Floods of March 1964 

Along the Ohio River

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1840-A

Prepared in cooperation with the 

States of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, 

Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and 

with agencies of the Federal Government
Floods of March 1964 

Along the Ohio River

By H. C. BEABER and J. O. ROSTVEDT

FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1840-A

Prepared in cooperation with the 

States of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, 

Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and 

with agencies of the Federal Government

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

William T. Pecora, Director

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CONTENTS

Page

Abstract ------------------------------------------------------- Al

Introduction.______-_-______--_____--__--_--___-_--__-_-__-__-____ 1

The storms.__---_------------__------------------------_----_--_- 6

The floods.___-__.______--____-._____.__ ._-__-.....__._____ 8

Pennsylvania.. _._-.------._-_-----___-__---_-___-_--_ ..___ 8

West Virginia.--.-._____--_--____--_-----_-----_---__--_-_-__- 11

Ohio.-.------.---_-_-_.__--_-._---__.____.-__._--..____ 11

Muskingum River basin._---___-__---___---________________ 11

Hocking River basin_______________________________________ 12

Scioto River basin______.__________________________________ 13

Little Miami River basin.__-____-_.___._-._____________.__. 13

Kentucky._.__.___.___---___----_------_--_-______-___-_-_-__ 13

Licking River basin..______________________________________ 15

Kentucky River basin.___________________________________ 16

Beargrass Creek basin____________________________________ 16

Salt River basin___________._______________________________ 16

Green River basin___-_______._____________________________ 18

Western Kentucky_______________________________________ 18

Indiana_______--___---____-_--__________________-___-______ 19

Ohio River main stem________________________________________ 21

Flood damage________-__-__-___-__-________-----___-____________ 25

Recurrence intervals of peak discharges_________________________.____ 27

Determination of flood discharges__________________________________ 31

Streamflow data at gaging stations___-________-__-_____-__-_____-__ 31

Explanation of data_________________________________________ 31

Station descriptions and discharge tables_____________________ 32

Summary of peak stages and discharges__________---__--_-___ 33

Station data._________________________________________________ 42

Index....._____.---__._-_______________----___---___. --_ 157

ILLUSTRATIONS

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FIGURE 1. Map showing area covered by this report ___________________ A2

2. Map showing location of flood-determination sites.___________ 4

3-5. Isohyetal maps:

3. March 2-5 ---__--_----__---__-------_----__---_-_- 7

4. March 8-10..____________________________ 9

5. March2-10_________________________________ 10

6. Discharge hydrographs for stations in Ohio..________________ 12

7. Flooding in Athens, Ohio_______--_____--_-_____-___-____ 14

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FIGURE 8. Discharge hydrographs for stations in Kentucky _____________ A15

9. Flooding in Shepherdsville, Ky_ ___________________________ 17

10. Flooding in Jasper, Ind.__________________________________ 20

11. Discharge hydrographs for stations in Indiana _______________ 21

12. Comparative crest stages on Ohio River.____________________ 22

13. Discharge hydrographs for Ohio River._____________________ 26

14. Recurrence intervals of peak discharges.____________________ 28

TABLES

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TABLE 1. Flood damage along the Ohio River________________________ A27

2. Expenditures by American Red Cross.______________________ 27

3. Recurrence intervals of peak discharges on the Ohio River_ _ _ _ 30

4. Summary of flood stages and discharges.____________________ 34
FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER

By H. C. BEABER and J. O. ROSTVEDT

ABSTRACT

The floods of March 1964 in the Ohio River basin caused widespread damage 

in six States adjacent to the Ohio River main stem. Flood damage was estimated at over $100 million, of which about 75 percent was along the Ohio River 

main stem. Over 21,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and more than 29,000 

families suffered losses. Eighteen lives were reported lost.

Floods were caused by two storms; the first occurred March 2-5, and the 

other March 8-10. Both storms approximately paralleled the Ohio River in a 

belt extending from western Kentucky through northern Kentucky, southern 

Indiana, and central Ohio, to western Pennsylvania. In most localities the 

storm of March 8-10 was the more severe. Total rainfall from the storms 

exceeded 14 inches in western Kentucky. Greatest 24-hour precipitation was 

8.00 inches at Paducah, Ky., on March 4.

Maximum discharges previously known were exceeded at many points in 

Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Peak discharges of the March 1964 floods 

exceeded the 50-year flood at many localities. The Licking River at Catawba, 

Ky., reached the highest stage since 1888. The Ohio River in Kentucky reached 

stages which were second or third highest since the maximum known flood in 

1937.

This report describes the 1964 floods and gives detailed streamflow records and 

information on precipitation and on damage incurred.

INTRODUCTION

Severe floods occurred along the entire reach of the Ohio River during March 1964, and inflicted heavy damage in western Pennsylvania, 

northwestern West Virginia, southern Ohio, and Indiana, and northern 

Kentucky (fig. 1).

Heavy rains in two periods, March 2-5 and 8-10, caused extreme 

floods on many tributaries to the Ohio River. Floods during the first 

period were heaviest on Ohio River tributaries in southern Indiana and 

northern Kentucky. The extreme flooding in the second period was 

on the Ohio River tributaries in southern Indiana, northern Kentucky,

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PENNSYLVANIA \

Flood area

FIGUBE 1. Area covered by this report.

and southwestern and central Ohio. The floods of March 8-10 were, 

in general, more severe than those of March 2-5.

The severe tributary floods combined with lesser floods on tributaries 

in eastern Ohio, northwestern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania and caused the Ohio Kiver to rise above flood stage from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, 111. Melted snow in western Pennsylvania added 

to the volume of flood runoff.

Prior to March 1964, soil moisture was seriously deficient in Ohio, 

Kentucky, and Indiana. Kainfall in March 1964 marked the first 

time since the summer of 1963 that monthly precipitation in these 

States was near normal.

The entire length of the Ohio River was at or near pool stage on 

March 1. Flow in tributary streams was generally deficient and many 

reservoirs were at low levels.

Peak stages and discharges during March in Kentucky were the 

greatest of record on the lower reaches of the Licking River and Eagle 

Creek in the Kentucky River basin. Maximum discharges for the 

period of record occurred on many streams in Beargrass Creek, Salt 

River, Nolin River, and Rough River basins. Recurrence intervals 

of the March 1964 floods were 50 years or more at 15 gaging stations 

in Kentucky.

Floods in extreme southern Indiana were the greatest since 1913. 

Heaviest flooding occurred in the White River and the Patoka River 

basins and along streams that are directly tributary to the Ohio River. 

The recurrence interval of the flood was more than 50 years at several 

places in the above areas.

Floods were maximum of record in the East Fork Little Miami 

River, Paint Creek, and Hocking River basins in Ohio. Damage was 

severe, particularly in the Hocking River basin in the of vicinity of
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A3

Athens, Ohio, but was not as great as along the Ohio River where the 

stages were the highest since 1945.

Flood stages on the Ohio River from Maysville, Ky., to Golconda, 

111., were second or third highest since 1937.

The purpose of this report is to supplement, in a more detailed 

form, data of stage and discharge published in the annual streamflow 

reports of the Geological Survey. This report discusses precipitation, 

floods, and flood damage, and relates the magnitude of the March 

1964 floods to large known floods of the past. Figure 2 shows locations of sites for which flood data are available in this report. Reference in the text to the flood-determination points shown in figure 2 

gives the identifying station number in parenthesis, as follows: 

Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa. (No. 4), -.

The terms and abbreviations of streamflow and other hydrologic 

data used in this report are defined as follows:

1. Cubic foot per second (cfs) is the rate of discharge of a stream 

whose channel is 1 square foot in cross-sectional area and whose 

average velocity is 1 foot per second.

2. Runoff in inches (in.) shows the depth to which the drainage area 

would be covered if the runoff for a given time period were uniformly distributed on the surface.

3. Acre-foot (acre-ft) is the quantity of water required to cover an 

acre to the depth of 1 foot and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet.

4. Stage-discharge relation is the relation between gage height, in feet, 

and the amount of water flowing in a channel expressed as volume 

per unit of time.

5. Contents is the volume of water in a reservoir or lake. Unless 

otherwise indicated, volume is computed on the basis of a level 

pool and does not include bank storage.

6. Drainage area of a stream at a specified location is that area, measured in a horizontal plane, which is so enclosed by a topographic 

divide that direct surface runoff from precipitation normally 

would drain by gravity into the river above the specified point. 

Figures of drainage area given herein include all closed basins, 

or noncontributing areas, within the area unless otherwise noted.

7. A partial-record station is a site where limited streamflow data 

are collected systematically over a period of years for use in 

hydrologic analyses.

Records of discharge in the area covered by this report were collected as part of cooperative programs between the U.S. Geological 

Survey and the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

and other Federal or local agencies. The U.S. Weather Bureau and
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89" 87°

Flood determination point

Numbers correspond to those 

in table i

FIGURE 2. Flood area showing
85°

FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER

83° 81°

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location of flood-determination sites.
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several State, municipal, and private organizations furnished some 

data or information included in this report, and appropriate acknowledgment is made in the text.

Data were collected and compiled by personnel in the U.S. Geological Survey district offices under supervision of the following: 

Robert E. Steacy, district engineer, Pennsylvania; W. C. Griffin, 

district engineer, West Virginia; J. J. Molloy, district engineer, 

Ohio; F. F. Schrader, district engineer, Kentucky; Malcolm D. Hale, 

district engineer, Indiana; and J. S. Cragwall, Jr., district hydrologist, Tennessee. The text material describing the floods in Ohio was 

obtained from the State report "Floods of March 1964 in Ohio," 

(Bulletin 39) by William P. Cross, hydraulic engineer, Columbus, 

Ohio.

THE STORMS

The flood-producing rains of early March 1964 marked the end 

of several months of below-normal precipitation in most of the flood 

area. This below-normal precipitation had caused soil moisture to 

be seriously deficient in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana for many 

months prior to the March floods. The period September-December 

1963 was the driest comparable period on record in Ohio. Precipitation in Kentucky during March 1964 was near normal to above normal 

for the first time since July 1963. Monthly rainfall in Indiana had 

been below normal since late summer of 1963 and had caused soil 

moisture to be deficient.

Snow depths in the flood area on March 1-2, preceding the rains, 

were appreciable only in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio and 

averaged 2-4 inches. Lesser amounts were recorded in northwestern 

West Virginia, and no snow was on the ground in southern Ohio and 

northern Kentucky.

The flood-producing rains of March 1964 along the Ohio Eiver 

fell in two principal periods, March 2-5 and 8-10. Heavy rains during the first period extended from southeastern Ohio to extreme western Kentucky in a broad belt approximately paralleling the Ohio 

Eiver (fig. 3). Heaviest concentrations of rain occurred in north- 

\yestern Kentucky and southern Indiana. Greatest 1-day precipitation was 8.00 inches at Paducah, in western Kentucky, on March 4. 

According to the U.S. Weather Bureau, the probability of rainfalls of 

this intensity recurring in any month is less than once in 100 years. 

The March 2-5 rains were accompanied by strong thunderstorm-wind 

activity in Ohio and Indiana and by damaging tornadoes which 

killed three persons in western Kentucky.

In less than a week a second series of storms hit the flood area and 

produced floods that were generally greater in magnitude than those
90° 88°

FIGURE 3. Isohyetal map of total precipitation, March 2-5, 1964, 

from U.S. Weather Bureau data.
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of the first storm. Heaviest concentrations again were along the 

Ohio River in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. However, 

unlike the first storm, the rains extended into southern and central 

Ohio and western Pennsylvania (fig. 4). Greatest 24-hour precipitation in the March 8-10 period was 5.32 inches in south-central Ohio, 

5.63 inches in southern Indiana, and 6.97 inches at Louisville, Ky. 

The U.S. Weather Bureau reported that the 24-hour precipitation of 

6.97 inches at Louisville on March 9 was the greatest total for a 24- 

hour period recorded since records began in 1871 at that site.

Total precipitation of the two storms ranged from 4 inches in 

western Pennsylvania to over 14 inches in western Kentucky (fig. 5). 

The rainfall together with snowmelt in Pennsylvania produced damaging floods on the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to river's mouth. 

Additional scattered rainfall from March 11 to 31 made March 1964 

the wettest March on record in some localities. Rains in Kentucky 

exceeded previous 24-hour records for March and at several locations 

exceeded previous 24-hour records for any month.

Temperatures for March 1964 in the flood area were above normal 

except in southeastern Ohio and north-central Kentucky, where they 

were slightly below normal.

THE FLOODS

The damaging floods of March 2-5 occurred on Ohio River tributaries in southwestern Ohio, southern Indiana, and northwestern 

Kentucky. These floods hardly had subsided when the March 8-10 

floods hit most of the same tributaries plus additional tributaries in 

southern and central Ohio. Floods exceeded previous records in Ohio, 

Kentucky, and Indiana. Tributary floodflows that resulted from both 

series of storms produced damaging floods on the Ohio River main 

stem which increased in magnitude as the flood wave progressed 

downstream. Recurrence intervals of peak discharges upstream from 

Louisville, Ky., were 12 years or less, increasing to more than 50 

years downstream at Evansville, Ind.

PENNSYLVANIA

Below-normal precipitation in January and February was followed 

by two storms that occurred over western Pennsylvania on March 4-5 

and 9-11; these storms were accompanied by snowmelt and caused 

damaging floods in the Ohio River basin in Pennsylvania. Previous 

maximum stages or discharges were not exceeded. The Allegheny 

River was above flood stage, and heavy ice flows from ice jams inflicted 

considerable damage to barges and boats. The Ohio Eiver at Pittsburgh was above flood stage for 4 days in March. The Corps of
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FIGURE 5. Isohyetal map of total precipitation, March 2-10, 196

from U.S. Weather Bureau data.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER All

Engineers estimated that damage in the Ohio River basin in Pennsylvania was $11,740,000. The Corps of Engineers flood-control 

system on Ohio River headwater streams reduced flood stages on the 

Ohio River by several feet and prevented approximately $38 million 

damage. According to the American Red Cross, 2,604 dwellings 

received major or minor damage and 4,026 families had losses. One 

death was attributed to the flood.

WEST VIRGINIA

Total precipitation for most of northwestern West Virginia was less 

than 3 inches during the storms of March 2-10, but about 4 inches 

fell in the northern panhandle. Flooding in the State was confined 

mostly to low-lying lands adjacent to the Ohio River. This river was 

above flood stage along the entire reach within the State, but other 

streams and rivers in the State were not subject to major flooding. 

Twelve counties along the Ohio River were declared disaster areas. 

Damage amounted to millions of dollars, and the American Red 

Cross reported that 3,850 families had losses and that 3,629 dwellings 

received major or minor damage. No deaths were attributed to the 

floods.

OHIO

Heavy rains on March 4-6 and 8-12, 1964, broke the drought of 

1963-64, which followed the March 1963 flood period. The rains 

caused a major Ohio River flood and exceptionally high stages on 

tributaries in Ohio. Floods were the worst in the Hocking River 

basin since 1907, and they exceeded all previous records on East Fork 

Little Miami River and on Paint Creek in the Scioto River basin.

Total damage in Ohio probably exceeded $30 million. The American Red Cross reported 8 lives lost, 84 dwellings destroyed, major 

damage to 1,026 dwellings, and minor damage to 7,225. From 3,000 to 

5,000 persons were evacuated from their homes and more than 3,800 

families were given aid.

Discharges at selected gaging stations in Ohio on March 4-13 are 

shown in figure 6.

MTJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Fifteen flood-control reservoirs of the Muskingum Conservancy 

District, operated by the Corps of Engineers, reduced potential flooding by the Muskingum River. Uncontrolled tributaries in the area of 

heavy rainfall had severe flooding, but not as great as in 1959. In 

general, the uncontrolled flood peaks were about the same order of 

magnitude as those in 1963. Wills Creek Reservoir stored more water 

from this flood than from any other since its construction in 1938.
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21. Hocking River at Athens, Ohio 

Drainage area 944 sq mi

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40. Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio 

Drainage area 808 sq mi

53. East Fork Little Miami River

at Perintown, Ohio 

Drainage area 477 sq mi

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MARCH 1964

FIGURE 6. Discharge hydrographs at selected gaging stations, March 4-13, 1964,

in Ohio.

Local heavy rains caused floods on Beaverdam Creek at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and on Laurel Creek at Uhrichsville, Ohio. Damage in 

the Muskingum River basin was widespread and estimates of loss 

exceeded $1 million. The Corps of Engineers estimated that the stages 

of the Muskingum River were lower than they would have been had 

the reservoir not existed; the level was 6.2 feet lower at Coshocton; 

11.4, at Dresden; 11.8, at Zanesville; and 6.7, at McConnelsville, Ohio.

HOCKING RIVER BASIN

Athens, on the Hocking River, was the only city in the interior 

of Ohio that incurred appreciable flood damage. The 1964 peak stage 

exceeded that, estimated for 1913 and was higher than all other known 

floods except that in 1907.

March 1964 peak stages on the Hocking River and on tributaries 

that were gaged upstream from Enterprise, Ohio, were lower than 

they were in 1963, as was the peak stage on Little Rush Creek. The 

stages on Sunday Creek were also lower in 1964, which suggests that 

extremely high stages on the Hocking River from Enterprise to 

Athens, Ohio, were caused by high runoff from Rush Creek and from 

downstream tributaries above Sunday Creek.
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Breman, Ohio, was almost submerged and was isolated by floodwaters. Fourteen hundred students were evacuated from Ohio University dormitories at Athens, Ohio (fig. 7), and 200 families were 

evacuated at Logan, Ohio. Total damage in the Hocking River basin 

was estimated at $2,137,000.

SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

The floods on the upper Scioto Eiver above Big Darby Creek were 

not unusually high. The greatest floods were in the Paint Creek area, 

where in some places stages were higher than they had been in 1913 

and in all subsequent floods. Much of the damage, estimated at 

$1,351,000, was concentrated in the Paint Creek area in and west of 

Chillicothe, Ohio. Floods on the Scioto River main stem were not 

unusual. The Corps of Engineers estimated a reduction of stage of 

1.1 feet at Columbus and Chillicothe, Ohio; this reduction of stage is 

attributable to the Delaware Eeservoir.

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASIN

Flooding in the Little Miami Eiver basin was not appreciable upstream from Caesar Creek. Except at Milford, Ohio, and in the 

East Fork area, the flood was lower than in 1963. East Fork Little 

Miami River at Perintown, Ohio (No. 53), reached a stage of 23.84 

feet on March 10, exceeding all records since 1916 and also the estimated stage of 22 feet in 1913. Damage in the Little Miami River 

basin was estimated at $4,220,000, of which $500,000 was in South 

Lebanon, Ohio. In Batavia, Ohio, a bottled gas company's bulk plant 

and office building were destroyed, and other buildings were damaged.

KENTUCKY

Thousands of families were evacuated from low-lying areas along 

the Ohio River and its tributaries, and 47 counties were declared disaster areas. Hundreds of roads and highways were closed to traffic, 

and many schools were closed in the severely flooded areas. Communications were interrupted, preventing many people from receiving 

ample flood warnings. Water supplies were contaminated in some 

towns, thus necessitating the importing of water. Evacuation centers 

were established in churches, armories, schools, and private buildings. 

Total damage in Kentucky was estimated at about $30 million. The 

death toll in Kentucky was seven persons. The American Red Cross 

reported that 59 dwellings were destroyed and that 4,277 sustained 

major or minor damage; 109 farm buildings were destroyed and 190 

suffered major damage. Almost 6,000 families suffered losses.

Discharges at selected gaging stations in Kentucky on March 4-13 

are shown in figure 8.

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FIGURE 7. Hocking River near crest stage flooding Ohio University c

Photograph by Humphrey's Studio, Log
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60. Licking River at 

Catawba, Ky. 

Drainage area 

3,300 sq mi

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40

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74. Eagle Creek at 

Glencoe, Ky 

Drainage area 

437 sq mi

76. Middle Fork Beargrass Creek at

Cannons Lane, at Louisville, Ky 

Drainage area 18.9 sq mi

92. Salt River at Shepherdsville, Ky 

Drainage area 1,197 sq mi

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148. Mayfield Creek at Lovelaceville, Ky. 

Drainage area 212 sq mi

FIGURE 8. Discharge hydrographs at selected gaging stations, March 4-13, 1964,

in Kentucky.

LICKING RIVER BASIN

Record-breaking floods occurred on the lower reaches of the Licking 

River. The town of Falmouth, Ky., was the most extensively damaged 

town on the Licking River. The rapidly rising water prevented 

families from removing household goods. Telephone services were
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disrupted and prevented the receiving of flood warnings. About 

two-thirds of the residents were evacuated and floodwaters reached 

rooftop level in many sections. The cities of Paris, Ky., on Stoner 

Creek, and Cynthiana, Ky., on South Fork Licking River also sustained considerable damage.

Stages in the Licking River basin exceeded previously known maximum stages at three gaging stations. The stage on the Licking River 

at McKinneysburg (No. 57), upstream from Falmouth, exceeded that 

of the flood of 1937 by 2.5 feet. The Licking River at Catawba (No. 

60) reached a stage of 52.60 feet, the highest since 1888, and exceeded 

by 5.6 feet the flood stage of 1948. A maximum stage of 19.59 feet 

occurred on Stoner Creek at Paris, Ky. (No. 58).

Total damage in the Licking River basin was estimated by the Corps 

of Engineers to be $2,630,000, of which $2,530,000 occurred on the 

main stem and $100,000 occurred on South Fork Licking River.

KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Severe flooding occurred in the lower reaches of the Kentucky River 

basin, and as a result, Frankfort, Lexington, and Georgetown, Ky., 

were heavily damaged. Peak flow 'for a gaging station on North 

Elkhorn Creek (No. 68) had a recurrence interval of more than 50 

years. Eagle Creek at Glencoe, Ky. (No. 74), reached a peak stage 

of 26.05 feet compared with the previous crest of 23.60 feet in 1943.

The Corps of Engineers estimated damage to be $1,500,000 in the 

Kentucky River basin. Of this total, $1,333,000 was on the main stem, 

$2,000 on the Red River, and $165,000 on Eagle Creek.

BEARGRASS CREEK BASIN

Beargrass Creek, whose drainage area consists mostly of highly 

urbanized areas adjacent to Louisville, Ky., was the highest since 1943. 

The entire basin was in the area of intense rainfall. According to the 

U.S. Weather Bureau, the 24-hour precipitation of 6.97 inches recorded at Louisville on March 9 was the greatest 24-hour total recorded since 1871. Considerable damage was inflicted on business and 

residential property.

SALT RIVER BASIN

Severe floods which occurred on the lower reaches of the Salt River 

and its tributaries incurred $2,280,000 damage as estimated by the 

Corps of Engineers. The greatest impact was at Shepherdsville, Ky., 

where water covered the entire business district and most of the 

residential area (fig. 9). Flooding was caused by backwater from 

the Ohio River and Rolling Fork in conjunction with headwater
FIGURE 9. Flooding in Shepherdsville, Ky., on March 10, 1964, by the Salt 

in right center of illustration shows location of gaging station. Phot

Louisville, Ky.
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floods on the Salt River. Damage occurred in Taylorsville, Ky., 

from surface water which accumulated behind floodwalls built to 

protect the city from floodwaters of the Salt River and Brashears 

Creek. The Corps of Engineers estimated that $288,000 potential 

damage was prevented by the floodwall.

At the gaging station on Salt River at Shepherdsville, Ky. (No. 92), 

the stage exceeded that of the 1961 flood by 0.7 foot but did not exceed 

that of the 1937 flood. The maximum discharge during the period of 

gaging-station operation occurred on Floyds Fork at Fisherville, Ky. 

(No. 91), and the stage was 1.1 feet lower than that of the 1937 flood. 

Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky. (No. 96), reached a stage of 51.0 feet, 

the highest since 1938 but about 4.2 feet below that of the 1937 flood. 

Potential floods in the Plum Creek basin were reduced to some extent 

by 11 small detention reservoirs on Plum Creek-tributaries.

GREEN RIVER BASIN

Although most of the Green River basin was outside the area of 

intense rainfall, severe flooding occurred in the Nolin and Rough 

River basins. The maximum for the period of record occurred on 

North Fork Nolin River at Hodgenville, Ky. (No. 102). In the Rough 

River basin the maximum for the period of record occurred on North 

Fork Rough River near Westview, Ky. (No. 108).

Potential flooding in the Green River basin was reduced by Corps 

of Engineers flood-control reservoirs on the Rough, Barren, and Nolin 

Rivers. According to the Corps of Engineers, $2,390,000 in damage 

was prevented by operation of these reservoirs. Total damage in the 

Green River basin amounted to $2,107,000, of which about 75 percent 

occurred on the Green River main stem.

WESTERN KENTUCKY

The entire Tradewater River basin in western Kentucky received 

heavy concentrations of rainfall during March. The Tradewater 

River at Olney, Ky. (No. 141), reached a stage of 18.68 feet, which 

was 0.6 foot less than the maximum known flood in 1937.

Stages on the Cumberland River in Kentucky were not particularly 

high, as most of the drainage area was outside the area of heavy rainfall and the flow was partly regulated by reservoirs. The flood on 

Little River, the major Cumberland River tributary in Kentucky, did 

not exceed the flood of 1951, which was the highest for the tributary's 

period of record.

Damage due to floodwaters in the Tennessee River basin in Kentucky was confined to Clarks River, which empties into the Tennessee 

River downstream from Kentucky Lake. McCracken, Marshall, and 

Graves Counties were especially hard hit by overflow from West and
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East Forks of Clarks River. The peak discharge of East Fork Clarks 

River Near Benton, Ky. (No. 146), did not exceed the floods of either 

1937 or 1957; however, the recurrence interval of the March flood was 

more than 50 years. Flow of the Tennessee River, excluding the 

Clarks River, was regulated by Kentucky Lake and other upstream 

reservoirs in the Tennessee River basin. Elevation of Kentucky Lake 

reached 363.86 feet, fourth highest since storage began, as a result of 

water impounded in the lake to reduce flood stages on the Ohio River. 

Moderate flooding occurred in extreme western Kentucky on tributaries to the Mississippi River; however, peak discharges did not exceed previous maximum stages or discharges.

INDIANA

The floods of March 1964 were the greatest since 1913 in the extreme 

southern counties of Indiana. In several places the recurrence intervails of the 1964 flood were more than 50 years. In counties farther 

north, the 1964 flood was less severe than the 1959 flood. Flooding 

was greatest in the White River and the Patoka River basins and 

along streams that flow directly into the Ohio River. In the Patoka 

River basin some stages and discharges exceeded those in 1913 (fig. 10).

Both floods were heaviest in the southern third of the State. 

Nearly one-third of the average annual rainfall for the area fell during 

the week of March 3-10. Total precipitation for the two storms exceeded 13 inches at Louisville, Ky., and 10 inches at Evansville, Ind. 

Unofficial rainfall reports of more than 12 inches were common 

throughout the flood area. The magnitude of the flood discharges during the period March 3-5 indicates that much greater rainfall must 

have fallen than was recorded by official rain gages.

Flood damage was estimated to be several million dollars. In 25 

southern counties the total damage to publicly owned facilities alone 

exceeded $700,000, as reported by the State of Indiana Office of Emergency Planning. Indiana highways were closed by floodwaters at 

more than 40 places on March 10,1964.

Hundreds of families were evacuated in Evansville, Ind., when 

storm runoff from Pigeon Creek, augmented by backwater from the 

Ohio River, flooded residential areas. Milltown and other cities in 

the Blue River valley were inundated by a flood nearly identical in 

stage to that in 1959.

The American Red Cross reported that 2 deaths were caused by 

the floods; 38 dwellings were destroyed and 2,714 received major or 

minor damage. Families suffering losses totaled 3,687.

Discharges at selected gaging stations in Indiana on March 4-13 

are shown in figure 11.
FIGURE 10. Jasper River flood at Jasper, Ind., March 10, 1964. Photog

Louisville, Ky.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A21

20

10

o a:

x m f= a.

98. Indian Creek near

Corydon, Ind. 

Drainage area 

129 sq mi

137. Patoka River at Jasper, Ind. 

Drainage area 257 sq mi

9 10 11 12 13 

MARCH 1964

FIGURE 11. Discharge hydrographs at selected gaging stations, March 4-13,

1964, in Indiana.

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

The Ohio River and most of its tributaries received heavy concentrations of rainfall during March 1964. Flood stages were exceeded 

throughout the entire reach of the main stem from Pittsburgh, Pa., 

to Cairo, 111. Many cities, towns, railroads, and highways are situated 

on the riverbank or along the relatively narrow confines of the flood 

plains of the Ohio River. Since the floods of 1913, 1936, and 1937, 

local flood-protection projects, which have prevented damage totaling 

millions of dollars, have been completed in many cities along the 

river. The amount of flood damage in March 1964 along the Ohio 

River main stem was estimated by the Corps of Engineers at $80 

million.

Figure 12 shows comparative stages for gaging stations on the Ohio 

River for March 1964 and the maximum stages previously known. 

From Sewickley, Pa., to Ashland, Ky., the March 1964 floods were 

exceeded by several previous floods. At Maysville, Ky., and Golconda, 

111., the crest stages for March were third highest since 1937, and those 

at Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and Evansville, Ind., were second 

highest since 1937.

The March floods closed innumerable roads and highways, inundated 

bridges, tied up traffic, and interrupted train and bus services at many 

points. Many cities were isolated by floodwaters. Thousands of 

persons were evacuated prior to the floods. Floodwaters ran through 

downtown sections of dozens of towns and cities, encroached upon 

industrial plants and business houses, and inundated croplands.
800

750

_, 700

UJ 

>

UJ

< 650

UJ

</)

< 600

> 550 

m

uj 500

Ul

u.

- 450 

O

§: 400

Ul

_1 

Ul

350

300

250

1937 

[_ \1964

900 800 700 600 500 400 

MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM PITTSBURG

FIGUBB 12. Comparative crest stages for stations on Ohio River, March 1964
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A23

Stages on the Ohio River in Pennsylvania were not particularly 

high. The peak discharge for the March flood at Sewickley, Pa. (No. 

3), was the sixth highest since records began in 1933. The peak 1964 

stage of 21.19 feet was far below that of 34.75 feet in 1936.

The business districts of New Cumberland, Wheeling, and New 

Martinsville in the northern part of West Virginia were inundated by 

floodwaters and thousands of homes were damaged. More than 15,000 

persons were displaced in the Wheeling region. New Martinsville, 

W. Va., was virtually isolated. Families were evacuated at Steubenville, Martins Ferry, and Bellaire, Ohio. At Bellaire, just across 

the river from Wheeling, W. Va., some industrial plants suspended 

operation.

At Ohio River at St. Marys, W. Va. (No. 5), the maximum stage of 

42.75 feet during March was second highest since 1938 but was well 

under the maximum known stage of 54.2 feet in 1913.

Approximately 1,000 persons were forced from their homes at 

Marietta, Ohio. Streets were flooded, part of the business district 

was covered by several feet of water, and major highways into 

the city were blocked.

The peak discharge on Ohio River at Parkersburg, W. Va. (No. 12), 

was the largest since the completion of floodwall protection in 1950 

but slightly less than that during the floods of 1943 and 1945. During 

March 1964 many families were forced to move from the low-lying 

unprotected areas. Highways were closed and passenger train and 

bus services were disrupted.

The main-street business section at Pomeroy, Ohio, was flooded 

with several feet of water. Downstream at Point Pleasant, W. Va., 

which was protected by a floodwall, the peak discharge was fifth highest since beginning of gaging-station operations in 1940 but was far 

below the flood of 1913. Low-lying areas and streets were flooded and 

schools closed at Gallipolis, Ohio.

The cities of Huntington, W. Va., Ashland, Ky., and Ironton and 

Portsmouth, Ohio, were protected from the March flood by floodwalls. 

Flood stages at gaging stations at Huntington (No. 27) and Ashland 

(No. 29) were considerably below those of numerous floods in previous 

years.

Manchester, Ripley, and New Richmond, Ohio, were flooded and 

many persons were evacuated. New Richmond was especially hard 

hit by several feet of floodwaters in the business district. Families 

were evacuated at Vanceburg and Augusta, Ky., and the business 

district was covered in Augusta.

The peak stage of 62.65 feet at the gaging station near Maysville, 

Ky. (No. 45), was third highest since the maximum known flood in
A24 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

1937; however, the city of Maysville, protected by a floodwall, received 

no serious flooding.

In the Cincinnati, Ohio, metropolitan area, including Covington and 

Newport, Ky., flooding was confined almost entirely to lowlands unprotected by floodwalls. In these areas streets and basements were 

flooded, minor landslides occurred, and thousands of persons were 

evacuated. Disaster headquarters was established in Cincinnati to 

assist more than 100,000 persons in five States. The peak stage of 66.20 

feet at the Cincinnati gaging station (No. 61) was second highest since 

the maximum known flood in 1937. Six previous floods exceeded the 

flood of March 1964: those in 1937,1773,1884,1913,1945, and 1883 (in 

order of magnitude).

Businesses and homes in Aurora and Madison, Ind., were flooded. 

U.S. Highway 421 across the Ohio Eiver at Madison was closed to 

traffic. Foodwaters inundated those parts of the Louisville, Ky., and 

New Albany and Jeffersonville, Ind., metropolitan areas that were not 

protected by floodwalls. Basements, roads, streets, and viaducts were 

flooded in many places. Numerous schools in the area were closed. 

Evacuees from hundreds of homes were lodged in schools and armories 

manned by Civil Defense and Red Cross personnel.

In the Louisville, Ky., area fire alarms were the most numerous in 

years, and the Metropolitan Sewer District received many telephone 

calls. The Southern Bell Telephone Co. received 3,800 more requests 

than normal for repair service. Electric power was disrupted in 

Jefferson and Bullitt Counties, in at least 1,200 homes, if interruption 

of the power can be based on the number of meters reported inundated 

by the Louisville Gas and Electric Co. Financial assistance by the 

American Red Cross to flood victims in Jefferson County was slightly 

over $231,000.

The peak stage of 73.46 feet on Ohio River at Louisville (No. 78) was 

the third highest known. This flood was exceeded only by the floods 

in 1884 and 1945 (each 74.4 feet) and the greatest flood known, in 

1937 (85.44feet).

Numerous towns and cities along the Ohio River between Louisville, 

Ky., and Evansville, Ind., sustained major damage. About 80 percent 

of West Point, Ky., was evacuated. Evacuations were also made at 

Brandenburg, Ky., Lewisport, Ky., and Grandview, Ind., as well as at 

other communities along the river. Owing to floodwall protection, 

only minor flooding occurred at Tell City, Ind., Cannelton, Ind., and 

Hawesville, Ky.

The flood of March 1964 at Evansville, Ind., was sixth highest since 

1874. Ohio River at Evansville (No. 116) reached a stage of 47.72 feet, 

which was 0.6 to 1.1 feet lower than the floods of 1883, 1884, 1913, and
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A25

1945, and 6.0 feet lower than the flood of 1937. Many families were displaced in low-lying areas outside the protection of the city's floodwall.

Henderson, Ky., Uniontown, Ky., and Golconda, 111., had flooding 

in low-lying areas adjacent to the Ohio River. Both Uniontown 

and Golconda were protected by floodwalls. The Ohio Eiver reached 

a peak stage of 52.40 feet at Golconda, 111. (No. 142), as compared with 

the highest previous crest of 62.6 feet in 1937. Since 1937 only the 

1945 and 1950 floods have exceeded the March 1964 flood at this point.

Flood damage at Paducah, Ky., was extremely high, and although 

the city was protected by a floodwall, hundreds of homes were inundated in suburban areas owing to local surface runoff and to flow 

from small tributaries. Barge traffic was tied up at Paducah because 

of high water on the Ohio Eiver. Hundreds of families were evacuated 

from low-lying lands in McCracken County in the vicinity of Paducah.

The peak discharge of 1,100,000 cfs at the gaging station at Metropolis, 111. (No. 147), was not particularly high in comparison with discharges for floods in other years. Flow of the March 1964 flood was 

considerably reduced by storage in Kentucky Lake and other reservoirs in the Tennessee and the Cumberland Eiver basins.

Downstream from Metropolis, 111., thousands of acres of land were 

inundated by the Ohio Eiver and by backwater from tributaries and 

ditches. Severe flooding, due in part to backwater from the Ohio 

Eiver, occurred in the Saline Eiver basin in southern Illinois, and, on 

March 18 near Junction, 111., 15,200 cfs was measured flowing upstream.

Discharge at gaging stations on the Ohio Eiver on March 3-31 is 

shown in figure 13.

FLOOD DAMAGE

The-floods of March 1964 along the Ohio Eiver caused heavy damage in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and 

Illinois. Most of the damage occurred along the Ohio Eiver main 

stem and was extensive along the entire reach from Pittsburgh, Pa., 

to Cairo, 111.

Flood-damage figures furnished by the Corps of Engineers and the 

Indiana Flood Control and Water Eesources Comm. totaled about $99 

million in the six-State area. This total does not include some minor 

damage from tributaries in various States or damage in the White 

River basin in Indiana; therefore, total damage is estimated to be 

slightly over $100 million of which about 75 percent occurred along 

Ohio Eiver main stem. Estimated figures furnished by the Corps of 

Engineers were based on stage-damage curves and do not represent 

detailed damage investigations.
DISCHARGE, IN THOUSANDS OF CU

g3

^ w

(C 3

£*

?o

09

i*1 f

S ^ 

51

£

C± 

o S
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A27

Table 1 lists damage by reaches of the Ohio River and by States. A 

breakdown of main-stem damage by States is not available as stagedamage curves for the Ohio River main stem refer to both sides of the 

river.

TABLE 1. Flood damage along the Ohio River, March 1964

[Furnished by the Corps of Engineers except where noted]

River reach and State

Ohio River main stem: 

Pp.nnsylvp.nifi (including tril">utari«s)

Ohio and West Virginia"

Indiana and Kfint'lcVy

Ohio (excluding Ohio River main stem)

Indiana (Patoka River only) 1

Total

Flood damage, 

in thousands 

of dollars

$11, 740

21,346

25,154

18,806

2,618

9,991

8,517

840

2 99, 012

1 Furnished by Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Comm.

2 Does not include numerous small tributaries to the Ohio River in various States or 

the White River basin in Indiana.

According to the American Red Cross, 21,745 homes were damaged 

and 181 were destroyed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana. More than 29,000 families suffered losses of various kinds. Eighteen lives were lost in the March 1964 floods. Expenditures by the Red Cross for relief to flood victims are tabulated by 

States in table 2.

TABLE 2. Expenditures by the American Red Cross, by States, as a result of 

the floods of March W64 along the Ohio River

Expenditure classification

Individual family care: 

Food, clothing, and mainteBuilding and repair of homes..

Medical and nursing care_---- 

Occupational supplies and

Indiana

$11, 152

21, 757

76, 266 

86, 110

2,500 

2,417

15,899

216, 101

Kentucky

$38,885

70, 174

214, 171 

333, 483

6,068 

9,015

53,350

725, 146

Ohio

$96, 734

191 911

169, 401 

501, 364

9,827

a

noo

77,688

1, 055, 957

Pennsylvania

$5, 797

7

QQ7

13,244 

31,649

324 

101

4,693

CO 7QK

West 

Virginia

$7,343

10,485

15, 149 

41,623

423 

1,269

6,059

82,351

Total

$159, 911

302, 314

488,231 

994,229

19, 142 

21,834

157, 689

2, 143, 350

RECURRENCE INTERVALS OF PEAK DISCHARGES

The recurrence interval, or return period, of a flood of a given 

magnitude is the average interval of time within which the given flood 

will be equaled or exceeded once. The recurrence intervals of the 

peak discharges of the floods of March 1964, shown in the last column 

of table 4, were mostly computed from Water-Supply Paper 1675,
A30 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

"Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 3-A, 

Ohio River basin except Cumberland and Tennessee River basins."

Figure 14 shows recurrence intervals at the points of peak determination where the data can be computed. The data cannot be computed for streams that are controlled or appreciably regulated or for 

streams of drainage areas less than about 30 square miles. The frequency curves in WSP 1675 are defined to 50 years; extrapolation of 

recurrence intervals beyond 50 years is not recommended. A peak 

discharge having a recurrence interval greater than 50 years is described as its ratio to the 50-year flood.

Figure 14 also shows the distribution of recurrence intevals of the 

floods of March 1964. The storm moved in a narrow belt up the Ohio 

River valley and did not affect the upper ends of the medium and 

large tributaries that lie, in general, perpendicular to the Ohio River. 

The short tributaries to the Ohio River and the reaches of streams 

lying parallel and near to the Ohio River mostly had peaks of high 

recurrence intervals.

No flood-determination points lying outside the area bounded by 

the 7-inch isohyet (fig. 5) had peaks of high recurrence intervals. 

Within the 7-inch isohyet the recurrence interval of 50 years or greater 

was principally on small streams; however, recurrence intervals of 

peaks were high on some medium and large streams in which appreciable parts of the drainage basins lie within the area bounded by the 

10- and 12-inch isohyets. For example, the peak discharge on Licking River at Catawba, Ky. (No. 60), and on Eagle Creek at Glencoe, 

Ky. (No. 74), each had recurrence intervals that were greater than 

50 years.

The effect of the accumulating discharges from tributary streams on 

the recurrence interval of the discharge in the Ohio River main stem 

is shown by table 3.

TABLE 3. Recurrence intervals of peak discharges of March 1964 at gaging 

stations on the Ohio River

Location of gaging station

At Golconda, 111.. . . __ . -. .. __ . .. ._

Miles 

downstream 

from Pittsburgh, Pa.

322.5

At\n 1

470.5

607.3

7Q9 **

903.1

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

55,900

60,750

70,130

76,580

91, 170

107,000

143,900

Recurrence 

interval 

(years)

2

3

5

12

44

50+

14

As the flood wave moved downstream the recurrence interval continued to increase until the peak discharge at Evansville, Ind. (No. 

116), became 1.08 times as large as the 50-year flood. The Wabash
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A31

River enters the Ohio River below Evansville. The peak discharge 

on the farthest downstream gaging station on the Wabash River, at 

Mount Carmel, 111. (No. 140) which has a drainage area, 28,600 

square miles had a recurrence interval of about 2 years. The amount 

of flow contributed by the Wabash River to the Ohio River main stem 

was insignificant, and by the tune the flood wave on the Ohio River 

reached Golconda, 111. (No. 142), the recurrence interval had been 

reduced to 14 years.

DETERMINATION OF FLOOD DISCHARGES

The operation of a stream-gaging station is principally for the purpose of establishing a relation between stage and discharge from which 

the discharge can be calculated when the stage is known. The stagedischarge relation (rating curve) is based upon current-meter measurements throughout the range of stage experienced or through a 

sufficient part of the range so that discharge corresponding to maximum stage can be obtained by a reasonable extension of the rating 

curve. Short extensions of rating curves are usually made by logarithmic plotting or from velocity-area studies and other measurable 

hydraulic factors.

During major floods current-meter measurements are often impossible to obtain because of insufficient notice of flood stages on rapidly 

changing streams and because of impassable roads, heavy floating 

debris, or destruction of structures from which flood measurements are 

made. Where necessary, the stage-discharge relation at many gaging 

stations was extended to peak flow by means of indirect measurements 

such as computation of flow through contracted openings, slope-area 

measurements, or a combination of these methods. At several miscellaneous sites where high runoff occurred, the peak flow was determined 

by indirect measurement.

For a number of gaging stations in this report, fall (or slope) in 

the reach between two gages was a factor in establishing a relation 

between stage and discharge and was also a factor in computing discharge. At a few stations, the stage-discharge relation was affected 

by changing stage. For such stations, rate of change in stage was 

a factor in determining discharge.

STREAMFLOW DATA AT GAGING STATIONS 

EXPLANATION OF DATA

The following section gives detailed information on stage and discharge during the floods of March 1964. Much of the information is 

in addition to records usually published in annual streamflow reports 

of the Geological Survey.
A32 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

The systematic collection of basic data at a stream-gaging station 

includes a record of stage, measurements of discharge, and any other 

general information pertinent to determination of daily flow at the 

station. Record of stage is determined from periodic readings of some 

type of nonrecording gage, from an automatic water-stage recorder 

which gives a continuous graph of stage, or from a digital recorder 

which provides a tape punched at 15-, 30-, or 60-minute intervals. 

