltan River Basin above Manville 

somewhat more than 1 inch. After a consideration of the topography of 

these two basins It might be expected that this residual, which principally represents infiltration and surface detention, would be greater in 

the Passaic River Basin than in the Raritan River Basin, as the former 

basin contains a larger proportion of lakes, swamps, and flat land than 

the latter. It appears probable, however, the the residual Is more directly related to the condition of the ground, both surface and subsurface, during the flood, particularly In regard to Its Infiltration capacity, which would be very greatly diminished by frost. Prost was generally present throughout northern New Jersey, but in the southern Interior of New Jersey, below Trenton, ground frost was entirely removed 

by the thaw that preceded the flood period. Infiltration and surface detention in the basin of the Great Egg River above Polsom amounted to 

2.57 inches out of a storm rainfall of 4.20 Inches.
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The following are some generalized conclusions concerning the residuals which represent Infiltration, surface storage, and evaporation 

losses?

1. The relatively small residuals shown for all the coastal areas 

In New England and New Jersey, including the lower Delaware River Basin, 

may disclose a relation between altitude, latitude, and temperature as 

they affect frost condition.

2. The residuals have no proportional relation to either the depth 

of snow on the ground on March 9 or the total water involved In the storm 

as tabulated In column 8, table 9.

An examination of table 9 discloses that the results are not everywhere consistent. The inconsistencies are necessarily explained by deficiencies In base data or by the Inadequacy of the methods of analysis. 

In discussing the rainfall and run-off relations, an attempt has been 

made to compensate for such Inconsistencies by obtaining averages or 

trends by graphic methods. In this way wide variations from the local 

averages and trends may be discovered and subjected to further analysis.

Three basic factors are involved In the study - namely, run-off, 

storm rainfall, and the antecedent snow and ice cover. The rainfall over 

the plains of the central and southern sections of New Jersey was fairly 

uniform, and computed precipitation for this region should be reliable. 

However, each storm had a secondary center over the highlands of the 

northern section, and owing to the high precipitation gradient, It appears that computed rainfall on an areal basis becomes subject to considerable error In the vicinity of storm centers. This condition was 

also observed In the study of rainfall and run-off relations In New England, where deficiencies In rainfall records were particularly evident 

In the vicinity of storm centers*

Very little information Is available as to snow and ice cover over 

the area on March 9. Data reported by the Weather Bureau observers were 

of little value, because the places of observation were generally In urban localities, where the snow cover bears little or no relation to snow 

cover in rural and mountainous areas. Some qualitative Information has 

been obtained from engineers concerned with operations of reservoirs for 

municipal water supply and from others. These data have been supplemented by estimates based upon data obtained In adjoining areas situated 

similarly with respect to altitude and latitude.
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The ratio of the run-off during the calendar day of maximum discharge to the total direct run-off, which is a measure of the concentration of the direct run-off with respect to time, varied in the Passaic 

River Basin from 34 percent for the Ramapo River at Mahwah to 13 percent 

for the Passaic River at Paterson. In the Raritan River Basin this ratio 

varied between 48 percent for the Neshanic River at Reaville to 19 percent for the Black River at Pottersville, with 29 percent as the average 

for the basin above Manville. The greatest ratio in the eastern New Jersey area was that for the Neshanic River above Reaville, 48 percent, and 

the lowest was for the Great Egg River at Folscm, 10.5 percent. These 

ratios are believed to be indicative of basin characteristics, particularly those relating to size, slope, basin shape, and channel storage, 

and they vary directly with slope and inversely with the volume of channel storage.

These studies indicate that the upstream tributary areas have larger 

peak ratios than the lower downstream areas. For example, the Neshanic 

River above Reaville (48 percent) has a slope of 400 feet in a distance 

of 6 miles and has a fan-shaped basin, with three tributaries converging 

a short distance above the point of measurement. The average width of 

this basin is very nearly equal to its length. On the other hand, the 

Great Egg River above Folscm (10.5 percent) has a fall of only 100 feet 

in a distance of 17 miles and flows through swamp land. The average 

width of the Great Egg River Basin is but one-fifth of its length.

Storage has been developed on the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers for 

municipal water supply, but the net storage during the flood period was 

insufficient to have any appreciable effect on either the rate or the 

volume of run-off of the basin as a whole. The total flood water stored 

on the Passaic River above Paterson was equal to 0.40 inch over the basin. On the Hackensack River above New Milford the flood water stored 

was equal to less than 0.10 inch over the basin.

Delaware River Basin

The results of the studies of rainfall and run-off in the Delaware 

River Basin (table 9), though not consistent in every respect, in general give a reasonably definite perception of the rainfall and run-off relations during the floods.

Until February 25 the season was typical of winter, the temperatures 

being low and stream flow at the minimum for the season. On February 25
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there was a definite rise In temperature, with but little precipitation 

throughout the basin. The thaw extending from February 25 to March 10 

was moderate and discontinuous In upstream areas In New York and Pennsylvania, but somewhat more Intense and unbroken In New Jersey In the basin 

below Rlegelsvllle, N. J. It was not sufficient In Intensity to remove 

entirely the snow cover or frost from the ground.

Snow cover on March 10, expressed as water content In Inches (column 4, table 9), ranged over the basin from 5 to 8 Inches In the headwaters In New York and Pennsylvania to zero below Trenton, N. J.

There were two major storms, the first occurring on March 11-12 and 

the second on March 17-18, followed by a minor storm at the end of the 

storm period on March 21. Run-off from the second storm was greater than 

that from the first storm on the main stream and on the tributaries in 

the upper basin In New York, whereas on the tributaries in the southern 

part of the basin In Pennsylvania and New Jersey the run-off from the 

first storm was the greater. At a few places In the central part of the 

basin there was approximately the same run-off from each major storm.

An analysis of the difference between precipitation of the first 

storm and the associated direct run-off (columns 5 and 9, table 9) indicates that there was, In general, a minimum contribution to the run-off 

over the basin above Trenton of about 2.4 inches from melting snow. This 

snow run-off Increased from about 2 inches in the upstream areas to an 

average of 2.75 Inches in the central part of the basin and then decreased 

to an average of 1.5 Inches farther downstream.

-,e run-off from snow during the first flood apparently increased In 

a downstream direction until In the lower drainage areas, where the snow 

depths were less, the snow run-off nearly equaled the depth of water 

available In the form of snow. Inasmuch as the average temperatures Increased with a decrease In altitude and latitude (see fig. 49), run-off 

from snow following the first storm appears to have been related largely 

to temperature.

A study of the difference between the run-off and the rainfall during the second storm, as tabulated in columns 10 and 6, table 9, indicates 

that water in the form of snow which remained on the- ground after the / 

first storm and which contributed to the run-off of the second storm 

ranged In general from 3 inches In the headwater areas down to nothing 

in the central and downstream areas, where the snow cover had largely 

disappeared before the second storm. After the second storm no snow
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remained on the- ground except perhaps in the mountainous areas, where it 

was confined in drifts and depressions.

The figures in column 12, table 9, indicate the depth in inches by 

which the storm run-off exceeded the recorded rainfall during the total 

storm period. This excess was supplied by run-off from the antecedent 

snow and ice, as discussed above. The net amount (column 13, table 9) 

by which the total rainfall and water content of the antecedent snow and 

ice exceeded the measured run-off is made up of (1) water lost by evaporation and (2) water added to ground storage or detained as natural surface storage.

The topography of the Delaware River Basin is such that little natural surface storage is available, and as the relative humidity was undoubtedly high and the temperature comparatively low during the storm period, there was little opportunity for evaporation. The greater portion 

of the residual shown in column 13 therefore represents infiltration, except, of course, for such errors as may exist in the basic data. The 

average of this quantity for the several major basins is about 1 inch and 

bears no proportional relation to the total depth of water potentially 

available for run-off as tabulated in column 8. Nor is there any correlation with the water content of the antecedent snow as recorded in column 4.

Although the relatively low residuals shown for the upper Delaware 

River Basin could result from an underestimation of snow in the Catskill 

Mountain region, where there was an almost complete absence of snow data, 

the analysis also discloses low residuals for the contributing area between Port Jervis, N. Y., and Trenton, N. J., and for the sub-basins where 

there was known to be little, if any, snow. The surface storage and infiltration would appear to be more nearly related to the ground and subsurface conditions during the flood period, particularly to any factor, 

such as the presence of frost, that would affect the infiltration capacity.

Very little information is available as to the extent of frost in the 

ground. In New Jersey definite information shows that frost was present 

between Riegelsville and Trenton. In general, frost was present wherever 

the first snow of the winter season was light and fell after a period of 

freezing temperatures. In the Catskill region the temperatures during 

the later part of November 1935 and in December 1935 were below normal, 

averaging about 23° P. During this period the snow cover averaged 5 to 7 

inches and was probably insufficient to protect the ground from freezing.
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In. the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, however, the snow cover averaged 

10 Inches during the early winter and was sufficient to afford some Insulation, although Information given elsewhere In this report Indicates 

that the ground was frozen to a depth of 12 Inches at Philllpsburg.

As explained under "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions", the 

rainfall depths have been computed from isohyetals drawn to conform to 

data collected at Weather Bureau and other rainfall stations, with which 

the Delaware River Basin is comparatively well supplied. Admittedly 

these data are collected primarily to serve climatologic purposes, rather 

than for use In the fundamental hydrologic equation expressing distribution of water In the hydrologic cycle. For practical rather than technical reasons, these stations are situated almost exclusively at the 

homes of resident observers and so are usually located In valleys. The 

effect of this location of the stations upon the record of rainfall catch 

is illustrated by the following example.

In the upper Catskill Mountain region there is an apparent inconsistency between the measured storm run-off of the Little Beaver Kill above 

Livingston Manor, No Y., and the total water available as Indicated by 

the water equivalent of snow and the total precipitation. As shown in 

column 13, table 9, the run-off was 2.4 inches more than the total Indicated amount of water available for run-off 0 The Weather Bureau station 

at Jeffersonville, N. Y., lying outside the basin but the nearest station 

to It, is at an altitude of 1,200 feet} the basin of the Little Beaver 

Kill lies between altitudes of 1,500 and 2,200 feet and drains to the 

northwest. On the eastern slope of the Catskill Mountains in the Hudson 

River Basin there are several rain gages maintained by the City of New 

York. These gages are situated in places selected with a view to their 

use in hydrologic studies, and the. records taken at them indicate a 

relative lack of uniformity in the rainfall, particularly with respect to 

altitude. At these stations a greater depth of precipitation was recorded 

than at Jeffersonville, on the western slope, yet In view of the fact that 

the path of the storm was in general from the southwest to the northeast, 

it might be expected that a greater depth would be recorded on the western 

slope. The village of Jeffersonville stands in a narrow valley having 

sides 300 to 400 feet high. It therefore appears reasonable to assume 

that the recorded rainfall catch at that location would be lower than the 

actual average rainfall over the basin of the Little Beaver Kill. In
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drawing the isohyetals some allowance was made for this characteristic in 

the records of the Weather Bureau by taking into consideration the relative altitudes of the rainfall stations and of the basins as a whole.

The Information relating to water in the form of snow on the ground 

on March 9 was also deficient. For that part of the basin lying in New 

York and in New Jersey there was no information regarding the water content of the snow on the ground on March 9. Data recorded at Weather 

Bureau stations do not indicate the water available in the form of snow 

on the ground at the station. It has been necessary in this area, therefore, to base estimates of water in the form of snow upon such data as 

are available in adjoining areas in Pennsylvania that are similarly situated with respect to latitude and altitude.

Drainage-basin exposure was not given direct consideration in drawing the iaopleths of water content of the antecedent snow cover, mainly 

because little information was available upon which to base such consideration. The effect of exposure may, however, have had considerable influence upon snow depths and run-off characteristics. For example, consider the drainage basins of Bushkill Creek above Shoemakers, Pa., and 

McMichaels Creek above Stroudsburg, Pa. These basins are of nearly equal 

area and are similarly located with respect to altitude and are on the 

west side of the Delaware River within 15 miles of one another. The 

Bushkill Creek Basin has a southern exposure, and the McMichaels Creek 

Basin a northern exposure. Antecedent snow would be expected to be 

greater on the latter than on the former basin. This is contrary to the 

estimates for these basins shown in column 4, table 9. The run-off for 

these basins shown in column 11, however, indicates the proper relationship. It is in this manner that the inconsistencies shown in column 13 

for these two basins are explained.

The ratio of the direct run-off during the calendar day of maximum 

discharge to the total run-off of the flood rise ranged from 38 percent 

in the higher headwater areas to an average of about 25 percent for the 

lower Delaware River stations. These ratios appear to be indicative of 

the basin characteristics, particularly those relating to slope and channel storage and appear to vary directly with the slope and inversely with 

channel storage. From a brief study of the run-off of other floods on 

the Delaware River at Port Jervis, and also a study* of the run-off from

* Hoyt, W. G., and others, Studies of relations of rainfall and runoff in the United States: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 772, 

pp. 176-186, 1936.

155158 O 37__22
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isolated rainstorms, it appears that the ratios were lower than have prevailed during other floods, Indicating a sustained high rate of run-off 

during the flood of March 1936, probably resulting from the large amount 

of run-off from melting snow.

In comparison with the upper Hudson River Basin and most of the basins of New England rivers there is little artificial storage in the Delaware River Basin. However, storage in Swinging Bridge and Toronto Reservoirs on the Mongaup River, in Lake Wallenpaupack on Wallenpaupack Creek, 

and in Lake Hopatcong at the head of the Musconetcong River was enough to 

affect the stream flow. The amount of water stored during the storm period amounted to 0.44 inch over the Delaware River Basin above Trenton. 

It has not been considered practicable to correct the stream flow from 

each storm separately for storage except where the point of measurement 

is located at the place of storage. At all other points the stream flow 

for the entire period has been corrected for the increment in upstream 

storage between March 9 and March 22.

Susquehanna River Basin

The winter of 1935-36 in the Susquehanna River Basin was characterized by unusually heavy snowfall and long periods of cold weather. About 

February 25 there was a marked rise in temperature, occasioning a thaw, 

which continued to March 9, the beginning of the flood period. This thaw 

broke and moved the ice, which had attained great thickness on many of 

the streams. However, there was not sufficient flow to float and carry 

it away, and there was alternate breaking and lodging of ice and the 

formation of ice Jams. This condition prevailed during the later part 

of February and early in March. The backwater from many of the ice Jams 

reached exceptionally high stages. The continued melting of the snow, 

augmented by small amounts of rain, furnished sufficient run-off, with 

the assistance of water Impounded by ice Jams, to float most of tne ice 

out of the streams before the heavy rain of March 11-12. To what extent 

the frost disappeared from the ground during this thaw is not definitely 

known. The snow depletion, however, was not large and probably averaged 

less than the equivalent of 1 inch of water, as indicated by the fact 

that during the period February 25 to March 8 the precipitation averaged 

about 0.35 inch and the direct run-off about 0.60 inch.

The subsequent extreme flood conditions were ameliorated to the extent that some snow cover was removed, channel ice was broken up, and
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some frost disappeared during the preceding thaw. Conditions were ripe 

for a flood, however, and were so reported by T. E. Reed, meteorologist, 

United States Weather Bureau office, Binghamton, N. Y., in a snowfall 

bulletin dated March 10.

The water content of the snow cover on March 9 (fig. 31) averaged 

2.9 inches over the basin. In the Allegheny Mountains the water content 

ranged from 2 to 9 inches. Apparently the snow cover was very deep at 

high altitudes, particularly on the northern slopes and over the ridges 

that characterize the region south of the Allegheny Mountains.

Precipitation during the first storm, as shown in figure 15, was 

fairly light, averaging 1.8 inches over the basin. There was a minor 

center in the vicinity of Williamsport, Pa., where over 3 inches of precipitation was recorded.

During the second storm period precipitation (fig. 20) averaged 

4.15 inches over the basin and generally increased from east to west. 

Precipitation was greatest on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River 

above Renova, Pa., where it averaged 6.0 inches, and on the Frankstown 

Branch of the Juniata River above Williamsburg, Pa., where it averaged 

6.8 inches.

Precipitation for the total storm period averaged 6.5 inches over 

the basin above Marietta, Pa., and was likewise greater over the western 

part of the basin. The average total precipitation over the basin of the 

West Branch of the Susquehanna River above Williamsport was 8.15 inches 

(column 7, table 9), with the maximum of over 10 inches in two minor 

centers, one Just south of Williamsport and the other near the western 

divide northwest of Williamsport.

In most of the drainage basins studied it did not appear that the 

rainfall rates were of high intensity. However, reports from somer of the 

Allegheny Mountain areas indicate that the rainfall approached cloudburst 

Intensities, and this condition may have been an influential factor in 

producing the high rates of run-off from some of these areas. On the 

other hand, these areas had a snow cover, the effect of which may have 

been to reduce the run-off rates somewhat. In the northwestern part of 

the basin, particularly in the basins of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and the Tioga River, some of the precipitation during the 

second storm fell as snow. A study of the precipitation and temperature 

records of a few Weather Bureau stations In this area indicates that the 

final direct surface run-off from this snowfall was probably delayed
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until a period of high temperatures which began March 23, and it was then 

associated with the run-off from additional rainfall. It is reasonably 

certain that all snow had disappeared from the basin by March. 31. Data 

are inadequate in regard to the accumulation or depletion of snow on the 

ground during the storm period. For this reason a rigorous analysis .of 

the rainfall and run-off relation in this area appears impossible.

Studies of the rainfall and run-off of the separate storms Indicate 

the general magnitude of the contribution to run-off from the antecedent 

snow cover. During the first storm run-off exceeded precipitation by an 

average of 1.5 inches over the basin above Harrisburg, Pa. This excess 

of run-off over rainfall during the first flood period was fairly -uniform, varying between average limits of 1 and 2 inches, with a slight 

tendency toward the higher limit in the sub-basins above Towanda, Pa., 

and in the sub-basins just above Harrisburg. No contribution from the 

few drainage basins where there was no known snow cover was indicated by 

this study. In these basins precipitation exceeded run-off by an average 

of 1 inch, as indicated by the net residual (columns 5 minus 9, table 9). 

Run-off and precipitation during the first storm were nearly equal over 

those sub-basins below Harrisburg, where snow cover was scant or incomplete. From these basins snow cover was removed during the first storm.

The analysis of the second storm was more complex. , While the antecedent snow cover had in general been depleted in water content by an 

average of at least 1.5 inches, there still remained an appreciable snow 

cover. In the northwestern part of the basin, where part of the precipitation fell as snow upon snow-covered ground, it is impossible to distinguish between the snow and rainfall sources of water involved in the 

stream flow.

Run-off during the second storm averaged 0.25 inch in excess of the 

precipitation over the basin of the Susquehanna River above Marietta. 

From this excess it would appear that the average contribution to run-off 

from snow during this storm was less than during the first storm. Above 

Towanda the run-off exceeded the precipitation by an average of 0.75 

inch, the excess being but little above zero in the basin of the Tioga 

River above Brwins, N. Y. In the intervening area on the Susquehanna 

River between Danville and Harrisburg, run-off very nearly equaled precipitation, while in the basin below Harrisburg, where snow was not involved during the second storm, precipitation was in excess of run-off by
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an average of about 0.75 Inch, and in these areas this figure indicates 

the 'net residual.

The difference between total direct run-off and total storm precipitation is tabulated in column 12, table 9. These differences are of 

interest in that they indicate the minimum contribution to run-off derived 

from antecedent snow. In several basins a contribution of more than 3 

inches is indicated, and in only a few of the basins is no contribution 

Indicated. In column 13 the difference between total storm precipitation 

plus the water equivalent of antecedent snow cover and the total direct 

storm run-off is tabulated. This quantity represents the total water remaining on a basin as a residual at the end of the storm period and is 

composed principally of infiltration and surface storage. It also includes evaporation. In the basins of the West Branch of the Susquehanna 

and Tioga Rivers, where some snow fell during the period, the residuals 

include in addition such snow as remained on the ground on March 23, of 

which there is no record available.

On the assumption that the errors in basic data tend to compensate, 

the net indicated infiltration, evaporation, and surface storage ovei? 

the basin above Marietta was 1.7 inches. In common with the results of 

studies in the Potomac and James River Basins (see Water-Supply Paper 

800) there was a tendency for the residuals to increase in the tributary 

areas in downstream order. Largely on account of inadequacy in data 

with respect to snow and snow depletion, close analysis of the rainfall 

and run-off relations by sub-basins is not attempted.

The ratio of the run-off during the calendar day of maximum discharge to the total run-off during the flood rise is a measure of the degree to which stream flow was concentrated with respect to time. This 

ratio ranged from an average of 32 percent in the small headwater areas 

to an average of 18 percent for the Susquehanna River at Marietta. This 

ratio is indicative of basin characteristics, particularly those of size, 

slope, and channel storage, and in general is greater for the smaller upstream areas having greater slopes and relatively less channel storage 

than for downstream areas.

Prom a study of the run-off of other floods on the Susquehanna River 

at Towanda, and also a study* of the run-off from isolated rainstorms, 

the average ratio for several previous flood rises was found to have been

# Hoyt, W. G., and others, Studies of relations of rainfall and runoff in the United States: U. S. Oeol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 772, 

pp. 163-177, 1936.
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32 percent. The flood rises considered In this average all occurred In 

periods In which the ground was free from snow. The ratio observed during the flood of March 1936 at Towanda was 17 percent. This low percentage Indicates a sustained high rate of run-off, probably resulting 

from the large contribution from melting snow.

The areal rainfall was computed from Isohyetal lines (see figs. 15, 

20, and 25) drawn to conform to observations made by the United States 

Weather Bureau. These observations were made at the homes of resident 

observers, generally located In valleys, and the catch at these places 

Is not necessarily representative of the rainfall at higher altitudes. 

This characteristic of the observations Is particularly conducive to 

error In the Allegheny Mountain region. There are further Inaccuracies 

In the determinations of areal rainfall Introduced In the vicinity of 

storm centers, where precipitation gradients are relatively great.

The average of the precipitation recorded for the entire storm period at all meteorologlc stations within the basin was 5.8 Inches; the 

average over the basin determined by the Isohyetal method for the same 

period was 6.5 Inches.

Snow on the ground on March 9 (fig. 31) was determined principally 

from data obtained by the Geological Survey from camps of the Civilian 

Conservation Corps, operators of water-supply and power companies, and 

the Department of Forests and Waters, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Information relating to the depletion of snow on the ground during the 

storm period or Its accumulation from snowfalls during the storm period 

was lacking*

The Indicated excess of run-off over water available for run-off 

shown for the upper Susquehanna River Basin In New York probably resulted 

from an underestimation of the water content of the snow on March 9. In 

the Chemung River Basin, where some observations of the water content of 

the snow were available, the relations seem more consistent.

Frost Information as presented In the section "Meteorologlc and hydrologlc conditions" was collected by the Geological Survey through questionnaires addressed to superintendents of cemeteries and others. These 

data, for places of varying soil composition, exposure, or snow cover, 

show that In general frost was present throughout the basin during the 

storm period. Data are Inadequate to correlate Infiltration ana frost In 

this basin.
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St. Lawrence River Basin In New York

The St. Lawrence River Basin In New York lies outside of the area 

more seriously affected by the floods of March 1936. Hydrographs of 

stream flow during March are all very significant In that their varying 

characteristics were to a great extent determined by temperature, through 

Its effects upon the nature of the storm precipitation and upon the manner and degree to which the precipitation and the antecedent snow cover 

entered the stream flow.

Over the western part of this region antecedent snow cover was comparatively light, but much of the precipitation in the storm period fell 

as snow and at a temperature not far removed from the freezing point, 

whereas In the eastern part of the region temperatures during the storm 

period were higher (see fig. 49) and the part played by snow In the 

stream flow was limited to that of the comparatively heavier antecedent 

snow cover.

Until February 25 the winter was characteristic of the season - cold, 

complete snow cover, and continuous decrease of stream flow, reaching the 

minimum for the season about February 24. The period February 25 to 

March 10 was marked by higher temperatures, which rose above the freezing 

point In the period February 25-27, on March 4, and again on March 10. 

The stream flow during this period was generally above that of the winter 

flow, with peaks corresponding to the rises In temperature above the 

freezing point. The run-off during this period exceeded the precipitation, was in general proportional to the temperature, and was greater In 

the western part of the region than In the eastern part. The run-off, 

however, was moderate. The greatest run-off came from the basin of 

Little Tonawanda Creek above Linden, N. Y., where the direct run-off during the period February 25 to March 10 was about 1.1 Inches. The run-off 

from this basin exceeded the precipitation by about 0.2 inch and indicated 

some depletion of water In the snow cover.

The precipitation of the first storm of March 11-12 (figs. 16 and 17} 

generally fell as rain, and In the smaller basins resulted In a peak in 

stream flow on March 12 or 13. The second and major storm (figs. 21 and 

22), which Included the precipitation of March 17-20, was followed by a 

minor storm March 21-22. Over the western part of the basin the precipitation of these two later storms fell as snow. From March 25 to the end 

of the month, contemporaneous with higher temperatures, there was additional precipitation not directly considered In this report, although in
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the western part of the basin the highest flood stages were reached at 

this time. The snow that fell over this region between March 17 and 22 

was the major contributing factor in the later flood rises. These rises 

were more definitely affected by and related to the temperature than to 

the precipitation that was associated with the flood rises.

The total storm precipitation for the period March 9-22 (figs. 26 

and 27) generally varied between 4 and 5 inches and was generally heaviest along the southwestern divide of the basin. South of Watertown, 

N. Y., there was a secondary storm center where over 6 inches of precipitation was recorded. The total precipitation, however, was comparatively 

light over the basin of the Black River and averaged about 3 inches above 

Watertown. The greatest total precipitation was recorded in the upper 

basins of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes and in the upper basin of the Genesee 

River.

Owing to the different hydrologic and meteorologic factors in the 

St. Lawrence River Basin in New York, the rainfall and run-off relations 

are discussed by tributary basins.

Little Tonawanda Creek Basin above Linden, N. Y., and Genesee River 

Basin above Jones Bridge, N. Y.

The first storm of March 11-12 produced sharp rises in stream flow 

in the basins of Little Tonawanda Creek above Linden and the Genesee River 

above Jones Bridge, resulting in a peak on March 12. The direct run-off 

during this flood rise exceeded the precipitation by about 0.65 inch in 

the basin of Little Tonawanda Creek and by about 1.35 inches in the basin 

of the Genesee River above Jones Bridge. A study of the temperature records indicates that the precipitation of about 0.3 inch on March 13 at 

Linden probably fell as snow and therefore did not appear in the direct 

run-off associated with that of the flood rise, although it is included 

in the precipitation for the period. The adjusted excess of precipitation over run-off above Linden is therefore about 0.95 inch, from which 

it appears that the estimate of 0.2 inch of antecedent snow cover over 

the basin above Linden is low. That some snow remained over these basins after the first flood rise is shoam by a study of the rise in stream 

flow on March 15, in which there was a run-off of about 0.7 inch from 

both of these basins. This run-off probably resulted from the melting 

of antecedent snow due to a rise in temperature on that date, as the precipitation of March 15 and 16 was only about 0.1 inch.
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Beginning about March 17 there was a moderate rise, culminating in a 

low peak on March 18 at Jones Bridge and on March 20 at Linden. Over 

both of these basins the direct run-off of this rise was exceeded by the 

precipitation of the period March 16-20 by about 1.9 inches. Examination 

of the cllmatologic records indicates that most of the precipitation of 

this period fell as snow over these basins. As the average temperature 

was about 32° P., the indications are that, although the snow did not 

contribute greatly to the run-off, it must have been dense and unstable. 

Some additional precipitation fell as snow on March 21 and 22, when the 

temperature was about 32° F. This precipitation did not result in any 

increase in stream flow.

Water contained in the antecedent snow cover on March 9 plus precipitation during the period March 9-22 exceeded the direct run-off by 

about 2 inches over both of these basins, as shown in column 13, table 

9. Some of the precipitation of the storm period, notably that of March 

17-22, fell as snow and still lay upon the ground and is therefore included in the 2-inch residual, together with any water remaining from the 

antecedent snow. The temperature rose sharply to above 45° F. on March 

24 and remained well above freezing for the rest of the month. The sharp 

rise caused the rapid run-off of all the remaining snow and culminated in 

the highest peak of the flood on about March 25. Precipitation during 

this period was less than 0.10 inch, while run-off equaled about 3.6 

inches above Linden and 2.4 inches above Jones Bridge. If it is assumed 

that there was 100 percent run-off, the snow remaining on the ground on 

March 23 must have had, for the two basins, a water content of at least 

3.5 and 2.3 inches respectively. The indicated residual of 2 inches fo 

these two basins for the period March 9-22 appears to be inconsistent 

with the run-off of the succeeding flood rise.

The water contained in the antecedent snow cover (column 4, table 9) 

plus the precipitation during the period March 9-26 was less than the direct run-off associated with this period by about 1.5 inches over the basin of Little Tonawanda Creek above Linden and about 0.4 inch over the 

basin of the Genesee River above Jones Bridge. This negative residual, 

although due in a large part to inadequate base data, both in regard to 

the antecedent snow and to the nature and quantities of the precipitation, 

may nevertheless be indicative of low infiltration over this area.
336 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 

Fall Creek Basin above Ithaca, N. Y.

Direct run-off from the first storm of March 11-12 exceeded the precipitation in the Fall Creek Basin above Ithaca by about 1.35 inches, 

indicating the minimum contribution to run-off from melting snow. The 

remaining snow cover melted and ran off during a rise that began with a 

rise in temperature on March 14 and reached a peak on March 16. In this 

rise the average precipitation was less than 0.2 inch, while the run-off 

equaled about 2.4 inches. The total minimum run-off from the antecedent 

snow cover was therefore about 3.5 inches, so that it appears that of the 

water content of the antecedent snow cover, computed as 3.1 inches (see 

column 4, table 9), little or none remained on the ground after March 16.

The highest flood peak, which closely followed the melting-snow rise 

of March 16, occurred on March 18. The run-off of this flood rise was 

2.54 inches, which was less than the precipitation by about 0.9 inch. A 

study of the cllmatologic record at Ithaca shows that some of the precipitation of March 17 fell as snow, together with a "glaze" storm. Some of 

the snow probably remained on the ground during this storm period and is 

included in the residual of 0.9 inch. A minor storm occurred on March 

21-22, with about 0.7 inch of precipitation as rainfall and wet snow. 

This storm was associated with a direct run-off of 0.8 inch, which }.ndicated that there was some depletion of the snow of March 17. The net 

residual of 0.65 Inch shown in column 13, table 9, is the amount by which 

the water in the antecedent snow plus the storm precipitation prior to 

March 22 exceeded the total direct run-off. Climatologic records at 

Ithaca and at Arnot Forest show that some snow remained on the ground in 

this region on March 23. The water content of this snow, together with 

any evaporation, infiltration, and surface storage, would be included in 

the. residual of about 0.65 inch shown in column 13. There was a small 

flood rise, accompanied by a sharp rise in temperature, on March 25. The 

run-off during this rise was about 0.7 inch, and the rainfall on March 

24-25 was about 0.1 inch, indicating a minimum contribution to run-off of 

about 0.6 inch from snow that remained on the ground on March 23. As the 

computed net residual on March 27 was nearly zero and es the records 

showed that little or no snow remained after March 27, there is an indication of low infiltration during the flood period.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 337 

Owasco Lake Basin above Auburn, N. Y.

The hydrograph showing stream flow of Owasco Lake outlet near Auburn, 

N. Y., adjusted for the effects of daily change in storage in Owabco Lake, 

is similar to that of Fall Creek near Ithaca. However, the effect of natural storage and the effect of the larger and flatter basin above Auburn, 

together with possible inaccuracies in adjusting for daily changes in 

storage, make indistinguishable the influence of the rise on March 16 

caused by melting snow. As this run-off could not be separated from total flow indicated on the hydrograph, it was therefore included in the 

run-off of 3.70 inches associated with the second storm (column 10, table 

9). For this reason, discussion of the separate storms is not attempted.

The water contained in the antecedent snow cover plus total storm 

precipitation exceeded the total direct run-off associated with the total 

storm period of March 9-22 by about 0.9 inch (column 13, table 9). Contained in this residual is some of the snow that fell on March 17 and 

still remained on the ground on March 22.

In this basin, as on Fall Creek, a small increase in run-off began 

with a rise in temperature on March 23 and culminated in a peak on March 

25. During this rise the direct run-off was about 0.8 inch and the rainfall of March 24-25 was about 0.15 inch, indicating a minimum depletion 

of 0.65 inch in the water content of the snow that remained after March 

22. The records show that little or no snow remained after March 27. 

The indicated net residual of about 0.25 inch on March 27 compares favorably with the residual of nearly zero for Fall Creek.

Bast Branch of Fish Creek Basin at Taberg, N. Y.

The run-off from the first storm on the East Branch of Fish Creek at 

Taberg, N. Y., equaled the precipitation of about 1.8 inches and indicated that there was but little or no net change in the 6 inches of water 

content in the snow cover. This has been a characteristic of this storm, 

found also in the basins of the upper Hudson River and in New England 

(Water-Supply Paper 798), where antecedent snow cover was heavy.

As a result of continued warm weather, the run-off associated with 

the second storm exceeded the storm rainfall of 1.85 inches by about 2.6 

inches, this difference indicating the minimum contribution to run-off 

from the melting of the antecedent snow cover. The rainfall of about 0.5 

inch on March 20-21 resulted in a run-off of about 0.8 inch. This result 

indicated additional run-off from the antecedent snow cover.
338 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Water contained in the antecedent snow cover plus total storm precipitation exceeded the run-off by about 3.0 inches, as shown in column 

13, table 9. This quantity includes infiltration, surface storage, and 

evaporation as well as the water content of any remaining snow.

The snow cover completely disappeared at the time of a sharp rise in 

temperature which began on March 24 and which was accompanied by additional rainfall. Precipitation during the period March 22-28 was about 1.2 

inches, and the direct run-off of this period about 4.4 inches, indicating 

a minimum contribution from snow of about 3.2 inches. The latter quantity 

about equals the residual of 3 inches shown for March 22 In column 15, 

table 9. It appears, therefore, that infiltration must have been low.

Oswego River Basin above Oswego, N. Y.

By reason of the large amount of natural storage, the flood hydrograph for the Oswego River at Oswego shows but one major flood rise, having its peak on March 28. The direct run-off from the antecedent snow 

and precipitation during the period March 9-22 was about 7.1 inches. This 

includes 4.6 inches of run-off at Oswego and storage held in Seneca, 

Cayuga, Owasco, and Oneida Lakes equivalent to 2.5 inches over the basin. 

Storage in other lakes or in the State Barge Canal was not determined. 

The water contained in the antecedent snow cover plus the total storm precipitation exceeded the run-off of 7.1 inches by about 0.8 inch. The difference represented total surface storage other than that in the lakes 

mentioned above, infiltration, evaporation, and the water content of any 

snow that remained after March 23. Surface storage over this basin is 

considerable and may account for the greater part of the residual. There 

are no Indications of any appreciable snow on the ground after March 23, 

except in the headwater areas, such as those above Ithaca and Taberg.

Black River Basin above Watertown, N. Y., and Ausable River Basin 

above Ausable Forks, N. Y,

The basins of the Black River above Watertown and the Ausable River 

above Ausable Forks drain the northwestern and northeastern slopes, respectively, of the Adirondack Mountains and are similar in their flood 

characteristics to nearby areas in the Hudson River Basin. Although in 

a region of heavy antecedent snow cover, these two basins were not affected by record-breaking floods, principally because the precipitation
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 339

was not great, averaging only a little over 3 inches, but also because 

the temperatures during the flood period over this region were comparatively low (fig. 49) .

During the first storm the precipitation and run-off were about 

equal, approximating 1 inch in both basins. For the total storm period 

the run-off exceeded the total storm precipitation by about 2.45 inches 

in the Black River Basin and by about 0.75 inch in the Ausable River Basin, these figures indicating the minimum contribution to run-off from 

melting snow in these basins.

From a brief study of the record at Stillwater Reservoir, in the 

Black River Basin, it appears that there was little run-off from the 

heavy snow cover during the flood period. The direct run-off associated 

with this period was about 3.7 inches, and the precipitation about 2.7 

indies, the difference of 1 inch representing the minimum contribution 

to run-off from the snow cover, which had a water content of about 7 

inches. Water contained in the antecedent snow cover plus total storm 

precipitation exceeded the total direct run-off by an average of 2.4 

inches in these basins as a whole, as shown in column 13, table 9, Included in this residual is the infiltration, evaporation, and surface 

storage, as well as the water content of the snow remaining on the ground 

on March 23, which is believed to have been appreciable in the headwater 

areas.

Storage sufficient to affect the run-off was developed in the basin 

of the Black River in Stillwater Reservoir, in the Fulton Chain Lakes, 

and in the State Barge Canal Reservoirs. There is also considerable natural storage in this basin. The run-off was adjusted only for the storage developed during the flood period in Stillwater Reservoir, in Old 

Forge Reservoir, and in Sixth Lake of Fulton Chain Lakes. The total adjustment was equivalent to 0.33 inch over the basin above Watertown.

The ratio of the run-off during the calendar day of maximum discharge 

to the total discharge during a given flood rise ranged from 5 percent for 

the basin of the Oswego River to about 45 percent for the basins of Fall 

Creek above Ithaca and Little Tonawanda Creek above Linden. The Black 

River Basin above Watertown had a ratio of 13 percent, and the remaining 

basins had ratios between 20 and 30 percent. These ratios are indicative 

of basin characteristics, particularly slope and natural storage, and 

they vary directly as the former and inversely as the latter.
340 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

The isopleths of water content of snow cover shown in figures 32 and 

33 were based on many snow surveys (see "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions") made in the region. The data for the Adirondack Mountains appear consistent and should be reliable. On the other hand, there are serious deficiencies in information concerning depths and water content of 

the snow in the remainder of the basin.

Data on the depth and extent of frost in the ground are meager. 

From the few available reports it appears that there was no frost in the 

ground beneath the heavy snow cover in the Adirondack Mountains. Observations made by Cornell University in the Arnot Forest, near Ithaca, show 

that soil temperatures in that area were generally above freezing, with 

but one exposed point on a north slope showing frozen ground to a depth 

of 30 inches. Further data presented in the section on "Meteorologic and 

hydrologic conditions" show that deep frost prevailed in the ground during the flood period of March 1936 in the Oswego River Basin. Data are 

inadequate to correlate frost and surface infiltration.

Effect of first storm on the second flood rise

There were, in general, two distinct flood peaks during the first 

flood period. Although in most areas the second peak was the larger of 

the two, in many basins both peaks rank as exceptional floods, which, under the laws of probability, would be expected to occur but rarely. The 

interval between the two major storms that caused the floods was not long 

enough in most of the basins to permit the direct run-off from the first 

storm to pass out of the river systems before the rivers were required to 

accommodate the water of the second storm. As a result, stages and discharges during the second flood, except on basins draining 100 square 

miles or less, were greater than those that would have been caused by an 

isolated storm of a magnitude equivalent to that of the second storm.

The hydrograph analyses described in this section furnish a means 

for studying the portions of the stages and discharges of the second 

flood that were due to the first storm. Table 10 shows the results of 

such a study at a few selected river measurement stations.
FLOOD CRESTS 341

Table 10.- Effect of first storm (Mar. 9-13) on the stages and discharges 

reached during the second flood rise

Approximate water stage

March 9. ...... ...... feet. .

Maximum, discharge observed

during second ~t lood rise

second-feet. .

Maximum stage observed

during second flood rise

feet..

Estimated discharge at time

of second flood peak due

only to first stocm

second- feet. .

Estimated discharge at time

of Second flood peafc if

first storm had not oc*

curved. ...... second-feet. .

Estimated maximum stage

that would' have been

reached if first storm

had not occurred. . .feet..

Estimated increase in, stage

at time of second flood

peak caused by first

storm. ............ .feet. .

1-5

FH 

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£ O*IH

a >

a H |H ID

O £0 

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5,9

210,000

32.45

24,000

186,000

29.9

2.55

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r-i ID

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4.0

227,000

16.66

27,OOO

200,000

15.41

1.25

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«

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Sltfij

C^ flg

<t> n-l

O* tl

1 «

6.5

740,000

30.3

73,000

667,000

28.4

1.9

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0 <H

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53 o

pry jf^ A

.,2 5

'H 0< f-^

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6.4

264,000

33.57

19,000

245,000

31.6

2.0

£4

ID 

> a

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«%

rf-P*> S «* p

ai O

« g3 (D

8.0

215,000

34.24

12,OOO

203 ,000

33.2

1.0

FLOOD CRESTS

During or Immediately after the floods of March 1936 various agencies of the Federal and State governments, together with public-service 

companies and individuals, began the work of identifying and marking 

crest stages reached by rivers in the flood areas. Field parties examined important streams to obtain comprehensive and systematic information 

from existing flood marks. Local organizations of the Works Progress Administration contributed in a notable way in these activities in New Jersey. Except as otherwise noted, the flood marks were referred to the 

mean sea level datum of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

Their relative positions were identified by distances along the rivers.
342 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 11 presents records of flood-crest stages for the Susquehanna 

River system and for streams in New Jersey. Similar flood-crest observations were not obtained for the Hudson River or for its tributaries except those in New Jersey. These records are of special interest in presenting information of a limiting factor with respect to future developments along the rivers and in furnishing basic data concerning velocity 

of transmission of flood crests, valley or flood-channel storage, the 

effects of channel constrictions, natural or artificial, and other aspects 

of river behavior. The table shows the observation points by reference to 

local features and river distances, date and time of crest (where known), 

and altitude of crest at available places of observation, generally sufficient in number for satisfactory definition of the profile of the flood 

crest along the river. Where observations were more plentiful than needed for adequate definition of a flood profile, selection for publication 

has been limited to those that are essential for that purpose. Some of 

the observations that were close together have been combined and the mean 

recorded as at one point. Certain observations that were obviously unreliable or that were impracticable of reference to mean sea level are 

not included.

The times of crest at river-measurement stations and at certain other 

points, such as power dams, are in general well established. At many 

other points this information is approximate.

It has been found that the crests of floods within the building 

limits of cities and towns and at other places more or less distant from 

a river may, for various reasons, be materially different from those 

along the main river channel and may be seemingly inconsistent if consideration is not given to the effect of the slope. Consequently apparent 

inconsistencies may appear to exist between local information and the records as herein published. Flood crests on opposite banks of a stream may 

differ materially because of the effects of bends and obstructions in the 

channel.