Measurements of discharge generally are made by current meter.

In general, station data consist of a description of the station, a table 

showing daily mean discharge at gaging stations for March 1964, and 

a table of stages and discharges at indicated times for many of the 

gaging stations.

STATION DESCRIPTIONS AND DISCHARGE TABtES

The description of the gaging station gives information concerning 

location, datum, type of gage, area of drainage basin, details of gageheight and discharge records, and miscellaneous remarks. The paragraph on discharge record briefly explains methods used to define stagedischarge relation over the range of stage that occurred during the 

floods; use of auxiliary gages or other methods used to obtain discharge; and conditions that may have affected the stage-discharge 

relation.

Maximum stage and discharge are given for the March 1964 period 

and for the period of previous record. Information regarding floods 

outside the period of gaging-station operation also is given in as much 

detail as possible. Remarks on cooperation, regulation and diversion, 

and other pertinent information are included where applicable.

The table of daily mean discharges gives data for March 1964; 

however, for some stations discharges are given for the first few days 

in April 1964. Periods of daily discharge were chosen to show the 

relation of flood discharges to discharges of the preceding and the 

following periods. The table also shows monthly mean discharge and 

generally shows the volume of runoff, in inches, from the drainage 

area. The volume was not computed if flow at a station was affected 

by more than an estimated 10 percent by regulation or if it was known 

that the storm did not cover the entire drainage basin.

The table of stages and discharges at indicated times generally is 

presented for the period starting March 2 and ending when the recession reached the point where sufficient definition for a hydrograph is 

furnished by the table of daily mean discharges. These data are not 

given for most stations outside of the flooded areas.

The stages at most stations were obtained from records of digital or 

continuous water-stage recorders. For a station with an incomplete
I FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A33

stage record, the gage height at a specific time may be selected from a 

graph which has been reconstructed from supplemental gage readings, 

high-water marks, and other pertinent evidence. Description of the 

methods used in defining the stage are given in the section of the 

description concerning gage-height record.

The stations are numbered and arranged in downstream order from 

headwater to mouth, with stations on tributaries inserted in corresponding order following the order in which the tributaries enter the 

main stream. The reference number preceding the name of the gaging 

station is the same as that used in figure 2 and will aid in identifying 

the site.

SUMMARY OF PEAK STAGES AND DISCHARGES

Maximum floodflows at stream-gaging stations and other sites on 

streams in the area covered by this report are summarized in table 4. 

The reference number is the same as that designating the site in 

figure 2 and will aid in identifying the location at which discharge was 

determined. As an added means of identification, each gaging station 

and partial-record station is listed with its permanent station number 

in the same downstream order used in the annual streamflow reports 

of the Geological Survey. No distinction is made between partialrecord stations and continuous-record gaging stations. Numbers are 

not consecutive as gaps were left in the number series to allow for new 

stations that might be established.

In table 4 the first column under maximum floods shows the period 

of known floods prior to March 1964. This period does not necessarily correspond to that in which continuous records of discharge 

were obtained, and for some stations the record extends back to an 

earlier date. More than one period of record is shown for some 

stations. Time periods are shown when they can be associated with a 

maximum stage even though the corresponding discharge is not 

known; a second period of known floods is then given in which 

maximum discharge and stage are both known.

The last column shows the average interval of time in which the 

peak discharge of March 1964 can be expected to be equaled or exceeded once. Whenever the peak discharge exceeds that of the 50-year 

recurrence interval (the maximum defined by frequency curves), the 

ratio of the peak discharge to the 50-year flood is shown.
Table 4.--Summary of flood stages and discharges

No.

Permanent 

station 

number

Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Maximum previous

Period

Ohio River main stem

1

2

5- 495

3- 850

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

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

3 3- 860 Ohio River at Sewickley, Pa. .....................

11,410

Monongahela

7,337

Ohio River

19,500

1936-64

River basin

1336-64

main stem

1933-64

Year

G

he

(f

1936

1936

1936

3

3

3

Beaver River basin

 s

, ^

Ohio River

26,850

main stem

1938-64

1913

1943 

1943 4

Muskingum River basin

6

fl

11

3-1364

3-1500

North Branch Kokosing River near Fredericktown, 

Ohio.

Muskingum River at McConnelsville, Ohio. .........

45.0

7,411

Ohio River

1959 

1962-64

1913-64

main stem

1959 

1963

1963

1913

1

3

Little Kanawha River basin

1959-64 [ 1959 |c5

13 3-1550 Little Kanawha River at Palestine, W. Va. 1,515

Hocking River basin

15

16

17

in

21

3-1575

3-1585

3-1595 Hocking River at Athens , Ohio .................... 944

1952-64

1907-64

1951-64 

1907-64

1963

1907

1963

1963

1907

1963 

1907

1

2
Ohio River main stern

23

'

Kanawha River basin

10,419 1861-1964 

1939-64

1861 

1940 

1955

Ohio River main stem

24 3-2015 52,760 1896-1964 

1940-64

1913 

1943 

1948

5

3

6

5

Raccoon Creek basin

25 3-2020 Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, Ohio. ............... 587 1915-64 1937 2

Guyandotte River basin

26 3-2040 1,226 1915-17, 

1928-64

1955 

1957

42

Ohio River main stem

27 3-2060 55,900 1934-64 1937 

1937

6

Big Sandy River basin

28 3-2150 3,892 1908 

1938-64

1908 

1955 

1958

04

4

Ohio River main stem

29 3-2160 60,750 1884-1964 1937 0 7

Little Sandy River basin

30 3-2165 402 1884-1964 1950 

1950 2

Tygarts Creek basin

31 3-2170 242 1934,1937, 

1940-64

1962 2

Scioto River basin

32 

33

34 

35

36

37 

38

3-2304 

3-2305

3-2309 

3-2310

3-2320

3-2324.7 

3-2324.9

Paint Creek at damsite near Bainbridge, Ohio..... 

Rocky Pork Lake near Rainsboro, Ohio. ............

449 

533

277 

331

251

573 

115

1921-35, 

1938-64

1926-35, 

1938-56,1959, 

1962-64 

1926-35, 

1939-56,1959, 

1962-64 

1962-64 

1953-64

1959 

1959 

1963

1963 

1954

1

1

1

2

3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Summary of flood stages and discharges Cont

No.

Permanent 

station 

number

39 

40 

41

42 

43

3-2325 

3-2340 

3-2345

3-2359.95

Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Maximum previous

Period Year

G

he

(

Scioto River basin Continued

Scioto River at Plketon, Ohio ....................

141 

808 

5,129

267 

5,832

1939-64 

1921-64 

1913-64 

1930-64

1962-64 

1954-64

1945 

1963 

1913 

1937 

1959 

1963 

1959

Ohio Brush Creek basin

44 3-2375

45 3-2380

388 1926-35, 

1940-64

1943 

Ohio River main stem

Ohio River near Maysville , Ohio .................. 70,130 1937-64 1937 

Vfhlteoak Creek basin

46 3-2385 221 1923-35, 

1939-64

1933 

Little Miami River basin

47

48 

49

50 

51

52

53

3-2420

3-2423 

3-2425

3-2440 

3-2455

3-2465

3-2475

East Pork Little Miami River at Vfllllamsburg, 

Ohio. 

East Pork Little Miami River at Perintown, Ohio..

361

209 

680

219 

1,203

237 

476

1925-55, 

1939-51,1959, 

1963-64 

1959-64 

1960-64 

1939-52,1959, 

1963-64 

1952-64 

1913,1915-17, 

1925-64 

1915-17, 

1925-64 

1949-53, 

1959-64 

1915-20, 

1925-64

1963

1959 

1963 

1959

1959 

1913

1959 

1963 

1945

1

Licking River basin

54 

55

56 

57

3 2495

3-2505

3-2510 

3-2515

North Fork Licking River near Lewlsburg, Ky...... 

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

831 

1,785

119 

2,326

1904-64 

193S-64 

1854-1964 

1938-64 

1938,1946-64 

1937-64

1918 

1962 

1937 

1948 

1938 

1937

g3

4
58

59 

60

3-2520

3-2525 

3-2535

239

621 

3,300

1938-64 

1953-64 

1918-64 

1888-1964

Ohio River main stem

61 3-2550 76,580 1773-1964

1951 

1962 

1948 

1948

19

17.

23.

47

1937 

1937

80

Mill Creek basin

62 1 3-3590 120 1946-64 1959 16.

Great Miami River basin

63 

64

3-2740 

3-2765

65 3-3767

66 3-3770

South Hogan Creek near Dillsboro, Ind. ...........

3,639 

1,339

1910-18 

1927-64 

1913-64 

1915-20, 

1923-64

1913 

1959 

1913 

1959

(b

79.

39

27.

Hogan Creek basin

38.2 1959-64 1959 14.

Laughery Creek basin

Laughery Creek near Farmers Retreat, Ind......... 348 1897-1964 1959 21

Kentucky River basin

67

68

69 

70

71 

73

73 

74

3-2875 

3-2880

3-2890 

3-2895

3-2900 

3-2905

3-2910 

3-3915

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

EaKle Creek at Glencoe , Ky .......................

h5,412 

h 119

h 24.0 

h473

5.63 

h 6,180

42.9 

437

1895-1964

1948-64 

1949-64 

1950-64 

1915-20,1933, 

1937,1939-64 

1951-64 

1884-1964

1933 

1941-64 

1913,1915-30

1937 

1937 

1948 

1952 

1960 

1933

1955 

1937 

1937 

1932 

1943 

1943

47

22

18.

9.

17 

11.

56

22 

21.

23

Beargrass Creek basin

75

76

3-3925

3-2930

South Pork Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky.....

Middle Fork Beargrass Creek at Cannons Lane, at

Louisville, Ky.

17 .2

h 18.9

1939-64

1943

1944-64

1943

1945

1960

1943

1960

15

13

-

8.

5.

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. --Summary of flood stages and discharges Cont

No.

Permanent 

station 

number

Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Maximum previous

Period Year

G

he

(f

Silver Creek basin

77 3-2940 Silver Creek near Sellersburg, Ind. .............. 188

Ohio River

1954-64

main stem

1858-59, 

1866-69, 

1872-1964

1959

1937

1937

3

8

Salt River basin

79 

80 

81 

82 

83 

84

85 

86

87

88 

89 

90 

91

92

93

94 

95 

96

97

3-2950 

3-2955

3-2960

3-2965 

3-2967

3-2968

3-2970 

3-2975

3-2980 

3-2985

3-2990

3-3000 

3-3010 

3-3015

3-3020

Plum Creek subwatershed No. 4 near Slmpsonvllle, 

Ky.

Plum Creek subwatershed No. 15 (Little Plum 

Creek) near Wllsonvllle, Ky. 

Plum Creek subwatershed No. 17 near Waterford, 

Ky.

h 41.4 

h 196 

359 

66.1 

52.1 

1.55

19.1 

1.03

.52

5.15 

31.8 

101 

138

1,197

239

85.9 

669 

1,299

64.0

1952-64 

1928-64

1954-64

1954-64 

1957-64

1957-64

1954-64 

1954-64

1937 

1944-64 

1937-64 

1938-64

1913-64 

1938-64 

1952-64 

1939-64 

1937-64 

1938-64

1937-64 

1944-64

1957 

1928

1961

1960 

1960

1960

1960 

1960

1937 

1961 

1937 

1961 

1961 

1913 

1945 

1961 

1962 

1937 

1948 

1962 

1937 

1948 

1959

1

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

J4

4

2

2

2

3

CJ5

4

J2

2

Indian Creek basin

98 3-3025

99 3-3030

Indian Creek near Corydon, Ind ...................

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

129 1943-64 1959 2

Blue River basin

461 1910-64 1959 2
Anderson River basin

41.9 1905-64 1959 

Green River basin

105

108 

109

115

3-3109

3-3175 

3-3180.05

3-3200

3-3205

Nolin River Reservoir near Kyrock, Ky ............

North Fork Rough River near Westview, Ky. ........ 

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

East Pork Pond River near Apex, Ky ...............

h 36.4

h 357

h 703

h 42.0 

h 454

h 7,564

194

1953-64

1941-64

1854

1959-64 

1957

1959-64 

1963-64 

1854-1964

1930-32, 

1939-50, 

1960-64

1954-64 

1959-64

1937

1940-64 

1956-64

1937-64

1898-1964

1940-64

1957

1958

1854

1962

1962 

1963 

1937

1932 

1962

1959 

1961

1950 

1957

1937

1950 

1937

1937 

1957

e 5

c 

J 

e 5

Ohio River main stem

1874-1964

1937

1937 

Pigeon Creek basin

117 3-3221

118

119 

120

121 

122

123

124 

125

3-3430

3-3605 

3-3640

3-3645 

3-3650

3-3655 

3-3670 

3-3695

326 1960-64

Wabash River basin

Clifty Creek at Hartsville, Ind. .................

13,700

4,696 

1,692

88.8 

156

2,333 

365 

201

1867-1964

1875-1964 

1913 

1947-64 

1913 

1948-64 

1897 

1948-64 

1897-1964 

1932-64 

1897 

1898-1964

1961 

1913

1913 

1913 

1952 

1913 

1959 

1897 

1959 

1913 

1959 

1897 

1959

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4.--Summary of flood stages and discharges Co

No.

Permanent 

station 

number

Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Maximum previo

Period Year

Wabash River basln--Contlnued

126

127

128 

129

130

131 

132

133

134 

135 

136 

137 

138

139 

140

3-3715

3-3716

3-3716.5 

3-3720

3-3725

3-3727 

3-3730

3-3732

3-3735 

3-3740 

3-3745 

3-3755 

3-3763

3-3765 

3-3775 Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111. ...............

3,870

38.1

75.9 

120

441

h 55.2 

582

60.9

4,954 

11,139 

171 

357 

603

815 

28,600

1913 

1939-64

1959-64 

1960-64 

1962-64 

1913 

1946-64 

1955-64

1960-64 

1939-50, 

1957-64 

1950-51 

1962-64 

1847-1964 

1907-64 

1913-64 

1913-64 

1937 

1961-64 

1935-64

1875-1964

1913 

1961 

1961 

1959 

1961 

1963 

1913 

1960 

1960 

1961 

1960 

1961

00 

1963 

1913 

1913 

1913 

1913 

1937 

1961 

1937 

1937 

1913

Tradewater River basin

141 3-3830

142 3-3845

h 255 1937-64 1937 

Ohio River main stem

143,900 1937 -64 1937 

1937

Cumberland River basin

143 

144

3-4380 

3-4385

h 244 

17,913

1940-64 

1937-64 

1939-64

1951 

1937 

1950 

1950

Tennessee River basin

145 

146

3-6095 

3-6105 East Fork Clarks River near Benton, Ky. ..........

40,200 

227

1889-1964 

1937-64

1937 

1948 

1937
Ohio River main stem

147 3-6115 203,000 1928-64 1937 

1937 66

Mayfield Creek basin

148 7- 230 Mayfield Creek at Lovelaceville, Ky .............. 212 1937-64 1937 21

Obion Creek basin

149 7- 235 36.8 1949 

1951-64

1949 

1957

13

12

Bayou du Chien basin

150 7- 240 Bayou du Chien near Clinton, Ky .................. 68.7 1939-64 1951 15

Flow controlled wholly or in part by one or more reservoirs; see station description.

Not determined.

At different site or datum; see station description.

Ratio of peak discharge to 50-year flood.

Elevation, in feet.

Contents, in acre-feet.

Result of ice Jam.

Part of drainage area noncontributlng; see station description.

From inside gage; floodmark elevation in station description.

Affected by backwater; see station description.

Several feet higher than stage of Jan. 21, 1959.

About equal to stage of Jan. 21, 1959.

Does not Include flow through Bay Creek and Cache River; see station description.
A42 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

STATION DATA

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(1) 3-495. Allegheny River at Natrona, Pa.

Location. Lat 40°36'55", long 79°43'10", on right bank 550 ft upstream from dam at 

lock 4 at Natrona, Allegheny County, 6 miles downstream from Kiskiminetas River, 

and at mile 24.2.

Drainage area. 11,410 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 736.74 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 216,000 cfs Mar. 10, 2200 hours (gage height, 

 25778 ft).

1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 238,000 cfs Dec. 30, 1942 (gage height, 

27.46 ft).

Maximum stage known, 3S.06 ft Mar. 18, 1936 (discharge, 365,000 cfs, determined by Corps of Engineers).

Remarks. Plow regulated by Chautauqua Lake and by Tionesta Creek, East Branch 

Clarion River, Mahoning Creek, Crooked Creek, Conemaugh River, and Loyalhanna 

Creek Reservoirs and by 12 smaller reservoirs (combined capacity, excluding that 

of Chautauqua Lake, 864,600 acre-ft). Slight diversion since 1952 from Beaver 

Run Reservoir into the Monongahela River basin.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day Discharge

5,800 

6,450 

10,100 

17,300 

66,700 

159,000

Day

12. ....

Discharge

131,000 

131,000 

130,000 

188,000 

186,000 

134,000

Day

13. ... 

14. ... 

15. ... 

16. ... 

17 . ... 

18. ...

Discharge

127,000 

117,000 

104,000 

104,000 

100,000 

84,000

Day

19.. ...

20.. ...

21 .....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

61,300 

42,200 

32,800 

30,000 

28,000 

27,000

Day

25.. .. 

26. ... 

27 .... 

28... . 

29 .... 

30 .... 

31 ....

Monthly wean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

26,900 

27,200 

33,600 

37,400 

34,000 

31,400 

30 , 500

72,380

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

1200

2400

0600

1300

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

2400

0600

Gage 

height

9.97

10.20

10.39

10.46

10.64

10.96

11.12

11.23

11.60

12.02

12.59

14.15

15.10

15.82

16.21

18.96

20.95

22.03

22.49

21.84

21.78

21.22

20.45

19.86

19.34

19.06

19.47

19.64

Discharge

6,190

7,730

9,080

9,590

10 , 900

13,400

14,800

15,800

19,400

23,900

30,500

50,600

64,400

75,600

82,200

124,000

152,000

166,000

172,000

163,000

162,000

154,000

144,000

136,000

128,000

124,000

130,000

132,000

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0500

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1600

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1500

2400

0600

1200

2000

Cage 

height

19.66

19.57

19.11

18.82

19.57

19.85

20.40

21.04

22.05

23.16

24.17

25.14

25.78

25.73

24.95

23.69

22.11

20.95

19.95

19.42

19.44

19.50

19.40

19.16

18.93

18.76

18.59

18.24

Discharge

133,000

131,000

125,000

121,000

131,000

135,000

143,000

152,000

166,000

181,000

194,000

207,000

216,000

215,000

205,000

188,000

166,000

151,000

137,000

129,000

130,000

130,000

129,000

126,000

122,000

120,000

118,000

112,000

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1000

1400

2000

2400

1200

2400

0600

1800

2400

Gage 

height

18.23

18.00

17.52

17.35

17.56

17.74

17.63

17.68

17.32

16.93

16.64

16.43

16.18

15.71

15.40

15.25

14.99

14.30

13.99

13.66

13.11

13.00

12.67

12.53

Discharge

112,000

109,000

102,000

99,200-

102,000

105,000

103,000

104,000

98,800

92,700

88,000

84,700

80,500

72,800

67,900

65,600

61,800

51,700

47,400

43,000

35,900

34,600

30 , 600

29,000

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A43

MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 

(2) 3-850. Monongahela River at Braddock, Pa.

Location.--Lat 40°S3'30", long 79°51'30", near right bank on river guide wall 380 ft 

upstream from dam at lock 2, at Braddock, Allegheny County, 1,700 ft downstream 

from Turtle Creek, and 11.2 miles upstream from confluence with Allegheny River.

Drainage area.--7,337 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 707.16 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 105,000 cfs Mar. 11, 0500-0600 hours (gage height, 

22.58 ft).

1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 201,000 cfs June 5, 1941 (gage height, 

31.20 ft).

Maximum stage known, 38.8 ft Mar. 18, 1936, from floodmarks (discharge, 

210,000 cfs).

Remarks. Flow regulated by locks and hydroelectric plants, since 1938 by Tygart 

Reservoir and since 1926 by Lake Lynn, since 1925 by Deep Creek Reservoir and 

since 1943 by Youghiogheny River Reservoir, combined capacity, 718,960 acre-ft. 

Figures of daily discharge include slight diversion from Beaver Run Reservoir and 

Thorn Run, in the Kiskiminetas River basin, to the Borough of Jeannette and into 

Turtle Creek, respectively.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

3. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

6,600 

6,750 

20,000 

38,100 

69,100 

90,800

Day

9. ....

Discharge

45,600 

34,7OO 

41,700 

73,100 

90,200 

45,800

Day Discharge

39,200 

41,000 

52,800 

55,300 

47,300 

43,800

Day

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

39,300 

32,100 

25,600 

17,300 

12,000 

13,000

Day

26. . ...

27 .....

29.. ...

30 .....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

14,000 

14,90O 

13,200 

12 , 900 

11,400 

9,020 

10,100

34,410

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

180O

2400

O700

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0500

1400

Gage 

height

13.48

13.47

13.50

13.54

13.65

14.03

14.83

15.64

16.22

16.78

17.13

17.54

17.97

18.44

18.95

20.11

21.13

21.78

22.18

22.02

21.18

20.02

18.89

18.07

17.15

17.00

17.28

Discharge

6,400

6,350

6,500

6,700

7,250

9,380

14,400

20,300

25,200

30,2OO

33,500

37,800

42,600

47,800

53,900

68,700

33,800

93,9OO

99,700

97,500

84,600

67,500

53 , 200

43 , 700

33,700

32,200

35,000

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0500

06OO

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

17.62

17.80

17.91

17.87

17.94

18.43

19.36

20.25

21.35

22.45

22.58

22.58

21.96

20.71

19.56

18.66

18.06

17.78

17.65

17.68

17.70

17.65

17.59

17.60

17.72

17.77

17.93

18.36

Discharge

38,700

40 , 700

41 , 9OO

41 , 500

42,200

47,700

58,800

70,700

87,300

104,000

105,000

105,000

96,600

77,400

61,400

50,400

43 , 600

40,500

39,000

39,400

39,600

39,000

38,400

38 , 500

39,800

40,400

42,100

46,900

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

0600

1200

1500

2400

O600

1100

1900

2400

0600

1700

2400

090O

2000

2400

O600

1800

2400

0600

1500

1900

2400

0300

0900

1200

1500

2400

Gage 

height

18.71 ia.95

19.02

18.96

19.10

19.20

19.02

18.79

18.51

18.26

18.20

18.11

18.01

17.95

17.84

17.47

17.39

17.28

16.77

16.61

16.72

16.73

16.62

16.37

16.06

15.58

.Discharge

51,000

53,900

54,700

54,OOO

55,700

56,900

54, 700

52,000

48 , 600

45,800

45,100

44,10O

43,000

42 , 4OO

41,100

37,10O

36,200

35,000

30,10O

28,700

29,700

29,800

28,800

26,500

23,700

19,800

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
A44 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

160. Ohio River at Sewickley, Pa.

Location. Lat 40°31'50", long 80°11'20", on left bank 200 ft upstream from highway 

bridge at Sewickley, Allegheny County, 0.5 mile upstream from Narrows Run, 

1.5 miles upstream from Dashields Dam, and 11.8 miles downstream from confluence 

of Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.

Drainage area. 19,500 sq ml, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 690.00 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 295,000 cfs Mar. 11, 0500 hours (gage height, 

 2TT19 ft).

1933 to February 1964: Discharge, 574,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 

34.75 ft, from floodmark in gage house).

Remarks.--Some regulation by locks, and by many reservoirs above station. Combined 

capacity of reservoirs excluding that of Chautauqua Lake but including Lake Lynn 

and Deep Creek Reservoirs and 12 smaller reservoirs, 1,584,000 acre-ft.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Discharge

12,500 

14,100 

33,400 

59,400 

116,000 

227,000

Day

7. ....

Discharge

186,000 

162,000 

17O.OOO 

240,000 

276,000 

192,000

Day Discharge

164,000 

158,000 

159,000 

162,000 

156,000 

143,000

Day

20. ....

Discharge

116,000 

84,000 

67,100 

53,900 

44,300 

43,300

Day

25. . . . .

26.. . ..

30

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge , In cubic feet per second ...................................

Discharge

44,400 

44,400 

49,200 

53,300 

47,600 

41,300 

42,800

108,500

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Hour

0600

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1800

2400

060O

1200

1800

2400

0600

12OO

2100

2400

0600

1200

2400

060O

1800

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

0900

1600

2400

0200

Gage 

height

3.89

3.89

4.26

4.77

5.16

5.52

5.82

6.05

6.80

7.26

7.83

8.59

10.10

13.37

16.30

16.86

16.18

15.64

14.22

12.94

11.09

11.03

11.27

11.31

11.24

12.19

13.31

15.04

16.03

18.58

20.74

21.03

Discharge

13,500

13,500

18,400

26,300

33,000

39,600

45,400

50,000

65,800

75,900

88,800

107,000

144,000

192,000

230,000

236,000

228,000

222,000

203,000

186,000

161,000

160,000

163,000

164,000

163,000

176,000

191,000

214,000

226,000

259,000

288,000

292,000

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

0500

1200

1800

240O

0100

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

09OO

12OO

1700

1900

2100

2400

0300

0900

1200

1600

2000

2400

06OO

1200

140O

1600

2400

0300

1200

2400

Gage 

height

21.19

20.36

18.65

16.45

16.07

14.48

13.10

11.98

11.68

11.50

11.30

11,35

11.22

11.12

11.00

10.90

10.92

10.86

10.90

10.73

10.84

11.00

11.10

11.05

10.95

10.80

11.03

11.16

11.33

11.48

11.24

11.09

11.00

10.80

10.50

Discharge

295,000

283,000

259,000

231,000

227,000

207,000

189,000

173,000

169,000

166,000

164,000

164,000

162,000

161,000

159,000

158,000

158,000

157,000

158,000

155,000

157,000

159,000

161,000

160,000

159,000

156,000

160,000

162,000

164,000

166,000

163,000

161,000

159,000

L56,OOO

152,000

Date

Mar. 18

19

20

21

22

23

Hour

0600

1200

2400

0600

1400

1500

1700

2400

0300

0900

1100

1900

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1500

2000

2400

0600

1100

1200

1800

2100

2400

Gage 

height

10.27

10.05

9.65

9.29

8.83

9.03

8.54

8.28

7.94

7.81

7.52

7.45

7.26

7.26

7.16

6.90

7.08

7.11

6.62

6.32

6.32

6.31

6.35

6.50

5.96

5.74

5.75

5.78

5.89

5.89

5.81

5.49

Discharge

147,000

143,000

134,000

125, COO113, 000

118,000

105,000

99,200

91,300

88,300

81,700

80,100

75,900

75,900

73,700

68,000

72,000

72,600

61,900

55,600

55,600

55 , 400

56,200

59,400

48,200

43,800

44,000

44,600

46,800

46,800

45,200

39,000

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A4S

BEAVER RIVER BASIN 

(4) 3-1075. Beaver River at Beaver Palls, Pa.

Location.--Lat 40°45'45", long 80°18'55", on left bank at Beaver Palls, Beaver

County, 200 ft upstream from pumping plant of Beaver Valley Water Co., 5.5 miles 

upstream from mouth, and 7 miles downstream from Connoquenessing Creek.

Drainage area.--3,106 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Digital recorder tape punched at 60-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 727.48 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench 

mark).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 57,000 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Discharge, 57,900 cfs Mar. 10, 2200 hours (gage height,

Discharge, 69,900 cfs Jan. 22, 1959 (gage height,

Maxima. March 1964 

13.24 ft) .

1935 to February 1964 

14.42 ft).

Maximum stage known, 17.4 ft Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, 103,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Plow regulated since 1942 by Berlin, since 1916 by Milton, since 1943 by 

Mosquito Creek, since 1929 by Meander Creek, and since 1933 by Pymatuning 

Reservoirs.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

6. ....

Discharge

860 

1,050 

2,980 

9,060 

28 , 400 

31,100

Day Discharge

26,400 

15,200 

20,000 

50,300 

49,000 

30 , 400

Day Discharge

16,200 

10,100 

10,100 

8,480 

7,230 

7,070

Day

22.. ...

23. ....

Discharge

6,340 

5,070 

5,090 

6,810 

6,33O 

5,120

Day

27.. ...

28... ..

29. ....

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

4,510 

4,540 

4,670 

4,160 

3,770 

3,230 

2,890

12,470

Note.--Mean daily discharges computed on basis of 60-minute intervals.

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

1200

2400

Gage 

height

3.85

3.87

3.88

3.96

4.13

4.39

4.58

5.59

5.96

6.01

6.52

7.87

9.40

9.93

10.15

10.25

10.28

10.28

10.18

9.88

Discharge

940

968

982

1,110

1,430

2,050

2,570

5,780

7,240

7,440

9,800

16,600

26,000

29,700

31,200

32,000

32,200

32,200

31,500

29,400

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

Hour

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

0500

0600

0700

1200

1600

1800

2200

2400

0400

1200

Gage 

height

9.77

9.59

8.66

8.05

7.57

6.81

6.73

7.01

8.42

9.27

10.33

11.29

11.41

12.07

12.73

13.06

13.15

13.24

13.19

13.06

12.45

Discharge

28,60O

27,300

21,400

17,700

15,000

11,200

10,800

12,200

19,900

25,100

32 , 500

40,100

41,100

46,700

52 , 800

56,100

57,000

57,900

57,400

56,100

50,200

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

11.08

10.55

10.08

9.56

8.95

8.28

8.00

7.71

6.95

6.68

6.51

6.50

6.59

6.65

6.56

6.46

6.35

6.23

6.14

6.07

Discharge

38,400

34,200

30,800

27,100

23,100

19,100

17,400

15,800

12,000

10,600

9,750

9,700

10,200

10,400

10,000

9,500

8,980

8,440

8,030

7,720

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

782-001 O-65-4
A46 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(5) 3-1150. Ohio River at St. Marys, W. Va.

Location. Lat 39°23'25", long 81°12'30", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 50 (alternate) at St. Marys, Pleasants County, 0.9 mile downstream 

from Middle Island Creek at mile 155.0.

Drainage area. S6.850 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 

graph 1.5 miles upstream from lock and dam 17, and 11 miles downstream from base 

gage. Datum of gage is 577.30 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements below 378,000 cfs. Discharge computed by using fall as a factor.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 383,000 cfs Mar. 12, 0600-0800 hours: gage height, 

42.75 ft Mar. 12, 1000 hours.

1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 421,000 cfs Jan. 1, 1943: gage height, 46.67 ft 

Jan. 1, 1943.

Maximum stage known since at least 1884, 54.2 ft in Mar. 1913.

Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream. 

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

6. ....

Discharge

15,700 

17,400 

37,600 

62,80O 

93,900 

164,000

Day

12. ....

Discharge

248, OOO 

233,000 

208,000 

269,000 

345,000 

374,000

Day

15. ....

Discharge

306,000 

226,000 

200,000 

191,000 

182,000 

170,000

Day

21. ....

Discharge

153,000 

129,000 

99,000 

81,400 

68,100 

58 , 300

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27 .....

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

55,800 

54,100 

54,100 

56,100 

59,600 

56,200 

53,500

139,400

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Feb. 29

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

06OO

1200

1800

2400

Cage 

height

9.88

9.81

9.79

9.76

9.81

9.86

9.93

10.21

10.28

10.78

10.88

11.63

12.10

12.08

12.25

13.01

14.02

15.52

16.95

18.44

19.91

21.81

23.93

26.19

28.52

Discharge

14,50O

14,700

17,100

16,200

15,000

14,800

15,500

21,000

21,300

29,900

36,900

45,400

55,200

54,800

63,500

68,400

74,OOO

83,200

93,000

104,000

117,000

137,000

162,000

189,000

219,000

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

12

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

30.26

31.47

32.08

32.10

31.73

31.07

30.20

29.37

28.68

28.66

29.62

31.07

32.82

34.87

36.70

38.33

39.68

40.83

41.70

42.34

42.69

42.73

42.75

42.72

42.35

41.63

Discharge

240,000

255,000

260,000

255,000

246,000

234,000

220,000

210,000

201,000

202,000

210,000

226,000

242,000

274,000

291,000

312,000

326,000

345,000

365,000

377,000

383,000

383,000

382,000

380,000

368,000

350,000

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

39.37

36.41

33.34

31.37

30.33

29.70

29.06

28.26

27.71

27.02

26.12

25.18

24.18

22.92

21.40

19.51

17.66

16.36

15.60

14.51

Discharge

307,000

262,000

220,000

204,000

199,000

196,000

191,000

185,000

184,000

177,000

171,000

162,000

153,000

143,000

130,000

113,000

97,500

88,000

82,000

73,400
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A47

MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

(6) 3-1364. North Branch Kokosing River near Fredericktown, Ohio 

(Crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 40°30'10", long 82°34'15", at bridge on county road 2 miles northwest 

of Fredericktown, Knox County, and 2.7 miles above East Branch.

Drainage area. 45.0 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Wire-weight gage read twice dally, and crest-stage gage. Datum 

of gage Is 1,092.05 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1960.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 3,160 cfs Mar. 10 (gage height, 7.50 ft). 

1959: Gage height, 13.4 ft, from floodmarks (discharge unknown). 

June 1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 2,430 cfs Mar. 4, 1963 (gage height, 

6.83 ft).

(7) 3-1365. Kokosing River at Mount Vernon, Ohio

Location.--Lat 40°24'25", long 82°30'00", on right bank at downstream side of Tllden 

Avenue Bridge at Mount Vernon, Knox County, 0.8 mile downstream from North Branch 

and 2.7 miles upstream from Dry Run.

Drainage area. 200 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 984.16 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 6,400 cfs and by Indirect measurements at 7,300 cfs and 38,000 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 10,300 cfs Mar. 10, 0930 hours (gage height, 

13.08 ft).

1953 to February 1964: Discharge, 38,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

18.19 ft).

Remarks.--Some regulation by Knox Lake on East Branch of North Branch (30.3 sq ml, 

3,750 acre-ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

30

41

82

309

3,190

1,160

Day

7 .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

465

286

2,820

7,390

2,110

1,070

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

925

935

1,720

860

541

384

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

302

266

458

546

354

276

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

241

294

272

224

199

184

181

5.23

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1600

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

2.16

2.18

2.28

2.49

2.56

2.63

2.83

3.56

4.09

5.75

8.40

9.51

7.96

6.93

6.20

Discharge

36

38

50

91

1O9

129

190

492

755

1,750

3,780

4,920

3,380

2,550

2,040

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1100

1400

1600

2000

2400

0400

Gage 

height

4.62

3.86

3.48

3.23

3.O8

3.03

3.66

5.46

7.11

7.77

7.29

7.51

8.85

10.79

12.14

Discharge

1,070

640

456

344

282

262

540

1,580

2,690

3,220

2,830

3,010

4,220

6,470

8,560

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

Hour

0800

0930

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

13.00

13.08

12.50

11.08

10.00

8.19

6.92

5.98

4.93

4.65

4.44

4.33

4.53

4.25

3.94

Discharge

10 , 200

10,300

9,210

6,880

5,490

3,590

2,540

1,890

1,260

1,120

1,020

965

1,060

925

770
A48 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, 

of Kokosing River at Mount Vernon, Ohio--Continued

Date

Mar. 14

15

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2200

2400

0300

Gage

height

3.85

3.88

4.54

5.12

5.97

6.73

Discharge

725

740

1,070

1,370

1,880

2,410

Date

Mar. 15

16

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

17 1200

Gage 

height

5.72

4.77

4.06

3.69

3.48

Discharge

1,730

1,180

830

645

541

Date

Mar. 17

18

19

20

Hour

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

3.30

3.12

3.02

2.87

2.79

Discharge

460

379

338

280

252

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

(8) 3-1370. Kokosing River at Millwood, Ohio

Location.--Lat 40°23'55", long 82°17'10", on left bank 0.4 mile west of Millwood, 

Knox County, if miles upstream from Honey Run, 2 miles downstream from Jelloway 

Creek, and 3| miles upstream from Brush Run.

Drainage area.--454 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph, except 1330 hours Mar. 13 to

1100 hours Mar. 15, for which graph was estimated on basis of record before and 

after this period and record for station at Mount Vernon. Datum of gage is 

865.00 ft above mean sea level.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 19,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 75,900 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 25,400 cfs Mar. 10, 1200 hours (gage height, 

20.70 ft).

1913, 1921 to February 1964: Discharge, 75,900 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

34.00 ft, from high-water mark in well).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

121

202

889

7,140

2,700

Day

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Di s charge

1,170

748

6,440

20,100

6,570

2,650

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

2,080

1,700

3,540

2,290

1,740

1,200

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21.. ...

22.. ...

23. ....

24.....

Discharge

868

772

1,010

1,180

892

802

Day

25.. ...

26... ..

27 .....

28.. ...

29 .....

30.. ...

31 .....

M fVil ft rH <anVin -r>rre> In ^uhln foAf nAT1 <3AnnnH

Runoff, in inches.

0 r

Discharge

754

790

766

692

648

626

615

2,315

5.88

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0300

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0400

0830

1200 

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

24OO

Gage 

height

4.35

4.55

4.78

4.86

4.73

4.98

4.98

5.28

6.06

7.02

8.61

9.88

12.39

13.36

13.07 

11.70

9.92

8.26

7.27

6 . 66

6.24

Discharge

79

124

189

215

174

257

257

376

766

1,410

2,830

4,200

7,620

9,210

8,720 

6,580

4,240

2,480

1,610

1,150

874

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1200

1800

2400

0400

0800

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

5.99

5.95

7.50

9.02

10.36

12.16

13.25

15.02

17.06

19.71

20.70

20.19

19.20

16.11

12.63

10.69 

9.05

8.36

8.17

7.91

7.3

Discharge

724

7O2

1,790

3,240

4,770

7,270

9,020

12,200

16,400

22,800

25,400

24,000

21,500

14,400

8,010

5,200 

3,270

2,580

2,390

2,160

1,630

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

6.95

7.25

8.9

10.05

9.30

8.58

8.00

7.71

7.44

7.10

6.70

6.43

6.12

6.03

6.05

6.38

6.86

6.98

6.68

6.43

Discharge

1,360

1,590

3,120

4,400

3,540

2,800

2,240

1,980

1,740

1,470

1,180

994

802

748

760

962

1,290

1,380

1,170

994

Note. Dailv means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVEK A49

(9) 3-1465. Licking River near Newark, Ohio

Location. Lat 40°03'33", long 82°20'23", on right bank at downstream side of Stadden 

Bridge, 1 mile downstream from Shawnee Run, 1-g- miles upstream from Equality Run, 

and 3-| miles east of Newark, Licking County.

Drainage area.--536 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph except 0900 hours to 1930 hours 

Mar. 5, for which graph was estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and 

record before and after period of clock stoppage. Datum of gage is 779.02 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 24,000 cfs and extended on basis of flood-routing studies for station at 

Toboso for January 1959 peak.flow.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 25,500 cfs Mar. 10, 0830 hours (gage height, 

17.18 ft).

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 45,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

20.3 ft, from high-water mark).

Remarks.--Plow slightly regulated by Buckeye Lake on South Pork (27,300 acre-ft;

3,140 acres surface area, 46.2 sq mi). Gates operated intermittently to maintain 

normal lake level.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff ,

Discharge

55 

100 

154 

699 

6,180 

2,890

Day

7. ....

Discharge

1,270 

845 

7,070 

21,300 

9,090 

4,700

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

3,240 

2,700 

3,090 

2,080 

1,460 

800

Day Discharge

618 

546 

919 

1,210 

785 

610

Day

31. ....

Discharge

526 

626 

646 

506 

438 

398 

374

2,449 

5.27

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0700

1030

1300

1800

2100

2400

0400

0800

1500

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

0.85

1.07

1.37

1.44

1.50

1.52

2.35

1.96

2.80

4.05

6.90

9.80

10.62

10.99

10.28

8.74

6.90

5.86

5.00

4.47

3.85

3.42

3.15

Discharge

66

96

141

154

166

171

452

296

660

1,400

3,510

5,890

6,670

7,090

6,330

4,990

3,510

2,720

2,080

1,690

1,260

982

835

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0200

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

0830

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0700

0900

1100

Gage 

height

3.10

3.20

4.52

7.40

10.15

11.08

13.18

14.98

16.90

17.18

14.23

15.10

13.10

11.71

10.61

9.72

8.33

7.78

7.52

6.76

6.10

5.85

5.91

5.87

Discharge

810

860

1,720

3,910

6,200

7,200

10,700

16,000

24,100

25,500

13,600

16,400

10 , 500

8,100

6,660

5,820

4,640

4,140

3,910

3,220

2,630

2,400

2,460

2,420

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1400

2400

1000

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

0300

0800

1000

1400

1600

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

5.99

6.73

6.84

6.02

5.44

5.08

4.92

4.04

3.68

3.47

3.22

3.08

3.08

3.44

3.44

4.07

4.33

4.80

4.41

3.95

Discharge

2,530

3,200

3,300

2,560

2,040

1,710

1,590

994

790

685

578

522

522

670

670

1,010

1,170

1,490

1,220

940

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
A50 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(10) 3-1483. Moxahala Creek at Rosevllle, Ohio 

(Recording crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°48'40", long 82°04'10", at pumping station about 2,500 ft below 

First Street Bridge In Rosevllle, Muskingum County.

Drainage area. 80.8 sq mi.

G_age-height record. Crest stage only, from floodmarks, because of faulty operation 

of bubble gage. Datum of gage is 717.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 5,540 cfs Mar. 10, 1100 hours (gage height,

16.6 ft, from floodmarks}.

1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 5,600 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height,

16.7 ft, from floodmarks).

(11) 3-1500. Muskingum River at McConnelsville, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°38'40", long 81°51'00", on left bank just upstream from dam 7, at 

McConnelsville, Morgan County, and 3-| miles downstream from Oilspring Run.

Drainage area.--7,411 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 650.31 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Pis charge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 35,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 60,500 efs Mar. 10, 1100 hours (gage height, 

13.78 ft).

1921 to February 1964: Discharge, 126,000 cfs Jan. 26, 1937 (gage height, 

21.14 ft).

Maximum stage known, 33.5 ft Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, 270,000 cfs, computed 

by Corps of Engineers).

Remarks. Flow regulated by 15 flood-control reservoirs (total capacity, 1,813,200 

acre-ft, 5,014.5 sq mi controlled) since 1959. Flood stage, 11 ft.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Pay

1. ....

2. ....

3... ..

4.. ...

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

1,280

1,710

2,590

7,320

28,000

30,100

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10... ..

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

19,100

15,800

31,000

56,600

47,200

33,100

Day

13. ....

14 .....

15. ....

16.... .

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

22,800

28,600

33,600

34,300

34,000

34,800

Day

19.....

20. ....

21 .....

22.. ...

23. ....

24 .....

Discharge

34,400

34,000

33,900

33,700

33,500

33,000

Day

25. . .. .

26.. ...

27.. .. .

28.....

29. . . . .

30. .. . .

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

32,500

32,800

32,700

31,500

30,000

28,600

24,900

28,300

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0900

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0100

Gage 

height

1.82

2.02

2.23

2.48

2.81

3.13

3.48

4.60

6.12

7.55

8.51

8.67

9.11

9.42

9.43

Discharge

1,430

1,710

2,040

2,550

3,320

4,140

5,080

8,580

14,900

21,800

26,700

27,600

30,300

32,100

32,200

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

1200

1400

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

1200

1500

1800

2200

2400

0600

Gage 

height

9.30

9.32

8.35

7.58

6.82

6.43

6.31

6.29

6.40

6.46

9.92

10.68

10.95

11.11

11.62

13.37

Discharge

31,400

31 , 500

25,800

21,900

18,100

16,300

15,800

15,700

16,200

16,500

35,100

39,700

41 , 300

42 , 300

45,300

57,600

Date

Mar . 10

11

12

13

14

Hour

0900

1100

1200

1400

2100

2400

0400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1700

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

13.75

13.78

13.71

13.73

13.10

13.00

12.9

11.85

10.70

9.62

8.40

7.53

7.31

8.02

8.88

9.52

Discharge

60,200

60,500

60,000

60,100

55, 700

55,000

54,300

47,000

39,800

33,300

26,000

21,600

20,600

24,100

28,900

32,700

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A51

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(12) 3-1510. Ohio River at Parkersburg, W. Va.

Location. Lat 39°16'05", long 81°33'50", on left bank on downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 50 at Parkersburg, Wood County, 0.3 mile upstream from Little 

Kanawha River, and at mile 184.4.

Drainage area.--35,600 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 

graph 0.4 mile downstream from lock and dam 18 and 4.0 miles upstream from base 

gage. Datum of gage is 562.01 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Discharge computed by using fall as a factor.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 425,000 cfs Mar. 12, 0500 hours: gage height, 

45.07 ft Mar. 12, 1700 hours.

January 1940 to February 1964: Discharge, 440,000 cfs Jan. 1, 1943; gage height, 

49.03 ft Jan. 1, 1943.

Maximum stage known, 58.9 ft Mar. 29, 1913 (discharge, 593,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream. 

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge

16,900

20,800

46,000

71,400

122,000

180,000

246,000

240,000

235,000

331,000

410,000

416,000

348,000

263,000

238,000

221,000

204,000

202,000

190,000

166,000

139,000

119,000

105,000

93,800

88,700

85,400

85,200

85,900

89,400

85,100

78,400

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. 168,500

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Feb. 29

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Cage 

height

11.05

10.97

10.88

10.83

10.88

10.98

11.38

11.43

11.75

12.00

12.22

12.65

12.71

13.08

14.23

15.56

17.10

18.83

20.48

21.73

22.72

23.82

24.97

26.42

28.13

Discharge

16,500

17,300

17,400

16,600

16,400

17 , 400

21,600

21,700

28,500

35,000

46,700

58,100

60,000

60,700

71,000

77,900

91,600

110,000

123,000

135,000

150,000

162,000

178,000

196,000

215,000

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

12

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0500

0600

1200

1700

1800

2400

Oage 

height

29.66

30.89

31.82

32.40

32.61

32.46

32.10

31.58

31.05

30.86

31.66

33.02

35.02

36.92

38.68

40.30

41.67

42.74

43.57

44.19

44.58

44.65

44.96

45.07

45.06

44.87

Discharge

234,000

252,000

260,000

259,000

252,000

242,000

227,000

216,000

211,000

225,000

256,000

282,000

302,000

329,000

359,000

384,000

404,000

416,000

419,000

422,000

425,000

423,000

421,000

412,000

408,000

395,000

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Oage 

height

43.60

41.40

38.72

36.40

34.95

34.04

33.20

32.18

31.12

30.11

28.84

27.80

26.71

25.52

24.10

22.50

20.72

19.21

18.28

17.42

Discharge

353,000

292,000

261,000

247,000.

238,000

231,000

220,000

211,000

203,000

201,000

205,000

199,000

191,000

178,000

167,000

152,000

139,000

127,000

120,000

112,000
ASS FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

(13) 3-1550. Little Kanawha River at Palestine, W. Va.

Location.--Lat 39°03'35", long 81°23>25", on left bank at end of Washington Street 

in Elizabeth, 1.0 mile upstream from Tucker Creek, 2.3 miles northeast of 

Palestine, VJirt County, and 2.4 miles upstream from old lock 3.

Drainage area.--1,515 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 

graph 3 miles upstream at old lock 4. Datum of gage is 585.51 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, Parkersburg-Uniontown supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements below 39,000 cfs. Pall used as a factor Mar. 11-13.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 20,700 cfs Mar. 4, 1800-1900 hours (gage height, 

 2T745 ft).

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 46,300 cfs Apr. 14, 1948 (gage height, 

30.4 ft at datum about 5 ft higher).

Flood of Apr. 17, 1939, reached a stage of 32.25 ft, from floodmarks at 

lock 4, present datum (discharge, about 53,000 cfs).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

1,580 

2,770 

11,500 

19,600 

16,000 

10,500

Day

7 ..... 

8. .... 

9 ..... 

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

5,620 

3,480

10,200 

6,240 

5,440

Day

13. .... 

14. .... 

15. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec 

in Inches

Discharge

3,680 

2,750 

10,800 

13,300 

7,750 

3,800

Day Discharge

2,340 

1,660 

1,360 

1,300 

1,380 

1,350

Day

25

29

31.....

Discharge

1,160 

1,040 

970 

890 

784 

736 

728

5,141 

3.91

HOCKING RIVER BASIN 

(14) 3-1564. Hocking River at Lancaster, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°42'25", long 82°36'05", on right bank 25 ft upstream from Columbus 

Street Bridge in Lancaster, Fairfield County, and half a mile downstream from 

Hunters Run.

Drainage area. 48.2 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 797.9 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 1,500 cfs by indirect measurement at 2,510 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 2,510 cfs Mar. 10, 0300 hours (gage height, 

15.15 ft).

1956 to February 1964: Discharge, 3,420 cfs Mar. 4, 1963 (gage height, 

15.36 ft).

Remarks.--Floodflow affected by temporary retention in eight retarding basins

(combined capacity, 6,245 acre-ft) above station. Controlled area is 24.4 sq mi.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

20

27

29

213

308

104

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

62

71

1,220

1,830

542

204

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18.. ...

Discharge

137

129

129

85

68

56

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21. ....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

50

47

62

54

46

42

Day

25.. . ..

26... ..

27. . .. .

28.. ...

29. ....

30. ....

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

42

93

64

51

45

41

39

191
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A53

(15) Little Rush Creek near Rushville, Ohio 

(Miscellaneous site)

Location.--Lat 39°48'01", long 82°25'4l", at bridge on State Highway 664, l| miles 

upstream from Indian Creek and 2^ miles north of Rushville, Fairfield County.

Drainage area.--30.1 sq mi.

Discharge record.--Peak discharge by indirect measurement, at same site used for 

1963 flood measurement.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 3,970 cfs Mar. 10. 

March 1963: Discharge, 5,140 cfs Mar. 4.

(16) 3-1570. Clear Creek near Rockbridge, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°35'20", long 8S°34'40", on left bank at upstream side of highway 

bridge, 2 miles upstream from mouth and 3 miles west of Rockbridge, Hocking 

County.

Drainage area.--89.0 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 760.13 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,300 cfs and by indirect measurements at 16,000 and 8,480 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 5,830 cfs Mar. 10, 0530 hours (gage height, 

12.83 ft).

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 16,000 cfs July 22, 1948 (gage height, 

17.68 ft, from high-water mark in well).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .

6. .

Discharge

21

29

32

305

671

172

Day

7 _

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

1O4

103

2,180

3,540

770

448

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

345

370

415

289

229

155

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

136

149

180

157

112

97

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

91

178

128

108

97

90

85

4.92
A54 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(17) 3-1575. Hocking River at Enterprise, Ohio

Location. Lat 39°33'54", long 82°28'30", on right bank at upstream side of highway 

bridge at Enterprise, Hocking County, 4 miles downstream from Buck Run.

Drainage area. 459 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 30-minute intervals except 

0800 hours to 2400 hours Mar. 9 when float was hung up on frost floor. Waterstage recorder graph is available 0800 hours to 1130 hours Mar. 9, and estimates 

for remainder of missing record are based on record before and after period. 

Datum of gage is 723.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 17,000 cfs and by indirect measurements at 25,200 cfs and 26,000 cfs.

 21~31 Maxima.--March ft) 1964: Discharge, 26,000 cfs Mar. 10, 1230 hours (gage height, 

1930 to February 1964: Discharge, 25,200 cfs Apr. 20, 1940 (gage height, 

19.94 ft).

Maximum stage known, 22.0 ft in March 1907, from floodmark (discharge, 36,000 

cfs), from reports of Corps of Engineers.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

102 

156 

239 

943 

3,260 

2,860

Day

7 ....

8. ....

9. ....

10, ....

Discharge

1,240 

762 

4,440 

20,600 

14,300 

5,520

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

2,350 

1,910 

1,990 

1,610 

1,180 

912

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

22.....

Discharge

783 

744 

853 

937 

755 

667

Day

25.. ...

26. ....

27. ....

31.....

Discharge

615 

835 

797 

660 

611 

566 

538

2,379

5.97

Note.--pally mean discharge computed on basis of 30-minute intervals. 

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0600

1400

2400

0600

1000

1400

1800

2400

0200

0600

1000

1400

2000

2400

0400

0900

1400

2000

2400

0600

1200

2400

Gage 

height

1.39

1.53

1.87

1.92

1.88

1.91

1.88

2.00

2.70

4.93

9.41

9.92

10.16

9.77

8.67

7.87

8.25

8.72

9.06

8.82

7.58

6.59

5.41

4.59

3.64

Dis- || charge 1 Date

115

146

230

243

233

241

233

265

485

1,310

3,420

3,740

3,910

3,640

3,000

2,600

2,800

3,030

3,210

3,080

2,460

2,010

1,500

1,180

814

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1200

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

0400

0800

1230

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

3.25

3.98

4.18

5.86

11.07

13.35

15.45

17.62

20.12

21.31

21.06

20.79

20.56

19.71

18.02

16.27

14.82

12.43

8.92

7.15

6.50

6.26

6.10

6.24

6.58

6.61

Discharge

678

933

1,010

1,680

4,560

6,550

9,160

12,900

20,100

26,000

24,800

23,200

22,000

18,500

13,700

10 , 400

8,270

5,680

3,130

2,260

1,960

1,860

1,780

1,850

2,000

2,010

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

0400

0800

1400

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

1800

2000

2400

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

2400

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

6.69

6.75

6.57

6.21

5.70

5.07

4.23

3.68

3.49

3.54

3.51

3.38

3.45

3.85

4.11

4.15

3.71

3.31

3.14

3.06

Discharge

2,050

2,080

2,000

1,830

1,620

1,370

1,030

828

762

779

768

723

748

888

984

1,000

838

698

639

611
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A55

(18) 3-1585. Burr Oak Reservoir at Burr Oak, Ohio

Location. --Lat 39°32'35", long 82°03'30", at Tom Jenkins dam on East Branch Sunday 

Creek, 0.2 mile upstream from mouth, 0.4 mile southeast of Burr Oak, Athens 

County, and 3 miles northeast of Glouster.

Drainage area. --33. 1 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Maxima. --March 1964: Contents, 16,370 acre-ft Mar. 13, 2100 hours (elevation, 

729.98 ft).

1952 to February 1964: Contents, 15,560 acre-ft Mar. 8, 1963 (elevation, 

729.05 ft).

Remarks . Reservoir Is formed by earth dam with emergency spillway; storage began 

Feb. 2, 1952. Capacity at spillway level (elevation, 740 ft), 26,900 acre-ft, of 

which 9,300 acre-ft Is In conservation pool. Dead storage, 35 acre-ft. Reservoir Is used for flood control, with conservation pool operated for Increased low 

flow for water supply and for recreation and conservation of fish and wildlife . 

Outflow Is controlled by operation of gates in conduit through dam.

Cooperation. Gage-height record and capacity curve furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Elevation and contents, February and March 1964

Date

Mar. 9.....

Hour

0500

Elevation 

(feet)

725.27

722.49

Contents 

(acre-feet)

10,290

Date Hour Elevation 

(feet)

Contents 

(acre-feet)

(19) 3-1585.1. Sunday Creek at Burr Oak, Ohio 

(Unpublished gaging station)

Location. Lat 39°32'15", long 82°04'00", 400 ft upstream from New York Central 

railroad bridge, 0.4 mile downstream from East Branch Sunday Creek, and 0.7 mile 

south of Burr Oak, Athens County.

Drainage area.--57.5 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 679.07 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights have been computed as elevations 

above mean sea level.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 900 cfs and by indirect measurement at 3,690 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 2,710 cfs Mar. 10, 0730 hours (elevation, 

691.88 ft).

1952 to February 1964: Discharge, 3,690 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (elevation, 

692.72 ft).

Remarks.--Affected by storage in Burr Oak Reservoir (see station 3-1585).
A56 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(20) 3-1590. Sunday Creek at Glouster, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°30'00", long 82°05'05", on left bank 150 ft downstream from West 

Branch Sunday Creek and 200 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 78 at 

G-louster, Athens County.

Drainage area. 104 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 665.23 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,600 cfs and extended on basis of flow-over-road and velocity-area study 

of March 1963 peak flow.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 6,320 cfs Mar. 10, 0600 hours (gage height, 

17.53 ft).

1951 to February 1964: Discharge, 7,020 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height, 

17.81 ft).

Maximum stage known, 22.0 ft in March 1907. Flood In March 1913 reached a 

stage of 18.9 ft and flood in April 1940 a stage of 18.3 ft, from information by 

the Corps of Engineers.

Remarks.--Flow regulated by Burr Oak Reservoir (see station 3-1585).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Discharge

29 

65 

111 

607 

2,010 

511

Day Discharge

436 

968 

2,160 

4,880 

823 

249

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18.. ...

Discharge

210 

806 

1,140 

1,070 

909 

931

Day

23... ..

24 .....

Discharge

755 

220 

110 

89 

74 

68

Day

25.. . . .

26... ..

27.. .. .

28.. . ..

29. . . . .

30 .....

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

69 

67 

57 

52 

52 

51 

49

633

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

0700

0900

1300

1600

1900

2400

0600

1100

1800

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

1100

1400

1600

1800

2400

Gage 

height

2.76

3.13

3.43

3.73

3.79

3.86

3.84

4.06

5.88

9.23

12.00

13.63

14.69

14.98

14.12

12.21

10.00

7.27

5.95

5.29

4.91

4.40

6.46

8.06

9.14

10.14

Discharge

40

66

87

110

115

121

119

137

326

787

1,320

1,770

2,200

2,350

1,930

1,370

922

498

334

256

214

165

395

608

772

948

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

Hour

0500

0900

1200

1800

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2200

2400

Gage 

height

10.29

10.26

10.42

10.08

10.30

10.42

12.31

13.72

15.58

16.82

17.39

17.53

17.34

16.26

14.14

12.92

11.59

7.94

6.58

6.03

5.68

5.15

5.09

5.03

4.83

4.57

5.65

Discharge

978

972

1,000

936

980

1,000

1,390

1,800

2,790

4,840

5,980

6,320

5,880

3,720

1,940

1,560

1,240

592

410

344

302

240

234

227

206

180

298

Date

Mar . 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Hour

0400

0800

1200

1500

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

2200

2400

0300

0800

2400

1400

1800

2400

0300

0900

1500

2400

Gage 

height

8.61

9.41

9.83

9.74

9.95

10.21

11.48

11.57

11.35

10.68

10.21

9.74

9.88

10.07

10.12

9.92

9.73

8.21

6.29

6.04

5.97

3.97

3.86

Discharge

688

816

891

875

913

962

1,220

1,230

1,190

1,060

962

875

900

935

944

908

873

629

375

345

336

130

121

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A57

(21) 3-1595. Hocking River at Athens, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°19'45", long 82°05'17", on left bank at upstream side of Mill 

Street Bridge, three-quarters of a mile east of business section of Athens, 

Athens County, and 3-| miles downstream from Margaret Creek.

Drainage area.--943 sq mi.

Gape-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 614.81 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 32,900 cfs Mar. 11, 0830 hours (gage height, 

24.18 ft).

1915 to February 1964: Discharge, 30,400 cfs Mar. 7, 1945 (gage height, 

23.0 ft).

Maximum stage known, 26.7 ft in March 1907, from information by local resident 

(discharge, 50,000 cfs, computed by Corps of Engineers).

Remarks.--Some regulation by Burr Oak Reservoir (see station 3-1585).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

178 

254 

436 

2,220 

7,740 

8,830

Day

12. ....

Discharge

4,960 

2,830 

7,260 

20,100 

31,200 

21,900

Day

17 .....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

10,800 

4,940 

5,790 

5,130 

3,550 

2,740

Day

23. ....

Discharge

2,340

1,690 

1,340 

1,520 

1,350 

1,150

Day

25

29. ....

30 .....

31 .....

Discharge

1,050 

1,120 

1,250 

1,080 

958 

888 

836

5,078 

6.20

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

2400

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

2400

0600

1300

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200 

1800

2400

Gage 

height

2.88

3.26

3.87

3.88

4.93

9.50

13.23

14.87 

15.20 

15.40

16.00

16.30

15.04

13.34

11.29

8.86

7.60

7.56 

8.15

8.75

Discharge

192

316

556

561

1,160

3,810

6,180

7,650 

7,990 

8,210

8,910

9,300

7,820

6,270

4,880

3,430

2,700

2,670 

3,000

3,360

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0500

0830

1200

2400 

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1200

2400

1200 

1800 

2400

1200

Gage 

height

9.20

14.30

16.82

18.37

21.02

23.37

24.00

24.18

24.13

23.26

21.58

19.34

17.08

13.86

10.76

10.44

11.52

12.98 

13.05 

12.94

11.78

Discharge

3,630

7,090

10,100

13,100

20 , 400

28,800

31,800

32,900

32 , 600

28,300 

22,200

15,600

10 , 500

6,690

4,570

4,370

5,020

6,000 

6,040 

5,970

5,180

 

Date

Mar. 16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

23

24

25

26 

27

Hour

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

2400

24OO

2400

2400 

0900

2400

Gage 

height

10.19

9.02

8.18

7.26

6.55

5.52

5.08

4.96

5.19

5.37

5.29

4.79

4.55

4.48

4.79 

4.90

4.71

Discharge

4,220

3,520

3,020

2,510

2,160

1,620

1,380

1,310 

1,440

1,540

1,490

1,220

1,090

1,050

1,220 

1,280

1,180

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
A58 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(22) 3-1600. Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio

Location.--Lat 38°50'25", long 82°08'30", on left bank at Point Pleasant, Mason 

County, W. Va., 1,200 ft upstream from Kanawha River and at mile 265.4.

Drainage area.--40,500 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs except Mar. 1-6. Auxiliary waterstage recorder graph for gage 13.8 miles upstream on downstream side of pier of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 33 to Pomeroy. Datum of gage is 514.10 ft above mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datum. Datum of auxiliary gage is 517.50 ft above mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record. Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements below 305,000 cfs. Discharge computed by using fall as a factor. Discharge for period of no gage-height record estimated on basis of records for 

other Ohio River stations.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 406,000 cfs Mar. 13, 0200-1000 hours; gage height, 

48.87 ft Mar. 13, 0700 hours.

1936-37, 1940 to February 1964: Discharge, 554,000 cfs Jan. 27, 1937 (gage 

height, 67.7 ft, pass sill gage, lock 24).

Maximum discharge known, 633,000 cfs Mar. 30, 1913 (gage height, 70.1 ft, 

pass sill gage, lock 24).

Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day Discharge

23,000 

26,000 

66,000 

88,000 

119,000 

171,000

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

Discharge

221,000 

259,000 

260,000 

288,000 

347,000 

394,000

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

Discharge

403,000 

37O,OOO 

324,000 

288,000 

268,000 

252,000

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21. ....

Discharge

232,000 

204,000 

169,000 

137,000 

119,000 

106,000

Day

27 .....

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

96,2OO 

93,900 

89,800 

92,400 

93,300 

93,200 

87,800

186,500

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

11

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage 

height

35.43

35.92

36.51

37.18

37.79

38.24

38.58

39.07

39.57

39.86

40.37

40.85

41.41

42.25

43.36

44.32

45.24

45.98

Discharge

193,000

208,000

221,000

235,000

246,000

256,000

262,000

264,000

264,000

262,000

258,000

256,000

260,000

272,000

290,000

303,000

317,000

335,000

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0700

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

46.73

47.20

47.52

47.93

48.24

48.53

48.71

48.78

48.87

48.85

48.85

48.73

48.47

48.11

47.65

47.00

46.24

45.01

44.21

Discharge

348,000

360,000

376,000

389,000

397,000

401,000

405,000

406,000

406,000

406,000

405,000

402,000

391,000

381,000

370,000

358,000

348,000

322,000

302,000

Date

Mar. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

43.93

43.50

42.67

41.37

39.47

37.29

35.27

33.40

31.60

29.77

28.29

27.60

27.07

27.12

Discharge

286,000

277,000

269,000

258,000

254,000

244,000

232,000

218,000

204,000

188,000

169,000

150,000

136,000

127,000
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A59

KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 

(23) 3-1980. Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.

Location. Lat 38°22'10", long 81°42'05", on left bank at old lock 6, 1.0 mile upstream from Davis Creek, if miles downstream from Twomile Creek, 2.0 miles downstream from Patrick Street Bridge at Charleston, Kanawha County, and 3.5 miles 

downstream from Elk River.

Drainage area.--10.419 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 

graph for gage 2.3 miles upstream. Datum of gage is 548.00 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Discharge computed by using fall as a factor.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 119,000 cfs Mar. 6, 0100 hours- gage height, 

30.23 ft Mar. 6, 0400-0500 hours.

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 216,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940; gage height 

39.72 ft Mar. 7, 1955. ~

Maximum stage known, about 54.3 ft Sept. 29, 1861.

Remarks.--Some regulation since 1939 by Claytor Reservoir, since 1949 by Bluestone 

Reservoir and since 1960 by Sutton Reservoir (combined usable capacity, 982,000 

acre-ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. . .

Z. . .

3. . .

4 ...

5. . .

6 ...

Discharge

12,200

14,400

37,400

72 , 400

111,000

106,000

Day

7 .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

80 , 500

71,800

91,800

93,400

61,600

35,400

Day

13. .

14. .

15. .

16. .

17 . .

18. .

Discharge

21,500

16,400

31,500

73,500

68,500

39,900

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

24,900

19,400

18,000

17,800

15,000

14,900

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

16,000

15,800

15,400

15,000

14,100

13,900

12,700

40,390

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(24) 3-2015. Ohio River at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

Location.--Lat 38°50'25", long 82°08'30", on left bank at Point Pleasant, Mason 

County, 1,200 ft upstream from Kanawha River and at mile 265.4. Records include 

flow of Kanawha River.

Drainage area.--52 ,760 sq mi, approximately (includes that of Kanawha River).

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs except Mar. 4-6. Auxiliary waterstage recorder graph for gage 0.7 mile upstream from Gallipolis lock and dam and 

13.1 miles downstream from the base gage. Datum of gage is 514.10 ft above mean 

sea level, Sandy Hook datum. Datum of auxiliary gage is 505.22 ft above mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements below 330,000 cfs. Discharge for Mar. 1, 2, 4-6 estimated on basis of records for other Ohio River stations (stage-fall-discharge relation indefinite 

Mar. 1,2). Discharge computed by using fall as a factor.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 464,000 cfs Mar. 13, 0500-1300 hours; gage height, 

48.87 ft Mar. 13, 0700 hours.

1940 to February 1964: Discharge, 522,000 cfs Jan. 1, 1943; gage height, 55.00 

ft Apr. 16, 1948.

Maximum stage known since at least 1896, 62.8 ft Mar. 30, 1913. Flood of 

Jan. 27, 1937, reached a stage of 62.7 ft.

Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

27,000

35,000

100,000

160,000

230,000

290,000

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

324,000

350,000

367,000

406,000

440,000

452,000

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

459,000

413,000

381,000

383,000

368,000

322,000

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

274,000

241,000

197,000

156,000

135,000

118,000

Day

25.

26.

27.

ZB.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second .................................

Discharge

111,000

109,000

105,000

107,000

106,000

105,000

101,000

237,800
A60 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Ohio River at Point Pleasant. W. Va.

Date

Feb. 29

Mar. l

2

3

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1100

1700

2400

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage 

height

24.39

24.46

24.55

24.71

24.73

24.94

25.11

25.48

25.84

26.34

35.43

35.92

36.51

37.18

37.79

38.24

38.58

39.07

39.57

39.86

Discharge

-

-

-

-

-

-

79,900

97,100

117,000

126,000

309,000

315,000

323,000

332,000

341,000

346,000

348,000

356,000

361,000

359,000

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0500

0700

1300

1800

2400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

40.37

40.85

41.41

42.25

43.36

44.32

45.24

45.98

46.73

47.20

47.52

47.93

48.24

48.53

48.71

48.85

48.87

48.85

48.73

48.47

48.11

47.65

Discharge

368,000

373,000

378,000

392,000

411,000

417,000

427,000

432,000

446,000

447,000

446,000

452,000

452,000

454,000

457,000

464,000

464,000

464,000

457,000

442,000

426,000

415,000

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

47.00

46.24

45.01

44.21

43.93

43.50

42.67

41.37

39.47

37.29

35.27

33.40

31.60

29.77

28.29

27.60

27.07

27.12

Discharge

398,000

384,000

380,000

380,000

385,000

381,000

371,000

350,000

323,000

294,000

272,000

258,000

242,000

223,000

195,000

176,000

152,000

146,000

RACCOON CREEK BASIN 

(25) 3-2020. Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, Ohio

Location.--Lat 38°52'31", long 82°21'18", on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 480 ft upstream from U.S. Highway 35, at Adamsville, Gallia County, 

and 1.3 miles downstream from Indian Creek.

Drainage area. 585 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 570.85 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 11,000 cfs and extended on basis of velocity-area studies.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 11,800 cfs Mar. 12, 1300 hours (gage height, 

 23749 ft).

1915-35, 1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 15,500 cfs Apr. 15, 1948 (gage 

height, 24.92 ft).

Maximum stage known, 25.2 ft in January 1937, from floodmark (discharge 

16,000 cfs).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.. ...

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

90

113

358

1,180

3,040

3,510

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9 .....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

4,010

4,170

4,000

5,910

9,570

11,600

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

10,600

7,770

5,710

4,060

2,900

2,070

Day

19.. ...

20.. ...

21. ....

22. ....

23... ..

24. ....

Discharge

1,290

840

755

815

815

742

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27.. ...

28... ..

29.. ...

30 .....

31. ....

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

636

627

935

788

640

541

480

5.75

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

Hour

2400

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

0800

Gage 

height

2.62

2.73

3.02

4.00

4.40

4.17

4.16

4.32

Discharge

99

114

159

340

421

374

372

404

Date

Mar. 4

5

6

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage

height

6.72

10.25

11.10

13.13

13.43

13.76

14.33

15.00

Discharge

961

2,040

2,330

3,040

3,150

3,280

3,500

3,770

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

Hour

2400

0400

2400

1200

1800

2100

2400

0600

Gage 

height

15.92

15.94

15.67

15.32

15.42

15.67

16.34

17.53

Discharge

4,220

4,230

4,080

3,900

3,950

4,080

4,490

5,390
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A61

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet pe 

Raccoon Creek at Adamsvilie,

r second, at Indicated time, 1964, of 

Ohio Continued

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0800

1300

1800

2400

1200

G-age 

height

18.12

18.73

19.62

20.64

21.52

22.34

22.98

23.41

23.49

23.43

23.22

22.44

Discharge

5,920

6,500

7,420

8,560

9,610

10,600

11,300

11,700

11,800

11,700

11,500

10,700

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

G-age

height

21.22

19.89

18.78

17.92

16.95

15.71

14.10

12.78

11.43

9.22

Discharge

9,250

7,720

6,550

5,740

4,930

4,100

3,410

2,910

2,440

1,690

Date

Mar. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

1200

2400

2400

0500

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Gage

height

7.81

6.78

5.84

5.77

6.05

6.20

6.04

5.63

5.18

Discharge

1,260

977

740

723

792

830

790

690

590

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data In addition to figures shown.

GUYANDOTTE RIVER BASIN 

(26) 3-2040. Guyandotte River at Branchland, W. Va.

Location.--Lat 38 0 13'15", long 82°12'10", on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge at Branchland, Lincoln County, 20 ft downstream from Four-mile Creek.

Drainage area.--1,226 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph except 1900 hours Mar. 8 to

1300 hours Mar. 13,for which graph was constructed from twice-daily U.S. Weather 

Bureau readings. Auxiliary gage graph was constructed from once-daily U.S. Corps 

of Engineers readings. Datum of gage is 547.91 ft above mean sea level.

Pischarge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements below 32,000 cfs. Pall used as a factor Mar. 9-11.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 15,400 cfs Mar. 10, 1000 hours; gage height, 25.33 

ft Mar. 10, 0800 hours.

1915-17, 1928 to February 1964: Discharge, 40,400 cfs Jan. 30, 1957: gage height, 

42.57 ft Mar. 1, 1955.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

1,500

2,080

4,860

7,130

7,780

7,150

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

5,000

4,670

12,200

14,000

8,070

5,440

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

4,220

3,270

4,370

7,800

6,730

4,630

Day

19.. ...

20.... .

21.....

22.....

23... ..

24.... .

Discharge

3,430

2,690

2,660

3,020

3,260

3,010

Day

25.. ...

26... ..

27 .....

28... ..

29.....

30 .....

31 .....

Runoff, In Inches.

Discharge

2,590

2,260

2,100

1,850

1,670

1,610

1,480

4.32

Note. Dally means for some days computed from data In addition to figures shown
A62 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Location.--Lat 38°24'48", long 82°30<02", on right bank at old lock 28 at Sybene, 

Lawrence County, Ohio, 0.1 mile upstream from Fourpole Creek, 3.0 miles downstream from Symmes Creek, and at mile 311.6.

Drainage area.--55,900 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs except for doubtful or no gageheight record at auxiliary gage Mar. 6 to 0700 hours Mar. 10, Mar. 16, 17, 21-23. 

Water-stage recorder graph for auxiliary gage 4.7 miles upstream and 1.5 miles 

downstream from Guyandotte River. Datum of gage is 490.26 ft above mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Discharge for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record estimated 

from partly sketched graph and records for other Ohio River stations. Discharge 

computed by using fall as a factor. The gage height used to compute discharge is 

the mean of the gage heights at base and auxiliary gages.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 455,000 cfs Mar. 13, 0800-1700 hours; gage height, 

54.79 ft Mar. 13, 1100-1400 hours.

1934 to February 1964: Discharge, 654,000 cfs Jan. 28, 1937; gage height, 69.45 

ft Jan. 27, 1937.

Remarks. Flow partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

28,000 

36,700 

95,100 

160,000 

229,000 

270,000

Day Discharge

300,000 

340,000 

360,000 

379,000 

418,000 

441,000

Day

18. ....

Discharge

453,000 

438,000 

404,000 

400,000 

391,000 

346,000

Day

23

.......

Discharge

297,000 

259,000 

215,000 

174,000 

155,000 

136,000

Day

29

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

125,000 

122,000 

109,000 

112,000 

113,000 

111,000 

106,000

242,700

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Gage

height

Gage 

height

Discharge Hour Cage 

height

Discharge

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

75,700

96,400

116,000

131,000

143,000

155,000

179,000

198,000

2400 ,' 46.55 [288,000

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

54.02

54.31

54.49

54.64

436,000

440,000

447,000

449,000

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

47.00

45.11

42.88

40.74

450,000

455,000

454,000

449,000

401,000

393,000
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A63

BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 

(28) 3-2150. Big Sandy River at Louisa, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°10'16", long 82°38'05", on left bank 1.6 miles upstream from 

Blaine Creek, 4.3 miles northwest of Louisa, Lawrence County, and at mile 21.2.

Drainage area. 3,892 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary gage at site 5 0 miles 

upstream.Datum of gage is 512.81 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation or stage-fall-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 3-11, 17-26. Stagefall-discharge relation indefinite Mar. 18-16; discharge estimated on basis of 

records for Tug Fork near Kermit, W. Va. and Levisa Fork at Paintsville, Ky.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 33,700 cfs Mar. 10, 1830 hours- gage height, 33 31 

ft Mar. 11, 0100-0200 hours.

1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 89,400 cfs Mar. 2, 1955; gage height, 46.37

Flood of Apr. 3, 1908, reached a stage of 48.4 ft, at site 5 miles upstream at 

datum 3.65 ft higher.

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

2,960

3,360

6,190

9,660

14,300

15,500

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

15,200

12,600

24,200

33,300

27,000

16,000

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

11,000

8,000

6,600

16,000

20 , 000

16,200

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

10 , 300

7,100

6,740

8,170

8,440

7,480

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ................................

Discharge

6,180

5,200

5,010

4,700

4,190

3,830

3,560

10,930

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(29) 3-2160. Ohio River at Ashland, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°28'52", long 82°38'12", on left bank at Ashland, Boyd County, 

1,700 ft upstream from Ashland-Coal Grove highway bridge, 1.5 miles upstream from 

Hood Creek, 5.4 miles downstream from Big Sandy River and at mile 322.5.

Drainage area. 60,750 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Datum of gage is 481.50 ft above 

mean sea level, Ohio River datum (levels by Corps of Engineers); 481.03 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929. Auxiliary water-stage recorder graph 18.5 miles 

downstream.

Discharge record. Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor in computing discharge. Stage-fall-discharge relation indefinite Mar. 1,2; discharge estimated on basis of other Ohio River 

main-stem stations.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 472,000 cfs Mar. 13, 1200 hours (gage height, 

59 59 ft)

'l884, 1907, 1913, 1917 to February 1964: Discharge, 690,000 cfs Jan. 27, 1937

height, 75.2 ft, at site 1.6 miles upstream). 

Flood of Jan. 27, 1937, is maximum known.

Remarks.--Partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs. 

Cooperation.--Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

g

3.

4

5.

6.

Monthly

Discharge

32,000

40,000

94,900

147,000

225,000

296,000

mean disch

Day

7. .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

334,000

367,000

403,000

424,000

450,000

463,000

Day

13. .

14..

15..

16. .

17. .

18. .

Discharge

470,000

458,000

439,000

432,000

429,000

398,000

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

346,000

302,000

244,000

184,000

158,000

138,000

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

arge, in cubic feet per second. ................................

Discharge

124,000

120,000

111,000

114,000

114,000

114,000

110,000

260,700
A64 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of

Ohio River at Ashland, Ky.

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

1800

2400

1200

1800

Gage 

height

34.12

34.49

34.59

35.22

35.55

35.88

36.37

37.09

37.84

38.24

39.39

40.51

41.65

42.45

43.80

44.26

45.05

45.45

45.83

46.84

47.54

48.97

49.87

Discharge

52 , 900

83,700

101,000

118,000

134,000

143,000

160,000

187,000

206,000

226,000

242,000

262,000

285,000

298,000

319,000

325,000

343,000

351,000

357,000

376,000

386,000

405,000

413,000

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

IZOO

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

50.90

52.27

53.51

54.79

55.86

57.39

58.01

58.51

58.84

59.16

59.33

59.46

59.54

59.59

59.55

59.40

58.91

58.11

57.21

56.29

55.54

54.93

54.19

Discharge

414,000

423,000

420,000

427,000

439,000

452,000

455,000

454,000

458,000

466,000

467,000

469,000

470,000

472,000

471,000

466,000

458,000

449,000

437,000

432,000

432,000

434,000

430,000

Date

Mar. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

S400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

53.27

51.87

50.03

47.87

45.70

43.48

41.32

38.93

37.55

36.86

36.25

36.47

36.06

35.45

35.28

34.82

34.90

34.90

34.79

34.84

35.06

Discharge

422,000

400,000

370,000

345,000

325,000

302,000

278,000

245,000

209,000

182,000

162,000

161,000

146,000

136,000

132,000

121,000

121,000

121,000

116,000

110,000

109,000

LITTLE SANDY RIVER BASIN 

(30) 3-2165. Little Sandy River near Grayson, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°20'25", long 82°55'10", on downstream side of center pier of highway bridge, 0.3 mile upstream from Lower Stinson Creek, 1.3 miles downstream from 

U.S. Highway 60, and 1.7 miles northeast of Grayson, Carter County.

Drainage area.--40S sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 557.95 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1800 hours

Mar. 10, 1400 hours 

1884 to February 1964:

Sept. 22, I960

Sept. 22, 1950

1964:

Discharge 

(cfs) 

................ 7,260

................ 7,020

................ 24,500

Gage height 

(feet) 

18.45

18.10

27.53

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

Discharge

157

292

1,600

3,220

6,780

5,110

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

1,320

1,990

5,820

6,800

5,060

1,650

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15... ..

16. ....

17. ....

18.... .

Discharge

994

781

1,430

1,620

1,050

748

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21... ..

22.. ...

23. ....

24 .....

Discharge

548

488

667

919

799

667

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27.. ...

28.. ...

29. ....

30 .....

31.....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. .................................. 

Runoff , in inches ................................ ... . 

Discharge

552

495

410

328

290

255

225

1,712 

4.91
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A6S

TYGARTS CREEK BASIN 

(31) 3-2170. Tygarts Creek near Greenup, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°33'51", long 82°57'08", on downstream side of center pier of 

bridge on State Highway 7, 100 ft downstream from Lick Run, 0.4 mile upstream 

from White Oak Creek, and 6-| miles west of Greenup, Greenup County.

Drainage area.--242 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 1-17,for which graph was 

reconstructed on basis of numerous wire-weight-gage readings. Datum of gage is 

547.14 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 5 , 1700 hours .....................

Mar. 10, 2300 hours. ...................

1934:

1940 to February 1964: 

Feb. 28, 1962. .........................

Discharge Gage height 

(cfs) (feet) 

............. 7,650 17.6

............. 5,400 16.1

20

............. 14,800 21.38

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .

6. .

Discharge

68

135

1,100

3,450

6,750

2,700

Day

7 ....

8. ...

9. ...

10. ...

11. ...

12. ...

Discharge

685

1,080

3,500

4,620

3,300

895

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

525

525

1,050

1,020

525

493

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

373

318

385

665

541

433

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in Inches.

Discharge

365

361

308

244

216

192

168

1 1 93

5.68

SCIOTO RIVER BASIN

(38) 3-2304. Big Darby Creek at Darbydale, Ohio 

(Crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°50'55", long 83°11'20", near left abutment at downstream side of 

McKinley Bridge at Darbydale, Franklin County.

Drainage area.--449 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 790.00 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: 

 16756 ft).

Discharge, 16,200 cfs Mar. 10, hours (gage height,
A66 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(33) 3-2305. Big Darby Creek at Darbyvllle, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°42'05", long 83 "06"35", near right bank on downstream side of pier 

of bridge on State Highway 316, three-eighths of a mile northeast of Darbyville, 

Pickaway County, and 3 miles downstream from Greenbrier Creek.

Drainage area.--534 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 713.6 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 22,000 cfs and by Indirect measurement of 49,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 19,400 cfs Mar. 11, 0230 hours (gage height, 

14.31 ft).

1921-35, 1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 49,000 cfs Jan. 22, 1959 (gage 

height, 17.94 ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1 . .

2 . 

3. 

4. 

5.

6.

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

34 

35

38 

363 

3,740 

5,440

Day

7 

8 

j 

10 

11 

12

Discharge

2,040 

1,040 

5,030 

13,100 

15,000 

5,800

Day

13. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

3,140 

2,570 

2,720 

2,060 

1,360 

984

Day

19. ....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

780 

680 

796 

948 

763 

630

Day

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

31.

Discharge

571 

600 

508 

454 

399 

370 

338

2 333

(34) 3-2309. Deer Creek at Pancoastburg, Ohio 

(Crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°37'14", long 83°12'47", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on Crownover Mill Road, 1.2 miles downstream from Clark Run, 2.8 miles east of 

Pancoastburg, Payette County, and 5.2 miles northwest of Williamsport.

Drainage area.--277 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 760.00 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,700 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 19,500 cfs Mar. 10, 0330 hours (gage height, 

21.1 ft).

(35) 3-2310. Deer Creek at Williamsport, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°35'09", long 83°07'22", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 22 at west edge of Williamsport, Pickaway County, 2 miles downstream from Dry Run.

Drainage area.--333 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph from bubble gage. Datum of gage is 

718.7 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 25,000 cfs, and by indirect measurements at 37,600 and 39,600 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 23,400 cfs Mar. 10, 0600 hours (gage height, 

15.82 ft).

1926-35, 1938-56, 1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 37,600 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 

(gage height, 17.5 ft, from floodmarks).

Flood of January 1959 reached a stage of 17.6 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

39,600 cfs).
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A67

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Deer Creek at Williamsport, Ohio

Day

1. ....

2. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

30 

31 

34 

679 

4,620 

3,250

Day

8. ....

10. ....

11. ....

Discharge

919 

718 

6,790 

19,600 

9,690 

2,140

Day

14. ....

16. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

1,540 

1,310 

1,600 

1,060 

772 

610

Day

20. ....

Discharge

493

444 

548 

644 

532 

444

Day

25

26.. . ..

28... ..

29. . . . .

31 .....

Discharge

389 

567 

500 

395 

337 

294 

270

1,976

6.84

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0500

1000

1400

2400

0030

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

2.41

2.47

2.78

4.07

6.85

8.88

9.48

10.12

9.90

9.85

10.18

10.20

10.00

9.23

7.26

6.59

Discharge

37

42

76

318

1,370

3,140

3,890

4,870

4,520

4,440

4,970

5,000

4,680

3,560

1,640

1,210

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

5.92

5.50

5.28

5.85

6.00

9.50

11.30

12.15

14.00

15.82

15.38

14.42

13.68

12.45

10.40

8.94

Discharge

893

728

656

863

928

3 .,920

7,050

9,080

14,800

23,400

21,000

16,500

13,700

9,850

5,340

3,210

Date

Mar. 12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

0600

1200

2400

2400

0700

1900

2400

1100

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

8.12

7.80

7.38

6.77

6.56

6.85

7.15

7.35

7.16

6.88

6.23

5.85

5.63

5.42

Discharge

2,340

2,060

1,730

1,320

1,200

1,370

1,560

1,700

1,570

1,390

1,040

860

772

697

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

(36) 3-2320. Paint Creek near Greenfield, Ohio 

(Crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°22'45", long 83°22'30", at bridge on State Highway 753 in Fayette 

County, a quarter of a mile north of county line, 0.6 mile above Stone Run, and 

2 miles north of Greenfield, Highland County.

Drainage area.--249 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Crest stages only. Datum of gage is 845.30 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 6,000 cfs, and by indirect measurement at 15,600 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 16,000 cfs Mar. 10 

floodraarks).

1926-35, 1939-56, 1959, 1962 to February 1964; Discharge, 15, 

1963 (gage height, 12.2 ft, from floodmarks).

Remarks.--Crest-stage gage is at discontinued station site 1926-35, 1939-56.

e height, 12.3 ft, from

cfs Mar. 5,
A68 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(37) 3-2324.7. Paint Creek at damsite near Bainbridge, Ohio 

(Recording crest-stage station)

Location. Lat 39°15'05", long 83°20'45", 4.5 miles west of Bainbridge, Ross County, 

and 1.5 miles upstream from Rocky Fork.

Drainage area.--573 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Crest stages from floodmarks, because of faulty operation of 

bubble gage. Datum of gage is 742.6 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 1,900 cfs and extended above on basis of current-meter measurement made 

Mar. 10, 1964, below the mouth of Rocky Fork, at gage height 20.78 ft, adjusted 

for storage changes and Rocky Fork flow, and estimated flow for the March 1963 

peak.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 45,000 cfs (estimated) Mar. 10 (gage height, 

27.3 ft, from floodmarks).

August 1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 42,300 cfs (estimated) Mar. 5, 1963 

(gage height, 26.5 ft, from floodmarks).

(38) 3-2324.9. Rocky Fork Lake near Rainsboro, Ohio

Location. Lat 39°11'05", long 83°26'20", at dam on Rocky Fork, 2| miles southwest 

of Rainsboro, Highland County.

Drainage area. 114 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 851.32 ft above 

mean sea level.

Maxima.--March 1964: Contents, 50,680 acre-ft Mar. 10, 0630 hours (gage height, 

36.13 ft).

1953 to February 1964: Contents, 45,250 acre-ft July 21, 1954 (gage height, 

33.96 ft).

Remarks.--Reservoir formed by earth dam with concrete spillway; lake filled for 

recreational use in 1952. Capacity at spillway level (elevation, 29.2 ft gage 

datum), 34,100 acre-ft.

Cooperation.--Capacity curve furnished by Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 

Division of Parks.

Gage height and contents, February and March 1964

Date

Feb. 29... 

Mar. 5... 

Mar. 9...

Hour

2400 

0900 

0300

Gage height 

(feet)

25.72 

30.49 

29.83

Contents 

(acre-feet)

26,400 

36,640 

35,090

Date

Mar . 10 ... 

Mar. 31...

Hour

0630 

2400

Gage height 

(feet)

36.13 

29.63

Contents 

(acre-feet)

50, 680 

34,630

(39) 3-2325. Rocky Fork near Barretts Mills, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°13'05", long 83°23'05", on left bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, 1.1 miles north of Barretts Mills, Highland County, 2 miles east of Rainsboro, 2f miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles downstream from Rocky Fork Lake.