In the table "upstream" signifies that the observation was made at 

the upstream side of a bridge or other structure; "downstream" signifies 

that the observation was made at the downstream side of the structure.
FLOOD CRESTS 343

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages

Stream and. location*

Hudson River Basin

Wallkill Rivers

Sparta, N. J., 1^ miles northeast of, 0.6 mile below

Mew York,Susquehanna & Western R.R. bridge, highway

bridge, upstream

Ogdensburg, N. J., 1 mile above railroad bridge, highway

bridge, downstream

Ogdensburg, N. J., Passaic Avenue Bridge, upstream

Franklin, N. Jo, Franklin Avenue Bridge over outlet of

Franklin Pond, downstream

Franklin, N. J., North Church Road (viaduct) upstream

Clove Rivers

Colesville, N. J., lj miles southeast of, Sussex-High

Point Road bridge

Colesville, N. J., li miles southeast of, Slate Hill

Road bridge

Sussex, N. J., half a mile northwest of, LibertyvilleSussex Road bridge

Sussex, N. J., Clove Lake Dam

Sussex, N. J. , Ross Corner Road bridge

Pochuck Creeks

Vernon, N. J., Ig- miles north of, Glenwood-Maple Grange

Road bridge, upstream

Black Creeks

McAfee, N. J. , McAfee-Vernon Road bridge, upstream

Vernon, N. J. , li miles southwest of, 900 feet above

Lehigh & Hudson River Ry. bridge, highway bridge,

downstream

Vernon, N. J. , Lehigh & Hudson River Ry. bridge, upstream

Vernon, N. J., 1 irile northwest of, Vernon-Glenwood road

bridge, upstream

Hackensack River Basin

Hackensack Rivers

Old Tappan, N. « Tappan Road Bridge, upstream

Old Tappan, N. J., Harrington Avenue Bridge, upstream

Harrington Park, N. J. , Harriott Avenue Bridge, upstream

Grade 11, N. J. , above Oradell Dam

Oradell, H« J., Oradell Avenue Bridge, upstream

New Milford, H. J. , above dam of Hacksensack Water Co.

New Milford, N. J«, Elm Street Bridge, upstream, east

channel

Hew Milford, N. J., Main Street Bridge, upstream, east

channe 1

New Milfcrd, H. J. , Madison Avenue Bridge, upstream,

east channel

New Milford, N. Jo, Riveredge Road Bridge, upstream

Riveredge, N. J., New Bridge Road highway bridge,

upstream

Pascack Brooks

Hillsdale, N. J. , above Woodcliff Lake Dam

Hillsdale, N. J , Hillsdale Avenue Bridge, upstream

Westwood, N. J. Broadway Bridge, upstrean

Westwood, H. J. Fairviaw Avenue Bridge, upstream

Westwood, N, J. Kinderkamack Road Bridge, upstream

Westwood, N. Jo Westwood Avenue Bridge, upstream

Westwood, N. J. 75 feet above Sand Road bridge, below

mouth of Musquapsink Creek

Dwars Kill:

Closter, N. J., Pierpont Road Bridge, upstream

Closter, N. J. , Schraalenburgh Road Bridge, upstream

Tenakill Brooks

Tenafly, N. J., West Clinton Avenue Bridge, upstream

Tenafly. N. J. , Riveredge Avenue Bridge, upstream

Cresskiil. N. J., Madison Avenue Bridge, upstream

Demarest, N. J., Hardenburgh Avenue Bridge, v.pstream

 Closter, N. J., Demarest Avenue Bridge, upstream

Closter, N. J., Demarest Avenue Bridge, downstream

Closter, N. J., Main Street Bridge, \tpstream

Miles 

above 

mouth

85.3

83.1

82.2

79.6

78.4

4.6

4.5

1.5

.7

.5

7.5

3.8

1.8

1.7

.2

29.1

27.2

26.0

22.6

22.2

21.8

21.6

21.4

21.2

20.2

18.5

5.7

4.7

4.3

4.2

4.0

3.2

2.3

2.6

.3

4.4

4.2

3.2

2.1

.7

.7

.6

Date 

and 

time

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

10s30pm

Mar. IS

Mar. 12

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. IS

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. IS

Mar. 12

Mar. IS -13

Mar. 12

llpm to

Mar. 13

lam

Mar. 12-13

Mar. 12-13

Mar. 12-13

Mar. 12 -13

Mar. 13 -13

Mar. 12

8am

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

9-1 Oam

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

6:30am

Mar .12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Altitude 

in 

feet

a593.46

a572.08

a571.10

a520.48

a507.27

a565.0

a529,00

a432.50

ab426.36

a405.50

a395.84

a434.60

a401.49

a400.0

a.398.40

a36.09

a27.14

a21.49

21.78

11.87

ell. 33

10.39

9.91

9.40

a6.37

a3.60

96.73

a58.54

a49.71

a47.37

a47.01

a37t62

C34.15

a48.73

22.07

a39.16

a37.08

a35.18

a33.95

a29.30

a27.75

a25.55

a Mew Jersey Geological Survey mean

sea level datum, 

b Head on spillway, 2.06 feet. 

c River-measurement station.

"Upstream" signifies upstream side as applied to a location of a bridge or other 

structure. Likewise "downstream" signifies downstream side.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHAMNA REGION

Table 11.- Plood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Hackensack River Basin Continued

Hirschfeld Creek:

Bergenfleld, N. J., New Bridge Avenue Bridge, upstream

Bergenfield, N. J. , Anderson Avenue Bridge, upstream

Bergenfield, N. J., West Main Street Bridge, upstream

Bergenfleld, N. J. , West Main Street Bridge, downstream

Bergenfield, N. J., Prospect Avenue Bridge, upstream

Dumont, N. J. , Madison Avenue Bridge, upstream

Dumont, N. J. , Lafayette Avenue Bridge, upstream

Hew Mllford, H. J., New Milford Avenue Bridge, upstream

Hew Milford, N. J. , Boulevard Bridge, upstream

New Milford, H. J. , Prospect Avenue Bridge

New Milford, N. J. , River Road Bridge

Hew Milford, H. J., Lenox Avenue Bridge

New Milford, N. J., Washington Avenue Bridge, upstream

Passaic River Basin

Passaic Rivers

Basking Ridge, N. J., 2 miles north of, Van Doren's

Mill, State Highway 32 bridge, upstream

Millington, N. J. , 1 mile northwest of, Davis Bridge,

ups tre am

Millington, N. J. , near, 150 feet below Davis Bridge

Millington, N. J. , first highway bridge below

Delaware, Lackawanna & Weatern B.R. bridge,

upstream

Millington, N. J., Springfield Avenue Bridge, upstream

Stirling, N. J., three-fourths mile east of, Plainfleld

Road bridge

Gillette, N. J. , Mountain Avenue Bridge, upstream

Gillette, N. J. , 1 mile northeast of, Delaware,

Laokawanna & Western R.R. bridge, upstream

Berkeley Heights, N. J. , highway bridge, upstream

Mew Providence, N. J., near, Central Avenue Bridge,

upstream

Mew Providence, N. J., Passaic. Avenue Bridge, upstream

Chatham, N. J., upstream from, Mount Vernon Avenue

Bridge, upstream

Chatham, N. J., Watchung Avenue Bridge, upstream

Chatham, N. J., Morris Turnpike Bridge, upstream

Chatham, N. J. , near, Lower Chatham Bridge, upstream

Plorham Park, N. J. , Columbia Bridge

Hanover, N. J. , State Highway 10 bridge (Cook Bridge)

Hanover Heck, H. J., near, Swlnfield Bridge

Pine Brook, N. J. , State Highway 6 bridge

Pine Brook, N. J. , lj miles northwest of, Horseneck

Bridge

Mountain View, H. J. , 1 mile south of, Two Bridges,

Passaic River Bridge, upstream

Singao, N. J., 1 mile west of, State Highway 6 bridge,

upstream

Singao, N. J. , State Highway 23 bridge, upstream

Slngac, H. J., Erie R.R. bridge

Little Palls, H. J. , Beattles Dam

little Palls, N. J., 1 mile northeast of, Hewark Water

Department Aqueduct, upstream

Little Palls, N. J. , 1 mile northeast of, Laokawanna

Avenue Bridge, upstream

West Patqrson, N. J. , Hlllery Street Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J., Lincoln Avenue Bridge, upstream

Paterson, H. J., just above Spruce Street Bridge

Miles 

above 

mouth

3.9

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.0

1.6

1.2

.8

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

81.8

76.5

76.4

75.8

73.0

69.6

68.4

67.2

66.0

64.9

63.5

62.3

61.2

59.9

57.9

54.9

53.2

50.4

47.6

43.3

33.8

33.2

31.7

31.6

30.4

29.3

29.2

27.5

27.2

26.1

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12 or

13

Mar. 12 or

13

Mar. 12 or

13

Mar. 12 or

13

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

3-9pm

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

or 13

Mar. 12

or 13

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

6pm

Mar. 13

3:30pm

Mar. 14

llam

Mar. 13

3pm

Har.13

Mar. 13

4pm

Mar. 14

lam

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

3pm

Mfcr.13

3pm

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

llpm to

midnight

Altitude 

in 

feet

67.50

57.70

54.40

53.60

41.00

34.30

24.40

21.70

11.00

9.92

9 91

9.90

9.88

a253.66

a22 6. 81

cd9.18

a219.i5

a215.29

a212.18

a211.56

a211.5

a210.74

a209.8

a207.9

a203.8

a!94.4

a!78.3

a!73.20

al72.04

a!71.56

a!70.70

a!70.02

a!69.66

al69.56

ae!68.68

e!67.28

167.02

t 164. 35

129.43

6129.05

e 123. 90

123.38

c 121. 04

a Hew Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum.

c River-measurement station.

d Arbitrary datum.

e At time of reading; peak stage may have been slightly higher.

f At time readings were made; not necessarily absolute peak.
FLOOD CRESTS 545

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Passaic River Basin Continued

Passaic River Continued:

Paterson, H. J., West Broadway Bridge, upstream

Paterson, H. J., Main Street Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Arch Street Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Straight Street Bridge

Paterson, N. J., Hillman Street Bridge

Paterson, N. J., Sixth Avenue Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J., Moffet Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Wagaraw Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Fifth Avenue Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , 33d Street Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Broadway Bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J., New York, Susquehanna & Western R.R.

bridge, upstream

Paterson, N. J. , Market Street Bridge, upstream

Clifton, N. J., above Dundee Dam

Rockaway Rivers

Lake Swannanoa at Petersburg, H. J.

Petersburg, N. J., highway bridge over outlet of

Lake Swannanoa

Woodstock, H. J., Oak Ridge Pond

Woods took, N. J. , above Longwood Lake, highway bridge

Berkshire Valley, N. J. , 2 miles north of, County

Highway 69 bridge

Berkshire Valley, N. J. , County Highway 32 bridge,

upstream

Berkshire Valley, N. J. , lower bridge, upstream

Berkshire Valley, H. J., li miles south of, Wharton and

Northern R.R. bridge

Wharton, H. J., lg miles west of, Delaware,

Lackawanna & Western R.R. bridge

Wharton, N. J., bridge on road to Spicertown, just below

Washington Pond, upstream

Bowlbyville, H.J., Delaware, Lackawanna & Western

R.R. bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. Sussex Street Bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. Essex Street Bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. Bergen Street Bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. Union Street Bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. Mercer Street Bridge, upstream

Dover, N. J. East Blackwell Street Bridge, upstream

East Dover, N. J., 0.4 mile above mouth of Mill Brook,

Franklin Road Bridge, upstream

Rockaway, N. J. State Highway 6 bridge, upstream

Rockaway, N. J. above dam west of West Main Street

Rockaway, N. J. West Main Street Bridge, upstream

Rockaway, N. J. Beach Street Bridge, upstream

Denville, N. J. 1 mile northwest of, Savage Road bridge,

upstream side, 0.7 mile below mouth of Beaver Brook

Denville, H. J. , north of, 0.2 mile above mouth of Den

Brook, Diamond Spring Road bridge, upstream

Denville, N. J., 0.6 mile below mouth of Den Brook,

Pocono Road Bridge, upstream

Mountain Lakes, N. J., 1 mile west of, just above mouth

of Cedar Lake outlet, sewer crossing, upstream

Mountain Lakes, N. J. , l£ miles west of, 0.6 mile below

mouth of Cedar Lake outlet, Cook Lane bridge, upstream

Powerville, N. J. , upper bridge, upstream

Powerville, N. J., above dam of Powerville Lake

Powerville, N. J. , lower bridge, upstream

Boonton, N. J., Pond Bridge, upstream

Boonton, N. J., high bridge over Boonton Reservoir

Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. J.

Boonton, H. J., 1,500 feet below Boonton Reservoir

Boonton, N. J., Yreeland Avenue Bridge, upstream

Lake Hiawatha, N. J, , northwest of, 2 miles downstream

from Boonton Reservoir, highway bridge, upstream

Pine Brook, N. J. , near, Lake Hiawatha Dam

Pine Brook, N. J., l£ miles west of, Vail Road bridge,

upstream

Miles 

above 

mouth

25.4

25.3

25.1

24.8

24.6

24.2

23.0

22.8

22.2

21.6

20.7

19.7

19.6

18.1

36.1

36.1

34.0

33.4

30.4

28.1

27.8

26.0

25.2

24.0

23.0

21.7

21.6

21.6

21.4

21.4

21.1

20.2

18.9

18.1

18.1

17.6

16.5

15.5

14.6

13.9

13.2

10.8

10.5

10.5

9.6

8.1

7.2

6.8

6.4

5,1

4.0

3.2

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 13

2: 30pm

Mar. 13

Mar. 13

2pm

Mar. 13 -14

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13

2pm

Mar. 13 -14

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13

l:30pm

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13-14

Mar. 13 -14

midnight

to 3am

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

gMar.12

gMar.12

gMar.12

gMar.12

gMar.12

gMar.12

gMar.12

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11-12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

5pm 

Mar. 12

8- 9pm 

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Altitude 

in 

feet

e46.95

a46.06

e44.26

43.95

42.79

640.74

a38.93

a37.80

a36.33

a34.28

e32.82

30.90

30.86

30.44

a768.44

a753.30

a750.7

a741.12

a703.38

a691.35

a689.62

a684.41

a672.65

a 633. 00

a602.50

a565.80

a661.10

a559.50

a556.80

a556.40

a652.10

a545.60

a531.69

a528.1

a520.70

a509,70

a506.90

a506.63

a502.66

a502 . 80

a501.40

a496.10

a495.00

B489.00

B485.00

aSOB.OO

a308.05

&C203.71

al97.80

al83,70

a 176. 65

a!73.50

a Hew Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum.

o River-measurement station.

e At time of reading} peak stage may have be«n slightly higher.

g Tiffle of peak delayed by mill ponds upstream.
346 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 11.- Flood crest stages -Continued

Stream and location

Passaic River Basin Continued

Rockaway River Continued:

Pine Brook, N. J., State Highway 6 bridge, upstream

Pine Brook, N. J. , 0.3 mile above mouth of Whippany

River, Sharkey Bridge

Green Pond Brooks

Spicertown, N. J. , 2i miles north of, Picatinny Lake

Spicertown, N. J., 2 miles north of, second highway

bridge above Cannon Gate of Picatinny Arsenal

Spicertown, H. J., \\ miles north of, Wharton & Northern

R.R. bridge at Cannon Gate of Picatinny Arsenal

Spicertown, H. J., Wharton & Northern R.R. bridge

Spicertown, N. J. , Spicertown-Wharton Road bridge

Burnt Meadow Brook:

Spicertown, N. J. , 4i miles north of, Lake Denmark

Den Brook:

Denville, H. J., mouth, State Highway 6 bridge, upstream

Whippany Rivers

Brookside, N. J., 1 mile northwest of, Brookside

Reservoir, Morristown water supply

Brookside, N. J. , highway bridge , upstream

Brookside, N. J. , Days Mill, highway bridge, upstream

Washington Valley, N. J. , south of, Whitehead Road

bridge, upstream

Washington Valley, N. Jo, east of, highway bridge,

upstream

Morristown, N. J., near, Morristown-Mt. Freedom Road

(Sussex Avenue ) bridge

Morristown, H. J. , 1 3/4 miles west of, Inamere Road

bridge

Morristown, N. J. , li miles west of, Henshaw Bridge,

upstream

Morristown, N. J., Lake Road bridge, upstream

Morristown, N. J. , Speedwell Avenue (State Highway 32)

Bridge, upstream

Morristown, N. J., Speedwell Avenue (State Highway 32)

Bridge, downstream

Morristown, H. J. , above Pocahontas Dam

Morristown, N. J., Water Street Bridge, upstream

Morristown, N. J., Water Street Bridge, downstream

Morristown, H. J., Center Street Bridge, downstream

Morristown, N. J. , Abbot Avenue Bridge, upstream

Morristown, N. J. , Ridgedale Avenue Bridge, upstream

Morristown, N. J., Monroe-Morris Plains Road bridge,

upstream

Morristown, H. J. , sewage disposal plant, 300 feet

below Monroe-Morris Plains Road

Monroe, N. J., Cedar Bio 11s Road Bridge, upstream

Monroe, N.. J., Cedar Knolls Road Bridge, downstream

Monroe, N. J., Jefferson Road Bridge, upstream

Whippany, N. J., 1 mile above, Upper Eden Hill Bridge

Whippany, H. J. , Lower Eden Mill Bridge, upstream

Whippany, N. J. , Thomas Street Bridge, upstream

Whippany, N. J., Morristown Road Bridge, upstream

Whippany, N. J. , 1 mile east of, State Highway 10 bridge,

upstream

Hanover Heck, N. J., near, Hopping's Bridge

Hanover Neck, N. J. , Hanover Neck-Troy Hills road

(Mulford's) bridge

Hanover Neck, N. J., near, Ridgedale Avenue Bridge,

north channel

Pompton River:

Pompton Plains, H. J.

Ramapo River:

Mahwah, N. J. 1 mile west of, three-quarters of a mile

below mouth of Mahwah River

Oakland, N. J. West River Road, West Oakland Avenue

Bridge, upstream

Oakland, N. J., Oakland Avenue, Ramapo Road Bridge,

upstream

Pompton Lakes, N. J., above dam of Pompton Lakes

Pompton Lakes, N. J., highway bridge

Pompton Lakes, N. J. , below

Miles 

above 

mouth

1.9

1.3

4.5

4.2

3.3

2.1

1.2

0.3

0

19.8

18.5

17.4

16.1

15.3

14.5

14.1

13.5

13.1

12.4

12.4

11.7

11.5

11.5

11.3

10.9

10.6

9.3

9.2

7.9

7.9

7.3

7.0

6.5

6.0

5.6

4.4

2.7

1.2

.3

4.9

12.4

4.4

3.3

1.3

1.2

.8

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11-12

Mar. 11-12

Mar. 11-12

Mar. 12

1:30 -2am

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar .12 or

13

Mar. 12

Sam

«ar.l2

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

12:30-2pm

Mar. IS

Mar. 12

Altitude 

in 

feet

a!72.90

a!71.80

a712.85

a6?3.6

a692.18

a690.44

a688.59

a821.72

a505.22

a659.12

a 42 4. 53

a358.13

a326.31

a320.83

a317.95

a316.7

a313.6

a311.78

a308.67

a305.25

a303.42

a299.0

a289.19

a296.3

a290.1.

a286.48

a267.83

ac266.30

a254.6

a253.1

a245.56

a242.5

a222.24

a206.6

a!93.14

a!77.4

a!72.9

a!72.8

a!70.0

a!76.4r

ac263.n

a214.9E

a2 07.36

ac204.4S

a!84.0E

a!82.7C

a New Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum, 

o River-measurement station.
FLOOD CRESTS 347

Table 11* - Floodnsrest stages Continued

Stream and location

Passaic River Basin Continued

Wanaque Rivers

The Glens, N. J. , Greenwood Lake at

Greenwood Lake, H. J. , 600 feet downstream from

Greenwood Lake

Wanaque, H. J. , Wanaque Reservoir at

Wanaque, N. J. , 50 feet above highway bridge

Blue Mine Brook: > Wanaque, H. J. , near, just above Wanaque Reservoir

Pequannock River:

Oak Ridge, H. J. , Oak Ridge Reservoir

Butler, H. J. , 3 miles above, Macopin Intake Dam

Pacock Brooks

Stockholm, H. J. , Canistear Reservoir near

Clinton Reservoir Branch of Pequannock Rivers

New Poundland, H. J. , Clinton Reservoir near

Echo Lake Branch of Pequannock River:

Char lot teburg, N. J. , Echo Lake Reservoir near

Saddle Rivers

Upper Saddle River Boro, H. J., Short Street Bridge,

upstream

Upper Saddle River Boro, H. J., Short Street Bridge,

downstream

Saddle River Boro, H. J., Allejidale Avenue Bridge

Saddle River Boro, N. J. , Bergen Avenue Bridge

Hohokua, H. J., Hollywood Avenue Bridge, upstream

Hohokus, H. J., Bogert Avenue Bridge, upstream

Hohokus , N. J., Bogert Avenue Bridge, downstream

Ridgewood, H. J., State Highway 2 bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. J., Ridgewood Avenue Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. J., Grove Street Bridge, upstream