Drainage area.--140 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 770.7 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 8,800 cfs and extended above on basis of velocity-area studies.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 13,400 cfs Mar. 10, 0230 hours (gage height, 

 15710 ft).

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 13,200 cfs Mar. 6, 1945 (gage height, 

15.56 ft).

Remarks.--Flow regulated by Rocky Fork Lake (see station 3-2324.9).
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A69

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Rocky Pork near Barretts Mills, Ohio

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

"5. ....

Discharge

65 

67 

70 

592 

1,030 

635

Day Discharge

409 

318 

4,470 

9,520 

3,160 

1,390

Day Discharge

780 

700 

695 

445 

312 

206

Day

22

Discharge

162 

139 

219 

214 

182 

155

Day

30

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge , in cubic feet per second ...................................

Discharge

143 

241 

196 

166 

145 

126 

110

873

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2200

2400

0400

0800

2400

1200

2400

2400

0800

2400

Gage 

height

2.82

2.82

3.83

5.05

7.08

6.88

5.42

5.58

5.03

4.68

4.39

3.94

3.85

3.97

Discharge

72

72

294

825

1,950

1,830

1,010

1,090

815

640

506

329

300

340

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

Hour

0300

0600

0800

1200

1500

1900

2400

0230

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

4.02

5.65

8.35

10.40

11.82

12.15

14.40

15.10

14.72

13.75

12.36

10.98

9.52

8.44

7.72

7.00

Discharge

357

1,120

2,830

4,620

6,230

6,670

11,300

13,400

12,300

9,680

6,980

5,240

3,790

2,900

2,370

1,900

Date

Mar . 12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1900

2400

1200

2400

2400

1100

1400

2400

Gage 

height

6.12

5.43

4.93

4.57

4.45

5.00

4.92

5.08

4.78

4.48

4.02

3.87

4.00

3.69

Discharge

1,370

1,020

765

586

532

800

760

840

690

546

357

306

350

252

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

(40) 3-2340. Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°15'49", long 83°10'0l", on downstream side of left pier of highway 

bridge, 1-J- miles southwest of Bourneville, Ross County, and 1-J- miles upstream 

from Upper Twin Creek.

Drainage area.--807 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 665.2 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 27,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 52,700 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 56,900 cfs Mar. 10, 0900 hours (gage height, 

20.50 ft).

1921 to February 1964: Discharge, 52,700 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height, 

20.08 ft).

Remarks.--Flow slightly regulated by Rocky Fork Lake (see station 3-2324.9).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

130

132

144

1,450

11,900

7,880

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

5,480

3,490

10,400

44,600

25,300

11,500

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

5,370

4,290

4,410

3,340

2,500

1,970

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21. ....

22. ....

23.... .

24 .....

Discharge

1,590

1,390

1,550

1,710

1,550

1,380

Day

25. . . . .

26. ... .

27.. .. .

28.. . . .

29. . . . .

30. . . ..

31 .....

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

1,230

1,830

1,810

1,510

1,280

1,140

1,030

7.53
A70 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage heightj in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0600

1000

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

0900

1200

1500

2000

2400

0300

1600

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

2.94

2.96

3.10

4.25

5.60

8.00

11.35

13.80

14.00

13.85

13.20

11.20

10.60

10.53

11.00

10.40

8.83

7.80

Discharge

150

153

175

430

1,600

4,330

8,920

14,400

15,000

14,600

12,700

8,670

7,690

7,580

8,330

7,390

5,330

4,090

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0500

0700

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

7.16

7.08

7.27

7.57

8.35

13.25

15.50

17.40

19.80

20.50

20.28

19.00

17.80

16.20

14.77

12.92

11.13

10.00

Discharge

3,320

3,230

3,450

3,810

4,750

12,800

20,500

30,400

49,900

56,900

54,700

42,700

34,000

25,000

18,200

11,500

7,100

5,110

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

2400

0900

1700

2400

0700

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0800

1600

2400

Gage 

height

9.53

9.13

9.75

9.55

9.75

9.23

8.44

7.78

7.30

6.90

6.73

6.83

7.21

7.27

Discharge

4,400

3,820

4,720

4,420

4,720

3,960

2,920

2,200

1,770

1,460

1,340

1,410

1,700

1,750

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

(41) 3-2345. Scioto River at Higby, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39 0 12'44", long 82°51'35", on left bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Walnut Creek and l£ miles north 

of Higby, Ross County.

Drainage area.--5,131 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at hourly intervals. Datum of 

gage is 567.6 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 120,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 130,000 cfs Mar. 11, 0500 hours (gage height, 

25.01 ft).

1930 to February 1964: Discharge, 177,000 cfs Jan. 23, 1937; gage height, 

26.4 ft Jan. 23, 1937, from floodmarks, and Jan. 23, 1959. 

Maximum stage known, 31.6 ft Mar. 26, 1913.

Remarks.--Flow slightly regulated by 0'Shaughnessy Reservoir (16,940 acre-ft, 

987 sq mi), Griggs Reservoir (4,415 acre-ft, 1,052 sq mi, 65 sq mi plus 

0'Shaughnessy Reservoir) Delaware Reservoir (132,000 acre-ft, 381 sq mi), Hoover 

Reservoir (60,340 acre-ft, 190 sq mi) and Rocky Fork Lake (34,100 acre-ft, 

115 sq mi).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day Discharge

569

571

612

2,980

24,700

27,600

Day

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

24,700

19,100

30,700

86,100

122,000

96,800

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15... ..

16... ..

17 .....

18. ....

Discharge

58,200

35,700

29,100

23,900

22,200

18,400

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21. ....

22.. ...

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

14,300

11,800

10,800

11,200

11,400

9,180

Day

25.. ...

26. ....

27.....

28.. ...

29. ....

30 .....

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

8,910

10,000

8,350

7,130

6,240

5,450

4,860

23,990

Note.--Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 60-minute intervals. 

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time,

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

Hour

2400

2400

0600

1000

1200

1400

2000

2400

Gage 

height

1.97

2.01

2.02

2.27

2.72

3.07

5.51

8.10

Discharge

596

628

637

862

1,350

1,810

5,700

11,100

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

1400

2400

0400

r Gage 

height

11.70

13.78

15.13

15.74

15.63

14.01

14.25

14.17

Discharge

19,600

25,300

29,900

32,400

31,900

26,000

26,800

26,500

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

13.60

12.84

11.57

10.06

9.85

10.11

14.69

17.43

Discharge

24,800

22,700

19,300

15,600

15,100

15,700

28,300

42,200
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A71

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Scioto River at Higby, Ohio Continued

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0500

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

(Jage

height

18.76

20.15

21.47

23.50

24.81

24.95

25.01

24.69

24.03

23.70

23.11

21.31

19.36

17.69

16.30

Discharge

52,700

65,500

79,200

104,000

126,000

126,000

130,000

124,000

112,000

107,000

98,700

77,400

58,100

44,000

35,100

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1400

2000

Gage 

height

15.53

15.02

13.99

13.21

12.94

12.74

12.17

10.25

8.88

8.41

8.06

7.89

7.99

Discharge

31,500

29,500

26,000

23,700

23,000

22,400

20 , 900

16,100

12 , 900

11,800

11,000

10,600

10,800

Date

Mar. 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Hour

2400

2400

0800

1800

2400

0600

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

8.08

8.23

8.26

8.22

8.12

7.74

6.57

7.21

7.33

7.42

7.93

7.57

6.75

6.49

Discharge

11,000

11,400

11,400

11,300

11,100

10,300

7,780

9,120

9,390

9,580

10,700

9,910

8,160

7,610

(42) 3-2359.95. Salt Creek near Londonderry, Ohio 

(Crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°17'25", long 82°44'45", at bridge on State Highway 671 in Vinton 

County, half a mile east of county line, 2.8 miles northeast of Londonderry, 

Ross County.

Drainage area. 268 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings and crest-stage gage. 

Datum of gage is 600.14 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 31,600 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 26,000 cfs Mar. 10 (gage height, 21.7 ft, from 

floodmarks).

August 1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 31,600 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height, 

22.7 ft, from floodmarks).

(43) Scioto River at Piketon, Ohio 

(Weather Bureau stage station)

Location.--Lat 39°04 I 15", long 83°01'00", at pumping station of Atomic Energy Commission plant west of Piketon, Pike County.

Drainage area. 5,836 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings, supplemented by additional readings during high-water periods. Datum of gage is 531.39 ft above 

mean sea level (U.S. Weather Bureau).

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 128,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 132,000 cfs Mar. 11, 1100 hours (gage height, 

31.67 ft).

June 1954 to February 1964: Discharge, 150,000 cfs Jan. 24, 1959 (gage 

height, 32.56 ft).

Remarks.--Flow slightly regulated (see station 3-2345).
A72 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OHIO BRUSH CREEK BASIN 

(44) 3-2375. Ohio Brush Creek near West Union, Ohio

Location. Lat 38°48'13", long 83°25'16", on right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 348, 0.3 mile downstream from Cedar Run, 2 miles southwest of 

Cedar Mills, and 7 miles east of West Union, Adams County.

Drainage area.--381 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 510.6 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 22,000 cfs and by indirect measurements at 35,500 cfs, 51,600 cfs, and 

59,200 cfs. Backwater from Ohio River Mar. 11-15: discharge estimated on basis 

of records for Whiteoak Creek and East Pork Little Miami River.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 59,200 cfs Mar. 10, 0630 hours (gage height, 

27.91 ft).

1926-35, 1940 to February 1964: Discharge, 51,600 cfs Mar. 19, 1943 (gage 

height, 26.5 ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff ,

Discharge

67 

75 

698 

8,950 

17,300 

1,550

Day Discharge

730 

1,480 

26,400 

40,500 

2,400 

1,400

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec 

in inches

Discharge

1,200 

2,500 

5,000 

2,120 

799 

444

Day

22. ....

23. ....

Discharge

345 

311 

1,230 

883 

508 

371

Day

25. . . . .

26. ....

27.. ...

28.. . ..

29.. . . .

31.....

Discharge

315 

1,680 

656 

413 

340 

274 

240

3,909 

11.64

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

2400

0400

0600

1600

2400

0600

1000

1200

1400

1800

2400

0400

0600

0800

1200

1500

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

1000

1500

1600

2200

Gage 

height

2.66

2.86

3.26

3.79

4.76

4.24

3.97

6.07

10.09

13.90

16.90

19.54

21.08

21.42

21.25

19.26

12.00

7.33

6.24

5.24

4.60

3.93

3.83

6.06

6.02

6.90

Discharge

65

110

233

464

1,120

744

566

2,200

6,490

11,600

16,800

23,800

29,100

30,400

29,700

22,900

8,910

3,410

2,360

1,500

1,000

542

486

2,190

2,160

2,980

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0430

0600

0800

1000

1200

1500

1800

2000

2400

0200

0630

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2200

Gage 

height

6.94

6.48

7.80

12.80

16.73

19.10

23.00

26.10

26.73

26.89

27.02

27.91

27.22

25.30

20.10

10.30

8.53

8.02

8.08

8.45

9.40

9.44

9.15

8.88

10.88

10.29

Discharge

3,020

2,570

3,880

10 , 000

16,400

22,400

36,700

50,000

53,200

54,000

54 , 600

59,200

55,600

46,000

25,600

6,740

2,410

1,960

1,790

1,630

1,230

1,150

1,150

1,310

4,870

3,990

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Hour

2400

0400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0400

0800

1100

1400

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

10.88

11.94

11.54

9.18

7.97

7.18

5.96

4.97

3.93

3.61

3.48

3.47

3.58

5.14

4.87

5.63

5.53

4.99

4.40

4.06

3.70

3.52

Discharge

4,930

6,980

6,380

4,960

4,010

3,260

2,100

1,290

542

376

319

315

362

1,420

1,210

1,810

1,730

1,300

855

623

418

336

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A73

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(45) 3-2380. Ohio River near Maysville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°38'05", long 83"42 ' 11", on left bank at lock and dam 33, 1.8 miles 

upstream from city limits of Maysville, Mason County, 2.2 miles downstream from 

Cabin Creek, and at mile 405.1.

Drainage area.--70,130 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record. Graph drawn from hourly staff-gage readings. Graph drawn for 

auxiliary staff gage, 29.0 miles downstream, from once-daily or more frequent 

readings, except Mar. 21, 24, 26, Mar. 31 to Apr. 2, when no readings were made. 

Graph for Mar. 21, 24, 26 drawn on basis of recession graph at base gage and 

readings on adjacent days. Datum of gage is 452.57 ft above mean sea level, Ohio 

River datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor in computing discharge. Discharge for periods of 

no gage-height record Mar. 30 to Apr. 2 and indefinite stage-fall-discharge relation Mar. 1-3 estimated on basis of records for other Ohio River main-stem 

stations.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 562,000 cfs Mar. 13, 1200 hours (gage height, 

62.65 ft).

1937, 1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 820,000 cfs Jan. 27, 1937 (gage 

height, 75.3 ft).

Remarks.-- Partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs. 

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

3. ....

Discharge

34,OOO 

42,000 

60,000 

148,000 

280,000 

313,000

Day

8. ....

3 .....

12. ....

Discharge

332,OOO 

352,000 

403,000 

491,000 

527,000 

547,000

Day Discharge

559,0oo 

548,000 

533,000 

504,000 

478,000 

448,000

Day

24. ....

Discharge

414,000 

358,000 

307,000 

253,000 

207,000 

183,000

Day

29

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

164,000 

149,000 

144,000 

137,000 

133,000 

125,000 

120,000

299,800

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, April 1964

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

18.50

21.35

24.85

34.45

37.25

39.30

41.10

42.05

42.70

43.25

44.30

45.05

45.60

45.90

46.15

47.50

48.15

50.80

52.50

55.10

57.15

56.00

58.90

59.60

Discharge

83,300

103,000

141,000

238,000

259,000

285,000

304,000

306,000

306,000

312,000

324,000

332,000

341,000

348,000

351,000

363,000

371,000

404,000

426,000

461,000

474,000

496,000

508,000

513,000

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Hour

0600

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

59.95

60.45

61.50

62.25

62.40

62.50

62.60

62.65

62.55

62.40

62.25

62.05

61.70

61.45

61.10

60.05

59.00

58.05

57.10

56.05

55.10

53.90

52.35

Discharge

518,000

530,000

540,000

545,000

553,000

554,000

561,000

562,000

561,000

553,000

551,000

548,000

543,000

539,000

534,000

519,000

504,000

491,000

478,000

464,000

447,000

436,000

416,000

Date

Mar. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

50.55

48.60

46.40

44.45

42.25

39.55

36.75

34.10

32.65

30.75

29.30

28.40

27.20

26.55

26.40

26.15

25.20

24.55

24.50

24.45

24.40

Discharge

389,000

358,000

326,000

309,000

283,000

251,000

228,000

202,000

198,000

182,000

171,000

165,000

154,000

148,000

146,000

145,000

141,000

137,000

L34.000

133,000

133,000
A74 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

WHITEOAK CREEK BASIN 

(46) 3-2385. Whiteoak Creek near Georgetown, Ohio

Location.--Lat 38°50 I 42", long 83°55'16", on left bank at upstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 221, 600 ft downstream from Opossum Run, if miles southwest of 

Georgetown, Brown County, and 6-J miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 222 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph above a stage of 6.9 ft and graph 

based on twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings below this stage. Datum of gage 

is 569.21 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 20,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 22,400 cfs Mar. 10, 0500 hours (gage height, 

14764 ft).

1923-35, 1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 20,500 cfs May 14, 1933 (gage 

height, 20.87 ft), from rating curve extended above 10,000 cfs by logarithmic 

plotting.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

18 

17 

72 

3,680 

10,100 

1,120

Day

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

304 

474 

10,900 

19,400 

2,530 

446

Day

17. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

351 

781 

1,470 

417 

212 

130

Day

23. ....

Discharge

98 

98 

431 

450 

238 

144

Day

29.. ...

30. ....

31. ....

Discharge

105 

537 

302 

144 

98 

85 

69

1,781 

9.25

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0600

1130

1800

2200

2400

0600

0900

1030

1300

1400

1800

2130

2400

0300

1200

1500

1900

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

1.92

2.00

2.95

2.35

2.15

2.52

4.92

6.10

6.20

5.94

6.00

8.90

10.57

10.13

9.70

11.03

11.12

10.50

7.70

4.94

4.23

3.68

3.37

3.15

3.01

Discharge

19

24

172

60

38

83

1,070

1,860

1,940

1,730

1,780

6,110

11,000

9,500

8,150

12,700

13,000

10,800

3,780

1,080

705

441

312

232

189

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1800

2100

2400

0600

1100

1130

1330

1800

2400

0100

0230

0500

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

2400

0600

2000

Gage 

height

4.25

5.02

4.93

8.40

11.00

11.09

10.95

11.60

13.70

14.20

13.82

14.64

14.20

12.90

10.85

6.90

5.35

4.93

4.70

4.55

4.46

4.38

4.20

4.27

5.67

Discharge

715

1,130

1,110

5,050

12,600

12,900

12,400

14,600

21,000

21,300

20,400

22,400

21,300

18,000

12,000

2,310

900

656

540

472

432

396

315

346

1,120

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

2400

OZOO

0330

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

0300

0500

1100

1200

2000

2200

2400

0100

0400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

6.75

7.05

7.00

5.85

4.83

4.37

4.12

3.95

3.87

3.70

3.63

3.69

3.71

3.79

5.00

5.00

4.51

4.52

4.84

4.85

4.72

4.47

4.20

Discharge

2,130

2,500

2,440

1,260

605

392

279

202

168

108

90

105

111

137

695

695

454

459

610

615

550

436

315

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A75

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASIN

(47) 3-2420. Little Miami River at Spring Valley, Ohio 

(Discontinued gaging station)

Location. Lat 39°36'20", long 84°00'50", at site of bridge, now destroyed, on U.S. 

Highway 42, three-eighths of a mile southwest of Spring Valley, Greene County, 

and 2-5 miles downstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area.--361 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Floodmark. Datum of gage is 737.9 ft above mean sea level, 

adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,400 cfs, prior to 1952, and indirect measurement of 1959 peak flow of 

36,400 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 14,400 cfs Mar. 10 (gage height, 15.79 ft, from 

floodmark).

1925-35, 1939-51, 1959, 1963: Discharge, 38,000 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height, 

19.14 ft, from floodmark).

(48) 3-2423. Caesar Creek at Harveysburg, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°30'27", long 84°00'42", at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 73, a quarter of a mile north of Harveysburg, Warren County.

Drainage area.--209 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 781.90 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,000 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 12,900 cfs Mar. 10, 1000 hours (gage height, 

 M735 ft).

1960 to February 1964: Discharge, 14,900 cfs Mar. 5, 1963 (gage height, 

15.63 ft).

Maximum stage known, 20.5 ft Jan. 21, 1959, from floodmark.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

' 18

19

20

1,030

3,400

1,010

j, ,

Runoff, in inches.

Day

7 .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

526

449

7,26O

11 , 500

2,720

1,330

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

823

990

939

557

407

319

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

267

227

275

299

255

216

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Discharge

204

521

387

287

227

189

174

1,189

6.56

(49) 3-2425. Little Miami River near Fort Ancient, Ohio 

(Discontinued gaging station)

Location.--Lat 39°22'42", long 84°05'32", at highway bridge 2 miles south of Fort 

Ancient, Warren County, 2\ miles northeast of Morrow, and 2' miles upstream from 

Todd Fork.

Drainage area. 680 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Ploodmark. Datum of gage is 643.65 ft above mean sea level, 

adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements; 

prior to 1952, below 25,700 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 34,500 cfs (estimated) Mar. 10 (gage height, 

17.0 ft, from floodmark).

1939-52, 1959, 1963: Discharge, 67,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

21.9 ft from floodmark).
A76 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(50) 3-2440. Todd Pork near Roachester, Ohio

Location. Lat S9°20'05", long 84°05'10", on right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 123, 0.3 mile downstream from Lick Run, 1.6 miles southeast of 

Roachester, Warren County, 2^ miles southeast of Morrow, and 4 miles upstream 

from mouth.

Drainage area.--219 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 679.40 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,000 cfs, and by indirect measurement at 25,500 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 22,500 cfs Mar. 10, 0200 hours (gage height, 

19.10 ft).

1952 to February 1964: Discharge, 25,500 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

19.50 ft).

Remarks. Flow slightly regulated by Cowan Lake on Cowan Creek (capacity, 12,000 

acre-ft, 51 sq mi).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Discharge

18 

19 

22 

2,950 

6,100 

1,120

Day

7

Discharge

595 

846 

13,500 

14,100 

2,040 

1,110

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

Discharge

735 

980 

1,110 

585 

378 

266

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21 .....

Discharge

204 

182 

364 

365 

263 

207

Day

25.. . . .

26. . . ..

27.. .. .

30. . . ..

31 .....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

173 

1,030 

469 

310 

231 

180 

155

1,632

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2300

2400

0230

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

0900

1100

1300

1500

1800

2400

Gage 

height

5.28

5.34

5.60

7.05

8.50

12.70

16.88

16.77

17.02

15.83

13.00

12.55

11.35

10.10

9.15

8.05

7.48

6.83

6.70

6.74

7.39

7.60

8.58

9.22

Discharge

23

30

71

555

1,340

5,160

12,600

12,300

13,000

10 , 200

5,540

4,980

3,630

2,480

1,780

1,070

770

454

400

416

725

830

1,390

1,820

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

0200

0600

0800

1000

1200

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0500

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

0700

0900

1200

2000

Gage 

height

9.50

15.30

16.58

17.36

17.59

19.05

19.10

18.85

17.67

14.17

11.21

9.14

8.18

8.00

8.38

8.09

7.82

7.37

7.10

7.04

7.10

7.38

8.30

8.44

Discharge

2,020

9,180

11,900

14,000

14,000

22,200

22,500

20,800

15,000

7,200

3,490

1,770

1,150

1,040

1,270

1,090

940

715

580

550

580

720

1,220

1,300

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Hour

2400

0300

0600

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0400

0600

0900

1200

1500

2400

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

8.51

8.59

8.50

8.12

7.50

6.82

6.41

6.13

5.98

5.97

6.06

6.35

6.47

6.77

6.83

6.79

6.38

6.15

5.97

Discharge

1,350

1,390

1,340

1,110

780

453

310

225

186

184

207

291

331

434

457

442

301

231

184

Note.--Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A77

(51) 3-2455. Little Miami River at Milford, Ohio

Location. Lat 39°10'17", long 84°17'53", on right bank 500 ft downstream from 

Wooster Pike Bridge (U.S. Highway 50) in Milford, Clermont County, and l£ miles 

upstream from East Pork.

Drainage area. 1,203 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 499.35 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 60,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 84,100 cfs.

Discharge, 63,900 cfs Mar. 10, 0300 hours (gage height,

,100 cfs Jan. 22, 1959

Maxima.--March 1964 

19.96 ft).

1915-17, 1925-36, 1938 to February 1964: Discharge, 

(gage height, 22.30 ft).

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 25.5 ft, from information by Corps of 

Engineers.

Remarks.--Some regulation by Cowan Lake (capacity, 12,000 acre-ft, 51 sq mi).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

3. ....

5.. ...

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

155 

155 

155 

5,750 

23,600 

6,300

Day

7. ....

Discharge

3,400 

2,570 

31,200 

55,400 

26,200 

10,100

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

4,870 

4,430 

5,430 

3,490 

2,480 

1,910

Day Discharge

1,550 

1,360 

1,710 

1,950 

1,520 

1,290

Day

25.. ...

31 .....

Discharge

1,130 

2,980 

2,300

1,550 

1,250 

1,070 

957

6,717 

6.43

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0330

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

Gage 

height

0.15

.08

.90

5.24

9.30

12.68

14.06

13.48

11.18

7.55

6.14

5.11

4.61

3.49 

2.89

2.62

3.16

4.40

4.80

8.02

Discharge

155

177

600

6,470

18,900

31,100

36,300

34,100

25,700

13,000

8,710

6,170

5,110

3,190 

2,390

2,070

2,730

4,700

5,490

14,600

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

0900

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

Gage 

height

12.15

13.99

16.95

19.50

19.96

19.75

18.78

17.40

15.87

13.43

10.90

8.49

7.50

6.17 

5.25

4.40

3.97

3.78

4.40

5.02

Discharge

29,200

36,100

47 , 500

60,900

63,900

62 , 100

56,900

50,800

44, 700

34,900

25,700

19,200

14,900

9,800

6,750

4,740

3,970

3,670

4,740

6,080

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400 

2400

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

4.66

4.13

3.65

3.27

2.96

2.78

2.24

1.96

1.85

2.28

2.70 

2.28

1.92

1.72

1.63

Discharge

5,220

4,350

3,460

2,900

2,470

2,260

1,680

1,410

1,320

1,720

2,160 

1,720

1,380

1,310

1,130

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.

782-001 O-65-6
A78 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(52) 3-2465. East Fork Little Miami River at Williamsburg, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°03'10", long 84°03'05", on right bank at downstream side of Main 

Street Bridge in Williamsburg, Clermont County, 1.1 miles upstream from Todd Run.

Drainage area.--237 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 784.09 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 14,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 19,800 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0230 hours. .........

Mar. 10 , 0700 hours .........

1949-53, 1959 to February 1964-

Mar. 5, 1963.. ..............

Discharge 

(cfs) 

13,700 

19,800

Gage height

(feet)

12.18

15.23

14.34

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

5.. ...

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

17 

16 

38 

5,050 

12,600 

2,360

Day

10. ....

11. ....

Discharge

345 

410 

9,490 

18,200 

4,640 

561

Day

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, In cubic feet per sec

Discharge

400 

923 

1,440 

420 

216 

150

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21. ....

22. ....

23. ....

Discharge

111 

101 

297 

395 

206 

141

Day

26. ... .

27. . .. .

28... ..

29.. . . .

30. . ...

31 .....

Discharge

119 

1,180 

454 

195 

141 

111 

91

1,897 

9.22

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0230

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600 

1200 

2400

2400

0900

Gage

height

1.21

1.20

1.32

1.35

1.65

1.73

1.97

2.43

4.18

8.00

10.68

11.91

12.18

11.58

11.58

11.02

9.00

4.70 

3.33 

2.72

2.27

2.18

Discharge

17

17

34

27

74

91

155

330

1,580

5,580

9,950

13,000

13,700

12,200

12,200

10,800

6,900

2,050 

861 

481

258

223

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0300

0700

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0530

Gage 

height

2.80

3.40

4.00

7.10

9.60

11.10

12.25

14.18

14.93

15.23

14.82

14.13

12.95

11.95

10.00

5.75

4.07

3.44

3.12

2.82 

2.76

2.57

2.34

2.32

Discharge

505

910

1,420

4,460

7,820

11,000

13,800

17,700

19,200

19,800

18,900

17,600

15,200

13,100

8,520

3,050

1,480

942

718

537 

503

400

288

279

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Hour

1000

1400

2400

0200

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600 

2400

2400

2400

Gage 

height

2.74

3.65

4.67

4.78

4.05

3.10

2.58

2.30

2.03

1.87

1.76

1.82

2.09

2.47

2.64

2.71 

2.32

1.99

1.86

Discharge

492

1,110

2,020

2,120

1,460

705

405

270

173

127

98

113

192

350

437

476 

279

161

124

Note. Daily means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A79

(53) 3-2475. East Fork Little Miami River at Perlntown, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°08'13", long 84°14'17", on left bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge at Perintown, Clermont County, 5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--476 sq ml.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 507.28 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 5, 0030 hours. ......................

Mar. 10 , 0200 hours ......................

1915-20, 1925 to February 1964: 

Mar. 6, 1945. ............................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

........... 38,200

........... 42,400

........... 39,400

Gage height 

(feet) 

23.00

23.84

23.42

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

41 

42 

72 

9,910 

22,300 

5,220

Day

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

Discharge

800 

890 

21,700 

33,000 

10,200 

1,290

Day

15. ....

16. ....

17 .....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per secc 

in inches

Discharge

945 

1,810 

2,930 

1,160 

622 

422

Day

23. ....

Discharge

328 

307 

1,160 

1,090 

645 

419

Day

25

29. ....

31. ....

Discharge

335 

1,790 

1,160 

548 

374 

291 

240

3,937 

9.53

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0600

0800 

1200 

1800

2400

0030

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

1000

1500

1800

2100

Gage 

height

1.64

1.88

1.93

2.26

2.50

7.58 

17.05

22.97

23.00

21.31

17.92

15.45

14.76

13.77

6.63

4.97

4.38

3.69

3.26

3.11

3.13

4.18

4.53

5.42

Discharge

46

81

90

182

273 

3,570 

1 7 , 500

37,700

38,200

30,800

19,800

13,400

18,000

10,200

2,620

1,480

1,130

776

584

524

532

1,020

1,220

1,770

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400 

0200

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

0600

1000

1400

1600

1800

2200

Gage 

height

5.79

5.96

13.52

19.15

21.81

23.69 

23.84

23.28

21.93

19.71

18.42

17.05

13.08

6.40

5.33

4.62

4.33

3.70

3.60

5.43

5.48

6.44

6.62

7.92

Dls2,030

2,150

9,870

23,500

32,800

41,600 

42,400

39,600

33,300

25,200

21,300

17,500

9,320

2,460

1,710

1,270

1,100

780

735

1,780

1,820

2,490

2,620

3,660

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

2400

0300

0600

1200

2400

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0600

1400

1900

2400

2400

2400

2400

2300

2400

Gage 

height

7.98

8.20

8.08

7.01

5.50

4.34 

3.72

3.05

2.70

2.50

2.66

4.00

4.92

4.95

4.78

3.82

3.05

2.67

2.57

2.74

Discharge

3,710

3,910

3,800

2,930

1,830

1,100 

790

500

370

300

356

930

1,450

1,470

1,370

840

500

360

324

384

Note.--Dally means for some days computed from data in addition to figures shown.
A80 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

LICKING RIVER BASIN 

(54) 3-2495. Licking River at Farmers, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°08'25", long 83°33'30", near right bank on downstream side of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 60, 300 ft upstream from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile west of Farmers, Rowan County, and 1.1 miles 

upstream from Triplett Creek.

Drainage area. 831 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Graph drawn for auxiliary staff 

gage 4.1 miles upstream, from twice-daily readings. Datum of gage is 646.55 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 4-18, 21, 22.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1200 hours., 

Mar. 6, 0200 hours., 

Mar. 10, 1500 hours. 

Mar. 11, 0400 hours.

1938 to February 1964: 

Feb. 28, 1962.......

Discharge 

(ofs)

11,800

12,200

24,000

Gage height

(feet)

23.97

23.47

26.70

Maximum stage known since at least 1904 was 31.1 ft on Feb. 9, 1918 (ice Jam), 

from reports of U.S. Weather Bureau.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

] .

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

518

675

3,070

5,58O

8,990

10,300

Day

7

8

9

10

11

12

Discharge

5,380

4,800

9, 1OO

11,300

11,600

9,410

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

5,260

2,610

2,820

4,060

3,750

2,780

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

1,860

1,480

1,750

2,510

2,500

2,020

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

1,640

1,420

1,230

1,040

885

785

710

5.45

(55) 3-2505. Licking River at Blue Lick Springs, Ky. 

(Gaging station discontinued 1959; crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 38°25'19", long 83°59'57", near center of span on downstream side of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 68, at Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas County, 1^- miles upstream from Indian Run, 10 miles upstream from Johnson Creek, and 10 miles downstream from Fleming Creek.

Drainage area.--1,785 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn on basis of floodmark and twice-daily wire-weightgage readings. Datum of gage is 560.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1000 hours..

Mar. 10, 1300 hours. 

1938 to February 1964:

Apr. 13, 1948......,

Discharge 

(cfs) 

28,700 

30,500

35,900

Gage height

(feet)

39.9

41.2

45.0

Flood of 1937 reached a stage of 47.4 ft, exceeding all known floods since at 

least 1854.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A81

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Lickin 

at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.

g River

Day

1. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

880 

910 

2,280 

11,800 

27,300 

23,500

Day

7. ....

10. ....

Discharge

21,000 

19,700 

23,200 

29,300 

26,600 

23,200

Day

mean discharge, In cubic feet per sec 

in Inches

Discharge

20,000 

16,400 

13,300 

8,370 

6,670 

5,530

Day

19.. .. 

20.. .. 

21.. .. 

22.. .. 

23.. .. 

24.. ..

Discharge

4,240 

3,900 

3,480 

3,090 

3,160 

4,240

Day

25... . 

26... . 

27. .. . 

28... . 

29 ... . 

30... . 

31 ... .

Discharge

3,620 

3,400 

3,120 

2,280 

1,640 

1,420 

1,280

10,280 

6.64

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, tn cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1200

1800

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

1800

Gage 

height

7.0

8.1

8.95

9.35

9.5

9.9

12.3

20.2

31.6

36.4

38.5

39.3

39.8

39.9

39.8

39.3

38.4

37.6

36.3

35.4

34.2

33.4

32.8

Discharge

1,090

1,880

2,560

2,840

2,950

3,230

4,910

11,200

19,600

24,400

26,900

27,900

28,500

28,700

28,500

27,900

26,800

25,800

24,300

23,200

22,000

21,200

20,600

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

12

Hour

2400

0400

0600

0800

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0400

0800

1000

1200

1300

1400

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

Gage 

height

31.6

30.7

30.5

30.8

31.3

33.5

34.5

35.2

35.9

37.6

39.5

40.7

41.1

41.15

41.2

41.15

41.0

40.1

39.0

38.1

37.6

36.9

35.4

Discharge

19,600

18,900

18,700

18,900

19,300

21,300

22,300

23,000

23,800

25,800

28,200

29,800

30,300

30 , 400

30,500

30,400

30 , 200

28,900

27,500

26,400

25,800

24,900

23,200

Date

Mar. 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Hour

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1800

2400

Gage 

height

33.6

32.1

31.4

30.2

28.3

27.3

25.6

23.6

22.0

19.4

17.5

16.7

15.5

14.7

13.95

13.3

12.8

12.05

11.45

11.05

11.1

Discharge

21,400

20,000

19,400

18,500

16,900

16,200

15,000

13,600

12,500

10,500

8,900

8,260

7,300

6,650

6,060

5,610

5,260

4,740

4,320

4,040

4,070

(56) 3-2510. North Pork Licking River near Lewisburg, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°25'55", long 83°47'30", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 419, l£ miles west of Lewisburg, Mason County, and I? miles 

downstream from Mill Creek.

Drainage area. 119 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Altitude of gage is 680 ft (from 

topographic map).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964.-

1938, 1946 to February 1964: 

Julv 1938. .............................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............ 9,850

............ 7,620

............ 13,300

Gage height 

(feet) 

19.29

16.83

22.7

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

34

42

389

4,260

6,060

820

Monthly mean disch 

Runoff, in inches

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9 .....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

270

1,490

3,670

4,420

800

310

Day

13. ....

14... ..

15.... .

16.... .

17. ....

18. ....

arge, in cubic feet per sec<

Discharge

203

404

1,280

416

246

164

Day

19.....

20. ....

21. ....

22.. ...

23. ....

24 .....

Discharge

125

123

388

313

218

162

Day

25.. .. .

26.....

27 .....

28.. . . .

29. . . . .

30. . . ..

31 .....

Discharge

151

567

243

166

130

103

87

905 

8.77
A82 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

North Fork Licking River near Lewisburg, Ky.

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0300

0500

0600

0700

0830

1000

1600

1900

2400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1600

1700

1800

1830

2000

2100

2200

2330

2400

0200

0400

0800

Gage 

height

1.46

1.48

1.53

1.57

1.68

1.76

1.89

2.50

3.61

4.07

4.18

4.12

3.57

3.40

3.29

3.11

3.12

3.27

3.75

5.87

8.80

16.85

18.00

18.49

18.52

18.44

18.62

19.05

19.29

19.23

19.00

18.10

16.12

Discharge

34

36

41

45

56

65

83

192

454

565

591

577

445

404

378

334

337

373

488

1,260

2,720

7,640

8,560

9,050

9,080

9,000

9,180

9,610

9,850

9,790

9,560

8,660

7,060

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0400

0600

0800

1100

1400

1900

2400

1200

2400

0600

0900

1000

1400

1500

1600

1900

2000

2100

2200

2400

0300

0400

0500

0700

0800

0930

1000

1300

1400

1500

Gage 

height

14.37

11.60

8.50

6.30

5.35

4.62

4.00

3.62

3.32

3.14

2.82

2.58

2.50

2.63

2.89

8.00

8.40

8.53

9.30

9.40

9.58

9.67

9.11

8.13

7.91

8.15

10.68

11.35

11.73

11.66

10.39

10.09

9.95

Discharge

5,860

4,200

2,570

1,470

1,030

728

548

457

385

342

265

210

192

221

282

2,320

2,520

2,580

2,970

3,020

3,110

3,160

2,880

2,380

2,280

2,400

3,660

4,050

4,280

4,240

3,520

3,360

3,300

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2400

0100

0200

0300

0600

0800

0900

1200

1700

2200

2400

0300

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

10.16

10.43

10.50

10.52

10.85

15.85

16.62

16.83

16.50

14.21

13.00

12.50

11.18

9.41

8.15

7.58

6.46

5.33

4.70

4.32

4.06

3.85

3.70

3.58

3.46

3.36

3.16

3.00

2.83

2.72

2.53

2.40

Discharge

3,400

3,540

3,570

3,580

3,750

6,840

7,460

7,620

7,360

5,770

5,040

4,740

3,950

3,020

2,400

2,110

1,550

1,020

760

626

562

512

476

447

418

394

346

308

267

241

199

172

(57) 3-2515. Licking River at McKlnneysburg, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°35'52", long 84°16'00", on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge at McKlnneysburg, Pendleton County, 6.5 miles southeast of Falmouth, 

9.0 miles upstream from Blanket Creek, and 12.8 miles upstream from South Fork.

Drainage area.--2,526 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 520.83 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by -current-meter measurements 

below 42,000 cfs.

Maxima. Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 2200 hours..

Mar. 10, 1100 hours. 

1937 to February 1964:

January 1937........

Discharge 

(cfs) 

43,000 

59,100

55,000

Gage height

(feet)

42.14

50.26

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

1,100

1,110

3,220

17,600

41,300

40,800

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

32,900

25,200

38,000

57,400

49,100

35,300

Day

13.... .

14.....

15.... .

16. ....

17. ....

18.....

Discharge

24,700

19,800

18,600

12,700

9,040

6,910

Day

19.....

20.....

21.....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

5,570

4,200

6,080

5,710

6,430

5,510

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27.. ...

28 .....

29.. ...

30 .....

31... ..

Monthly mean discharee . in cubic feet ner second .............................. . . . .

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

4,470

7,600

4,230

3,140

2,410

1,990

1,700

7.90
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A83

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 

Licking River at McKinneysburg, Ky.

1964, of

Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge

4,470

7,600

4,230

3,140

2,410

1,990

1,700

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. 

Runoff, in inches ................................

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0800

1800

2400

0200

0300

0800

1000

1200

1400

2200

2400

0400

0500

0600

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage

height

6.57

6.56

6.69

6.85

6.98

7.17

9.32

10.02

10.28

10.29

9.89

9.96

10.25

10.45

11.50

16.40

21.43

27.20

34.45

38.35

39.90

40.90

41.50

41.88

42.12

42.14

42.12

41.76

41.02

39.98

38.68

37.15

Discharge

1,070

1,060

1,130

1,230

1,310

1,440

3,190

3,820

4,080

4,090

3,700

3,760

4,050

4,250

5,300

10,400

16,200

23,100

32,300

37,400

39,500

41,000

41,900

42,300

42,900

43,000

42,900

42,300

41,100

39,600

37,800

35,800

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

12

Hour

1200

2400

0800

1000

1100

1200

2200

2400

0300

0400

0600

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1100

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

35.15

30.52

27.87

27.48

27.50

27.73

30.04

30.35

30.55

30.80

32.30

34.85

39.83

41.95

44.10

46.97

49.10

49.70

50.05

50.23

50.26

50.23

49.97

49.45

48.80

47.15

45.48

43.58

41.43

39.23

36.84

34.22

31.87

Discharge

33,200

27,200

23,900

23,500

23,500

23,800

26,600

27,000

27,200

2 7 , 500

29,500

32,800

39,400

42,300

46,500

52,200

56,500

57,800

58,600

59,000

59,100

59,000

58,400

57,300

55,900

52,600

49,300

45,500

41,800

38,500

35,400

32,000

28,900

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1900

2400

0400

0700

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

i 2400

Gage 

height

29.87

28.32

26.95

25.89

24.97

24.16

23.59

24.03

24.29

24.53

24.37

24.07

22.37

21.21

19.51

18.12

17.17

16.48

15.13

14.43

13.89

13.43

13.08

12.45

11. 79

11.04

10.31

10.08

10.06

Discharge

26,300

24,500

22,800

21,600

20,500

19,500

18,800

19,300

19,600

19,900

19,700

19,400

17,300

16,000

13,900

12,300

11,300

10 , 500

9,040

8,270

7,690

7,230

6,880

6,250

5,590

4,840

4,110

3,880

3,860
A84 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(58) 3-2520. Stoner Creek at Paris, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°13'45", long 84°15'22", on left bank at upstream side of bridge on 

county road, 0.5 mile north of Paris, Bourbon County, and 1.5 miles downstream 

from Huston Creek.

Drainage area. 239 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-minute intervals Datum of 

gage is 770.43 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar . 5 , 0400 hours ...............

Mar . 10 , 0815 hours ..................

1953 to February 1964: 

Feb. 28, 1962..... ................ .

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 17,000

............... 12,000

............... 12.200

Gage height 

(feet) 

19 59

17 24

17.65

Prior to 1964, highest stage known since about 1928 was about 19.5 ft in 

winter of 1951, from information by local resident.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

138 

141 

274 

5,240 

14,200 

4,320

Day

7 .....

Discharge

933 

1,940 

5,760 

9,700 

3,400 

1,020

Day

13. ....

18.....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

645 

515 

1,190 

1,040 

597 

420

Day

19. ....

Discharge

324 

304 

417 

535 

422 

350

Day

25.. . . .

31.....

Discharge

296 

262 

211

176 

156 

133 

115

1,780

8.59

Note. Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 15-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

2000

2400

1200

1800

2400

0200

0600

0800

1000

1200

1500

2300

2400

0200

0400

0800

2400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

Gage 

height

2.75

2.77

2.83

2.97

3.15

3.61

3.75

3.79

3.98

4.24

5.41

12.87

19.14

19.30

19.51

19.59

19.30

15.75

13.23

9.14

7.98

7.11

6.48

Discharge

138

146

174

240

330

508

555

567

606

704

1,160

6,670

15,800

16,200

16,800

17,000

16,200

9,900

7,030

3,380

2,640

2,120

1,740

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

2000

2200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1000

1200

1600

2400

0300

0600

1200

1500

2000

2200

2400

0300

0700

0815

1000

1800

2400

Gage 

height

6.07

5.79

5.61

4.81

4.28

4.07

4.31

5.31

7.95

10.98

11.72

11.85

12.22

11.95

11.37

12.23

13.93

15.65

17.10

17.24

17.04

14.56

13.31

Discharge

1,490

1,340

1,260

914

718

651

728

1,110

2,620

4,890

5,560

5,680

6,020

5,760

5,240

6,030

7,730

9,780

11,800

12,000

11,700

8,470

7,110

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Hour

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1800

2400

0300

0800

1200

2100

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage

height

8.36

6.61

5.82

5.02

4.44

4.02

3.73

3.63

3.57

3.76

4.15

5.22

5.65

6.22

6.14

5.01

4.29

3.87

3.57

3.35

3.23

Discharge

2,870

1,820

1,360

998

774

636

549

515

494

558

675

1,080

1,280

1,580

1,530

994

722

591

494

418

368
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A85

(59) 3-2525. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°23'27", long 84°18'11", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on State Highways 356 and 36, at Cynthiana, Harrison County, 0.4 mile downstream 

from Grays Run and in pool formed by old milldam 2.6 miles downstream.

Drainage area.--621 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Viater-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 688.52 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1730 hours..

Mar. 10, 0830 hours. 

1918 to February 1964:

Apr. 13, 1948.......