Paramus, H. J., Dunkerhook Road Bridge, upstream

Arcola, H. J. , State Highway 4 bridge, upstream

Arcola, H. J. , Swamp Road Bridge, upstream

Rochelle Park, H. J., Railroad Avenue Bridge, upstream

Rochelle Park, H. J. , Hew York, Susquehanna & Western

R.Ro bridge, upstream

Rochelle Park, H. J. , Market Street Bridge, upstream

Lodi, N. J. , just above Cutwater Lane

Lodi, H. J. Cutwater Lane Bridge, upstream

Lodi, N. J. Borig Place Bridge, upstream

Lodi, N. J. Borig Place Bridge, downstream

Lodi, N. J. Arnot Street Bridge, upstream

Lodi, N. J, Arnot Street Bridge, downstream

Lodi, No Jo Passaic Avenue Bridge, upstream

Lodi, No Jo Terrace Avenue Bridge, upstream

Garfield, H J», Saddle River Avenue Bridge, upstream

Garf ield, H J. , Midland Avenue Bridge

Hohokus Creeks

Waldwick, H. J., Wykoff Avenue Bridge, upstream

Hohokus, H. "Jo, North Maple Avenue Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. J. Pine Lawn Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. Jo East Glen Avenue Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. J. Meadowbrook Avenue Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, H. J. Linwood Avenue Bridge, upstream

Ridgenood, N. J. North Irving Street Bridge, upstream

Ridgewood, N. J* Ridgewood A-ronue Bridge, upstream

Raritan River Basin

South Branch of Raritan River:

Haughright, N. J. , 1 mile .northeast of, highway bridge,

upstream

Naughright, H. J., Drakestown Road Bridge, upstream

Miles 

above 

mouth

16.8

16.7

4.4

4.4

1.0

16.9

7.4

1.4

1.8

2.0

19.1

19.1

17.6

16.0

14.7

14.1

14.1

13.3

12.2

11.1

9.6

7.4

7.2

4.3

4.3

3.8

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.1

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.7

.6

.1

4.5

3.2

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.1

1.8

1.6

42.6

41.6

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 12

4-7pm

Mar. 12

4-7pm

Mar. 19

Sam

Mar. 19 

9am

Mar. 12

12 : 15am

Mar. 12

6am

Mar. 12

noon to

6pm

Mar. 13

noon

Mar. 12

9am

Mar. 12

noon

Mar. 12

Mar .12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

6-7pm

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Marol2

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar, 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Altitude 

in 

feet

a620.78

ac606.14

a302.25

ac216.07

a311.63

ae847.03

ac585.94

ae

1,086.45

ae993.19

ae894.25

169.58

168.78

138.95

114.94

97.50

90.25

89.05

78.50

69.63

58.34

51.30

45.09

44.65

37.36

37.04

34.87

C28.72

29.17

25.41

24.87

22.37

21.82

18.79

16.49

11.62

10.64

211.80

115.91

91.70

88.20

84.18

77.65

74.50

70|.68

a578.24

a559.32

a New Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum.

c River-measurement station.

e At time of reading; peak stage may have been slightly higher.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 11.- Flood crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Rarltan River Basin Continued

South Branch of Rarltan River Continued:

Long Valley, N. J. , highway bridge, upstream

Middle Valley, N. J. , Pleasant Grove Road Bridge,

upstream

High Bridge, N. J. , 1 mile above, Just above

Lake Taylor

Stanton, N. J., just below highway bridge near Stanton

railroad station

Raritan River:

Manville, N. J., just below Manville-Pinderne highway

bridge

Manville, N. J. , just above mouth of Millstone River

Bound Brook, N. J., highway bridge

Flanders Branch of Raritan River:

Flanders, N. J. , Flanders -Succasunna Road bridge,

upstream

Flanders, N. J. , Flanders -Ironia Road bridge, upstream

Flanders, N. J., near, Flanders-Chester Road bridge,

upstream

Bartley, N. J. , State Highway 31 bridge, upstream

Bartley, N. J. , 1 mile below, Bartley-Naughright Road

bridge, upstream

Neshanic River:

Reaville, N. J. , half a mile southwest of, at highway

bridge to Muirhead

North Branch of Raritan River:

Ralston, N. J. , Mendham-Chester road bridge, upstream

Far Hills, N. J., 2 miles north of, above Ravine

Lake dam

Milltown, N. J. , 400 feet above State Highway 29

South Branch, N. J. , three-quarters of a mile north of

Old York Road bridge, upstream

Burnett Brook:

Ralston, N. J., near, Mendham-Chester road bridge,

upstream, west channel

Ralston, N. J. , near, Mendham-Chester road bridge,

upstream, east channel

Black River:.

Kenvil, N. J., just above Central R.R. of New Jersey

bridge, State highway 6 bridge, downstream

Succasunna, N. J. , State Highway 10 bridge, upstream

Ironia, N. J. , near, Ironia-Flanders road bridge,

upstream

Chester, N. J. , near, 0.6 mile above State Highway 31,

Flanders Road bridge, upstream

Chester, N. J. , near, 0.2 mile above State Highway 31,

highway bridge, upstream

Chester, N. J. , near, State Highway 31 bridge,

upstream

Milltown, N. J., Chester-Long Valley road bridge,

upstream

Hacklebarney, N. J. , south of, 0.2 mile above

Hacklebarney State Park,highway bridge, downstream

Pottersville , N. J. , 1 mile above

Millstone River:

Prlnceton, N. J. , near, at Kingston Dam of

Lake Carnegie

Kingston, N. J. , near, 1 mile downstream from

Heathcots Brook

Blackwells Mills, N. J. , just below highway bridge

Green Brook:

Bound Brook, N. J., Main Street Bridge, downstream

Lawrence Brook:

Milltown, N. J. , half a mile southwest of, Farrington

Dam

Miles 

above 

mouth

39.0

36.0

27.8

17.0

23.8

21.4

19.3

3.7

3.1

2.6

1.0

.2

6.4

20.5

15.0

1.4

.1

.8

.8

26.0

24.4

22.3

18.1

17.7

17.5

15.7

13.5

11.4

14.2

6.6

5.7

' 0.2

5.0

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11-12

midnight

Mar. 12

2am

Mar. 12

6: 30am

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

ll:30pm

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

5:30pn

Mar. 11

llpm

Mar. 12

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

Mar. 11

*Mar.l2

4:30-9pm

Mar-,12

Sam

Mar. 12

Sam

Mar. 12 

9am

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Inm

Altitude 

in 

feet

a528.67

a497.1

ac292.61

C134.38

ac35.47

a32.40

a26.20

a671.09

a644.58

a635.25

a606.83

a587.8

cd7.91

a387.88

ac229.1

ac60.93

a56.11

a407.22

a402.63

a714.15

a702

a691

a682 . 92

a683.25

a682.28

a675.52

a503

ac287.69

11.60

a47.09

cd9.27

a26.15

cd25.13

a New Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum.

c River-measurement station.

d Arbitrary datum.

i Head on spillway.

* Altitude, 287.68 feet at 2 and 11:30 p.m. Mar. 11.
FLOOD CRESTS 349

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Delaware River Basin

East Branch of Delaware River:

Fishs Eddy, No Y. , railroad bridge, gaging station,

left bank

Delaware River:

Calliooon, N. Y. , Erie R.R. bridge over Calliooon Creek,

left bank

Narrowsburg, N. Y. , a quarter of a mile below highway

bridge, left bank

Port Jervis, N. Y. , gaging station near highway bridge,

right bank

Milford, Pa., highway bridge, upstream

Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa.

Portland, Pa., highway bridge, upstream

Delaware, N. J., highway bridge, upstream

Belvidere, N. J., highway bridge, upstream

Belvidere, N. J., just below mouth of Pequest River

Martins Creek, Pa., railroad bridge

Easton, Pa., highway bridge, upstream

Riegelsville, N. J. , just above suspension bridge

Milford, N. J., highway bridge, upstream

Prenchtown, N. J. , highway bridge, upstream

Point Pleasant, Pa., highway bridge, upstream

Lumberville , Pa. , highway bridge

Stockton, N. J. , highway bridge

Lambertville, N. J., highway bridge, upstream

Washington Crosaing, N. J., highway bridge, upstream

Yardley, Pa., highway bridge, upstream

Trenton, N. J. , Clearfield Avenue, left bank

Trenton, N. J., Mount Vernon Avenue, left bank

Trenton, N. J. , Lee Avenue, left bank

Trenton, N. J., 1,200 feet above Calhoun Street,

waste weir, left bank

Trenton, N. J., 650 feet above Calhoun Street,

left bank

Trenton, N. J. , 200 feet above Calhoun Street,

left bank

Trenton, N. J., 200 feet below Caliioun Street

Trenton, N. J. , 200 feet below Pennsylvania R.R. bridge

Trenton, N. J. , 1 3/8 miles below R.R. bridge,

municipal dock

West Branch of Delaware River:

Hale Eddy, N. Y. , gaging station at highway bridge,

left bank

Hancock, N. Y. , railroad bridge over Sands Creek,

left bank

Fiat Brook:

Flat brookvl lie, N. J., 1 mile above

Paulina Kill:

Lafayette, N. J., 1 mile southwest of, on property of

Hyper Humus Co.

Warbasse, N. J., Newto n-Branohvi lie Junction road

Lafayette, N. J., just south of, Robeson Corner,

Lafayette-Fairview bridge

Lafayette, N. J., half a mile northwest of, Beaver Run

road

Lafayette, N. J., 1 mile northwest of, LafayetteBranohville road

Ross Corner, H. J., 2 miles northwest of Lafayette,

State Highway S31

Miles 

above 

mouth

11.1

269.9

256.0

220.8

212.4

180.5

173.1

170.9

163.6

163.4

156.5

149.5

140.6

133.6

130.4

123.2

121.5

118.0

114.9

108.0

104.1

102.7

102.4-

102.1

100.8

100.7

100.6

100.5

99.5

98.1

9.7

1.9

1.2

35.0

34.6

33.8

32.5

32.1

30.4

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 18

12:30pm

Probably

Mar. 18

Probably

Mar. 18

Mar. 18

Spffi

Mar. 18 

9pm

Mar. 19

2am

Mar. 19

2am

Mar. 19

5 -7am

Mar. 19

6 -7am

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

7am

Mar. 19

8-10am

Mar. 19

9-llam

Mar. 19

10-llam

Mar. 19

3pm

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

1-2 jm

Mar. 19

4pm

Mar. 19

2 -3pm

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

Mar. 19

3-4 jm

Mar. 19

4pm

Mar. 19

3pm

Mar. 19

3pm

Mar. 18

4:20pm

Probably

Mar. 18

Mar. 12

11: 15am

Mar. 12

8am

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Altitude 

in 

feet

j 970. 01

j 753. 42

J694.80

432.92

a398.45

a324.2

a292.90

a282.61

a253.05

ao252.18

a211.3

a!87.95

ac!57.74

a!32.57

a!21.93

a98.64

a91.0

a 80. 9

a67.00

a47.30

a35.90

31.47

30.30

29.57

25.37

25.02

024.43

24.20

18.19

16.13

J960.56

J908.3

C354.23

ae557.08

a555.35

a554.15

a517.35

a504.44

a497.80

a Hew Jersey Geological Survey mean sea level datum.

c River-measurement station.

e At time of reading; peak stage may have been slightly higher.

j Mean sea level datum of U. S. Geological Survey.
350 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HDDSON TO STJSQTJEHANNA REGION

Table 11,- Flood-crest, stages Continued

Stream and location

Delaware River Basin Continued

Paulina Kill-Continued:

Baleville, N. J 0 , County highway bridge

Swartawood Station, N. J. , 2 miles southwest of, above

Paulina Kill Lake dam

Stillwater, JS. J. , County road bridge

Paulina, N. J., above dam

Blairstown, N. J., 1,200 feet above bridge on State

Highway 8

Culvers Lake Branch of Paulina Kill;

Culvers Inlet, N. J., State Highway 331 bridge juat above

Culvera Lake

Branchville, N. J. , li miles west of, State Highway S31

bridge

Dey Brook:

Ross Corner, N. J 0 , half a mile south of, Ross CornerNewton road (State Highway 331 )

Pequest River!

Springdale, N. J. , State Highway 331 bridge

Springdale, N. J. , half a mile south of, State Highway 331 bridge, upstream

Huntsville, N. J. , below Brighton Lake, at HuntsvilleGreendell road bridge

Tranquility, N. J,,, near, at Tranquility-Greendale

road bridge

Pequest, H. J. , 100 feet above Lehigh & Hudson River

Ry. bridge

Stickle Pond Branch of Pequest River:

Springdale, N. J., half a mile north of, State Highway 331

Springdale, N. J., west of, highway bridge

East Branch of Pequest River J

Andover Junction, N. J. , Delaware, Lackawanna &

Western R.R. bridge

Brighton, N. J., highway bridge

Beaver Brook J

Belvidere, N. J. , near, 500 feet above mouth

Musconetcong River:

Landing, H. J. , Lake Hopatcong, just above dam

Landing, N. J. , 300 feet downstream from Lake Hopatcong,

juat above highway bridge

Stanhope, N. J., 0.3 mile below Lake Musconetcong,

highway bridge, upstream

Stanhope, N. J., 0.3 mile below Lake Muaconetcong,

highway bridge, downstream

Waterloo, H. J., 1 mile northeaat of, highway bridge,

upstream

Waterloo, N. J., highway bridge, upatream

Waterloo, N. J. , 1 mile below, highway bridge, upatream

Hackettstown, N. J. , 3 miles above, 500 feet above

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.E. bridge

Hackettatown, N. J., State Highway ~6 bridge, upstream

Hackettatown, N. J. , Schooley Mountain Road bridge,

upstream

Beattystown, N. J. , 1 mile above, highway bridge,

upstream

Beattystown, N. J., upper bridge, upstream

Beattystown, H. J., It miles aouthweat of, highway

bridge, upstream

Stephenburg, N. J. , highway bridge, upstream

Bloomsbury, N. J,, lj miles above, Juat below highway

bridge

Aasunpink Creek:

Trenton, N. J., Chambers Street Bridge

North Branch of Rancocaa Creek:

Pemberton, N. J. , 600 feet below highway bridge

Miles 

above 

mouth

26.0

20.6

16.9

10.3

9.8

6.1

3.1

0.6

29.6

29.1

26.7

23.8

6.6

0.6

.2

1.6

.3

0.1

42.4

42.3

39.6

39.6

37.5

36.4

35.2

32.7

29.5

28.4

27.5

26.7

25.1

23.9

9.4

1.5

12.0

Date

and 

time

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Him

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

8: 30 am

Mar. 11 or

12

Mar. 11 or

12

Mar. 11 or

12

--

Mar. 13

9:25 am

--

__

Mar. 14

5s30am

~

Mar.12 or

13

Mar. 12 or

13

Mar. 12 

6am

Mar. 19

6pm to

Mar. 21

2am

Mar. 19

7pm

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

7-9pm

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar. 12

Mar»ll

ll:30pn to

midnight

Mar. 12

6-7am

Mar. 19

6: 30pm

Altitude 

in 

feet

a472.30

ak457.38

a416.0

13.26

cd6.92

a854.40

a747.80

527.50

a579.50

ae576.30

a558.00

S547.18

ac403.75

S586.50

a580.00

a575.00

569.85

ac309.12

a924.68

ac908.16

a789.76

a787.71

a656.42

a644.65

a635.49

ac609.61

S517.92

a499.54

a479.57

a465.56

a438.83

a427.57

ed5.67

ac30.31

ao30.01

a New Jersey Geological Survey mean aea level datum.

c River-meaaurement atation.

d Arbitrary datum.

e At time of reading; peak stage may have been alightly higher.

k U.S. Weather Bureau datum.
FLOOD CRESTS 351

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin

Susquehanna River:

Oneonta, N. Y. , U.S. Weather Bureau gage

Wells Bridge, N. Y., milk plant, right bank

Bainbridge, N. Y. , 2.34 miles east of, railroad bridge

abutment, right bank

Bainbridge, N. Y. , U.S.Weather Bureau gage

Windsor, N. Y. , new bridge, right bank

Binghsmton, N. Y. , U.S. Weather Bureau gage,

Washington Street Bridge

Owego, N. Y. , abutment of bridge, right bank

Owego, N. Y. , about 1 mile below Owego Hydroelectric plant, right bank

Sayre, Pa. left bank

Sayre, Pa. highway bridge, right bank

Sayre, Pa. right bank

Athens, Pa , right bank

Athens, Pa , 0.1 mile below highway bridge, right bank

Chemung River, mouth of

Milan, Pa., right bank

Right bank

Ulster, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Sugar Creek, mouth of, right bank

Towanda, Pa., left bank

Towanda, Pa., Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge, downstream, right bank

Towanda, Pa., Bridge Street highway bridge, gage

Towanda, Pa., Bridge Street highway bridge, right bank

Tbwanda, Pa., right bank

Left bank

Wyaox Creek, mouth of, left bank

Ruflnnerf ield, Pa., left bank

Hornets Perry, Pa., left bank

Wyalusing, Pa., left bank

Wyalusing, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Laceyville, Pa., highway "bridge, left bank

Skinners Eddy, Pa.j left bank

Black Walnut, Pa., left bank

Meshoppen, Pa., mouth of Meshoppen Creek, left bank

Horth Mehoopany, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Mehoopany, Pa., left bank

Vosburg, Pa., old Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge, left

bank

Tunkhannock, Pa., left bank

Tunkhannock, Pa., left bank

Tunkhannock, Pa., highway bridge, mouth of Tunkhannock

Creek, left bank

LaQrange, Pa., left bank

Whites Perry, Pa., left bank

West Palis, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

West Palls, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Right bank

Ooxtan Yards, Pa., 0.6 mile above mouth of Lackawanna

River, Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge, upstream,

right bank

West Pittston, Pa., Ft. Jenkins highway bridge, downstream, right bank

Pittston, Pa., River Street highway bridge, left bank

Wyoming, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Wyoming, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Horth Street highway bridge, right

bank

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., North Street highway bridge, left

bank

Wilkes-Barre, Fa., Market Street highway bridge, right

bank

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Market Street highway bridge, left

bank

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Market Street highway bridge, gage

Miles 

above 

mouth

416.8

403.1

390.2

387.2

362.0

327.4

304.2

303.3

285.7

285.6

285.3

284.3

283.8

280.9

279.8

278.0

275.9

271.2

270.6

269.3

268.2

268.2

267.6

264.1

264.0

257.0

253.5

248'.5

248.2

238.5

237.8

235.0

230.5

227.9

227.8

220.2

216.6

216.2

215.8

211.0

208.4

205.2

205.2

203.8

195.6

194.0

193.8

191.4

191.4

186.5

186.5

186.1

186.1

186.1

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 18-19

about 1

midnight

Mar. 18

Mar. 18

6 i 40pm

Mar. 18

3pm

Mar. 19

10:30-

ll:30am

 

 

- 

 

 -

 

- 

--

 -

Mar. 19 

9am

 -

- 

 -

 

 -

 -

 

--

 -

 

 -

__

__

 

- 

--

--

- 

Mar. 19

llpm

--

- 

--

__

 -

Mar. 20

2am

Altitude 

in 

feet

1,085.3

11,043.7

J979.3

k978.1

J920.7

Jm844.3

J813.0

n811.5

764.9

764.3

763.9

761.4

759.4

750.3

745.0

738.3

729.3

726.9

722.9

718.9

718.8

718.0

710.1

709.0

693.0

684.0

672.9

671.7

653.1

652.2

646.3

638.5

633.5

632.4

615.3

607.6

607.2

607.2

595.5

589.1

580.6

580.5

577.6

559.1

556.4

556.1

553.9

551.9

545.4

545.2

544.7

545.4

545.0

j Mean sea level datum of U.S. Geological Survey.

k U.S. Weather Bureau datum.

m Maximum depth measured in apartment vestibule nearby occurred at 6pm and was

3 inches higher than that observed at 3pm. 

n Associated Gas & Electric Co. gage.
352 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages -C ont inued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Susquehanna River Continued:

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad

bridge, left bank

Plymouth., Pa., Carey Street highway bridge, right bank

Plymouth, Pa., Hanover Street highway bridge, right bank

Avendale, Pa., right bank

Nanticoke, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Nanticoke, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, upstream,

left bank

West Nanticoke, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge,

right bank

West Nanticoke, Pa., mouth of Harvey's Creek, right bank

Hunlock Creek, Pa., right bank

Retreat, Pa., left bank

Right bank

Shickshinny, Pa. , highway bridge , right bank

Mocanaqua, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

left bank

Little Wapwallopen Creek, mouth of, left bank

Old Hick's Ferry, Pa., right bank

Wapwallopen, Pa. , mouth of Wapwallopen Creek, left bank

Beach Haven, Pa., right bank

Neseopeck, Pa. , left bank

Berwick, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, right bank

Berwick, Pa. , right bank

Briar Creek, mouth of, right bank

Mifflinville, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Creasy, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad station, left bank

Right bank

Almedia, Pa., right bank

Espy, Pa., right bank

Rupert, Pa., mouth of Fishing Creek, right bank

Left bank

Catawissa, mouth of Catawissa Creek, left bank

Right bank

Danville, Pa., right bank

Danville, Pa., highway bridge, gage

Danville, Pa., Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R.

bridge, right bank

Chulasky, Pai, right bank

Right bank

West Branch of Susquehanna River, mouth of, right bank

Sunbury, Pa. , left bank

Sunbury, Pa., Market Street, left bank

Sunbury, Pa. , left bank

Clement, Pa., Reading Ry. bridge, right bank

Sunbury, Pa., Reading Ry. bridge, upstream, left

bank

Sunbury, Pa., Reading Ry. bridge, downstream,

left bank

Sunbury, Pa., highway bridge, gage

Sunbury, Pa., Dalbaugh service station, left bank

Shamokin Dam, Pa., right bank

Selinsgrove Junetipn, Pa., left bank

Selinsgrove, Pa., right bank

Port Treverton, Pa., old canal lock, right bank

Herndon, Pa., railroad station, left bank

Dalmatia, Pa., railroad station, left bank

Mahantango Creek East, mouth of, left bank

Millersburg, Pa., ferry landing, left bank

Montgomery Ferry, Pa., Shuler store, right bank

Girty's Notch, Pa., right bank

New Buffalo, Pa., right bank

Amity Hall, Pa., Amity Hall Inn, right bank

dark's Ferry, Pa., mouth of Juniata River, left bank

Duncannon, Pa., milk depot, right bank

Duncannon, Pa., railroad station, right bank

Cove, Pa., right bank

Dauphin, Pa., pumping station, left bank

Rockville, Pa., railroad bridge, downstream, right bank

Rockville, Pa., railroad bridge, doimatream, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Lewis Street, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Edward Street, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Graham Street, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Manor Street, left bank

West Fairview, 'a. , right bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Cumberland Street, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. city pumping station, left bank

Harrisburg, Pa. Walnut Street bridge, gage, left bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

185.1

183.3

182.7

180.8

178.8

178.8

178.8

177.9

174.8

173.9

170.3

169.3

169.3

165.8

165.3

164.1

163.9

161.7

158.6

158.5

157.5

155.5

154.0

153.9

150.9

149.9

148.8

144.8

144,4

143.1

137.8

136.9

134.3

134.2

131.3

129.7

123.5

123.2

122.5

122.2

122.2

122.2

122.2

121.5

121.0

120.5

117.5

117.3

111.3

111.3

1Q6.5

102.6

96.6

94.3

92.4

89.0

86.5

84.6

84.0

83.4

79.7

77.6

75.4

75.4

72.6

72. 5

72.4

72.2

71.2

70.2

69.9

69.5

Date 

and 

time

 

Mar. 20

4am

__

--

__

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

__

__

Mar. 19

4pm

__

__

-_

-_

__

__

Mar. 19

2pm

__

-_

. 