Discharge Gage height

(cfs) (feet)

29,000 22.59

28,100 22.33

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

284 

270 

440 

8,75O 

28,000 

22,200

Day Discharge

7,780 

4,45O 

15,400 

26,OOO 

15,8OO 

6,080

Day

15. ....

16. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

2,380 

1,650 

3,780 

5,950 

2,150 

1,300

Day

19

21.. ...

23

Discharge

906 

746 

1,200 

1,640 

1,33O 

1,010

Day

27 .....

26.....

29. ....

30. ....

31. ....

Discharge

914 

1,180 

626 

5OO 

395 

353 

310

5,219 

9.69

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

2100

2300

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1730

1900

2100

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

Gage 

height

4.80

5.08

5.57

5.95

6.89

8.20

20.00

21.23

21.45

21.80

22.12

22.32

22.46

22.57

22.59

22.57

22.50

22.32

21.64

21.16

20.52

17.95

Discharge

290

486

706

1,200

2,120

5,640

22,500

25,200

25,700

26,600

27,500

28,100

28,500

28,900

29,000

28,900

28,600

28,100

26,2OO

25,000

23,500

18,600

Date

Mar . &

7

8

9

10

Hour

2100

2400

0600

12OO

1800

2400

0400

0800

0900

1100

1300

1500

2400

0500

1200

1500

1700

1900

2000

2200

2400

0300

Gage 

height

16.10

14.62

12.80

11.29

9.60

8.31

7.72

7.36

7.35

7.80

8.11

8.35

12.50

13.75

16.60

17.25

17.44

17.49

17.65

18.60

20.65

21.78

Discharge

15,300

12,800

9,830

7,610

5,380

3,770

3,060

2,640

2,620

3,160

3,530

3,820

9,350

11,400

16,200

17,400

17,700

17,800

18,100

19,800

23,800

26,500

Date

Mar , 1O

11

12

13

14

Hour

0500

0830

1000

12OO

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

OROO

1800

2400

Gage 

height

22.08

22.33

22.32

22. 07

21.13

20.15

18.41

16.25

14.25

12.53

11.28

10.05

8.83

7.96

7.39

7.02

6.56

6.43

6.33

6.70

Discharge

27,300

28,100

28,100

27,300

24,900

22 , 80O

19,500

15,600

12,200

9,400

7,590

5,960

4,400

3,350

2,670

2,260

1,770

1,640

1,540

1,910
FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(60) 3-2535. Licking River at Catawba, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°42'37", long 84°18'39", on left bank 1 mile southeast of Catawba, 

Pendleton County, 1.6 miles upstream from Kincaid Creek, and 2.3 miles north of 

Falmouth.

Drainage area.--3,300 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except 2400 hours Mar. 9 to

1400 hours Mar. 24, for which graph was reconstructed on basis of high-water mark 

in gage house and inside gage readings. Datum of gage is 500.01 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1700 hours..

Mar. 10, 1200 hours, 

1888 to February 1964:

Apr. 14, 1948. ......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

72,100 

95,000

Gage height

(feet)

43.05

52.60

Highest flood known prior to 1888, in 1854 (gage height, 41.1 ft, discharge, 

84,900 cfs), at Falmouth, at site 3.8 miles upstream at datum 13.8 ft higher.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

3. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff ,

Discharge

1,430 

1,370 

3,380 

25,300 

69,500 

69,200

Day Discharge

57,500 

36,200 

62,000 

93,400 

81,300 

59,400

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

35,900 

24,900 

25,500 

18,700 

13,100 

9,310

Day

21. ....

23

Discharge

7,160 

5,420 

7,750 

6,100 

6,870 

7,030

Day

27.. ...

29

30 .....

Discharge

5,870 

13,600 

6,240 

4,280 

3,370 

2,770 

2,380

24,720 

8.64

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

1800

2400

0600

0800

1200

1600

1800

2000

2400

0400

0500

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

2000

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200 

1400

1700

2000

2400

0400

0800

1600

2000

2400

Gage 

height

6.73

6.70

6.78

6.93

7.16

8.52

9.65

9.92

9.97

9.69

9.53

9.57

9.85

12.70

16.05

18.50

23.50

33.15

37.75

40.60

41.43

42.07

42.47

42.75 

42.94

43.05

42.99

42.80

42.57

42.24

41.57

41.10

40.55

Discharge

1,380

1,350

1,430

1,580

1,830

3,400

4,910

5,300

5,380

4,970

4,740

4,800

5,200

9,670

15,400

19,800

29,400

49,100

59,400

66,200

68,200

69,800

70,700

71,400 

71,900

72,100

72,000

71,500

71,000

70,200

68,600

67,400

66,100

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

Hour

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

1000

1200

1300

1500

1600

1700

1800

2400

0300

060O

1200

1800

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200 

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

39.87

38.93

37.48

34.57

31.00

27.88

26.12

25.58

25.42

25.31

25.35

25.48

25.72

27.32

27.90

29.90

39.10

45.90

50.50

51.20

51.75

52.10

52.35

52.50

52.60 

52.50

52.35

52.10

51.70

51.25

50.70

48.80

46.95

45.00

Discharge

64,500

62,200

58,800

52,300

44,400

38,000

34,400

33,400

33,000

32,800

32 , 900

33,200

33,600

36,800

36,000

44,200

62,6OO

79,000

90,000

91,700

93,000

93,800

94,400

94,800

95,000 

94,800

94,400

93,800

92,900

91,800

90 , 500

85,900

81,500

76,800

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Hour

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1900

2400

0600

1000

1200

1400

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

42.70

40.30

35.15

32.20

29.10

26.35

24.25

22.75

21.55

20.85

20.45

21.00

21.80

22.20

22.10

21.95

21.35

20.05

18.90

17.70

16.80

16.10

13.40

12.80

12.40

11.80

11.10

10.50

9.95

9.60

Discharge

71,300

65,500

53,500

47,000

40,400

34,900

30,800

27,900

25,600

24,300

23,600

24,600

26,100

26,900

26,700

26,400

25,300

22,800

20,600

18,300

16,700

15,400

10,800

9,830

9,190

8,230

7,110

6,170

5,340

4,840
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A87

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(61) 3-2550. Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°05'40", long 84°30'40", on right bank at downstream side of 

Covington-Cinclnnati suspension bridge, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, 0.2 mile 

downstream from Licking River, 1.9 miles upstream from Mill Creek, and at 

mile 470.5.

Drainage area. 76,580 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Graph drawn for auxiliary staff 

gage, 12.7 miles downstream, from twice-daily readings, except Mar. 10, 13, when 

one reading was made and Mar. 11, 12, 14, when no readings were made. Graph for 

Mar. 11, 12, 14 was drawn on basis of shape of graph at base gage and readings on 

adjacent days. Datum of gage is 429.61 ft above mean sea level, Ohio River datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor in computing discharge. Stage-fall-discharge relation indefinite Mar. 1 to 0600 hours Mar. 4; discharge estimated on basis of 

records for other Ohio River main-stem stations.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 650,000 cfs Mar. 11, 0100 hours; gage height, 66.20 

ft Mar. 11, 1200 hours.

1773, 1792-93, 1832, 1848, 1858 to February 1964: Discharge, 894,000 cfs 

Jan. 26, 1937; gage height, 80.0 ft Jan. 25, 26, 1937.

Flood in January 1937 Is maximum known.

Remarks.--Partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Discharge

36,000 

42,OOO 

50,000 

119,000 

323,000 

373,000

Day

8. ....

12. ....

Discharge

394,000 

392,000 

476,000 

625,000 

643,000 

626,000

Day

17. .... 

18. ....

Discharge

606,000 

588,000 

573,000 

542,000 

518,000 

487,000

Day

23

Discharge

444,000 

404,000 

359,000 

306,000 

252,000 

206,000

Day

29

30.. ...

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

174,000 

168,000 

156,000 

147,000 

147,000 

132,000 

126,000

336,600

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, April 1964 

Apr. 1. ........... 121,000

2............ 116,000

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

j

8l 0600

9

10

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage 

height

26.80

27.25

29.16

32.72

38.70

44. 07

45.40

46.17

46 . 72

47.18

47.79

48.12

48.35

48. 6a

48.74

48.92

49.14

50.53

53.73

56. 77

60.00

62.37

Discharge

55,000

70,000

106,000

157,000

232, OOO

339,000

367,000

370,000

366,000

372,000

383,000

392,000

395,000

399,000

400,000

382,000

394,000

442,000

479,000

506,000

562,000

613,000

Date

Mar . 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0100

0600

1200

1800

2400

120O

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

63.92

65.00

65.76

65.84

66.09

66.20

66.07

Discharge

635,000

645,000

649,000

650,000

647,000

642,000

641,000

66.00 : 633,000

66.00

65.87

65.50

65.03

64.52

64.13

63.58

62.81

61.83

60.83

59.62

58.40

57.25

627,000

618,000

607,000

594,000

588,000

583,000

575,000

559,000

541,000

528,000

518,000

507,000

487,000

Date

Mar. 18

19

20

21

22

23

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

56.07

54.78

53.30

51.62

49.75

47.88

46.12

43.86

41.82

39.58

37.74

24! 1200 36.32

25

26

27

2400 | 35.01

!

1200 34.02

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

33.43

33.30

33.22

32.57

31.98

Discharge

466,000

445,000

421,000

405,000

385,000

357,000

336,000

303,000

282,000

250,000

225,000

205,000

186,000

173,000

164,000

168,000

172,000

152,000

150,000
A88 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

MILL CREEK BASIN 

(62) 3-2590. Mill Creek at Carthage, Ohio

Location.--Lat 39°12'05", long 84°28'10", on right bank 100 ft downstream from

Anthony Wayne Avenue Bridge in Carthage, Hamilton County, 1 mile downstream from 

West Fork Mill Creek, and 11 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 115 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 512.00 ft above 

mean sea level, Ohio River datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 8,900 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 5,710 cfs Mar. 9, 2400 hours (gage height, 

 T3750 ft).

1946 to February 1964: Discharge, 8,900 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

16.17 ft).

Remarks.--Flow regulated by West Fork Mill Creek Reservoir (capacity, 11,380 acre-ft, 

drainage area, 29.9 sq mi).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

6. ....

Discharge

4.1 

6.5 

11 

1,200 

1,290 

258

Day

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

Discharge

55 

163 

3,740 

3,080 

826 

345

Day

15. ....

16. ....

Discharge

754 

1,240 

1,200 

1,160 

186 

57

Day

21. ....

22.. ...

23

Discharge

44 

63 

189 

90 

73 

57

Day

25

29

31. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

54 

463 

105 

68 

51 

39 

40

546

GREAT MIAMI RIVER BASIN 

(63) 3-2740. Great Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio

Location. Lat 39°23'28", long 84°34'20", on right bank 1,000 ft downstream from 

Columbia Bridge at Hamilton, Butler County, and 3 miles downstream from Four Mile 

Creek.

Drainage area.--3,639 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 499.98 ft above 

mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 74,000 cfs and by indirect measurement at 108,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 59,000 cfs Mar. 10, 0730 hours (gage height, 

73.69 ft).

1910-1918: Discharge, 352,000 cfs Mar. 26, 1913 (computed by Miami Conservancy District) at site 0.7 mile upstream.

1927 to February 1964: Discharge, 108,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1959 (gage height, 

79.49 ft).

Remarks.--Floodflow regulated by five retarding basins above station beginning in 

1920. Base data furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

414

389

468

3,640

18,600

12,700

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

13. ....

Discharge

6,940

4,660

28,500

52,600

41,200

31,700

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

21,500

17,800

16,500

12,900

8,830

6,800

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21. ....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

5,490

4,640

5,020

4,980

4,640

4,130

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27 .....

28.....

29.....

30 .....

31. . ...

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

3,660

4,170

4,070

3,790

3,260

2,960

2,760

3.47
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER

(64) 3-2765. Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind.

Location. Lat 39°24'24", long 85°00'45", in NW£ sec. 32, T.9 N. , R.2 W., on right 

bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 0.3 mile downstream from East Pork and 

1.1 miles south of Brookville.

Drainage area. 1,239 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 595.71 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 46,000 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 81,800 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table. 

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0100 hours..........

Mar. 10, 0600 hours.........

1913 to February 1964:

Mar. 25, 1913...............

1915-20, 1923 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959...............

a Not determined.

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,700

46,000

(a) 

81,800

Gage height 

(feet) 

10.44 

21.20

39.0

27.78

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

181

194

239

2,900

6,430

2,050

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

1,280

1,010

19,900

35,400

10,800

6,160

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

4,070

3,290

3,650

2,560

2,040

1,670

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

1,450

1,350

1,530

1,570

1,380

1,240

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches .................................................................

Discharge

1,170

1,880

1,560

1,310

1,160

1,030

970

3,917

3.64

HOGAN CREEK BASIN 

(65) 3-2767. South Hogan Creek near Dillsboro, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°01«47", long 85°02'17", in NW£ sec.7, T.4 N., R.2 W., on left downstream abutment of bridge on county road at Dillsboro station, l£ miles northeast 

of Dillsboro, and 1-J miles downstream from Whitaker Creek.

Drainage area.--38.2 sq mi.

Gage-height .record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 571.00 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,300 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 16,300 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 2100 hours.

Mar. 9, 2200 hours. 

1959 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

7,220 

5,750

16,300

Gage height 

(feet) 

10.08 

9.21

14.00

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .

2. .

3..

4. .

5..

6. .

Discharge

2.6

2.7

10

1,520

566

43

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

23

33

5,460

944

114

62

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

35

106

104

34

22

17

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

15

15

17

16

15

12

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second .................................. 

Runoff, in inches ..................................................................

Discharge

28

104

29

22

16

14

12

7.22
A90 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

LAUGHERY CREEK BASIN 

(66) 3-2770. Laughery Creek near Farmers Retreat, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°57'05", long 85°04'SS", in sec.S, T.4 N., R.3 W., on right bank 

2 miles southeast of Farmers Retreat and 3f miles downstream from Bear Creek.

Drainage area.--248 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Altitude of gage is 526 ft (by 

barometer).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements below 14,000 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 47,800 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 2300 hours.

Mar. 9, 2300 hours. 

1897 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

16,600 

19,100

47,800

Gage height 

(feet) 

13.35 

14.25

21.13

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

3. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

17 

16 

31 

4,060 

5,500 

1,250

Day

7 . . 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12.

Discharge

335 

316 

11,200 

12,700 

5,680 

1,100

Day

13. .. 

14. ..

15.. . 

16. .. 

17. .. 

18.. .

mean discharge, In cubic feet per sec

Discharge

845 

785 

1,220 

626 

335 

226

Day

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24.

Discharge

172 

153 

191 

207 

218 

166

Day

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

31.

Discharge

143 

488 

466 

273 

191 

148 

116

1,586

KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 

(67) 3-2875. Kentucky River at lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°12'06", long 84°52'54", on left bank at downstream side of Broadway Street Bridge at Frankfort, Franklin County, 300 ft upstream from Benson 

Creek, 0.9 mile upstream from lock 4, and at mile 65.9. Records include flow of 

Benson Creek.

Drainage area. 5,412 sq mi (includes that of Benson Creek), of which about 120 sqmi 

does not contribute directly to surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 4, 1700 hours to Mar. 5, 

1700 hours, for which graph was reconstructed on basis of twice-daily staff-gage 

readings at lock 4 and shape of recorder graph on adjacent days. Graph drawn for 

auxiliary staff gage, 16.3 miles upstream, from twice-daily readings. Datum of 

gage is 462.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 4-26.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1900 hours..

Mar. 5, 2300 hours..

Mar. 10, 2000 hours.

Mar. 11, 0300 hours. 

1895 to February 1964:

Jan. 25, 1937.......

Jan. 25, 1937. ......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

65,100

81,300

115,000

Gage height

30.72

38.71

47.46

Remarks.--Plow partly regulated by Buckhorn Reservoir, Herrington Lake, and by hydroelectric plant at lock 7.

Cooperation. Auxiliary gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A91

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Kentucky River at lock 4,

at Frankfort, Ky.

Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge Day Discharge

41,700

32,600

55,900

76,100

76,800

63,400

18,300

14,700

14,400

15,700

16,400

16,100

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. 27,150

(68) 3-2880. North Elkhorn Creek near Georgetown, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°12'20", long 84°30'49", on left bank at upstream side of bridge on 

Crumbull Pike, 1.7 miles downstream from Miller Run, 2? miles east of Georgetown, 

Scott County, and 2.6 miles upstream from Lanes Run.

Drainage area.--119 sq ml, of which about 8 sq ml does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 30-mlnute Intervals and creststage gage. Datum of gage is 796.49 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0330 hours..

Mar. 10, 0630 hours. 

1948:

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

1949 to February 1964:

Mar. 23, 1952.......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

8,500 

7,380

a From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 19.93 ft. 

b From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 19.51 ft.

Gage height 

(feet) 

a!9.50 

b!8.75

18.41

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day Discharge Day Discharge j Day

181

162

128

109

96

82

74

Note.--Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 30-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964
A94 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(71) 3-2900. Flat Creek near Frankfort, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°17'53", long 84°56'32", on left bank at downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 421, 0.4 mile downstream from confluence of Goose Creek and Bald 

Knob Branch and 7 miles northwest of Frankfort, Franklin County.

Drainage area.--5.63 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph and crest-stage gage. Recorder

graph corrected for drawdown by relation curve. Datum of gage is 668.65 ft above 

mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 500 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 1,840 cfs and contracted-opening 

measurement at 7,100 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 0600 hours ...............................

Mar. 9, 0900 hours ...............................

Mar. 25, 2200 hours..... 

1951 to February 1964:

July 8, 1955.....................................

a From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 8.04 ft. 

b From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 8.99 ft. 

c From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 10.53 ft.

Discharge 

(cfs) 

1,740 

2 ,120 

3,280

7,100

Gage height

(feet)

a7.66

b8.64

clO.07

11.50

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

O.4 

2.0 

17 

685 

33 

3.4

Day

7. ....

12. ....

Discharge

2.0 

130 

928 

75 

6.7 

3.1

Day

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

2.2 

50 

16 

3.6 

2.2 

1.7

Day

24 .....

Discharge

1.4 

2.4 

22 

3.4 

2.2 

1.8

Day

31 .....

Discharge

178 

37 

4.7 

2.6 

2.0 

1.6 

1.6

71.7 

14.7

(72) 3-2905. Kentucky River at lock 2, at Lockport,Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°26'20", long 84°57'48", on left bank at lock 2 at Lockport, Henry 

County, 0.1 mile downstream from Sixmile Creek and at mile 31.0.

Drainage area.--6,180 sq mi, of which about 200 sq mi does not contribute directly 

to surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn from twice-daily upper staff-gage readings, except 

Mar. 12, when several readings were made. Graph drawn for auxiliary staff gage, 

11.0 miles upstream, from twice-daily readings. Datum of gage is 433.36 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements below 96,500 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 6, 0600 hours..............

Mar. 6, 0800 hours..............

Mar. 11, 0400 hours .............

Mar. 11, 1200 hours .............

1884 to February 1964:

Jan. 24, 1937...................

Jan. 26, 1937...................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

81,000

101,000

123,000

Gage height 

(feet)

41.05

49.00

56.85

Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by Buckhorn Reservoir, Herrington Lake, and hydroelectric plant at lock 7.

Cooperation.--Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers,
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A95

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Kentucky River at lock 2,

at Lockport, Ky.

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

6. ....

Discharge

4,400 

4,100 

6,580 

34,200 

75,100 

76,400

Day

7. ....

9. ....

10. ....

12. ....

Discharge

58,900 

43,800 

66,400 

97,100 

99,000 

86,700

Day

13. ....

16. ....

18 .....

Discharge

62,800 

35,600 

15,900 

25,600 

32,800 

31,400

Day

21. ....

Discharge

23,800 

16,500 

17,900 

20,600 

19,600 

16,400

Day

27.. ...

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

15,000 

16,200 

13,000 

12,000 

11,200 

10,400 

9,000

34,140

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

2200

2400

0200

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

9.30

9.80

10.40

10.00

10.50

11.25

13.55

19.10

2b.lO

30.30

32.85

34.35

36.65

38.10

38.85

40.20

40.45

40.65

41.00

41.05

40.95

40.75

40.00

39.10

37.85

36.00

33.75

31.40

29.55

28.35

27.75

Discharge

4,100

5,750

7,850

6,450

8,200

11,200

22,200

36,500

46,200

57,500

62,200

66,300

71,300

74,500

76,100

79,100

79,700

80,200

81,000

80,200

79,100

77,800

72,700

68,300

64,300

59,200

53,600

48,700

45,000

42,900

41 , 900

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Hour

2400

0200

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0400

1000

1200

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage

height

27.55

28.20

31.20

38.20

42.80

45.50

46.50

47.30

47.75

48.20

48.60

48.80

48.95

49.00

48.60

48.30

47.75

46.90

46.10

45.10

42.70

40.95

33.30

37.60

35.90

34.65

34.05

33.60

33.10

32.75

Discharge

41,600

43,800

50,400

66,600

77,100

86,300

91,100

95,600

97,900

99,200

100,000

101,000

100,000

99,400

97,100

95,100

91,400

87,000

82,700

76,200

63,000

56,200

48,600

42,300

35,600

28,300

24,200

18,200

13,800

11,600

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

32.50

32.30

32.10

31.90

31.50

31.05

30.70

30.05

28.35

26.65

24.75

23.00

22.10

21.50

20.30

19.05

17.50

16.55

15.50

14.75

14.00

13.15

12.90

12.60

12.45

12.30

12.20

Discharge

15,500

22,800

27,300

31,100

33,300

33,400

33,000

32,200

27,800

23,900

19,500

15,700

15,200

15,700

18,200

19,600

20,000

21,500

22,200

21,400

19,700

17,600

17,200

16,300

15,800

14,900

14,400

(73) 3-2910. Big Eagle Creek at Sadieville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°23'22", long 84°32'36", on left bank 15 ft upstream from Spoon 

Branch, a quarter of a mile west of Sadieville, Scott County, and 5.8 miles upstream from Little Eagle Creek. Records Include flow of Spoon Branch.

Drainage area.--42.9 sq ml, Includes that of Spoon Branch.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 757.18 ft above 

mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,100 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 4 , 2200 hours ..................

Mar. 10 , 0230 hours .................

1932:

1941 to February 1964: 

Mar. 19, 1943.. .....................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 8,860

............... 6,710

............... 9,870

Gage height 

(feet)

20.51

17.35

22

21.96

782-001 O-6-1-8
A96 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Big Eagle Creek at Sadieville, Ky.

Day | Discharge

Monthly 

Runoff,

7.5 

18 

202 

4,180 

2,100 

96

Day

8. ....

Discharge

57 

725 

3,610 

2,760 

134 

69

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

46 

165

360 

77 

44 

28

Day

19. ....

20. ....

23. ....

Discharge

20 

38 

449 

83 

48 

34

Day

26. . . ..

31 .....

Discharge

236 

479 

57 

39 

28 

21 

18

524 

14.1

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

0900

1000

1200

1800

2400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1500

1600

1700

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0200

0400

Gage 

height

1.70

1.73

1.79

1.91

2.08

2.48

2.82

2.89

3.12

3.19

3.17

3.05

2.62

2.38

2.30

3.43

8.57

10.28

11.12

12.57

15.36

15.73

16.33

20.13

20.30

20.51

20.25

19.60

18.00

15.68

Discharge

7.5

8.8

12

22

48

125

215

232

302

326

320

280

160

103

87

410

2,180

2,860

3,230

3,960

5,520

5,740

6,100

8,590

8,710

8,860

8,680

8,220

7,100

5,710

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

0900

1000

1200

1300

1400

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

12.32

8.20

4.50

3.43

2.97

2.74

2.58

2.42

2.30

2.24

2.20

2.13

2.08

2.07

2.09

2.40

3.80

3.90

4.15

6.76

7.28

7.40

7.42

7.44

7.21

6.15

5.11

4.17

7.66

14.92

Discharge

3,830

2,030

785

410

256

192

150

112

87

75

67

56

48

46

50

107

540

575

662

1,510

1,690

1,730

1,740

1,740

1,660

1,290

973

669

1,820

5,250

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1300

1400

1600

1800

1900

2000

2200

2300

2400

0200

0230

0300

0400

0600

0900

1200

1400

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

15.09

14.76

13.90

13.10

12.88

13.35

15.30

15.90

16.30

17.32

17.35

17.28

17.00

15.85

11.93

6.58

4.36

3.65

3.15

2.87

2.62

2.46

2.37

2.30

2.20

2.12

2.06

2.04

Discharge

5,350

5,160

4,640

4,220

4,110

4,340

5,480

5,840

6,080

6,690

6,710

6,670

6,500

5,810

3,640

1,440

736

488

312

228

160

121

101

87

67

54

45

42

(74) 3-2915. Eagle Creek at Glencoe, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°42'18", long 84°49'26", on left bank 600 ft upstream from bridge 

on State Highway 16, 0.6 mile south of Glencoe, Gallatin County, 5.8 miles downstream from Tenmile Creek, and 22 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--437 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 9, 2100 hours to Mar. 10, 

0900 hours, for which graph was reconstructed on the basis of high-water mark on 

gage house. Datum of gage is 508.36 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 40,000 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5 , 0100 hours .........................

Mar. 10, 0200 hours ........................

1913, 1915-20, 1928-31, 1937 to February 1964:

Mar. 19, 1943. .............................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

51,100 

58,200

Gage height 

(feet) 

24.95 

26.05
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A97

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Eagle Creek at Qlencoe, Ky.

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Hunoff ,

Discharge

50 

48 

196 

17,500 

32,000 

7,370

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

Discharge

894 

2,630 

29,000 

39,300 

8,440 

1,290

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per secc 

in inches

Discharge

737 

2,160 

3,610 

1,670 

739 

426

Day

19. ...

20. ... 

21. ... 

22. ... 

23. ... 

24. ...

Discharge

270 

220 

1,450 

1,930 

725 

400

Day

25

31. ....

Discharge

287 

4,410 

1,970 

614 

361 

248 

155

5,197 

13.71

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. I

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

2400

0600

1000

1800

1900

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0500

0600

0700

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0600

1000

Qage 

height

2.59

2.59

2.61

2.67

2.97

3.05

3.39

4.12

4.55

4.82

4.93

5.04

5.57

6.65

12.67

15.01

17.23

18.94

20.09

23.67

24.41

24.85

24.95

24.91

24.64

22.76

21.08

Discharge

48

48

51

60

126

155

329

809

1,110

1,300

1,380

1,450

1,860

2,720

10,100

14,100

19,600

24,100

27,600

43,600

47,900

50,500

51,100

50,900

49,200

38,700

31,100

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

1400

1800

2400

0300

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1600

2000

2400

0200

0300

Gage 

height

19.88

18.79

17.09

15.94

11.81

8.80

6.68

5.62

5.07

4.72

4.42

4.21

4.03

3.88

3.81

3.79

3.85

4.04

4.33

4.56

5.72

6.51

7.56

9.65

10.76

11.03

11.47

Discharge

26,900

23,600

19,200

16,400

8,830

4,780

2,740

1,900

1,470

1,230

1,020

872

746

647

602

588

628

753

956

1,120

1,980

2,610

3,500

5,840

7,360

7,740

8,360

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Qage 

height.

12.02

16.50

20.61

22.79

24.31

25.00

25.85

26.00

26.05

25.95

25.58

24.80

22.50

20.27

17.87

15.88

13.43

10.12

7.13

5.75

5.18

4.72

4.46

4.21

4.03

3.79

3.59

Discharge

9,130

17,800

29,400

38,800

47,300

51,400

56,900

57,900

58,200

57,600

55,200

50,200

37,400

28,200

21,200

16,200

11,300

6,470

3,120

2,040

1,780

1,440

1,260

1,060

956

718

556

BEARGRASS CREEK BASIN 

(75) 3-2925. South Fork Beargrass Creek at Louisville, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°12'39", long 85°42'07", on upstream side of right abutment of

Trevilian Way Bridge at Louisville, Jefferson County, 4.9 miles upstream from confluence with Middle Pork and 6.4 miles upstream from Ohio River.

Drainage area. 17.2 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph (no low-water record). Datum of 

gage is 448.60 ft above mean sea level, Louisville city datum, adjustment of 1912.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Discharge for periods Mar. 3, 2400 hours to Mar. 4, 0400 hours and Mar. 12, 

1800 hours to 2400 hours,estimated on basis of records for Middle Fork Beargrass 

Creek.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1900 hours ...............

Mar. 9, 1400 hours ...............

1939 to February 1964:

Mar. 19, 1943....................

Mar. 6, 1945.....................

June 23, 1960....................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

1,370 

4,940

Unknown 

2,220

Gage height 

(feet) 

8.67 

14.17

15.1

13.62
A98 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of South Pork Beargrass Creek

at Louisville, Ky.

760

234

46

42

183

;e height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

_

-

-

2.25

4.53

5.00

5.68

6.02

6.22

6.23

6.02

5.79

6.21

7.99

8.24

8.56

8.54

8.67

8.56

7.60

6.35

5.00

3.76

3.11

2.53

2.16

1.69

1.45

1.32

1.25

Discharge

5.0

5.0

6.5

172

514

585

707

769

809

811

769

727

807

1,200

1,260

1,340

1,340

1,370

1,340

1,100

835

585

399

302

214

159

89

58

46

40

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

Hour

1800

2400

1200

2400

0500

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1700

1800

1900

2000

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

Gage 

height

1.28

1.37

1.26

1.20

1.17

1.21

1.56

2.56

3.57

3.79

3.60

3.25

3.02

2.58

2.67

2.72

2.65

1.99

1.91

2.07

4.72

7.12

8.21

8.63

10.72

12.38

13.53

14.04

14.17

13.96

Discharge

43

50

41

37

35

38

71

219

370

404

375

322

288

222

236

243

232

134

122

146

543

991

1,250

1,360

2,030

2,960

4,180

4,790

4,940

4,690

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

Hour

1600

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2400

0200

0300

1200

1800

2100

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0700

0900

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

13.60

13.16

13.02

12.98

13.01

12.99

12.91

12.66

10.50

6.28

4.90

4.16

3.65

3.26

2.71

2.57

2.36

1.88

1.63

1.52

1.42

1.37

1.42

1.42

1.37

1.31

1.16

1.07

-

-

Discharge

4,260

3,760

3,620

3,580

3,610

3,590

3,510

3,260

1,940

821

570

459

382

324

242

220

189

117

80

66

55

50

55

55

50

45

35

29

21

16

(76) 3-2930. Middle Fork Beargrass Creek at Cannons Lane, at Louisville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°14'14", long 85°39'52", on right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on Cannons Lane, at Louisville, Jefferson County, 1.7 miles downstream from 

Welcher Creek, 5.7 miles upstream from confluence with South Fork, and 7.4 miles 

upstream from Ohio River.

Drainage area. 18.9 sq ml, of which about 0.5 sq ml does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-mlnute Intervals. Datum of 

gage Is 477.70 ft above mean sea level, Louisville city datum, 1912 adjustment.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima. Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 2145 hours .............................

Mar. 9, 1145 hours.............................

1943:

February.......................................

1944 to February 1964:

June 23, 1960..................................

a From Inside gage; floodmark elevation, 6.6 ft.

Discharge 

(cfs) 

1,160 

3,920

Unknown 

3,300

Gage height 

(feet) 

4.48 

a 6.17

8.1 

5.83
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A99

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Middle Fork Beargrass Creek 

at Cannons Lane, at Louisville, Ky.

Day

3. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

8.0 

9.1 

15 

612 

304 

137

Day Discharge

92 

196 

2,000 

745 

322 

245

Day

13. ....

mean discharge, In cubic feet per secc

Discharge

183 

191 

144 

97

66 

47

Day

19.. .. 

20.. .. 

21 .. 

22.. .. 

23.. .. 

24.. ..

Discharge

38 

37 

38 

27 

24 

22

Day

25

27.. . . .

31. ....

Discharge

79 

168 

59 

43 

36 

28 

25

195 

11.9

Note. --Dally mean discharges computed on basis of 15-minute Intervals.

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2145

2300

2400

0200

Gage

height

1.16

1.16

1.17

1.37

1.29

1.29

1.26

1.25

1.24

1.31

2.04

2.40

3.35

3.87

3.97

3.97

4.02

4.21

4.32

4.33

4.36

4.43

4.45

4.48

4.36

4.28

3.84

Discharge

7.7

7.7

8.2

20

15

15

13

13

12

16

126

200

418

602

654

654

684

841

964

976

1,010

1,100

1,120

1,160

1,010

918

588

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

0400

0600

0800

1200

1600

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1300

1400

1600

1800

2200

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

Gage 

height

3.33

3.07

2.88

2.62

2.45

2.26

2.15

2.08

1.96

1.85

1.77

1.74

1.80

2.00

2.57

3.80

2.99

2.95

2.78

2.67

2.55

2.45

2.41

2.44

3.40

3.99

4.37

Discharge

412

346

302

245

210

172

150

136

112

92

77

71

82

120

235

284

327

318

280

256

230

210

202

208

431

665

1,020

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1145

1300

1400

1600

1700

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

4.59

4.88

5.18

5.67

5.95

6.17

6.05

5.87

5.08

4.89

4.90

5.27

5.50

5.22

4.70

4.47

4.28

3.82

3.50

3.25

3.07

2.96

2.77

2.62

2.47

2.32

2.22

Discharge

1,310

1,720

2,190

3,020

3,520

3,920

3,700

3,380

2,030

1,740

1,750

2,330

2,720

2,250

1,460

1,150

918

578

460

391

346

320

277

245

214

180

160

SILVER CREEK BASIN 

(77) 3-2940. Silver Creek near Sellersburg, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°22'15", long 85°43'35", In SWij lot 

stream side of Straws Mill bridge on Watson Road,

5, Clark Military Grant, on up- 

.3 mile downstream from Pleasant Run, 2.4 miles southeast of Sellersburg, and 11.9 miles upstream from mouth. 

Drainage area.--188 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn on basis of wire-weight-gage readings usually made 

twice daily. Peak stage of Mar. 10 was determined from high-water marks. Altitude of gage is 430 ft (from topographic map).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 15,000 cfs and by contracted-opening measurements at 16,600 and 19,500 cfs. 

Backwater from Ohio River Mar. 12-20; discharge estimated on basis of records for 

stations on nearby streams.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1200 hours.......

Mar. 10, 0800-1000 hours. 

1954 to February 1964:

Jan. 22, 1959. ...........

Discharge 

(cfs) 

14,800 

15,600

a!9,600

Gage height 

(feet) 

29.76 

30.40

30.89

a From rating curve extended above 6,300 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

measurements of peak flow, at site 5.2 miles upstream (drainage area, 164 sq mi), 

adjusted to gage site.
A100 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Sliver Creek near Sellerstmrg, Ind.

Day

1. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

20 

23 

56 

3,410 

13,800 

8,070

Day

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

1,100 

1,010 

7,490 

15,100 

9,480 

3,040

Day

17. .... 

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

1,290 

844 

1,120 

688 

410 

304

Day

20.. ...

23... ..

24 .....

Discharge

258 

225 

227 

166 

140 

126

Day

26.....

29.....

30 .....

31 .....

Discharge

182 

513 

240 

157 

126 

106 

90

2,252 

13.81

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0600

1800

2400

0400

0800

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1200

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

Gage 

height

4.65

4.74

4.80

5.35

6.10

8.20

12.65

15.20

18.40

21.65

24.25

25.30

26.35

27.35

28.35

29.30

29.65

29.76

29.55

29.30

28.95

28.40

27.75

26.50

25.30

24.00

22.20

20.10

16.20

12.70

10.40

Discharge

40

47

52

114

241

679

1,710

2,530

4,000

6,320

8,550

9,630

10,800

11,900

13,100

14,300

14,700

14,800

14,600

14,300

13,800

13,200

12,400

11,000

9,630

8,300

6,760

5,080

2,940

1,720

1,180

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1000

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

Gage 

height

9.05

7.65

7.00

6.80

7.20

8.30

9.30

11.60

14.20

15.20

16.20

18.15

20.20

22.20

24.45

27.10

28.35

29.55

30.03

30.22

30.33

30.40

30.40

30.33

30.08

29.65

29.00

27.90

26.50

25.05

23.65

21.85

Discharge

872

558

421

381

461

701

929

1,460

2,170

2,530

2,940

3,880

5,160

6,760

8,750

11,600

13,100

14,600

15,100

15,400

15,500

15,600

15,600

15,500

15,200

14,700

13,900

12,600

11,000

9,360

7,980

6,480

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Hour

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

20.05

18.70

18.05

17.72

17.40

17.48

17.50

17.30

17.15

17.22

17.10

16.45

15.70

15.17

14.30

13.50

12.60

11.60

10.55

9.45

8.27

7.25

6.30

6.04

6.04

Discharge

5,040

4,170

3,400

2,800

2,200

1,800

1,200

950

700

1,100

1,280

1,160

1,030

900

670

510

395

340

300

278

257

238

219

219

229
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A101

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(78) 3-2945. Ohio River at Louisville, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°16'49", long 85°47'57", on left bank at downstream end of lock 

guide wall in lower pool at McAlpine locks at Louisville, Jefferson County, 

5.3 miles downstream from Beargrass Creek and at mile 607.3.

Drainage area.--91,170 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Graph drawn for auxiliary upper 

staff gage, 26.4 miles downstream, from hourly readings. Datum of gage is 374.00 

ft above mean sea level, Ohio River datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements. Pall used as a factor in computing discharge 

Mar. 1 to 0600 hours Mar. 4; rate of change in stage used as a factor thereafter.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 785,000 cfs Mar. 12, 0900 hours; gage height, 73.46 

ft Mar. 13, 0500 hours.

1832, 1848, 1858-59, 1866-69, 1872 to February 1964: Discharge, 1,110,000 cfs 

Jan. 26, 27, 1937; gage height, 85.44 ft Jan. 27, 1937.

Remarks.--Partly regulated by locks, dams and reservoirs.

Cooperation.--Auxiliary gage-height record and 5 discharge measurements furnished by 

Corps of Engineers.

Day

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Discharge

38,900

42,000

54,400

151,000

411,000

475,000

Day Discharge

477,000

482,000

587,000

706,000

770,000

780,000

Day Discharge

770,000

747,000

717,000

688,000

654,000

619,000

Day Discharge

584,000

539,000

487,000

435,000

362,000

290,000

Day Discharge

236,000

218,000

200,000

177,000

160,000

154,000

148,000

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. 424,500

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, April 1964 

Apr. 1.. .......... 142,000

2............ 136,000

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

11.52

11.64

12.34

13.61

14.12

14.62

18.50

24.85

32.60

38.50

42.43

45.23

47.82

49.70

51.07

52.75

53.30

53.62

54.00

54.27

54.64

55.28

57.38

61.98

65.57

67.24

68.70

Discharge

34,700

43,200

47,400

55,300

59,400

74,600

122,000

213,000

330,000

392,000

417,000

438,000

463,000

473,000

478,000

478,000

480,000

475,000

475,000

478,000

493,000

540,000

596,000

669,000

701,000

732,000

746,000

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0500

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

70.95

71.82

72.41

72.84

73.00

73.16

73.33

73.41

73.46

73.40

73.33

73.18

72.76

72.22

71.57

70.83

70.09

69.27

68.37

67.45

66.40

65.40

64.34

63.10

61.74

60.26

58.60

Discharge

777,000

780,000

777,000

778,000

785,000

782,000

780,000

774,000

775,000

774,000

765,000

762,000

746,000

735,000

716,000

702,000

688,000

674,000

652,000

636,000

619,000

603,000

581,000

570,000

539,000

508,000

487,000

Date

Mar. 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Apr. 1

2

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

56.75

54.81

52.45

49.57

46.33

43.07

39.85

35.68

34.24

32.89

31.90

30.96

29.81

28.36

27.00

25.67

24.95

24.57

24.18

23.84

23.28

22.90

22.72

22.38

21.80

Discharge

465,000

437,000

402,000

363,000

321,000

292,000

257,000

228,000

229,000

217,000

210,000

201,000

189,000

177,000

166,000

159,000

155,000

154,000

151,000

148,000

146,000

141,000

139,000

137,000

132,000
A102 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

SALT RIVER BASIN 

(79) 3-2950. Salt River near Harrodsburg, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°45'26", long 84°52'23", near center of span on downstream side of 

bridge on State Highway 152, l£ miles west of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, and 

11 miles downstream from Quirks Run.

Drainage area.--41.4 sq mi, of which about 2 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn from twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings and peak 

from crest-stage gage, except Mar. 1, 15,when no readings were made. Datum of 

gage is 810.60 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 2,400 cfs. Discharge for Mar. 1, 15. estimated on basis of records for 

stations on nearby streams.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1600 hours..

Mar. 10, 0800 hours. 

1952 to February 1964:

Nov. 18, 1957.......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

3,400 

3,450

4,190

Gage height 

(feet)

13.9

14.0

15.1

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

14

13

79

1,500

1,150

160

Day

7. .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

89

800

325

1,450

200

89

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

69

56

250

99

76

55

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

42

36

31

28

41

39

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

35

28

21

17

15

12

11

6.14

(80) 3-2955. Salt River near Van Buren, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°58'06", long 85°08'03", on right bank at downstream side of Goodnight Bridge, 1.8 miles east of Van Buren, Anderson County, and 2.3 miles upstream from Crooked Creek.

Drainage area.--196 sq mi, of which about 4 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 30-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 535.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 9,000 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4 , 2000 hours .......

Mar. 9, 2200 hours.......

1928, 1937 to February 1964:

1928.....................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

16,700 

11,100

20,000

Gage height

(feet)

21.16

17.62

Flood in 1928 is maximum known.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A103

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Salt River near Van Buren, Ky.

Day

1. ....

5. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

74 

84 

237 

9,090 

8,130 

2,470

Day

7. ....

Discharge

707 

2,810 

7,620

7,170 

3,100 

757

Day

13. ....

17. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sect

Discharge

438 

420 

1,310 

706 

368 

267

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21. ....

22.. ...

23. ....

Discharge

211 

198 

666 

379 

255 

209

Day

25.. ...

26. .. . .

27 .....

28.. ...

29. ....

31.....

Discharge

180 

165 

133 

111 

99 

85 

74

1,565 

9.21

Note.-- Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 30-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

0400

1200

1800

2400

0500

0800

1000

1200

1400

2000

2400

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1400

1500

1600

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

1400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

3.14

3.18

3.11

3.07

3.13

3.79

3.81

4.02

4.01

4.09

4.31

4.28

4.22

4.33

8.92

13.50

15.19

13.41

16.47

18.68

18.32

18.46

20.81

21.13

21.16

21.08

20.67

19.65

17.10

14.50

13.46

Discharge

86

93

82

76

85

200

204

244

242

258

302

296

284

306

2,450

6,000

7,830

5,910

9,460

12,700

12,100

12,300

16,100

16,600

16,700

16,500

15,900

14,200

10,300

7,050

5,960

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

0600

0700

0800

1000

1400

Gage 

height

12.86

12.37

11.58

9.90

8.43

7.54

6.65

6.24

5.99

5.67

5.43

5.22

5.03

4.92

4.95

5.14

7.18

9.39

9.07

10.59

11.88

12.31

12.12

12.52

12.99

12.95

14.90

15.13

15.03

14.85

14.82

Discharge

5,370

4,930

4,260

3,040

2,160

1,680

1,240

1,030

926

798

702

618

542

498

510

586

1,500

2,730

2,540

3,510

4,500

4,880

4,710

5,070

5,490

5,460

7,490

7,760

7,640

7,440

7,400

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1500

1600

1700

1900

2100

2200

2300

2400

0200

0300

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1300

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

15.09

15.24

14.92

14.71

17.13

17.62

17.38

17.08

17.10

17.11

16.95

16.21

15.02

14.03

13.63

13.30

12.89

12.45

12.17

11.36

9.67

7.43

6.60

6.23

5.34

5.55

5.29

5.08

4.75

4.50

Discharge

7,710

7,890

7,510

7,280

10,400

11,100

10,700

10,300

10,300

10,400

10,100

9,090

7,620

6,530

6,130

5,800

5,400

5,000

4,750

4,090

2,900

1,620

1,210

1,020

866

750

646

562

430

350

(81) Salt River at Taylorsville, Ky. 