--

__

_-

__

__

__

__

__

Mar. 19

4pm

--

__

- 

__

__

--

__

__

-_

Mar. 19

6pm

Altitude 

in 

feet

542.3

541.4

541.0

539.4

537.9

537.9

537.4

535.6

528.0

527.5

522.9

520.7

520.5

513.4

512.9

509.5

508.8

503.1

497.6

497.1

494.3

489.1

486.2

486.1

482.1

480.9

480.5

476.1

473.4

469.6

461.6

460.9

459.1

458.1

456.7

454.1

450.2

448.4

446.8

446.8

446.8

446.2

445.7

445.8

444.7

443.9

438.3

435.4

423.0

422.4

415.9

404.4

381.9

379.7

375.5

369.8

368.3

361.1

360.4

358.6

347.0

337.4

328.3

327.5

324.3

324.3

324.1

323.0

322.9

322.6

320.9

320.4
FLOOD CRESTS 353

Table 11.- Flood-crest stagee Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Susquehanna River Continued:

Harris burg, Pa., Market Street highway bridge, downstream, left bank

Lemoyne, fa, , Market Street highway bridge, right bank

South Harrisburg, Pa., Nagle Street, gage, left bank

South Harrisburg, Pa., Central Iron & Steel Co., left

bank

South Harrisburg, Pa., Jackson Mfg. Co., left bank

New Cumberland, Pa., railroad station, right bank

Steelton, Pa., water pump station, left bank

Steelton, Pa., Bethlehem Steel Co., motor room, left

bank

Marsh Run, Pa., right bank

Highspire, Pa., Bethlehem Steel Co. pumping station,

left bank

Middle town, Pa., United States Army airport, left bank

Middletown, Pa., Metro-Edison Co. plant, left bank

Middle town. Pa"., mouth of Swatara Creek, left bank

Goldsboro Pa., railroad culvert, right bank

Qoldsboro Pav , railroad culvert, right bank

Qoldsboro Pa. , right bank

Goldsboro Pa., railroad crossing, right bank

Qoldsboro Pa., right bank

Cly, Pa., railroad culvert, right bank

Falmouth, Pa., mouth of East Conewago Creek, left bank

York Haven Power Plant, forebay, right bank

York Haven Power Plant, tailrace, right bank

Bainbridge, Pa., left bank

Atglen & Susquehanna Ry. bridge, upstream, left

bank

Shock's Mills, Pa., left bank

Marietta, Pa., left bank

Chickies Creek, mouth of, gage, left bank

Columbia, Pa., left bank

Rolling Mill, Pa., left bank

Strickler's Run, Pa., left bank

Columbia & Port Deposit R.R. mile post 42/2, left

bank

Shuman's Run, Pa., left bank

Staman's Run, Pa., left bank

Creswell Station, Pa., left bank

Safe Harbor Power Plant, forebay, left bank

Safe Harbor Power Plant, tailrace, left bank

Pequea, Pa. , left bank

Holtwood Power Plant, forebay, left bank

Holtwood Power Plant, tailrace, left bank

Cully's Palls, Pa., left bank

Pites Eddy, Pa., left bank

Conewingo Power Plant, forebay, right bank

Conewingo Power Plant, tailrace, right bank

Mouth, Chesapeake Bay

tTnadilla River:

New Berlin, N. Y. , New York, Ontario Sc Western Ry.

bridge, both banks

Mt. TJpton, N. Y. , near bench march at Methodist Church,

right bank

Chenango Rivers

Sherburne, N. Y. , U.S. Weather Bureau gage

downstream

Oxford, N. Y. , cellar of building downstream from

highway bridge, left bank

Brisben, N. Y. , 1 mile northeast of, along Delaware,

Lackawanna Se Western R.R., left bank

Greene, N. Y., 3.6 miles southwest of, along Delaware,

Lackawanna & Western R.R., left bank

Chenango Porks, N. Y. , near railroad station, right bank

Blnghamton, N. Y. , U.S. Weather Bureau gage, Court

Street bridge

Miles 

above 

mouth

'

69.4

69.4

68.8

68.3

67.7

67.0

66.8

66.5

64.3

63.6

61.2

60.6

60.0

59.4

59.S

58.8

58.8

58.7

56.5

56.4

55.0

55.0

52.8

49.7

48.3

46.2

44.2

42.2

41.7

41.2

40.4

39.6

39.2

37.2

31.9

31.9

29.5

24.5

24.5

23.2 22 0

2l!?

21.3

9.6

9.6

0

29.4

10.7

62.5

49.2

39.0

30.6

19.0

13.3

0.5

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 19

6pm

--

 

--

 

--

--

 

--

«

--

--

Mar. 19

8pm

--

--

«

__

__

Mar. 19

10pm

__

__

__

__

__

-_

Mar. 19-20

midnight

--

--

--

__

-_

liar. 20

2am

--

" ,

Mar. 18 ]

10am and

noon

 ,..,

«

~

Mar. 18

about 1pm

Mar. 18

5pm

Altitude 

in 

feet

320.4

319.3

319.3

317.4

316.4

313.8

314.4

313.5

309.6

307.1

304.2

303.2

303.6

297.3

297.3

296.9

296.7

296.5

295.4

295.2

287.7

280.6

278.7

274.3

267.5

264.6

260.7

242.1

241.2

240.5

236.1

234.3

233.6

231.3

227.2

193.1

191.4

184.1

148.6

145.6 

~i o a ^ lx!b«o 

125.3

117.0

108.74

39.57

-

1,089.7

1,022.3

[1,047.7

998.9

970.2

o930.8

0901.2

o893.9

J844.7

j Mean sea level datum of U.S. Geological Survey.

k U.S. Weather Bureau datum.

o Datum of Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.
354 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936--HDDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Chemung Rivers

Corning, N. Y. , U.S. Weather Bureau gage

Elmira, N. Y. , gage at south end of Lake Street bridge

Athens, Pa., left bank

Athens, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Greens Landing, Pa. , right bank

Mouth of Chemung River

West Branch of Susquehanna Rivers

Barnesboro, Pa., right bank

Burnslde, Pa., upper highway bridge, right bank

Mahaffey, Pa., mouth of Chest Creek, right bank

Bower, Pa., highway bridge, gage, left bank

Lumber City, Pa., left bank

Lumber City, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Curwensville , Pa., mouth of Anderson Creek

Left bank

County highway bridge, 0.6 mile above Pennsylvania

Railroad bridge, left bank

Left bank

Hyde, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Hyde, Pa., right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. Market Street highway bridge, right

bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. right bank

Clearfield, Pa. left bank

Clearfield Creek, mouth of, right bank

Shawville, Pa., mouth of Trout Run, left bank

Shawville, Pa., mouth of Trout Run, right bank

Coudley, Pa., left bank

Coudley, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, left bank

Rolling Stone highway bridge, downstream, left bank

Moshannon Creek, mouth of

Karthaus, Pa., mouth of Mosquito Creek, left bank

Karthaus, Pa., left bank

Left bank

Lower Three Runs Run, mouth of, left bank

Eeating, Pa., mouth of Sinnemahoning Creek, left bank

Cooks Run, mouth of, left bank

Kettle Creek, mouth of, left bank

Left bank

Shintown Run, mouth of, left bank

Left bank

Drury Run, mouth of, left bank

Right bank

Renovo, Pa., left bank

Renovo, Pa., highway bridge, gage, left bank

Renovo, Pa., left bank

Left bank

Young Womans Creek, mouth of, left bank.

Hyner Run, mouth of, left bank

Hyner, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Hyner, Pa., right bank

Rattlesnake Run, mouth of, left bank

Tanganscootack Creek, mouth of

Right bank

Right bank

Lock Haven, Pa., right bank

Lock Haven, fa., right bank

Lock Haven, Pa., highway bridge, gage

Lock Haven, Pa,, right bank

Lock Haven, Pa., right bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

39.3

22.3

2.6

2.2

1.0

0

229.5

214.4

204.4

199.8

191.4

191.3

181.9

181.3

179.1

178.5

175.9

175.9

175.7

175.2

174.8

174.7

174.5

174.1

173.9

173.5

173.3

171.5

163.1

163.1

148.8

148.5

143.0

135.6

132.2

132.1

127.1

126.2

110.2

107.7

104.0

103.9

101.2

101.1

99.0

98.6

97.7

97.6

97.2

94.1

93.8

90.8

90.8

89.6

85.8

77.3

77.3

74.8

71.0

70.2

70.0

69.6

69.3

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 12

10am

Mar. 11-12

about

midnight

__

--

Mar. 17

2: 30pm

Mar. 17

10: 30pm

Mar. 18

1:45 am

Mar. 18

Sam

Mar. 18

3: 30am

__

__

__

--

__

__

Mar. 18

5am

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

Mar. 18

Sam

__

Mar. 18

5am

__

__

__

__

__

__

Mar. 18

7am

__

__

_

__

__

Mar. 18

Sam

 _

__

__

__

__

Mar. 18

11: 30am

~

Altltude 

in 

feet

k932.1

J852.0

756.7

756.1

754.5

1,445.0

1,321.2

1,268.9

1,226.1

1,176.6

1,176.6

__

1,134.8

1,128.1

1,124.6

1,116.6

1,114.9

1,113.4

1,112.9

1,110.8

1,111.0

1,110.7

1,110.6

1,109.9

1,109.6

1,109.4

1,103.5

1,053.9

1,051.9

976.6

972.7

936.9

__

853.4

849.4

813.9

805.7

724.8

708.6

695.9

695.4

680.2

678.9

672.1

669.0

665.1

663.4

662.0

650.3

650.3

638.8

635.8

629.8

618.2

587.8

587.8

581.7

570.1

567.9

567.3

566.5

566.5

j Mean sea level datum of U.S. Geological Survey, 

k U.S. Weather Bureau datum.
FLOOD CRESTS

Table 11.- Flood-crest atagea Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Baain Continued

West Branch of Susquehanna River Continued!

Great Island, Pa., West highway bridge, upstream,

left bank

North Bald Eagle Creek, mouth of

Great Island, Pa., East Bridge, upstream, left bank

Great Island, Pa., 0.4 mile below East Bridge, left

bank

McElhattan, Pa., left bank

Pine Creek, mouth of, left bank

Jersey Shore, Pa., left bank

Jersey Shore, Pa., left bank

Jersey Shore , Pa. , highway bridge , left bank

Jersey Shore, Pa., left bank

Jersey Shore, Pa., left bank

Left bank

Quineshakony Run, mouth of, left bank

linden Station, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge,

upstream, right bank

Linden Station, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge,

upstream, left bank

Left bank

Lycoming Creek, mouth of

Williamsport, Pa. left bank

Williamsport, Pa. left bank

Williamsport, Pa. Market Street highway bridge, gage,

left bank

Williamsport, Pa. left bank

Williamsport, Pa. 0.1 mile above mouth of Loyalsock

Creek, left bank

Left bank

Carpenters Run, mouth of, left bank

Money, Pa., highway bridge, lef-t bank

Montgomery, Pa. right bank

Montgomery, Pa. right bank

Montgomery, Pa. highway bridge

Montgomery, Pa. right bank

Allsnwood, Pa. , right bank

Watsontown, Pa. left bank

Watsontown, Pa. left bank

Watsontown, Pa. highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Watsontown, Pa. , left bank

Milton pa. left bank

Milton Pa. left bank

Milton Pa. highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Kilton Pa. left bank

Milton Pa. Reading Railroad bridge, left bank

Milton Pa. left bank

Left bank

Lewis burg, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, downstream, left bank

Lewisburg, Pa., right bank

Left bank

Left bank

Northumberland, Pa., highway bridge, left bank 

Mouth, confluence with Susquehanna River

Chest Creek:

Westover, Pa., left bank

Mahaffey, Pa., mouth

Clearfield Creek:

Irvona, Pa., left bank

Irvona, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Madera, Pa., right bank

Madera, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Dlmeling, Pa., highway bridge, gage

New York Central Railroad bridge, left bank

Mouth

Moshannon Creek:

Philipsburg, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Black Moshannon Creek, mouth of, right bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

68.5

67.5

67.3

66.9

63.9

58.7

56.3

55.6

55.4

55.3

53.8

46.9

46.7

45.4

45.4

44.0

41.5

40.2

39.4

39.3

37.6

35.7

34.1

30.0

27.7

23.3

23.1

22^7

22.6

18.5

16.3

16.0

15.8

15.6

12.2

11.6

11.3

11.0

10.9

10.7

8.9

7.6

7.3

5.2

3.1

0.1 

0

11.9

0.0

36.7

36.7

25.7

25.7

7.7

0.9

0

32.5

5.1

Date 

and

time

__

-_

--

__

~_

Mar. 18

3 pm

__

__

Mar. 18

7pm

-_

__

~_

__

__

Mar. 18

9pm

__

__

Mar. 18

10: 30pm

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

Mar. 19

2am

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

_

__

Mar. 19

6am

^

.._

Mar. 17

li:30pm

Mar. 18

5am 

Mar. 18

11am 

Mar. 18

3pm

Mar. 18

2am

Mar. 18

6am

Altitude 

in 

feet

565.9

_

564.7

562.4

560.1

555,4

552.3

551.1

550.6

550.7

548.4

537.8

537.7

536.0

535.4

535.3

_

530.8

528.5

528.1

526.1

523.5

520.7

507.4

499.9

491.3

490.8

489.5

479.7

475.8

475.4

475.4

475.1

469.8

469.0

468.5

466.9

467.3

464.7

461.7

460.0

459.3

457.4

454.4

450.6 

450.2

1,355.7

1,268.9

1,377.7

1,377.5

1,340.8

1,341.7

1,164.0

1,107.9

1,103.5

1,424.5

995.6
356 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 -HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANHA REGION

Table 11.- Flood-crest atagea Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Bennett Branch of Slnnemahoning CreekJ

Caledonia, Pa., left bank

Medix Run, mouth of, left bank

Benezette Run, mouth of, left bank

Dents Run, mouth of, left bank

Hicks Run, mouth of, left bank

Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, upstream, left bank

Driftwood, Pa., mouth of, left bank

Sinnemahoning Creek:

Driftwood, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, left bank

Left bank

Sinnemahoning, Pa., Baltimore & Ohio R.R. bridge,

upstream, right bank

Sinnemahoning, Pa., Baltimore !c Ohio R.R. bridge,

upstream, left bank

Sinnemahoning, Pa., left bank

Keating, Pa., mouth, right bank

Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creeks

Emporium Junction, Pa., left bank

Cameron, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Stealing Run, Pa., highway bridge, gage, right bank

Driftwood, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, mouth,

left bank

North Bald Eagle Creek:

Itilesburg, Pa.

Beech Creek Station, Pa., highway bridge, gage

Pine Creek:

Cedar Run, Pa., highway bridge, gage, left bank

Ramsey, Pa., left bank

Pine Creek, highway bridge, left bank

Franks town Branch of Juniata River:

Frankstown, highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Canoe Creek, Pa.., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, downstream, left bank

Gannister, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Williams burg , Pa,, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.

plant, right bank

Williams burg , Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Williamsburg, Pa., gage, left bank

Williams burg, Pa., pump s tation, right bank

Clover Creek, mouth of, left bank

Covedale, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Fox Run, mouth of, left bank

Water Street, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad station,

left bank

Alexandria, Pa., left bank

Alexandria, Pa., left bank

Alexandria, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Little Juniata River, mouth of, highway bridge

Warrior's Ridge, Pa., Perm Central Light & Power Co.

plant, left bank

Huntingdon, Pa., Pennsylvania Industrial School, island

Huntingdon, Pa., Smithfield Street highway bridge

Huntingdon, Pa. , Huntingdon-Broad Top Mountain R.R.

* Coal Co. bridge, upstream, left bank

Huntingdon, Pa., 4th Street highway bridge, upstream.

left bank

Huntingdon, Pa., 4th Street highway bridge, right bank

Huntingdon, Pa., mouth of Standing Stone Creek, left

bank

Ardenheim, Pa., left bank

Juniata River:

Junction of Franks town and Rays town Branches

Trough Creek, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Mapleton, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Mt. Union, Pa., right bank

lilies 

above 

mouth

23.2

19.5

16.1

9.0

7.9

1.3

0

14.9

11.8

11.7

11.7

11.7

0

18.7

12 9

9.1

0

23.5

12.1

36.6

10.4

2.6

40.4

34.9

30.4

28.9

28.5

28.5

28.3

26.1

25.2

20.2

16.8

15.1

14.9

14.6

10.5

7.2

3.7

3.2

3.1

2.7

2.7

2.4

0.7

91.0

88.9

85.3

82 .7

Date 

and 

time

 -

--

Mar. 17

llpm

__

__

liar. 18

2am

Mar. 18

l:30am

Mar. 18

l:30am

__

--

 -

Mar. 18

2am

Mar. 18

3am

--

Mar. 17

10pm

Mar .17

10: 30pm

Mar. 18

l:30am

Mar. 18

l:30am

Mar. 18

5: 30am

Mar. 18

3:30am

__

Mar. 18

2pm

--

__

__

__

Mar. 18

3am

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

 _

__

__

__

__

Mar. 18

6am

__

__

__

Altitude 

in 

feet

1,113.3

1,046.4

994.8

904.1

896.0

817.8

809.2

809.2

787.7

788.0

788.0

785.0

724.8

1,013.0

954.5

905.1

809.2

695.5

586.2

793.4

608.4

555.4

920.5

887.8

869.1

857.3

852.5

850.4

851.2

827.5

812.5

758.9

730.5

710.2

707.9

706.4

678.5

657.8

623.0

621.8

619.3

619.2

618.0

617.5

614.1

__

609.5

596.0

676.4
FLOOD CRESTS 357

Table 11.- Flood-«rest stages Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Juniata River Continueds

Mt. Union, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Mt. Union, Pa., right bank

Mt. Union, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, downstream, right bank

Aughwick Creek, mouth of, right bank

Hewton Hamilton, Pa., left bank

Hewton Hamilton, Pa., left bank

Hewton Hamilton, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Hewton Hamilton, Pa., left bank

Ryde, Pa., right bank

Ryde, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, upstream,

left bank

McVeytown, Pa., left bank

McVeytown, "Pa., left bank

MoVeytown, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, right bank

Longfellow, Pa., 0.3 mile below railroad station,

right bank

Right bank

Mayes Bridge, upstream, right bank

Lewis town, Pa., first bridge of Pennsylvania Railroad,

above, upstream, right bank

Left bank

Lewis town, Fa., left bank

Lewistorai, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Lewistowi, Pa., mouth of Jacks Creek, left bank

Left bank

Maeadonia Creek, mouth of, left bank

ICifflin, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Mifflintown, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, left bank

Port Royal, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, right bank

Port Royal, Pa., mouth of Tuscarora Creek, right bank

Mexico, Pa., highway bridge, downstream, left bank

Mexico, Pa., right bank

Van Dyke, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad station, right

bank

Thompsontown, Pa , left bank

Thompsontown, Pa , highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Millerstown, Pa. left bank

Millers town, Pa. left bank

Millerstown, Pa. highway bridge, right bank

Millerstown, Pa. left bank

Cocolamus Creek, mouth of, left bank

Wildcat Creek, mouth of, left bank

Hewport, Pa. mouth of Big Buffalo Creek, right bank

Newport, Pa. left bank

Hewport, Pa. right bank

Hewport, Pa. highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Hewport, Fa. gage, right bank

Hewport, Pa., mouth of Little Buffalo Creek, right bank

Trimmers Rock, Pa., left bank

Bailey, Fa., 0.8 mile above, left bank

Board Run, mouth of, left bank

leans Run, Fa., 0.6 mile above, left bank

Be venue, Pa., left bank

Little Juniata River t

Tyrone, Pa., left bank

Tyrone, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, upstream.