(Miscellaneous site)

Location.--Lat 38°01'4l", long 85°20'34", at State Highway 55 bridge at Taylorsville, 

Spencer County, and 0.3 mile upstream from Brashears Creek.

Drainage area.--359 sq mi.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by two current-meter measuremerits at 18,000 and 21,700 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 5.. 

Mar. 10.

Discharge Elevation

(cfs) (feet)

27,000 495.84

40,000 498.29

Cooperation. Two discharge measurements and elevations from high-water marks furnished by Corps of Engineers.
A104 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(82) Bullskin Creek near Simpsonville, Ky. 

(Miscellaneous site)

Location.--Lat 38°12'10", long 85°18'58", at bridge on Interstate Highway 64, 200 ft 

downstream from Little Bullskin Creek, and 2.5 miles southeast of Simpsonville, 

Shelby County, Ky.

Drainage area. 66.1 sq mi.

Discharge record.--Peak discharge by contracted-opening measurement.

Maximum.--March 1964: Discharge, 17,600 cfs Mar. 9, 1964 (elevation, 687.95 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929).

(83) Clear Creek near Shelbyville, Ky. 

(Miscellaneous site)

Location. Lat 38°11'07", long 85°14'47", at bridge on Interstate Highway 64, 

2.3 miles southwest of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky.

Drainage area. 52.1 sq mi.

Discharge record. Peak discharge by contracted-opening measurement.

Maximum.--March 1964: Discharge, 15,000 cfs Mar. 9, 1964 (elevation, 683.44 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929).

(84) 3-2960. Plum Creek subwatershed No. 4 near Simpsonville, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°10'27", long 85°22'05", near center of upstream side of Tucker Dam 

on tributary to Plum Creek, a quarter of a mile upstream from mouth and 3.5 miles 

south of Simpsonville, Shelby County.

Drainage area. 1.55 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 687.99 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 9, 2145 hours. .................

1954 to February 1964: 

May 7, 1961 ................ .........

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 152

............... 163

............... 153

Gage height 

(feet) 

22 0

25.06

22.42

Remarks.--Records of discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined from stagedischarge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; dam 

completed and storage began in October 1954. Outlet structure is a 4-foot square 

concrete drop inlet connected to a 36-inch concrete outlet pipe. A 120° V-notch 

weir with notch at gage height 15.18 ft is set in upstream side of drop inlet. 

Top of drop inlet is at gage height 15.96 ft, emergency spillway at gage height 

27.0 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop inlet, 90.0 acre-ft. Capacity at 

emergency spillway level, 365 acre-ft.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3

4

5.

6.

Discharge

0.20

.25

.35

78

44

3.9

Day

7 ...

8. . .

9. . .

10. ..

11. ..

13. ..

Discharge

2.1

18

132

63

4.3

Z.5

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

1.9

4.4

3.4

2.0

1.5

1.1

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

33.

24.

Discharge

0.80

.80

1.6

1.3

.95

.70

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

3.9

4.9

1.8

1.5

1.1

.75

.55

12.3
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A105

(85) 3-2965. Plum Creek near Wilsonville, Ky. 

(Gaging station, discontinued 1961; crest-stage station)

Location. Lat 38°06'20", long 85°26'14", on left bank 1.0 mile downstream from 

Drakes Branch, 2.2 miles southwest of Wilsonville, Spencer County, and 3.7 miles 

upstream from Little Plum Creek.

Drainage area.--19.1 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 582.99 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 2,400 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 5,180 cfs.

Maxima.--Given In the following table.

Discharge Gage height

March 1964: (cfs) (feet) 

Mar. 4, 2000 hours ................................. 3 ,890 6.59

Mar. 9, 1000 hours................................. 3,920 6.62

1954 to February 1964:

June 23 , 1960 ...................................... 5,180 7.92

Remarks. Plow appreciably regulated by seven small detention reservoirs.

(86) 3-2967. Plum Creek subwatershed No. 15 (Little Plum Creek) 

near Wilsonville, Ky.

(Gaging station, discontinued 1961; stage station)

Location. Lat 38°05'44", long 85°24'41", on right bank on upstream side of dam on 

Reservoir No. 15 on Little Plum Creek, 2.1 miles south of Wilsonville, Spencer 

County, and 2.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 1.03 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 9. Crest-stage obtained 

from high-water mark.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

Discharge Gage height

March 1964; (cfs) (feet) 

Mar. 4, 2100 hours.................................. 120 24.80

Mar. 9, 2100 hours.................................. 120 25.26

1957 to February 1964:

June 23, 1960....................................... 124 29.0

Remarks.--Records of discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined from stagedischarge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir Is formed by earth dam; dam 

completed and storage began In February 1957. Outlet structure Is a 4-foot 

square concrete drop Inlet connected to a 30-Inch concrete outlet pipe. A 120° 

V-notch weir with notch at gage height 16.39 ft Is set In downstream side of drop 

Inlet. Top of drop Inlet Is at gage height 17.14 ft, emergency spillway at gage 

height 29.6 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop Inlet, 63.5 acre-ft. Capacity 

at emergency spillway level, 225 acre-ft.
A106 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(87) 3-2968. Plum Creek subwatershed No. 17 near Waterford, Ky. 

(Gaging station discontinued 1961; stage station)

Location. Lat 38°04'07", long 85°24'48", near center of upstream side of dam on 

Reservoir No. 17, 0.3 mile upstream from confluence with unnamed tributary to 

Little Plum Creek, and 2.6 miles northeast of Waterford, Spencer County.

Drainage area.--0.52 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 577.20 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

Discharge Gage height

March 1964: (cfs) (feet) 

Mar. 4, 2000 hours................................. 78 21.56

Mar. 9, 2030 hours ................................. 76 20.54

1957 to February 1964:

June 23, I960...................................... 87 28.70

Remarks. Records of discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined from stagedischarge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; dam 

completed and storage began in May 1957. Outlet structure is a 4-foot square 

concrete drop inlet connected to a 24-inch concrete outlet pipe. A 120° V-notch 

weir with notch at gage height 15.13 ft is set in downstream side of drop inlet. 

Top of drop inlet is at gage height 15.84 ft, emergency spillway at gage 

height 30.8 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop inlet, 28.7 acre-ft. Capacity 

at emergency spillway level, 119 acre-ft.

(88) 3-2970. Little Plum Creek near Waterford, Ky. 

(Gaging station, discontinued 1961; crest-stage station)

Location.--Lat 38°03'44", long 85°25'45", on right bank 800 ft upstream from mouth 

and 1.7 miles north of Waterford, Spencer County.

Drainage area.--5.15 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 506.37 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 900 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 3,810 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

Discharge Gage height

March 1964: (cfs) (feet) 

Mar. 4, 1800 hours................................. 1,390 4.71

Mar. 9, 1930 hours ................................. 1,260 4 .55

1954 to February 1964:

June 23, 1960...................................... 3,810 6.12

Remarks. Flow appreciably regulated by three small detention reservoirs.
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A107

(89) 3-2975. Plum Creek at Waterford, Ky.

Location. Lat 38°03'05", long 85°25'55", on right bank 0.7 mile downstream from 

Little Plum Creek, 1.0 mile north of Waterford, Spencer County, and 3.2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 31.8 sq ml.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-mlnute Intervals. Datum of 

gage Is 479.70 ft above mean sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,200 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 13,200 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1830 hours.

Mar. 9, 1945 hours. 

1954 to February 1964:

June 23, 1960. .....

Discharge 

(cfs) 

8,740 

7,940

................................. 13,200

Remarks.--Flow slightly regulated by 11 small detention reservoirs.

Gage height

(feet)

8.96

8.43

11.84

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

3. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

8.7 

9.5 

16 

3,160 

603 

83

Day

10. ....

Discharge

58 

640 

4,580 

1,140 

124 

59

Day

15. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per secc 

in inches

Discharge

42 

137 

88 

46 

32 

23

Day

22. ....

Discharge

19 

22 

44 

27 

23 

19

Day

27 .....

28.. . . .

31 .....

Discharge

71 

155 

34 

25 

19 

14 

12

366

13.25

Note.--Dally mean discharges computed on basis of 15-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

1600

2400

1200

2400

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1830

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

1.08

1.08

1.17

1.19

1.18

1.18

1.24

1.64

3.26

3.92

4.24

4.82

5.33

5.88

5.75

5.65

5.45

5.13

5.30

6.11

8.21

8.96

8.56

8.43

7.95

6.35

5.04

4.27

3.97

3.78

3.43

2.79

2.21

Discharge

8.7

8.7

15

16

16

16

22

83

818

1,420

1,910

2,540

3,300

4,120

3,920

3,780

3,480

3,000

3,250

4,460

7,620

8,740

8,140

7,940

7,220

4,820

2,860

1,820

1,470

1,280

954

494

234

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

1900

2400

0600

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

0500

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

2100

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

Gage 

height

2.04

1.78

1.68

1.59

1.57

1.50

1.47

1.46

1.49

1.68

1.96

3.27

3.88

3.90

3.62

3.35

3.44

3.81

3.79

3.69

3.51

2.96

2.54

2.37

2.58

4.54

6.59

6.65

6.27

6.74

7.29

7.51

7.90

Discharge

177

111

91

73

70

57

52

51

55

91

155

826

1,380

1,400

1,120

890

962

1,310

1,290

1,190

1,020

602

368

298

386

2,160

5,180

5,280

4,700

5,410

6,240

6,560

7,150

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

1945

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

7.64

7.14

6.34

6.15

5.47

5.05

5.74

7.54

8.43

7.61

7.11

6.24

5.17

4.58

4.70

4.61

4.33

3.97

3.71

3.34

3.20

3.11

2.92

2.54

2.15

1.91

1.77

1.62

1.57

1.51

1.44

1.41

1.36

Discharge

6,760

6,010

4,810

4,520

3,500

2,880

3,910

6,610

7,940

6,720

5,960

4,660

3,060

2,210

2,370

2,250

1,900

1,470

1,210

882

770

707

574

368

212

142

109

79

70

59

47

43

35
A108 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(90) Floyds Fork near Middletown, Ky. 

(Miscellaneous site)

Location.--Lat 38°17'17", long 85°28'18", at bridge on Interstate Highway 64,

1.1 miles southwest of Eastwood and 4.0 miles southeast of Middletown, Jefferson 

County, Ky.

Drainage area.--101 sq mi.

Discharge record.--Peak discharge by contracted-opening measurement.

Maximum. March 1964: Discharge, 22,000 cfs Mar. 9, 1964 (elevation, 584.11 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929).

(91) 3-2980. Floyds Fork at Fisherville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°11'18", long 85°27 I 37", on left bank on downstream side of bridge 

on former State Highway 155, at Fisherville, Jefferson County, 0.2 mile downstream from Brush Run and 1.5 miles upstream from Poke Lick.

Drainage area.--138 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 9, 0700 hours to Mar. 10, 

1000 hours for which graph was constructed on basis of high-water marks and outside gage readings. Datum of gage is 542.60 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 4 , 2100 hours .......................

Mar. 9, 1200 and 2100 hours. .............

1937: 

January 1937 .............................

1944 to February 1964: 

May 8, 1961. .............................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

........... 17,800

........... 24,800

........... 19.800

Gage height 

(feet) 

a!4.03

b!5.25

C16.8

d!4.45

a From inside gage; floodmark gage height 14.30 ft. 

b From inside gage; floodmark gage height 15.70 ft. 

o From floodmark. 

d From inside gage; floodmark gage height 14.7 ft.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5... . .

6. ....

Discharge

19

19

29

7,140

6,710

448

Day

7 .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

268

1,490

15,400

9,420

676

450

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

289

443

500

276

200

137

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

110

113

250

175

127

108

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

245

1,110

306

208

145

110

91

1,517

12.67
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A109

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, 

Ployds Pork at Flsherville, Ky.

at Indicated time, 1964, of

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

0800

1600

2400

0300

0400

0500

0600

0900

1000

1300

1500

1600

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0200

0700

0800

1000

1200

1400

1500

Gage 

height

1.12

1.18

1.29

1.35

1.41

1.47

1.72

3.36

8.58

9.04

10.89

11.25

11.60

13.30

13.91

14.15

14.30

14.15

13.88

13.49

12.89

12.92

12.84

12.50

11.45

7.40

5.38

Discharge

22

25

32

36

41

46

72

484

4,100

4,570

7,020

7,650

8,300

13,600

16,000

17,000

17,800

17,000

15,900

14,400

12,000

12,100

11,800

10,500

8,010

3,040

1,590

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

1600

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0800

0900

1100

1200

1230

1400

1500

1700

1900

2030

2400

0230

0300

0700

1100

1200

1300

Gage 

height

4.78

4.31

3.74

3.42

3.20

3.04

2.90

2.67

2.50

2.66

3.25

5.20

5.83

5.87

5.57

5.82

6.82

7.40

7.59

6.48

5.93

6.16

12.00

15.43

15.70

15.42

Discharge

1,190

915

643

508

425

372

330

262

220

260

442

1,460

1,900

1,930

1,720

1,890

2,590

3,040

3,190

2,360

1,970

2,130

9,100

23,400

24,800

23,400

Date

9

10

11

12

13

Hour

1500

1600

1800

2100

2400

0200

0300

0500

0800

1200

1400

1700

1800

2000

2200

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

14.47

13.96

14.41

15.70

14.90

14.25

14.12

13.96

13.55

12-28

11.25

6.45

5.70

5.06

4.68

4.43

3.96

3.80

3.67

3.47

3.80

3.12

2.92

2.75

2.62

Discharge

18,600

16,200

18,400

24,800

20,800

17,600

16,900

16,200

14,600

9,840

7,650

2,340

1,810

1,360

1,130

978

742

670

612

528

670

397

336

285

250

(92) 3-2985. Salt River at Shepherdsvllle, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°59'06", long 85°43'03", near right bank on downstream side of pier 

of bridge on State Highway 61 at Shepherdsville , Bullitt County, 500 ft downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge and 2.5 miles downstream from 

Floyds Fork.

Drainage area. 1,197 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 406.62 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation or stage-discharge relation defined 

by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 4 to 25.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964 :

Mar. 5, 2100 hours...............

Mar. 6, 0030 hours...............

Mar. 10, 1200 hours ..............

Mar. 11, 0300 hours ..............

1938 to February 1964:

May 9, 1961......................

May 9, 1961......................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

50,900

78,200

57,700

Gage height 

(feet)

33.40

41.50

Maximum stage known, 47.3 ft Jan. 26, 1937, from floodmark (backwater from 

Ohio River.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

365

342

417

11,200

43,800

39,100

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

18,500

10,800

34,900

73,500

50,500

22,600

Day

13.. ...

14.. ...

15.. ...

16. ....

17. ....

18.. ...

Discharge

11,500

8,410

9,810

9,600

7,190

6,100

Day

19... .

20... .

21... .

22... .

23... .

24... .

Discharge

4,470

4,050

3,540

3,920

3,150

2,190

Day

25. ....

26. ....

27.. ...

28... ..

29. ....

30. ....

31 .....

Runoff, in Inches.

Discharge

1,210

4,330

3,260

1,640

1,230

960

763

18.22
A112 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second. 

Beech Fork at Bardstown, Ky.

at Indicated time, 1964, of

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0200

0400

0700

1000

1400

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0600

Gage 

height

6.0

10.2

17.2

24.6

31.6

37.4

41.2

42.5

43.2

43.5

43.2

42.8

42.4

41.6

40.6

39.1

36.2

32.5

28.1

23.2

19.8

16.3

14.4

13.4

13.2

Discharge

770

2,380

5,400

9,520

15,700

22,800

29,400

31,900

33,300

33 , 900

33,300

32,500

31,700

30,100

28,200

25,600

21,000

16,600

12,300

8,620

6,700

4,980

4,130

3,700

3,610

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

Hour

0800

1000

1200

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

1200

1600

2000

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

0900

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1800

2400

Gage 

height

14.0

15.8

18.7

24.0

26.8

28.6

29.4

30.0

31.1

32.6

33.6

35.9

39.0

40.7

41.6

42.2

42.6

42.7

42.6

42.4

41.4

40.3

39.6

38.5

35.8

33.6

Discharge

3,950

4,760

6,150

9,100

11,100

12,700

13,500

14,100

15,200

16,800

17,900

20,600

25,400

28,400

30,100

31,300

32,100

32,300

32,100

31,700

29,800

27,700

26,400

24,600

20,400

17,900

Date

Mar. 12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

1800

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

31.3

28.1

24.8

21.3

18.4

16.4

14.3

13.0

12.3

11.8

10.8

10.0

9.9

12.8

16.7

19.2

19.8

19.6

18.8

17.2

15.3

13.4

11.7

9.6

8.2

Discharge

15,400

12,300

9,660

7,480

6,000

5,030

4,080

3,520

3,220

3,020

2,620

2,300

2,260

3,440

5,160

6,400

6,700

6,600

6,200

5,400

4,540

3,700

2,980

2,140

1,580

(96) 3-3015. Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°46'02", long 85°42'14", on downstream side near center of span of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 62 and State Highway 61, 0.4 mile downstream from Beech 

Pork and 2.3 miles southwest of Boston, Nelson County.

Drainage area.--1,299 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Graph drawn on basis of floodmarks and twice-daily wire-weightgage readings. Graph drawn for auxiliary wire-weight gage, 7.6 miles downstream, 

from floodmark and once- or twice-daily gage readings. Datum of gage is 400.42 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-fall-discharge or stage-discharge relation defined by 

current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 4-25.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 6, 1400 hours...............

Mar. 7, 0200 hours ..............

Mar. 11, 2400 hours .............

Mar. 12, 0900 hours ..............

1938 to February 1964:

Feb. 15, 1948. ...................

Mar. 1, 1962.....................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

42,100

35,900

41,300

Gage height 

(feet)

48.0

51.0

48.35

Maximum stage known, 55.2 ft in January 1937, former site, 1,400 ft upstream, 

from floodmarks (backwater from Ohio River).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

472

440

681

7,580

31,300

41,600

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

31,200

18,000

18,500

24,700

33,100

29,000

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

8,720

4,420

6,390

10,200

9,530

6,550

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21. ....

22.. ...

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

4,720

3,570

3,600

4,090

3,820

2,630

Day

25.....

26. ....

27.. ...

28 .....

29.....

30 .....

31 .....

Runoff, In Inches.

B f

Discharge

1,730

1,330

1,120

968

823

718

656

10,070

8.94
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A113

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964, of 

Rolling Fork near Boston, Ky.

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

1200

1600

1800

2400

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

0200

0600

1000

1400

1800

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

0300

Gage 

height

7.45

7.5

7.7

8.9

14.9

26.8

32.5

37.4

40.5

42.4

43.3

44.2

44.9

45.3

45.9

46.5

47.0

47.4

47.9

48.0

47.9

47.6

47.1

46.5

46.0

45.5

44.9

44.9

Discharge

432

440

472

673

2,040

5,800

10,800

17,600

26,200

32,600

35,900

38,700

40 , 400

41,300

41,700

42,000

42,100

41,700

40 , 700

39,900

36,600

31,700

25,300

21,300

19,400

17,800

15,200

16,200

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0400

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

45.0

45.3

45.9

46.6

47.4

48.0

48.7

49.4

49.8

50.5

50.8

50.9

50.95

51.0

50.9

50.7

50.3

49.9

49.5

49.0

48.6

47.8

47.0

46.3

45.7

45.4

45.0

44.7

Discharge

16,800

18,400

20,300

21,500

23,100

24,500

26,000

28,800

29,400

34,200

35,600

35,900

35,200

33 , 100

30,400

24,100

16,600

11,100

7,360

5,820

4,640

4,080

4,880

6,170

8,350

10,100

10,600

10,700

Date

Mar. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Hour

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

44.3

43.9

43.5

42.3

41.1

39.9

38.6

37.2

35.8

34.4

33.2

32.0

30.7

29.3

27.5

25.1

23.4

21.5

19.4

17.1

13.6

12.6

12.0

11.5

Discharge

10,700

10,600

9,720

7,590

6,470

5,660

4,620

3,970

3,420

3,480

3,560

3,810

4,230

4,100

3,910

3,380

2,980

2,610

2,220

2,030

1,710

1,460

1,320

1,210

(97) 3-3020. Pond Creek near Louisville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 38°07'11", long 85°47'45", on downstream side of bridge on Manslick 

Road, near center of span, 0.4 mile south of Third Street Road, 0.6 mile downstream from Bee Lick Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from confluence of Northern and 

Southern ditches, and 2.4 miles south of Louisville city limits, Jefferson County.

Drainage area.--64.0 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Digital recorder tape punched at 30-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 430.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Backwater from Ohio River Mar. 11-21; discharge estimated on basis of records for 

Middle Fork Beargrass Creek at Louisville.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 2130 hours.

Mar. 9, 2200 hours. 

1944 to February 1964:

Apr. 13, 1948......

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

5,460 

8,020

3,260

Gage height 

(feet) 

19.52 

22.69

21.78

Maximum stage known, about 23 ft in January 1937 (backwater from Ohio River), 

from information by local residents.
A114 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Pond Creek near Louisville, Ky.

Day

5.. ...

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

*12 

*14 

*36 

*3,030 

*2,060 

*219

Day

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

*125 

*842 

*5,530 

*6,340 

1,370 

562

Day

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

412 

392 

335 

220

148 

101

Day

19.. ...

20.... .

21.... .

22.... .

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

76 

67 

74 

*56 

*43 

*38

Day

25.. . . .

27... ..

28.. ...

29. ....

30 .....

31 .....

Discharge

*150 

*364 

*95 

*66 

*46 

*31 

*29

738 

13.30

Mean dally discharges computed on basis of 30-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

 5

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1800

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

0900

1100

1200

1600

2000

2130

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

2.52

2.48

2.53

2.80

3.00

3.06

2.97

2.90

2.82

2.81

2.90

3.88

6.65

10.81

12.75

15.39

16.33

18.57

19.40

19.52

19.45

19.38

19.13

18.79

18.32

17 .77

14.79

12.81

10.67

8.70

7.27

6.32

5.81

5.19

4.61

4.31

Discharge

12

11

13

24

39

46

36

30

25

25

30

146

620

1,580

2,120

3,060

3,460

4,800

5,380

5,460

5,420

5,370

5,190

4,950

4,620

4,260

2,820

2,140

1,540

1,050

744

554

456

344

252

206

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1600

1700

1900

2100

2200

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0900

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2100

2200

2400

0200

0400

Gage 

height

3.97

3.70

3.53

3.48

3.50

3.62

3.96

4.57

5.80

7.59

8.82

9.60

10.08

10.18

10.18

10.10

10.10

9.69

9.32

8.43

7.73

8.20

11.14

13.94

16.53

18.12

18.96

21.13

21.53

21.76

22.15

22.53

22.63

22.69

22.68

22.46

22.28

Discharge

158

123

102

96

98

113

157

245

454

808

1,080

1,280

1,400

1,420

1,420

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,200

982

836

930

1,660

2,480

3,560

4,480

5,070

6,700

7,020

7,210

7,540

7,880

7,970

8,020

8,010

7,810

7,650

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Hour

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1700

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

22.05

21.88

21.49

21.19

20.80

20.22

19.91

18.71

17.51

16.11

14.45

12.78

11.24

9.33

9.96

10.76

11.06

11.09

10.90

10.79

10.42

9.59

8.89

8.20

7.36

6.59

6.08

4.67

4.05

3.09

3.09

Discharge

7,440

7,300

6,990

6,750

6,440

5,980

5,740

4,900

4,110

3,360

2,680

2,130

1,680

1,000

700

550

450

400

400

400

370

350

270

220

170

150

120

100

85

75

68
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A115

INDIAN CREEK BASIN

(98) 3-3025. Indian Creek near Corydon, Ind. 

(Formerly published as Big Indian Creek near Corydon, Ind.)

Location.--Lat 38°16'35", long 86°06'35", in SE-J- sec.6, T.3 S., R.4 E., on upstream 

side of bridge on State Highway 335, 0.6 mile upstream from Raccoon Branch and 

4-| miles north of Corydon.

Drainage area.--129 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 577.12 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0230

Mar. 9, 2200 

1943 to Februar;

Jan. 21, 195£

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

1964:

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 26,700

............... 17,600

............... 23,800

Gage height 

(feet) 

22.64

21.13

22.22

Day

1. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

25 

26 

46 

6,840 

11,500 

849

Day Discharge

496 

1,210 

11,200 

9,450 

1,260 

737

Day

13. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

482 

600 

598 

374 

273 

211

Day Discharge

174 

162 

179 

152 

132 

121

Day

25... ..

31 .....

Discharge

144 

700 

261 

188 

147 

122 

110

1,573 

14.05

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1600

2200

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0230

0300

0400

0500

0600

Gage 

height

4.75

4.80

4.90

5.01

5.30

5.32

5.40

5.55

6.05

6.32

6.97

7.60

9.43

11.10

12.05

12.65

13.35

14.40

15.15

16.07

17.10

18.13

19.18

19.86

20.19

20.52

20.96

21.45

22.05

22.36

22.58

22.64

22.63

22.44

22.24

21.78

Discharge

29

32

39

48

78

80

89

111

202

268

478

756

1,710

2,840

3,640

4,180

4,850

5,940

6,780

7,940

9,350

10,900

12,600

13,900

14,700

15,500

16,800

19,200

22,800

24,700

26,300

26,700

26,600

25,300

23,900

21,200

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

Hour

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2200

2400

0400

0600

1200

1400

1500

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0500

0700

0900

1100

1300

1400

1500

1600

Gage 

height

21.27

20.69

20.05

19.30

18.40

17.48

16.35

14.88

13.20

11.80

10.50

9.68

9.30

9.08

8.73

8.50

8.13

8.05

7.68

7.59

7.67

7.65

7.48

7.35

7.12

6.92

6.76

6.66

6.56

6.58

6.67

6.86

7.38

7.87

8.39

9.05

Discharge

18,400

16,000

14,300

12,800

11,300

9,920

8,300

6,470

4,700

3,420

2,380

1,860

1,630

1,500

1,300

1,190

1,000

965

793

751

788

779

701

645

552

483

428

394

362

368

398

462

658

880

1,140

1,480

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

Hour

1700

1900

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0300

0500

0700

0900

1100

1300

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2200

2400

Gage 

height

9.84

10.69

11.22

11.31

11.27

11.20

11.44

12.20

13.20

13.85

14.46

14.97

16.06

17.18

18.37

19.50

20.35

20.77

21.06

21.11

21.13

21.11

21.05

20.82

20.55

20.00

19.10

17.95

16.67

15.10

14.22

13.13

12.14

11.25

10.68

10.00

9.63

Discharge

1,950

2,510

2,940

3,010

2,980

2,920

3,110

3,780

4,700

5,350

6,010

6,570

7,930

9,470

11,300

13,200

15,100

16,200

17,300

17,600

17,600

17,600

17,200

16,400

15,600

14,200

12,400

10,600

8,740

6,720

5,740

4,630

3,730

2,960

2,510

2,050

1,830
A116 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964, of 

Indian Creek near Corydon, Ind.--Continued

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1400

1700

2400

0900

Gage 

height

9.06

8.50

8.14

7.87

7.67

7.56

7.45

7.19

6.95

Discharge

1,490

1,190

1,010

860

788

738

688

580

493

Date

Mar. 13

14

Hour

1700

2400

0600

0900

1200

1600

1700

1800

2100

2400

Gage 

height

6.81

6.70

6.65

6.74

7.14

7.82

7.66

7.65

7.62

7.60

Discharge

445

408

391

422

560

857

876

671

765

756

Date

Mar. 15

16

Hour

0200

0500

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

2400

Gage 

height

7.54

7.51

7.19

7.00

6.85

6.69

6.58

6.48

6.39

Discharge

728

715

560

510

459

405

368

336

311

BLUE RIVER BASIN 

(99) 3-3030. Blue River near White Cloud, Ind.

Location. Lat 38"14"15", long 86°13'50", in NW^SE^ sec.19, T.3 S., R.3 E., on left 

bank, 400 ft downstream from Spring Creek, 0.2 mile upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 62, and three-quarters of a mile north of White Cloud.

Drainage area.--461 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 434.30 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 22,000 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 28,500 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 6, 0130 hours..

Mar. 10, 2130 hours. 

1910 to February 1964:

Jan. 22, 1959.......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

16,300 

28,400

28,500

Gage height

(feet)

16.40

23.03

23.07

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2... . .

3... . .

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

M thl

Discharge

117

110

124

4,040

14,000

9,600

Runoff, In Inches.

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

2,430

2,230

14,000

26,000

20 , 400

5,450

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

3,550

3,020

3,670

2,630

1,940

1,540

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21 .....

22. ....

23. ....

24 .....

Discharge

1,250

1,100

1,020

903

766

708

Day

25.. ...

26.. ...

27 .....

28.. ...

29.. ...

30.. ...

31 .....

Discharge

664

819

960

756

670

594

531

4,058

10.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0300

0500

0700

1000

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1600

1900

2100

Gage 

height

2.15

2.20

2.24

2.26

2.34

2.57

3.44

4.43

5.01

6.90

7.77

9.35

9.98

13.03

14.09

Discharge

112

125

135

140

160

230

606

1,220

1,650

3,300

4,170

6,060

6,670

11,100

12,700

Date

Mar. 4

5

6

Hour

2300

2330

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0700

1000

1300

1600

1900

2100

2400

0100

Gage 

height

,14.67

14.66

14.64

14.36

14.24

14.17

14.16

14.23

14.41

14.72

15.13

15.66

16.00

16.33

16.39

Discharge

13,600

13,600

13,600

13,100

13,000

12,900

12,600

12,900

13,200

13,700

14,300

15,200

15,700

16,200

16,300

Date

Mar. 6

Hour

0130

0200

0400

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

2000

2100

Gage 

height

16.40

16.39

16.22

15.76

15.02

14.43

13.63

12.70

11.63

10.54

9.66

6.97

6.45

8.05

7.75

7.30

7.14

Discharge

16,300

16,300

16,100

15,300

14,100

13,200

12,000

10,600

9,090

7,600

6,460

5,560

4,960

4,460

4,150

3,700

3,540
All?

FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind. Continued

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

2200

2400

0300

0600

1000

1400

1900

2400

0400

0700

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

1700

1900

2000

2100

2200

2400

0030

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1500

1700

1900

2200

2400

0500

1000

1400

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

Gage 

height

7.02

6.79

6.52

6.29

6.03

5.78

5.54

5.31

5.15

5.07

5.02

5.06

5.13

5.26

5.52

6.25

6.83

6.93

6.95

6.93

6.87

6.87

6.89

7.50

8.42

9.18

10.42

11.36

12.00

13.15

14.11

14.64

15.13

15.62

16.04

17.03

17.93

18.66

19.72

20.17

20.94

21.75

22.42

22.81

22.90

22.95

23.00

23.02

Discharge

3,420

3,190

2,930

2,720

2,490

2,260

2,070

1,890

1,760

1,700

1,660

1,690

1,740

1,850

2,060

2,680

3,230

3,330

3,350

3,330

3,270

3,270

3,290

3,900

4,920

5,840

7,450

8,710

9,610

11,300

12,800

13,600

14,300

15,100

15,800

17,300

18,800

20,000

21,800

22,600

24,000

25,500

26,800

27,700

28,000

28,200

28,300

28,400

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

14

15

Hour

2130

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0400

0700

1000

1300

1500

1700

1800

1900

2100

2300

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1100

1500

1900

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0300

0400

0600

0900

1200

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

Gage 

height

23.03

23.02

23.00

22.95

22.87

22.76

22.50

21.87

20.90

19.57

18.25

16.51

15.61

14.55

12.55

11.15

10.64

10.05

9.65

9.35

9.10

8.80

8.44

8.13

7.83

7.45

7.12

6.83

6.71

6.59

6.49

6.48

6.42

6.35

6.32

6.31

6.33

6.34

6.36

6.49

6.82

.09

.29

.44

.55

.62

7.65

Discharge

28,400

28,400

28,300

28,200

27, 900

27,600

27,000

25,800

23,900

21,600

19,300

16,500

15,100

13,400

10 , 400

8,420

7,730

6,960

6,440

6,060

5,740

5,380

4,950

4,580

4,230

3,850

3,520

3,230

3,110

2,990

2,900

2,890

2,840

2,780

2,750

2,740

2,760

2,770

2,780

2,900

3,220

3,490

3,690

3,840

3,950

4,020

4,050

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Hour

0200

0300

0600

0700

0800

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1700

2100

2400

0400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

Gage

height

7.66

7.65

7.59

7.58

7.58

7.63

7.65

7.66

7.65

7.63

7.59

7.45

7.09

6.84

6.56

6.45

6.15

5.88

5.68

5.46

5.28

5.11

4.94

4.79

4.65

4.52

.42

.34

.26

.20

.14

.10

4.09

3.99

3.91

3.84

3.76

3.68

3.63

3.58

3.54

3.53

3.61

Discharge

4,060

4,050

3,990

3,980

3,980

4,030

4,050

4,060

4,050

4,030

3,990

3,850

3,490

3,240

2,960

2,860

2,600

2,350

2,180

2,010

1,860

1,730

1,590

1,470

1,380

1,280

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,060

1,020

990

984

924

876

834

786

738

708

678

654

648

696

ANDERSON RIVER BASIN 

(100) 3-3033. Middle Fork Anderson River at Brlstow, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°08'19", long 86°43'16", In E| sec.27, T.4 S., R.3 W., at bridge on 

State Highway 145 at Brlstow, 2.0 miles downstream from Coon Branch, and 

6.0 miles upstream from Sulphur Fork Creek.

Drainage area.--41.9 sq ml.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-mlnute Intervals. Datum of 

gage Is 395.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,000 cfs and by contracted-opening measurements to 6,000 cfs, and extended 

above on basis of logarithmic plotting.

Maxima. Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1915 hours.

Mar. 9, 0830 hours. 

1905 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

5,500 

6,360

15,000

Gage height

(feet)

19.33

19.18

20.0
A118 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Middle Fork Anderson River at

3rlstow, Ind.

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4.. ...

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

4.1 

4.5 

10 

2,050 

903 

120

Day

8. ....

9 .....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

64 

520 

4,870 

2,330 

226 

113

Day

13. .... 

14. ....

15. ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec 

Runoff , in inches ............................

Discharge

71 

118 

121 

64 

46 

34

Day

20.... .

Discharge

28 

35 

34 

26 

22 

20

Day

25

31. ....

Discharge

33

135 

55 

42 

32 

26 

23

393

10.81

Note. Dally mean discharges computed on basis of 15-ralnute Intervals.

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1700

1800

1915

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

Gage 

height

7.21

7.44

7.47

8.69

10.32

12.28

13.69

14.62

16.50

17.93

18.56

19.13

19.33

19.23

18.61

17.80

16.94

16.13

15.42

14.80

14.20

13.58

12.96

12.27

11.48

10.85

10.38

10.04

9.78

9.56

9.37

9.21

9.07

8.97

Discharge

4.0

13

15

92

206

358

558

920

2,050

3,440

4,350

5,200

5,500

5,360

4,420

3,310

2,450

1,750

1,320

1,010

730

536

435

357

288

244

211

187

169

153

140

129

119

112

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

1600

2000

2400

0200

0800

1600

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

0830

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

Gage 

height

8.81

8.70

8.59

8.51

8.37

8.19

8.08

8.06

8.06

8.18

8.83

10.30

12.21

13.50

14.17

14.59

14.82

14.86

14.96

15.84

16.69

18.24

19.13

19.18

19.09

19.04

18.90

18.65

18.63

18.62

18.54

18.48

18.36

17.86

Discharge

101

93

85

80

70

57

51

50

50

57

102

205

354

580

828

1,040

1,150

1,170

1,230

1,820

2,660

4,710

6,260

6,360

6,180

6,080

5,830

5,400

5,370

5,350

5,220

5,120

4,910

4,120

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

Hour

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

Gage 

height

17.44

17.25

16.77

16.09-

15.42

14.85

14.32

13.84

13.37

12.90

12.36

11.76

11.23

10.82

10.51

10.26

10.05

9.81

9.72

9.61

9.51

9.42

9.29

9.16

9.01

8.83

8.69

8.59

8.51

8.43

8.37

8.32

8.27

8.23

Discharge

3,570

3,320

2,740

2,060

1 , 500 -

1,160

900

696

541

445

371

309

270

241

220

202

188

175

164

157

150

143

134

125

115

102

92

85

80

74

70

66

63

60

GREEN RIVER BASIN 

(101) 3-3095. McDougal Creek near Hodgenville, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°32<37", long 85°40'19", on left bank 0.3 mile upstream from bridge 

on State Highway 470, 4£ miles southeast of Hodgenville, Larue County, and 

4j miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 5.34 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 774.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 850 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1300 hours.

Mar. 9, 2115 hours. 

1953 to February 1964:

Nov. 18, 1957......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

1,480 

1,320

2,100

Gage height

(feet)

5.47

5.21

6.27
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A119

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964, of McDougal Creek near Hodgenvllle, Ky.

Day

2. ....

5. ....

Discharge

2.31 

2.43 

4.51

477 

55.8 

20

Day

8. ....

Discharge

14.1 

162 

293 

111 

23.5 

16.3

Day

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec 

Runoff, in inches ............................

Discharge

12.8 

23.8 

33.1 

15.3 

12 

9.68

Day

20. ....

23. ....

Discharge

8.30 

11.4 

18.3 

10.6

8.88 

7.55

Day

25

26.. . ..

29. ....

Discharge

7.34 

7.31 

5.79 

5.20 

4.79 

4.14 

4.00

44.9 

9.70

(102) 3-3100. North Fork Nolln River at Hodgenvllle, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°34'33", long 85°44'23", on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge 

on State Highway 61 at Hodgenvllle, Larue County, and 0.6 mile downstream from 

McDougal Creek.

Drainage area.--36.4 sq ml, of which about 0.8 sq ml does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 1-3, 6, 7, 11-31, for 

which graph was drawn on basis of twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings. Datum 

of gage is 701.64 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,400 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4 , 1330 hours.

Mar. 9, 2130 hours. 

1941 to February 1964:

July 11, 1958......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

8,860 

6,190

8,300

Gage height 

(feet) 

15.80 

14.87

15.50

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

M 1-hl

Discharge

2,560

Z49

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

162

883

1,550

1,100

306

194

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18.. ...

Discharge

147

142

187

130

104

88

Day

19.. ...

20. ....

21. ....

22.. ...

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

66

64

81

60

50

46

Day

25.. ...

26. ....

27.. ...

28.. ...

29.. ...

30... .. 

31 .....

Runoff, in Inches ........................................... 

Discharge

40

16 

13

294

9.31

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

Hour

2400

04OO

0500

060O

07OO

080O

1000

1100

1200

1300

1330

14OO

1500

1600

1730

1800

2100

24OO

0200

040O

0600

Gage 

height

1.92

2.03

2.40

3.97

4.19

7.08

10.55

11.32

12.95

15.60

15.80

15.70

14.83

13.92

13.20

13.30

13.68

12.44

11.52

9.55

7.81

Discharge

18

26

44

193

223

652

1,240

1,610

3,040

8,220

8,860

8,54O

6,090

4,310

3,340

3,460

3,950

2,48O

1,730

1,02O

762

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

Hour

12OO

18OO

24OO

O6OO

0900

1200

1800

2400

O6OO

120O

1800

24OO

O6OO

O7OO

O8OO

O9OO

10OO

11OO

1200

1230

Gage 

height

6.08

5.37

4.86

4.55

4.4O

4.33

4.20

4.O5

3.88

3.70

3.56

3.48

3.58

4.1O

5.74

8.59

10.75

11.62

11.94

11.99

Discharge

 562~

396

319

273

252

242

224

204

181

158

141

132

144

210

451

878

1,300

1,790

2,OOO

2,O40

Date

8~

9

Hour

1300

1400

16OO

18OO

20OO

2200

240O

0300

0330

O400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1OOO

120O

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

Gage 

height

11.98

11.87

11.31

9.94

7.79

6.87

6.31

5.93

5.90

5.99

6.34

8.24

9. 02

8.54

6.99

6.29

6.16

6.49

8.39

10.06

10.29

10.79

Discharge

2,O3O

1,950

1,610

1,090

758

620

536

480

475

488

541

826

943

871

638

534

514

564

848

1,120

1,180

1,310
A120 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

North Fork Nolin River at Hodgenville, Ky. Continued

Date

Mar. 9

10

Hour

1900

2000

2100

2130

2200

2400

0200

Gage 

height

11.45

12.94

14.59

14.87

14.84

13.84

12.71

Discharge

1,690

3,040

5,520

6,190

6,120

4,180

2,780

Date

Mar. 10

Hour

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

12.04

11.08

8.77

7.42

6.74

5.82

5.32

Discharge

2,090

1,470

906

703

601

454

388

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

4.72

4.30

3.95

3.78

3.65

3.55

Discharge

298

238

188

163

146

133

(103) 3-3103. Nolin River at White Mills, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°33'03", long 86°02'43", on right bank 0.8 mile southwest of White 

Mills, Hardin County, and 2.2 miles downstream from bridge on State Highway 84.

Drainage area. 357 sq mi, of which about 120 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

ge is 583.08 ft above

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Rate of change in stage used as a factor Mar. 5,6, 9-11.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1700 hours ................................

Mar. 5, 1800 hours ................................

Mar. 10, 2000 hours...............................

Mar. 10, 2130 hours ...............................

1854.................................................

1959 to February 1964:

Peb. 28 , 1962 .....................................

Discharge 

(cfs)

16,700

-

15,200

-

Unknown

8,060

Gage height 

(feet)

-

31.74

-

30.67

35.5

22.59

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

127

122

129

1,910

12,800

8,400

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

2,230

2,730

6,820

11,900

9,490

2,990

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ... .

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

1,970

1,700

2,070

1,620

1,370

1,210

Day

19.. ...

20.....

21.....

22.....

23. ....

24.. ...

Discharge

1,070

1,020

1,070

964

853

793

Day

25.. ...

26. . ...

27 .....

28 .....

29.....

30 .....

31. .. ..

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

745

730

667

613

571

529

496

2,571

8.30
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A121

(104) 3-3104. Bacon Creek near Prlceville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°21'31", long 85°59'53", on right bank 1.2 miles southwest of Priceville, Hart County, 1.3 miles downstream from small unnamed tributary, 2.1 miles 

upstream from unnamed tributary, and 7.2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--85.4 sq mi, of which about 31 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 568.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 1,600 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar . 5 , 0530 hours ...................

Mar. 10, 1130 hours. .................

1957:

1959 to February 1964: 

Feb. 28, 1962. .......................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

.............. 2,380

.............. 2,400

.............. 2.240

Gage height 

(feet) 

13.96

14.01

21.8

13.69

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .

6. .

Discharge

12

12

13

673

1,620

243

Monthly mean disch 

Runoff, in inches

Day

7. .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

157

427

714

1,710

327

218

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

arge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

170

155

181

138

116

102

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

90

89

112

86

73

67

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Discharge

62

60

55

50

47

44

42

254 

3.43

(105) 3-3109. Nolin River Reservoir near Kyrock, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°16'40", long 86°14'51", in intake structure of Nolin River Dam on 

Nolin River, 0.3 mile upstream from Dismal Creek, 1.1 miles northeast of Kyrock, 

Edmonson County, and at mile 7.8.

Drainage area. 703 sq mi, of which about 223 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is at mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Maxima.--March 1964: Contents, 292,400 acre-ft Mar. 17, 1300 hours (elevation, 

 532.17 ft).

1963 to February 1964: Contents, 104,400 acre-ft Mar. 22, 1963 (elevation, 

501.65 ft).

Remarks.--Reservoir is formed by rolled earthfill dam. Releases normally controlled 

by three gates, 7.25 ft wide and 14 ft high, in semi-elliptical concrete conduit 

through dam with inlet invert elevation at 422.00 ft, contents, 90 acre-ft. 

Total capacity at ungated spillway level, elevation, 560.00 ft, is 609,400 acre-ft, 

of which a maximum of 570,100 acre-ft (contents between elevations 480.00 and 

560.00 ft) or a minimum of 439,300 acre-ft (contents between elevations of 515.00 

and 560.00 ft) is reserved for flood control depending on season. Contents of 

130,800 acre-ft between minimum pool elevation of 480.00 ft and seasonal pool elevation of 515.00 ft is available for seasonal low-flow augmentation. Capacity at 

minimum pool elevation, 480.00 ft, is 39,280 acre-ft. Reservoir is used for 

flood control, low-flow augmentation, and recreation. Figures of contents include dead storage below invert of conduit. Gates closed and storage began 

Mar. 4, 1963.