Tyrone, Pa., Penn Avenue highway bridge, left bank

Bald Eagle Creek, mouth of, left bank

Spruce Creek, Pa., twelfth bridge of Pennsylvania

Railroad, above, upstream, right bank

Ironville, Pa., Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, upstream

left bankBirmingham, Fa., highway bridge, right bank

Spruce Creek, Pa., tenth bridge of Pennsylvania Railroad above, upstream, right bank

Spruce Creek, Pa, ninth bridge of Pennsylvania Railroad

above, upstream, left bank

Shoenberger, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Spruce Creek, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

82.3

81.8

80.8

77.7

74.2

74.0

73.8

73.6

67.7

67.4

63.2

62.8

62.8

57.4

52.7

51.8

49.4

47.8

47.0

46.9

45.5

43.1

38.5

34.6

34.6

31.7

31.4

29.8

29.6

26.1

23.2

22.9

19.3

17.8

17.6

17.2

16.6

14.5

13.0

12.3

12.3

12.3

12.3

12.0

10.7

8.6

6.3

3.5

0.2

16.2

15.2

15.0

14.9

13.4

12.8

11.8

11.2

10.9

10.2

6.3

Date 

and 

time

__

Mar. 18

noon

__

__

Mar. 18

3: 30pm

__

Mar. 18

5:30pm

Mar. 18

7 J 30pm

--

« -

--

Mar.18

llpm

__

Mar. 18-19

midnight

--

__

Mar. 19

2am

--

Mar. 19

2 J 30am

--

Mar. 19

4am

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

Mar. 19

7am

--

--

__

Mar. 19

9am

_-

 

Mar. 17-18

midnight

 

 -

~

 

Mar. 18

2am

Altitude 

in 

feet

575.4

570.5

567.1

556.3

542.4

542.0

540.0

539.6

523.7

521.3

512.5

512.0

512.0

503.9

497.5

495.1

490.9

488.2

487.2

486.7

485.0

476.6

455.2

448.3

446.8

441.6

441.3

434.3

433.7

427.1

423.5

422.4

413.9

411.2

410.7

410.5

408.4

402.9

400.4

398.5

398.3

398.2

397.4

397.5

391.7

387.0

382.5

370.2

359.5

908.7

897.3

896.5

890.9

872.8

862.7

851.5

848.2

840.5

823. 8

765.8
358 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 11.- Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Susquehanna River Basin Continued

Little Juniata River Continued:

Barree, Pa., second "bridge of Pennsylvania Railroad

above, upstream, right bank

Barree, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Highway bridge, Pa., right bank

Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, downstream, right bank

Mouth, right bank

Raystown Branch of Juniata River!

Wolfsburg, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Bedford, Pa., right bank

Bedford, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Bedford, Pa. , right bank

Dunning Creek, mouth of, left bank

Everett, Pa. , left bank

Everett, Pa=, left bank

Everett, Pao, highway bridge, upstream, left bank

Everett, Pa., left bank

Juniata Crossing, Pa., highway bridge, upstream,

left bank

Juniata Crossing, Pa., right bank

Cypher, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Hopewell, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Hopewell, Pa., highway bridge, left bank

Riddlesburg, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right

bank

Riddlesburg, Pa., right bank

Saxton, Pa., highway bridge, upstream, right bank

Saxton, Pa., gage, left bank

Saxton, Pa., highway bridge, right bank

Saxton, Pa., Perm Central Light & Power Co. plant,

right bank

Entriken Bridge, left bank

Trexler Bridge, left bank

Hawns Bridge, left bank

Corbin Bridge, left bank

Miles 

above

mouth

4.5

2.9

0.4

0.3

0

100.2

97.5

97.0

96.5

95.4

87.3

86.6

86.5

86.4

78.6

78.4

58.9

54.3

54.3

51.9

51.9

44.2

44.2

43.2

42.2

29.9

24.2

9.1

.3

Date 

and 

time

Mar. 18

Sam

 

 -

Mar. 18

Sam

-_

--

--

_-.

Mar. 18

Sam

__

--

--

Mar. 18

6am

__

--

--

Mar. 18

9am

-_

-_

__

-_

Altitude 

in 

feet

747.5

716.6

679.9

678.9

678.5

1,093.3

1,066.3

1,065.5

1,063.2

1,061.9

1,019.8

1,019.3

1,018.6

1,017.8

996.5

991.6

912.0

880.9

880.4

867 o 7

863.7

819.8

819.3

816.1

804.5

745.6

705.6

651.1

612.9
FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION 359 

RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS

Knowledge of the floods of the past provides an effective basis upon 

which to formulate plans for protection against future floods and for control of the flood waters. Discriminating consideration of the magnitude 

and frequency of great floods is essential to the best economic solution 

of flood problems; consequently, the longer the record of flood experience the more enlightened and adequate the solution may be.

Systematic observations of the stages and discharges of rivers in 

the United States cover short periods of time and may be said to be comparatively in their infancy. The records diminish greatly in number as 

they extend into the past, and those exceeding 50 years in length are 

few. Information regarding many floods is published currently in the water-supply papers of the Geological Survey. Water-Supply Paper 771, 

"Floods in the United States - magnitude and frequency", contains an extensive compilation, largely from the water-supply papers, of records of 

floods on many of the rivers of the country for which, in general, the 

periods of systematic observation exceed 25 or 30 years.

Information regarding some notable floods of the past is presented 

below for the group of river basins covered in this volume. This information has been assembled as an incident to the preparation of the report 

on the floods of March 1936 and consists primarily of a summary, in either 

textual or tabular form, of notes and other data concerning outstanding 

floods for which there are authentic or reasonably trustworthy records. 

Variations in the nature and origin of the information obtained from different sources have necessitated the variation in the form of presentation for different basins.

The reports of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, on the development and utilization of many of the rivers of the country, published under the provisions of House Document 308, 69th Congress, 1st session, 

are sources of information regarding historical floods. Official State 

reports of agencies and departments that are concerned with the use of 

water often contain data and information about past floods. Specific 

references are given in the following text to the sources of information 

regarding early floods.

Information of past floods in detail adequate for significant comparison diminishes very greatly as the floods antedate the periods of 

systematic observation, which began generally within the last 50 years.

13.5158 O 37 24
360 FLOODS OF MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQTJEHANNA REGION

It is important, however, that records pertaining to the more outstanding 

early floods have been preserved through the years and may be compared 

with those of later floods.

Although available flood records are invaluable, it is to be emphasized that the experience disclosed even by 100-year or 200-year records 

may have serious limitations in establishing a reliable long-time experience with respect to the magnitude and frequency of rare floods. A broad 

knowledge of practical hydrology and meteorology is essential to the most 

effective interpretation of the records in respect to the occurrence of 

rare floods.

The records of previous floods are generally compiled only for the 

major rivers, and therefore little definite information regarding the 

floods on the smaller tributaries and small coastal streams is ordinarily 

available. The times of occurrence of the floods on such smaller streams, 

however, undoubtedly correspond more or less closely to the times of occurrence of the floods on the neighboring larger streams.

Hudson River Basin

Upper Hudson River Basin.- Records of floods in the upper Hudson 

River region are meager, partly because there are no large cities on the 

rivers but largely because this region has been protected by natural 

storage. With the exception of streams rising in New England, the maximum flood of record is that of March 24-29, 1913. The Sacandaga River 

reached a flow of 35,800 second-feet at Hadley, N. Y., in that flood,or 

about 36 second-feet per square mile. The Hudson River at Mechanicville, 

N. Y., with a record continuous since 1887, reached a flow of 120,000 

second-feet, or 26.6 second-feet per square mile at that time. This 

flood discharge will probably never again be eaualed at Mechanicville, 

because of the construction of the Sacandaga Reservoir (completed in 

1930). The flood of 1869 was the greatest recorded on the Hudson River 

prior to 1913 and was estimated to be 70,000 second-feet at Mechanicville?

For streams rising in New England the maximum flood of record is 

that of November 1927. The Batten Kill at Battenville, N. Y., with a 

drainage area of 394 square miles, reached a peak of 21,300 second-feet.

* Rafter, G 0 W., Hydrology of the State of New York: New York State 

Mus. Bull. 85, p. 467, 1905.
RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS 361

According to the report of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army,* 

"The watershed received an average rainfall of 6 inches. Other major 

floods on the Batten Kill occurred in 1904 and 1913, the former having a 

discharge of 11,700 and the latter 8,400 second-feet at Battenville. 

The damage caused by the 1927 flood amounted to $300,000." This report 

contains a detailed description of the flood of 1927. House Document 

684, 71st Congress, 3d session, contains a complete report of previous 

floods on the Hoosic River. The Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge, N. Y., 

had a peak of 29,800 second-feet In November 1927 from 510 square miles. 

The estimated damage was nearly $3,000,000. Prior to 1927 the greatest 

recorded discharge was 16,700 second-feet at Eagle Bridge on July 9, 

1915.

Lower Hudson River Basin.- The following description and table 

(except for the 1936 data, which have been added at the end of the table) are taken from House Document 149, 72d Congress, 1st session:

(a) A list of the greatest floods at the city of Albany since 1839, as 

recorded by the United States Weather Bureau and this office [New York, 

N. Y., district office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army], is presented 

in the following tabulation:

Hudson River floods at State Street, Albany, N. Y., above safe stage of

10.6 feet

Date Causes

Mean sea 

level elevations [feet]

Jan. 27, 1839 ......................

Mar. 15, 1846 Gorge at Barren Island. ..........

Feb. 9, 1857 Gorge above Van Wies Point. ........

Jan. 11, 1869 Gorge at freight bridge, Albany, N. Y . . .

Apr. 22, 1869 Gorge ...................

Oct. 5, 1869 13.8 inches rainfall. ...........

Feb. 6, 1876 No ice. ..................

Feb. 14, 1886 Gorge in front of Albany, N. Y. ......

Apr. 12, 1887 Gorge ...................

Mar. 26, 1893 Gorge off south end Houghtailing Island . .

May 5, 1893 Gorge ...................

Apr. 10, 1895 Melting snow and rain ...........

Mar. 1, 1896 Gorge north of Stockport. .........

Mar.. 13, 1898 Gorge ...................

Mar. 6, 1899 Gorge at Van Wies, Castleton, North Coey-

	mans ..................

Feb. 14, 1900 Gorge at Stuyvesant Light, North Coeymans,

	etc. ..................

Dec. 12, 1901 Gorge below Stone House bar ........

Mar. 2, 1902 do ...................

Mar. 2, 1903 Gorge at Coxsackie Island and Upper Schodak

	Island .................

Mar. 24, 1904 Gorge at Van Wies Point ..........

Apr. 2, 1905 Gorge below Albany and heavy rain .....

Mar.4-6, 1906 Gorge at Van Wies Point ..........

Nov. 8, 1907 Rain. ......... t .........

Feb. 16, 1908 Gorge at Castleton. ............

Feb. 20, 1909 Gorge below Albany. ............

Jan. 23, 1910 do ...................

Mar. 28, 1913 Warm rain, about 5 inches in 5 days ....

Mar. 29, 1914 Rain 3 days and thaw, Spier Falls, 0.73

	inch; Albany, 1.13 inches. .......

18.24

18.73

21.71

18.46

19.46

18.98

14.46

18.35

15.46

18.89

16.58

16.42

18.24

13.76

12.91

20.42

14.04

18.96

16.78

13.8

14.2

12.4

13.9

16.7

17.9

13.75

21.45

14.83

* 71st Cong., 3d sess., H. Doc. 685.
362 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Hudson River floods at State Street, Albany, N. Y., above safe stage of 

10.6 feet Continued

Date Causes

Mean sea 

level elevations [feetj

Apr. 21, 1914 Rain and thaw, Spier Palls, 1.06 inches;

Albany, 1.52 inches. ..........

Feb. 16, 1915 Rain 1 day, Spier Palls, 1.4 inches ....

July 9, 1915 Rain 8 days, Spier Palls, 3.29 inches . . ,

Apr. 2, 1916 Thaw, weather abnormally warm .......

Mar. 28, 1917 do ...................

June 13, 1917 Rain, Spier Palls, 2.88 inchesJ Gloversville, 3.38 inches ...........

Mar. 27, 1920 Thaw, abnormally warm weather .......

Apr. 12, 1922 Rain and thaw, Spier Palls, 1.3 inches;

Ballston Lake, 2.13 inches .......

Apr. 7, 1923 Rain and thaw, Spier Falls, 1.5 inches;

North Lake, 1.69 inches. ........

Apr. 8, 1924 Rain, Spier Palls, 2.46 inches; Gloversville, 1.3 inches. ...........

Apr. 10, 1926 Rain, Conklingville, 1.12 inches; Gloversville, 1.8 inches. ...........

Apr. 26, 1926 Rain, Conklingville, 0.88 inch; Gloversville, 0.66 inch ............

Nov. 4, 1927 Rain, Conklingville, 3.55 inches. .....

Dec. 9, 1927 Rain, Conklingville, 1.5 inches; Glorrersville, 0.74 inch; Spier Falls, 1.5 

inches .................

Mar. 16, 1929 Rain and thaw, Conklingville, 2.26 inches; 

Gloversville, 1.77 inches; Spier Falls, 

1.64 inches. ..............

Apr. 22, 1929 Rain, Conklingville, 1.08 inches; Gloversville, 1.4 inches; Spier Falls, 1.1 

inches .................

Mar. 13, 1936 ......................

Mar. 19, 1936 ......................

15.52

11.12

11.04

15.01

12.10

11.46

13.14

15.98

12.96

13.74

10.88

12.14

15.96

12.21

12.67

12.11

15.00

17.86

(b) Flood of March 1915.- (l) The most severe flood ever recorded on 

the Hudson River was that of March 24-29, 1913. The rainfall causing 

this flood was general over the entire north-central and northeastern 

part of the United States. The effects it produced in the Miami River 

Valley in Ohio led directly to the extensive flood-prevention works undertaken on that river. On the Hudson River watershed a period of thaw 

with temperatures rising to 70° P. was followed by 5 days of continuous 

rain. The total precipitation amounted to 5.05 inches at Indian Lake, 

6.4 inches at Spier Falls, and 5.43 inches at Glens Palls. At the latter station the maximum 1-day rainfall was 2.3 inches.

(2) Discharge measurements indicated a maximum flow of 89,000 secondfeet [later revised to 71,800 second-feet by the United States Geological Survey] at Spier Palls, 120,000 second-feet at Mechanicvllle, and 

about 220,000 second-feet at Albany. In the city of Troy the flood 

reached an elevation of 29.7 feet above mean sea level, 7 feet above 

safe height, and exceeded the greatest previous height by 4.1 feet. At 

Albany the highest elevation reached was 21.53 feet, or 11 feet beyond 

the safe limit. The flood of February 9, 1857, rose to about the same 

height at Albany, but as it was caused by ice it was lower than the 1913 

flood at the city of Troy. The flood of February 14, 1900, also due to 

ice, reached to within a foot of the two greatest floods of record. 

Prom surveys made at the time of the 1913 flood the area inundated in 

the industrial and residential sections was determined at about 170 

acres in Watervliet, 580 acres in Troy, 300 acres in Rensselaer, and 

530 acres in Albany. In addition to the great amount of property damage 

incurred, a serious menace to health arose through the flooding of the 

Albany filtration plant, which resulted in a typhoid epidemic throughout 

the city.

Flood records on tributaries of the lower Hudson River do not extend back many years. Rafter (New York State Mus. Bull. 85, p. 474) 

estimated the spring flood of 1901 on Catskill Creek at 21,000 second-
RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS 363

feet, or 100 second-feet to the square mile. The greatest flood on Kinderhook Creek was that of November 4, 1927, with a peak discharge of 

17,000 second-feet at Rossman, N. Y. (House Document 653, 71st Congress, 

3d session). The greatest discharge recorded at the Rossman station, 

prior to 1936 was 11,000 second-feet on January 22, 1910, although the 

peak discharge on February 20, 1909, when there was a mean daily flow of 

10,200 second-feet, may have equaled or possibly surpassed the 1910 

flood. Ho record is available at that point for the flood of 1927.

There is no gaging-station record prior to 1914 on Esopus Creek. 

Rafter (New York State Mus. Bull. 85, p. 474) estimated the flood of 

December 10, 1878, at Saugerties, N. Y., as 50,000 to 60,000 secondfeet, or 120 to 145 second-feet to the square mile. The greatest known 

flood on Rondout Creek probably occurred on October 4, 1869, but no record of discharge is available. The flood of August 27, 1928, caused by 

a local storm, exceeds all other floods subsequent to the installation 

of gaging stations. For a description of the flood of 1928 on Rondout 

Creek see House Document 704, 71st Congress, 3d session.

The Wallkill River, because of its high ground-water storage, large 

overflow and swamp areas, does not have high flood fldws. The Croton 

River, although affected by storage control throughout its flood history, 

has experienced several extreme floods. Rafter (New York State Mus. 

Bull. 85, pp. 472-473) describes the flood of January 7-8, 1841, and 

states: "Another severe flood occurred in November 1853, while in April 

1854, after unprecedented rains, the worst freshet was experienced which 

has yet been recorded."

Mohawk River Basin.- The following is quoted from House Document 

158, 72d Congress, 1st sessionj

The most severe flood of record on the Mohawk River as a whole occurred in March 1913. Although a year later a much larger discharge occurred locally at Vischer Ferry, this was due primarily to the breaking 

of an ice gorge at some point above. At the time of the 1913 flood the 

Delta Reservoir was in operation. Its effect at the city of Rome, 5 

miles below the dam, was such that the river remained within its banks. 

Previously, in 1902, an even smaller run-off had caused extensive flooding through the city. Farther downstream at Schenectady, where the controlled area was small, the 1913 flood caused considerable inundation. 

About 300 acres within the city were under water, and great property 

damage resulted.

Table 12, giving a list of the 'large floods recorded on the Mohawk 

River since 1869, is taken from the above-mentioned report, with slight 

modifications.
364 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HUDSON TO SUSQDEHANNA REGION

Table 12.- Previous floods on the Mohawk River

Stream

Mohawk River a

Do. b

Do.

Do. a

Do.

Do. a

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do. a

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

West Canada Creek

Do.

Do.

East Canada Creek

Schoharie Creek

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Cayadutta Creek

Oriakany Creek

Location

Cohoes

Crescent

Dunsbach Perry

Viacher Perry

Rerford Plats

Tribe a Hill

Rocky Rift Dam

Little Palls

do.

do.

Utica

Rome

do.

Ridge Mills

do.

Middleville

Trenton Palla

Hinckley

Dolgevllle

Port Hunter

Eaperance

Middleburg

Prattsville

do.

Johnatown

Colmans

Date

1913, March

1918, Mar. 23

1903, Oct. 10

1914, Mar. 28

1892

1913, March

1901, Mar. 21

1890

1898, Mar. 14

1913, Mar. 28

1891, February

1904, Mar. 26

1910, Feb. 28

1888, spring

1898, Mar. 12

1898, August

1913, Mar. 28

1869, April

1913, Mar. 26

1901, Mar. 21

1918, Feb. 20

1909, Feb. 20

1903, Oct. 9

1924, September

1896

1888, apring

Drainage 

area 

(aq.mi.. 

reviaed)

3,456

3,453

3,442

3,385

3,375

3,096

1,348

1,290

1,290

1,290

514

155

155

155

153

512

377

375

261

926

872

532

236

236

38

140

Maximum 

diacharge

Sec.ft.

99,000

38,000

84, 600

140,000

78,350

90,400

23,200

22,000

23,749

34,200

17,300

4,340

6,130

7,080

5,266

12,950

25,700

39,200

14, 500

50,000

45,000

31,600

28,000

29,100

2,895

7,830

Sec.ft. 

per 

aq.mi.

28.6

11.0

24.6

41.4

23.2

29.2

17.2

17.1

18.4

26.5

33.7

28.0

39.5

46.3

34.4

25.3

68.2

105

55.6

54.0

51.6

59.4

119

123

76.2

55.9

a Affected by atorage in Delta Reaervoir.

b Affected by atorage in Delta and Hinckley Reaervoira.

The Hinckley and Delta Reaervoira, which provide storage for canal 

purpoaes, and the Schoharie Reaervoir, which forms part of the New York 

City water-supply aystem, together control the run-off from 24 percent 

of the entire Mohawk River drainage area. Plooda of aerioua magnitude 

are thua much leaa likely to occur than prior to the reaervoir conatruction. Mohawk River flooda are discuased in detail in the Report of the 

Board of Engineera on Deep Waterways, and by Rafter (New York State Mus. 

Bull. 85, pp. 475-477).

Passaic River Baain

Table 13 gives a summary of flood discharges for several streams 

in the Paasaic River Basin covering the period November 1810 to March 

1936. The list ia not complete but includes all floods of which there 

are recorda. Selection of flooda for thia table waa made by including 

all recorded floods in which the discharge of the Paasaic River at Pundee Dam, at Clifton, N. J., was over 12,000 second-feet.
RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS 365

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<M CVI CVI

g §

4* rt f. 0 -

4* rH

Q O O O

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MfHrHrH

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Discharg a Approzi fc Mean dai o
366 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HDDSOH TO SUSQUEEAOTA REGION

Raritan River Basin

Table 15 gives a summary of flood stages for several streams in the 

Raritan River Basin covering the period November 1810 to March 1936. 

Although the list is incomplete, all floods of which there are records 

are included. Selection of floods for this table was made l»y including 

only those in which the stage of the Raritan River at Manville, N. J., 

was 34.5 feet or above.

Delaware River Basin

Delaware River in Hew York.- There is no record of floods causing 

a serious loss of life or property or attaining the magnitude of a disaster on the Delaware River above Fort Jervis, N. Y. This may be attributed to the absence of large cities, to the location of most of the 

towns on high ground, and possibly to the characteristics of the basin 

being unfavorable for exceptional floods. The highest flood discharge 

on record is that of October 1903. However, an ice gorge with a moderate flood run-off in March 1904 caused a higher stage and greater damage 

at Port Jervis. Ice gorges are of frequent occurrence and have caused 

more damage than floods caused by high discharge. According to tradl^ 

tion the highest flood prior to 1903 occurred on January 8, 1841.

The storm of July 1935 produced high discharges on some of the 

smaller tributaries in the northwest part of the basin. A full account 

of this flood is given in Water-Supply Paper 773-E, "The New York State 

flood of July 1935."

Delaware River in Pennsylvania and Hew Jersey.- The floods of 1687 

and 1692 on the Delaware River are mentioned in a letter written by 

Phineas Pemberton on February 27, 1692 ("Historic tales of olden times 

concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania") . He described the flood of 1692 as having risen 12 feet 

above the usual high-water mark at the Delaware Falls (Trenton, N. J.), 

the water reaching the upper stories of houses on the lowlands. A detailed account of this flood appears in "History of the City of Trenton", 

by John 0. Raum, in 1871, which mentions the danger of inundations as 

foreseen by the Indians.

Early flood heights on the Delaware River wer« observed at various 

places, but the records collected in the vicinity of Phillipsburg, N. J., 

cover the longest period prior to the establishment of the Weather Bureau 

gage at that place in 1904, when systematic daily observations began.
RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS 367

Although the early records at Phillipsburg were observed at gages set to 

different daturns and at some distance apart, certain deductions and corrections have been made to the early records of flood heights, so that 

they are believed to be comparable with those observed in recent years. 

The greatest recorded flood on the Delaware River was that of October 

10, 1903, which reached a stage of 35.9 feet referred to the present 

Phillipsburg gage. It was 4.8 feet above the second highest recorded 

stage of December 1901, and exceeded the flood of March 1936 by 5.2 feet. 

Other great floods on the Delaware River were those of January 1841 and 

June 1862, which reached 28.5 feet, and that of March 1902, which reached 

29.5 feet. Smaller floods that attained a height of 24.5 feet occurred 

in October 1869 and December 1878. A stage of 25 feet was recorded in 

August 1933. Table 14 gives flood stages of 20.0 feet and above at 

Phillipsburg from May 1781 to March 1936. The zero of the gage is about 

155 feet above mean sea level.

Table 14.- Stages of previous floods on the Delaware River at 

Phillipsburg, N. J.

Date Stage 

(feet) Date Stage 

(feet)

1781, May 9. ........ 21.0

1783, Feb. 28. ....... 20.0

1785. Mar. 17. ....... 23.0

1786. Oct. 4 ........ 21.0

1814, Apr. 1 ........ 20.0

1841, Jan. 8 ........ 28.5

1846, Mar. 16. ....... 24.0

1862, Jan. 5 ........ 28.5

1869, Oct. 15. ....... 24.5

1875, Apr. 9 ........ 23.5

1878, Dec. 11. ....... 24.5

1895, Apr. 9. ....... 23.5

1901. Dec. 16 ....... 31.1

1902. Mar. 2. ....... 29.5

1903. Oct. 10 ....... 35.9

1913. Mar. 28 ....... 22.2

1914. Mar. 29 ....... 21.0

1924. Oct. 1. ....... 22.0

1925. Feb. 12 ....... 21.0

1933, Aug. 25 ....... 25.0

1935. July 10 ....... 20.0

1936. Mar. 19 ....... 30.7

Table 16 gives flood stages for places on the Delaware River from 

Belvidere, N. J., to Trenton, N. J., and for places on several tributaries during the period from October 1786 to March 1936. The list includes all floods of which there are records. Selection of floods was 

made by including all those for which the stage of the Delaware River at 

Riegelsville, N. J., was 148.0 feet or above.

Knowledge of floods on the Lehigh River begins with a reference to 

one in 1739. The greatest recorded flood, for this stream occurred on 

February 28, 1902, when an altitude of 236.8 feet was reached at New 

Street Bridge in Bethlehem, Pa. Table 18 lists the recorded larger 

floods at five points on the Lehigh River from Tannery, Pa., to Bethlehem, Pa., covering the period from October 1786 to March 1936.
Table 16.- Peak stage, in feet, at indioated places in the Raritan River Basin for floods in which 

Date

1810, November

1850

1865, July

1874, September

1882, September

1886, February

1887, July

1889, November

1896, February

1903, October

1919, July

1922, February

1924, April

1927, October

1927, November

1932, November 10

1932, November 19

1933, August

1934, tlarch

1934, September

1936, January

1936, March

Raritan River

Manville

36.5

35.6

34.7

35.15

35.54

36.79

' 35.09

d

36.67

35.47

Bound 

Brook

IS

b!4

16

12.0

Dam 

below 

Bound

Brook

a!4.2

a9.0

aS.O

aB.O

a!5.2

a!2.25

Bar! tan 

Landing, 

New Brunswick

13

8

8

Albany 

Street, 

New Brunswick

9

12

9

South Branch of Raritan River

Above 

High

Bridge

293.07

292.01

291.02

292.02

290.58

291.32

290.69

d

292.09

6292.10

292.61

Stanton 

Station

10.5

10.0

8.3

10.0

8.0

8.03

9.24

8.11

10.5

elO.03

9.22

d

9.37

Neshanic

a9.25

a9.79

alO.15

a!2.0

South 

Branch

a!3.7

a!3.7

a!4.0

a!2.5

Nes

Elv

Rea

9

9

10

9

4

9

7

a Head over dam.

b Dam below Bound Brook built in 1833.

c Above "ordinary stage" 

d Record missing.

Table 16.- Peak stage, in feet, at indioated places in the Delaware River Basin for floods in which th

Date

1786, October

1801

1814

1836, April

1839, April

1841, January

1843, October

1846, March

Delaware River

Belvidere Easton

189.2

Riegelsville

Stookton

77.76

Lambertville

62.9

60.9

60.9

61.4

61.5

66.9

60.9

64.5

Trenton 

(Oalhoun 

Street)

Flat Brook 

near Flatbrookville

P

K

Bla
1862, June

1901, December

1902, February-March

1903, October

1913, March

1914, March

1924, April

1924, September-October 

1925, February

1933, August

1935, July

1936, March

255.3

255.8

245.20

246.48 

245.08

247.08

240.70

252.18

193.3

b!77.2

187.95

161.2

150.3

148.7

148.39

149.49 

149.11

150.29

148.49

157.74

75.8

76.83

81.16

72.83

71.94

80.9

64.4

65.7

70.0

61.0

62.5

61.91

59.92

67.00

23.1

23.57

27.34

21.1

19.8

19.6

20.3 

20.8

20.43

19.51

24.43

354.83

352.53 

354.83

352.90

352.77

354.23

a Former datum. b Below mouth of Lehigti River.

Table 17.- Altitude, in feet, of previous floods at indicated places on th

SehuylMll Haven. Pa., to Philadelphia, Pa., and an the Little Sehuylkil

Date

1757, July

1786, October

1841, January

1850, July

1850, September

1862, June

1869, October

1894, May

1902, February-March

1904, March

1920, March

1924, September-October

1933, August

1935, July

1936, Mar. 12

Schuylkill River

Sohuylkill 

Haven

503.9

Hamburg

353.0

Reading

203.5

205.8

204.3

207.1

211.5

204.5

210.1

205.3

210.0

203.5

a206.7

205.0

206.0

204.4

204.0

Pottstown

137.0

132.7

132.9

Phoenisville

90.4

96.9

93.8

92.2

93.3

86.9

ITorrist

68.4

66.1

60.5

a Affected by ice
370 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936 HUDSON TO SUSQUEHANNA REGION

Table 18.- Altitude, in feet, oi previous floods at indicated places on

the Lehigh River

Date

1786, October

1839, January

1841, January

1862, June

1869, October

1894, May

1901, December

1902, February

1924, October

1926, November

1933, August

1935, July

1936, Mar. 12

1936, Mar. 18

Tannery

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

1,054.4

1,055.1

1,055.3

1,055.0

Mauch Chunk

_

-

_

529.4

_

_

_

-

527.1

a527.9

524.4

-

_

-

Lehighton

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

456.9

-

457.0

Allentown 

(Hamilton 

Street)

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

256.5

248.3

a250.0

-

-

b248.2

-

Bethlehem 

(New Street)

228.9

226.9

233.9

234.2

233.9

227.9

228.4

236.8

227.1

227.4

231.7

231.6

229.9

228.3

a Affected by a dam failure.

b About 4,000 feet downstream from Hamilton Street.

The earliest recorded flood for the Schuylkill River was that of 

July 15, 1757. Table 17 gives a summary of floods for the Little Schuyl 

kill River at Tamaqua, Pa., and for several points on the Schuylkill 

River from Schuylkill Haven, Pa., to Philadelphia, Pa.

Susquehanna River Basin

Susquehanna River Basin in New York.- For a presentation of available data on historic floods on the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers in 

the vicinity of Binghamton, N. Y., and for a detailed account of the 

floods of July 1935, which caused record flows on most of the northern 

tributaries of the Susquehanna River in New York, see Water-Supply Paper 

773-E, "The New York State flood of July 1935." The flood of March 1865 

is probably the greatest known on the upper Susquehanna River. Rafter 

(New York State Mus. Bull. 85, p. 486) estimated the flood of March 1902 

on the Susquehanna River at Binghamton at about 70,000 to 80,000 secondfeet, and the flood of 1865 as still greater. Records of the New York 

State engineer and surveyor give the mean daily discharge on March 2, 

1902, as 60,400 second-feet, and the rating table in use at that time 

would give a peak discharge of 62,500 second-feet, or about the same 

discharge as that for the flood of 1936. Records of stage at Binghamton 

are complicated by the condition that high water on the Chenango River 

caused backwater on the Susquehanna River and vice versa. Records of 

stage on the Susquehanna River at Binghamton indicate that the flood of 

1936 was higher than that of 1902 and lower than that of 1865. Newspaper accounts at the village of Owego, N. Y., below Binghamton, show 

the flood stage in 1936 to have been three-fourths of a foot higher than
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 11

A. SCENE AT 4 P. M., MARCH 18,1936, AT CORNER OF EAST MAIN STREET AND BELLEFONTE AVENUE, LOCK HAVEN, PA.

Courtesy of Leh Henry.

B. DEBRIS IN TREES AFTER FLOOD WATERS FROM THE WEST BRANCH OF THE 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER HAD RECEDED NEAR LOCK HAVEN, PA,

Courtesy of Delos Glossner.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 799 PLATE 12

A: HIGH-WATER MARK AT ROCK\ ILLE BRIDGE ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR

DAUPHIN, PA.

Courtesy of Mose Fenical.

B. FILTER PLANT AT HARRISBURG, PA., INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM THE

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

Courtesy of the Kemp Studio.
RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS 371

the flood stage in 1865. All records of the flood of 1865 seem largely 

legendary, but it is logical to conclude that the flood of March 1936 

on the Susquehanna River approached that of 1865 and was the greatest 

flood since that date.

The greatest flood on the Chenango River prior to July 1936 was 

that of March 1-3, 1902. The flood of July 1935 was more than a foot 

higher than the flood of 1902 and caused much greater damage, owing to 

the growth of the city of Binghamton. Losses in 1902 were about $60,000 

according to Rafter (New York State Mua. Bull. 85). Damages in 1935 

were probably greater than $2,000,000 in Binghamton alone. Much of the 

latter damage can be attributed to encroachment by works of man on the 

natural flood plains of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers, particularly the Chenango.

The greatest known flood on the Chemung River occurred June 1, 1889. 

Fairly reliable gage-height records at Corning, N. Y., and Elmira, N. 1., 

show that the flood of 1936 was lower than that of 1889. Francis Collingwood (New York State Mus. Bull. 85, p. 488, and the Report of the 

Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways) estimated the flood flow at Elmira in 1889 to have been 138,000 second-feet, or 67 second-feet to the 

square mile. This is much greater than the 36.5 second-feet to the 

square mile recorded at Chemung, N. Y., on March 12, 1936, which was the 

highest flow in 34 years of record.

Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania.- The earliest mention of 

floods on the Susquehanna River is found in Hazard's Register, which 

states that at Harrisburg, Pa., the flood in 1740 was higher than that 

of March 15, 1784. Systematic observations of river heights began at 

Harrisburg on January 1, 1874. There are references to 22 floods before 

that time, with some information relating to the height of eight floods 

that were not caused by ice jams and reached stages ranging from 16 to 

24.6 feet on the Harrisburg (Walnut Street) gage.

The highest known flood on the Susquehanna River between Sunbury, 

Pa., and its mouth, during the 196 years 1740 to 1936 occurred on March 

19, 1936, when 30.33 feet was reached at the Walnut Street gage in Harrisburg. This flood exceeded any previous known height at Harrisburg by 

3.5 feet. Six days prior to this flood, however, a stage, of 21.76 feet 

was reached the highest water in 42 years not caused by ice jams. In 

table 19 are given the altitudes of recorded^ great floods for places on 

the Susquehanna River from Binghamton, N. Y., to Marietta, Pa., covering
Table 19.- Altitude, In feet, of previous floods at Indicated places on the Susqnehanna Elv

Date

1784, March 

1786, October

1807, April

1833, May

1846, March

1865, March

1868, March

1886, February

1889, June

1891, January

1893, March

1894, May

1895, March

1899, January

1901, December

1902, March

1904, February

1904, March

1910, March

1913, March

1914, March

1916, April

1920, March

1925, February

1929, April

1935, July

1936, Ma*. 13

1936, Mas. 18-20

Blnghan 

ton, N.Y.

345.0

838.1

836.0

838.8

839.3

838.9

844.3

Towanda

718.8

709.2

700.4

718.4

705.8

707.6

712.2

714.0

714.0

712.4

711.0

712.6

713.8

715.0

716.2

718.9

WilkesBarre

 541.9 

540.9

541.9

539.9

545.0

538.7

'540.6

 538.9

 536.9

538.9

543.2

 537.6

 542.5

538.0

540.4

540.2

538.4

537.9

537.0

538.4

537.5

540.7

545.0

Creasy

486.9

485.1

488.5

486.1

Danville

459.1

453.9

 457.9

 455.6

 461.8

452.1

454.3

453.8

452.9

452.0

451.4

451.4

451.1

454.3

"459.1

Sunbury

441.5

440.0

437.0

438.5

445.8

Shamokin 

Dam

439.7

438.0

438.1

 438.2

443.9

Port 

Crevorton

416.6

423.0

Montgomery Ferry

375.3

375.7

 374.2

379.7

Clarks 

Ferry

355.7

-

361.1

tWalnut Street gage. Affected by Ice 
lable 20.- Altitude

Date

1846, March

1847, October

1851, July

1361, September

1865, March

1886, January

1889, June

1891, February

1894, May

1898, March

1901, December

1902, March

1904, March

1909, May

1913, March

1916, March

1916, June

1918, February

1919, May

1920, March

1923, March

1936, Mar. 11, 12

1936, Mar. 18, 19

Mahaffey

1266.3

1268.9

in feet, of previous floods at indicated places on the West Branoh of the Susqueh

Bower

1225

1226.1

Clearfield

1109.0

1110.8

Karthaus

850.9

853.4

Keating

721.2

724.8

Renovo

661.3

657.0

649.4

647. 5

 651.0

649.S

646.8

649.9

648.7

648.5

647.7

649.0

647.1

649.6

663.4

Lock Haven

564.8

567.3

Jersey 

Shore

550.5

547.7

551.1

William

por

518

514

516

518

520

517

527

516

524

515

515

*516

515

515

515

515

515

516

515

515

516

518

528

Affected by ice Approximate

Table 21.- Altitude, in feet, of -previous floods at indicated places on the Junlata 

Date

1810, November

1846, March

1847, October

1889, June

1894, May

1901, December

1902, March

1907, March

1908, March

1916, June

1920, March

1936, February

1936, Mar. 12

1936, Mar. 18, 19

Frankstown Branoh of Juniata River

Williamsburg

850.9

843.1

850.4

Alexandria

705.9

707.2

Huntingdon 

(lourth Street)

613.7

617.7

612.4

609.9

608.3

609.2

60?. 2

610.2

607.0

606.3

619.3

Juniata River

Mapleton

597.4

596.0

Mo7eytown

512.4

512.0

Lewistown

486.7

485.2

Mi

 Affected by ice.
374 FLOODS OP MARCH 1936--HODSON TO SUSQUEHAHMA REGION

varying lengths of record, the longest being for Harrisburg,.which starts 

with the flood of October 1786.

Tables 20 and 21 present data on recorded floods for places on the 

West Branch of the Susquehanna River and the Juniata River and its tributaries, respectively.

St. Lawrence River Basin in New York

Information regarding previous floods on the Senesee River is pre- - 

sented in the "Report on flood conditions in the Genesee River" published 

in 1937 by the City Manager of Rochester, H. Y.

Rafter, in Bulletin 85 of the New York State Museum (p. 458), states 

that the great flood of March 1865 on the Oswego River at Oswego, N. x., 

probably reached 41,000 to 42,000 second-feet. Mr. Breed, in testimony 

given in Empire Street Railway Co. vs. the State of Hew York, stated that 

the peak discharge of the Oswego River at Phoenix, N. Y., was 30,000 to 

35,000 second-feet for the 1865 flood. The large difference between the 

discharges at Phoenix and Oswego, according to Erneat D. Hendricks, claims 

engineer for the New York State Department of Public Works, may have been 

largely due to the failure of a dam 4 miles above Oswego.

The following information comparing the altitudes and discharges at 

various places during the floods of 1865 and 1936 was also furnished by 

Mr. Hendricks:

1865 1956

Altitude Discharge Altitude Discharge

386.7

22,500 

375.0

11,700 

37,000

The large amount of natural storage on this drainage basin reduces 

considerably the probability of large flood flows. The floods of 1865 

and 1936 exceeded all other floods within the memory of any living inhabitant .