Cooperation.--Capacity table furnished by Corps of Engineers.
A122 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Elevation and contents, February to April 1964, of Nolln River Reservoir near Kyrock, Ky.

Date

Feb. 29... 

Mar. 4... 

Mar. 17...

Hour

2400 

0400 

1300

Elevation 

(feet)

479.99 

480.08 

532.17

Contents 

(acre-feet)

39,260 

39,450 

292,400

Date

Mar. 31... 

Apr . 4 ...

Hour

2400

0700

Elevation 

(feet)

500.95 

488.65

Contents 

(acre-feet)

101,600 

60,020

(106) 3-3110. Nolin River at Kyrock, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°16'27", long 86°15'03", on right bank 470 ft downstream from 

Dismal Creek, 0.3 mile downstream from Nolin River Dam, 0.9 mile northeast of 

Kyrock, Edmonson County, 1.2 miles upstream from Pigeon Creek, and 7.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--707 sq mi (including that of Dismal Creek), of which about 223 sq mi 

does not contribute directly to surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tapes punched at 60-minute intervals. Auxiliary gage at site 9.1 miles downstream. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 1-4, 8, 9, 17-31. Stage-fall-discharge relation indefinite Mar. 5-7, 10-16; discharge estimated on basis of releases from 

Nolin River Reservoir.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 14 , 1300 hours ..........................

Mar . 26 , 2000 hours ..........................

1930-32, 1939-50, 1960 to February 1964: 

Jan . 30 , 1932 ................................

Mar . 2 , 1962 .................................

Discharge 

(cfs)

...... 9,620

...... 22,700

Gage height 

(feet) 

a40.06

a59.27

a Backwater from Green River.

Maximum stage known since 1854, 26.35 ft in January 1937 at site 11.9 miles upstream at datum 48.36 ft higher.

Remarks.--Flow regulated by Nolin River Reservoir (see station 3109).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

Monthly

Discharge

283

249

298

3,140

300

300

mean disch

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

arge , in

Discharge

310

318

357

310

310

320

cubic feet

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17 .....

18. ....

Discharge

320

320

320

320

2,180

4,120

Day

19. ....

20. ....

21. ....

22. ....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

4,530

5,780

8,O30

9,260

9,420

9,160

Day

25.. ...

26.....

27. ....

28.. ...

29. ....

30 .....

31... ..

per second ........................... 

Discharge

8,980

9,210

9,360

9,110

8,900

8,600

8,310

3,959
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A123

(107) 3-3120. Bear Creek near Leitchfield, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°25'35", long 86°15'50", near center of span on upstream side of 

bridge on State Highway 65, just downstream from Taylor Pork, 0.8 mile upstream 

from McClure Pork and 4 miles south of Leitchfield, Grayson County.

Drainage area.--30.8 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn on basis of twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings 

and crests from crest-stage gage. Altitude of gage is 500 ft (from topographic 

map).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,060 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1100 hours.

Mar. 9, 1200 hours. 

1949 to February 1964:

Nov. 18, 1957......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

6,060 

6,250

Gage height

(feet)

19.05

19.29

21.33

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

Z.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

3.9

4.1

6.9

2,350

342

151

Day

7

8

9

10

11

12

Discharge

113

855

2,380

378

132

80

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

49

262

220

60

40

28

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

20

24

68

31

22

14

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharue . in cubic feet oer second ...................................

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

20

26

18

14

12

9.0

9.4

250

9.35

(108) 3-3175. North Fork Rough River near Westview, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°41'32", long 86°23'29", on left bank 25 ft downstream from bridge 

on State Highway 520, 1.0 mile southeast of Westview, Breckinridge County, and 

2.1 miles downstream from Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area. 42.0 sq mi, of which about 19 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 500.i 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

ft above

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 1,400 cfs. Backwater from Rough River Reservoir Mar. 11-31; discharge estimated on basis of records for Rock Lick Creek near Glen Dean and Bear Creek near 

Leitchfield.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1930 hours.

Mar. 9, 2030 hours. 

1954 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

2 ,030 

3,890

3,170

Gage height

(feet)

15.30

20.12

18.57

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

5.0

5.2

7.8

800

492

123

Day

7 . .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

79

1,030

2,700

1,690

392

111

Day

]3.

U.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

75

150

60

45

35

25

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

20

50

60

35

20

15

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

25

30

20

15

12

10

10

263

7.21
A124 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 

North Fork Rough River near Westvlew, Ky.

1964, of

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

0900

1200

1400

1600

1800

1900

1930

2000

2100

2300

2400

0100

0300

0600

0800

0900

1000

1200

1500

1800

Gage 

height

1.40

1.40

1.41

1.44

1.50

1.54

1.55

1.57

2.03

3.82

4.71

6.12

6.52

7.10

8.36

9.40

13.88

15.19

15.30

15.25

15.10

14.48

13.83

13.17

11.54

8.32

6.67

6.00

5.48

4.90

4.43

4.09

Discharge

5.0

5.0

5.2

6.0

7.8

9.4

9.8

11

30

172

261

413

457

521

660

776

1,620

2,000

2,030

2,020

1,970

1,780

1,610

1,440

1,120

655

474

400

343

280

£33

199

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2100

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1300

1500

1600

1700

1830

2000

2200

2400

0100

0200

0400

Gage 

height

3.88

3.71

3.56

3.44

3.35

3.27

3.14

3.02

2.78

2.68

2.63

2.55

2.52

2.52

2.55

2.93

5.45

6.28

6.68

6.92

7.13

7.88

12.25

15.10

16.28

16.84

16.30

15.00

13.44

12.85

12.98

13.73

Discharge

178

161

146

136

128

120

109

98

78

70

66

60

58

58

60

90

340

431

475

501

524

607

1,260

1,970

2,330

2,530

2,340

1,940

1,510

1,380

1,410

1,580

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

0500

0600

0800

1000

1100

1200

1400

1500

1600

1800

1900

2030

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

14.22

14.65

16.64

17.56

17.73

17.72

17.78

17.88

18.15

19.43

19.78

20.12

19.87

18.95

17.47

16.02

15.00

14.34

13.87

13.43

12.83

12.32

11.67

11.22

11.01

10.79

10.74

10.75

10.91

11.05

11.17

Discharge

1,710

1,840

2,460

2,790

2,850

2,840

2,860

2,900

3,000

3,540

3,720

3,890

3,760

3,320

2,750

2,250

1,940

1,740

1,620

1,510

1,380

1,270

1,140

1,060

1,020

200

150

110

75

60

105
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A12S

(109) 3-3180.05. Rough River Reservoir near Falls of Rough, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°37'll", long 86°29'59", In Intake structure of Rough River Dam on 

Rough River, Brecklnrldge County, 3.0 miles upstream from Cane Run, 3.1 miles 

northeast of Palls of Rough, Grayson County, and at mile 89.3.

Drainage area.--454 sq ml, of which about 110 sq ml does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Maxima. March 1964: Contents, 235,300 acre-ft Mar. 20, 1200 hours (elevation, 

513.04 ft).

1959 to February 1964: Contents, 220,200 acre-ft May 16, 1961 (elevation, 

511.07 ft).

Remarks.--Reservoir Is formed by rolled earthfill dam. Releases controlled by 

three gates, 4.75 ft wide and 9.5 ft high, In semi-elliptical concrete conduit 

through dam with inlet invert elevation at 430.00 ft, contents 92 acre-ft. Total 

capacity at ungated spillway level, elevation, 524.00 ft, is 334,400 acre-ft, of 

which a maximum of 314,200 acre-ft (contents between elevations 465.00 and 524.00 

ft) or a minimum of 214,400 acre-ft (contents between elevations 495.00 and 

524.00 ft) is reserved for flood control depending on season. Contents of 99,840 

acre-ft between minimum pool elevation of 465.00 ft and seasonal pool elevation 

of 495.00 ft Is available for seasonal low-flow 'augmentation. Capacity at minimum pool elevation, 465.00 ft, is 20,170 acre-ft. Reservoir is used for flood 

control, low-flow augmentation, and recreation. Figures of contents include dead 

storage below invert of conduit. Gates closed and storage began Oct. 1, 1959.

Cooperation.--Capacity table furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Elevation and contents, February to April 1964

Date

Feb. 29... 

Mar. 4... 

Mar. 20...

Hour

2400 

03OO 

12OO

Elevation 

(feet)

465. O7 

465.08 

513.04

Contents 

(acre-feet)

20,290 

20,310 

235,300

Date

Mar. 31... 

Apr. 3O. . .

Hour

24OO 

2400

Elevation 

(feet)

509.02 

495.99

Contents 

(acre-feet)

2O5,OOO 

125,100

(110) 3-3182. Rock Lick Creek near Glen Dean, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°39'24", long 86°33'43", on left bank 8 ft downstream from old 

bridge abutments on abandoned county road, 0.5 mile downstream from Black Lick 

Creek, 1.2 miles west of Glen Dean, Brecklnrldge County, and 7.0 miles upstream 

from mouth.

Drainage area.--20.1 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 448.29 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 2,400 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 8,720 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1900 hours.

Mar. 9, 1730 hours. 

1956 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

2,330 

6,010

Gage height

(feet)

14.63

17.28

18.36
A126 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Rock Lick Creek near Glen Dean, Ky.

Day

2. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

2.0 

2.6 

8.5 

1,270 

190 

62

Day

8. ....

9. ....

12. ....

Discharge

32 

1,350 

2,810

458 

121 

95

Day

14. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec 

in inches

Discharge

56 

88 

77 

43 

30 

22

Day

20 .....

Discharge

18 

75 

67 

40 

22 

13

Day

25

29

Discharge

22 

35

17 

15 

11 

9.6 

9.2

228 

13.08

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

Hour

2400

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0200

0300

0400

0600

0900

1100

1130

1200

1400

1500

1700

1900

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

Gage 

height

3.09

3.10

3.10

3.13

3.19

3.27

3.32

3.54

3.34

3.31

3.32

3.36

3.87

9.42

12.90

14.33

14.43

14.35

13.90

13.54

12.78

14.63

14.30

12.48

9.25

7.25

6.33

5.85

Discharge

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.8

4.5

7.2

9.2

10

10

8.8

9.2

11

31

654

1,500

2,150

2,210

2,160

1,930

1,750

1,460

2,330

2,130

1,370

628

336

255

212

Date

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0100

0200

0300

0500

0700

0800

0900

1100

1200

1330

1400

1800

2000

2200

2400

0100

0200

0300

0530

Gage 

height

5.22

4.83

4.56

4.36

4.22

4.16

4.07

3.90

3.82

3.82

3.85

4.05

8.78

13.10

13.48

13.20

11.80

14.45

16.83

16.45

11.30

8.60

7.18

6.49

8.10

14.00

15.03

14.72

Discharge

155

118

91

71

57

51

43

30

26

26

28

42

557

1,570

1,720

1,610

1,190

2,280

5,060

4,380

1,060

530

329

269

455

1,980

2,640

2,390

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

Hour

0730

1000

1200

1300

1500

1600

1730

1900

2200

2400

0130

0330

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0900

1900

2200

2400

0400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

15.75

15.28

14.48

14.32

14.97

16.40

17.28

16.55

13.80

11.12

10.13

11.65

10.15

7.78

6.43

5.65

5.27

4.90

4.72

4.64

4.S7

4.88

4.83

4.63

4.40

4.29

4.19

Discharge

3,360

2,870

2,240

2,140

2,590

4,290

6,010

4,550

1,880

1,020

796

1,150

800

407

264

194

159

125

104

95

96

123

116

94

69

56

45
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A127

(111) 3-3185. Rough River at Palls of Rough, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°35'20", long 86°33'05", on left bank 150 ft downstream from bridge 

on State Highway 110 at Palls of Rough, Grayson County, 3.0 miles downstream from 

Rock Lick Creek, and 6f miles downstream from Rough River Dam.

Drainage area.--504 sq ml, of which about 110 sq ml does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage, 420 94 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Rate of change In stage used as a factor Mar. 4, 5, 8-11.

Maxima. Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1700 hours.

Mar. 5, 0030 hours.

Mar. 9, 2200 hours.

Mar. 9, 2400 hours.

1940 to February 1964:

Jan. 14, 1950. .....

Discharge 

(cfs) 

4,590

12,400

Gage height 

(feet)

21.26

26.13

28.87

Floods of Jan. 12, 1913, 1915, March 1935, and Jan. 25, 1937, reached stages 

of 28.96, 28.93, 29.31 and 34.06 ft, respectively, from floodmarks.

Remarks.--Flow appreciably regulated by Rough River Reservoir (see station 3180.05).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

53

116

174

2,730

2,640

897

Day

7. .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

229

2,640

6,100

5,710

2,120

726

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

298

310

364

255

222

200

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

185

1,000

2,050

2,220

2,050

1,930

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge , In cubic feet per second ..................................

Discharge

1,920

1,930

1,900

1,880

1,880

1,860

1,940

1,565

(112) 3-3188. Caney Creek near Horse .branch, tt.y.

Location.--Lat 37°27'50", long 86°39'20", on right bank 9 ft downstream from bridge 

on U.S. Highway 62, 0.6 mile upstream from Horse Branch, 1.5 miles northeast of 

village of Horse Branch, Ohio County, and 11.2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 124 sq ml, Includes that of Horse Branch at U.S. Highway 62.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 417.30 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0530..........................

Mar. 10, 0930.........................

1956 to February 1964:

Nov. 18, 1957.........................

a About.

b Backwater from Rough River or debris.

Discharge 

(cfs) 

9,100 

8,900

alO.OOO

Gage height

(feet)

13.44

13.40

b!4.43
A132 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Pigeon Creek at Evansville, Ind.--Continued

Date

Mar. 4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2300

2400

0200

0400

0700

0900

1000

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1300

1600

2000

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2200

2300

2400

Gage 

height

12.10

11.88

11.55

11.39

11.40

11.34

11.25

10.95

10.46

10.04

9.68

9.42

9.31

9.26

9.25

9.25

9.26

9.29

9.36

9.54

9.76

9.92

10.38

11.02

11.63

12.08

12.45

12.80

13.18

13.52

13.83

14.10

14.32

14.55

14.86

15.22

15.65

16.09

16.34

16.61

16.76

17.27

Discharge

2,510

2,640

2,720

2,720

2,760

2,700

2,650

2,490

2,310

2,140

2,000

1,890

1,820

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,620

1,560

1,530

1,440

1,340

1,330

1,230

1,220

1,290

1,230

1,130

1,060

961

994

1,020

1,050

966

863

932

961

1,110

1,360

1,420

1,480

1,540

1,640

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

Hour

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

Gage 

height

17.96

18.48

19.20

20.01

20.55

21.06

21.48

21.99

22.58

23.02

23.36

23.58

23.73

23.84

23.97

24.12

24.25

24.38

24.49

24.61

24.72

24.83

24.95

25.07

25.18

25.29

25.39

25.50

25.64

25.75

25.83

25.91

25.98

26.07

26.11

26.16

26.21

26.27

26.30

26.29

26.23

26.18

Discharge

1,730

1,810

2,240

2,800

3,060

3,460

3,750

4,190

4,670

4,970

5,370

5,650

6,010

6,280

6,530

6,780

7,150

6,930

6,950

7,050

7,140

7,240

7,280

7,460

7,490

7,590

7,600

7,620

7,750

7,850

7,920

7,990

8,090

8,220

8,180

8,230

8,230

8,250

8,020

7,820

7,630

7,450

Date

Mar. 13

14

15

16

17

18

Hour

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0600

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0600

1000

1200

1400

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

26.11

26.05

25.99

25.90

25.80

25.70

25.68

25.66

25.61

25.58

25.58

25.56

25.50

25.41

25.32

25.21

25.15

25.14

25.10

25.04

24.95

24.89

24.82

24.80

24.79

24.77

24.72

24.65

24.55

24.47

24.45

24.43

24.39

24.37

24.33

24.22

24.15

24.06

24.04

23.95

23.83

Discharge

7,200

6,860

6,510

6,090

5,910

5,680

5,450

5,440

5,230

5,150

5,220

4,960

4,680

4,570

4,460

4,270

4,050

3,840

3,600

3,340

3,380

3,280

2,920

2,910

2,910

2,630

2,320

2,300

2,170

2,040

2,030

1,790

1,650

1,500

1,340

1,320

1,310

1,290

1,120

638

888
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A133

WABASH RIVER BASIN 

(118) 3-3430. Wabash River at Vlncennes, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°40'52", long 87°32'04", near center of span on downstream side of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 50 at Vlncennes, Knox County, 4.8 miles downstream from 

Maria Creek, 5.8 miles upstream from Embarrass River, and at mile 127.8.

Drainage area. 13,700 sq ml, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn from twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings. Auxiliary water-stage recorder graph, except Mar. 23-26, 4.7 miles upstream at datum 

0.80 ft higher. Datum of gage Is 394.43 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge or stage-fall-discharge relation defined by 

current-meter measurements below 106,000 cfs. Fall used as a factor Mar. 9-22, 

27-31. Discharge for period of no gage-height record at auxiliary gage estimated 

on basis of records for nearby stations.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 27,500 cfs Mar. 11,2400 hours; gage height, 14.48 ft 

 Mar. 12, 0800 hours.

1867 to February 1964: Discharge, 255,000 cfs (estimated) Mar. 29, 1913 

(gage height, 26.3 ft, from floodmarks, by Corps of Engineers).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4

5.

6. . .

Discharge

2,150

2,220

2,260

2,610

4,490

6,280

Day

7 . .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

7,510

8,700

14,500

25,200

27,100

27,100

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

26,300

26,000

25,500

25,100

24,400

23,600

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

23,300

22,700

19,600

16,200

14,000

13,000

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

23.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

12,000

12,000

14,000

15,500

17,600

18,80O

17,4OO

16,040

(119) 3-3605. White River at Newberry, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°55'42", long 87°01'00", in sec.25, T.6 N., R.6 W., on right bank 

500 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 57 at Newberry, 2.3 miles downstream 

from Doans Creek, at mile 118.0.

Drainage area. 4,696 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 465.59 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 80,000 cfs.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 37,300 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 20.12 ft).

1875 to February 1964: Discharge, 130,000 cfs (estimated) Mar. 27, 1913 

(gage height, 27.5 ft, from floodmarks, by State Highway Department of Indiana).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. . . .

2. .. .

3. .. .

4. . . .

5... .

6. . . .

Discharge

782

796

789

1,210

5,460

8,460

Day

7 ...

8. . .

9. . .

10. . .

11. ..

12. . .

Discharge

6,950

5,590

11,700

23,700

26,200

27,900

Day

13.. ..

14.. ..

15.. ..

16.. ..

17.. ..

18.. ..

Discharge

34,100

36,200

32,100

27,300

21,600

15,900

Day

19. . .

20. . .

21. . .

22. . .

23. . .

24. . .

Discharge

11,300

9,250

8,300

8,110

7,920

7,470

Day

25. ..

26. . .

27. ..

28. . .

29. ..

30. ..

31. ..

Monthly mean discharee. in cubic feet ner second. ..................................

Runoff, in Inches

Discharge

7,080

7,210

7,370

7,340

7,000

6,470

5,610

12,490

3.07
A134 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(120) 3-3640. East Fork White River at Columbus, Ind.

Location.--Lat 39°12', long 86°56', in NW^ sec.25, T.9 N., R.5 E., on left bank at 

abutment of abandoned bridge at west end of Second Street in Columbus, 0.6 mile 

downstream from confluence of Driftwood River and Flatrock River, and 1.4 miles 

upstream from Haw Creek.

Drainage area. 1,692 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 603.12 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 52,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 28,200 cfs Mar. 11, 0800 hours.

1913: Gage height, 17.9 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, about 100,000 cfs). 

1947 to February 1964: Discharge, 48,700 cfs Jan. 28, 1952 (gage height, 

16.00 ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1 .

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

296

290

290

1,400

4,740

4,890

Day

7 ...

8. . .

9. . .

10. ..

11. ..

12. . .

Discharge

3,620

2,560

7,820

20,600

27,800

25,400

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

16,800

10,600

7,540

5,840

4,630

3,650

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

2,930

2,530

2,280

2,130

1,960

1,790

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

1,680

1,990

2,220

1,960

1,710

1,500

1,370

5,639

3.84

(121) 3-3645. Clifty Creek at Hartsville, Ind.

Location.--Lat 39°16'25", long 85°42'10", in NW^ sec.36, T.10 N., R.7 E., at downstream side of left abutment of highway bridge, a quarter of a mile north of 

Hartsville and 5 miles upstream from Duck Creek.

Drainage area.--88.8 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 677.34 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 5,900 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0400

Mar. 10, 063 

1913:

Date unknown 

1948 to Februar

Jan. 21, 1959

/ 1964: 

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

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 1,420

............... 6,820

............... 11,300

Gage height 

(feet) 

5.27

11.78

25.1

14.29

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

)ay Discharge

9.0

9.0

11

314

811

237

Day

7 . . .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

161

140

3,340

4,760

804

514

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

342

310

310

2O8

164

128

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

106

99

146

156

128

1O8

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

... j. V>Q »^ 1 ri rMiVi-*^ fV^t- n**T> "aufnnH

icff, in inches.

B > iDischarge

101

156

133

108

92

75

453

5.88
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A135

(122) 3-3650. Sand Creek near Brewersville, Ind.

Location. Lat 39°05'05", long 85°39'30", In NW^ sec.5, T.7 N., R.8 E., on left bank 

at downstream side of county highway bridge, 2^ miles west of Brewersville, and 

5.2 miles upstream from Bear Creek.

Drainage area.--156 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Altitude of gage is 630 ft (by 

barometer).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 13,000 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 19,900 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, (

Mar. 10, 

1897:

March 1897. 

1948 to Februa

Jan. 21, 1959.

a From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 19.3 ft. 

b Several feet higher than stage of Jan. 21, 1959.

iry 1964: 

359..... ..................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 4,300

............... 14,000

............... 19.900

Gage height 

(feet) 

11.00

a!8.70

(b)

21.7

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. . .

2. . .

3. . .

4. . .

5.. .

6. . .

Discharge

22

22

30

1,070

2,260

471

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

246

200

8,700

9,360

1,180

819

Day

13..

14..

15..

16. .

17..

18..

Discharge

495

489

686

312

220

168

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

121

128

204

204

162

138

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

126

246

189

145

124

108

92

6.85

(123) 3-3655. East Fork White River at Seymour, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°58'57", long 85°53'57'J , in NW^ sec.7, T.6 N., R.6 E., on left bank 

1,700 ft downstream from highway bridge, 1 mile north of Seymour, 9.6 miles downstream from Sand Creek, and at mile 219.2.

Drainage area.--2,333 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 550.67 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 59,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 54,900 cfs Mar. 10, 2000 hours (gage height, 

 18772 ft).

1897 to February 1964: Discharge, 120,000 cfs Mar. 26, 1913 (gage height,

21.0 ft, from information by Corps of Engineers and State Highway Dept. of

Indiana).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

379

368

379

933

7,580

7,460

Monthly mean disch 

Runoff, in inches.

Day

7 g

8.

9 .

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

5,290

3,740

9,500

44,800

40,700

30,900

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

arge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

27,000

18,400

13,100

9,710

7,310

5,690

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

4,490

3,840

3,810

3,590

3,210

2,920

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Discharge

2,740

2,950

3,280

3,080

2,770

2,49O

2,260

8,860

4.38
A136 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(124) 3-36VO. Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°46', long 85°49', In sec.23, T.4 N., R.6 E., on right bank 15 ft 

downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 31, 2 miles north of Austin, and 4 miles 

upstream from Stucker Pork.

Drainage area.--365 sq ml.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 513.96 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 34,000 cfs. Discharge not computed when gage height Is below 13.0 ft.

Maxima. Given In the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 2100 hours., 

Mar. 10, 0900 hours.

1932 to February 1964: 

Jan. 22, 1959.......

Discharge

(cfs) 

13,200 

36,600

53,900

Gage height

(feet)

23.71

27.61

29.20

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ...

6. ...

Discharge

_

_

8,400

Day

7. ....

12. ....

Discharge Daj

14

18.

t Discharge Daj

19

21

22

24.

f Discharge Day

29

30.

31.

Discharge

-

(125) 3-3695. Vernon Pork at Vernon, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°57', long 85°37', In sec.10, T.6 N., R.8 E., on right bank Just 

downstream from highway bridge, 1 mile southwest of Vernon and 2 miles downstream 

from confluence of North and South Porks.

Drainage area.--201 sq ml.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 587.30 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944 (levels by Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 25,000 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 56,800 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0130 hours.

Mar. 9, 2330 hours. 

1897..................

1898 to February 1964:

Jan. 21, 1959......

a From inside gage; floodmark elevation, 22.8 ft. 

b About equal to the stage of Jan. 21, 1959.

Discharge

(cfs)

7,500

21,100

Unknown

56,800

Gage height

(feet)

13.07

a22.66

(b)

32.83

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

] .

2 .

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

16

16

21

1,620

3,070

428

Day

7 . ,

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

233

194

13,700

11,400

1,350

752

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

446

472

768

335

223

161

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

125

113

159

173

130

106

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, In Inches.

Discharge

96

242

216

139

111

90

77

1,192

6.84
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A137

(126) 3-3715. East Fork White River near Bedford, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°46'10", long 86 0 24'30", in NE^ sec.21, T.4 N., R.I E., on downstream side of center pier of bridge on county road, 0.4 mile upstream from Mill 

Creek, 2.9 miles downstream from Sugar Creek, 3.9 miles northeast of Mitchell, 

and 7.8 miles southeast of Bedford.

Drainage area. 3,870 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graphs. Datum of gage is 473.59 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929. Auxiliary gage, 9.7 miles downstream, is at datum 

4.39 ft lower.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge or stage-fall-discharge relation defined by 

current-meter measurements. Fall used as a factor Mar. 9-20.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 75,700 cfs Mar. 12, 1400 hours; gage height, 35.22 

TtTMar. 13, 0200 hours.

1913: Gage height, 47.5 ft, from floodmarks determined by Corps of Engineers 

at site 9.7 miles downstream (discharge, 155,000 cfs).

1939 to February 1964: Discharge, 70,900 cfs May 11, 1961; gage height, 

35.97 ft May 11, 1961.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

600 

581 

575 

1,440 

6,660 

7,670

Day

12. ....

Discharge

8,900 

11,100 

17,800 

27,600 

40,700 

73,100

Day

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

69,200 

60,200 

50,400 

39,700 

31,300 

25,800

Day

20. ....

Discharge

21,000 

16,200 

12,200 

9,270 

7,010 

5,830

Day

25.. .. 

26.. .. 

27 .. 

28 .. 

29 .. 

30.. .. 

31 ..

Discharge

5,180 

4,860 

5,080 

5,530 

5,370 

4,840 

4,310

18,710 

5.57

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

a

9

Hour

2400

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1000

1300

1700

2400

0400

0900

1800

2400

1200

2400

0800

1400

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

2.98

3.22

3.82

5.08

6.82

7.84

9.58

10.84

11.37

11.54

11.47

11.46

11.52

11.73

12.03

12.87

13.82

14.57

15.08

15.88

16.42

18.52

20.55

22.32

Discharge

572

728

1,120

1,990

3,340

4,240

5,800

6,940

7,420

7,580

7,510

7,500

7,560

7,760

8,040

8,870

9,820

10,600

11,100

12,000

12,600

15,300

17,900

20,800

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1500

1800

2400

0300

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1800

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

Gage 

height

24.24

25.16

26.38

26.58

26.68

26.82

26.90

27.23

27.95

30.07

32.28

33.70

34.43

34.55

34.65

34.76

34.83

35.00

35.20

35.22

35.18

35.03

34.82

34.53

33.90

Discharge

23,100

25,300

29,200

29,500

29,600

29,800

30,000

31,500

35,200

49,500

65,600

72,400

74,800

74,800

75,300

75,700

75,400

74,700

73,800

73,300

71,600

69,100

66,900

64,500

60,300

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

33.17

32.20

31.12

29.92

28.75

27.58

26.45

25.28

24.02

22.66

21.11

19.35

17.57

15.93

14.56

13.27

11.93

10.82

10.08

Discharge

55,500

50,500

45,200

39,400

34,900

30 , 900

29,800

25,800

23,300

21,000

18,700

16,100

13,800

12,100

10,600

9,270

7,950

6,920

6,250
A138 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(127) 3-3716. South Fork Salt Creek at Kurtz, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°57'46", long 86°12'12", in SWij sec.9, T.6 N., R.3 E., on right 

bank at downstream side of county road bridge, at the north edge of Kurtz, 

0.8 mile upstream from unnamed tributary from the right, and 6.1 miles upstream 

from Little Salt Creek.

Drainage area. 38.1 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 568.00 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (unadjusted).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,700 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 2200 hours.

Mar. 9, 2SOO hours. 

1959-1964:

1959... ............

1960 to February 1964:

May 7, 1961. .......

a About.

Discharge 

(cfs) 

2,470 

4,960

Unknown 

4,690

Gage height

(feet)

10.44

13.08

a!5 

12.93

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff ,

Discharge

2.2 

2.6 

5.8 

1,050 

220 

57

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

36 

92 

3,870 

1,910 

180 

137

Day

mean discharge, In cubic feet per sec

Discharge

76 

133 

101 

57 

39 

30

Day Discharge

26 

40 

45 

36 

30 

28

Day

31 .....

Discharge

38 

71 

41 

34 

28 

24 

22

273 

8.27

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1800

2000

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0500

0700

1000

1300

1600

2000

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

2.85

3.21

4.45

4.85

5.72

7.00

8.35

9.00

9.40

10,12

10.33

10.44

9.25

7.25

5.85

5.25

4.88

4.52

4.27

4.03

3.86

3.73

3.60

3.49

3.32

3.23

Discharge

6

26

250

342

586

1,030

1,570

1,830

1,990

2,310

2,420

2,470

1,930

1,140

655

475

370

280

226

175

141

117

95

77

54

43

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

Hour

1200

2400

1200

1800

2100

2300

2400

0030

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1200

1500

1800

2000

2100

2200

2400

0400

0600

0800

Gage 

height

3.14

3.08

3.20

3.65

4.14

4.40

5.65

8.25

9.25

10.20

10.85

11.60

12.10

12.56

12.80

12.72

12.16

11.90

12.45

12.97

13.07

13.06

12.92

12.36

12.20

11.97

Discharge

35

30

40

104

198

253

655

1,530

1,930

2,350

2,710

3,250

3,710

4,380

4,560

4,460

3,780

3,510

4,100

4,800

4,940

4,960

4,720

4,020

3,820

3,570

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

Hour

0900

1000

1100

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

10.30

8.50

7.20

6.41

5.66

5.39

5.16

4.95

4.77

4.57

4.36

4.21

4.09

3.96

3.90

3.84

3.81

3.82

4.07

3.82

3.60

3.47

3.36

Discharge

2,400

1,630

1,120

844

596.

517

454

388

335

293

244

213

188

165

149

138

132

134

184

134

95

74

61
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A139

(128) 3-3716.5. North Fork Salt Creek at Nashville, Ind.

Location. Lat 39°12'05", long 86°14'50", in SW£ sec.19, T.9 N., R.3 E., near center 

of stream at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 46, 700 ft downstream 

from Greasy Creek, and 0.4 mile south of center of Nashville, Brown County.

Drainage area.--75.9 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Graph drawn on basis of wire-weight-gage readings usually made

twice daily.Peak stage of Mar. 9 was determined from high-water mark. Datum

of gage is 579.576 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 2,000 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 7,130 cfs Mar. 9, 2400 hours (gage height, 

 15793 ft).

1962 to February 1964: Discharge, 7,500 cfs Mar. 4, 1963 (gage height, 15.72 

ft, from floodmark).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

3. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

8.7 

7.9 

18 

388 

568 

196

Day Discharge

82 

155 

5,030 

3,350 

419 

206

Day

13. ... 

14. ... 

15. ... 

16. ... 

17. ... 

18. ...

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

166 

150 

144 

122 

84 

66

Day

22

Discharge

58 

52 

50 

48 

47 

46

Day

31.....

Discharge

63 

238

157 

120 

86 

52 

47

394 

5.98

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 2

3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

1200

2400

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2000

2100

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

3.09

3.10

3.43

3.73

3.98

4/57

5.26

5.90

6.20

6.26

6.22

6.11

5.78

5.45

5.11

4.77

4.40

4.11

3.88

3.79

3.61

3.57

Discharge

8

9

44

92

141

285

498

720

840

864

848

804

678

562

453

351

250

177

126

108

76

69

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

Hour

1200

1800

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1200

1600

1800

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

Gage

height

3.57

3.66

4.00

4.41

5.28

6.48

7.75

9.08

10.38

11.68

12.78

13.11

13.30

13.46

13.58

13.77

14.00

14.90

15.66

15.76

15.85

15.88

15.93

15.89

15.88

Discharge

69

85

153

352

463

773

1,370

1,790

3,480

3,380

4,130

4,400

4,570

4,710

4,820

4,990

5,300

6,100

6,860

6,960

7,050

7,080

7,130

7,090

7,080

Date

Mar . 10

11

12

Hour

0300

0400

0500

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1300

1300

1500

1700

3000

2200

3400

0600

0900

1300

1500

1800

3400

1300

3400

Gage 

height

15.81

15.71

15.59

15.38

14.70

13.58

13.08

10.15

8.65

8.13

7.35

6.93

6.37

6.13

5.90

5.45

5.31

5.13

4.76

4.55

4.37

4.18

4.08

Discharge

7,010

6,910

6,790

6,580

5,900

4,820

3,560

3,340

1,610

1,400

1,120

976

791

716

650

515

478

433

340

388

345

201

178
A140 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(129) 3-3720. North Fork Salt Creek near Belmont, Ind.

Location.--Lat 39°09'00", long 86°20'14", in NWij sec.5, T.8 N., R.2 E., on right 

bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 46, 100 ft upstream from 

Schooner Creek, 0.7 mile northeast of Belmont, 6| miles upstream from Brummett 

Creek, and 20 miles upstream from mouth. Records include flow of Schooner Creek.

Drainage area.--120 sq mi, includes Schooner Creek.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 543.62 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission).

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 9,600 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 12,700 cfs. Rate of 

change in stage used as a factor Mar. 4-6, 9-13, 25-27.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0600 hours., 

Mar. 5, 0900 hours., 

Mar. 10, 0600 hours.

1913...................

1946 to February 1964: 

June 23, 1960. ......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

2,380

10,100 

Unknown

13,300

Gage height 

(feet)

17.08

21.63

25.7

23.10

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per- second, March 1964

Day

2. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

11 

11 

12 

770 

1,620 

311

Day

8. ....

9. ....

Discharge

137 

117 

4,610 

8,080 

1,190 

508

Day

14. ....

15. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sece

Discharge

309 

266 

274 

175 

124 

87

Day

20.. ...

Discharge

69 

75 

95 

85 

72 

64

Day

31 .....

Discharge

123 

616 

282 

168 

119 

87 

73

663 

6.36

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

Hour2400

0600

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

2000

2200

2400

0600

0800

0900

1000

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage 

height

2.99

3.28

3.66

4.35

5.20

6.50

8.10

10.00

12.00

13.70

15.30

16.00

16.36

16.96

17.07

17.08

17.00

16.57

14.66

12.00

9.27

7.30

6.16

5.60

5.18

4.95

4.78

4.64

4.55

4.41

4.35

Discharge

13

24

50

122

231

400

803

1,150

1,510

1,860

2,250

2,220

2,170

2,380

2,370

2,280

2,060

1,550

1,090

930

640

451

332

259

204

174

152

134

123

106

100

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

Hour

1200

1800

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

Gage 

height

4.38

4.52

4.70

4.98

6.00

9.00

12.00

14.40

15.50

16.54

17.23

17.72

18.15

18.63

19.30

20.10

21.03

21.50

21.56

21.58

21.59

21.58

21.59

21.61

21.62

21.63

21.62

21.59

21.54

21.46

21.22

20.88

20.44

19.92

Discharge

103

119

142

178

311

1,060

1,680

2,460

2,410

2,570

2,760

2,970

3,300

3,870

5,080

6,720

8,770

9,800

9,930

9,980

10,000

9,980

10,000

10,000

10,100

10,100

10,100

10,000

9,890

9,710

9,180

8,440

7,470

6,320

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

14

Hour2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0800

1400

1600

1800

Gage 

height

19.35

18.77

18.17

17.56

16.76

15.90

15.00

14.05

12.97

11.90

10.95

10.03

9.28

8.65

8.22

7.97

7.90

7.82

7.65

7.45

7.22

6.92

6.69

6.27

5.94

5.66

5.44

5.42

5.48

5.62

5.76

5.89

Discharge

5,180

4,030

3,090

2,280

1,560

1,310

1,230

1,120

1,060

968

863

757

678

617

582

561

558

543

521

495

465

427

401

346

303

267

238

236

243

262

280

297
I FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A141

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964, of 

North Fork Salt Creek near Belmont, Ind.--Continued

Date

Mar. 14 

15

Hour

2000 

2400

0400 

0800 

1200 

1800

Gage 

height

5.96 

6.00

6.04 

5.94 

5.76 

5.47

Discharge

306 

311

316 

303 

280 

242

Date

Mar. 15 

16

Hour

2400

1200 

1800 

2100 

2200 

2400

Gage 

height

5.23

4.93 

4.81 

4.76 

4.77 

4.76

Discharge

211

172 

156 

150 

151 

150

Date

Mar. 17

Hour

0400 

1000 

1200 

1400 

1800 

2100 

2400

Gage 

height

4.63 

4.56 

4.59 

4.57 

4.51 

4.42 

4.41

Discharge

133 

124 

128 

125 

118 

107 

106

(130) 3-3725. Salt Creek near Harrodsburg, Ind.

Location. Lat 39°00'16", long 86°30'31", In NW£ sec.34, T.7 N., R.I W., on right 

bank 1,300 ft downstream from Monroe Reservoir, 0.9 mile upstream from Clear 

Creek, 2.2 miles southeast of Harrodsburg, and 25.1 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--441 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 480.00 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 19,500 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting. Backwater from return of overbank flow or from the East Pork White River Mar. 10-18.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 8,000 cfs Mar. 10, 0300 hours (gage height,

 2~S740 ft).

1955 to February 1964: Discharge, 22,000 cfs June 25, 1960 (gage height 

32.76 ft, from graph based on gage readings at site 3,500 ft upstream and datum 

2.41 ft higher); gage height at present site and datum, 35.35 ft May 9, 1961.

Remarks.--Plow regulated by Monroe Reservoir (flood control storage capacity, 

acre-ft).

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2.... .

3. ....

4. ....

5.. ...

6. ....

Discharge

50

47

47

644

2,270

1,910

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

2,120

2,210

5,200

7,050

4,880

1,940

Day

13.....

14. ....

15.... .

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

384

295

303

310

316

1,300

Day

19.. ...

20.... .

21... ..

22. ....

23.....

24 .....

Discharge

2,580

2,750

3,020

2,930

3,030

3,230

Day

25.. ..

26.. ..

27. .

28.. ..

29.. ..

30 ..

31.. ..

Monthly mean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

3,210

2,580

3,410

3,810

3,750

3,470

3,070

2,326

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

Hour

2400

0600

1000

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

1900

2100

2300

2400

0100

0500

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

Gage 

height

6.05

6.21

6.52

6.87

7.37

8.15

9.24

10.64

12.35

14.15

15.42

17.07

17.95

18.12

18.13

18.07

18.11

17.98

17.63

17.12

16.72

16.44

16.28

Discharge

46

54

73

99

145

238

388

618

944

1,320

1,560

2,030

2,280

2,420

2,420

2,400

2,410

2,370

2,270

2,120

2,000

1,930

1,890

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

10

Hour

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1300

1700

2000

2400

0100

0200

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

0300

0400

Gage 

height

16.20

16.24

16.47

16.75

16.98

17.23

17.35

17.37

17.32

17.27

17.37

17.42

18.26

19.90

21.25

22.28

23.68

24.83

26.52

28.08

28.40

28.38

Discharge

1,870

1,880

1,940

2,010

2,070

2,150

2,180

2,190

2,180

S,160

2,190

2,210

2,460

2,950

3,450

3,860

4,490

5,100

6,220

7,680

8,000

7,980

Date

Mar . 10

11

12

13

14

Hour

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1500

2000

2400

0700

0800

1200

1800

2400

1200

Gage 

height

28.17

27.75

27.38

26.93

26.84

26.62

26.47

26.40

26.37

25.95

25.62

25.25

24.83

24.37

23.55

23.00

22.17

22.02

21.62

21.23

20.97

20.57

Discharge

7,770

7,350

6,980

6,540

5,900

4,800

4,000

3,600

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,250

430

440

440

440

440

440

290

290

295
A142 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Salt Creek near Harrodsburg, Ind. Continued

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

Hour

2400

0600

1200

1800 

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

20.18

19.95

19.62

19.28 

18.89

18.02

16.98

15.80

14.48

Discharge

300

300

305

305 

305

310

315

315

320

Date

Mar. 18

28

Hour

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400 

1600

1900

2400

0600

1200

1800

Gage 

height

13.36

14,30

15.05

15.10

15.95 

17.20

18.16

18.43

22.15

22.22

22.20

Discharge

320

700

1,580

1,600

1,810 

2,140

2,430

2,510

3,810

3,840

3,830

Date

26

29

30

31

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

Gage 

height

22.16

22.02

21.77

21.38 

20.67

20.36

20.20

20.07

20.20

20.00

Discharge

3,810

3,760

3,660

3,500 

3,220

3,110

3,050

3,000

3,050

2,980

(131) 3-3727. Clear Creek at Harrodsburg, Ind.

Location. Lat 39°02'03", long 86°34'01", in NW£ sec.19, T.7 N., R.I W., on left 

bank at downstream side of county road bridge, 1.9 miles northwest of Harrodsburg, 3.9 miles upstream from Little Clear Creek, and 5.1 miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage area.--55.2 sq mi, of which 6.4 sq mi does not contribute directly to surface runoff.

Gage-height record.--Digital recorder tape punched at 15-minute intervals. Datum 

of gage is 517.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 3,600 cfs and by contracted-opening measurement at 10,200 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1845 hours

Mar. 9, 2200 hours 

1960 to February 1964:

June 23, 1960

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

1964:

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 1,900

............... 6,380

............... 10,200

Gage height 

(feet) 

8.12

13.07

16.47

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

13

14

16

538

335

131

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10... ..

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

90

117

3,650

1,430

520

381

Day

13.. ...

14. ....

15.... .

16... ..

17. ....

18... ..

Discharge

268

196

143

115

95

80

Day

19.. ...

20.. ...

21.....

22.....

23... ..

24.....

Discharge

71

95

88

76

72

65

Day

25.. ..

26....

27 ....

28....

29 ....

30. ...

31 ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet Der second. .................................

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

98

171

119

100

82

69

63

300

6.26

Mote. Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 15-minute intervals.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

Hour

2400

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

1845

2000

2200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

3.56

3.81

4.75

4.57

5.16

6.98

8.08

8.12

7.58

6.75

6.30

5.66

5.32

5.01

4.82

Discharge

17

31

160

127

258

1,080

1,860

1,900

1,500

940

710

424

306

218

174

Date

Mar. 6

7

8

9

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

1000

1200

1400

1800

2200

2400

0100

Gage 

height

4.66

4.55

4.52

4.44

4.30

4.25

4.23

4.26

4.49

4.47

4.54

4.68

6.24

8.06

Discharge

143

124

119

106

86

79

76

80

114

111

122

146

680

1,850

Date

Mar. 9

Hour

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

Gage 

height

9.24

9.75

9.84

9.29

8.41

8.32

8.52

8.90

9.16

9.64

10.54

11.62

12.40

12.71

12.68

13.07

12.95

Discharge

2,790

3,200

3,270

2,830

2,130

2,060

2,220

2,520

2,730

3,110

3,840

4,870

5,650

5,980

6,170

6,380

6,250
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO HIVEH A143

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Clear Creek at Harrodsburg, Ind.--Continued

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

Hour

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

0900

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

Gage 

height

12.55

11.16

9.30

8.56

8.30

7.76

7.22

6.89

6.68

6.49

6.29

6.04

Discharge

5,810

4,410

2,840

2,250

2,040

1,620

1,240

1,020

900

805

705

580

Date

Mar. 11

12

13

14

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

5.85

5.72

5.72

5.75

5.52

5.36

5.20

5.04

4.89

4.79

Discharge

500

448

448

460

368

318

270

225

188

168

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

Hour

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

4.64

4.56

4.48

4.43

4.35

4.31

4.22

4.23

Discharge

139

126

112

105

93

87

75

76

(132) 3-3730. Salt Creek near Peerless, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°56'35", long 86°30'38", in NW^: sec.22, T.6 N., fl.l W., on downstream side near center of Monon Railroad bridge, 3,400 ft downstream from Little 

Salt Creek, 1.5 miles north of Peerless, and 18.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 582 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Graph drawn from twice-daily wire-weight-gage readings. Datum 

of gage is 476.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 22,000 cfs. Backwater from return of overbank flow or from East Pork White 

River Mar. 8, 11-20.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 10,000 cfs Mar. 10, 1000 hours (gage height, 29.00 

ft, from graph based on gage readings),

1939-50, 1957 to February 1964: Discharge, 25,100 cfs May 10, 1961 (gage 

height, 35.33 ft, from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks.--Flow regulated by Monroe Reservoir (flood control storage capacity, 

acre-ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1

2,

3

4

5

6.

Discharge

67

63

67

362

3,100

2,470

Day

7.

a.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

2,460

2,200

5,190

8,910

5,700

2,400

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

670

510

460

440

430

1,450

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

2,700

2,900

3,320

3,170

3,080

3,290

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge , in cubic feet per second .................................

Discharge

3,260

2,820

3,240

3,720

3,770

3,650

3,310

2,554
A144 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(133) 3-3732. Indian Creek near Sprlngvllle, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°57'01", long 86°40'30", In SW£ sec.18, T.6 N., R.2 W., on left bank 

at downstream, side of State Highway 54 bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream 

from Popcorn Creek, and 4 miles northwest of Springvllle.

Drainage area.--60.9 sq ml.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph and digital recorder tape punched 

at 15-mlnute Intervals. Datum of gage Is 580.00 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 5,000 cfs, and extended to 6,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--Given In the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar. 4, 1745 hours ..................

Mar . 9 , 2115 hours ..................

1950 or 1951.. ........................

1962 to February 1964: 

Mar. 4, 1963. .......................

Discharge 

(cfs)

2

r<rjr\

............... 6,450

............... 5.120

Gage height 

(feet) 

8 29

1 9 Q^

1 Q A

11.60

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. d.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

5.3

5.9

785

332

108

Day

7

8

9

10

11

12

Discharge

67

136

4,770

1,780

345

254

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

145

116

92

67

54

41

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

38

52

65

56

47

42

Day

25.

26.

27.

25.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

58

63

41

38

6.04

(134) 3-3735. East Fork White River at Shoals, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°40'02", long 86°47'32", In sec.30, T.3 N., R.3 W., In first pier 

from left bank on highway bridge at Shoals, 400 ft upstream from Baltimore and 

Ohio Railroad bridge, 1 mile upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 107.6.

Drainage area.--4.954 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 442.25 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 100,000 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 62,300 cfs Mar. 15, 0030 hours (gage height, 

3T702 ft).

1847 to February 1964: Discharge, 160,000 cfs Mar. 28, 1913 (gage height, 

4*j. di i t } i

Remarks. Floodflow affected by storage in Monroe Reservoir (flood-control storage 

capacity, 258,800 acre-ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

724

706

697

1,200

10,200

12,500

Day

7 .

8. .

9. .

10. .

11. .

12. .

Discharge

10,800

12,400

23,500

39,200

44,500

46,100

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

53,900

61,000

61,400

57,300

51,500

45,500

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

39,000

31,800

23,400

16,500

12,100

9,780

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

8,900

8,440

8,050

8,660

9,060

8,720

8,050

5.44
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A145

(135) 3-3740. White River at Petersburg, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°30'39", long 87°17'22", in SW£ sec.15, T.I N., R.8 W., on left 

bank, 300 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 61, three-eighths of a mile 

upstream from Prides Creek, 1 mile north of Petersburg, and at mile 47.7.

Drainage area.--11,139 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 108,000 cfs Mar. 16, 2100 hours (gage height,

1907 to February 1964: Discharge, 235,000 cfs (estimated) Mar. 29, 1913 

(gage height, 29.5 ft, from floodmarks,by Corps of Engineers).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .... 

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. .... 

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

1,710 

1,680 

1,68O 

2,160 

7,090 

14,200

Day

7. ....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

Discharge

19,000 

19,800 

29,600 

47,200 

57,200 

68,000

Day

13. ....

15. .... 

16. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per secc 

in inches

Discharge

78,900 

84,200 

98,000 

108,000 

105,000 

92,800

Day

19. ....

Discharge

79,700 

68,600 

58 , 300 

49,900 

39,300 

28,200

Day

25.. ...

31. ....

Discharge

21,800 

19,400 

18,2OO 

17,700 

18,000 

17,800 

17,100

41,620 

4.31

(136) 3-3745. Patoka River near Ellsworth, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°26'29", long 86°43'31", in SE£ sec.10, T.I S., R.3 W., on right 

bank, 200 ft upstream from county road bridge (revised), 1.0 mile northwest of 

Ellsworth, 2.9 miles upstream from Dlllon Creek, and 4 miles east of Dubois.

Drainage area. 171 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 477.00 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 13,500 cfs and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar . 6 , 0630 hours ..................

1913 to February 1964: 

March 1913.. ........................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 4,930

............... 14,700

............... 12.300

Gage height 

(feet) 

15.74

20.02

19.1

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

11

10

11

1,280

4,350

4,430

Monthly mean disch 

Runoff, in inches.

Day

7 .....

8. ....

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

2,620

1,350

6,260

13,500

7,560

3,040

Day

13. ....

14.. ...

15.... .

16.....

17. ....

18. ....

arge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

1,690

1,070

1,170

905

424

265

Day

19... .

20... .

21... .

22... .

23... .

24... .

Discharge

203

190

202

186

166

144

Day

25.....

26.....

27.. .. .

28.. . . .

29.. ...

30.....

31 .....

Discharge

141

502

539

294

214

171

148

1,711 

11.53

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3 

4

Hour

2400

0300 

0400 

0500 

0600 

0700

Gage 

height

2.10

2.15 

2.20 

2.32 

2.40 

2.48

Discharge

13

17 

22 

35 

66 

81

Date

Mar. 4

Hour

0800 

0900 

1000 

1100 

1130 

1200 

1230

Gage 

height

2.76 

3.08 

3.46 

4.22 

5.75 

7.84 

8.94

Discharge

141 

216 

298 

438 

683 

932 

1,050

Date

Mar. 4

Hour

1300 

1400 

1500 

1600 

1700 

1800 

1900

Gage 

height

9.64 

10.60 

11.21 

11.85 

12.54 

12.97 

13.51

Discharge

1,130 

1,230 

1,310 

1,400 

1,700 

1,960 

2,310

782-001 O-65-11
A146 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Patoka River near Ellsworth, Ind.--Continued

Date

Mar . 4

5

6

7

8

Hour

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0900

1400

1500

1700

1900

2000

2400

0100

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1300

1500

1800

2000

Gage 

height

14.19

14.77

15.20

15.48

15.65

15.71

15.75

15.74

15.70

15.41

15.15

15.11

15.08

15.12

15.17

15.45

15.54

15.60

15.65

15.70

15.72

15.74

15.74

15.72

15.71

15.68

15.64

15.59

15.18

14.70

14.25

13.86

13.45

13.20

12.86

12.54

12.14

11.64

11.10

10.64

10.47

10.41

10.39

10.66

10.91

Discharge

2,890

3,520

,080

,510

,780

,880

,950

,930

,860

,400

,010

3,950

3,910

3,970

4,040

4,460

,600

,700

,780

,860

,900

,930

,930

,900

,880

4,830

4,760

4,680

4,050

3,440

2,950

2,590

2,260

2,100

1,900

1,700

1,500

1,360

1,290

1,240

1,220

1,210

1,210

1,240

1,270

Date

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

Hour

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2400

0300

0600

0700

0800

0900

0930

1000

1100

1200

1400

1600

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1100

1200

1400

1600

1800

2400

Gage 

height

11.20

11.84

12.36

12.86

13.49

14.44

15.54

16.54

17.17

17.57

17.99

19.02

19.44

19.81

19.91

19.97

20.01

20.02

20.01

19.98

19.94

19.82

19.67

19.48

19.17

18.79

17.92

16.99

16.09

15.29

14.67

14.21

13.85

13.51

13.33

13.13

12.88

12.65

12.51

12.18

11.77

11.25

9.40

Discharge

1,310

1,400

1,610

1,900

2,990

3,140

4,600

6,480

7,770

8,650

9,580

12,100

13,100

14,100

14,400

14,500

14,600

14,700

14,600

14,500

14,400

14,100

13,700

13,200

12 , 400

11,500

9,420

7,380

5,580

4,210

3,400

2,910

2,580

2,310

2,180

2,060

1,910

1,770

1,690

1,520

1,380

1,310

1,100

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

Hour

0200

0300

0500

0700

0800

1100

1200

1300

1400

1800

2400

0200

0300

0600

0800

1200

1800

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

8.85

8.65

8.48

8.48

8.51

8.52

8.49

8.84

9.11

9.60

10.32

10.44

10.47

10.46

10.38

10.17

9.74

9.30

9.15

8.97

8.77

8.54

8.22

7.86

6.59

5.34

4.87

4.50

4.21

4.01

3.86

3.72

3.63

3.55

3.47

3.40

3.28

3.20

3.13

3.07

3.02

2.98

2.95

Discharge

1,040

1,020

1,000

1,000

1,010

1,010

1,000

1,040

1,070

1,130

1,200

1,210

1,220

1,220

1,210

1,190

1,140

1,090

1,080

1,060

1,030

1,010

974

935

787

622

547

485

436

402

375

350

332

316

300

285

260

242

227

213

202

192

186

(137) 3-3755. Patoka River at Jasper, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°24'49", long 86°52'36", in SEtj sec.20, T.I S., R.4 W., on left 

bank 0.3 mile upstream from unnamed outlet of Jasper Lake, 1.0 mile downstream 

from Coon Seitz bridge, 1.2 miles downstream from Beaver Creek, and 3.3 miles 

northeast of Jasper.

Drainage area.--257 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except Mar. 6-17 for which graph 

was drawn on basis of readings at supplementary gage. Datum of gage is 446.19 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Supplementary gage, 5.6 miles downstream, 

is at datum 0.34 ft lower.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements. 

Discharge, Mar. 6, 0000-1200 hours and Mar. 15, 1200 hours, to Mar. 17, 2400 

hours, adjusted for channel storage between base gage and supplementary gage.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 14,100 cfs Mar. 11, 1400 hours (gage height, 15.17 

ft at supplementary gage, 20.20 ft at base gage, from floodmark).

1913 to February 1964: Discharge, 16,000 cfs March 1913 (gage height, 15.9 ft 

at supplementary gage, from floodmark, furnished by local residents).
I FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A147

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964, of Patoka River at Jasper, Ind.

Day

1. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

22 

20 

20 

530 

1,290 

1,890

Day

8. ....

Discharge

3,590 

4,330 

5,770 

9,970 

13,600 

11,900

Day

mean discharge, In cubic feet per sec

Discharge

7,740 

4,800 

3,500 

2,470 

1,740 

1,220

Day

19.. ...

Discharge

659 

371 

306 

281 

240 

198

Day

29

31 .....

Discharge

176 

272 

624 

589 

378 

256 

190

2,550 

11.44

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

Hour

2400

0600

0800

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1530

1600

1700

1900

2100

2400

0200

0600

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

3.75

3.84

3.92

4.18

4.33

5.60

6.90

8.10

9.10

10.20

10.97

12.20

13.10

13.24

13.08

12.95

12.85

13.00

13.20

13.53

7.30

7.38

7.64

8.10

8.97

9.48

9.84

10.32

10.56

Discharge

22

26

31

49

60

188

361

529

670

837

960

1,160

1,310

1,330

1,300

1,280

1,260

1,290

1,320

1,380

1,440

1,520

1,660

1,850

2,310

2,680

2,970

3 ,,400

3,640

Date

Mar. 7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1400

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

Gage 

height

10.75

10.94

11.17

11.27

11.24

11.20

11.60

12.00

12.42

12.87

13.35

13.85

14.30

14.64

14.92

15.15

15.17

15.15

15.06

14.82

14.52

14.18

13.80

12.92

12.07

11.42

Discharge

3,830

4,030

4,300

4,440

4,400

4,340

4,920

5,640

6,560

7,550

8,680

9,970

11,300

12,300

13,200

14,000

14,100

14,000

13,600

12,900

12,000

10,900

9,840

7,660

5,790

4,650

Date

Mar. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Hour

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

11.00

10.42

9.90

9.46

9.10

8.80

8.54

13.30

12.66

11.87

10.92

9.92

8.98

8.21

7.66

7.33

7.12

6.95

6.82

6.73

6.68

6.66

6.63

6.52

6.36

Discharge

4,100

3,500

2,920

2,450

2,050

1,730

1,460

1,340

1,230

1,100

949

784

635

523

441

395

365

341

323

311

304

301

297

283

262

(138) 3-3763. Patoka River at Winslow, Ind.

Location. Lat 38°22'48", long 87°13'00' [ , in SW£ sec.32, T.I S., R.7 W., on right

 bank at abandoned bridge abutment, 65 ft upstream from State Road 61 bridge, 

100 ft downstream from dam of Winslow Water Co., and 41.3 miles above mouth.

Drainage area.--603 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph, except Mar. 4, 080U hours, to 

Mar. 17, 1730 hours, for which graph was drawn on basis of readings of wireweight gage on downstream side of State Road 61 bridge.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 15,500 cfs Mar. 13, 0200 hours (gage height,

 2~8T84 ft).

1337: Gage height, 28.9 ft (discharge unknown).

1961 to February 1964: Discharge, 13,700 cfs May 12, 1961 (gage height 

28.3 ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

5. ....

Discharge

40

37

37

544

1,960

1,850

Day

9. ....

10. ....

11. ....

12. ....

Discharge

1,950

2,650

5,650

10,900

13,300

15,100

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15.... .

16. ....

17 .....

18. ....

Discharge

15,200

14,600

13,600

11,900

9,940

7,910

Day

19.. ...

20 .....

21.. ...

22.....

23. ....

24. ....

Discharge

6,040

4,740

3,960

3,420

2,930

2,370

Day

25.. ..

26... .

27. ...

28... .

29. ...

30. ...

31 ....

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. .................................. 

Runoff , in inches .................................. .. 

Discharge

1,800

1,480

1,290

1,120

1,010

862

704

5,126 

9.8
A148 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Patoka River at Winslow, Ind.

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0200

0500

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1400

1500

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1800

2000

2200

2400

0300

0900

1200

1800

2400 

0600

0900

1200

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

Gage 

height

6.57

6.60

6.81

6.95

7.20

7.63

8.33

10.22

11.98

12.85

14.54

15.60

16.91

18.20

19.45

20.55

20.79

20.84

20.80

20.68

20.57

20.50

20.44

20.32

20.25

20.23

20.23

20.25

20.28

20.43

20.53

20.77

21.04 

21.33

21.50

21.77

22.09

22.33

22.60

22.75

22.85

23.02

23.15

23.24

23.34

Discharge

37

38

47

52

62

80

115

270

410

485

675

814

1,010

1,260

1,560

1,940

2,040

2,060

2,040

1,990

1,950

1,920

1,900

1,850

1,820

1,810

1,810

1,820

1,830

1,890

1,930

2,030

2,140 

2,260

2,550

2,480

2,640

2,780

2,940

3,040

3,100

3,220

3,320

3,380

3,450

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Hour

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0300

0600

0700

0900

1100

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

Gage 

height

23.45

23.64

23.93

24.30

24.66

25.07

25.58

26.05

26.36

26.60

26.80

27.00

27.10

27.22

27.23

27.25

27.27

27.36

27.46

27.71

27.95

28.17

28.40

28.50

28.57

28.63

28.67

28.75

28.80

28.83

28.84

28.83

28.78 

28.72 

28.68

28.66

28.63

28.57

28.48

28.38

28.28

28.17

28.04

27.87

Discharge

3,520

3,670

3,930

4,360

4,860

5,640

6,680

7,720

8,460

9,060

9,580

10,100

10,400

10,700

10,700

10,800

10,800

11,000

11,300

12,000

12,700

13,300

14,000

14,300

14,500

14,700

14,900

15,200

15,300

15,400

15,500

15,400

15,300 

15,000 

14,900

14,800

14,700

14,500

14,200

13,900

13,600

13,300

12,900

12,400

Date

Mar. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Hour

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

27.66

27.50

27.30

27.11

26.91

26.79

26.57

26.12

25.67

25.27

24.86

24.57

24.25

23.94

23.62

23.32

22.96

22.60

22.40

22.10

21.56

20.88

20.15

19.57

19.10

18.70

18.35 

17.89

17.51

17.20

16.93

16.74

16.50

15.96

15.34

14.75

14.22

Discharge

11,800

11,400

10,900

10 , 400

9,870

9,550

8,980

7,890

6,870

6,040

5,220

4,710

4,300

3,940

3,660

3,430

3,180

2,940

2,820

2,650

2,380

2,070

1,780

1,590

1,470

1,370

1,300 

1,200

1,120

1,060

1,010

978

940

864

778

700

636
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A149

(139) 3-3765. Patoka River near Princeton, Ind.

Location.--Lat 38°23'30", long 87°32'55", in NE^NWi; sec.32, T.I S., R.10 W., on

left bank 75 ft upstream from dam of Princeton Water and Lighting Co., 270 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 65, half a mile downstream from Indian Creek, 

and 2 miles northeast of Princeton.

Drainage area. 815 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph, 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Datum of gage is 394.138 ft above

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,000 cfs, and extended above by logarithmic plotting.

Maxima.--March 1964: 

ST750 ft).

1935 to February 1964: 

22.8 ft Jan. 28, 1937.

Discharge, 15,200 cfs Mar. 16, 0700 hours (gage height,

Discharge, 18,700 cfs Jan. 26, 1937; gage height,

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

Monthly 

Runoff,

Discharge

46 

43 

41 

371 

1,120 

1,200

Day Discharge

1,300 

1,570 

2,910 

4,770 

7,670 

10 , 100

Day

13. ....

18. ....

mean discharge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

11,600 

13,200 

14,700 

15,100 

14,500 

13,600

Day

19. ....

Discharge

12,300 

11,000 

9,360 

8,100 

6,790 

5,660

Day Discharge

4,840 

4,230 

3,780 

3,360 

2,910 

2,600 

2,360

6,166 

8.73

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at Indicated time, 1964

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0600

1000

1200

1300

1500

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

1900

2200

2400

0200

0500

0700

1000

1400

1600

1800

2000

2400

Gage 

height

1.03

1.07

1.12

1.27

1.57

2.07

2.72

3.82

4.52

4.92

5.14

5.36

5.47

5.53

5.59

5.66

5.75

5.87

6.02

6.15

6.28

6.42

6.57

6.73

6.93

7.47

7.85

8.49

8.72

8.72

8.64

9.04

9.94

10.50

11.52

12.07

12.83

13.52

14.20

14.48

14.74

Discharge

40

49

61

101

198

406

560

784

924

1,000

1,050

1,090

1,110

1,130

1,140

1,150

1,170

1,190

1,220

1,250

1,280

1,300

1,330

1,370

1,410

1,510

1,590

1,720

1,760

1,760

1,750

1,830

2,010

2,170

2,480

2,640

2,900

3,260

3,670

3,840

3,990

Date

Mar. 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0700

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

Gage 

height

15.16

15.62

16.32

17.04

17.67

18.13

18.56

18.88

19.12

19.33

19.53

19.72

19.92

20.12

20.32

20.50

20.67

20.86

21.00

21.16

21.28

21.37

21.42

21.47

21.50

21.48

21.45

21.40

21.38

21.24

21.19

21.14

21.08

21.01

20.89

20.77

20.62

20.50

Discharge

4,260

4,600

5,200

6,050

6,900

7,670

8,520

9,160

9,640

10,100

10,500

10 , 800

11,200

11,600

12,000

12,400

12,700

13,300

13,700

14,200

14,500

14,800

15,000

15,100

15,200

15,100

15,000

14,900

14,800

14,400

14,300

14,100

13,900

13,700

13,400

13,000

12,600

12,400

Date

Mar. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Hour

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Gage 

height

20.32

20.17

20.01

19.82

19.58

19.33

19.14

18.96

18.81

18.68

18.52

18.36

18.18

17.98

17.78

17.59

17.38

17.17

16.72

16.28

15.91

15.53

15.08

14.70

14.40

14.07

13.68

13.26

12.83

12.36

11.95

11.56

11.13

10.63

Discharge

12,000

11,700

11,400

11,000

10,600

10 , 100

9,680

9,320

9,020

8,760

8,440

8,120

7,760

7,400

7,070

6,790

6,490

6,220

5,640

5,160

4,830

4,520

4,210

3,970

3,790

3,590

3,360

3,110

2,900

2,730

2,600

2,490

2,360

2,210
A150 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

(140) 3-3775. Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111.

Location.--Lat 38°24'07", long 87°45'10", In sec.28, T.I S., R.12 W., on right bank 

on downstream side of Southern Railway bridge at Mount Carmel, Wabash County, 

and 0.1 mile downstream from Patoka River.

Drainage area.--28,600 sq mi, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 371.46 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 310,000 cfs.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 146,000 cfs Mar. 17, 1900 hours (gage height, 

 23.97 ft)

'l875 to February 1964: Discharge, 428,000 cfs Mar. 30, 1913 (gage height, 

31.0 ft).

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

4,450

4,270

4,270

5,050

8,290

15,600

Day

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

23,000

27,700

38,000

58,200

69,600

79,900

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

92,800

110,000

124,000

137,000

146,000

144,000

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

137,000

128,000

115,000

99,6OO

83,300

69,200

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ................................

Discharge

56,300

45,700

40,600

40,500

40,600

41,400

41,000

65,500

TRADEWATER RIVER BASIN 

(141) 3-3830. Tradewater River at Olney, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°13'26", long 87°46'53", on downstream side of left abutment of 

highway bridge at Olney, Hopkins County, 1.1 miles upstream from Cave Creek, 

5.1 miles downstream from Flynn Creek, and 9-=r miles northeast of Princeton.

Drainage area.--255 sq mi, of which about 9 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Digital recorder tape punched at 30-minute intervals. Datum 

of gage is 362.80 ft above mean sea level, adjustment of 1907.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 12,000 cfs and by slope-area measurement at 17,000 cfs. Rate of change in 

stage used as a factor Mar. 4, 2400 hours, to Mar. 9, 0600 hours.

Maxima .--Given in the following table.

March 1964: 

Mar . 10 , 1200 hours .................

1937 to February 1964: 

January 1937 ........................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 13,600

............... 17.000

Gage height 

(feet)

18.68

19.27

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. ....

2. ....

3. ....

4. ....

5. ....

6. ....

Discharge

8.3

7.8

7.4

407

1,530

1,520

Day

7. ...

8. ...

9. ...

10. ...

11. ...

12. ...

Discharge

1,610

2,560

7,150

13,200

12,200

9,340

Day

13. ....

14. ....

15. ....

16. ....

17. ....

18. ....

Discharge

6,550

4,550

3,040

2,090

1,290

754

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

417

258

224

200

179

160

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches

Discharge

141

133

128

113

102

89

77

2 259

10.21

Note.--Daily mean discharges computed on basis of 30-minute intervals.
FLOODS OP MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A151

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1964, of 

Tradewater River at Olney, Ky.

Date

Mar. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour

2400

0800

1000

1200

2400

0600

1000

2000

2400

0800

1800

2400

0400

0800

1800

2400

0400

1200

1800

2200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

Gage 

height

2.17

2.44

3.37

4.40

10.00

11.05

11.72

12.52

12.61

12.52

12.24

12.16

12.16

12.23

12.62

12.93

13.23

14.11

14.56

14.76

14.89

15.45

15.74

15.95

16.12

Discharge

7.4

26

133

272

1,240

1,470

1,570

1,640

1,620

1,530

1,480

1,490

1,500

1,540

1,680

1,790

1,980

2,620

2,930

3,140

3,450

4,580

5,140

5,560

5,930

Date

Mar. 9

10

11

12

13

14

Hour

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

1730

2200

2400

0600

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Gage 

height

16.34

16.71

17.12

17.43

17.65

17.85

18.07

18.30

18.45

18.55

18.66

18.68

18.65

18.63

18.57

18.38

18.24

17.84

17.35

17.09

16.82

16.28

16.03

15.79

15.55

15.33

Discharge

6,650

7,750

8,720

9,280

9,880

10,700

11,700

12 , 800

13,000

13,300

13,600

13,400

13,100

13,000

12,700

11,700

11,100

9,270

7,730

7,080

6,520

5,480

5,000

4,540

4,080

3,660

Date

Mar. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Hour

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

2400

Gage 

height

15.10

14.88

14.66

14.44

14.19

13.89

13.52

13.10

12.61

12.00

11.27

10.52

9.72

7.21

6.41

5.70

5.11

4.67

4.41

4.14

4.10

4.10

3.99

Discharge

3,310

3,000

2,750

2,550

2,340

2,110

1,840

1,610

1,460

1,280

1,120

989

858

537

450

434

363

307

273

236

230

230

214

OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 

(142) 3-3845. Ohio River at Golconda, 111.

Location.--Lat 37°21'28", long 88°28'57", on right bank at lock and dam 51, at Golconda, Pope County, 0.5 mile upstream from McGllllgan Creek, 0.7 mile downstream 

from Lusk Creek, and at mile 903.1.

Drainage area.--143,900 sq ml, approximately.

Gage-height record.--Graphs drawn from hourly upper-staff-gage readings. Auxiliary 

gage 26.3 miles downstream. Datum of gage is 294.6 ft above mean sea level, 

Ohio River datum.

Discharge record.--Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.Fall used as a factor in computing discharge. Stage-fall-discharge relation indefinite Mar. 1-4; discharge estimated on basis of records for other 

Ohio River main-stem stations.

Maxima. March 1964: Discharge, 958,000 cfs Mar. 20, 1800 hours; gage height, 

^740 ft Mar. 20, 1200 hours.

1937 to February 1964: Discharge, 1,470,000 cfs Feb. 2, 3, 1937; gage height, 

62.6 ft Feb. 1-3, 1937.

Remarks.--Partly regulated by locks, dams, and reservoirs. 

Cooperation.--Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Mean gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1964

Date

Mar. 1....

2.. . .

3....

4. ...

5... .

6. ...

7. ...

8.. . .

9.. . .

10 ....

11. ...

12. ...

Gage 

height

15.30

15.50

15.13

15.26

18.36

22.90

29.32

33.30

37.78

40.84

42.67

44.89

Discharge

45,000

50,000

60,000

90,000

140,000

223,000

335,000

396,000

462,000

528,000

598,000

683,000

Date

Mar. 13....

14. ...

15. . ..

16. . . .

17. . ..

18. . . .

19. . . .

20. ...

21. ...

22. ...

23. ...

24. ...

Gage 

height

46.82

48.32

49.45

50.47

51.48

52.04

52.24

52.34

52.30

52.18

51.88

51.43

Discharge

749,000

812,000

854,000

887,000

913,000

923,000

942,000

956,000

954,000

930,000

915,000

883,000

Date

Mar. 25....

26. . ..

27. . ..

28. . . .

29. . . .

30.. ..

31. . ..

Apr. 1....

2.. ..

3. . . .

4. . ..

5. ...

Gage 

height

50.79

49.74

48.50

47.00

45.11

43.08

40.74

37.64

34.13

30.93

28.06

26.38

Discharge

837,000

798,000

732,000

681,000

615,000

554,000

492,000

430,000

376,000

327,000

280,000

260,000

Note. Monthly mean discharge for March 1964, 614,100 cfs.
A152 FLOODS OP 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

(143) 3-4380. Little River near Cadiz, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°46'40", long 87°43'18", on right bank at upstream side of highway 

bridge, 50 ft downstream from Casey Creek and 8tf miles southeast of Cadiz , Trigg 

County.

Drainage area. 244 sq mi, of which about 94 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 391.45 ft above 

mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 10,000 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 1100 hours

Mar. 9, 2000 hours 

1940 to February 1964:

Jan. 14, 1951

Discharge 

(cfs) 

................ 3,500

................ 12,600

................ 14,200

Gage height 

(feet) 

11.63

20 27

21.00

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2 .

3.

4 f

5.

6.

Discharge

58

57

55

1,490

2,960

1,050

Day

7 . .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

677

3,830

7,140

7,230

5,380

1,980

Day

13. ...

14. ...

15... .

16....

17. ...

18. ...

Discharge

1,620

1,290

1,150

986

850

752

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

677

630

605

564

502

494

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, In Inches

Discharge

482

466

418

394

350

330

314

1 445

6.83

(144) 3-4385. Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°08'45", long 88°24'25", on downstream side of left center pier of 

bridge on U.S. Highway 60 at Smithland, Livingston County, 1 mile downstream from 

McCormick Creek and 2.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--17,913 sq mi.

Gage-height record.--Water-stage recorder graphs. Auxiliary gage 16.8 miles upstream.Datum of gage is 300.00 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum.

Discharge record. Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter 

measurements.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 11, 1800 hours..............

Mar. 21, 1100 hours..............

1939 to February 1964:

Feb. 13, 1950....................

Feb. 18, 1950.. ..................

Discharge

(cfs) 

115,000

201,000

Gage height 

(feet)

35.07

43.10

Maximum stage known, 51.1 ft January to February 1937.

Remarks. Some regulation by navigation dams on Cumberland River, and by Great Falls 

Lake, Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow and Center Hill Reservoirs and Old Hickory 

Lake.

Mean discharge, In cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1 .

2. .

3..

4 » .

5. .

6. .

Discharge

21,000

20,400

23,400

32,800

58,000

74,400

Day

7 .

8.

9 .

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

79,300

74,600

97,100

114,000

113,000

106,000

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17 .

18.

Discharge

89,200

67,900

56,500

59,800

70,800

75,400

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

71,700

63,900

61,100

64,400

67,000

66,400

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, in cubic feet per second. ..................................

Discharge

60,800

60,400

69,700

74,100

72,000

66,200

60,500

67,480
FLOODS OF MARCH 1964 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER A153

TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

(145) 3-6095. Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°01'11", long 88°16'50", on left bank at Gllbertsvllle, Marshall 

County, 4,000 ft downstream from Kentucky Dam, 2.3 miles upstream from Shadle 

Creek, 16 miles east of Paducah, McCracken County, and at mile 21.6.

Drainage area. 40,200 sq ml, approximately (at Gllbertsvllle).

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage Is 286.35 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-fall-discharge relation defined by current-meter 

measurements.

Maxima.--March 1964: Discharge, 231,000 cfs Mar. 29, 1800 hours; gage height, 

 53723 ft Mar. 17, 1000 hours.

1889 to February 1964: Discharge, 500,000 cfs Feb. 17, 1948; maximum gage 

height, 62.43 ft Feb. 2, 1937, at Gllbertsville, present datum.

Remarks. Flow regulated by Kentucky Lake.

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

56,300

69,600

101,000

142,000

180,000

196,000

Day

7

8

9

10

11

12

Discharge

192,000

199,000

201,000

205,000

165,000

125,000

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

116,000

105,000

107,000

167,000

168,000

130,000

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

106,000

104,000

105,000

102,000

121,000

136,000

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Monthly mean discharge, In cubic feet per second. ................................

Discharge

150,000

174,000

189,000

205,000

222,000

225,000

204,000

150,600

(146) 3-6105. East Fork darks River near Benton, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°52'24", long 88°20'48", on downstream side of right pier of

bridge on U.S. Highway 641 and State Highway 58, 1 mile north of Benton, Marshall 

County, and 6.8 miles upstream from Middle Fork Creek.

Drainage area.--227 sq mi.

Gage-height rec ord. Digital recorder tape punched at 30-mlnute Intervals. Datum 

of gage is 344.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Tennessee Valley Authority bench mark).

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 16,000 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0930 hours

Mar. 9, 1730 hours 

1938 to February 1964:

Nov. 19, 1957

Maximum stage known, 17.8 ft in February 1937, from floodmarks.

1964:

Discharge 

(cfs) 

............... 6,460

............... 21,300

............... 36.000

Gage height 

(feet) 

13.79

15.80

17.10

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .

6. .

Discharge

29

29

31

1,460

5,170

4,280

Day

7 .

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

1,270

2,810

13,600

15,100

5,770

1,860

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

430

259

198

164

128

106

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

95

106

102

90

79

73

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

73

76

71

64

58

52

48

8.79
A156 FLOODS OF 1964 IN THE UNITED STATES

OBION CREEK BASIN 

(149) 7-235. Obion Creek at Pryorsburg, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°41'10", long 88°43'35", on right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 45, 0.5 mile southwest of Pryorsburg, Graves County, and 

3.1 miles upstream from Cane Creek.

Drainage area. 36.8 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Digital recorder tape punched at 15-minute intervals. Datum of 

gage is 393.55 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Discharge record. Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,566 cfs.

Maxima.--Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 4, 1600 hours..............

Mar. 9, 1830 hours..............

1949:

Feb. 14, 1949...................

1951 to February 1964:

Nov. 18, 1957...................

Discharge 

(cfs) 

4,520 

5,000

Unknown 

5,330

Gage height

(feet)

12.37

12.85

13.0

12.60

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Discharge

0.6

.7

.9

2,590

292

30.4

Day

7 . _

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Discharge

13.1

1,960

3,700

1,210

98

45.6

Day

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Discharge

25.9

18.2

12.4

10.2

8.8

7.6

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

7.8

8.4

6.9

6.0

5.4

5.1

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Runoff, in inches.

Discharge

5.1

8.2

4.2

3.6

3.2

2.8

2.8

 zofi

10.20

BAYOU DU CHIEN BASIN 

(150) 7-240. Bayou du Chien near Clinton, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36"37'43", long 88 C 57 T 50", on left bank at upstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 51, 1.1 miles upstream from Cane Creek, 3| miles southeast of 

Clinton, Hickman County, and 13| miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 68.7 sq mi.

Gage-height record. Water-stage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 307.71 ft above 

mean sea level, unadjusted.

Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements 

below 4,000 cfs.

Maxima. Given in the following table.

March 1964:

Mar. 5, 0830 hours..

Mar. 10, 0300 hours. 

1939 to February 1964:

Jan. 15, 1951.......

Discharge 

(cfs) 

4,660 

6,140

6,880

Gage height 

(feet) 

14.36 

14.80

15.0

Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, March 1964

Day

1.

2.

3.

4,

5.

6.

Discharge

18

18

22

1,320

3,500

579

Monthly mean disch 

Runoff, in inches.

Day

7. ..

8. . .

9. . .

10.. .

11. ..

12. . .

Discharge

35

1,420

5,180

4,500

1,000

168

Day

13. .

14..

15..

16. .

17. .

18. .

arge, in cubic feet per sec

Discharge

95

71

49

37

32

28

Day

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Discharge

32

46

30

26

24

24

Day

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Discharge

26

28

20

20

18

17

18

594 

9.96
INDEX

Allegheny River at Natrona, Pa ...... A42

Andersori River, Middle Pork, at

Bristow, Ind.................. 117

Bacon Creek near Priceville, Ky..... 121 

Bayou du Chien near Clinton, Ky..... 156 

Bear Creek near Leltchfleld, Ky..... 123 

Beargrass Creek, Middle Pork, at

Cannons Lane, at Louisville,

Ky............................15,98

South Fork, at Louisville, Ky..... 97

Beargrass Creek basin, flood

description................... 16

records........................... 97-99

Beaver River at Beaver Falls, Pa.... 45

Beech Pork, at Bardstown, Ky........ Ill

near Springfield, Ky.............. Ill

Big Darby Creek, at Darbydale, Ohio. 65 

at Darbyville, Ohio............... 66

Big Eagle Creek at Sadievllle, Ky... 95 

Big Sandy River at Louisa, Ky....... 63

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind.... 116

Bullskin Creek near Simpsonville,

Ky............................ 104

Burr Oak Reservoir at Burr Oak,

Ohio.......................... 55

Caesar Creek at Harveysburg, Ohio... 75 

Caney Creek near Horse Branch, Ky... 127 

Clarks River, East Fork, near

Benton. Ky.................... 153

Clear Creek (Hocking River basin)

near Rockbridge, Ohio......... 53

Clear Creek (Salt River basin) near

Shelbyville, Ky............... 104

Clear Creek (Wabash River basin) at

Harrodsburg, Ind.............. 142

Clifty Creek at Hartsville, Ind..... 134

Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky... 152 

Cumberland River basin, records..... 152

_i, estimated...................25,27

Deer Creek, at Pancoastburg, Ohio... 66

at Willlamsport, Ohio............. 66

Discharges, determination of........ 31

peaks, summary table.............. 34

Eagle Creek at Glencoe, Ky..........15,96

Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, Ky.... 93

Plat Creek near Frankfort, Ky....... 94

Ployds Fork, at Fisherville, Ky..... 108

near Middletown, Ky............... 108

Flood area.......................... 2

Flood-control reservoirs............11,18

Flood discharges, determination..... 31

Flood peaks, summary table.......... 34

Great Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio. 88 

Great Miami River basin, records... .88-89 

Green River at lock 2, at Calhoun,

Ky............................ 129

Green River basin, flood description 18 

records.........................118-130

Guyandotte River at Branchland,

W. Va......................... 61

Hocking River, at Athens, Ohio......12,57

at Enterprise, Ohio............... 54

at Lancaster, Ohio................ 52

Hocking River basin, flood

description................... 12

records...........................52-57

Indian Creek (tributary to East Fork 

White River) near Springville, 

Ind ........................... A144

Indian Creek (tributary to Ohio

River) near Corydon, Ind. ... .21,115

Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va. 59 

Kentucky River, at lock 2, at Lockport, Ky. ..................... 94

at lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky....... 90

Kentucky River basin, flood

description. .................. 16

records ........................... 90-97

Kokosing River, at Millwood, Ohio... 48 

at Mount Vernon, Ohio ............. 47

North Branch, near Fredericktown,

Ohio .......................... 47

Laughery Creek near Farmers Retreat, 

Ind ...........................

Licking River (tributary to Muskingum River) near Newark, 

Ohio... .......................

Licking River (tributary to Ohio 

River) at Blue Lick Springs, 

Ky .

90

49

80

at Catawba , Ky .................... 15 , 86

at Farmers , Ky .................... 80

at McKinneysburg, Ky. ............. 82

North Fork, near Lewisburg, Ky.... 81

South Fork, at Cynthiana , Ky ...... 85

Licking River basin, flood

description. .................. 15

records ........................... 80-86

Little Kanawha River at Palestine,

W . Va ......................... 52

Little Miami River, at Milford,

Ohio.. ........................ 77

at Spring Valley, Ohio ............ 75

East Fork, at Perintown, Ohio. ... .12,79

at Williamsburg , Ohio ........... 78

near Fort Ancient , Ohio ........... 75

Little Miami River basin, flood

description. .................. 13

records .......................... .75-79

Little Plum Creek, near Waterford,

Ky...... ...................... 106

near Wilsonville, Ky. See Plum

Creek subwatershed 15. . ....... 105

Little River near Cadiz , Ky ......... 152

Little Rush Creek near Rushville,

Ohio.... ...................... 53

Little Sandy River near Grayson,

Ky ............................ 64

McDougal Creek near Hodgenville, Ky. 118 

Mayfield Creek at Lovelaceville,

Mill Creek at Carthage, Ohio........ 88

Monongahela River at Braddock, Pa... 43 

Moxahala Creek at Roseville, Ohio... 50 

Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind.. 136 

Muskingum River at McConnelsville,

Ohio.... ...................... 50

Muskingum River basin, flood

description. .................. 11

records .......................... .47-50

Nolin River, at Kyrock, Ky. ......... 122

at White Mills, Ky. ............... 120

North Pork, at Hodgenville, Ky.... 119

Nolin River Reservoir near Kyrock,

Ky............................ 121

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North Elkhorn Creek near Georgetown, 

Ky............................ A91

Obion Creek at Pryorsburg, Ky....... 156

Ohio Brush Creek near West Union,

Ohio.......................... 72

Ohio River, at Ashland, Ky.......... 63

at Cincinnati, Ohio............... 87

at Evansville, Ind................ 130

at Golconda, 111.................. 151

at Huntington, W. Va.............. 62

at Louisville, Ky................. 101

at Metropolis, 111................ 154

at Parkersburg, W. Va, 

at Point Pleasant, W. Va. 

at Pomeroy, Ohio.........

at St. Marys, W. Va.

51 

59 

58 

46 

at Sewickley, Pa.................. 44

comparative crest stages.......... 22

discharge hydrographs............. 26

flood peak recurrence Intervals

for selected stations......... 30

general description of floods at

stations......................21-25

near Maysville, Ky................ 73

Paint Creek, at damsite near Bainbridge , Ohio................

near Bourneville, Ohio............12,69

near Greenfield, Ohio............. 67

Patoka River, at Jasper, Ind.......21,146

at WInslow, Ind................... 147

near Ellsworth, Ind............... 145

near Princeton, Ind............... 149

Pigeon Creek at Evansville, Ind..... 131

Plum Creek, at Waterford, Ky........ 107

near Wilsonville, Ky.............. 105

subwatershed No. 4 near Slmpsonville, Ky..................... 104

subwatershed No. 15 (Little Plum

Creek) near Wilsonville, Ky... 105 

subwatershed No. 17 near Waterford,

Ky............................ 106

Pond Creek near Louisville, Ky...... 113

Pond River, East Pork, near Apex,

Ky............................ 129

Precipitation....................... 6-10

Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, Ohio... 60 

Rock Lick Creek near Glen Dean, Ky.. 125 

Rocky Pork near Barretts Mills,

Ohio..........................

Rocky Pork Lake near Rainsboro,

Ohio.......................... 68

Rolling Fork, near Boston, Ky....... 112

near Lebanon, Ky.................. 110

Rough River, at Palls of Rough, Ky.. 127

Rough River, near Dundee, Ky........ A128

North Pork, near Westview, Ky..... 123

Rough River Reservoir near Palls of

Rough, Ky..................... 125

Salt Creek (Scioto River basin) near

Londonderry, Ohio............. 71

Salt Creek, (Wabash River basin)

near Harrodsburg, Ind......... 141

near Peerless, Ind................ 143

North Pork, at Nashville, Ind..... 139

near Belmont, Ind............... 140

South Pork, at Kurtz, Ind......... 138

Salt River, at Shepherdsville, Ky..l5,109 

at TaylorsvIHe, Ky............... 103

near Harrodsburg, Ky.............. 102

near Van Buren, Ky................ 102

Salt River basin, flood description. 16 

records.........................102-114

Sand Creek near Brewersville,

Ind........................... 135

Scioto River, at HIgby, Ohio........ 70

at Piketon, Ohio.................. 71

Scioto River basin, flood

description................... 13

records...........................65-71

Silver Creek near Sellersburg,

Ind........................... 99

South Elkhorn Creek at Port Spring,

Ky............................ 92

South Hogan Creek near Dillsboro,

Ind........................... 89

Stoner Creek at Paris, Ky........... 84

Sunday Creek, at Burr Oak, Ohio..... 55

at Glouster, Ohio................. 56

Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky.... 153

Tennessee River basin, records...... 153

Todd Pork near Roachester, Ohio..... 76

Tradewater River at Olney, Ky....... 150

Tygarts Creek near Greenup, Ky...... 65

Vernon Pork at Vernon, Ind.......... 136

Wabash River, at Mount Carmel, 111.. 150 

at Vincennes, Ind................. 133

Wabash River basin, records.......133-150

White River, at Newberry, Ind....... 133

at Petersburg, Ind................ 145

East Pork, at Columbus, Ind....... 134

at Seymour, Ind................. 135

at Shoals, Ind.................. 144

near Bedford, Ind............... 137

Whiteoak Creek near Georgetown,

Ohio.......................... 74

Whitewater River at Brookville,

Ind........................... 89

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