Cayuga Lake

Seneca River

One Ida Lake

One Ida River

Oswego River

389.3

-

376.0

-

-

-

19,435

-

12,500

35,000
INDEX

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Abstract.................................................... 1

Acknowledgments for aid..................................... 6

Adams, Mass., Hoosic River at............................... 110

Administration of the work.................................. 5-6

Arlington, Vt., Batten Kill at.............................. 107

Assunpink Creek at Trenton, N. J............................ 203

Auburn, N. Y., Owasco Lake outlet near...................... 268

Aughwick Creek near Orbisonia, Pa........................... 247

Ausable Forks, N. Y., Ausable River near.................... 273

Ausable River near Ausable Forks, N. Y...................... 273

Ausable River Basin, rainfall and run-off in................ 338-340

Authorization of the work................................... 5

Batten Kill at Arlington, Vt................................ 107

at Battenville, N. Y.................................... 108

Battenville, N. Y., Batten Kill at.......................... 108

Beaver Brook at outlet of Splitrock Pond, N. J.............. 142

near Belvldere, "H. J.................................... 197

Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls, N. Y............................ 184

Beech Creek Station, Pa., North Bald Eagle Creek at......... 234

Belvidere, N. J., Beaver Brook near......................... 197

Delaware River at....................................... 174

Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh River at............................. 199

BInghamton, N. Y., Susquehanna River at..................... 209

Black River at Watertown, N. Y.............................. 271

near Pottersville, N. J................................. 163

Black River Basin, rainfall and run-off in.................. 338-340

Blackwells Mills, N. J., Millstone River at................. 166

Blairstown, N. J., Paulins Kill at.......................... 195

Bloomsbury, N. J., Musconetcong River near.................. 202

Boonton, N. J., Rockaway River at........................... 141

Boonton Reservoir at Boonton, N. J.......................... 140

Bower, Pa., West Branch of Susquehanna River at............. 228

Brewerton, N. Y., Oneida River at........................... 270

Brush Creek at Gapsville, Pa................................ 245

Burlington, Vt. , Lake Champlain at.......................... 272

Bushkill Creek at Shoemakers, Pa............................ 192

Campbell, N. Y., Cohocton River near........................ 224

Caneadea Reservoir near Caneadea, N. Y...................... 262

Canistear Reservoir near Stockholm, N. J.................... 151

Castle Fin, Pa., Muddy Creek at............................. 257

Catskill Creek at Oak Hill, N. Y............................ 127

Cayuga, N. Y., Seneca River above Lock 1, near.............. 263

Cedar Run, Pa., Pine Creek at............................... 235

Charlotteburg, N. J., Echo Lake Reservoir near.............. 153

Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y.............................. 223

,at Corning, N. Y........................................ 222

Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y.................... 217

Clearfield Creek at Dimeling, Pa............................ 232

Clinton Reservoir near Newfoundland, N. J................... 152

Cocolamus Creek near Miller3town, Pa........................ 249

Codorus Creek at Spring Grove, Pa........................... 254

South Branch of, near York, Pa.......................... 255

Cohocton River near Campbell, N. Y.......................... 224

Cohoes, N. Y., Mohawk River at.............................. 117

Coldbrook, N. Y., Esopus Creek at........................... 128

Colliersville, N. Y., Susquehanna River at.................. 207

Conestoga Creek at Lancaster, Pa............................ 256

Conklin, N. Y., Susquehanna River at........................ 208

Conklingville, N. Y., Sacandaga Reservoir at................ 102

Sacandaga River at...................................... 103

Conodoguinet Creek near Hogestown, Pa....................... 251

Cooks Falls, N. Y., Beaver Kill at.......................... 184

Corning, N. Y., Chemung River at............................ 222

Dalmatia, Pa., Mahantango Creek East near................... 239

Danville, Pa., Susquehanna River at......................... 212

Deer Creek at Rocks, Md..................................... 259

Delaware River at Belvidere, N. J........................... 174

at Delaware, N. J....................................... 173

at Easton, Pa........................................... 175

at Frenchtown, N. J..................................... 178

at Lambertville, N. J................................... 180

155158 O 37 25 375
376 INDEX

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Delaware River at Milford, N. J............................. 177

at Milford, Pa.......................................... 171

at Point Pleasant, Pa................................... 179

at Port Jervls, N. Y.................................... 170

at Portland, Pa......................................... 172

at Riegelsville, N. J................................... 176

at Trenton, N. J........................................ 183

at Washington Crossing, N. J............................ 181

at Yardley, Pa.......................................... 182

East Branch of, at Fishs Eddy, N. Y..................... 169

at Harvard, N. Y.................................... 168

West Branch of, at Hale Eddy, N. Y...................... 186

Delaware River Basin, discharge records in.................. 168-206

previous floods in...................................... 366-370

rainfall and run-off in................................. 323-328

Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam near Rome, N. Y................. 114

Dimeling, Pa.,- Clearfield Creek at.......................... 232

Dixon, Pa., Tunkhannock Creek at............................ 226

Dolgeville, N. Y., East Canada Creek at..................... 121

Dunning Creek at Yount, Pa.................................. 244

Eagle Bridge, N. Y., Hooslc River near...................... Ill

East Canada Creek at Dolgeville, N. Y....................... 121

East Stony Creek near Northville, N. Y...................... 106

Easton, Pa., Delaware River at.............................. 175

Echo Lake Reservoir near Charlotteburg, N. J................ 153

Elizabeth River at Elizabeth, N. J.......................... 156

Erwins, N. Y., Tioga River near............................. 221

Esopus Creek at Coldbrook, N. Y............................. 128

Fall Creek near Ithaca, N. Y................................ 267

Fall Creek Basin, rainfall and run-off in................... 336

Far Hills, N. J., North Branch of Raritan River near........ 162

Fish Creek, East Branch of, at Taberg, U. Y................. 269

basin of, rainfall and run-off in................... 337-338

Fishs Eddy, N. Y., East Branch of Delaware River at......... 169

Flat Brook near Flatbrookville, N. J........................ 193

Flatbrookville, N. J., Flat Brook near...................... 193

Floods, crests of........................................... 341-358

determination of discharges of, from rating curves...... 78-79

from slope-area observations........................ 81-84

over dams........................................... 80-81

through contracted openings......................... 84

of Hudson River to Susquehanna River region............. 12-22

previous, records of.................................... 359-374

in Delaware River Basin............................. 366-370

in Hudson River Basin............................... 360-364

in Passaic River Basin.............................. 364-365

in Raritan River Basin.............................. 366, 368

in St. Lawrence River Basin in New York............. 374

in Susquehanna River Basin.......................... 370-374

records of.............................................. 95-274

rise of, effect of first storm on second................ 340-341

summary of discharges of................................ 275-296

Folsom, N. J., Great Egg River at........................... 167

 Frenchtown, N. J., Delaware River at........................ 178

Frost in the ground......................................... 73-76

in New Jersey........................................... 76

in New York............................................. 74-75

in Pennsylvania......................................... 75-76

Gapsville, Pa., Brush Creek at.............................. 245

Gardiner, N. Y., Wallkill River at.......................... 132

Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y...... 261

Genesee River Basin, rainfall and run-off In................ 334-335

Qilboa, N. Y., Schoharie Creek at Gilboa Dam, at............ 123

Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at................... 123

Great Egg River at Folaom, N. J............................. 167

Great Trough Creek near Marklesburg, Pa..................... 246

Greenwood Lake, N. J., Wanaque River at..................... 147

Greenwood Lake at The Glens, N. J........................... 146

Griffin, N. Y., East Branch of Sacandaga River at........... 104

Hackensack River at New Milford, N. J....................... 135

Hackensack River Basin, discharge records in................ 134-137

Hadley, N. Y., Hudson River at.............................. 96

Hale Eddy, N. Y., West Branch of Delaware River at.......... 186

Harper Tavern, Pa., Swatara Creek at........................ 252
INDEX 377

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Harrisburg, Pa., Susquehanna River at....................... 214

Harvard, N. Y., East Branch of Delaware River at............ 168

High Bridge, N. J., South Branch of Raritan River near...... 158

Hillsdale, N. J., Woodcliff Lake at......................... 136

Hinckley, N. Y., West Canada Creek at....................... 119

Hinckley Reservoir at Hinckley, N. Y........................ 118

Hogestown, Pa., Conodoguinet Creek near..................... 251

Hoosic River at Adams, Mass................................. 110

near Eagle Bridge, N. Y................................. Ill

North Branch of, at North Adams, Mass................... 112

Hope, N. Y., Sacandaga River near........................... 101

Hudson River at Hadley, N. Y................................ 96

at Mechanicville, N. Y.................................. 97

at North Creek, N. Y.................................... 95

Hudson River Basin, discharge records in.................... 95-133

previous floods in...................................... 360-364

rainfall and run-off in................................. 315-320

Huntingdon, Pa., Standing Stone Creek near.................. 242

Hydrologic conditions....................................... 23-76

Indian Lake, N. Y., Indian River near....................... 99

Indian Lake Reservoir near Indian Lake, N. Y................ 98

Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y......................... 99

Introduction................................................ 2-5

Itaska, N. Y., Tioughnioga River at...*..................... 218

Ithaca, N. Y., Pall Creek near.............................. 267

Juniata River at Newport, Pa................................ 241

Prankstown Branch of, at Williamsburg, Pa............... 240

Raystown Branch of, at Saxton, Pa....................... 243

Kast Bridge, N. Y., West Canada Creek at.................... 120

Kayaderosserafe Creek near West Milton, N. Y................. 109

Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N. Y........................... 126

Kingston, N. J., Millstone River near....................... 165

Lackawack, N. Y., Rondout Creek near........................ 129

Lackawaxen River at West Hawley, Pa......................... 187

Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N. J............................ 164

Lake Champlr.in at Burlington, Vt............................ 272

Lake George at Rogers Rock, N. Y............................ 274

Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J.............................. 200

Lake Hopatcong, N. J., Musconetcong River at outlet of...... 201

Lake Wallenpaupack at Wilsonville, Pa....................... 188

Lambertville, N. J., Delaware River at...................... 180

Lancaster, Pa., Conestoga Creek at.......................... 256

Landing, N. J., Lake Hopatcong at........................... 200

Lehigh River at Bethlehem, Pa............................... 199

at Tannery, Pa.......................................... 198

Linden, N. Y., Little Tonawanda Creek at.................... 260

Lindley, N. Y., Tioga River at.............................. 220

Little Beaver Kill near Livingston Manor, N. Y.............. 185

Little Palls* N. Y., Mohawk River near...................... 116'

Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa...................... 206

Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y...................... 260

Little Tonawanda Creek Basin, rainfall and run-off in....... 334-335

Livingston Manor, N. Y., Little Beaver Kill near............ 185

Lock Haven, Pa., West Branch of Susquehanna River at........ 230

Lodi, N. J., Saddle River at................................ 155

Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsock, Pa............................ 237

Lycoming Creek near Trout Run, Pa........................... 236

MeMichaels Creek at Stroudsburg, Pa......................... 194

Macopin intake dam, N. J., Pequannock River at.............. 154

Mahantango Creek East near Dalmatia, Pa..................... 239

Mahwah, N. J., Ramapo River near............................ 144

Manchester, Pa., West Conewago Creek near................... 253

Manvllle, N. J., Raritan River at........................... 160

Marietta, Pa., Susquehanna River at......................... 215

Marklesburg, Pa., Great Trough Creek near................... 246

Mechanicville, N. Y., Hudson River at....................... 97

Meteorologic conditions..................................... 23-76

Mlddleburg, N. Y., Schonarie Creek at....................... 124

Milford, N. J., Delaware River at........................... 177

Milford, Pa., Delaware River at .......................^..... 171

Killerstown, Pa., Cocolamus Creek near...................... 249

Millington, N. J., Passaic River near....................... 138

Millstone River at Blackwells Mills, N. J................... 166

near Kingston, N. J..................................... 165
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	Page

Mohawk River at Cohoes, N. Y. ............................... 117

below Delta Dam, near Rome, N. Y........................ 115

near Little Palls, N. Y................................. 116

Mohawk River Basin, previous floods In...................... 363

Monroeton, Pa., Towanda Creek near.......................... 225

Morristown, N. J., Whippany River at........................ 143

Mount Morris, N. Y,, Genesee River near..................... 261

Muddy Creek at Castle Fin, Pa............................... 257

Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatcong, N. J........ 201

near Bloomsbury, N. J................................... 202

Neshanie River at Reaville, N. J............................ 161

Neversink River at Oakland Valley, N. Y..................... 191

New Berlin, N. Y., TJnadilla River near...................... 216

Hew Jersey, eastern, basins in, rainfall and run-off in..... 320-323

frost in ground in...................................... 76

New Milford, N. J., Hackensack River at..................... 135

New York, froat in ground in................................ 74-75

Newfoundland, N. J., Clinton Reservoir near................. 152

Newport, Pa., Juniata River at.............................. 241

North Adams, Mass., North Branch, of Hoosic River at......... 112

Horth Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Creek Station, Pa........... 234

North Bennington, Vt., Walloomaac River near................ 113

North Creek, N. Y., Hudson River at......................... 95

Northville, H. Y., East Stony Creek near.................... 106

West Stony Creek near................................... 105

Oak Hill, N. Y., Catskill Creek at.......................... 127

Oak Ridge Reservoir at Oak Ridge, N. J...................... 150

Oakland Valley, N. Y., Neversink River at................... 191

Octoraro Creek near Rising Sun, Md.......................... 258

Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach, N. Y........................... 270

Oneida River at Brewerton, N. Y............................. 270

Oradell Reservoir at Oradell, H. J.......................... 134

Orbisonia, Pa., Aughwlck Creek near......................... 247

Oswego River at Lock 7, Oswego, N. Y........................ 264-265

Oswego River Basin, rainfall and run-off in................. 338

Owasco Lake outlet near Auburn, N. Y........................ 268

Owasco Lake Basin, rainfall and run-off in.................. 337

Owego Creek near Owego, N. Y................................ 219

Pascack Brook at Westwood, N. J............................. 137

Passaic River at Paterson, N. J............................. 139

near Millington, N. J................................... 138

Passaic River Basin, discharge records in................... 138-155

previous floods in...................................... 364-365

Paterson, N. J., Passaic River at........................... 139

Paulins Kill at Blairstown, N. J............................ 195

Pellets Island Mountain, N. Y., Wallkill River at........... 131

Penn Creek at Penns Creek, Pa............................... 238

Perms Creek, Pa., Penn Creek at............................. 238

Pennsylvania, frost in ground in............................ 75-76

Pequannock River at Macopin intake dam, N. J................ 154

Pequest River at Pequest, IT. J.............................. 196

Personnel................................................... 5-6

Petersburg, Pa., Shaver Creek near.......................... 242

Philadelphia, Pa., Schuylkill River at...................... 205

Pine Creek at Cedar Run, Pa................................. 235

Poesten Kill near Troy, N. Y................................ 125

Point Pleasant, Pa., Delaware River at...................... 179

Pompton Lakes, N. J., Ramapo River at....................... 145

Port Jervis, N. Y., Delaware River at....................... 170

Port Royal, Pa., Tuscarora Creek near....................... 248

Portland, Pa., Delaware River at............................ 172

Pottersville, N. J., Black River near....................... 163

Pottstown, Pa., Schuylkill River at......................... 204

Prattsville, N. Y., Schoharie Creek at...................... 122

Precipitation, studies of................................... 23-48

distribution of......................................... 31-48

isohyetal maps of.......................................32-36, 38-47

records of.............................................. 24-30

Princeton, N. J., Lake Carnegie at.......................... 164

Railway River at Rahway, N. J................................ 157

Rainfall. See Precipitation and. Rainfall and run-off.

Rainfall and run-off, analysis of........................... 299-303

studies of, results of.................................. 303-315

in Delaware River Basin............................. 323-328
INDEX 379

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Rainfall and run-off, studies of, In eastern New Jersey

basins............................................ 320-323

in Hudson River Basin............................... 315-320

in St. Lawrence River Basin......................... 333-340

in Susquehanna River Basin.......................... 328-332

Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes, N. J......................... 145

near Mahwah, N. J....................................... 144

Raritan River at Manville, N. J............................. 160

North Branch of, near Far Hills, N. J................... 162

South Branch of, at Stanton, N. J....................... 159

near High Bridge, N. J.............................. 158

Raritan River Basin, discharge records in................... 158-166

previous floods in...................................... 366, 368

Reaville, N. J., Neshanic River at.......................... 161

Renovo, Pa., West Branch of Susquehanna River at............ 229

Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, N. Y...... 272

Riegelsville, N. J., Delaware River at...................... 176

Rising Sun, Md., Octoraro Creek near........................ 258

Riverbank, N. Y., Schroon River at.......................... 100

Rockaway River at Boonton, N. J............................. 141

Rocks, Md., Deer Creek at.................................... 259

Rogers Rock, N. Y., Lake George at.......................... 274

Rome, N. Y., Delta Reservoir at Delta Dam near.............. 114

Mohawk River below Delta Dam near....................... 115

Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N. Y............................ 130

near Lackawack, N. Y.................................... 129

Rosendale, N. Y., Rondout Creek at.......................... 130

Rossman, N. Y., Kinderhook Creek at......................... 126

Rouses Point, N. Y., Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at.... 272

Sacandaga Reservoir at Conklingville, N. Y.................. 102

Sacandaga River at Conklingville, N. Y...................... 103

East Branch of, at Griffin, N. Y........................ 104

near Hope, N. Y......................................... 101

Saddle River at Lodi, N. J.................................. 155

St. Lawrence River Basin, discharge records in.............. 260-274

streams tributary to Lake Ontario in................ 261-271

streams tributary to Niagara River in............... 260

streams tributary to St. Lawrence River in.......... 272-274

previous floods on.New York streams in.................. 374

rainfall and run-off studies on New York streams in..... 333-340

Saxton, Pa., Raystown Branch of Junlata River at............ 243

Schoharie Creek at Gilboa Dam, at Gllboa, N. Y.............. 123

at Middleburg, N. Y..................................... 124

at Prattsville, N. Y.................................... 122

Schoharie Reservoir at Gilboa Dam, at Gilboa, N. Y.......... 123

Schroon River at Riverbank, N. Y............................ 100

Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, Pa........................ 205

at Pottstown, Pa........................................ 204

Seneca Lake at Watkins, N. Y................................ 266

Seneca River above Lock 1, near Cayuga, N. Y................ 263

Shaver Creek near Petersburg, Pa............................ 242

Sherman Creek at Shermandale, Fa............................ 250

Shermandale, Pa., Sherman Creek at.......................... 250

Shoemakers, Pa., Busnkill Creek at.......................... 192

Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood Branch of, at Sterling Run,

Pa................................................ 233

Snow, relation of, to floods................................ 48-71

depth, observations of.................................. 56-65

surveys of.............................................. 65-71

water content of, maps showing.......................... 51-55

Splitrock Pond, N. J., Beaver Brook at...................... 142

Spring Grove, Pa., Codorus Creek at......................... 254

Standing Stone Creek near Huntingdon, Pa.................... 242

Stanton, N. J., South Branch of Raritan River at............ 159

Sterling Run, Pa., Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek

at................................................ 233

Stockholm, N. J., Canistear Reservoir near.................. 151

Storage, effects of......................................... 296-299

Storms, areas covered by.................................... 2-3, 10

general features of..................................... 7-12

See also Precipitation.

Stroudsburg, Pa., McMichaels Creek at....................... 194

Sunbury, Pa., Susquehanna River at.......................... 213
380 INDEX

Susquehanna River at Binghamton, N. Y....................... 209

at Colliersville, N. Y.................................. 207

at Conklin, N. Y........................................ 208

at Danville, Pa......................................... 212

at Harrlsburg, Pa....................................... 214

at Marietta, Pa......................................... 215

at Sunbury, Pa.......................................... 213

at Towanda, Pa.......................................... 210

at Wilkes-Barre, Pa..................................... 211

West Branch of, at Bower, Pa............................ 228

at Lock Haven, Pa................................... 230

at Renovo, Pa....................................... 229

at Wllliamsport, Pa................................. 231

Susquehanna River Basin, discharge records in............... 207-259

previous floods in...................................... 370-374

rainfall and run-off in................................. 328-332

Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern, Pa.......................... 252

Swinging Bridge Reservoir at Swinging Bridge Dam, N. Y...... 189

Sylvan Beach, N. Y., OneIda Lake at......................... 270

Taberg, N. Y., East Branch of Pish Creek at................. 269

Tamaqua, Pa., Little Schuylkill River at.................... 206

Tannery, Pa., Lehigh River at............................... 198

Temperature................................................. 71-73

The Glens, N. J., Greenwood Lake at......................... 146

Tioga River at Lindley, N. Y................................ 220

near Erwins, N. Y...................................»... 221

Tloughnloga River at Itaska, N. Y........................... 218

Toronto Reservoir at Toronto Dam, N. Y...................... 190

Towanda Creek near Monroeton, Pa............................ 225

Towanda, Pa., Susquehanna River at.......................... 210

Trenton, N. J., Assunpink Creek at.......................... 203

Delaware River at....................................... 183

Trout Run, Pa., Lycoming Creek near......................... 236

Troy, N. Y., Poesten Kill near.............................. 125

Tunkhannock Creek at Dixon, Pa.............................. 226

Tuscarora Creek near Port Royal, Pa......................... 248

Unadllla River near New Berlin, N. Y........................ 216

Wallenpaupack Creek at Wilsonville, Pa...................... 188

Wallkill River at Gardiner, N. Y............................ 132

at Pellets Island Mountain, N. Y........................ 131

Walloomsac River near North Bennlngton, Vt.................. 113

Wanaque Reservoir at Wanaque, N. J.......................... 148

Wanaque River at Greenwood Lake, N. J....................... 147

at Wanaque, N. J........................................ 149

Wappinger Creek near Wappinger Falls, N. Y.................. 133

Wapwallopen Creek near Wapwallopen, Pa....................... 227

Washington Crossing, N. J., Delaware River at............... 181

Watertown, N. Y., Black River at............................ 271

Watklns, N. Y., Seneca Lake at.............................. 266

West Canada Creek at Hlnckley, N. Y......................... 119

at Kast Bridge, N. Y.................................... 120

West Conewago Creek near Manchester, Pa..................... 253

West Hawley, Pa., Lackawaxen River at....................... 187

West Milton, N. Y., Kayaderosseras Creek near............... 109

West Stony Creek near Northvllle, N. Y...................... 105

Westwood, N. J., Pascack Brook at........................... 137

Whlppany River at Morrlstown, N. J.......................... 143

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Susquehanna River at..................... 211

Williamsburg, Pa., Prankstown Branch of Junlata River at.... 240

Wllliamsport, Pa., West Branch of Susquehanna River at...... 231

Wilsonville, Pa., Lake Wallenpaupack at..................... 188

Wallenpaupack Creek at..............................*.... 188

Woodcllff Lake at Hlllsdale, N. J........................... 136

Work, administration of..................................... 5-6

authorization of........................................ 5

Yardley, Pa., Delaware River at............................. 182

York, Pa., South Branch of Codorus Creek near............... 255

Yount, Pa., Dunning Creek at................................ 244

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